Starts of the Week + Week 6 Games, Hurts Hurt! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/15

the defensive line and the pass rush that they have, it would it would blow my mind if they end the year. Like right now they're 31st, like they're one of the best, the second best matchup against fantasy wide receivers. And they have the personnel to not be that way. Last year you just couldn't target them. I'm still hesitant to believe that they are one to target. I'm super happy to have Parker Washington in this game. I mean, where we drafted him yesterday shows

I believe this is a wide receiver one rest of season in fantasy football. So regardless of the matchup, Parker's going to be in there. And no one else gets enough snaps or targets to be reliable. You've got to have a really great start. You know, if they were playing against the Bills and this game was, you know, 54.5 points, yeah, I'd take a shot on a Brian Thomas Jr. for catching a bomb touchdown, but not this matchup. All right. On the season, Mike, I don't know if you're aware, C.J. Stroud, the quarterback nine.

adding Marvin Harrison. Makes sense. Trevor Lawrence on the season is the quarterback what? What do you think? Trevor Lawrence? Yeah, I just told you Stroud's the nine. Makes me think 10 the way you said that. 12. Okay. So who would you play in this game? It's a neutral site. Yeah. Well, I mean, it's like half Jacksonville home. It's fair. I would play Stroud. I would play Lawrence. Okay. I'd go Stroud. Bayshall Tudan, get him in your lineup.

Absolutely. He's not a great matchup, but just play him. Basial Tutin. It's coming. Yes. It's on the way. Last week, look, the workhorse rating for him, it's up. Like, it's decided. It's not Crodd. Crod's going to get a couple things here and there, of course. But Tuton, the work is there. He is good. Like, all the, you know, his advanced metrics are outstanding. One of the best running backs. It's just.

It just hasn't, yes, the touchdowns, it just hasn't happened yet. But this is exactly the type of player you want to go acquire where it's, because as soon as it like the dam could break and then you're just like, holy crap, look what Bachel Tutin is doing. Would you play them over your start of the week, Braylon Allen? Um, that's one of the more popular searches on our site for the start sit tool. Right. Man. I think I, I think I lean Alan. I lean to.

The volume is there. I think he's more talented. He's on pace for almost 1,200 rushing yards right now. I have Allen a couple spots higher, but. Let's talk about this. Let's move on. Oh, Britain Strange, by the way. Viable option. I believe so. The Bears, three and two, taking on the Falcons, two and three. Vegas line, Chicago minus one and a half, over under 51.5. We've talked a little bit about this game already. Caleb's my start of the week. Full practice. You love to see it.

Where are you with the running backs for the Bears right now? You have a game against Atlanta. Atlanta is a pretty formidable rushing defense. Seventh in fantasy points and adjusted fantasy points given up to running backs. You know, Swift, Manung guy in the running game has been very good for Chicago over the course of the year, but both guys dealing with injury. You feel like you just have to play Swift if he's active. Swift is a weekly must start for me. I don't even care about a matchup for him. And he will.

He'll be like a 60% snap player. We saw another Ben Johnson of like, no, I'm not giving one running back all the work. I will never do that. This is like essentially what he was saying. But Swift in a high-powered offense, if you are getting the majority, and you can do what Swift can do in that offense, he's every single week. I hate that Jeremy traded for him. Yeah, no, I agree. I mean, the only thing stopping Swift is an injury.

The matchup isn't great, but you have to throw him in the lineup. And Roshan Johnson, the way that Ben Johnson talked, he basically said they will always have with the group they have, they will always have a split. And so I don't expect Kyle Minangai to play in this game. Right. If he did, I would play him. If he doesn't, I think Rochon Johnson is, you know, one of those break glass. Yeah, he's not a Monongai level. No, but he's going to get probably.

Nine or ten carries in this game. And, you know, you hope maybe one of those is a touchdown. It's not a fantastic play, but he'll get work. I do find it really interesting in that quote. When he's talking about his belief and how they want to keep these guys healthy, he said, we don't have that player on our roster that can get 250 touches. And I'm like thinking, oh, but you want one. You want that guy that can get 250. You might want one if they just don't have it. Drake London's a lock.

