Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Starts of the Week, Matchups, Debate, News

I would be confident to do so. Mike, who's your start of the week? I'm going to even deeper. This is a, this is probably your boldest pick. And I'm going with, assuming you're in a half point or full point PPR, I'm going with Charles Sims. Atlanta's defense, they gave up the most catches to running backs in the league for a defense last year. We've seen that Charles Sims is.

heavily involved in that work type for for Tampa Bay. And so if you are struggling for a flex play and you're not liking your options, I think that Charles Sims can be a very sneaky play this week. All right. Well, who's your wide receiver start of the week? I'm piggybacking with Kirk Cousins. You got to, you're beaming me up with Deshawn Jackson, who has looked just fantastic through the preseason. He looked, look, look, he is a physical specimen of greatness for what he is.

which is very fast and very athletic. I think Kirk Cousins is going to target him a ton. I expect that this is one of those games where he could easily go vintage J. Jackson and get you a 60-yard bomb, so he's my start. I think he could have two. What's ironic is in my- That sounds like a double start. In our league of record, I am starting on my roster, my start of the week at wide receiver over.

Your start of the week into Sean Jackson, who I also like. You're a crazy person. I might be crazy, but my start of the week is crazy like a fox. Crazy like a fox. Michael Crabtree. Again, I am pairing him with my number three quarterback in Derek Carr. I expect this to be a game just like Vegas says it's the highest projected total point output. And the thing is with Crabtree is I think his floor is extremely safe. He's a little bit less volatile.

than Deshaun Jackson, he doesn't need that bomb. But his ceiling is very high. I think he's got very high probability of catching, you know, seven passes and a good chance at a touchdown. He's the type of guy that you might have drafted to not start. I'm saying this is a good matchup, and he is going to have a fine fantasy week this week. I do agree his ceiling is not what Deshaun Jackson's is.

Start of the week at the wide receiver position is one of my biggest surprises on my rankings this week, and it's Vincent Jackson. I love Vincent Jackson this week. If I could turn back time. Hey, you know who turned back time? Last year for 10 catches 147 yards in a touchdown against the Carolina Panthers. Who was that? That was Vincent Jackson. Boo-ya. Vincent Jackson last year. Look, he was marred by injury during the majority of the season beyond that point, but he is not done.

If you saw the preseason games, if you saw his performances out there, this is a team that's going to open it up more. Vincent Jackson is more than capable, more than physically capable of taking a big role in this offense. It's not going to be the Mike Evans show all year long. I love, love Vincent Jackson this week. I dig it, man. Against Atlanta. So at tight end, I'm going to give you tried and true here. Jason Whitten. I think he's going to be a resource for Dak Prescott in his first game against the Giants to start the season. I'm not projecting.

Anything more than what Jason Witten is, which is just consistent. Chants for a touchdown. You saw him catch just a great touchdown in the preseason from Prescott. I'll take Jason Witten this week as my start of the week at the tight-in position if you're struggling or if you have a guy that you're not confident in. I'm going to roll again with one of those high Vegas scoring games for my start of the week with Dwayne Allen. Dwayne Allen, here's a stat for you in his entire career. The first game he plays? Oh dear. He has never.

not scored a touchdown double that's right you have in the first game he plays each season yeah every season of his career i thought you meant like in the first game he plays in his career he's never not scored a touchdown as in every season opener for him he scores a touchdown that's kind of crazy guarantee right so everyone should have drafted him and traded him yeah exactly so but i i am starting dwayne allen in a couple of our leagues all right i believe it all right now i'm digging a little bit deeper if you are struggling at the tight end position

I'm throwing it up in the air. I'm pulling on the outlaw. Jesse James, I like him to go six shooter against Washington. Oh, my God. Just go six shooter. Look, Jesse, if when you're, he's your Huckleberry? Absolutely. When you are, when you're grabbing a tight end and you're saying, I'm going to start this guy. It's because you're hoping for a touchdown. I think this is a great situation for Jesse James. Lederis Green, as we know, will not.

be playing on Sunday. And for a guy that's probably available on your waiver wire, I think there is a great chance for a touchdown for Jesse James. I like Jesse James. I think it's a good decision this week. I think he's Heath Miller with legs, as I said last week. He can move a little bit. He's athletic.

Big Ben knows how to use the other pieces in that offense, and he's lost Martavis Brian. He's lost Lev Bell for this week. Jesse James is a great pick. So those are our starts of the week. Hopefully you're getting ready for your season one match up tonight and beyond. And we're excited to hear how your week goes. Excited to get some data into the system.

so to speak, so we can kind of figure out what's going on here. I can't wait to overreact, everybody. Yeah, that will be very fun next week. But we'll be back tomorrow. We'll review the rest of the games. Ooh, we can overreact tomorrow. Yes. At least to one game. Cam Newton. What else do we have going on tomorrow? Terrible. Tomorrow we're bringing now more matchups. Oh, and we're going to talk, uh, wait. Well, I don't even know what's going on tomorrow. We've got more matches. I'm out of it. We've got Chris Meaney, right? For the, uh, our daily dose.

Daily dose. Tendatively scheduled. Tend will be scheduled for our DFS segment. We also, next week, just if you're wondering, our streaming quarterback options begin next week so you can kind of, because we'll have one week of starts and guys that are on the waiver wire. Most likely you're playing the guy you drafted unless you're like me and you drafted Phillip Rivers and you're pivoting. Yeah, well, we'll talk more tomorrow. Thanks for joining us on the Fantasy Footballers podcast today. Check out.

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