Week 7 Studs & Duds + Field of Screams, Ja’Marvelous Chase - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/25

put it on display this week against Baltimore. A Baltimore defense in Baltimore that had shut down Justin Herbert the week prior, a five-and-one team. I mean, this was nothing but impressive. He is doing what, even though Jamar Chase is the headline maker, if you watch the game, Joe Burrow is a first down on a third and long to T. Higgins. It's a C.J. Uzama in a mismatch. It's a.

He's doing what Kyler's doing in Arizona. And ironically, these are the top two seeds in both leagues. That is mind-blowing. The Cincinnati Bengals are the number one. If the playoffs started today, they would have the buy and they are the number one seed in the AFC. And they play the Jets this week. I'm going to say they win. I'm going to go out on a limb. And then you're at home against Cleveland, a beat-up Cleveland right now. Who knows where they're going to be? So this is a team that if they win these next two games, you could have them, you know, take kind of a definitive lead in that division.

Tua. That's two a games in a row for... Where he's been relevant? Where he's been very good. Four touchdown passes for Tua Tua Tuna Vailoa. Perhaps not a fan of the trade rumors. Or maybe he's really trying... Because part of the trade rumors are him going somewhere. Maybe the... I was thinking about that with like if the dolphins... Where they said Washington doesn't want him or... Right. If the dolphins have come back and won this game, which they... Tua came back, took the lead.

to win the game, and then the Falcons were able to go down and kick the field goal to recapture the lead and win the game. But if the dolphins came back from that massive deficit and one on the back of two, then it would be very difficult to be like, and see you later. They're probably going to do that anyway. Someone is. Was he the quarterback won this week, Brooks? Is that right? Maybe in some formats. I see QB10, QB1. I mean, 291 and 4.

still had a couple of dumb throws in that game, a couple picks. It's interesting. Has Buffalo next week. Probably don't want to chase these two games against Buffalo and Buffalo. I wouldn't. I somehow faced Tua in every league. You did. You faced Tua a lot of leagues. And it was like, cool. Usually that's good. But this was, this was bad. Yeah, I would not play him against Buffalo. And I think even Joe Burrow.

who I love. I said to trade for him a couple weeks ago that he's really going to come on strong the second half of the year. I feel like he's a trap game against the Jets. Interesting. Just because no one ever throws for a lot on the Jets because you are unneeded. Okay. All right. Tom Brady, he's the quarterback one on the season. Is that a good result for your draft capital? Yeah, and he's the quarterback one on the week. I mean, he did not finish there, and I know if you watched...

Having Tom Brady, you are, you were sad because all of this came in the first half. He dominated the Bears. Sorry, Jay Gras, close your ears. He dominated. Okay. I didn't say open your mouth. He dominated so. He just. Thoroughly. He embarrassed the Bears. Four touchdown passes. Three to Mike Evans. And then he didn't play. He played a little bit in the third quarter. I don't think he played a snap in the fourth. He just was.

It was like, okay, we won this game. Let's fly home and let the backups play. No gronk. No, Antonio Brown didn't matter. No problem. No problem. New Orleans next week for him. Jalen hurts. This is the opposite of Brady. Every week. He sucks all game long. And then in the fourth quarter gets enough fantasy points trying to come back. He is so good for fantasy. That's it, though. That's it.

What was his, I saw a stat this morning. I think the biggest loser shared it with us. But fantasy points by quarter average, 4.8 in the first, 3.7 in the second, 5.5 in the third, 10.8 in the fourth. Yeah. It's a garbage time meal for Jalen Hurts every game. Do me a favor and handicap the.

possible destinations for Deshawn Watson because. Yes. Deshawn Watson is my only fear for Jalen Hertz this season for fantasy football. You want me to handicap it? Yeah. Locations, destinations, percentages. 50% Miami. Okay. So I still think they're the front runner. I think Carolina is at probably 25% after what's happened with Sam Darnold. That experiment, it's not. Same Darnold. Same Darnold.

And then I would probably put Denver at Philly at 12 and a half each. I know people are eliminating Philly because they said he doesn't want to go there. He's got the no trade clause. He chooses his destination. But I'm not. They're probably at the bottom of those four. They just have the most capital. Yeah, I mean, I'd argue that Miami's pretty capable. I mean, I think he's going to go for three first. And I think he gets traded this week. I mean, I think I'm.

