Week 7 Studs & Duds, Rising Stars, Walk of Shame

was a monster again in the passing game, 8 for 57 and 2 on 10 targets. Latavius Murray showed up again in the absence of Dalvin Cook. 15 for 69 and two touchdowns they play New Orleans next week. You can start Latavius Murray of Dalvin Cook is out. Yeah. I mean, that's the story. I mean, it's, yeah, 49 of his yards came on the two touchdown runs, but they still happened. Now, Jason, I need to know. Do you want me to use the drop?

for this next player during the Rising Star segment, or do you want me to use it now? Oh, we're going to... Why not both? Break out. Carry on Johnson. Wait, 19. Is that supposed to be system of a down? Yeah, it was. That was terrible. It was terrible. 19 for 158. What a game? Carry on Johnson. You started the week. You start of the year. Your, uh... My man crush. Uh, look, carry on Johnson.

59% of the snaps. He is a great running back. I think I saw a stat. Was it JJ that tweeted it out? It was something like the carry-on has 66 to 69 carries on the season. All the other. I don't bear it. Oh, yeah. I think you're right.

All the other Lions running backs had near the same carries, but they amassed 190-something yards and he's at 444. Stop it. Just give him the workload. It has to feel good, doesn't it? It feels great. And the nice thing is, Amir Abdullah was in the game. So it wasn't like Theo Riddick being gone meant that now it was only two backs. It mostly was.

I mean, yes. Amir Abdullah probably had what, five snaps? Amir Abdullah had less work than Theo Riddick would have had if he was out there. I will grant you that. For sure. Yes. But are you trying, you're trying to stifle any concerns that Riddick comes back and carry-ons are relevant. Well, no, they're not dumb enough to take carry-on out permanent. He was my start of the week before the Theoretic news happened. Carry-on is still going to lose goal line work. Yes, he will. And he's still going to lose third downwork. But he's Carry-on Johnson.

He's rushed for over 100 yards twice this year, which no lines running back has done in years. So this was a monstrous game. He's a start every week guy. He's got Seattle, Minnesota, Chicago, so we'll see how that goes. But no, great game. Dionne Lewis, 13 for 91. Oh, hey, Dionne. Welcome back. Yeah, this was a nice offensive performance by Tennessee in London this week. They have the buy next week.

If Dionne Lewis is sitting on your waiver wire, this performance happens. Do you care with the buy next week? Are you going to clog a roster spot with Dionne Lewis? Yeah, I think you should. It's hard to, I mean, there's, you're talking about back and forth between. Dionne Lewis is a good running back. But I actually believe in Dionne Lewis versus.

I don't believe in Derek Henry. Mike, you couldn't believe in anybody in this offense after last week. Correct. But are you in the same boat? Are you going to sign him with the buy week? Are you going to put your fab dollars somewhere else? I would rather put my fab dollars on like Marlon Mack. Oh, sure. Because I can play him this week. I might put in one of those just a low bid just in case no one else is trying to get Deanne Lewis because he's on the by week. In many ways, this was a week of redemption for players that had expectations before the season.

Then disappointed and now have relevance again. Dionne Lewis, Tariq Cohen, Kenyon Drake, Lamar Miller. Tariq Cohen delivering on the start of the week. Eight for 69 and a touchdown on 12 targets, an essential part of that offense. You love it when a running back can have six carries for 14 yards and still put up a top 15 finish on the week. But Kenyon Drake? Say, beware. Beware.

Yeah. Be aware of Kenyon Drake. Six carries. Six carries, four receptions. He had eight targets. I mean, 10 touches. You got to love that target volume, but 10 touches, this is, this is who Kenyon Drake is. You play him. You get the big 40-yard touchdown. You're very happy for fantasy purposes. If you don't get that, you are cursing yourself for starting Kenny Drake. And this is why it's frustrating to be a Dolphins fan. Why?

