Midseason Review + Predictions, Smelling Salts - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/28

In fact, that you would play Teddy Bridgewater over Josh Allen this week. That is correct. Okay. That is correct. What is your reaction to that, Jason? I'm a little bit surprised. I completely get that on a weekly basis, he could very well outscore Josh Allen, but the rushing baseline and what I see is the perceived ceiling.

says that I would stick with Josh Allen because of his range of outcomes having a little bit more juice in it. That being said, you know, this is a great matchup against Atlanta. And we've already seen these two play each other once this year, right? And Teddy Bridgewater had 313 yards of two touchdowns, which is great. And that was without Atlanta having Julio Jones. So.

Atlanta only scored 16 points. Now if Atlanta could keep up, maybe Teddy just keeps on going. He didn't have, he had a very good game, but they didn't need to score a lot. Right. It's going to be very interesting. I was talking to Mike in the studio yesterday. What has seemed like a great matchup for back-to-back weeks in Atlanta has not translated to superior fantasy numbers for both Kirk Cousins and Matthew Stafford, who we brought up repeatedly because all Atlanta does is give up a ton of

yardage, including last week to Matthew Stafford for 340 yards, the late game heroics. Atlanta has been better since they got rid of Dan Quinn. They've given up fewer points. Teddy Bridgewater, ironically, feels a lot like DJ Moore at the quarterback position, where I think he needs a big play. He needs one big play against Atlanta, which Atlanta is like, sure, that's cool. So I do think that that's a, it's a viable start, but I feel like with the divisional game,

I'm a little less bullish on Bridgewater giving you a top 10 type of week this week. That's just my take on it. Matt Ryan should have a healthy Julio? I think so. So many question marks at the end of that. I mean, that's usually what we say every week for the last three years. Yeah, it's a sliding scale with Julio Jones. And the one thing we've seen with Julio is, you know, even midgame, he'll leave and come back on the field. When he's when he's out there, he's good. So I'm not, I'm not worried about Julio. I think he'll.

be out here, and that means that the Falcons will be able to keep pace with the Carolina Panthers, who have really been a surprising team to me. I thought they were going to be a really, really bad NFL team challenging for a top five NFL draft pick, and that next year, because they set themselves up to be really good for 2021, and they've really surprised me. I mean, the head coach over there is murdering it.

What's wild about the Panthers is you can run on them. We knew that last year. We've known that this year. But the other positions, they're pretty stingy for fantasy points over the 2020 season, fifth against quarterbacks, third against wide receivers, and 10th against tight ends. That's not going to persuade me against playing Matt Ryan or Julio Jones tomorrow night, but it's something to be.

mindful of and paying attention that the Panthers, it's not a plus match. You're not streaming your quarterback targeting the Carolina Panthers, which is wild. On the Atlanta side, you are starting, I think, all of the knowns. Todd Gurley, great matchup. Julio and Calvin, yes. And then Haydenhurst, honestly, Hayden's been pretty nice the last couple of weeks in terms of, you know, he's not going to zero you out. He seems to be involved. He had a couple of targets this last week that.

Could have gone for touchdowns. Hayden Hearst needs Julio Jones. I agree. And again, it's a new offense for him. Acclamation, the connection with Matt Ryan. Short off season. I think you can play him. Yeah, short off season. We underestimate that a little bit. I'm curious on the running back side for Carolina. If Christian McCaffee was declared active, I know that nobody's going to sit in active Christian McCaffrey. Correct. Are you willing to flex Mike Davis on Thursday night because of...

You know, the matchup. We don't flex on Thursday night, Andy. That's a good point. We take that player out of our flex. Perceptive flex. Perceptive flex and put him in the running back or wide receiver spot, giving you flexibility as week goes on. But you're right. That is where he slots in is as a flex player in this matchup. He had a fall from grace, you know, this last week. And then the matchup is. And it's really the last couple weeks. I know two weeks ago against Chicago.

Towards the end of the game, he turned around the fantasy day. But the gummy bear juice is wearing off for Mike Davis. The past two weeks, 21, or I'm sorry, 18 carries for 52 yards. That's under three yards of carry against the Saints. Seven attempts for 12 yards. Is that gummy bear juice? Is that what Boston Scott was on at the end of last year? Oh, yeah. When humans drink gummy bear juice, they get real strong. Gummy bears bounce.

This is important. You were the PBS kid. That's right. As Disney Channel kid, I'm just sharing my gummy bear knowledge with you. No, I was learning math. They're bouncing here and there and everywhere. All right. DJ Moore, you can play him. Robbie Anderson, for sure. And that's that for Carolina. So it should be a fun one. I had this moment where I thought I was going to get another Thursday night NFC East game.

But we're not. It's not Thursday, but it is definitely still prime time. Are you guys aware that Sunday and Monday we get three of the four? We get what? We get three of the four NFCE's teams. Oh, do we? Yeah. Awesome. Yeah, I mean, that's great. And then I do have one bit of news. Oh. And this is, you know, when you guys think of Doug Marone, describe Doug Maron in a word or two. Uh,

These are fun exercises. Okay. Give me a word for Doug Marone, head coach with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Bland. Bland, Jaguars. Bland. Bland, old school. Listen to this. He says he plans to make changes coming out of the week eight by. Uh-oh. But I got to read the quote, guys. All right. I'm going to look at some things, says Doug. I want to go a little outside the box. I'm going to go after it, and however it falls, it falls.

It's open for me. I've done crazy stuff before. What? Oh, man. I've done crazy stuff before. He's done crazy stuff? Oh, yeah. Because you described him with your one word as crazy wild, insane, right? So, like, when he was in the supermarket looking at the Cheetos and then his eyes caught...

The flaming hot Cheetos. You're darn right. He's like, oh, Marone, living on the wild side today. However, it falls, it falls. If this translates into, like, analytically, they're like, screw it, we're going on every fourth down. We're not punting anymore. I think this might translate to run, run, run for the hills, Gardner Minshu, fantasy major. I don't know. That'll be interesting. I feel like Jack Del Rio did that, though. I feel like at once upon a time, he was a- About Black Jack. Yeah, and then he turned into Black Jack Del Rio.

I feel like in the beginning he was this old school crumagogy, and then he was like, let's just take this belt off and go nuts. I think, yeah. If you can get rid of Gardner in a dynasty league for anything right now, do it. He's never starting another game if he gets pulled this season for any team, short of injury. By the way, if you didn't notice, Doug Marone is, in fact, Adam Lefco. All right, that'll do it for today's episode of the show.

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