Week 3 Matchups + In-or-Out, Tinkerbell Rule

is it is very explicit in the personal conduct policy preventing players saying you cannot harass, you cannot intimidate. So Antonio Brown has been accused of horrific things and nothing has been proven yet. But now they're saying we have proof that Antonio Brown was harassing and intimidating people in a horrific fashion. So if they can prove that, then... They'll have technical grounds. The NFL has...

the right to move him to the commissioner's list. Yep. What's it going to pay me to fly? Are you in or out? All right. Let's cruise through these. Cam Newton, in or out? Out. All right. Running backs. Do you think Marlon McWill play? Didn't practice Wednesday, Thursday? Today matters a lot. Pay attention to it. I do think he is in. You think he's going to play? I think he's going to play. Mike? I lean out, but you're right. If he practices today, then he's in. Josh Jacobs, limited on Thursday in practice, been sick, lost 10 pounds. I heard this morning he needed four IV bags during the game last week.

Goodness. He's dealing with a sickness, but I think he plays. I think he plays. I am nervous to play him, though. Damien Williams, Lashaw McCoy. This is big news. Damien Williams did not practice limping considerably. I don't expect Damian Williams to play. He's an out for me. Shady I think will be in but limited. What do you guys think? Same. All right. Devin Singletary hamstring. Jamal Williams, a new ankle injury yesterday popped up on the injury report. He was only limited, so I still expect him to play.

This is good news. If you have Aaron Jones on your fantasy team and LaFleur came out and was saying, well, I want to even up the carry total. He may not have the option to even it up this week. I sent trade offers out for Aaron Jones this morning. Wide receivers, they were rejected. Wide receivers, Keenan Allen. He'll play. T.Y. Hilton? He'll play. He's in. Alshon Jeffrey and Deshawn Jackson. D. Jacks is already out. Yeah, D. Jack's been ruled out.

Yes, Dijax out. Alshan, I think is out as well. Tyrell Williams with the hip injury. He'll play. Cortland Sutton popped up with a rib injury missed Thursday practice. Hmm. That's... Who cares? Don't play him. Yeah. That's rude. I don't think it's a good matchup against Green Bay, so sure. Yeah, he didn't do much last week. Albert Wilson, doubtful. Out. Richard Higgins? Who cares? Who cares? Tight-ins, Jordan Reed.

He is still in the concussion protocol. He's going to be out. Yeah. He may be out. Well, that was the concern where he has so many documented concussions. And how many concussions has he had that are undocumented and that you, we know that it compiles. Just stop. And yeah, I mean, the guy wants to play. Walk away. We love seeing him healthy on the field playing well. Those things have never happened though in the last several years. So Dallas Goddard.

I don't think he's going to play. No, I didn't practice Thursday. Jimmy Graham, Trey Burton. I think that Graham will play and Burton will play as well. Jimmy Graham and running, you don't really need him to do that at this point. Just jump. Just go be, man. Just go be. Be free. Jimmy Graham. Just stand there. That reminds me of a review we got on our spitballers podcast where it said, okay, I love.

I love all three of you guys. I love Andy, Dadsplaining to the other two. I love Jason, you know, making jokes about food. And I love Mike. Just be in there. Just be in there. Just be, Mike. There has never been a better explanation of my role for these podcasts is just being here. Just be. All right. I'm the Gardner Minshu of this podcast. Everything is everything, Mike. I'm just here. Keep it beautiful.

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Yesterday on the fantasy footballers podcast, we covered the Broncos Packers, the Falcons Colts, the Ravens Chiefs. Oh, I'm so excited for that. Yes. The Bengals Bills, Jets, Patriots, Lions Eagles. We had a defensive coordinator yesterday say they believe, you know, Mahomes, Lamar. It's an ex-great Brady Manning rivalry. And I hope that's true. Wow. I hope we get that. That's very, like.

I'm in on Lamar Jackson. Right. But that's real fast to put that type of a title onto a player. Yeah, Mahomes is fine. He's the MVP. He's been doing it. Lamar, though, I think it's just an exciting thought process because we've talked about, you know, some of these players, Fav and Manning, they leave the NFL and you want to see that next group that are going to meet in the playoffs over and over again. I think that's the comp, really. It's like a couple of, you know, AFC rivals that could meet in championship games for years. It was supposed to be Winston and Mariotta.

