Week 3 Matchups, BAKER MAYFIELD, In-or-Out

I think that's a decent match. People were just catching passes better for Baker. I mean, his throw to Landry, not a great throw. Landry made a play. His throw to Injoku, way behind him. Ninjoku made a great play. They were just, the energy on that team changed. Yeah. There was hope in the building. And Jason, eventually you'll get those teeth separated. Let's play in and out. What's it going to pay me fly? Are you in or out? Marcus Mariotta, Aaron Rogers. Rogers is in.

I mean, he's just not going to practice for probably half of the year, if not the entire year, but he will play. Mario, I don't have a good read on if Mario is going to play or not. Jason, do you? Yeah, the offensive coordinator, Matt LaFleur said he's looking good in practice. If, you know, if he's looking good in practice, I think he plays and they need him to. A reminder, this is our projection on who he thinks going to start and sit. If you want to.

Be up to date to the minute. We have a game day alerts that we release on Jointhefoot.com Sunday morning. Mike is on his Sunday live stream on Sunday morning. But right now, this is where we're at with these guys. Dalvin Cook with the hamstring didn't practice Thursday in or out. I'm an out. I think, yeah, I lean out. If I were the head coach and I'm playing Buffalo.

There's no way I'm risking Dalvin Cook. I mean, the reports are that he's still going to play. They're just resting him. So he might be in. And if he's in, you play him. Pick up Latavius Murray. Of course. Yeah, that's what I've been trying to do. Leonard Fernette. Hamstring injury, in or out. In. TJ Alden, ankle injury. In. In. Jay, back injury. Out. Darren Sproles, hamstring. Out. Out. LaShaul McCoy with the ribs. Out. Out.

He's getting in limited practices, but wearing a non-contact jersey while he's at it. I lean out, but I'm with Jason. It will not shock me if shady suits up, but I don't want to play him. Marshawn Lynch, shoulder injury, limited Thursday? In. Beast Mode plays. Derek Henry, back injury, limited Thursday. I think he's in. Yeah, Marlon Mack?

Foot, hamstring, didn't practice Thursday or today. I'm going to say out. I mean, he's an out. He's an out. When he had a hamstring injury, gets back in the game and now is missing practice, that's, that's no bueno. Jordan Wilkins? Yes. Moving up. Jordan Wilkins. Jordan Wilkins or Philip Lindsay. Great question. Asking for a friend. Of course. I'm asking for a friend. Based on the matchup, I'm not going to take Wilkins against Philadelphia. Yeah, you've got Lindsay against Baltimore.

Both of them on the road. Eileen Wilkins. All right. Wide receiver, in or out. DeAndre Hopkins? In. Will Fuller? In. T.Y. Hilton? In. Josh Gordon? No clue. I'm going to say out. Do you care? This week? Would you start him this week? No. No, I care a lot. Well, that's all I mean. Do you think he'll be a, like, does it matter to your fantasy team? No. No. Julio Jones. He is fine.

Larry Fitzgerald. We got beat reporters saying that Larry Fitzgerald will go. Chris Godwin. I think he's in. Yep. Marky's Goodwin. He's finally practicing in part. I think he'll play. I do as well. If he plays, is he automatically into your lineup. I don't know if anybody is automatically, but yes. I put the emphasis on the wrong syllable for you. It was just funny. Alshan Jeffrey's shoulder injury.

Out. Ted Ginn? In? In. Paul Richardson. Who cares? So what? So what? Who cares? Cole Beasley. Oh. They'll be spreading those Beasles. So what? Travis Benjamin doesn't matter. Tight ends. Evan Ingram. He will play head coach. Pat Schumer says he's fine. Jack Doyle did not practice Thursday or Friday. That's troublesome. Yeah, I mean, I haven't heard too.

too many details on this injury, but if you don't practice on a Friday, usually you don't play. Locked and loaded Eric Ebron in that situation? Yes, certainly. Rob Grunkowski, ankle injury popped up. I watched Ian Rapporteur talk about this. This is a new record, guys. It took till week three that we got an injury report for Rob Grunkowski. So he's doing well, and he's going to play. They're healthy. ASJ? Certainly playing. He's been dealing with this core.

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I'm just saying, I've seen a lot of number, I've seen a lot of number one picks that don't look as good as Baker has looked so far. I'm just saying, Kurt Warner. He has to be great. No, he doesn't. If you're the number one pick you do. Yeah. That's why you get picked number one. You got to be great. We love Baker. Yes. Baker's amazing. Yes. But it's not, it shouldn't be like, oh my goodness, this is a surprise. You could, you drafted him number one in the NFL.

