Week 4 Matchups, In-or-Out, All Hail The King!

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The Fantasy Footballers podcast. Coming to you from Draft.com Studios with your host, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. Ah, welcome in. Got a little shaky there. I haven't had my coffee this morning. Oh. We had the morning. Oh. All hail. Wow. The king. We're right into it.

Apparently that cuts off the intro. I didn't realize that was going to have. When the king shows up, everything must stop. Apparently everything stops. King Goughrey. He sweet played pretty well. Fancy, Moses. Look, this was not just a game, my friends. This was a game of games. And he is the third quarterback. I heard this this morning. He is the third quarterback in history with a perver.

perfect passer rating in a game in which over 30 passes took place. My goodness. It was Kurt Warner and then somebody else named O'Brien. So wait a minute. Okay, hold on. Now, we were talking about how Brandon Cook's so far in his career, the reason we were kind of down on him coming into this year is because he's always, you don't say we please. Jason is me. Jason is me. And Mike, I was going to say Jason and myself.

But I am me. Mike and myself, we were a little bit down on cooks, but part of the reason why is because, look, we've only seen him play with Hall of Fame quarterbacks. Oh. And now we were like, now he's going to L.A. We don't know. But maybe he's still only playing with Hall of Fame quarterback. Things have taken a turn for Jared Gough. Thursday night.

It was a barn burner, 3831, the Rams defeated the Vikings. The Vikings are one, two, and one. And if you remember, before the season, I think Minnesota is a title contending team. I'm not changing that. But I expected this record to be worse. I expected it to be harder. It's hard in the NFL to go 13 and 3. It doesn't normally happen. And when you change your offense coordinator, who, by the way, performed stellar last night. I mean, this was great play calling on both sides of the ball.

I think this was the second time in NFL history that you had five players with 100 yards receiving, five wide receivers. It might have been the first time. And so you had games like this. Cooper Cup, nine for 162 and two. Brandon Cook, seven for 11 and one. Robert Woods, five for 101 and one. And that tied girly guy only had four for 73 through the air for a touchdown. On the other side of the ball, Thielen, eight for one, 35 and one. Stefan Diggs, 11.

for 1.23. He was left out of the touchdown party. That was just... Oh, what a loser! And look, I was dead wrong about Kurt Cousins. He came out and set the world on fire. Hopefully you listen to Mike about that. Hopefully you listen to me about Dalvin Cook. Because Dalvin Cook was 10 for 20 and didn't show up in the second half. And this was a crazy game. I mean, two quarterbacks that went over 400 yards each with no...

Turnovers, no picks at all. Yeah, this was, look, both of these teams have great defenses, but both of these teams have great offenses. The offenses were, they won the day. Rams beating the Vikings 38, 31 in a high scoring game. It was fantastic. And I, you know, I hope you started my start of the week. This was the continuation of last year. You guys recall the Rams playing on Thursday night last year?

They played San Francisco. Yeah, it was a great game. And everyone was like, this game is going to suck butts. And then it was incredible. Yeah. And this game. Is that what everybody said? Well, that's what I said. And you are. I mean, I just assume everyone has the same opinion I do. Mike Wright and I. It is Friday, guys. And, well, Foot Clan Friday. It is Foot Clan Friday. And we are.

So very thankful for all the support of the official Foot Clan members over at Jointhefoot.com. And today's Foot Clan Friday winner is Andy. Andy Holloway? Andy Bremer. Oh. Who wins $55 to shopballers.com. Congratulations. Andy. Hopefully my namesake. If you, uh, Andy, if you win up against either cousins or any, really any of the players from this game, this is a little.

A little pat on the back that says everything's going to be okay. Yeah, there are, Thursday night, I'm trying to comfort people because everybody played somebody in this game, pretty much. Now, Brooks, you're in a few leagues, and why don't you give us the run down on what happened to you last night? The old golf Cooper Cup stack against me. And you've got it in more than one league, two. Oh, mercy. That's when you just, you do the Derek Jeter tip the cap.

Like, you're just, all right, I'm out for week five. Like, I genuinely believe, if you out there, if you win this week against golf and cup, against that stack, I want to see it on Twitter at the FF ballers. I want to see that because I actually believe that that stack is impossible to overcome. Yeah, it would be tough. I mean, that was like the week one Patrick Mahomes, Tyree Kill stack. Correct.

I tried to overcome, but could not. So, Brooks, we won't be seeing you Sunday. You're just, this week you're taking off. Got it. All right. All right. We're going to get right into in and out. Catch you up on the injury news, and then we'll get into the matchups. What's it going to pay me to fly? Are you in or out of them? I guess before we do that, I do want to throw one more of these in there. Oh, why? Because Sean McVeigh was going 55 all night, as in.

