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

than Danny Amandola take the chance on James White? At this point, I would rather have James White than Danny Amandola as far as the chip in play. And the reason is kind of what Mike's saying. It's because he's got the RB next to his name instead of the WR. And one of those is easier to fill than the other. Okay. That's good. Eli Manning, what do we think about him this week? I'm still going to start him. You have to keep up with the Patriots. And if they're going to keep up, it's going to be Eli Manning. Okay.

And obviously no discussion necessary for Robert Gronkowski, who's been the number one in our rankings for many weeks. I think based on the matchup, you can play him this week. Yeah, based on the matchup, it'll be decent. Yeah, the Giants are, this is the note. Giants are terrible against the tight end. Gronk.

could have two or three touchdowns this week. So if you're a fantasy team and you're running out, Tom Brady, Garrett Blunt, Julian Edelman, Brandon LaFell, Rob Grankowski, and Stephen Gaskowski, you're just fine. Yeah, honestly, I think you could win. Isn't that comedic? That is comedic, but I believe if you had those guys, you could win a decent matchup this week. That's ludicrous. That is crazy talk. It is interesting because there have been, you know, in our league of record, I think we're in season nine. I've won...

two championships in the league. And both times I had stacks of kind of the team that was the team to beat that year. I had Peyton Manning with Dallas Clark and Reggie Wayne one season. And then the other, ironically, I had Peyton Manning with like Demarius Thomas and Julius Thomas or I don't remember who it was. It was three Broncos. So it does work out. Moreno.

Well, yeah, there you go. Moreno. And so we've seen this work. It's not like you wouldn't want Aaron Rogers and, you know, you've seen Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb in years past. I don't know if I'd go six deep. That would be awesome. And just to give you perspective on the variance you can see there in one of my leagues I have Brady, Grunk and Dionne Lewis, and I know Lewis is out now. But two weeks ago, I got 87 from those three guys combined. Last week, it was like 37.

So that's what can happen. You can just have a week that goes your way and you blow a team out and then you can have a week that dies off. So let's talk about the Cardinals at the Seahawks, the Sunday night football game. I'm excited for this game. This one is the Fantasy Hitman's upset of the week. Oh, because the Seahawks are favored by three and you're a hometown Cardinal fan. You're darn right I am. A lot of questions this week about Palmer because...

The matchup isn't great on paper. The Seahawks are obviously very good. They're the second best pass defense statistically. They're the ninth best run defense. They're a great D. We know what the Seahawks are. That being said, is Palmer matchup-proof or on a Sunday night game coming off the bike? Can he come in here and produce because of his weapons? What are you expecting from him without bias, my friends? And this is without bias, and here's why. These are the teams that the Seahawks have shut down. Dallas.

Brandon Whedon, or Matt Castle. That was Castle. San Francisco, Colin Kaepernick. Cam Newton had success. Andy Dalton had success. Stafford, they shot him down. And then the ever-dangerous Jimmy Clausen of the Chicago Bears, they shot him down. But Aaron Rogers, even Nick Foles, week one. I mean, teams are having success. This is not last year's Seattle defense. And the problem with them is their pass rush is not as good as it is.

as it has been in past years. And if Palmer has any kind of protection with Larry Fitzgerald, John Brown, and Michael Floyd, all running free, there is going to be trouble for the Seahawks DB. You can't cover, nobody can cover forever when there's three top-end weapons. Yeah, I...

I think I agree with what you're saying. Obviously, those statistics are right. Two of those big games came in the first two weeks without Cam Chancellor. Their defense has improved since then. So I think it's somewhere in the middle. And also, you have to factor in that they are at home. And when they are at home, you know, Andy Dalton did a great job. He's really the only person this year that has really carved them up. But that was in Cincinnati. Nobody has gone to Seattle and really carved them up. So for me... You very much temper.

You're sealing with him then. Yes. I just don't see how he could throw for... Three or four touchdowns. Yeah, he's not going to throw for 300 yards. So you take Eli Manning over Palmer? Yes. This week? I would. I think that's how I have it ranked. Okay. And honestly, so the question for me, the biggest question is, do I play Palmer in my high stakes league? Or do I stream Kirk Cousins?

Yeah, that is difficult. I am fine with you streaming cousins. I think if you're looking for the higher play, that's going to be Kirk Cousins. He has a higher ceiling this week then. And I would agree with that. Yeah. But it's just tough. Because I still have confidence in Palmer. The nice thing about streaming Kirk Cousins is that when he throws a pick six, he just has to get back on the field and throw more. So it's just more opportunity for him to.

put up yards. Now, generally in these type of games, now the Cardinals are fourth against the run, seventh against the pass, the Seahawks are ninth against the run, second against the past, aka really competitive defensive football game. Somebody will have a great fantasy day. But predicting it in games like this is the most difficult because whether it's Chris Johnson or Andre Ellington or the Fitzgerald Brown- Floyd situation, you know, Palmer's going to probably throw for one or two.

But it's hard to know exactly who that is when you have a defensive kind of matchup like this. So is there somebody that stands out that you are confident about, or is everybody get a bump down because of the defensive nature of this game? I mean, everyone gets the bump down. Fitzgerald is the guy I'm most confident in just because he's the, he's kind of that possession guy where I feel confident in him getting five or six catches. Did you hear Larry Fitzgerald on whether or not Richard Sherman was going to cover him this week?

No, it did not. Oh, it was so great. Larry's so great. He was talking and he goes, man, I'm old now. I haven't had a thousand yards in three seasons. He's got to cover Michael. He's young. He's good. He's like, I just really hope he's on Michael. That's like, that's great. That is pretty good. I'm old now. That's great. Yeah. Please.

