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

close to 300 yards against Pittsburgh. Here's the funny thing. I don't know if we've had a situation where the number one running back in fantasy football is probably benchworthy today. And speaking of which... Welcome back. When I said number one running back, I was not referring to Levyon Bell. Do I know? I was referring to DeAngelo Williams, which, my goodness, if DeWell's the number one back, Love Bell's going to do some work. What's higher than number one?

Zero. Is he transcend into the negative numbers? The suspended Leveon Bell returns. And I think he's going to have a huge game. The Rams were absolutely destroyed on the ground by Washington last week. And Levy on Bell is pretty good. And the great thing about Levy on Bell is it doesn't matter if he's facing a good run D or not because he catches so many balls and he's involved in the passing game. So he's getting his yards and the score is going to be high there. He's going to get his touchdowns up.

Steaming Hot Fantasy Tip. You ready for this one? Give it to me. Heath Miller's been productive so far. Levion Belcom's back this week. Martavis Bryant's coming back in a couple weeks. I think if you can get value for Heath Miller to a tight and needy team, now's the time to do it. I completely agree. But until then, if you have him, you play him. Right? Yes. Yeah. If I'm starting Heath Miller, man, are you starting Darius Hayward Bay? No. No chance.

No chance. Unless, if you say you're starting him, I'm forcing you to put Travis Benjamin into every lineup that you have. Yeah, it's the same. You're going. I can. I can hack your account. We know your passwords, Mike. Yeah. Well, the problem with that comparison is Travis Benjamin's success was with Johnny Football, not with Josh McCown. It's one game. It's two games. It's not two games. He was okay the first game. No, but...

No, his entire production was one play, both games, both from Johnny Football, being outside the pocket. I'm not talking about Benjamin. I was Hayward Bay. Oh, yes. The whole thing about its one game was Hayward Bay. No, I do not start Hayward Bay. I would rather start my grandmother's sister. In week one, Hayward Bay should have also had a touchdown, but he was sitting out of bounds. He was not a good wide receiver, but just saying it. You guys can start him. I'm not starting them.

No, you're starting him, Jason. Don't you put that evil on me? No, you said. Yesterday you said, everything you said, he says. You sit on the other side of the desk, so you have to hold hands. All right. Anything else about this game, we need to know. The Steelers' defense is obviously very porous and poor, and any word like that. So which Rams receivers are you starting? You're starting Cook from the tight end? I think Cook is startworthy right now because of his consistent target and catch numbers. What about Britt? Or if Quick is back this week.

Well, I'm not starting quick on the first day back after two healthy scratches. I'll tell you I'm starting Trey Mason. I love a healthy scratch. Are you guys? When I'm an itch? Yeah. Jason just realized what you said. It took him an extra couple seconds. Took me a minute. He's like, I like scratching too. Well, I was thinking about Trey Mason, and I wanted to know your guys's opinion on Trey. Because the matchup is good. They're still going to run the ball, and I don't expect Gurley to... I am not starting Trey Mason. You're not? Nope.

He's in flex consideration for me. That was what I was going to ask about Gurley. Would you flex Gurley? No way. I'm not doing it. Get ready. Yeah, get ready to. I wouldn't flex Gurley this week, unless I had to. All right, the 49ers heading into the hometown Arizona Cardinals. Well, hometown for me. Tweet, tweet, tweet. That's our battle cry. We're all very high on the number two quarterback right now. Carson Palmer. You're darn right. Aged. The aged vet.

35 years old, slinging the rock around, been very, very good with Bruce Ariens. That's the plain and simple truth. I think it's time for people to buy into him and to buy into starting him pretty much every week, at least through the buy. I start him over Kaepernick in this game. Do you guys agree with that? Completely agree. Although the Kaepernick is for a streamer or low, trying to grab a guy off the wire. Kaepernick has had some success, especially running the ball. The Cardinals have struggled against quarterbacks who run.

I have been very resistant to starting David Johnson in the past couple weeks, especially like last week. But I'm actually endorsing him in a lot of questions that people are sending me. They give me the option of David Johnson versus some of these. I would start David Johnson over Danny Woodhead this week. Wow. That's insane. I would not. However, I do agree with. I have them back to back, but I would start David Johnson ahead of him. I agree with your principal. I have David Johnson starting in one of my main leagues right now. I think that's crazy.

