Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Wk 7 Studs, Duds, Rising Stars, Updates

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It's blueaper.com slash ballers. It's a better way to cook. All right. And some other running backs that enjoyed eating this weekend. DeMarco Murray, Spencer Ware, Latavius Murray, and Jaquiz Rogers. Has to be an encouraging sign for Latavius Murray owners to see him get back and do what he's done well this year, which is, you know, get in the end zone. Get touchdowns. Get in the end zone. Well, look, and.

Having a couple of weeks to watch the Raiders offense with DeAndre Washington with Janlon Richard showed me that Latavus Murray is not losing that starting job. I think to me, seeing DeAndre Washington, he does some good things, but he kind of looks undersized to me. He doesn't look like a front line back. He looks like a very complimentary back. Richard ran clearly as the number three this week. And so I think Latavis Murray is a very comfortable mid to late running back too for me.

Yeah, I can buy into that. I have no problem with it. All right. Talk about Q, Mike. You started him this week. We don't know when Doug Martin's coming back. The latest report from Coach Dirk Cutter is he just plain doesn't know when Doug Martin's going to be able to get back on the field from the setback. Because Wodgers seems like somebody you can just roll out. Yes, absolutely. Hit me another monster game, 26 for 154.

And we're actually going to go and do Jock Quiz a little bit of detail later. And we're going to go into Spencer Ware. So we'll hold off on those guys. That's what I call you Quiz Rogers. All right. Wide receivers. Wide receivers, we've got some guys that you know you're starting every week. So these are pretty much just foregone conclusions, A.J. Green, 8 for 169 and 1, including that incredible touchdown. Mike Evans, 8 for 96 and 2. How many wide receivers do you want ahead of Mike Evans right now? That's a great question. Very, very little.

AJ. AJ. Julio. Antonio Brown. O'Dell Beckham Jr. Maybe. I think, but I don't know. I thought about offering Mike my O'Dell Beckham for Mike Evans. Oh, you don't have one. I always think you have Mike Evans. That's not going to work. But what was so? I don't know. I think right now if I get Mike Gillisly back if you offer it to Mike. If I had to.

Yeah, I mean, honestly, I would, I would trade. If I'm, if this is just redraft, just redraft, I'm taking Mike Evans over Odell Beckham. I think his playoff schedule is amazing. His consistency. That's hot sauce. His consistency is far better. You don't have to wait for the 200 yard two touchdown games. You're getting so many targets every single week. He is the only option there. What's his relationship with the kicking net? It's, it's, uh,

It's the way I like it. Neutral like most people. It's difficult. But I love the Evans touchdown where you watch him in the end zone. He looks at Winston. He just points up. He's like, I'm 6'5. Just throw it up in the air to the 10 foot level. And that's not a problem. You can't stop that. Another, you know, T.Y. Hilton, big game, 7 for 133 and a touchdown had one touchdown called back on a penalty. So he could have had dose. And Julio was.

his Julio self. I really enjoyed watching the Falcons in those black jerseys. Those throwbacks, that was awesome. And don't forget the sharp cheddar. Devante Adams. Well, I was giving you the big names first. And I was going to rotate the guys that need some questions answered for the rest of the season. Devante Adams was 13 for 132 and two touchdowns. Randolphin, 11 for 95 and one. Between them, 24 of Aaron Rogers' receptions. And then you had Michael Crabtree come back.

to wide receiver one form, eight for 96 and a touchdown against Jacksonville. If you had to rate those three guys rest of season, how do you do it? Who's the third? Devante Adams, Crabtree, and Cobb, Cobb? I'm going Crabtree first. Cobb Adams. I would go. So you don't buy into Adams this being a J. Ajai like breakout at the wide receiver position? Something that actually worked. Something that's actually worked for that offense compared to, you know, Jordy Nelson? Yeah. I.

I think you just said how I believe very well. I said you don't buy into that? Yes, that's what I'm saying. I think Adams is fine. I've always said he is an okay wide receiver three. And for this team, it's fine. He's going to get his touchdowns the same way James Jones used to do with Green Bay. He's a startable asset. But I think that if you look at targets from here to the rest of the season, Cobb's going to get more. Cobb has had several touchdown opportunities these last two weeks that just didn't.

didn't happen. One called back on a penalty that was nothing to do with the play. One was barely out of bounds. One was barely out of bounds. One was a drop. If those go the other way, we're going, oh my gosh, Randall Cobb, is he back? Is he a top five? You know, so I think it goes. And as far as Michael Crabtree, look, he's only had one bad game, and that was in a hurricane. The guy is still the number one there. And while I wouldn't put him as a wide receiver one, I still see him as a.

as a great top-tier wide receiver two options. This year's Eric Decker. He might be the guy that you want to auto-start as that comfortable wide receiver two the whole season. He will probably finish the year as a wide receiver one because of how hot his start has been. To go back to the question where we started the show, Devante Adams and Randall Cobb, I would trade both of those guys for Allen Robinson. Oh, yeah. Tight ends, my start of the week.

