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

two running backs than the average fantasy points. So if it's going to happen, I think this is the week. C.J. Anderson has proclaimed, self-proclaimed, that the toll injury is gone. But he also said that the toe injury was not affecting his play. But I'm still buying in as C.J. Anderson is the workhorse. Okay. And one last question. Would you drop Joyc Bell? Yes.

Or move them into your BFF slot. I would never, ever move Joick into my BFF spot. Does the BFF count against your active roster? No. Oh, then I don't mind being BFS with Joach Bell. All right. Chiefs at Packers, Monday night football game. We're not worried about starting Aaron Rogers. We're rolling him out there. We're rolling Jamal Charles out there. We're starting Cobb. We're starting Macklin. Adams or Jones?

Devante Adams or James Jones. Jones had one catch last week, but it was a touchdown. He tends to do that. Going forward, Adams, but he's been hurt. He's been out of practice, and so I think James Jones might get used more. I don't really love starting either guy, but if I had to start one, I think I'm going with James Jones this week. I still got to go with the targets, and the targets are Devante Adams. Yeah, but that's just, ah, you, James Jones. Get out of my life. We do have breaking news that Kevin Coleman is actually out.

For week three. So we assumed it. Way to hit the button. As is Alshan Jeffrey. He's officially out. Can you hit the button? No, it's not breaking every time I talk about five or six guys. We'll be here all day. I'm controlling the board. If it's big time breaking news, then I'll hit the button. Jay Cutler is also out. Yeah, because he heard Cam Chancellor was back. And he heard Alshan was out. He's like, I'm just going to take this week. Yeah. So, okay.

What are your thoughts on Richard Rogers this week? My thoughts on Richard Rogers is that I would not start him in any league. Okay. I just don't like the – I think his production came – You have to get a touchdown for Richard Rogers to be valuable. I like going with a guy like an Ebron who – he might not get a touchdown, but he's going to get five or six passes for, you know, 50 yards or something and then hopefully get a touchdown. For Richard Rogers –

you get a touchdown or bust, or you get it like one for 10. Okay. So. On the chief side of the ball, I think that you have a lot of weapons that can be used here because this matchup is the highest point spread in Vegas. The defenses are going to have to play catch up to Aaron Rogers. And so there's going to be a lot of points put up. I think in both directions, I like most of the players. I'm happy with Macklin. I'm fine starting him. If you want to stream,

Alex Smith. We'll find out about that in a minute, won't we? Yes, we will. All right, but first we're going to take a minute, and yet again, we're going to talk to Chris Meaney of the Fantasy Sports Network and get some perspective on the Daily Fantasy scene. If you're playing Fandul, make sure you use the promo code Ballers and you get some extra cash, right? Dollars. Dollars. You get some extra dollars? I just mixed it out. All right, here we go. The Daily Does.

The fantasy footballers are excited to welcome in our friend Chris Meaney of the Fantasy Sports Network, joining us yet again today for the Daily Dose segment. Chris, how is your week two in DFS?

Week 2 is actually okay in DFS. I came second in the Fantasy Pro's accuracy. I really needed Chris Ivory to run the ball in the fourth, but they decided to give it to Powell. So that was a little disappointing, but DFS was okay. Survivor pools, I'm out of every single one of them. Ready to move off to week three. So some of the big names last week that performed for people were obviously Larry Fitzgerald had a monster week on a lot of teams. Alan Robinson had a big week. Travis Benjamin in Cleveland.

Any of those guys you're targeting this week to continue at good values? Not really. I just don't think that Benjamin is going to be consistent. I think when you're doing tournaments, you do need to have one of those guys that you hope will just have a huge monster game that is under the radar. But I don't think Benjamin is going to be a consistent guy. I mean, that guy ran nine.

passing routes. And that's just really not all that great. And he only had a team high three catches. So he's got the big playability, but he's also got that bus too. So if you're doing a cash game, I wouldn't suggest Benjamin. But maybe, I mean, you can put him in in a GPP, a big tournament play. But I just wouldn't consent. The consistency is just not going to be there from him.