Right. So you're admitting that Baker Mayfield is great, yet his head coach did not want to play him. Yeah, like Aaron Rogers, is he great? He was not drafted number one. I mean, you. That's true. Give me a break. You give a guy a chance. He did look great. Yeah, and it was going to look bad at times this year too. It was different, and we've seen so many rookies come in and not look anywhere near that. Jamarcus says what? Okay. Yeah, Jamarcus is the standard. All I'm saying is,

He's a great player. That's why he went number one. Made great plays. That's good. You want that to happen. Raiders take on the Dolphins. 0-2 Raiders against the 2-0 Dolphins. Dolphins minus 3 in this game, 43.5.0. Dolphins are 2-0. Raiders looking for a win. Yeah. Derek Carr, Marshaun Lynch & Company. Where are you feeling the love for this Raiders offense? I mean, Derek Carr had a very good game last week. Did not come away with the win.

You know what? Oh. Wait, what? Andy's almost upset of the wig. Raiders getting off the Schneid in this one. I agree. I have the Raiders winning this game. I think it's a good matchup for...

personnel. I mean, you look at the Raiders, they want to run the ball, they want to go beast mode, have Marshawn Lynch, carry the load. And the dolphins have been weak against the run this year. They're, you know, in the bottom 10 of fantasy points given up against running back. Last year, they were even worse than that. So, you know, the trend is continuing. I think you can bank on Marshawn Lynch this week, even on the road. Marshawn, you're starting him. Amari Cooper, they involved him.

Jordy Nelson does not seem like he's going to be anything this year. Yeah. So how are you feeling about Amari Cooper with, through two games of the season, the Dolphins defense has been stout against fantasy wide receivers. Again, you've got to take into account who they have played. But Amari Cooper does his own vanishing act from time to time he reappears. He's, it's a little bit like Groundhog Day, where once or twice, I mean, I know Grandhog Day is only once, but.

Cory Cooper once a season likes to pop his head up and say, I can do really good things on the football field, but then he goes away for the rest of the year. Well, and the thing that he's done historically, I mean, this is two years of doing this, where when he has a big game, everyone chases it and starts him, and then he disappears. You bring up that, you know, the dolphins have been good against the wide receiver this year. They were actually surprisingly good against the wide receiver last year.

Part of that is because of how bad they were against the run. I mean, a lot of times when you're, when you've got a strength or a weakness that is more extreme, it falsely impacts other positions. You know, if you can run on them, you don't need to throw the ball as much. So I'm not digging Amari Cooper that much this week, even coming off of the 10 target 10 reception game. I just don't want to fall into the Cooper trap.

Well, anybody who drafted him is already falling in. That's the problem. You fell in. And now you're down in the pit and you've been trying to climb up those slippery walls. And I just don't think that fantasy owners are in a very comfortable position with Amari Cooper. Because if you took him, you know, you're...

You're stuck with a really tough decision every week. It's like, do you go in on Amari? You drafted him with semi-high draft capital. I'm playing him this week. You're playing him this week. And now, let's ask the question about some specific players. I mean, are you playing him over, you're playing him over Corey Davis? Yes. Who faces Jacksonville? Are you playing him over Kenny Galladay against New England? Who would you rather play in that match-up? I would probably put Cooper in. That's what I would do. And it would probably be the wrong decision.

I mean, that's how I feel. Look, I've got Cooper on, you know, my dominant 0-2 league of record team. Dominating. Dominating that winless start. And, you know, off of a 10 target, 10 reception, over 100-yard performance, you try to trade them. You try to capitalize because I want to wash my hands. I want to get them clean.

Uh, Nelson Aguilar or Amari Cooper, Aguilar against Indianapolis. Aguilar. I would like, oh. Yeah. It, it, Agilor is just a guy that's really difficult for me to trust. And it's, that's on me. He was, you know, I think he had a breakout last year. And with Carson Wins coming back, with Alshan Jeffrey gone, if you can't trust him now, you know, when can you trust him? You don't.

No me. By now. Sorry. On the Miami side of the ball, the Dolphins have the highest run-to-fast ratio in the league. 51% run plays. The league average is 39%, so they are ground and pound right now. Kenyon Drake, Frank Gore, they're trying to take a little pressure off at Tannahill. What do you think about the Miami offense at home? They're 2-0. Love playing well. I love Drake. Love the Drake. Yep.

The Raiders are susceptible. What was happening? Why, he didn't get the Seinfeld reference, so he jumped into Drake, the singer. Yeah, Drake, Drake has been. We saw, we saw Gurley handle business. We saw Philip Lindsay handle business against the Raiders. So I'm all in on Kenya Drake this week. Yeah, yeah. I couldn't believe that John Gruden came out and said that finding a pass rush for is difficult. Oh, Gruden.