Starts of the Week + Week 5 Breakdown, Power Wheels - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/6

I'm starting all those other names over golf. Are you looking at any of the wide receivers if we don't have Alman Ra out there trying to, you know, play Josh Reynolds' roulette? I feel like Josh Reynolds is a fine PPR option. I mean, you're talking about 10 targets two weeks ago, eight targets, seven receptions this last week. Josh Reynolds is fine. On the other side of the ball, Damien Harris, Ramandre Stevenson should have huge opportunities in this game. Both should be started. At wide receiver, they should get Jacoby Myers back, right? Is that a guarantee? It's not a guarantee. All right. Well, don't guarantee it then. Devante Parker has had two straight great weeks. So if Myers is back, is he the preference? If Myers is back, I don't think I'm playing anyone. If Myers is gone, you can say, okay, Devante Parker, let's go for another good week. But the thing is, last week.

He had a big play. He had a 25-yard touchdown. That was one of his two targets. So it was really hard to trust Devante Parker. We still don't know for sure that it will be Mac Jones. If it's if it's zapy. Zap, zap, zap, zap. I mean, if he's zapping people on the field or you will. No. I'm bailing out. Oh, big bail. Big, big bail. Even if it's Mac Jones. I need a big bucket. The matchup is nice, but Mac Jones is going to not be at full strength. obviously with his high ankle sprain. I feel like this is a Damian Harris from Andre Stevenson and get out. Yeah, Johnny Smith's going to miss this game. Hunter Henry has done nothing all year. You'd love to say, well, he's all alone. He'll do something. No, don't mess around with it. Pittsburgh at one and three take on the one in the three and one Buffalo Bills. The draft king sportsbook line. Are you ready for this? Yeah. Get wrecked.

It's Buffalo minus 14 at home. The over under is 46. That is a 30 point line for Buffalo. 16 for the Kenny Pittsburgh Steelers. I mean, this, this is like, this was the Tom Brady, Randy, Randy Moss years. Like back when they were getting, the spread was always two touchdowns. And you're like, I guess I'm going to seat the points. I mean. I don't know what the money line bet is on Buffalo here. Oh, it's got to be terrible. Minus 950. 950? Oh, man. I still would, I just, I don't see how Buffalo can lose this ball game. And maybe that's famous last words. Brooks is looking at me like it is, but minus 950 seems nice. With a rookie quarterback, a rookie quarterback going to Buffalo.

And he looked good to me. I know he threw three interceptions, but I thought Kenny Pittsburgh looked just fine. He had two rushing touchdowns. He was certainly better than Mitchell Trabisky, but a rookie going to Buffalo against one of the four elite defenses in the NFL, he is not going to do jack squat in this game. There's a reason they only have 16 implied points. It's very difficult for me to take any Pittsburgh Steeler. Not named Najee Harris. And Najee Harris, I wanted to talk about him a little bit and maybe broaden the discussion to Dynasty, but, you know, 3.9 yards per attempt in his first season made up for it with 74 receptions. Through four games this year, he has 10 total receptions. He's also running for 3.5 a carry. So when you look at this situation, the growth that has to take place with Kenny Pickett.

What are you expecting for Najee Harris? I mean, he's on pace for 40 receptions. That would be almost half of last year. Four touchdowns and 800 yards. Najee's next month is Buffalo, Tampa Bay, Miami, Philadelphia, by week. New Orleans. After that. I mean, you might. That's nausea Harris. I mean, you might want to be sending some feelers out there and see if you can flip Najee into something. Yeah, I wouldn't blame you if you can upgrade at running back from Najee to, you know, pair him with someone and upgrade to a more capable, more consistent running back. But I would, I would still. Melvin tonight over Najee against Buffalo on the road? I mean, yes, I would. I would. I would.

I don't like that. This is where if you could take the names away. I don't like it. I think it'd be an easier decision, but you... Well, if you take the names away, you say, okay, Najee's not going to be great. He's not going to put up anything on electric, but he's on pace for almost 300 opportunities this year. And whenever you have that much volume, that doesn't mean you're going to be great for fantasy, but he's not going to really often not hit 10 fantasy points. Like 10 fantasy points as a baseline for your running back two or your flex option.