I do like Fitzgerald, though. Sorry, I do like Larry Fitzgerald. I think that we've seen that even last year, he has a connection with Palmer already just shy of 200 yards. He obviously had a big day with 3 TDs, but 14 catches. I do like Larry Fitz, and his price is fairly cheap as well this week. So let's talk big time guys. You know, you got your Rogers, your big Ben. Guys that cost a lot of cash, who is worth the money this week?

I really do think Tom Brady's worth the money this week. I think they're going to put up a lot of points on Jacksonville. I would stay away. I'm kind of fading Dionne Lewis. Everybody loves him. I like the price at 6.7. But Jacksonville has actually been fairly good against the run. Even only in two games, they're allowing their running backs. It's only 2.9 yards per carry. And Lamar Miller ran against him. Stewart ran against him. So there's just some decent backs that people were on. And I think this could be a blunt week. I mean, every time we think we have the Patriots backfield figured out.

And Billichick just throws us, throws a loop for us, and then we're on our way. So I think Tom Brady, 8-7 against Jacksonville, I think they're going to throw the ball there a lot. And we saw even last year, or last week against Buffalo, they were up and they were still throwing the ball at time. So Brady at 8-7, I think it's worth a shot.

Even Edelman, 31 targets leads the league by like five or six targets. So I like Edelman at 7.7. Even Gronk, I think you can get all three of them and be happy about it. And you're going to have to obviously find some value. Marshawn Lynch is a guy that I'm going to be playing at 8-7. Certainly against Chicago, I think Seattle's going to take their frustration out on Claussen and Chicago Bears this weekend. Russell Wilson at 8-4, I like. So you mentioned a lot of the same guys on the same team. Do you like to...

pair a quarterback with a pass catcher so that, you know, if those guys come through, they come through big, or do you like to split them up and hedge your bets? Yeah, that's a great question, guys. I mean, obviously, I talked about Brady and Julian Edelman. I'd like to have that paired up. It's funny that you mention that because the last two millionaire winners on Fandul had a running back paired up with a quarterback, and I think that's a contrarian stack. A lot of people are sometimes overthinking things. Week one was Brady and Lewis.

And then week two was Big Ben and Williams. And I was thinking to myself last week when I thought the Saints were going to roll over Tampa Bay. I thought maybe I'll go Breeze and I like cooks, but maybe I'll go Ingram. Nah, that's not a smart thing to do. But it actually may not be a bad idea to have a running back in the backfield who can catch. Maybe a Danny Woodhead and you go Phillip Rivers or whatnot. But for the most part, for me, I really just do feel more comfortable in having, you know, Brady and an Edelman or Brown and a Big Ben.

So let's talk some value guys. These are, we're going to scrape the barrel a little bit, some lower end type players that you got to fill up the roster because you spent big on Antonio Brown. Who do you like this week for value plays?

For quarterbacks, it's kind of funny to say, but maybe Mallet. Maybe Mallet at 6-3 against Tampa Bay is fairly cheap. I love Cam Newton's price at 7-9 against the Saints. He's just a threat to get in the end zone himself, which is six points. That's a bonus. I think 7-9. I mean, this guy's not even in the top 10 in pricing. Tyrod Taylor has been fantastic at 7,000. I mentioned Dionne Lewis's price at 6-7 is really nice, but Devante Freeman at 6-5. Now he's the back. I'm looking at volume. I don't think he's going to be spectacular, but there's just nobody.

else there in that backfield. So at 6-5, Devante Freeman is nice. Even the other side of that game is Randall at 6-5 as well. I still think Moncrief is undervalued at $6,000 against Tennessee. I really think if you watch that game, luck, you know, he wasn't spectacular, but he found a rapport with Moncrief, and I think you're going to see that, continue to see that for at the course of the season. Jeremy Macklin at 6-5 against Green Bay, especially if they're down in the game, they're going to throw the ball. I like Rashad Matthews at 5-7. I think that he's

He's got 10 targets, which is the second most in that Dolphins team. He's got 13 of, you know, he's got 13 catches, which is nice. He's actually got 10 catches and 13 targets. Excuse me, guys. That's okay. I like that price as well. And then even going down the list, maybe guys won't play. Kenny Britt at 5'4. I think the secondary in Pittsburgh is not all that great. And I think Fools, he could take a shot downfield. And I think Kenny Britt is worth a shot at 5,400. Do you have just a couple tight ends who, like, are you?

