Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Week 8 Fantasy Forecast, Starts of the Week, News

And if you sit him then, then you get an extra amount of time for the following week. So I don't have any insight on whether he'll play, but you have to follow it, get him out of your lineup. If he's playing, I have him ranked very highly. He was almost going to be my start of the week, but I couldn't make him my start of the week in good conscience, not knowing if he's going to start this week. Okay. Yeah, if he's playing, I'm starting him. Gates.

Not practicing, not looking good. Well, the MCL's a big part of his game. Well, tis true. Do you start? That'll be the gift that keeps on giving. Let me ask you two quick questions. Going back to Lewis, is there any chance you would sign and start James White of Lewis's out? If you are desperate, then yeah, I think so. Miami, if there is a strength to their defense, it's supposed to be the front line. Their secondary has been.

highly suspect for quite some time, and it still is, in my opinion. In the front, you got Sue, you got Cameron Wake, you got some serious guys up front, and the Patriots, if they see a weakness, that's what they attack, like they did last week, where Garrett Blunk got basically no work because the Jets are a great run defense.

All right, Marcus Marietta was going through drills yesterday. We need to monitor him, and we'll give me an update on him tomorrow, whether he'll play. Austin Svarian Jenkins was back at practice, but the reports today say that he's not where he needs to be in his shoulder recovery, so I don't expect him to play, but he might be a stash for a tight-end, needy team. Jeremy Macklin's back at practice. I expect him to be back out there this week. The Mac is back. Yeah, the Mac is back. He's got a great matchup as well, so.

He does. If he's playing, you fire him with full confidence. And then this broke yesterday or today that the NFL's determined Joseph Randall has violated the personal conduct policy during a domestic incident. Kristen Michael. Don't ever sing that. Please. Please continue to chase the dragon. If you're going to sing it, make sure it lets us down like Christine Michael. There we go.

Yeah, it's not the best news for Joseph Randall owners. Not the most unexpected when you are an underwear burglar, though. Yeah. No, it's definitely, you combine the injury with his league punishment coming, and you can see that Michael might need to be a little bit more involved, but also that they're doing the right thing in putting Darren McFadden as the lead back. He looks like he could be.

Real good. He might or might not. Just from opportunity. Be one of the three of ours, start of the week. Stay tuned. Spoiler alert, he is. And real quick, too, I want to, before we get into the forecast, we like to, we forgot to do this on Tuesday, or didn't have time for it. But we like to read a review from the listeners. We really appreciate the iTunes reviews and the way you support the show. And so we want to take a second and read a review today.

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I think they were on the table, right? What's funny about you saying that is, in my head, I literally saw Dan Campbell punching something instead of a whole punch, as I'm sure you were alluding to. Oh, yeah, punching their ticket. You saw him. Yeah, I saw Dan Campbell punching the Super Bowl in its super face. Here's one of the things that we have to realize with Miami. Miami, and I know this isn't specifically about this game, but with that question of, are they for real?

in this change with the new head coach, or was it two easy matchups? Here's what I can tell you. They go from New England to Buffalo, to Philly, to Dallas with Tony Romo, to the New York Jets. I mean, their schedule the rest of the way is not good. So I think that in a couple weeks we're going to be looking back and saying that it was a two-week mirage. It's probably going to be in between. I think they're a decent team. They have a lot of talent, which was why everyone was frustrated with them not using Lamar Miller, with them not.

having a balanced game plan and with their defense kind of stinking. Yeah, I was completely joking. I think they get crushed tonight by the Patriots. Really? I think it's close. Okay. Well, Vegas has the line at 8. We'll see what happens. That's, you know, reasonable for them to put up a good performance. We'll see what they have in store. But let's talk fantasy guys. Are you starting Ryan Tanna Hill tonight? Yeah. Is he in your top 12 this week? In my top 12? I think he was 13 for me.

So right on the cusp, Jason. Why can't he go out and have a game like last week? Well, because he's not playing people that can't tackle like he did last week. Last week, do you want to know how many passes that he threw over 10 yards? How many? Three? The whole entire game. Over 20 yards, zero. That might be why he was like 18 for 19. Yeah, yeah, it's easy to have that. And yet he had a ton of super long. I think like all of his touchdowns were like 40-yard touchdowns. All right.

Last week, fantasy owners got burned when Lewis was declared out, and Ligarrett Blunt got the start, and people started him, and he went three for negative three and completely goose-eged. Do you start Lageret Blunt tonight? Do you take a chance on that just plain being an anomaly and a game flow issue, and the fact that Jets are a really good defense? Would you throw Blunt out there if Lewis was inactive, or are you waiting on Blunt? I'm fine throwing Lewis out there as a flex. Well, not Lewis. I'm talking about Blunt. Blunt. I'm fine throwing

blunt out there as a flex. I see him being in that, you know, borderline RB2, low-end RB2. Dolphins are 30th against the run. Well, that's changed. I mean, you see the last two weeks, and that's the question. But what you saw against the Jets was that Bill Belichick didn't want to run against the Jets, and he knew he didn't have to run against the Jets because he can pretty much run through the air. So...

Well, no, I'm saying the running... I know what you meant, but it's... You could run through the air? Bill Belichick can't run through the air. Is amazing. He's so wispy and light. We need... We're going to need to Photoshop that. Someone verify this. But he's able to use the running game in the passing game and those quick...

The quick screens. You guys know what I'm talking about. What you mean is that they kind of accomplish part of their running game through the short passing game. Exactly. And that works better against the Jets. But he's going to be able to run, I believe, on the Dolphers. So LaGaribone is fine as a flex. Gun to your head. You have to start one of these two guys. Who do you start? Danny and Mendolla or Brandon LaFelle. LaFelle.

So why do you both say it so demonstratively when Amandola was 8 for 86 and a touchdown last week, and Lafell had four drops? Because to me, Amadola was the running game. Like Jason said, they ran through the air with the greatest of ease, and that would be Danny Amandola. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Danny Amandola, that's a tough name to say, fellas. It is today. So that was his role last week. Brandon Lafell was still.

getting a ton of targets. He was not doing very much besides knocking them to the ground. But the team came out in support of him. Even Tom Brady said, you know, he gave him a pass. He said it's his first game back. He hasn't been doing a ton right now. What is the laughing for? I would love it if he gave me a pass. Tom Brady? Tom Brady gives passes for a living. Yeah, I guess he gave him a pass on dropping the passes. Yeah. So I still like Lafell.

Okay, so let me ask you, Brandon LaFelle or Marvin Jones this week? LaFelle. Brandon LaFelle or Willie Sneed this week. I am looking at that exact same dilemma. I don't know if you were looking at my roster. No, but they're back to back on our consensus, so I was asking. I would say the overwhelming majority think are going with Sneed, but as of now, I am playing Brandon Lafell. Last one. Brandon Lafell or T. Y. Hilton on Monday night. Oh, definitely Brandon Lafell.

Wow. That's, to me, 100% because of Josh Norman. I don't, I think... That's fair? Waterbet? Oh! Wait, wait, wait. Water bet between Renfell and Hilton and T.Y Hilton. Oh, man. What a terrible bet. It sounds so good when you say it out loud, does it? But you put that, you put that down. Water bet. Sometimes I make water bets I feel real good about right away. Josh Norman, if you're listening, get...

Get your game on. Yeah, all right. Let's move on. Lions going into Arrowhead facing the Chiefs. This is our opportunity to see what has changed in the Lions' offense. That being said, the Chiefs are fairly heavy favorites at home. You know, the Chiefs are 11th against the running game. So if we're expecting to see that, you know...