Starts of the Week + Week 4 Breakdown, “Having a Trouble” - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/1

Did you stumble into that or did you have it planned out and you just executed flawlessly? That was on the fly, my man. Oh, man. Unbelievable. That was, that's pretty good. Thank you. Yeah, that's just. That's all I can give you. Shut it down. We're done. We're done for the day. Okay. So Gardner, Menshew, Joe Burrow. Can you start both of these quarterbacks this week? I, well, I'll say this for Gardner. I believe you should be able to play him.

But last week without DJ Chark, that was very worrisome to see just how important DJ Chark was to the passing attack. They couldn't do very, very much against the Miami Dolphins. So if DJ Chark is out, I'm going to pivot away. I mean, if you're playing someone like Gardner, you're playing the lower tier, you're streaming, give me Ryan Fitzpatrick. But if DJ Chark is in and you don't really have a huge option, like you're in Dynasty and your quarterbacks aren't great,

If Chark's in, then yes, you can play Gardner. I agree with you. And I don't know that we expect Chark in. Gardner is worrisome. But on the other side, Joe Burrow is someone you should start. Yeah, he's in play. He's looked excellent. I think they've done good things with their receiving core. The fact that they said, you know what, John Ross, I know you got a lot of draft capital, but you just don't get it done. We're going to go ahead. Oh, you're healthy. You're still not active for this game. We're going to bring in our early round draft pick, T. Higgins.

to go with Tyler Boyd, who's got a good connection, and then hopefully A.J. Green still has something. The weapons... This is the walk-the-plank game for A.J. Green. If A.J. Green is not a fantasy contributor to this week, it's time to go. Yes, but regardless, A.J. Green can, even if he has a mediocre game, he can help open things up for Joe Burrow. I think you should be starting a perfect example of, you know, we talked about Tom Brady earlier.

If I had Tom Brady and Joe Burrow, Joe Burrow would be in my starting lineup. Okay. What about Drew sampler platter, Drew Pooh? One reception last week, Jason Moore. You talked me into Drew last week. That's a poo sample. It is. And then you got the Jaguars defense ranked 30th against fantasy wide or tight ends. Look.

I'm not in any kind of redraft. You can't possibly start Drew Sample. But I think this... Not even a little taste. I think this week will show you... Well, because you just don't want to clog a roster. T. Higgins looked like he had a much more significant role. I'm pretty interested in seeing how it works out. T. Higgins, on the field last week, looked like he took my Drew sample. It was like, wait, who's this tight end? Oh, that's T. Higgins. He is, you know, he's out there. So, you know, if that's...

a type of player and archetype that, you know, the Jaguar struggle against, that's where I would put my side. Tyler Boyd is the wide receiver to start for Cincinnati, above all others. I agree. And on the other side, Chark, hopefully he's back. We're going to monitor practice reports and get back with you on that. If he's, if he's active, because he's limited today in practice, that means we still don't know. If he comes back, are you immediately starting him against the Bengals? The Bengals defense has some deceptive.

metrics right now. They are seventh against fantasy quarterbacks and fourth against wide receivers. And so you're saying to yourself, well, that is, that's intimidating for chart coming back from injury. They played tie rod Taylor in week one. Okay. They went up against Baker and the running offense in week two. And then the Carson Wins experience in the tie. So that's not a, and you know, you talk about wide receiving options. It does not make me think the Cincinnati defense is that level of great. So I think Chark is somebody that.

You probably have to play if you drafted him. Okay. And he's active. If I have any kind of other pivot, I would prefer to bench him. It's not like he was great before the injury. Now he's got the injury coming back if he's hampered at all. I know he had, you know, he caught all of his targets and had a touchdown or two. But it wasn't what you hoped for. You know, if I had a Devonte Parker. I like the overunder and the chance that Burrow puts up big points and they have to catch up. Sure. Sure.

