Starts of the Week + Wk 10 Matchups, Cougar Bait!

that's just what they do if you look at last week's game especially the running back position duke johnson and nick chub both had big games getting blown out by the chiefs so i think david johnson's a great start this week so much so that we're going to talk about him in a moment but where else is the value uh larry no i mean maybe maybe i would i so in a game like this where the chiefs can get beat deep

and it's on the road, I would lean more towards Christian Kirk than I would, Larry, in this match. If I had to pick one of those two, if this were at home against the better defense, I would switch. So you lean Kirk, Mike, do you lean Larry or Kirk? It depends on what my team needs. Larry, the past, he's scored in two consecutive games. He's had at least eight targets in the past three games. The turnaround with Byron left, which now is the offensive coordinator.

Can that turn things around? And the health of Larry Fitzgerald, I think, has been an underrated topic of when he was, it was kind of the demise of Larry. He had a hamstring problem that he was playing through. You're starting all the big boys for Kansas City, Mahomes, Hunt, Hill, Kelsey. The only question mark for fantasy owners comes down to Sammy Watkins because he is dealing with a foot injury. I would prefer not to play. He is a major risk this week because they can afford to sit him. And even if they don't sit him.

They could afford to sit them during the game at some point. So you're not, I, you know, I'm going to go a different direction on my dynasty team as of today. Now, if I get reports full practice, feeling fine, everything's happy. Maybe I change that, but right now I'm not. And early reports are that Kareem Hunt will break the single game record for carries and yards and touchdowns. Oh, Kareem going to eat?

I'm going to double-check this real quick, but yeah, he's my number one running back on the week. No doubt. He'll probably be all of our number one running back on the week. Probably. He'll probably be the number one running back on the way. I mean, it's just such a good matchup for him. We need to get some sort of Z-Quil sponsorship for the lowest point total of the week. Can we do that? Brooks, do you got those guys on? No, you don't know them? Nope. Take a snooze with the bills and jets. The two and seven bills. It might be listed under NyQuil.

It might be listed under Nike. Check the Rolex. It's really, we need to get them competing. I'm willing to take on Ambien even in this situation. Oh, we can have the day quill.

start of the game of the week, you know, the highest over under and the Z-Quil. Clear your head. We need more like the monster energy drink, Red Bull, start of the week. I don't think a lot of people are doing the day quill to get hyped. I mean, that's not really. That's fair. I got my day quill in. Yeah, I'm real dried out. I'm really excited. It's going to be a fun Saturday. I just took some dayquil. Let's do this. All right. Let's go to the snoo. The two and seven bills. This is a new game. We call it. Who would you?

Dare start. Robbie Anderson. I'm not rolling Robbie Anderson. No, you said dare. I'm not going to want to roll. The two and seven bills, the three and six jets. The jets are six and a half point home favorites in a game with a 36.5 point over and under. It is the battle of the backups most likely. Josh Allen could be back. If it's not Josh Allen, it's Derek Anderson. Oh, do I have to talk about this? We're going to go back to Derek Anderson? He already said that they're not going to Peterman. Yeah.

McCoy. Why is Peterman on the team? This is something E.J. Manuel wants to know. LaShawn McCoy is the only player that you are allowed to start legally. And it's gross. And it's not fun.

Yeah, this is not a good... Would you start Duke Johnson or LaShawn McCoy this week? Duke Johnson. Did you start Edo Smith or LaShawn McCoy this week? That is tougher, and I... Yeah, that's very close. That's close. I'd probably go shady. I would sadly go shady. The problem was shady. We talked about it. It's like 24 yards in his last 24 carries, not getting it done on the ground. But he's been okay because he's so involved through the air as they've been down huge in these games. The question is...

Will they really need to air it out against the Jets? Will they be down by such that they're going to pass the ball a lot and get, you know, I think they'll be able to give McCoy more carries in this game, which won't be good for fantasy. For him. They have needed to air it out in every game they've played. Right. That's not been the issue. They can't. They actually can't do it. There is no option. There is no choice.

McDermott doesn't call a play where he says now you're going to air it out. Instead, he goes, let's go Wildcat when we're down three scores. That's what he does no matter what. So if you want to take the volume roll of the dice against the Jets, feel free. And Chris Ivory hurt his shoulder. I would expect Marcus Murphy will be the backup, but will Murphy get as many snaps as Chris Ivory was taking? I mean, is this Shady's on the field 85% of the time? If Shady was going to ever perform, it has to be this game against the Jets. Sure.

On the other side of the ball, you know, we talked about Elijah McGuire, the surprising snap counts. Josh McCown's back at quarterback. Yeah, let's go. Look, McCown's back at quarterback. The gladiator. I'm not going to give nothing to no one because McCown's back, including Robbie Anderson. Oh, Robbie! But if there was someone, it would be Robbie Anderson. Yes, it would 100% be Robbie as Aaron McCown will go deep. He will do this. He'll throw it. Yes. Yeah, I mean, that's good enough.

McCown was very good when we, at least for fantasy purposes, you've been very surprised by McCown in recent history. I think he's, I think the Jets are a better team. Oh, right now with Josh McCown as a quarterback. They, I legitimately believe that. I mean, Darnel is the future. He has a good average quarterback. Like, he's better than Darnel at this point. Donald's the future. McCown's the past. They have no present. And you rather have a pass for fantasy. Very, very fair.

