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0:34And so, with that being said, what the fantasy?
0:37Boy, that escalated quickly. I mean that really got out of hand fast.
0:40Oh my gosh, Drake Maye, Liz Loza. I mean you talked about having fun.
0:45Holy smokes, finally it looks like this kid is having fun playing football again.
0:49First three weeks, not fun. No. He looked very not good.
0:52Under 10 fantasy points for the first three straight weeks and then back-to-back games with over 26 fantasy points.
0:58Back-to-back games with three plus touchdowns, 374 passing yards, four passing touchdowns, plus 25 yards on the ground, and a rushing touchdown for 39.46 points.
1:05We love to see him back in that flow state, if you will.
1:09We were a little bit nervous to see if we could trust him in this matchup against a Raiders defense that we
1:15thought might be better in real life than people were anticipating.
1:19And yet, it does seem as though the positive momentum is working in his favor.
1:23Week six, he gets the Jets. So, I am back on the Drake-bake, excuse me, May train.
1:28Oh, I love that. And he did all of this as a reminder without A.J.
1:32Brown. His number one pass catcher is not even on the squad.
1:36Interestingly, Kyle Williams, a third-round pick from last year, showed his 4-4 speed in this one.
1:41He converted 3-3 for 91 yards and a touchdown.
1:43So, now Drake May is spreading the ball around, but it is benefiting him instead of hurting him.
1:49Yeah, I'm with you on that. Another quarterback that did not have one of his pass catchers, Jaden Daniels, also looked good, girl.
1:55The narrative heading into this game, obviously, was very apprehensive because there was so much fear around him potentially re-injuring his elbow, right?
2:02There was lots of, like, he's not going to run as much because he wants to keep that elbow safe.
2:08And yet, he carried the ball nine times for 103 rushing yards and two rushing scores.
2:13He was unleashed. I don't think you can sit him.
2:16I don't think you can worry about him getting hurt because guess what?
2:20I know this is going to sound trite, but football players get hurt on the football field.
2:25If he is going to be out there and starting, I will be starting Jaden Daniels because this level of game is
2:31exactly what you want from the quarterback spot. You got to hope that he is, like, now back to feeling himself.
2:37This was the first rushing score, two of them, like I said again, that he managed since week nine of last season, clearing 32 fantasy points for managers.
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2:58Are you kidding me? Girl, Isaiah Likely and Malik Neighbors both absolutely smashed in this one.
3:03I was worried that we got Isaiah Likely to start the season.
3:07Well, I got Isaiah Likely in this matchup. Okay, that's a different kind of Isaiah Likely for what it's worth, yes.
3:13But he was unbelievable here in week five. It wasn't just to start the season.
3:1711 catches, 94 yards, and two touchdowns with 13 targets.
3:20Second game with multiple receiving touchdowns this year. They're 32.4 fantasy points, but if that wasn't enough, Malik Neighbors was like, oh, you know what?
3:28I want 20 targets in this one, guys. And he got them.
3:31Yes, this game went into overtime, but Malik Neighbors last week, we were like, oh my goodness, is it clicking again?
3:37Is he finding himself? And yes, he is in fact who we thought he was.
3:42It wasn't a perfect game by any means, and the end resulting in a tie was certainly curious.
3:47But it was nice to see Malik Neighbors now clear 20 fantasy points in back-to-back efforts.
3:52He's also managed at least 100 receiving yards in back-to-back games.
3:55Here's the craziest part, Daniel. 61% of Jameis Winston's attempts went to these two players.
3:59Unbelievable. That's it. Unbelievable. We know. 61%. But we know where the ball is going to go, and we love that for fantasy.
4:06Yes, absolutely. Right now, as long as Jameis is the QB, you can tell that Malik Neighbors and Isaiah Likely are his top two targets.
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6:01And here we go. Cam Scadaboo, Liz, we just talked about how his teammates were really good.
6:06He kind of wasn't good. I know, I don't want to start a biggest takeaway on a negative note, but we have
6:12to talk about Cam Scadaboo because he has really underwhelmed.
6:15I was very bullish on him heading into this matchup, especially because he was facing the Commanders.
