Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Full Stream Ahead, Daily Dose, Matchups, News

I mean, if you have another good option, that's a tiebreaker for me is the fact that you don't know on Sunday whether or not T.Y. If I don't have... If I don't have Moncrief along with Hilton, I'm going to start a safer option on Sunday. Jordan Reed. I think he plays. Delaney Walker. I think he plays as well. Okay. Did you just say out, Jason? Yeah. Oh, you think he's out? Okay. Yeah, that was pretty much the only disagreement on the whole thing.

I just, I think his sound a little bit worse, he hasn't been practicing that much. I have a quick hot take that I wanted to throw out real quick for teams, because some teams are already struggling with the running back depth. If you have an IR spot or a place where you can put an out player, Cleveland Browns, I heard a Cleveland Browns reporter talking today, put Robert Turbin in your out position.

He was talking about he would not be surprised at all to see Robert Turbin come back week four, week five, and take the starting job in Cleveland. I'm not saying he's going to set the world on fire, but if you have, you are already having running back problems. Here's a guy you can stash that could emerge into a starting running back position.

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Maybe a little bit. I've got my butt warmed up. Well, I know there's like a Matlock marathon that Jason's normally good, too. I love that, man. I have a spot on my couch, and I think I'm ready to sit there for 12 hours. Oh, I thought you were going to, like, bit. I thought you meant like an extra spot, and then you were going to take bids from people to come and sit by you. No, no. He needs his solitude. That's where he puts his hot wings. Speaking of hot wings, how did that work out? Success!

You got them? Success. Yes, I got my hot wings yesterday. You looked so excited. I got them. Everything was good. They gave me a discount on the pizza for the troubles. Oh, good. So now you've been reconciled to this pizza joint? Yes. And are you going back?

Yeah, it's delightful. Cheeseheads in Arizona. Got to bring those. Oh, wow. Shout out. I gave a blow. Not too bad. All right, 49ers at the Steelers. This will be an interesting game. We saw some surprises from the 49ers defense in week one. And I thought their offense looked okay. Not Trent Dilfer level, okay, but like normal okay. In fact, we have a three-way fantasy bet between Colin Kaepernick, Marriota, and Tyrod Taylor. Do we not?

We do. And I am taking Colin Kaepernick this week. And I think Kaepernick is a good option this week. I'm not disagreeing with that at all. Yeah, from a streamer perspective. Yeah, man, we saw the Steelers get torched by the Patriots and not just torched as in they got outplayed. As in the Steelers looked like they had no idea what they were doing on defense just with new players. Who's that Grunkelski guy? Completely leaving guys uncovered. And...

I think Kaepernick can have a solid game. All right. Let me ask you some starts here. Obviously, Big Ben is a start if you've drafted him. Yes. Are you starting DeAngelo Williams this week? I am not starting DeAngelo Williams this week. I think the 49ers defense is legit. I think that what happened to Minnesota was not all Minnesota, and that the Niners' defenses looked good. They were great last year.

They lost some pieces. They lost some pieces, yes. But then they were great in the preseason and great in week one. Why do we still have to say, but they lost guys. They're terrible. So I think it's hard to run on him. He's still the starter, and if you've got to start him, there's worse things to do, but I don't want to start. Does Carlos Hyde a top five option this week? Yes. Check the rankings for us. Yes. Carlos Hyde is a... I think I have him very, very high. He's a top five for standard, and he's seven in my PPR.

I believe I've got them two in standard and probably five. So we're buying into the hide. I have him three right now. The combination of that offensive line that looked like they were opening up holes, their dedication to running the ball and the Steelers. But this is a big test for a reaction.

to what we saw last Monday. And I will say from the tight-in position, I think Vernon Davis and Heath Miller are both good streaming options. I'd go with Heath Miller personally. Sure. And Vernon was my start of the week at the tight-in position. So it's not anything against Miller. I just have to stick to my guns with Mr. Davis. So let's move on to the Ravens at the Raiders. You don't want to talk to wide receivers? We can talk to wide receivers. We need to talk about it. I think...

Bolden is a decent PPR option here. And I don't think we're starting Marcus Wheaton with the defense that the 49ers put up. But Bolden, if you're starting a 49ers wide receiver, I would like to start Bolden. Yeah, Smith showed nothing. They've got to figure out how to get Tori Smith involved. For now, you can't start them. All right, the Ravens at the Raiders. Do we start any Raiders?

