Starts of the Week + Week 9 Breakdown, Boom Boom! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 11/5

Stallion, be excellent. Yeah, two of Josh Allen's last three games have been super bad weather, and this one projects no rain, no win, and a very nice 6 to 9 degrees. At running back, Chase Edmund's start of the week. Yeah. There's just about nobody out there that you wouldn't draft.

in the top three picks that I would start over Chase Edmonds. This is what I wanted with King and Drake this year. I wanted the Arizona Cardinals running game. Their pace of play and what they've done has been great last year. You know, we talked about the fact that whoever was the weekly starter was the running back three. And Chase, Chase has been a top 20 back in four of seven weeks. He's been a top 10 back in two of his last three.

And he's been to backup. So now he's the guy. And I've been listening to local beat reports. We're here in Arizona. And they are saying that the backup, because people have been asking, who is the backup to Chase? There's a handful of guys that could be. And they are pretty much universally saying that the backup to Chase Edmonds is Chase Edmonds. Oof. And he's just going to be the guy. So I think. So when he needs a breather, he comes in for himself. Exactly. He's going to run to the sideline.

Run back in, be like, I'm up. Now, I should throw this out there just so that people understand right now, and I trade it for Chase Edmonds. Kenyon Drake is considered day-to-day. Yes. So he did not practice on Wednesday, but this injury is not considered severe. He could, he literally could be activated for this week. We don't expect it, but that's the way Cliff Kingsbury is talking about the injury. And if he's activated this week, I still think you can start Chase Edmonds because I can't think they're going to run him into the ground. And the matchup against the Dolphins.

Look, last week they didn't give up a top 12 performance to running back, but that was, you know, when Darrell Henderson got injured, the previous four games, they had done it every single week. All right, I'm jumping in here, my running back start of the week. San Francisco's Jamichael Hastie, he gets to take on the Green Bay Packers, who in six of seven games, they have top 10 production to the running back position. This team will not have Devo, Kiddle. Now they don't have Ayuk, they don't have Kendrick Bourne.

Yeah, they won't have Jimmy Gropolo. And you might say, whoa, whoa, do they have any offense at all? Like what happened the last time these guys played? Well, I've already highlighted Rahim Moster's domination in the playoff game. I don't know if people remember this. Do you know how many times Jimmy Gropolo threw the ball in that matchup, the playoff matchup against the Green Bay Packers? Wasn't it like eight times or something? Eight times.

They didn't need to throw because this is the perfect matchup for Kyle Shanahan. His run scheme is great, and the Green Bay Packers' run defense is terrible. I'm playing Jamichael hasty with confidence. Yeah, I think the only way it goes sideways is if Green Bay gets up big real early and you end up having to see more of the passing game from Nick Mullins. But I like it. James Connor against Dallas is my start of the week.

You know, everything in this game screams smash play for James Connor. They cannot stop the run being Dallas. Last and fantasy points against to the running back position over the last five weeks. And Dallas is not going to score very many points against Pittsburgh. I think this is two touchdown territory here for James Connor. Could be a very, very good week. And at wide receiver, my start of the week was going to be John Brown on the basis of health.

Practicing full last week. Made it through the entire game. He's healthy. But if he's downgraded, I mean, that was the concern with John Brown. He was downgraded with the knee on a Wednesday, and you say, oh, maybe that's just a rest day. He practiced him full last Wednesday with this knee injury. So this is a concern. I still think you could throw him out there because if he's in the game, this is a great smash play. But I'm not going to make him my start of the week. Instead.

I'm going with Antonio Brown to give confidence if you picked him up. Can you play him in week one? I don't know. Can you? I think you can. And here's why. We have seen it before, off the street, short practice with Tom Brady, comes in and gets eight targets. And while that's a good number, here's what you need to remember about that game. He got eight targets with 56 yards and a touchdown.

on only 33% of the snaps. They used him in a limited fashion. And when he was on the field, Tom said, oh, you're open. Oh, you're open. And I think that's going to happen again this week. The matchup is good against the Saints. Last week, they gave up 47 points to the wide receiver position. The week prior, 51. The week prior, 44. You split that up. I think Antonio Brown is someone you can play this week.

