Starts of the Week, Wk 4 Matchups, Mark Wahlberg Weighs In

It raises the baseline for these guys. I mean, would you rather play Josh Allen, who had a very impressive week last week, fantasy-wise? Would you rather play him or Baker Mayfield this week? Baker. Yeah, I would go Baker as well. I do agree that Josh Allen, his floor is higher because of his rushing output. But last week what happened with the Buffalo Bills, it was a complete trap game. And that's not to say that this couldn't also be a trap game. Ten rushing attempts last week for Josh Allen. They look good.

right now against the quarterback, or at least they did last year. Part of that is because of what happened to Kirk Cousins. You come out three turnovers in three seconds and the wheels fall off and he couldn't come back and then you get to pass rush. I don't think that's happening against Aaron Rogers in Lambo. I think that this is a game where the Packers cover. Yeah, I was about to say I think the bills will lose the game, but I don't think.

that the Packers cover 10 points. You are better. I will always admit the truth is you are much better at the lines than I am. So it's an interesting take. I always respect your line call. What do you think about the over under, 45 points? 45 points on the over under. I feel like the under is likely in this game. So Josh Allen and company last week, no turnovers for Josh Allen. 68% completion percentage.

10 attempts on the ground and actually put up a top five speed. Of all players. Of all players. Wow. So Josh Allen over 20 miles an hour on his little titty jaunt. That's what you call it when Josh Allen runs into the end zone. It's a jaunt. Lisham McQuay. Because it's so big. Sure. Lisham McCoy expects the play in week four against the Packers. I would start Lisham McCoy.

Yes. You saw Josh Allen helps the offense. Well, Sean McCoy, he's a trade target for me. I guess it's hard to know because you have to make the decision right now, and you aren't 100% sure that McCoy's playing. But Dalvin Cook or Shady McCoy, if you could make that decision, Jason.

If I knew both of them were starting, I would go with Dalvin Cook. I think he's just the more talented player on the better offense. And I expect that even though Minnesota has a good defense, I think they are going to have to keep up with the Rams because so far everyone has had to. You're starting Rodgers on the Packer side of the ball and you're starting Devante Adams. Jimmy Graham has been, he's been okay. He's I think tight end 15 right now. I was looking this morning. I gave you the other positions. I might as well tell you where the tight ends are stacking up. But right now the top five tight ends in football.

Travis Kelsey, O.J. Howard, Jared Cook, Zach Erds, Kyle Rudolph through three weeks. And that's why Gronk is a trade target. No doubt. At the end of the year, he'll be number one. Yeah, that's true. Aaron Jones, Jamal Williams, Time, Montgomery. Montgomery had nine targets last week, six receptions. What do we think about the backfield and who do you feel like, you know, you have to start one. Let's say that's the rules in your league. You have to start a Packers running back. Aaron Jones. Aaron Jones.

And then Randolph-Cob Geronimo Allison. That was said so passively. This could be an NFL party for Aaron Jones against the Buffalo Bill's defense. An NFL party? Yeah. Ain't no party like an NFL party. I've been to a few of them. I'm surprised you haven't. They're really fun. Allison or Cobb? Allison. Yes, I agree Allison. Allison is a guy I talked about on the Waver Wire show. I'm...

I'm confident putting him in as a flex and taking whatever Aaron Rogers can give me. All right. The Texans take on the Colts. Texans are 0 and 3. The Colts are 1 and 2. The games in Indian Indianapolis. Oh. Colts are one point home favorites. A lot has been made of the Colts defense. They're currently second in the league in terms of fewest points given up to opposing wide receivers. Mike said on the show yesterday,

that he's all over DeAndre Hopkins and Will Fuller, and I am with him. This is one of those deceptive stats to me. The Colts, if you recall, their defense, well, it has been improved. Think about the wide receiver cores they have faced. They have faced Philadelphia. Without any of their. No wide receivers, really, to speak of. I mean, you have. Aguilar. Yeah, but the tight ends and then, like, Jeffrey's off the field, Mike Wallace is hurt. And they faced Washington.

