The Halloween Show! + Starts of the Week, Week 9 Breakdown

Yeah, that's fair. The Wembley field is not the best. So maybe you'll see some, you know, a play that looks like it could be something for a four net that doesn't turn out. But yeah, no, I expect a high scoring affair here because Deshaun Watson can overcome this middle of the Packed, Jacksonville defense. And Houston doesn't have a defense. Yeah. So that's great. No, Deshaun Watson, you're obviously starting him. You're starting Minshu.

Oh, yes. Mike, we're going to talk about him later. Yeah. He's in a great spot. A lot of people are asking Minchu... In the starts of the week. Spoiler! I know. A lot of people are asking Minchu versus other guys that are, you know, real questionable like, you know, Lamar Jackson going up against the Patriots. That one's really, really tough. That's like, I think you could go either way. They're pretty close in my rankings. I think the safer option is pretty...

probably minchew, right? Yes, I agree. You know, I'm coming around on just playing Lamar. I mean, you kind of dance with the girl that brought you. Lamar is, he's going to run for 80 yards, right? Yeah, he'll run for 80, but how many turnovers is it going to have? How many passing yards is he actually going to have? We're going to find out a lot about the Patriots. I'm freaked out by playing Lamar this week. So four net, he's been amazing. He's in your lineup. DJ Chark is in your lineup. Hopkins.

Hopkins is basically leading the NFL in targets since week five. He's back. Where are you with Carlos Hyde in this game, Duke Johnson? They're just kind of there. Right? These guys are every week we have the same conversation about them. It's repeat. If you are into Adrian Peterson, then you have to be into Carlos Hyde. Oh, that's required. It's 19 carries for 83 yards last week.

Two weeks ago was The Stinker 12 for 35, but he's just getting incredible volume, maybe three of the last four weeks, 19 or more carries. That's ridiculous on a really high-powered offense. Yeah, I would agree with some of what you're saying. I think Carlos Hyde is a fine flex start. You've got bi-week issues. You could do worse than him. The difference between Carlos Hyde and Adrian Peterson, though, is that even though Adrian Peterson is older, Adrian Peterson is still far more talented.

than Carlos Hyde. I think right now... On a far worse offense. Sure, but if you were to... So would you play... You play Peterson over Hyde this week? I would play Peterson over Hyde, yes. No. Put it on the board. Oh, let's do that. Oh, I gotta find it. Water bet. Does that mean that when one of us gets wet, because we made the bet like this, we have to like... Ooh, dress up again? Water gobbling it.

No, I don't think you want to be a water goblin. Thank goodness. I was going to say the only thing may be more difficult. It's actually great for me. I love water. Oh, yeah, because you're a... I'm an aquatic creature. That's true. And you look so comfortable in your own skin there with your tusks blocking the microphone. The only thing worse than maybe playing Hyde or Peterson confidence-wise is betting on them. So congratulations to both of you. Thank you. Thank you.

I think that Chris Conley is an interesting flex play this week at wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Agreed. I think that DD factors in and we're, that's a status you're going to have to chase the entire week because we don't know one way or the other right now. If Dee Dee is out, then I'm very, very interested in Conley. Is your, and is your confidence still there if DD isn't active?

It's not as there, but I think that, you know, Conley's the big play receiver. You've got a couple of weeks in a row where he's been providing that big play. You've got Kenny Stills on the other side. If this game turns into more of the shootout, keep up, sling it around type of game, then you're probably going to get a big play from either Conley or Stills. It's just you're rolling the dice, right? Because you're not going to have passing volume for either player. I know we're all very, very mad at Kenny Bills for not coming through in that real plus.

matchup, but the Jaguars are just 16th against fantasy-wide receivers. Kenny Stills is still in play as a three. Would you play him over, like, Larry Fitzgerald tonight? Yes, 100%. What about over Christian Kirk tonight? I'm going to go Kirk there. I think I agree with you on that. Yep. The Goblin agrees. Unanimous. Hey, hey, hey.

Darren Fells, I think he's, you can play him. Yeah, you can stream him. He's one of those guys where his baseline is nothing, but his touchdown upside is more realistic than some of the other garbage tight ends right now. Well, and let's ask this question because I want to talk about Chris Herndon for a second. Darren Fells are Chris Herndon if Herndon's acting. Hearnden 100%. See, I have changed my thought on week one confidence with Chris Herndon. This is another one of those look through the right lens.

problems for me. We look at this as a very, well, Ryan Griffin's keeping the roster spot warm for Herndon. And when Herndon comes back, it's a, all the snaps are to Herndon and everyone loves Herndon. You know what? Ryan Griffin's been great. You don't reward greatness with the bench. And they pay him and he plays and Donald likes him. And I'm worried that for a couple weeks, at least, you're going to get more of a time share there than you can expect. And you've got.

injury risk with Herndon, he's got an injury that is very easy to reagravate. Sure, that part is definitely true. But comparing him to fells, you're still all over. Because, you know, what we see in Griffin is that they are running routes with their tight end. What we saw in preseason, you know, preseason, we always talk about for tight ends and how they're utilized, that's actually one of the things that's pretty telling. And Chris Herndon was great in those drives with Darnold. And so I, and you hear Darnold talk about.

getting herndon back and being a great offense once we have herndon. But he might play 50% of the snaps or 30% of the snap. Sure. I mean, maybe week one it's a little dicey. You got the injury. You don't know how much they're getting back. But I'm always going to side on the guy that has the chance to be a 8, 9, 10 target player. Darren Fells is.

you know, maybe he'll get five targets. Darren Fells four of the past six weeks, a top 10 tight end. Yes, with two, top three. Well, one of, no, when he was the tight end 10, he was, that was just yardage. What was his, what was his line? He was, let me go back. That was the big play. That was, no, he was six for 69. Nice. Yeah. Bears, three and four, Eagles, four and four.

