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

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Hell, baby. Sucking egg, Seattle. Yeah. Did we just open with a sucking egg? You're darn right. We did. Welcome in Monday, October 26th. Apologies to... No one. Yeah. No, nobody. Take that 12th man. Nobody. Take that 12th man. Yes, we, you know, they have the saying, act like you've been there. We haven't been there for eight years. That was the...

first win at home against Seattle who we are in the division against since 20 uh since 2012 all right but we are kind of kind of excited and uh man there is so much to talk about right before we started the show today I told everybody like this is I don't know how we get this in under a couple of hours there so much happened this weekend week seven nearly in the books so grab some snacks everybody hour and hour and 50 minutes of cardinal talk

And then we'll quickly get through the rest. Oh, there's so much to talk about. So many big games, big performances. Obviously, Sunday night football was exciting. One of the better games I've ever seen on Sunday night football for more reasons than just the fact the Cardinals are our hometown team. I will tell you this story, though, which my wife was secretly recording me during parts of this and posted my reaction.

I heard this morning from a Cardinal fan here in the Valley. They were so upset when they saw D.K. Metcalf go up the sideline to score the game-winning touchdown and overtime that they turned the TV off, walked away, upset, and went and cleaned the kitchen. Oh, no. And turned the TV back on an hour later and noticed that Kyler Murray was smiling in the post-game interview.

and wondered, why are you smiling? You missed it all. So he raged clean the kitchen, missed the entire finish of the game. Wow. Can you believe that? I mean, what a back and forth. Football is so fun. Yeah, yeah. I did lose seven years of life, though, last night in terms of the heart damage that took place. But that was fun. We have a Halloween episode coming up on Friday. You do not want to miss it.

YouTube.com slash the fantasy footballers. I'm laughing because I am picturing Jason in the costume he is going to wear. And it is, it is spectacular. Yeah, I think you'll have a good time. Subscribe, click the bell. Yeah, please do. Twitter at the FF ballers, the fantasy footballers.com is the website. It's Monday, which means we've got some puns. We've got some one-liners. We've got some reaction from the weekend. Clear your throats. Prepare your, uh,

Most professional voice. Let's get into it. Hmm. Yes, we begin today with Baker. Yayfield. How about booty pooping? Cam Newton. That is where my poop comes from. Booty pooping. Cam nothing. Oh, no, Josh Facobc. Yeah, that stunk. How about Jerich McKitting? Followed up by Warewick.

McKinnon. Seriously wear it. McKinnon. Chase Naipool. Chase. Claystool. Oh, oh. D. Coy Metcalf. Mike, you should take this one. Oh, yes. Antonio gets some. Oh, yeah. Weak Elliott. Ezekiel Smelliot. Oh, my classic. Seedy sham?

Or maybe Silence of the Lamb. That's a good one. Devante Stadams. I like it. That's not bad. We've got Flames Robinson. Oh, yes. Whoa, Burrow. And Noah can't. I'm sorry. He can't. They have 14 tight ends in Denver. That's what I learned this weekend. The one whose name I still can't pronounce. Aguebunat.

Aguevon. Okay. Yeah, I think. That was spectacular. That was one of the Monday pundas. That was the final one. They've got Nick Venet. They got Jake Butt. Then they got Noah Kant, who's also heard again. Yeah. I mean, he limped off the field. So that's unfortunate. But a very exciting weekend. Man, I couldn't sleep for a couple of hours after the game.

I couldn't. I had to come down off of it all. How'd the Cowboys do this weekend, Brooks? How are you doing? I don't know. I missed it. Thanks for asking, though. Did you watch those with blindfolds on? I mean, just listening. That was rough. We won. You didn't. Okay, moving on. Weekly rewind. All right, he's back. Antonio Brown, one-year contract signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tom Brady.

Took it to 100 this week. Oh, yes, he did. Lit it up. Mike Evans, Chris Godwin. You know, I am really thankful that Mike brought this up two weeks ago. The idea of taking the touchdown dependent Mike Evans, trying to shop him, ship him out of town. Got even worse this week with the signing of Antonio Brown, which Bruce Ariens made a really big point of saying had nothing to do with Tom Brady. Tom Brady had no say in this. It was all him.

Even though... It was my idea. Even though weeks ago, he said not a fit for Antonio Brown. So I don't know what changed. He matured is what has been said. But he's eligible to play as soon as week nine. Let's talk about how fantasy players should approach, you know, signing Antonio Brown if he's already been picked up in your league. And then how do you feel about Godwin? How do you feel about Evans? Grankowski, 22 targets in three weeks. Another great week from Gankowski. So the way that I see this offense is,

It's all great for Brady. All of these weapons are going to help him. He's playing great football. And when you have that brain and you have weapons across the board, like Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Antonio Brown and Gronk finally getting back into football shape, he's going to be able to do whatever he wants. But you want to know where the ball's going to go to whoever's open.

