Whoa, Nelly. Yeah. It's a messy situation. And it's kind of sad because you know that Harbaugh has wanted to have a guy there for so long. And they just haven't had it. Yep. And I'm going to punt the brakes on Big Ben Ralph Lissburger. He's got to take on the Baltimore Ravens. Jason was just talking about the matchup. And look, despite the success of the booty scooting one, Big Ben.
The Halloween Show, Trick-or-Trade, Players That Will Haunt You!
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109 passagesDoes not have much scoge to his boot. I hope this can turn into a Russell Wilson situation where next week Andy pumps the brakes on whoever's playing against Baltimore and they explode after Big Ben explodes. 274 and 1. When he played them at home earlier in the season, it's coming off a loss too. They're going to be hungry. Division game, Big Ben against the Ravens. I am off. I'm trying to find a better option.
You think a little bin maybe? Yes, this is a little bitty baby Ben. I get that it's the bi weeks are here. You might be forced into playing him. But if you're one of those teams that you got two QBs on your bench, well, let me ask you this. I'm probably playing that other quarterback. Let me ask you this because I believe in stream, my stream of the week, Derek Carr. Right. So who would you take, I mean, would you, because I know you're not a fan of Derek Carr in general. But I like Carr this week. So would you play car over Big Ben? Rankings will be up later.
today. And that's going to be one of those things that I'm looking at. But as of right now, my, how does your chest hair feel? Let me, let me give it a rub. Rubbing through the chest hair. Yeah, I'm not feeling comfortable right now. And as of right now, I feel like Ben's going to be low level QB1 at best. Okay. He's still rubbing it. He's really troubling. He's making my mustache tingle. Oh, my God. NSFW, bro.
That was pump the brakes on whatever you were doing right there. That was pump the brakes with O'Reilly Auto Parts, Better Parts, Better Prices every day. All right, we're moving on. How'd that make your mustache feel? Still tingling. It's a little frightening. We're going to go through here. Our special segment for this Halloween is we wanted to break down these rosters in the NFL right now and look at
One player that we believe will haunt fantasy owners for the remainder of the fantasy season. In whichever way that they're going to... Look, you can be haunted in a number of ways. Yeah. Right? You can be tempted to start a guy when you should sit him. You could be, you know, expecting something from a player that you never get. You could have gotten rid of a guy who's going to haunt you because he's coming back into his own. So many opportunities to be haunted. I'm going with...
I think it's Russell Wilson. Ooh. Or as we refer to him, Russell, Wilson. Look, the math on Russell Wilson no longer adds up to fantasy success. And look, he's the 18th best quarterback in football. Okay. He was drafted, what, two? Three. Three. Three.
Last year, Russell Wilson averaged 36 yards a game running the football, giving you that nice baseline. He is averaging 11 yards a game. Poof. Goodbye. The baseline is gone. Okay? I looked at some more numbers with Russell Wilson. We've talked about, you know, Jason, you mentioned, like sometimes they hit these long bomb passes and it just makes him more efficient. Well, look, he has been more efficient in terms of touchdowns this year.
But that scares me. It does not make me feel better. 34 passing attempts of game last year. He's down to 26 a game this year. Doug Baldwin just came out and talked about the fact that, look, their pathway to success in winning is on the ground. It's Chris Carson and Mike Davis. It's the Brian Schottenheimer haunts your soul offense. And it's going to hurt fantasy owners. 34 pass attempts a game last year down to 26. It's eight fewer per game.
He's throwing a touchdown every 11 passes this year. Last year it was one per 16. Which is still, he's saving you with the touchdowns. But his career average is one in every 17, which means he's outperforming efficiency-wise his career touchdown totals. They want to run the football. It does not mean you're not going to get the bomb to David Moore or Tyler Lockett. But right now, Russell Wilson is functioning in an offense that...
doesn't want to throw the football as much, does not want to put him in a position to run the football himself, and he does not have Doug Baldwin healthy as a target monster, as a crutch for these situations. So to me, we've seen enough this year to tell me that if you go throw the name out there for the namesake, you're in trouble. If you throw it out in a good matchup, maybe that's a different story. Yeah, I agree that the...
The thing that is really spooky here is that... Is that mustache you have? His is my mustache. The scary issue with Russell Wilson is, in fact, that they have changed to be a rushing team. He's not getting the opportunities. The only thing I'll point out on the hopeful side is we've seen him have a bad first half of the season several years.
catch fire in the second half. And, of course, he was, you know, with a hobbled Doug Baldwin. We hope he's getting healthier. But I would say the biggest piece, Ed Dixon is back. Of course. It's funny. Last year you look at it. So he will still be good is what you're saying. 21st in the league in rushing attempts last season. Number one this year. Number one. As a team. As a team. 30 more than the Rams, right? You see the Rams. I feel like they wind the clock out over the last three quarters with Gurley. But Seattle.
And over the last three games, Seattle's averaged 37 rushing attempts a game. That's a lot. Yeah. That's a lot. So that's my, that's my haunt. I think you're going to be haunted by the name because it's just a big name. You expect more things. Speaking of rushing and big names at the running back position. Wow. I am personally going to be haunted. Jared Goff? By Adrian.
Peterson. And here's why. The real Jeff Fisher is haunted by Jared Gordon. I am haunted by Adrian Peterson because I did not believe. My season long rankings will be haunted by Adrian Peterson because he was very low. My dynasty team that I tried and tried and tried and tried today to trade for Adrian Peterson was not able to do so. You did what?
