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

And intentionally... You know... I'm not going to blame ignorance here... I went out and I did it on purpose... I traded for Ramond Ray Stevenson... I traded for... The Fumbler... The great Fumbler... Oh man... And I did it because I think that his role... Is going to be... Extremely secure rest of season... I do not think... I... I was never a Travion Henderson truther... Right... When it came to the collegiate tape... And where he was going to go in the draft... And whether I thought he was a three down back... I fully respect the talent... The big play ability... He's electric...

I love the dude... But I am convinced... That this team is... Hyper committed to Ramond Ray Stevenson... Enough so to where I went and tried to get him... You know... Mike Vrabel had a... An interview yesterday... Yeah... I saw that one... Did you watch that? Yeah... Where he's talking about the fact that like... And this... It's not... It wasn't showmanship... He wasn't trying to give you a line about... Forgiving a guy that made a mistake... He basically was just saying like... Like if I thought Ramond Ray wasn't trying to improve... In this area of his game... And get better... And we...

Then I... It would be one thing... But he's like... This is not just Ramond Ray's fault... This is... There's guys standing around that weren't blocking players... You know... He was talking about the fact that... Basically this is a non-issue right now... Right... For this team... And you can see it... Because he fumbled in the beginning of last week... Which was his third fumble... And they immediately get him back in there... For two red zone opportunities... To me... This is a great matchup for Ramond Ray Stevenson... Against the Saints... And I think he's going to be... I agree... I think he's going to be...

You know... A top 24 back... Rest of season... He'll get enough work... He is still involved in the passing game... He is involved near the goal line when he gets there... I think Travion Henderson will get... More and more workload... Obviously with Antonio Gibson going down... These two guys are going to split... So it's kind of a... The arrow is pointed up on both... But... Ramond Ray... I agree with you... He's secure... Secure... People kind of wanted to laugh about him... Wanted to just punt him off a bridge... But the Patriots... Didn't... Don't... And aren't going to... And the thing is...

His contract that he has... Like... He is a massive part of this franchise... For at least the next two years... He's got him... You know... He is this year... Next year they couldn't cut him... Unless they wanted to take on an $8 million dead cap... And there's no reason to cut him... Because he's a valuable player for them... So... This is not someone... That is not part of their plan... What's interesting is... They are passing to the running back position... Extremely well... In New England this year... Ramond Ray... Has caught 13 of 14 targets... Travion's caught 15 of 16 targets...

So both of those guys... In the 90th percentile... Which is... You know... That's that Rashad White... From a couple years ago number... They are throwing it to both players... And they're doing it well... Henderson is still on that... R.J. Harvey... Watch it situation... Maybe a spot start Mike... I would... I'm not going to disagree... With any of the Stevenson stuff... There is... What are you doing with Ramond Ray this week... In terms of the start set... His highest finish this year... He was at 26 in week 4... I mean he started... He was the name I was going to bring up...

For Camara... Was like... Oh really? I couldn't get there... They're... They're very very close... In... In my rankings... I don't... I don't disagree... It... You know... We're only what... What... Five weeks in... Yep... It reminds me of... To a lesser... To a degree... Not apples to apples... But... Jameer... When Jameer Gibbs started... And we were all... So frustrated at the Detroit Lions... Of how do you spend... That draft capital on a running back... And then you're just... You're not utilizing him a lot... You're splitting him... And then... And then Austin Eckler had a video... Where he came out and he's like...

I watched Gibbs... He's like... He's... There's things that he's doing wrong... Because he's still new to the NFL... And it's... You know... We... We want these guys as... Just ready... Game day ready... And they're... They're kids coming from college... And they're making a big transition... Into a professional game... So it... To me... It just says... Henderson's not where he needs to be... And until he gets there... Ramondre will be... Disgustingly... Playable... For... For fantasy football... That's the whole feeling right there... The fact... No one's rooting for Ramondre... And they're rooting for Travion Henderson... Yeah... That's true... But Travion has not been...

