Week 6 Matchups + In-or-Out, Oh Yeahhhhhhhhh!

Yeah, I think he's going to be out for several weeks. MVS with the hamstring. He'll play. Adam Thielen. Illness, he'll play. Brandon Cooks. He's asymptomatic for concussions. He's expected to play, not through the protocol yet, but expected to pass. I think he's in. All right. Marquise Brown with the ankle injury, didn't practice Thursday or Friday. I think it's just resting the injury, so I believe he will play. Tyreek Hill, this is big, everyone wants to know. Is Tyree Kil going to be out there? I have no idea.

If you're leaning a direction, I'm leaning in. And I'm leaning out. Mike, you need to lean. It's time to lean. Then I lean out. Brooks, do you want to lean on this one? I lean. Balance the force, Brooks. Out. Oh, we're top heavy. Sammy Watkins, hamstring injury, didn't practice Wednesday or Thursday. Hey, quick correction on Marquise Brown. That was Wednesday or Thursday. I put Friday, but we're waiting to see if he practiced today. Okay. Yeah, that makes sense.

I think the most overt in giving rest days to players that are a little bit banged up. You've seen it with Mark Andrews every week. Christian Kirk. I also heard Steve Kime talk about him. Limited practices on Wednesday and Thursday. I'm actually going to lean out on Christian Kirk. I do as well. Albert Wilson, you don't care. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. T.J. Hawkinson, the concussion Monday night football, in or out? I mean, he's trending in the right direction. If he's in, he should be fine, but I don't think he clears. Mark Andrews. In.

Vernon Davis. In. In. Vance McDonald. Man. In. But I don't know if you can play him. Agreed. I was going to ask you that because limited options for a lot of people, Sunday night game, Vance McDonald, back up to the backup. How many yards does Devil and Hodges throw for? Oof. Like if I put the line at 175. Yeah, I was going to say 150. Yeah, exactly. You take the under. So I'm not looking to.

hope that it's split to mine. Wait, wait, wait. All tap passes, 450 yards. There you go. Oh, please, James. I'm facing James Connor this week, Mike. Don't root for him too hard. Extra dose of cheering for James Connor. All right. A reminder, you can get game day alerts one hour before kickoff on Sunday and join thefoot.com for our 11,000 plus.

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That actually is correct. You were a profit. You could have just waited, and you would have been super right. I guess so. Had to correct it, but. But actually, knowing that it's three, all three days, does it change your inner out prediction for Marquis Brown? It doesn't for me. I think he's going to play. I think he's going to play. It's one of those things where the matchup is so good that if he's out there, I'll probably start him. All right. We want to thank pristine auction. Listen, if you have, you've heard us talk about them.

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The Eagles at 3 and 2 take on the Vikings. The Vikings are 3 and 2 as well. This game is in Minnesota. The Vikings are 3-point favorites. It's got a 44 point over under. And we'll start it off with Andy's almost upset of the week. I like the Eagles in this one to upset the Vikings here on the road. The Vikings defense has been outstanding.

They have the fifth highest pressure rate on the quarterback position. This is something that has been problematic for all of their opponents. I think Carson Wins can get out of the pocket a little bit. I continue to believe that the Eagles' offense is going to find its groove. And I think they can hold up against the Vikings here. We know the Eagles defense. Their specialty is stopping the running game, and the Viking specialty is utilizing Dalvin Cook.

as often as possible. And so it's been rough sliding for running backs against the Eagles so far this year. And so I think they're going to be able to keep this game close, and I think they win it. Yeah, this is really going to be a matter of what Mike Zimmer decides to do when it's difficult to run in the beginning. Now, based on Mike Zimmer's history, it's just going to be, hey, we're going to win this matchup of the tough running versus a tough running defense. We're going to keep doing it. And if he does, he could push through and win. On the other side,

If they decide to throw the ball, they're going to find some success. The Eagles passing defense, their secondary is not that great. They're 28th in points given up to wide receivers. On average, 36 fantasy points a week to wide receivers. So this looks like a great matchup at home for Adam Thielen, even for Stefan Diggs. It's just a matter of Will Zimmer allow that. They did last week. They threw the ball a lot more, so I expect...

Kirk Cousins, Adam Thielen, at least, and possibly Stefan Diggs, to have a decent game here. And the Eagles do, yeah, they run a lot of man coverage. Adam Thieland has, Kirk Cousins has 153 quarterback rating with Adam Thielen when they're facing man coverage. So it's a nice matchup for Thielen. He's the wide receiver 9 on our rankings. You can check out the starts hit tool in the rankings at the fantasy footballers.com.

