Week 5 Matchups + In-or-Out, Iron Lungs

I just don't think we have a relenting coach. We have a coach that does things his way to the tune of, I don't like Case Keenham, you're out of town. I don't like John D. Filippo, see you'll later. If I don't like Stefan Diggs this week, on the field or not, it's not going to be pretty. I wouldn't play Stefan Diggs personally. I, man, I totally get it.

But as long as the rumblings settle down at least a little bit, and Stefan Diggs is active, I will play him. And then just quickly to the other side of the ball, I get it that Evan Engram's the only one you're excited about playing. But Wayne Galman did have seven targets last week. He will receive volume there. So he's still an okay low-end RB2 play for me. All right. How did we start this show? Was it the king, the modern king? Yes. It's a perfect. Modernity. A word that.

I had never heard. Always, and you mean a word that defines us. Yes. I mean, that's who we are. We're modern people. And that is why we play games at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. Yes, Guides. Yes, the Bears Raiders traveling overseas.

The Bears are three and one. The Raiders are two and two. We always send you our best. We send you our very best. Chase Daniel, Derek Carr. Enjoy the game. For the queen. All right, the bears are five and a half point favorites. The game is a 40 and a half point over under. Derek Carr? I shan't be attending.

I shan't be attending. Kalil Mack Revenge game narrative. Oh, that is true. He said, he said, it's going to be so bloody they had to get it out of America. They said, uh, it's a game I've been looking forward to. I can't lie. It's going to be a big one for me. Kaleel Mack in games where he's not looking forward to them. He is also dominating. Derrickard is going to die. No, please. You know me. No. Stop.

Don't send in the car is what we're saying. Don't send in the car. Don't send in the Jacobs. Don't send in the Williams. You can, however, send in. Oh, yes, you can. He's going back. We, yeah, we understand. He's going back. Look, man. Yeah. I am the Waller's narrative. This is a Beatles reference. Beatles. Yeah, I get it. Oh, fantastic. I get it. Upgrade him. Upgrading because of the song in proximity to. Yes.

Abbey Road? Yeah. Yeah. Tight in six? Nonsense. Tied in two. Darren Waller's the only raider that I'm very interested in. That includes, look, Josh Jacobs, you have them on your team. You better hope he gets some passing volume. The bears are giving up 16.9 points total to the running back position on the year, and that's going to be divided. Josh Jacobs, 54% of the running back snaps last week. If it's Josh Jacobs only getting the ball between the tackles, you better...

Count your blessings for 10 fantasy points. Yeah, exactly. Jacobs is a player that I would love to be able to have on my bench this week. You can start him if you need to, but you're 100% right. He needs to get the passing work, which he has not gotten so far this season. And what's crazy is he's so good in the passing game. Like from college, he's talented pass catcher. But not a part of it right now with Jalen Richard. Let me pose this question to you then, Jay. Because this is a scenario that you could have.

Do you play Josh Jacobs or do you play Devonta Freeman? Oh, man. I think I go Devonta Freeman here. Okay. You've seen him involved in the passing game. Both have poor matchups. I think I want the guy that has more involvement. I mean, most leagues now are half point or full point PPR. You're going to get more points out of it. All right. We're going to remove pass catching then. Go to a lower tier running back. Would you chase the matchup and the...

what we predict to be a stunning victory. Jordan Howard against the Jets or Josh Jacobs. You chasing those touchdowns? I think I'm chasing the touchdowns. Yeah. David Montgomery is a better start than Josh Jacobs in this one. Alan Robinson, Mike, you made him your start of the week. You wanted to give some confidence, a shot in the arm. Chase Daniels to be able to get enough done. The implied point total in this one has the Bears at 22 and a half and the Raiders at 18. The Bears have the...

