Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Week 10 Review, Studs and Duds, MNF Preview, Fantasy News

Ronnie Hillman was the guy. He only had two carries the whole game. And those came later after it was like out of touch. So Ronnie Hillman is the back you want there, I believe. And then Antonio Andrews, you have to mention him because you were starting to think, well, you know, maybe I can actually trust this guy a little bit. He had a terrible matchup against Carolina. They were at home, but 11 for 8.

Come on, Antonio. Yeah, I mean, I would expect a little more. Somebody flexed them out this week. For sure. But it was a bad matchup. I mean, you've seen a lot of decent running backs. You know, Frank Gore, who's been great this year, had a terrible game against Carolina. Quick sidebar, one of the things that you notice, the talent levels are what influenced the matchup so, so much. You have a guy, even Doug Martin's been a little bit.

of a victim to this, but when you have these tough run matchups, if you're just a volume back, like Antonio Andrews really was, he wasn't like a, oh, this guy's going to set the world on fire. It was, okay, he's going to get all the carries. Right. So when those guys run into matchups like that, it is trouble in fantasy football. Yeah, it is trouble. It's a very good point. So, all right, let's talk about the onslaught of...

of wide receiver disappointment. Man, there were a ton of wide receivers who put up... Tell everybody what you did in our league. Yeah, so despite my own words last week, so I have... I've got what I at least thought was a great wide receiver core of Alan Robinson and Alshan Jeffrey, Randall Cobb, and Mike Evans. I needed three of those, and so originally I had sat Mike Evans, but I had said to a lot of people that

I would think because of the injury to Alshan, the matchup, that you should play Mike Evans over Alshan. So I put Evans in my lineup. I was happy with it. And last minute, Sunday morning, I made the swap back. But it's all right. I'm still going to win. Go 8 and 2. Lead the league. Alshan 3 for 23. Jeffrey was maybe getting his snaps managed a little bit based on the groin injury reports. Yeah.

And he's got another terrible matchup this next week. Still probably, you know, some lingering effects of the groin. So, you know, I don't see him. I think rest of season, he's a clear wide receiver one. But he's going to have another middling game. I expect it to be better than this next week. But, you know, a wide receiver two next week. What's going on with Stefan Diggs?

Not a whole lot. And that's the problem with being the number one. He had three for 42, but he's the number one wide receiver for a team that does not air it out a whole lot. The Minnesota Vikings have just not done anything through the air. And that's kind of, that's why they got Teddy Bridgewater. That's why they're running with Adrian Peterson. They got a guy who's going to slow the game down, be better for a defensive team.

not make a lot of mistakes because he doesn't take a lot of risks. And that's just not good for Stefan Diggs. What do you do with Diggs next week against the Packers? I think you put him in that flex consideration still because he is the number one. The Packers, you've got to watch with Green Bay and see if their cornerbacks are healthy next week. That's been a big change, whether they've got a good or bad defense. So he's a flex consideration next week.

Jordan Matthews 3 for 21, Jeremy Macklin, 3 for 17, Sammy Watkins, 3 for 14. Let's talk about those three, and then we'll get to the Gooses. Yeah. Let's get to the gaggle. We'll get to the gaggle of terrible wide receiver play.

Yeah, so Jordan Matthew, Jeremy Macklin, Sammy Watkins, some of these were matchups. I think Sammy Watkins, he had a very bad matchup. We didn't expect big things from him this week. Jordan Matthews, he had come off of a really good game. His floor looked to be higher, but you had two problems in this game. One, did you see the hit he took? Oh, it was legal, but it was brutal. He got smashed. I couldn't even believe he came back in the game.

He was down for a minute or two. So there was that. And then, of course, the quarterback change. So, you know, we did see Mark Sanchez when he played that Jordan Matthews was a favorite target of his. We'll have to wait and see the health of both of these guys going forward. I still think Jordan Matthews is a flex play. Jeremy Macklin just wasn't very involved, which was surprising considering the chiefs. They just didn't need to throw the ball. Yeah, they were running all day. Charkandric West was going through.

