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

over the course of the year. But all that being said, Mason Rudolph likely to be playing from behind. If he's got a rapport with Washington, even if Washington's a garbage time option for him, those points count the same. If you're the garbage man, whether you are, oh, we haven't played that in the wild. Maybe Mason Rudolph can be that. All right, starts it on the San Francisco side. Jimmy G., are you willing to stream him? Willing to, yes.

Yeah, especially if you're in a two-quarterback league. I think he's a good secondary option. Matt Brita, I've got him as an alternative start of the week. By the way, we have update, updated news. Marlon Mack is practicing today. Then he's going to play. So optimistic that he's in there. But Matt Brita, a great start as well. I think Rahim Moster is a great start as well. I don't, you know, right now we've got the Colonel. We've got, yes, the Colonel Mustard.

We've got Brita around running back 20, Moster around running back 30. I don't know if the gap is really that big between those two. And Moster just looked so, so good last week. Start them both. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, they both, Matt Brita had 121 yards on 10 carries. So both guys, the neat thing was Mostert had so much productivity in the passing game that I don't see a gap really either. So.

Jason, would you like to make Rahimosa your alternative start of the week? He is my alternative start. Along with So Brita. Sure. Do you make anything of my name is Jeff Wilson. My name is Jeff. Getting the touchdowns last week. And then Kyle Shanahan was asked about it. And he didn't come out and say that Jeff Wilson is the goal line running back.

But he kind of did. But he kind of said it. Mike, would you like to make Jeff Wilson your alternative start of the week? Not, I don't recommend it. I'm not preferred. Yeah, I think he's the guy that, you know. I'm just saying, does he does he cap some of the upside of mostor and breeder? It could happen. Well, you know, most certain breeder are going to go out there and say, hey, I'm going to score from 20 yards out. I don't need to mess with Jeff Wilson. I mean, look, last week, Jeff Wilson had two touchdowns in it.

It didn't affect most. I mean, you could say it did affect, but most of the breeder still had great. Vance, McDonnell, George Kittle, you're playing them both? Yes. Yes, Vance is my start of the week this week. Marquis, Goodwin, Debo, Samuel. Pick one. Debo. Debo. Yeah. Yeah. These are two teams going in different directions, you know. Oh, and Dante Pettis.

The Texans and Chargers are the next matchup to talk about. Let's get into that one. Oh, is that? That was my transition. Yes, that was a pro transition right there. That was an insulting transition. The Texans, Chargers, both one and one. Games in Los Angeles, Chargers, three and a half point home favorites. They've looked all right. Philip Rivers in this matchup. I like it. Texans giving up 23.1 fantasy points per game. Deshaun Watson, you always play him. So.

You know, if you're in a pickle, I don't mind streaming Philip Rivers at home against the Texas defense that gives it up. Carlos Hyde, Mike, you have them as your start of the week. Yeah, I tried to go a little bit deeper, but I do believe that volume will be there once again for Carlos. What about Duke Johnson? Can people flex Duke Johnson in this matchup? I know my opponent this week is choosing to do so. I think your opponent is dumb. No, I will say this. The chargers, if they're beat.

you know, it's by the running back position. So there is that. Yeah, they're giving up 25.3 fantasy points per game to the running back position, Jason. I just don't believe in Duke Johnson as a fantasy option. I've been saying it since he was traded there. He's a pass catching specialist playing for a team that does not really throw the ball to the running back. It's just a bad fit. That's how I see it. I mean, Carlos Haid has come in and been the lead guy. So, yeah, I mean, maybe you can. I mean, Duke Johnson is a talented player.

I'm not throwing shade on Duke. I just don't like his fantasy outlook forever. I would actually say you are throwing shade on Duke. I'm throwing shade on Duke's fantasy production, not on his talent as a running. Or him as a person. Right. Yeah. Austin Eccler must start. Hopkins, Allen, you got to start him. They're tied for the league lead in Target share, 36%. When you have Keenan Allen running up the field for you, when you have DeAndre Hopkins, you throw them the football.

