Tough Decisions + Week 7 Buy/Sell, TNF Preview - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/21

He actually had eight opportunities as well. He's vanished. He has absolutely thrown a smoke bomb on the ground and done nothing. Zero opportunities the past two weeks. But week one was six carries and two targets. There is, you can't go all in on Boston, Scott. And, and...

think that Cory Clement is absolutely nothing. Did he went, he went for 17? That is correct. Oh, no, he did not. Oh, yeah. Oh, did somebody do the math? See, that's a good fantasy manager. They probably looked. They said, Mike needs him. What do I need to spend? Who got him? Anybody here? Unfortunately, my opponent got him and he desperately needed him. Okay. Cool. Cool. This is exciting. Cool. So, De Ernest. He had J.D. McKissick as a starter. Oh.

Yeah, I see those guys pretty similar, actually. Daniel Jones, Devanta Freeman. Jones is not an option. Freeman has had 15, 20, and 20 opportunities the last three weeks. He is cemented at the top of a depth chart where you're hoping for a touchdown. You're hoping for some passing game work. I think, like I said, I'd start him over Boston Scott myself for the guaranteed opportunities. Would you play Devonta Freeman or Derek McKinnon? I just want to see how much you guys, how much have been paid.

I lean Jerich McKinnon. I do as well. All right. A lot of money is the answer. The Eagles are such a stout run. I do think that the floor is pretty high for Freeman because of the opportunities. But this is a game in general. I don't expect, I mean, it's the lowest over under of the week. I'm not sure I would take the over on it, a divisional matchup where usually you're like, oh good, I get to play the Giants. Oh, good. I get to play the Eagles. But instead, it's each other. And you're going,

This game is going to be trash. Yeah, Eagles currently eighth against fantasy running backs. So not a great matchup. Yeah, I agree. Give me 20 chances, though. Darius Slate and Travis Fulgill. Hmm. Let's look at the wide receivers in this game. What is the latest in Philadelphia at the wide receiver position, too? Because we had, isn't there Jalen Rager rumors of abounding? We did get a little bit of an update.

on both Goddard and Jalen Rager. It sounds like neither of them will be suiting up for tonight. Okay. All right. They'll get another 10 days to get right. Yep. And Deshaun Jackson is expected to play. I mean, I'm still playing Travis Folgham over him over Deshaun Jackson. Do, are you, does D. Jacks concern you at all for the breakout that we've seen the last couple of weeks for Folgham?

I don't think so because I watched Deshawn Jackson on the field for the first few weeks, and he's not a high volume situation. I would play Fulgham tonight. Yeah, I think I would as well. Over Darius Slayton, the targets have just been there for Travis Fulgum. When you're getting that many, you know, the worry that I have is more along the lines of, you know, they were down by so much.

against the Ravens and they had to just keep throwing the ball and throwing the ball. And then he's forced to go to Fulgum. And I like that for fantasy. This isn't a game where I feel like he's going to have to keep forcing the ball to Fulgum, but it could be a blessing and disguised that their running game doesn't work with Miles Sanders out of the way when it comes to Travis Fulgum. All right. Any other options in the passing game then for Philadelphia? No, Zach Earths this week. It's just do you have the...

desperation to play Richard Rogers. Nope. No, but I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up with four catches or something. Yep, if he gets in the end zone. He could end up having a good week, but I can't possibly say that the process says to start him. What about the other wide receivers in New York? No, Golden Tate has been trash terrible. He has. Sterling Shepard, he could.

be back this week, but that's doubtful right now. All right, Evan Ingram. They, I don't know what the- That's the one area where the Eagles are vulnerable, at least historically this year, 29th against opposing fancy tight ends. Yeah, we've gone into too many Evan Engram has had juicy matches lined up. I don't know what they're doing with Evan Engram. They had already picked up his fifth year option. You're not using this.

player. You are not maximizing the talent of Evan Engelman. It's incredibly frustrating. Yeah, it is. And hard to expect it to change. I do not at this point. I'm out. All right. Anything else from this game that you guys want to break down? Any sneaky snarts on a low over-under Thursday night NFC East bash? Nope. Okay. All right. It's probably time for some mailbag then. Mailbag. Mail bag.

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Go to the website to Fantasyfootballers.com, click this, submit a question button. You can also dial our voicemail hotline 302-464 TFFB. We'll kick it off with the voicemail. What's up, Ball Show? This is Paul in Chicago. My question is, who do you guys think is going to have more PPR points to the rest of the season? Antonio Gibson or Miles Gaskin. Thanks, guys. Keep up the great work.

Unfortunately, that's not a very difficult question. It is not. It's Miles Gaskin. Yeah, the PPR makes it even easier. The gas man has been running on full these days. Even with the transition to Tua here, I can't expect the volume for Miles to change very much. And Washington just, when they're losing.

They're far more often going to Jady McKissick than Antonio Gibson. I think it is. They're also always losing. Yeah, that's part of it. That's the sub-tweet. It's very close to me precisely because of the changeover. If Fitzpatrick was the quarterback and you knew Gaskin is going to continue to get these targets, these dump-offs.

then you're right. It's 100% not even close because in a full PPR league, Gaskin is valuable. But we've seen quarterback changes completely and drastically change whether or not a running back is targeted. And usually those, you know, them old quarterbacks, they know when to just check it down to that running back. I don't have the same confidence that Tua will use Gaskin that way. And I think as the season goes on,

I would expect Gibson to continue to get more and more involved. I don't think that by the end of the season, you know, if there's a shift between McKissick and Gibson, that it's going to be in the favor of McKissick, I do lean Gibson here, or I'm sorry, Gaskin, but I want to vocalize that there could be changes here that scare me. Well, the thing about Miles Gaskin, for what it's worth, the last two weeks.

