Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Week 8 Matchups, In-or-Out, Garbage Bortles

Well, let's move on. Let's talk about injuries. Every Friday we go through the in or out and give you our opinions on whether guys are going to be playing this week so you can make your lineup decisions. What's it going to pay me, fly? Are you in or out? All right. This one's easy. In or out, Russell Wilson. He's going to be in, but I have my concerns. In but immobile? Immobile and a strained peck, which I've been told is not good for throwing a football. I...

plan to get one of those once I get pecks. I am, I am making a note here on my own piece of paper paper that I, yeah, that I need to move Russell Wilson down. Doug Martin, in or out. Out, clearly out. Lamar Miller. He's in, he's been practicing all week. He's, he's definitely in. The Mike Wright special. LaShawn McCoy. Please out. Yeah, I'm going to, I'm going to go without. He's not, he's not practicing again today. They just can't repeat.

They cannot repeat that mistake again, right? Yeah, they can. Well, they certainly could, but if they want an actual legitimate chance to be a playoff team, they better let him rest. So Mike Gillisley, is he going to play? Yeah. He's been missing practice, but I expect it. This one is an artian out. Matt Jones has been declared out. He's going to be out. Yeah. Rob Kelly. Rob Kelly will get the start. Do you like Rob Kelly or Chris Thompson more, though? I lean towards Chris Thompson, but I think that Rob Kelly is a fine.

Desperation play. Would you play, so you consider him desperation? No, I don't think so. Rob Kelly or Mike Gillisley? Gillisley. Yeah, I would probably go Gilly there. Gilly? Yeah. All right. I like that nickname. Jamal Charles. Limited in practice. I feel like even if he plays, are you, do you have any confidence playing? No, zero, zero less than zero. I have full confidence. That's not a real number, Jason.

full confidence. I have 100% confidence to not play him. Okay. Is, is kind of more of the point. Like, I'm absolutely convinced you cannot play Jamal Charles. Um, I would much rather play Robert Kelly than Jamal Charles. And I think he will be active for the game. Derek McKinnon. He's been seen in a walking boot, not practicing on Thursday. I think that he's going to be held out. This is like Charles. Even if he plays, I don't have confidence. So I hope you invested your stock.

In Asia. Here's a couple of ins. Here's a couple of ins for you. Theo Riddick and Dwayne Washington both practice fully and will play. I really like the upside of Riddick this week against Houston. Do you agree? I agree. All right. Ball pal. I think he's going to play. All right. He's got that turf toe. Wide receivers. Let's talk about Jordan Matthews. Is he going to play? He's got a full practice in on Thursday. So yes. John Brown and Michael Floyd. What's their situation? Man.

Michael Floyd has not practiced Wednesday, did not practice Thursday. You have to monitor that. If he doesn't practice again Friday... Does that bump John Brown way up? Yes, but I don't know how high you can bump him up, considering his sickle cell problem. He's been limited in practice. They've got things under control. It looks like he's going to play, but I still wonder this quick into it while he's had the pain in his legs from that. If he's not...

If he's not fully recovered from the sickle cell problem, which I assume takes a little bit of time, I just don't know that he can have one of his gigantic blow-up games, even though the matchup is perfect with Floyd being out is there. So I do bump him up a little bit. Does this affect how you feel about Carson Palmer? Very much so. If Michael Floyd is not there and you only have a recovering John Brown with fits, then my start of the week at Carson Palmer would not, I will pivot.

Pivot. John Brown. In or out. I'm sorry. Dante Moncrief, in or out. I think he's going to play. He's returning. I love it. Terrell Pryor. One of the things. Oh, yeah. Sorry, moving on. Do you want to say something about Mr. Dante? Yeah, I was just going to say that. What's his peak exactly?

Well, his peak would be great. I think, I don't expect it, but his peak is still a great game. I mean, he could go out and catch seven balls for 90 yards and a touchdown. So you consider Dante's peak to be about seven? Do you think Dante's peak could take out like an entire village? Dude, I think Dante's peak could erupt. Yeah. I really do. Just magma. I just pierced bras. I was just popping into my head. I was going to a Pierce joke and you ruined it? Oh, did I ruin it? What was it? Was it a pun joke? Yes.

Man. Was it a Brosnan inside or the pierced? It was going to be about piercing things, but. Oh, I'm glad I avoided that. Tyrell Williams. Interrel. I like that I didn't actually get. Oh, I love that. You didn't get it either. It's going to make to it. I was just like, what's his peak? And you're like, well, his peak is very blah, blah, blah. All right. Who we on Terrell Breyer is in? Who's next? Tyrell Williams. He returned to breakfast on Thursday, so I think he will play.

But if he plays... Irrelevant. I mean, it's Denver. Isn't it amazing? He's just like a cyclical player. Like every three weeks, you should start Tyro Williams and then usher him into the back of your closet for a couple weeks. For Tyro Williams, this is not the week, but he has some good matchups coming up. Robert Woods. I think they need him. Yeah, they do. Because Marquise Goodwin is not practicing. He's a concussion protocol. He, what I... Exactly. Yeah, he was, quote, very limited.