The real question is whether you can roll Diggs out there and what you roll them out there as. You know, we have them ranked 23rd on the week because of the matchup. But is that 23rd with confidence, Mike? Yeah. I feel like I have faded on Stefan Diggs as much as humanly possible this season. But I think this is a great spot for him. The Eagles can keep up with the Minnesota Vikings while they, in the neutral script, they're going to want to run. But I.

I think if Minnesota goes with that game plan, the Eagles are going to put up a touchdown or two on them and then they're going to have to climb back in the game. Yeah, I picked the Eagles to win the game prior to your almost upset call here. So clearly if that is in the realm of possibility and they're down, they throw the ball. I think I think Diggs is fine. He's still getting a 22% market share. It's just a matter of, is the market big enough. Right. And I think it hasn't been.

Right. It hasn't been. The Vikings defense is great up front against the run as well. They're fourth in the league, 15.4 fantasy points a game. That makes for some tough fantasy football decisions when it comes to Jordan Howard and Miles Sanders. And what I think it means for both. And you guys can tell me whether you agree is that if Jordan Howard scores in this game, you'll be happy. Otherwise you won't. And if Miles Sanders gets passing work in this game, you'll be happy. Otherwise you won't. I think that's somewhat fair. I would add that I don't expect Jordan Howard.

to get a touchdown. Okay. Carson Wentz. It's a tough matchup on the road. Good Vikings defense, eighth in the league against fantasy quarterbacks. He isn't going to have Deshaun Jackson. Jackson didn't practice again today. He'll be ruled out without question. And that'll be his fourth straight absence. And there's some, you know, there was optimism from Doug Peterson. But there's doubt out there. You know, I mentioned it early in the week. I was really scared about.

sports hernia surgery. I'm still worried about it because he hasn't really progressed, you know, not even limited practices. If he's going to come back next week, why aren't you out there? So worried about that. But Alshan Jeffrey is out there. Are you willing to start Alshan? Oh, yeah. I, yeah. I mean, oh, yeah, for a guy in the, I mean, we have ranked.

outside of the top 24 I mean but that's still a that's still a startable player in fantasy but it's not an oh yeah I completely agree with Andy here my oh yeah was like are you willing to start him and it's yes of course I'm willing to start oh yeah yeah that's what that's the issue okay well I stand by it what no I went up I didn't oh yeah yeah I was very different I was surprised like you can start him yes he's a flex

player this week. This isn't a great matchup. The matchup is whatever, man. Xavier Howard is not. Yeah, you meant Xavier Rhodes is not the player that he used to be. Like he's, he has shadowed twice and or well, basically once and Devante Adams had a perfectly fine game. I still think Alton Jeffrey is going to need to get in the end zone. I mean, that's the recipe for his success right now is he's got to get into the end zone.

I just think you could have other options. I mean, are you starting Alshon, Jeffrey? Are you starting Will Fuller? Will Fuller. Bigger upside. Yeah, I'm in that boat, too. Zach Ertz, obviously you're putting him out there. I think those are your major decisions in this game. Let's talk Redskins' Dolphins, because that would be fun. Someone's going to win. They are. The Redskins are 0-5. The dolphins are 0-4. They can tie. Oh, I know the whole they can tie thing. It's not going to happen. Zero-0 tie. That'd be so.

Awesome. The Redskins are three and a half point favorites on the road in Miami. The game has a 41 point over under. I believe that the Redskins win this game. That's the side that I'm on. But you have Case Keenham expected to start this one. He has his many top 12 weeks on the year as Aaron Rogers, Baker, Mayfield, and Josh Allen combined. And I don't care. I really don't care. I'm not starting Case Keenum in this game. Because of the changeover at the head coach.

Yeah, because of the changeover at the head coach position and Keenham's propensity for errors out there on the field and what can happen outside of that. I will start Adrian Peterson. I think 15 to 20 touches is a foregone conclusion in this one. And so I think Adrian Peterson is right on the running back 2-3 edge for this week. Because you have a matchup with the Dolphins. They're giving up 34.2 fantasy points per game to the running back position.

And Adrian Peterson, yes, it's going to come down to volume, but just listen to Bill Callahan talk. He believes that Adrian Peterson hasn't gotten the ball enough. He believes that getting the ball enough gets him into a rhythm. He believes that running with no regard for yards per carry is the key to victory. Those are recipes for a surprisingly successful week. And disaster. Disaster in a good matchup. Yeah, as I say, not disaster in this one.