And Brady's like, no, I'll just be, I'll be the Brady of this comp again for another generation. Right. It'll be, it'll be Mahomes and Brady. That's probably true. For the next 10 years. 20 years. All right. Raiders, Vikings. This game's in Minnesota. 43.5. Point over under. Vikings are heavy favorites. This line has jumped. Vikings minus nine. Maybe on the basis of Josh Jacobs and potentially the injury there. Or just remembering that Carr is still the quarterback.

Yeah, you know, we want to take it on the chin if we get something wrong. Last week we were very optimistic about Derek Carr, all of us having a solid game against a bad chief secondary. Derek Carr found a way to look real ugly in that game. Red zone interception that, you know, on an end zone targets of Tyrell that really hurt his fantasy numbers. So that was a swing and a miss. And Derek Carr, thank you for that. In this game, the implied point total for the Vikings is 26. The Raiders is 17.

What do you do with Carr and Cousins in this game? Are either of them streamable options this week? I think that Kirk Cousins is streamable. I prefer other options. I mean, like Josh Allen once again was by far the best streaming option. Hopefully you're not in a scenario where it's Friday or Saturday and you're listening to this podcast and you have to find a guy. But I think that Kurt Cousins is at least playable. All right. We talked about Josh Jacobs. He posted on Instagram that he's been sick, lost 10 pounds.

Look, if you're throwing up and you're a professional athlete and you're losing fluids, that's not outlandish. But, Mike, you said you have some concern. He has the highest elusive rating for any starting running back right now. He's looked great. He is a great player, but he's sick. He has a groin injury. This is a tough matchup to start. And then we're still not sure with the sample size because maybe it was the groin problem for Jacobs.

When the Raiders fell behind, they pulled Jacobs off the field and they went to Rashard, which is very troubling for his fantasy value moving forward. Yeah, I think that was a product of being way behind later in the game and him having four IV bags on the sideline. We don't know for sure. Like, was it completely that or was it this will be the game plan? I doubt I would pull him from my lineup. I believe that.

It was more. They were way down. It was a game that they knew they weren't going to win. He was having four IVs on that. I'm on that side. That being said, he's still struggling with illness right now and a bad matchup. So if something goes wrong and they're down, just as much as Vegas sees them losing by well more than a touchdown, this is a game where the same thing could happen. So I share Mike's concerns here. Minnesota Vikings, great defense.

Top 10 against the running back last season. This is a matchup where you can start him. Obviously, Josh Jacobs is a quality fantasy option. Can I give you an option then here? Yes. Some start sets because that's what's going to help people. We have them ranked right on the edge of RB2 zone, like our consensus ranking on the week's 23. But right now as it stands, would you play Matt Breedah over Josh Jacobs?

I've got, I mean, it's very, very close. Right now I've got Matt Breed to one spot ahead of Jacobs. What about Joe Mixon in Buffalo over Josh Jacobs? Ooh, that's a good one. That's really tight. It's a very, very similar comp. You've got a struggling player right now for different reasons. Against a bad matchup, I would lean Jacobs. Okay. James White or Josh Jacobs?

In a full PPR, maybe white, otherwise Jacobs. All right, Dalvin Cook, he's the RB3 on the week for us. He's looked absolutely dynamic and a key cog in the offense for the remainder of the year, assuming he can stay healthy. Tyrell Williams, Adam Thieland, Stefan Diggs, you know, if Diggs doesn't perform well in this game, you know, we brought up this question on our serious show yesterday.

who's most under pressure to perform? And Stefan Diggs is one of the players in that category. Yep. So will you panic? If he doesn't, if he has three or fewer receptions, is it full panic for Stefan Diggs? Three? Yeah. I think that's a good line. It depends on the Ardage output. I mean, he has been, he's been getting deep targets, which, you know, last year we saw really, really shallow targets for Stefan Diggs. He was a...

PPR volume type of guy who could also put up touchdowns. So if he rolls away with three for 70 plus, then I'm not going to panic. But if it's down to three receptions and it's back to old checkdowns for Stefan Diggs, then I would panic. All right. And then Tyrell, you'd put him out there? Yeah. Not a great matchup, but I'll play him. Not a great matchup. And he's dealing with a hip pointer. So it's worrisome. But.

In a PPR league, he's really the only, him and the Walleris are the only targets. You putting Walleris in there? Yes. Oh, yes. The Raiders have allowed the most plays over 20 yards, so we'll see if Stefan Days can get loose deep in this one. This is not going to be a very exciting game. Oakland's 30th in the league in pace of play. Minnesota's 25th. Both teams want to do the same type of thing.