Week 5 Matchups + Wheel of Shame, How Bizarre - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/8

And Tony Pollard only saw 12 opportunities in that game. His opportunities since the week two explosion have actually gone down every week in carries and targets. And as far as Amari Cooper and C.D. Lamb's been very disappointing in the last two weeks. They have not needed to throw the ball a lot. This could be one of those games where that happens. But I...

I think the passing game is great. I think it's just the abs and flows of a normal season. And I would take the combined, you know, Cooper and Lamb, I would say we'll score more fantasy points this week than Keenan Allen, Mike Williams. So I would take this side based on these matchups. So if you're fine starting those guys, I think you should be absolutely fine starting Cooper and Lamb. I agree. I think this might be the bounceback week for C.D. Lamb. I like him to.

break out of this kind of two-week funk, and hopefully the Giants can compete enough to make that necessary. Because the one thing we've learned this year is Dallas, they can run the football. And if they are effective that way, you may see a disappointing performance from wide outs or even DAC. Breaking news. Not the fun kind, but Rob Gruncowski is out.

Oh, I thought that was the breaking news that I just saw, which was T. Higgins is in, which is the fun kind. Oh, okay. Well, we've brought balance to the force. Net neutral. We are, we are even. And we weren't really thinking Gronk was back, were we? No. And we were kind of thinking the Higgins was going to play, weren't we? Yeah, so maybe that was just news. But it broke live on the show. Yeah. Maybe it wasn't news. Maybe it was just breaking. Just the breaking part? There's just the breaking.

All right, the 49ers, two and two, taking on the 4-0, Arizona Cardinals, 26 and a half points. How come we haven't said there's other teams are 4-0? But there aren't any. The Draft King Sportsbook line Cardinals minus four, over under is 49 points. You know, what's been nice for Arizona sports is that when we're very prideful and boastful about our teams, nothing ever goes wrong. It works out. Two and O in the NBA finals. Oh, yeah.

You'll notice I'm not wearing an NBA champions hat. I am wearing the final. We got there. Yeah. Cardinals 4-0 49ers 2 and 2. We talked earlier that, you know, it might be a Trey Lance game. He may get the start for the first time in his career. Arizona is 5-1-1 in its past seven games against San Francisco. It's something that I think is interesting. They're at home.

Is that the new line, Brooks? Because I had seen five and a half yesterday. Is this line changed? I believe it opened at six. So it has moved to be, it's Cardinals minus four. I wonder if that's with the trending towards Lans. The variable. I don't know. It's probably just people are taking the points. So how do we see this game breaking down? I think this is the bounceback game for DeAndre Hopkins. You had an injury limited game. You had a Jalen Ramsey game.

This is the game where I feel like Hopkins is going to remind us why he was such a high draft pick. And so I'm expecting big things out of him in this matchup. San Francisco's secondary was starting Josh Norman a couple of weeks ago. They have not been as good as we've hoped or thought that they might be able to be. And they've been pretty bad against opposing fantasy quarterbacks as well. So I have great confidence in Hopkins this week. I don't ever really know.

Who would have the most confidence in outside of Hopkins? When it comes to the other three, and really it's the other two, I don't know how easily we could throw Rondell more into the equation. But what you know is that there is, there's a lot of fantasy production that will be had and shared across this wide receiver core. And you are playing, you're playing like 50-50 roulette because, you know, you're betting on black or red here because I don't think, you know, Christian Kirk.

I played him last week, one target, one reception, five yards. It was still on the field for 72% of the snaps, has half of his games great, half of his games duds, but because it just went to A.J. Green, it went to a different player. And I think it's going to continue to be rotating through the course of the season. I don't believe that A.J. Green or Christian Kirk or Rondale Moore will fully entrench themselves as the clear cut every week.

number two target. It's just who's open. I will say this, Chase Edmonds, if he doesn't play, the shorter, you know, the slot guys might be a little bit more involved. Ronnell Moore and Christian Kirk, but what you're doing here, I think you can start them. I think you can start Christian Kirk. AJ Green because.

You're taking a shot. We talk about all the time. All wide receivers are inconsistent. So go with the ones who can actually have a really good game. And I think, you know, Krisha Kirk has obviously shown two top 20 weeks, one top 10 week already. So if Chase Edmonds is out, is James Connor automatically in. Oh, yeah. 20 opportunities last week. No question. Okay. Yeah, he's a touchdown threat and he'll be the guy. Kyler, he's locked into your lineup. I agree with everything you said. It's funny because as the AJ Green Truther.

somebody where AJ Green's had six targets in every game. He's double digits, three consecutive games. I still am kind of looking to start somebody else because I don't think the ceiling is high enough. Like if you just need six targets and whatever that becomes with AJ Green, that's fine. But like I'm playing Marvin Jones over him this week because I want ceiling. The other side of the ball, it's very difficult to...

project here. 22 points is the implied point total for San Francisco. Look, if Tray Lance starts, you start him for fantasy over almost everybody. Would you start him over Ryan Tannahill against Jacksonville? Would you start him over Sam Darnold against Philadelphia? Yeah. Okay. Yeah, the only thing I'll say is, you know, first game jitters, there is the loaf, the interception risk, the fumble risk.

but because of how much he runs, you're still going to end up fine. You're not going to end up with Justin Fields game where it's three and the seven points where he doesn't run the ball at all. Trey Lance will make a play in this game or two. And you might be thinking to yourself, well, we talked about Justin Fields having that nice rushing baseline of security as well. Justin Fields is a supreme athlete, a great mobile quarterback, but it's not in the same stratosphere as far as rushing.

production as Tray Lance. Tray Lance is much more of the Lamar Jackson, Kyler Murray-esque rushing volume. But I don't, you know, the Cardinals have been really, really good on defense. They're at home. They've been great in their own building on defense historically. Ninth against quarterbacks, 10th against running backs, second against tight ends. Look, I don't have any prescription for the running back room in San Francisco. If Elijah is active, which it looks like he will be.

