Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Week 10 Matchups, The Daily Dose, & TNF Review

porous defense where you've got a guy catching a lot of balls. He is an actual legitimate flex play even though he's a tight end. I agree. Jordan Reed is the number one target. Over the last two weeks since he's been back, he is the number one target for Kurt Cousins. Do you see that changing a little bit though when you have...

Deshawn Jackson lining up across Garsohn and you have more, I mean, they said they needed to get Dijax more involved. That was one of the things they said this week. Garcone's already, you know, he's got a baseline of four to six catches every game, even though he hasn't been doing a ton with them. Don't you think that is going to come out of the Jordan Reed, you know, quota? No, I think that D. Jacks will get a couple of deep targets, but Jordan Reed is the, he kind of does everything for that team. And he really makes the passing game.

go for Kurt Cousins. And with the amount of points that the Saints can put up, I think there's going to be just a high volume of throwing overall for both quarterbacks. It's interesting because the first game with Deshaun Jackson back, he only had three catches last week. Reed did. So it's something I want to monitor. I'm not going to extrapolate one game. But he only had three catches compared to 11 the game before. That's exactly why I say I'm having a hard time deciding between him and some other guys because I could see him. Let me just ask this. Flex, Jordan Reed or Deshaun Jackson?

Jordan Reed. I would go Jordan Reed. However, I think if you're going boom, Deshawn Jackson has a very high upside. That's all he can do. When he does well, he booms. All right, Willie Sneed, we talked about him. His injury, he may or may not play. We don't know yet. So if he is out, does that put Colston into the wide receiver three category? Would you start Colston? Breeze has been cruising? If Sneed is out, maybe.

What do you think, Jason? It puts him in flex consideration. Yeah, I mean, Colston has had a couple good games this year where he's actually looked a little bit younger. He's not great, but if Sneed is out, Drew Brees has caught fire. If Sneed is out, though, the guy that it bumps up the most to me is Benjamin Watson. I already like him a lot, but the way that they've been moving him around and not just having him on the line, especially over the last three games, has just shown that...

He is more of a pass-catching target. If Sneeds out, more will go his way. The Saints are 25th against the run. The Redskins are 29th against the run. This is a game that both teams should see some relative success on the ground. If he had to start a running back from Washington and hope and pray, who is it? Matt Jones. Matt Jones. And what's going on with C.J. Spiller? Everyone rushed to the waiver wire after a good game. Who knows, man. Basically nothing. He says he's confused.

Is he a handcuff for Ingram owners? Is that it? Is he even a handcuff for Ingram owners? Yeah, the issue has been past protection. That's what Sean Payton said, right? That's why they want Ingram on the field. And that's a huge issue. But, I mean, this is a guy. There's got to be like, I don't know what Sean Payton's wife and C.J. Spiller are up to? Oh, come on. I'm just saying it's like, why is he not?

Why is he not getting used? There has to be something behind the scenes. Slanderous. Can we leave him on an island with this one? I let the panic button play all the way out on that one. Interesting perspective from Jason. That's a scalding take. I'm going to just go with the past protection reason. All right. I'm going to stick with that one for now. And I'm going to move on to the Vikings against the Raiders.

I want to see Murray play in this game. I want to see the Raiders succeed in this game. This is a very winnable game to me where they've played well enough. Okay, the Raiders are eighth against the run this season. They haven't been good against the pass, but it's not like the Vikings are lighting it up on offense, okay? This is the Adrian Peterson and hopefully Bridgewater can do something competent season. I mean, he has something like six touchdowns on the year. He's down at the...

the bottom of the league, and he's coming off this concussion, I think that this is... Whoa. I can't do that, actually, because the Raiders are favored. So it's not an upset. The Vikings are six and two, but the Raiders are favored, so I cannot make them my upset. This is the almost home team victory of the week. It is the favored team wins the game. Yeah, I think the Raiders win this game. Bold. That's a bold move, gotten. Are you starting Derek Carr?

Oh, yeah. I am, but I do temper my expectations a little bit here. Vikings are very good defense. Yeah, and I think one of the things we need to realize from a fantasy perspective, right? So you've got very good defenses that are hard to throw on, and you've seen Derek Carr throw on them. But the difference between their defense and the Vikings defense is actually the Vikings' offense. The Vikings have...

Low scoring games, every game. And it's not just because of their defense. It's because they've got Adrian Peterson. They've got a very slow, methodical offense that winds games down quickly and keeps teams on the field and the points go fewer. And so in those type of matchups, the over-under is 44. And I would definitely take the under on this game just because it's the Vikings and what they've been doing this year. That style is a style that I think could hurt fantasy production in this game.

And to examine the numbers of the Vikings, here is who they have played. The Rams, Chicago, Detroit twice in Kansas City. They did play the Broncos, the Broncos had some success. But I mean, these are not teams that were lighting it up in the passing game. Yeah, the Vikings are enigmatic to me because they have this great record. But there hasn't been a game that they've played where I've said the Vikings went out and just.

took control from beginning to end. Even in the, they win, they end up winning these games, but I don't know what they, that, what will you really have in them yet? Right. Well, we, just think about the last time that the Vikings went down to the Bay Area. Yeah, week one, week one, Carlos Hyde tore through them like aluminum foil.

Yeah. For seven... And made everybody think Carlos Hyde was going to be incredible. Yeah, and that the Vikings had a bad run, so it's probably somewhere in between on this trip to the baby. You're right. So we like Stefan Diggs. Yeah, yeah. We're going to start Cooper and Crabtree. Yep. Is there anybody else you want to start from this game? No. Want to start Murray. The only other thing I would say is Marcel Reese would be the guy that I would expect to benefit if Murray is out. Okay. And let's say...

