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

And maybe he still has missed a month. This was a tweet from Jeff Ratcliffe. Marcus Peters, the last three weeks, he's been targeted 17 times. Of those 17 targets, he's given up 14 receptions for 255 yards and 5 touchdowns. Yeah, it's not been good. It's not been good. And because of that, I'm okay playing Thomas.

Coming off of the big game. And Emmanuel Sanders is also, he, Jason, do you still play Emmanuel Sanders every week? Yes. Okay. Yes, he's a weekly starter to me right now for sure. In a sporting event, the team getting out to an early lead and coasting home, some synonyms to boat racing. Ready? Blow out, cakewalk, domination, and beat down. It's not Titanic related. Cakewalk is what I would associate.

with, like, if you see Jason's League of Record team on your schedule. Oh, my gosh. You're freaking turds. I'm going to take a walk and eat some cake. Yeah, I feel like that's one of those ones you have to keep drilling down. Okay, what's a boat race? Oh, boat race is a cake walk. Okay, well, what's a cake walk? Playing Jason's team. And then that's where we all finish. Anything else in this matchup right now? No, I don't think so.

We've got to move on. Three and two Jags take on the two and three cowboys in Dallas. The Cowboys are a three-point home dogs, a 40 and a half point over under, and this one says not a lot of points on the board potentially. Look, the Russian roulette of Keel and Cole, Dante Moncrief, and Dedy Westbrook, it's kind of crazy, right? Because all of these guys are talented. All of these guys have ability. Didi Westbrook, do you realize he's on pace for 80 receptions and over 1,100 yards? Wow.

On the season? Good for you, Dee Dee. So when you hear that, when you hear that, don't you say that's an every week start type of player? Mm-hmm. So why are you not starting Deity Westra? Because it comes in bunches. I mean, it's not, I don't feel like it's consistent. Okay, well, let me read you his stat lines. Okay. And mind you, you're not wrong because he's the 30th-ranked whiteout. So that pace doesn't seem to matter.

Yeah, he's had two big weeks. Seven, yeah, I mean, five for 51, four for 82 and a touchdown. Three for 31, nine for one, 30. Three for 55. It's the lack of his touchdowns. Well, not just lack of touchdown. No, you're right. That's what it is for a fantasy perspective. If your receiver came through with five for 51 and a score, be like, yeah, that's a great week. Two of the last three weeks, he's had three receptions for 31 yards and three for 55. That's not good.

But if he had scored on either of those weeks, you'd be thinking differently about him. Like on the season, he may be on pace for 80 and 1100 and 3. And then all of a sudden you're like, I might have a better option. Yeah, this is a game where you have two good defense. I actually think that Dallas is my almost upside of the week. I don't disagree. So Dallas's defense has impressed me. I think that they are, they're a legit defense.

Obviously, Jacksonville's defense is one of, if not the best in the league. And you have two struggling quarterbacks. You know, you've got Blake Bortles and Dak Prescott. They can get it done with their legs. They do enough to be fantasy relevant. But they're not great. Jack definitely doesn't. Dak is one of the worst fantasy quarterbacks in the league. He's sitting there at 25th on the league averaging 16 points again. I looked at him earlier this week, specifically like, hey,

I need a streamer in listener league. Right. And then I saw Dak Prescott and then I said, ew. Yeah. My point in all this is I don't really want anyone in this game that's not a running back. Because I think because there's two good defenses with two mediocre quarterbacks, what's going to happen in this game? Like, who's going to really explode? I don't see it happening. So T.J. Yeldon, Ezekielder, Ezekiel, and move on. Exactly.

And next batch up. For the rundown, Jacksonville targets, if you are playing roulette, Moncrief, it is the last through five weeks. Moncrief 37, Keel and Colt 34, Dede, Westbrook 33, TG Eldon 32. And that's why it's hard to pick them. Yeah, now you've got Niles Paul as the tight end option there. Okay, if you need a deep streamer. Yeah, I don't love it. He's a flyer. Yeah.