Bejohn is a lock, of course, on the other side. The tight ends are anything but. Colson Loveland, Kyle Pitts. Do you feel worse about Loveland than you do Kincaid? I guess the answer would be yes, right? Yep. No biweek escape for Colson Loveland in the coming weeks, but if he doesn't deliver with Caleb in this game, you know, the tight-in 36 is not quite what we hope for.

Are you, do you think people have moved on? Have they stuffed them on the bench to wait and see for Caleb? People have stuffed them on the bench to wait and see for Caleb. I think that you can... He's stuffed. I think you could throw them out there. Oh. No. Oh, you can do anything. Don't do it. Yeah. Look, you're free. Two for 19 last week. Don't, I... I mean, we have basically... Did you play Britain Strange or lovely? I would play Britain Strange.

I would, I would take, I would take those shot on Loveland on, on, on those. I really would, yeah, I'd Loveland over Shultz. I get, I get that we're, I mean, we're going into week six. Why not have them prove it on your bench? Because then you don't get the fantasy points. Right, but you also, when you start, I mean, you don't get the fantasy points when you start him thus. Yeah, I mean, that's true, but he's out there running routes. Do you play Pitts on the other side who just had a nice week over Loveland? I mean, Pitts is.

You know, next man up, six targets, five. I mean, the last two weeks for pits. I'd play Loveland. I mean, again, we have one game with really Caleb Williams and Colson Loveland because the Minnesota rain game, we're just not counting that. And in that game, there was a cajillion points scored and 200 rushing yards and not every game's going to be good. We don't have as larger sample sizes as you think.

This is a talented guy who is out there running around. I agree with everything you're saying. Burden or Adunzee in this game? Who would you play if you had both? Burden. Be Burden maybe. I want to say burden, but I feel like I got to stick to Adunzee. This is like,

We still don't know. We still don't know. This is like week one. This is exactly what are you watching for? Well, I want to see how the targets break down. Yeah, I was a, oh, Dune's a guy, you were a burden guy. Will you make declarations on these players after this week? Nope. No, still too early. I feel like that will be a new one game sample. I think it's not the right thing to do. You wouldn't make declarations going into week two either. Why would it be a new one game sample? Why wouldn't the first game count? Well, okay, two, two game. Okay. Baltimore's four and one, Cleveland's three and two.

Vegas line is Baltimore minus five and a half over under 42 and a half. We did not have Lamar practice. I don't know if that line in Cleveland would stay there if they thought Lamar was not in the game. Yeah, that's interesting. Betts looked at up. Where is it right this moment? Yeah, the overrunner is 42 and a half. Not a lot. We've talked about being able to potentially play both defenses in this one. Yeah, I'm curious. It seems like the expectation is for Lamar to play with that line.

But Derek Henry, you play. Zayflowers, you play. The line is still five and a half. Interesting. But I cannot, I don't know if I have them as five and a half point favorites on the road there. You're saying you do if Lamar is there. Oh, for sure. But not if Snoop Dog. Yeah, if Huntley was there. Interesting. You know, you have Todd Monkin, the head coach of Cleveland, who came from Baltimore, who's at home.

Their defense has been pretty good against the run. That's the one area of super strength right now for the Ravens. Not that anybody can stop Henry or you'd sit him, but that's just an interesting thought process. I mean, the Brown's rush defense has been good this year so far. They're number six in points given up. They're even better than number two and schedule adjusted fantasy points given up to the running back. So I agree with you. If Lamar doesn't play, this line seems wildly high.

