Fantasy Football 2017 - Week 4 Matchups, In-or-Out

And if he's the number one wide receiver, he's run the most routes, got the most targets. He's looked good. Remember, back in the day, he was first round pick. I mean, there's a talented wide receiver who struggled with injuries early, and now he's got the opportunity. So I do like, I'm certainly not afraid of the Jets defense. Just so he was a second round pick. Yeah, he was drafted. What you were remembering is he was drafted before Alan Robinson that year. All right. So he was.

Thank you, Judge Diamonds. He was. I don't think that was the same year. He vet me on this one. I will continue talking about that offense and I'll vet you. I don't think that was the same year. So he likely, I think that Hearns is still a good play as well. He's getting involved. He's getting those touchdowns. And as gross as it might be, Blake Bortles is a fine play. He's a fine play this week. Before we move on to the next game, want to thank today's sponsor, Pristine Ox and the best.

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Mike, you are 100% correct. You're darn right. You know what was in my head was I knew Hernes and Robinson came out in the same year. Oh, Hearns was undrafted. Yeah, but it was the 2014 draft that he was signed after. So you had Robinson Lee and Hearns. Lee was the 39th pick. Robinson was the 61st pick, both in the second round. And then Hearns was undrafted and made a big splash. So they just stocked their whole wide receiver core in one draft. So you were right. Well done.

Got one. You're starting Leonard Fournette. What about, I saw somebody on Twitter asked the question. They said, are we sleeping on the Blake Bortles bounce back? That's what I was saying. It seems gross, but he is absolutely worth a play. My concern here is the Jets' past defense has been adequate. It's been okay while the run defense has been rough. So I'm expecting a huge day for Leonard Fernette. Yeah, and how much of that past defense was inflated by a near shutout yesterday?

you know, last week. It's only three weeks into the season. I think it's, that was a great performance, and they played well at home. The 49ers take on the Arizona Cardinals in Arizona. Cardinals, a touchdown favorite in this one, 44.5 point over under. What 49ers are you confident starting? What are the tough decisions there? Oh, I mean, Carlos Hyde is, he's still in every week's start, despite it being a really rough matchup against the Cardinals. I know Zeke ended the day. He had to find fantasy day. That's why, you know, you.

you can still play Carlos Hyde and feel okay about it. The wide receivers, though, I mean, Pierre Gerson, I guess, but I'm not. I would be trying to bench Pierre Garson. Yeah, I would too. Yeah, he's all right as a last resort. He's not, I don't think he's going to end the game with, you know, two for 14. He's still their main target and they will need that, but it's not a great matchup. So you're talking about, you know, a wide receiver in the 30s range. Yeah, it's a rough game.

Okay. So on the Cardinal side of the ball, the Cardinals wide receivers have been targeted 28 times per game. That's the second most in the NFL. Larry Fitzgerald is the third most targeted wide receiver. He's second in the league. So the last week really helps. It did. It did. But I saw this morning, Larry Fitzgerald has, he's the greatest wide receiver in history against the 49ers. No wide receiver has had more production ever against the 49ers. I think you're starting Fitzgerald with confidence based on those numbers. Palmer, however, has...

He's had an up and down year. Mostly down. Mostly down. 56% of his pass is completed. But the problem has been the offensive line. And at least in this matchup, the 49ers defense, they've only sacked the quarterback on just 3.3% of attempt. So that's the second worst number in the NFL. So maybe a little bit of a reprieve for the Arizona offensive line. They also should get some pieces back, right? Yeah. Last I had seen Mike Ayupati or You Potty. Yeah. He is not going to play this week. He's not?

No, I was hearing from Mike Drecky. He says there's 100% chance he returns on Sunday. That would be awesome. Yeah, he did say that. That is a huge difference maker. Every beat reporter that I've heard talk, every coach comment, all say that they would be shocked if.

if he plays this week. So, well, he's saying, yeah, I mean, he's saying he's playing and there's an expectation that DJ Humphreys can make it back this week as well. Yeah, that's what I have heard. The left tackle was going to be back. Now, they lost Alex Boone, the guard. And so Iyupati coming back makes a gargantuan difference for Carson Palmer and for the running game. As I say, would you start Chris Johnson this week? If I, would you start him over Jonathan Stewart this week?

Yeah, I'd start him over Stewart just with the news of him being named the official of Coach Ariens saying he's still the starting running back. And you can run. Clearly you can run on the San Francisco 49ers. Whose stream of the week was Carson Palmer? Mine. Okay. I like it. It's Palmer. It's a home quarterback against a bad defense. So I think it's a great call.

