Week 6 Matchups, In-or-Out, Boatraces & Cakewalks

for a Crowell, but dealing with the ankle, are you willing to play him as a running back three flex? I think running back three flex. Most people want to. Yeah. I mean, that's why it's a difficult question. And then the only other name I would throw out, Robbie Anderson. Look, he, it's a mirage guys. He's maxed out. Robbie Anderson has maxed out at three receptions in a game. Like that's the most he's had this year. He's done it twice. I think it, I think chasing Robbie Anderson.

He is a huge mistake. You can't, a guy who's run 15 routes in a game. You're just, I would choose like, I don't know, 60 other players to try to try to hit home runs with. I mean, I get it. He's a super, I've been the advocate of Robbie Anderson all off season because of the pure talent of the guy. My only, my only. But I can't, it would be pure point chasing here to me. Donald only threw the ball 22 times. So I'm.

Yeah, he did. But if you're running the ball... Well, I'm just saying for further, if the attack on Robbie, and I'm not disagreeing with you, but saying like, okay, well, he only ran 15 routes, they didn't have to throw the ball. I mean, what was he running when he was, when he threw the ball 41 times or 34? And part of the, part of the reason he didn't run a lot of routes is because when he ran those routes and caught the touchdown bomb, the drives over. Sure. I will, the only reason I want to bring him up is because of the Colts.

I think this is a win. This is a you can beat them deep matchup. Yeah, but, you know, would you say that about the Browns or the dolphins? I mean, it's very, it's, I'm just sharing with you. Yeah, no, no. You're, you're playing a game here that doesn't result in a mediocre performance. You're playing a game that ends in two points, one point, two points. Correct. So you can go for the home run, but your odds of ending up with a zero are high.

Yes, I completely agree. The question for me is more of, is Sam Darnold. Has he turning a corner as a quarterback and realizing that you can actually go deep? I don't know. Yeah, I don't know either. I doubt it. But maybe. Two and three Seahawks, one and four Raiders. Raiders are three-point underdogs at home, 48.0. Home. In London. Quotes, quote. Yes, they're in London. This is true. So they're three-point.

roadish underdogs. We know that the Seahawks are running the ball a plenty. It's hurt Russell Wilson tremendously. Personally. You know, they're not winning. I mean, they're two and three. I don't know if you, I mean, you sat on the show a couple days ago. You're like, it's working. It's working in respect to fantasy value for the running backs. It's working in respect to, you know, they're running the ball of well.

But that hasn't translated to wins necessarily. I think they need to put more on Russell Wilson. They need to use Doug Baldwin, who practiced in full this week. Tyler Lockett's had the big plays. What are you watching for here? I mean, is this a game where because of the Raiders and their defense, which has been susceptible to the running back and the quarterback, are you starting Russell Wilson here?

Jason, I'll let you field this one. Yeah, I think Russell Wilson could be started here that you can beat the Raiders, but I do expect this to be of both sides, both teams rushing the ball well. You know, I'm curious, do either of you know which stadium this is in? I haven't looked into that. I'm pretty sure it's in Wembley. And, okay, so Wembley is the one with the terrible field. Yeah, but Evan Silva.

tweeted out, 12 of the last 18 games in London have produced 47 or more points. So it's not stopping the scoring from pouring down. Yeah, no, no, no. But I'm saying from the running game sometimes can, I expect matchup-wise, right? This to be a Marshawn Lynch against Chris Carson and Mike Davis, slow the clock down, which hurts points. But on that field-speed the clock up. Yeah, speed the clock up. Slow the game down. Whatever.

But on that field, they might not be able to find as much success as they will airing it out with, you know, say, Hot Locket. Tyler Lockett's season, if you want to know, it's 100% my fault. I mean, he has never been this accidentally consistent. And then I traded him.

in our league of record before the season. I think I dropped him, actually. Yes. I dropped him to swap out for something. I think I rostered two kickers for like a day or something stupid. Tyler Lockett is... And now he's here to curse me. He got paid and he's actually coming through. I mean, this is outrageous. Do you like Lockett or Baldwin? Head to head. Who do you start? I'm still starting Baldwin. Yeah, I would as well. On the other side of Mari Cooper, are you starting him? I mean...

If you have to. Oh, yeah. If you got to start him, you can start him. Seahawks are giving up 32 and a half fantasy points a game to the wide receiver position this year. Amari Cooper, Jordy Nelson, Jared Cook. Not the best matchup for Cook, but Cook's kind of an auto start right now based on his performance this year. Jason, do you have any other thoughts on this one?

Yeah, my only way in is on Cooper. I think this is a matchup that you can find success. You can feel free to put him in your lineup. Just make sure you do it last minute so he thinks he's on your bench. It's very important. People tried that last week, Jason, it didn't work. No, no. Last week we said to sit him. It was the week prior that we said to start him. It was Casey Hayward and we made Jordy Nelson the start of the week. Three and one Panthers, two and two Redskins. I don't know what.

who, where, what the Redskins are. I have no idea. They've gone back and forth between looking good and terrible. Like there's no middle ground here. It's not like they're in a tight matchup. They get blown out or they seem to show up. I feel like they're bad. I really do. I don't, I mean, I said that before the season. Who's better? The Titans are the Redskins? I think the Titans are better than the Redskins. I don't think the Redskins are a good team.

