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

It is. Shark Hendrick. But, you know, Andy Reid's come out and said, you know, different skill sets. You can't replace Jamal Charles with one guy. Now, Jamal Charles has had issues in the past, even with workload at the running back position. Now you're going to split that across guys. I have some concerns. Yeah, Jamal Charles is, you know, it's similar to Arian Foster. There's certain places where it's the line and it's the scheme. But Aaron Foster and Jamal Charles...

are way better running backs than their backups. And so you saw that when Arian was out, it wasn't like the Texans were just great. They had to use a mishmash of guys, and that's kind of what I expect from Charkandric West. I would not have him in my lineup. I put a big bid in for him because you don't know, and there's that unknown factor. Maybe this is just the opportunity he needs, but I'm guessing he's not going to be that special, and especially in this game. The guy that I like...

from that injury is Zeus. I think that when it comes time to score the touchdowns, they're not going to have the same confidence from that four-yard line that they had in Jamal Charles. They're not going to have that in Charkandric West, and that's a time to get it to the tight end, the big target. There's good news for Travis Kelsey. When you catch touchdowns, you don't have to worry about fumbling afterwards. It's true. It's one of the biggest perks. All right.

Let me ask you this. Tyler Eiffert against the Bills or Travis Kelsey against the Vikings. I'm still going to go with Zeus. Yeah, me too. I wonder if my rankings reflect that, but I do think Zeus would be there. It's close, though. I've got them at two and three. Eifert ahead. We all have them back to back. Mike does indeed have Kelsey one spot over Eifert. I have the opposite direction. Eifert over Kelsey. You know, Eifert.

is getting so many red zone opportunities. And their offense, I have to wonder how much of this is just having effort involved the way they do. It has opened everything up. I'm very impressed with them, and I'm very sad that I traded him in one of my leagues. All right, Alex Smith, Bridgewater, are either of them streaming options this week? Maybe Bridgewater, if you're feeling sassy.

Yeah, you know, the Chiefs have been bad against the past. One of the sneaky plays for me, I'm not sure how high he was in my actual rankings. I didn't look. But Mike Wallace was out on a lot of waivers. He looked like he had good rapport last week, and this is a very plus matchup. The Chief's, you know, passing defense has been eaten alive by everyone that's played him. So I think Bridgewater could be a sneaky value here. I don't like Smith much at all in this game.

All right, the new Miami Dolphins come off the by to face Marcus Marietta and the Tennessee Titans. The Titans are favored at home in this matchup. Now, we had some reports yesterday that the new regime in Miami understands the importance, like the rest of the world minus Joe Philbin.

Of involving the running game. No. Stopping the run. And, you know, obviously we expected their defense to be able to stop the run. Hasn't come to fruition, considering they're dead last against the run. Man, just look at the lions. The lions, they don't have a running game. It's going well. No. No, it's not. So, Lamar Miller, have we seen the floor with Lamar Miller? Yeah, I think we've seen the floor, and I expect it to be a little bit higher.

I expect him to now get off of the floor and start walking. It hasn't all been an opportunity, though. You have to admit that about Lamar Miller. It's been performance as well. He has to be more decisive. He has to play at a higher level, and they have to give him more chances to get into that groove. But both things have to happen, a commitment to the run and Lamar Miller has to perform. Yeah. I believe we've all got him ranked as an RB2 this week, which means he's in your lineup. And that's a scary thing to put a guy who, you know, has been not performing.

as your starter, but I would recommend doing that this week. Mike, is there anybody in the backfield in Tennessee that you would feel even partially excited to flex? No. Okay. That's what I thought. If you're going with anybody, it's Andrews. Yeah. But no, I don't feel good about any of that. All right.

PPR leagues were fine with Landry, right? We're going to keep rolling him out. Now, there's been some talk about kind of shifting the depth chart around in Miami as well when it comes to wide receiver play. You know, Greg Jennings hasn't performed at a high level, yet he's been starting so you could see some changes there. Kenny Stills could get involved in the starting rotation. You could also have Devante Parker seeing more opportunity. So I think that's a monitor. Outside of Landry, you just need to monitor. I wouldn't start anybody in Miami. Do you guys agree with that? Yeah. Yep.

I really like Kindle Wright this week. I'm not going to say much more than that because he may be involved in the next second. Oh, I see what you're doing. Nobody else there that I would consider starting at the wide receiver core. Is Cameron going to be a factor in the tight end in the tight end world, a fantasy football? He is kind of. He is very frustrating because he's getting looks. Tana Hill has just been, Tana Hill has been bad. He's been inaccurate.

Look at the two tight-ins from this game. Would you rather start Jordan Cameron or would you rather start Delaney Walker? Because they're kind of in the same category. I would rather start Jordan Cameron. Yeah, that's what if. It's pretty close, but I would rather start Cameron. Do you know the Titans are number one against the pass? What? That can't be accurate. As far as yards? Yeah. Yeah, it's not fantasy. They've given up some touchdowns, but as far as yards, they're first.

All right, that goes. I think we're going to cut off the games right now. We're going to do the second half of the games tomorrow. We're going to get into our starts of the week right now and talk about the guys that we really like in week six. Starts of the week. All right. Who wants to kick it off? We got a quarterback? Yeah, I'll start it. All right. My quarterback of the week is Eli Manning. Eli's coming. Wow. Do you like that one? No. No, I'm just kidding.

I just wasn't ready for it. He's taken on Philadelphia, and Philadelphia, I guess this stat is more related to the wide receivers, but they're giving up a wide receiver one every single week. Last week, I believe they gave up two to a Willie Sneed and a Brandon Cooks. But the production is there. Eli is on fire. He's getting it done. If Beckham sits, that does hurt things a little bit, but even...

