Starts of the Week + Week 5 Breakdown, Trapper Keepers - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/7

That I say his name. Likewise. Do you do the same thing? Yeah, let's figure that out. Can we get, Brooksie, you have a new job. You get to figure out which one of those two is right. Oh, I think I've done that for like 10 years. Yeah, I've figured it out over and over. I've looked it up and then I forget. So we need a nickname is what we need. Corderoi. Corderoy. That's not the best nickname. Like some people get fireball. Yeah. Some people get corduroy. Oh, come on. Corderole. Corderole. Is that the right way?

It is to me. Oh, good. You said it with such authority. Yeah. Is the Monday Punday nickname Score Darrell not perfect? Scoredale? Well, it could be Scorderell. Yeah. Oh, man. I mean, come on, Brooks. I have a difference of opinion with Jason on Mike Davis. I am. You hesitant? I don't disagree with the matchup that it, it's all there.

For Mike Davis, he should succeed, but we finally saw Wayne Galman activated. It wasn't a huge workload, and Mike Davis still saw 67% of the snaps. But with the way that Patterson's playing, and Mike Davis's final line last week was 14 yards on 13 carries. Now, he, and he had a long of eight.

So it was not a great day for Mike Davis, and it wouldn't surprise me to see the Falcons moving forward with more of, with more Patterson and working Galman. And so this is just like a three-person time share instead of just the two. By the way, I don't have an answer on the pronunciation, but I do know now that his nickname has been Flash and Cadillac. Cadillac. Yeah.

Remember Cadillac Williams? Yeah, see, that's tough. Wikipedia certified. Because Josh Gordon is Flash. Yeah. Was. Well, look, isn't Melvin Gordon Flash? Probably. Anyone with the last name of Gordon is Flash Gordon. Oh, that's fair. Matt Ryan, is he an option in this game after what you said? The run funneled defense. I mean, the Jets won last week. I want to give them credit. They beat the Tennessee Titans. They funneled Derek Henry into the middle of the field to gather yards. And they did, you know, they'd.

They couldn't get anything else done. Low level quarterback, too. And then Calvin Ridley was not spotted at practice on Thursday. We do not know why. Thursday. Was he wearing like a Waldo outfit? No, he wasn't. I don't think. Camouflage. This wasn't not being able to find him. He literally wasn't there. So this could be a concern. Was he striped? That's what I'm saying. Spotted. Yeah, so pay attention to that. We'll know more about that tomorrow. I just wanted to.

Quickly throw out on the Jets side of the ball. I just made a trade in our listener league. My hand was forced a little bit, but just wanted to highlight it. I went and got Michael Carter from the New York Jets where it seems like the playing time is... Michael Starter? Is switching to him? And now, I mean, I can't say he's been fantastic, where I just kind of poohed what Mike Davis did. But...

I mean, maybe the Jets can build on this where they went from scoring 20 total points over the first three weeks to 27. You know, and Zach Wilson will improve. So just keep that in the back of your mind that Michael Carter could be a second half player who not a league winner by any stretch, but someone who might turn into a running back two by the end. I'm still starting Kyle Pitts at the tight-in position.

With Elijah Moore returning, with Corey Davis having the big game last week, with Keeling Cole getting involved, are you still in on James and Crowder this week? Yes. Anybody else who want to talk about in this game? No. All right. The Green Bay Packers at 3-1 take on the 3-1, Cincinnati Bengals in Cincinnati. The Draft King Sportsbook line here, Packers minus 3. The over-under is 51.5. Pretty excited and intrigued by this game. Yes. Packers have, you know, they've rebounded after that.

Odd performance against New Orleans. They have come back. They've scored 27 or more points in the last three games. They look great. And you saw Randall Cobb getting involved last week. You saw your first game, albeit in a blowout where AJ Dillon actually, in my opinion, even though they were garbage time carries was the first time he looked good this season and was moving the pile, was making some bigger plays. Devante Adams, you're always starting. But what other decisions do you have on the Packer side?

Adams, Jones, and Rogers, you play. Yes. Do you touch anybody else? I think the question would be Randall Cobb. This is one of those games where you could end up with a really offensive game with Jair Alexander out.

The defense takes a massive hit on the Packer side of the ball with the Bengals being the home team. I think that, you know, they're going to be able to get going, be able to play offense without crowd noise. And so this could be a game that hits the over has a lot of points. And if that happens, you would expect Randall Cobb to be targeted. I mean, obviously I would not think two touchdowns like he had last week, but he's in flex consideration for me. Beckham this week or Randall Cobb chasing?

See, the targets and the snaps are there for Beckham, so that would be my pick. Yeah. Randall Cobb, he came through with the Monster Day because of the two touchdowns, but I would, I think I'd still play Beckham over that. Joe Burrow, in this matchup, you mentioned Jair Alexander missing, so maybe you don't read.

Too far into... I think Burroughs a fine play. This week? Yeah, especially if T. Higgins is back. Back out there. And then Joe Mixen could not... I mean, he could either be limited or miss the game. I would expect, from what I've seen of Somache P. Ryan throughout his career, him to be less successful and then to lean on him far less than they would have Joe Mixon.

So maybe Chase Boyd and Higgins are all in play and if you need a guy? Yeah, they're going to need to throw the ball in this game. What about Yuzama after last week? Well, it's a good matchup. The Packers so far on the year of 25 against tight-in. So I would not be willing to start Yuzama. I don't have that kind of intestinal fortitude. Tonian. However. Or Yuzama? Tunian, because I think when you look at touchdown options throwing the ball from Rogers, it's Devante Adams and then.

