Week 7 Studs & Stinkers + AB Signing, Witches on Demand - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/26

He is looking to win the division still. He is looking to find a way to compete. And he knows that the only way he's going to get from here to a title is if Cam Newton regains form. He's not going to get there with Jared Stiddle. But I don't think he's going to get there with Cam Newton either. I'm not sure your fantasy team does with the wide range of outcomes. Cam's going to have some more good games. But what do do if fantasy players do? Because this week stung, it hurt. It cost them wins. It was tough. I mean, we...

At least I had talked about I was pivoting off of Cam Newton. I grabbed Matt Ryan off the waiver wire because I didn't want to play Cam in this matchup. Buffalo, the Jets, the next two games. So that'll be really important for Cam Newton. You may be shell-shocked and don't want to play him against Buffalo. I totally understand that. But Jason is, I think Jason is correct. The five for 19 on the ground, that's the shocking stat where he had run no fewer than nine times.

And that was a couple weeks ago. He ran 9 for 27. Cam Newton gets his fantasy points by running. And we just, we know that. That's why you draft him because he has the cheat code of running. He has the cheat code of being the goal line running back. And if he's not going to do that, it's going to be a disaster. Yeah, my confidence is, it's not there. It's shook for sure. And the fact is he could, he can get pulled again. That's another.

variable that came into play. Gardner Minshu, there was a report that came out early Sunday, late Saturday. Look, he's on kind of the tightrope here. They could pull him for Mike Glennon, which is not something you want to put on your resume. No. This is a... No. And so when you have a possibility of something like that happening, and you have 32 teams with quarterbacks...

You kind of just find a better option someplace else. Yeah, usually that's the best approach is to just not take the risk of the enormously bad benched game. Are you dropping him? Talking about Cam or Gardner? No, Cam Newton. I think Cam is a streamer. And so if I don't like the matchup and I like someone else better, I'd be willing to drop him. I don't see him as someone you have to.

have to roster as a multiple quarterback. Obviously, every league is different, right? Some home leagues teams are rostering three quarterbacks and there's no one on the waiver wire, in which case you might need to hold on to them. But in all the leagues we play in, I would happily drop them. Yeah, it's going to be an interesting game next week because if Buffalo can, who hasn't looked great the last couple weeks, if they can take care of New England at home next week, that's a two and five New England team and a five and two Buffalo team and really changes and defines the

that division. Jimmy G., nothing special. You kind of got to, you know, if Debo's hurt, you know, I don't think you're counting on Jimmy G. No, we knew going into this week. It was a bad matchup for him. And then Patrick Mahomes, kind of a bunch of stuff came together in this one. He did manage to score a touchdown at the very end or throw a touchdown at the very end of the game. Got to keep that streak alive. Two defensive special team scores mixed with some snow.

and mixed with being pulled because you were, this game was out of control. Chad Haney came in and finished it. There's really nothing to see here. You just move forward. And you move forward against the Jets next week who are 20.5 point underdogs. What do you really take in that game? Because this old school Patriots lines, the Randy Moss. I'm taking the, I'm taking the point minus the points. I'm taking the Chiefs minus the point. Yeah. Yeah, because how many points are the Jets going to score?

Ten or less. Let's give them ten. How many points are the Chiefs going to score? 30 or more. So, yeah. It's incredible. It's incredible. All right. Running backs. All right. You tell me if you're worried, okay? Tell me if you're worried. Ezekiel Elliott, second straight game with Andy Dalton. Second straight Smelliot performance. Hasn't looked great. You're seeing more number 20 back there. Tony Pollard taking snaps away.

Yes, you are. Two targets this game. 66% of the snaps against Washington, 61% of the snaps against Arizona compared to being averaging about 80 plus percent of the snaps. Brooks, our resident cowboy expert, he wants me to hit this. Oh, Brooks is pretty. Really? He's going full panic alarm. Brooks, you're not feeling good, are you? No, no way. The offense is terrible right now.

Yeah, and it could have a rookie behind center next week. A seventh round rookie. Here's the thing, the offensive line is in shambles right now, but I assume they're going to get Zach Martin back, and that will change quite a lot. I mean, I will say this. I'm concerned for Zique. I don't see him as, you know, a top three guy going forward, but he's still phenomenal, the centerpiece of the offense, and if the offensive line gets healthier,

I mean, what are you looking to do? Are you trying to trade on the name value if you have them and try to capitalize? Here's what I will say. Here are the next three weeks for Ezekiel Elliott and the Dallas Cowboys. Oh, Philadelphia. You want to play Zeke against Sunday night football next week? Against Philadelphia with that rookie or whoever's the quarterback. Okay. Danucci. Yeah. In two weeks, maybe you get Andy Dalton back. Hooray, the party's on. And then that matchup will be against the Pittsburgh Steelers. And then it will be a bye week.

And so you have to wait until week 11 until you finally get the Minnesota Vikings. Find a team. Find a team that needs a win perceptively, needs players that has a by week running back this upcoming week and target them. Sit a week out with Z. Go trade for somebody that's on buy. That might be the way that you cash in on the name value for somebody that's good. Yeah. And when you look at the playoff weeks, you know, 13 through 16, you've got a Baltimore, a Niners, and an Eagles game.

Week 8 buy weeks, Cardinals, Ravens, Broncos, Steelers. Oh, that's not true. The Steelers already had their buy, right? Yeah, they had their weird things moving around. Washington, Houston. Let's figure out how far down Zeke has fallen for you. Would you trade Zeke right now for Todd Gurley? No. No, I would much rather have Zeke than Todd. I would probably hold on to Zeke there too. Okay, so then you wouldn't. This game fell apart and there were no targets. You wouldn't trade for David Johnson then either? Correct. No.