Three and two Ravens take on the three and two Titans. Titans are two and a half point underdogs at home. This is a 41 point over under. The Ravens just lost to the Browns last week. I think they win this game. And my question to you is, can you trust Alex Collins in this matchup against the Tennessee Titans? The Titans defense has been good. I mean, they're only giving up 14.7 fantasy points per game to the running back position.

but they give up yardage. So what are you doing with Alex Collins? He seems like one of the hardest players to own right now. Yeah, he is. And this isn't a matchup that I want. It's not a great matchup from the standpoint of they've been good against the running back. It's also not a good matchup from the standpoint of it's probably going to be a lower scoring game. So Alex Collins, who, yes, he's had double digit, but right at the double digit, 12 carries 11 carries the last two weeks. It's just going to be a mediocre.

You can put him in there and he might get you 10 fantasy points. And sometimes that's exactly what you need for that third running back or flex option on your team. But for instance, I would rather play Philip Lindsay than Alex Collins. Alex Collins or Bilal Powell. Powell, especially obviously if Crowell is out. Alex Collins or Austin Echler.

Alex Collins. Okay. Your line is still there. What about Austin Echler has, I'm assuming, outscored him in every single week. I assume so as well. I'm pretty sure. That's where it's like you're still leaning on the volume because you don't want the zero. That's kind of the thought process there. I mean, Alex Collins has been okay. In a half point scoring format, you look at the last several weeks, 11 points, 16 points, 10 points, 8.3. It's certainly not what you're.

hoping for, but he has not been a bust. Collins or Lamar Miller? I would go Collins. In leagues where they give a bonus for being Alex Collins, he's actually performed exceptionally. He's been outstanding. Above average. John Brown, can you start him in this matchup against the Titans defense? I'm really on the fence with John Brown. Help me make a decision in my league of record here. I'm staring down. John Brown, Philip Lindsay, who we just talked about. Right.

or Corey Davis in this matchup, right? Corey Davis has had one really good start and really he hasn't been that good from a fantasy production standpoint. Even though the targets have been there and he's the number one guy, the Titans' offense has been inconsistent and because of that, Davis has the one blow-up game. So what do you do if you're me? I would rather play John Brown over Corey Davis. Okay, that's where I'm at. I'm not messing around with the Ravens defense with Jimmy Smith back. So you're looking at.

John Brown or Philip Lindsay. John Brown had 14 targets last week. 14. He only caught four of them. That's pretty bad. But they were downfield targets, obviously. He's getting every opportunity. He's obviously Joe Flacco's favorite friend. You're my favorite friend. My favorite friend, John.

But, I mean, the 14 targets is what's drawing me towards John Brown over Phillip. I lean John Brown. All right. Well, I mean, you didn't stray me wrong last week. I went Gawaday over about five of these guys and it worked out. Are you still playing Buck Allen? Jason. I've seen him in a lot of lineups. You know, I see Buck Allen as everything I said about Alex Collins is true about Buck Allen. And I would rather start Alex Collins over Buck Allen. Do you buy into any of the Haydenhurst type?

That's no. Triple H. No, I love it. I hope it happens. I mean, I was, he was my second favorite tight end coming into this draft behind Dallas Goddard, but there's too many, too many different tight ends to target there. I hope he breaks out. I'm not picking him up. I'm not making a hopeful stash. Does he hurt John Brown? Michael Crabtree? He could hurt Crabtree. I don't think he hurts John Brown because he's not really the field stretcher. The air yards.

are what has been so impressive with John Brown. That's not what Hayden Hurst is really going to get. I mean, since week two, the number two person in the league in air yards, Nuke Hopkins, has 736 air yards. Yeah. John Brown is number one with 824. Man, just run them deep and let Flacco chuck it up. Exactly. 14 times for four catches.

