Starts of the Week + Week 8 Breakdown, Kadarius Toney Traded! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/27

The Broncos Jaguars that starts at 6 in the morning or the Panthers Falcons game. This game is, oh man, the pace of play for these teams, they're going to take every second possible before snapping that ball and they're both going to run it a ton. And this game is another one that I would bet the under on this. I'm not excited about it because Drake London and Kyle Pitts have become bench warmers. until Atlanta shows me a change in philosophy, because they're actually trending downward, right? They started the year with 33 pass attempts by Marcus Mariotta. He hasn't hit 33 in the last two games combined. So I can't get excited. Look, could Kyle Pitts catch a touchdown? Of course. But 13 pass attempts, you know, this is a game where they can probably do that.

Right? This game is one where Carolina is not a huge offensive threat. So this could be a slog fest. And then Arthur Smith can go to the media and say, look, I told you, this is what works in the NFL. And then we can all cry. It's, it is, it has some interesting. They're not high level fantasy pieces. But the Falcons are favored by four. Tyler Algier has been getting a decent amount of work. You know, 13 opportunities, 15, 16. And if they're favored and that comes through, then Tyler Rageer will be perfectly fine. Do you like him more than playing Foreman or Hubbard on the other side is the question for me? So Chuba did not practice Wednesday. I believe the update was that he was on the stationary bike in a non-contact jersey. So I mean, that's, that seems even more extreme for the limited or the do not practice. But Deontza Foreman, he.

is interesting. Chuba was the better player, but Foreman had the huge run. So I think that he is in play. 15 for 118 last week. Yeah. And if Hubbard doesn't play. Do you like Foreman over Algier? Yeah, I do. I would prefer Foreman over Alger. Algier, you know, because they're not passing the ball at all, even though he does run routes and he's involved in the passing game, you wouldn't know it, kind of like Kyle Pitts. You just don't have the reception upside. So you're looking for touchdowns here. If I had to bet on a touchdown, it would be on Deont-Forman. And then the only other piece here to really discuss because we're not playing Drake London is DJ Moore. And I am in. You're in? I'm a little worried just because of the-

the total of this game and how the game could go. But matchup-wise, it makes sense. With no Robbie Anderson, no Christian McCaffrey, you're going to target DJ Moore 10 times in this game. And he was good last week. He's a talented player where if you get the ball in his hands enough opportunities, he can break something off. So I'm fine starting DJ Moore. And you have to lean on the Falcons being dead last against wide receivers as well. And they're likely out with some other top corners this week. Yeah, because Terrell's not there, right? He is likely out in Hayward's on. That matters a lot. I mean, AJ Trell is awesome. All right. Kyle Pitts, is he going to haunt me this Halloween weekend if I put him on the bench? I'm still wavering a little bit. But no, I'm not. No, I'm not. Greg D. Greg D. Me and Greg D. Are we all right? Yeah, let's move on. All right. Chicago, three and four. Dallas is five and two. Chicago had an impressive win in New England.

The Draft King Sportsbook line Cowboys' Mind is nine and a half. Vegas doesn't care. The overrunner is 42 and a half. They said, I see your game in New England. And then I don't because nine and a half, that's a lot. Dallas, you know, DAC is back and their defense is outstanding. Will the Matt Eberfluse Bears be able to figure out this defense doing what they did last week against a good New England defense? No. Not a ton. New England's defense is pretty good. I mean, you know, I don't want to take anything away from them. And the Chicago Bears really did a great job of not being able to be stopped by the New England Patriots defense. But the Dallas Cowboys defense is an entire tier above the Patriots. The Bears haven't really...

faced a defense this good this season unless you want to include the Water Bowl week one. Number one against quarterbacks and running backs in schedule adjusted. Number four against wide outs. Pretty much Dallas shuts down every position player. Yeah. So there's not much to love here. If you wanted, you know, if you're in a two quarterback league or you're looking for value on a Draft Kings lineup, you can always hope and Justin Fields is because of the rushing upside, Darnell Mooney has been someone that is starting to get to where you could start him. Yeah. And in general, I would say, yeah, he is a flex. I'm going to give him a shot this week. Yeah? Yeah, because Dallas is going to shut down these running backs. I think there's a case that you could make for not playing either one. Montgomery or Herbert this week. Dallas is number one against the running back position. They're going to get ahead in this game. So the recipe for Chicago is going to be, they're going to have to stretch the field a little bit. And that's the one area where Dallas has given up some points. I mean, not a lot. But Mooney is a really good player.