6:20And yet, while he did touch the ball 15 times, he barely cleared 7 fantasy points, just 59 rushing yards and 12 receiving yards.
6:27He's only had one touchdown this season, and that was all the way back in Week 1 versus Dallas.
6:33You know, and it would have been something if it was like, okay, well, maybe he's just like splitting a lot of time with the other guys.
6:41Guess what? He played 63% of the snaps in this one, only 19% for both Najee Harris and Tyrone Tracy, which means he was out there a ton.
6:49They're just not utilizing him the way that they kind of did last year.
6:53He's, has he not just become a touchdown-dependent RB2, like 15 other touchdown-dependent RB2s right now?
6:58I mean, there's some question about whether or not he's fully healthy coming off of a really catastrophic injury.
7:04He doesn't seem as physical in terms of the way his punch hits on the ground, right?
7:09He is still a physical player, but it's not managing the same sort of explosiveness and strength that we've seen.
7:15It also is worth mentioning that he fumbled on Washington's 24-yard line with just two minutes left in overtime.
7:20Lost that fumble too. So a really tough way to go out here.
7:24However, I don't think that you can sit him particularly in week six because we have the Bengals, the Lions, the Dolphins, and the Vikings all on by.
7:32So you're going to be stuck with him and hoping for better days.
7:36Yeah, you're probably going to have to just hope that he gets into the end zone like we need him to, to be able to deliver those numbers.
7:44Parker Washington got to the end zone a couple times.
7:47Oh, he looks so good in London town. And I talked about him earlier this week.
7:52I was a little bit nervous because he has trended downwards from 19.3 to 16.8 to 13 fantasy points to two fantasy points last week against Cincy.
8:00But then this week, six catches, 124 yards, two touchdowns on nine targets, 30.4 fantasy points.
8:05They get the Houston Texans next week. Again, really excited about that matchup.
8:09Also, I know style points don't count in fantasy.
8:11Oh my gosh. But if they did, that second touchdown would have gotten him at least five more.
8:17Yes, I am with you on that one. We love Parker Washington.
8:20He has crushed it. Absolutely. Not the only wide receiver to crush it though.
8:24Ooh, Christian Watson continues to catch bombs. He converted six of eight for an I love you.
8:29That's 143 receiving yards plus two touchdowns. He went over 32 fantasy points.
8:33He now has six receiving scores through the first five games of the season, but he's not the only Packers wide out to produce.
8:40No, he's not. Matthew Golden, six catches, 123 yards on seven targets, seven targets in four of his first five games.
8:46Liz, like we are seeing some of the volume that we were hoping for from this former first round wide receiver, 20.3 fantasy points in this one.
8:54It feels good to feel like we know where the targets in this offense are going to go.
9:00It's Christian Watson and Matthew Golden. Those seem like the top two targets without question.
9:04Second triple digit effort for Matthew Golden so far this season as well.
9:08Love that. Absolutely. Let's talk about Jalen Warren, Liz.
9:11I think the easiest or the. Yeah, I think the easiest if then statement in the NFL is the Pittsburgh Steelers running back situation.
9:18If there is no Rico Dowdle, Jalen Warren is a must start in your lineup.
9:22You said if then statement, but then you didn't say that then.
9:26Well, you know what? If there is no Rico Dowdle, then Jalen Warren is automatic.
9:30Thank you. Yes. I still think, though, given his production through the air in this one, he converted all six of his
9:37looks for 87 receiving yards and he caught a touchdown through the air.
9:40You know that Rico Dowdle isn't going to see that play.
9:44And also, isn't it fascinating that Aaron Rodgers last season targeted the heck out of Kenneth Gainwell?
9:49He moved on, didn't want Jalen Warren. And now Jalen Warren's the guy looking pretty good.
9:53Obviously, it's worth mentioning, right, that Michael Pittman is now on IR.
9:57So Warren working a bit as a safety valve here, too.
10:00And Roman Wilson did get banged up in this game.
10:03Even if Rico Dowdle does come back, we're still going to be starting Jalen Warren.
10:08We're not going to be expecting this level of volume.
10:11But I agree with you. He's going to get the receiving game working.
