Starts of the Week + Week 4 Breakdown, Confidence Canoe

You can't rush to the dock to put whoever's playing Arizona. That's, because that's what I was doing. It's cheating. I had Tyler Ifer in for week five solely because he plays Arizona in week five. So I thought, Mike, you're going to say the rules. He had to wait until the week four show is over to put week five players. Yeah, that's a strong point too. We know Jason will cheat. Always. Always. To win. Sure. Sure. To the detriment of all. But.

Let's start. Let's go tight-in. Let's just kick off the starts of the week at the tight-in position. I have Will Disley. I already said it. No, I know. I'm going Austin Hooper against Tennessee. The target's here for Austin Hooper, his ability in this office to just be a reliable target for Mount Ryan. Tennessee's actually giving up points to the tight end on the year. So Austin Hooper, my start of the week, I think he has another solid performance for your team. Hooper was going to be.

who I put in until I saw that you already had him. Sweet. Tight ends are the most difficult starts of the week every week because the reality is here's who you, here's who you start. You start Kelsey, Ertz, Kittle if he's not on by, Dis, Ingram, Ingram, Waller, Waller, Mark Andrews, Greg Olson, Delaney Walker. And so we don't want to just constantly be saying those names. We're looking for someone else. So by start of the week this week, I'm going to make it T.J. Hawkinson. I'm going to say that.

This is, you're hesitant to play him based on the last few weeks. But if you're watching the game, he's still involved. He's getting valuable opportunities. This is an at-home game against Kansas City. I think I would be willing to start him. I just like the narrative that you're bringing up about the likelihood of them having to catch up in this game is very, very high since every team over the last two years. It's pretty much had to do that against Kansas City. And so.

He's a valuable pass-catching option. He's a player that can find space in the vertical passing game and give you a big play. So I like that start of the week. And so my real one, like I said, it's Eric E. Braun. I think that his target share can go up with T.Y. Hilton dealing with injury. Even if T.Y. Hilton plays, there's no guarantee that he makes it through the game. He exited last week as well. And Oakland is one of...

only seven teams to already allow over 200 yards to the tight end position. So I think Evern's in a good spot for those streaming the position. So that makes Will Disley our global show start of the week. Our honorary, he plays the Cardinals start of the week. And it's also he is better than the other three options we brought up. Disley is, he's a weekly guy now. I think he's moved himself out of a streaming option to me. So would you, so I think we would all play Disney over Hawkinson.

over Ebron. Would you play Disley over Hooper? Yes. This week I would. Yeah, this week. Yeah. Against Arizona, absolutely. And then I, you know, the neat thing, depending on your perspective, whether you're a fan of the Seahawks or not, is this defense is giving up some points and some yardage. And so I think at home in Arizona, Kyler's going to get enough done against him. Russell is my start of the week at the quarterback position because Russell's going to have to throw the football. Arizona's defense, the low-hanging fruit here. But Russell will follow up a big performance last week.

Russell's my start for this week. For me, it's Philip Rivers. I know he's traveling from the West Coast to the East Coast for a 1 p.m. Eastern game. That's always a little bit hard on those guys. But I think that the Miami Dolphins will be the salve that makes it okay. Philip Rivers, he's always consistent, never has those gargantuan monster, huge performances for fantasy.

But he does have those weeks where it is very simple. He can go out there very easily throw for 250 and 3 against the Miami Dolphins. If I had him, I would start him. Okay. I picked him up to start him over Carson Wentz this week and am doing so. There's the back of my head fear that because Miami gives up 200 yards on the ground, if they start this game and Echler and Jackson score the first two, three touchdowns, I'm a teeny bit scared that, you know,

What we hope from Keenan Allen and Philip Rivers doesn't come to fruition, but on paper it should. And it shouldn't be because this is like ancient history. But like it's in my, it's there. It's in the back of my head. We had years ago, this is what they're the San Diego Chargers. They were going to Miami. And it was just, Miami was not good at this time. It was like Phil Rivers was a smash.

streaming option at the quarterback position. And they went and they got shut out by Miami. I know that's a very different Miami Dolphins team. But I remember being 100% confident in rivers against a bad Miami team. Just traveling across the country. Yeah. It takes its toll. My start of the week, it's Maddie Stafford at home against Kansas City. Craziness where we are through week three with the OC Daryl Bevel.

But Matt Stafford is throwing the ball. He has the most deep attempts in the league at the quarterback position. And that's what you're going to need against the Kansas City Chiefs to keep pace. So I'm going to, I'm streaming Stafford in. I like him. All right. Let's move to the running back position. My running back and wide receiver are both bounce back players. My running back is James Connor against Cincinnati. It's not been pretty for James Connor. James Connor owners are very unhappy with what they've received.

And now they probably feel like they've been sentenced to suffer with it through the duration of the year because of the quarterback change and where this team is headed. But I think this specific game against Cincinnati is just a great matchup. And I think James Connor gets you what you need. Sure. So my running back start of the week this week is Carry on Johnson. Carry on Johnson.

is set up this week. He has been not as effective as you want, not as efficient as you want, but he's getting the volume and the opportunities that make it okay. He had 20 carries last week. He had a touchdown. He is the goal line guy, and he will be out there in passing situations too. And the nice thing is Kansas City is going to need to pass the ball, or because of Kansas City, the lions are going to need to pass the ball this week.

