Week 6 Matchups + Lev Bell to Chiefs! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/16

There's a non-zero percent chance that happens. That would be really upsetting with how good Ronald Jones has been running. The matchup is great, but I'm not really wanting to play with either guy, but I would put four net ahead of Vaughn. All right, fantasy players know they're playing Aaron Jones, but I just want to highlight something for you. He is tied for the second most red zone targets of any pass catcher in all of football. Right, running back you meant, right? No, I didn't. Number one, though, Jimmy, Grandpa. It makes sense. Number two, Aaron.

Jones. It's amazing. You know, Tampa Bay, I think you can get it done. Aaron Jones can get it done against anybody in any matchup because of the involvement in both facets of the game. Even those fantasy players get a little frustrated seeing Jamal Williams out there and the involvement that he's had. Aaron Jones is locked and loaded. Devante Adams is locked into your lineup as well. I think that's probably where I draw the line, though, on the Packer side of pass catchers. Are you interested in?

chasing what Tanya has done so far now that Devante Adams is back. Would you play Tanya or Mike Gassiki since we just brought him up? Oh, that's a great question. I would go Gisicki. I would go Tanya. I would take the chance that he's going to be on fire. Okay. So even with Adams coming back, we know Alan Lazzard's out of this lineup. That's why. I don't expect Robert Tanya to continue what he's been doing, but you still need a number two option on this team. That's not...

the that's not a running back what about hawkinson who's your start of the week i play hawkins okay that makes sense godwin we think he'll be back out there if godwin misses this game though are you taking a shot with any other past catchers other than mike evans no i mean if you want to take a chance of getting a zero scotty miller yeah what are you doing he's waiting for everybody bench him so he has a good game rob gronkowski nope nah no

No, no. I mean, Darren Fells, I would rather play Big Irv than Grom. Oh, my goodness. That's an embarrassment. I agree. Three for 52 last week for Grownkowski in the first game without O.J. Howard. What was Big Irv last week? Well, I'm just saying he's been, at least Grong's been targeted every game of the year. Irv had two zero target games. Yeah, I'll do it.

I'll water bet, you bigger versus Rob Gankowski. Let's go. These are my favorite kind. Absolutely. Water bet. This is going to end one for 17, one for 12. Yeah, I can't wait to win with 17 yards. We had a water bet last week, and it was Justin Jefferson versus Juju Smith Schuster. And I went and checked Juju's line first. And it was like, I don't know. It was like four for 22 or something. I'm like, Cheching. And then I went and looked at Jefferson and he was like three for 23. And I'm like,

Yeah, I won. Curse splash. Yeah, we all lost that one. That's true. All right. Anything else from this matchup you guys want to highlight? Mike Evans has a really tough matchup this week. He does. He's still Mike Evans. You're still going to play him, but lower expectations. Okay. All right. The Los Angeles Rams Sunday night football at 4 and 1 taking on the San Francisco 49ers. This one's interesting because the 49ers is a little bit beat up on defense. You saw Ryan Fitzpatrick go to town last week.

The Rams are three-point road favorites. It's a 52-point over and under. San Francisco's in a bit of trouble in this vaunted NFC West. They're two and three, and they're not favored in this one. Jimmy Garoppolo looked BAD last week as bad as it gets, really. He looked great on the bench, though. Oh, so handsome. So handsome. That was a handsome benching and a necessary one. I don't know what's going on with the 49ers right now. I know that they're beat up.

I know that there's a little bit of unpredictability on offense. Jeremy Kinnon disappeared. I mean, he was not used, involved. I would not be playing him this week against the Rams. I'm not playing him. He's on my bench, but I could see him still having a decent game. Really? I'm confident in Kettle because you put him out there every single week. I'm confident in Moester because of the involvement in the offense. But beyond that, probably not putting Debo in my lineup. I'm not putting McKinnon in. I'm not starting a quarterback for San Francisco. Not putting Iyuk in.