Even if Odell Beckham sits, I'm still comfortable starting Eli Manning. I don't know why I'm alone on this. You guys both have Eli in the top five this week. I have Eli right at the end of the quarterback one. Part of it is I like guys more than him this week. Part of it is I think Philly's defense is kind of, he's probably going to force him into a turnover or two. And then the ODB stuff just mixed up for me. So, you know, I don't blame anybody for rolling him out there. He's your start of the weeks. But I have a little different thought on him. Jason.

Well, since I went bottom, bottom of the barrel for my stream of the week with Brian Hoyer, I'm going tippity top. I'm going tippity top with Andy Dalton, the number one, the number one quarterback in fantasy football, as everyone thought, Mr. Andy Dalton. Now that's your bold. The top of the barrel. Well, Andy Dalton. On a per game. It's Tom Brady, but...

Here's a deal. The Buffalo pass defense, the Buffalo defense is really highly touted. People are very afraid of them, but they haven't actually been as good as the fears of the Rex Ryan defense. You've got Andy Dalton that still is, I believe in a lot of leagues just not started. Now he's being more rostered, but you picked him up off of waivers because, of course, he was not drafted or on waivers to start the year, and you might have another good option. I'm saying from here on out, I mean,

He's got to be a must start, so I'm going to claim him as my start of the week. Bold. The bold, Jason's bold move of the week. Brian Hoyer. Give me, well, you could have gone with him if you wanted to be bold. I did. You did? Didn't you just go with Andy Doll? He's my stream of the week. With both. Okay. I'm going to go with Colin Kaepernick. Colin Kaepernick is facing Baltimore, Baltimore, gives up the second most points to fantasy quarterbacks.

And listen, they've given up nine TDs to quarterbacks over the last four games. Josh McCown just torched them for 457 and 2. Kaepernick had a much better game against the Giants this past week. We've talked about it a little bit. You have to be very selective when you start him. But I really like Colin Kaepernick this week. So if you need to stream a quarterback that's sitting there on the waiver wire, Kaepernick, higher floor with the running game, I'm okay with him. I can see it. I'll just...

Putting this out there because I just went and looked at our rankings. You've got Andy Dalton as the 15th quarterback this week. So some people might say don't start him. That's what I'm saying. Okay. Yeah, I mean, I agree. The reason I let you leave him in here at all is because of the fact he's playing Buffalo and people probably doubt him. And a lot of people that have Dalton actually have other top tier quarterbacks because he was on the waiver wire. He wasn't somebody you drafted to be this level. So you're...

You're making decisions like Peyton Manning Andy Dalton. You're making decisions, you know, in that, Tom Brady, Andy Dalton, whatever it is. So, you know. Go Tom Brady. Yeah, really. All right. So running back, I'll kick this off. I'm going to go with DeMarco Murray against the New York. Wasn't he the last week, too? Not that that's bad. I'm just... I don't believe he was my start of the week last week, was he?

I don't know. You can take it. You can effort that. But I think DeMarco Murray is rounding into forum. The Giants are in the bottom half and points given up against running backs. He was 20, 83, and one last week. I like DeMarco Murray. I think that's a very good play. And I do believe you picked him last week, which was brilliant because people were very off and he had a great game. I am going with Justin Forsett.

or Buck Allen, whoever suits up. Justin Fawcett was out of practice today, but I'm basically going with the Ravens running back. I like their matchup. Their O-Line's been playing a little bit better, getting into shape. They're going against San Francisco, who has not been too great. They're 27th, fantasy-wise, against the run. So feel free to put Justin Fawcett out there. But really, if Justin Fawcett doesn't play...

Play Buck Allen. I think he's in for a big week, and he's probably on your waivers right now in most leagues. I'm going with, this is a PPR play, as I like to do occasionally. I'm going with Shane Vareen, and I'm doubling up, doubling down, I should say, on the Giants. Last week, Shane Vareen, 5 for 24, but 8 for 86 and a hush down through the air. If Odo Beckham...

is not playing or if he's limited, if Randall is not playing or limited, Shane Vrain is going to be very involved in this game. I really like that pick. When I see it, it scares me. But when you talk through it, I really agree with you. I think ODB won't play this week. And I think Vareen will be a beneficiary, probably the main one. So I really like that pick. Very solid. So who's your wide receiver? Start of the week, Mr. Wright. You know what to do. I've got the feed. The need.

For Sneed. How long am I supposed to play this? Forever. Until we get sued. Until we get sued. That was the right cutoff. You did it properly? Thank you. So every week. Tell him the name of the player. I said, I got the need for Sneed. I got the need for Willie Sneed. Okay. The New Orleans Saints. There you go. Every week, his snap count has climbed. He started in the 20s. Last week, he was in the 70 percentile.

of snaps for the Saints. He had 11 targets last week, six for 141. It's a plus matchup for me against the Falcons at home. And he, everything, it's, maybe it's a cliche thing to talk about trust. But when you watch what's going on, he has the trust of Sean Payton and Drew Breeze. And that is a very important thing for the New Orleans offense. I just, I like Sneed.

Very much so. I'm playing him. We're going to find out right away. And yeah, you get that. Tomorrow morning, we're going to find out if you're right or wrong. Yeah. So. Yeah. That's exciting. My guy is Golden Tate. Golden Tate. I mean, when your first name is Golden.

How can it not be? I don't know. They're on five. Yeah, that's true. I say weeks one through five. I've been, well, and that's why I'm having him as my start of the week this week because he's a scary guy to start. He's been the second option on a bad...