Week 5 Matchups + Cowboy Collapse, Wheel of Shame - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/9

Right here right now is that Ashen Genti is not at practice again on Friday and has been limited with ankle and foot injuries. The foot is a new addition to the injury report. And while this was breaking news and during our break, I moved Mr. Mike Washington in my lineup. Mike Washington will become a very fun, sexy type of play. Huge, huge playability.

You guys feel good about that back there? Mike Washington joining my lineup, guys? Oh, is this a dynasty maximum points thing? I told him my entire goal on Mike at this point is to steal their pick. Gentie on Sunday, man, he came through with a bunch of receptions and everything, but he looked like a very hurt man. So this is, I don't think this is very surprising. Yeah, that's big time. And obviously, if Mike Washington is somehow out there still, I'm going to go look at his. You need to make sure that you acquire.

him. Mike Washington is 93% rostered on sleeper. Yeah, he's done enough. He had that splash play two games ago. So that's big news. All right, Baltimore, three and one, Sunday night football taking on the Falcons. The Vegas line here, Atlanta minus three. The overrunners 43 and a half. I am on team Falcons, man. I think that they look rejuvenated. I think they're going to cover here. I'm very much on the Falcon side of the equation.

I mean, and this is just a matter of, I think their offense, which has been the number one offense the last two weeks. Hold on. Brooks is updating me. I guess I was on a dynasty team when I looked at Mike Washington's roster percentage. Only 36% on redraft. So redraft it is, so redraft, go get him. Yeah, that's a big deal. Thank you, Brooks. I was on the wrong league. Baltimore, Atlanta, Atlanta, minus three, over under 43 and a half. You know, we should have Zave Flowers and we don't think we're going to have Lamar.

So you're going to be relying on Tyler Huntley to go on the road against the team that has been able to put up a ton of points. If you had told me this was just going to be a defensive battle, I would say I think Baltimore will win that game. But the way Atlanta is playing on offense and the weapons that they have and the way Pinnix has been playing, I just feel like there's a momentum to that offense right now that I don't look at this Ravens defense, 25th against whiteout, 17th against quarterbacks, 12th against running backs, 15th against tight ends.

They're a little bit better when you start adjusting for schedule, but I still look at that data and say, well, we're still forming that a little bit. So I just don't think that they're a good enough defense to slow down what we've been seeing. Do you guys disagree? No, I don't disagree. When you were saying you were talking about the Ravens and they've got the fouls, I don't view the Ravens as a great defense that is worthy of a bad matchup.

The question is just, is this a bad matchup? Yeah, I don't know. We've only got two weeks, and in those two weeks, the Falcons have looked unstoppable with Michael Pinnock's. I don't necessarily think that that is what their baseline is either. However, they're on fire. Their crowd is super, you know, they're going to be insanely into this game at home.

And without Lamar, yeah, covering the spread makes sense. But as far as matchup goes, I'm certainly not afraid of the matchup for Bijan or Drake London, nor would I be afraid of any matchup right now. Those two guys are so safe. Kyle Pitts, on the other hand, I don't know. Dude, what is going on with Kyle Pitts? Honestly, what's going on with Kyle Pitts is unneeded. It's not anything he's doing wrong. It's just, hey, why don't I just throw the ball to Drake London?

First, or why don't I just give the ball to Bejohn, and it always works. When you're the number one offense the last two weeks, that means you don't have to defend yourself against utilization of Kyle Pitts. Yeah, I mean, Drake London's utilization has been incredible. Last week, he only had 96 yards because he was completely unneeded in the second half of that game. Here's what I mean by what is going on with Kyle Pitts, though.

Kyle Pitts just signed a very lucrative extension with the Atlanta Falcons. The numbers I have are that he has played on 59% of Atlanta's routes. A pass-catching tight-in who has as many catches on the year as Austin Hooper. Oh, we got news. Breaking news. Kyle Munungai has been ruled out formally.

