Week 5 Studs & Stinkers + Weekly Rewind, Kerplunk!

what that team should have been able to do. When you are running out Colt McCoy and Adrian Peterson, what hope do you have? And we all knew that going into the week. But Jay Gruden, I don't think he, now maybe it was his time to go and maybe it was a mercy kill for him. I mean, just move on. But he didn't, well, he wasn't fired. He fired them. That's what Gruden's saying. Yeah. Well, ironically, Bill Callahan takes over his interim head coach. Oh, man. Who is the same?

man that took over for his brother John in Oakland when he was fired. And he's already talking about I need to establish the run. Ladies and gentlemen, Adrian Peterson's going to get the ball 20 times and rush for 30 yards and they're going to lose an epic fashion. It's going to be great.

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Yeah, some monster. But only one man will lose with them. And it's me. Because you are a Christian McCaffrey owner. That is correct. Most people have gone three and over the last three weeks with Christian McCaffrey, especially if they stacked them with Mike Evans last week. Not me. Not me. I'm proof that you can come up against these big players and overcome. You can. You're bringing hope for everyone, Jay. Correct. All right. Let's start with the stud muffins at the quarterback position.

Everything came to fruition as we hoped for Deshaun Watson against Atlanta. He was pretty upset after losing last week. Went 28 for 33 for 426 and 5, another 47 yards on the ground. This is why you keep playing Deshaun Watson. I can probably say the same thing. I mean, you've had a couple down weeks for Patrick Mahomes now, one touchdown across two weeks. You just keep playing these guys because they are the only players capable of giving you.

50 plus point weeks at the position. Deshaun Watson was a monster. Finally started throwing the ball to Will Fuller. Let's give credit to Russell Wilson. Russell? Russell Wilson, by the way, is the quarterback won on the season and on pace for more touchdown passes than Patrick Mahomes. Patrick Mahomes is on pace for 35. So after that hot start in the 50 last year, Russell Wilson's on pace for 38.

Yeah, I definitely think Pat Mahomes will beat 35 when he gets Tyreek Hill back, which could happen as soon as this week. Presumably the hamstring injury is not going to be a super long injury for Sammy Watkins, get the offensive lineback. I would be most concerned about Chris Jones, who left that game, the defensive lineman. Without Chris Jones, you've seen the recipe to beat the Chiefs, in my opinion, and teams are just going to keep trying to do it if they can, although the Colts have.

an elite offensive line. Matt Ryan, big game. I believe five consecutive 300-yard games to start the year. 32 for 46, 3.30 and 3.30 and 3. And they keep on losing. But they go take Arizona on next week in Arizona. He's going to be a great start. A lot of points in that game. Hey, shout out to Teddy Bridgewater. Four touchdown passes against Tampa, 314 yards. Both Teddy Bridgewater and Kyle Allen undefeated.

after Cam Newton and Drew Breeze went out. Three and O, each of them, setting the table for the return of their quarterbacks later in the year as well as he can. Did you catch the video of Drew Breeze proving that he can throw the ball?

again like this video he peeped out of the video it was an interesting pose after each throw that's what I wanted to make sure that you saw that I felt like that was somehow therapeutic the pose had to have been helping his thumb he would throw the ball and then he would go into like a ninja like defense where you you think he is right about to dodge an unknown assailant it was absurd and looked like what you know a teenager would do in his backyard when he's trying to be super cool throw the ball

There's got to be a reason for it, but I don't know it, so it just looks really funny. And by funny, you mean dumb. He'll, much like Sequin, he's going to beat the expectation for his return by a wide margin as well. But, Teddy, yeah, so to speak to Teddy Bridgewater, shout out, but also pretty irrelevant. Next two weeks, Jacksonville and the Bears. I expect him to start both of those games in Breeze to return against Arizona. That would be my expectation.

I would like to start Breeze against Arizona. Yeah, and Jacksonville, Chicago, just take those off, Drew. Those are games that you're going to get beat up anyway, potentially. At least the Chicago one. Kyler Murray, big game for him, 10 for 93 and a touchdown rushing. First game without a turnover. He's the quarterback eight on the season. I'm not sure that, you know, the Cardinals couldn't have got off to a worse start, really. They're one, three and one. Kyler Murray's the quarterback eight on the season. Through five games.

Where are you out with him from a fantasy perspective? What you expected to see? I absolutely love what we're seeing fantasy-wise from Kyler. He is a guy that I think you could still buy low on. If you look at how – I mean, he's the quarterback eight, and they never finish their drives in the red zone. So if that continues, if the trend continues where they just can't finish drives, whatever, you've got a top 10 quarterback. But if they actually –

figure out how to punch the ball into the end zone once they get to the 10-yard line. I mean, there are so many touchdowns left on the table for the Arizona Cardinals, and if that changes around, you've got a top four quarterback. Just to highlight the discrepancy, we often talk about your touchdown rate. What percentage of your attempts are you throwing a touchdown on? And Russell Wilson is, once again, an astronomical number at 7.7. The league average, you know, it's...