You know, I expect them to get 10 fantasy points this week. And that's, I'm not writing home to mom and being like, Mama, I got 10 fantasy points. But I would take the under this week. Well, sure. This is a, well, man, Buffalo's so good. Yeah. Well, and if you're, maybe if you're a favorite, you take the 10. Maybe if you're an underdog, even line, you'd rather go Melvin. Yeah. I think I'd go Melvin either way. Okay. The other options on the offense, I mean, Pat Fryermew, If you've been playing him, I think you can keep playing him. He did get a lot of... And you can pray. He got a lot of targets from Kenny Pickett when Pickett came in the game, so that's hopeful. I mean, this matchup is more of a let's watch what Kenny Pickett does, because when he came in, his targets went to George Pickens and not to Deontay Johnson. So, I mean, I guess if you have Deontay, maybe you're...

Playing him, I'm trying to find a different option for anybody. Try to find your way out of Pittsburgh players. Yes, 100%. The schedule adjusted defense, if you want that, they're number one against quarterback, number one against tight end, number two against wide receiver. The bill's defense is phenomenal. Josh Allen. Remains excellent. Number one, an expected points per pass attempt. He's a machine. Devin Singletary? Hey. It's been an interesting year for Singletary. 14 opportunities per game. The RB 26 on the year. Always has the chance to have kind of a bigger game when this offense gets going. Pittsburgh has not been able to stop the run or the pass. They've lost three of their best defensive pieces. And this was a good defense week one. They're no longer a good defense. You have a situation right now where Jameson Crowder at the wider receiver position broke his ankle. Isaiah McKinsey.

Last I had read, and Kyle, you should see recent practice reports if there's anything new. Last I had seen the report I read made me think he's going to miss this game. With the concussion? Correct. Yeah, he hasn't done anything to my knowledge yet in practice. The hit was brutal. McKenzie came out and said like he couldn't move for a portion after the hit. So, you know, Stefan Diggs is obviously in your lineup. I'm just trying to find that next man up to trust. You know, Gabe Davis has been beat up. I still think week one was a little bit of a deception in terms of the fact that like the one play he scored the touchdown on was this, it was a really, it was a well-crafted misdirection. No one was around him. It wasn't like a route down the field. I'm just worried about the targets per route run. I'm worried about the involvement in the offense. Sure. But I feel like this is a get right opportunity for him with the potential of McKenzie missing the game.

Artie without Crowder. Highly asked on the website right now. Romeo Dobbs or Gabe Davis? Dobbs. Ooh. I would go Dobbs just because we've seen a couple of games with Gabe Davis where he isn't getting the targets that you would hope he gets. He certainly has the higher touchdown upside because you've got Josh Allen. I don't think Gabe Davis is someone you have to sit. But if you've got a really good option, which I view Dobbs as a good option, then I'm willing to make that switch. Yeah, I want to see targets go Gay Davis's way because right now he seems really big play dependent. Had that 47-yard catch in week one. It's just a little concerning from a lock-in-your-line-up standpoint. Dawson Knox has not seen an in-zone target and doesn't seem really like a viable player right now. No, not right now. If McKenzie does go somehow.

He's in play to me. I agree. As the slot wide receiver. And then if McKenzie does miss, I mean, probably more of a DFS play, but or a deep league dart throw. Khalil Shakir would fill in as the slot wide receiver. And that's, I mean, speaking of targets, like the slot wide receiver for Josh Allen gets targets. Houston. Oh, three and one, taking on the two and two Jacksonville, Jaguars, Jacksonville negatives. All right. Jacksonville minus seven. According to the Draft King Sportsbook, the O'Runders 43 and a half. Houston, we have had some problems. Damien Pierce has not been one of them the last two weeks. The RB 10, the RB6, you lock them in, you start him. Yeah, I'm willing to start him. Jacksonville hasn't been great against running backs. Brandon Cook's better week last week, up to 15, you know, caught seven of seven targets.

He got into the end zone and looked pretty good. He's going to be okay. Yeah, he feels like a sleeping giant. Everything is still there for Brandon Cooks. Just the connection with his quarterback had been failing, but we finally got that with 100% catch rate against the charges this past week. So I do believe that Brandon Cooks will be, you know, a wide receiver two moving forward. Mike, any comments on the tight-in position for Jacksonville? Evan Ingram one catch in each of the last two weeks. This makes me sad. I know. This makes me sad. I know. I know you wanted something to happen there. Yep. He's no Kyle Pitts, though. Smash matchup for James Robinson. Oh, yeah. Probably still a sit matchup for Travis E. T until he gives you a game?

