Playoff Primer + Week 10 Buy or Sell, Lockett In - Fantasy Football Podcast for 11/11

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You just went old school on us right there? Yes, sir. Anyways, wedding crashers? No, no. Oh, is it winning crashes? Yeah, it was winning crashes. You are right. I've been out referenced by our producer Brooks. Thank you. Anyways, pristineauction.com, check them out. News and notes from around the league. All right, we have a light news day today. Eagles announced Tuesday they had a staff member test positive for COVID-19, so they will be going into the lockdown.

We've seen this week after week after week, so we have no reason to expect anything but them playing, especially being a staff member. Baker Mayfield is back from the Reserve COVID-19 list. He was activated because he was a close contact. We will be keeping our eye on Big Ben Rothlisberger from the Pittsburgh Steelers because he is on the list right now.

from close contact as well. Yes, and his next test, his most recent test came back negative. So Big Ben should be ready to go this week, but he'll have less practice than Baker. Mayfield, it's nice to see Baker. I feel like Baker is not someone that if he misses the whole week of practice, I'd be confident. It's like, that's fair. Yeah, you need to be out there this week, Baker.

Dolphins have placed wide receiver Preston Williams on the injured reserve so he will miss at least three weeks. Hopefully the NFL keeps this three-week IR thing in place. Their IR rules have been so outdated and old-fashioned of this player has, they have to be gone forever. They can't come back. I'll give you two guys that can come back on the year. Football is a brutal sport. Like, make room.

for people to not count against the active roster and then come back. Yeah, I think every team in the league appreciates this current IR rule set. So I expect there will be long-term changes. Christian McCaffrey will not participate. He has that shoulder injury. He sustained on his incredible return on Sunday. What's your temperature on Christian McCaffrey, Jason? Because we don't really have...

a ton of news. Yeah, there's been timelines thrown out of two to four weeks. There's been speculation on, well, it really just depends on how much they want him. This is an injury you can play through. You can get a shot. It's a pain issue. But then you say, okay, well, do you really want to take your superstar high money contract running back in games? Look, the Panthers have pleasantly surprised me, left, right, and center.

But they're not a competing, you know, they're not challenging for a Super Bowl this year. They're building something special. So you probably want to build it the right way and get your superstar healthy. You saw that with the first injury. They waited until he was ready to go. And then you saw it when he was on the field. He was not hampered like we saw when, you know, last season, right? Sequin Barclay had the same injury. Came back much quicker, except he was not 100%. So I would imagine they are going to have him sit for,

Definitely this week, and I would guess one more week. It's a wild week in terms of players that we are monitoring. If you want something to look for, something to check for on the old newswire, there is a lot of very fantasy relevant players who might play. They may not play, you know, Miles Sanders, Nick Chubb, Joe Mixing.

Chris Carson. Those four. Yes. I expect those four back this week. That's how I'm viewing them. Rahim Mostert from the San Francisco 49ers is eligible to come off the IR this week. That remains to be seen. Mark Ingram, Kenyon Drake, lots of players to be monitoring, and we will give you that news. And David Johnson, those four, I expect to not be back this week. Okay. You expect DJ to include DJ has the concussion, David Montgomery.

Similar situation. So today is the day to monitor those two's practice report because usually if you don't get it, if you don't get back to practice on that Wednesday, historically, the concussion protocol, you won't make it back. It's not a guarantee, but odds are not in your favor if you don't practice today that you'll be there for Sunday. So that would be a, you know, a Duke Johnson special. Before we get into the fantasy playoff, Prime, I want to thank today's sponsor Theragon.

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from a goofy movie. Excellent work, BKet. All right. Let us get into the fantasy playoff primer. Now a reminder to everybody out there. You already know this, but just a quick reminder. Schedule is not everything. It is a part of the piece. And now was the time to start looking at that, making adjustments. Because there are certain players that the schedule really does matter. Let's start at the quarterback positions.

Kirk Cousins, Minnesota Vikings quarterback. He is a fine streaming player. He's surrounded by talent. However, his playoff matchups, weeks 14 through 16, Tampa Bay, I should say, at Tampa Bay, Chicago, at New Orleans. That is a situation where if you're rolling with Kirk Cousins, and I get it that maybe in your redraft league, you aren't rolling with Kirk Cousins, but maybe you're in Dynasty League.

And Kurt Cousins has been the player you've been rolling with. You might want to make an adjustment for Kurt Cousins. I feel like you're talking to yourself here in your Dynasty League, where you've often had to roll with Kirk Cousins. No, it's a good point. When you're talking about streamer quality guys, Kirk Cousins, Matthew Stafford is another one. He's a guy that you pick up from time to time and you play him. You're not going to rely on those guys. Stafford with Green Bay at Tennessee and Tampa Bay has a bad schedule. No, thank you.

So, you know, you take a look at them if you've been streaming them. The reality is for streamers, they're usually going to be off your roster anyways and you're going to be picking guys up. But just be aware when you're looking out there. If you're in that streaming category, the guy that I would look at for, you know, maybe an early pickup before these weeks hit is Jared Goff. Jared Goff does not have a great week 14 matchup against New England. I think he could be fine.

usually thrives in good matchups, but is not reliable week in a week out. But 15 and 16, you're talking the Jets and then Championship Week at Seattle. That is juicy. And apparently my new favorite player in the NFL, the herbivore, Justin. Oh, I like it. Let's talk about these shoes.

These shoes ain't dropping. These shoes ain't dropping, Mike. These shoes are made for walking, my friend. And that's just what they'll do. Oh, yeah. Justin Herbert from the Los Angeles Chargers, the rookie sensation, who he's not on your waiver wire. But maybe he is a quarterback. You can scoop up for cheaper in the trade market. I don't know if it's possible or not. Maybe the person who scooped him up doesn't value him as much. But here's the situation for Justin Herbert.

Atlanta Falcons, Las Vegas Raiders, and then Denver in championship week. Denver, you know, is kind of a hit or miss situation, but Atlanta, Las Vegas, that is a delightful situation for Justin Herbert to get you off on the right foot.

for your fantasy playoffs. Yeah, it's awesome. He is someone that, you know, while he's been on fire, there's always skepticism. There's doubt because he's a rookie. I've talked about, Andy's talked about. The shoe's going to drop at some point because he's not going to stay on fire. When that does, let's say this happens. This week, Miami, they're a very good defense. Let's say they bottle him up a little bit. He has a mediocre to bad game. If that happens, that gives you your window to try to trade.

for Justin Herbert, even if you're not playing them until the playoffs, that, that schedule is awesome. You know, if this was Baker Mayfield with that schedule, I would be like, you should target Baker Mayfield. It's the, it's the number one schedule through the fantasy playoffs, but it's not Baker. It's a guy who's been on fire. I think Justin Herbert is, you know, I was thinking about this. We play in a lot of best ball leagues, and I've looked at my best ball lineups, and he's.

probably the number one, you know, rostered player on the best team in the league. Often, he didn't even go drafted, but when he did, whatever team accidentally lucked into Justin Herbert this year in their umpteenth round has just been dominating. We do have a little news update. I'm not going to hit the breaking news, but Christian McCaffrey, this is from Adam Schaefter. Oh, be good news. Be good news.

He's not expected to play on Sunday. And now he is considered week to week. From day to day to week, not the type of news you want to hear. Now, these two big boys at the quarterback position are possible trade targets. In fact, in our league of record, Jason, you traded for one and I traded for one. We both have called our shots, preparing for the playoffs, hoping we get there. We'll start with Tampa Bay, Tom Brady. He gets Minnesota.