Week 5 Studs & Stinkers + Dak Fallout, Fumble Jones - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/12

It reminds me a little bit of what Dearnis Johnson did the week before against the Cowboys alongside Cream Hunt after the injury. Let's just remember that the Seahawks are the defense here. But the Seahawks coming into the game were ranked very highly against running backs. But this is not by my eyeballs last night. I'll tell you that. I know that. But this is a situation of perhaps the past defense was just so horrendous that.

The numbers were a bit of a liar. We didn't get to see Madison when Cook was injured last year. Right. We saw Mike Boone, a little bit of C.J. Ham mixed in. Madison is a very good player, and he will be a three-down running back. He is going to be, he's the top ad of the week for tomorrow's waiver show. Spoiler! You got to tune in, you know? Yeah. Yeah, I think it might depend a little bit on what your team needs tomorrow. But Deontay Johnson exited early with a back injury.

paving the way for the Chase Claypool plays against me in a Dynasty League. Mike started him. I don't know why. And it hurt. I started him really out of necessity. It is a two-flex Dynasty League. And my team is just ravaged with injuries. And Chase Claypool was a dart throw, which by the way, a dart throw that was highlighted in our DFS pass. And we got Word, a listener.

placed fifth in the Millie Maker. Whoa. Using, listening to the DFS podcast hosted by Matthew Betts and Kyle the Borgogan Borgannoni. And so this listener came away with a cool fish. Yeah, Mike, the line between necessity and genius. It's very fine. It is very, very, very thing. You look like a genius. Yeah, the dart throw article also highlighted the number one quarterback on the week, which was Derek Carr. I guess we should have sent in the car. DFSPass.com.

DJ Chark exited with an ankle injury. Yeah, I mean, he was second injury of the year for Chark. Yeah, it's rough. This is turning into a up and down season here for DJ Chark. He was really doing very little before the injury. So when you're looking at a stat line, don't try and take solace in the injury of saying, well, he could have had a game. No, he was.

He was a bit hobbled. Kareem Hunt did have some cramps at the end of the game. Deerunis Johnson's eight carries came during that time, or six of the eight. He was not involved in this offense. It was all Kareem. If there were player props on hamstring injuries, these next two injuries would be who I'd bet on. A.J. Green, Sammy Watkins, both suffered a hamstring injury five years ago and also four years ago and three years ago and two years ago and this weekend.

Kyle Allen suffered an arm injury. This was a feel-good part of the day. Alex Smith took his first snaps. Everybody was terrified on earth. But Kyle Allen is going to remain the starter against the Giants. He is. And Alex Smith, it was a feel-good story. It was a pretty incredible moment to see Alex Smith come back. If you followed the story at all, if you watched the documentary.

unbelievable what Alex Smith has been able to accomplish with wheelpower with modern medicine. The dude gave Aaron Donald a piggyback ride. I don't know if people saw that happen. It's like, congratulations to Alex Smith, but Kyle Allen is still the start. Yeah, if I was coming back, I would probably not choose the Aaron Donald experience on the way back in, but props to Alex Smith. And then we have another firing. Dan Quinn.

is gone as the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons. Rahim Morris, the interim head coach. The Dan Quinn era is over. And the Adam Gase era continues. Of course it does. Michael Thomas, this was a shock, a surprise. We thought he might miss the game. Yeah, totally called this one, fellas. But not for disciplinary reasons.

He had an altercation. He punched a teammate at practice through the weekend. Come on, man. You have four disciplinary reasons. That's why he missed. Not for injury reasons. You can't be punching people. Come on. Yeah. And if you're going to send a message, you might as well do it when he could use an extra week off for an injury. Well, that tomato tomato. Jared Cook is expected to play tonight. This was on the fence, but he's going to play. And we'll see what he can do.

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All right, let's start at the quarterback position. Let's reflect on some of these big-time performances this weekend. Patrick Mahomes, had a great game, had two touchdowns, called back in this game on penalty, a 75,000-yard bomb to Tyreek Hill. Yes. Called back on a penalty and also a Clyde Edwards-Alair touchdown. And that one hurt me personally. Yeah, yeah. And I know in the Monday Punday, you kind of...

reacted to Clyde being included. I know you're very sensitive about that. I am very sensitive. He was, he did hit double digits in most league formats, but people want more, Mike. And that's why there were too many Clyde Edwards-Aler puns showing up. I understand. But to the point of what you said last week, he did score. Yes. It just didn't count. That's the worst kind of score. And you were very disappointed.

But Patrick Mahomes, they lost. I mean, this was the first time that I lost in almost 365 days. It was also the first time that Patrick Mahomes has ever lost by more than seven points. That's great, including playoffs. He's very good at football. Impressive win? Yeah. Oh, incredibly impressive win. Yes.

