Fantasy Football 2017 - Week 8 Matchups, In-or-Out, #MattLife

63% of the time. That's the most in the NFL. Yeah, they don't want to, but they have to. But they're forced to right now. Dejax. Their defense puts them in a position where they have to. Dejax has been playing very well. I mean, his box score does not reflect how well he has been playing. I mean, he has been torching people. If Winston could just improve that accuracy slightly, Dijax would have at least three more touchdowns right now. He's been playing great. They still have yet to connect, I believe, on any type of. Right.

bomb he has a screen or not a screen he has a slant touchdown from fitzpatrick but he's been open and we say meanwhile at least once a week i see djacks streaking out of the field wide open and usually getting that target yeah it just like a cat i mean just like a cat down the sideline oh put that kid for the cat from last night yeah yeah oh man that cat was nibble that was nibble that was the best part of the game uh we just okay go on go on

Yes, I said nibble, I think. I think you said nibble. That's what I was getting now. I updated to Nimbley Bimbley. Yeah, no, Nimbley Bambly. Welcome to. So D.JX has been all right with the missed targets from James Winston. They were, and they will hit eventually. Why do we believe that? Because he, I mean, it's the law of inevitability. If you're open down the field and James Winston's been able to connect with guys like Mike Evans, I think eventually you're going to see that big play happen.

Look, Deshawn Jackson remains one of the players I hate playing against the fantasy football because I'm always waiting for one play to define the week. I mean, a couple weeks ago, Golden Tate caught one deep pass of 15 fantasy points. I just think it's an interesting play. I'm not necessarily like, you know, you might have a better option as a wide receiver too this week. No, I mean, he's a fair play. He can always, he can always boom. And the matchup, you shouldn't be scared too much by the Carolina matchup. If you look at points given up against the wide receivers.

Against that position, you might think, oh, you know, the Carolina's pretty good. I think they ranked, you know, top 10. But that's really skewed by last week's wide receiver performance of the Bears. One reception for eight yards. That was not Carolina's doing. That was Chicago's doing. One reception for eight yards from the wide receiver position last week. They shut them down. It's going to skews. Got to get yourself an inman. Skew some numbers.

Cameron Brade isn't every week play. Has O.J. Howard worked his way into starter consideration. No. He has. He's flyer consideration. If I had Zach Miller, I'd start O.J. Howard. Let's put it that way. Really? Yeah, I would. Well, Zach Miller's getting two receptions a game at max. But here's the deal. I mean, O.J. Howard. But he's getting started week to week. I mean, a lot of the time. O.J. Howard has two very good games. And three, no, nay, four.

awful fantasy games. Yeah, that's pretty similar to, I mean, what you're seeing from Zach Miller is he had two games that should have been awful. Sure, but he, I don't like taking that kind of an analytical approach on a rookie who I've said that before. When you look and you just globally say, okay, he's had two good games and four bad games. A player like O.J. Howard, he's being worked into a system as a rookie.

You know, he had another way to put it is he had one more reception in last game that he's had the entire season. Sure. So, I mean, does that represent a level up? We don't know that yet. He's certainly worth grabbing and keeping an eye on. That's why is he worth a start this week. Right. And that's only in a tough situation. I'll put it that way. Okay. At least he has the upside. I'd play Jack Doyle over him. Oh, for sure. So I mean. Despite the baby hands. Regardless.

I'd like to see, now I'm picturing baby hands Jack Doyle with really big gloves, like really big catching gloves. Oh, where the fingers are folding over because they don't make them small enough. So they're kind of like flapping. Just his fingers look like they're flapping in the way. Yeah. And he's a little bit self-conscious when he wears the bigger gloves. Pulls them as tight as he can. They're up the wrist. Yeah, maybe he's blowing him up. Oh.

