Fantasy Football - Starts of the Week + Week 6 Breakdown, Dart Throws - Podcast for 10/9

But that's part of the, that's part of the terrifying prospect of playing him is you don't get a little bit of garbage time. Something goes wrong. You throw another pick and you've got a pretty bad game. Jason mentioned the argument for Brees Hall as a start of the week. J.K. Dobbins, you got to keep playing. He scores all the time. And R.J. Harvey, I don't think you have to play at all. No, no. The last week was extremely disappointing. You had the two weeks ago where it was just the J.K. Dobbins, R.J. Harvey show. Harvey got a bunch of targets, had the nice, you know, touchdown at the end of the game.

And then the snaps just, the floor, the rug got pulled on us for Harvey for last week. So, it's until we see multiple games in a row, I don't think you're going to be confident starting Harvey. Yeah, I mean, I think it's going to be game by game, not just a trend line. I think we want it to be a trend line where it's up and up and up and up. And I believe that the truth is, last week they were in a really close game against one of the best teams out there, the Super Bowl champions. They won the game.

And against a really tough Philadelphia Eagles team. It's not the rookie. Exactly. It's not the rookie. That was where it's like, we need Dobbins on the field. We need that. In this match, I was like, let's test out Harvey a little bit. Yeah, Garrett Wilson, you play him. Mason Taylor, I think, is a start. I think Mason Taylor is in there. 12 targets last week. I don't think it's just chasing one week of production either. No, I'd play him. He's had a couple. Because two weeks in a row. Yeah, he's had a couple weeks. It does scare me, though, with just the passing defense.

How long will it take you if I say, name another pass catcher for that team? Go. Alan Lazard? Okay. All right, you didn't say that. No, it was a question mark at the end of that. With joy. Evan Ingram has retired, right? Until you stop looking at him. I guess last week he scored finally. Then he goes 4 for 33 with a touchdown. Yeah, no, thank you. Oh, gosh. The Cardinals are playing football. Yeah. Arizona. No, no. The vibes are dope, bro. Oh, my gosh. Hello, fellow kids. Oh, my gosh. Gannon is the cringiest head coach of all time. So he was asked a question at a press conference because the Cardinals have lost.

What are the vibes like in the locker room after last week and the close losses? Yeah. Oh, it's great. The vibes are dope. Come on, man. I mean, you. I think he went on to say something like- So punchable, dude. We had to start the meeting late because everyone was so happy or something. It's too dope. It's too dope to start on time. Things good. Jonathan Gannon should never say again. All things. Who's the character from Succession that he looks like? I don't remember, but I just started- Yeah, it's Roy. Kendall Roy? Yes. Kendall Roy. I see him a lot, but I'm starting to see Murr more and more.

A combination of Kendall Roy and Murr from Impractical Jokers? Yeah. All right. Enough personal. Which that- Hey. This might be a practical joke. That makes so much sense if they were like, Gannon, Gannon, what do I got to say, guys? Yeah. You got to say it's dope. And he's like, no, guys. No, no, no. You had to say it. It's the punishment. You got to do it. Say it's dope in that locker room. I dare you. You're a grown man. Say it's dope. Oh, man. All right. The Cardinals are two and three. They take on the four and one Indianapolis Colts.

Colts seven point home favorites. The over-under is 46 and a half. And here we go. Kyler Murray didn't practice on Wednesday. We need an update on him. It could be Jacoby Brissett. But the quote I saw from Marvin Harrison was kind of funny around Brissett. Like something that kind of alluded to, like, I'm excited if he gets that opportunity or something like that. It kind of insinuated he was totally fine with a switch. But because Marv doesn't care about anything. Not football. Michael Carter, regardless of the starter at quarterback. What do you do with Michael Carter? You play him, right?

Yeah. Michael Carter, the volume is there. The matchup is subpar here. It's on the road against a very good Colts team who they are seventh right now against fantasy running backs. But in this running back economy, you've got to take that volume. The really nice thing, and obviously a quarterback change could affect this, but I would expect it to maybe even affect it more positively than negatively. But last week we saw Michael Carter with five targets. And so in a game when you're going to be down, that is 23 opportunities. You really want to make sure that you've got the pass catching back,

which at least last week gives us some indication that it would be Michael Carter. Despite the vibes being dope, does Di Marcato receive any? Yeah, he'll get work. No punishment. Ganon already came out and said there's no punishment for him. Yeah. No, I don't think he punishes him at all. I think he overcompensates. Yeah. That's my worry. If Di Marcato had more catches than Michael Carter, he would not shock me. By the way, Marvin Harrison. Dope. League or his season high, 98 yards last week. But I guess he's a player you play and you just hope it works out. Yeah.

Let's go to the Michael Pittman whisperer, Jason. Yeah. Is he in this week? I think he is a fine flex option. He's someone that you just need to look at what other options you have available. The Cardinals passing defense has been actually pretty good. Number one rated corner in the league is Will Johnson. Pittman has scored in four or five weeks. Yeah. Will Johnson has been really, really good. So I expect Will Johnson, I don't think he's shadowing, but the primary receiver he'll be on more than anyone will be Michael Pittman. So I expect Michael Pittman to have an average to subpar game.

