Halloween Show! + Spooky Starts + Week 9 Breakdown - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/31

You get, you know, in the red zone, you get around the 10, they're going to be running the ball and they're going to have success. So that's where I think Kirk Cousins comes out here and throws 300 yards. But if he doesn't get the early touchdowns, you know, a big Drake London touchdown, a big Kyle Pitts touchdown, something like that, then I, you know, it does make me more bullish on Bijon and able to flex Tyler Alger in this game. This game is fantastic. The over under we said is 52. But the pace of play, Atlanta is first and neutral pace. Dallas is fifth. Dallas has hit the over in five of seven games. This is like everybody is in play here for me. Dak, his DK passing lines, 264 and a half yards. Like, even the backup options, like Tyler Algier, if you're in a really bad spot with your running back position and Tyler Algiers on the waiver wire.

I think you could pick him up and you can play him. Two things. One, you look really short on camera. Two. Yeah, we adjusted the camera for your costume that was much taller. Can you raise your chair or are we? I'm maxed out, brother. You're like a little kid fan of the Seahawks right now. That's what it looks like. Go Hawks. Secondly, I would play Tyler Alger over any option on Dallas by far at the running position. Oh, yeah. Yeah, there was before. Like everyone's in play. You can't play Dallas Cowboys running back right now because we have no idea what's going to happen. Rico Dowdle is not on the injury report with the illness that he had on Sunday. I mean, we all have an illness trying to analyze the running back position in Dallas this year. Zeke was very, I thought Zeke was inefficient.

Tom Pelliserra loved what he saw from Dalvin Cook, but the rest of the universe was like, that dude is washed. We got to get him off the field. Look, Mike McCarthy said running back by committee is definitely not the preference, but we feel it's the best way to utilize these guys. The preference was Derek Henry. Yeah, let me translate it to these guys shouldn't be on the field all the time. So we've got to take them off sometimes and try somebody else. I mean, it's not. It's not good. Yeah, the Falcons, if you adjust for schedule, they've actually been top five against running back. So I'm fine pivoting away. That being said, my expectation is Rico is active in this game and is the primary carrier also involved in the passing game. The Atlanta Falcons do give up a lot of receptions to the running back. And when I look at who's been targeted in that game and who's been successful, I think Rico could have a surprising game. I will not be shocked if Rico ends up fine here.

Okay. I'll leave Mike Wright, Jason Moore, Rico, Dowell. No, I'm not saying playing him. I'm saying that the Dallas Cowboy, if they come out of the end of this game after what happened last week and don't have him as the primary running back that everyone should be fired. That's what I'm saying. Okay. Yeah. I mean, Cook should be active though, right? No, he shouldn't. No, I mean, we expect him to. Play Ferguson, play pits, the tight-in five, play Mooney, wide receiver 15 on the year. Yeah. Wide receiver 12 in some formats. This game is delightful. Jalen Tolbert would be. I'm desperate times. I'm fine with it. Tolbert or Addison against Indianapolis? Oh, I'd go Addison. I think so, but Addison is so bad. Yeah. Nice. I play Legat. Yeah, sure. Over Tolbert. Yeah. The number five search, Darnell Mooney or.

Tank Dell and Mike, you've had a policy this morning. You've decided because the majority, like almost 80% of our top start sit questions involve Tank Dell and those are going directly to Jason's personal phone number. I appreciate you reminding me because I was going to answer that this question is very easy, but I'll let Jason handle it. Jason. Darnel Mooney or Tinkdell? That is an easy darnel Mooney. Okay. Tank Dell has a place and is not someone that you have to bench, but if you've got good options. Tank Dell against the Jets on the road is not the matchup I want. Miami's two and five. They take on the six and two Buffalo bills who are at home. The drafting sportsbook line Buffalo minus 60. The uprunners 49 points. Kind of a do-or-die game for Miami. Buffalo beat them 31 to 10. Two was knocked out back in week two. The bills have dominated the dolphins.

