Starts of the Week + Week 7 Breakdown, Rumor Fight! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/21

in association with the injury and then you plan for other players. He didn't practice Wednesday. Brooks, if you hear anything on Gibson by the end of the show, I give you permission to buzz in. Likewise, Terry McLaurin, who obviously didn't look the same last week. There was questions whether he'd play. He did, but poorly, and now he didn't practice Wednesday. We will be monitoring today's practice report for the Washington football team because I'll tell you what. If you don't have Gibson and you don't have McLaren,

Bail out, man. But what if you have a very injured Ricky Seals-Jones as well? Because he didn't practice due to a quad injury. Wait, was that an injured seal? Yes, that was an injured. It was very, very sad. You could tell that that seal had a slight issue with his quadricep muscle. That's 100% what the muscle was. Which obviously seals have. Oh, yeah. They've got quads down the left and right. Dorsal. Yeah.

Is there a sneaky play if some of these guys sit? It's J.D. McKissick. Yeah, J.D. McKissick is, I think J.D. McKissick is a solid play no matter what. If Gibson plays, okay. And McKissick will likely see an uptick and usage. It's hard to see a world where the Greenwood Packers are not leading for most of this game. They're, you know, over a touchdown favorite. So McKissick will have to play his role of being the past catching running back and help catch up.

All right, Al, you can hit the button. That was way too fast. He was ready. And despite him not practicing on Wednesday, I'm hoping that's just a day of rest for Ricky Seals Jones, but he's still a...

Very strong, tight-in streaming type of an option. Yeah, I would agree. That's the end of the list for the Washington football team. I'm not getting cute with the other wide receivers. You know, we try to do that with a very cheap DFS option when D'Andre Carter, but Diommy Brown was back. I'm just avoiding anybody else from the Washington football team outside of those two players. The real question...

where my eyes will be watching on this game is going to be AJ Dylan. His involvement, you know, we talked about kind of some of the reasons why his involvement seemed to be possibly inflated, big leads, getting a lot of work in the fourth quarter, but it's three games in a row where he's had enough opportunity where you could have started him the last three weeks and not been destroyed. Last week 11 carries didn't turn into much, but two solid fantasy weeks the week.

weeks before. I'm not, I mean, that's like a desperation by apocalypse. Okay, I've got to start him. So you could throw them in there. And this seems like a matchup where it could work out. You could be up by a ton and get more fourth quarter run. But what I'm really curious about is first quarter. What is the split here looking like from the get-go? Are they just getting him more and more involved? I'll be watching for that. And he's, I think, the only other questionable.

Start. Maybe are we still dabbling with Robert Tunyon? No. No, not until he proves it over multiple. He needs to go boom chakalaka. He needs to have some good weeks. I'm with you. The Dylan analysis was spot on. He is a top five runner, according to Pro Football Focus is running grades, which by the way, Joe Mixin is the highest graded of the main running backs right now.

But Dylan, double-digit opportunities. You've got to bring that up. Adams is in. Rogers, of course. Crazy thing about Adams and you need to spend a lot of time about him. Was it? It's Al? Who knows? Who knows? Could have been. I heard quasi. All right. Well, that's, you know, cool. He is underperforming. And you might say, well, Mike, he's the wide receiver's four. Yeah. And he's underperforming. He has.

Two touchdowns to go with his nearly 700 receiving yards. Devante Adams, like against Washington? Yeah. Oh, my goodness. This is, him and Rogers should be quite the pair this week. The Kansas City Chiefs at 3 and 3 play the Tennessee Titans who are 4 and 2. The Draft King Sportsbook line Chiefs minus 5 and a half. The over under is a spectacular, wonderful, amazing, incredible. What?

58 points. When I heard about this matchup, I was guessing it'd be around 60. It's almost there. Implied point totals 31.8 for the Chiefs, 26.3 for the Titans. Titans with the huge, huge win against Buffalo on Monday night, so short week. But I mean, these are two defenses that are not good statistically.

