Week 10 Matchups + Squeeze a Sneeze - Fantasy Football Podcast for 11/13

Tell the people what you believe about Kenyon Drake. Yeah, he's back in practices. He's been in pads, but I think the expectation is that he's not going to play. That's what I'm hearing from the local beat reporters here. So I would say Chase Edmonds is going to be a great start. It was very disappointing last week, but the bills have not been good against the run. They've been beat a lot on the ground with another week to kind of design Chase Edmonds in. I think he's a guy you should start.

On the other side of the ball, Zach Moss, to me, is a must start running back to this week. He's been evening up the snaps. In fact, taking the lead of that over Devon Singletary. He gets the high leverage touches, as we have talked about all offseason at the beginning. He's the one who will score the touchdowns between these two running backs. It's a...

decent matchup. The Cardinals are 17th against fantasy running backs the last six weeks, and there's just a lot of points that will be scored. Zach Moss is in for me. He was the running back 14 last week, running back 5 in week 8. He has been producing, mostly because of touchdowns, but I think the touchdown opportunity is fantastic this week. Singletary, my policy is I don't play Devon Singletary. I think that's a strong policy if you're talking about fantasy football, which...

Yes, that's what I am. Singletary is great. Yeah. I just can't play him for fantasy football, unfortunately. Yeah, if you're not getting the targets and you're not getting the goal line work and you're only used between the 20s, you can be good and still help you lose a week. Stefan Diggs, he is in, DeAndre Hopkins, in, John Brown. I told you, he's in for me. Christian Kirk, at this point, three top 12 weeks in a row. I have been skeptical of him and I don't want to start him, but.

He's in. I mean, I haven't wanted to start it, but you've got to buy in at this point. This is the type of game where those second wide receivers, you're John Brown and your Christian Kirk's, those are, get them into your lineup. Because, you know, if this is a game with 60 plus points going on the board, there's going to be some deep touchdowns, and it will probably be John Brown and Christian Kirk getting that done. It could always be Andy Isabella.

The ball could go to Cole Beasley, who's had two bad weeks in a row. I was going to say, what about the wide receiver 29 on the season, Jay? The Beasles. No, I think he's fine. This is... Five combined targets the last two weeks still there. He's a good wide receiver in a matchup projected for a lot of points to be scored. But exactly what you just said. John Brown is the wide receiver two. And, you know, you look three weeks ago, four weeks ago, that's when Cole Beasley was really...

doing well, and that's when it wasn't John Brown being healthy. The tight ends are out in this matchup. Do not play them. Seattle, 6 and 2, the Los Angeles Rams 5 and 3. We have an NFC West showdown for divisional dominance. 54.5. That's healthy. We like it. The Rams are favored by just a point and a half. I think they're just giving the edge to the home team here. This is another great matchup. We're...

We're blessed this week, Jay. Yeah. So the fantasy football community is hashtag blessed right now. Well, these are the two best games in, for fantasy purposes, the two highest over unders of the week. And you expect big things. I mean, if you have been playing DFS and you've been doing the whole, let's target the Seattle Seahawks game approach, you've been printing money.

Yes, you have. So, you know, this is one of those games where I've got Cooper Cup as my start of the week. Robert Woods is an auto start. He has to be started in this game. And I, you know, I think Josh Reynolds is in play. 14 targets in the last two games in a matchup like this. I'm starting everybody I can in the receiving game. I'm a little bit worried in the running game. We don't know the health of Darnel Anderson. It's been too long since I brought that name up.

Darryl Henderson. Yes. Tomato tomato. But Darnel Anderson left the game two weeks ago, had the buy week, has been limited in practice. Sean McVeigh says he's expecting him to be good to go. We've said this before. Sean McVeigh is a liar. He does not. He is a filthy lying liar. Yes. Very handsome. He's super handsome, but those pants. That's why he's so good at it because you look at that face. That's a trustworthy face. I trust. Yeah. Sean. Why are?

John, why are your pants on fire? I don't understand. Liar, liar. And that's when he says, they're not. Oh, and you believe him because he's so handsome. But, yeah, you can't trust him. So if you're going to start a running back, assuming that Darnell Anderson, aka Darrell Henderson, is active, if he's active for the game, that has to be who you plug in, right? Yes, it would be where I go. I...

Too many times we keep trying to believe it's going to be Cam Acres. He was a second round pick. It looked like it. The lying liar, Sean McVeigh keep saying it's going to be Cam Acres. And Acres did produce. You got me to say it. Yes. Well, that's his name. When Henderson left the game a couple weeks ago, Cam Acres came in and was much better than Malcolm Brown. But if you're starting one, it's Daryl Henderson. The best hope here is that Henderson is inactive. And then you can actually start with confidence Cam Acres.

On the other side, Chris Carson, questionable. Carlos Hyde, questionable. DJ Dallas, questionable as a running back. Travis Homer limited on Thursday. He did have a full practice on Wednesday. It is unfortunately a really tough decision in weeding through the murkiness over here. I mean, I suppose you keep rolling with DJ Dallas who gets the touchdowns while Chris Carson is away. DJ Dallas will play. But Carson...

Could be back. And if Carson's back, then he's back in my lineup. We didn't really touch on the quarterbacks because guess what? You're playing them both. You're playing them both with full confidence. It is interesting. I don't think the Rams defense has been talked about enough this year. They are dominating for fantasy purposes. They are.

allowing the fewest amount of quarterback points, the fewest amount of wide receiver points, and the second fewest amount of running back points in the last six weeks. And over the course of the season, it's the second fewest at quarterback and wide receiver and the six fewest at running back. They are shutting down fantasy options. But at the same time, you're not going to bench your Seahawks. You're not going to bench D.K. Metcalf or Russell Wilson or Tyler Lockett, but be aware this is a really difficult matchup.