10:14It still feels like Aaron Rodgers is more locked on with him than Dowdle in this backfield.
10:19At least 125 scrimmage yards in three consecutive efforts.
10:22Did the Titans amass 125 total scrimmage yards as a team this year?
10:26Are we going to talk about this? Because this one really, really hurt.
10:30Gosh, we really thought. I took it personal. I'm the Michael Jordan meme on this one.
10:34Oh, girl. We thought against the Houston Texans, who have given up boatloads of points to the wide receivers.
10:40Over 18 fantasy points to a wide receiver in three straight games?
10:44Four straight games. And then we thought, hey, Carnell Tate coming off of a huge game last week, by the way.
10:50And a really productive effort the week before. We thought there was momentum.
10:54Maybe Mike Clay is right. Maybe momentum is a myth.
10:57I don't want to give him the credit for saying that.
11:00I don't want to give him that credit either because, I mean, for a lot of reasons.
11:05But Carnell Tate, Liz, five targets in this one for only one catch and six yards.
11:10What do you do right now? If you're a Carnell Tate manager, is he still a flex for you?
11:15Do you look at this offense and say, you know what?
11:18I may have to start him some weeks, but I would rather not with all the bye weeks that are in front of us.
11:26We have a lot of buys. We have a lot of injuries.
11:29We know the talent is there. We've seen the draft capital.
11:32I think this is a Cam Ward problem. We know that Cam Ward has had numerous offensive coordinators over his very short career.
11:39But in this game particularly, he averages 2.9 air yards per completion.
11:43And he completed just two of 12 passes thrown for 10 or more yards downfield.
11:47What's frustrating is the week before, Carnell Tate caught three, I believe, passes of 15 or more yards.
11:52So it's going to be streaky. Yeah, and we love this matchup.
11:56That is it, I think. That is it. This Titans team is very streaky.
12:00But ultimately, talent breaks tiebreakers. Tiebreakers. And so if I have one of those that I'm looking to break, I'm going to
12:07have to lean Tate's way because of the talent.
12:09I'm with you on that line of thinking. Speaking of talent wins tiebreakers, I think Jamar, excuse me, Chase Brown is incredibly talented.
12:16But this week against Miami, Liz, was supposed to be a smash spot.
12:20I just, there were two running backs that I really loved so far to start the season.
12:25They were Amari and Hampton. He's not been very good.
12:28They were also Chase Brown. Chase Brown has been my guy.
12:31I've stand for Chase Brown three years in a row.
12:34And again, this year, he started slow. This week, 13 carries for 39 yards, only three catches for 21 yards, a total of seven fantasy points.
12:42I'm pretty sure that Samaje Pirine actually got in the end zone rather than Chase Brown.
12:46What do you do if you're a Chase Brown manager?
12:49Because it has not been good, just like last year, to start the season.
12:53Well, I also think we have to give him a little bit of credit because he did manage over 19 fantasy points
13:00against a very tough Jacksonville run defense a week ago, right?
13:03So there is evidence that this can be done.
13:0611 catches, which is what we love. We do love the receiving game work.
13:10You and I were talking about this while we were watching the games a little bit offline, so I'll just pull the curtain back.
13:17But we said maybe the Bengals are one of these teams that, like the previous iteration of the Lions, maybe just plays up to the level of competition.
13:25You said play up or play down. Plays up or plays down to the level of competition.
13:30I think that's maybe the Bengals offense right now.
13:33Yeah, I definitely feel like you have seen that with these guys because I have watched this offense drop 40 points on
13:40some squads that I'm like, wow, Joe Burrow is out there slinging it.
13:43Jamar Chase is clearly the best wide receiver in the universe.
13:47And then there are weeks where it's like, is this the same Bengals offense that I just watched a couple of weeks ago?
13:53Ultimately, I don't think you can pull away from Chase because of his versatility on the ground and through the air.
14:00And the running back position. You're never going to just sneeze at that.
14:03No, no. Five points in the receiving game. I'm going to be very excited about.
14:08A bye here in week six. We talked about this.
14:11It's going to be a bunch of teams on bye.
14:14So this is going to be one of the squads you're going to have to figure out how to deal with.
14:20And this one's going to be triggering to you.
