Fantasy Football - Starts of the Week + Week 8 Breakdown, Big Bye Decisions - Podcast for 10/23

No, that's why Buffalo's on the road favored by a full touchdown. And, you know, this is a good get right game. You're not going to have a letdown from Buffalo because they're coming off of two losses in a row where they're taking Carolina easy. They're going in there to, you know, lay a beating down. And you think that will happen. I do think that will happen. He has never. Josh Allen lost three consecutive regular season games in his career. That's crazy considering his first two years he was terrible. Yeah, Carolina's defense has been much improved. That's been one of the reasons they're above 500 right now. Last year it was the number one target or up there as the top target in the league this year, number six against the run, number nine against the wide receiver position. We spent the first few weeks of the season talking about how good James Cook had been. It's slowed down a little bit for him, but...

Do you expect him to get back on track? A couple of softer weeks after top 10 performances in four straight. Yeah, it's a good game script. The Panthers rush defense has looked much, much, much better than last year. So I don't look at them as like a pushover defense, but it still matters whether you win or lose a game. You know, James Cook has lost two games in a row, and it's been tougher sledding. If you end up doing what, you know, Vegas thinks, which is winning by a touchdown, you're going to have a lot more carries opportunities in the game. So he's in, and then in the passing game for the Buffalo Bills, it's really hard to determine like, oh, will Keon Coleman get a touchdown? Will, you know, Josh Palmer have the bomb? To me, it's Don't Kincaid. This is like the Panthers. He's still limited. Yeah, I mean, we don't know for sure 100% that he'll start, but it seems like he will start. I believe he will. And if he is,

I'm playing them. Honestly, if Dalton Kincaid does not go, I think Dawson Knox is probably a better stream off of waivers than all of your like middling kind of crappy tight end options because the Panthers, that's where their defense gets beat. Yeah, that could be a really scary one, I think, because I don't know what the targets. I don't know if you get more than two shots. You guys, I don't know if you realize this. this is big news huge news based on the last two years did you know this coming week is national tight end like national tight end week it's this week okay the last two years yeah on the on the net like i literally made a slack notification for myself last year because on national tight end week it was like every single team knew it

And they threw touchdowns of tight ends. It was crazy. Where did this even come from? I don't know. Did George Kittles start this? I have no idea. But there's no national wide receiver week and running back week. And there's just like the forgotten tight ends. But this is the week. So I think we got lucky. So. What? You mean this day that we just made up? Uh-huh. You're just saying it's not correlated? I'm saying it might not be. Uh, Carolina. He's probably going to have Andy Dalton as their started this week. We don't know for sure. There's a DMP for Bryce Young on Wednesday. I really find... Big running back questions here. Yeah, I mean, I think it's just... Buffalo's a run funnel. They are. It's going to be a split. If you have to start one, you would start Dowdell because he's been awesome. That's what you would do. Yeah, yeah. I mean, I... I don't think that's what I would do. You would start Hubbard over Dowdell based on the opportunities? Yeah, I think if you had...

Chuba and you signed out and played him while he was hurt and you have both and you got to start one. I would play Chuba myself. But again, that's what makes it a difficult question like Mike said. Yeah, for sure. You're making, you're just. I mean, if you've got one of those two guys or you've got Vidal Sassoon in tonight's game, I probably go Vidal. I'd play Sassoon. Man, I just don't like Vidal this week. Really? I've got a bad feeling about it. Okay. He had the one big week. Obviously, it was impressive. He sucked last week. Maybe enough volume. Maybe just enough volume. Yeah. But I also like Minnesota to win the game, and I feel like their defenses. Well, that's even better for Vidal. I mean, I think he's had nine combined targets the past two weeks. Okay. So you'd take the solo work of Vidal? I think I would. I could see that. If I'm playing one of the two, I'm playing Rico. I just think he's a better player. And it could be just a circumstance of...