All right. If you think it's crazy, you don't get to sing this song for a week. No, but I will gladly make... Thank you. You can do that, Jason. I'm allowed still. I've got to... You want to make a water bet? Yeah. About whether Woodhead or David Johnson has more fancy points? Yes. Oh! Water bet. One of the reasons I hit that button is because I really am going to be excited to win the bet and to watch the hometown guy, David Johnson, run into the end zone. Trust me. I hope you're right. And...

This is what you have going for you. When David Johnson touches the ball, he scores a touchdown. So there is, he has that going for him. That's pretty nice. So real quick, let's talk. We like that in players, though, right? Let's talk the wide receivers, because there's still the confusion of, is it fits? Is it John Brown? It's not confusing for me. Okay. Let me just say something real quick. And this is based on a lot of statistical research in my dreams.

We didn't say this last week. You know, I had the dream week one about Ryan Matthews scoring his score. We didn't say this on air, but we actually said it a lot last week. I had started, John Brown was my start of the week last week, and he was all right. He caught all five of the targets that came his way. But clearly, Larry Fitzgerald was the guy there against the Bears. And before that, I had a dream where after I had made that pick that, oh, Carson Palmer's value is high.

but Brown's the wrong guy. And I had told Andy and Andy actually put fits into some of his lineups based on that. Is that true or is that false? I may have started him in a lineup, yes. Based on the fact that you had this dream and I thought it would be very funny to see how it panned out. Well, I have breaking news because I had a dream last night. I had a dream. And the dream was I was one week late on John Brown. So John Brown, I'm saying good. What?

I know. What kind of show is this? I know, this is ridiculous. And I apologize to every foot clan listener because we are not a show that likes to go on nonsense and thoughts and feelings. We don't. We really do a lot of film work. You're just saying that if you're a fantasy player that wants to put stock into dreams, John Brown's the start this week. Exactly. Look.

I make my fantasy picks. That means I need to strengthen my trade offer for him that I have in one of my leads. I make my fantasy picks like the band Boston. I need more than a feeling. There you go. I apologize for the... John Brown's a good start, though, isn't he? Apparently. No, outside of the dream. He's still a good week-to-week start. How could you fade on him so quickly? No, I'm not fading on him. It's just who is the guy? It's Fitzgerald. Both of those guys are startable in almost any...

Any lineup? From a pure? Yeah, yeah, you're right. Okay. So, you know, John Brand had a touchdown week one and he didn't score last week. And Fitz is more likely to score. So otherwise, we're starting Hyde. Are we starting Chris Johnson? If you have to. Okay. What about Tori Smith and Quom Bolden?

Maybe. Bolden, maybe, because he always does well when he comes back to him. The Cardinals, yeah, and the Cardinals are giving up a lot of yards in the air right now. All right, Bill's at the Dolphins. Tyrod Taylor, Ryan Tannehill. Tannehill had a very big week last week. Taylor did as well, bringing the bills back and almost pulling off a kind of miracle comeback against the Patriots. We have Shady McCoy. If you are a Carlos Williams owner, I've been recommending trading him.

To the shady owner? To the shady owner or to somebody else because other people will take them too because of two weeks and two scores. Yep. Just the numbers depending on your league. What are your thoughts here? Are we benching Lamar Miller? I am benching Lamar Miller. I am as well. I'm benching him, unfortunately. As far as wide receivers, Jarvis Landry, man, catching 80% of his targets. He is just a machine right now. I also like Richard Matthews as one of those.

low-end guys. I mean, that just turns into a group, a cluster of low-end wide receivers, but he's one that he's getting it done. I agree. I would rather have Rashad Matthews in my lineup than Travis Benjamin. Yeah, I can agree with that. Would, if you are a Devante Parker owner, are you just keeping him on your bench, or do you have to trade him in for somebody else? If you have the space to hold him, it would. You think he's going to pan out, I guess is the question. I do by the end of the season.