Some incredible runner so far... Even if he's making mistakes in the pass protection... That hasn't happened... And it's hard for a 200 pound running back... To be the guy... Yeah... It doesn't happen very often... I don't know if he will take over... At this point now... With what we've seen... But we saw... You know... His highest snap share of... Of the season... Of his young career... 50% last week... Nine opportunities... So he is... Like... He is playable as a... Like a double flex... Yeah... And five weeks into any of these rookie... Careers... That... You haven't seen it yet... Like... It's still coming...

Just like you said... 43% of the snaps... Were the first month of... Of Jameer Gibbs... Yeah... Career... It's... It's a good argument... But it's also... There's players like Quinton Johnson... Or... Quinton John Judkins... You want them to break out immediately... Oh yeah... I mean... You just see it instantaneously... Is all I'm saying... So it's a tough balance... Do you... I mean... Where do you think he gets to this year Jay? You think at any point this year... You're gonna want to start Travion... Yeah... Over Remondre... Uh... Yeah... I think... I think there will be a point in this season... Where they are both getting enough work...

Where the explosive plays will be on the Henderson side... Hunter Henry... I feel very comfortable still playing him... Because he's out there... Uh... A lot... He is the... It has been different... Uh... It's been different since... Stephon Diggs... Like... Was all of a sudden healed? Was it... Stephon... What's that all about? After I dropped you... You know... It takes time... Yeah... But it was... So you... Would you play Henry or no? In a... I'm okay with it... But it... Stephon Diggs is just... He is taking all the targets... Henry or Juwan Johnson? So weird... I'd play... Oh... Uh... I think that Juwan is a safer guy...

To get you like 6 to 7... But... Where Henry can be... 10 plus... Or 0... Cleveland's 1 and 4... They take on the Pittsburgh Steelers... At 3 and 1... In Pittsburgh... Pittsburgh off the bye... So you got two weeks of... Resting... And preparation... For Mike Tomlin in Pittsburgh... At home... Hmm... A defense that has been sacking... The living crap... Out of the opposing quarterback... The last couple of games... Dylan Gabriel... Come on down... You are now the... Next man up... I think quarterback 41... For the Browns... In the last... Oh... Hand four of years... Yeah... Um... Well... Yeah... It's gonna go how we expect...

Pittsburgh minus 5 and a half... The over-under is 37 and a half... Cleveland's a great defense... You want to respect that... You know... I would think... If Cleveland's defense wasn't what it was... Pittsburgh would be favored by a lot more than 5 and a half... Can they slow down... You know... Aaron Rodgers enough to make this a close game? It's possible... It definitely is... I think they can... Their defense is great... And I don't look at the Pittsburgh Steelers offense... As something... Anywhere near unstoppable... So... No... It could be close... I think that... If the Browns win... It'll be from...

You know... A sack fumble return... In a game that... You know... Doesn't hit 25 total points in the game... Yeah... The over-under is 37 and a half... If I didn't say that... You do... Oh... Blarf... That's 16 points for Cleveland... 21 for Pittsburgh... Who will get Jalen Warren back... Mm-hmm... Full practice for Warren... The Kenneth Gainwell experience... While brief was... Amazing... But Jalen Warren's back in there... DK Metcalf... I haven't been happy with the target totals yet... I don't know if I'm going to be... It... I'm surprised by him too... It's so... Strange... So DK Metcalf... Feels a little bit like Marv...

Is at a 21% target share... You sent... Picks... And gave him... The bag... And you're giving him 21% of the targets... That is like... That's unacceptable... Football management to me... It's unacceptable... And yet completely in line... With Arthur Smith... And the willingness to use backs... And tight ends... They have two valuable tight ends... They have two... Pass catching running backs... And it's just... It's Arthur Smith man... Sure... It's gross... Are you playing Jalen Warren... That was... Who looked really really good... But he's coming off of an injury... Let's just assume... He plays... He was a full participant... On Wednesday... And he is the actual one...

