Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Week 6 Fantasy Forecast, Starts of the Week, TNF Preview, News

Yeah, and Randall will practice today. So monitor him a little bit. I'd much rather start Ruben Randall than Dwayne Harris if all things were equal. But that's something you have to monitor. And the hard part is is what Jason said on the show yesterday, which is it's a Monday night game. So if I can bank on somebody else, I'm going to bank on somebody else. I'm not going to try to play the same game I played this past week with Eddie Royal and Marcus Wilson because I don't have the luxury of a Sunday morning start. Yeah. Did we mention a Bradshaw? Not yet.

That's my favorite piece of news this week. Ahmaud Bradshaw has been signed by the Indianapolis Colts in a great move. They absolutely need to ensure the running back position. They have Josh Robinson and Frank Gore, and this is perfect for them. The question is how involved will he be? What do you guys think? So for my taste. Give owners of Gore either...

Peace of mind or paranoia. I've got a pretty good amount of shares in Frank Gore. And I will say this, in all the leagues that I had him in, I made trade offers with him in it. I don't think it has an immediate impact on him. He's not going to come right in and just be used. But Ahmad Bradshaw around the goal line.

has been so good with Andrew Luck in the passing game that I expect that to happen again. And you haven't seen Frank Gore used in that past catching back role. And really, there hasn't been one. So eventually come two, three weeks from now, I expect Ahmad Bradshaw to be worked in the game flow. You don't have to wait for an injury to Frank Gore. And he's going to be kind of that passing down, past catching back. And I think he's going to have some value. We saw...

Last year, he was a top, I think he was a top five running back when he was healthy in the beginning of the year. So there is an opportunity here on a good offense with a good player, and he is definitely on my way. So you're a Gore owner in one of our leagues of record. Does this make you disappointed? It does make me disappointed. And it also makes me have to put in a pretty hefty bid on a mod Bradshaw, because I feel like I have to have a mod if I've got Frank Gore. All right, two quick bits of news before we get.

over to the fantasy forecast for week number six. ESPN is reporting that, well, we know that Matt Castle is now the starting quarterback in Dallas. They are considering, according to Mr. Edwarder, making Kristen Michael the starting running back. So hard for you to say. It's like pulling teeth over Joseph Randall. They also signed Rod Smith running back this week.

Because obviously Michael's not going to work out. So, no, that's not true. That's not true. At this point, I've been given, you know, we'll see what happens. I've been giving people, they've asked me, you know, is it worth rostering Chris and Michael? I said, yeah. Yes, okay. Of course. Take the chance. The offensive line's so good. Yeah, well, and they're also making an offensive line change. They're replacing their left guard with Lyle Collins. Okay. The rookie. Yeah. And the Steelers activated Martavis Bryant.

So it sounds like he's good to go. And he is practicing.

normal. He's not on the injury report. So that's good news as well. So we're going to go ahead and talk some games, but first... First, we'd like to thank one of our best sponsors here, the Seat Geek app. The NFL season is in full swing, and Seat Geek is the place to get tickets for this week's game. I've had a lot of people tweeting me out saying they're using the app to get their tickets, they're bringing their kids, they're having a great time. There's so many good games this week tonight.

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are traveling to New Orleans and what should be a shootout because the Falcons are only involved in shootouts. Are you worried at all about it being a Thursday night game? I don't worry about that at all. Never? No, not anymore. I mean, it seemed like in the beginning that was kind of the trend and pattern, but we've seen plenty of high-scoring Thursday night games at this point. Vegas has them at 51 total purpose. Vegas knows what they're doing. That's nice.

All right, let's go ahead and talk about, you know, we kind of talked about Breeze already. We talked about Sneed and Cooks. If you had to choose between Sneed and Cooks tonight, do you just kind of roll Brandon Cooks out there? Yeah. Cooks is the first target. They're both good options, but I would go Cooks over Sneed. I would go Sneed over Cooks. It's just everything looks like that Sneed is turning into the number one option right now. That's not a waterbed, is it? I'd be willing. Yeah. Yo!

Waterbed. We get it tonight. I love it because I'm not even... We got some waters to pay out as well, gentlemen. Those videos will hit YouTube soon. We've got to pay out all those waters. There have been plenty of them. I lost that stupid Jeremy Maclinbet. 90 yards. He got 85 yards. Dang it. All right. So, obviously, one of the biggest headliners in fantasy football has been Devante Freeman. He has looked apart. He has performed incredibly. And...