But we, so we kind of disagree on Chark. Would you play Chark or Crowder? Well, they're both coming off of injury, so I'll go Chark. I think that the ceiling is higher there. All right. Can anybody give me Chark for my James and Crowder, please? After you've driven his value down a little bit, maybe that trades on the table. Yeah, all right. Chark stinks, man. Who's got him? Probably, Mike. The Cleveland Browns. Man, Cowboys games and over-unders. The Cleveland Browns, two and one.

Dallas Cowboys 1 and 2. Cowboys 4.5 point favorites with a 56 point over under. There we go. There we go. We talked about the fact that we might not have cream hunt in this game. We are waiting to see what happens Thursday, Friday practices. But Dak and Baker. I mean, Dak, in your lineup. Zeke in your lineup. Are you confident with Cooper, Lamb, and Gallup? I...

Confidence, that's a tough thing to fully put onto C.D. Lamb and Michael Gallup. I mean, Gallup hit last week, C.D. Lamb. Also, monitor Cid Lamb, because he kind of had, like, a weird leg whip where a defender ran into his leg. He missed time after that. Really didn't do anything in the game after that as well. I haven't heard a report on him, but he got hurt last week. So this is one of those, like, unreported.

injuries that you need to pay attention to. I'm not super confident, but I'm probably playing all of them. I'm playing all three. I'm not playing Cedric Wilson until I know for sure that he's involved in it. But C.Lame and Michael Gallup, you can play them as low-end wide receiver two, as I believe. Is this the game where Dallas is finally not coming from behind and Zee can get his work done? I mean, Cleveland's been really rough on defense this year. Dallas has been playing from behind all year long.

Is this Zeke's kind of breakout week? Probably not. I think it's going to be more of what you've seen, which is good. I mean, nobody should be disappointed in Ezekiel Elliott. Maybe you regret not taking Camara. But outside of that, Zeke has been solid, reliable, and will continue to be so. But this is a passing team. The Cowboys defense has been bad. And they are going to, you know, the question is really to me is, can Baker?

pass the ball well enough in this very high over-under game against a very beatable defense, a secondary that looks not up to the task. This should be an Odell Beckham Jr. game. It should be. 41.2 points per game given up to opposing wide receivers by Dallas through the first three weeks. This should be a Beckham game. It should be a Beckham game. What about a Landry or Hooper game? No. What is the status of Hooper? He got banged up as well last week, and we saw the rookie Harrison Bryant.

tight end. He was the one who got the touchdown for the Cleveland Browns. So I take it all back. I wasn't playing Hooper anyways. That just was never happening. Why discuss Hooper? Exactly. Yeah, okay. Now, I will say this, the same way that we point out that the Colts defense looks inflated. The Dallas Cowboys defense that is so beatable in Baker and O'Dell should have a good game, you know, they did play against Russell Wilson and they played against Matt Ryan with Julio Jones.

and the Rams in week one. So they've gone up against much better quarterbacks than Baker. Dalton Schultz will talk about him shortly. He's somebody that you can start this week. I have confidence in him for sure. The New Orleans Saints at 1 and 2 take on the Detroit Lions at 1 and 2. The Saints are 4.5 point favorites in this game. It's a 54 point over under. Why are they dancing around that number? Oh!

Andy's almost upset of the week. Well, well, well. I didn't really plan that one. But when I saw the line and the Lions having, they've had some success. They've had some close games. I have confidence with them at home to compete with the Saints. Saints have some stuff going a little bit sideways for them right now. I'm not been impressed with Drew Breeze. We don't know if Michael Thomas is going to be back out there.

It's kind of iffy. Is he limited when he's back out there? And Kenny Galladay, you know, back on the field makes such a difference to this Detroit offense. All right. I don't mind it because I love Matthew Stafford this week. On the lion's side, I love Stafford now that Kenny Gallaudet is back and looked good enough. You look like you get him another week of rest and recovery and he should be, you know, mostly the Kennedy Gallaudy that we are used to. Meanwhile, the running backs of Detroit.

continue to stay away. I'm not playing anybody on this team. And we'll talk about, we'll talk about T.J. Hawkinson on the lion's side of the ball here in a little bit. I think it's a good play. The Saints have really been confounded by opposing tight ends so far on the season. I was only going to say Adrian Peterson is a start if you are somebody that is waiting for Chris Carson to play and you have to make a last second pivot because.

that he's in the Frank Gore category. And you aren't going to have that choice with Frank Gore because he's playing tonight. So if you need the desperation, I'm going to get 20 opportunities player. Peterson is that. He's going to get 20 opportunities. It's not going to look pretty, but he's not going to goose you. He's the one I would play of the three if I were backed into that corner. Obviously, Alvin Camara. I would love to start him.

