Fantasy Football 2017 - Week 5 Matchups, In-or-Out, Bold Bets

He's in. He's still not practicing, but he didn't practice last week. I don't see him missing this game. Matt Forte. Going out still with the turf toe. Yep. Perkins. We just said he was out. CJ Pro Seize. Yeah. Out. This man. CJ Pro Seis is really unfortunate that we've, I don't think we're going to be able to see what he can do at this point. Yeah, I agree. I mean, his injury history and his.

lack of being able to get over the little nicks and bruises has proved frustrating, but I am excited to see McKissick this week. If CJ ProCise is out, then McKissick will be involved because that was why he was, you know, brought in last time. And this is one of those things that we, McKissick flashed on the screen to everyone watching that, that game looked.

like the most explosive runner. He's a converted wide receiver. He can catch. Still only got 10 snaps. Right. So this is one of those things where we saw it and we're looking at the coaching staff saying, what are you doing? But he's still only got 10 snaps. So McKissick is, he's not a play for me. He's just, if you picked him up, just hold and see what happens. All right, wide receiver in or out, Devante Adams? I think, yeah, as of now, he's not cleared. So I have to say out. Yeah. Michael Crabtree, I'm going back in.

Yeah, I think he's pretty much guaranteed to play. I agree. Marquis Lee. He has not practiced Wednesday or Thursday. You have to check the report if he, because if he shows up limited on Friday, you would expect him to play. But if he's out, Alan Hurons. Yeah, Alan Hurons definitely gets a bump. What do you think is going to happen? I think Lee is out. Yeah, I do, too. All right, in or out, John Brown? I think he's in play, yeah. J.J. Nelson? In play. Kenny Britt. I'm going to go out. Yeah, I will as well. I think they want him to be out.

He'll be out again. Yeah. Come on, man. We've got to get those smooth routes back on the field. We talked about Jack Doyle. I think he's going to miss this game. He was limited on Thursday. He didn't practice at all Friday. Ben Watson, do you think he's in or out? He'll play. Yeah, I think he's in. Tyler Eiffert. No. He'll still be a couple more weeks. That being said, he is someone worth, because of his injuries right now, he's worth looking for on the waiver wire. People will inevitably have to drop him.

because of certain, you know, especially while people are dealing with bye weeks and short benches. I picked him up in a league where I'm fine. As Barfi, as the tight ends as a whole have been, Eiffert, when he comes back, will be an advantage over other teams. I'm on the title of Eifert, truth of bandwagon over here. Do you really think that he will come back and be effective? I mean, we're on multiple years now of playing this game.

No, I think when he comes back, he will be effective, absolutely. But I think it'll be a couple weeks. Yeah, you're still coming off a season and much points per game were better than Grankowski when he actually played. So he's got a little bit more, a little bit more grace. I'm going to give him until I won't. I mean, the other options right now at Tighten are just so gross where he doesn't even have to do anything that special, just come in and be involved. Yeah.

Yeah, and just a reminder, there will be some Foot Clan Game Day alerts on Jointhefoot.com on Sunday morning, updating you on the final kind of active, inactive status of many of these players. And we're going to go ahead and move into the games. Fantasy forecast. All right. The Jacksonville Jaguars are heading to Pittsburgh to take on the Steelers. The Steelers are eight and a half point favorites at home in this matchup. A 43.5 point over under, I think reflects the conservative.

viewpoint that, look, the Steelers' offense is not moving the way that we expected them to, and the Jaguars' past defense is the best in the league right now. And so they're the best pasty and the worst run day. That's the current situation, which surprises me a little with the pieces they have. Clayus Campbell, he's normally been a run stopper. But this is a game where I'm still looking at Levion Bell as the main benefactor of the matchup. And I do not, I do not.

take the approach that, you know, Big Ben's going up against the best past the offense isn't churning along the way you expect it. And I know it's a home game, but Big Ben thus far as something like 18th in fantasy points at the quarterback position. So I'm sitting Big Ben in this game regardless of the fact it's a home game. Yeah, we talked about this around the studio yesterday. I believe I'm in the minority, but I'm not as afraid of Big Ben as.

kind of some of the numbers dictate that I should be. I've got Big Ben right now is my number eight quarterback this week, so I'm willing to start him. I know the matchup is tough. I mean, the Jaguar is this year. If you look at the fantasy points given up against quarterbacks, listen to this run. Eight points, 17, which is, it's okay. Yeah. Six points.

5.3 points. I mean, they've just been destroying quarterbacks. So that's where I'm saying. Some of the numbers say, well, Big Ben's offense hasn't been moving, and this defense has been great. But if you look at those three quarterbacks they destroyed, you're talking about Tom Savage, Joe Flacco, and Josh McCown. So some of that has to be the fact that those are three of the, I don't know, about three worst quarterbacks in the league right now. But when you destroy quarterbacks to the tune of single digits, three out of four weeks,

Yeah, no. What is the upside of a better quarterback? I agree. And they have the pieces that dictate that they should be doing that, right? A boyet and Jalen Ramsey. Jalen Ramsey. Shoting people down. So you're starting Big Ben over Cam Newton against Detroit? Yes. You're starting him over Phillip Rivers against the Giants. Yes. Over Sean Watson, over Mariotta, over Hoyer, over Palmer, over Wins. That's the current lay of the land. And I get it. I mean, at home, if they get it going, the ceiling's much higher than other quarterbacks.

