Week 5 Matchups, In-or-Out, Andy the Oil Baron

to see him take over the role. It's still a bit of a longer shot, in my opinion, coming back from the Achilles injury, but it's worth putting him on your bench. What about Alfred Blue this week? I mean, this week, Alford Blue could be a starter by himself. Absolutely. I was going to say, you pick up Alford Blue right now and wait, because in a game time decision against Dallas, if Lamar Miller doesn't go, obviously Deont de Forman's not there, Al, Alfred Blue becomes a...

A good start or at least a decent start. If you're one of those teams struggling with injuries and bi-weeks and that type of stuff. Like Alex Collins. Is he in or out? I think he's in. He'll probably be in. One bonus, you can put Foreman in an IR spot too. If you have them, yes. Yeah. Yeah, there are a few players I've done that with lately. Hunter Henry's still eligible to return. They said he was running around a little bit. You can throw him in. You just picked up Kenneth Dixon. Kenneth Dixon and moved him to the IR. Yeah.

So there are a handful of players you could do that with. That's another drop it like it's hot thing. Like if somebody dropped OJ Howard this past week because they don't want to roster two tight ends, you can put him in your IR spot. He'll be O. He'll be out for a while. Chris Carson, in or out. He did not practice Wednesday. He did return to practice yesterday. Yes, he did. And he'll probably be in. But I think Pete Carroll is on record saying that he wants to have Mike Davis more involved.

Darren Sproles, in or out? Oh, man. Poor Sproles. Corey Clement? I'm going to say he's out. Yes, out as well. Wide receivers, let's start with the Packers. Let's go with the whole three pack. Devante Adams didn't practice Thursday. Didn't practice Thursday. They say he's going to practice on Saturday calf injury. I think he plays. I do as well. Randall Cobb, he has been ruled out. I'm going to guess out. Geronimo Allison didn't practice Thursday. They hope he will pass the concussion protocol. In or out?

I lean out because usually by this time in a week, you've seen a guy start progressing and, you know, do some through the concussion protocol, and he hasn't. I will go on record officially now. If these three guys miss, I am starting Thai Montgomery everywhere. Yeah, it's fair. I'm going to start him as a RB2 with RB1 upside from a James White perspective. DeAndre Hopkins, in or out. And in. Will Fuller.

I think he plays as well. Kiki. It's a little bit of a downgrade, but I think Kiki's still, and he's an okay flex type of a play. Well, in or out. Oh, Ian. Sorry. I thought you were. No, I wanted you to talk about him for a while. Yeah. Just what you think of him. I like his name. I don't know what's going on in Houston, but all three of those guys, DeAndre Hopkins, Will Fuller, Kiki, Kootie are all. Yeah, all dealing with hamstring issues is like.

No, they don't stretch. They don't stretch. They don't stress. Jarvis Landry and Antonio Calloway. In Doug Baldwin. Of course. Yeah, he's going to play. Larry Fitzgerald. Of course he'll play. Sammy Watkins. Because he returned to the first possible practice on Wednesday, I believe he will play. Yeah, I agree. Jimmy Graham? Yes, he's better. He never practices always plays. I think that's all. Hayden Hurst make his debut.

Yeah, who cares? So what? Game Day alerts. You can find them. Join the foot.com one hour before the main Sunday kickoff. Mike will also be on Periscope. He'll be on YouTube. It'll be on Instagram, Facebook, Twitch. He'll be live. Oh, so live. And I just want to know what hat he's going to wear. That's all I care about. Oh, are we getting in a hat week now or is that for the end? Wait, you have Hat Week stories? Yeah.

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Remember to check out yesterday's podcast for the game previews on the matchups we didn't cover today. So you're talking Titans, Bills, Giants, Panthers, Dolphins, Bengals, Ravens, Browns, Packers, Lions, and the Jags Chiefs game. Those were all on yesterday's episode. So you just click that one. But let's get into today's matchups. A reminder, teams on by this week, the Bears and the Buccaneers. Let's start with the Broncos at 2-2, traveling to New York to take on the 1-3 Jets.

Early in the week, the second this matchup came out, I looked at these guys and said, this is going to be my almost upset of the week. I'm going to take the Jets to win this game. I'm not impressed with Case Keenham in that offense. And then the Jets ended up favored by Vegas by a point. So you cannot take them. So I can't take them. Which now I can because this would be my almost upset. I was shocked when you were saying.

that you thought the Jets would win. Obviously, you don't know the rules, but I mean, you can't take a one point, a game with a one point line. You can't? No, I don't. I traditionally, it's a three point minimum for me to do an almost upset. Oh, I did not know. Yeah, if a game's heads up, it's not really an upset to me. Like, if the Broncos win this game is not an upset. Right. But let's talk about the Broncos. Let's talk about the player holding them back. Case, Keenum. Oh, I thought you were. Okay. What do you think about Vance Joseph?