But obviously Jonathan Taylor, the running back one on the season, the running back one in our hearts, the running back one on our redraft yesterday against the Cardinals who aren't fantastic at stopping the run at home. Favored by a touchdown, you're good. I think the biggest question mark in this game is Daniel Jones. Daniel Jones has been pretty good. He seems like a start to me. Okay. Tyler Warren is as well. And then Josh Downs did have his best game of the year last week. Eight targets for Josh Downs. Six catches, PPR leagues. You can monitor it. Yeah. It sounds like Alec Pierce will be back.

So I wonder. He doesn't bother me with Josh Downs though. Yeah. That's more of an Adonai Mitchell. Yeah. Or at this point it's, oh gosh. Who took over for Adonai Mitchell last week? Whose name is completely escaping me. You guys have it over there? Let me pull up the depth chart because it's not. Gosh. Why can I not pull his name out of my head? Eugene Levy. No. No, it's not Eugene Levy. You can keep trying. Anthony. Oh, no, no, no. Ashton Doolin. Thank you. There it is. Ashton Doolin. I knew I wasn't going to find it. Yeah. Josh Downs is out there on the field all the time.

And he had been a little banged up coming into the season. So we'll see. We'll see if he gets more snaps. I mean, yeah. It's 50% of snaps. He's always 50-60%. He's the slot wide receiver. And if you have your good number two back, I don't know if they're going to want to have more slot snaps or not. Chargers are 3-2. They take on the Miami Dolphins, who are 1-4. Vegas line here. Chargers minus 4-1⁄2. Over-under is 44-1⁄2. Okay. Oh, yes. Oh, yeah. Andy's almost upset of the week. I didn't want to say it. I get it. But I was thinking it.

I got bad news for you, Andy. Were you? Yes. I got bad news for you. Oh, you agree. I agree. Yeah, that can be bad. That's bad news for me. Usually, when I'm shocked, you do better. But it only happens when you get to the line. The line is what it is. And it hits you. And this is one of them. The Dolphins are at home. The Chargers are reeling. They're running game. Who knows if they have one this week. They can't block. The line is trashed right now. Yeah, the line is a big problem. The Dolphins have added their best weapon to the roster that wasn't there to start the

year, which is Darren Waller. Yeah, and they're... Yeah, I just think this game's going to be, at a minimum, very, very close. And that's a pretty heavy road favorite there at four and a half. The Chargers offense, you mentioned it. The offensive line's allowed the third most pressures in the entire league. We'll see if the Dolphins, who don't normally get a lot of pressure on the quarterback, can do that. But Justin Herbert, he's not topped 20 fantasy points since week one. I'd play Stafford over Herbert. I'd play Fields over Herbert. Oh, I wouldn't go that. I don't blame you. It's a lot easier for Fields to pick up the points.

Just with the legs. My counter-argument here is that Justin Herbert has been running a ton. And in this game, they're not going to have success. Why isn't he not topping 20 fantasy points, Jason? Because they've had a great running game with Amarian Hampton, Najee before he went down. There's been a lot of rushing touchdowns since Hampton's breakout. I don't expect those to be coming. Dude, 60 rushing yards last week for Justin Herbert. And 14 fantasy points. Who was the quarterback 20. Well, he's turning the ball over. I mean, that is happening every week right now. He's had four picks in the last three games.

I just don't really want to play Herbert on the road with the offensive line and the running game that it is right now. Still good with the wideouts, though? I'm... Look, you really need to monitor the hamstring injury for Quentin Johnston. So that started getting flagged yesterday. He was limited in practice. Couldn't practice in full, which is another way of saying limited. I wonder how many ways I could have said that. He didn't play the whole practice. He partially practiced. Partially practiced. Played some of the practice. But Ladd McConkie last week. McConkie ended up getting back into the end zone.

He was 5 for 39, though. I would have loved to have not... You know... That's not great. You know, his yardage the last four weeks. 48, 41, 11, and 39. The touchdown saved his week last week. Otherwise, he was going to be in the same boat he's been in. And I... I feel okay with Keenan. Quentin Johnston, if he's healthy. Ladd McConkie in a pinch. It's so tough here with the running game. Because this is a great matchup. If you had Hampton, you would be drooling. Yeah, exactly. You want to play running backs against Miami. We don't know for sure whether it's Haskins or Vidal.

Did you see the Harbaugh quote? I tweeted it out. It was... I think... I did see it, but... Jim Harbaugh quote. They both played well in the game. And I think they're time to shine. Yes. Thank you, Jim. That's the... Wait. That was the... I think they're time to shine? They both played well in the game. And I think they're time to shine. I don't have... No, it's in there? No. Why say many words? Is there a period stop at the end? There is a comma. I mean, I don't know if... You didn't say the comma when you were reading.