Pick up Rocheon Johnson, everybody. Oh, update on the Mike Washington roster percentage in the nine leagues I'm in 100% roster. Yeah, I know. It's a weird thing when people are engaged, it seems like that's impossible, but we have to at least report what the actual truth is. Yeah. There's home and casual leagues out there.

People listening, you should be picking up Washington. I definitely needs to be picked up. I don't know if I'm playing Rochon. No, you're not playing them if Swift is active. But if Swift also misses the game, which is in the realm of possibility, then Rochon becomes like a must start. Yeah, it consolidates a great running game against a bad running defense to one dude. Circling back to this game, though, London's a lock, Bejohn's a lock, Kyle Pitts, 10% target share, you're probably not playing him anytime soon. No.

And, you know, he's always going to be capable of that crazy wild breakout game with a big play. He's athletic. But, I mean, you got my point, my counterpoint to Mike is this. You signed Kyle Pitts. Yeah. To an extension. Yes. Because of your, I mean, he didn't produce for them for all of the time he played for them before the extension. Whatever he's doing, they're happy with it. Yeah, it's good enough.

It's good enough to walk and do other things. They need him there. And honestly, if Drake London goes down, we know Kyle Pitts can step up. He's an important depth piece for them. He is capable. It's a weird amount of money to give up. This game is really, really, really easy to me. I mean, it's start both single running max. Bejohn and Derek Henry start both of the solo wide receivers, Zay Flowers and Drake London, and check out. I'm still starting Zay Flowers, even though Lamar's not there. Yeah, I am too.

But I'm not happy about it. I'm not excited about it. I mean, the two catches, it's wild. The two catches for Zay last week that were great were pinpoint placement from Lamar. So he can get separation. That is perfect. One of those throws. Unbelievable. But Zay is getting wide open. And if, I mean, if we're, we're just going to have backyard ball probably. The Buffalo Bills, our Monday night football game is a great one. The Buffalo Bills 3 and 1. The Rams 2 and 2.

Vegas line Los Angeles. The Rams favored by three over under is 54.5. Second highest implied point total for the Rams at 28.5 or 28.8. This is exciting. I mean, the last time we saw these two teams play, the Rams won 44 to 42. Oh, gorgeous. The Rams offense. Yes.

The bill's defense being suspect. Are you being game perv again? Are you being a game perv? Monday night. Yeah. Oh my gosh. I want this game. Yeah. Just start everybody. Just start, just start everybody. Oh, what did he say? What did he say? Yeah, I mean. What about Dalton Kincaid who has been invisible? I'm pulling a Kyle Pitts last two weeks. I'm still playing. He has, yeah, a little bit of the pits.

a lot of the pits, I guess, for when you've started him. The routes last week were down. I did see a clip of Josh Allen's pulling his best his best deck where they're on the goal line and Dalton released and was like, throw me the ball, Josh, because it would have been a free touchdown and he didn't do it. So.

We're still 50-50 on Dalton Concade. I am leaning on the side of I still, I'm going to put him out there and believe. Yeah, we have a bunch of great starts here monitoring the DJMR situation. Tyler Higby seems like.

Tyler Higby is a fine start. At the tight end position in a game. Fine young start. Yeah, not young. But he's a fine old start, 33 years old. But, you know, 11 targets. Yeah, I'm very in on Devon. Six targets last week. He's had over 60 yards in both of these games that we've had, you know, we've had Pooka back. And they just, all of their tight ends are gone. They're, they're left with Higby. And so Higby is, uh,

a fine enough start. I don't expect a monster performance. Would you, same game. Higby or Dalton Kincade? I would want the upside of Kincade. I do think that maybe the floor is higher with Higby, but if you get seven points versus four points, I don't really care. Generally not a huge deal. I want the chance at a, you know, 15, 20 point game, which I think that's only on the Kinket side. Did you guys say that you play Kant Coleman even if D.J. Moore's active? We didn't talk about Keon Coleman. So, I mean, that.