They've just got their number, man. 11 and 2 since 2018. They're at home. They've got the machine working. One of the keys to success for Buffalo has been slowing down Tyreek Hill, regardless of whether Hill was on the Chiefs or has been on the Dolphins. They've found a way to defend against him and keep him. I think he's got one game over 80 yards ever, like against this team. In a lot of matchups. Yeah, I mean, you're talking about eight or nine games. You know, not that you're not playing Tyree. Yeah, you're still going to play Tyree Kill. It's just, it's really. I think what it does is it goes back to Tua. Tua is a really questionable start. A lot of people who have picked them up, they might be wanting to play them personally. I'm not loving the Tua matchup here just because historically against Buffalo, he hasn't done well. Obviously this season, I know he got concussed and knocked out of that game. But up until that point, he was.

absolutely atrocious, just being dominated by the Bill's defense. The Bill's defense in the passing game has been top five against quarterbacks, top five against wide receivers, top ten against tight ends. Where you beat them is on the ground, and they give up the most receptions to running backs. So A-chan, totally great play in this matchup. He's going to have four, five, six, seven receptions in this game as they try to find something to make it work. Even Rahim Moster, I would rather play, but the passing game scares me for the the dolphins in this one. Well, that means that Jalen Waddle scares you, although his receiving lines at 49 and a half that makes him flexible. Yeah. I think a Jalen Waddle. Now, he will see me during the game. Oh, for sure. Well, I'm actually, there are a few players I'm extremely familiar with. I know Jalen on a first name basis. I don't think you do because that's not his name. What's his? Oh my gosh. Jailen Wadle. Yeah, it is. I thought there was a joke. No, I, I, dude.

What is going on? Laser? Apparently, the lasers are in your brain. Lights in the eyeballs hurt. The important question is, what did you think his name was? Jaden Waddle for a second. I'm going to say, no, Jaden Wallal. Shrink the chair. Yeah, all right. Don't adjust the camera. There's nothing quite like correcting a name to the wrong name. I mean, that is just elite level. Kirby, Hancock. I feel I have Amari Cooper in Dynasty. I feel so nervous playing him. Are you just looking at last week as, hey, they're still figuring it out? I mean, it was 0.8 points. I mean, I feel like Keon Coleman's a better play than Amari Cooper. I 100% agree with that. I think Khalil Shakir is a better play than Amari Cooper at this point. What about Dalton Kincaid in the flex over Cooper? Yeah, I think I'm with that too. If I made the move for Amari Cooper,

I'm trying not to have sunk cost right now. It'll be like, I have to force him in. It's more of a, I'm going to bench him. Amari Cooper or Jamar Chase? Oh, that's a, that's a Jamar Chase. That one's very easy. I'm just double checking on that one. Yeah, thank you for that. But Amari Cooper. This is a trade. Yeah, okay. Dumb. Amari Cooper's on my bench. And if he has a great game and I miss out, I just like, I will accept that and be happy that Amari Cooper is ready to go. Yeah, and when you say Keon Coleman over Amari Cooper, I don't think Keon Coleman's a great play here either. The ball could go to three or four different receiving options. And what we've seen from the bills is if they get the lead, they're going to want to run the ball. If they want to run the ball against the Dolphins, you know, 26th ranked running defense, I think they'll find success. Yeah, you're right about that. I would say hungry for more Keon Coleman, though, is.

He wasn't in our segment this week, but three of the last four games have been solid. And what I love to see is the snap counts. I mean, 83% last week, 75% the week before both of those games, top 24. Maybe it's not this week, but I think it's going to be most weeks. Oh, for sure. And he looks good. I don't have the first read target information at all. I haven't even seen it. But watching the game, it felt like he was a first read target on a lot of his plays, those first like three drives. He's, you know, whoever. Talking about Keelan Coleman. That's right. Well, you have to keep in mind, Andy. I can't read well right now. Oh, okay. Really fix the memory. Thank you. Now, in his defense, his laser glasses are flashing every second. So that would possibly dewire the brain. Yeah. That's science. All right. The Raiders at two and six, the Bengals, three and five. Draft King Sportsbook line, Cincinnati, minus seven. The overrunners, 46 and a half.

This game feels like it should be easy to project, which makes it also feel to me like a trap game. Cincinnati's 3 and 5. The Raiders are a tooth and nail, minimal talent, but we kind of sometimes win games we shouldn't. They beat the Ravens. Yeah, so this is like it should be clean and easy at home for Cincinnati. And that's the way we're projecting it. That's the way Vegas has it. You know, Joe Burroughs start of the week at home has been great. Chase Brown, his lines at 57 and a half on DK rushing wise. He should be fine. Chase, I think if you're the Chase manager, you're hoping that Higgins is playing in this football game because they're just so much better together. Yeah. They really, man, they have a, they have a difficult decision to make here at the end of the year. Oh, I think it's been made already. Just.

what that they're going to try and bring him back now? No, no, no, no. I think it's, I think the decision has been made that T. Higgins is moving on. I agree. That that's what everything felt like, but it's like this year is just more proof of like, guys, Jamar Chase is an elite player, but our offense is just. infinitely better when we have T. Higgins. I would argue that this year is also proof that you cannot rely on T. Higgins to be there when you need him. They're losing games because T. Higgins hasn't been available. It's not like, man. Those two games you play with us, you prove we need you. We're going to resign you. I don't see T. Higgins back with this team. Yeah, most coaches and general managers will say, hey, let's go draft a guy. And then we like Yoshivas and we like to, you know, it might not be the right logic, but, but the money, they can like Yoshavos, but.