And, you know, this is two strengths coming together. We're going to see who's stronger. Yes, we will. Jared Goff, the last four games versus Seattle, is averaging over, or is averaging 332 passing yards. You're going to hear about that again later. Jason, you touched on the wide receivers. This one's easy. Everybody is in play, including Josh Reynolds. At the tight end position, Tyler Higbee has become a massive fantasy bust. Gerald Everett.

the guy who we talked about, maybe he comes in and usurps Tyler Higby. He himself has done essentially nothing, and he ran four more routes than, as Kyle puts him, Higgy. We are now calling Tyler Higby Higgy so we can get Higgy with it. Yeah, I don't think you're going to start either Higby or Everett in this matchup. You're going to focus on the wide receivers, throw that three pack into your lineup, and call it a day. San Francisco, four and five.

The New Orleans Saints. Six and two. I put a little flourish on it. I mean, wow. Look, sometimes you got, it's jazzy. How was that? New Orleans. Oh, very nice. This is the jazz, man. Oh, something. Sometimes you got to improvise. They are in New Orleans. And the Saints are nine and a half point favorites. We have a 49 point over under. That gives the Saints an implied team total of 29 points. Very nice.

That is very nice. Drew Brees, Andy's start of the week, top 12 for four straight weeks. Nick Mullins, you would have to be a desperate human being to start him this week. The running backs, Alvin Camara, Super Camario, he is in play. I don't know if you know that. Yeah. Well, you might look and see that the San Francisco 49ers on the course of the season are the number one. Just let it ride. Look, sometimes you...

I mean, you hear that all the time, right? The star power up. But sometimes you forget that that thing slaps. Star power. Yeah. And while the San Francisco 49ers are the number one against the run on the season, yeah, that doesn't sway you. You don't have start-sit decisions with Alvin Camara.

I do not believe that you can, that you want to flex Latavius Murray in this matchup. The 49ers are stout against running backs. Murray is sometimes in play, just not in this one. Here is the real question. The 49ers running backs. You have Jamichael Hastie, who really didn't see the field the last time we saw the 49ers. Jerich McKinnon. I got tired legs, Jerich McKinnon.

At least we were told by another lying liar, Kyle Shanahan. I mean, we'll learn that all coaches are just filthy lying liars. Well, but these two were on the same coaching staff back in Washington. Oh, no. They learned it together. They made a pact. Never tell the truth. Go. Jerich McKinn and Jay, are you playing him this week? Yeah, I probably am playing him if I have been.

Kevin Coleman is not expected, and Rahim Moster was already ruled out. Yeah, this is Jamichael Hastie and Jerich McKinnon. Now, Derek McKinnon was okay last week. He wasn't great until the touchdown kind of saved his week. Well, he's got the tired legs. The matchup, it was over for a carry, so it wasn't it wasn't outlandishly bad. It was just nothing special. And the matchup here is very difficult.

The New Orleans Saints are great against the run. So Derek McKinnon isn't somebody I'm wanting to start, but you can start him. I have more confidence in him over Hasty. Obviously last week's outcome kind of makes the recency bias be there. But if I had to pick a reason, it's because he's involved in the passing game. And I don't expect either running back to really get it going against the Saints. So give me the PPR bump of whoever's getting the little dump offs if they're down, which they are projected to lose by almost double digits.

I just had to vet something, and it depends on your scoring system here, but Jerich McKinnon was, in fact, a top six running back. Top five and a half point. That's what I mean, depending on your scoring format. That wasn't McKinnon's doing. That was the rest of the league's doing. That was such a bad week. He scored 14 fantasy points, which is like, hey, I'm happy with that. You score 14 in half PPR?

I'm very happy with that on my roster. I don't expect that to be a top five performance. Debo Samuel did not practice. I'm not expecting him to play. Richie James had a monster game last week. Now, Bourne was not there. Born was on the COVID-I-R. Yeah, Kendrick Bourne was on the COVID-I-R. Debo Samuel was hurt with a hamstring injury. Rookie sensation Brandon Ayuk, Ayukin.

was also out because he was a close contact of Kendrick Bourne. George Kittle was out. So if all of those things happen again, maybe you can play Richie James.

Well, maybe. It's still a hard maybe. All jokes aside, almost everything you named is going to happen again. I don't think Debo's going to be there. Obviously, Kittle's not going to be there. If they're down, they're going to be throwing the ball and the Saints can be beat through the air unless it's Tom Brady playing against them. Jason Moore is starting Richie James in his deep leagues, apparently. I think there's better options. I would rather start, you know, Josh Reynolds. Brandon Ayuk, though, I will play him. The New Orleans Saints 25th.

the last six weeks against fantasy wide receivers over 36 points a game. And we, look, I'm falling into the trap of the lying liar again, Kyle Shanahan. But he talked about before the last Thursday's matchup, what he said, about 80% is what he was saying, a very high percentage of the game plan was to go through Brandon I.U.

And honestly, I believe him there. The passing attack with the weapons you have, you go to Brandon Ayyuk. You got Nick Mullins. You've got to manufacture yards here, and you're going to run the offense through Brandon Ayuk. Yeah, I'm playing Ayuk. He's in. Ayukin. Oh, man. I got to have, do we have anything for that? Is there? Yeah. There we go. All right. The tight ends. Jordan Reed, Ross Dwelley, Jason.