Year to year, it's right around that four and a half mark. Kyler Murray is sitting at 2%. Two percent of his attempts are turning into touchdowns. If that number just goes to the league average, then he's going to be dominating for fantasy. Even if it goes to 1% below the league average, it'll be great. Fair enough. And then Tom Brady got it done against Washington in the end, 28 for 42, 348 and 3.

He has a Thursday night game against the Giants because NFL scheduling is awesome. Gardner Minshue looked great again, didn't quite have enough to will his team to victory against the Christian McCaffrey's. But 26 for 44, 374 and 2. I bring him up because fantasy owners want to know, is he startable? He has New Orleans, Cincinnati, and the Jets. Yeah, I think he's startable. He's been...

He hasn't had an explosive fantasy game, but he's been really steady, and those three matchups are perfectly fine. And then I want to highlight the rest of the quarterbacks. Andy Dalton had a great game. And my ballers on a budget pick. Kirk Cousins, he came through 300, two touchdowns. And I think we didn't used to be that excited about Kirk Cousins throwing 3002. Nope, but it's 302. That's a great game.

Yes, it is. But that was a product of the Giants. So we'll see if Kirk Cous is able to keep it going. Before we move into the running back studs of the week, want to thank today's sponsor. Look, Foot Clan, are you an Amazon Prime member? Yes, of course you are. We know that. But did you know that you have?

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Terms and conditions apply offers a subject to change without notice. Visit lightstream.com slash footballers for more information. All right. Running back stud muffins. Christian McCaffrey was insane. 19 for 176 and 2. Insight for 61 and a touchdown through the air. He is on pace for 36 carries. He's going to die. 99 receptions. 892 receiving yards and three touchdown. That's.

Not possible. And yet, and you would think it would be even less possible because you know it's coming with Kyle Allen as your quarterback. And yet it is possible. Right now, Christian McCaffrey is absolutely a cheat code. Yeah. So, I mean, you say it's not possible. It's real. It's not humanly possible. You saw him get banged up in that game, go to the sideline. It looked.

Like he could, he was tweaking something, not able to walk well, they're saying. Did he kerplunk or did he tweak? Well, it depends on what you. He didn't come back in. If you can come back in after a kerplunk, he might have double kerplunk. A kerplunk is, you need a 300-pound man involved. To fully get her plunk. Okay. You don't just, you're not just walking along. Teet-l-de-de-de-k.

kerplunk it doesn't happen like you have to have a 300 pound man yes okay well so he didn't so he wasn't like a body foul from shack that's a kerplunk exactly look if it's a 250 guy who's that's not a that's baby stuff I can't kerplunk you no oh man you need to you can work hard if you work on this you can kerplunk away I got to add a little LBs I'll get there soon just taking videos running up snap I'm gotcha I did it

When you hit 300, I want to hear that. As a Christian McCaffrey owner, it was really scary when he was on the sideline. It looked like he couldn't hold weight after the game. The team came out. He said it was just cramps. I was surprised you didn't fly there to be there for that press conference. I was massage. Does it rub him out? His quads. That makes sense with his odd walk on the sideline now that you say that. I didn't see that report. So here's what his quote was. This is Christian McCaffrey about the cramps. He said, quote, I just can't let that happen.

have to do a better job. Yeah, that's right. That's why I love him. Yes. Nobody works harder. I think he can hold up because of the work he does in the offseason. He's incredible. Aaron Jones was incredible. Four touchdowns could have had six by my count. Yeah. But four touchdowns against Dallas, seven for 75 through the air. This is what we hope to see with Devante Adams out. Eight target, seven catches. It's the first time the Cowboys have ever allowed four rushing touchdowns to one player in a game.

And you can keep starting your Aaron Jones. Now, the big surprise of the week was Josh Jacobs against Chicago, 26 for 123 and 2. They got out to a big lead. The game script is perfect. And then John Gruden used him in the right fashion. Jacobs, we thought maybe, hey, you could buy him low. We all liked him as a buy low last week. We said, ah, you might be able to buy him low after Chicago heading into the bye week. I hope he paid up last week.

Yeah. Because you're not going to buy him low now. That's tough. I know a lot of people had him on the bench. I would have, I mean, the process was sound. I would have been willing to bench him if I looked like I had a better option. You have a running back that wasn't in the top 20 the previous three weeks travel across the globe to play the Bears. But goodness gracious, he balled out. It looks great. Now he gets a buy week off to rest. Should be great coming back. Yeah. Leonard Fournette is leading the AFC in rushing.