That's what you do. And what's spectacular for Keenan Allen this year is he's getting used downfield. That hasn't always been what he has excelled at. I mean, we saw him break out his rookie campaign where he was this deep field threat. Then they brought him in and he turned into this PPR machine. His career has kind of been all over the place, but he's leading the league in air yards. When Melvin Gordon is off the field, Keenan Allen.

gets a huge bump up, and we're seeing that happen. Mike Williams, I was impressed with this performance last week when he was probably not going to play. Looked pretty good. Will Fuller, right now, that big play hasn't happened. Mike Williams or Will Fuller, which would you rather start? I'm on the Williams side. I believe I'm on the Williams side as well. Will Fuller's had some air yards. It hasn't connected. It could certainly make a play. But Mike Williams has looked great. I lean Mike Williams as well.

Do you believe Ostenacular will remain the number one running back in fantasy after three weeks? Overall, probably not number one, but he is absolutely bawling out. I think he will. His opportunity is so incredible, not just running the ball, but through the air as well. It's with Judea and Echler is winning, he's winning fantasy. I love it. I love it. We all have him in a lot of different spots, and he is,

You know, Jadavian Clowny gone. Houston doesn't look like the same tough to run on team. I think Austin Echler, you know, I would take the field over him being the number one guy. But he's going to be great. Well, he's the number one through two weeks. So I was saying is he going to be the number one through three. Texans giving up a league worse, 3.61 rushing yards before contact. You know, when you see in your head the plays of Jadavian Clowny meeting you in the backfield.

Those days are clearly not happening right now for the Texas. So does that mean that Justin Jackson is a flex-worthy start? I would play someone like, you know, I don't. I don't think. I don't think. I don't know. If you, you know, you're talking the 3.61 rush yards before contact. Every play that I see Justin Jackson get going, he's tough. Yes.

But if you only get six plays, that's the problem. He's not getting the opportunity. Saints, one and one, taking on the Seahawks at 2 and O. Seahawks are four point home favorites. It's a 44.5 point over under. Might be some light rain in this game. Seahawks. Is that a blanket statement? Yeah, it's Seattle. So we all, yeah. Yeah, just always. Just always. There's probably built in.

The Saints have to figure things out with Teddy Bridgewater and Tastom Hill. We talked with Adam Lefko yesterday on our serious show, and he talked about the fact that somebody like Sean Payton, you know, prideful about his, in a good way, you know, prideful about confident in his play-calling abilities, you know, coming out in the first half with some scripted plays designed to take advantage of a very weak Seahawks secondary thus far this year. Do you see a world where we can be hopeful for,

the Saints offense in a way you didn't see earlier this week. But do you mean comparable to Drew Breeze? Maybe comparable to the emotional reaction we all had knowing Breeze was having surgery and going to be out a while. Is there a brighter? It could be better than we think is exactly what happened with the Colts. You lose Andrew Luck and you think the world is over. But Frank Reich is a great offense of mine. He has made it, you know, maybe T. Y. Hilton is better.

so far this year with Andrew Luck. But he's been okay. He's been fine. Jacoby Brissette's been fine. Marlon Mack has been fine. And I think you're going to see some of that here because Sean Payton is another one of the best coaches, one of the best offensive minds. He's going to find a way to utilize Alvin Camara and Michael Thomas. So, yeah, I think the visceral reaction of losing Drew Brees was probably too much. And now credit needs to go to Sean Payton.

You know, and I think he gets the job done for those guys. All right. On the other side of the football, we have the Seahawks. Chris Carson last week had one fumble credited to him. Debatable whether the second was his fault. Pete Carroll at least publicly said it wasn't. Pete Carroll also made the decision. I don't know if you saw the end of this game. They needed a big fourth and one. Now, post-second exchange fumble.

