Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Week 9 Review, Studs and Duds, MNF Preview, Fantasy News

It's not like one of those situations. It's not a Dewell situation. Oh, no. No, of course not, but I think you can feel pretty confident. James Starks, and he looks good in the screen game. Yeah, he does, and they need pass catchers right now. They're still not getting the separation they need. I read a stat this morning that the Packers are converting like 34% of their third downs. Oh, that's... And they were 47% last year. It's a pretty big difference. Yeah, I mean, in the land of the concussed,

Teddy Bridgewater, Latavius Murray, both went out with a concussion. Man, that Teddy Bridgewater went out. He went to sleep. That was ridiculous, man. It's a terrible, terrible play. Bush League crap, really. I mean, just disgusting Bush League crap. Really? See, I watched it, and I didn't think it was as, it certainly was not as Bush League as the eye gouge. Oh, that, yes. That's on a different level. That's on a different level. We could talk about that, I guess. I just see, I see quarterback slide all the time.

and get hit on their slide. Every game, it happens a little bit. And that one was like the elbow came. I don't know. Was it an illegal? Why she asked Mike Zimmer what he thinks about the play? Oh, I know. I saw that. He said he was going to fight. He's going to go full street fighter on him. He looked like he was going to. Hadduk. You ever see, you've seen Inside Out with the kids? Yes. He looked like anger. You know, I think.

that while I appreciate the fact that he's standing up for his players and basically telling his players, hey, I got your back. I would fight for you. That to me was like a childish, like, do you ever imagine Bill Belichick doing that? Pro concussion, Jason Moore. Pro concussion. You're for concussion. I love Latavius Murray. Right, right. LaShawn McCoy, shoulder injury, Mike. What's the latest? It's according to LaShawn McCoy, he could have gone back in the game, but the bills were.

Had the bills had a comfortable lead. Carlos Williams was looking good already, so there was no reason for the bills to reinsert him. They do have a game on Thursday night. Apparently, Shady McCoy will still be getting an MRI on the shoulder, so we're awaiting news on that. No, you're good. I had one more thing I want to add before we move on. And so he, I think that he's going to play.

But if we're going to do a sneak preak, sneak preak? Sneak preak, yeah, it's called a sneak preak of waivers. Carlos Williams is going to be pretty hot on that list. I just wanted to add one other injury. Nick Mangold re-agravated his neck injury, which is very significant. The Jets' offensive line, Ivory's numbers are an illusion because he scored two touchdowns. But he's averaging about one yard per carry when the offensive line's been hurt. And now Nick Mangold Thursday night, monitor that.

It's not like you're sitting ivory, but it might be bad with no mangled. Three games in a row, ivory's done nothing, and then they play the bills. So, and it's, you know, it's kind of the rivalry game. I think Rex Ryan wants to stop the Jets, just a little. Maybe. All right, we can move on. Okay, well, before we get into our fantasy stud muffins.

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All right, let's go ahead and talk about the stud muffins. This week's fantasy stud muffins. All right, this is the part of the show where we go through the guys that, well, they got it done in fantasy football this week, and we want to know if they're going to keep getting it done or not. Cam Newton. Cam Newton is good. That was, I'm... Good. I am admittedly one of the Cam Newton skeptics, and that was one of the best games I've ever seen Cam Newton play.

He looked great for the most part. Yeah, and they won. They're undefeated. They're 8-0. Cam Newton was 15 for 297, three touchdowns, 57 rushing yards, a rushing touchdown. He knew when to run. He knew when to throw. They still almost pulled what they did last week, where they almost gave the game away, but they didn't. And that's, you know, that's all that matters at the end of the day. If Cam Newton could just fix his mechanics.

And throw... I don't know that he needs to. I mean, you could say the same thing about Philip Rivers, right? If Philip Rivers would just fix his mechanics. I don't think Philip Rivers mechanics are broken. He just looks funny. He just looks funny. Well, that... Well, I'm talking about his sidearm. If you said Matthew Stafford, you could tell me his mechanics are broken. I'm talking about feet where if you would just plant his feet and not throw falling backwards every single time, which... He can now, but he might not be able to in five or ten years. That's my point. And it...

You still see it throughout the game of passes that are not just, like, slightly inaccurate. He just, he completely misses. And it's because he throws the way he throws. If he would just get that going, then, man, he could be so good. Did you guys see Funches flash in this game? Yeah, a little bit. Got a touchdown? A little bit. He's an ascending kind of waiver guy that we'll talk about tomorrow, in my opinion. Marcus Mariotta.

Number one quarterback for the week, 28 for 371, four touchdowns, including an accidental touchdown to Delaney Walker. Which was awesome. But they still count. So you imagine being like a Mariotta Walker stack owner in that game. And then you're like, oh, no. And they're like, oh, my gosh. That's great. If you don't know what we're talking about, Mariotta basically threw it to the other team wide open. Two of them. Like you're playing catch.

But the two guys on the defense couldn't decide. It was like playing 500, and they were both going after. That's what it was. It was a game of 500. 500. And then they couldn't catch the ball, so they run into each other, pop the thing up like it's a three stooges bit, right into Delaney Walker's hands, who just continues to run. Somehow outruns two much smaller, faster people down the sideline. I can't imagine. I want the, like, zoom-in camera on Rob Ryan for the play.