If the defense wants to focus on Antonio Brown or Mike Evans or Chris Godwin, then Tom Brady's going elsewhere. So the way that I see this offense is you're going to want to play pretty much all of those guys, but it's going to be inconsistent. You're going to have games that are good for Godwin, games that are bad for Godwin. And I think it's a shame for consistency. But in the end, I will still be playing all of those players.

I'm the most confident in Godwin's weekly consistency, and everybody else, I think, is going to really, really fluctuate. So we'll see what happens. Week 9, when he's eligible to return, is against New Orleans. I don't know where the confidence level is going to be heading into the fantasy playoffs with playing Antonio Brown, but it will be interesting to see what happens. No question. On him specifically, do you guys expect...

him to be involved, be heavily targeted, and be a major piece of this early? No, I do not. I'll say this. The way you're talking about, Jay, is the guy who's open, we'll be getting the ball. That's Antonio Brown. I know it's been a, it's been a while since we saw him the last time was in that, uh, the Patriots game where he goes in with no practice and Tom Brady hooks him up with about 50 yards and a touchdown on very limited snaps.

I think Antonio Brown still has it. It might take him some time to get acclimated, but it'll be interesting when we talk about waivers tomorrow where we prioritize Antonio Brown compared to some of these other players. They also have a week 13 by week. They're one of those teams. So there will be a limited window here to figure it out. But the playoff matchups are outstanding. Minnesota, Atlanta, Detroit. Holy crap.

Go get Tom Brady. Yes. That's what that says. Yeah. It's a good point. He may have a swan's long championship this year. They're looking like big-time favorites heading into the playoffs. All right. Injury news. O'Dell Beckham, torn ACL. Season is over. Baker. It was kind of Baker's fault on this one. You know, you never know what's going to happen, but he underthrew.

Beckham Interception, injured, trying to make the tackle, but you see too often. And then Baker went absolutely hamburger in the second half. He was 17 for 18, I think, five touchdowns in the game. He said Beckham told him to go be great, and he was. I mean, he's been a far better quarterback when Beckham is not on the field. And I'm not saying that he will be, but there's something mentally about.

Being able to go to anyone and not feeling like you have to support a squeaky wheel. Yeah, I mean, we had the video of him throwing a touchdown to, I think it might have been a Harrison Bryant touchdown. This was a couple weeks ago where he, instead of celebrating Baker ran up to Jarvis and Beckham. It's like, hey, guys, you're going to get yours. Yeah, don't. Basically encouraging them that he just threw a touchdown to somebody else. So I'm with you, Jay, that.

It's hard to project that a quarterback will be better without their superstar wide receiver, but there could be a huge burden lifted off of his shoulders. Well, the important thing here, there's two implications. One, remember the identity of this team. It's to run the football. And so predictability, I think some people will run out to get Rashad Higgins, somebody that I really like. But I wouldn't be running out to get him because I think consistency is going to be.

a troubling thing. The one player I would try to actively acquire is Austin Hooper. He's going to potentially miss another week due to the appendectomy. He's not going to be somebody that is, you know, I think people are holding on to super tightly. But with Baker's tendencies, with what Hooper was showing before the appendectomy surgery, I think Hooper is somebody that I would be trying to pick up for the playoff run personally. Yes, and I agree, but something to pay attention to with Hooper. He's going to miss this next week.

get your appendix out, and then it's the buy week. So if you're going after Austin Hooper, understand that he's going to be sitting on your bench for multiple weeks before you can even consider playing him. Well, see if he gets dropped. See if he gets dropped over the next two weeks. Kenyon Drake carted off with an ankle injury in the game last night. X-rays were negative, so no break, but he will, I guess, undergoing MRI. His face said it was bad. Yeah. The injury. Yeah. And...

So Kenya's great season gets worse. Yeah, they're going into their buy week this week. We'll have information, you know, before we need it as far as how long. But I still expect him to miss time even after the buy. And Chase Edmonds, if he's not rostered, which I assume he is, but if he's not, my goodness, it's going to be one of the top pickups because he's so involved in the passing game. And he's great. He's great. Chris Carson, midfoot spraying MRI on Monday. And.

The expectation as of reports this morning is that it is not a significant injury to Chris Carson, but he could still miss a week. Deontay Johnson limped off after a nice return game, but he cannot stay healthy right now. Yeah, this dude's getting bad breaks here. And I believe the report that I read said his week eight is not in jeopardy. Not? Not in jeopardy. Okay. So not a severe injury. It's an ankle, I believe, but not high ankle. So this is what I have.