Let's say you are desperate for a streamer. It's hard, but Bridgewater, I mean, the matchup is delightful with the Raiders giving up the most yards in the league. So he's a possibility if there's really nothing else. He's a three-quarterback league streamer. He's at the bottom of the barrel for me. I don't know if I'm trying to think of somebody else that I'd rather. Nick Foles? Yeah, when I see that. They're at home at least. When I see that passing. I'd rather start Foles probably.

That passing defense? What? Yeah, against the Bears at home? Yeah, I'll take Foles over Bridgewater. Let's do it. Oh, yes. Did we just make a bridgewater? Water bet. There's no winner in this bet. There are certain players when you mention their names, like, and you have a post, you just have to bet it because it's too entertaining. So I just bet with... You just took Nick Foles on the side of a water bet. Amazing. Yeah, here's hoping he gets some dump passes to Todd Gurley.

Yeah, well, that is amazing. Yeah, I'm... That's fine. For me, I'm not on either of those. I'm not on either of those bandwagons, but hopefully it comes out good for one of them. Chiefs Broncos. We are going to talk Chiefs Broncos, but you guys are going to bear with me because I need to see something real quick. I just want to know on the season from an average perspective, who's actually winning that battle? Oh, Bridgewater versus Foles? Yeah.

Bridgewater is averaging in our league. They're back to back. 29 and 30 in our league. I was going to say back to back on the bottom. We call that butt to butt. It's not good. And neither should be played. All right. Chiefs go and take on the Broncos. The Broncos are at home. The Chiefs are coming off a buy. I expect a better game than people think here. Akeep to leave will be out. I think the Chiefs.

I think the Chiefs are still competing. What is going on? I'm trying to tempt him for the almost upset of the week. Coming off a buy, you got injuries on Broncos who are coming off a loss week. Andy's almost upset of the week. I actually feel good about this because the Chief's defense has been stepping it up. They were dominant last time out.

They'll put pressure on Manning. They know how to create pressure with Houston and Toma Ali and that defensive front. I like the Chiefs to keep it close. The Broncos are favored by six at home, but it's a low-scoring projection from Vegas. I like this as a potential, very close game. I'm not saying they're going to win it. It's going to come down. To me, it's going to come more down to whether the Chief's offense can do anything against the defense without a keep to leave versus the other direction. I...

What do you guys think about Char West this week? I like him. I do too. The Broncos pasty has been incredible, but their run-dee has been completely middle of the pack. People have put up decent fantasy games against them, and Charzard's been cruising the last few weeks, so I don't see any reason to sit him in this matchup. Really like Kelsey? I think Kelsey is being involved in the offense a little bit more. I saw a more creative play calling with him last game out, including them rewarding him after a big game, getting him a touchdown on the goal line.

Kelsey's a guy that I really like going forward. I can't decide whether I like him more than Reed or not, but I think I do. This week? I like him more than Reed. Just moving forward. Okay. Yeah, I'm not sure this week Reed has a nice matchup. But the run defense for the Chiefs is very highly ranked. They're a very, I think, competitive defense. I don't like anybody in the Denver backfield. That's fair. That's very fair. If you had to start 1J, who would it be?

If I had to start one... You just vomited? I think it would be Ronnie Helman. I mean, I don't want to start either of those guys. All right, so other side of the ball, we said Char West is okay. I like Jeremy Macklin. And just to remind people, Charzard is not Jamal Charles, but Charles put up 125 on the ground and a touchdown. And West is just getting the volume that he can have a decent...

Yeah, decent game. Yep. So we'll see what happens if they can pull off the upset or get close. The Patriots face their arch nemesis, the New York football giants in New York, and the Giants are seven point dogs at home. Woof. And maybe it should be more. You think? No, not really. Because yesterday we talked about this. I think, I don't know if it was on the Patreon Mailbag show or on the live on the show yesterday, but.

The Giants have won five of six matchups in the Belichick-Coughlin era against the Patriots. It'll be put to the test this week. I think we all agree about that. Absolutely. But the loss of Dionne Lewis, figuring out what's going on the backfield, how do you expect it to unfold from a fantasy perspective in the backfield for New England? I love Garrett Blunt this week. Love him. Okay. He is your start of the week. I have a few worries about him just because the last time we saw Dionne Lewis go out.

All of a sudden, they're like, well, we're just throwing the ball then. Legerre, you can take this one off. And I have, I completely agree with that moving forward, but the Giants' run defense is just, just the worst. I think their pasty says, hey, don't forget about us. We're pretty bad, too. Yeah, this is the team that gave up seven passing touchdowns to Drew Brees two weeks ago. Touche. And now they have to take on Tom Brady. I love the quote from Jason Pierre Paul, where he just said,

I kind of hope he just has a bad day or he's sick or something. It would help us out. It's a nice honesty. That's why my start of the week is Brandon Lafell. I think Lafell gets in the end zone this week, has plenty of targets, plenty of catches, plenty of yards. You know, he could be a wide receiver one, wide receiver two, I think is his floor. And I don't know if we've talked about this since the Dionne Lewis injury. The guy that we all kind of think gets the bump is not necessarily James White. It's Danny Amandola.

That's what we saw when Lewis was out. We saw that that's when Amadola had those two bigger games. Back to back games. Seven for 105 against Indianapolis, eight for 86 and a touchdown in the game against the Jets following those two. And those were the two games where Lewis was injured and struggled and wasn't involved in the offense that much. If you have a bunch of garbage on your bench, you know, sometimes the way that the lineup.

crumbles. You might have just nothing worthless guys on your bench. Go and swap one of them out for Danny Amandola now this week before he blows up because, you know, he could go into a role like that where his floor is high and every ceiling is high on the Patriots. Would you drop somebody like Matt Jones for Danny Amidola? I don't really like dropping running backs. Would you rather have James White?