The Halloween Show! + Week 8 Matchups, Candy Comps - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/29

and whether defense has looked porous. So it's really a question of what are we going to get this week? I love that it is in Los Angeles. I think that that ensures that the Chargers offense is going to be clicking and have, you know, a great offensive performance. And if that happens, it just so lines up really nicely with the New England Patriots that their offense has started getting it together with Mac Jones. Their running game is looking great. And the Chargers...

You know, this is a team that can't stop the run. They're 28th. I think they choose not to. Well, I agree. They are a funnel defense where they want to shut down the pass. So they're saying run the ball on us. And Uncle Bill and Damien Harris, they're like, yeah, that's what we want to do. This is perfect, man. Yeah, and the charge is like good.

Right. Please do that because it's not the efficient way to win a football game. 100%. I would be, I would design my defense like the Chargers. I would incentivize you to run the ball on me and not throw it well. So I think Damian Harris is a phenomenal play. Agreed. He's been great. It's been on a hot streak. And there's no way, no reason to go away from. Now, the other side of that same exact coin is really like, it's not even the other side. It's just the picture around the.

George Washington on the point. Like the family tree? Is the fact that, like, they don't give anything up to wide receivers. They are the number one defense against wide receivers, the number five against quarterback. You're not throwing on the Chargers. So I'm not doing the Jacoby Myers this week. Okay. I mean, full PPR, maybe, sure. But I'm not doing any other, I'm not playing with Mac Jones. I'm not playing with Kendrick Bourne, who's been on a hot streak. Like,

I'll look elsewhere for my wide receiver. What about Brandon Bolden? Are you going to mess with that? If it's a full PPR, I think you can. He should have enough of a baseline, but I think there are better options out there. The only receiving game guy that I want to play is Hunter Henry, because he has been good, and if you're going to beat the Chargers in the air, it's at tight end.

Giving up over 16 points a game to the tight end position. So yeah, I agree. Hunter Henry is Andy's start of the week. Over on the other side, Austin Echler, if he plays, I'm going to play him. That's how I'm going to treat it. But the other options on that team, Justin Jackson, Larry Roundtree, and we've seen Joshua Kelly starting to get some more work throughout the season. We kind of touched on it, but just are you, if Echler is unfortunately ruled out, are you?

willing to start any of those guys against New England. Yeah, it's tough because you don't know who it's going to be. It would be Justin Jackson, but I know the name you're going to bring out. Is it P. Rhine? No. Oh, okay. But yes, Somaget P. Ryan or one of these guys. I mean, I think that the issue with all of the players, everyone left here and Samajie P. Ryan is you have no guarantee of touches. You just don't know. Samajai P. Ryan could have four touches be completely irrelevant. Boston Scott or.

Justin Jackson in case of emergency. I would take Justin Jackson because he has a chance to be the one. I don't think Boston Sky has a chance to be the one. And I would take P. Ryan over the backups here behind Austin Eckler. Keenan Allen is in with his nearly 10 targets a game. Mike Williams full practice. So he is absolutely in. And Jared Cook, he's.

He's one of those. Every week you can possibly stream him. I think I'm looking for a different option this particular week. You know what I hate about Jared Cook? What's that, Jason? I mean, as the resident cook. Yes. You are a man who knows about... I know about cooking. You got to do the cook by the book. The thing I have against Jared Cook is Donald Parham. But Donald Parham, he's a more athletic, younger, tight-in that...

get some of those tight-in touchdowns. And I hate it. If all the tight-in touchdowns were going to Jared Cook, I'd be really, really confident. And I'm not because they don't. Hold your nose and close your eyes. The Jacksonville Jaguars at 1 and 5 are taking on the Seattle Seahawks at 2 and 5. The Draft King Sportsbook line is look, the Seahawks are favored by three and a half points. The overrunner is 44 and a half. Now, stinky on paper NFL matchup, but is there a secret spice?

of fantasy football that we can extract from this matchup, Mr. Fieri. Yes, there is. And it's the running game of both teams. Okay. This is going to be a lower scoring game where the passing game, I think that the Seahawks defense has stepped it up in the absence of Russell Wilson. They realize that this is how they're going to have to win games. And so I don't love the Jaguars passing.

options, but they've still not been great against the run. They're the second worst for fantasy points given up to running backs. And no matter what I say, James Robinson, you're going to start him because he's just been... Correct. He's been unstoppable. But on the other side of the ball, Alex Collins, to me, is a really, really good play. I mean, you want to run the ball against the Jaguars because you have as good a chance. Is that because you have Gino Smith? Well, it's one, it's because you have Gino Smith, and it's because you...

could be in the lead. Now, because of Gino Smith, you could not be in the lead, but because of the Jaguars, you could be in the lead. So it's like a triangle system here of options. But I think if you look at the workload of Alex Collins.

It seems safe. That is, that's a triangle. Yep. Okay. So the workload of Alex Collins has been great. The last three games, he's averaging 18.7 opportunities a game. He was inefficient last week, but last week was against New Orleans Saints in a rainy game. You still saw that he was the dude. I think Alex Collins great play. It looked like they were trying to make Penny the dude. And then he was not the dude. I don't think they were ever trying. I think they just brought him in.

Like they gave a drive to Alex Collins, and then they're like, okay, Rashad Penny, you're up. Let's see what you got. Okay, you got nothing. Let's go back to Alex Baer to Collins. Marvin Jones is, he's worth the play as a lower-end wide receiver two. What are you doing with D.K. McAfeef, Tyler Lockett. Tyler Lockett is a bench for me. I am treating. So Tyler Lockett is incredibly difficult because, yes, he disappears sometimes with Russell Wilson, but.

