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0:25Restrictions and fees apply. You're in the 06010 That's the energy that works so effectively for me that one.
0:30Yes, we're just gonna keep that in mind. Butterfield up.
0:33No big deal. We're talking some sleepers, breakouts, and busts.
0:36We're both looking backwards and forwards with this one, which is gonna be a lot of fun and a lot of random
0:42rankings as we always do at the end of the show.
0:45But first and foremost, guys, how you doing? You look nice today.
0:48Thanks, Daniel. Do you mean that about me and Mike or just me?
0:52Mostly just you. You wore your Steve Jobs outfit, it looks like.
0:55You're just a straight black shirt. No, I have blue jeans on, so black and blue.
1:00Oh. Because I'm gonna make you black and blue.
1:02Oh, that's what it is. This is good. All right.
1:05I like it. When we're going at it later on on the fantasy face-off.
1:09We're good. You know, it's crazy. This is crazy.
1:11I know you guys are gonna be like, how does your brain go to this?
1:15But when you factor in the preseason, we do five weeks of preseason.
1:19Yes. And then we do 18 weeks of the regular season.
1:22Yes. Once we get to the 30-minute mark of today's show, we will be halfway through the start of the preseason until the end of the regular season.
1:30Wow. How did you calculate that? Well, let's see, Mike.
1:33What is five plus 18? 23. All right. So what's 23 divided by two?
1:3711 and a half. Correct. So we've had five weeks of the preseason, six weeks of the regular season.
1:42We'll be halfway through this week at 1130 or 1030, whatever time.
1:45Wow. This guy's sharp with the math. That's impressive.
1:48Yeah. So if you care about such things, and here's the truth.
1:51When you're going through like the football season, you got a lot of stuff on your plate.
1:56You are pretty mindful of like how far along you are.
1:59How much longer until like your life looks a little bit different and you're managing a few fewer things.
2:04So yeah, we are almost halfway through the fantasy regular slash preseason.
2:08I love that field could have been looking up Ramondre Stevenson's stats for today's show.
2:12But instead was being like, how much more work do I have to do for the rest of the year?
2:17Don't worry. I'm aware of Remondre's 3.4 fantasy points.
2:20And trading Aaron Rodgers and Dynasty. That's all you did the last 24 hours.
2:24That's it. That's right. Calculate days and make an Aaron Rodgers trade.
2:27What'd you get for Aaron Rodgers and Dynasty Field?
2:30Draft pick. So I, Rodgers is obviously retiring at the end of this season.
2:33I said that many times before. My team won, what, two years ago?
2:37And pretty much all of my players were like just in their final good year.
2:41Saquon, Derrick Henry might still be there. Travis Kelsey, George Kittle, Lamar.
2:45Lamar being hurt since basically the start of last season.
2:47That's a wagon of a squad, but they are definitely on the older side.
2:51Samuels, James Conner. It was like all those guys last awesome year had this perfect storm.
2:56It was amazing. And then. Have we won this the last three years?
2:59Yeah. You. I won it last year. The last three year or something like that.
3:04Yeah. It was you last year, me the year before, and then Mike the year before.
3:08Now it's notably a three-team league. So like us winning it is not that.
3:12We play with Mike's two daughters, Field's three daughters.
3:14You didn't even hurt at me though, though. Yeah.
3:17Yeah. So I decided I had to make my pivot at some point.
3:21I've had a couple of offers since the beginning of the summer because I kind of thought there was a chance this team was due for a reset.
3:28And yeah, the reset has begun. Aaron Rodgers is no longer on my squad, but I do have 10 pitchers at least.
3:35Thank you. Every move in this league is so big, like the trades.
3:38It's such an active league with a lot of our colleagues here, former and current.
3:42So it's a super fun league. Unfortunately, that means Field will not be getting this very cool belt probably on our desk from Trophy Smack.
3:49Use the promo code Trophy Smack Week. Sorry, Trophy Week 7 at TrophySmack.com.
3:53There's a chance you could still win the league, Field.
3:56I mean, yeah. I mean, pretty much all I need is Jalen Knoll to become Puka Nakua 2.0.
4:01And I'm in business, baby. Last couple of weeks, he's done some things.
4:04Let's do a little bit of news really quickly before we dive into the rankings.
4:08We talked about this briefly yesterday, but it is officially official.
4:12Terry McLaurin is done for the year. We're going to talk, I think, a little bit about some of, is it you?
4:18Are we talking sleepers? Did you talk sleepers? We are talking sleepers later, yes.
4:22I think there's a handful of these guys that we're going to talk about, but just really quickly for the commanders, you're
4:28feeling like there is anyone worth throwing a dart at if you wanted to throw a roster or start another commander's pass catcher.
4:34I'm guessing Stephon Diggs' roster percentage is way up there already.
4:37Surely it is. But because they're on a bye this week, people will not see the players and the projections when they
4:43go to the waiver section on the ESPN Fantasy app.
4:46So you may be able to sneak Stephon Diggs or Chico Conquo.
4:49I'm going to leave it there because I think Mike has some commanders talk later on in the show.
4:55But those are the two biggest names that matter to us.
4:58Get well, Terry McLaurin, that really, really, really sucks to see.
5:01Diggs is already rostered in 80% of leagues. I stand corrected.
5:04You're looking further down the rankings. Antonio Williams. Yeah, yeah.
5:07Trill and Burks. I mean, just keep an eye on him as well.
5:10But yeah, we'll get hurt as well on Monday.
5:13Did Burks. But they need to throw the ball to somebody.
5:16All right, let's talk about some rankings, guys. We're going to start at the quarterback position, as we always do here in week seven.
5:23Josh Allen at one. And that is going to always be...