The Texans take on the Seahawks. Meanwhile, his hand is probably larger than my face. Right, I know. I was thinking, do they measure tight-in's hands at the combines? Because he's probably got like a watermelon-sized hand. But they're weaker than baby hands, so it doesn't matter. It's a grip. It's a grip issue. They're doll hands. The Texans take on the Seahawks, guys. Did you know that? They take them on. I know it now. Seahawks are five and a half point favorites at home in this matchup. Yep.

I think that that is a tip of the cap from Vegas to Houston and how they've played this year. I'm a little surprised that the line's that low. You think that's low? I completely agree 100%. Really? I think it's a little bit low for a Seattle matchup. I'd be curious to see what the average line is for their home games over the last year. 45.5.5.0. I'm going to tell you something I did. I swapped Drew Brees for Deshaun Watson in our listener league.

this morning. I'm playing Deshawn Watson. I benched Drew Breeze. Okay. I don't. Is Drew Breeze on a by week and I missed it? He plays the Chicago. Chicago Bears. At home. At home. And I am taking Deshawn Watson. There must be a water bet here. Oh. Oh. Head to head. Waterbed. He didn't even push back for. I realize it is unconventional. But let me tell you why I did it.

I did it because I think the floor for Deschalne Watson and any and all matchups is incredibly high. If you look at, he had a game. Deshaun Watson had a game in Cincinnati this year where he threw for zero touchdowns and he threw for 125 passing yards. He put up 18 fantasy points in that game. Yeah. He followed it with 24, 41, 46, and 30. His efficiency, the trust that they're putting into him.

I just think that the floor is incredibly high. And the upside is incredibly high. His rushing yardage just raises that baseline. I want the ceiling. I think the bears are a good defense. It has a lot to do with Breeze as much as it does with Watson. I'm not saying you go. I'm just saying that, look, you're in a position now where you have to make decisions like this with Jocelyn. What number does he have to put up, Jason, for you to make him in every week start automatically this week? So let's say this week he goes out and he puts up a what?

If he puts up 18 just like that other game? Does that make him an auto start? No, I mean, I would say he's got to be greater than 20 to be an auto start every week matchup proof guy. Yeah, I mean, I got I need to see, you know, 200 yards, 200 to 250 and two touchdowns. So whatever, I'm with Jason. Why do you need to see that?

Because I don't, I know you list. It's not a fantasy point. I know you listed off the Bengals game. But to say to put the, equate the floor to that one really broken play where the defense side they just, they gave up for 50 yards. They gave up on that play. You could even see Deshaun Watson who was was shocked. He was surprised that he was still running. And he. So I just, I think that the Deshaun Watson people are going to be very sad.

at the end of this weekend. And we waterbedded it, so we'll find out. Russell Wilson, you're starting him at home, obviously, in this matchup. Lamar Miller, he's been great. He's getting a start. DeAndre Hopkins, it might be some hesitation. He's a top five wide receiver. You can't bench the near target leader, in my opinion. No, I don't think you can bench him either. Would you play Crabtree over Hopkins? I wouldn't. No, I'd probably still go with Hopkins. They both have tough matchups, but, I mean, Hopkins against...

the Legion of Boom. He's the type of receiver that they can shut down. So we will see. Will Fuller. Everybody wants to start him. I've seen more insane Will Fuller trades this past week than any other trade I've seen. You know, people are going out there and they're trading. They're basically using Will Fuller the way we would tell you to use them, which is throw Will Fuller in with like a quarterback and go get a great wide receiver. I'm seeing this happen. I hope you're not buying in. I mean, I...

He's on 60 touchdown pace or whatever that is. So, look, is this the week the shoe drops for Will Fuller? Are you in the flames? More than likely. But like I was saying about Hopkins, where he's the way that he plays wide receiver, the Seahawks can be beat by speed. Because if they're trying to press and grab you and Will Fuller happens to shake free on one play, then it could be another 50-yard touchdown.

