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

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Andy Holloway, our fearless leader, has been absent. I had not noticed that yet. I mean, we began along so well. Well, yes. Show's been running smooth, nothing off the tracks. Going a little long. But Andy is fine. Andy is doing well. He did have a possible contact with COVID from family. And so we've simply been waiting on the results. We thought the results would be in.

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Jason, there was a football game last night. There was. It was pretty good. It was a good watch. Yes, it was a good watch for real football. It wasn't necessarily what people wanted for fantasy. I would say most of the relevant players let you down. Derek Henry let you down. He had 100 yards. He looked fine. He was good. Certainly let you down for what you hope to get out of Henry. The backfield of the Colts.

Yeah, so here is the snap counts. We have the starter, the presumed starter, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, coming in with 24% of the snaps. Those aren't starter snaps. No. Jordan Wilkins. But Wilkins, you know. He has been the thorn in the butt cheeks of Jonathan Taylor managers, stealing work. Yeah, I mean, if you only get 24% of snaps, obviously Wilkins was the right guy. Oh, no, he only had 20% of snaps. But coming in with of the.

Of the snaps, Naim Hines had himself a day. A birthday? Yes, apparently we missed the birthday narrative. I apologize to everyone that we did not get that into our breakdown. I blame everyone else but myself. Anyways, Naim Hines, 12 carries, 70 yards, and a touchdown. Five for 45 and a touchdown through the air on six targets. Incredible game for Hines. Anyone watching the game could see.

there was a difference. When Heinz was on the field, he was inflicting his will upon the other team. Meanwhile, Jonathan Taylor and Jordan Wilkins were not. No, and they were used mostly until like the last drive of the game. They were used the vast majority in short-yarded situations. You saw right off the bat. From the first time Nyman Hines got on the field, you're like, whoa, he is.

he was he's got it he was he had it he was on fire he had the salts yes he got salted he had that little uh you know that warm pouch in front it was just full of salts every play he's smelling them salts and going nuts this is the team is a true hot hand approach we saw this a couple weeks ago with jordan wilkins when we were worried of what you know what happened he actually looked good

for the first time of his career and had a good game and they ran with them. And then Heinz looked great and they ran with them. So it's going to make it very difficult to trust. It is. And we do have, we have some footage. Actually, we have sound from the game from Jonathan Taylor, Jason. Oh, okay. Oh.

That's not the sound of what it. That does not sound like someone running into their offensive line. That sounds like someone running slow in the open field. And that is not what Jonathan Taylor does. He runs into his offensive line. All right. We've had the Jonathan Taylor conversation many times on this show. Another game. So we have another piece for the sample size. How are you feeling about Johnny Taylor right now? Not great, Bob. Yeah. I mean, look, he he did what he was asked to do. He didn't.

You know, he had to pick up two fourth and shorts, got him both. Wilkins tried two fourth and shorts, missed them both, and missed a goal line catch on, you know, opportunity. So I didn't see anything. Seven for 12. Well, right, but I mean, literally half of his plays were like, and one where you're running for a yard or two. So you can't criticize that too much, but I think I can. There were plenty of plays.

There were plays like when he had his goal line opportunity where if he made a jump cut to the left, he's in. Instead he runs right where he thought he was supposed to run that didn't open up. It's a vision problem for him. When you got him the ball in the open field on a little screen and he goes and murders some defensive back. He run that player over. He's clearly the most athletic guy, but the reality is he's got a vision problem and a scheme problem. He's not fitting their scheme very well. I mean, what's crazy is, uh,

I didn't, you don't want to believe it, but the narrative that running backs out of Wisconsin, going to the NFL, and they disappoints. I mean, look, I'm not throwing the towel in on Jonathan Taylor's career by any stretch. He's, he's very, he's still green. He's, he's, just a few games into his career, which is hopefully long and very, very productive. But Melvin Gordon has been fine. You know,

Fine. He's still in. Melvin Gordon is the good example. He's the shining example. He's the worst example you could go with because he's actually been, he's been good even though disappointing efficiency. Monte ball. I mean, it's, it's just wild. It's wild how that has worked out. Very positive news here. Michael Pittman Jr. Eight targets. He was the shining star of the receiving game for the Colts. Seven for 101. This is what we talked about. This is why.