Tunyon and Aaron Jones is kind of the next man up, whereas on the Cincinnati side, T. Higgins could get touchdowns, Jamar Chase can get touchdowns, Tyler Boyd could get touchdowns. So I would go Tunian there. But the point is more that C.J. Uzama and a quality matchup against Packers gives me even more confidence with this receiving court to start Joe Burrow.

All right, let's move forward. The Detroit Lions at 0 and 4 taking on the 1 and 3 Minnesota Vikings in Minnesota. The D.K. Sportsbook line, Vikings minus 8 and a half. Oh. The over under is 49.5 points. Disappointing offensive performance last week. They were percolating. Cousins was dominating. And then they put up seven total points against the Cleveland Browns. So that part, a little disappointing. You want to bounce back? Why not do it at home against the Detroit Lions?

Jefferson Thielen, Cousins, Cook. Fire him up. And then Tyler Conklin had targets last week. It just didn't work out. Would you play, oh, there it is. Would you play Tyler Conklin or CJ Usama if you were looking for a start at Titan? I would play Conklin. I think I would play Conklin over Tunyon as well. And just for Dalvin Cook real quick, he says he's not 100%.

I'm playing Dalvin Cook where I have him. It's not that type of a situation, but it's a, if you don't expect you're getting weak winning Dalvin Cook, even with this incredible match. At least that's how I'm mentally preparing for the weekend. Does it seem like Dalvin Cook compared to other players re-agravates injuries more often? No, I don't feel like he re-aggravates injuries more. He gets hurt mid-game.

as often as anyone. But I don't know that it's always a reaggravation of, you know, the same injury. All right. Jared Goff, still one of the league leaders when it comes to... Are we talking about Detroit at all? That's what I just did. Yeah, Jared Goff's their quarterback. Oh, my goodness. I had put him back on the Rams, fellas. I don't know what day it is. Wow. Yes. It's football time, Mike.

I don't know where I am. That's your alarm for football time. Jared Goff has been a pleasant surprise when it comes to, like, total passing yardage. I think he's in the top five in the league. You know, he's completing 20 plus passes a week. So when you think about the value proposition for, I don't know, like Justin Fields, compared to Jared Goff where he's had a week where he's passed it 57 times last week, 38 times.

Where's the value coming? I mean, the Minnesota Vikings defense, they slowed down Baker and Odell last week in the passing game. And like Quintas Seafis, it's like when you look his direction, he gives you nothing. When you look away, he gives you a decent performance. And last week was Khalif Raymond for two touchdowns. Yeah, those two guys are the wide receivers that will be utilized the most. And I would not play either one of them. I just, I don't want to rely on.

guys that can completely disappear that aren't known commodities on a bad offense. I'm sticking with DeAndre Swift and T.J. Hawkinson. And then I think on a, you know, a more emergency level would be Jamal Williams. Jamal Williams last week had 14 carries.

which is great. That's a lot of work. So you can plug him in your lineup. Minnesota's defense seems to be improving as the season has gone on. And Jamal Williams is unfortunately not as talented as DeAndre Swift. It was strange. He's due for a touchdown, though, every other game. That Jamal Williams saw 14, like he had more, if I'm not mistaken, he had more opportunities this week than DeAndre Swift. And yet.

It was the lowest snap share of Jamal Williams season down all the way at 30%. I think you can still play him as a running back three or a flex. I mean, unfortunately, he's my running back two this week. But with Swift's, you know, he didn't practice on Wednesday either. And all of his injury stuff, I think Jamal will still be a weekly person that you can play with touchdown upside every week.

Flex level? Yeah. All right. The Denver Broncos at 3-1 take on the one and three Pittsburgh Steelers. The DK. Sportsbook line here, Steelers minus one. You're not going to like this next part. The over-under in this game is 39 and a half points. I believe Pittsburgh has put up 17, 10, and 17 in the last three weeks. The offense is broken. Big Ben is broken. Did you guys happen to see that video of Big Ben's mechanic video? Yes.

I mean, it was so, to me, it was almost endearing in the sense that, like, big, it was a video with Sims, uh, Phil Sims. I don't, I don't remember if it was a recent video or no. No, I think it was a couple of years ago, but, um, he clearly is a natural, talented, uh, thrower of the ball, that big Ben, the, um, technique.

And when he's talking about, you know, how you hold the ball or how you throw it, what's your, you know, your footwork, he's like, I don't know any of that stuff. He's like I never, never worked with a passing coach. I just find a wide receiver that's open. I throw him the ball. This is funny. But the final days are upon us with Big Ben or so it seems, you know, the targets are going to be there for Deonti Johnson. The targets are going to be there for Najee Harris. He's the target leader in football.

That's the only two that I would play. Like if Chase Claypool, he has my dude, but if he is back this week, this is not the matchup that I want to play. I'm fresh off the injury and against the Denver Broncos secondary. I don't want to do it. Juju seeing volume, but I mean, this eight targets for two receptions. It is, it is deteriorating rapidly in.

Pittsburgh. And unfortunately, these guys, like, even what's crazy is last year, Big Ben was awful. And all three wide receivers had fantasy value. Even Juju. Like, Juju was way better than people remember last year. But it is, it is not there this year. A lot of that is Naji. A lot of that is, there's targets going to Noggi. And they didn't throw the ball to Connor last year and other players. Yeah, the other option, the new option of Naji Harris being there. But as of now,