Because I want to see him go from just, you know, white hair flopping joy to absolute unadulterated terror. Yeah. It's gross. Why do you hate Rob Ryan so much? Ask Sean Peyton the same question. He keeps him employed. He can't hate him. He keeps who employed? Oh, they hate each other. They hate each other. And their defense is terrible.

But anyway, Aaron Rogers and Drew Breeze had big games this week. Rogers had four touchdowns. He could have had a fifth at the end of the game. He's kind of, you know, it's nice to see that from your stud, right? Yes, finally. And what else is, Breeze was 28 for 387 and three touchdowns. He also ran one in. Yep. So he had four touchdown game as well. And Derek Ka! Derek Ka! How did he not hit the button? Because, I don't know.

We're not sending in the car. We're just talking about the car. We sent in the car. At this point, I feel pressure. Yeah. Send in the car. Send in the car. You know, you know that things can be selectively funny. You don't have to play them every single time. I disagree at this moment. If you were, if you're one of our patrons out there and you were over to join the foot and you listen to our special Thursday.

mailbag show that we do over on Patreon. You heard us play that drop about 700 times. It almost annoyed me. We did it so many times because the questions kept being asked, this guy or that guy, and it was always Derek Carr, and I'm happy that he came through for the foot clan. All right, wide receivers that stepped up. Antonio Brown, he's a wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers. And we didn't mention this during the Big Ben injury, but as the information we have right now, supposedly it's just a...

kind of like a two-week injury. Luckily, for the Steelers, they play the Browns this week, and then they're off. So maybe, maybe this was a low-impact, kind of the best time for this to happen type of situation if Big Ben is in fact back in three weeks, which remains to be seen, but so don't panic if you're an Antonio Brown owner. Yeah, and you're probably, you know.

He racked up. What he did is he said, you know, I might not put up big numbers the next couple weeks. So let's get it. Let's work those weeks into this week. Let's win a week. 17 for 284. What else is there to say than that? I thought he would have 300 passing yards when it hit halftime. I really did think he was going to get to 300. I'm sorry, receiving yards. Michael Crabtree, seven for 108 and two touchdowns. Crabtree. Hicken butt.

Yes. kicking, but that offense has balanced between those two wide receivers where Cooper and, because Cooper had a good week too. People ask, who do I start between them? The numbers on the season said Cooper at the moment. Now they're probably going to be right about the same. Yeah, well, the big plays had said Cooper. The targets were still Crabtree. Right. So this isn't like, what? Michael Crabtree? No, he's getting the targets.

I watched this game really closely. Sammy Watkins had a huge one, eight for a hundred in touchdown. This was a surprising one for me, just based off, not his skill. No, no, I get it. But based off of how bad his injury was, there was, in the middle of the week, there was the reports that he was off the side because he completely re-agravated his ankle, and everything was sounding doom and gloom coming into Sunday. It was, oh, he's going to be on a snap limit because his ankle is so bad. And then...

Kaboom. Sammy Watkins. He actually had 168 yards. Yeah, I was going to say that looked wrong. I think what happened is he caught 100% of his passes, which is absolutely true. I actually put Robert Woods in my lineup on Friday. Took Sammy Watkins out and put Robert Woods in my lineup on Friday when that report came out. How'd that work out for you? Oh, Sunday morning I put Watkins back in. And it worked out just fine. So Watkins, if you watched the film in this game,

He was manhandling the DBs, and they took shots with him because Taylor's got a good arm for that. Both of his big yardage plays, there was a long 44-yard touchdown pass. There was a long bomb down the left-hand side of the field. One, he got off press coverage and destroyed the guy. The other one, he just straight burned him and put up a Randy Moss hand and said, throw me the ball. And they did. And they should. The touchdown pass from Tyrod Taylor was...

Incredible. It was perfect. I made this comparison to you guys yesterday. Tyrod Taylor is last year's Tony Romo, where he's so efficient. I mean, he's... With his production? Yeah, he's completing over 71% of his passes. He has one of the highest YPAs in the league. But the problem with him is you're going to get these games where he only has to throw the ball 12 times. And you just, you don't get the touchdowns because Shaney McCoy busted off the 50-yard touchdown.

And if you had Romo last year that you had these games intermittently where he would just, he was still good, but you were disappointed because he wasn't putting up just massive numbers. Jason, Sammy Watkins moving forward is a wide receiver. I would say a wide receiver one. I think... A one? Yeah, I do. I think he's... Bold move. Yeah. Wide receiver two to me is safe. I actually think that as he develops that...

you know, that connection with Tyra Taylor. Michael Crabtree or Sammy Watkins. Ooh. I'm going to go Sammy Watkins. Hmm. Wow. Here's why. Talent alone. Sammy Watkins, we forget how good he was in the best wide receiver draft class of all time. And he was taken first because he is a Hall of Fame level talent. He has been injured week in, week out practice. Bold words. That's part of the problem is he's always hurt.

Yes, and I agree with that. If he continues to be hurt, obviously, that's, but he had a bum ankle. He's saying the truth, which is if you target me, I will produce, and they saw that. So I think going forward, they will continue to target him. Percy Harvin is now out. So they're saying, where are we going to go? It's going to be Sammy Watkins. With Crabtree, you've got to really compete for that. And the only competition is really Charles Clay and Robert. It certainly was not Charles Clay yesterday. We got to move on. Alan Hurons did good. Okay, Julio Jones.