Starts of the Week + Week 8 Breakdown, “Little Bit Rain” - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/29

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Hey, this is Darren Waller, tied in for the Las Vegas Raiders. I am the Waller's, and you are listening to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast. Coo, Coooochoo! To the Fantasy Footballers Podcast with your host, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. Ah, welcome in. Oh, it's football time. Yeah. Little bit rain.

I didn't have enough characters. I ran out. I ran out of syllables, fellas. You went syllable choice versus coherent sentence. I follow the music. Did you say Little Bit Rain? Little bit rain. Oh, my gosh. Welcome into the fantasy footballers podcast. Kevin Malone. There's supposed to be some rain tonight. That's the implication from your... I follow up here. I've got sources, and they have all said Little Bit Rain. Little bit rain. That is the new... Yeah, shorthand.

Welcome into the show. The fantasy footballers, Andy Mike and Jason back with you Thursday, October 29th. Also known as the last episode before we debut our Halloween costumes tomorrow, which is always a good time. I know Brooks is a little scared. He gets a little bit jumpy around Halloween. But you're doing okay, right? I'm okay for now. You're not too, okay for now. It's mostly the ghosts. Can I ask you a question, Mike? Yes. Is the, is, uh,

Double B, Big Beard. Is Big Beard coming back? You think Big Beard? Oh, on my face? Yeah. I mean, you used to be Big Beard. I don't know. I did look in the mirror the mirror the other day and went, whoa. What happened? You don't, you don't, things sneak up on you. Sure. You know, like you look in the mirror. All of a sudden, there's a spare tire around your waist. You go, where did that go? Hey. Oh, holy Toledo. Bad mirror. And the beard has kind of done that. I honestly have no idea. I don't know what I'm doing with my life these days.

Okay, that turned existential pretty quick. Jason, you trimmed yours up. You were getting a little disheveled as well. Yeah, I trim mine up. I'm getting my life in order. Everything is perfect. Good, good. We have matchups on today's show. We've got some news to talk about starts of the week. Jason's all trim for Boom Boom Kicker.

So that's good. He always tries to dress up for Boom Boom Kicker. We take a little set break. Yeah, absolutely. You guys don't realize this. Usually we record our shows as just one thing. We go and then trim the ends off and upload it. But on Thursdays, we actually stop before Boom Boom. I take about a 10 to 15 minute break in the bathroom, freshen up. I try to trim my beard according to the boom boom. So you'll see today. Now that you know.

watch and pay attention. You'll see. You'll notice. Yeah, you put the boom boom cologne on. A little strong, but, but it's all right. Don't recommend. Yeah. Boom, boom. Somehow I feel a little bit safer, COVID-wise, when you put that on because that's strong. Oh, yeah. It's called rocket ship. Oh, yeah. All right. Twitter at the FF ballers, the fantasy footballers.com for ranking starts it to a player. Profiles. More upgrades. Red zone data. Is that going in today?

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I think that covers it. Let's take it to 100. Taking it up to 100. Presented by Head and Shoulders, available at Walmart. I think I just figured out your Cologne name, Mike. My Cologne? Yeah. It's a little bit rain. Little bit rain. I love it. Just a little bit. Just a little bit rain. It's just a little bit fresh. Yeah. Not all the way. No, no, no. For when you want just the right amount of musk.

A little bit rain. All right. Last week's results, Tom Brady took a 200. So I took the lead on the year. You sure did. And we have week eight picks right now. Players that we think will take it up to 100. This weekend, I am going to go out on a limb. I have a lead on the season. And, you know, let's jeopardize that immediately. Let's jeopardize it with AJ Green against

Tennessee, back-to-back weeks with the double-digit target numbers. But I'm going out on a limb because I think it's touchdown time for A.J. Green. So if he doesn't hit 100 yards or a touchdown this week, I will accept the miss. I'm not going to live on this, you know, 8 for 54 if he ends up there. I'm calling for an A.J. Green touchdown. However, I do.

wonder if they are forced feeding that man targets ahead of the November 3rd trade deadline. AJ Green to Green Bay. Hey, time to take it up to 100 then this week. I mean, yeah. I think it's possible that they're feeding him targets and he could end up going to Green Bay. How was in how do they not make that move, AJ Green Bay? I mean, it's, I agree. It's right there. It's, uh, it's why Dallas Goddard belongs on the Cowboys.

As does DJ Dallas. But Jason, you've got a 100 pick. Sure. So for AJ Green to take it to 100, you're saying you're not going to accept any, you know, eight for 64. My guy, that would be sweet. I'm going with Denzel Mims. Okay, this is the rookie wide receiver for the New York Jets. And usually.

Rookie wide receivers aren't something that you always want to start. And usually Jets aren't always someone you want to start. But the reality is with a lot of biweek's injuries going on, Denzel Mims, I believe as a player, you can start in fantasy this week. The bar that I'm kind of setting is that double digit half point PPR. I think he's going to be alone there. There's no Bershawd Perryman. It looks doubtful for Jameson Crowder. You're going to be trailing from about...