So I think the arguments you make towards like DJ Moore's possible success from certain week to certain week, it just lies in, is he a really good player that will have some opportunities? I'm willing to take that chance this week. Like I'm playing him over like a Garrett Wilson. Yeah, I would do that as well. Justin Fields has taken 27. Or Michael Gallup. Ooh. That's interesting. Yeah, that's an interesting. So Michael Gallup, I do forget that he has to come back from an injury and prove himself. No, it's a good point. I've been paying a lot of attention. When he came back and went straight to 67% of snaps, it got a couple of deep targets. The next week went to 80% of snaps. It was like, okay, Gallup is healthy now. Dax's coming back. Everything should be great. But at this point, I have taken the, I have to wait and see it.

first approach because if you keep putting Gallup out while he is scoring absolutely no fantasy points six points three weeks ago two points two weeks ago a goose egg last week just because he's done it in the past and we haven't even seen Dak really I mean one game back he wasn't great first game this season wasn't great so yeah Gallup is on the bench right now Well, and one of the big question marks in Dallas is the running back room. Ezekiel Elliott trending towards not playing, not practicing. He came out, though, and said, look, I can play without practicing. He thinks it's soft to sit, even if you're in pain. He said pain is temporary. I'm not soft. He wants to be out there with his guys. Matthew Betts gave us some injury information. He says it's a hyper extension injury, which leads to a bone bruise in the joint.

Behind the kneecap, very painful. Dallas goes straight into a buy. There's a lot that, I mean, they can win this game with Tony Pollard at running back. So logic says he should sit. Logic says he should sit. A lot of the reporting is saying that he's going to sit. I will, I will personally be surprised if he sits. This is not. So are you playing him? Because the Bears, ninth against quarterback, fourth against wide receiver, fifth. against tight end, but 26th against fantasy running backs. The matchup is very good for Dallas on the ground. I would play Ezekiel Elliott and I would play Tony Pollard. I'll play both of them. Whoever's active in the running game is in my line. All right. Then the other question mark here is just Dalton Schultz, what you saw from him. Last week, more involved. He did end up with five targets, caught all five of them, 49 yards.

I still think he is going to work himself into consistent production, assuming he stays healthy. Yep. C.D. Lamb, you playing. Dalton Schultz is still an interesting trade for target for me. Miami at 4 and 3, taking on the Detroit Lions who are 1 and 5. Draft King Sportsbook line, Dolphins minus 3 and a half on the road. The overrunner is 51.5. Here we go. This game, I mean, Miami's defense is bad. But bad. They just lost their safety. You know who's worse? The Detroit Lions defense. Yeah, baby. Let's go. I'm very excited about the pieces here. I made an intentional effort to trade for Tua to fill in for Justin Herbert this week. Are we getting Detroit, Seattle action here? So the way that I look at this game is entirely on the health.

of DeAndre Swift and Amon Rae St. Brown. Because if those two guys are active and out there, and it seems like they should be, then this should be one of those, yeah, the Detroit Seattle game where no one could stop anyone and both offenses can move the ball and you're just going to, this is like one of the games of the week. But if Amman Ra, which I do not understand, I do not understand this new concussion protocol thing. He doesn't have a concussion. He didn't have a concussion. Still not out of protocol? Here's my worry. Here's my worry is that maybe Detroit plays like they did the last two weeks. The last two weeks were on the road against good defenses, though. Correct. That's true. New England, Dallas. You're right.

You're right. But they scored six total points, so it freaks me out a little bit. Yeah. Like between the two weeks. For sure. I get it. But no Swift, no Ammon Ross St. Brown on the road against great defenses. Now you're at home in your dome with your great offensive line. If those weapons come back against the dolphins, this is going to be a barber. DeAndre Swift was a full practice. Oh, baby. Wednesday. Oh, baby. I believe that he will be back. Does that mean you have the confidence to play golf over a Jimmy G streaming option? Or a Matthew Stafford? You'll hear more about it.

