Fantasy Football 2017 - Pump the Brakes, Season Defining Stats, #FootClan Questions

Never been there with Tyrod. Peterman himself is not a fantasy option to me. No. Outside of a two-quarterback stream bi-week situation. However, maybe he represents upside for guys like, you know, Zay Jones if he returns. Kevin Benjamin. Jordan Matthews. Charles Clay. I mean, it just comes down to moving the ball. We said this. If they can't move the ball, they didn't move the ball last week. Right. And I agree. The bill's offense has been bad for the past couple of weeks.

But Tyrod Taylor was not allowing the Saints to run the ball 24 straight times. Right. Yeah. So like I said, they've been rough. I just think that Tyrod's getting a little bit of the raw edge. Too much of the blame? Yeah. What does this do for LaShawn McCoy? Does it hurt or help LaShawn McCoy? I think it hurts LaShawn McCoy. We have enough statistical analysis to show that running quarterbacks usually open up lanes for the running back. And Taylor,

Tyrod hyper targets. Right. Shady McCoy. Yeah. So you've got probably, you know, a lessening of his targets, more stacking of the box. I also worry that this could end up hurting Charles Clay. Now, sometimes younger quarterbacks, rookie quarterbacks that come in, they rely on that tight end. So I'm not saying it will hurt Charles Clay. But what we have seen.

from Tyrod Taylor over years is his absolute reliance on that tight end. Charles Clay goes down, Nick O'Leary steps up and is utilized heavily in that game. And I don't think that that is the Buffalo Bill's scheme necessarily. I actually think Calvin Benjamin hurts Charles Clay. Yeah, I mean, maybe both. You certainly could. I mean, it doesn't have to be one or the other. But Charles Clay, who.

before he got injured looked like you know you got to start him every week because he's just too involved in this slew of tight ends i'm not confident in starting charles clay certainly not this week while you have kelvin benjamin coming in and you have a new quarterback and now there's other weapons there so charles clay takes a bump down that's yeah that's the argument for me i mean jordan matthews he was banged up towards the beginning of the year you know that was another equation for charles clay's involvement now you've got

More weapons, like you said. All right, let's move on. Let's talk about Rob Kelly placed on IR. So, Samajap, Ryan, we talked about him yesterday. He was part of the waiver show. This is an update. We didn't know that Rob Kelly would be on IR. He's now done for the year. Yeah, it's a big upgrade to the potential. Sure, longer term. It's his job.

Unless he fumbles it away. You're going to see the future of Somaget P. Ryan in these next few weeks because he now has the opportunity to be the guy. And he will be given that opportunity out of necessity. If he proves himself, then you've got a guy in a keeper league and a dynasty league that will probably go into next year being a great back. And if he fails, they will probably, I mean, there's going to be enough season left here to where I don't think you can have hope in P. Ryan next year if he does not succeed with this opportunity.

Greg Olson is supposed to suit up for the Panthers in week 12 against the Jets. So great opportunity for him to get back on the field. And with Curtis Samuel now being placed on IR with an ankle injury, I think this helps Greg Olson. We saw drops out of Russell Shepard last week. Oh, man. And not little drops, like big boy drops.

But he's another player that you can look at as a stream because it's not going to be Devin S. Funches. Oh. Devin S. Funcish. Scrumptious. I'm losing track of this player. Pronounced with an umptious. Devin Funchis cannot. I got Jason on that one. He cannot sustain an entire offense. Being the number one, the talent level does not sustain this offense. And if you looked at the good game he had last week,

A giant chunk of that was a late game kind of out-of-reach touchdown. So Brooks, make a note next week. I want to make sure that we have Russell Shepard on our waiver show next week, and we don't forget about him because he is easy to forget about. He's on by, so you don't need to pick him up right now. But I think next week, Russell Shepard, we don't know how involved he'll be, but he'll certainly be worthy of streaming. The interest for me is, can Christian McCaffrey keep up those targets?

