Week 9 Matchups, In-or-Out, A Horse Named Oreo

is not a great matchup for Sutton. Houston Texans' defense, their secondary, everything is clicking right now for the Texans. Their top 10 against the wide receiver, fantasy points given up. So I don't see him as having a great game, but I'd still be willing to play him. Today, this week I see him more as a wide receiver three, though. Yeah, hopefully he's your flex this week. All right, the five and two chargers traveled to Seattle to take on the four and three Seahawks. Seahawks are staying around. They're hanging around.

This running offense, this Brian Schottenheimer led offense is working. 48 point over under. Obviously, the Chargers playing well. We talked about Melvin Gordon's availability. Austin Eckler, he's been very good this season in limited work, playing with Gordon. Is he a flex-worthy player this week? Yeah. He's had enough games while Gordon's been on the field.

where he's been fantasy relevant to be willing to start him, especially considering that Gordon might not be on the field. And if he is on the field, still could be in a limited fashion or, unfortunately, we don't want to think of it, reaggregate the hamstring issue. So if Gordon plays in his full capacity, Echler's okay. You can still get a good start. Everything else is upside there. So, yeah, I think you're fine starting Echler.

A quick update on a previous match of Alice Collins did return to practice today. So he should be good to go then? Yeah, he should be good to go. Now, look, Russell Wilson, Jason, you have him as a start of the week. You feel confident with him at home in this matchup. On the other side of the ball, though, Philip Rivers, he's been great thrown for multiple touchdowns in every single game this year.

But Jason, you have him at quarterback 13 this week, and Seattle is number one in the league in terms of fantasy points allowed to the quarterback position. And I feel like last week you brought up the fact they've played some bad quarterbacks. Yeah. But they have not been tested very strongly. So then what do you believe here in this something's got to give category with Philip Rivers in that defense? I believe the truth is in the middle. I don't think Seattle is a bad defense. They're a very fine defense. Like an Oreo. The truth is in the middle. That's what I just named my horse.

And Red Dead. Did you? You named him Oreo? Yeah, it was a black and white horse. Named her. Oh, it's a her? Yeah. Anyways. Getting back here. Yeah, I think Seattle's a good defense, but they're not the number one scariest defense as they are currently ranked against quarterbacks because if you go and you look at the specific quarterbacks they've played, it's been trash. Philip Rivers will be able to move the ball here. You know, I've turned around kind of thinking that

the 48 point kind of surprised me as a high line from Vegas. I was leaning towards the under, but the more I've looked into this matchup, I think both teams will be able to score and move the ball. And, you know, if Chris Carson ends up a little bit banged up, obviously he was, we talked about him in the inner out, having been a late addition to the injury report, that could bode well for, you know, the game airing it out back and forth a little bit more.

27 touches last week for Chris Carson, so you want to monitor that injury situation. When he plays, he plays well. What do we think about, let's go with the Williams, Mike, Tyrell. Sure. And let's talk about Keenan Allen too, Mike. Are we expecting a better second half from Keenan Allen? Because right, like how far do you take your expectations with him? Yes, I am expecting a better second half for Keenan Allen, but because it's on the back of touchdowns.

The amount of targets, the amount of receptions that he has received already this year. I mean, he's got 41 receptions for over 500 yards, but only one touchdown. I think that's something that is just the luck of the draw and then positive touchdown regression will be coming for Keenan Allen, which it's, I mean, he's being impacted by Tyrell Williams, who keeps getting these long bombs. I mean, Keenan Allen?

Or Jarvis Landry against the Chiefs. Ooh. That's a great question. I'm waiting for Mike to answer. Because you clearly were asking Mike. Oh, I would take. I know you said Calloway didn't matter himself. He didn't practice today either. Right. Stranding or not playing. Yeah. Jarvis is already getting targets. I don't know if he can handle any more, even if Calloway misses. I'll take, man, I'll take Jarvis.

I'm going to stay with Keenan Allen. Cool. Would you start either of the Lions wide outs over Keenan Allen, Marvin Jones or Kinney Gawaday? No, I mean, they're close to me. I've got them both behind Keenan and Jarvis right now. They're in the low teens. I've got Jarvis at 15 and Keenan at 12. Doug Baldwin, Tyler Lockett, David Moore. Put those in order.

Man. Give me the names again. It's the three wideouts for Seattle. Yeah, I know. Doug Baldwin, Tyler Lockett, David Moore. It was called stalling. Oh, okay. You just put them in the order that I would start them in. You would still start Baldwin over Tyler Lockett. I don't think that's been a good decision for a fantasy owner any week this year. Not even one time. Yeah, I mean, well, that's because Baldwin hasn't done much of anything this whole year. I still...

believe Baldwin will get it going. I mean, two weeks ago, he was just fine. His snap percentage has been. I mean, if you look at what's happened in specifics in some of these games like this last week against the Lions, they ran the ball all over them, jumped out to an early lead on a couple of bomb touchdowns. And not to say that can't happen again. Lockett was fine. Moore was fine. That's what I'm saying. I mean, you know, you throw a bomb touchdown. The drive is over. Lockett's catching a touchdown. Every week. On every one out of four receptions.

For Tyler Lockett is a touchdown right now. Doug Baldwin's four games since returning 5 for 41, 1 for 1, 6 for 91, 2 for 26. I am out on him. Yeah? I think he's a wide receiver 3 rest of the season. Okay. Don't blame you. If you had to roster one, are you sticking with that order, Jason? Yes. Mike? Yeah, I would. Ed Dixon? He plays for Seattle. He plays well. Boom, boom.

