Week 6 Matchups + Ertz Traded, Wheel of Shame - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/15

So what's the most rushing yards he gets in this game? You know, is it like 60? Yeah. So that's it. That's the game. That's six points. Now, if you get a touchdown, great. And I do have a league where I have to flex them. So I hope you're right here. Well, let's say you have Latavius Murray and you're deciding on the injury dance of Joe Mixon. Are you playing Latavius? Are you playing Mixon with limited snaps? If Mixon is active, I would play Mixon over Latavius. Okay. All right. Anything else you guys want to talk about in this one?

I mean, Mike, to your point, Chargers giving up 25 fancy points a game to opposing running backs. The 5-0 Arizona Cardinals with superstar Zacherts taking on the Cleveland Browns, who are three and two? Well, not with Zacherts. No, no. And I forgot to mention that. The world was set aflame with this trade news this morning, and they all wanted to know.

Could Zackertz play again and get two box scores from week six? Could I get both weeks? Which, I mean. Are you trying to kill the man? If something is that crazy and does happen, I'm all about letting it happen personally. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. But it's not allowed. The NFL does not allow a player to play more than one game per week. So Zackertz will have, what, 10 days to get acclimated in his new home. And the Cardinals will be without.

Zach Hertz and Max Williams. Now, what if Rodney Hudson, is this like a calendar week or is this Zach, what if Zachertz got traded to the Cardinals and we played on Monday nights? I believe it is. Technically a different week. Yeah, no, I don't think you found the loophole there, Mike. But if they flex them into prime time, you can play. All right. No. The Cardinals, you know, they travel on the road here. The Draft King Sportsbook line, Browns minus three. The overrunners 49 points. You know, Nick Chubb could miss the game.

Oh, man. And, I mean, for all we know, Hopkins can miss the game with this illness. Right now, no signs for that. I'd be much more concerned about Chubb. 49 points seems like a lot. You know what I mean? Like this game, just everything is is.

It feels a negative on the outlook in the sense that like Baker hasn't been playing his best. O'Dell Beckham's been disappearing. Kyler's dealing with a shoulder injury. Hopkins has an illness. Chubbs's not there. It's supposed to be windy. 17 mile an hour wins, which 15 plus mile an hour is where you start to kind of worry about the passing game a little bit. I don't know. The vibes just aren't good here, right? Am I missing something? I mean, you've got two good teams.

Two first picks at quarterback should be exciting, but I feel like this one's going to be a letdown. So how will that affect the way you view fantasy players in this game? Are you adjusting expectations? Are there any significant benches? Like, would you bench all the non-Hopkins lightouts for Arizona because of that feeling? Yeah, I'm less confident in playing them. And usually when you're playing AJ Green and Chris Kirk Rondell Moore,

What you're doing is you're taking a shot at a piece of the 35 points they're going to be put up. And I'm not sure that that's going to happen. With no Rodney Hudson and a great pass rush from the Cleveland Browns, Rodney Hudson, the center for the Arizona Cardinals, I don't know how big a pie you're going to get in this game. So, yeah, those ancillary pieces I'm not so sure about. I'm still starting Kyler Murray. I was asked on local radio this morning like,

Are you starting Kyler Murray or Trevor Lawrence because of the shoulder? And I would not be okay losing with Kyler Murray on the bench while he has a good game. I would be okay starting Kyler and losing and him having an off week. I've talked about trading high if you could capitalize and get a haul for Kyler and avoid the situation altogether. But if he's on your roster, you play him. And perhaps you think twice about the potential of James Connor, who's, I mean,

been very viable for fantasy, but it's touchdown. So if you're projecting that the Cardinals will have fewer touchdown opportunities in this game, then Connor's not someone you want to desperation flex. I think Chase Edmonds is the play in this game. I think when you lose your tight end, you don't have Ertz or Max Williams for this week. You have a pass rush that Jason just mentioned. And Chase Edmins is a receiver at the running back position. I think he may be, what if Hopkins misses? I mean,

Edmonds is going to be very, very necessary in this game. That makes a lot of sense to me. It does. Like that, you know, that narrative of how that game could go really does make sense. But while you're saying that, it kind of illuminates maybe the need for Rondale Moore a little bit more, too. The screen game, the manufacturer, get the ball out quick and let a player do some. So maybe a little bit more confidence in Rondale Moore.

But wide receiver-wise, you know. Also, as we're talking, Hopkins was back during the open portion of practice today. Well, that's good news to remove that potential variable. Cardinals' defense has been really, really good. They're number one against opposing tight ends. They were great last year against tight ends after they're like, I think two years ago. It was a disaster. Great against opposing quarterbacks, opposing running backs.

There aren't wide receivers that give you great confidence. You know, last week was a Donovan People's Jones game, but he disappeared for weeks before that. Landry could be back. I don't know if you are confidently playing any Browns outside of Kareem Hunt. Yeah. I mean, I would probably bench everybody else. I would agree other than if Nick Chubb is active, I'm still going to start Nick Chub. Yeah, no doubt. No doubt. The Raiders at 3 and 2 take on the 3 and 2 Denver Broncos. The Draft King Sportsbook line have the Broncos.

minus three and a half, over under 43 and a half. Raiders been in the thick of distractionville, and they've lost a couple in a row. Josh Jacobs, five targets each of the last two weeks. That's something. He does seem to be. Now, Peyton Barber is expected to be back. Oh, thank goodness. I'm not really worried about that. Man, Raider Nation, breathe a sigh of relief. Peyton Barber, he's back.