That had the arrow... Pointed up... Right... So if he's starting... And he was so good beforehand... But you're playing against... The Cleveland Browns... Who are completely shutting down... Any running back they face... Well Jalen Warren had 24 opportunities... Before he got hurt... Right... Jason... We talked about Scadaboo's... Touches... Tyron Tracy... Kenny Game... Which of those two would you play? Jalen Warren... In this matchup... Against the Cleveland defense... While he's at home... Or... Tonight... Scadaboo... Man... That's really tough... I lean the Scadaboo side... Simply because... While we saw... A lot of opportunities... For Jalen Warren... I don't know if... After the game we saw...

From Kenneth Gainwell... Mixed with him... With Jalen Warren... Coming off of an injury... I don't expect him to just... Be that dude... That he was... A couple weeks ago... 80% snaps... Exactly... I don't think that's going to happen... This game against the Reds... No... I probably agree with you on that one... Is there any pass catcher... You can start from the Browns? You can dart throw the tight ends... Yeah... Sure... It's an area where the Steelers are struggling... Gabriel... Sign the terms of service... If you're going to play them... Yeah... You know what you're signing up for... Yeah... Is there refunds?

No... No refunds... It's pretty much a scratcher... But yeah... I mean... Last week... Targeting the tight ends... But you can scratch it... And then a fist just comes through... And punches you in the face... Gabriel was 10 of 13 for 80 yards... And two touchdowns... Targeting the tight ends... So it's a position that... That at least we know he likes... Yeah... That was against Minnesota last week... Judkins is the one that you auto start... Yeah... You do... It always works out for you with Judkins... He's just... He's just really really good... Yeah... You watch him play... He's an animal... It takes like...

It took like two snaps... That's the wild thing... Two snaps... For you to know that Judkins was way better... Than everything that they had... You guys... Do you guys remember Dylan Sampson? No... No I don't... Neither do the Burns... Dallas is 2-2-1... Taking on the Carolina Panthers... Who are now 2-3... The Vegas line... Dallas on the road... Minus 3 over under 49.5... I like that... Alright... I like that... Dak... Yep... You play him... George Pickens... Uh-huh... Absolutely... Jake Ferguson... The number one tight end in fantasy... Yep... Against the 31st ranked... Team against fantasy tight ends... Yeah... He can't be a start of the week...

Because he's just like... Yeah... You know... You always got to play him now... But... Dak... Javante... Pickens... Ferguson... Sign out... Yeah... Well... And then it's the... What do you do... Okay... Hold up... So do you realize... I just want to point this out... Right now in the season... Dak is the quarterback 3... Right now in the season... Javante Williams is the running back 4... Yeah... Okay... Right now George Pickens... Five... Wide receiver five... Yes... And Jawan is the... Is the tight end one... Jake Ferguson... Or Jake Ferguson is the tight end one... Like... They're top five... At every position... In all four positions...

And let's give a... That's because their defense is so bad... Can we give a round of applause to the defense... Yeah... Oh yeah... Yeah... The Cowboys even... Micah Parsons... Jerry Jones... Get out of here... Jerry Jones... Yes... Jerry Jones... I love this defense... Everyone give a thumbs up to Jerry Jones... Whoa... Careful... Whoa... Careful... Is this my thumb... It's really... Look... I've given... Mike... I've given thumbs up to people... It's just... It's a confusing thing to do... It's hard to know which digit... And then you want to point right at him... Yeah... Yep... Is that my middle finger... Or is that my thumb...

I don't know... I'm too old... But I'm a general manager... Yeah... But also... I can make really... Really good decisions... Well... Bryce was your stream of the week... This week... Carolina... They are at home... They've had stretches where they've looked okay... Stretches where they've looked real bad... But you've got starts of the week throughout this game... Rico Dowdle... Tett McMillan... Brought them both up... I don't think you go anywhere else... No... I mean... Last week... You know... There were some whispers... Maybe Tommy Trimble does something... He was Tommy Terrible... It was not good... He had one catch... So you don't do that...