In just a minute. Oh, that's confidence. I'm for it because you want some upside. If Garapolo hits as a streamer, it's he kept the boat on course. If golf hits as a streamer, he can actually help you win. All right. So you've got a lot of starts in this game. DeAndre Swift, if he's active, play him. Amman Ra? Yep. If he's active, you play him. T.J. Hawkinson. Yes. If he's active, you play him. What do you guys think? Because they are. You know, DJ Chark is out. Josh Reynolds did not practice on Wednesday. Khalif Raymond, the last two weeks, has seen a 22% target share and a 24% target share. Man, you know things are going poorly when that happens. Sure, but here's, this is an opportunity. I mean, to me, Khalif Raymond's name is really important for a wide receiver pivot option in a DFS lineup if Amun Ra is not playing. Five for 75 last week. But if Amman Ra is actually.

I'm not worried about Cleef Raymond. Tyreek, Jalen Waddle, put him in your lineup. Great matchup for Rahim Moster. Yes. Last four games for Moster, 19 opportunities a game, 68% of snaps. He looks great. He just finally got Tua back. I mean, Moester's been playing well without Tua. And then Tua came back, got into the end zone last week. Mike Gisicki, higher route percentage participation and more targets lately. I'm in. You like him more than Greg D? Because of the matchup? Yes. I like him more than Greg D for a number of reasons. He's not a rookie. We still have only a two-game sample size of Greg D's involvement. He's in a much higher scoring game. He is even more of an athletic freak than Greg Dulcich. So, yeah, I like Gisiki. I like Gisiki. I want to specify, I like Gisiki more this week. But if your options are, well, I have to.

Greg D's on the buy next week. So I guess I would be picking up Gassiki to play him and hoping that I can pick up Dulcich next week. The Arizona Cardinals at 3 and 4 taking on the Minnesota Vikings who are 5 and 1 at home. Drafking Sportsbook line Vikings minus 3 and a half. The over under is 49 points. We got to witness the return of DeAndre Hopkins. It was significant. It meant a lot to this offense and Kyla Murray. Do you have some optimism right now around Arizona being able to get things done? The Vikings defense has not been awful, but it has not been a top 15 defense. Yeah. I mean, is Kyler somebody that you think is going to bounce back in a fantasy way? I do think that there is reason for optimism. You're going to have Robbie Anderson more involved in the game plan. He is a significant upgrade from A.J. Green.

Rondale moves back to the slot, like Mike's been pointing out, and the offense clicks with Hopkins. So for the first time in a while, you have an Arizona Cardinals offense that appears to be able to move the ball. This is a rematch in the same situation, same conditions as last year's game. The Arizona Cardinals won 3433 in Minnesota, in a very high scoring affair. So that's always, you know, we've had a. A couple of these repeats from last year where the NFL has, the scheduling department has put a couple of these matchups as repeats from last year that were huge high scoring affairs. And all of them so far have hit being another repeat performance of a high scoring affair. So I do like this matchup. And I don't usually like thinking that the Cardinals games are going to take the over. What's interesting here is the pace of play.

should be way up. The Cardinals run a lot of plays on a weekly basis, you know, weeks two through six, top 10 in total plays in each of those weeks. The Minnesota Vikings, meanwhile, have been in very tight games, except they played Miami without two a couple weeks ago, and they won 24 to 16. But other than that, they were barely squeaking out wins, top 12 in terms of total plays for those games as well. So I think there is a huge opportunity for fantasy goodness. Pick a Cardinal wide receiver to flex that isn't named DeAndre Hopkins. I'll still go Rondale. I will go Robbie Anderson. I think his opportunity is going to be there this week. But Rondale did have, Rondale was seven for 114 last year against the Vikings, so it's not a bad pick, Mike. Zachert's still in play, right? Yes. You like Zacherts or Greg D? Zacherts. Okay.

I mean, asking for a friend. It's unfortunate, but it's, it's accurate. Dalvin Cook, you play him, Justin Jefferson. Don't be silly. Yep. But Adam Thielen, Irv Smith, are those options this week against the Cardinals 31st ranked tight-in defense? Adam Thielen has seen seven targets or more since week two. In the last month, three of those four games, he's been a top 24 wide receiver. He looks like he, he's not going to be elite Adam Thielen again, but he's in wide receiver two range. Yeah, and Irv Smith is my favorite streamer this week. Why is that, Jason? Because he's playing the Cardinals. And if you play the Cardinals, you have a great game at the tight end position. The Las Vegas Raiders are two and four. They take on the two and five Nora Lynn Saints. The Draft King's Sportsbook line Raiders favored on the road. By one and a half, the over and under is 49 and a half. We know that Andy Dalton has been named the starter. And it's been noted that James is healthy. This is what Dennis Allen called an offensive decision.