42 seconds. They're already trailing. Yes, they are, they start giving three nothing Kansas City right now. That's right. So I think Denzel Mims in a PPR, half PPR league, he's just too necessary. He will be utilized and you can put him in your lineup this week. And my guy is very similar to your situation, Jason. I'm going Brandon. I yukin.

From the San Francisco 49ers, the rookie he is taking on the Seattle Seahawks who are allowing the most points to fantasy wide receivers. And you'll say, well, okay, how many? How many points are they giving up? Well, the Seahawks are giving up 49 points a game to the wide receiver position. The second most will be the Browns at 40. At this far into the season, we have a nine point gap on an average weekly basis that the Seahawks are allowing. They are very generous.

They welcome all fantasy wide receivers. And on top of that, the number one guy, the man, Debo Samuel for the San Francisco 49ers. He will be out. I like Jimmy Garoppolo and Brandon Ayuk to take it up to 100. Well, and let me just make a point here, something that happens far too often in fantasy. I agree with you. Brandon Ayuk, a great play. He is not going to.

account for all of the wide receiver fantasy points. Correct. On San Francisco. I haven't heard one word from one soul about Kendrick Bourne this week, who is atop the depth chart, who is not the more gimmicky end-around kind of player. Ayuk is the Debo. He's baby Debo. But I just want to bring the name up. If you need to take a shot in the dark, you know, we talk about whether it's Mims, whether it's Higgins, whether Bourne should be somewhere in that conversation.

I agree with you. Take your hair up to 100 with head and shoulders. Available at Walmart. Pick yours up today and check out next Tuesday's episode to hear me apologize when AJ Green does not get 100 or a touchdown. He's got it. News and notes from around the league. All right. Jason, you have breaking news? A little bit of breaking, broken news. So you know how your watch is broken? Gardner. Gardner Menchu has.

Really not been playing the best football of late. Adam Schaefter tweeting that X-rays during this week revealed that Gardner Minchu's right thumb has multiple fractures and strained ligaments. So he has been playing with a broken thumb since October 11th. What? And I assume he's going to keep playing because he has been, but at least we have an excuse. He's playing with a broken thumb? Multiple fractures, according to Adam Schaefter.

Interesting. That seems suboptimal. Well, the film checks out. Yeah. If you were playing with the broken thumb, it would look pretty much like Gardner's look lately. Does that make DJ Shark drop all the passes that hit him in the hands? Maybe. Okay. Does DJ Shark have a broken thumb? Also, maybe. I mean, this broken thumbs just pop up. I've had this thing for weeks. Godwin's broken finger popped up out of nowhere. Watch your hands, everybody. Yeah.

The Giants have quarantined all but four of their offensive linemen after one tested positive for COVID. This was very similar to what happened last week with Las Vegas Raiders, right? And then fortunately, it stayed confined to the one offensive lineman. And that's what we're hoping for here. That way, Daniel Jones can break 80, 90 yard.

But it does mean that they will not be able, at least for one day, but probably more than one day will not be able to practice together, just like what we saw last week with the Raiders having their offensive line not able to practice. It is ironic that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers get to face both of those teams in back-to-back weeks. Yeah, and I don't think, I mean, Devonta Freeman got banged up last week. Wayne Galman's not a great option. Nobody's a great option there. All right, Christian McCaffrey, it's official.

or as close to officials we can get right now. We'll not play tonight against the Atlanta Falcons. A league source confirmed to ESPN. So Mike Davis gets another opportunity here against Atlanta. One last ride, Mike Davis. But you said no more gummy bear juice. It looks like it. I mean, I don't know what he did this week. Okay. I also don't know where you get gummy bear juice. Yeah, it's hard to come by during a kind of like a quarantine. Yeah.

They're not manufacturing as much. Is there a black market for that? Probably. All right. Two tough situations, running back situations that we are waiting every moment for more and more information on. Well, now the Seattle backfield that look like, oh, you know, they've got nobody. Maybe they have everybody because Chris Carson has now declared a game time decision. Peach Cobbler. For week eight against the number one rated run defense in terms of fantasy points against. Then there's Carlos Hyde.

whose hamstring tightness has now been declared nothing major. So he will be available. The big problem here is that this is an afternoon game. So you won't know in the morning when you're making your start-sit decisions whether or not, I should say you probably won't know by then, whether or not Chris Carson is available, in which case I think you have to bench.

If you have to make the decision Sunday morning as to whether you're putting Chris Carson into your lineup or whoever you have as your alternate, I think you're going to be forced to put the alternate in the lineup. Yeah, obviously, if you have an alternate in the later games, you'll have the luxury of waiting, or if you have Carlos Hyde, you'll have the luxury of waiting. But if neither of those situations are there, and it's San Francisco and the injury is, you know, he could get knocked out again. I mean, he was knocked out last week. Jason's exactly right.