Starts of the Week + Week 7 Breakdown, Fool’s Gold - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/17

He was 4.4 in his three carries last week. I think that he's still, he's a low end running back two. Anytime you have 56 attempts, I think you can look a little bit fairly at the situation. Yeah, I mean, it's really dependent on only to it to ever run a good run the ball well. But it's also he gets work in the receiving game. And that's where, you know, you look at those first couple weeks when, okay, he was 2.4 a carry. He was the running back seven because he was seven for 76 in the passing game. He's still bursty.

and looks the same as he did last year. It's just the opportunities have been different. I don't agree. Okay. And Moster ran for 4.2 last week with Tyler Huntley. And if you have to conditionalize his size with running between the tackles is changing the entire, it's changing the way you look at Devon A-chan and where he was drafted. Like you're saying he's a running back that only works in a certain system or a certain way or a certain this or that. That's a difference of 100%. I mean, I mean, but that's what the truth is. I mean, the truth is you have to look at him completely differently without two. But that means you're not drafting him like, you know, you were drafting him ahead of like JT. Some people were doing. Oh, yeah. I mean, what is the conversation here? If this is whether Devon A. Chan was a good draft pick so far. No, no, no, no. That's not the conversation. The conversation is the hope for A. Chan was that he was a starting caliber running back in the NFL on a week to week basis, not a.

the system has to be right or I have to get targets or I have to have a breakaway run. It was like, can he become a premier back, like a Gibbs, like a Bijon, like somebody like that. And if we have to say that he can't do that unless, you know, everything's perfect, I think that's a big adjustment on our expectations. That's all I'm saying. Sure. Detroit's 4 and 1, Minnesota's 5 and 0. I want this game. 51 is the over under. Draft King's Sportsbook line is Minnesota minus one and a half. Yeah, this is the one that scares me. I'm very excited. I mean, two great teams, great teams, two well-coached teams, two teams that are great, you know, on the line of scrimmage, divisional matchup. There's nothing NFL football-wise that you don't love about this game. Fantasy-wise, so many startable assets, important assets, high over-under. This is just one of those games, though, where it's like because it's divisional.

And these defenses are both really, really good. I wonder if they will smack each other in the mouth a little bit more than us fantasy fans want. That's my fear for this game. Well, the departure of Aidan Hutchinson is going to stifle a pass rush. And the Vikings offensive line has been good. So we'd love to see Darnold bounce back after a buy. They still haven't lost a football game. It's really tight. They're favored. Who do you have winning the ball game? Let's start there. I've got Detroit. I'll take Minnesota. I lean the Detroit side. I think it's going to be close. Goff, I mean, this is wild. He has two passing touchdowns in four career starts in Minnesota. That's not great. No. For a dominator, he's been a domester fire in Minnesota. Yeah, I mean, when you look at Jared Goff's games and you say how many passing touchdowns does he have, you've got to just look, well, how many rushing touchdowns that they have? It's not necessarily that he had a bad game. It's that they might go the other way.

A reality you could deal with all the time when you've got Gibbs, Montgomery, and this offensive line. However, the Vikings run defense has been elite this season. They're number two in fantasy points given up to running backs. Going back to last season, they were, I think, seventh. So this is a carryover of this Flores defense where not that you're not starting Gibbs or Monty, but I think that's good for the passing game. Good for Jared Goff. the weapons there. So are you tempering the expectations for Gibbs and Monty being a committee backfield against the number two defense? Sure. You temper it in the sense that it is completely irrelevant. There's no team that can bench either one of those guys. You just have to go, I want to make sure I get, you know, I'm hoping for 10 fantasy points and a half PPR. Mike Jefferson's receiving line is a ridiculous 92 and a half yards. Yep. Is it really? That's awesome. He averages 102.6 at home in Minnesota.

The one area where the lines are giving up a ton of fantasy points is to wide receivers. Yep. So this is why you like Jordan Addison. Yeah, as the secondary option there. Yep. Yeah. And with, it looks like, I mean, too early to know whether Aaron Jones is going to start. But the fact that they traded for Cam Acres, Aaron Jones is saying he's not sure. You know, I would lean that at the very least, they got a banged up running back, you know, room. They did come out and, I mean, take it for what you will. He came out in the press conference and said verbatim, this move has nothing to do with Aaron Jones's status. It could be they're disappointed with the third string. Wasn't it? You just said they wanted. Was it a gaskin? They wanted depth and it doesn't have any bearing on Jones. The gas man? Yeah, pretty sure it was. Yeah, the gas man's there. And it's, the weird thing about Aaron Jones is like when he left the game, everything there was, oh, it's a hip injury. Now it's being listed as a hamstring injury. So it's just.