The way I'm treating Tyler Lockett is almost like he is the one who is hurt. Like Russell Wilson is the actual human who is physically hurt. But Tyler Lockett's hurt. I can't put him in my IR, but I'm going to hold on to him on my bench. I'm not dropping him. Russell Wilson will be back in at least a couple weeks. And the fantasy football season, while it seems like it's moving rapidly, we're still only at just around the halfway point. Yeah, we're not halfway there yet. So I'm holding on to Lockett.

D.K. Metcalf is... He's still... He's gigantic. He's athletic, so you can start him. Yeah. I mean, Lockett can have one of those 80-yard touchdowns as well, but D.K. Metcalfe just seems more likely to be involved. Levisca Chalte, I mean, no. No, no thank you until I'm proven otherwise. And then the tight ends, the Jaguars, it's a good matchup to attack with the tight-end position. They are...

ranked 29th giving up over 15 fantasy points a game. Are you rolling with Gerald? Same match. Would you roll with Gerald Everett or would you go with the postman, Dan Arnold on the other side? I would go with the postman because I think, you know, if one of these quarterbacks is going to get it done, it's going to be Trevor Lawrence. They actually, I felt like they really tried to get Everett more involved last week. They gave him a carry, a couple of targets. He did nothing because their offense could do nothing. And granted, it was still.

good defense and a bad weather game. So I'm keeping my eyes on Everett, but I'm not going to, I don't have any confidence to actually plug them in a lineup. The Washington football team is two and five, taking on the Denver Broncos at three and four. The draft king sportsbook line, Broncos favored by three and a half points, and the over under is at 44 and a half. Washington has been disappointing. You have Taylor Heineke, who it looks.

In the right matchup, you can definitely stream him, but against the Broncos who are number three, currently against fantasy quarterbacks. That is a no thank you. With a somewhat hobbled Terry McLaurin. I mean, he's obviously, he's practiced on full, practiced full on Thursday, and, you know, he's going to be out there. So this isn't a worry of you need to pivot. Are you considering benching Terry McLaurin?

I'm not considering benching Terry McLaurin because of how good Terry McLaurin is. But I am looking at the rest of my lineup and saying, you know, I need more because I don't think Terry McLaurin is going to have a great game. And his, whatever limitation he has will certainly make the stinky heinic, heinous unplayable. Okay. We're not considering benching Terry McLaurin, but are we considering?

The Denver Broncos are top 10 against fantasy running backs, giving up under 20 fantasy points a week to the position. Are you considering benching my champion, Antonio Gibson? Man, that's really, really hard. I would play someone like Alex Collins ahead of them, but I don't think that most rosters have the ability to bench. Chuba Hubbard against Atlanta or Antonio Gibson. I would play Chuba.

That makes me sad. Yeah, I mean, it is sad. I don't hear what I'm not saying. I think Chuba and Alex Collins are really sad. Our fine starts this week. They're not great, but they're fine. You can definitely start, you know, you can start your champion Antonio Gibson. He has touchdown upside. Zach Moss against Miami. I'll go Gibson there. Okay. Okay. Okay. We got one. We didn't fall that far? That's great news.

On the other, J.D. McKissick, Smooch is like 61 and 64% of the snaps the last couple weeks. PPR leaks. PPR leaks. Gosh. You got me on that one. Did he get you? He did. I don't know why you forget about it. Probably because I'm focused on giving like hardcore hitting fantasy football analysis. You're working hard over there, Mike. I'm not. Do I look like a clown to you? No, you don't look like a clown. Do I look stupid? Yes.

But you don't look like a clown. You look more like a budget magician. Wait. So, wait, show. Oh. See, yeah. And also, everyone go to YouTube real quick because he does have a magic trick. And this won't play on the audio version of the podcast, but it's incredible. I'll save it. Oh, you're saying. Okay, save it for that when you're not. What a teaser. Well, no, I want them to know it's that it's coming. It's incredible.

Okay, we'll save that for later. Anything else in this game? Okay, we haven't talked about the Denver side. Yeah, so Teddy Bridgewater to me is absolutely in play as a streaming option. I shouted him out as my start of the week, not because I think he's a top five guy this week, but things are getting crazy in fantasy football right now, and I think that Teddy is worth playing with the return of Jerry Judy. How do you think Jerry, I mean, we're going to see in a week, but we're going to try and project. How do you think Jerry Judy's return will impact?

Cortland Sutton, who has been very solid. He's been the king of the air yards. He is who you hoped he would be. But Jerry Judy in week one was that dude. But I mean, you got to flashback to week one. Cortland Sutton just coming off of the ACL. Yeah. Judy breaking out. I think Cortland Sutton is primarily unaffected by Jerry Judy. I think that there is enough.

just enough talent in Teddy Bridgewater to fully support those two wider series. I think the biggest impact is probably on Noah Fant. You know, Corlin Sutton, I think, is going to get his. He demands his. And I think Jerry Judy's going to get his. He demands his. He was looking so good in his first game. Now, it'll be interesting. We'll find that in a week, whether they ease him in. I don't think so. I think they've waited long enough. He's ready to go. In week one.

In 47% of the snaps, he had already seen seven targets, which he turned into six for 72. Yeah. He was about to ball out. I'm excited to see his return. I'm probably looking.

for a different better option over Noah Fant. Obviously, you know, Tyler Higby. So is Judy right into your redraft starting lineups? He is absolutely right into my flex consideration. He's not a must start guy. The matchup is there. Yeah, but I'm not like afraid of, well, I have to wait a week to see. I believe he is going to be involved in the offense and his role now that he's back. And what about the running backs? What are we doing there?