Okay, yeah, I feel like I missed something with Hayden Hurst because while I liked what I saw in the preseason, the fact that you have Williams, Andrews, and Boyle, I'm just like, I don't understand why he would lock into him to the degree you could start Haydenhurst. Yeah, no. And not starting. And what about Dionne Lewis, Derek Henry? That's where I was going to go. Anyone from the Titans, Lewis is the only player I'm interested in playing. And my interest is not very strong. No, I would much rather start Alex Collins than Lewis here. Remember Malcolm Butler?

I do. I do. Yeah. Super Bowl. Super Bowl hero. Yeah. Just not this last year. He's allowed 405 yards, including four touchdowns. That's the most yards allowed by a cornerback in football. And he's the 81st ranked cornerback, according to Pro Football Focus. Maybe there was a reason he didn't play in the Super Bowl. Maybe there's a reason the Patriots didn't want to pay him. My goodness. The fluctuation for some of these. You talked about Casey Hayward yesterday.

Yeah. Some of these, Marcus Peters has been trash. Yeah. I brought this up with Mike while you were gone, Andy, is that you got us with cornerbacks, they come on strong quick, and a lot of times they leave quick. So I try to pay attention to the ones that are the new hotness rather than just, oh, this guy's, you know, if you start to lose it at cornerback, it seems to fall off. And that's why, and I realized last week you had a good performance, but that's why I don't.

I don't agree with Mike's Joe Hayden takes from yesterday's because Joe Hayden, his best days are definitely behind him. He's not a bad corner anymore, but he's not a world beater. Agreed. So the Chiefs at 5 and 0 take on the 3 and 2 Patriots. Who's excited for this one? Oh, everybody. Patriots are 3.5 point home favorites. NBC is very excited. Look, they're the most excited out of anybody. 59.

And a half point over under. Is that the highest on the year? That is without a doubt the highest on the year. And I took the over. You took the over. Now, Patrick Mahomes, for all of his wonder and awe, has one touchdown pass in the past two weeks. What a loser. Now, he's ranked according to the consensus that I've seen as the number one quarterback on the week. I've seen Brady at two. And I think I agree with that.

But Brady at home, does he deserve more credit? Like if you were facing, if you had to choose between these two, would you rather have Brady at home or would you rather have my homes? I would rather have what my rankings say, which is Brady. I've got my homes as my number three quarterback on the week. And, yeah, this game's going to be great. But I mean, this is, this is, oh, I can't wait for this game. But to have Bill Belichick scheming against.

Mahomes, and I think there's going to be some mistakes made, but both teams will be able to score without a doubt. The Chiefs have allowed the most attempts per game this year, the most 20-plus yard completions in the league. They showed up a little bit last week. We expected more from the borderling. But this is Tom Brady, and he's got James White, and he's got Julian Edelman, he's got Josh Gordon, he's got Chris Hogan, he's got Rob Gronkowski.

Light them all up, right? I mean, you're starting, are you starting Gordon? I, as dead, if you're desperate. Josh Gordon is still not to the point where it's the snap counts that you're concerned about. Josh Gordon, I would start him this week. This is, if you can't start him against the Chiefs, when there's going to be a hundred freaking points put up in this game, how he doesn't get.

free for one of these necessary bombs. I'm not saying he's a must start. He's not like take a quality player out of your lineup. But when you're deciding, as most people of Josh Gordon are always deciding, okay, do I do this, you know, shot, this guy, this middling tier, who should I flex? This is the week where I'm taking the shot on Josh Gordon.

And is there any question marks on the other side of the ball at all? I mean, Sammy Watkins, if this game's got an over-under like that, are you okay starting him? Yes. Yeah, you start all the players. All the main guys. I'm not starting Chris Connolly, but Travis Kelsey, Tyree Kill, Cream Hunt's been very good lately. And not only has he been good, but you know what we haven't had this season? He hasn't been Andy Reeded. His carry care. Well, he was.