You got to keep your eye on it. Hamstrings connected to the hip bone. Yeah. Yeah, I know that song. Hopefully it's still connected. Alman Ra, yes. Jameson Williams. Yep. Jameson Williams, let's take inventory of the season so far. He is the wide receiver. What do you think? I would guess. This is, he's had a buy. Oh, with a buy, maybe wide receiver 20. I'll go higher than that. I was going to go higher. I'll go, what do we have? 14 right now? Let me get it by points per game. That would be better, right? Okay. Yeah, sure. Points per game, I'm going to say 14. Okay, Mike. Sure, 14. He's 13. 13 and points per game, 23 on the season. There's a pretty good matchup for him. Like I said, you can't run the ball well or easily on the Minnesota Vikings, but they are giving up the third highest explosive.

pass play rate in the NFL. That's those over 15 plus yards. That's kind of where Jameson Williams' big fantasy production has come. Jameson, ahead of Al Monroe on the year in points per game. Crazy. Yeah. I mean, the big plays have been hitting. He seems like he can get that kind of in a waddle Tyreek way. There's too much to account for in this defensively for this team. And you can lull teams to it, you know, Monty. You need 11 guys to bring them down. Gibbs, two explosive, Laporta, Almanorah across the middle. It just seems. Tim Patrick. I mean, Tim Patrick had 68 yards and was an inch away from a touchdown last week. So it's like you lull them to sleep and you take two or three shots and you can hit them. And it's just the, you know, box score hunting Jameson. I don't think we really know 100% yet. Like what is when this team, like what is he for this offense of the first two weeks, nine targets?

11 targets, huge games. Then you have the game against Arizona. They win 20 to 13, but it's three targets in that game. And then it's two blowouts. So like the volume disappeared for him. Is that a buy low opportunity? Yeah, is it supposed to be? Well, I mean, he still came. The targets weren't there, but the yardage on the touchdown was. So fantasy production, I don't think you could buy low, but it's a, is he closer to that? More like a four or five target guy or that? close to a double-digit target guy that he was in the first two weeks. If Aaron Jones is out, Ty Chandler against the tough defense. Yeah, it's still a fine opportunity. Malik Neighbors will have a full practice today. A little update for you. He will then meet with an independent neurologist later today. I saw somebody typing a Marvin Harrison update and then deleting it. I think we had already shared it. Well, I think he's still in the protocol was the headline there. Yeah. Oh, yeah. It's not out of the protocol. He's just.

No, it's just a, it's a Monday night game. So Thursday is the first practice. So if he is actually doing anything limited on that first one, that's a good sign. Yeah, oftentimes the protocol, you watch the progression of the weekend. And this is the right day to have it hit on a Monday night football game. Can you hand me that crown back there, Jason? Oh, it's right behind you. I will wear my clown wig under protest. Sam'sies. I didn't make that one. Well, no, it's Calvin Ridley. Calvin Ridley, the process. What do you mean? Eight targets. Eight targets for Calvin Ridley and zero yards. Is this Jason's, is this Jason's crown? Because it was, it could be mine too. Oh, if it's, it must be yours. Was it big or small? It was way too big. Oh, that's mine. All right. Trevor Lawrence slipped under the passing line we brought up last week in the parley partay. Justin Herbert went well over the 195 and a half.

and Calvin Ridley on eight targets had zero yards receiving. So two crowns, or one crown, two clowns, and we're jumping into this week's pick. Calvin Ridley and Will Levis. That's the clowns. I'll hop in here first. I really like mine. He's my start of the week. So I hope he can have over 60 and a half receiving yards. But Deontay Johnson, he's over this line in three or four games. The matchup against Washington is perfect. As I outlaid, I think this is a, you know, barring injury. Deonti Johnson should clear 16 and a half receiving yards. This will be my last overpick if it doesn't hit because I've hit every under pick I've made this year. Evan Ingram, 40 plus receiving yards. He had 10 catches last week. I think 40 is a pretty low bar and three out of four tight ends that faced New England went over that line already. Evan Ingram was just too important and you saw it right away. Like the second he's back in the offense.

Trevor Lawrence, you know, he's the one. He's a go-to. Yeah, he's a go-to guy. Gino Smith, 250 plus passing yards. He has only hit this line five straight times and is in what we are hoping is the game of the week. He leads the NFL in passing yards and attempts. And both these teams are top three in neutral pace. This should be a fast and furious game. And I think Gino can clear 250 yards. All right, that was Fantasy Forecast presented by Draft King's Pick Six. Download the new Draft King's Pick Six app now and use the code Ballers. That's the code Ballers for new customers to pay $5 and get $50 in Pick Six credits. All right, that'll do it for today's show. We've got more matchups to fantasy face off. Probably some news to talk about tomorrow. It's going to be a good time. Don't miss it. Goodbye, everybody. Goodbye.

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