Points. Well said. Mikey, call yourself there. He said he's a good average quarterback. Yeah. He's one of the best average quarterbacks you can get. Yes. The average guys, he's good. Can I be clear that I am done talking about this match yet? Well, let's just real quick. Go start the defenses. How about that? Yes, the Jets DST, my goodness. But with McGuire's snap counts, are you flexing him? I am playing Elijah McGuire ahead of.

Sammy Watkins and my dynasty team right now based on the injury concerns. So I feel like there is a guarantee of production from one of those guys and his name's Elijah McGuire. Is there any hope for Isaiah Crowell who still gets double-digit carries? Yeah, there's hope. Only a fool's hope. See? Let's get into the starts, please. Starts of the week.

All right, starts of the week for week 10. Now, I, you know, around the studio, we have the little game we play where once somebody gets in here and gets their starts in before the other guys, they normally say, hey, you should probably get your starts in this week. I thought, I didn't hear it this week. So when I got on there real early this morning to lock mine in, I thought maybe I'd be the first one in.

And you both had your starts in already. So I'm not going to go. You didn't hear me yesterday. I said it. Clearly. Yeah. I'm not going to go first because you guys, you've established yourself. You've put your roots down. You've got to establish dominance. Who had them in first? So Jason or Mike? I did. Okay. Jason, kick it off. Whatever position you want. Well, then let's start running back. The most important position for fantasy to get right. My start of the week is Leonard Fournette. You're back in. I am back in.

And here's what it's going to take, because this requires three practices in full this week. He's already one for one. Today is going to be the, really, today will be everything. Two P tests. And he was 40 times. They held him out for a long time to ensure he's fully recovered.

so he could get to the biweek. The second the biweek was over, he practiced in full, meaning he should be completely healthy. If he does not suffer a setback at all, if he practices limited today or tomorrow, I'm off of him, and you can make my start of the week another guy I like in Dionne Lewis. I really like what the Titans have been doing and saying, Derek Henry sucks! And now they've finally figured that out and are giving Dionne Lewis the ball.

Leonard Fournett, I think, will come back to a completely full workload based on what's happened in his absence, based on them saying, oh, no, we have Blake Bortle, based on the Indianapolis Colts across the field who can't stop the running backs. Leonard Fournett should be a top running back this week. And so he is my start of the week. Okay. All right. I'm a little less bullish myself. I got him at.

20 at the moment. Mike, who's running back start of the week? I'm going to go with Tevin Coleman. A little butt tap for him. Yeah. Kevin Coleman. Thank you. It's been a while. It has been a while since we've been able to give the Coleman the soul man. Yeah. And last week they got it going, which was the encouraging part was the play of the offensive line, really getting things going this past week. I think it can continue.

The matchup is juicy. The Browns align with the 29th. They're 29th bests against fantasy running backs and the high over under. I want in on this. And I think Coleman's a great play this week. I feel like the only reason we ever say 29th best, 30th best is because we can't do the reverse math out of the backup. Why are you breaking the secrets for everybody? If only there were only 10 teams in the league, I could do the math. The reverse math. Yeah.

Now, Tevin Coleman, you said, it's been a while since you gave him the Soulman treatment. Yes. It's been a little while since you guys gave my guy, my start of the week. It's been a while. The treatment he deserves, and I need it this week. My start of the week is David Johnson. Oh. Yeah. What he comes through. I get it. Oh, come on, come on. Come on. He needs it. Remember, it fuels him.

I just, oh, man. Let me see if I can get you there. All right, yeah, talk me up. Let me see if I can get you there. Inflate the balloon. It doesn't matter who you are right now. If you face the Chiefs and you're a running back, that's one inflation. Duke Johnson, Nick Chub, Philip Lindsay, the last three games blown up against the Chiefs. T.J. Hernandez says David Johnson is the only player to see 40% of his team touches in every single game this year. And he ran. He ran a season high 30 pass routes in week eight.

Johnson. Yes. David Johnson. Let's go, David. I'm giving it to David Johnson. I think he's out there. I think he's catching passes. I think he's doing more than, you know, more than you expect. I have him right now at running back nine. The passing work was so encouraging. I mean, it was encouraging really for all Cardinals. It looked and the usage were only one weekend, of course, from it. But the usage for all players was very Bruce Ariens.

So I was very excited to see that. All right. My start of the week at quarterback is Philip Rivers, who has been fantastic this year. He's coming off of a somewhat down game, only 228 yards, two touchdowns. But that was against the Seattle Seahawks, who were going into that week, the number one most difficult for fantasy quarterback matchup in the league. And now he goes to Oakland. It has been...

More than a month, more than a month, since a quarterback has not thrown for three touchdowns against them. And if you play against them, you're throwing three touchdowns. And that was Nick Mullins. Yeah, I mean, I like that Oakland is at home because they're going to fight a little bit more than the way they rolled over this last week. I do expect Melvin Gordon to have a great, I mean, every charger is going to have a great game. But it'll start with Philip Rivers. He'll have...

you know, a multi-touchdown game. He's, he's been, you know, playing at an MVP level this year. He, to me, is a must start this week. No doubt about that. Mike? Sure. My quarterback start of the week is Baker Mania. And this is, he's still in my stream version ranking. So he's not like, oh, he's a top 10 guy. You must play him. But you're probably having to stream or it's possible you have to stream this week.

Atlanta, we talked about fourth most passing yards allowed. Baker is playing better. Antonio Calloway is actually playing better as well. It's just the Cleveland unit as a whole weird. I mean, it's shocking. It's shocking that Hugh Jackson has gone and the team is performing a little bit better. I mean, I can't believe it. It's the rubber band effect. I mean, eventually they'll miss him. Yeah. Yeah, but look.