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The hosts revive the show's blue-medical-tent Halloween costume as appropriate for another mass-injury weekend. Sunday feels like tumbling through a dryer, every player ending in '-uka' receives an apology, and Egbuka's injury takes an unnamed host's last lung and newly purchased cards. This transcript does not label the host recalling the costume.
Mike and Papa Josh own the League of Record's 9–1, first- and second-highest-scoring keeper superteams, called the presumed 1A and 1B. A normal win is about 135 points, but at recording time Mike sits at 72 and Josh at 62 as their stars fail. Josh is then mocked for already trading every draft pick despite the need for depth; the figures are an in-progress snapshot, not final scores.
Jason admits he did not help prepare Monday Punday before the hosts run through a dense set of good and bad player mutations: Scatter-boom, Jackpot Smith-Njigba, Rico Belcowdle, Kendrick Bourne Supremacy, Emeka Egg Big Boo, Quin-Shart Judkins, Toilet Tagovailoa, Kenneth Walker the Turd, Stefon Diggs My Grave, Troy Stanklin, and Puke Nacua.
The hosts instruct listeners who had a good fantasy week to absorb it as the product of skill, while a loss is always caused by bad luck.
Baker Mayfield is called Laser Mayfield and the current MVP. Every lost Tampa weapon is expected to be too much, but the hosts answer 'dog don't care,' say he keeps powering up, and an unnamed host declares love for him.
De'Von Achane is described as a shining golden nugget inside Miami's toilet. The hosts decide someone has gone number two there and identify Mike McDaniel as the little tiny turd, while insisting the gold is still worth retrieving and washing one's hands afterward.
Cade Otton's weekly habit of taking huge hits escalates into a body slam, which the hosts still distinguish from legal lifting. They invent a rule permitting defenders to lift players over 250 pounds because the feat shows strength and bigger players can take the fall. Otton measures 247 without pads, then his equipment is counted to move him above the proposed lift threshold; Achane may be thrown only if caught.
After three worsening fantasy weeks and extensive commentary, the hosts repeatedly ask Kenneth Walker 'What are you?' He alternates between looking like football's best player and not mattering, while Seattle cuts him to 35 percent of snaps and uses Zach Charbonnet heavily.
An unnamed host says he will finally spin the Wheel of Shame on Friday and deserves every bit of it because he predicted 43 rushing yards for Rhamondre Stevenson. The transcript does not identify the losing host.
TreVeyon Henderson freezes in a serious three-point pass-protection stance while Drake Maye moves away. He shuffles in place, ready to block nobody, and the desk first calls it a stuck-controller moment before upgrading the diagnosis to an unplugged controller; the follow-up explicitly says he may be overthinking after coaching criticism and contrasts that treatment with Guns Mahoney correcting players before building them back up.
An unlabeled host declares 'I love Rico,' is answered with 'Yeah, you do,' and receives permission for a deserved victory lap. Minutes later Mike is directly invited to compare Rico Dowdle's rushing total with Saquon Barkley's and immediately answers Rico, corroborating that the celebration belongs to Mike.
While contrasting Henderson's coaching treatment with Detroit's approach, the hosts revive the Coach Guns Mahoney name and recount a philosophy of correcting players who take plays off, then building them back up and returning them to the field.
The injury-heavy opening revives the show's blue-medical-tent Halloween costume as seasonally appropriate, compares the weekend to tumbling through a dryer, apologizes to every injured player whose name ends in '-uka,' and turns Emeka Egbuka's injury into the loss of an unnamed host's last remaining lung after a weekend of buying his cards. League of Record provides the episode's strongest personal consequence: Mike and Papa Josh own the two 9–1, first- and second-highest-scoring keeper superteams, yet at recording time Mike sits at 72 points and Josh at 62 as their stars fail; Josh is also teased for already trading every available draft pick. Monday Punday returns with Jason admitting he did not help and a full board of mutations including Rico Belcowdle, Kendrick Bourne Supremacy, Emeka Egg Big Boo, Toilet Tagovailoa, Kenneth Walker the Turd, Stefon Diggs My Grave, Troy Stanklin, and Puke Nacua. The desk then states the universal fantasy doctrine that wins come from skill and losses from bad luck. Mike receives permission for a Rico Dowdle victory lap after declaring his love, then immediately answers Rico when directly asked to compare his rushing total with Saquon Barkley's. Baker Mayfield becomes Laser Mayfield, the MVP, and a dog who keeps powering up as Tampa loses weapons. De'Von Achane is a golden nugget in Miami's toilet, where Mike McDaniel is imagined as the tiny turd. Cade Otton's habit of taking huge hits becomes an invented rule allowing defenders to lift—but not slam—a pass catcher above a 250-pound threshold; Achane may be thrown but must be caught. A general Kenneth Walker discussion reaches an identity crisis as the hosts repeatedly ask 'What are you?' while Seattle gives Zach Charbonnet the goal-line work. An unnamed host accepts an upcoming Wheel of Shame spin after predicting 43 Rhamondre Stevenson rushing yards. TreVeyon Henderson then freezes in an empty pass-protection stance like a disconnected controller, ready to block nobody while overthinking coaching criticism; the diagnosis is contrasted with Coach Guns Mahoney's correct-and-build-them-back-up approach.
