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Look, I get it. He's got a low floor, but every single tight end out there has a low floor. You want touchdown upside. Since 2016, so the last four seasons, there are only three tight ends that have more touchdowns than Cameron Bray. And those are Jimmy Graham, Kelsey, and someone else. I'm doing this off the top of my head. I just looked this up this morning, but there were three.

I know. Oh, it's Ebron. It's Ebron. Oh, you remembered it? Yeah. That was good. I could see you searching. Then you got to number two. I'm like, oh, he's on a roll. He's got it. Yeah. And then I lost it, but I got back. I got back. I mean, that's funny. Completed the catch. No edits. No edits. Yeah. Upon further review, we saw it. The call on the field was incomplete, though. Right. But then it got reversed. All right. Tough decisions in this game. Wide receiver wise for the Packers. Yeah.

What are you doing there? I feel like what you're doing is playing Russian roulette. Yes, MVS had a major game last week. It looked great. He had three targets. And his big long touchdown should have been a 10-yard reception, but it was a missed tackle. He obviously has the talent to do that. He's got the speed, the size, the ability to break a tackle. I'm not taking anything away from him. But what I am saying is, you're playing Russian roulette.

There are too many, you know, Alan Lazard, Jake Kumero, Geronimo Allison, MVS, the only one, the only pass catcher that I'm confident starting, assuming Devante Adams is out, would be Jimmy Graham because he's at the position where you kind of have to, you know, grab someone with a few targets. He's always got a chance at a touchdown. The reports are coming in. Devante Adams did participate in individual drills for the first time since week four. He was helmetless running some half speed routes.

That looks like he's on track for next week. That's how I interpret that. All right. Aaron Jones, Jamal Williams, last week, Jamal Williams, 40% of snaps. Are you playing both of these guys? Yeah, it's very similar to the Broncos. This is a timeshare where I'm okay playing both guys. Aaron Jones has been sensational, especially when he's been given the full opportunity. But Aaron Jones touchdown.

The Chiefs are 24th against fantasy running backs, high probability of getting a goal line carrier, too, from Aaron Jones. So I play him with full confidence, and I flexed Jamal Williams, and he's getting enough work. We all done with Damien Williams? Yep. I think so. I mean, you've got to roster him. You're not dropping them, but I don't think you're playing. What about all that talent, Jay? All that talent going to waste. I am so vindicated right now on my Mitchell Chubisky and Damien Williams' talentless.

comments of last year that looked stupid for like a very small stretch of time. Take that you guys. Stick it to them. All right, Monday night football, Dolphins, Steelers. Steelers are 14 point favorites. I like the Steelers defense a lot this week at home. Yep. Against Miami. Yeah. The Steelers defense has been great. Not that you play anybody above the Patriots, but they're in that upper echelon this week, the Steelers defense.

They have an implied point total of 28.5 points at home against the Dolphins. Mason Rudolph back. Ryan Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatricking. Yeah. James Connor is a must start. He's going to be excellent off the buy. He appears to be healthy. Even if Jalen Samuels is out there, there's, you know.

James Connor is a must start. I think Juju Smith-Schuster is a must-start. This is a matchup where, you know, he can easily break a long touchdown in this matchup. Outside of that, even though you've got a high implied team total, I don't know if you want to trust a Deontay Johnson. Would you go with anyone else? Bance McDonald's. Probably not. There's just not a lot of confidence in those other past catchers. Do you think Juju gets it going this year at all?

No, I don't think he gets it going as far as becoming a dominant fantasy force. I think that's the only, if he doesn't become a dominant fantasy force, we're never going to say he gets it going. But I think he's going to be a consistent higher end wide receiver two, which is a huge disappointment, but a guy that you play week in and week out. All right. Preston Williams, Devante Parker. You guys have talked about Parker, three straight games of the touchdown. The Steelers, though, the way that their defense is playing.

Coming off the buy, at home, must win, blah, blah, blah. It's in the realm of possibilities, though. That you would start him? Would you start Devonte Parker over Odell? No way. No, no. No, I'm not going that far. I'm just saying, look at this game from last night. Washington against Minnesota, and Minnesota's defense had been just annihilating people, and Washington had no chance. And the game, they only lost by 10 points. And there was not really a lot of fantasy.

action to go around, but the quarterback went down at the halfway mark. I'm just saying that these matchups on paper look horrifically bad, but the wide receivers for Miami, they've been putting up points. Maybe they're stinky, stinky garbage points, but they still count. Well, I mean, look, Devante Parker last week was the wide receiver 16, and that was against the Buffalo Bills. That was a, right. I mean, who's, who's better against wide receivers? Buffalo or the Steelers? Buffalo.

Yeah. So I think you could do worse than Avanti Parker, but it is... Your response did not have very much confidence. Buffalo. What? Sure, why not? I'll take... Who cares? Buffalo. Is that how you order, like, your wings? Yes. What flavor, what flavor wings would you like, sir? Medium. That's... It would know, you just say Buffalo. Oh. That was the joke, Jason. Oh. Buffalo. Buffalo.