Broncos defense has been stout second against quarterbacks, third against running backs, third against tight ends. Divisional matchup, this could be a real ugly slugfest. I would take the, I think it's going to be an ugly slug fest, a 1714 type of game. And, you know, the Broncos have not been great. You know, Cortland Sutton is going to be in my lineup. Yeah, Cortland Sutton will be there. I'm not confident.

I mean, Melvin Gordon, Giovante Williams, you're going to keep getting what you've got, which is a split back field opportunities for, you know, falling into the end zone. Do we have an update on Melvin Gordon's health? Sorry, Jason. No, I mean, that's obviously important here because Javante would go from someone I don't want to play to someone who would be in all my lineups if he was alone. Melvin is just that he was limited yesterday. That's what I have last. Okay. So I would expect him to be out there. I mean, yeah, Cortland Sutton is there.

Tim Patrick is fine as a low-end flex. This isn't really the matchup that I'm hoping to play fireball in. Can I give a little dynasty thought that I've come to terms with and I put it into action yesterday? Look, I traded Jason. We had a bigger trade with Zeke and Mark Andrews and I got Noah Fant back and I've had Noah fan starting in a couple leagues. I don't like Noah fan long term.

I've watched these games closely, and I, unfortunately, I just see more of a, I'm not seeing the special level of tight end with Noah Fant on the field. So I shipped him off in a Dynasty League. I traded for Dawson Knox. He's only scored in double digits 22% of the time.

visually watching the games. I mean, he's had such opportunity, right? Perceptual opportunity where you lose. He should be dominated. Yeah, exactly. It's so funny. And I've watched him, and I think he looks kind of slow, a little bigger than he used to. I'm laughing because the same exact thing happened to me where.

When you have him, when you're relying on Noah fan, we're humans, right? You're watching these games and you're paying real special attention to the players that you're rooting for, the players you need points out of. And all of a sudden, when you're watching him, you're like, I just don't know if he's ever going to do it. And so that's part of why I traded him away. Then you grab him, you're playing him, and you're watching him, and you're like, I'm just not sure he's ever going to really do it. Yeah, because the name still demands.

High draft capital, super athlete. But 30th and 32nd in two of the last three weeks, he got into the end zone to finish the tight end nine. But you should have seen better than tight in nine over these last three weeks with the limited pass catching options in Denver. So that's just kind of a, you know, all that to say, you might not have a better option. You always have a chance that are touchdown with him in this matchup. And the Raiders haven't been great against tight ends. But dynasty-wise, I'm a little bit. I'm a little worried.

And this isn't the matchup that I would love Hunter, Renfro or Rugs or Brian Edwards. There's barn burners where you're just wanting a piece of a big pie. This doesn't strike me as where I'd like to start them. The Dallas Cowboys at 4 and 1 take on the New England Patriots who are 2 and 3. They were so close to be in 1 and 4 with Houston defeating them.

Last week. Houston should have won that game. Yes. They really should have. Drafking Sportsbook line here, Cowboys, minus three and a half on the road in Foxborough. Oof. The over under is 50 and a half points. Cowboys are playing great. New England has yet to find itself on defense. You know, last week, what they gave up big play-wise over and over again to Davis Mills was worrisome the same week that they trade Stefan Gilmore away.

or let him go. So I don't know. I don't think I have any hesitation with the big Dallas pieces in this game. No, I don't either. I think that the Patriots are a pretty good defense, but Dallas is a just better team. They're just going to go in there, and I think they're going to beat them up. We've seen Dallas do it every which way. Week one, we know they can air it out. They can throw the ball for a cajillion yards.

But if they're winning the game, which they're favored, and I think they're the better team here, they have been running the ball since that first week. They've got the third highest rush rate slowing the pace down. It's not great for fantasy, but it's great for the Dallas Cowboys record and getting victories at the end of the game. So they're going to keep doing that. I'm not afraid of, I'm not afraid of Zeke, Cooper, or Lamb. All three of those guys are.

every single week starters no matter matchup. And we, I believe it was on this, the, the green room show where we were, we were getting questions because, you know, like, should I be concerned about this player? And people are saying, well, I'm confused. What's going on with, with C.D. Lamb? What's going on with the breakout of Amari Cooper? And to highlight this, because I, I don't think that he, he still is not.

Who are you talking about? I'm going to get there. He's not at the fantasy respect level that he should be. And the thing that's happened to C.D. Lamb is Dalton Schultz. The tight end, I mean, look, I wanted it to be Jarwin. It's not. It's Dalton Schultz. Over the last three weeks, Dalton Schultz is seeing 29% of the targets. And the pie has been smaller. So if you're wondering what's going on with your wide receivers, it's not that C.D. Lamb is bad. It's that Dak Prescott has a new best friend in Dalton Schultz who should be.

respected as a top-tide-end option for the foreseeable future. He's looked great. I've looked to pick him up. And now would you go trade, let me ask you this, would you trade Noah Faint away for Dalton Schultz in the short-term view? Yes. Short-term, absolutely. I think Schultz is quickly becoming that second tier of...

tight end where you need to start them. One bit of update for you. One bit of update. I've never said that sentence before. A little bit update. New bit update. A little bit update. Mixin, normal workload according to Zach Taylor. I hope he knows more than the beat reporters from last week, but that's great. Seems like a better source. It does seem like a pretty good source. Now remind me, Zach Taylor head coach? Yeah. Great.

Now, Mike, I wanted to ask you about the running game for New England because I think people are trying to find opportunity. No. Okay. Thank you. See, that's the right answer. That's what we needed to hear. But the defense, Dallas has actually been good against the run. And then you're sifting through the rubble here trying to find Brandon Bolden or Ramandre or Damien Harris Limited. No is a good answer. Yeah. For Harris is, Harris should be on your your bench. He should not be dropped or anything like that. He's a fine.