Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Starts of the Week, Week 7 Matchups, News

I think we can expect some points to be put up on the board here with, you know, defenses that are ranking in the bottom third of the league. And, you know, I love, and this is an allusion to later, hint, hint, love Kirk Cousins this week. Yeah, I really don't. And I wouldn't hesitate to start Matthew Stafford either because this is just at home. Stafford coming off a four touchdown game, right? Yep. He's coming off four touchdowns against the L.A. Rams. You're going to have plenty of.

Points put on the clock. I mean, look, the, the, the, get them up there on the clock. One of the things that the quarter, that quarter, that quarterbacks love this season in the NFL is playing the Lions. That's a really fun thing to do. And so if Kirk Cousins is putting up points, then you, you, then it's just going to end up going back and forth. I tweeted out, like, I, I really want players in this game because I.

I can't see this game script, and of course now it will happen, but I can't see this game script where the defenses of both teams rise up. Neither offense can get it going. It's kind of a field goal type of game. They're in a dome. The weather's not an issue. The field's not an issue. The health of the players involved are not an issue other than Jordan Reed being out. Yeah, light them up. I mean, you're going to have back and forth action here. Now, I got a question for you guys. I had to, uh,

I had to get the antacids. I had to get the peptide. All of them. Tums, roll-aids, everything. Sounds like you're over-medicated. But go ahead. I have Matt Jones as a running back one this week. Well, you should. It's about time. Hey, you said you owed him a... Didn't you owe him an apology if he performed last week? I did. Dang it. This is painful. I cannot wait. Matt Jones.

So things were said about you in the preseason. You can quote them. I don't want to drudge up the past. We're all about the future. On this show, we are a forward positive thinking show. Matt Jones, I'll say this. You're good for fantasy football. 4.9 of carry, Mike. Are you serious? Yeah, I'm serious, Mike.

You're going to have to extend that apology beyond fantasy. He can't do it. I love to look on his face when I told him, too. He goes, what? Matt Jones. I'm sorry. There it is. All right. I'm sorry. I have him playing great. Standard leagues at my seventh ranked running back in half point, top 10 at 10. All right. We have hurt tight ends in this game. Reed and Ebron. Do you expect either guy to play? Is Ebron already declared out?

No, he is not declared out. He's missing practice. Jordan Reed will be, he is apparently seeing a specialist tomorrow, so we shall see. The nice thing is that Vernon Davis has filled in admirably. And Kirk Cousins, that's where it's a huge thing. Kirk Cousins numbers, when Jordan Reed is out, bad, really, really bad. Because he needs that big tight-end target. Vernon Davis has saved him so Kirk Couss can continue to be.

a strong quarterback play. This game we have to linger on because there's just so many different decisions to be made here. The wide receiver position, Marvin Jones, you know, you couldn't sustain the otherworldly numbers that the season started with. But last week, you know, Jones owners didn't get, I think he got in the end zone, right? But it was like two catches. Two catches. And then Golden Tate had a monster game. Yes. And everybody rushed to the waiver wire on Tate. What is your kind of, you know, give me your perspective on the wide receiver core there.

It's still Jones, but do you think he's won the rest of the season? Marvin Jones? Yeah. I think you can still consider him up there. I mean, Matt Stafford's playing great, and Marvin Jones is a huge beneficiary of it. He's not like a top five guy where those first couple weeks you thought, oh, maybe I. Maybe he is. Maybe I stole one here.

He's returning to the norm, but he's still a great play every single week, especially this week. I think Golden Tate having his mojo and his confidence restored, playing at home. I can't imagine that Josh Norman is going to be the guy really kind of going, oh, I got to get Golden Tate. He's really been lighting teams up this year. So.

Golden Tate could be a decent start this week. Marvin Jones is fine. The only thing I would say is from the Lions perspective, Dwayne Washington appears back. Zach Zinner ran well last week. Four set is supposed to get more work involved. Yes, stay away from all of them. And they'll probably have to pass the ball a ton. Assuming that Theo Riddick misses, which. Right. True. It's not looking good right now. If Riddick plays, he's a great start. Hey, before we move to the Raiders and the Jaguaths.