Oh, I'm sorry. I couldn't follow. So I didn't hear the quote. I just read it from a beat reporter. I do think... I like Vidal more. You like Vidal more. I do. I like Haskins more, but I... I understand. Like, I'm not by any means bullish on... I like neither a lot. Yeah. That's... But like... Kareem Hunt. Who's playing against... I'd play him over these guys. Against Detroit? Yep. I... I'd call my shot on a Chargers guy. That's fine. This is why... This is why it was tough where we said... If you spend a lot of money on Fab... You're gonna feel...

You know... Really committed to starting him. And you might need that first week... This week to figure out how... The depth chart breaks down here. And neither guy is really good... And they're playing behind a banged up offensive line. So... Meh. Devon Achan is a lock. Yeah. Waddle is a lock. Waller is a lock. Yeah. Miami's easy. I love teams like that. It's like, just check out. You know... Oh, do we want to play with Malik Washington? No. No, we don't. Oh, what about Ollie Gordon? Shut up. Just put the three guys in... In all your lineups... And we'll be fine.

I didn't fully see what happened there... With Malik Washington. How does a man... With a long reception of eight yards on the day... End up four for zero? You run backwards. Screen game garbage. Yeah, he... So, I watched... Rewatched every snap of the Dolphins offense. And Malik Washington, he's very, very fast. He will end up getting some screened, open, long touchdown... Probably a few times this year. But outside of those individual plays... He's not a very good wide receiver. He's not developed enough. You're talking about Malik? Yeah. Malik would have been interesting if Waller didn't emerge. Yeah, I agree with that.

They would have had to integrate him. Yeah, they would need some of it. Waller looks like their best weapon right now. All right, we'll take a break and jump into more matchups. Lowe's Nose Sundays are for football. So, tackle your home improvement projects by Saturday... And earn your Sunday with great deals on cobalt power tools... Pit Boss grills, LG appliances, and more. Then, once your to-do list is done... Get ready to kick back, relax, and enjoy the game. Shop in-store or online now... And earn your Sunday with help from Lowe's... Official partner of the NFL. With the U.S. Bank Smartly Visa Signature Card...

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Is U.S. Bank National Association... Pursuant to a license from Visa USA Incorporated... Some restrictions may apply. All right, the New England Patriots... Fresh off the big victory last week against the Bills... They're 3-2... They go to New Orleans... To take on the Saints... Who are 1-4... Vegas line, New England... Minus 3-1-2... The over-under is 45-1-2... I will say this... There are bad teams in football... And the Saints are one of them... But they play harder than the other bad teams... Yeah... Yeah, they do... They really do... Like Spencer Rattler... They seem like they're having fun too... He gives it a college try...

Every single time he's out there... They try hard... They play well for their coach... They make games... Even if they lose them... They've been close... They were close against Arizona... They were close against San Francisco... They were close against Buffalo... And they're more fun to watch... Which maybe that's not... Relevant for NFL purposes... But for fantasy purposes... The pace of play that Kellen Moore... Has always instituted... Is fast... You get more plays in... You get more points scored... That's... You know... That's why we've got Olave and Jawan Johnson... In this kind of... Mediocre matchup... From a bad team... Where you're like...

Yeah, you can start these guys... Because they're going to drop back... And throw it a lot... Yeah... No... It's true... And they won last week... Going for the winning streak... What do you do with... Alvin Kamara this week? I think you play him if he plays... Really? Personally, yeah... I mean the... The Patriots defense is great against the run... And Kendra Miller's... He's both... He's a receiver and a runner... And I... Kendra's snaps are going up... He just... He freaks me out... We saw the injury last week... Like if you were watching that game... And you watched it... Kamara... It happened in the game...

Like the injury that I saw... So that's why you mentioned the wins they won... Right... If it's the same injury... He definitely got banged up in the game... Because he limped off the field... I don't know if that's why... Well he was playing 70-80% of the snaps all year... And then this last week... He played 56% of the snaps... I'm sure it was because of that... I'm with Jason on the... I would start him for sure... If he was active... But... Not with a high ceiling... He scares me... Everybody on the Saints offense... Is... Their ceiling is... Is been limited...

Like Olave's a player you can play... But it's PPR's... The ceiling is 15 points... Yeah... And it's the same with Kamara really... Is... He's been kind of capped... They're not... You know... They're trying hard... That's all I'm saying... Juwan Johnson's your start of the week... I'm not going to say that... That's an easy start... No... That's a very hard thing to do... After a couple of down weeks... He's a lower end start to me... But like... Is it two down weeks or three? Two... I've got him... Ahead of... Najoku who just had a good game... Ahead of Mason Taylor... Who's getting targets...

Oh really? Okay... That's kind of where I would... Slot him in... He's still not a high end start... He's my... Tight end 10... Right now on the week... So... Nine other guys I'd play ahead of him... But... Yeah... I think he's... I think he's going to get... You know... Five receptions... Drake May on the other side... Your start of the week... At quarterback Jason... I am going to say something here on the show... That I... I'm not proud of... Oh... You know... We've been together a long time... The Foot Clan... The producers... Everybody here... I'm not proud of this... But I actively...