Week 4 Matchups + Swedish Hamstrings, In-or-Out - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/2

The Jets and the Giants are the two worst scoring offenses in football. My perception of the Giants is different than my perception of the Jets. I think about the Jets and I think complete ineptitude on offense. Adam Gays, they can't move the football. When I think of the Giants, I go, oh, man, exciting. Daniel Jones, he's kind of like Winston. He airs it out. Somebody's going to have a big game. It hasn't equated to points on the field. And playing the Rams right now, you know, Jalen Ramsey roaming.

on one of these guys. Are you going to take Slaten away and then say, okay, Golden Tate's the guy? I mean, I just have a lot of hesitancy here. I think I am, other than Evan Ingram as a tight-end flyer, I am, I think I'm completely out on the Giants. It's just my approach. I don't want to play the game. That's where I am. I'm with Andy. Evan Engram, I think you can play him. Rams 21st against fantasy tight ends right now. Daniel Jones is being pressured a league high.

over 41% of the time. I think the MVP of this game will be Aaron Donald. Like Daniel Jones, sometimes, you're right, Jay, sometimes someone comes through and they get it done. But there's also sometimes where an offensive line is so atrocious and so overly matched that nobody ever gets anything going for that offense. And I'm going to, if I'm going with anyone,

Evan Ingram has the seventh most targets at the tight end position. He has not come through at all. So he is a, he's a streamer option at best. But that's the only where I'm going. Only place I'm going. These running backs, no freaking way. Yeah, no way. Am I playing anyone from this back field? The Giants have scored 38 points total on the season. And if you want to know how bad it gets when it gets bad, I mean, Dary Slayton had the impressive debut against Pittsburgh. The last two weeks, his snap counts have gone up from that game.

I think he had nine targets last week. He's seven. Seven. Three for 33, three for 53. Went from the number of four wide receiver to 82nd and 69th. Nice. The risk is just so high. It doesn't mean that Slayton can't come down with a couple. Yeah. So that means basically if this game script goes the way Vegas and the way that we are projecting, it is 100% a Darnell Anderson game. You must play Darnell Anderson. Darnel Anderson.

If you don't know who Darnell Anderson is, that's Darrell Henderson. Yeah, yeah. The best nickname. The only player who has a completely different name, has his nickname. Mike started the week, Darrell Henderson. He's going to smash. Yeah, and we know that Cam Acres is not likely to be active in this game. The difference between Henderson and Malcolm Brown, Brown could get some goal line carries and make you annoyed. I think Malcolm Brown's contract says he's only allowed to score in week one.

but he gets to do it multiple times, multiple years. Can he try in other weeks, but fail? Oh, yeah. Oh, for sure. Okay. Auto starts, Robert Woods, Cooper Cup. Yep, yep, yep. Tyler Higby, Gerald Everett. Some interesting. Evan Silva tweeted the snap counts have gone down for Tyler Higby significantly from his breakout period of time last year. He was 73% in that run. He's at 53% right now. Rout's run last week. Higby 12, Everett 10 at the tied-in position.

So they are spreading it around a little bit. Higby is always a threat to score. And you talk about a matchup like this. I mean, I'd rather have them in my lineup than not, probably. Tyler Higby? Yeah. I agree. All right, the New England Patriots at 2-1 take on the 3-0 Kansas City Chiefs. This one's going to be exciting. This is going to be fun. You've got Patrick Mahomes and Cam Newton showering praise upon one another.

To reporters. Do we got a compliment fest? A compliment fight. Yeah. He's going to win the war of kindness. No, no, no, no. After you. No, no, no. After you. Love what you do with your hair, Cam. Yeah. They are both big fans of one another. But are you guys a fan of the booty scooter? I... And did that drop change your statistical projections? I am concerned for Cam Newton in this matchup. I...

Kansas City can shut down the passing game. They're going to be handing it off to running backs a lot on the Patriot side of the ball. That will be the game plan. It's going to come down to, can Cam, does Cam get those carries inside the five? He probably still will, but how many of those opportunities are going to actually show up in this game? So I have Cam Newton everywhere, and I am strongly considering.