All right, the Eagles take on the Los Angeles Chargers, who are one and a half point favorites in this one at home. 47.5 point over under. We've seen the emergence of Carson Wins in the passing game this year. The volume has been there. Do you start Carson Wins in this game against the Chargers, the defense in Los Angeles? They've sacked opponents 11 times this year, tied for the second most in the league. Should be under pressure in Los Angeles. What do you think of Wins?

I think that he's a fine start. He's not a, I wouldn't project that top five type of week for him. But he's, when he's in a positive matchup, and I know that the past defense, look at the numbers for the charges, say full fifth best in allowing yards. I don't think, I think that's one of those small sample. It's skewed right now. That's not where they actually belong, especially with Jason Verrett out for the season.

So I'm fine playing Carson Wentz this weekend. Yeah. And his number one target is Zachertz. Yeah. Love Zacherts. He's been targeted more than any other tight-in in the league. But you do have to temper expectations this week. It's not a great matchup. You saw the Chargers last week hold Zeus himself to one reception for one yard. And over the last... The Greek God? Yes. Wow. Yeah. That's tough. Hold the Greek God. Is Zacherts...

Better than Travis Kelsey. Yes. No. For fantasy football. I'm talking about NFL. Is he a better? Oh, no. Is he a better? I don't think he's better in either capacity. Okay. Only because I believe that Kelsey has more of the Grunkowski aspects to him that allow the very, very big play to happen. While I believe Ertz is super athletic and very talented, he's more of a PPR.

player to me he's never been able to find the end zone consistently so but they're very close i agree they're very close i agree with what you're and the injury situation but the the difference is that even though he's gronkian in his ability he does not have a quarterback or an offense that's going to utilize that heavily the way that tom brady does we've seen that right i mean his touchdowns haven't come so that's why i would

for fantasy prefererts just because of the target volume. And, you know, that's, that's totally fair. If you had to pick a running back on Philadelphia to roll the dice with this week, Jason, is it blunt or is it smallwood? Oh, man. I mean, you're, you're, it's not rolling the dice. That's Russian roulette. I mean, that's just saying I.

I hope I get this right, because if not, it's going to explode in your face. And I would pick Window Smallwood this week. I would too. Because you have the opportunity for him to get some of that first and second down work, as well as the work he was already getting, as well as Sproles work now that Sproles is out. So I think Windows Smallwood is the safer option. We've talked about Melvin Gordon in the In-N-Out segment.

You're starting Philip Rivers at home in this matchup. The Eagles defense has allowed 79 completions this year. That's third most in the NFL. And so their past defense is ranked 25th. I think Rivers you can start with confidence. I love all the chargers. Is this a big game for Keenan Allen? Yes. Over on the DFS podcast, we always give our favorite stack of the week. And where you're factoring prices in production. And Philip Rivers, Keenan Allen, that's the stack I gave. I love.

I love both of them this week. And I just wanted to real quick follow up on Wendell Smallwood. His passing production profile in college, you're talking his sophomore year caught 31 balls, his junior year 26th. So he has that in him. So just a little bit more fuel for the fire of him taking over that Sproles roll.

Yeah, it'll be very interesting to see that play out. Jason, play Russian roulette one more time. Give me Gates or Henry. We just talked about how great the matchup is. You ever. Hashtag never Henry people. Is this what you're starting? Yeah. You've been goose twice. The upside is through the roof, but with Antonio Gates still there and the fact, two zeros. Two zeros is no thank you. No, thank you. I'm not going to chase that ceiling.

Yeah, I'm not necessarily chasing the ceiling, but if I had to pick one, it would still be Henry in this matchup. What we saw... That's right in the dragon, man. You'll never catch him. I think there's reason for it, because if you look at the matchups they had in week one and week three, they were against these defenses that were just juggernaut defenses, and they chose to not utilize him, you know, in the same way. They were keeping Gates in more.

And then when they got to just kind of an average NFL defense in week two, Hunter Henry was kind of set free. I feel like they had the ability to do that. So it's just a matter of what do you think about the matchup here. And I think you're playing an average defense. So when they're playing one of the juggernaut defenses, I don't think they're going to utilize. Yeah.

Yes, it's a fair case. That's my hope. I mean, that's just a hypothesis that will be proven right or wrong over the next five weeks. But maybe that's just because I hope Hunter Henry can be something. And so I'm justifying. Maybe that was it. The problem then for that, if, and I can buy into that. You saw it week one, they were getting massacred by the Broncos. So Henry had to block. The problem with that is.

then you're always rostering two tight ends if you have to play matchups with Hunter Henry, which makes them not attractive. Yeah, the two zeros talk me out. I have a somewhat entertaining story about two zeros. Do you want to hear it real quick? You know it. What if I say no? Yeah, I'm going to tell it anyway. When I was in high school, I joined a recreational basketball league with a friend of mine. His name is Paul. Oh, no, more Paul stories.