Now, Washington in that game, it was Chris Thompson. The Chris Thompson Show, Jordan Reed. Jordan Reed, yeah. So I think that's a deceptive stat. Not to say that their defense isn't improved and can't, you know, perform. But I expect big things from DeAndre Hopkins and Will Fuller in this game. The Colts just don't have the secondary personnel to match these numbers. I mean, if...

You know, it's one of those things where if you see a trend starting, I'm fine hopping on board and saying, hey, look, the Colts defense has turned around. They're tough against wide receivers, against quarterbacks. But they just don't have the personnel on the field to hold up over the course of the season as a top end defense. So, yeah, I completely agree with you, Andy. This is one where if you see red in your matchups and you're afraid to start your Texas, you don't want to start Will Fuller because it looks like a bad matchup. It's not. I love Will Fuller.

Yeah. And so does Deshaun Watson. He's averaging 10 more fantasy points per game when Will Fuller is active than when he isn't. Do you want to know what I... It's a big deal for the offense. Yeah, do you want to know what I love the most about Will Fuller? Yes. Okay, I was going to wait for an answer, but I got it. What I love the most about Will Fuller is actually not Will Fuller. It's Bruce Ellington. That's weird.

It's Ryan Griffin. Oh. It's Jordan Thomas. It's Jordan Atkins. These are the- You're making names out. No, exactly. There's no one else that Deshaun Watson is passing the ball to here. It's Will Fuller, DeAndre Hopkins. That's it. Well, you know who got some passes was Lamar Miller. That's true. Five, right? He was atrocious on the ground. Ten attempts for 10 yards. I'm no math major. That's one yard in attempts.

which is also known as extremely bad. Yeah. But he salvaged the Fantasy Day 41 receiving yards with a receiving score. Jason. Yes. Lamar Miller Lover. Yes. You're going to play him against the Colts? Yes. Okay. T.Y. Hilton has had at least 10 targets in all three weeks. That's why he was one of my trade targets yesterday. He's a lot better than the 32nd rank wide receiver that he's sitting at right now. I think it'll be a very interesting game for him. They're at home.

I don't expect Hilton to be shut out or anything close to it. I like Hilton. Oh, this is a good game. It's on the higher end of the Vegas over and under. So Vegas is expecting points to be scored at home. Andrew Luck is going to be able to score on a halfway decent. I don't like him.

I'm just saying I think he's going to be able to put up enough points to be relevant. I'm not saying he is a must start, but I'm saying weapons for both teams. I don't think this is going to be a defensive game. This is one where I am clearly predicting an over on the score. So that's why Lamar Miller, Will Fuller, Hopkins, Watson, there's very few pieces here I don't want to start. If you want to attack a fourth name on the...

Make or break under pressure. I think Andrew Luck is the one because he's been, it was at Washington at Philadelphia, 179, 164 yards. At home against Houston, this matchup, an 0-N-3 Houston team, Luck has to perform. If he doesn't perform this week, I think he goes straight. He's a waiver wire guy. Yeah, I would agree. There's no reason to just bank on the name of Andrew Luck and then bury your season because of it.

I'd rather be starting somebody else. The one and two jets take on the two and one Jaguars. Jags are seven and a half point faves, 38.5 point over under. That is a low scoring affair. Over under seven points for the Jets. I'll take. I'll take the over. I'll take the over. Barely. I think they can get to 10. You think the Jags cover in this game? They had a very underwhelming performance, but they're at home.

And they're going to do wonders to Sam Darnold's opportunity here. Yes, I do think they cover. I think the defense can score a touchdown here with Leonard Fournett, expected to be back that, you know, look, for fantasy, the wide receiving options are usually better for the Jaguars as well as Blake Bortles when Fournett's gone. But as a whole, for the team, the Jaguars are clearly better.