Yeah. Although it looks like he could do something here. Possibly because the Texas have been so bad at running back. But this is really, when you're looking at the Jacksonville Jaguars right now, I think you've got to look at the game script and what your expectation is for how that's going to go. We might be wrong about how it goes because Jacksonville has been surprisingly good. But in this matchup, they're at home. They're favored by a touchdown. They're playing against a very porous run defense. And that to me says James Robinson all the way. If they're not in passing situations, then

Travis ETM might not have enough snaps to be valuable if he doesn't get a touchdown. He probably has a really bad fantasy. He only had one target last week in a negative game script, too. Yeah. He's gone from four to three, three to one. It was very discouraging last week. And he gets smaller by the week. He loses five to ten pounds every week. Every time, just so. It's like thinner? Every single time. Oh, yeah. And scaled down, like the control T in Photoshop. I don't think Andy can help himself whenever the Jacksonville Jaguars are on the screen. Whenever Travis E.T.N gets on the field or is seen or gets the ball.

Andy just is like, he's so tiny. It's just, you, you, it's a visceral reaction when he bounces off of a defender and then bounces backwards. Yeah, he much like Michael Carter for the record. Michael Carter does the same thing. He doesn't seem very strong. I think I've been lying on all his sports cards. That's all I'm saying. Something to monitor. Again, you know, we're trying to help out with deeper leagues. OJ. Howard did take over as the primary tight end for the Houston Texans. Last week he ran. 26 routes. He was targeted on 19% of them. So he's not... Well, Brevin Jordan's hurt. Yeah, and they just cut somebody. Farrell Brown. Yeah, Farrow Brown was removed. So it's just, it's something to monitor. Sure. Because goodness. O.J. Howard versus Evan Ingram, what a pile of potential to set you down. We're back. I mean, O.J. Howard has more points in pits. Trevor Lawrence in this game. Yeah, I mean, look. It's only funny because it's true. Oh, man.

And more touchdowns this year than Pitts has in his career? That is correct. Pitts just needs to get in the end zone, man. What's funny is they had a breakdown of like yards gained by a certain age yesterday. Oh, yeah, I saw that. And Kyle Pitts is like fourth all time. Yep. You know, I had a gronk, ahead of Kelsey, all these players. He's 22 today. We want him to be something he's not. Is Arthur an ageist? Like Arthur is. Pitts is too young. No, no, no, he's, what he is is stupid. I would agree with that. Yes. Yes. I want to believe there's a bunch of Atlanta coaches sitting in a room. Here we are again. Here we are again. There's a ton of Atlanta coaches sitting in a room. And they got a big old whiteboard. Kyle, you'd appreciate this. They got a whiteboard in the room.

And Kyle loves a white boy. And they have one question. Like, how do we possibly use Kyle Pitts? And everybody scratching their head in that room. They have no idea how to use this weapon. Not Arthur. Arthur's got a plan. He says, we run the ball. We run the ball. He erases the question and says, run the ball. Yeah, well. What if we're down 20? Trevor Lawrence or Russell Wilson. Trevor Lawrence has a great matchup against Houston. I like Trevor Lawrence this week. He is 23 today, by the way, him and Pitts celebrating a birthday together. Wow, man, so many birthdays. Yeah. What a great day to be alive. I bet you Pitts at 23 will be better than Pitts at 22. Well, it won't be hard. I would agree with you. Yeah, when it comes to Trevor Lawrence, I would play Russell. But Trevor Lawrence is the last of the players that I would play ahead of golf.

I've noticed over the last week when we compare a player to Russell Wilson, our answer seems to say we still believe Russell Wilson can figure this out. I would play Trevor Lawrence. Or not, you know, or not. Hey, guess who we get to talk about? The Atlanta Falcons at two and two. Here we go. Taking on the two and two Tampa Bay Buccane Sportsbook line here, Tampa Bay minus nine and a half. The overrunners 47 and a half. Big, big news, guys. Tom Brady. Practicing. Oh, good. T-shirt. possibly wearing it under the jersey. So we don't know the whole t-shirt story, but practicing Julio and Godwin, some light work. Tampa Bay is, if you watch their head coach last week, Atlanta's about to get it. They're about to get it. Do you agree with that, Kyle? We're going to get destroyed. I mean, just massacred, I think. Tampa Bay.

amazingly, this game is to take over the NFC South. Yeah, I mean, this is a game where I really do think that the Atlanta Falcons need Kyle Pitts active and need to have them a part of this game plan. The Buccaneers are great. They are top six in schedule adjusted against quarterback, running back wide receiver, and 27th against tight in. That is where they can be beat. Kyle Pitts. Has the talent to beat them there. I loved your guarantee of a touchdown this week because the matchup is great for Pitts. You need to play him if he plays. It was such a shame to see him pop up on the injury report. That will just ruin everything. Yeah, I think today's practice report will mean a lot. If he's limited, then there's a good chance he'll play. If not, you're going to have to find another option. You might, as Jason said, need to find another option anyways. But I...

