Week 5 Studs & Duds + Knox Knox Jokes - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/11

Are we going to see 13 targets a week for Tony? No, no, you're certainly, you're not going to see 13 targets for Cadarius Tony. What happened in this game was they lost literally everyone. It was Cadarius Tony.

and Cadarius Tony. If they could have had him throw the ball to him, they would have. In fact, when they got down in the red zone at the end, they had to Wildcat Cadarious. They're like, I don't trust Glennon to throw it to Cadarius Tony. We're just going to snap it right to Cadarius Tony. And I love it. I love that the, you know, that the staff saw. I can't believe Jason Garrett had in him. Yeah, that Jason Garrett was like.

We've got to have him touch the ball. He's the only guy on the field that can do anything at this point. But when Sterling Shepard comes back, when Kenny Gawaday comes back, they will not go away from Cadarious Tony, but he won't be a 13-target, first-reed type of guy in the offense. But what the foot clay needs to know is that this dude is an electric weapon who has proven he can outrun NFL guys. You see it with Rondell Moore and Cadarious Tony.

Sure, and Tyreek. Obviously Tyreek. D.K. Metcalfe, 5 for 98 and 2. It was a fantastic game where you've got to be holding out hope that Gino Smith can get something done for Seattle. Marquez Calloway came through with a big game. That's great. One of them was a Hail Mary at the half that. That's just, that is so embarrassing for the defense that that can ever happen. Chase Claypool, six targets.

5 for 130 and a score. Juju, you mentioned to Jason. He had the surgery. He's out for the season. What is your rest of season gut reaction to this with Chase Claypool moving forward? Yeah, I think Chase Claypool is going to be a really good option the rest of the way. The last two games he's been out there, he was a top 24 wide receiver, 96 yards, and then 130 yards. He's a deep guy.

He's going to be more necessary than the offense, have his targets go up. And obviously, he's just a physical freak. So I think this brings a little bit. It's sad, obviously, that Juju's gone, but it brings clarity to offenses when there are fewer guys that are going to dominate the market share. And Chase Claypool and Deontay Johnson are both going to be great. Cortland Sutton bounced back, had himself a game. 11, targets 7 for 120, and a score. Fireball.

Jones, aka Tim Patrick. He had himself an okay game as well. It kind of seemed like it came at the expense of Noah Fant, unfortunately, but Sutton, I mean, everything is there. The air yards are there. Teddy Bridgewater is a fine quarterback. He's a competent quarterback. Sutton, he's a flex play to me because he will be, he's inconsistent on a Denver Broncos team that.

I don't think he is. You don't? I don't think he's inconsistent. I mean, put it this way. You say, oh, he was the wide receiver six in week two. Then he was 62, 65, and now 10. And you go, well, that's, that's very inconsistent. But you have to remember, three weeks ago, when they played the Jets, they were up on the Jets in two seconds and didn't need to throw the ball at all. So the game was over. Court one sudden didn't get to play. Then the next week, they had Drew Locke.

So it's like, okay, you go play with Drew Locke. That's some excellent context. Teddy Bridgewater gets back. They have a regular game and he's great again. So I think Cortland Sutton. So are you not, are you trading high or are you holding on to Sutton? I'm just holding on to Sutton. I'm not going to trade for him because the question will come what happens when Jared Judy gets back.

Sure, and that's sooner than later. Yeah, but for a couple more weeks, assuming it's still a couple weeks before Judy comes back, I think Sutton is someone, there's no way I'm not putting him in my lineup. Bobby Trees, Robert Woods, final straw, and that turned, the final straw turned into 14 targets, 12 for 150. Good to have you back, Robert Woods. Mani Sanders keeps getting things done for the Buffalo Bills. I mean, you got to be a little frustrated that Diggs is not getting these touchdowns.

But when my wide receivers get three receptions, I like when they get two touchdowns. Yeah, I do as well. Hopkins, CD-Land both had solid games at the tight-end position. David and Joku? Oh, yes. I mean, there was a bazillion points scored in this game. My first love. I loved David and Joku, man. This is a guy I want the Cardinals to go trade for, but yeah, seven for one, 449 and one. He didn't do, he doesn't do much.

but he is so fast and athletic that if you can get him open, you won't catch him. And that's what happened a couple times. And there it was. Kyle Pitts, 10 targets, 9 for 119, got his first touchdown. It was over in London. Unfortunately, to Kyle Pitts, now it goes right into the bye week. But this was incredible to see not only that.

Calvin Ridley was out. So the number one option for the Atlanta Falcons gone. And so you automatically go, well, the volume's going to go to Kyle Pitts. Yeah, but can a rookie tight end as the number one option for this team, can he carry the offense? And the Jets. At least against the New York Jets. They go, yeah. Oh, yeah, he can. It was a big yes. But this, that was great to see for Kyle Pitts.