I believe, with four net on the field. It maximizes their defense. I don't want a lot of pieces here. This is a 38.5 point over and under. I think I take the under here. That's the lowest of 28, by the way, of 2018, the lowest of the entire season. Right. So it's one of those where, and I might pick the under because how much can the Jets really score on this defense with a rookie quarterback if, you know, I want four net?

Yeah, I want to, and from this matchup in total, I'll play four net, and I will play Quincy as the short. Full PPR. Keel and Cole? No. You'd play Quincy over Keel and Cole? Yes. I would play Cole. That's a weird take. I think that Quinn, I think he will be necessary, and I don't think Keel and Cole will be necessary at all. Yeah, but I do think that Keel and Cole can beat this Jets defense.

I would rather play Keel and Colt and Quincy, but I understand the argument from both sides because if the Jaguars are up, they get a defensive score. That seems like a really... Keel and Coles had one good game. Oh, this sounds like you two got to face off. Waterbet. Keep in mind, Quincy had a pretty bad game last game. And Cole is still the target leader. The Jazz. The Jags are top 10 against every position in fantasy. And the Jets have given up 30 fantasy points a game to the wide receiver position.

That's how you're going to beat them. I think this is not going to be one of those situations where we just print out the template of run, run, run, run, run, the whole game long. You saw it last week. The Jags lost at home. They're going to have to come out and have some success through the air. I like Cole over Anunwa. You like Anunwa over coal. Yes. That's why we waterbedded. Otherwise, in this matchup, there's not a lot to be excited about. I don't think there's a lot to be excited about even those two that were competing. We might win eight to six on the fantasy points. Anything else?

Not from that game. I think you can still throw Blow Powell out there. Okay, yeah, yeah. I'm fine with Powell as well. Who's that again? Blow, Blow! Starts of the week. All right, starts the week, week four. Let's get it going. I'm going to start with, uh, I went a little deeper on all four of my starts this week. The theme of my starts is confidence. I would say three. I'm curious who you, oh.

One of yours is a top five tight-in right now. Sure. It's still, yes, yes. He's a top-five tight-in. If I had put Jared Cook's name in there, Mike, would you still feel the same way? Because Jared Cook's a top-five tight-in. Oh, get bodied. I mean, right now, being a top-five tight-in doesn't matter that much. It's just a fair point. So let's start with the tight-in, since we just alluded to it. Sure. Tight-in started the week. I'm going with O.J. Howard. O.J. Howard is going to be the beneficiary of a massive.

Bears pass rush. They've given up touchdowns to the tight end position in back-to-back weeks, and it's going to be hard for fits to go deep repeatedly as he is prone to do. I think a big play from Howard or a touchdown is likely. Howard has been trending up. Jason loves him. I think this week is setting up nicely for Howard to continue. Maybe he stays in that top five for another week. I think he can't. I do love him. I think he was the guy that when I went to make my start of the weeks, I picked O.J. Howard.

I saw that Andy had him, so I pivoted ironically to the aforementioned Jared Cook. That is. Jared Cook, I know he's a top five tight end, but nobody feels like Jared Cook is a top five tight end. It was all on the back of that home opener, nine for 180 at home. He's been utilized.

on the road the last two games, four receptions, five receptions, which is pretty good for a tight end, but didn't do much with it, never hit 50 yards. But I believe that against Cleveland going back home to Oakland, where last seen he was the at least first three-quarter savior, the fans are going to cheer him on. I think they're going to need him. I think Baker is able to move the ball. I am happy starting Jared Cook this week, and that's not something that you can usually always say.

Or what to say out loud. Yeah. Mike, who's your tight-in start of the week? I'm going, looking at someone who should be, he's available on 40% of waiver wires according to ESPN. That's Tyler Eifert. I just want in on this matchup. Yeah. And the pieces aren't really available. You know, with Tyler Boyd, surely owned A.J. Green. So how can you get in there? Tyler Eifert.