The Chiefs, we know their struggles. They're giving up a ton of points to fantasy quarterbacks and fantasy tight ends and every position, really. And then the Titans doing the same thing. They're dead last against wide receivers. So Tyreek Hill, yes. Nicole Hardman. Sure. McCall Hardman feels like a stronger play this week for multiple reasons. One, he's been more involved. Two, Tyreek has left the field due to injury. He's missed some practices. Didn't play on Wednesday with the quad, probably just being managed. But.

You know, the DB matchups right now, what was it, Jack Rabbit? Yep. When did that happen? When did he become awful? No, no, no. When did he become Jack Rabbit? Is that something you do on purpose, or is it something that happens to you? I feel like he's been Jack Rabbit for a long time. I don't remember hearing announcers referred to him as this, though. Like, it could have been his nickname for a long time, but it just is, I don't know. It caught me off guard. Brooks is saying, who is that?

Janoris Jenkins. Oh, cool. Thank you. Cornerback for Tennessee. I used the cornerback loosely. That's what I mean. That's what I mean, Brooks. I say the name Janoris Jenkins. Do you know who I'm talking about? Yeah, I don't know. Maybe it's like the hitman thing. Maybe. Or maybe. I think there's a guy who had to rebrand at the end of the career. Teams aren't trying to sign Janoris Jenkins anymore. Are you happy to start Darrell Williams? Yes.

Yeah, I think he's a good play. Is a great play. Are you willing to start any other option on Kansas City? Not at. McKinnon. No. No. No, I mean, Gordon had no targets last week. So he's, what did they say, easing him in. Yeah, zero. Zero's a nice ease in. Ryan Tanoho, Mike's start of the week. Yep. I still believe in the process, despite them.

Taking down Taylor Heineke. Ryan Taniel is a much better quarterback. Probably not going to have Julio. So it'll be A.J. Brown and Derek Henry. And so it's a Tennessee offense that we know and love. It's not like Hulu was there last year. Correct. So, I mean, unless you think Corey Davis is going to ruin this offense, I think they'll be fine. Yeah. I mean, obviously the draft king's line says that.

They expect them to be fine offensively speaking as well. It's really not fair that the Titans had to play the Bills and then the Chiefs. That's true. Yeah. And they're at home and they can win it. I mean, they can. Derek Henry is the number one scoring player in fantasy over every quarterback. Do you know that? He did not. He has more rushing touchdowns than the Packers, Vikings, Steelers, Panthers, and Saints combined. No, he does not. Say that again out loud. They're running backs, yeah. Say it again out loud. More rushing.

touchdowns, he has 10, then the Packers, Vikings, Steelers, Panthers, Saints, running backs combined. But that includes Alvin Camara, Dalvin Cook, and Aaron Jones. And Najee Harris. And Christian McCaffrey. Oh, geez, oh. That's ridiculous. You basically say before the season, hey, you get Aaron Jones, Dalvin Cook, Najee Harris, CMC, and Alvin Camara, and I get the Yeti, and we see who wins in touchdowns. And the Yeti wins.

Incredible. Now, it's not going to stop this week. No. Shouldn't that like, no, Derek Henry's always been the outlier, right? Like, he's always, I don't want a guy that doesn't catch passes other than Derek Henry. Like, he's always been the outlier. But we were talking about this with Cooper Cup making the jokes. I mean, is, is he going to score 30 touchdown? He's on pace for 28.3 touchdowns. He might. And the, and the thing is, is he does not submit to.

statistical analysis. No, he does not. He says. Pass. Yes, that's all he says. All right. Any other players from this game you want to talk about? Is Furksler a desperation play? Desperation, more like a DFS desperation, but I mean, the Chiefs are at least their 28th against fantasy tight ends. And if Julio Jones is out, maybe Ferkser comes down with a touchdown. My first lineup I made again for tomorrow's show did have Furkser in there, only 3,100. But I have since pivoted.