Between Jordan Matthews and Stephen Diggs, next week Matthews has the Buccaneers. Would you rather start Matthews against the Bucks or Stephen Diggs against the Packers? If he's healthy and... Early, early prediction. Yeah, early prediction. If he is practicing in full, I would go with Jordan Matthews. All right, here's the gaggle of Gooses. Emmanuel Sanders, zero. Willie Sneed, zero. James Jones, zero. John Brown.

Zero. Those are guys that you didn't want to play. Three targets for John Brown, no catches. James Jones, two targets, no catches. Willie Sneed played the whole game after being limited. One target, no catches. And Emmanuel Sanders, he did leave the game briefly to be evaluated for a concussion. He was cleared. He never checked back into the game. Four targets. And he completely goosed.

Yeah, that's no good. One of the things that we see with some of these guys, Emmanuel Sanders, Willie Sneed, both of them didn't practice all week. Same with Alshan Jeffrey, right? He was limited in practice this week. We're getting to the point. So is Peyton. Peyton was limited all week and they threw him out there. Yeah. So.

And I think they said they regretted that. Yeah, they should have sat him. I'm sure the record played into it. But what you see here is that defenses have enough game tape right now to know what offenses are doing. When a guy is actually limited physically, it makes a difference in decent matchup. So here you've got guys where that's where I'm saying if Jordan Matthews is limited all week in practice, that's going to affect my decision as to whether I start him next week.

Sanders with Sneed. And James Jones, man, he's just looking his age. He's looking kind of what we thought. He had another red zone target through the touchdown right into his belly and he just kind of let it squeak through his legs. Teams are figuring out what to do with Green Bay where they leave Rogers in the pocket and they man up on these wide receivers and the wide receivers can't get separation and he can't get out of the pocket and make something happen. Yeah. So they could really use Jeff Janice to.

get better because he's about the only guy that has... Or make Montgomery to be able to play. Yeah, that would definitely help. But I think what they're really missing is that, is that guy who can fly, that guy who can stretch the field with separation. Jordan Nelson was one of those guys. Oh, they should get him back. It's very good. All right, tight ends. Ben Watson disappointed you three for 19 and so did Martell has been at three for 18. You know, I'm fine starting both going forward.

It's what happens at tight-in position. I would rather have Benjamin Watson over Martellus Bennett. And then barely worth speaking of, but Jordan Cameron, Rudolph, and Julius Thomas all stunk, too. But hopefully you weren't starting them or streaming them. A couple kickers, bad games from a couple kickers. That's going to happen. McManus, obviously, they got into field goal range a few times, but they were down so much. They were just going forward on fourth down. And Justin Tucker kind of had a bad game. That game flow just...

went that direction. There were some two-point conversion at Timms. It's going to happen. Both those guys are starting kickers going forward, and that's all I'm going to talk about. Kickers. Monday night game, I want to talk about it for just a second. We got the Texans at the Bengals. Yeah. Dalton, Green, Marvin Jones, Geo, Hill, Eifert, any of those guys you're sitting down? None of them. You got a feeling about which running back's going to be better tonight? I mean, Mike's not here, so there's no one to rip their shirt off and talk about Jeremy Hill.

Yeah, I think that the better running back tonight is going to be Gio. If you're looking for a higher upside, it would probably be Hill because you've got touchdowns. Exactly. If one of these guys scores two touchdowns, I'm going to assume it's Hill. But otherwise, Gio's going to be used in both the run game and the past game. And against this type of defense, I mean, you get Jeremy Hill in space, get them a couple of those little dump-offs against a team that isn't tackling. And Gio could take one for 40 yards.

I like Geo better in this game, and I think that this is a little bit of a trap. I mean, it's too late, right? Whoever you've decided to play, you're playing. But Hoyer's been great in garbage time. He's been very, very good, but I don't think it happens this game. The Bengals have been up on a lot of teams, and they haven't given up a lot of garbage production the way that other, like take New England, right? New England and the Bengals both have a decent defense, and both have incredible offenses.

