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

I was going to ask the same question. Oh, you were? Yeah. Oh, then let me answer. Yes. If Chris Carson is out, Carlos Hyde is a player that you should absolutely be starting. I'm worried about the injury, the shoulder injury, maybe muddying that water and them splitting time behind Carson. That would be my concern. Yeah, I mean, we'll continue to monitor practice reports. If anything gets downgraded or, you know, if there's a legit worry, sure. But if he's starting and Chris Carson isn't, I think you can trust him.

All right, the dolphin side of the ball. Brian Flores came out yesterday, said Miles Gaskin is everything we want in a dolphin. Yeah, and he's flippers. Look, you can't ask for anything more than 27 touches in a game. His clicking sounds are incredible. I mean, the 27 touches. That's Derek Henryan. Can you do a dolphin? Except you get points per. No, I don't think so. I really don't think I can do it. Mike? Okay. Kind of bad.

I got to speed that up. It's everything you want. And you got to be louder. That was really quiet. Well, I was really scared it was going to be bad. I know. I'm trying to egg you on to get it bad. Go loud, Mike. What was I saying? You were making a great point. It was Derek Henry of Miles Gaston. Yeah, the touches are phenomenal. He is the centerpiece. And you're getting receiving work, which Derek Henry doesn't get. So if you're in a.

full PPR leak, even better. I still believe that the ceiling is extremely unlikable here for Miles Gaskin. They get around the goal line, he doesn't get the touchdowns. He is not good enough to score from 25 yards away. He gets tackled.

He might catch 10 passes. Absolutely. He might catch 10 passes. He's got a high floor and a low ceiling. He's someone that I think you can start in a pitch. I'd start him over Adrian Peterson. I'd start him over Frank Gore. He's a crawl space. You know, yeah, he's a crawl space. Sometimes they're necessary. All right, Devante Parker. We're going to talk about him a little bit later. You can play him this week. Mike Gisicki, sure. Yep. Sure. Absolutely. The Chargers at 1 and 2 take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 2 and 1.

The Buccaneers are seven and a half point favorites. It's a mere 43.5 point over under. But with the bucks being such heavy favorites, that gives them 25 and a half implied points. Chargers just 18, which makes it a little bit tough. But you kind of know who you're starting in Los Angeles. That is a mercy. You have Austin Echler and you've got Keenan Allen. Yep. And the question mark to me is Joshua Kelly.

whether or not you feel you can start him. Currently, I feel you cannot start him. This is a game I think we're expecting them to be losing. Vegas is expecting them to be losing, in which case that's not a great Joshua Kelly game script. That's an Austin Eccler game script. So outside of those two. I mean, Hunter Henry is okay. Yeah, for a tight end. I mean, if I have Hunter Henry, I'm happy. Hunter Henry or Mike Gisicki? Gisickey. Yeah, I'd go Gisickey for upside. Henry is not shown.

That he has that right now. On the other side, we talked about Brady. I mean, Brady's sitting on the waiver wire of a league of record. And nobody really wants them. That's where he's going to stay. You know, Godwin not being out there. Maybe no Scotty Miller. It doesn't seem special. And then Ronald Jones is a good start in this game. Yeah. Just based on volume and opportunity in the Vegas line. Mm-hmm.

Mike Evans is obviously a great start. He's phenomenal and he doesn't have Chris Godwin. Yeah. And he will probably catch more than one yard per touchdown this game. And then I think Gronkowski. I think I would play Gronkowski in this game over, would I play him over Hunter Henry. No, you wouldn't play him over Hunter Henry. I might. I might. They are probably not. All right. Anybody else from this game that you want to talk about or no offense tonight?