I love Doug Baldwin. He's going to come on in the second half. He had a great game last week, 10 receptions. Gun to your head. Which running back do you start from the Seattle Seahawks this week? Man. I'm going to take Eddie Lacey and hope he falls into the end. Yeah, I'm going to go Lacey as well. Yeah, Lacey had 11 carries. They both. Lacey and Rawls both had 11 carries last week. But Lacey has actually, to me, looked.

like a decent running back. Rawls has not ever looked the same as he did before the ankle injury. I've seen nothing from him to make me a believer. So I would take Lacey as well. What about the play where he thought he scored a touchdown, even though everyone else on the field knew there was a penalty? That was pretty fun. The Dallas Cowboys take on the Washington Redskins this week, a 50 point over under in my. Andy's almost upset of the wig.

I don't think the gap between these two teams is as big as people perceive. Vegas has the Redskins 2-point underdogs. Wow. So I'm going to take the Redskins in this one. Really? Josh Norman's expected to be back. That's going to make a difference. They have a really good front, the defensive front for the Redskins, the ability to slow down that running game and bringing Josh Norman back into the fold who traditionally shuts, you know, does Bryant down. Now, to be fair, last year.

Des Bryant against Washington week two, over 100 yards. And then he played them again in week 11 or so. And he was five for 72. Yeah, that's not a big game. So do not be scared to start Des Bryant. I have some concern for Josh Norman, you know, bringing the numbers down for Des. But you have a similar situation as a Seattle game. You still play him. Where you're starting to Andrew Hopkins. You're starting Des Bryant. They're both in the top five in targets. The.

The thing I'm interested in is pretty much everybody in this game in the sense that it's a 50 point over under. You're starting DAC. He's been on fire from a point per game perspective. He's one of the best in the league. You're not sitting Zeke. You're not sitting Dez. I love Jason Witten. Washington can't cover the tight in. That's the opportunity there. So those four players are in. What's your confidence level, Jason, Mike, on Rob Kelly this week, second week back from the injury.

hopefully a game flow that's more conducive to his usage. But do we like Rob Kelly? I like Rob Kelly. I think that he's going, you know, he's going up against a lesser of the middle of the pack rushing defense. Dallas does not scare me with their rush defense. They're at home. And what, what you saw last week from Rob Kelly in his first week back against the best run defense in the league.

was a poor performance. So I think a lot of people are going to bench Rob Kelly this week. And I think that's a mistake. I expect Rob Kelly to get well over 15 carries. And, you know, if the over under is true and there's 50 points scored, there's probably going to be opportunities in the red zone that Rob Kelly will get. So, you know, Rob Kelly hasn't scored a touchdown this year. So far, I think this is the week that he breaks that. Rob Kelly has played two full healthy games this year.

Right. Those games were both against the Eagles. So his numbers look bad. I'm not as optimistic as Jason, but you'd go Thompson over him. Yeah. Yeah. At this point, because Thompson's just so involved. I would go Thompson over him as well because the Dallas Cowboys offense is going to score on anyone. What you see as kind of Watson's ability to be matchapproof is what I think, Dak.

Dak will score on anybody. It doesn't matter who you are. And if Dak's going to score and if Washington ends up down, then Chris Thompson will be used. I hope, Andy, that you're right and you're almost upset of the week. If Washington is ahead, that bodes well for Rob Kelly. But Chris Thompson's just been too electric right now. And his utilization's been really well done by Washington. I know fantasy owners wish they would just give him the massive workload, but then you would get one week out of them.

because he would be injured. So I think they're doing it right with Chris Thompson. Rule 86 is in full effect for me this particular week. We saw Jordan Reed have a Thanksgiving feast against the Cowboys last year. That was the game where he suffered the shoulder injury yet still absolutely scorched the earth against the Dallas Cowboys. Speaking of hot, who's got the hot hand?

For the Washington pass catchers. They're going to jail prior or Josh Doxton. Look, Jay Gruden wants to give Josh Doxon an opportunity to earn a number one role in this offense. Jameson Crater and Terrell Pryor seemed to want to give Josh Doxon the opportunity to earn a role in this offense. And the.