14:23So you're going to just have to take a little bit of time here.
14:27We got another one, though, on the other side of that game.
14:30Liz, Ollie Gordon smashed again. Your favorite player. Dude, I was so confused about Devaney Channing.
14:35I am watching him get agitated right now. Like in person, he's starting to shake a little bit.
14:40Because I feel it. I like. OK, I drafted Devaney Channing in a couple of leagues and only a handful.
14:46And after Devaney Channing started so slow, it's like, OK, I think this offense is just cooked.
14:51I don't think that there's anyone that are going to want to start here.
14:55No lanes that are going to open up. Doesn't feel good.
14:59Scoring opportunities. Unfortunately, Devaney Channing gets hurt. That sucks for everybody.
15:02And then after that, Ollie Gordon comes out. Scores a touchdown in like relief that first game after Devaney Channing gets hurt.
15:08OK, I'm not buying into that, though. Like he got lucky.
15:12He got in the end zone. It's frustrating. Like the drive after Devaney Channing gets hurt.
15:16Yeah, but then you can talk that away, right?
15:19You can explain that away by saying you don't chase touchdowns.
15:22This is fluky. And then last week, he gets in the end zone again.
15:26Yeah. And then this week, he gets in the end zone again.
15:3018 carries for 88 yards, 14.8 fantasy points, a rushing touchdown in three consecutive games.
15:34Liz, was Devaney Channing not good at football? Or is Ollie Gordon just getting super lucky and we are getting all of
15:41the bonus touchdowns that we can get out of his game right now?
15:45You only know what you know, right? And this is a sixth round pick who's coming in and clearing 14 fantasy points
15:51for managers three weeks in a row. Now we have enough evidence to believe that there are some, again, he's on buy
15:58next week, but there is enough evidence here to really start to buy in.
16:02I'm going to ask you a question. Yes. Knowing that both, I believe, Cincinnati and Miami are on buy next week, not
16:08knowing their matchups in week seven, would you start Ollie Gordon ahead of Chase Brown?
16:13Oh, no. No, I wouldn't. Because of the receiving work?
16:16Because of the receiving work and just because of the touchdown equity in the Bengals offense is, I think, on a weekly
16:22basis just going to be higher than the Miami Dolphins.
16:25Doesn't mean that Ollie Gordon isn't going to find the end zone.
16:29I just think that the Bengals score more offense.
16:31Can't chase those, sure. Or score more touchdowns. If you streamed Jacoby Brissett, we told you to do it against the Detroit Lions.
16:38Liz, did it in fact work? It did work.
16:41It looked ugly. This was not a pretty effort, but points are points.
16:45Brissett completed 29 of 47. That's not a great completion percentage.
16:48No, it is not. But he did pass for nearly 300 yards, 292, three touchdowns, just one interception.
16:53He also carried the ball twice for 19 rushing yards.
16:56Don't hate that at all. And he managed over 25 fantasy points for managers.
17:00He's probably going to finish, what, in the top seven at the position for week five?
17:05Yep. And if that happens, that would be five straight quarterbacks to finish top eight in the position to start the season against my Detroit Lions.
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18:40It's definitely enough for me, dog. New segment here, Liz Loza.
18:43We're enough weeks into this season that there's players, we're just like, no.
18:47I don't want to do this anymore. There's whole teams.
18:50There are whole teams. Whole offenses. So then let's start with one.
18:54Let's start with the Denver Broncos. When you want to talk about the Denver Broncos, we're going to start at the quarterback position.
19:00Just work our way down here. Rapid fire succession.
19:03Bo Nix. In or out? Yes or no on Bo Nix?
19:06I'm out too. He's been under 14.5 fantasy points in four of his five games.
19:11I'm just not interested. What about either of the two running backs in this, or three running backs in this backfield in Denver?
19:18Well, J.K. Dobbins, I think if you are going to play with a little bit of fire, that is the one that's
19:24giving off the most spark, if you will. He did manage a rushing score in this game against the Chargers.
19:30So he saved his day with that. But otherwise, I'm not really interested.
19:34And you know what? I just want to talk about the Broncos for a second.