He found number 55 on the Minnesota defense, Anthony Barr. And then he said that player gets a touchdown against Anthony Barr. Gurley Woods Cup. All three of them on number 55. That feels bad, man. Can you really blame him? Like if you say, hey, Anthony Barr, I want you to line up and I want you to stop Cooper Cup on a wheel route. I want you to stop Robert Woods in the seam. I mean, I'm not a cornerback. What are you doing? His body can't do that.

All right, in and out. And a reminder, this is, we're talking about guys who have been showing up limited or they're dealing with an injury problem, and we are projecting whether they are in or out. What now? In or not. We got there. Yeah. So, Lashai McCoy? In. I think he'll play. Chris Carson. In. He was limited during the week, but he carried the ball 32 times. That's why he was limited. Leonard Fournette. I think he's in. Yeah.

I'm going in. Although he is someone you need to monitor because he got the same practice in last week and they sat him. So, yeah, but I think he'll be in. T.J. Eldman. Also in. Yeah. Marchon Lynch. In. Always in. Devonta Freeman with the knee. I doubt it. Yeah. Jay Jai is, this is insane to me, the news that came out. I don't know if you guys took it the same way. It looks like he's going to play.

He's somehow not listed on the injury report, but he's dealing with a back fracture. There's nothing you can do. You can't like, suboptimal. You can't wrap your back in a cast until it heals, but it hurts because your back is broken. Doug Peterson said good to go. Yeah, and it's just a pain tolerance thing. Yeah. Okay. How about you? Wouldn't that be bad to go? Isn't that bad to go? Yes, that's bad to go. But to go.

The to-go part is still there. Darren Sprouls. If, if, if, if, J. J. J. Jaii has a great week this week, I'm shipping him out. He's just, he is, he's a walking mummy right now. You'd be backing off? Yeah, it would be back and. Oh, oh, that's terrible. Darren Sprouls. Out. Cory Clement. He'll play. Do you want to play him, though? Not if J. J. J. He'll play. Yeah. Alfred Morris with the knee injury cropped up yesterday. He got in a limited session.

But you don't like that Thursday injury ad? No, late week injury ads are never good, but he was still participating. So I think he's in. All the fearful breeder owners that saw the cue, the questionable next to their name. He's good. He got a full practice. Yeah. Marlon Mack and Edo Smith. Don't care. Yeah, that's true. Wide receivers. Keenan Allen. Hey. Oh, man. Is this saying knee and tooth? Yeah, the tooth was a new thing for Thursday. Keenan Allen and his.

His injuries that are just abnormal. Because he had the kidney and the tooth. Just rip it out. That sounds like a children's book. The kidney and the tooth? Or are they superheroes? I haven't figured out the plot yet. Look out for the mola. Be on the lookout for Andy's next children. Here comes by Cuspid. See, Mike's in. Bye.

I think Keenan will play, but this is a you better watch it. Yeah, did not practice on Thursday. Would you start Antonio Gates who had five receptions last week if Keenan Allen was out? No. He actually got in the game. He had some snaps. But I'll be very, very happy if Mike Williams is on my roster and Keenan Allen sits out. If Keenan Allen is out, you can be as bullish as you want to be on Mike Williams. He will have a touchdown guaranteed. AJ Green. In. DeAndre Hopkins. In. J. Ju-J. Green. In. DeAndre Hopkins. In. Juju.

In and great. Julio Jones? In? Larry Fitzgerald. In. Will Fuller. He's limited, but this is just what he does. He runs too fast for his hamstrings. Doug, here's one we'll sit on for a second. Doug Baldwin. He says he's good to go. He says. Well, he's known for coming back quicker from injury. He says he's fine. What's funny is? Would you really play Doug Baldwin? Because this is a bit of a...

Dalvin Cook situation. Right. You've got not one, but two bad knees. You are coming back for the first time, and you've also made plans on your roster, most likely, over the last few weeks, not having Doug Baldwin. So maybe you're starting a Kenny Gallaudet, a Will Fuller. Oh, I thought you were talking about the Seahawks. John Brown. They're plans of missing Doug Baldwin. I'm not worried about Baldwin's long-term involvement in this offense is going to be hurt. It's going to be painful for Tyler Lockett in the end. Yes. But.

This week, do you play Baldwin over those guys I mentioned? Corey Davis. Do you play him over Corey Davis? I would play him over Corey Davis, yes. Yeah, it's going to be dependent for me based on your team and your matchup, meaning I see Doug Baldwin as a boom bust guy, which is not usually how you view Doug Baldwin. Doug Baldwin's a consistent guy with a high floor.

But there is, you have to understand the risk of him going out there and running a couple routes and going, man, the knee flared up, and then he's pulled. And so you get a complete goose egg. Right. Is there. But, you know, you say coming back early from injury, this actually is, he has rested this a very good amount of time for the specific injury yet. For the MCL?