I'll play Noah Fant. Okay. Yeah. No. Let's not get nuts. Baltimore, the Ravens at 2 and 1 take on the Washington football team. Man, it's going to be bad for Dwayne Askins. Yes. This might be it, fellas. Over under three interceptions. Oh, no, let's make it two and a half. Oh, gosh. I'm going to take the under. I expect the funnel lost. What if it's two and a half turnovers? Oh, then I'll take the over. All right. Yeah. Ron Rivera.

head coach of Washington has saying he will have the patience. But if you have, if you take last week's game, throw in the Baltimore Ravens defense against Dwayne Haskins. Coming off a loss, this might be it. The Ravens are 13 point favorites. It's a 45 and a half point over under. That gives Washington 16 points to spread between Gibson and McLaren and Thomas and.

I, uh-oh. McLaurin is in because he's, look, they're going to be losing. Washington will be losing and McLawn is the entire passing offense. If I can sit Antonio Gibson, I'm trying to do that this week. He's my dude, but I'm not playing him with the Dwayne Haskins led offense against the Baltimore Ravens. Yeah, the Ravens right now are top five against running backs, fantasy points given up. This is not a Gibson game.

I agree. You're looking at Terry McLaurin and nobody else from the Washington football team. What about the other side? You have Lamar. Obviously, you're going to play him in this matchup. But Ingram, Dobbins, Gus Edwards. The running back position has been murky. We have Ingram just on the edges of RB2 in the rankings this week. But through three weeks, 62nd, 19th, 58. The 19th, because he got into the end zone. Seven attempts last week. I want to say Mark Ingram.

Sure. But the problem here is the way that this game ends up, Gus Edwards might be the running back who has the most fantasy points on this team when he comes up in, he turns into the janitor and he was just cleaning up the entire second half. Yeah, if they're up 17 points at some point, you're going to see the Gus bus driving downhill. So maybe that means you don't start anybody. I would still start, you know, we've been talking about the.

I think there's a new barometer called the Adrian Peterson barometer. Like, would you start over Adrian Peterson? And I would start Markingham. I would too. Over Adrian Peterson. When you're favored by this much, I'll run happy team. This is a great touchdown game for Mark Ingraham. It's also a great touchdown game for Mark Andrews. The Washington defense is 27th against opposing fantasy tight ends. It's giving up 14.6 points per game. You're going to play Mark Andrews.

The other question is actually Hollywood Brown. Hollywood Brown, it's like if you're going to play him, you would be playing him here. Yes, you will. Where I will. We talked about him quite a bit yesterday. So what happens if Hollywood Brown does not deliver in this game? Yeah, that's going to be really rough. If Hollywood Brown doesn't deliver, I think everybody's going to say you can't start him. His volatility is high, but when you talk about a 24% market share.

This is hopefully a get-right game for Lamar Jackson. If Lamar Jackson looks good, Hollywood will look good. And I'm speaking about the passing work, obviously, of Lamar Jackson. And, you know, the issue is, again, similar to what we're talking about with Gus Edwards. You know, you saw week one. The Ravens come out, trounce their opponent. Hollywood had 100 yards in the first half was awesome. But then they didn't really...

need it anymore from that point on. And so you could have that happen. You're just hoping Marquis Brown connects on one of the deep touchdowns. This is a big game for Hollywood. I think in terms of whether he ends up in fantasy lineups. And 17 starts in his career three times inside the top 29. All right. I think that wraps up this matchup unless you guys have anything else you want to add. I do not. Starts of the week. All right. All right. We've got...

Start to the week time. Mike, why don't you kick it off? Oh, well, thank you. Fine fell are you? At the quarterback position, I will be taking Matthew Stafford against the Saints. He's at home. Currently, the Saints are the fifth best matchup against fantasy quarterbacks. Kenny Goliday is back. I am not overthinking it. Stafford at home with his full set of weapons. He has a fantasy start. Okay. Jason.

Look, I'm taking Ryan Fitzpatrick all day. We just alluded to how much I believe in Ryan Fitzpatrick. Go back to last year. The second half of last year, when Devante Parker kind of broke out, he was phenomenal. In his last nine games played with the Dolphins as a starter, seven of the nine, he's been a quarterback one. He should be a quarterback one this week. I mean, he's just been good and Parker's healthy. And the matchup. And the magic. And the magic.