19:38In terms of them being so confounding since the top of the season, there was a lot of discussion heading into this
19:45game about Sean Payton taking the clipboard back. He was going to be more involved in the play calling.
19:50We knew he wasn't going to be able to help himself and eventually was going to take it over.
19:56But it was like, oh, can Cortland Sutton? Something happened.
19:59What? Jalen Waddell, his wife, drafted Jalen. That story's so flippin' old by now.
20:03But I don't trust Sean Payton. He is sly like a fox.
20:07I mean, maybe that's what makes him such a respected and creative play caller.
20:11But in this game, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, I believe, seven different rushers were utilized.
20:16And 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
20:19I've lost track. Nine different pass catchers targeted. So seven different people ran the football.
20:24Nine different people caught the football. Sounds like a good old spreading around of the offense.
20:28And the highest number of targets was thrown at Jalen Waddell with five.
20:32Five targets. That's not like a voluminous target. We talked about Isaiah Likely.
20:36We talked about Malik Nabors more than tripling that number.
20:39This is incredibly hard to deal with. Coming into the season, Jalen Waddell was supposed to be maybe a wide receiver too.
20:46Like a top 18 player. Yeah, like a decent wide receiver too.
20:49And then Cortland Sutton was going to be a flex option for us.
20:53At this point, I think Cortland Sutton is a bench unless you have no other better options given injuries and bye weeks.
20:59I mean, you see it his day with a touchdown today.
21:03Sure. So that's the game of roulette that you're going to play here.
21:07Yes, but it is roulette. Yes. Because some weeks it will be Cortland Sutton.
21:11Other weeks, I still feel like Jalen Waddell is the most talented wide receiver in the group.
21:16He'd be the one that I would default to the most.
21:19But he's more of a flex option for me than a guaranteed, there is no guarantee at this point, wide receiver too in this Broncos offense.
21:27No, I think a lot of it has to do with the quarterback position.
21:31I agree with you. But I think that Sean Payton will go back in the lab and continue to confound us, which is why I am out.
21:39I'm also out on the team they played in terms of the offense, and that's the Chargers.
21:44Oh, so... How about you? I think Mike McDaniel needs to just either go back into the lab or come out of the lab.
21:51He's got to do something completely different than whatever he has been doing.
21:55The lab isn't working. Tear it down and build a new lab right now.
21:59I mean, it's giving like the wizard in the Wizard of Oz.
22:02Like don't look behind the curtain. Because I think there are a lot of smoke and mirrors, at least in terms of reputation going on here.
22:10This is a winless team. Who else is winless in the NFL right now?
22:14I believe the Titans and the Dolphins, Liz. So if you had started this season saying that the Chargers would have the
22:21same record as either the Titans or the Dolphins five weeks in, would you have believed it?
22:26Five weeks in with the expectations that we had with this squad and Mike McDaniels taking over the offense?
22:31Absolutely not. We're not starting Justin Herbert anymore. We're out on him at the quarterback spot.
22:36There's enough other quarterbacks to be able to stream.
22:39At the running back spot, Omari and Hampton still, I think, the best running back in this backfield.
22:44He's a little bit touchdown dependent. It is touchdown dependent.
22:47But he has the touchdown equity, the goal line equity here.
22:50But we've seen Keaton Mitchell have some explosive plays here when they want to put the ball in his hands.
22:56When it comes to the wide receivers, here's the thing with Ladd McConkie.
23:00If Ladd McConkie is fully healthy, practices in full the entire week, he is good enough to be a flex option given what his skill set is.
23:08But if like he did this week where he came in and basically didn't play and was just a decoy the whole
23:14time, if he comes in and he's banged up or there's any question, this offense is bad enough that you don't want that kind of Ladd McConkie.
23:22I would be out at that point. Quentin Johnston didn't play in this.
23:26And do you not want to know who was the most targeted pass catcher in this game?
23:31Do you know? Do you know the answer? No, but I don't think I do.
23:36Charlie Kohler. No. Blocking tight end. He converted four of three for 37 receiving yards.
23:40Also, Charlie Kohler was supposed to be helping this offensive line find holes for Omari and Hampton and protect Justin Herbert.