Joe Burrow does not like throwing him the ball. I feel like he's been pretty involved this season. Yeah. He has not. When T. Higgins wasn't there, Yoshi was pretty good. Like last week when he had zero catches and three targets? I mean, he... Last week would be a bad example for my case. The beginning of the year when Higgins was gone, though, six targets, seven targets. He had games where Joe Burrow was looking his way. He had two games. Three touchdowns. Yeah. No, I know. No, I'm with you. I'm with you. I'm on Team Yoshi. Yeah. B'O.Cee because T. Higgins is on Team Higgins. We brought this up yesterday on the Waiver Show, but Mike Kisicki, when Higgins is gone, he has utilized a lot. The matchup is pretty nice against the Raiders, and he would be a good streaming option. And T was it did not practice on Wednesday. Wednesday is not the, at nearly as big as today.

We probably have news on that practice report today. I wanted to look up today's practice report, but I can't read. One of the three. Well, that's not a glass of the one of the three deucers that didn't dress up for Halloween should look this up. Yeah, be useful. Do something. I guess they did dress up in a way as clowns boring. On the other side. We have three clown masks. Yeah, we should have put them on them. You know what? They're not over here. Put the wig on. Put the clowns on, you clowns. Find the wig. And I can't push the button.

But push the button so that we can want you. Let me talk about the Raiders real quick. Alexander Madison is. Yeah. There you go. Why didn't we know this right away? There you go. This is how I see you anyways. Right. You dressed up as the deucers. We figured it out. Okay. This is good stuff. Josh has hair finally. Josh. Do you know how to put a wig on? No, he put it on over the headphones. Do you notice the other two were able to do this? Yeah. How big is your head? You, perfect. Okay. And for the remainder of the show, Bob over there. Alexander Madison over the last month, averaging 20 and a half opportunities per game. It's disgusting. But he is, he has the epitome of volume as king for fantasy football because he's not necessarily looking any better than he did last year, but he's getting the ball so much. They did say he's the starter. Yeah, I mean, that's, I.

With Zemir White back the last couple weeks and the team's still going with Madison, I feel confident that you can play him as like a low end running back too. And Brock Bowers, every, all the hours, you play him? All the hours. If we haven't brought up Jacoby Myers. We have not yet. Jacobi Myers, I think, is a player that you need to pay attention to. His Draft King's Sportsbook line is 50 and a half receiving yards. The matchup isn't like perfect against Cincinnati, but it's not bad either. I think. Jacobi is a PPR play almost every week going forward. He's their number one target, and he's clearly their best wide receiver. Jacobi Myers is a solid wide receiver. He was just gone. With Devante Adams exiting, it's like Jacoby and Brock, I think that the volume will be there for Myers every single week. Gisicki's in for me if Higgins is out. If Higgins is back, Gassiki is not in my lineup. The charges are four and three.

The Browns are two and six. The Draft King Sportsbook line here. Chargers minus one and a half. The overrunner is 43.5. A bit surprised at the line on the road in Cleveland. After Cleveland had the upset, I guess it's a little bit of a prove-it situation right now. Yeah, I mean, they had to come back and they had a pretty miraculous. I mean, the game was over. You know, Hamilton dropped the game. on the interception. And then it took a really good pass to Tillman for the game winning touchdown. Listen, when you have the reigning a FC offensive player of the week, James Winston. I never doubt. Chubbs rushing lines at 52 and a half. That seems I think we're all just waiting to. I mean, what was last week? He got 52. 52 last week I took the under of 50 and a half.

and he got 52. What an idiot. It was funny, too, because I remember watching the game. 61% snaps 18 opportunities. And I'm feeling like, man, he's, he's not getting much work. I'm going to crush this. And I look towards the end of the game. It's like 52. He 3.2 per attempt. He got there. Mike loves McConkey. I think Tillman is in play this week. Tillman's involvement. The last three weeks have been, has been great. His lines at 45 and a half receiving wise. The fact that Judy and Moore both had productive games with Winston does mean that, you know, this could bounce around a little bit. Nojoku's integral. I doubt all four guys are going to put up big numbers every week and the Chargers, eighth against wide receivers. It's probably going to be, like I'd rank them Tillman than Judy than more, but it could be Judy this week. I mean, that's possible. I would rank them Judy than Tillman than more. However, I'm going to pump the brakes on Tillman in general.