I yookin. I yuk out. Oh, very nice. I yook out. Great. I unfortunately have to play Devo Samuel in our league of record. So if you want to ride with you. If you want to be on that ride, know that I am playing Devo Samuel in our important league. The good news. Well, in that case, Mike, let me at least. Let me at least power you up. Thank you. Is he ready to go full?

It's possible. Here's what I will say. The matchup isn't great against the Rams. But looking at the, not the actual fantasy finish of Devo, Samuel, look at what he did. He went from 34% of snaps all the way up to 89. He has retaken his job as the number one wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers. Sure, he finished with two receptions for 19 yards, but he had eight targets. So.

It's not the worst play in the world. And in fact, I don't really want to play Debo this week. Like I said, I'm kind of backed into it. But I think that Debo is a good trade for target. If you can get that done over the weekend, Debo, if you believe in the player, he is, he will quickly be back to being the alpha, the number one for this passing attack. I agree with you, Mike. And you asked a couple weeks ago whether, you know, Debo, Brandon Ayyuk, whether you'd keep Ayuk around.

This is what you wanted to see from a snap camp perspective. I look at Debo this week in the same vein of Chanel if Tark misses. Both players should be really involved. So I guess you could take your shot there. On the other side of the football, the 4-1 running Rams. What do you do with golf? I think you get out of the court.

this week. Oh, okay. Yeah, I get what you're saying. It's hard when you sit near Judge Yamadi to not think of just that court. Fair enough. But, no, I get what you're saying. So you're out on Jared Goff this week, even though Ryan Fitzpatrick just destroyed them last week? Yeah, I'm not out out. I think he's an okay play. You know, you're not going to.

I don't think this is one of those zero games where everything is a rushing touchdown. If you look at this team so far, the San Francisco 49ers have been pretty darn good against running back. So if it's difficult for the running Rams to really make headway there, and we saw last week, Goff looked great. I think they could make, you know, with no Richard Sherman, kind of a beat-up secondary. I think Goff could be okay. But I do agree with you, Mike. He's more of a, you know, if you're in a.

two-quarterback league. That's where I'd want to start him versus having him be my main guy. But let me ask you this, Gough or Minchu without charge. Oh, that's Gough. Yeah, I lean Gough there as well. And I mean, on top of that, you have, it's, this is a divisional matchup. So this is a, the 49ers know the Rams very well. Let me talk to you guys about the running back position for Los Angeles right now because it's difficult. We, Jason just called him the running Rams. Now,

Darrell Henderson has been the most viable starter for them. And last week, he scored twice. But let me highlight this for you. He had 43% of the snaps, the week before 39%, the week before 49%, the week before 42%. So every single week, we know it's going to come down to efficiency. Now, he scored. I mean, he scored his three top 12 weeks. You know, he scored in all of them, including two last week, finishing number six at the position.

I assume Henderson would be the one to start. But how are you feeling? I mean, not great. What about you, Jay? But with by weeks and injuries, Darrell Henderson is, he's a low-end running back too. Yeah, if I have to pick a ramp to start, it would absolutely be Henderson. He's been the most valuable. He's had the most carries, yada, yada, yada. It's a bad matchup in Cam Acres.

was dealing with injury, he is back, and they're talking about, McVeigh has specifically said we want to get Acres more involved. And we've already seen this season after a great game and heavy utilization of Darrell Henderson.

having him take a back seat, having, you know, this week now he gets more rest as Malcolm Brown gets more work. So if all of a sudden in this bad matchup, it becomes, let's give Cam Acres more work, get him the most touches in this game. Nobody's going to be surprised. So can you play Henderson? Yes, due to volume and history. Do I want to play Henderson? No. If I've got a better pivot option, I would rather look elsewhere. Woods and Cup are in your lineups. As always, they're at Wide Receiver 9 and 13 on the week. That would be Cup at 9.