Tight end of the week? Yes. If I get a boom boom tight end of the week, that's Ed Dixon. Rest the season. The eight and O Rams. Take on the six in one saints. This is a 59 and a half. Let's go. Over under. And it's going to be a wild one. This is the best. Look, if you're a fantasy owner of Todd Gurley, Jared Gough, Brandon Cooks, Robert Woods. Scoop a cup. Yeah. The list goes on for the Rams.

You want the Saints to win this game. You want it to be high-flying and exciting so you get your points, but you want New Orleans to win this game because you want there to be another horse in the race for that top seat in the NFC. If the Rams go to 9-0, they put some space between themselves and the Saints, you start to worry a little bit about them getting benched in Week 16, or at least playing part of the game in Week 16. So I'm a big Saints fan in this one as a fantasy owner.

So right now, is this, by the way, this is the highest point total of the year. Are we watching the title game preview? Wasn't it? Someone was saying this is the highest point total since 2004? Yep. Raiders, Chiefs in 2004. That was a Trink Green Kerry Collins matchup. Of course it was. So we expect there to be some scoring in this one. No doubt about it.

Drew Breeze at home this year. A modest 83.5% completion percentage. Yes. And 350 yards a game. Start to Drew Breeze. Better at home. And the offense has not been tested as of recent. And they will be. They're going to have a tall test. They have to keep up with the Rams. So Drew Breeze is a fine play.

You're obviously starting Alvin Camara, but I think there are discussions to be had about Mark Ingram and his value rest of the season. One of the things we've seen in the last two weeks is in the red zone, inside that 10 zone, Alvin Camer has been on the field frequently, not just to catch the ball, but to run the ball. No red zone looks for Ingram last week. How are you feeling about Mark Ingram and when you start him when you sit him? Not great. Not great, Bob.

Because the problem, when you held on to Mark Ingram, obviously week one felt amazing when you had him. But if he loses the touchdown upside and Camara has been getting the bulk of the work when they're near the goal line, that's incredibly destructive for what you thought you were going to get with Mark Ingham. The reason that they both could be running back one and running back two and keep balance to the force was because Ingram would

get so many opportunities to score. And those have evaporated. But he's still been a, like, he's probably a 10-point guy at his baseline in this game. I have no, I have no concerns with Mark Ingram. Overall or just this week? Overall. I mean, this week is, this week, great. I mean, there's no player that you're not excited to start in this game. You want all the pieces you can handle.

from this game. But rest of season, I still am 100% fine with Mark Ingram. I think the touchdown opportunities will still be there. Maybe they're a little less than, you know, previous, but he's still been getting teens of touches every game. Teens of touches. Teens of touches. I like that. He's still involved in the receiving game.

multiple receptions each game. I have no worries about Mark Ingram. Look, I know that in one of our leagues, we are already through our trade deadline. The majority of leagues are not. The majority of people are deciding, do I want Adrian Peterson or Mark Ingram on my roster rest of season? Yeah, that's what decision do they? What about Carry On Johnson or Mark Ingram? Those are great questions. I would prefer Mark Ingram because I want.

the offense. I don't believe that the... Adrian Peterson is the offense. That is true. That is absolutely true. And I just gave Adrian Peterson on the Halloween show. A lot of credit. I think he's going to be a good player, but there are still concerns. I mean, you would prefer your player to be 23 instead of 32, always, always. I guess maybe not a quarterback. Other than that, always. So...

Well, yeah, the quantity of touches for Peterson could lead to injury. Exactly. He could break down. So I think of those three that you named, I would still take Markingham over carry-on and over AP. I want to take a moment to let people know why we don't talk at length about Todd Gurley.

in this area. We need to do that? Well, we do because somebody said, look, you haven't talked about Christian McCaffrey in a couple weeks in your matchups. Is that because he's an auto start? Boring. And look, if you have Todd Gurley, I know how greedy you are. You just want all the air time. You want the points and the air time. But the thing, if we don't blame you. You're the people who were complaining when he took the knee because your 35 fantasy points wasn't enough. That was me as well.

If we don't mention a guy in a matchup, look, there is the occasional oversight. I'm trying to hit the main talking point storylines. But most of the time, that means that that decision is so apparent that you can make it without discussion, without debating a side. You're not benching girly, Woods, cooks. Now, Cup, if he's back, are you just starting it because the matchup's so delicious. Cup is, Cup will score a touchdown this week. Yeah, Cup should be a top 10 wide receiver.

What about Trey Kwan Smith? You know you're starting Michael Thomas, but Trey Kwan Smith is the other big flex decision for fantasy owners before we move on from this matchup. Yeah. Still playing him. He's running, he's getting the snaps running nearly as many routes as Michael Thomas. Like I said, Drew Brees and the passing offense has simply been capped the past couple weeks, and they need them. So I think that Trey Kwan's a fine play.

All right, I'm just as excited for the Sunday night football game between the Packers and Patriots as I was for that matchup. The 3-3-1 Packers take on the 6-2 pats. So is Jordan. Michael Jordan? Yeah, he's very excited. Patriots are 5.5-point favorites. This is a 56.5 point over-under. So we're expecting points. Now, we just heard the Geronimo Allison News. Injured his groin at practice. Already has a hamstring injury. I'm not expecting him out there. So you're looking at a wide receiver court, led by Devante Adams, of course.

And then with the mix and match of Marquez Valdez Scantling, Randall Cobb. Jimmy Graham. Jimmy Graham. And look, three straight weeks for Marquez in double digits. Are we expecting a wide receiver two week from it? Yes. Would you start him or would you start, I don't know, Devante Parker after last week? I would rather start Marquez if Geronimo is out. I think that way too.