A couple weeks ago, when Michael Pittman was just coming back, I said, go grab Pittman right now because he has the skills. And his schedule moving forward, the passing schedule for the wide receivers of the Indianapolis Colts is very favorable. Hopefully you grabbed him because now you're going to have to fight for him off with the waiver wire. And even with T.Y. Hilton available and healthy.

Michael Pittman played 81% of snaps. Nobody else played more than 67% of the wide receivers. So he was running as their one. Now, that could be working T.Y. Hilton back into health. But this is what they drafted Pittman to be, to be their one. And it was nice to see he had himself a great game. On the Tennessee side, Corey Davis came through with a decent game, five for 67. Unfortunately, AJ Brown. Oh, my. One for 21, including.

a drop of a sure 70-yard touchdown. I'm playing him in our league of record, and I'm going up against who I would say, we would all agree, has the best roster. So there's a juggernaut game, and then I think it might have been the first play for Tennessee. It might have been the second play, but I think it was the first play where they throw to A.J. Brown, it was great. Great route. I don't know how A.J. Brown managed to.

to not go out of bounds. It looked like the defender was going to be able to box him out. A.J. Brown stays in, juggles the ball off his hands about three times. Super unfortunate for fantasy football. And then on top of that, these coaches hit us with, uh, it's, it is November 13th. It is Friday the 13th right now. They gave us a little, little, uh, preview of Friday the 13th by giving us a Deontay Foreman touchdown.

They gave us a Johnny Smith rushing touchdown. I mean, it was a rushing touchdown for Jacoby Brissette. Frank Reich, what are you doing to us? But it was a good game. I don't think there's much else to take away from this other than the Colts defense that, you know, there's been a lot made about they've had an easier schedule. They might not be as good as advertised. They said, no, we are. This is prime time. We're shutting down a great offense.

The Tennessee Titans had a very difficult time, especially even though the Rundi is in these super strength. It was the pasty that really got shut down. Before we get into the news, I want to remind you about our socials. Please follow us on Twitter at the FF Ballers. Jason is at Jason FFL. I am at FF Hitman. You can follow Andy at Andy Holloway and our YouTube. You want to see these faces, these beautiful faces. You want to see that cardboard bear extraordinary?

YouTube.com slash the fantasy footballer. Subscribe and click that bell. All right, let's get into the news. News and notes from around the league. The Browns announced that a player's test results have come back positive for COVID-19. They're going to have to shut down. The player will quarantine. They will close down. Contract tracing will be conducted.

We'll see. I mean, it's been a while, you know, when was that game moved? Was that week two or three? Yeah, it was very early in the season for the Tennessee Titans, and it hasn't, no other game has been rescheduled or moved since. They have been able to stop outbreaks. I mean, people are coming out positive with the virus, unfortunately, but they have been able to stop outbreaks. So there's nothing at this point that leads us to believe that the Browns game will not be happening, but you need to pay attention, need to monitor.

Joe Mixen did not practice Wednesday. He did not practice Thursday. He is coming off a by week. He is coming off two missed games. You can't expect Joe Mixen to play. No, they're not going to throw him out there without testing the foot in practice. You have to view him as out. It would shock me if he played. Ravens running back Mark Ingram did not practice on Thursday after a limited practice on Wednesday. Now his teammate Gus Edwards believes that Mark Ingram will play.

I would just wait and see with Mark Ingram. You might have gotten the alert that Mark Ingram is set to play this week. That is not a guarantee. And it affects things like Dobbins and Gus Edwards are playable if Mark Ingram is to miss. Lions wide receiver Kenny Gallaudet remains absent. Don't expect him back. Both David Montgomery and David Johnson running backs.