Okay. So that does make sense considering they play on the offensive side of the football. So if it was a defensive decision, that would be weird. That would be super weird. We decided based on our defense, we need to go with Andy Dalton. Now, Dalton was prolific in terms of production touchdowns, yards, but also interceptions against Arizona. You know, I like that he threw it 47 times. Sure. I certainly think this game is. interesting for the passing offense for New Orleans because they're not favored. It's a high over under. Chris Olave, he's got a 31.5 percent target per route run over the last five games. If you watch the Arizona game, Dalton takes the snap and he stares at Olave for a little while, decides if he can throw it to him and then moves on. And he usually can. That's the great thing about Olavi. He knows how to get open. He has been phenomenal. There is no world.

that exists where Chris Olava is on someone's bench. If you have him on your roster, you must find a way to get him involved in this game because this could be a real back and forth affair. The New Orleans Saints defense, which has usually been very, very scary. They're banged up in the secondary. I don't believe that is Marshawn Latimore. He's going to miss. Yeah. So if he misses, Devante Adams is going to be awesome. He's going to have 150 and 2. And so, yeah, you're going to have to throw the ball as the Saints. I really like this match. And Alvin Camara.

You keep playing him and you hope that Chatham Hill will stop stealing his touchdowns. He hasn't been super without the, without getting into the end zone. He hasn't been super, but he's been the top 20 back the last three weeks, top 10, two of those three weeks. That's without touchdowns. He is to me like, I think he's a great play. I would love to have him. I would love to trade for him right now because there's nothing on the field that says he's lost anything. The touchdowns just haven't come his way. I think those rebound. He doesn't finish the season with zero touchdowns. Now the touchdowns have gone Josh Jacobs way in four consecutive weeks. In fact, he scored six touchdowns in the last three games, finishing one, three and one at the running back position. He's as much of a lock right now as anybody in fantasy football.

Yeah, because utilization rates. I mean, he is one of the belkowiest running backs out there. Move, he says as he gets the ball. Move. Out my way. Out my way. So the running back rushing share attempts in the last three weeks. Yeah. 93%, 91%, 95%. Saints are 21st against running back schedule adjusted. Yeah, they've been phenomenal. shut down the running back defense over the last several years. And now I've got to, like, adjust mentally. Because I look at the Saints and I go, oh, you can't, you know, they're going to shut down the running. Hit it. Hit it. I don't have the button. Somebody else. I got it. Breaking news. The Chiefs have traded for Cadarius. No. Sony. Way. Oh, my word. A third and a sixth round pick.

My dynasty team is singing songs in the streets right now. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Hold on. Is that tweet gone already? Did we get... Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Is this not true? Well, we got... Okay, no, it's still there. It's still there. It just didn't load the first time I clicked on it. This is from the underdog NFL account. Well, we may have to edit this out of the podcast if that's a... No, it's real. It's real. The chiefs have traded... So this was part of the maneuvering. Yeah? Cadarious Tony to the Chiefs. I mean, number one. Third round pick and a sixth. I totally get why. I got to stop myself up. When you watch Cadarious Tony, all last year it was, I've never seen anybody on the field look like Tyree Kill. Yeah. The way that Cadarious Tony does. Now, does his hamstrings improve in Kansas City? Oh, is he healthy now? Is he just like, no, no. The Chiefs don't trade a third and a six for a player. They don't believe can be healthy. The, the, the giants.

Yeah, no. Come on. It's not like we joke about Cadarious Tony's 37 hamstring injuries that he's had this season. He just goes back and forth. But he is going to play football again. And now if he's a part of a franchise that knows how to take care of players, knows how to get the most out of them. I cannot imagine a, I mean, there is no better landing spot to utilize his specific. skill sets. I'm still not seeing any tweets from Rappaporter Schaefter, though. I've seen some verified NFL insider. The score is reporting it. Okay. Yeah. I've seen multiple, uh, give me a transaction alerts. Do it when you see it come through on another source to call Mike's fears. Yes. Please let us know. Let me, let me know for sure. Um, I mean, we knew that they were in in the hunt. Yeah, I'm seeing it from PFN. Yeah. It's Fabiano.