23:46Justin Herbert was sacked five times in this game.
23:49Oh my gosh. It is bananas. I'm out on Justin Herbert.
23:52I'm with you. Would you drop him? I would drop him.
23:55Yes. I would add Stanley Yelnats over Justin Herbert.
23:58Oh my gosh. Well, next week we won't be able to stream the Lions.
24:02That's true. Whoever's playing the Lions is they're on by.
24:05That's true. Yeah. Yes. Also, as it pertains to Hampton, I think he scored three times this season over five games now.
24:12It was Kamani Vidal who found the end zone in this one.
24:15So again, you can play that game, but you're not going to hit every time.
24:20Yeah. Amari and Hampton just unfortunately in that mix of a touchdown dependent RB2 with your Bears.
24:25Oh, I knew we were going to go here.
24:27I didn't like it. Well, we have to eventually.
24:30This is, they're not quite, but also they are kind of the Chargers because you guys had very high expectations for fantasy managers coming into the season.
24:38It doesn't help when your head coach is like, I want to score more points than anyone else has ever scored in the history of the league.
24:46Sure. So we have like very big expectations for all these players.
24:49Quarterback spot. Okay. Kayla's been hurt. Obviously we got Tyson Bajant and or Case Keenum.
24:54Neither of which have the arm strength that Williams presents with.
24:57Correct. Not even close to the same level of quarterback.
25:00No questions there. DeAndre Swift has been a start and will continue to be a start.
25:05And no Kyle Monongai in this one, but Swift did find the end zone.
25:09Yep. He only rushed the ball nine times for 43 rushing yards.
25:12And then that aforementioned touchdown, but also the Bears were in catch-up mode the whole time.
25:17So he wasn't going to get a lot of rushing work.
25:20He did, you know, see some action through the air.
25:23Caught four balls for 30 receiving yards. Was that more or less than Colston Loveland in this one, Liz Loza?
25:29Colston Loveland caught two of five for 19 receiving yards.
25:32Okay. So let's talk about where we're at on him because it would be really easy just to be like, Hey, I've
25:39decided I'm going to bench Colston Loveland from here on out with bi-weeks upon us and injuries.
25:44Would you say, I hear you? You can do that.
25:47I do think I'm benching him. I think that fantasy managers are more frustrated than that.
25:51They would want to drop him, which I wouldn't do because we do have Caleb Williams coming back.
25:57And after this display of quarterbacking, if you can even consider it a display, a display of what, but I mean, Case
26:03Keenum is, I'm a little, I'm a little, I know I can see it.
26:07You know what? Mike Dick just died. You know how I just got real agitated?
26:12Oh, okay. Okay. You're right. I really thought there was going to be a haunting at Lambeau Field and we were going
26:18to have DeCoach watching down from above. And Luther Burden was going to go off against a defense, the Green Bay Packers
26:25defense that is decimated with injuries, allowing the fifth most yards after the catch.
26:29What does Luther Burden do best? He's fantastic in space.
26:32And yet, while he did lead, no, he didn't even lead the team in targets.
26:36He was third in the team in targets, but he led the team in receiving yards with 47.
26:42Give me a break. However, okay, back to my point.
26:45I just went on a little bit of a tangent.
26:47Just bear with me a second. I'm in the field.
26:50No, we're barren with you. The fact is, Caleb Williams, I think, is going to come back faster than maybe planned from that injury.
26:58After seeing this? Yeah. I don't think they can slow play him back.
27:01Absolutely not at all. And that is why you cannot drop Colston Loveland.
27:05Correct. I do think that eventually you might even, Burden is the only one here that I would put in flex contention.
27:12Right now? Yes. Because of the arm strength of the quarterbacks, I don't think that Romo Dunze is as viable as Burden.
27:18Yeah, I understand where Rome is utilized within this offense.
27:21You've got to uphold on them. You can't drop them because when Caleb comes back, we have to hope and imagine and
27:28manifest that there will be an uptick in production.
27:30And we know that that date where he's coming back is sooner rather than later.
27:35I mean, there's already buzz right now on Sunday night that it could be week six.
27:39Is there a chance that Jalen Hurts gets benched?