Do you like Ebron this week or guys like that? I do. I do like Ebron. I like Witton if he's going to play and it looks like he is going to play. Now you're going to have to spend $6,000 in this guy. But again, we're looking at some shoddy quarterback play this week. So Brennan could look at Weeden a lot. Here's a play that I think, I don't think we'll work in cash games. But how about Gary Barnage? Oh, my.

Yes, oh my. I'm only going this way because Oakland allowed big plays to Eifford and Gilmore. And I think it's just, if you're going to play in a tournament, you're not going to play in a head-to-head, a 50-50 a cash game where you're just looking at this long shot. Why not go Gary Barnage and just see, I mean, that's secondary. The linebackers in Oakland, they're just not very good. So there's a shot there. I know it's a long one. Don't get at me if it doesn't work out. But it could. I mean, it could work out.

All right, so a big shout out, and thanks again to Chris Meaney from the Fantasy Sports Network hosts a fan duel show. And we will talk to you next week, my friend. Have a good one. All right, good luck, week three, guys. Thanks for having me. All right, thanks again to Chris Meany for joining us on the show again today. We've got one more segment. It's one of my favorites, so let's get into it. Full stream ahead. All right, we're giving you some streaming options. Last week, we gave you Colin Kaepernick, Andy Dalton.

and Ryan Fitzpatrick. Now, they all had, Kaepernick actually finished as the fourth. QB4. QB4. So he was a good stream last week, and Dalton and Fitzpatrick didn't do too bad themselves. So this week, I'm going to turn it over to Jason first, and we're going to get his stream of the week at the quarterback position. Who would you stream if you're looking for somebody?

to produce this week. My stream of the week is going to be Alex Smith. We just talked about him. It's the highest point spread in Vegas, so there's going to be points put up there. Historically, in Green Bay, he has performed well. He has averaged over 200 yards a game and two touchdowns a game with, like, 0.25 interceptions. So I believe that you've got Jeremy Macklin, who is waiting for a breakout game. You've got Travis Kelsey, who...

is the perfect weapon against Green Bay and Jamal Charles. He's going to get two touchdowns in over 200 yards. That's what I'm predicting. And generally speaking, that's good enough to be a quarterback one. Last week, pretty much every quarterback on the planet had seven touchdowns and 800 yards. I threw for 184 and 2 last week.

Just so you know, we're trying to identify some guys that have low ownership percentages at the quarterback position that you can sign off of waivers and throw into your lineup if you're streaming that position. So, Mike, who is your stream of the week? I'm going with Tyrod Taylor. Oh, and by the way, Alex Smith had, he has a 26% ownership percentage right now. Thank you. So, sorry. Tyrod Taylor is owned in 41% of ESPN leagues. This is what he is averaging. This was his baseline.

200 yards in the air, 40 yards on the ground, and a touchdown. So I'd rather have two touchdowns as my baseline, but the 40 yards as your floor makes up for it. And he's going against Miami. He's on the road. So that's a little, that's not my favorite, but I just like the bills so much. And Miami was just torched.

by a one Blake Bortles. So I have great faith in Tyrod Taylor. I'm going to throw on a little extra stat for you. We talked about Philip Rivers in the adjusted accuracy percentage. I believe Tyrod Taylor is number four in the league right now in adjusted accuracy. So he has been playing very well just from a quarterback perspective. I think he has the longest time in the pocket right now, which means he's committing to that despite getting the rushing yards. It's looked very good, very good for Tyrod Taylor. So mine is a guy that is only owned in 7.4% of leagues.