Doyle rules. Yeah, Jack Doyle, nine for 78 and a touchdown. Jason's rolling his eyes because he signed Jack Doyle. Then he released Jack Doyle for Bray, and then he wished he could get Jack Doyle back. And then I went to sign Jack Doyle because Doyle is going to do it. As soon as I heard Quambray was out of the game, I'm like, well, Quambray's out because Philip Dorset is out. Philip Dorset's out because Dante Moncrief is out. Doyle's going to rule. And so I went to sign him.

And apparently five, you were saying you were driving a church. If you followed the Periscope on Sunday, thank you for joining me as usual. I had to do it early because my kids were in the church choir this weekend. So on the way, I was all set to play Pitta. And then there was all the news coming out about Flacco's arm. It just kept getting worse of he couldn't lift it above his head on Monday. He's still going to play. I'm like,

You know what? I'm going to roll with Doyle over Pitta. So I would say like 15 minutes before waivers is rolling. I'm at a red light. I just throw it in there, you know, whatever. And then I had my claim. I was watching it like a hawk. And then 15 minutes later I get just blasting me in slack. It was glorious. That's okay. All right. Before we jump into the Raising Cain's Rising Stars of the Week, I'm going to throw out a few names. And I want you guys to say whether you buy into them or whether they're one week.

Wonder type of scenarios. These are some other stud muffins this week. Michael Thomas. He is getting targets. 10 for 130, 13 targets. I buy in as a wide receiver three. As a three with upside every single week. I do. All right. Let's talk Brando Lafell. Another good week for him. Four for 83 in a touchdown. The Browns. No, I do not buy him. I buy Brandon Lafell as a weekly flex player. Mike Wallace. As long as Steve Smith Signore is out, Mike Wallace is in. Ty Montgomery.

Ian. Oh, yeah. Until James Starks come back, which I haven't even mentioned that. We, we, the Green Bay situation, because that was the Thursday night game. If you can stash James Starks on your, on an IR, I'd pick him up. Absolutely. All right. Let's move on. Raising Cains, Rising Stars of the Week. All right. It's Monday. That means it's Raising Cains, Rising Stars of the Week. I'm going to kick it off.

I might be stating the obvious from the rising star category, but I don't care. He had to be in this. Jay Ajai. Jay Ajai is my rising star of the week. Look, the commitment to him, the commitment to the run, the volume level. Arian Foster's only contribution this week was a pathetic pass drop that they really needed. There is no way that I can see Foster taking this backfield away from Ajai. So, in summary, as I said earlier, top 10 guy rest of season for me. He's a baller.

Who has more yards? J. Ajai or Todd Gurley? Oh, don't tell me that. It's obviously a Jai. Oh, man. That's funny, though. It's obviously Jai. Wow. Just like we predicted. Just kidding. Just kidding. I'll go with my Rising Star that I wanted to go with last week. I got the kibosh put on me. But I'm saying, no, you can't tell me I can't make it my rising star this week. Is Spencer Ware? Look, even last week.

Not knowing this was before anything about the Jamal Charles knee, I had bought in. Because I was low on him, he was rising to me. He's a guy that I think is going to be valuable, is going to be start worthy, rest of season. Look, they do not need Jamal Charles. I'm not saying that they might not be benefited by a healthy Jamal Charles, but their team does not need him.

There is absolutely no way you could convince me that the chiefs absolutely need Jamal Charles because Spitzerware has been amazing. He's done it every single week. He's up near the top in yards per carry. He's great through the passing game. He's good on the goal line. I mean, there's no area where Spitzerware is not quality. This is a team that is always good for the running backs. They can have multiple high producing fantasy running backs. And now with the Jamal Charles knee stuff,

I like Spencer Ware, rest of season. He's, he's absolutely a guy that should be started. Would you say he's good in every wearia? Oh, no. Nope. Nope. No, we wouldn't. Landrianna. Psycho. All right. Who you got, Mike? I'm going with Joaquiz Rogers. Yeah. Look, this is not, this might not be a whole season thing, but Doug Martin is out for, I don't know. Who know? We don't know how long Doug Martin is going to go out.

But we do know is in two weeks, Joaquiz Rogers has piled up 56 carries for 256 yards. He has been a fantasy stud for two weeks. And I know it's San Francisco last week, but the dude hit his career high in the second quarter because he's running like a man possessed. He looks fantastic. He gets involved in the passing game. He only had the one reception this week, but we know from two weeks ago.

That he can get involved in that. We know from his career he can also do that. Oakland and Atlanta are on deck for Jock Quiz Rogers. And you know, this part blows my face off. His ownership in ESPN leagues 34.5%. That's absurd. What is happening? I mean, he was, I think I ranked him as my number six running back this last week. If he was on waivers and not picked up, shame on you.

So grab Jock Whiz. As long as Doug Martin is out, you just plug Jock Whiz in and you feel you got a warm blanket of fantasy gold around you. All right, those were the Raising Cain's Rising Stars of the Week. Don't forget the game day always tastes better, win-loss or tie with Raising Cain's tailgates full of fresh 24-hour marinated hand-battered chicken fingers and that fresh, rude sweet tea. Say, when you go into the cage and say, hey, give me a fantasy hitman special.