This was Andy's start of the week. He was Andy's start of the week, obviously, even before the Calvin Ridley news, before the Russell Gage news. Russell Gage was also out if you were unaware. So Kyle Pitts was very necessary, perfect easy matchup. Personally, I would try to.

trade high on Kyle Pitts. And I know it's hard because you've been waiting and then he showed it, but he's got a buy week coming up. So you're not going to use him now. And then by the time the buy week is over, Russell Gage and. Oh, good. I don't care about Russell Gage. Oh, sure. But my point is he's there and Calvin Ridley will be back. And what you've seen through the beginning of the season, which is.

involvement, usage, talent, but not a great fantasy finish on a weekly basis, usually for Pitts. I think that's going to be more the norm than the you're the only guy in town against the Jets performance this last week. So then who are you going to go get? So I would do one of two things. If you trade Kyle Pitts, now you need to, you need a starting tight end. I would do one of two things. I would trade Kyle Pitts plus someone to move up.

for one of the big dog tight ends. Okay. If you wanted to try to go get a Darren Waller or like people don't trade the best tight ends unless they think that they can get, you know, some, you get pits plus something they might be willing to do it. Alternatively, if you have problems at running back or wide receiver and you can turn pits into a Dawson Knox or Dalton Schultz plus a good running back or wide receiver, I would personally be willing to do that. But obviously,

I think most people who have Pitts, they believe in the talent, they believe in him, they saw this performance, and I think they're all going to hold Pat. Funny enough, Darren Waller's stat line in the last month, not unlike Kyle Pitts, five for 65, five for 54, four for 50 and a score, four for 45. So you might be able to get him. And I don't think it's close as to which one you would want, despite the fact that their lines have been somewhat similar. Dawson, Knox, Fort Knox,

The keeper of the knocks, knocks jokes. I don't know. We'll figure that out. He is the one who knocks. That's for sure. Yeah. What's important here, three for one, 17 in a score. He has the tight end two on the season. The breakout is happening. Sure, you want more targets. I totally get that. But you're playing with Josh Allen, who his arm strength still boggles my mind where he's in the rain last night.

just flicking his arm. And this ball is an absolute laser beam out there to everyone, to Manny, to Stefan Diggs, which people didn't, they didn't talk about it on the broadcast. But the Stefan Diggs deep catch, certainly to me, could be wrong. To me, looked like Stefan Diggs was looking around so he could showboat on his giant touchdown, not realizing the defender was on the other side, and then he got taken down. He thought he was all alone.

That's what it looked like. It was very Deshawn Jackson. Yeah. Him and his brother, man. Oh, yes. They're doing work. Yes, they are fantastic. Dawson Knox has not been outside the top 12 at tight end since week one. He's the only tight end that you could say that about. Hunter Henry had a great game. Now, same snaps as Jono Smith, but he ran 20 routes to John Huss 6. This is, I don't, we'll see if this is sticky.

or not for Hunter. And then Travis Kelsey was great. All right. It was fun talking about the good stuff, but we also got to cover the other side of the equation. Poopped in his big boy pants. Kyler Murray had a fine football game, did not have a good fantasy game. That's back-to-back weeks now, right? For Kyler with the low touchdown output? No, he was number nine.

last week. So certainly when you go from the quarterback one, week one, the quarterback one and week two, you're disappointed with anything mediocre. But this week was bad. And the reason that it was bad, one rushing yard. One rushing yard. This is a player who over the first couple weeks, you know, the first month of the season was averaging basically almost 30 rushing yards.

you know, a half a touchdown a game. Seven carries for one yard was his rushing line. Sam Darnold was not just disappointing for fantasy. He was disappointing for the NFL. He, he crapped the bed in this one. He single-handedly cost Carolina the game. He threw three touchdown. Oh, I'm sorry. Those are interceptions. Yeah. And, you know, wash, rinse, repeat.

Miss DJ Moore again on another what would have been an easy touchdown. Derek Carr, after the shalacking of last week and then getting real mad online talking about how dare Joey Bosa say those things about me that I just curl into a ball when I get pressure. That makes me mad. I'll show you what I can do. And the answer to that was get shellacked by the Chicago Bears. Who are the Raiders? I don't know. But at least with them we knew that.

And we've known that forever, and we'll know that forever. If you didn't know, now you know. Right. At the running back position, Chase Edmonds. Real fart of a game. He was injured during the week and was kind of a game time decision. So this, while not surprising, it still sucks because he was active. I played him in my teams where I have him. He did not come through. Melvin Gordon had a poor game.

It's still a 50-50 split with Javante Williams. To me, Javante is the better runner, but we'll see if by the second half Javante really breaks out. Mild Sanders continues to not see a lot of opportunity, and Kenneth Gamble did not come through either. And this week they play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which means you can't run on them. Bail out. Elijah Mitchell against the Arizona Cardinals, the missile was back. Nine for 43.

That's a good yard per carry, only two targets for 19 yards or two catches in 19 yards. It doesn't turn into a big fantasy game, but I think you should feel confident starting Elijah moving forward. Yes, Elijah moving forward is the start. It was clear as day watching this game. It's like, oh, Trey Lance, or I'm sorry, Trey Serman. Trey Sermon only had one carry, and it was like later in the game. Exactly. He was an afterthought to this team. The issue here is that you look at.

you know, Elijah being the clear-cut running back one had nine carries, whereas Trey Lance had 16 rushing attempts. So is there worry now with Trey Lance being there that you're not going to be, you're not going to have enough rushing volume, enough handoffs to the running back? Well, that's, that's an interesting point. Trey Lance was kind of in this, he wasn't a stud, he wasn't a dud. I mean, for someone who did not score a touchdown,

He had a lot of fantasy points, but we're kind of in this fantasy purgatory with him. And Shanahan has said Garoppolo is our guy. Once he's healthy, we're going to go back to Jimmy Garoppolo. So, I mean, whatever, let's just have this discussion now. Trey Lance, he's in the bye week.