And it's like, I think that Henderson is just getting crapped on by his coaching staff, and he is not really sure how to handle it. So now he's overthinking everything. He's up in his head. Yeah. No, I think that that's a big part. He is still clearly the more efficient runner. I mean, he's the one. He's doing more with less. He's just not allowed to get more is what it feels like right now. It's so brutal. Tony Pollard, Isaiah Pacheco, Kareem Hunt, and then Hassan Haskins, who people spent some money on and took a shot, were other disappointing performances. At wide receiver, ew.
Yeah. Cortland Sutton, one for 17. Yeah. I mean, it's shocking stuff. Bo Nix has a bad day, and Cortland Sutton has a bad day. Maybe throw him the ball more. Michael Pittman, Jr., two for 20. Devontae Adams, just four for 39. Was wide open on multiple touchdowns that Stafford just missed him on. That would have changed the whole day for both of those guys. Mm-hmm. Stafford had the down week. You talked about Keenan and the conversation around Keenan Allen, four for 27. And Jacoby Myers continues to be worthless. Romeo Dobbs back down to five for... Five for 55 is... For Dobbs.
That's normal for Dobbs. Yeah, that's not... I don't like that's horrifically bad. Yeah, you just couldn't chase three touchdowns, obviously. But any players you want to talk about there? No. Are we done with Juwan Johnson? Yeah, we are. It seems so. The other guys are back. Oh, we got Taysom. Juwan Johnson. We got Taysom again. Oh, that's right. Oh, he's back. Right at the goal line. He's back, everyone. And it worked. Yeah. But for fantasy, it did not... It did not work for fantasy. Oh, man. We are... We're back. Mason Taylor just had one target. This game was... There were no wide receivers.
He had two yards. Meow. So, two yards is pretty good market share of Justin Fields passing. He was not allowed to bring his meow mix into the country. Ah, was that? It was a... Yeah. So, little kitty cat was hungry. How many... Garrett Wilson, we didn't talk about him. Did we on the wide receivers? What was his total line? Very bad. Was Josh Reynolds the leading receiver in that game? Let's see. Garrett was eight targets. Ah. Three for 13. Okay. Hunter Henry, three for 27. Mark Andrews, four for 24. Isaiah likely has done nothing because the Baltimore Ravens... Yeah, I don't even put...
Are they one and five? Yes, they are. They are one and five. Likely, to me, is going to be someone that we need to remember to pick up next week coming out of the bye. Out of the bye. Because we really haven't seen him and Lamar together this year. Coming into the season, I think there was high hopes, maybe even expectations for likely. And the season is basically starting over for the Ravens in two weeks. That game was interesting of... You know, it was like, I didn't want to play Derrick Henry. Derrick Henry actually had a very good day. He was 24 for 122.
And the Ravens... The game was very tight for a long time. And then eventually, you know, the dam opens up and the Rams are scoring more points. And so then that turns into, well, we have to have Cooper Rush. And then eventually, Cooper Rush is benched for Huntley. So it was... But, I mean, it was nice to see Derrick Henry finally get something going again. We get the bye week. We get Lamar back. We get Chicago. We get Miami. We get Minnesota. So it should be brighter days ahead for Derrick Henry. I don't know for certain that this is correct.
But it looks to me like there have been two teams in the last 12 years that have made the playoffs starting 1-5. Okay. 2015 Kansas City Chiefs won 10 straight after starting 1-5. I remember that. The Colts were 1-5 in 2018 and made the playoffs. It's very rare, obviously. Hard to do. I mean, you're talking a 1% or 2% chance probably. How many division games do they have left? Oh, by the way, the Steelers have been... They won the last two weeks. The entire division has lost two consecutive weeks. The whole division 0-3. That's what I mean. They might be able to make up some ground.
Well, you can beat the Browns. Yep. You can beat the Bengals. Yeah. So... Just can they get healthy enough to beat the Steelers? Yeah. And they've got... Is this the bye week coming up for them? Yeah. Okay. Yeah, you got your shot. You better go on a run. Problem is that defense has been so beat up, I don't know if they can do it. Yeah. That was Studs and Duds presented by Lowe's. Lowe's knows Sundays are for NFL football. Earn your Sunday with Lowe's. Official partner of the NFL. We'll be back tomorrow with a Waver Wire episode. And you're going to need it.
Should be a really interesting one. Yeah. There's a lot of question marks. Hopefully more information around some of these injuries and how long they're going to be out. And we'll be back tomorrow. Waver Wire and a lot more. Take care. Goodbye. Thank you for listening to another episode of the Fantasy Footballers Podcast. Join our fantasy football community on jointhefoot.com. And follow us on Twitter at the FFBallers. Thank you. Thanks. I'll see you in the next one. Let's see you in the next one. Bye.