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

It's Deonté and Najee from the Steelers moving forward until I see some signs of life. We will talk about Deontay in a little bit. The Denver Broncos, though, I mean, when's the last time the Steelers at home or just one-point favorites against the team that doesn't know who is starting a quarterback right now? Like, that's the tough thing. I mean, it could be Drew Locke this week. It could be Teddy Bridgewater. He didn't practice on Wednesday. He is progressing through the protocol.

I imagine he gets back out there. And, you know, the Pittsburgh defense, the one thing they've succeeded in this year is limiting fantasy points to the running back. When you have a split backfield with Melvin Gordon and Giovante Williams, you're on the road. And then you have the quarterback question marks. I would probably just.

I'd be trying to find somebody else than these two guys. I agree. Yeah, I would. I think across the board in this matchup, I mean, Noah is someone that you're going to plug in because when you've got him rostered, there's not better options on the waiver wires, but I'm not excited about this matchup. Even guys like Cortland Sutton, who I would target in a trade. I like Cortland Sutton. This just doesn't scream the matchup. I really want to, you know, there's 39 and a half.

points according to draft kings. And when you look at the defenses and you look at the situations, you see how this happens. You go, this could just be a real fart fest. And if you don't have guaranteed targets, you're not going to end up with a great fantasy day. There are so many options every week that are out there that you can pivot to on the Cortland Sutton level that I would imagine you can, this would be a bench week.

What's crazy about this line of 39 and a half is that it is, that's a good line. I don't know if I want to call my shot. Oh, that's easily going to go over. No, I could see it. I don't know. 17 to 10. I don't know if we're making it to 39 here. Can I bring some up about Cortland Sutton? Please. A couple of dud weeks after the one explosion week, quarterback problems. I'm shipping Sutton out now.

You have, they're already talking about Judy coming back very, very soon. We're going into week five. Judy could be back week seven. So why not ship him out now if he has perceived value? Because I don't think it's going up for Cortland. I don't blame you. Pittsburgh next week, the Las Vegas Raiders, followed up by the Cleveland Browns. You have three tough matchups. Three tough matchups here for the Broncos. My counter argument would be when Judy went down.

Cortland Sutton showed out. He showed that he was back. The game afterwards, they win 26-0. Don't need to pass the ball. We talked about the Jets, right? Like, they don't give up any fantasy points to quarterbacks, wide receivers, anything because it's all the running game. And that was true that game. And then last week was Drew Locke. So you're right. Judy's coming back. And maybe he just comes in and steals the show and all the opportunity. But I don't think what we've seen in the last two weeks from Sutton is indicative of.

his talent or the team's situation. That's just those two specific weeks. Judy's not going to help, though, is he? He's not going to help the target market share, but he could very well help the offense, help, you know, open things up for, you know, more wide receivers. I don't think he's a guaranteed negative for Sun. Miami Dolphins, one and three taken on the three-and-one Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa, Draft King Sportsbook Line, Buccaneers minus 10. Taking the Buccaneers minus the points. Wow.

The over under is 48. Miami trying to move the football is, yeah, it's not a pleasant. It's unwatchable. It's not, yeah, okay. All right. Let's go there. Let's go unwatch. It's true. It's Jacoby Brissette and Malcolm Brown. No, watch them play football. I mean, that's the truth of the matter. And the implied point total for Miami's 19. Miles Gaskin's not a startable option right now. Jalen Waddle's not startable. Parker's not startable.

It might get sicky and no one else. That's the Miami prescription. I think Parker is startable this week. You think Parker startable? I do. Because Fuller's out and... Yes, Fuller is out. Waddle has his role. Can I wince at least? Can I win? Oh, when I put him in the lineup, can I like... Absolutely. Look, I'm, you're peeking through your fingers. Yeah. I'm over here hesitantly saying that this is possible, but...

The Buccaneers are 30 second against fantasy-wide receivers. The only way you can possibly move the ball against the Bucks is through the air. And meanwhile, Devante Parker is quietly seeing a solid amount of volume. You have a 30% target share this past week on the season. He's sitting at 22%. But Mike. Oh, my goodness, the voice of public opinion? The Richard Sherman signed.

Oh, yeah, he did. And he said he felt like he had never left. I know he said that. He looked like he had left. Thank you. Yeah. I mean, he looked like he was not going to. He looked like they were targeting him. Yeah. Yeah. When Kendrick Bourne, like, wins on four straight digs. Yeah, no, they are going to, they're not going to give up any rushing yardage. But if a team like New England that loves to rush the ball and has a scheme and some offensive line,

pieces, can't run the ball against Tampa. Good luck Malcolm Brown, and you may have negative yards. Parker had some highlight catches this past week where it was like, oh, there he is, Devante. And it's eight targets a game. Again, on the season hasn't turned into a lot, but the matchup is there that you could desperately flex Devante Parker if you need to. DFS dark throw there as well. Absolutely. Tom Brady, yep.

Leonard Fournett, it looks good. Yes, heck yeah. The dolphins are just bleeding on, giving up so much on the ground. I don't know what happened to this season. These type of things happen every year where a team is turning a certain direction. I think it happened in Cleveland, you know, where it was like, oh, everyone has expectations. And then you just have, you come out and the tires flat and you can never inflate it. It's just the whole season, the tires flat. Like Miami and Washington. Yeah.