Redskins, well, they got off to such a hot start week one against Arizona, and I think it just kind of skewed what we believe in them. But it was Arizona. Yeah, I mean, then they lost to the Colts. But then they came back and got a big win, and then they come out of the buy and have a big loss. This game's at home, 44.5 point over under. They're one-point favorites against the Panthers. That's something.

So if, you know, Adrian Peterson, Chris Thompson, we said we thought they both play. The whole team is questionable. Yeah, I mean, there's just not a lot of excitement around starting an offensive piece. In my opinion, the only guy I really want to start if he's healthy and active is Chris Thompson. Because I feel like he is the one that's guaranteed to be utilized if he's healthy and on the field. I would still be.

perfectly confident starting Jordan Reed. I realize he had a putrid game with one reception last week. But that's, I mean, Jordan Reed is still a better option than most of the middling, you know, second half, you know, the Titans 7 through 12. I'd rather start Reed.

It's a lot easier on the other side of the ball. You're starting Kim Newton. Washington has given up multiple touchdowns to quarterbacks every week, except for, you know, the one where they played Sam Bradford. And then Christian McCaffrey has been amazing. I've tried to target him in a number of leagues unsuccessfully. But I just feel like his floor is so hot. Even on a bad week, like last week started, he had very few points through the first half of the game. Didn't matter. Washington's allowing nearly.

seven receptions a game to the running back position as well. Christian McCaffrey, you had no concerns about starting him, but he is going to be very successful this week. Meanwhile, the wide receivers for Carolina, I'm avoiding them, if at all possible, even the scrumptious one. I mean, he's, I don't want to see him faced up against Norman.

and the Washington DBs. They're holding wide receivers in check. And you're definitely starting cam in this match. Except for Treyquan Smith, of course. Obviously, on the road. Oh, heck yeah. Line them up, put them out there. I'm surprised that they are favorites. I am too. I would have thought, heads up. Heads up, I get it. I mean, I'm going to take Carolina to win. Oh, yeah. I feel like my picks were in. This is a five-star. Carolina's going away with the victory here.

Wide receivers on Carolina are like downgraded versions of the Jags wide outs. So not only can you not guess who will perform on a week-to-week basis, but even if they do perform, it's not that good. Right. Yeah. It's just. Crowder's going to have the best game. He's going to get five for 55. You're talking on the Washington side, of course. Both sides of the ball here. You don't, you don't really want. And I will say this, Funchis, at the very end of.

of last week. It got overshadowed by Graham Gano's 63-yard awesome kick. Man, I love kickers. But he pulled something and ran to the sideline and was hurt. I've been trying to find, I haven't found much news on that, but I do worry a little bit about that because it was so late in the game. So, yeah, I'm avoiding all wide receivers here.

Both sides. The five and no Rams take on the two and three Broncos in Denver. The Broncos are seven point home underdogs. Oof. 52 and a half point over under. In a game with that kind of line, the Broncos defense has been bad. This is a changeover. And I think a lot of people thought, hey, they've always had this defense that can get it done and that'll be enough. Because if you have a game manager like Case Keenum,

with a good defense, you're set up to succeed. The problem has been, the defense has been bad, and you've put Case Keenum in a position where he has to be more than a game manager. He has to be a player capable of taking you back, bringing you back, and he hasn't been capable of doing so. You really, you look at this team and you say, who are my starts here in Denver? I mean, Philip, Lindsay, and Royce Freeman.

At the end of the day, no matter how good you say one guy is, Philip Lindsay is getting plenty of work. He's been double-digit carries the last few weeks. The last two weeks, he's been about six a carry. Are you confident starting Royce Freeman or Philip Lindsay in this matchup against the Rams? The Rams have been...

Lindsay, yes, Freeman, no. Yeah, that's exactly how I feel. I think you can start Freeman in a pinch as a running back three as a flex option if you need to because he can, he's really talented, he can get a touchdown. But he scares me because of getting game scripted out. If the Rams start boat racing the Broncos, then you're going to see Philip Lindsay and Devontah Booker. And so Philip Lindsay, I am fine starting in this matchup.

I actually think the Broncos cover in this one. I don't think it's going to be a blowout. You have some question marks with Cooper Cup, Brandon Cooks, and their health. We do expect them to be back out there. And look, the Broncos defense hasn't been great. They've allowed a quarterback one performance in three of their five matchups. Goff is somebody that, look, the weapons are just there. I don't have any problems starting golf myself. But I think it's going to be a little bit closer than people expect.

I picked the Broncos to cover as well. So I don't think it's going to be a boat race. But I obviously anytime you're playing against the Rams, it could. Where does that expression come from? A boat race? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's just like, Brooks, do you have any insights here? No clue. It's factual information that boat races are very uneven all the time. Really? No, they're never close. No.

Never. So when you boat race somebody. It's always because it's always a speedboat versus a pontoon boat. Yeah. Really? The pontoon just takes it every time. The boat racing community is really not one you want to be a part of. They make, oh, so what happens is you don't actually own the boats. Two drivers get up there and you flip a coin. One of you gets the speedball. One of you gets the pontoon boat. Pirateship versus yacht. I mean, this is just how they do it. Wow. I'm on Wikipedia right now. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

Also, you know, one of the reasons I think the Broncos could be a little bit safer here if you're playing Emmanuel Sanders or Demaris Thomas, even Cortland Sutton. Marcus Peters. So the Rams were looking like an unbelievable defense until that week where Marcus Peters and Akeep Taleb went down. Now, Akeep Taleb is out. He went to IR. Marcus Peters was back the next week, surprisingly. Everyone thought he was going to miss like a month. He should have.