But the Ravens have also, they've looked good. I mean, you know, they, they're not inept with Snoop Huntley. Zay Flowers is not someone that you can't play. They went out and they won last week. Obviously, it was the Titans, so. Well, or that was. No, they beat Atlanta. Oh, that's right. That's right. Yeah, no, it was. I'm thinking two weeks ago. I thought it was a great performance by Huntley. For a backup quarterback to come in, like, I was concerned about Derek Henry. And apparently.

should not have been as he put up over 20 points and was the running back five. I think, yeah, everything is kind of just status quo here for the Ravens. If it's Lamar or if it's Huntley, I'm still playing the guys. You just lower your expectations on outcome for Zay Flowers because he still had nine targets. Yes, of course. And of note, Jacoby Lane, they're a rookie who the drumbeat was very loud and very steady for the entirety of the offseason. And in week one, he was already out there getting targets.

before unfortunately fracturing his wrist. He was a full practice. I think he's going to be back. And, you know, if you got a spot, he's one of those interesting players to stash for the weekend and just see how it shakes out. All right. What do you do with the Browns? Fanon had a down week. Boston's your start of the week. Judkins is hurt. What's the running back situation? I think it's the number one question for those that need to start this week. So it's the news yesterday was that Dylan Samson

His window was open. However, it was logged as it did not practice. So that feels... Oh, interesting. Yeah, that one feels more like Dylan Samson could be in next week. Right. For now, I mean, it's like it's, you know, it's McLaughlin and Audric Estime, aka no thank you. Yeah, the match. Feels like a no thank you against his defense. Yeah, the matchup is not good against... Because are you going to play... McLaughlin's been on the team. He's not doing anything.

but it could he had a cool touchdown he did but i'm saying like estimate because he's the he's the big thumper guy yes that might be what they're singing because all of a sudden estimate is the one who's getting 12 carries off of a practice squad yeah i would not maybe that's where i'm starting to see where the line's coming from all the running backs are hurt gendell boston's hurt c concepcion is a concussion protocol and it

It's going to be uphill battle. I think I believe it. Because Junkins isn't there. You are dead on. Yeah, Junkins. The 0 and 5 Tennessee Titans get to travel to Indianapolis and play the two and three Colts. Vegas line Colts by a touchdown over under 44 and a half. The Colts are three and nine in the last 12 games. No, I tried to do that last week with the Titans, Mike, and that did not work. I learned from my mistakes sometimes.

Cam Ward has been, he is the least pressure. So he's the least pressure quarterback in football. Yeah. Because defenses don't need to pressure him for him to be bad. It's amazing. That's the actual truth. Yeah. You can get him rattled with a four-man rush. Unfortunately. He plays at a collegiate speed still. He doesn't have the like. People got really mad at me when I was like, I posted some of those stats and I was like, it's never been more over. And then they're like, they're sending me the Bryce Young.

Sam Darnold and like these other players that. Bryce Young looked awful. Yeah, Bryce Young got benched. So it's not impossible. Did you remind them that Sam Darnold traveled through many different teams before becoming Sam Darnold? No, I didn't remind them anything. I just accepted their hate. Like if you're a Titans fan and your and your North Star is what Sam Darnold did.

Aim higher. Then it's not a name for a better star. Bryce Young is a good name to pull. For every Bryce Young, there's 67 different Mitch Trubiskees. When Anthony Richardson was the Colts future, everyone was like, just look at Josh Allen. True. Josh Allen is Josh. That's rare. For every Josh Allen, there's a million Kinney Pickets. Exactly. Look, Cam Ward could be another Bryce Young. That's possible. But.

Everyone on Earth, including Titans fans, should say that the gap between now and that is massive. It's a massive gap. It is not possible. And here's why. The difference, why it's not possible is because the Titans are going to end up with a number one or number two pick. And so he won't be given the opportunity. I'd be shocked, shocked, shocked if they spent that on a quarterback. Oh, man. I just don't know if they will do it. I don't know if they'll. Sure. Yeah. That would be. That's his path. In spite of that. Committing.

In spite of that, Carnell Tate has the price picks projection of 51.5 receiving yards. Does that, that seems spicy? Yeah, I mean, he obviously had a down week this last week, but he has been over that mark the two weeks prior, including 145 yards before. That was the Houston Texans, that team that Domingo Ryans took over play calling.