Woods at 13. Again, tougher matchup, but we saw what happened last week. And, you know, the year-long numbers for the 49ers defense, they don't, they kind of betray what we saw last week. Preston Williams had a great game. Parker had a great game. Gaskin had a great game. Again, it's a divisional matchup. I agree with Mike. It's going to, it's going to be a fight, but it's a 52 point over under. Higby, though. Higby has been really disappointing. Gerald Everett was the better tight-in last week. Yep. Are you trying to, are you going on the Hooper route?

I would. Yes, I would. All of those. Ingram. I would. I would play Ingram. Is inflated by his three touchdown game. I mean, obviously that was great. It was phenomenal. It was this season. It's not like Higby doesn't have the ability to do that all of a sudden. But if you're looking at, you know, the target volume, his 16-game pace is 48 receptions on the year. So it's not a not a reliable player.

All right, this one's going to be exciting, guys. Monday night or Monday afternoon, depending on where you're at. The Kansas City Chiefs at 4-1 taking on the Buffalo Bills at 4-1. Chiefs are four-point favorites in this game. It's a 57.5 over-under. Yeah, maybe. And this is one of those fine the players not to play type of matchups, which is always great for fantasy football. It's fun. The Chiefs are coming off a loss. They decided to respond to their loss by signing Levy on Bell.

The bills are coming off a loss. That's right. They decided to respond by having a great game against the Chiefs. I think both teams are phenomenal here. If you want to find a player not to start, I'm looking straight towards Devon Singletary, Zach Moss. The Buffalo running backs, Jason. How are you handling those two guys? We don't know for sure if Zach Moss is going to play. He was the, you know, quote, full participant in the walkthrough. We've seen Moss practicing limited.

the last couple weeks, but then eventually ruled out. What's your confidence on Moss playing your confidence in playing Devin Singletary if he, if Moss is actually out? Right now, Kansas City 23rd against fantasy running back. Yeah, I mean, they're better against the past than they are against the run, more of a funnel type of defense. And I think Singletary is a talented player. I still do. It doesn't always work out for fantasy. So I'm preferring to not play either. I think he's in the same.

class as Daryl Henderson where I don't really want to play them. You can put them in the lineup. Whenever there's a game with this many points, there's a chance at a, you know, a rushing touchdown. The problem is probably not going to be, you know, Singletary for a rushing touchdown. It's going to be Josh Allen or possibly Zach Moss. So I'm looking to avoid those backs, but I want just about everyone else in this game. Devin Singletary is going to have.

12 to 15 opportunities against the Chiefs in this game. And so what he does with him a couple weeks ago, RB2 stuff. Last week there was a lot of Yelden and he still had 12 opportunities. It's just you're not super enthusiastic about what you've seen on the field. Clyde, the Swan Song, Stefan Diggs, of course. You know, last week, you know, we talked, I felt like this one's on you. I mean, I get the Fantasy Reaper.

conversation all the time, Jason. But last week, you jinx this Chief's defense. You came out. Oh, I know. I totally did. You said that they can completely stop the pass. We need to finally give them the deserved respect. And then here Nelson Aguilar and Henry Ruggs go absolutely him. I literally use those words that I'm finally going to give them the respect they deserve because they lock down wide receivers. And I always go, well, you know, the Chief's going to be up. There's going to be so many points that.

Wide receivers will have to be used, and that never works. And as soon as I trust it, I just didn't see how good Derek Carr was. Yeah, it was crazy. That being said, Diggs is the type of player where you can't possibly sit him. And I think John Brown, you know, I'm going to go ahead and start the receiving options here. Whenever you have got a game, 57.5 point over under, you're going to have enough fantasy points from, you know, Cole Beasley.

He'll get his, you know, if you're in a PPR league, he'll get his receptions. But obviously I would order them, Stefan Diggs as a must start, John Brown as a can start, and Cole Beasley as a break glass in case of emergency. And McCall Hardman is at wide receiver 27 on the week right now. He's Jason's taking it to a 100 player.