Starts of the Week + Week 7 Breakdown, Heating Up! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/19

Trust in Goddard. Trust in Goddard. I like it. My tight end start of the week is getting luth. Oh, no. Friermuth. Really? Pat Friar Muth is not about it. Does he need some underpants? No, no, no. He's a good start. I thought about it, but I was too scared. Wait, you made a pivot. I did make a pivot. I was too scared because of the. first game off the injury. He, he, he, uh, let me just throw this out there before, because I want, I want to set the table of the fear before you, you fill it out. I saw him hit some waiver wires this week. I, he's on waiver wires in some leagues. And then I was like, that's insane based on what I know of him. Then I, then I went and looked at three of his four games, one for three, one for two, three for seven. Yeah. A combined 12 yards in three games. So now you may proceed. So, tell me why.

This is time. Remember, like, it took him to week three to get to two hands. Yeah. Yes. And what happened in week three? He had 41 yards, a touchdown, a very good game. I believe he was your start of the week that weekend was a good start. One of those games with only seven yards was where he got injured right before this last, that was the last time we saw him. And he got hurt week one. Take that one out. You know, when he plays 50% of the snaps and doesn't finish the game, okay, it's not a great start. Otherwise, he's talented. But more important is the confidence coming back off the injury. He came right out of the buy week. Keep in mind it was he missed the game and then got an extra week off with the buy. When they came out of the buy week,

immediately to practicing in full. This isn't a ramp him back up. He's fine. This is basically like almost because of the by week. It's like the second, you know, it's like, oh, we don't have to wait on this injury. The matchup is outstanding. I was doing a ton of nerdy spreadsheet work this week. And one of the things that really stood out to me was over the last five weeks, when you adjust for schedule, the biggest gap. of any position at, you know, for any team was how bad the Rams have been at guarding the tight-in position. So I think he's healthy. He was on waiver wires. And I had Luke Musgrave as my start of the week originally because Vance Joseph defenses can't guard tight ends. It's another great matchup. This is push comes to shove. I had both players on my roster in League of Record.

And I dropped Luke Musgrave this morning because I was able to pick up Pat Friarmouth, and I'm starting him over Musgrave. So I am with the people who will be starting him. I think it's going to be a really good game this week. And my tie-in start of the week. It is not for the faint. It is rookie Michael Mayer against the Chicago Bears. The work-in has been slow for the highly drafted rookie. But look at the snaps, 47%, 51, 66, up to 81% last week. We liked that rise. And he was the tight-in five, six targets, five for 75. The Bears have allowed top 12 tight-in performance in four of six weeks. I think the matchup is there. I think they're figuring out how to get Mayor involved. And again, this is not a play for everybody, but I do think that he is a top 10 play this week. All right.

There it is your starts of the week. Thanks again to our sponsor, Purina ProPlan Sport. ProPlan Sport provides fine-tuned nutrition for strength and stamina that enables dogs and owners to take on life's adventures together. ProPlan Sport, high performance fuel for active dogs. It all starts here. And one more. Very important segment. Jason Moore's Ironclad, locked and loaded, 100% guaranteed boom, boom kicker of the week. Last week on Boom Boom, I missed it. And Mike led a kicker mutiny, an uprising? I returned home with glee. Unbeknownst, the trap was set for me. There laid a delicious baked potato skin. It turned me red like Mark McGuire, bowels bird like hellfire, tricked by the Packers Anders Carlson. Mike?

Any thoughts? There's a lot. I mean, I mean, if you were hosting a podcast reflecting on that episode, would the potato skin be at the top of that talking point list? No, no. Actually, the Mark McGuire is at the top of that turn red. That's just what a reference to the team he played on? Oh, no. He was a red. He was a real Bruce Arians. He had Bruce Arians face? Yeah, he had absolute Bruce Aryan's face. Really? For sure. Which would have potentially been a football reference you could have gone with. Could have. Could have. But I chose not to. Good work. Yeah, you went baseball. All right, that is it. More matchups tomorrow. The fantasy faceoff where Jason will spin a wheel tomorrow morning. So don't miss it. Make sure you leave us a five-star review if you are so kind on Apple. Or if you listen on Spotify, make sure you follow over there. You can find us on YouTube. YouTube.com slash the fantasy footballers. Subscribe, click the bell.

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