If you like to start Alvin Camara, Jameson Crowder, Jason. It's tough, but if I could trade Jameson Crowder straight up, I would do it. You wouldn't include anything else, but if you could get it straight up. Yeah, if I could get the superhero. You don't want to overpay. Can you play Drew Brees? Yeah. So here's the thing. Yes, here's why. Alvin Camara, that is a big reason why. And also, I do think Michael Thomas gets back. The fact that they didn't place him.

on the short-term IR, the fact that he didn't practice until now when he is back practicing, I expect him to be there. And so the combination of those two guys with the fact that the Detroit Lions, I think, can keep up in this game. I don't expect them to win. I took the Saints to cover this spread. But, you know, Stafford and Hawkinson and Gawaday, they're going to be able to do enough to where...

Drew Breeze continues throwing the ball. Drew Breeze or Joe Burrow versus Jacksonville? I'm going to take Joe Burrow. I really like Joe Burrow. Drew Breeze or Ryan Fitzpatrick versus Seattle. Get out of here. Get out of here. I know. I knew the answer to that one. Ryan Fitzpatrick all day. Jared Cook, need to monitor if Drew Breeze will have him as a weapon in this game. Assuming if Michael Thomas plays, you're not taking a shot on any other.

Saints wide receivers. That is correct. Are you done with Marvin Jones? Is this experiment over with his lack of production through the first three weeks and then Goliday being back? Yes, which means 50-yard touchdown incoming for Marvin Jones. Probably right. Seattle Seahawks at 3-0 take on the one and two Miami Dolphins. This game is a 52.5. 52 and a half over under. Seahawks are six and a half point road favorites. You can play both quarterbacks. Obviously, Russ is in your lineup. Ryan Fitzpatrick. I mean, the Seahawks.

have allowed three straight top seven quarterback finishes. Yeah, we're all like, you know, super excited for Russell Wilson that he's, he looks like he's being unleashed the term, they're letting him cook, you know. Yeah, unlimited. And which he's Mr. Unlimited. And it's a shout out to the coaching staff. But we, we're not thanking the right people here. Shout out to the Seattle defense. You guys are coming through in a way that fantasy players are.

Look, chefs kiss to you guys. Because you're the real heroes. You're the real MVPs here who are, in fact, letting Russell Wilson cook. So thank you. Y'all suck. When you are mixing up the cauldron, the recipe for a record-setting fantasy season, you must add one part bad defense. Yes. You must. It's what drove the Mahomes 50 touchdown season.

Now, obviously, Russ is on his way to 75 touchdown, so that's a little bit different. By the way, do you know who the number three wide receiver is in total yardage in the NFL right now? DK Metcalf. D.K. Metcalfe. Yeah, he has exceeded all expectations. 72 yards per reception right now. I mean, that's what it feels like every single time that that ball goes to the moon, eventually comes down in DK Metcalf's outstretched hands. Even the people who were out there.

And look, I admit I was not fully touting DK Metcalf. I liked him where he was in the draft, but it came down to, well, I like Tyler Lockett a bit more. Even the people who were fully teamed DK Metcalf, I don't think you could have expected what has happened through these first three weeks. I think you're going to end this season with two wide receiver ones for fantasy. I think you're going to have Tyler Lockett and DK Metcalf both as a top 12 wide receiver this season. As of right now.

Lockett is number two. Metcalf is number four at the position, which is pretty incredible. Miami does not stand in the way of those two players, nor Russell Wilson. Those are your three main starts from the Seattle offense. Beyond that, it gets way too murky right now at the running back position. Hide if Carson is out or Peterson.