If you think that the problems plaguing Kyle Pitts don't exist at all for Drake London or other pass catchers on that offense, you're wrong. Marcus Marriota is a huge problem. The run-centric offense is a huge problem. Drake London caught 29% of his passes last week. I don't think it's because Drake London stinks. It's because the quarterback position is not being treated the way it is on other teams. And the recipe is unfortunately working for Arthur. His plan worked. He won the game. That is a problem. Yeah, I mean, when you don't have that much talent, if you want to slow the game down, run the ball more, milk the clock, make the game essentially shorter and not give your opponent as many chances to score on your bad defense, it's a good approach for trying to stay in these games and make sure that your draft pick can't be good enough to help your franchise in the future. Drake London, I believe is a very difficult.

decision this week because his yeah he caught a very low percentage of the targets but he still saw seven of them last week he's seeing it a ridiculous 34% much smaller pie of course but that's still like he is the focal point of the offense Tampa Bay is terrifying so would you guys go with Drake London or let's say Terry McLaurin against the Tennessee Titans okay Drake London or Gabe Davis. I'll go Gabe Davis. You know, Tara McLaren's got a lower separation number than Alan Robinson this year. Really? Yeah. What are we doing here? Terry? Get it together, brother. Where are you on Gabe Davis, Drake? I think I take Gabe Davis. Okay. Yeah, I just think your floor is pretty scary. Drake, London, you know, if Pitts doesn't play.

I think you can kind of pencil in. It's seven to ten targets for Drake London, so maybe that makes them safer. And I just don't know if the upside's there against Tampa Bay. Their defense is going to be back with a fire this week, and Brady will have weapons. And it's going to be Tampa. It's going to be Tampa in this game. And then that puts you in a tough position because a lot of players went out and spent Fab on Tyler Alger, Caleb Huntley. and enjoy that ride i mean that ride might be a painful one this week it's going to be bumpy okay it's not paved got it go on i mean the yeah i mean it's a swamp it's a swamp i hope you have a gator boat to get through the line yeah because if it's a car you're just you're not going anywhere i mean they will run regardless of success that is that is true

That is absolutely true. If I had to start one, it would certainly be Tyler Algier. He was running routes. He is the first man up. He is the more talented of the two backs. He has the higher team capital spent on him. I'm not starting Caleb Huntley under any situation, even if he happens to get a touchdown this game, the way that he got last game. Great. I will be happy to say process over results and he's on my bench. Are we getting a Chris Godwin breakout game? Oh, he's in. Yeah, since 2018, averaging, you know, what, seven receptions, 100 yards and 1.3 touchdowns against Atlanta. Yeah, he's back. Okay. Okay. Brady. Yes. Oh, yeah. We'll talk about him. I mean, this is like, the main pieces are in. The question, like, what do you guys think about Rashad White, who finally got a little bit of action last week if this thing turns into the massacre that we think it could be?

then maybe he's on the field a little bit? There's no way I'm starting Rashad White. I pound the table that he must be picked up. He must be rostered. He can be a league winner, but you can't start him. Okay. Moving on, Seattle 2 and 2, the Saints 1 and 3. Games in New Orleans, the drafting Sportsbook line, New Orleans minus 5 and a half. The overrunners 46 points. Are we getting James Winston? Are we getting Andy Dalton in this game? Don't know. It's still too early to tell. It really could be either at this point. And then Gino Smith has been excellent. You know, you start to look at Gino the way he's playing, the way that, you know, he's got weapons and Metcalfe unlock it. Can you look at him in streaming quarterback conversations? I mean, I think you have to. He's, he's been tremendous. He's done everything they've asked him to do. He's efficient. He can hit the big play. So, yeah, and, you know, the Saints, it is a tougher matchup. So, I mean, you're looking at,