So it makes a lot of sense. You know, Antonio Brown, you're rolling him out there. Mike, you know what I'm going to say. No, I don't. I'm going to talk to you about Martavis Bryant and his actual value through four weeks. We have one good game. Okay. And that's the numbers of the numbers. Can I ask you a question about that good game? Did that good game come in his only game at home? It did. Yes, it did.

That's really cool. The defense rests. That's the only, that's literally like the only argument you can go with is just praying for that home road split. The home road splits are real for Big Ben. This is going to be a really tough matchup for Martavis Brian. Martavis Brian or Deshaun Jackson rest of season. Oh, man. I'm going D. Jacks. Yeah, Dijax. He also got a little bit nicked up.

Towards the end of that game. He did come back in on the last play, but he left the field with some ice on his forearm. I think he just got smacked. He always gets snacked. Well, he went, he got kind of that tackle where you can't brace yourself when you're going down. But Winston has looked. Yeah. He's looked rough. But so, oh, man, I can't decide between the two. But I lean to have to. I lean to Sean Jackson. Okay. Unfortunately. But this.

literally this one week, if he comes out for another home game and has success, then that trend just of, that's what you expect for Martavis Bryant to have success at home, kind of struggle there on the road. Yeah, it'll be very interesting to see if that Jaguars number one ranked past he holds up in Pittsburgh. Bortles, Fournette. And then you talked about Hearns, you know, if Marquis Lee misses this game, are you willing to start Hearns at all? Because, I mean, the Steelers are the second ranked past defense. I would still flex him.

Just in, but I wouldn't wide receiver one or two. Fournette, you're locked and loaded. Yes. Bortles you're probably avoiding. Yes. Especially on the road against that past day. Yep. All right, we're going to move on to the next matchup before we do. I want to thank one of my favorite sponsors of this show. And that is Casper. And I have personal experience with the Casper mattress. Look, this is an obsessively engineered mattress. But what I like is that shockingly fair.

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for this game. I'm very excited to see how the Rams offense moves. I think it's going to be a close game. I think it's going to be a heck of a game. The Seahawks, you know, Chris Carson is out. He's out for the year. So now you're looking at trying to wade through the confusion that is the backfield in Seattle with McKissick and Lacey and Ralls. Lacey is Rall's going to be active. Good luck. Who's it going to be? Because the reality is... My money's on Lacey.

That's it, by a lot. I can't blame you. He's the one who got the call last week. Thomas Rawls was a healthy scratch. And so Carl or Carson was above Rawls. But I mean, it's a mess. I mean, I think even Pete Carroll is just flip-flopping every single week on who he wants to play and who he thinks should be the starter. So while we can, you pick someone out of this backfield that you, you are leaning towards like Andy's leaning towards Lacey.

Do you still have, do you feel comfortable at all plugging him into a fantasy lineup? No. The Rams running defense is terrible. Sure. So if I needed to flex somebody, I'd be fine flexing Lacey this week. I really would. I'm going to be waiting for the last possible news to figure out how this thing breaks down. But Lacey is the guy right now. That's my opinion. Yeah, right now. You paid him to be the guy. And if you need to flex a player, look, I mean, you're making decisions all over the map this week with the bye weeks. You're missing players. I think Eddie Lacey is somebody I'm fine starting.

It's just as likely, I think maybe 51%, 49% that it comes out in Thomas Rawls is the guy completely and Lacey's the backup. And whoever it is, I would agree with Andy, they should be a fine start. You can run on this son of bum Rams defense right now. They haven't been able to stop anyone. And so whoever it is should be. Son of run. See what you did there.

It's the, you know, if you start, if you throw in that kind of desperate flyer high upside in Lacey or Rawls, you need to realize that either one of them could wind up with a zero point zero. Yeah, the floor is zero points. I mean, that's not. That's Hunter Henry level. Oh, goose. To have a floor of zero points is, that's just not something I want to deal with right now. And I know it's, it's rough. The bye weeks, but I would, I would be scrounging and desperately.

digging through the junkyard. If we're just hoping that like someone left a shiny penny on the ground, I could pick it up and throw it in my fancy line of it. If we're calling Hunter Henry Goose, then Philip Rivers needs to be a maverick. Oh, man. Isn't that perfect? Come on now. Yeah, he's a maverick. Oh, you guys are dangerous. I love it. All right. Russell Wilson, you're rolling him out there, no doubt about it.

He's in my top six this week. Doug Baldwin, do you have confidence in him in this matchup? I do. I think he's gotten over his health issue and he's a guy you have to start. What do you do with the wide receivers on the Los Angeles side? Watkins Cup, Woods. I said them. All of them? I said all of them because even though the Rams have averaged 35.5 points a game, the best in the league. Yeah, someone will get involved. But the problem is when you've got the combination of