Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Wk 6 Studs, Duds, Rising Stars, Updates

I really didn't stop talking about it. Marcus Mario to my stream of the week. You're stream of the week. Man, what a good call. 17 for 24, 24 and 3 and ran one in on the ground. I just told Jason the last two weeks he's been seven, seven carries on the ground for over 60 yards, which changes the equation for my start of the week, my streamer, my number one guy. Yeah. And if he's out there, pick up Andy Dalton because Andy Dalton will play the Cleveland Browns next.

Right. So that's, look, that's not a bad plan of action. Yeah. Just, just line them up. You know, Cleveland got back in this game. Sure. They got real close. They got within two points, which is, that's always good. It's called the Cleveland win. That's what that's called. You know, it's the Browns, they're struggling, but I don't, Cleveland has the Cavs.

You've got the... Oh, you're saying don't feel bad. Well, I'm just saying the Indians are playing great. They're in the ALCS. I mean, I kind of was expecting maybe the... There's pieces in Cleveland that say that the future can be okay. And that's bright. That's pretty bright. And that's pretty bright. That's a Cleveland win. All right, we have another, you know, Tom Brady had a monster week. If you had the Brady-Grank stack, you bypassed somebody who...

We need to talk about. Okay. Case Keenum. You cannot ignore what Case Keenum has done. 27 for 32, 321 and 3. And he ran one in. Yeah. That's a monster week. That's a big game. And that's actually, I think, what, two of the last three weeks where he's been a top performer. And that's so weird. I mean, put it this way. One of our writers pointed out on our Slack channel that I was the second highest rated analyst on him this week at 18.

And I didn't feel good about it. I was like... You felt embarrassed. Yeah, I was like, yeah, I did have him up at 18. And I'm sorry to say. But maybe it's not so much Case Keenum, but we talked about playing against the Browns, start your quarterback against the Lions. Yeah. Yeah, seriously. I was just thinking about this, too. You know, Brock Osweller, I know he brought the team back last night and we didn't talk about that game. But is Brian Hoyer better than Brock Osweller? 100%.

Yeah, they might have wanted to keep Hoyer. Well, I totally get what the Texas did. Sure. When you're trying to win a Super Bowl and you watch your quarterback just smeared in feces in the playoffs, you got to move on. I mean. Yeah, and you take that stab at a guy that you think could be great who's out there because it doesn't happen from time to time. But so far. You shouldn't have him $72 million. Brock Osweiler so far has looked.

Pretty atrocious. He came back last night and in the fourth quarter in overtime. He did what he needed to do to get it done. And really, that was on the back of one long pass play. Did you hear, though, who they signed? No, tell me. Texans tied in. You didn't hear this? No, I didn't. Hakeem Olajuwon.

Then they can finally, yeah, I posted on Twitter. I said if all the Texans wide receivers were seven feet tall, this offense would be very good. Elijah won starting next week. They got a tumbo coming in for a workout. Why doesn't someone just tell Brock? And Ewing will be here next week. Why doesn't someone tell Brock? He's available. Tim Duncan is available. Throw at everyone's feet.

Right, because they will end up right in the numbers. Just throw at their feet every time and you're fine. It's like my golf swing. I have to aim completely off the side of the course. I'm aiming for that tree and then, oh, right down the middle. There you go. It doesn't feel good, but you end up in the right place. I do what has to be done. That's right. All right. I'm going to read off these guys. You choose who you want to talk about. Tom Brady, Cam Newton. Eli Manning, also known as Odo Buckham Jr. had a good week. Matt Ryan. Andrew Luck. I say Matt Ryan. You know, Matt Ryan.

balling out right now. Matt Ryan. We keep saying every week we give Matt Ryan a condition. Like, okay. You got to beat Denver and Denver. If he could be good against Denver on the road, maybe I'll think about starting him every week. Okay. If he could be good in Seattle on the road, maybe I'll think about. I hope nobody goes back. Start Matt Ryan every week. We're at the point. You got to start him every week. I hope nobody goes back and listens to that like one week of me just.

ripping Matt Ryan a new one at the beginning, just saying how bad he is and how much it. Look, he's surprising everybody. You know, and their defense, their defense is so much better than it was a year ago. Will there be a collapse like last year? I mean, they started out 6-0. Their defense is good enough. You don't, you're not leaning on, now they obviously lost this past week, but you're in Seattle. You played it so close, and honestly, you should have won. You should have won the game. Or could have, should have, but.