Like, do you go Gino or Jared Gough? And I'd go golf. You'd go Gough? Jay, where would you go? I would lean golf there as well. They've both been good. Gough is a, I think is a better quarterback. And the Patriots defense is not quite as good as the Saints defense. That being said, I don't think Gino is someone. You know, if you're in a two quarterback league, I think Gino is an okay start as a quarterback two here. It's really their run defense that is going to. shut people down. You know, Rashad Penny, if you're chasing that from last week, so many people, ourselves included, Mike, had Rashad Penny blow up for 30 points on their bench and they're going to be like, oh, I got to put them in. I would not do that this week. Would you play Zeke or Penny? Zeke. Zeke. Against the Rams? Yeah. Would you play Gino Smith or Matthew Stafford against the Dallas Cowboys? I played Gino. Yeah, I would as well. Matthew Stafford.

has been terrible. Yeah, I would agree. That's a, that's a funny place to be. It is. Yeah, I mean, there's a lot of those kind of questions. Stafford is going to get a lot of looks at the ceiling of that new dome in SoFi Stadium this week. Okay. Cursellave, lock them into your lineup? Yes. Absolutely. With the injury right now to Michael Thomas, who didn't participate in practice on Wednesday, the air yard's given up by Seattle. He's so good. Yeah, he has to be started. Jarvis Landry, on the other hand, does not have to be started. No, he does not. And Michael Thomas still didn't practice on Wednesday, so it's kind of a lave here. We talked about Alvin Camara being back in your lineup. Yep.

selfishly for Olave, I hope Winston's back, just because he looks his way downfield a little bit more. But last week, Olave still got into the end zone. I mean, I talked about it. Positive touchdown regression was coming his way. With that amount of involvement in the offense, he's going to find himself in the end zone. Yeah, that's the nice thing about having Andy Dalton as a backup. The gap between Andy Dalton and James Winston, it exists. It is worse to have Andy Dalton, but it isn't detrimental to the point where you can't start O'Lave. The Chargers are two and two and they take on the Cleveland Browns who are two and two. The Drafking Sportsbook line here, Chargers minus two and a half. The overrunner is 47 and a half. Jason's shaking its head. I don't know why. I love this game. I think that this is the sneaky start game of the week. I've got bets on the over. I, you know, the Chargers defense lost Bosa. The Cleveland Brown's offense has been better than.

expected. They've been running the ball so well. The Chargers can't stop the run, but the Chargers will score if the Browns do. I think this game could be really fun for fantasy. Okay. I agree. Last year, this game was 47 to 42. Woo! Yeah. And... In Cleveland. Same situation. So, I mean, that means Herbert, Echler, Mike Williams, Gerald Everett. They're all in your lineup. Josh Palmer was a little banged up. little worried about trying to get him out into your lineup this week. Not a lot of targets. Keenan Allen won't play. I don't believe. So from a weapon perspective, I think Echler's going to have to catch some passes. On the other side, Chubb, you lock him in. I like Cream Hunt this week. Mari Cooper can have a bounceback game in this one, although it's a little nerve-wracking to start him at times, but you guys are both fine with it. Absolutely. I think Cooper is a good start. I mean, there's,

You know, there's four players on both sides of the ball that you're going to start. And I think they're all good starts. And it's pretty easy to separate the line. Like I wouldn't start Donovan People's Jones. I personally wouldn't start Josh Palmer. Assuming Keenan Allen is out, obviously you're not going to start him. So this game is just like start the known commodities and enjoy. Everton and Joku in this game, would you play Everett or Injoku? I lean the Everett direction. That one is so tough. I lean. in Joku, but I like both players. And these are guys that I know for sure. There are teams that have both of these players, and they have to make that decision. So you've got to be the tiebreaker here, Mike. I would look at my rankings. I mean, like, I want to play in Joku. Herbert's the better quarterback. Yeah, I agree. No, I have Gerald Everett. One spot ahead of David and Joku. Okay.

Anything else in this game you guys want to discuss? Just pointing out interesting of, you know, Amari Cooper, just a massive dud last week. Yeah, one catch on four targets. Coming off of two really, really strong games where, I mean, his target volume was absolutely outrageous. And last, it, those two duds, or I'm sorry, those two monster games that Cooper had, Donovan People's Jones disappeared. And then last week, he was nine targets. Like week one. Yeah, so it, I mean, if this is the trend, then we know that, oh, that only one of those players can have success. Versat only has eyes for one of them. Yeah. At a time. All right. Let's move on. Starts of the week. All right, week five, we've got your starts of the week. Jason, why don't you kick us off at quarterback? Sure. I'm going to go with Tom Brady in that matchup against Atlanta, Tampa Bay's team implied total. Yeah, send in the plant man.