Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Week 3 Matchups, Daily Dose, #FootClan Friday

Well, you know the drill. Let's start at the quarterback position. What are you doing this week at quarterback? Are you paying up? Are you going cheap skate? You got some good plays. What's your strategy this week? I have no problem with people wanting to pay up for Cam and Gerr Brees. Like, I get it. Drew Brees is back at home now. As long as you're playing in a contest with the Monday night game. I think he should because, of course, on Fandul, you can just do early Sundays, early and late. But you can find contests with that Monday night game.

There's going to be some points scored in that Atlanta, New Orleans game. So I have no problem with people who want to pay up for Drew Brees. And the flip side of that, that Ryan's a little bit cheaper. You save yourself 500 bucks. We're talking about the number one quarterback in fantasy right now. He's got the most fantasy points. He's got a dream matchup against the Saints. So I like that a lot. Big Ben in Philadelphia, Battle of Pennsylvania. This is really the Eagles first test. I would say defensively, Ben Rothesburg is a nice play at $8,400. Carson Palmer is not getting any love, in my opinion, in terms of pricing on Bandwold.

and other sites that you look at him. He's $8,200 against Buffalo. I saw what the Jets were able to do against that Bill's secondary. I know that Bill's secondary is better than what we saw on Thursday. I think it is. But Carson Palmer just has so many weapons. Everyone counted him out last week. He wasn't talked about. He threw three touches against Tampa Bay. So he's got five already on the year. So I'm definitely into that. You can save some money on Phillip Rivers against Colts, $8,000. Even when he got up in that game, and they were up big against Jackville, he still aired out the ball a lot.

24 passes. So I have no problem with that. And then I guess Joe Flacco, too, at $7,600 against Jacksonville. So far, they're allowing the fifth most fantasy points of quarterbacks. And Flacco has over 550 yards in two games. pair him up with his buddy, Mike Wallace. Yeah, me and Joe Flacco are BFFs here on, I'm living the stream big time with him for this week. And I think the next couple weeks as well. So running back position, what are you looking at doing this week?

I think you should pay up. I mean, DeAngelo Williams, he's just awesome. This guy's wicked. You know, there's nothing else to say about that. He's got a good match against the Eagles. I'd pay up for him $8,800 for sure. It's going to strap you a bit, but he certainly seems like he's worth it. Elsewhere, I mean, DeMarco Murray's been pretty impressive. Two games so far. He's had 14 targets, 12 catches. So he's been involved in just every aspect of that game offensively. 90-plus receiving yards, two receiving touchdown. So I like Murray a lot. Melvin Gordon seems like he's just going to have

A really good opportunity this year. If he can just continue it, continue what he's been doing so far with Danny Woodhead out, Keenan Allen out. It seems like they're actually going to give him an opportunity. 24 carries. He finally had his first 100-yard game on the ground. He's got three scores and two games. So I'm into Melvin Gordon. Plus, it's just a dream match of the Colts defense. It's just so soft and so weak. And what was interesting I saw is with no Woodhead, I know he left early in that game.

But Melvin Gordon finally caught the balls. He didn't have any targets, any catches in game one. He only had three targets, but he reeled them all in. So I like that a lot. And back to this Atlanta, New Orleans game, a lot of people are not in on Mark Ingram because he's struggled so far this season. I don't know if I trust him in a cash, but if you're playing in a big tournament with a lot of people, I have no problem rolling out Mark Ingram at $6,900. Love it. Yeah, we kind of have the mantra of start all chargers this week. The matchup is just too good.

So, yeah, I mean, look, I'm all in. Chargers this week. Yeah, for sure. Wide receivers. Who are you looking at going with this week? Again, you see it at the top, you look, Antonio Brown, it's real nice. I can't blame anyone for not playing the best wide out in the game. And what I talked about with you guys last week, and it didn't work out as well as I wanted it to because Elton John Jeffrey wasn't targeted as much, but Antonio Brown will be targeted. And if Leotis McKelvin is not playing again, again, seventh round rookie cornerback.

going to try to shadow Antonio Brown. It's not good news. But like you said, with all these chargers, I mean, Travis Benjamin, $6,900 against the Colts, Ty Brown Williams. They're going to be able to put up points. Calvin Benjamin, just play the Benjamin's, and hopefully you can win the Benjamin, and you'd be good to go. I mean, last week they were both fantastic, and Kelvin again. I mean, this guy's just a beast. He just scores touchdowns, and Cam Newton loves him, and he's not afraid to target him. So I like that play a lot.

