Pump the Brakes, Key Playoff Questions, Rotten Watermelons

Literally everything says Amari Cooper should be... They're great against stopping the run. Everyone's start of the week. And this is a... I'm very interested. Like, I'm super interested to see. Is he going to be able to do it when he should? He wasn't able to do that in Oakland. I don't think you can bench him. I think you should start him because logic says you should. He's had four games with Dallas. Is that right? Does that sound right?

Uh, that sounds one too many, I think three games, but I'm checking. No, four games. Four games, right? Target counts. I just wanted to bring these up. Eight, ten, five, nine. Uh, his high, so last week, yes, you're, you're riding the high of Amari Cooper. He destroyed my soul last week. And Mike's. Uh, eight for 180 and two.

Previous three weeks, 58 yards, 75 yards, 36 yards. Scored one time in those three weeks. I do think you have to, I mean, let's play some, I know you're playing Cooper, but let's do some start sit. Because you can't expect 9 for 180. No. Do you want to play Kenny Gallaudet at Los Angeles? Yes. Over Amari Cooper? I would play Kenny Goladay. See, I would too. Yeah, I would. Would you play Amari Cooper or DJ Moore against Tampa? Oh, that is.

Because I got them back to back in my rankings. I love DJ Moore in Tampa, but I've got DJ more behind Cooper this week. Okay. I don't have Cooper in any leagues, but I feel like if you're if you have him, you're going to have him in your lineup after last week, right? Yeah, you're going to see the 32nd ranked New Orleans team across the way after this week. I mean, yeah, but. But what if you were making it C. Yilton and Amari Cooper wide receiver two decision?

That's where, you know. That's pretty tough. That would be pretty tough, right? T.Y. Hilton plays Jacksonville this week. Are you playing Amari Cooper over T.Y. Hilton? I am. Yeah, I think I'd do that, too. This is where he's going to coop all over you. Well, you're definitely playing Super Camario. Absolutely. But, I mean, that's just so we can dance. Well, he's a 97-yard run. Hold on a second.

There it is. He ain't no Lamar Miller. Yeah, that's right. The question is for Mark Ingram. In games where he's not scoring a touchdown, he's averaging the running back 42. It's touchdown or bust these days for Mark Ingram. And currently the Cowboys in the past six weeks are ranked seventh against fantasy running backs. The Cowboys defense has really been locking things down. Ninth.

against quarterback past six weeks, fourth against the wide receiver. The Saints clearly break some of those things. But are you, I'm going to go to the resident Mark Ingram truth or Jason. Yes. Do you want to play Mark Ingram? You might be forced to, but do you want to play him? Yeah, I still do want to play him. I'm not going to. Dalvin Cook or Mark Ingram? So I'll kind of run you through some guys that I would play over.

Mark Ingram this week. I'd play Josh Adams, Dalvin Cook, Matt Berita. Those, you know, those are guys I would play over Mark Ingram if you've got them. But I would play Mark Ingram. I'm not going to play your Adrian Peterson's and Dionne Lewis and all the other questionable guys like that. Carlos Hyde and you picked them up. I'm not playing those type of guys over Mark Ingram. All right. I think fantasy owners want to know, you know, Trey Kwan Smith may miss this game again. Obviously Michael Thomas is a must start.

Brandon Marshall is yet to be active. Last week you saw... Everyone. You saw Kirkwood with a touchdown. You saw Dan Arnold with a touchdown. Tommy Lee Lewis gets back. Tommy Lee. Mind you, Dan Arnold, I believe, was on the field for 12 snaps. Yeah, you can't play him. So, like, if you took a shot with one of those guys, with Tommy Lee, you're hoping for one catch for like 75 hours. Or a real good drum solo. Correct. Either one. Yeah. He's a Motley fellow. He was with Pamela Anderson, right? Yeah. You can't go with Motley crew?

That's where I went. I said he's a motley fellow. Yeah, tip of the cap. Really? Really. My goodness. You should be ashamed. He went with the Pamela Anderson. I liked it. You liked what? I liked my reference. No, the reference is fine. It's just, I mean, the guys of legendary rock drummer.

