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

to the running back position so i like i'm very interested in wilson jason is an auto start every week how are you feeling about darnald right now in terms of you know is he just on the back burner in terms of starting options for the moment yeah he's a low-end streamer for this week is wild because that game he had against washington right they lost the game 33 or 31 do you know what he finished on the week for that game fantasy wise well didn't he end up with like four touchdowns or something he was the number one quarterback yeah

So the game they lost he was number one last week back down to 17 in a game they won. Brock Purdy, do you temper expectations going on the road to Seattle? Yeah. Yes, you do. Do you play Bo Knicks over him against the Chargers? No. I think I do. It's funny, the San Francisco 49ers have, like, Shanahan just has McVeigh's number. We saw that, whether it was the jet lag, you know, Australia thing to start the season, but they always, they always.

kick the crap out of the Rams. The Seahawks always kicked the crap out of the 49ers. And so I think that the Seahawks are going to, despite the fact that the Niners have been awesome, they're undefeated. They've looked like one of, if not the best team in the league. I think the Seahawks at home are going to handle this. Interesting. Pretty well. On the other side. The divisional round last year, 41 to 6. Mike Evans, didn't practice on Thursday. Still managing the rib injury seems to be willing to play through it.

Is he an active, then start always situation right now? I mean, last week with the injury, still put up double-digit fantasy points. Really tough match. But he's right around 10. Like, would you prefer just go same team? Mike Evans with the looming ribs or Debo. I think I go Debo. Debo's looked really good. I, you know, I don't love either of these players, but if I had both of them on the roster, one of them could go out at any second in this game.

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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 online 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 mike washington is 93% rostered on slipper yeah he's done enough yeah 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 i i think that they look rejuvenated i think they're going to cover here i i'm very much on the falcon side of the equation um

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 down. 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, 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 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 Bijon 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.

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 are Monday night football game is a great one. The Buffalo Bills three and one. The Rams two and two.

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, the bills defense being suspect. Are you being game perv again?

Are you being a game perth? I want this game. 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 DAC where they were 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 Kincaid. 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. Right.