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Would you like to hear my declaration? I would, and the Foot Clan would. I'm playing Marcus Marieto. Marriottu. Yeah, Marriottu. Because Derek Carr has been really good this year, I think he's the sixth ranked fantasy quarterback by our scoring system. That being said, they're traveling to Jacksonville. And while Jacksonville appears, if you look at the whole season, appears to not be great against fantasy quarterbacks. I asked these guys before the show, how many touchdowns have they given up to quarterbacks in the last three weeks? And the answer is two.

Two total touchdowns in three weeks for the Jacksonville defense. Jalen Ramsey's making his presence felt on that defense. It doesn't mean I don't think Carr can have a good game. This is not a sit car. I prefer Marioita at home against Indianapolis. That's just the plain and simple fact about it. So that's my perspective on Carr. What do you do with Bortles in Robinson and that offense? Jacksonville hasn't had it together yet this year, but they've won a couple games in a row.

right chance to win another one at home winnable game against the raiders what do you make of your decisions on the jacksonville offense side of the i love the football i love the jacksville passing attack this week uh i should actually just say the jacksville offense because to say i love the passing attack infers that they have a running i would i just did a double take because i thought for a second you were saying that you also liked the chris ivory and yelbin this week

And I was very surprised. I actually don't have a problem with Chris Ivory this week. As gross as that sounds. But Mike. Yeah. Yes, voice of public opinion. T.J. Yeldon, they said that he's taking over the workhorse role. Yeah. Over the weekend, he had a stranglehold as the three down back. How'd that work out? Getting out touched about two to one by Chris Ivory. I would. No. No. You could. Yes, I would. Really? Put it on the board.

Waterbet. The Yeldon Truthers can ride or die with T.J. Yeldon. Here's the deal. I want to come back to this one next week. I think you meant to say and. The T.J. Yeldon Truthers can ride and die. Ride then. Ride then. Ride then die. Look, the Raiders.

The Raiders defense. Hey, this is, all I have to do is beat Ivory here, guys. I'm not making a high claim on Yeldon anymore. Stay away. Hey, everybody out there. Don't play Chris Ivory, don't play TJ Yelden. Look, if the Jaguar is at home against the 30th ranked run defense, you can't do anything in the running game. I should just replace the roster spots. I mean, at this point, you've got to go Time Montgomery style. Exactly. But look, the Raiders defense, they're allowing 20 or more yards.

On 28 of 143 receptions, look, almost 20% of receptions are going for 20 more yards against the Raiders. They're getting gouged by big plays. And Blake Bortles and Alan Robinson and Alan Hearns, that's what they do. That is their especial. So we're going to talk more about Robinson in a bit, aren't we? Yeah, so I love both of those guys. Other side of the ball. Cooper coming on with a fury right now. Only one touchdown on the year, about four fake touchdowns.

Big yardage numbers in the last couple of weeks. Big reception numbers. Is Cooper taking over from Crabtree? The rest of the season, you'd rather own Cooper or Crabtree? I'd probably rather own Cooper, just because I think they're going to be near the same. They're going to be near the same, I think. From this week on, they'll be very close to each other in fancy points. But if I was ever going to need to make a trade, Cooper.

Cooper has so much more value. I mean, the name and the upside, the age and the speed, and people just love Amari Cooper. Glisten in his eye. Yeah. So hand. His ability to step on the out of bounds line with one toe every time he catches a touchdown pass. Just barely. Just barely.

Just barely. Anything else about this game we want to get into? I guess the running backs. We're still waiting to hear if Latavius Murray is going to start. I anticipate he will play. Yeah, he's back to practice. I projected him for about 11, 12 carries. I projected Washington and Richard to be in that five carry range each. And I think that's how you'll see the distribution as of today. But we'll talk more about that tomorrow. Sure. A couple more matchups than we're getting into our starts of the week. Guys, let's talk about the Saints and the Chiefs.