Week 3 Matchups + Andy's Wild Night, Wheel of Shame - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/24

I'm 50. And I can kick. Oh, I will never be able to say 50 without thinking of that. It's Molly Shannon, right? That is. 49ers implied point total is 26.5. Packers, 23. One, are you surprised the 49ers of three-point favorites in this one? And two, you know, there are a lot of questions up and down the 49ers offense.

So where do you go? I mean, Debo is in your lineup, but there's not a lot of 49ers that you can feel comfy with. No, there's not. I think with the hodgepodge of injuries at running back, Andy, your start of the week in George Kittle, anyone who has Kittles starting them, but I think you should have confidence in this matchup. The Packers so far on the season have been roasted.

you know, by tight ends. So I think Kittal should be fine. I don't believe you could start Jimmy Garoppolo or Trey Lance. We've talked through the running backs already. If you skipped ahead, you can go back and listen to kind of in the news segment all the Elijah Mitchell versus Trey Sermon versus Jack Quess Patrick or what to do in those. In Tren Cannon. Yeah, in those situations. So really it's just Debo Samuel and that's.

That's it. Debo and Kiddle. Obviously, the Packers, there's a lot of questions or a lot of options to play. You're starting Aaron Rogers. You're starting Aaron Jones. You're starting Devante Adams. How have you felt about Robert Tunyon so far through two games? He had a big week last week with the touchdown. Didn't do much in week one, but they were just melted. I think you've got to feel good. Tunian or Fant rest of season? Fant. Okay.

So you don't, I mean, Tanya was a very high, or not very high, but a higher draft pick than Fant was. Yeah, I mean, the reality is, we know that Tanya has the ceiling if Rogers is going to throw a ton of touchdowns. He was the tight in three last year, but it was completely on the back of touchdowns, and that's not a sticky predictive stat. So I would rather have the targets and the receptions, which don't really come towards Tanya. Yeah, the way it wouldn't know of Fants, like Jerry Judy's out.

I mean, that's the difference here between the two guys. If Judy was still there, I would go, Tony. That's a good point. Changing perspective on Fant is what does that. Yes. Breaking news. Mike, why don't you share this breaking news with us? Yeah, this is positive. So Rappaport just tweeted out. Chris McCaffrey expected to miss a few weeks. The team is still running test. But as of now, IR is not the plan. So that has to at least.

Let's go to our local team. Raise some spirits if Christian McCaffrey is on your team that they didn't immediately throw him on the IR. He does mention that Chuba Hubbard is the next man up, which we already knew. How do you feel about that, Jay?

Um, yeah, I mean, it is positive that he's not going on the IR. That's the thing I said we were waiting to find out. Um, so you, I assume two weeks. You've got a- Well, it's not the plan right now. It's not the plan right now. Sure, they could add, uh, him to I are crazy. You know how plans be. Well, the way they made the decision for him to be out last night was so fast that you got to take some solace in the fact it wasn't that fast right now. I like Matt rule. Matt Jaw rule. Murder. Um, jaw rule's been a very good coach. I think they're going to be five and oh.

by the way. Have you seen their schedule? I'm concerned about that. Losing J.C. Horn and losing Christian McCaffrey, two of your best players on, you know, on each side of the ball is very, very difficult for the outlook going forward on this team. But they do look legit and I think they're well coached. But my point in talking about the coach is that they are going, he's smart enough to know not to rush him back. He's not, Matt Rule is not.

coaching for his job security. He is a new coach on a rebuilding plan with a massive long-term contract. I take it back. They're going to lose next week. He wants Christian McCaffrey healthy. And even if they lose next week or whatever, they're 3 and 0 already. So this is a team that has the luxury of saying get healthy Christian McCaffrey and then we'll let you back. And I do wonder if when he comes back at this point,

Do you start to manage him a little more? Do you start to manage him? Start to make him more of a 75%? Not if Chuba drops touchdown passes, you don't. You know, snap player. We didn't even really talk about that. Like, Chuba looked fine, fine, fine. Maybe a little scared. And I guess we'll get into that in the waivers. But, like, Royce Freeman was the second man up. It was clearly the touches went to Chuba. But Royce Freeman is going to be interesting.

That was my best attempt at a Chuba. It's hard to do the, because I get it, Chuba's tuba, but he's a speedster. Yeah, he's not Joach Bill. No. We just need to change it to Chubba. And people would say, he can't change his name. But Chabahubber. I know. It's Chabba Hoobberd. Uh, J. Dillon, a lot of people have dropped him. He's another guy that fits into the category like Chuba where.

If he is on your waiver, just pick him up for the weekend. To me, I talked about James Connor as do you or do you not stash him? A.J. Dillon should not be on waiver wires to me. In the event. Upper tier backup where he should be roster. If Jones unfortunately misses time, AJ Dillon will smash. You might see some Kylan Hill though, man. You might. You certainly might. But I think that AJ Dillon will.

become a top 15 running back immediately. You cannot confidently start a non-Divante Adams wide receiver, but reports this morning is that Randall Cobb is going to continue to get worked into this offense. They want to get him the ball more. Pay attention to that. Don't care. That's fine. He could get in our Sterling Shepard category eventually here. The Eagles take on the Cowboys on Monday night football. Drafking Sportsbook line, Cowboys minus three and a half. The overrunners 52.5. Jason, you have three players in this matchup.

in our league of record matchups. So I'm going to try to build a lead against you, and you're going to try to come back on Monday night football, and then you're going to be unsuccessful, and then I'll be victorious. But you kind of went through this process with Jalen Hertz in the office yesterday, where you were looking at the waiver wire. You were trying to be fair-minded about Hertz and say, well, I shouldn't consider them in every week's start. I should find streaming options and better matchups.