Yeah, I thought you were going to say Devante Booker. Look, if you want to transition all of your, like, Hugh Jackson hate, if you're willing, if you're willing to take money to transfer that hate, put it on Vance Joseph. Yeah. I'm willing to do that. He's made some poor decisions. The Devante Booker, two-minute offense, not a fan. The lack of inclusion of Cortland Sutton, somebody who actually has a rapport with Case Keenum, but is not getting the targets he needs to, Vance Joseph. Let's put him there.

I think that, I think Case Keenum's holding these guys back. He's been single-digit fantasy points. He hasn't thrown a touchdown since week one, guys. Woof. He is not an eligible streaming candidate on the road in New York to me. The Jets defense has vastly improved metric-wise over last season. They're giving up only 16 fantasy points per game to the quarterback position. Case Keenum would be so lucky. What do you guys think about the Broncos side of the football? Where is your confidence? Where does it lie? And is Emmanuel Sanders kind of where you're

Yeah, you're happy. As a receiver, Emmanuel Sanders is the clear number one target there. I made Demaris Thomas kind of that final straw type of player this week. He is resting on my bench until he proves it probably multiple weeks in a row. I think he's lost the step. So Emmanuel Sanders, I'm fine putting out there.

I'm also fine with both Royce Freeman and Philip Lindsay here. You don't always want, they're an underdog slight, and they're on the road. That's not always the best situation for the running backs, but the Jets defense is not one that is daunting. I mean, last year they were bad across the board. This year, they've improved across the board, but still, I feel like middle of the pack. So when the coach comes out, says we need to get Royce Freeman more involved,

I'm going to assume that they watched and said, we need to make it a two running back system. Hopefully, Devonta Booker is the guy that takes the fall there. So I am fine starting Royce Freeman and Philip Lindsay, and I would start them in that order. Mike, any thoughts on the Broncos side of the ball? Royce Freeman. None different than Jason. Royce Freeman has rushed for 10 plus yards on 22% of his carries the second most in the league. He's picked up first downs on 34% of his carries.

That is the second most in the league. Hyper-efficient. I still, I use the discerning eye to say he's a great player. The efficiency metrics I don't pay as much attention to because he's getting far too little work. He's making the most of it. I love that. If they gave him more work, those would come down a little bit, but he would produce for fantasy owners. On the jet side of the ball, do you have anybody you want to play here? One guy we did not get into with In-N-Out was Quincy and Noonwall, but we probably should have.

He's been banged up. Do you think he plays in this game? I do think he plays, and I think you can play him. I mean, I think you should play Quincy. He has been the clear number one target for the team. If you're in a PPR or half PPR, it's difficult to bench a guy. He's been very solid. Yeah, that is just basically getting the work. I mean, you're talking 10, 11, 8, 8 targets. Those are his target counts over the first four weeks.

and in a PPR system, you're fine with that. I'm also fine with Belal Powell here. I mean, both of these guys, like neither one excite me, but both have a really high floor, is how I feel. Like, if you need to start a guy that just, I want a safer option, and, you know, I think we did this in one of our leagues. We looked at our opponent. We're like, eh.

Do I want to say floor? Am I projected to win? Is it an easier opponent? And in that situation, then you go with a guy like Quincy or Belal Powell. Powell had a season high in snap percentage last week, 64%. Ironically correlating to the season low snap count for Mr. Isaiah Crowell. Also correlating to playing the Jaguars. Yeah. So I actually think I like, I'd rather play Blal Powell, but I do think that you can play Crowell as a.

lower-end flex running back this week. And I'm glad you mentioned that because he's a bit of a coin flip week to week. But I'm with you that I think that the Jets can win this game. And to me, when the Jets are winning, then Isaiah Croyle is getting more touches. The 1 and 3 Falcons take on the 1-2-and-1 Steelers. Guys, this is over under. Oh my goodness. It's out of control. $57.5 points.

The Steelers are three-point favorites at home. I think the decisions here, now I've seen teams with Big Ben and Matt Ryan, who do you have performing better? I mean, both of these guys are must.

start potential one, two quarterbacks on the week. 100%. And Matt Ryan has looked better than Ben Rathlisberger this year by the slightest of margins because both have looked pretty darn good. You know, Matt Ryan had a bad week one. Last week, Big Ben didn't look invincible. But I'm going to take the home quarterback. I mean, that's really all it is. I want both of these guys, but I'm going to take the one that is at home. Big Ben has always played well there, obviously.

The new movie coming out, Juju Smith. Schuster has looked great. The new movie? Yeah. Yeah. I believe it, did it release today? I need to take my wife to see Juju Smith Schuster. Oh, I got you. I got you. A star is born. Yeah, star is born. Wow, Jason. Mr. Schuster. Wow. Antonio Brown at home. I mean, I look, the reality with teams like this, a lot of times, you know, you have those trap games where it looks like it's going to be two great offenses.