Five for 34 and four for 35 through the air. So it's nice to have the catches. But he's getting a ton of work on the ground. He's been a top 10 running back two straight weeks. He's had 18 attempts, 16 attempts on the ground. If they try to take the pressure off, it's going to be through Miles Gaskin. And he's the goal I'm back now with Jordan Howard being a healthy scratch. Corey and Baton Rouge has a question for us. What do you do with Kenyon Drake after his two touchdown performance last night? I've seen this all over Twitter. Listeners asking questions.

Is this cash in time for Kenyon Drake Seattle this week? Yeah, I mean, that's the thing you need to decide is do you trade high or do you hold? And it's always a matter of who. So let me ask some names and you guys can tell me if you would rather have Drake or this running back for the rest of the season. We'll start, you want to start high or you want to start low? Hmm?

You're the one running this game, bro. All right. We'll start in the middle. Would you rather have Kenyon Drake or now Clyde Edwards Allaire with Levi-on-Bel? Oh, that's an interesting question. I'll take Clyde. I'll take Clyde. I'll take Clyde. I probably would as well. And that's one you might be able to get a trade done. Would you take Kenyon Drake or DeAndre Swift breakout rookie candidate? I...

We'll go with DeAndre Swift. I will take Kenyon Drake. That is a super easy Kenyon Drake for me. Would you rather have James Robinson or Kenyon Drake? I will go with James Robinson. I'll take Kenyon Drake. I would go Drake there as well. So, I mean, it really is a matter of who you could move on from. But the point is he gets a ton of volume. He has stunk with the volume, but.

It comes and then all of a sudden fantasy greatness happens when you get two touchdowns. So don't trade him for nothing. Agreed. All right. Voicemail question. Hey, ballers. This is Liz from Mobile, Alabama. Love this show. So I got Mike Williams off the waiver wires last week. And so I'm contemplating him or Terry McCorren for my flex. Thanks, guys. All right. What do you think? Mike Williams or Scary Terry this week. The matchup.

At a broad level for Scary Terry is great. Yes. As was the target totals for Terry McLaurin last week. They were very high. I am a fan of Scary Terry. There is some concern with the matchup with Diggs in Dallas because of what he did last week against DeAndre Hopkins. I am not concerned about that with Scary Terry and his ability to separate at every level. There is no one else to pass, too. They actually just signed...

Robert, why is the name escaping me, the former Deep Foster, Robert Foster, because they need somebody outside of Scary Terry in that wide receiver room. I'm actually targeting Terry McClorin in most leagues as a kind of by-low situation because he's a top five target guy in football right now. So I would not pivot to Mike Williams.

Yeah, I 100% agree. I like Mike Williams as a flex this week, but Terry McLaurin is someone that you don't want to take out of your lineup. The targets are there, the talent is there, and this week the matchup is there. He should be started. Yeah, he's averaging nearly 10 targets a game. I mean, that's absolutely outstanding volume. Washington is going to be trailing. Andy Dalton will be able to get something done against Washington, and Terry McLaurin is the, he's the option.

All right. This is a tough one. Instagram. Is Cooper Cup still a must start? Because last week, only three catches on nine targets the week before, five on eight targets. He had a couple of big weeks in weeks three and four, but he's really been disappointing outside of that. This passing offense has not been high volume. And what do you guys think? I mean, I love the target totals, but it was not good last week. Yeah, I think Cup is someone that, I mean, when we say must start,

We mean in a usual league, you're going to want to start him weekend and week out. If, you know, if your roster happens to have, you know, you got Diggs and Tyler Lockett and A.J. Brown, well, then sure, I'm not going to start CUP necessarily over that trifecta. But would you describe him as a must start. But I would usually describe Cooper Cup still as a must start. And so I wanted to give that caveat of obviously it depends on who you have. But what we saw last week was should have been a good game from Cooper Cup.

I mean, he dropped a touchdown and was, you know, a wrong shoulder look over a deep bomb target. I trust Cooper Cup as a player. I trust Sean McVeigh as a coach. I like the offense. Every wide receiver, we've been really begging the table with this this year so that our fantasy, you know, players understand. Every wide receiver out there is super volatile. They all have bad games.

So don't let bad games for a wide receiver say, nah, he's had two in a row bad. I can't start him. They're all going to have two bad games in a row at some point this season. When you're in it, it feels difficult to overcome. Who would you rather be starting right now? Cooper Cup or T. Higgins? Cooper Cup. I agree with that. Cooper, okay. I think the touchdown opportunity for those two players is just so vastly different. All right. Cooper Cup.

or Brandon Cooks. I would rather start Cup. Yeah. All right. You guys clearly are still very in on Cooper Cup then. Yeah, that's what I was saying. Are you on the other side of those two? So he is not must start to you. The offense is, this is a different Rams offense of they got a match up here against Chicago. What do you think the game script is going to be for the Rams against the Chicago Bears?