Some pivots? A pivot. Like, if I can get Ryan Fitzpatrick against Seattle, I am strongly considering making that move. But, oh, my goodness, the voice of public opinion. But Cam Newton's been running and they'll be down and he'll have lots of fantasy points. He might. I'm just very concerned about it this week. Well, I want to point out that the mobile rushing quarterback fantasy extraordinaire who was down and you wanted a lot of fantasy points from last week.

is a better version currently in 2020 of Cam Newton, and that was Lamar Jackson. You were not happy with that fantasy performance. So to speak to Mike's point, I do think this is a pivot week from Cam. Cam was the 28th ranked quarterback last week against Las Vegas. Really? He was. It was that bad? Really bad. 17 for 28, 162 yards, one touchdown. Nothing on the ground.

Oh, yeah, because freaking sexy Rexy was stealing all the glory. Yeah, and also because they, I mean, it was an easy cakewalk game. They didn't need much from Cam. Easy W. 36 to 20. Yeah, I think that there's some garbage time potential here for Cam in this game, but you're not, you know, the big week he had when he threw for 397 yards, those against the Seattle secondary. You're not going to have that same experience here. He will need.

Other wide receivers to step up this year to be consistent in the passing game. It can't just be Julian Edelman. He's going to need Nikol Harry to step up or you're not going to get that kind of yardage. Sony, Michelle, James White, Rex Burkhead. Gross. Gross, gross, gross. Here's the thing. Rex Burkhead was great while James White was not there. Now James White is back at practice. So you go, well, can I trust Rex Burkhead? I'm not sure. I don't think I can.

Sony Michelle has actually been better than you think. He's averaging like nine and a half. Definitely better than Al Borland thinks. Yeah, Al Borland hates that guy. You know, he's been averaging about nine and a half fancy points per game. One of the better yards per carry in the league right now, but he's been limited on Wednesday and Thursday with a quad. I don't know if there's anyone here that you can trust. And this is speaking as a man whose desperation has cost him to have Sonya Michelle in his league of record lineup.

Well, that's because you lost James Connor suddenly with the COVID game. Christian McCaffrey. It's just these snap counts of 30%, 21%, 38%. For Sony. For Sony, Michelle. I'm out. Are you, give me a reaction to Clyde Edwards-Ailers debut. Three weeks into the year. He was the RB10, the RB30, the RB12. We haven't seen, you know, that explosion game, but he's heavily involved. How are you feeling about Clyde?

Three weeks out. I'm feeling fantastic about Clyde. He's getting tons of opportunities. You know, his debut, 27 opportunities, 1826. And he's coming through. He's, he's had two RB1 games already. Two thirds of his games have been as a running back one. And that's with one touchdown. One touchdown. And that's the outlier for...

a Kansas City running back. That's why we know they are so good, is that the running backs have huge opportunities score touchdowns all the time. So the fact that Clyde Edwards-Alaire is getting the opportunities, especially through the passing game and is coming through and not scoring touchdowns, I would be very happy to have him on my team. And if someone in your league is a little bit shook by it because they're seeing other options have like really explosive games, oh.

Please, I will trade immediately for Clyde. Yeah, I mean, he's been disappointing on the ground the last couple weeks as far as efficiency goes, hasn't even hit four per carry. But he's been fine for fantasy. And the reality is he's on pace for 378 opportunities. That number is alarmingly high. That's absurd. And it's for a great offense. So, yeah, I'm not too worried. You know, he wasn't my favorite prospect coming into, if you remember, pre-draft. I was not in on the hype until.

the location and then I was completely in. But it doesn't matter. He's going to be absolutely fine week in and week out for fantasy because of this offense. Tyree Kill is a must start, obviously. I assume we're starting Edelman on the other side just based on how he's played. Yeah. Okay, but not with enthusiasm. Nope, definitely not. Put these players in order. Sammy Watkins, McCall Hardman, McCall Hardman, McHawry, Sammy Watkins. Agreed. Okay. Watkins was active.

last week. Yeah, I mean, he was. Eight targets. You never know when the Lizard King's going to do something. But your big plays come from McCall Hardman. Right. And, you know, eight targets from Patrick Mahom sounds great. Yeah. But seven for 62, that's, that's, that's okay. You're not, you're not, you know, slamming the desk. But, you know, when, when all of a sudden then you look over and it's like.