Baltimore, the matchup they just had, every single week by the end of the game, the opposing team has a ton of yards. It just happens every week, and that's what happened last week, where Tillman and Moore and Judy and Najoku, they all had a good game. This is not the same. The Chargers, we've talked about it all the time. They have been hitting the under every game. They are a slow it down, ugly brand of football where I just don't expect, I don't expect a ton of passing volume from the Browns here. So Tillman is someone that I would love to have. I, you know, I tried to pick him up wherever he was on waivers. I'm not, I'm not seeing this as he's had two good games in a row without Amari Cooper. So he has become a must start in a bad matchup. I'm still kind of, you know, I would take Dell over Tillman. I get the hesitation. I, yeah.

I think I'd go Tillman over Tank. In weeks one and two, Jacob Dobbins is averaging 9.9 a carry from week three on 3.2. Jason has been quick to point this out over the last two weeks. Would you play Dobbins or Chubb? The defense for the Browns is slightly better against the run than the Chargers have been. They're very similar, though. I would play Dobbins over Chubbs still. The other running backs are more involved for the Browns at this point, still in time. You saw Foreman getting some work. Dobbins has been. the centerpiece of the running game. He just hasn't been effective. I don't believe either one of those players are a great play, but I would go Dobbins over Chubb. If I had them both, I would just be like, who do I think scoring more points? That's the running back of my play. Isn't that? That's most of what we do as a job. The team. Okay. That's always the question I ask is who do I think is going to score more? Who's got cooler hair, man? In my head, I said the whole sentence. That sounded so funny.

Do I think the Chargers score more or do the Brown score more? And what's your answer? I think the Chargers score more. So I'll go with Dobbins. You and Draft Kings agree. He explained our starts hit tool very clearly. All right, we'll take a break. Put the players in and go, what do you think? I would just play your best players. All right. We'll take a break. We'll hit the rest of the matchups. All right, before we jump right back into the rest of the matchups, I do have some kind of live feedback. for you. Oh, okay, great. Um, maybe not being considered when you see players going to the blue medical tent. Yeah. We're like, oh, are they hurt? Are they going to be okay? Uh-huh. It's possible they're in there for more of a sauna experience. Oh, is it warm in there? It's a, I got a drip. I see, I'm pretty constrained here. You're sweaty right now. I got a drip going down the arm. So does that mean, and I think this would make sense towards the end of the game, the longer that you have been, you know, up and heated?

You are grouchier. Oh, as a tent? Yeah, as a tent. You're going to give worse kind of outcomes to the players coming in later in the game. I'm in inanimate object. I really don't have feelings. But you can talk. Well, that part is. Yeah, and sweat. Yeah. It's a mystery. I would say that I'm grumpy because I'm not looked at the way I'm not respected. You know, the fantasy players, no one likes you. They hate me. No, not just the fantasy players, the NFL fans, the players, the coaches. You suck. Imagine you were a house and every time somebody goes into you. Mm-hmm. Uh-huh. They boo. They boo and they heckle and they and see, that's how that's the life I'm living over here. Yeah. Nobody respects the purpose, which is I provide privacy and that's pretty much it. Well.

If it's raining. So does a porta potty. If it's raining, if it's windy, there's some shelter. Yeah, but they're not allowed to use me for that. Right. I would. Thank you. Mike doesn't follow the rules. Well, Ken Bone Walker has been in the blue tent a lot. Yeah, you know. New England's 2 and 6. This is all just a way to delay talking about this game. New England's 2 and 6. Tennessee's 1 and 6. Oh, yeah. Um, drafting sportsbook line, Tennessee minus three and a half at home. The overruns is 38. It's the lowest of the week. It's a stinky, stinky game. And maybe Drake May plays. This game sucks. Yeah, Drake May is in the concussion protocol. He's progressing, but we don't know at this point whether he'll be optimistic. Yeah. I mean, TBD, uh, if he gets a full practice in today and then meets with the independent neurologist, he could be activated for this week. Uh,

This is the pick number two and pick number three right now in the NFL draft order. Oh, really? This would be number one Carolina, number two, Tennessee, number three, New England, number four of the Jets. Oh, that's good, man. That's good. That's good stuff. Yeah. That'll be, yeah, if we can get them in the top three, the drama. I can't wait for them to listen to Aaron Rogers and draft a wide receiver. I mean, it will be outstanding. Just. And then whoever is the next pick after them will grab a quarterback that becomes a first battle hall. You just know, like, sometimes the world is against certain franchises. What is Romandre Stevenson? He's had four awesome games. He's had three duds. He scored twice last week against you, Jason. Oh, I felt him. Tony Pollard on the other side, my start of the week. I'm in on Pollard.

