Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Wk3 Matchups, Full Stream Ahead, Daily Dose

Oh, I think I would. That's so gross. That is. And I believe I have him ranked higher than Miller. Oh, I'm going to vomit. Jordan Cameron. In. In? DeMarco Murray. In. Yeah. Gross. And Eric Decker. Out. I think. I'm going to say in because we saw last year him play with a hurt hamstring week after week after week. Yeah. And knee, though. But again, I... Maybe. All these guys that are on this list that...

are really questionable. When they're in, there's nobody in this list that I'm like, you know, if they're hurting and they play, that I'm really excited about playing. You know, unless it's a concussion, like Hopkins. If Hopkins is in, that's fine. He's startable. Okay, so before we get into the fantasy forecast, a lot of people don't know our background. Now, our background comes from, I do a lot of stuff or have done a lot of stuff in web development.

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All right, everybody, we've got the Jaguars, the Jaguars, the Jaguars. Jaguars. Jaguars. Jaguars. Jaguir? Yeah. We've got Jacksonville at New England. This game has a 48 point, just about 48 point over under in Vegas. Fantasy-wise, what are we thinking about Mr. Blake Bortles?

Blake Bortles is interesting as the Patriots D, they're giving up 260 yards in the air, and they, like many had proclaimed that they're going to go into their scorched earth mentality of the offseason. People made, they didn't like what happened with the flake gate. So they're going full throttle. The thing is, their defense doesn't really, at least up until this point, cannot fully withstand.

beating teams by 50 points, even though they can put those points on the board, but the defense can't hold those off. So Bortles is an interesting guy. Last week, he really opened it up. If you watched the game, and I heard a Jacksonville reporter, Mike Dempsey, was talking about. This was the first week that Bortles finally said, screw it, I'm going to throw to Alan Robinson before he breaks. And we saw the huge benefits of that. Do you like Alan Robinson this week?

Yes. Yeah, New England Patriots have the fifth worst pass coverage right now, according to pro football focus. And I think Blake Bortles is a startable. I mean, if you have to, if you're in a deeper league or a two-quarterback league...

Blake, oh, is he? You haven't done the full stream ahead section. He might be involved. All right, well, someone might be okay to play there. T.J. Yeldon, I think. Love Yeldon this week. You love him. I'm not. He's my start of the week at the running back position. They're giving up 147 on the ground to running backs, and Yeldon has no Dinard Robinson competition this week. And I think, I think he's just got great potential. 25 carries last week, three catches, looks the part to me. I expect a lot of points in this game.

Now, who, Mike, have you said every week, is the one guy you need to shut down for New England Patriots? Robert Gronksmashian. And now I don't believe any team can shut them down. But remember, week one, they had a matchup against Carolina. And there was one guy they needed to shut down, and that was Greg Olson. And they shut...

him down. I mean, they just blank it. It's a little easier because there's literally no one else on the field other than Greg Olson there. Whereas, you know, here they've got to worry about Edelman and other people, but they have the- Ronks bigger. Yeah, well, I'm not saying, I am not saying they're going to shot Gronk down, but I... It's an interesting thing to remember. I do believe that, yeah, that there could be some help there. Are you ready for this? Are you ready? We're ready. Andy's almost upset of the week. I'm going bold.

The line in this game is 13.5 points. I don't expect the Jaguars to be able to go into Foxborough and win the game. This game's going to be closer than you think it is. Get ready. It's my almost upset of the week, people. Last week I called you Bananas crazy for picking Tampa Bay as you're almost upset of the week. They got it done. It was a fully upset of the week. Hey, the Jags?

Blake Bortles, he is my stream of the week. We'll talk about it later. In this matchup, you pretty much play everybody on both sides of the ball, right? I don't play Amandola or Hearns. Well, of the main line guys, I think it is actually a very good fantasy game. Dionne Lewis.

LeGarrett Blunt situation. What are you feeling on this? Proceed with Lewis until further notice. That's what I'm saying. Yeah, I agree. And I think based on what you were saying, like wanting to step on the gas and hurt the other guy, that means Brady's dropping back for 50 passes, and that means Lewis is the guy. All right, let's talk about the Chargers going to Minnesota. I believe I heard that the Chargers have not won a game at Minnesota since 1993. What? That is a stat I heard this morning. Wow. On the NFL Network.

That is a lot of time between, how old was I in 93? I was like 9 years old, 10 years old, yeah. So, do they get it done? I think they do. Wow. An interesting thing on Philip Rivers, we were looking this up. Philip Rivers is having one of the most accurate starts of his career. Pro football focus does this great thing where they adjust for throwaways.

drops, basically things that really shouldn't count against a quarterback's accuracy rating. Philip Rivers is coming in at 91%. That is ridiculous. It's only two games, but that is ridiculous. I think this game is going to be a very run-heavy game in both directions. Both defenses are, they're the fourth and fifth worst run defenses. So I think both teams are going to try to smash each other, keep the...

the score lower, which is usually better for a road team to be close in the game. So this could be the week they get it done. But it's good news for both Adrian Peterson and my start of the week in Melvin Gordon. Who do you have one in the game then, Jason? What's that? Who do you think will win this, Chargers? I do think the Chargers will win. I must be the only one that thinks Minnesota is going to take care of business. They could. I just, I like the Chargers right now in a fun. Wait, either team could win, Mike? Is that what I said?