At this point, is he a hold? He's not a sell high, he's a hold? I think he is. You know, the more that I've thought about how the Falcons are using him, you know, this isn't pre-draft season. You know, this is an NFL team that is looking to win games, and they have found a recipe for success. They're not going to change that when they're already doing this. Yesterday, yesterday, I offered, I would give a trade offer example. I had Frank Gore.

I offered for Devante Freeman, I offered Frank Gore, Darren McFadden, Tony Romo, and a 6-9 swap in his favor for draft picks. Turned down. Wow. Yeah. I would have turned that down with a slap to your face. But my point is... You know what you won't do, though? I believe Devonta Freeman is in it. Mike won't be able to start Buck Allen. Oh, did I get him? Because Jason took Buck Allen for me. Wow. How much did you pay? Seven.

He's actually funny. He spent seven. I spent six. You spent five. Yeah. So you weren't getting him. There you go. That's funny, though. I expected to see him on my roster. And I take it. I also got him on Bradshaw. You spent $10 on him. I got Frank Gore. Felt the need. Okay. Yeah. Interesting. All right. So another guy I want to talk about, had kind of a breakout week last week. Jacob Tammy. Yeah. I love Jacob Tammy.

Building a rapport with Ryan? Do you like him this week? This week. The Falcons are 29 versus the pass. The Saints are 23rd versus the pass. And the Saints are among the bottom of the barrel versus tight end. How overrated? How overrated is Rob Ryan? I don't know that he's rated high anymore. I don't know how he's deployed. I love, so there was that tweet, you know, talking about how Rob Ryan wanted the blame. He says, you know,

Put the blame on. Rob Ryan wants the blame. And someone on Twitter was like, yeah, no problem. We'll do. Over under on like two sideline spats with Sean Payton during the game. I'd take the over for sure. I mean, it's one thing to fail at your job. It's another to fight with your head coach every single day. I don't know. He gets on my nerves. So speaking of another Ryan, let's go over to the Bengals and the Bills game.

Taylor Emanuel, I think Taylor plays this week. Okay. Are we starting Dalton? Yes, for sure. The bills have a scare. I will say this, though, if Tyler, if Tyrod Taylor is out and E.J. Manuel is in, and if they're running with, you know, their 17th running back on their, as their starter.

I don't like the bill's offense as much. You know, when one team isn't going to be putting up a lot, there's less offensive production to go around. We've seen that happen with the Steelers. When Big Ben has gone down, all of a sudden, the Steelers' defense looks better. It's because game flow changes. But I do love Dalton. And I forgot to tell you guys, I have a workout with the Bills coming up here. You do for the running back position? Tomorrow I'm flying up. They're going to put the pads on me. Chewbacca is trying out for running back. That is pretty good, Jason.

Yeah, but don't ask me to do Pee We Herman. I found out I can't do that. All right. You're going to be asked now on Twitter to do Pee Berman, so be ready for that. Listen, a lot of people have Jeremy Hill on their roster. A lot of people are shaking their head every Sunday morning because of Jeremy Hill. And a lot of people want to know if they can start him at a flex position this week. And I know what I think, but what do you guys think about Jeremy Hill and the flex? I think as a flex, you can absolutely start him. To me, he's a fine flex play every week just because of the touchdown.

possibilities. We know that he probably is going to get you 25 yards, maybe 35 if you're... That's insane. If you're lucky. I don't know what's going on in Cincinnati, but he does not look... He doesn't look like he did last year, and to compliment that, Gio Bernard does not look like he looked last year. Yeah, but in a good way, right. Yeah, exactly. So they have completely flipped. I imagine there was some kind of shock.

Con for Mortal Kombat, soul stealing. Geo Bernard must have taken Jeremy Hill's soul and his football abilities with it. Well, that's reasonable. That's probably what happened. It's because some good analysis. High likelihood. But Hill is fine as a flex play because he can score multiple touchdowns every week.

Yeah, I wouldn't want to play him, but if you're in that flex role, it's acceptable. Against the bill's third ranked run defense? Yeah, but weird things happen. Eifford or A.J. Green go down at the one. You just give Hill the ball. There's also the chance that Cincinnati just kind of runs away with this game because of the fact the bills are just so injured and depleted. So if the Bengals are ahead by a lot, Jeremy Hill should be on the field just to kill the clock. He'll be picking up yards one at a time.

All right, so Tyler Eiffert. Start an absolute monster. Every week. Absolute monster. So Eifert over Barnage? Yeah. Tyler Eifert's just showing up. What about Charles Clay? Does he bounce back this week? Is there just no way to rely on him because of the quarterback situation? Because I was really disappointed. He had a huge week, nine for one, 11, and then he came back last week, and he only had one and a half fantasy points if you're in...