I mean, the Seattle defense is going to say, have some, have some magic. They're so generous. They are giving. Yeah. Joe Burrow is my start of the week at the quarterback position against Jacksonville. Quite the start to his career thus far, running for his life and yet completing 65% of his passes, facing the fifth easiest team against opposing quarterbacks. He is the quarterback 10 on the year right now.

ahead of Lamar Jackson. Joe Burrow, my start of the week at the quarterback position. My running back start is Daryl Henderson from the Los Angeles Rams. He's taking on the New York Giants the past two weeks. He is averaging over six yards a carry. He's been a great player. We loved him coming into the league. High draft capital pick. He just needed his opportunity to go. And now with Camakers out, Daryl Henderson has displayed he is currently the best running back for.

the Los Angeles Rams. They are a run first team right now. So I love them in this spot start here against the Giants. My start of the week at running back is Kenyon Drake. I mean, people are disappointed. Here we go. He's averaging almost 20 touches a game and he hasn't done enough with it. Andy, last week you expected better things for him from the Dolphins or the Lions matchup.

But the Carolina Panthers have been giving up touchdowns on the ground to running backs. I expect them to do it this week. If you get 20 opportunities against the Carolina Panthers who have so far given up the second most, fourth most, and seventh most fantasy points to opposing running backs, this should be a King and Drake week. I can't imagine benching him even in the midst of your disappointment. It feels like week four is kind of like a make-it-or-break-a-break-make-it-week for certain players. I'm 100% on board with you on Kenyon Drake.

I feel like I made all those arguments about Detroit last week. So I hope he comes through. I expect him to come through. I'm with you on it. David Montgomery is my running back start of the week. The opportunity is present. No Tariq Cohen for the rest of the year means there's going to be a lot more third down opportunities for David Montgomery, some of those two-minute drill situations. He's made some strides. This offensive line has made some strides. His yards per carry has jumped from 3.7 to 4.4 this season.

I think he's just going to become a more reliable fantasy option the rest of the way. So David Montgomery against Indianapolis. And I'm going same lines here as Jason, given that fan, given the butt pat here of one of the guys that I love during the off season, DJ Moore from the Carolina Panthers. He is taking on Arizona. The matchup is great. The pace of play for this team is going to be excellent. The over under is there. And he should be matched up a lot with Drake Kirkpatrick, who.

With pro football focus, he is currently ranked as a bottom five cornerback starter. He's not having a great season. Well, he missed all last week. Look, he's also banged up. The air yards are there. DJ Moore accounts for 50% of the air yards for the Carolina Panthers. He's pulling in 24% of the targets. I expect the air yards to hit this week. And DJ Moore not only has a great game, but he has a big touchdown as well. I'm going with the stack.

Devante Parker going with Ryan Fitzpatrick. That's the key to Fitzpatrick. And they've got a mind meld that's been great. The second half of last year, Devante Parker was a top five fantasy wide receiver. Now he's been dealing with a hamstring injury that we should be enough weeks removed where I think Parker just lights it up. I have him in several leagues. He will be in every single starting lineup. I'll find a way.

I'm having a trouble right now. You're having a trouble? I'm having a trouble. I'm having a trouble. Where I've got a lineup and I really, really, really want to get him in. I've got Odell Beckham, Tyler Lockett, and Stefan Diggs. Oh my. In there. And I will be starting Devante Parker, probably over Odell Beckham. But the match. I mean, oh, it's so tough. But I do think Devante Parker will have a.

you know, 10 plus targets in this game against Seattle and a touchdown. Diggs is currently number four in the NFL in terms of receiving yardage. Hopkins is number one. Will Fuller's my start of the week. Will Fuller, the flying V. We're back, baby. Yes. Taken on Minnesota, the third easiest matchup against fantasy-wide receivers. Here's something you like to see. 94% of snaps for Will Fuller last week.