No, you said they could win. Yeah. Oh, I was saying the Vikings could win. This is definitely a game that can go either way. But I'm picking the chargers, if you're asking me. Kyle Rudolph is running for tight ends, the fifth highest yards, run per target. Which sounds like a complicated thing, but that's what you want out of a tight end, a guy who, if you're just taking a guy off the wire or you're throwing.

You're throwing a coin in a well, and you're wishing for tight-end production. That's a good staff to look at. That's my start of the week. You're wishing for the Red Zone Rainier. I'm dreaming. I think Kyle Rudolph is such a great play this week. I think we all like him this week. All right. Let's go ahead. Obviously, you're starting Gordon. You're starting AP. Are you starting Woodhead with confidence? I am. Okay. Eagles going into New York. And Stevie. I'm starting Stevie Johnson with full confidence. And I have zero.

confidence in the Minnesota wide receivers at this moment. They have been highly disappointing. I think you said something yesterday about Bridgewater's wide receivers, and the thing it came into my mind was, does he have wide receivers? He does. All right, the Eagles are going into New York and trying to avoid an 0-and-3 start facing a Jets defense that has been good luck. Very, very good.

especially in the turnover game. And I would expect that to continue if you're thinking about starting Bradford. I am not starting Bradford this week. I am not starting Fitzpatrick this week. I'm benching both because I think Philly has an underrated defense. I'm not really starting Murray if I've got a better option. I believe he's hurt and he's playing against a great runny. The Jets haven't given up anything. Hold on. That warrants a start sit consideration.

discussion for DeMarco Murray. I'm pulling up the rankings. That's fine. I like Ertz as pretty much the... You and I have a disagreement, right? We've got a water bet this week, whether or not Earth is Top 10. I said Ertz will be in top 10. Okay. Danny Woodhead. We just talked about it. Danny Woodhead or DeMarco Murray. I would start Woodhead. Chris Johnson. Oh, sorry. I would go Murray. Chris Johnson or DeMarco Murray. I would go... Cardinals playing the Niners? I'd probably go Murray. To be honest, I'm...

I'm probably going to say Murray to all these. Okay. If he's in the game, I'm still treating him like I would Lacey on Monday night. I'm playing Lacey if he's playing. I don't take the approach of that these NFL teams are going to, I mean, it happens. But a lot of times, if you're going to put a guy out there.

It's not just that, though. It's the combination of him having 11 yards, total yards on the year. I understand. And now he has a hamstring issue. But from a fantasy perspective, even though he's put up such ridiculous on the ground numbers, he's actually been okay. Because he's got two touchdowns. Correct. That's why I'm starting him. The reason I'm not starting him is not the injury. It's the injury combined with the matchup. Yeah, that's what you just said. No, he said it's the injury combined with his past performance on the year. But...

He's had good matchups to run against. Well, I guess Dallas wasn't that great. But the Jets D is great. And same with Eddie Lacey going against Kansas City. Those matchups are just, if they were totally healthy, I would have them ranked a little bit lower in the rankings. Now they're coming and injured against them. That's my issue. Yeah. And for right now, they're both matchup proof for me. Ivory, do you start him if he's playing? Yes. You do. Okay. The Eagles could be without their top two linebackers, by the way. Yeah. So that would.

help Mr. Ivory or Bilal Powell or whoever else. I think Stacey will be very heavily involved. If Ivory's out, I really like Bilal Powell. Yeah, I like Powell over Stacy, but Stacy will get carries. Did you know that his mom has it going on? Stacey's mom has it going on. Stacey's mom has it going on. Got it going on. Steelers at the Rams.

Okay, we're starting Big Ben. Are we starting Nick Foles? Yeah. Here's an interesting thing. Top 12? I have him ranked 13th. Okay. So no, I guess is my answer. But for me to rank Nick Foles 13th is pretty crazy because we don't like Nick Foles. An interesting stat that I cannot take credit for this. This was from our friends at Living the Stream. And they were talking about Nick Foles. And since the Steelers have changed their offense, which was week seven from Art Davis Bryant last year.

there's a top 10 quarterback against them. It doesn't matter who it is. They produce high-level numbers and not just bottom 10, like guys at the very top. It's pretty crazy stuff. It's, I don't want to break it all down right now, but essentially Nick Foles is not a bad play. He's not a bad contrarian TFS play. It's you're going to want to vomit all over yourself starting him. That's in St. Louis, right? Yes. Yeah, I mean, he's going to put up