27:42Because boy, oh boy. He's not getting benched. Get out of here.
27:46You know what? He's getting benched in my fantasy lineup, Liz Loza.
27:49That's fine. He has been atrocious for us as fantasy managers to start the season, unfortunately, and another really bad one here this week.
27:56Yeah, that tush don't got no push anymore. There is no more rushing upside.
28:00Liz, we've talked about this. You and I specifically went into this.
28:04We talked about how if he does not have that rushing upside, what's he going to look like?
28:09He's going to have to do a lot more things with his arm.
28:13He's not been doing things with his arm. Well, I mean, obviously, we all know that A.J.
28:18Brown is no longer on the team. Devonta Smith still hurt.
28:21Yes, out with this one. And this one, yep.
28:24The Eagles do draw the Panthers next week. So if Smith is back, then I think he's absolutely in play.
28:30I mean, he was pretty much the wide receiver we were most excited about.
28:34Dallas Goddard did return in this game in London, and he made a little bit of noise.
28:39So I think those are probably the only two.
28:42The backfield is non-existent. Non-existent. Non-existent without Saquon Barkley.
28:44I'm not interested. Honestly, with Saquon Barkley, the only reason I...
28:48Not the only reason I'm starting him. I have lowered my expectations on who Saquon Barkley is as a running back, in
28:54part because of this Eagles offensive line as well.
28:57The reason why Jalen Hurts was ever valuable to us was because he would have so many rushing touchdowns.
29:02He had three straight seasons with 12-plus rushing touchdowns, had at least 10 rushing touchdowns in four straight seasons.
29:08He had at least eight rushing touchdowns in five straight seasons.
29:11Liz, through the first five games of the year, he has one rushing touchdown.
29:15We thought there might be a regression, but I didn't think it would disappear.
29:20Not like this. This was much faster and much harder than I thought it was going to be.
29:25So definitely not great, unfortunately, in that one. Speaking of things that are not great, Liz, we also have a bunch of injuries we got to get into.
29:33Ouch, baby. Very ouch. TJ Hawkinson left the contest with a concussion.
29:37He'll be in the protocol, so keep an eye on that.
29:40Casey Concepcion also left with a head injury. Travion Henderson exited with a right ankle issue.
29:45Ramondre Stevenson managers were obviously pleased at his performance without Henderson on the field.
29:49David Montgomery, this one really hurt. He had a groin issue.
29:52Now, obviously, I expect Eric Moody is going to talk in his waiver wire piece a lot about Woody Marks, who played every single snap once Monty exited.
30:00Woody Marks, by the way, available in over 50% of ESPN fantasy leagues right now.
30:05Roman Wilson, who I mentioned a little bit earlier, he exited with a hand or a wrist issue.
30:10Kenyon Sadiq, another concussion. That's not the first time he's been banged up, though, a different kind of issue.
30:16Quinchan Judkins was seen wearing a walking boot after the Jets game.
30:19He hurt his foot in week five. And Debo Samuel exited with a hamstring issue.
30:24Yeah, Debo's looked not great. So we will continue to monitor all of those as well.
30:28And as we said earlier on in the show, with bi-weeks upon us here in week six, Liz, we're going to have
30:35the Bengals, the Lions, the Dolphins, and the Vikings on top of all of the names that you just mentioned to contend
30:41with when we're looking at setting our lives. I think we're going to have to dig in and live in some discomfort.
30:48And my hope is that if we do that work, we will come out the other side, hopefully better for it and
30:54maybe with a higher winning percentage as well. I love that.
30:58That's a great way to... Optimism, baby. Yes, I love that.
31:01All right. With that being said, make sure that you hang out with us on Monday.
31:06You may be listening to this on Monday. Me, Liz, and Field recapping all of week five on a regular Fantasy Focus podcast.
31:12On Tuesday, it's going to be Liz, Mike, and I diving into Monday Night Football as a recap and the waiver wire.
31:19And on Wednesday, Liz and I are going to be taping Facts vs.
31:23Feelings here in person one more time before you leave to go back to LA.
31:27That's right. That'll come back out on Thursday as it always does.
31:31All right, guys. That's it for us today. Thank you for hanging out with us.
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