He's going to split time, not just with Traceerman, but with Kyle Usecheck. And I don't want to mess with any of them against Arizona's defensive front. That's distributing 18 points across multiple players in the running back. Yeah, you've got to let that shake out. On the bans. Yeah, like Elijah, this is one of those situations. I'm benching him. If he happens to have an explosive big game, great. Cool. Cool, yeah, moving forward. Now I have confidence to start him.

But for San Francisco, Trey Lance, great streaming option. You got to stay in the flames with Debo here. And then if George Kittle, who is not practicing, if he plays, you're not streaming off with the waiver wire over an act of George Kittle. But that's it. Hey, like Brandon Ayuk with Trey Lance, no, thank you. No way. Trey Serman. Debo's obviously in. Yes. Yes. Yeah, he's the one I would play.

Also, it's... Thank you. I know, Al, you've been really pining for more Debo drops. Correct. And do you feel fulfilled now? I do. He just wants that because he's on his fantasy team. It doesn't, that's not like playing, like you don't have to knock on wood after you hit that every time with Devo, do you? I mean, apparently you do. What has been knocked on? To phrase it that you want Devo drops, that's not something I would ask for.

Matt Williams? Were you going to bring him up? I wasn't going to bring up Max Williams, but we can. I was going to bring up Byron Murphy. That is the cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals who's been outstanding this year. Not been practicing. There is a very good chance he doesn't play this week, which would change the Cardinals defense quite drastically. I don't know that it would do enough for me to start Iuke. In fact, I know it would not. No, no, no. Like I would not. No, no. But it could do enough where he ends up with a decent game, but be aware of.

uh that injury for whatever you want whatever you know for your if you're if you're picking against the spread all right make a difference sunday night football okay yes buffalo bills three and one taking on the two and two chiefs drafting sports book line chiefs minus three over under is 56 that's what you like to see chiefs with almost uh what 30 points bills with 27 and

Yeah, this is an instant replay of what, the AFC title game last year. Who are you sitting in this game? That's the real question. I mean, me on the couch. Yeah.

That's good answer, good answer. Mahomes, Clyde with two straight top 20 weeks, Jason? No, you're definitely not sitting Clyde. I was doing the starts. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, he's back-to-back 100-yard games. I mean, the Bill's defense has been outstanding, so it'll be really interesting. Devin Singletary is the only player that's kind of questionable that I might prefer to bench. Yeah, Singletary last week, 15. He's had more than 12 opportunities every game.

Does that intrigue you? I mean, the defense, does that change your opinion, I guess? Because the defense has been so shoddy. I mean, the chiefs have got to be a bottom five defense in football. Yeah, I'm not super into the Singletary play. All right. I don't think I look at Singletary and Moss very differently from a recommendation standpoint. They've both been seeing tons of work. Yeah, they're mostly split. I would just say Zach Moss has a little bit higher.

touchdown potential than single-term. Josh Allen's in, Stefan Diggs, yep, Emmanuel Sanders, sure. Tyreek, yeah, Kelsey, Mm-hmm, Dawson Knox. He's had, I didn't vet it, but I read that he had more targets than Beasley for three straight weeks. Or targets or routes run. That is, it's one of those. Yeah, I mean, Cole Beasley is, it's very bizarre. It's been a bizarre season because Beasley has been a reliable, uh,

Target Hawk, because it was 13 week one, but then it dropped to 4. 13 in week three, back down to 2. It's been a strange ride here for Beasley, but Dawson Knox, with the tight-in landscape, you've got to just ride this out. A lot of points will go up in this game and just hope Knox grabs a touchdown. It's going to be a fun one.

All right, our final matchup, Indianapolis Colts at 1 and 3.3 ticket on the Baltimore Ravens at 3 and 1. Monday night football, the Drafking Sportsbook line Ravens minus 6 and a half. Over under is 45. I don't know if Mike is even... Yeah, I'm super happy that Lamar Jackson's on Monday night again. Oh, okay. I can't wait to lose again. Well, you will have lost by then. Yeah. You're playing me. I will. I probably lost last night. Thank you, D.K. Metcalfe.

Lamar Jackson on Monday night. I was referring to the fact that you see, you're attached to the Ravens with Lamar, and yet you despise them because of what happened to Tyson Williams. That is accurate. It's a very, there's a lot of inner turmoil over here. Right. Over, I like John Harbaugh, and yet I'm very upset with him. Well, yeah, I mean, you guys got to work it out, probably get in a room together, break it all down.

The Colts defense has been good against the run, only giving up 16 and a half fantasy points. We know it will be Latavius and friends from the late 90s. So are you confident enough with the opportunities? Yes. For Latavius? Yeah, I mean, 18 opportunities. That's a number that we haven't seen, you know, from Baltimore Ravens. Running backs, but they look like they're going to feature Murray.

Is there any reason to avoid Hollywood in this game where just stay in the flames? No, I would be starting Hollywood. He should have had just a string of great games in a row that is wildly amazing for the position at wide receiver, except for all the drops two weeks ago. You need to be starting Hollywood. All right. You know, Mark Andrews, back-to-back top 12 weeks, no touchdowns on the season. He's fine.