My wide receiver started the week. It is Hollywood Marquise Brown. I am calling my shot on this one. Not only do you have the squeaky wheel narrative where he had his little passive aggressive attack on social media. That has already been acknowledged by Lamar Jackson saying, I got to figure out a way to get my number one guy more involved. Then on top of that, you look at the cornerback matchup from pro football focus that they are projecting. He projects to see Rakia Sin from the Colts who has been...

week at the cornerback position. Rock is a four or five guy. He's going to get torched by Hollywood Brown when he is the one who is covering him. They're pretty, the Colts are sturdy against the run. Let's see if they have to throw a little bit more. I like Hollywood Brown to have a solid, solid performance. Cousins starts of the week. I'm not going. Oh, yeah. Yeah, they're cousins. I'm not calling it the Hollywood top five, just saying this will be one of the weeks where he comes through.

Justin Jefferson against Detroit is my wide receiver start of the week. We saw the Delvin Cook experience last week. I mean, we see that every week. But I expect a huge game from Jefferson in this one. The weather situation last week really forced a dependence on the running game. We didn't get to see them throw the ball against Green Bay. And listen, they played Detroit. There is one wide receiver core that Detroit has slowed down the entire year. And that would be a team that doesn't really have any wide receivers. The Indianapolis Colts.

You know, just a smash play opportunity for Jefferson. And if you pick the right week with Justin Jefferson, that is a top three type of performance. We've seen it multiple times this year. And so, yeah, get back, get healthy. Matthew Stafford. Let's get this game up above that over under. All right, at tight end, I am starting Noah Fant as my start of the week this week. Atlanta gives up by 5.

far and away the most points to the tight-in position. In fact, Atlanta has given up a top 10 fantasy finish total points given up on the week every single week of the year, asterix that they haven't played against Ian Thomas. Ian Thomas hasn't gotten it done two times. Ian Thomas is the ruiner of trends. Yes. But if you have a tight-in and listen to the teams that they've given up these top 10 tight-in weeks. Seattle, Dallas, Chicago, Green Bay.

Minnesota, Detroit. This isn't Kelsey and Kittle and Waller and Andrews. These are just decent tight ends that are a part of an offense. And Fant has been part of this office. He was back up to 78% of snaps this last week after an injury. He had nine targets last week. He's a huge part of the offense. It's a perfect matchup. And there was concern of, you know, Albert Okwebenam, the fact that he's looked great. Do you know how many targets he had last week now that Fant was back up to his normal snaps?

He had one target. He was on the field for 25% of the snaps. This is no offense team right now. He's the center of the offense, and it's a great matchup. If you need a streaming tight end off of the waiver wire, which you might, I like Eric Ebron this week against Dallas. Andy highlighted the matchup of Pittsburgh against Dallas, but I want to point out since the by week, Eric Ebron is seeing a 17% target share. That is very healthy for the tight end position.

88% of Pittsburgh's tight-end targets in that time. He has taken the job. He is the full-time pass catching tight-end. The van stance has been relegated to being a blocking tight end. So I think that if you're looking on the wire in desperation, Eric Ebron is where I would look.

Yeah, I will go with a tight end that had a 24% target share last week. I would prefer that to 17. I see you're 17 and I raise you 24. T.J. Hawkinson against Minnesota, he is desperately needed by this offense right now. Kenny Galladay will be out. Minnesota is 19th against opposing fantasy tight ends. He's actually been a top five tight end. Hawkinson has been in two straight weeks and saw double-digit targets for only the second time in his career.

last week. He is becoming reliable, which is something that you hadn't been able to say about him previously. So I'm encouraged by the production from T.J. Hawkinson and believe he is a smash play. Now, I glanced in my peripheral vision at Jason, and he was already beginning to smirk, which terrifies me. So let's move forward with our favorite segment.

Jason Moores, ironclad, locked and loaded, 100% guaranteed boom, boom kicker of the week. This week, I'm going with a guy who's way cool. So pick up and play the Falcons Young way cool. Oh, baby. It's like you're devolving. Yes, it is. It's no longer about a...

a rhyme it is now about a cringe yeah that's rough i thought it was i like it i like it i like it i would i would have coo i would have preferred it had you dropped the l on cool and it's yeah but i didn't want you to know where i was going wait you were to prefer it if he rhymed coo with coo yes uh at least

That would have been pretty cool. That would have been pretty cool. All right. That's a cool dude. Rankings for week nine, the start sit tool, all the premium tools and community. You can find it all at the website the fantasy footballers.com. We want to say thank you. Not to Jason for that rhyme, but to pristine auction for supporting the podcast.

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