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

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Jason Moore and Mike Wright. Oh, happy Friday, everybody. Welcome in. Jason is here. I'm here. My man torn to pieces. Mike is here. Mike is present. Hatweek continues. Oh, my goodness. Has Hadweek taken quite the turn as well, my friends. Yeah, we'll catch you all up on Hatweek. And, well, I'm here too.

Welcome to the fantasy footballers podcast. Brooks is pulling the levers, spinning the wheels, pressing the buttons. And I'm part of hat week too. I am really left out. Oh, wow. We turned the mic on over there and you could hear a little bit of what Brooks does. Zoinks. The computer is from the 1950s. I'm still pretty sure computers even in the 1950s did not go ping pong, zoinks. Have you ever seen the old Batman?

Oh, that's exactly what they did. I forgot about that documentary. I still always, you know, life goals here. I've always wanted to, you know, be an oil barren type of, that kind of wealth. Right. And then hire somebody whose sole job is they put them in an office that has a bunch of levers and pulleys and buttons and they just have to push them all day. It's like a steampunk paradise. Yes. And you tell them that everything is imperative. Super important.

Like putting in the numbers from Lost. You guys remember that? Oh, yeah. You got to put it in the numbers every two hours. Just from an outside perspective here, that is a super weird desire to always wish to be an oil baron that can put someone in a room pushing buttons and levers for no reason. I think the oil baron part threw it off. The rest is totally reasonable. Okay. We've got the rest of the week.

Five matchups today, fantasy forecast part two, as we would call it. Burt Duh. You say part due, and all I think is Charlie Sheen. Yeah. So we'll talk about Geronimo Allison today. Oh, very nice. News in and out on the show, Footland Friday. We'll talk about the game last night. We'll get an inside look at Jason's mental state.

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Recap. Now, we saw the Patriots come out. We saw Tom Brady. Welcome to this season. Tom Brady. Yeah. 34 for 44, 34, 34 yards, three touchdowns, two picks. Sony Michelle, 18 for 91. Those are air quote picks. Yeah, that's true. If you didn't catch the game. Yeah, I mean, when both picks are, you hit a guy. I mean, I think grunk.

caught, made a football move and fumbled, but whatever, they call that an interception. Hogan, he hits him in the hands, he pops the ball up and it's another pick. Yeah, Michelle, 98 yards in a touchdown, as long was a 34-yard touchdown. And I have to give you the play-by-play on this because Jason has made a number of moves in our league of record. Now, he acquired Antonio Brown this past week. He's invested in his- He's going for it. He's going for the comeback title, and he's

Oh, I'm sorry, he's Owen 4 in it. I apologize. Oh, it's just a slightness. Going for it, Owen 4 in it, very similar. With a monster team. But he's got, he does. He has a monster. Michael Thomas, Keenan Allen, Antonio Brown now. David Johnson, Devons Freeman, Ben Rafflesberger. Yeah, I'm aware. Okay. But he's facing Sonny Michelle. And he's watching this game with baited breath because he wants to get off on the right foot. Owen 5 is not a future he wants to have. And.

This game is going splendidly for him. And in about, I don't know, seven minutes left in the fourth quarter, Sony Michelle has about seven, eight, nine points. He's feeling good. He's feeling fine. He decides, you know what, I'm going to step up from my seat. The Colts have the ball. Had to take a wee-wee. I mean, you know, from time to time, you got to- From time to time. You take single. Come on, you know what I'm talking about. Yeah. Urine. So I want.

So I casually walk down the hallway, go into our Jeff Fisher bathroom. Right. Because, of course, and look, I just take a little tinkle. While I'm in there, not for nine seconds. Keep in mind, when I left. I mean, midstream. When I left the couch, the Colts had just picked up a very hard to get fourth down. They're driving. Life is good. I walk in. I go to the bathroom, and I hear the studio erupt.

Don't come out, Jason. Don't come out. Stay in there. And I'm going, what is going? I don't know. Is there a spider? Like I worried about Sony Michelle, but I'm like, they don't even have the ball. The Colts are in the middle of driving. I was in the room 10 seconds ago. And I come out and Sony Michelle has a 34-yard touchdown. And I'm like, they didn't even have the ball. I believe your quote that I have on video was,

I went pee. I didn't even poop. I know. How did it get the ball back? It was. So this Sunday while watching football, I will have a jug with me. I will make no trips to the Jeff Fisher room. That's clearly what did it. That is what did it. I left the scene of the crime. James White is a PPR cheat code. It was my start of the week, though, Sony. So good, good job for Sony. You did expect it, but then just not while you took a bathroom break. James White, 10 for 77, receiving. My goodness. And a touchdown.