And they've had more than one. This is their second really, really impressive win. One of their losses against the Patriots was on a short week. They had the week where Jacobs and Waller were kind of banged up. I think this is a team that is going to surprise. And I'm curious if it's, speaking of the Raiders, if they're one of those teams that you see every year, there's one or two teams that will just go out and put up a turd and go out.

and be amazing. And you just never know which version of the team you're getting. So I'm not sure if it was health in a short week and the Raiders are just actually pretty good or if this is a streaky team. Henry Ruggs helps a lot. Henry Ruggs is a very, very big difference. You look at the production of Derek Carr, his willingness to go down field in the few games we have seen with Ruggs. It is night and day. Yeah, Derek Carr was the number one overall fantasy quarterback this week, at least in our league format. I'm in the car.

Send in the car. 347 and 3. We set it on the show on Friday. Henry Ruggs coming back the way that he changes the entire offense. Look, what you brought up, Jason, about is this a team that lays a turd? The answer is yes, in part because of Derek Carr, and in part because you can scheme away the underneath with Derek Carr. If you don't have Henry Ruggs over the top or Nelson Aguilar, who's flashed now this year, it changes their entire offense. But being able to pound the ball with Jacobs,

take deep shots with rugs and improving on defense seems to make them a better team this year. Kyler Murray. Kyle Murray keeps getting it done, 380 against the Jets. Has Dallas and Seattle the next two weeks, he could end up pushing for the number one overall fantasy spot at quarterback with that gone and those two matchups. He could. Deshaun Watson finally had a game. There is. He was freed.

No Bill O'Brien. He's like, go have fun. Go play football. And also, you have this guy in your team named Brandon Cooks, who's really fast. He's not retired. Go throw him the ball a lot. Yeah, thoughts on the retirement of Brandon Cooks. His thoughts were, no, I'm not. Yeah. We motivated him. Darren fells with a big touchdown. But Deshaun Watson, this was the make or break game for him. We said that on the show last week, too. If he doesn't put up a game against Jacksonville, you start looking at.

pivoting more often from Deshaun Watson. It's Tennessee Green Bay, though. A couple tough matchups in the next couple weeks. Russell Wilson was not having a game, but then had a game. He had a really poor game that was great for fantasy. Congratulations if you have Russell Wilson. Also great for the NFL. He won the game because if you put the ball in his hands with the chance to win at the end with over a minute left to go, he's going to do it every time.

Ryan Fitzpatrick, another great fantasy week for Fitzpatrick. This was an impressive win for Miami over San Francisco. They got Jimmy Garapolo benched. They get the snot out of them. Miami Dolphins sent the starting quarterback for the 49ers to the bench. The dolphins are not the Jets or the Giants. No.

And that should be like... They're from Miami. That's a solid point, Jason. But you had traditionally put those bottom dwelling teams into a certain category. The matchup against Miami is not the same. Seattle and Miami had a competitive game. Miami just beat the crap out of the 49ers and the 49ers mopped the floor with the Giants and Jets being... Yeah. So, I mean, Jared Goff, he had a game. Oh, yes.

Nice to see the bounce back. Big Ben. Big Ben had a game too. One of the streaming candidates for last week, 27 for 34, three touchdowns. He owes somebody a bouquet of edible arrangements. You're talking about Mr. Chase Claypool? Yes, I am. I will say this. With that Chase Claypool breakout, I was thinking about this.

I don't know the status of Deontay Johnson's back injury. But if Deontay Johnson's looked great, and I assume he would have had a phenomenal game if he didn't exit with injury. But Claypool is clearly a very good dominant weapon that can be used here. And if they get all three of these players, you know, with Juju and Deontay Johnson and Claypool, Big Ben is going to have a good fantasy season, rest of season, if those three guys are out there healthy.

Yeah, that was one of the things we were saying in the office yesterday. The ceiling for Big Ben changes with the emergence of an alpha like Claypool. He is very much like the impact. D.K. Metcalfe has had on Seattle, where you have a guy, look, I respect and love Tyler Lockett for what he is. He is not the size of D.K. Metcalfe. And when you have a player or Chase Claypool, and Claypool just manhandles people, it raises the touchdown ceiling for Big Ben. Agreed.

Unstoppable Mike Davis. Oh, man. Was this the farewell party? I don't know. What do you guys think? Do you think CMC is on his way back? I think he is. I mean, I think that Christian McCaffrey is back. And once Christian McCaffrey's back, he is the dude moving forward. But does the team look at Mike Davis and say, Christian, if you're at 85%,

Take it easy, man. We can get you back to 100. We're okay here with Mike Davis until you are ready to go. Yeah, I was thinking what it would be like to be this human being. You are dominating. Mike Davis. Mike Davis, you're Mike. You are dominating in the NFL. You are legit, great, not good. And whenever Christian McCaffer comes back, it's going to be like, all right, you go.

Go warm the bench. Yeah, and it will be that. It will be. Yeah, and it just shows how good Christian McCaffrey would have been over these three games. We had wondered if he would be the same player with this offense, and this offense is playing well. Nine receptions from the running back position again for Mike Davis. He is tied for the league lead at the running back position. That's what you wanted to hear about for Christian. I mean, he's currently the running back nine on the season. He didn't start two of the games.