The Atlanta Falcons at 2 and 3 take on the Miami Dolphins at 1 and 5. The Drafking Sportsbook line, Falcons minus 2.5 on the road. That's, you know, tells you everything you need to know about where the dolphins are at right now. The over under is 47 points. The Dolphins defense has been horrendous. You know, we talk about Washington regressing. The dolphins are awful. I mean, 29th against running backs and 30th against wide receivers.

Those are the two biggest fantasy positions of relevance. And here you have Calvin Ridley with a bounce back opportunity, or I guess not bounce back, but a, you know, he missed the game and he has a chance to finally meet expectation. I was going to say bounce back to last year because he's been super disappointing. But I don't know the current status of Byron Jones and Xavier and Howard. They were out last week. I think there'll be a down at least one of them. But anytime that you're.

your two main cornerbacks are injured, that's good news for the other team's passing game. Oh, well, hello. I've got some breaking news for you. Oh. Ricky Seals Jones returned to practice. Okay, good. Antonio Gibson returned to practice. Okay. Wow. All right. All right. You don't know how happy I am at the thought of not having to play. Mark Ingram at my running back position this week. So that means we should know Terry McClure? Terry's at practice as well.

Oh, everybody's feeling good in Washington. That's fun. But they're not feeling good in New York because Barkley and Gulladay and Tony didn't practice. Back to this matchup. Miles Gaskin, Landmine, keep them on your bench. Yes. Jalen Waddle, you're chasing the 10 for 70 and 2? You can probably throw them out there, right? Yeah, I think so, especially if I know this name will sound a little silly, but if Preston Williams also does not play.

It really makes a difference. Last week, no Preston Williams, no Devante Parker, no Wolf. Like, it was Jalen Waddle. Like, end of list. So if it's the same this week, I would chase those targets. Mike is sick. He's been great. He's basically a wide out. He's basically a wide out for them. He's only lined up as an inline tight end. 16 total times. Wow. They have been down a lot of wide receivers. That's a wide receiver. And he's the tight end eight on the year. And the Falcons defense is not scary. So stay in the...

Oh, yes. In the flame. Who has a better game? Mike Gisciki or Kyle Pitts in this matchup. Yeah, I mean, it's going to be pretty close, I think. Pitts has been, you know, he had the big game before the buy. Gisiki's been in the flames. Do you go with the favorite in it? I don't know. It's going to be close. Who do you think? I'll take Pitts. I'll take Giski. Oh, now I have to decide. Yep. Well, this is just Jason always bets against Pitts.

Yeah, that's never going to change, is it? No, that's definitely going to change. For sure, going to change. I love Cow Pits, but he's still a rookie, and that's a reality. I guess I'll piggyback the big game and lean the pit side, but both are going to have solid weeks. Ridley's great. Start of the week for Jason. Cordero, set him up. He is going to be fine. He is a wide receiver and a running back, and he gets opportunities in both areas, seven to ten carries, seven to ten targets.

Mike Davis, though. What do you do with Mike Davis this week? You're in a bypocalypse. You probably just have to put him out there. Yes, you do. And then Matt Ryan's my start of the week. So start him. Five straight losses for the dolphins. They're averaging 16.5 points per game. And Deshaun Watson could be on the way. Yeah. I think when you lose the – what could have heated up the trade rumors is –

When you lose to the Jaguars. Two play great, but you still lost to the Jaguars. And management, I think, is unhappy about that. Yes, not content. Especially when you go, you almost feel the pressure of, you remember when the 76ers trusted the process? Mm-hmm. I feel like there's a trust the process to happen in Miami. And when you invest time and money and draft capital,

in head coach, and then you don't get the return this year. There's a desperation that might cause you to trade for a guy with 22 accusations against him at the quarterback position. But we'll move on here. The Jets take... Hold on. So Mike Davis, would you play Mike Davis or would you play Melvin Gordon tonight? Melvin Gordon is, I mean, a little bit banged up. I will take the juicy 29th ranked...