Two catches for 100 yards and two touchdowns from McCle Hardman. Just 39% snap count last week with Watkins back down from 65% the week before with him gone. But he had the big play. Almost had a second one. Kelsey, yep. Okay. The Buffalo Bills, 3 and O, taking on the Las Vegas Raiders at 2 and 1. The bills are three-point favorites. It's a 52.5 point over under. And, well, you know.

We know the story. We know that you're starting. Oh, Josh Allen. Excellent. The bills have been impressive thus far. The Raiders are two and one coming off of a beating at the hands of the Patriots. They're also hurt. I mean, no Henry Ruggs and no Brian Edwards. You might say, okay, well, these guys haven't done a whole lot. No big deal. Well, they mattered quite a bit when they're out there on the field and Henry Ruggs is stretching the field and there's opportunities underneath.

Those are afforded to Hunter Renfro and to Darren Waller by the deep routes of these other players. And whether or not you respect Nelson Aguilar, it's a little different. And we saw last week, Mike, you either tweeted this or shared it with me. The Patriots double covered the underneath routes for Derek Carr, making his life literally impossible. He's like, wait, the checkdown is gone. I don't know what to do. Super gone.

So Josh Jacobs, he's the RBA 8 on the year. You're playing Josh Jacobs, averaging 22.7 rush attempts per game. Zach Moss is supposed to be back. We think he'll be back. Are you playing Singletary and or Moss this week running backs for the bills? It sucks because the matchup is there. You should want to play the starting running back for the Buffalo Bills. And I...

I don't really want to. I am absolutely fine starting Devin Singletary. Singletary. Yeah, I think with Moss banged up with this matchup against the Raiders, I would be absolutely fine. I mean, obviously it's a matter of who you have. Maybe this is just speaking as a man who has Sony Michelle in his lineup right now. I'm like, give me all the Devin Segal Terry I can handle. But I think with the matchup, you can start him with a decent confidence. They say the grass is greener on the other side.

And when you have Sony Michelle active in your lineup, it is actually true. All other grasses green in that situation. Was that turf? That thing's green forever. Look at that yellow field. That's super green. Josh Jacobs, Darren Waller have not been on practice reports. They are healthy. You can put the Walleris in, right? Oh, yes. Oh, for sure. Last week was tough for Walleris owners. So, all right, Tyler Croft, big week last week.

Farewell, goodbye, one-timer. That's, yeah. Stefan Diggs, yep, put him in your lineup. Anybody else in this matchup that you're looking at? Now, John Brown, you know, he's had a couple of plays here and there. He is limited in practice. And with what Josh Allen is doing here, just ripping off three, 400-yard games, are you going with John Brown? No, because he's banged up, are you taking a shot? Are you going?

Cole Beasley. The Beasles infected with a 100-yard game last week. If I had to take one of those two, it would be Beasley. You saw the first two weeks John Brown was great. Then he got injured. There was a lot of worry he wasn't going to play last week. He had two targets for no catches and no yards. And now he's not really practicing in full right now. You cannot rely on John Brown right now. The Philadelphia Eagles at 02-1 take on the San Francisco 49ers at 2-1. I don't know if you guys have looked at the standings.

The NFC East standings against the NFC West standings. One of the reasons is the West keeps playing all the East of teams. Yeah, it's not fair. The Redskins are winning the division. The Washington football team, the Eagles. How am I doing this twice today? The Eagles. Maybe Mark Rippin's coming to mind, and I'm going back in time. The more impressive thing to me than Washington leading the division is that the Eagles are a half.