That's exactly how New England talks when someone says Buffalo is competing with you in the division to win the division crown. Buffalo? Buffalo? Anything else from this game you guys want to touch on? No, just keep your eye on Mark Walton. He's been getting work and looking okay. So he's an okay player to put on your bench. Getting work and looking okay. Mark Walton. Hey, yeah. It's me. Mark Walton. I'm kind of looking okay.

Say, howdy a mother for me? Ballers on a budget. Presented by Fandul. Buffalo. All right. Who's your ballers on a budget? DFS bargain pick for the week.

So, you know, one of the tips and tricks is to find players who have not been adjusted based on moves, based on injuries or things like that. To me, that's Calvin Ridley. I love it. I think that Matt Ryan is going to play this week. Obviously, if Matt Ryan does not play, then pivot. But assuming Matt Ryan is playing, Mohamed Sunu is not, Calvin Ridley has been on the field for, like, he's been in the 60s of snap percentage. That's going to shoot up to at least the 80s. He's a fantastic talent.

The matchup against Seattle is great. He's only $5,400 at the wide receiver position, which is where I like to get the cheap guys so I can pay up for a Christian McCaffrey. That's my baller on the budget for a fan duel. We all pick $5,400. Oh, man, we need a budget pick. You get an extra hundred. You get an extra hundred. You get an extra hundred. But we're trying to save $100. I know, but $55. Yeah, well, we're fools. All right, Mike, who do you got? By the way, I just saw it, and I like it.

Oh, very nice. I really like the Calvin Ridley. I like all three of these guys. I'm going with J.D. McKissick, running back, Smooches, running back for the Detroit Lions. It's only $5,400. And yes, we're all excited for Ty Johnson. I was in on trying to get him, throwing a bunch of fab at him, but I didn't really get him anywhere. But the fact is, we don't know what the real split will be. Once they have time to game plan, okay, now we know it's Ty Johnson and J.D. McKissick.

Last week, they were thrown in a position where Carrion Johnson was their guy, but then got hurt. Okay, Ty Johnson, you just go take over for now. McKissick could be involved more than we're planning for. He gets the Giants. The Giants have allowed over 30 fantasy points to the running back position for three straight weeks. The matchup is delicious. I like Ty Johnson, but just saying 5,400 for the pass catcher, very interesting. Well, Ty Johnson's cheap, too.

Yeah, that's what I was sure. And I would have made Ty Johnson my pick, but he's going to be very, very high ownership. Yes, he will. It's a nice pivot for the ownership play. McKissick feels to me like going the Kumero versus Lazard direction, and it paid off. You know, if you went Kumero, the lower ownership percentage still at a bargain. I think you're right. I mean, they haven't been a number to run the ball super well regardless, so the passing game could be involved here.

I like J.D. McKissick at 5,400 in general. And I totally get the pivoting off the chalk. But Ty Johnson is 5200 and is probably the guy that's going to have the bigger game. So he's my baller on a budget. He's at 5200? I believe so, yes. That's delightful. That's where it's really difficult. Yeah. Because I can't imagine not playing Ty Johnson at 5200.

Over McKissick. Over McKissing. Devin Singletary, I'm going to go with him, 5,400. Second week back. He could get more involvement in the passing game. His snap counts have gone up in all the games that he's progressively been able to play. I think he's one of the lowest cost running backs that has actual electric upside. When he touches the ball, it can be a house call, and then it can pay off for you at the 5,400. So I think Devon Singletary, I realized that, look, the Eagles have been really good against the run, but Singletary does a little bit more on the outside edges, the areas where they're not.

as strong, those tackling corners, and he can get involved in the passing game. Don't miss your chance to win an all-expenses paid trip to hang out with us. Yeah. The Fantasy Footballers Leaderboard series. That's why we do this Ballers on a budget. You can go enter each week. It's a new tournament every week. Go to Fandool.com slash ballers. Ballers. Buffalo. I was about to hit it.

I just, I wanted to vet. I just, I wanted to vet to make sure that Ty Johnson was actually $5,200. Because I felt like that was wrong. Yeah. Is correct? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. This is one of those, like Hunter Henry last week where the price, they set the price and then they don't alter it. Well, I don't think I'd be, I'd mind mixing a little bit, you know, because of the ownership of Ty Johnson being so high, having a few lineups with J.D. McKissick at a similar price. Sure.

Just to kind of be... You know one of those two guys is going to have a great game. Yeah, I think that's fair. Matthew Staver is playing so well right now. Yes. And they just can't win. All right. We want to thank today's studio sponsor, Pristine Auction, a Keenan Allen signed jersey. Holy moly. What? This is insane. That's not fair. The guy missed one practice and this is happening. $33.93. Yesterday at pristine auction.com. That is a signed Beckett certified jersey.

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