Any chance? What about Clyde Edwards O'Lear? That one's really interesting. No, not based on the snap count changed that happened this past week. What about the current running back 19? La Michael P. Ryan, baby. Woo! Can we turn off his mic? How do we not let Mike do a little naked streaking party for Michael P. Ryan? It happened last night. Not safe for work. I mean, I don't understand how it happened, but it did. Oh, yeah. I understand how it happened. Brooks has been telling us he's.

completely snake-bitten in this certain league where he's every single week people are picking up guys off the waivers and throwing them against them and they go off and he got he got pirined on so it was a bad week for brooks told you before the the week it was coming yeah yeah uh yeah i mean i'm just concerned and mike you make a good point he's going to be heavily involved in this offense but can the offense move the ball you don't want

a running back that is going three and out every two seconds and they are never winning a game so they can't commit to the run. It's just not a good situation. You probably have to hold him. I mean, the likelihood is you're not going to, if you're not going to trade him for Gurley, you're not going to trade him for David Johnson.

No, if you're maybe a package deal, are you willing to go reverse package? The whole reverse package. I think what we're talking about if you're wanting to trade him, because Zeke carries a humongous name. The average person is going to say, I am trading for an absolute stud. He's got down weeks, but I'm trading for him. So if you can take Zeke and take another wide receiver from your team or whatever and turn him into a Dalvin Cook or Derek Henry or Aaron Jones. Because Jacobs had a bad week.

10 for 17 in this game against Tampa, who we know is a great defense, but this was much worse than we hoped. Zeke for Jacobs. I mean, I'd rather have Jacobs, I think. Jacobs was the running back six before this week. Yeah, I'm going to stick with Zeke. Well, I mean, if you're going to say that, I mean, right now, Zeke is still the running back three, including this week. Sorry, are you saying that somehow Josh Jacobs situation mirrors Zeke's?

No, no, but I'm saying that Zeke is, he is still a freak of nature who is the centerpiece of that offense. And there was a missing all-world offensive line. Yeah, the offensive line is in shambles. Let's see if it can get healthy. And another hard part about Zeke is he is, he's a liability in the passing game right now. Like,

Tony Pollard is better for the Dallas Cowboys when it comes to passing downs, and I think they're recognizing that. It's a real Ezekiel Drake situation. Yes, that is correct. Last name I'll throw out here. Melvin Gordon. Would you trade Zeke for Melvin Gordon? I can't see that. No. All right. It's tough, though, because let's just say what it is. In a redraft league, you're not holding these guys through.

So if Zeke has got three weeks of not giving you value right now, it's just tough. It's hard to let go. Sometimes the most courageous thing to do is to let go with a big name and move forward. It's a bold move to trade him right now. I think it might be the right thing to do. And that's why I think I would try to package trade him for one of those other big names, for an Aaron Jones.

for, you know, a Dalvin Cook, two guys that have struggled with injuries, missed games. Maybe their managers are like, yeah, I don't want to deal with that. You're better off shooting for someone like Jonathan Taylor. The Witch's Spell wore off for Mike Davis, seven for 12, five targets, five catches for just 24 yards, no touchdowns. This was the spirit of...

Christian McCaffrey that had been cast into Mike Davis, and now it's wearing off with McCaffrey potentially coming back. Nice thing is you'll know on Thursday. If McCaffrey's not back, you play Mike Davis again. Oh, yes, you do. McCaffrey's back. It could be a very spectacular primetime debut or return. Jerich McKinnon was a disaster. Three for negative one, no targets. Was not really on the field. I mean, even his snaps were. He was resting. Yes.

resting. He had 18% of the offensive snaps. No, no good. Lev Bell, at Denver. I mean, he's not a stinker because he's just finding his way in there. I mean, this was, no one's playing him in week one. They didn't even know if he was going to play. But I'll tell you this, the snap counts, the running back share went tremendously down for Clyde Edwards-Alair in this game. Now, he scored, but.

And dropped another touchdown. It's something to monitor. And I guess the question fantasy owners want to know is, like, he had another great game. Clyde's obviously very good. And he will lead this backfield. But now's the time if you believe it's going to keep changing. If you believe Lev looked okay. If you believe that he's going to get more work against the Jets, wouldn't now be the time to cash in on Clyde? Yeah, I mean, to speak to the snap percentage, 69% of snaps, 73% of snaps, 60, 67% of snaps. Those are his last four weeks.

And then it was 53%. Now, I don't remember. Well, the rushing percentage went from like, you know, 87, 88% of carries to 43% in this game, which is the more important number to me. Yeah. Again, just a weird game. Devin single carry? No, it's unfortunate, man, that the Buffalo backfield, you can't.

They can't run the football. And you can't confidently play either one. It's hurting Josh Allen tremendously that they can't run the football. There's no play action game, which means no deep passes. They need Zach Moss or single three to step up quickly. Justin Jackson. This one sucked, man. You know, Jackson with the injury, it just started trending the wrong way. Yeah, especially all the way through Sunday afternoon when one of the beat reporters who covers the team is like,

I'm watching the warm up and I am not seeing Justin Jackson out here. He must have been in the back getting more treatment. He played. He actually was not, it wasn't terrible for PPR leagues with 5 for 43, but it, you know, was not what you expected against Jacksonville. Correct. They had the weirdest game plan where they had everybody taking a hand off. It was like, who is their running back? They had seven different players with a carry. What? Yeah.

Wow. It's just like, and you get a carry. That's crazy. All right. Wide receivers that struggled. Oh, by the way, James White, zero carries one target. Woof. Yeah. Probably entering the cannot count on category if he's not already there. D.K. Matt Caff, he got the PPP treatment. Why did I add an extra P there? For Peter Piper Pizza. Okay. That's the pizza people pay. The payroll protection program. There was an extra.