In case I want to bench Jalen Hertz, and where did you get to on that journey? Where I landed, looking at the schedule and what's ahead and what he's done, is that he is pretty much an every week starter. He is. I don't see a matchup in the near future. And when I say near, like the next two months where I would not start him, he has been very, very good for fantasy. And he now has six starts. In those six starts, he's averaged 8.9 fantasy points per game on the ground, which is delightful. Which includes fumbles.

For context, Lamar, Lamar Jackson averages 9.8 on the ground in 39 starts. So he is in the same realm as a running back as Lamar Jackson, but he is a much better passer in my opinion. I think that if you like, bruh.

I mean, you judge can hit the gavel for that one. You can. Highest graded passer against the blitz right now. Yeah, I mean, you know. That's just not a fair thing to say, I think, about Jalen Hertz seven games into his career. Like, I think Lamar is a good passer. But you can continue. To be fair to what my thought was is not so much who is able to throw a more accurate ball, but who is going to be utilized more in the passing game for fantasy? Who out of Lamar Jackson and Jalen Hertz are going to have a 300-yard passing game in the volume? And that's where I...

Neither. That's where I think it would be more on the Jalen Hertz side. So you take Hertz over Lamar rest of the season? I would not take Hertz over Lamar. He still got the point fewer on the rushing, on the baseline. But I see them darn near identical. It is funny that last year in four career starts, Jalen Hertz surpassed 300 passing yards twice.

Yeah, he's also under Lamar this year. I mean, he had 190 in his last game, and it shows you where it can go. But that's fair. I mean, we have to kind of decide what you believe there. And early in the offseason, when they hadn't drafted Devons or brought Zach Ertz back, it was hard to see where the targets could go. But it's nice that he can pass for 190 yards and no touchdowns and give you an okay fantasy week.

Yep, he was still fine. I am extremely interested in watching the Cowboys defense this week because Tom Brady carved him up, made him look like what we thought they were, which was terrible. And then last week they were actually better than expected against the Chargers who is a good offense in their own right. So I'm curious to see if anything has been fixed with the Dallas Cowboys defense or...

Preferably that they come out. Oh, yes, please. It has not. Fantastic. I think the Cowboys win in cover in this game. Now, Jason, you went the other direction on some of your picks this week. I think the Cowboys mop the floor with the Eagles this week. Yeah, I took the Eagles with four points. Just like the Chiefs mopped the floor last week with the Ravens. So you want to enter that time machine, Mike? Can we go back in time in this time machine and fix something we set on the show? Nope.

All right, question marks in this game, though, Miles Sanders. You're playing them. Zeke, yes, Pollard, back in the lineup. In your flex. Amari Cooper? C.D. Lamb? Yep. Devantza Smith? Yep. Dallas Goddard or Zach Ertz? Got it. Jalen Rager is a desperation play? Yep. Okay. And you're still stashing Kenny Gamewell. I'm looking forward to this segment right now, right here.

Fantasy Face Off, presented by Draft Kings. Oh, the turntables. I'm freaking on Marty Cooper last week. The chicken masks shall not be worn by yours truly. Last week's head-to-head matchup on Draft Kings. I came out on top. Jason was second and third place and biggest loser this week. Mike the fantasy hitman himself.

Which means Mike gets to spin the wheel of shame today before we reveal our week three lineups. You get to... Well, you got to hit the button. What button? Wheel of shame. Yeah, get hyped on the drop before you get dropped by the wheel. Yes. All right, spin it. Let's find out those of you listening what Mike's situation is going to be. Not the mullet wig? No.

Oh, yeah, baby. Messy lipstick. Messy lipstick for today's show. All right. Puck her up. Where's J.D. McKissick when you need them. So this is not, you can't be polished on this. You need to be nice. At least it's Matt. And red and messy.

Nice red. Go ahead and. Get this. Get the camera on there. We're talking clown. It's a little messy. You got to get a little messier. Oh, man. That looks nice. Nice and disturbing. Oh, that is, that is horrifying. Because of the beard, because of the beard, it looks just a little too intentional.

Oh, yeah. I'm sorry, Mom. All right. Okay. Well, you look good, Mike. Let's keep the camera there as long as we can. Why don't you? Mike's. I can't handle myself. You get paid to do this. Hold on. Hold on. I'm going to get a little bit more on that top lip. Yeah. Thank you. Proceed. Looking very, very good.

I love the way that you're talking right now with your lips puckered the whole time. You got to give the duck face. Week three. Oh, gosh, I can't look at this. I can't look at this man. What? This is the best camera here, the three, the three. Go to YouTube.com. Check out, Mike. Mike, who's your quarterback this week on draft king? Oh, I forgot I have to give a lineup. Yeah. Head to head to head. We'll see what you're in next week. All right.

At the quarterback position, I want in on that Minnesota game. But the other side, I'm taking Russell Wilson at 7600. 7600 Russell Wilson. Mike, Jason, what do you have? This is my fear. I worried about my lineup because of my quarterback pick. I went with a very cheap option in Justin Fields. I don't mind it. He was only 5,200, but I do worry that the quarterback position is going to.