Look, the defense is good enough. Matt Ryan cannot be put in the position. Where we saw Matt Ryan struggle a ton. Was this position where he is stuck? What do we used to say about him? He's a bad garbage time quarterback. Matt Ryan's a bad garbage time quarterback. He throws interceptions. Don't put him in the position where he has to throw for 600 yards. You know, let him do that over the course of a game with the right offensive game playing. You got two great running backs in the mix here. And...

Julio Jones. That's all you seem to need. And Sunu is at least capable. The problem last year was they had Julio. At wide receiver, they had Julio. And Tevin was, Tevin Coleman missed most of the year and the defense was not as good as they are right now. It's a much different offense. Yeah, the condition I gave him this last week was that if Tevin Coleman can catch 132 yards again, then he would be good. Tevin Coleman, seven yards.

And so Matt Ryan was still pretty good. We'll talk about Kevin Coleman very soon. That's fine. Mr. Must Start. Andrew Lock Cody Kessler? Yeah. Yeah. Kessler and Keenomen Hoyer. Oh, my. It was a weird week, man. And I believe both of our streams. Dak Prescott. Tyler, Tyrod Taylor and Dak Prescott were top 12 as well. You know, this was the week where I officially am in the Dak Prescott cannot leave the starting lineup camp.

Yeah. I do not believe anymore that you can disrupt. I mean, this team went into Green Bay dominated, really. I mean, they own that game. Ezekiel Oli, it's amazing. I mean, he's just so good. And Dak Prescott really just gives you confidence in, you know, I think Romo offers you, you know, several things different than Prescott. You know, I think you have more big play potential with Tony Romo. You have the ability for him to put up these monster games.

But Roma also had those mistakes. Those mistakes that just killed you and broke your back as a team. And I don't know. Prescott has been so impressive. Three touchdowns in this game. Smart decision making. Finally, the interception streak ended. I will say this. The nice thing about not being a Dallas fan is no matter what, if the Cowboys do not win the Super Bowl.

They made the wrong choice. And that's good. The whole entire media firestorm is going to be, why didn't you play quarterback X? Well, and I was even thinking that type of thought when we talked about Osweiler and Hoyer. Almost every team doesn't win the Super Bowl. And whatever decision they made is the wrong one because of that. You know, you keep, you said, you know, Hoyer stunk in the playoffs. You make a change because you let your fan base know you care about winning and you want to make a change. So let's get into the wide receivers now, guys. Odell Beckham Jr.

was limping his way to two and a half points. First, he was negative and then off the field with an injury. Yeah, Odell Beck, I get the report that O'Dell Beckham is out, and I'm very unhappy. And then, and then, boom. And, you know, he almost costs his team the game with a penalty. Yeah, yeah. Because, you know, it's all about O'Dell Beckham Jr., who after every score now goes and lays down with the...

The kicking net. The penalty was he took his helmet off, right? Yes. The penalty was that he took the helmet off. I'm just saying that was it. The kicking net is just an example of his personality. And the reality is this. Look, Odell Beckham, he is great. He almost costs their team the game. Instead, he is the single-hand. The only reason they won that game. And he is great. So you want to know what you need to do?

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Kenny Britt. Years ago, I drafted Kenny Britt in the seventh round when he was a Titan. And I threw him out there in week one. He scored three touchdowns. And then the next week he tore his ACL. And so we've seen what Kenny Britt was going to be, could be. Seems like, you know, half physical injury, half mental injury has held him back. But man, he is a big boy. And he went for 7, 136, and 2 this week. And we'll talk about him a little bit later.

So let's talk about Brandon Cook's. You took the air right out of that. Yeah, well. Sunk it. So what you're saying is, I'm saying that wait. Wait for your Brit moments. Yes. Brandon Cook, seven for 173 and one. This is what makes Brandon Cook's great to own. The last few weeks is what makes it difficult to own. Yep. I will say I did not believe in him even with a plus match. Do you play him at home all the time?

Is that the equation? Every single home game you play him. Put him on the track. You know, look, actually, let's hold off there because I will say this. I believe they have a home game coming up against Denver. And in that game, I, in that game to me, if I have other good options, you know, if I'm deciding between a Marvin Jones and a Brandon Cooks, I'm going to go with Marvin Jones if they're playing, you know, Denver. Oh, it was a funny moment for me where.

I had talked about on the periscope of why, I'm just not sure that Brandon Cooks is there yet for me as a wide receiver. I just, I watch him and I'm, I don't know, something is missing for me. And I'm like, but you know what? He is very, very fast. Sure. And then on the, on his huge touchdown, it's just the commentators like, wow, he's very fast. That's what he's got. Yeah, because that's, he turned on the jets and you couldn't catch him. So that that's where his value comes from, which won't hit every single week.