The Bears defense is just too good. Yeah. It's too darn good. And I don't think being in another country is really going to help Derek Carr out very much. No. It was a good performance from this team last week. I will say that. And a five and a half point line with a backup quarterback in Chicago, I'll leave room for a surprise here, a low-scoring game. But I'm not very excited about the Raiders options because when the Great Dalvin Cook can't even run on this team, it's going to be trouble.

for Josh Jacobs. And we've talked about this, too, on the series show yesterday. Jacobs, this week, overseas, against the Bears, then the bye week. These next two weeks are your buy low opportunity for Josh Jacobs, if you believe in him, which I do long term, but not right now. All right, Broncos, 0 and 4. Take on the Chargers at 2 and 2. The Chargers.

Six and a half point home favorites, a 44.5 point over under. The Broncos defense already struggling on the season, and now they lost Bradley Chubb, one of their best pieces on this offense. It is falling apart quickly. I'm sorry Denver fans, but out here in Arizona, we know what it's like to be winless, and it's no fun. On the Chargers side, we've had a lot of discussion this way. You guys have Melvin Gordon.

and Austin Echler is your starts of the week, and I understand why the Broncos defense already 29th in the league, 26 and a half points per game given up to the running back position. I believe that Melvin Gordon will be playing the Justin Jackson role in this one. I think Austin Echler is the far better play. That's strong. So as in Justin Jackson, like Melvin Gordon's going to touch the ball six to eight times? Seven to ten. Yeah, seven to ten times. I think that. That means you would not, sorry, like.

Justin Jackson was only playable in games where you felt like the charges were going to blow them out. Are you benching Melvin Gordon? No, I would flex Melvin Gordon because I would flex Justin Jackson in this game. And we were going to do it and we did it against some bad running defenses. But the big point is, is throughout this week and yesterday on the show and for my own need of competition here, I said I would go Echler over Gordon. You both said, Gordon, I'm wondering if you're willing to put that one into the water back category.

You're taking Gordon over... Jason, you have Gordon as your start of the week. So I would say... It makes complete sense. That being said, new information comes along as the week goes. I've heard Anthony Lynn talking about this game. He said he's 100% a part of the game plan. Last week, he was only there in an emergency role, but that they are going to limit him a little bit. They're not going to get carried away with the carries. So I think this is pretty much a 50-50 split. And if I had to lean at this point, like,

I am, my start of the week, genuinely, I went to the doc to put Melvin Gordon and Austin Echler. I'm happy with, the point is I'm pushing anyone with either of these players. I think they're both going to be fine. But I actually think Echler is a better start than Gordon. Like, this week I think it's probably 55-45 Echler. Okay. So I guess no bet for you. No, I'll take the bet just because it's who gets a touchdown.

Waterbed. You're playing rushing touchdown roulette with these two guys. It might be pretty for both of them, like you said. But I just... Why not? I think that... I think Ackler will double up the opportunities that Melvin Gordon has in this one. And this is a swan song for Austin Echler. This is not a prescription for the rest of the season. It will be Melvin Gordon's backfield. We know that from both Anthony Lynn's mouth and Melvin Gordon's lakes. So on the other side, I love Emmanuel Sanders.

in this game. I think he's got a great opportunity out of the slot. Cortland Sutton is going to be facing some troubles on the outside. And so Emmanuel Sanders is definitely my pick at the position. If you have to go with somebody, you're also talking about a team likely coming back in this one, six and a half point dogs. Not excited for Lindsay or Freeman. Honestly, that splits annoying as it is. And this is a game where I guess I'd go Lindsay for one explosive opportunity here or there. But I'm totally with you.

I will play Lindsay if I had to make the choice. I also agree that Emmanuel Sanders, I think he's a strong play. He will be, he's likely a strong play every single week. But to Cortland Sutton, it could be tough sledding, but I'm still willing to play him as a three. See, I'm not benching Cortland Sutton. It's funny because, you know, Chris Harris Jr., we don't know which one of these guys he's going to.