Don't cover it, Larry. Don't cover him. But that is the problem. You just don't know where he's going to be guarded. And the truth is this year, like other years, quarterbacks just haven't thrown at Richard Sherman that much. So it's not even whether or not he's the reason to shut him, you know, that he's shutting Larry down. For me, I don't want to pick a guy, and I take a bump down on just about everybody in this game. The only guy that I think is an absolute fine play, but not that great, but I would.

start him if he's in my roster is probably Marshawn Lynch. What about Jimmy Graham? Yeah, he's another one of those. He could have a great game, but it could be Lockett instead, or it could be Doug Baldwin instead. We just don't know. All right, we got to get to the Monday night game and then our Daily Dose segment today. The Texans are taking on the Bengals on Monday night football. The Bengals are heavy favorites. They're at home. Clearly, you know, 8-0, playing well, playing well in prime time, getting a lot more attention.

than they had been getting earlier in the year. How do we think this game shakes out? I mean, you're starting DeAndre Hopkins, obviously, but he might be the only guy you actually roll out on the entire Texans team. Yeah. So, I mean, Alfred Blue? I have him on my bench in a league. No, I wouldn't roll him out here. Would you play him on your bench? I would play him on my bench. You'd put him in the bench spot? I want those bench points, you know, for the fantasy tiebreakers. All point.

I want that bitch point. And if you're going, I mean, we got shorts in Washington. I think shorts is going to play, which kind of caps that upside of... I still take Washington over shorts. Of the nasty one. I do, too. Yeah. And Washington is, he's in that, we always talk about this nebulous lump of receivers who could do well. He is definitely in there because the Texans could be getting...

boat raced and then just have to throw a bunch so he garbage times his way into a decent wide receiver three day. Would you rather have Nate Washington or Marvin Jones in this game? Marvin Jones. Would you rather have Nate Washington or Mohammed Sunu in this game? Nate Washington. Give me nasty. Okay. And then Mike, tell me how you're approaching the running backs position with Jeremy Hill and Gio Bernard and the ever...

swinging pendulum of excitement. Last week's effort against the Browns of the usage of Jeremy Hill was just a shot in the butt. Shot to the heart! Yeah, Bon Jovi nailed that one. So it's really hard to count on them. And let's say you have both these guys. Who do I start? Who do I start? It depends on what you need. Do you need 10 points?

You go with Gio Bernard. Do you need 20 points? You go with Jeremy Hill. And that is so much of what makes lineup decisions not black and white, right? People can look at a ranking sheet and say, I like this guy more than that guy. But there are kind of facets within that. Who are you playing in your league? Are you going up against the worst team in the league? And you need to just guarantee your baseline points and you know you'll get by them?

Are you going up against the juggernaut who's got Gurley running out there against the bears at home? Oh, don't talk about that. Oh, is that your situation? Yes. I know it is. I just haven't found it. Is Todd Gurley pretty good? He's okay. All right, let's go ahead and we got through the forecast. Let's take a minute here and break down some great DFS options for you with our special guest, Chris Meaney. The Daily Does.

The fantasy footballers are joined once again by the meanest, by the leanest. Chris Meaty of the Fantasy Sports Network. We're going to talk some DFS strategies, guys he likes, guys he maybe doesn't like, get some values on that, on the fan duels. So let's get it done. What's going on, Chris?

Yeah, good. That was a pretty good intro, I must say. I've never heard that one before. I heard like, mean, meanie, mo, big meany, but I'm a big fan of that one. Well, I hope that your physique can match my interpretation of your name at the beginning there. So let's, here we go. We'll start at the top. Big name quarterback guys that cost the big keesh. Who do you like? Yes.

This is an Aaron Rogers week. I like him. I'm paying up. He's the most expensive quarterback on the board, 9-2. I'm not too worried about it. There's a lot of values. I'm sure we can get to where you can just afford to have Aaron Rogers in there. I mean, even, I guess we could call it, garbage time against Carolina. He ended up with almost 34 fandle points, 33.96. This game, you know, back at Lambo.

playing Detroit, a team that struggled, Green Bay coming off a couple losses now. I think this is a statement game. So I'm willing to pay up for Aaron Rogers. And, I mean, his wide receiver and core is pretty cheap. You know, Randall Cobb is 7.7, finally had a good game. Devante Adams had 11 targets last game. He's only 5'8. So I like that if you want to pair him up with either Cobb or Devante Adams.

I'm going to continue to pay for Todd Gurley. I think this is a terrific match against the Bears 9-2. And again, there's some other values out there where you can afford to really have Gurley and Rogers in your lineup. And what do you think about this stack? Because I'm loving it this week. Mr. Beebe, Blake Bortles, and Alan Robinson. How do you feel about that? I love it. I love it. A huge fan. How could you not be? I mean, Bortles doesn't get the credit because he throws some picks.

I mean, this guy's not afraid to throw the ball. Jacksonville's not, you know what? They're always most part. They're always down in game. So he's not afraid to sling it. He's only $7,800. I looked at his Fandwell points. 22, 25, 29, 19, 17, 21. This guy hasn't been over $8,000 yet this year. The only bad game he really had was two weeks ago against Buffalo.

He had 13 fando points against a tough defense. This is a great match against Baltimore. I love his wide receivers, and Alan Robinson only $7,500. Even Hearns at 73. I know he's banged up. He's got the foot injury. I expect him to play. He's got to touch him in like six straight games. So I'm a huge fan of that stack option, definitely 100% on board. All right. Let's talk some other running backs. Besides Gurley, who do you like? Do you like maybe a DeMarco Murray against Miami? Or how about...