Week 9 Matchups + Bad Jokes, Luton Free Zone - Fantasy Football Podcast for 11/6

Three points and nine points. That means the Jets probably outscored them over the last three weeks. Impressive. That's why Adam Gaye still has his job. He's doing great. So, yeah, I mean, you just, you don't know if it's going to be Cooper Rush. Garrett Gilbert, you know that they will be on their back because they will be sacked frequently by this defensive front that is dominating. I mean, you would need Pittsburgh to really just.

not show up. Who would you rather play Mike Williams or the Pittsburgh DST if you could put them in a wide receiver spot? Because I think it's, I think it's the Pittsburgh DST. I think you're right. There's no way they don't get like tons of sacks turnover. How do they not score? I mean, seriously. Wow. Yeah, I think you're right. If the Dallas Cowboys can I flex the defense this week? If they had the ball 100% of the time and they just said, hey, offense, Pittsburgh, when we get it, we're punting. Every single play.

Who wins that game? I think Pittsburgh. I think Pittsburgh wins. Yeah, that's funny. Not for Cowboy fans. Not for Brooks. Sorry Brooks. Now Brooks may be starting at quarterback. Is that true Brooks? No, I refuse. They asked, though, right? Yeah. Yeah, they did ask, they asked. He got the call from Jerry. So is there anybody? All right. The Cowboys side of the ball, if Zeke is in, I'm going to play him because I'm not going to go to the waiver wire and grab.

I'm not going to go grab a, for anyone from the Raiders. 10 volume points from Zique. That's what you're hoping for. Yeah. And you, Tony Pollard, he's been getting far more involved. I mean, you, you could even. I don't think you can start. No. No. This is, we just talked about this is a team that's going to score around 10 points. Mike was pretty quick with the, no. Well, I just like the receptions, the reception work is there. I mean, if Zika is out, you can take that shot. Okay.

But Amari Cooper is the big question. Such a huge name. So talented the beginning of the year. It's not a question to me, but it's a question to a lot of, you know, the folkland out there that it's saying, I know it's third string, but he's still Amari Cooper. This is still an NFL team. I mean, we're starting guys like Denzel Mims sometimes in a pinch. He's the 13th ranked wide receiver on this season this year. Yeah, he's been awesome. To me, there's no chance.

that I would start Cooper, Lamb, or Gallup in this game. It's probably better to just leave him. So Marvin Jones or Amory Cooper? Oh, Marvin Jones for sure. All right. DJ Chark, we talked about, would you start DJ Chark? I don't know, I don't want to. I would start him over Amari Cooper. I know it's sad. It is. And Gallup and C.D. Lamb, I've dropped them in my leagues. I'm not dropping Cooper because Andy Dalton will be back.

And all jokes aside, and obviously we saw him and he wasn't great, he is going to be good enough to at least have Amari Cooper be relevant. We saw him be the number one target for this game. OU.T. Amari Cooper, when Andy Dalton was starting three weeks ago, he was the number six overall fantasy-wide receiver. He went seven for 79 in a touchdown. So you're right. I would definitely not be dropping Amari Cooper, but there's no.

There's no shame in pivoting from Omari Cooper this week with Garrett Gilbert or Cooper Rush behind Center. Are you going to try and trade for Amari Cooper right now? Maybe after this week. Okay. Yeah, after this week, it'll be great. Say, hey, instead of dropping Amari Cooper, you want to just give them to me? Now, I didn't think about if it is Cooper Rush. We have a bit of a name situation here. A little connection extraordinaire. Maybe then, you know.

Cooper Square. We'd be really hanging with Mr. Cooper. Yeah, well, let's go ahead and say a few words about the Pittsburgh side. You can stream Big Ben. You can play James Connor. He's start of the week for me. Dallas is giving up 171 rushing yards per game in case you were curious. And that's within reach for James Connor in this game. Deontay Johnson, yes. Chase Claypool, you can. Flex him.

scored last week. And then Juju, the targets are there. Production not as much, but I think all three of them are in play. I agree. You can start Juju in this matchup. The target, he's stunk, but the targets are the last two weeks, 14 targets, eight targets. And the nice thing is, this is a really bad team. So, you know, the defense, if you're wanting to say Juju's going to break some tackles finally and take a 30-yard touchdown, I would say, well, where's the Dallas defense? And they're here this week.