I did because I feel like in a dynasty, I was hoping you could buy him cheap as an elderly gentleman. And I believe that the rest of the season, Adrian Peterson is going to be one of two things. Injured, in which case he's going to haunt you or an RB1. Wow. Do you know that so far on the season?
Adrian Peterson is currently on pace for an astounding 1,687 all-purpose yards with double-digit touchdowns, and we're halfway through the season. He has been great. He has done it back-to-back-to-back weeks with massive carry counts. The Washington Redskins are leading the division, and it's not on the back of Alex Smith. It's on the sturdy shoulders of Adrian Peterson. Alex Smith is thrown for under 200 yards, and Washington is fourth.
In the league and rushing attempts per game. This is a question where it's not who's going to haunt you. This is who's going to haunt me. Adrian Peterson is haunting me right now. And maybe this holiday season, this Halloween season, the Halloween and holiday kind of merged there. I got you. It became a holloway season. Well, that's the thing is that I was leading toward back to you as the Fantasy Reaper thinking maybe.
Maybe I can be rescued by the Fantasy Reaper because I feel like if I'm not, Adrian Peterson will haunt my season. Wow. Well, you know, I'm a believer in him. Look, he wants to prove everybody wrong. He's a generational guy that, you know, when you've got the Emmett Smith type of player, not just like, oh, he's really great. But this is truly one of the running backs of the era. You know, Adrian Peters, they can play into their later.
years. We've seen it with other guys like this, and he's clearly shown it. Now it's time for my haunt. You may have moved on too soon. Ha ha ha ha ha. Wow. Kenny Galaday returns. Marvin Jones. Oh, such a smooth.
The sex man. Wait, so you're... He tuned up. You're a fan of Galaday and Jones, and they're going to haunt owners that let them go too soon. I get it. You are probably quaking in your boots the past two weeks when he saw a combined three targets for three receptions. I don't blame you. Things were not looking splendid for Kenny Gallaudet. But now Golden Tate is gone. We talked about it.
27% of the passes for Matthew Stafford are up for grabs. Matt Stafford is on pace for 4,400 yards and 32 touchdowns. In the first few weeks before Kenny Gallaudet had vanished, he was averaging over five receptions a game, over 80 receiving yards a game at about a half a touchdown. Last year, Marvin Jones.
was a wide receiver 1 with over 1,100 yards. Golden Tate last year, 90 receptions over 1,000 yards. I mean, it's, it is happening. It is going to happen for Kenny Gallaudet and Marvin Jones. I think both are locked into that wide receiver 2. Who's going to be the huge beneficiary every single week? I think that will go back and forth. But now there is not that third option to take away from Jones and Goladay. They are a passing.
team i know the attempts had kind of come down a little bit when carion johnson was having massive success johnson's also a huge yeah he's a benefactor for from golden take going away but i am so pumped for the sax man kenny g and for marvin jones moving forward if you moved on i'm it's going to haunt you it's going to haunt you i'm sorry we all
We've all had these things happen. You trade a player and then a situation improves overnight. Andy was part of fantasy. Andy was literally in the middle yesterday of trying to trade either. Doug Baldwin or Marvin Jones is going back and forth in a Dynasty League. And he almost traded away Marvin Jones seconds before that trade. Yeah, I went with Baldwin. I went with Baldwin. Yeah. I had a trade earlier last week where I was moving some pieces to try and get.
Brandon Cooks to stack my starting roster, and I was offering the other team either Geronimo or Marvin Jones. You can grab whichever one you want. I don't care. They took Geronimo. Wow. And Marvin Jones on my bench. I'm like, eh, from the bench right to my flex, man. No doubt. No doubt. And look, that's a huge target share. I'm with you. Would you rather have Kenny Gallaudet or Cortland Sutton rest of season? Kenny Gallaudet.
And that's where I'm out because you go with the quarterback. I love Sutton. But this is Matthew Stafford's pacing for 4,400 yards, 32 touchdowns doing his thing. Yes. For Sutton, it's just a projection. For Kenny Gallaudet, we already have seen exactly what he can be if he's getting opportunity. And he's going to get it. Yeah, it's going to be fun to watch. It's neat to see a couple of those situations breed opportunity for the younger guy, right? Coralyn Sutton and Kenny Galladay get a chance to flash.
what I think is elite level size and ability for both players. So let's get into the Thursday night preview. Thursday night breakdown. Now, coach, listen, you've got to like this Thursday night matchup. You've got a 1 in 16 facing a 1 in 17. You've been there. Look, if I may say a word. You may. I know Gruden, you're on a long-term contract. I know Shanahan, the people...
There, they like you. But I can promise you my record would be better than this. If you want to improve by at least seven victories over your one win and no more, look to me. All right, the Raiders. It's a good point. I mean, Kyle Shanahan's, he's off the hook entirely. That's what he's flying under the radar.
of having a legit bad record. Dude, if I take over a new franchise as a head coach for the first time, I need to get rid of that starting quarterback. I mean, it's like, just buy me an extra year and a half like he's had of, of like, he gets to really hone his head coaching skills without any worry of, you know, he can't, everybody still loves him. It's not his fault. Well, it isn't. I'm one of those. I love him.