Once Greg Olson is back. I think he will. I do. I think he will. This is just something I'm interested in. I'm not planting a flag saying it will go away. Every time that Cam Newton takes the snap, I feel like there's a magnet that just the ball wants to go to Christian McCaffrey right now, even though he's been not everything I would have hoped. You know, he came in with the Reggie Bush hype. Half point PPR, Christian McCaffrey is currently the running back 13. Yeah.

appears to be closing in as a running back one. CJ Procise, injured reserve. He's done. Philip Rivers looking good for him to play this week, progressing through the concussion protocol. Do you move JD McKissick up for Seattle? Absolutely. As the locked and loaded pass catching running back. Yeah, and there's not Rawls and it's not late. Yeah, there's no upside for Seattle to kind of experiment elsewhere. I mean, McKissick represents hopefully a future value for them. The only time that Procex can come back is in the playoffs now.

based on this IR designation. So, yeah, I'd move them up. The Saints, welcome back, Jonathan Williams. Hey! He's been signed off the Broncos practice squad. So just interesting to... I'm so sad. You're so sad about Jonathan Williams? Are you sad for the Broncos, the depth of their practice squad? Yeah, that's it. That's a big hit. That definitely wasn't an accident. All right. I want to talk some season-defining stats, but I'll let you guys...

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One of my favorite players in the NFL from a pure skill standpoint is Jarvis Landry. I think he is incredible. This year he's already reached his season high in touchdowns. His career high. Five touchdowns this season so far leads the league in receptions.

with 61, third in the league in targets with 97. And so I want to know, what do you guys think? Can he finish as a wide receiver one for the first time in his career in a half-p-R league? No. Okay. I'm going to say no. He is obviously currently in a half-point PPR. He is a wide receiver one. He's the 12th best wide receiver. And I love Jarvis Landrie. I agree with everything you said. I think he's an exceptional wide receiver.

He has more touchdowns than I think you would expect. I don't think the pace that he's been scoring touchdowns will continue when you look at two factors. One is what you mentioned. Basically, Jarvis Langer's career, he's never been that. But the second is the Dolphins offense. The Dolphins offense is not this high-powered machine that I expect to be putting up a lot of points to help, you know, keep this pace. It's more of an awful lens. Oh, yeah. Right, Brooke? I'm going to need a ruling from the judge on that one.

Brooks. Don't they have a terrible awfulance? No. How about the Miami. The Miami Dolpholns. Nope. Not the Dolpholins. Okay. I had this incredible joke. Yeah. About the Saints being the sun just shining on shady. And you're over here. No. Disparaging me for that comment and throwing out things like the doffleons.

All right. This is erroneous on all accounts. You've already got your verdict. Move on. The point here. Never. Jarvis Landry's never been a down-the-field type of receiver. No, actually, I saw he's 3.5 yards is where he catches the ball on average. And that's what I was going to say. That's low even for Jarvis Landry. He's normally at the five. So you can't expect a guy getting three and a half yards per target.

in the air to get touchdowns at this pace. So no, I don't think he finishes as a wide receiver one. Do you agree with that, Mike? I agree that it's. But shouldn't he? I mean, wouldn't that just be nice? It would be very nice. I like Jarvis Landry a lot, but with the kind of the breakout of, no, it's not like a smashing out, but Devante Parker is emerging as a very usable weapon for that offense. Jay Cutler's also using old man Julius Thomas. So I don't think he will.

finish there as a one. I was looking at the contract situation because Jarvis Landis is a free agent next year. So it's going to be very interesting to see what he wants to do. Yeah. And I mean, it's going to make a huge difference where he lands and what the other weapons around him are, the type of offense that he's on. I tend to believe that they'll keep him there. But we'll see what happens if they can afford to do that. They're going to have to pay him. Here's another.

You know, we know there are sentences that we're saying right now at week 11 that we never imagined we'd say in the beginning of the year. I think yesterday in the office, we brought up the fact that one of the big games this week is golf versus Keenum, right? This is not an expectation we had before the year. Now, says you. Now, my 10 and 0, 10 wins, zero losses, dynasty team, zero.

losses. That team has the number one and number two quarterbacks on the roster. And that's Carson. You have Aaron Rogers and Tom Brady, right? Yes. Andrew Luck and Cam Newton. No. Carson wins and Alex Smith. And when you look at the amount of touchdowns per attempt this year, Carson wins leads the way. 23 touchdowns on just 291 pass attempts. That's one per 12.7.

He is tied for the 15th most attempts in the league. Right. But he has the most passing touchdowns. There you go. Alex Smith, Jared Goff, Russell, Wilson, Tom Brady. Those don't generally correlate. No. So let us be a discerning voice for fantasy owners because I don't want to be reactionary about coming back to the norm, but we have to be

reasonable about Carson Wins and his expectation. I think his skill level, his ability to run the ball, get outside the pocket, make things happen. Deep ball has been amazing this year. They all afford a lot of upside to him long term. But those numbers are pretty crazy. So do we expect Carson Wince to end up? Well, let me ask you this. How many of these players do you expect to end up in the top?