of it just hasn't hit yet, but Chuba does not have a carry inside the five yet. Yep. And I know he's been hurt, but he also, he also was the main starting running back for those first few weeks. Try to guess Ted McMillan's fantasy positioning on the season. We're seven weeks in. On the season, on the season, Ted McMillan is the wide receiver. He doesn't have a lot of, he's got one touchdown. Like 26. That's two. That's a. Oh, does he have two? Yeah, he got the two in the same game. One game with the touchdown. I'm going to go right there. I'll go 25. Okay. Should have gone the other way. 27. Oh. 27. But I would say that you have not, we still haven't had that game that you're like. He's arrived. There's not been a he's arrived game. Force feed him the ball. He is a dog. There's a quarterback change, presumably, this week.

And when Andy Dolan came in last week, he targeted Xavier Leggett quite a bit. Seven of Xavier Legate's 10 targets were from Andy Dalton in limited time. What was that all about? I don't know. However, my point is we're waiting. Seriously. I don't know how prescriptive can that be. It's not prescriptive. I think Ted McMillan is waiting for this breakout game and all of a sudden he's going to have a quarterback coming in who is practicing this week as the starter. Working with Tet, Tet's going to eat this week. He's going to be a great start. He's my start of the week. What? Yeah, I'm adding him. Start of the week. You're that confident in him? Do you think he'll get up over that 33-yard mark he's been hitting? I believe he will get over 35 yards. He still frightens me. I don't know why it hasn't happened yet. I get it. Carolina, what are you doing?

Alec Pierce or Tet McMillan? Like that question is a really good question. It's a real question. Alec Pierce has been good, gets targets, gets targets from a quarterback that can get his wide receiver of the ball. I would definitely go Tet there. Okay. All right. I will, I'll make you a waterbed on that one. All right. I will accept it. Waterbed. 35 yards. No, that's not the best. It was Alec Pierce versus Tet McMillan. You don't get to name it afterwards. Goodness. A couple updates for you. No sign of Garrett Wilson at practice for the Jets. What was all this chance of playing? This is more exciting. Tara McClure and Debo Samuel both practicing today. Are they both going to practice today? Does that make you? Yeah, that would help them. Towards Marioota? I, you know, I want to say yes, but I am.

not excited to play the Chiefs in in Kansas City. I feel like you're going, the game script for that will be, yes, you're happy those guys are back, but how many first downs does Washington get? Mario, Mario, Mario will run for 45 yards. Yeah, I signed Marioota to play in place of Daniels, and I'm going to pivot. To who? Michael Pennix. Okay, all right. In our very thin waiver wire. I bet you wish you would have paid $10 plus for Joe Flacco. If I had the fam, I would have. Thursday, Texans, no Nico, no Christian Kirk still, Cream Hunt, not practicing on Thursday for the Kansas City game, Richard Smith. We talked about him on the waiver show. More opportunity coming his way. And that was Fantasy Forecast, presented by prize picks. Join millions of users and sign up for America's number one fantasy sports app. Use the code footballers and get $50.

in lineups when you play five dollars we'll have our fantasy face off tomorrow where one of us will spin the wheel of shame i don't even remember that wheel um i am that's the that's the way you make sure you spend it soon is those type of things not scared but but i i'm playing against whatever the opposite of a heater is you're in a freezer i yes my body It's barely active. Your heart rate is low. Every Friday, Mike is hyperventilating from some sort of mask he is wearing. Just, just we got to bring one more catch. Instead of the mask of victory. We got to bring the mummy back.

If you lose- Like, do we wrap him live? Yeah, well, yeah, I mean, we let Josh wrap him. We did that? Oh, man. Yeah, you don't remember when then I had to go to the doctor because he broke my nose? No, you did not have to go to the dog. No, I didn't really. Goodness gracious. But that was, that was brutal. That was the worst one ever and it shouldn't have been. It was just because Josh was a jerk. Oh, he like smashed your nose was on his cheek. We'll catch you tomorrow, Footland. Goodbye. you for listening to another episode of the fantasy footballers podcast join our fantasy football community on join the foot.com and follow us on Twitter at the ffballers.