I mean, Latavius Murray, you're rolling out there, right? Because of volume and just opportunity. If cars back, does the offense have a chance to succeed here? Because the Ravens were very good defensively last week. I think if you have Latavius Murray or Amari Cooper, you kind of have to start them because you took them so high so you probably don't have. I don't know about Cooper. Yeah, I agree with it.

Cooper is, I don't personally want to start him, but I'm saying Cooper was a fourth, fifth round pick. Most people are bringing Cooper questions that are flex-related. Yeah, and not start start. In most of those situations, I like other guys over Cooper. I would start Latavius Murray. I'm worried about David Carr's thumb. I'm still a little bit worried. If you have, if you have Crabtree on your roster, please remove him. Oh, come on. No, I'm serious. Give me one reason to keep Crabtree on your roster.

Because you... You want the two on the Raiders? You like seafood, and you like that his name has a crab in it. Okay. He gave you a reason. Yeah, as you say, I'd rather have Alan Hearns than Crabtree. I definitely would rather have herns. So, flipping to the other side, we saw a very, very poor offensive performance by Baltimore last week. Steve Smith was non-existent, despite the fact he normally starts the year very well, and I think he's a bounce-back guy this week. Justin Forsad did not have a great game. Joe Flacco threw for about 100 yards.

But we saw that Denver defense was legit. Was legitimate. So I looked for Fawcett to bounce back. As do, would you start Flacco in any streaming situations? I absolutely would. Because of the matchup? Yes. All right. Let's move on to the Cowboys and the Eagles. What stands out for you guys from this game? A lot of points. That's what stands out for me. I think... Is that just what we're going to say every time the Eagles play somebody this year? Yep. Maybe. Well, they've got the highest Vegas line. But the Cowboys are also the type of team that is...

good at getting in those high-scoring games, and there's two quarterbacks, one on each side of the ball here, that can throw and keep throwing. So I expect low-scoring in the first half and then a bunch of scoring in the second. So I have a really good question for you, Jason. Last week, Romo was your start of the week. He lost Des. He obviously performed in those last two drives without Des, but those are kind of end-of-game two-minute drills. What is your perception on Romo? I've been offered Romo in a couple of leagues.

What are your thoughts on him as at the quarterback position this week and moving forward without Des Bryant? Well, this week I think he's actually a pretty good option. Even without Des. I've got him, I believe, number five or so, five or six this week. There's going to be points that need to be scored. I expect that I think the Eagles are favored in this game. So you're going to be playing maybe from behind. This is a good opportunity for like a Lance Dunbar to add to Tony Romo's stats this week.

Moving forward, I think it's going to be matchup dependent. Tony Romo is a great streaming option to me where you're going to play him some weeks and not play him some weeks. But a lot of teams that have Romo, they don't look to stream. They think he's plug and play. And I don't think he is plug and play. This week I like him a lot last week. But if he's in a game where he's going up against Carolina, I'm not going to be starting Tony Romo. Would you start Romo or Palmer this week? Palmer. Okay. And then, Mike, is there any chance that we see a transition happen in the...

in the backfield of Dallas to where you're seeing a lot of Joey Randall on first and second down and you're seeing a lot of Lance Dunbar on third down. Transitioned of what? Well, transitioning away from any McFadden. Oh, he... I mean, does Dunbar start to take some of the McFadden opportunities? I don't think he'll take McFadden opportunities, but this is still... He's still in trial mode for... Dunbar? No, all of them. For Joey Randall. I think they're still trying to figure it all out. Randall...

I think looked the best of the running between him and Darren McFadden last week. But honestly, if Darren McFadden looks better in getting some series and some snaps, I would not surprise me if they do like a midgame switch. If they just go completely hot hand. I will say this too. This is important for listeners of the show who have Nelson Aguilar. Don't play him this week.

Yes. He's going to get less snaps than he got last week, and he didn't perform. You need to wait and see with him. There weren't any rookie performances that did well last week. But I think we said yesterday, Mari Cooper led the rookie receivers with about 47 yards receiving. So Aguilar, I would send out the alarm and just wait. The pause, maybe next week, maybe the week after. I like Jason Whitten, a good bit in this game. And I also am willing. I'm also willing to play Zach Ertz. The Cowboys.

I still don't think that they're going to be great against the tight end. We'll see. Maybe it's improved. You know what's crazy is we don't like Dallas's defense very much. I mean, you have spoken out against it, Mike. They only gave up 190 yards in the air last week against the Giants. They might be. It could be. We're accidentally legit again this year. The Giants are a team that can tend to do that, though, of just have a complete meltdown.