Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Week 5 Fantasy Forecast, Starts of the Week, TNF Preview, News

Talents. Hey. I'm just kidding. We're moving up. He's actually active. Moving up. Dionne Lewis is 30th against the run. Lewis has been heavily involved. He's great in PPR leagues. Dionne Lewis is my start of the week. All right. Wide receivers, I'm going to give you mine. It is the Alshon Jeffrey slash Eddie Royal start. If Jeffrey goes, Casey's dead last against the past. We talked about them as our upset of the week. Jay Cutler is Jason's start of the week. Stream.

Oh, and start. Yeah, I apologize. And so if Jeffrey's there, I handcuffed him in our league of record with Eddie Royal this week because I know that the targets will be there for whoever's that top passing option. So if it's not Jeffrey, I'm just going to slide Royal in there and I hope he gets some PPR numbers and a touchdown. If it isn't Royal, which I hope is not, I hope Jeffrey's back. I expect a big game from him. And I'm going with Kamar Aiken.

And last week, five for 77 with a touchdown. We talked about Steve Smith is out. And the feared Joe Hayden right now is looking doubtful. And that is a huge blow to the secondary of the Cleveland Browns. Joe Flacco is still there. He's still an above average quarterback. And someone has to get the targets. Who was the Giants receiver I started a few years ago? Oh, do you remember? Ramsey's.

Barden? Ramsey's Barden. This is reminding me of that situation where, you know, nobody heard. Somebody's got to do it. Nobody heard of him. And then all of a sudden, Ramsey's Barton comes in and runs like eight straight posts and gets seven catches and has a good game. On Aiken was running ahead of Brashad Perryman through most of the training camp. And then, of course, Perryman got hurt. But I just, Kamar Aiken seems to be a guy that they have some trust in. Sure. They're...

Going to move forward with him, and I like him this week. The matchup is good. Yeah, if Hayden is out, I love that. Jason, your wide receiver start of the week is a guy that some people are worried about.

Yeah, I'm going with Jordan Matthews. He only got three catches for 50 yards, no touchdown last week. No touchdown the week before, less than 50 yards. So that's two weeks in a row under 50 yards. And the question is, has the NFL figured out how to stop the slot? Is anything going on with Philly's offense that can be good? On paper, the New Orleans matchup is not a great matchup for the wide receivers. They haven't given up a lot of points. That's a little skewed, though. One of those games was against Carolina.

who has no wide receivers. And Dallas with Brandon Whedon, who doesn't throw to the wide receiver. So I think Jordan Matthews is a great bounceback. I've got no problem starting him over. There's just about no lineup. I can imagine that I would not have him in. So he's my start of the week. All right. At the tight-in position, I'm going with Antonio Gates. Yes. He's back on the PEDs. We hope so. No, that is the performance enhancing defense he's facing.

He's facing the Pittsburgh. I love it. He's facing the Pittsburgh Pirates. Oh, Steelers. That's what it is. 29 against the poor pirate fans, by the way. You need to preface that with incoming dad joke. Well, it's great. It's great, right? Pittsburgh 29. 29 against tight ends. That's breaking news. They can't stop people.

You've got Philip Rivers is your start of the week over there. I think Gates just rolls right into town and rumbles for a touchdown and is a cog of that offense. We don't know what's going on with Stevie Johnson. I think Antonio Gates is a great start this week. Jason, who's your tight-in?

My tight end, I talked about him last week. This is a clear easy pick for me. It's Owen Daniels. Owen Daniels is playing against the Oakland Raiders. Just like I don't play tight ends against the Ravens, I always play the tight end against the Raiders. The Raiders have given up a touchdown or two in every single game. And if there is an NFL quarterback smart enough to take advantage of gaping holes in the defense, it's clearly going to be Peyton Manning. Owen Daniels has a...

touchdown in his last two games. He hasn't been involved that much. His target numbers have gone up in every game except for the last one. Yeah. So I think against this matchup, it's great. You've got a great quarterback, a good touchdown opportunity, and he's available in just about every league. All right, Mike, that leaves you and your tight end of the week. I'm going back to Charles Clay. Tennessee is in the bottom in fantasy points against...

the tight ends. He had five catches against Miami. Nine last week against the Giants. He's spectacular. Sammy Watkins is looking doubtful. They need playmakers up there, and Tyrod Taylor is capable of getting the job done. Clay is still available in 50% of your leagues. You've got to be kidding me. So here's what you do. If you have a decent tight end on your team, you pick up Charles Clay and you trade the great guy that you've got.

Andy, you did this in one of your leagues already. If you've got Tyler Eifer, if you've got, you know, even a Greg Olson or someone that can nab you something great, go ahead and roll Charles Clay. He's going to be great for the rest of the year, I think, and, you know, and grab, you know, a great wide receiver running back, you know, one or two. All right. That is it for today's show. We'll be back with the other half of the week five matchups tomorrow. Make sure to check us out on Twitter at the FF Ballers.

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