Adam Gase is a butthole is because if you have a guy that can so frequently rip off a 40-yard explosive play for a touchdown, you have to give him more opportunities to do that. I mean, it's just nonsensical to me to say, well, he could do that because we give him four carries this game. He had four chances. Lamar Miller, 22 for 100 in a touchdown.

against Jacksonville. Yeah, there you go. Emmanuel Sanders. Let's move on to the whiteouts. We talked about him Thursday night game, monster game. A lot of Emmanuel Sanders trade rumors. You need to monitor those. I think there's a chance that Sanders or Demeris Thomas are gone by the trade deadline, which is the 30th at noon Eastern. So we'll keep you up to date. I would just say there's no chance of Emmanuel Sanders value going up.

at the trade deadline if he's traded. If he's traded, he might go to a better team, to a better quarterback, but a worse situation. He's the clear-cut one right now. So he's a guy coming off of another monster game that I would at least be looking to shop to see if you could get high value. I'm not trying to get rid of Emmanuel Sanders at all. I love him. You know, if he's not traded, he's going to be great. But if you could capitalize on that huge week, trade him, and then it turns out he gets traded.

I think you're going to have a huge win on your hands. Wow. Let's talk about John Brown, start of the week. Seven for 134 and a touchdown on seven targets. Jason's start of the week. Adam Thielen, doing Adam Thielen things. Is he the best wide receiver in fantasy football? Yes. No. Antonio Brown. Would you trade Thieling for anybody? You'd trade him for Brown? I would trade Thieling for Antonio Brown, especially now that Antonio Brown's passes by. Yeah, I guess that's... That'd be the only one? The only other guy.

They're in the, but they're in, it used to be Antonio Brown's tier. And then you had Beckham and Julio. And Antonio Brown lived on his own, in his own castle. But Adam Thielen's got a wing now. He's moved in. Yeah. I agree because it's not just the touchdowns. It's the quantity of targets and receptions every single game. Even Antonio Brown, who's had great success in the last few weeks, it's five, six, five six, five six catches. Jarvis Landry, 10 for 97 and a touchdown on 15 targets. Jarvis week.

delivered once I traded him. Thanks. And then Tyreek Hill doing Tyreek things. Despite the long touchdown drop, he ended up with one later in the game. Michael Thomas came back around. Danny Madola had a nice week. Tyoy Hilton, two touchdowns on four targets. Look, again, they did not have to throw the ball a lot. It was nice to see him recover his value that he lost in yardage with some touchdowns. Devin Funch is a nice game.

At the tight-in position, Trey Burton, Monster Week, 9 for 1, 26 in a touchdown on 11 targets. We'll talk about him shortly. George Kittle, 5 for 98 in a touchdown. He's a must start every week. Yeah, absolutely. In this tight-in landscape, George Kittle's top half. Do you guys care about Michael Roberts with two touchdowns for Matthew Stafford? He had three targets. It just happened to be the play design. They found something they could exploit. What about Chris Herndon, New York Jets?

Tight end. Second straight week with the score. Four for 42 in a touchdown. Just missed the second score on seven targets, and you obviously have a Noon, and you have prior now out of that system. But it's Minnesota. Did they go after a different area against Minnesota? Yeah. Herndon, he showed up now back-to-back weeks for fantasy football, 56 yards with a score against the Colts. Yeah. 42 and a score. I mean, he has to be on your radar.

At least. I don't know if I'm buying in, even though he's technically heating up according to the rules. But Jason, are you bought in at all? I'm mildly interested. I would rather have Ben Watson than Chris Herndon. Okay. Rising Stars of the Week. Man, I feel like we've talked about these guys already. But, Mike, your rising star this week? Sure. My official rising star of the week is...

Yeah, it's Marlon Mack. And he has proved Jason to be correct, at least for a week. He still is 100% game script reliant. I strongly believe in that. But next week, if you're looking for a spot starter and we're in those by weeks where people are, or sometimes your number one running back the night before the game decides that he's going to take a week off.