You know my music references. Ridiculous. Yeah, I mean, the truth was, you know, last second last week when Trey Kwan 45 minutes beforehand was officially ruled out. He told me he was going to play. I'm pretty disappointed. And Tommy Lee Lewis was added to the active roster. That was the role. I mean, that role has always been valuable there, right? Whether it was, you can't play him. No, I mean.

Okay, I'm not picking them up. I'm not playing them in my fantasy football roster. But you want a DFS play? If Trey Kwan is out, who's cheap and could be a huge boom type of player, the 70-yard touchdown down the side guy, yeah, I'm not afraid of Tommy Lee Lewis in that situation. Dan Arnold had six targets, four catches, one touchdown. Tight-in DFS play as well? Dan Arnold is also... What if his name was different?

I feel like that's where I'm going. Like, Dan Arnold is a mailman. Yeah. Yeah. And not just like... He's one of the replacements in a Keanu Reeves movie. Not one of the drive kind. I'm talking like, this is Pleasantville. He walks around with the satchel. Whistling and saying hi to everybody. Dan Arnold is the sidekick to Arnold Schwarzenegger in family movies. You know, like, that's what Dan Arnold represents. Poor chap. Yeah.

He needs a, you know, he needs his name like Smash Jackson for me to get excited about him. Well, hey, Dan, you come through with one more big week. We'll look into rebranding. Oh, my gosh. It just shows how amazing Drew Breezes. He turned three players into. If he throws a touchdown to Marshall this year, it'll add another name to the...

pile of guys that have caught a touchdown pass from him this year. Which is 13 different players. Is that what it is? 13. Oh, my goodness. All right. Dak Prescott, you can stream him. Ezekiel L8, you always play him. Mori Cooper, we've talked a lot about him. Is there anybody else we care about in this matchup? Do you, if you're desperate at the tight end position, are you looking the way of Ben Watson? The only real place that the Cowboys have been beat for fantasy purposes has been the tight end. No, because Dan Arnold. I mean, that.

No, because Dan Arnold's tied in, too. Post office superstar. Dan Arnold. This is more important. Dan Arnold, Dan Arnold or Mr. McPhile. He got to go. Who's, who's nicer? Oh, who's nicer? Who'd you rather start at your walking post-postal service worker? I'm going to go with. I'm going Dan Arnold. If it's a stamp licking competition, I'm going with Dan Arnold. Really? Yeah. All right. Fast.

Fastest tongue in the West. Okay, all right. Let's move on. Let's move on quick. Don't you have words to say out loud, Jason? It'll be Josh Hill.

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Dan Arnold. Dan Arnold. There was a tweet that came through from this is. Postmaster General. No, Jeff Hopps and the senior writer for Bengals.com. AJ Green was on the field for walkthrough. That's right. Well, walking, he's got no problem with that. With the quote, I'm back to play, he says. Yeah, I mean, that'll get you in there. When AJ Green is healthy, why would he not play?

Why? Because that's what a good franchise would do. No, but that's not true. Because think about all the... Yeah, if he's truly healthy. Yes. If he's healthy, that's like saying that bad teams out there just should... You know, Larry Fitzgerald shouldn't be playing anymore. The Cardinals have nothing to play for. No, he's just a healthy football. There's a million and injury. Yeah, that's all it comes down to is if does he have an injury that you risk re-injury and surgery? If it doesn't, then of course you come back and play. You don't just shut him down because it's like, might as well. Yeah. But...

He's also been, Marvin Lewis for two weeks. He's going to play. Yep. So there's been question marks around it. But that is it for today's episode of the show. Hope you enjoyed it. Thanks for subscribing. Thanks for supporting the podcast. Don't forget to check out Footclinegaveway.com. Or draft.com slash ballers if you're going to play some of that DFS this weekend. Goodbye. Thank you for listening to another episode of the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Join our fantasy football community on Jointhefoot.com.

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