All right, let's break down this. And then Eric Ebron is Mike's start of the week. I'll throw that in there as well. The Dolphins, four and three, taking on the Cardinals at five and two. Cardinals are four point home favorites. It's a 49.5 point over under. And look, here's the headline. Two is going to need to pass for more than 93 yards like he did last week if he wants to win this game. So it was hard to scout Tua last week because he didn't look great. He didn't do anything other than the one touchdown.

to Devonte Parker that looked like probably shouldn't have been thrown, but happy to see it done. But at the same time, he wasn't needed. They didn't need him to do anything. The defense scored like 18 times. And so now I believe that he will be needed. You're not going to start him. He didn't look great to me. I don't think he's going to.

be good enough this year to be started in fantasy. But you definitely, he's a storyline you're keeping your eyes on. Kyle Murray's the only quarterback with the top 12 performance each and every week. You play Kyle Murray and you don't think twice. 63 rushing yards per game. Chase Sedman's is a smash play this week because volume is going to be there. He's going to get all the opportunities on the ground and through the air for Arizona. Now, the one area that the dolphins have been.

still struggling against is the running back position, 28th in the league. So Edmonds is a no-brainer. Yeah, Miami's been allowing a first down on 34% of opponent rushes. That's the highest in the NFL. And I think Chase Edmonds might go north of that this week. Talked about Jordan Howard. You're pretty much, if you're taking a shot there, he'd be the shot. Could get a goal line touchdown. Arizona is in the upper half against opposing running backs.

Coming off the buy at home, not excited about Jordan Howard. No, no, you're not excited about it. Said most GMs around football. Sometimes you got to do what you got to do. Yeah, I mean, if Brita does miss the game, which is too early to know. But if he does miss, I think Jordan Howard will have. Too early to call. 13 to 15 carries. And goal line opportunities, if they exist, that's something I'm willing to start. All right. DeAndre Hopkins, yes. What about Christian Kirk? I mean, Christian Kirk is.

Obviously, the next man up behind DeAndre Hopkins, he's had touchdown opportunities. I think you're counting on a touchdown. If you start him, you're hoping you get that. But it could happen in a game where the Cardinals have almost 27 projected points. He did see eight targets last week. That was his season high, matched the season high in receptions with five. He's the big play guy, too. I mean, they take shots down the field to him. Yeah.

And, I mean, his touchdowns, though, like, am I remembering correctly that both touchdowns were shorter? Yes, this last week against Seattle? Two weeks ago, yeah. Yeah, the week before, though, he had the deep bomb touchdown, the 80-yarder against Dallas. Yeah, I mean, Arizona has an implied team total of nearly 27 points, so you could take the chance. He's a top 12 wide receiver, two consecutive starts. Well, four touchdowns will do that. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, the fact that he had two touchdowns last or two weeks ago and still barely made it into the wide receiver one category, that's wild stuff. Are you playing Mike Williams or Christian Kirk? Mike Williams. Yep. Are you playing Amari Cooper or Christian Kirk? Oh, Christian Kirk. Is there a name I can throw out there where you will answer Amari Cooper? Sure. Preston Williams or Amari Cooper. Perfect example. I would take Amari Cooper. Okay. All right. Devante Parker. That's a good name to throw out.

I really don't like Devante Parker this week. I would probably start him ahead of Amari Cooper, but he's not far away. If you get Patrick Peterson on you and this offense, we don't know if they can move that I'm concerned there. Yeah, yeah. The Saints, five and two, taking on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, six and two, Sunday night football game, Buccaneers four and a half point favorites. It's a 50.5 over under. We've broken down the kind of injury situation with Breeze. We've talked a lot about Michael Thomas.

I'll take one final call here at the end of the Friday show. Are you confident Thomas will be back out on the field and that fantasy owners should play him. Yes,ish. Yeah, I do. Right now, I project him to be out on the field. If he's on the field, I will be starting. Yeah, I can agree with that part. All right. This has been a nice year for Tom Brady. I know Jason, you just acquired him in our league of record. Quarterback seven on the week. That's where we have him ranked.