And... Xavier Leggett... I got a bunch of tweets... Because he had a... You know... He had a nice... It was a nice catch... On a touchdown... Very, very good... 24-yard touchdown... Was that his only catch of the week? No... He had one other one... For seven yards... Okay... So this is... You know... I mean... I still hope the man develops into something... It's just he won't... And... There you go... There's that matchup... Seattle's 3-2... Taking on... Jacksonville... This seems like a fun game... 47.5 point over... Under Jacksonville... Minus one and a half at home... Both teams implied... Point totals... 23...

24 and a half... You know... Sam Darnold right now... Leading the NFL... Dude... In yards per attempt... What a story... He looks good too... Yeah... He looks great... And... JSN looks like his... Puka Nakua... You know what I mean? It's his go-to... Yeah... Can count on him at every turn... You have explosive play potential... And Torrey Horton every week... You've got Cooper Cup there... To be your solid veteran receiver... Barner and Arroyo... Weapons in the passing game... It's looked very... Coherent... I mean... They are... You know... A Baker Mayfield... Game winning drive... Which every team seems to be... One of those away from a win...

But... They could be 4-1 right now... Playing great on the offensive side... A good defense... Very impressive... All together... And then Jacksonville... You can't say enough about their defense... And how they've played... And while not always looking perfect on offense... Still winning ball games... 4-1... These are two fun teams... At home... These are two really, really fun teams... Jacksonville's favored by a point and a half... And I love that... I think Seattle's been bet... A lot... Yeah... I think... I love that for Seattle... This is a fun game... Travis Etienne... Has looked very good... Bachel Tootin has taken a step or two backwards...

And he is... He didn't get his toot... No... He didn't... Are we done? He needs to eat some more beans... But yeah... I mean... You can confidently start Etienne... I think... Rest of season... He looks like he is established... They got rid of Tank... Sure... And we thought it was going to be a 50-50 time split... With Etienne and Tootin... Are you going to jump in with Travis Hunter... With the Brenton Strange injury... And the words of optimism... That he will receive more work... No... He's an extremely talented wide receiver... And athlete... And I'm fine... If you need a dart throw...

I put him in my lineup last week... And it worked out okay... He's in my prize picks tomorrow... There you go... I'll tease it... But it really is... To me... It's a dart throw... I don't think he is... Josh Downs... Travis Hunter... I would go Josh Downs... I think I'd go Hunter... I'm feeling alright about Hunter in this one... And what about AJ Barner... Who... Quietly has been in the top 10... Three of five weeks... Are all those touchdowns? Not last week... Seven for 53... With two of them... With two... Okay so... But seven for 53... Sure, sure, sure... With the...

I'm just saying... All of the weeks where he had a good fantasy output... He had touchdowns... Yes... That is absolutely true... Yeah... He's in that... You know... Kate Otten category... Just keep an eye on him... With Barner... I feel like I would rather play someone that I'm confident in the targets like Kate Otten... And not necessarily requiring the touchdown... Hmm... But I'm definitely keeping an eye on him... I mean he's a young tight end who is looking good... There's officially too many tight ends in this weird category... Mm-hmm... There really are... Because you can make a kind of little case for almost every single team's tight end...

And it's not going to make you feel very good unless you have a big guy... Etienne you talked about... Brian Thomas though... Five receptions in just one of the five games... So the reception totals haven't been there... To me he is still a trade-forward candidate... I'm going to keep him in that category... I hope some teams are getting impatient and will trade him... He is definitely... As he falls off a lot of people's trade-for target lists... That is when he becomes actually available... If you want to trade for him... It's been a rough ride... It has... You know he's looked okay...

He finally hit 10 points... Yeah he did finally hit 10 points... But you know 80 yards... I agree with you Andy... I would go after him... And Britton Strange is on IR... So we don't have that option anymore... The Rams are 3-2... They take on the Baltimore Ravens... Who are failing... Each and every week right now... They've been the wildest story of football... Because it seemed... It just seemed automatic... They just win... That's just what they do... The Rams favored those... 7.5 point road favorites... Over-unders 44.5... Lamar Jackson unlikely to play... So we can kind of blitz this game... The Ravens are wild...