I think it gets traded this week, and a lot of people respond and they say, well, he's just going to instantly go on the commissioner's exempt list. Nope. I would say that that is very unlikely. Yeah, you know, teams have been kicking the doors and trying to figure out what's happening. And the latest update we have on that is that he is not expected to go on the commissioner's exemplist. He would be allowed to play while all of the civil proceedings play out behind the scenes. It could.

change in the blink of an eye if something new comes to light, which would not be shocking. But right now, if he gets traded, he would be playing probably next week. Yeah, it would happen quickly, which is, you know, I tweeted this morning, do you take that information with whatever confidence level you have and attempt to translate that into Will Fuller or a...

Jalen Waddle or... No, I still don't because of what you just said, there's four possible destinations. So if I go and invest in a Will Fuller or Jalen Waddle and then he ends up in Denver, then I've invested for nothing. What I'm doing is just grabbing Deshaun Watson for nothing off of waivers and throwing him on my IR when he's ruled out for each week. Yeah, I'm, you know, I could definitely be wrong.

We could misread the situation. He could end up being a PR nightmare in some way, and the league has to address it because of public pressure. I mean, those things happen, and I don't know what's going to happen, but that's where I'm leaning right now. Are you wondering about the, like, Jalen Hertz freak out situation where you think you have, because he's the quarterback two on the year, which is, it's crazy. For fantasy, he's the quarterback two, and he might lose his job. Oh, because he's bad, just at football. He has not yet.

finished outside of the top 10 on a week. He has always, every single week he's been a top 10 quarterback, many times being a top six quarterback. So for fantasy, close your eyes, do not watch a game and enjoy the results of Jalen Hertz. I will add that Carson wins had a nice week. It wasn't, you know, it was rainy. But he has, they're the opposite of the Panthers. They lost the game that they should have won against Baltimore and then they've won their other three.

He's been playing very well. Yeah. And Michael Pittman is legit. He's been a quarterback one, two of the last three weeks, and one of those is in a torrential downpour. Tennessee next week. So that's, I don't know, who is Tennessee? Because they've been a terrible defense that you want to throw against until all of a sudden, you know, they stop the best quarterback in football. Handily. I don't know how to analyze that game. It's the lack of Sammy Watkins. That's just destroying this offense.

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Dearness Johnson was one of the biggest running backstides of the week. He sure was. He was absolutely awesome. 22 for 146 and 1, adding another 22 yards through the air. I think he will be relevant even when Chub comes back. Because of the Kareem Hunt injury?

Yeah, and because of the Chub injury. They are not going to have this guy come back from a two-week absence with the soft tissue issue and be like, here's the ball 30 times. This is a team that's going to run the ball 30 times. Right. But it's not all going to Chubb, and De Ernest proved like he can get the job done. All right. Well, they have Pittsburgh coming up this week. If you had a D in your name, you were in good shape. I mean, DeAndre Swift, he's the running back three on the year.

10 targets, 8 for 96 and 1. Damien Harris, 14 for 106 and 2, 2 targets. Jason started the week and now the RB 14 on the year. I mean, we didn't even talk. I talked about it on Sunday live, but the shocker of the morning was Ramandre Stevenson's removal from the active lineup. That was mind-blowing. Nobody knew about it. There was no reports on the week of anything like this that I personally have come across.

It was certainly a blind side. But the process, you know, I, Damien Harris was my start of the week. And I said, I'll throw Ramandre Stevenson on there too because he is going to dominate. And he was not active. But how did the other two running backs too? Yeah, I mean, what JJ Taylor got in the end zone? Brandon Bolden was great. Yeah. All three were top 15 running backs this week. I told you, I thought maybe the situation wasn't what we thought in hindsight. Obviously it wasn't.

There was a thigh injury for Brandon Bolden the week before. Perhaps that led to the activity that Romandre had, but then they just gave it right back to Bolton. And, you know, maybe his involvement in special teams or whatever the case may be. The point is, Damien Harris is the guy. Yeah. They have the Chargers coming up in Carolina. The offense runs through Damien Harris, and Mack Jones is playing well. And you can run on the Chargers. So it's another good matchup I would keep Damien Harris.

in your lineups. Brooksie, Elijah missile. Eliza. He fired the missile and it did not come down on your own head. It was successful, a successful launch. 18 for 107 and 1 on 66% of snaps. You want to talk about more Kyle Shanahanigans. I was so frustrated watching this game. You watch that first drive and Elijah Mitchell, every time he touched the ball was 7, 8, 12 yards just every single time, goes down the field, scores a touchdown. Then the next like,