They actually gave Rashad Penny some run in lieu of Carson, almost the punishment style. This next drive, take a, take a seat. Think about what you've done, Chris. Now, they got to a fourth and one situation to win the ball game. They're on the field. They're about to hand the ball to Rashad Penny. They call a timeout. They change personnel groupings. They bring Chris Carson back in. Carson picks up the first down. I believe that from an efficiency standpoint, we've seen such a disparity between the two. The way that...

Pete Carroll talks about it. Now, if he fumbles again, if he makes a mistake, now he owned it. But if he makes further mistakes, they're going to take the ball out of his hands. That's inevitable. But last year, through the whole season, he had three fumbles. So this is not a prototypical thing for Chris Carson. How do you feel about Carson and Penny in this matchup at home? You know, where are you with them? I'm playing Chris Carson as a running back one. The volume just cannot be denied. It can be denied when he gets kicked off the field.

But when he's on the field, he gets so much volume on the ground and through the air that I'm still moving past week two. I'm just writing it off and saying Carson will be fine. Yeah, I'm expecting somewhat of what you saw from Leonard Fournett, a lot of volume, a lot of inefficiency, not based on Chris Carson, but based on the Saints. Their run D is elite, and I think it'll be a struggle, but he'll have enough volume to be a good play.

Last week he did drop to 55% of the snaps. Oh. That's not really an exciting 55%. No, when you go down to 55, it doesn't feel as good. You know, Rashad Penny had more work. I think a lot of people, Rashad Penny was drafted everywhere. He wasn't a free agent guy or a waiver wire guy, I mean. So there's a lot of hope in the Rashad Penny truth or community that we're going to see a changing of the guard. I don't think so. Tyler Lockett, this was what we were expecting. Hope.

What? Andy's face. I'm laughing at you saying this is what we were expecting. Yeah, the volume. Yeah, 100%. I was expecting Tyler Locker's volume to go up. You were expecting 12 targets? I thought you were like more poo-pooing on Tyler Lockett through the entire off season. As was I. As was I. No, I was poopooing on the efficiency that he was hitting on last year. And I was like, so that's why I wasn't necessarily fully interested in at his draft costs. But I expected the volume.

to be more like this than week one. It's interesting. Where he saw two targets. I'm taking a personal L on Tyler Lockett for week two because week one, barely targeted, the one big play. Week two, 12 targets. I mean, if Tyler Lockett gets 12 targets a week, he's a top 12, top 15 wide receiver rest of the season, which is not where I had him projected. Yeah, I'm going to take the W. So Tyler Lockett's a great wide receiver. He's the wide receiver one. It's nice to see him get those targets.

uh this this matchup is a little scary you know it's a really good saints defense a little bit of rain there was rain week one when he only had the two targets and you know so i don't i don't necessarily think this is a perfect matchup for him but i don't see a world where you're not starting tyler lock there are two weeks the saints secondary has not been able to stop the wide receiver position 41 fantasy points per

week average is almost dead last in the league. There is opportunity for Tyler Lockett to take advantage at that, especially knowing he is a big play guy. It just takes one. Tight ends. What are you doing with Will Disley, Mike? I know what I'm doing. I'm dancing. Going down to the square dance. I'm streaming him this week. You are? Yep. Yeah. I lost in Joku. Big Montana. Well, sure. I don't blame you. They're at home.

Disley's looked all right, couple touchdowns last week. If you look at his, you know, his career, you know, he came out last year, shocked the world, was somehow accidentally awesome. We start getting excited. Then he, then he's injured. Yeah. He misses everything. Shockingly gets back for week one based on the injury and then comes out in week two and has two touchdowns. Maybe he's just.

Maybe he's just good. I think accidental to us, I'm thinking he was trying to be awesome on purpose. I think he was out there really trying his best. Wait, well, what? What am I doing? How did this ball get in my hands? I better run. I'm so fast. My point is, you know, I think if there wasn't the giant year-long break, people would be super excited for Will Disley. So, yeah, I mean, he should be rostered.