What happened? What happened to your defense? Sugar in the gas tank, man. Yeah, it's not good. Leonard Fornett has, he had 25 opportunities. He's the bona fide starter. And Geo Giovanni Bernard was limited on Wednesday so that, you know, brings down a little bit of that upside for Fournett because he becomes the full-time guy for the box if Geo misses. But there's no guarantee that Bernard is playing yet. Evans, Godwin Brown, start, start. Yes.

All right. The New Orleans Saints at 2 and 2. DFS dart throw, Cameron Bray. Yeah, yeah, I agree. If Gronk is out. Man, that was tough, though, to watch because there was a, like, Cameron Bray is not, at this point in their career, athletically, he's probably very similar to Rob Grunkowski in a lot of ways. But the mind meld was so evidently gone. There were, he missed every throw. He threw to Cameron Bray.

You know, he threw one to the back corner of the end zone and Bray turned the wrong way. But yeah, he will get targets. Two and two teams. Let's battle. New Orleans. Washington. In Washington. Drafking sportsbook line has the Saints minus two. If I, the overrunner is 44, by the way, pretty low. If I'm deciding sportsbook lines, I think I am not happy to figure out the Saints every week. Oh, yeah. Who are they?

Who are they? Who are you? Is their defense good or bad? Is James Winston decent or bad? Like, what are you going to get? And we don't know. So we've got to project how we're feeling about this game, you know, fantasy-wise, the Washington defense has gone from last year being third against quarterback, second against running backs, third against wide receivers, and top 10 against tight ends to just sucking across the board.

You've got Heineke, who's been airing it out, being aggressive, throwing the ball a lot. And then again, the Saints defense has been pretty good this year. So, whew. Andy's almost upset of the wig. If the Washington defense is going to fix it, I think it's going to be this week at home against James Winston. I took Washington, too. Oh, did you? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. So I think that this might be the opportunity here to.

Look, Alvin Kamara is going to have a ton of work. We already know that you're always going to start him. But I'm not touching anybody else on the entire Saints offense, which is something that we've rarely said in the last 10 years. But I don't want to mess around. They're on the road here.

Do you guys agree, disagree? Would you take a shot anywhere else? No, certainly not. I mean, yeah, you're telling me Marquez Callaway gets a bomb touchdown, has a great fantasy day. Great. He's not doing it on my roster. You can't project anything good for ancillary pieces of the Saints right now, not with this version of who they are. Now, on the other side of the ball, it'll be a test for Taylor Heineke going up against the Saints. Obviously, the Saints are favored on the road.

He's been a top 12 quarterback, three straight weeks. We don't want to ignore that as fantasy players just because he wasn't in the script, you know, so to speak, going into the year. Antonio Gibson was back in position drills today. I don't see how he is going to miss this one. He'll be back out there. Where do you find value on the Washington side? You know, Terry McLaurin should be back in your lineup. But if Curtis Samuel is active for some reason, if this was a rest day, you're probably sitting in.

Yeah, I mean, Curtis Samuel was one of those players that he comes out, looks.

Decent, only plays 34% of the snaps last week, was involved, four targets, four receptions at trending in the right direction where I was thinking he might be a start worthy player this week. The fact that he had Wednesday off with the groin is just scary. I'm trying to get some info on that right now. It could be absolutely nothing. It could be like, hey, this is our plan bringing them back. We're going to rest them on Wednesdays. And of course they're going to write groin because that's the injury that they were bringing them back from. So if it's planned and good and there hasn't been a separate.

Working on the side. Working on the side. Yeah. So yeah, he's good. No, that's bad. So he's out to me.

Like, I'm not starting Curtis Samuel. That says to me that if on a Thursday, it wasn't just a Wednesday day of rest, but he is not participating and not being able to practice in full, that there is either a fear of a setback or has been a setback. So he's out. Not just managing snaps, maybe? I don't think so. At the very least, here's what you know. By him working on the sideline is that they're not going to overdo it with him. He's not going to go out there and get 78.

86% of snaps. That's true. That's not happening. So you're going to see at best what you saw last week 35% of snaps, 4 or 5 targets. No, he's not in my lineup at all. Probably better to draw a line in the sand today and not even worry about it. Yeah. The line of the sand for me is what I'm trying to figure out is do I want them on my roster? Do I want to deal with this every week or just move on and find someone that I can rely on and actually put in on a buy week? Because right now I do not feel

confident in Curtis Samuel's availability. Would you rather hold out hope for Rondale Moore on your roster or hold out hope for Curtis Samuel on your roster? Oh, man. That's a great comp. I lean. I lean Rondale Moore. It's funny. I find my, like I think practically speaking, like in a redraft league, I should probably drop Rondale and find another option, but I can't do it. I can't bring myself to do it. And if you're in a league with like some keepers in it,

It's hard to let him go because Mike, you and I were talking about this. Speaking of Rondale briefly, like Christian Kirk's a free agent, AJ Green's on a one-year deal. Like Rondale Moore is part of the future and Kyler's young in this team has so much potential. So Rondale looks like a player that you could have as a keeper even if he's not every week viable. Sure. The Tennessee Titans are two and two. They take on the Jacksonville Jaguars.

in Jacksonville, the Draft King Sportsbook line Titans minus four. The overrunners 48 and a half points. This is a game I could easily see hit the over. Mike talked about some optimism about Trevor Lawrence. Why? Because the- Jason did. Oh, Jason did. The jerseys on the- Don't you dare put that Urban Meyer hope on me? Yeah, the jerseys on the other side of the field, they say Titans on them. And that is an attractive thing for offensive pieces this year.