Week 9 Matchups + In-or-Out, The Fourthiest!

All right, it's Friday. So we are projecting in or out on a number of players. We'll find out, obviously, about a number of these guys heading into Sunday morning. Mike is live, Sunday live each and every Sunday, an hour before game time. So he'll bring some of that news with him. We've got the Foot Clan Game Day alerts on Sunday as well at JointheFoot.com. But right now, decisions to be made, waiver wire pickups, that type of thing.

in or out case Keenel at Buffalo. I lean out. Please. You're saying please play. Please play. Yeah, I mean, it's not going to be good if he's out. He's in the concussion protocol. Bill Callahan said he could still play this week. So if he passes, he's in, but you just, there's nothing we can know. There's no injury prognostication that can be made. If he's cleared, he's in. If he's not, he's out, Eileen, he's out. Bill Callahan sounds like he's from the Wild West.

To me. That's what the name. Wild Bill Callahan. I could see that. All I can think of is like auto parts. Did I? Yeah. James Connor, in or out. He did not practice Wednesday or Thursday. We still are waiting for the practice report from Friday. This is basically what Mike Tomlin projected when he was talking about the injury on Sunday that he's going to miss practice. Eileen.

in the, but the reports coming out of Pittsburgh have not been very positive. Yeah, I think he's going to play. Same with Josh Jacobs with similar injury, missed the whole practice, got a shot in a shoulder played. Now I'm going to throw this out there, Jalen Samuels, since Benny Snells out, are you willing to play Jailen Samuels? Yes. Jalen Samuels is a, is a good flex play this week. My eight-year-old yesterday was faced with the tough decision, his first fantasy league. Start Larry Fitzgerald on Thursday night or go Jalen Samuels. I told him go Jalen.

Did he listen? He did. Oh. He did listen. Good boy. Josh Jacobs, in or out? In. Aaron Jones? In. Adrian Peterson? In. Chris Thompson? Never. Out in. Miles Sanders. He was back to full practice, but he'll be in. But Sprouls is also practicing again. Does this worry? Because you were Jordan Howard.

as a good game this week. Does this worry you if Miles Sanders is in and Darren Sproles is in? Not one bit. Okay. No, actually yesterday I mentioned I expected Miles Sanders to play. He'll be back out there. He's getting a very limited amount of rushing attempts. Rex Burkhead? Doesn't matter. All right. Devante Adams. This is a big one. Man, I think he's going to play. Just watching the video, he's running. He looks.

Like he's not hampered. He was, I'm going to go out. I lean out as well. I think it's going to be one more week. But obviously it's a, this, this is an afternoon game. So you have to be prepared. I mean, you have more options. It's not like a Sunday night or a Monday night game, but probably an easy situation to kind of protect yourself, right? You could probably pick up an MVS or an Allison or a Lazard. Yeah, definitely. Are you willing to take that? Mike, you're confident enough to where you'd.

Roll the dice in that capacity? I think I would. And if, if Adams plays, you're playing him, right? Yes. That's what I, yeah, I was going to ask that too. Adam Thielen. In or out. I think he's in. He, you know, there were rumors he was close to playing on that short week last week, another week. He's in. Is he in your lineup? Yeah. Yeah. T. Y. Hilton.

This is a rough one, man. We're waiting to see practice reports today. He was a did not participate yesterday. He was a downgrade from an injury he received practicing to his calf. So this is a new injury. I'm going to say out. The downgrade is bad news. T.Y. Hilton has been, he's inching his way towards injury prone label now. Yeah. Over the last two years, a lot of these injuries. Not always missing games. Yeah, he's either playing through something.

Or these downgrades through the week, he's just beating himself up. The narrative of like, well, you know, he's healthy now and he's going to be great. You just got to stop doing that. Yeah, I think he's going to be out. O'Dell Beckham Jr., Groyne injury, limited Wednesday and Thursday. It's in. Landry. In. Julian Edelman, limited Thursday with the chest injury. He'll play. What about Marquis Brown, Hollywood coming back against New England? He's missed a couple weeks because he's limited. This one's tough. I think he's in. They need him.

Yeah. They need them bad against New England. DJ chart, quadricept injury, Wednesday and Thursday limit. In. D.D. Out. Deshaun Jackson. Oh, someone answers for me. Someone answer this. I think he plays. Doug Peterson's optimistic. So here's the truth. My answer would be out. But the reason for my answer is pure pessimism. It's just, it's just a bad attitude. I just, you know, when Deshaun Jackson is on your bench.

You're mad at him. But this is because you made an acquisition of Deshaun Jackson. You needed him a week ago. You didn't have him. That's right. And now you are embittered and sad and discipline. I hold grudges. Okay. Sterling Shepard. He returned the full practice. It seems like he's in. The New York Giants are expecting him to play this week. I haven't seen a full clearance of the concussion protocol alert yet, but.