Games in Philadelphia, the Eagles are five-point favorites. Bears are trying to stave off a four-game losing streak. The Bears are dead last in their division after last year being one kickaway from the title. They're one kick away from 500 right now, too. That's true. That's true. And I'm sure all their problems are their kicker again, right? It's all the kicker. It's hard to kick in a windy city. Oh, yeah. Right?

They're in Philadelphia. But he's from Chicago. It works. It works. It works. I mean, look, the Eagles had an impressive performance last week. Games a 42.5 point over under. It puts an implied point total of only 18 and a half points on the Bears. Not great. No. Not great, Bob.

The Eagles are sixth in the NFL against the running back position, giving up just 17.3 fantasy points per game. David Montgomery had 27 rushing attempts last week. David Montgomery will end the week as the RB what? I think David Montgomery ends the week probably is like around the RB 28, 29 gets a little bit of work. I mean, his upside is that he falls into a touchdown because I don't expect this to be a good game.

against the Eagles. Their front seven is great against the run. It's their secondary that's beatable. I don't think Trubisky can do that. So I do expect a lower scoring game. On the flip side, you really, really wonder if you're going to get Dijax back. Because it changes a lot for this offense, for Carson Wince. A lot of people out there, I'm one of them. Might have to start Carson Wince in a matchup that

has been very tough against quarterbacks and bear's sixth against quarterbacks and sixth against wide receivers right now. And now you bring in a team that's minus their deep threat and you go, well, that's not the team that's going to beat him. I like the Phillies at home. I like Philly to win this game. I like Jordan Howard a lot. I think Jordan Howard's going to have a great opportunity. We'll talk about him later. Oh, my. I like him more than Montgomery.

Miles Sanders, he got banged up last week. Yeah, I believe he did not practice yesterday. He didn't, but Darren Sprouls did. Oh, that's great. Yeah. And then are you considering Miles Sanders at all with the matchup mixed with the injury? No. Preferably not. He's hopefully a trade high candidate after last week. If he can get back on the field, then. By the way, this is a revenge game for Mr. Jordan Howard.

And there are some revenge game narratives that are just, I mean, they're all pretty crappy. But this one seems like, like he owes him one, doesn't he? Yeah, revenge game gets thrown out with just someone that used to be on a team. This isn't just someone that used to be on a team. This is someone that was punted off the bridge for nothing and then drafted. After being great for you. Yes. For years. Yes. And then said, get out of here. We don't need you. We're going to bring in Mike Davis.

draft, you know, a rookie. And we'll be able to just piecemeal it together, no problem. Alan Robinson, Mike, you love him? Yes. In this matchup, obviously the Eagles defense, they can't defend the wide receiver position. That's their biggest problem. No, they're dead last against wide receivers. Alan Robinson is, he is the target monster yet again. At the wide receiver position on the Philly side, though, are you, you know, Alton Jeffrey, not been impressive? He's kind of just a wide receiver three, right?

Yeah, that's how I lean. He's, I mean, six targets, five targets the past couple weeks. Four for 64 last week against Buffalo. That's not too bad. He does feel more like a low end two to me. I'm not going to downgrade him to a three yet. Jason's laughing. It's just funny. I'm watching the monitor here. Yeah. And I'm just watching a Walrus give advice on fantasy football. It's absurd. It's, oh.

I like the Eagles a whole lot more of Dijax plays, and that includes the other wide receivers on the team. I like that you've stayed pretty committed to the flippers too, Mike. Like you've done a little bit. I had to go one hand because I couldn't even use the computer. Yeah. Like the track pad does not work with the pads. No, no. Zach Ertz, Dallas Gotter. We've talked a lot about them this week. You're playing Erds.

You could do worse than Goddard. Both of these guys are in the top six and targets at the tight end position since week five. Goddard continues to see a high target share for what was considered a streaming tight end. So yes, keep playing him. He feels like he feels like the goal line tight end. Yes. And Zach Kurtz feels like the possession tight end. Yes. And that stinks. Yeah. For all the Zach Kurt's owners. That is what has been hurting Zach Hertz is the red zone work has been going the wrong direction.

Vikings, six and two, taking on the Chiefs at Arrowhead. Chiefs are five and three. We have not had the official Patrick Mahomes ruled out yet, but we will. He's not going to be playing this week. He's listed at doubtful, which means the Chiefs are going to have to survive a very good Vikings team, and that's going to be hard. It's going to be a difficult task. They can be five and four. Yeah. And Raiders hanging around in that division, that's about it, though. They'll be all right. Yeah.

Cousins, Kirk Cousins. He's been, you know, from an NFL perspective, probably the best quarterback in football over the last handful of weeks. But fantasy-wise, can you trust him in this match? I am. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. You like playing against the Chiefs. I love it. Look, I get that they're really being exploited by the running back position, but because they're kind of.

at least fantasy-wise against wide receivers, they've been okay, 7th. But against the quarterback, their 23rd, your right, 80. Kirk Couss has been dominating. Before last week, you know, he was coming off a run of multiple games with four touchdowns. And he was actually sensational against Washington, 285 yards, almost an 89% completion rate. He just didn't throw a touchdown. And we know that...

In fantasy football, if you don't score a touchdown at the quarterback position, it's going to be a poor fantasy day. And I think he can bounce back from that. I'll bet on the odds for Kurt Cousins. Yeah, and he very well might have Adam Thielen back. He practiced again after the injury. He's got a good chance to play Sunday. I expect Thielen to suit it up. The Vikings have become a pretty straightforward fantasy.