Week 7 Studs & Stinkers + Weekly Rewind, Monday Punday

The Titans were out there on social media bragging about the pastor rating and performance of Ryan Tannahill, which is a sign of things to come. Why are you putting Marioita in a body bag? They tagged Marioada on it. No, they didn't. They did not. But we'll talk more about- They did underneath, though. We'll see what happened. We've got to talk about what happened in Arizona. Sure. Because lots of thoughts about that. Basically, David Johnson came in for a snap, came off the field. You never saw him again, really.

and this was a really strange situation. So I'm curious where you guys, are you pure angry here, or do you understand the extenuating circumstances of, look, I don't think David Johnson was going to be active for this game at all. There was no chance of it. Kingsbury came out on Friday and said if the game was today, he wasn't going to play. But then DJ Foster got hurt, their other running back, got hurt late in the week in practice.

And then we're in a situation where, look, you could have, I don't understand the logic of having him active if you can't play him because you've got two running backs. What happens if Chase Edmonds goes out? Do you jeopardize David Johnson's future? But fantasy owners, last week when it was a late active for David Johnson, he was the bell cow. So what do you do? Yeah, I mean, you worry a little bit. First, first you mourn. First you get past your, you put your anger to bed. But you also need to.

monitor the situation. Adam Schefter reporting that Jay Ajay is working out for the Cardinals on Tuesday and Spencer Ware also scheduled to work out. Now maybe that's a DJ Foster thing. It's probably a combination of they don't know what they have and David Johnson and DJ Foster's injured. They need depth, but it's not a good thing because if DJ, if David Johnson was like, okay, he's totally fine, we just gave him rest. Chase Edmonds was the hot hand. DJ's fine. And Chase Edmonds is great. They wouldn't be.

desperate to bring in backs to work out. He's not fine. Exactly. Chase Edmonds came out and said it in the post-game press conference. Chase said, look, I went over to DJ. We both knew you can't play professional football at the running back position like he was. I told him I'll carry the load. Don't worry about it. We need you back next week. Now, next week's a tough situation for fantasy owners again. You got New Orleans, who's one of the best defenses in football.

And then you're going to have... Especially against the run. Yeah, especially against the run. I mean, for goodness sakes, we'll talk about Mad Nagy, too. But, you know, what do you do with these two backs? What if you have David Johnson active again? Man, if he's active... And you've got to pick one guy. I guess we'll wait for the reports. You've got to get the reports throughout the week. And honestly, if Cliff Kingsbury had come out and said after the game, yeah, David, he wanted to give it a go.

Yeah, we gave him the opportunity he went out and he just didn't have it. That's one thing. So the reason why fantasy players are upset and look, you know where I have sided on coaches not being forthright with information. But he comes out and says, well, yeah, this was the plan. He was going to be the emergency back. Like, really? Your matchup against the Giants was.

turned around because you threw down the smoke bomb and the crazy funhouse mirrors. You're not expecting Chase Edmonds to come out and destroy you. That had no bearing on you winning the game. You have to wonder two if the field conditions, the fact that started to rain, it just kind of ruled out. And obviously, Edmonds was having a day, the greatest day of his career. And now, I mean, he's a different player than David Johnson. Edmonds? Far more explosive. Edmonds has...

The entire year, even before David Johnson got banged up, when it comes to the pure runner, Chase Edmonds has looked vastly better than David Johnson. DJ still looks great in the passing game. And when he gets the head of steam, he can be elusive. But Chase Edmonds looks like he fits this scheme a lot better. We have a waiver show tomorrow. We'll talk about Chase Edmonds, obviously. He should be already on your bench. I've got a lot of questions on Twitter today saying how much fab for him? I said zero. He should have been on your bench.

Three weeks ago when we told you to put him on your bench. But he's not, you know, circumstances for a lot of teams, especially those that don't have David Johnson, maybe didn't ensure themselves. Chase Fedman's out there. We'll talk about it. Weekly Rewind News brought to you by the Sleeper app. Don't miss a single piece of news. Get the app today. Before we move into the stud muffins, want to thank today's sponsor. Look, it's Harry's.

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Big fan. Big fan. I also heard you guys talk on, I don't know, Thursday, Friday going, boy, people deciding between Gardner Minshu and Aaron Rogers. Aaron Rogers said, hey, I'm here. I'm still here. Yeah, he listened to the show and he was insulted. So you're welcome. America. 25 for 31, 4295, threw in a rushing TD just as a little bonus. Oh. Has Kansas City, the Chargers on deck.

This is the fifth time he's throwing for five touchdowns in a game. He hasn't thrown for four since week 17 of 2017. Well, you knew that. He didn't have Devante Adams. You knew that the week he was going to do it was when he didn't have Devante Adams. And Marquez Valde Scantling and Geronimo Allison don't practice all week. They're going to be game time decisions. You know, pretty hobbled. He's, you know, working with a skeleton crew. Blah blah! Scores the earth, what in the head all about? Is Aaron Rogers?