I mean, New Orleans has allowed the second most touchdown passes this year. The fourth highest quarterback rating. It has been, and not too good for that Saints defense. That was supposed to be their identity coming into this year was really being able to stifle opposing offenses and has not happened so far. You know, it's a little bit of chicken egg with them not being as good of an offense too and not having Michael Thomas, but more of the same from the Bucks offense in this one? Yeah, I think so. Tom Brady was the QB 10 against them in week one.

Okay. Yeah. So this is the second of the matchups. Do you think, Jay, they think that they will be able to alter things and kind of slow them down, not that they've seen them once? No, if anything, I think that you've gotten the New Orleans Saints going the wrong direction since that week one, more than you've had the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers in week one, I mean, they had.

this weird COVID offseason with new pieces all over. The Buccaneers, and specifically Brady and the passing game, are getting better as the season has gone along. Now, the real concern in this matchup is the running game for both teams. Obviously, you're not going to bench Alvin Camara, but these are two extremely stout defenses. Yeah, when you've got super... You talk about wide receiver, Alvin Camara? I mean, he's not even... He's a wide running back. If he, if you told me, Alvin Camara...

is not permitted by league rules to have a carry in this game, you're starting out with Camara as you're running back one. So that's the nice thing. But what about the other side? I mean, these are two stout run defenses, Fournette, Ronald Jones. I would love to start neither. If I had to start one, it would be Leonard Fournett because he is the past catching back. And you can. He's right now one of, he's an RB2 for me, a low-end RB2.

What's the long history of Mike Evans with Marshawn Lattimore? Getting shut down. Yeah, is that going to happen again? Well, week one, what was, I don't have the style line in front of me that we pulled up, but it was the one reception, one touchdown, or was it two that week? One reception for two yards and one touchdown. Yeah. So Marshawn Lattimore historically has had Mike Evans number. Four straight weeks that Evans hasn't been in the top 20. Yeah, you have.

You're probably starting Mike Evans because we don't expect Chris Godwin to be there. Well, it remains to be seen because they keep talking about how Chris Godwin is practicing, but he's not catching passes. So I'm not really sure what he's doing. Something you've got to be able to do as a wide receiver. Because I can't imagine they have them out there like running blocking drills with a broken finger. Isn't that Justin Watson's actual role in the offense who's running around not catching passes? That's fair. Would you rather have Justin Watson doing it or Chris Godwin? So I'm not expecting that.

that Godwin will play. So then who do you throw the ball to? You're starting a week. Tony O'Brien? Yeah. Yeah, he's going to get an opportunity in this game and it's going to be fun and it's going to be on Sunday night and I can't wait because who knows. Who knows what you're going to see? That's exciting. I mean, Evans is still somebody that is hard to bench. Correct. So you can take your shot. I mean, if Godwin's out of there.

It's really hard, I think, to sit Mike Evans. Rob Gronkowski has been the tight in six, two, and four the last three weeks. He is a play. Welcome back, Grunk. It's been great. And you know what? It's the same old Gronk in the sense that where did Gronk make his hay in fantasy? He's getting targets inside the 20 in the red zone. He's looking his way because it's reliable. And when it works out over and over again for your whole career, you tend to look that guy's way again in the red zone.

And they're talking about Gronk as just this blocking masterpiece. He's just been manhandling guys, which what that says to me is his body is back. He's physically getting back into the form that made him great. He's still young. He feels so old. He feels like because he retired, you're dealing with a Greg Olson type of running back. But Greg Olson's, what, 36? And Gronk is 31. 31.5. Yeah.

Jared Cook, you play him because he's a tight end that performs. So that's always nice to have. Ooh, question. Yeah. Would you play Jared Cook, who's been getting it done, but, you know, not the best match up here. You'd get Michael Thomas back. Or would you play Noah Fant against Atlanta, the worst team out there against tight ends? You guys have probably picked up on it. My confidence level in Noah Fant on a week-to-week basis is not there.