Everything says he's going to play this. He's a Monday night game, so Darius Slayton could be your alternate if you want to pick them up. If you need to play Shepard. O.J. Howard and Cameron Brayette, I think they're both going to miss this week. Oh, man. Yeah, I agree. I think O.J. Howard will get one more week of rest. Do you think Bruce Erring just says, that's fine. I don't need tight in. But they did, they already brought up a practice squad tight in. So not a good sign. Eric Ebron didn't practice Thursday. He does. I think he's in. He never practices. Chris Herndon? Oh.

I'm going to say in. I'm going to say this is his. I'm going to go out. Yeah, the behold does not sound optimistic. This is just me being in a good mood with Chris Herndon. I don't have him on my roster. All right. No more quotes from Adam Gays today on Chris Herndon. All right. Delaney Walker. Out. Yeah. Jimmy Graham. In. All right. Game day alerts, as they said, join the foot.com. News and notes always brought to you by.

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Yesterday, we covered the Texans, Jags, Bears, Eagles, Vikings, Chiefs, Redskins, Bills, Colts, Steelers, Jets, Dolphins. Seven matchups remaining. We're going to start right here at the top. The 4 and 4th Titans. They take on the Carolina Panthers at 4 and 3. This game's in Carolina. The Panthers are 3.5 point favorites. Andy's almost upset of the week. I like the...

Ryan Tannahill note we have here in the show doc. Two competent games in a row. Good for you. What a high bar for Marcus Mariotta that would be. That's some pretty good praise if we're being honest. I like what I'm seeing from Tennessee with Ryan Tannahill captaining the ship. And I did not like what I saw last week. Yes, it was the 49ers. But Kyle Allen had his first real moment in the NFL. And that speaks a lot to a player's confidence.

It was the first time he's really turning the ball over consistently. And I think it's going to be a challenge for Kyle Allen going up against this Titans defense. Yes, the game's at home. It's a lot over under, 42 and a half points. I think the game will be close. But I like the Titans to upset the Panthers. Let's talk about some fantasy decisions to be made. We don't have to talk about Christian McCaffrey. I can mention to you that he's on pace for 322 rushing attempts. Oh, delightful.

Yeah, he is pretty darn good. But what are you doing with the wide receivers in a low over under game? The Titans defense is competent. DJ Moore Curtis Samuel has been very difficult to predict. Where are you out with these guys? Well, Curtis Samuel, we actually could have even brought him up in the, uh, in or out, because he did not practice again on Friday. Oh, today. Yeah, so I actually think Curtis Samuel will be out.

Yeah, I saw that he had returned to practice, and then I was like, oh, good, he's, he's back. And now if he's not practicing today, this is, this is a situation where I would expect him to be gone. DJ Moore gets a necessary bump up. The last three weeks, eight targets, ten targets, nine targets, and now he becomes the, the clear one versus a one, A, one B situation. So I think if you're looking at wide receivers in this game, right, you wonder, can I, can I keep going with A.J. Brown?

I'm doubtful because just his snap. Why isn't he? Tosier Sharp is starting. What is happening? Why is he not on the field more? Corey Davis. You're just not sure if you could trust these guys. And this isn't a great match. I'll take the under. Yes. Low over under, two good defenses, two, I'll just say mediocre quarterbacks. They're not terrible. Ryan Tannahill and Kyle and Allen. They've shown that they belong starting for these franchises. But.

They're not inspiring confidence for fantasy. But DJ Moore, to me, is, you know, he's the type of player that can break a tackle and take something to the house. He's got great speed, great yards after catch. So I would be more confident if you're telling me he's going to get double-digit targets for fantasy and DJ more than any other receiving option on both sides of the field. The analysis I will contribute to this is I am playing Jason in the League of Record.

Oh, don't tell me you have DJ Moore. No. Oh, thank you. No, I have Curtis Samuel. So now I've yet another injury to my roster. That's all part of the setup, though, because whoever you fill them in with, I do have AJ Brown. Oh, no. Oh, no. If you believe in the Jason curse. I believe in the Jason curse. I really do. I think that the big challenge here for Tennessee is going to be that offensive line versus the Carolina defense that is getting after the quarterback.

I'm sacking the quarterback. That's why I like Jonas Smith in this game. I think the underneath drop-down option for Tanna Hill is going to help him. Derek Henry should be able to do some work against Carolina's defense that ranks 28th against the fantasy, against the running back in terms of fantasy points given up. But outside of, you know, Henry and then Jonu, who, you know, Jason, you have them as your start of the week, confidence is not.