That was a conversation you had in your head. Yeah, it was yourself. Well, I know you said start everybody, so I just wanted to make sure that I, I drilled down a little bit here, because I think it's confusing. I think, you know, Kalil Shakir is always going to get his, uh, Malik Washington targets. Mm-hmm. So that doesn't really change. It's just, I don't know if I trust Keon Coleman with DJ Moore back. I don't, I don't either. I think that it's... Well, I mean... You lied when you said start start start start start. You're a liar. Okay. You're basically saying you're a liar. When I, I am a liar. I would not start Kanata Mumfield.

I can go, if you want, I can pull up the depth charts. I mean, Keaum Coleman's the biggest free agent signing of the week. I think it's worth a talk. No, it is. He is an automatic start to me if DJ Moore is gone. If he is back, I think you can throw him in there just to have pieces of this game, but he's not a must start. Okay, would you play Trey Harris or Keon Coleman with DJ Moore back? I'd play Keon Coleman. Yeah, Keon Coleman.

Injury updates, more of them. Stefan Diggs officially ruled out for week five. Jaden Daniels will play in week five. And they said Terry McLaurin is trending in the right direction as well. They did. Zach Taylor said that Zamar Chase is in the protocol T. Higgins will be questionable. Jason, what were you going to say? I was just saying I'm very happy that Jaden Daniels will play in week five because we'll talk about him in just a second. Oh, man. Okay. You risked that? Yes, sir. Now, you know it's Jaden, not Jalen.

Oh, shoot. Not again. The line was so low. The line was so good. No, you're saved by the fact he played on Thursday Night Football. Let's jump in. Fantasy Face Off, presented by prize picks. Well, despite going three for four and missing... What a loser! Missing one by four yards from being perfect. I am somehow, some way of the show. We are crushing these. Wheel of shame.

Did I mention how close to perfect I was? Yeah. All right, let's spin that wheel. I'm ready to be so ashamed. Did you talk about how perfect I was? So ashamed. Spin it. I'm so ashamed. You were technically perfect as well, right? Technically speaking. Yeah. All right. What does that say? Run, forest, run. Oh, very nice. Who am I? Do you not understand the reference? Yeah, it's really not, it's not hidden. It's kind of in the name. Why do I have a ladies wig?

You're putting the beard on. Oh, like a mullet. Oh, man, you put the beard on the back of your head. Now do you know why I was confused? Yeah. Yeah, I don't know why. You put the beard on like a mullet. There you go. There he is. There he is. Run, forest, run. That's pretty good. I mean, it's not the most, I mean, I'm breathing a lot of hair. All right.

Could have been worse. You were three for four, so I took it easy. Thank you. Hey, guys. I don't know. I thought it was a ladies wig. All right. Why don't you guys talk more than me? Look, I'll go right into Jaden Daniels at quarterback. I have him more than 30. Jaden Daniels, the quarterback, more than 30 and a half rushing yards. Now, I think there's a lot of fear over there, like the elbow. Is he going to run? Yeah, he's going to run.

He's going to run the ball. That's part of his entire, like, presence on the field. At 30 and a half, I think, is a projection that, you know, he pretty much always hits that. Obviously, the projection is lower. I think it's a really scary one. Yeah, it's probably the scariest one of mine, but I'm fine with it. That's fun. My quarterback is my green goblin. I'll be taking Jared Goff, 209 and a half passing yards. We'll go more.

Well, my quarterback is my Green Goblin as well. It's been a trend this year, and it is a name you probably didn't think I'd ever utter. Justin Herbert. Oh, no. Mercy. Oh, no. Is passing yards projection is 149. I'm taking the more. Okay. Yeah. Also, part of your costume is you have to have Joanne Jennings in your line. No. Gen. Okay, now I understand.