When you're getting 20 carries and you're playing against the chiefs who are giving up the highest rush success rate in the league, it's a really good combination, the six most rushing yards per game. So I think that, you know, the talent plus opportunity, game script, implied point total, there's a lot of reasons to say carrying on jobs that could be, have a huge week this week. When one is faced with raging rapids in a river. Yes.

You need a confidence canoe. Oh, gosh. And Chris Carson, confidence canoe. That's four C's alliteration is out of control with this start of the week. But Chris Carson against the Arizona Cardinals, get right game. The Arizona Cardinals defense, often the salve that a running back needs. And with Rashad Penny, still dealing with his hamstring problem, the walkthrough problem, I'm going Chris Carson. I don't remember how long ago.

the words confidence canoe came up on this show. It was years ago. But I appreciate it, Mike. And I feel like... Get in that boat. The irony is that this week, all three of our starts of the week happened to be my guys, Mike. James Connor, Chris Carson, Kerryon Johnson. Jason obviously just giving himself a shot in the arm, not surprising. I'm giving your guy a confidence canoe. You're giving my guy a confidence canoe. This is a safe space for my guys this week. Let's go to the wide receiver position.

I'm going to go with Mike Williams. I think he has the bounce back against Miami. I think we saw every single play go to Keenan Allen last week. I think there's going to be opportunity for Mike Williams. If he's healthy, if he's out there, keep an eye on the practice reports. But we're in a position now where you need to have some confidence to start, you know, Mike Williams or Manuel Sanders or Marquise Brown. There's the flex range wide receiver here. I think we expected more from Mike Williams to begin the year. He's dealt with injury.

But this week I really like him against Miami. And he's not matched up against Davian Howard, who I do believe is a good cornerback, who probably won't slow Keenan Allen down too much. But Mike Williams has the best opportunity to take a few extra targets. For my start of the week at wide receiver, I am going with, look, there's only two wide receivers in the National Football League who've had double-digit targets every single week. Yeah. I can't take Keenan Allen too obvious. But Tyler Boyd is the other one. Double-digit targets.

all three weeks, and now he's playing a perfect matchup where the Pittsburgh Steelers have been torched by the slot wide receiver this season. You give me double-digit targets out of the slot against the Steelers. I'm all about that life. Tyler Boyd, start of the week. I'm going with Sterling Shepard. I'm continuing my alliteration at the start of the week. But can you get four? Oh, I had Eric Ebron, so I actually had three.

This is a sensational moment in my life, fellas. You really need to change your quarterback at this point. All right. You give me a name. Well, we'll find you somebody, Mike. Washington, they've given up the second most. Danny Dimes. Oh, dude, I could. I could. I mean, I'm starting his wide receiver. Washington giving up the second most points, fantasy points to wide receivers. And that is barely second because they're right behind the giants. There could be a lot of points.

going up in this Giants Washington matchup. Vegas agrees. Especially to the wide receiver position. And Sterling Shepard was, he was the man for Danny Dines. We got one more week of that before Golden Tate comes back. And we have a reshuffling, period where we're going to have to see who emerges as the number one wide receiver. But until then, Sterling Shepard, oh, Brooks is writing in Marcus Mario. That's what I was going to bring it up. It's the only one that shares. I would rather.

die. Now, that's surprising because generally you will go with the joke over, you know, there is no jokes. There's no joking ever allowed when it comes to Marcus, Marriota, and fantasy football. All right. Let me throw this out there. Not the same letter, but certainly alliteration. You could still go with Kirk Cousins. Kurt Cousins, my newest. You do have to obviously spell it with a K, the last name with a K, if you do that.

That's fine. That's fine. He'd be okay with that. One more. Mortal combat style. Correct. Yeah, one more very important segment today. Jason Moore's Ironclad. Locked and loaded. 100% guaranteed boom, boom kicker of the week. Look, last week was great with the Chiefs Harrison Butker. This week will be even better with the Ravens Justin Tucker. I just flipped it. It sounds like a great pick. Thank you. Thank you.

I did a lot of research went into that. Tomorrow on the show, we'll have in or out. So we'll give you more practice reports. We'll let you know our expectations, whether we think certain players that are fighting injury will be in there. A reminder that on Sunday, one hour before kickoff, Mike will be on Sunday live, all of our social media channels, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook. You can get the last minute news, start, sit decisions, that type of thing.

And you can get game day alerts at join thefoot.com or fantasy football community. One last reminder to head over to footclan giveaway.com if you want to win a signed Saquan Barkley jersey. Otherwise, this shows a wrap, Mike. We're out. Three out of four alliteration starts of the week. I'm so impressive. I'm sorry I could not complete the quattro. That's okay. I think people will be more confident in your picks the fact that you didn't. Matthew Mafford is start of the week.

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