Thursday, Robert Woods. So Robert Woods is, he's still questionable, but they need him desperately. So Mark is good one. I don't think he's going to play. No, he's in the concussion protocol and does not appear to be through it. If Woods and Goodwin are out, I'm telling you right now, I'll make the, I'll make the claim like I did with Cameron Meredith three weeks ago before anybody knew his name. Get ready for Justin Hunter. Justin Hunter will be a sneaky start against New England in a game that Buffalo will probably be coming back in. I'm just saying.

It's possible. Just get ready for the Hunter explosion. No, not really, but he'll be okay. Quarter of one catch for one touchdown. Eddie Royal. I'm going to go out. And then let's go tight ends. Eric Ibrun, do you think he plays. Maybe. Yeah, I think he plays and I think he's irrelevant. Hard hitting analysis. Where I was going was that I don't like his matchup. And so if he comes back, I'm not playing him. A lot of pieces could be back for Detroit this week. Riddick and Washington and Ebron.

Yep. Oh, my. I don't think Washington matters. Jordan Reed. He's expected to play, but still have your backup option because nothing has been official yet. Yeah. There's no official in, so you need to be ready. Andy said it right. Just you handcuff him with Vernon Davis. An update LaShape McQuay did not practice on Friday. Just so that way he can play for a couple of plays on Sunday. And also,

One edition as well. What did I want to add here? Tyler Eifford. ESPN reports that he's expected to have a much closer to full role in week eight. It's Jason's start of the week. Yeah, closer to full. I'll take him closer to full than a lot of the barfie tight ends this year. Doyle or Eifford? That's a good question. I would go Eifert. All right. You guys ready to jump into the forecast? Let's do it. Fantasy forecast.

choking over here. You ready to, what's the kickoff game here? We're going Raiders. Raiders. This is a pick-em game right now. Oh, then let me do you a favor and pick them. All right. It's the Raiders. It's the Bucks. The Raiders have been great on the road. They are almost better on the road. And the Bucks are not as good as the Raiders. Those, those reasons make it the Bucks. I'm on the fence.

You're the pick-em. What I can't do is I can't do an almost upset in a pick-um game. No, you can't. So I have to choose something else. All right. Are you confident in Derek Carr on the road this weekend? I am. Yeah, I still like him. Car. 49.5.0. We did not mention that is spectacular. You want it on that. So Derek Carr, James Winston, are both solid plays to me this week. All right. Latavis Murray seems to have a hold of the lead back roll. That only seems to mean, you know, 12 to 15 carries.

but opportunities around the goal line. The Buccaneers are 19th against the run. He also gets worked in in the passing game. So I think you can count on him for 15 touches. And because he's a big play potential guy and a red zone threat, I would be happy to start a 15 touch guy against a somewhat porous offense who has a nose for the end zone. Sign me up.

Let me give you a perspective. I had Cooper ranked very high. I'm going to make an adjustment on Cooper. I actually think this is more of a Crabtree game. The Bucks defense have allowed the most receptions in the NFL, but they have given up almost the least amount of 20-plus-yard receptions. That's where I consider Cooper's forte, the down the field versus Crabtree's ability to get loose underneath.

It's an interesting dynamic there. I think both guys are good starts. I just think this is one that may play into Crabtree's strengths. Jukwiz is a must start running back one. And the question for that everyone wants to know about this. You go with Humphreys or do you go with Shepard? I don't know if everybody wants to know, but they need to know. Shepard had a big game last week. Yeah, we didn't mention him on the waivers. I regretted that because.

While he could be one of those guys that you see very often that just comes, pops in for a roll, stops in, comes out of nowhere, has a good game, goes away. You still should know who he is and have the opportunity to pick him up because he has the opportunity to step into Vincent Jackson's role. That's what we saw last week. Vincent Jackson, he's done. He's on the IR and Shepard steps up into this role. Now, Shepard is not a... How did Vincent Jackson do with it? He did like an old man as opposed to an incoming young guy. Sure.

And Shepard had a very nice game. But he's an unheralded, undrafted, you know, 6-1. But he looked good in the game. Maybe I believe in Shepard mostly because I had Cameron Brayt. And every time I was watching this game, going like, Get Brate the ball. And I kept seeing this big guy catch a great pass. And it was never Bray. It was always Shepard. Get ready for Bray, Humphreys, and Sheper to rotate good fantasy performances and disappoint all fantasy owners. That's my prediction. I water bet Humphreys over Shepard.

Yeah, with me, because I've got Shepard over. Sure. And, of course, Mike Evans is a play every single week. Pay before we jump into. Real quick. Oh. I think, I think that you might be able to start Peyton Barber in this game. Ooh. Because he had 12 carries last week. The Raiders are a terrible defense. This is at home. And I think because he broke that long touchdown run, had a successful day. Sharing the load with your quiz with the rookie.

I think what do they want to see? They want to see what they have in Barbara as well. So I think. How dare you say that they're a bad defense? Did you see what they did to Jacksonville last week? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. All right. Go on. So before we get into the Cardinals Panthers, want to thank today's sponsor, the fan digs app. Look, love it. We're getting into it all the time on the show. And you know where you can.

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