Beyond, right? I mean, isn't it? Well, he would be facing the other team, Jason. Did you mean Varet? Yeah, yeah. Sorry, Varet. Or, no. Hayward. Verret's the old one. Verret is always injured. Jason Verrett used to be their dominant guy. You guys like a dicka? Dicka? Mike Ditka. Look, we got there. Casey Hayward. But, I mean, wouldn't you think Emmanuel Sanders is going to be the player who gets the strongest coverage? That's my point. I don't think he'll follow him into the slot. Nope, he will not. Okay.

All right, moving on. Packers, Cowboys. Packers 3 and 1, Cowboys, Packer game this week has, I've had the most trouble breaking this game down of any game. Packers, 21 and a half points, the implied point total. Cowboys at 25, the 3.5 point favorites of 47 point over under. I'm having a lot of trouble breaking this one down because you have quite a few variables on both sides of the ball. Will Michael Gallup play?

What does the offense for Aaron Rogers look like without Devante Adams this week? Dak Prescott, not having Tyrone Smith. Who do you have winning this game? I'd love to know your top-level prediction here. Top-level prediction. I still have the Cowboys winning because I think where you beat the Packers is the running game. And this, to me, says Ezekiel Elliott will have a great game at home, even without Tyrone Smith.

you know, really doing work against a weak run defense. The Packers passing defense has been pretty good. This should be a close game, but you take out Navante Adams. I think that the Packers are going to have a hard time on offense. I'm taking the Cowboys, and I'll take the points too. I'll take them to cover. I think Aaron Rodgers is, he's been living on.

an Aaron Rogers name now for quite a while, and you take Devante Adams out of this equation. It's going to be difficult. With Geronimo, even though Geronimo and Marquez, they're fine fantasy stars because they should see some volume, and Rogers can always surprise on a weekly basis. But I think that Green Bay's offense is going to struggle mightily in this one. Aaron Rogers, you know, last week, the quarterback two.

Get Right game for Devante Adams, the week, Philadelphia Eagle secondary, and so, oh, he's back. But keep in mind, Aaron Rogers, the first three weeks of the season was the quarterback 24, quarterback 19, and quarterback 25. Now he loses Devante Adams. He's to me a guy that, like, I don't really love, I don't want to start Aaron Rogers. He's a fringe start for me, too. Aaron Jones is the player I love the most on the Packer side of the ball.

Because I think his baseline is going to be jettisoned forward by a number of dump off at pass attempts. Jamal Williams coming off a monster injury last week. Aaron Jones is going, I think Aaron Jones catches the ball six times in this game at a minimum. We saw after Adams went down, it was Jimmy Graham and it was Aaron Jones. So I actually like Aaron Jones a lot on that side of the ball. I don't feel very comfortable. Like, NBS, you can play him, right? I mean.

Yes, both of them and Geronimo, you can play them. Yes. Yeah, you can play all three, including Jimmy Graham in there as a third. The matchup is actually great. The Cowboys are weak against tight end. But if you get a lot of Aaron Jones dump-offs, you know, a lot of Jimmy Graham type of targets, that's where I'm saying, yeah, those players will be relevant, but those aren't the targets that you really want to sustain Aaron Rogers.

39 routes run by Aaron Jones in week four, which was the most in the NFL at the running back position. I think that was a product of the situation with Devante Adams, who's missing this week. And Jamal Williams missing as well. You feel pretty confident with the prognosis given now to Adams where it looked bad and now it looks like maybe he misses a week. Would you go out and try to acquire Devante Adams on the basis that last game started as good as a game has ever started in his career, the injury, or are you a little worried it's going to linger? As soon as the news came back,

mostly positive. And this was before it hit this upward trajectory. And recently, he was trying to go by Devante Adams. Go go to a team. If they're struggling and they have Adams and they need a player now, yes, I want Adams with my team. All right. Let's, you guys good moving on? Yep. All right. Colts, Chiefs, two and two, Chiefs four and oh. Chiefs 11 point home favorites at Arrowhead, 56 point over under. Well, hello. Give me, give me, give me.