Okay, okay. I mean, I don't, yeah. Wait, isn't like... Ian Hartett said, this is why we keep Cadarius Tony on our fantasy squad, even though it makes no sense. It's being reported all over the place. Yeah, Jordan Schultz is reporting it too. So... What? Yeah, I mean, the thing is, is Cadarius Tony is unbelievable to watch play football. So other people apparently believe that. Okay, so guys, second half sleeper. Cadarius Tony. Yeah, that's go look at Draverwires. That's called second round pick Skymore continues to fumble the ball every opportunity he gets. I mean, and it's just another weapon. Like I don't know what his fantasy significance is going to be because I mentioned it last week. Like there's no names on the back of the jerseys for the wide receivers in Kansas City. And I don't think Tony has the ability to come in on day one and dominate, but.

But long term, it's very interesting. He doesn't have like the body of work, the pedigree. But in terms of the skills that we've seen from this version of MVS, this version of Juju Smith-Schuster, the highest ceiling is easily could dare you know. A lot of people have open waivers. You know, none of the leagues we play in are really open. You just. Wow. So right now if you would like to pause this podcast and check your personal waivers. And we're back. I hope Cadarius Tony was out there available for you. There's some reactions going on here in the studio. Yeah, because I, I'm just going to check one thing real quick on our league of record. Still rostered, I'm sure. Because it's Gabe. Oh, no. What? Nobody likes Cadarious Tony more than our good friend. Well, everyone has a league manager where like.

Things just seem to fall into their lap. And you're like, it should not have worked. Nothing you have done should have worked. And man, congratulations. If you have Cadarist Tony. All right. We were, were we wrapping the Saints matchup here? Is that what we were doing? Darren Waller limited doesn't seem like he's going to play. If he did, it's pretty nerve wracking. All right. I'm very flustered. You're flustered. Well, let's do our starts of the week then. Starts of the week. I just remembered our family league is open waivers. Oh, did you grab him? That's great news. Thanks, Jay. You're welcome. What a turd. Into the starts of the week we go at quarterback. I'm going with Tua. Great home matchup against the Detroit Lions, giving up 32 points game to opposing offenses, which is insane. I mean, that's a lot of points to average in terms of what you're giving up. Tua has two performances in the top 12, has that monster week.

I am very excited about Tua this week. I think it could be a league winning type of performance. And I'm going to take the quarterback on the other side of the ball from him, and I'm really hoping that Amon Ross St. Brown is active and healthy for this game, because if so, Jared Goff should have a monstrous performance. Byron Jones, still out. Nick Needham and Trill Williams, they went on IR. Their starting safety, Brandon Jones, for the Miami Dolphins, now out for the season with an ACL injury. They are really hurting in their secondary. If Swift is back, Amanra is back, the lions are at home. This should be a barn burner. I want options. I'm for it. And I've got Kirk Cousins against Arizona. Really? Arizona is 27th in adjusted, uh, in schedule adjusted fantasy points. Kirk Cousins since 2020 averages 274 and two passing touchdowns.

And I think that this game has a chance to give us some delicious fantasy. Could I interest you in 244 passing yards and three passing touchdowns? Because that's what he did last year in the same match. He is not. It's crazy because he did finish fifth at the position two weeks ago. He has not had a three touchdown game this year. Maybe this is the time. The Cardinal say, here you go. Yeah, they've been friendly. All right. Running back. Nope. Did you already do your quarterback? Yeah, he did. I may have been thinking about Cadarious Tony. It's flustered. It's Cadarious Tony. I apologize. I will give you my running back since I started the segment. Rahim Mostert playing the same Detroit Lions. Look, the Detroit Lions are the second worst team in football against running backs. How good has Rahim Mostert been? I shared this with the guys yesterday. Over the last four weeks, his 17 week pace.

323 opportunities, 1,300 plus rushing yards, eight touchdowns. That's a bona fide stud at the running back position on an offense that can get the ball down the field. Rahim, the dream. While he's healthy, Moster. Yeah, that's what he's been doing. And now he's got an even better matchup than he's had. Do you remember how many leagues I had Rheem Moster in last year before the injury? I remember how many leagues you're in. Yeah, there you go. For my running back start of the week, it's Tony Pollard. This is with Zeke. This is without Zeke. Obviously, if Zeke's not there, he is going to be a complete smash play against Chicago. But Zeke's probably going to be active, and I'm telling you, put Tony Pollard in your flex because he is going to be a good play. The Bears are 26 and schedule adjusted and fantasy points given up against running backs. You're talking about big time home favorites, which is always great for running backs. So I think Tony Pollard, you know,