But the opposing teams in the fourth quarter have been scoring and having garbage success, even though it doesn't matter, against New England through the season. That hasn't been happening on the Bengals. So, you know, I expect Hopkins will be great. Hoyer could be fine. What I'm watching from Houston side is I want to see if Nate Washington remains the number two or if Cecil Shorts takes over that role. So you're pushing all in. You're betting on one guy.

For me, it's Washington. Is it Washington for you? It would be Washington, yeah. He's played too good and shorts shouldn't overtake that position. And then is Alfred Blue the quantity guy tonight? Or is it going to be just Polk out there and third down because they're coming back? I think you're going to have both. You'll have Blue being the quantity guy in the first half and Polk being the necessary guy in the second half, both irrelevant. I'm going to be just completely patently, horribly wrong and mocked for this. But I think the game's going to be closer than you think. Great.

Yeah, so I think it's going to be a closer game. I think the Bengals win it, but I think it's going to be not a blowout. And then the Chiefs, were the Chiefs my upset pay? They sure were. They were your almost upset who destroyed the previously esteemed Broncos who now are not looking that great. You know, a couple weeks ago was like, oh, they shut down the Packers. Maybe that wasn't as tough as we thought. The Lions just shut down the Packers.

Yeah, you're right. It's funny how things kind of play out. And by the way, I'm not going to give myself any credit for almost upset of the week if the team gets a dominated upset. I'm only going to take credit if the chiefs had lost by one point. Yeah. That would have been, that's how you succeed on the year. A boo your pick. Yeah, we're going to take a couple quick minutes and answer some questions from the Foot Clan, the listeners of the show. If you want to ask us a question, it's easy you go to the website.

the fantasy footballers.com, click on the submit a question button in the upper right hand corner. You can also call us, leave us a voicemail message. The number for that is 302-464 TFFB. 302-464 TFFB. Let's answer a couple questions. Mailbag. Oh, Jason. It's so cute. Yeah. There you go. I'll get better as the week goes on. Somewhere Mike is eating a churro and cagging. Cursing your name. Yeah.

Mike's also probably going to lose this week in our league of record, and I'm delighted. I'm delighted because I'll have the same record as them. You hear that, Mike? Wherever you are, I'm coming for you. Yeah, I'll be looking down to both you. Yeah, shut up. All right, Benjamin in New York City. New York City. At this point in the season, should I sell Brandon Cook's high or keep him and hope for the production he's been getting? You keep him. I think he's a decent option. I, you know, I don't think you're going to really sell. It depends what high means, right?

Exactly. I don't think he's going to get the production. He's been having the last two weeks, but he's a great play, and I would hold on to him. All right. Jack in Phoenix, who would you start week 11? All right. That's an early question. Wow. Very early week 11 question. So early impression. Jarvis Landry against the Cowboys, Danny Mandela against the Bills, or Sammy Watkins against the Patriots. Wow. I'm actually going to speak. This is early. Well, he makes the

Details say standard league. In a standard league, I'm probably going to go Sammy Watkins. I think the Patriots can be passed on, and he has a better chance at a touchdown. But Danny Amandola, if it was a PPR, I'd have him. You'd take Amidola over Landry and a PPR? Yeah, the Cowboys have a really good defense. Danny Amandola, I'm expecting big things. All right. I would go Watkins, then Landry, then Amandola myself. All right. Kang in Grand Prairie, Texas, like kangaroo.

Yeah. Hi, King, Guru. Who is more likely to have a better game tonight? Cecil Shorts or Nate Washington. Needs three points to be a victor tonight. Well, you got to go with the guys put it up most recently, right? If you need three points? Yeah. There's no way Nate Washington. Oh, great. This happened once before. Remember when somebody needed either Moncrief or Hilton on the Monday night game and neither got it? Hoyer is not the guy that spreads it around to...