What is Stevenson is the question? When you're on a bad football team, when we're sitting here in the off season, we're saying, we like drafting running backs on teams that win football games. And yet Stevenson has been this touchdown threat. Antonio Gibson's running for one to carry and is hurt. Stevenson is a workhorse back who is involved in the passing game, getting a ton of opportunity and usage. I view him not too dissimilarly to what Mike was talking about with Alexander Madison. These are guys who are going to get. all the opportunity presented for them. It's just not high, you know, expectation fantasy opportunity given to them. But they're absolutely in play for a weekly start in any kind of matchup where you don't expect them to get boat raced. Now, sometimes these guys like Ramandre, even when they're boat raced, you get the passing work. Or the goal line carry.

Yeah, so the question really becomes, do you expect enough points in this game? And that's where it's like, it's not as exciting as Madison this week because this game looks like a fart fest. Well, I mean, look, last week, it didn't look good for New England against the Jets. Remandre got it done and you're probably backed into playing him because it didn't look good remandre playing. No, he didn't, he wasn't efficient, but he scored. And, you know, last week, was it the redemption story for Calvin Ridley? I expect him to be back out there this week. The Patriots defense is not good.

All the things I said about Tony Pollard and the points given up, are you okay with Ridley? And Jason, this is another one that you're going to get a million of. Ridley or Dell? Yeah, I've got Ridley above Dell this week. They're back to back in my rankings, but I, you know, coming off of a hot start without Hopkins, the Patriots defense is not terrifying. I know that Calvin Ridley will get a lot of targets against an easier defense. So far with Tank Dell, he's, you know, been in that four to seven target range where it's like... Yeah, you've got a score. I'm hoping for seven, but he could end up with four and he could have Sauce Gardner. So I'll take Calvin Ridley off the hot game. Okay. That makes sense. Calvin Ridley or Jalen Ridley? Oh, man. Jalen Ridley, one of my first name basis guys. I'm just going to watch the game with him. Aren't they the same guy? No, no, no. Jalen's cousin. Oh. Didn't make it in the NFL. Hunter Henry?

Been good with Drake May. Don't know if May is playing. Are you trying to find somebody else? He's also had a couple good games with Jacoby. But yeah, Hunter Henry is a good streaming option. This isn't the best streaming week. You know, when you adjust for schedule the Titans, I think they're averaging around seven fantasy points given up per game to the Titan position. That's not great. That's like a top 10 defense. The Washington commanders are six and two. The Giants are 2 and 6. The Giants are at home. The Draft King Sportsbook Line here, Washington, minus 4. The over under is 44. Oh, baby. Andy's almost upset of the week. Some hot stuff. I get it. I get it. I don't think I've had one in two weeks. No, I don't think so. Coward. This one feels right. So the Giants, four-point underdogs at home. The game was 2118 in week two.

Jaden Daniels still recovering from a rib injury. The defense in New York, they are a, I don't know, bend and then break defense. They just, they look good for like three quarters of every game. And then they're just like, we're like, we can't do this anymore. It's bend, don't break until broken. That's what this defense is. They just, they're on the field a lot because the offense can't really help them out. Sometimes Daniel Jones puts them in short field situations, but the personnel. And the talent and ability of the New York Giants defense is very good. Number one in Sackrate. And Jaden Daniels's in company, they scored nine points before the Hail Mary last week. Right? I mean, this was a slog. So I like the Giants to get it done. You've got. And they're at home. You do have Tyrone Tracy progressing.

Through the protocol? Yeah, I got a hope he's back. Trending in the right direction from Brian Dable. That is great. But timeline-wise, what we've seen, I mean, this is pretty consistent. Most every single player who gets a concussion misses one week. Marvin Harrison did not, right? I don't think Tracy misses this week. You don't? No, I do not. Mark didn't miss. But it was a Monday night game. It was the Monday game, but he was also cleared. Like, he was like a full practice on Friday. I like that Tracy, he's out there in the protocol. He's out there practicing. He's just in a red jersey, which is part of the process. So, again, I'm not a, I'm a medical tent. I'm not a doctor. You just know when guys are hurt, not when they'll be better. Would you let him go in the game right now? I saw him briefly last week. He seemed a little banged around, but, you know, he's fine. Okay. Now, I don't know. We'll see. Having him back is important to my almost upset. Don't hedge now. Malik neighbors.