Melvin, dang it. But Marlon Mack, I mean, he's got, he has juice when if he gets in open space, he makes things happen. It's on a higher powered offense. Against Oakland, he's going to be a great play. Jason's going with. We've heard you talk about Karen and Johnson before. He's been in this segment before. Yes, of course he has. How do you rise twice? It's so high in the sky, Mike.

Here's what we're going to do for your rising star of CarryOn Johnson this week because he had to be in there. So I'm going to say, I'm going to play a new game with you. Okay. Would you trade Carry on Johnson for? Oh, I love this game. This is your rising star. Trade Carry on away? What would take you, what would it take for you to trade him away? Oh, man. See, this one hurts. I feel like, well, who would I trade for carrying him? But all right, let's play. Would you trade LaShawn McCoy for Carry on Johnson? Oh, so we're doing it my way.

Heck yeah. We'll do it your way. Would you trade David Johnson for Carry On Johnson? Oh, man. Mercy me. Oh, man. Oh, goodness. Would I trade David Johnson for Carry on Johnson? I'm a no. I would not do that. I do not believe the Arizona Cardinals' offense will get fixed. But while it's been putrid, David Johnson has still been a top 15 running back. I would stick with David Johnson. Would you trade?

Nick Chubb for Caryon Johnson. In a heartbeat, I would trade Nick Chub for Caryon Johnson. I think the Detroit Lions offense is a tier or two above the Cleveland Browns offense. Yes. Would you trade Mark Ingram for Caryon Johnson? No, I would not trade. I mean, you're still talking tiers of offenses. I want the Saints. Would you take this opportunity to flip Caryon Johnson off of the big game for Mark Ingram who disappointed?

Even though we knew he was going to be somewhat disappointing against the Baltimore Raven. Yeah, it stands to reason. If I would not trade Markingham for Carrion, I would trade Carrion for Marking Run. But sometimes you get an emotional attachment to a player. No, I agree. But the reason that Carry On is my Rising Stars, because I don't want you, I don't want it to go away when Theo comes back, not on the field, in your mind. Ain't nobody running away from here. He's a starting.

fantasy option in your lineup every week from here on out. He had 19 carries to LaGarrett Blunt's 10. He is going to be the lion's share. I've said it since. Oh, nice one. Ha ha. I've said it since before the season. He is a second half player. Well, guess what? The buy week has passed. The second half is here. Carry on, my friends. Would you trade Carry on Johnson for Mark Walton? Oh, hey.

Karen, what's up, man? No, I... That's just pandering. Yes, it was. All right, my rising star is Trey Burton. Look, it's been a bit of an acclamation process, but you got it. He switched teams, new quarterback, new offense, but Trey Burton now has four scores in six games. Four scores six games ago. Double digit fantasy points in four of six. Turning into the asset we hoped, and what I loved was the...

quantity of targets, the involvement in the offense this past week. Trey Burton is a must start tied in. I think people were bailing out out of concern for Trabisky. I had bailed out. You had been very, you'd pump the brakes on him, I think. Yeah, I did. I guess we all make mistakes, don't we. Well, I don't know. I'm not still, I'm still not bought in. Okay. I'm just. You need a buy in, Mike. Yeah, well, all right. He's a talented player. They paid a lot of money to. I love Burton. Well, and this is, I guess, uh,

this is something important for people to realize and remember, is that don't make a season-long conclusion out of one or two weeks, no matter who you are, any other direction. Look, we like to have fun on this show. So we like to toot our own horn when we get something right. And, you know, we like to make fun of one another when one of us gets something wrong. But this is fantasy football. I mean...

The rookie running backs looked like they were struggling, and then suddenly it was Sony Michelle and Nick Chubb and Kerryon Johnson have relevance. You say Trey Burton is not what you hoped. Well, it's week seven, guys, four touchdowns. You know, he's been a top tight in. And if this trajectory continues to the second half of the year, all of a sudden, you know, you're proven right on it, guys. So you've got to give some of these things some time to carry themselves out. Absolutely.