And there's just a lot of wide receivers that are just fairly cheap, in my opinion, that shouldn't be. I mean, Fitzgerald, again, he's cheap. I like this matchup. He's $7,600. You're not really breaking the bank with him. Jordan Matthews is $6,900. Marvin Jones is $6,900. These guys have been getting targeted just, like, crazy in the first two weeks of the season. Mike Wallace, again, I touched on him a little bit with Blacko. Three touchdowns already. More rapport that these guys are just BFFs.

And I like to see that, and certainly you do as well if you have Flacco in there. Kenny Britt is a cheap little play at $5,400. He's got 16 targets over 160 yards. And James and Crowder, maybe this might be a sneaky play for some people, but he's second on the team in snaps among wide receivers. He's the most targeted guy in that offense among wide receivers. 18 already plays in the slot. Cole Beasley ate up the defense in that first game against the Giants in the slot.

Saints wide receivers were very productive as well in the slot. So I think that James and Crowder might be just a little sneaky play for some people. And also, Philip Dorset could get some play as well. If that cold defense is bad as it is, and we think it is, they may have to try to play some catch-up with no Monkrieve. Maybe Dorset is that guy. Love it. We were talking up Crowder a little bit earlier on this week, and just he's sneaking up. I think he's going to sneak up a lot of people throughout this season. All right, we got to wade through the mud here a little bit, my friend.

We've got to sift through the barf, that is the tight ends. They continue to not impress me, but what are they doing for you? I know. I agree with you, man. They did. And nobody impresses me at all. I mean, we could go to Delaney Walker. The struggles last season that Oakland had with tight ends. I mean, that's where, that's why that Gary Bartish thing kind of came out is because the first two games, they had allowed four touchdowns to tight end. So maybe there's still something there with Delaney Walker.

That's to me the high price guys. I mean, even Jordan Reed has really not impressed me. Greg Olson's pretty good. He's been dominant, but that was a really good matchup for him last week. I'm looking down again. I'm looking at this Monday night game, and I mean, I never thought I would say he played Jacob Tammy, but this guy has the most targets among any falcons player. I mean, that's including Julio Jones, who, yes, is banged up, but he should be fine. But Jacob Tammy, I mean, he's just getting targets, 16 targets, 120 plus yards, has a touchdown.

Again, we're talking about the Saints defense, this not being great. So I would trust Tammy. I would trust Pitta. Pitta's the exact same, 16 targets. He's BFS with Flacco as well, so is Wallace. But I like those two guys. And if we're going to dig a little deep as maybe just somebody in a tournament play that's not going to get a whole lot of love and probably won't be owned a lot. I like when I saw from Trey Burton for the Eagles. It doesn't look like Zach Ertz is going to play.

Trey Burton in that game had seven targets, five receptions had a touchdown in the red zone. He was heavily involved in that game. He was on the field a lot, and a lot of people think it's Brent Selleck who's going to get some play. He's a blocking tight end, and that's the way that they want to have it in Philadelphia. Doug Peterson's already been very vocal about how productive Selleck is on the field blocking. I think Trey Burton could be a sneaky play as well. Love it. All right, real quick. Let's get a couple defenses that you like this week. Yeah, sure. I think you should pay up just like last week.

I mean, if you paid up for Arizona, you were loving it. Pay up for these, Arizona, Seattle, Carolina. I like even Denver. Those defense. Denver was unbelievable against Locke. I mean, it should still be the same way against Cincinnati. But Miami seems like that could be a good defense as well. $4,600 against Cleveland. Now we're already looking at their third quarterback already. Coleman broke his hand. So you should pay up for D. Just get it done and just move on.

Love it. This is Chris Meaney from the Fantasy Sports Network coming on every single week, giving us those great fan dual plays. Appreciate it, my friend. Be well. Hey, you too, man. Thanks for having me.

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