Week 9 Studs & Duds + Monday Punday, Bizarro Week - Fantasy Football Podcast for 11/8

remotely lose is if James Connor backup running back for the Cardinals scores 40 scores 40 says Jonathan Taylor has nothing on me and scores 40 if he scored what Jonathan Taylor scored you would have won yes he scored 40 because Chase Edmund goes out on the first play it's impossible yes so for for everyone look this was this was double dose because as an analyst like the process of

They're going on the road against the division foe. They're not going to have their number one wide receiver. They're not going to have their starting quarterback. The process is you cannot play the backup running back. That was the advice that I gave. I took that advice. I bench James Connor. And then the starter gets hurt on his first carry. So for all the people, like, you told me to bench James Connor. I lost because James Connor went off. So you could take it and shove it.

Mike is. Because I feel worse than you do. I mean, Mike said that like normally you hope to wake up, you bounce back a little from the emotions, you know, you can be upset. But, you know, it wears off. There's a certain like, what is the half life, half life to the pain. But lasting a little longer this morning. I have so many losses of two or fewer points. It's ridiculous. You can't believe what is happening. Concussion for Zach Moss.

Zeke left with a right knee contusion was on, was off, was on, was off. He'll probably be fine. Trevor Lawrence, low ankle sprain will be limited this week. James Robinson didn't play. This was crazy. Patriots Damien Harris and Romandre Stevenson both left with head injuries late in the game. Yeah. So this will be something to monitor for the, what, Brandon Bolden watch, J.J. Taylor watched this week. Yeah, and it was bizarre because Romandre Stevenson.

had an excellent game. He had over 100 yards from scrimmage. He was currently the running back 16. We'll see what happens tonight. But he went from this not being featured into we're going to give him a whole bunch of work, just kind of muddying things. And then unfortunately he went down with an injury. Albert Aguebenam, everybody's DFS darling exited early with a knee injury. Yeah.

And Deshaun Jackson's expected to sign with the Raiders. I mean, this makes sense. It's, that's, it's interesting. Yeah, I mean, he becomes an actual fantasy dart throw that, you know, the same way that you would pick up and play rugs, I think Deshaun Jackson could be, you know, 98% of what rugs was doing out there. So he was, he was a startable asset. And I think, uh,

He'll be on the waivers tomorrow. Yeah, I think I lean the other way with him because I don't see it as pug and play. Like Zay Jones was involved. And I think, I don't know if they could trust Deshaun Jackson to run enough routes to where you'd feel. It won't be as many. It won't be as many, but he still has the speed. Yeah, we saw him on the Rams. He's one of those players that doesn't need to play 90% of snaps. He needs 20% of really, really good snaps. But I will say this part of it, he let he wanted a trade from the Rams because he wasn't being used enough.

and they cut him, and he's signing in a place solely because he believes he's going to get the opportunity to play that rugs role. Makes sense. Monday night football tonight. Get ready for week 9's continuation, the next chapter. We'll see what happens. There's a good chance that David Montgomery does play. So we brought this up as a probability on Friday, and it's going to have an impact on your expectations for Cleo Herbert. It's also not...

a good matchup. I mean, it's a difficult matchup for the running backs. You know, if I'm, if I'm the Pittsburgh defensive front, I'm stopping the running game for Chicago and making Justin Fields pass for more than 100 yards. So probably tempered expectations. You could, I don't know, you don't have a choice at this point. You've made your bet. Yeah, that is correct. And just did you guys realize because of all the chaos that happened of who won and who lost yesterday?

the entire AFC West, all four teams have five wins. I did not realize that. Wow. Like this week, this week. So they're all tied. They are. Five and four? Yeah, no, the charges and Raiders are five and three. But all of them have five wins. And then you look at the AFC North, the Bengals who just a couple weeks ago were the number one seed in the AFC are now last in their division. Wow.

Football is wild and out right now. Well, you want to add something else to it. How about the only other undefeated road team in the entire National Football League? The New England Patriots. Yeah, they're in it, man. Are five and four. The bills are five and three in their division. They've won three straight games. So shout out there. Yeah, it's wacky. It's wacky. And then Arizona is alone now because the Cowboys, the Packers, and the Rams all lost.

Which was unexpected. The Patriots have, I just poked myself in the eye. Did you? Yeah, I saw it. Like, did you get the actual eyeball? A little bit, a little bit, a little scrape. The Patriots have scored five, or forced, I should say, forced five fewer points than the bills. If I hang on to. What is, I mean, it's an extra game, but still, it's like, what is happening right now? What is happening? Yeah.

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Jason is just postponing the talk about Brandon and I use. Yeah, let's see how far we're going to put into the stinkers now. Push those wide receivers down. Hey, Justin Herbert. Welcome back. 32 for 38, 356 and 2 had a rushing touchdown. They sent it on the broadcast. You know, Mike Williams hasn't been himself. And they said he's been dealing with this knee injury. And you have to wonder with the production whether that's come into play. Justin Herbert still got it done. And.

That's nice to see for confidence after a couple of down weeks. He had a big week. Lamar Jackson, believe he's had three double-digit comebacks this year. 266 and 3, 21 on the ground. 21 carries for 120 yards. Another 100-yard rushing game. In NFL history, the leader in 100-yard rushing games has been Michael Vick with 10. And now Lamar Jackson.

has tied him with 10. Except it took Michael Vick 115 games. It has taken Lamar Jackson 45. 45 games have 10 with 100 rushing yards. That's basically a quarter of your games, a little under. That's insane. I blew people's minds this morning, reminding them or letting them know that the Falcons are a playoff team right now. Matt Ryan went 23 for 30, 343 and 2. Cordero kept it going.

They're the seventh seat in the NFC. So I don't know if that means we have too many teams going to the playoffs or not. But they are there for and four. And Carson Wins had a great game on Thursday. And Teddy Bridgewater showed up. I mean, it wasn't crazy impressive fantasy-wise, but had a game. Kirk Cousins. And we broke the curse. Ladies and gentlemen, you did? I played Kurt Cousin in the Dynasty League. And he didn't fart in my face. Congrats. That's great news.

You've been doing the ping pong between Daniel Jones, right? Yes. James Conner's the story. He did fart in my face. 21 for 96, two touchdowns on the ground, five for 77 and one through the air. He has 11 touchdowns so far. Currently, he is the RB what? On the season. No way. What do you think? If you tell me top five, I'm not going to be shocked. He is the running back eight on the season. And the reality is, obviously a lot of that's going to be skewed by.

this game, right? When you score 40 points in a game, your season totals will be much better than your consistency. However, he has been pretty consistent. Yes, he's been scoring basically every week. Yeah. And moving forward, I mean, you may have multiple weeks without Chase Edmonds. That's what I mean. Like if Chase Edmonds is, if he goes on the short term I are, not the best matchups, Carolina, Seattle, that's solid. And then Chicago after the buy week, but.

Still, it doesn't matter because this is a very potent offense. And if Eno Benjamin will be worked in, he no Benjamin looked all right yesterday. Did you see him run? The truck stick touchdown? He completely ran through Drey Kirkpatrick. Like he didn't exist. He was a phantom. You love to see it. Yes, but, but James Connor will be, he should be slotted in as a high end running back one.

for at least a few weeks. The Cardinals have some things going for them that make his touchdown totals more predictable. You know, they have a solid defense that has put the team in a great position. You know, it's just worked out. I mean, James Conner's been outstanding. James Connor since week three, because he got off to a slow start this season, those first two bad weeks, is the running back four. Yeah, it's insane. Jonathan Taylor, we knew the story from Thursday night, but unbelievable. Nick Chubb.