14 targets, 11 of which came in the first half. Rob Gonkowski, 6 for 75. Look like he had a little bit of life. Julian Edelman back, 7 for 57. Josh Gordon made an appearance with an alleyup against the secondary that's beaten up. It was great to see because this was a full Tom Brady trust fall. He just, he's pointed to Gordon, he said,

My man, I'm throwing you the ball. You better come down with this. I've heard stories about you. Let's see if they're true. And Josh Gordon outmuscled two defenders came down with a touchdown. He was not on the field a ton, but hopefully this is a start. When he made his primary action, I mean, not just in, when he was on the field run and routes, all of that, it was after that Chris Hogan second, you know, the pop-up interception. And all of a sudden it was like, all right.

Let's go, Gordon. Gordon, you're in, Chris Hogan. I still don't think you can trust Gordon, but you can, you know, you can take a shot on it. I'm hoping it's a start. Four targets for Gordon, four for Hogan, three for Dorset. I believe they get the Chiefs next week. So you can trust Gordon next week? I don't think so. No, I don't think it's still a upside. Well, let me ask you a couple questions. He's going to be my start of the week. Is James White going to get more targets than Gordon? Yes. Is Gronkowski?

Yes. Is Edelman? Yes. Could Hogan? Yeah. Yeah, probably. So, you know, Dorset being targeted. I still think it's a, it's a risk. Certainly. It's a high risk. Certainly. So trust is not the word I associate with risk. Chester Rogers, eight receptions. Eric Ebron, your start of the week, Jason. Nine for 105 and two touchdowns on 15 targets. And it wasn't the stinkiest garbage time. Touchdown.

But it was worthy of a drop. Well, that's what Andrew Luck owners received. Yes. 38 for 59, 365, and 3, 2 interceptions. Did everything I think that Andrew Luck could do under the circumstances relied on Naim Hines, 22 total touches. Terrible between the tackles. I mean, 15 for 45, 3 yards of carry, and I don't know why.

When Jordan Wilkins was six for 39, they didn't go to Jordan Wilkins between the tackles, keep Nain Heinz. You could keep him on the field. You could throw him the ball. It was so weird because they would pull Naim Hines the pass catching, receiving back out on third down and put in Robert Turbin. It's like, wait, so you're using this guy all the time when you shouldn't be. But now when it's like, hey.

This is a perfect name Hines situation. Hey, Bob, Turbin, you're in. It's the third down intimidation factor, Jason. You're underestimating. The guns. Yeah, Bicep Bob. So, biggest fantasy takeaway from last night before we moved in and out? Biggest fantasy takeaway is I believe that Eric Ebron will turn a corner here and become a reliable target. The biggest takeaway for me is James White is every week running back two at least. Okay.

All right. I would go with the trust that the Colts showed in Naim Hines through and through with 22 touches was impressive to me. Even though it didn't translate into a pile of fantasy points, you got the work that you guys were expecting early in the week. All right. In and out. What's it going to blame it's lie? Are you in or out? At the running back position, Joe Mixing. I still firmly believe he's going to be in. Yeah, I believe he will play. Geo Bernard. Out. I think he will not.

He did not practice again today. Hey, Joe, hey, you should probably just rest up this week, man. Is that Mark Waltenberg? Hey, it's me, Mark Waltenberg. Say, how'd your mother for me? He's going to be out there. Hey, I'll get on the field. I'll say, hey, Joe, how's that knee? You need a knee brace? I get it for you. So howdy your mother for me? Alvin Camara, limited in practice, he'll be in there. Yeah. Alvin Cook, hamstring. Questionable. I think he's going to be out there again.

Do not think he will be able to. So you're now. I'm out. March on Lynch? In. He's limited Thursday, but he's March on Lynch. Adrian Peterson with the ankle, limited? This one is, I think he's into it. He's probably in, but it's weird because they're coming off of a buy. So this is a practice injury, which I would say. He's old. Lamar Miller? In, oh, speaking of game time decision, according to Bill O'Brien. Speaking of Lamar Miller, I just got a sleeper alert.

that coach Bill O'Brien says Deonti Foreman is on track to return his first eligible week. So week seven is the first week that Deontay Foreman can come back. He is 100% worth a stash on your bench to see what happens because Lamar Miller is getting tons and tons of opportunity and doing, he's just squandering this opportunity. So it will not be surprising if Foreman is actually healthy.