Back. I have a hard time believing that he is back, but it's difficult to say that after what he just did. Well, let's say this. This isn't Mr. Biskey throwing up a six touchdown game. Right. This is a quarterback who can take over a game when he wants to. It doesn't mean he has to all the time. Oakland was providing shootout ammo in this game. Consistently driving down the field. Yes, they had some goal line turnover, but I mean, they were moving the ball.

consistently against this team that gave Aaron Rogers the need to do this. So Kansas City, L.A.? I mean, sure. It's not like you're not playing Aaron Rogers, but he's been kind of a 10 to 12 range guy in your mind. Right. Well, he's been an actuality of 20 plus range guy for the very beginning of the season. So it's nice to see that. Yeah, I mean, there was no pass rush. There was no pass rush. Sure.

Coming into this week, he was quarterback 14. Wasn't even a quarterback one. He had very few weapons. So I know some people pivoted off of him, but he was still very high in the rankings, a guy that you're going to start. It's nice to see him get one of these type of games because that's what you drafted him to do. Speaking of shootouts, Kurt Cousins, Matthew Stafford, both threw for four touchdowns. Kirk Cousins officially on fire, last three games, 976 passing yards, and 10 touchdowns. One of the things that, you know, with Mahomes going down,

on Thursday is fantasy owners actually got a little bit of a cheat code. If you had Mahomes and you know you're going to be without him, you had two or three days to sign some players. And some of the more available quarterbacks, Kirk Cousins, Matthew Stafford, Jacoby Brissette, all three had huge games this week. Matthew Stafford has the Giants next week. Then Oakland. Yeah. Kirk Cousins has the Thursday game against Washington, then Kansas City. Jacoby Brissette.

had a big game as well, four touchdowns. They stacked the box against Marlon Mack, and he torched him. He picked him apart. And so all three of those, to me, are great fill-in options for Patrick Mahomes. Yeah, I agree. There's a lot, and you could throw Sam Darnold into that mix. I don't expect him to have a great game tonight against the Patriots, but we've talked the length of the upcoming schedule. There are pivot options, and a lot of people performed well, including...

Yes. Unfortunately, I mean, I guess it's fortunate. Who is it, Jason? Who had a big game? Jared Garf. Jared Guff, because when you play the Atlanta Falcons, you get fantasy points. A lot of things of fantasy football are difficult. This particular equation, though, of quarterback plus matchup against Falcons has been very easy now for, we're going on five straight weeks, six weeks.

We debated this a little bit before the show. Mike said Jared Goff was the easiest start ever. I didn't agree because he really hurt you last week. Really hurt you. He hurt you so bad that sometimes maybe you didn't start him this week. Do you know anybody in that boat, Jason? Well, and like that boat involves it might cost you a victory this week. Okay. Foglan listen.

And we made the water bet Mike and I, because I had both these guys, I had Carson Wentz, I had Jared Gough on my roster, took a deep dive look. Oh, you guys water bet the two? We did. Of course. Because I needed everything right now. You think? So yes, I lost the water bet. I lost my rankings battle there. I lost, most importantly.

You may lose him. I may lose in the league of record in an absolute must-win situation. So Footclam, be with me tonight so that you can have me here tomorrow. I need basically, Leveon Bell cannot outscore Philip Dorset by 11 points. If that happens, I'm done forever. How do we, how do we handicap that, by the way? I want the Footclam following along. Part of what makes this show different, I think, is how invested we are on our teams. We try not to take on.

You know, we're invited to so many leagues. We take on a limited amount because we want to be invested. You can hear it in Jason's voice. He's invested to the point of possible expiration of his body. So how would you handicap that? Lev Bell outscoring Dorset by more than 11. I would say that's got to be at least 50-50. If not. Ooh, I'm not going 50. I would go. I think there's a 55% chance. That it happens? That it happens. That I lose. Really? I think I'm going Jason 70%.

I think that he is. Philip Dorset is questionable. Oh, also. There's the possibility he. Isn't the whole entire Patriots team questionable? Yeah. Also, uh, Fochlan. I didn't want MVS because he was a game time decision hobbled. He hasn't been doing much this year. So I traded to Andy. I trade. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. I traded future picks so that I could pivot from MVS to Philip Dorset.

And now I would have won had I kept my picks and kept my player or played golf. I hate fantasy football. It's the worst. The grass is always greener on the other side, Jason. You had the one. You had him on your team. And all you had to do was say, Jared Goff, you're playing the Falcons. I'm putting you in, buddy. He sucked the whole year other than one game. He was also Mike's start of the week. So all this best friend talks really, really didn't come to fruition with your lineup. I tried to help him. You did. Goff had a big game.

Lamar Jackson is on pace for 1,300 rushing yards. That'll break the record. It's on pace for 184 attempts. He's a completely different player than I think we've ever seen. He's up there. I mean, Vic is the comp. But when he takes off, it's just not like... Oh, you're saying as a runner? Yeah, I just mean as a runner, he's different than even the running quarterbacks that we have. He's far different. Kyler Murray, even Russell Wilson, right? Russell Wilson is the king of...