But I don't know what it's going to happen. The bill's defense is basically shutting the run down for every single team they play. But they have given up a lot of yards per game through the air, but it's Brady. It's skewed. It's Brady skewed. Yeah. And Tannahill might be without his starting left tackle, Brandon, which would be a large concern. Not very high on offensive players. I've got Tannahill in a lot of leagues and I've sat them everywhere. It is in Miami, however. A Jordan Cameron, he has the highest amount of targets over 20 yards for a tight end, more than grunk.

in the air. 50% of his targets are over 20 yards in the air. So I like Jordan Cameron a lot if he plays. All right. Let's talk about the bears going to Seattle in what should be a barn burner. Yeah. I told Mike this week. Yeah, the bears are going to go into a barn. And Seattle is going to burn it down around them. It's going to be an absolute barn burner there. I can't, you know, if I'm Jay Cutler, I'm probably like, if I'm feeling kind of ready to come back, I'm probably just going.

I need another week. I really need another week. Oh, Cam, Chancellor's back. My hammy. Yeah, I mean, this is not going to be pretty. I mean, the line is 15. I don't know what the Vegas over-under is on this game, but all of those points in the over-under belong to Seattle in my mind. Yeah. And, you know, they're favored by 15, and the over-under is 15 points. I think the bears are only sending Robbie Gouldover.

I think he's the only one on the plane. So what are you predicting for the Seahawks? I'm predicting just a massacre. But who are the points going to? Because to me, I think Marshaun Lynch is going to just run all day. He's at home, and Marshall Lynch is very successful. Almost all of his touchdowns come at home. I think Lynch has a great game. I think Jimmy Graham has a great game. We talked about him. He's my tight-in start of the week. I think...

you can flip a coin with the wide receiver production, but it's probably Baldwin. Baldwin's catching a high percentage of catches from the slot. He's kind of the target. So if I had to start a Seattle wide receiver, it's Baldwin. So for the Bears, they've got to throw the ball. Somebody has to catch it. Is Eddie Royal worth throwing in? It's Bennett. Bennett's the only guy I would start from that office. And you're still starting 14. In Forte. Yeah. All right. Broncos at the Lions.

I am very high in Amir Abdullah this week. I am the only one of us of this three, which is crazy. Not crazy, just because you like Amir Dula doesn't mean you have to like him every week, but I have not been on that train. I'm very high on. It's crazy because you're the caboose on the Abdullah Express. You are the newly added caboose. You want to hear why? Yes. Because we got the posters in? No. No, he had a terrible week, and my droolk bowl posters are coming soon. They just, they take long. They're really slow. They're really long.

You didn't even let me make my own joke at you. It was such low-hanging proof. I know. All right. So the reason is, is 100% because of the passing game. I believe he is going to catch a lot of screen passes in this game. The pass rush for Denver is ridiculously strong. They are a very tremendous defense. I think that Abdullah's speed and the use in the passing game is completely why I have him as high as they do this week. So if you're in a half-point PPR or a full-point PPR league,

That's where his value exists for me. In a standard league, it's still there because I think he's going to catch a lot of passes, but primarily in those leagues. So from Peyton, Stafford, are you starting those guys? Peyton Manning, yes. Stafford, no. Stafford is recovering from an injury, and this is a very, very bad matchup, because I believe you guys said before the game, Broncos were number one right now. Yes, they're the number one rated defense on pro football focus right now.

And rightly so. Because they're dominant right now, which is why I'm not really loving. A lot of turnovers. I'm not loving the Abdullah Express this week. We disagree on that. For the exact same reasons, kind of the same exact same. I've never got to play it from my own self. I've always done it when I thought Mike was crazy, but now I'm crazy. Yeah, yeah. I just, the matchup, the defense is great. They're not giving up a lot, and so I don't see them giving up a lot. Tell you who I would start.

from Detroit. Eric Ebron. Yeah. Because the corners for Denver are great. Yes. So if there's a guy that's going to pass catch, it's going to be a guy that's been heavily targeted, good targets for Ebron, touchdown last week. I love that logic. It is the exact same logic I have for Kyle Rudolph with the corners in San Diego. And the tight end has to be used. CJ Anderson owners, here's a nugget for you. Detroit is giving up seven more points.