5:26Oh, wait. No Josh Allen this week. I thought after you not ranking Jameer Gibbs last week, even though he scored the
5:32fourth most points at running back, you definitely would have ranked Josh Allen still.
5:36Yeah, this is still disrespectful to Josh Allen somehow.
5:38Somehow it is. We should have just started at two.
5:41I mean, yes, but you know, if we're being honest, three of the last four weeks, Josh Allen's been ordinary.
5:47Whoa! Under 20. Whoa! You're not wrong, Field, but I don't want to hear about the numbers, okay?
5:52Josh Allen is Superman. I believe it's three of his past four games are definitely under 20.
5:56Which is low for him. And I think under 19 in three of those past four.
6:01So he's still clear-cut QB1, but after the first two weeks, it was like, yeah, this is why you paid the premium on Josh Allen.
6:08Yeah, and we said, well, let's give it a few more weeks, because he tends to do this in big moments, and then we'll come back to it.
6:16After the first three weeks, we were like, oh boy, we're in trouble with Drake May.
6:20And then the last three weeks have been awesome.
6:22Over 23 fantasy points in every single one. He is our QB1 against the Bears in this one.
6:28Quarterbacks 11 through 20 going up on the screen right now.
6:31Tyler Shuck comes in at quarterback 16. Bounced back nicely after that tough Vikings game, but he has a really difficult matchup in France against the Steelers.
6:38I think we just don't count games against the Vikings anymore, like against players.
6:42Almost, yeah. Like, just cross them off. It's just not the same.
6:45I'm going to mention that a little later on in the show as well.
6:49I love that you, I love we're thinking the same thing, even though we hate each other today.
6:54Yeah. Ooh, you stink. Okay, that was... That's a bridge too far.
6:58Come on. Come on. Sorry. Sorry for the language.
7:00Mama Dopp is listening. Wash your mouth. That was so dumb.
7:03Let's talk about a couple other quarterbacks here, guys.
7:06How do you feel about Patrick Mahomes right now, Field?
7:08Don't really know how to feel about Patrick Mahomes.
7:11I think that maybe Patrick Mahomes has kind of slid back into what our expectations were for him coming into the season.
7:17Yeah. Which is like a borderline top 10 quarterback.
7:20It's still Patrick Mahomes. Not going to see as much rushing.
7:23And that has been the case over the past three games.
7:26He, of course, plays Seattle on Sunday night. We'll talk about the matchup in just a moment.
7:30But Mahomes has 17 or fewer fantasy points in three straight games.
7:34And in those three games, he's combined for 17 rushing yards.
7:37When you acknowledge that Patrick Mahomes, at least right now, is projected to throw to Travis Kelsey, Xavier Worthy, and then we'll see?
7:43Like, it's not a total surprise that Mahomes' passing production is not off the charts.
7:47Now, until last week, he had multiple passing touchdowns in every game the Chiefs had played so far this season.
7:53So he's been good. He's been solid. But not spectacular enough that Patrick Mahomes, against anybody, is an auto start.
7:59And anybody he faces this weekend is Seattle, who, of course, the Seahawks have been incredibly stingy.
8:03Second fewest points allowed to opposing quarterbacks so far this season.
8:06They've played six games, have the Seahawks. Four quarterbacks have scored 9.8 or fewer points against Seattle.
8:11They actually, curiously, allowed a lot of points to Marcus Mariota.
8:14He was the best. Yeah, three passing touchdowns, right?
8:17He was one of the tricky ones. That was in Washington, D.C.
8:20You're traveling all the way across the country, and that happens sometimes.
8:23You're only like 185 passing yards. But three passing touchdowns.
8:26Three touchdowns. Mariota got the best of the Seahawks.
8:29That's very rare. I don't anticipate Patrick Mahomes will.
8:31So he's all the way down at quarterback 20 for me in my rankings.
8:35And I still think, if you were to ask me generally where Patrick Mahomes ranks amongst quarterbacks, I think somewhere between 7
8:41and 10 is where I would say rest of season for Patrick Mahomes.
8:45Interesting. Yeah. I'd feel better if we knew that Rashi Rice was healthy and if we saw Rashi Rice actually matter.
8:51Those two things haven't happened much so far this season.
8:53Yeah. I hear you. I'm a little concerned about him.
8:56I have him identified as a player I want to break down a little bit more later in the week.
9:02You did most of it, but another thing is like Ken Walker's just playing at such a high level.
9:07If you have Mahomes, you kind of need Walker to come back to earth a little bit because they are running the ball.
9:14They're running a balanced offense. They're usually, Andy Reid's always been pass heavy.
9:17And they're running the ball more near the goal line as well because of Ken Walker.
9:22And that's taking away passing opportunities. This isn't like a usual Mahomes-Reid offense.
9:25It's very unlike anyone we've seen before. So if Walker, I don't know, you don't want him to miss time, but if
9:31he just kind of regresses a little bit to the point where he's been throughout his career, that's going to open up more opportunities for him.
9:39How dare you? Whenever you listen to broadcast, they always make a reference to, at least up until this year, they make
9:45this reference about how during the week, the offensive skill guys would get together with whoever the play caller was, whether it
9:51was Eric Biennemi, Matt Nagy, Andy Reid obviously involved in it.
9:54But yeah, they have these unbelievable goal line meetings.
9:56Well, they'll get up there on the grease board and Patrick Mahomes will be in a three-point stance, lined up directly behind the left tackle.
10:03Travis Kelsey will be lined up as the quarterback.
10:06We'll have Isaiah Pacheco split out at wide receiver and they'll run some razzle-dazzle, you know, Philly special play.
10:11And somehow Patrick Mahomes will throw a behind-the-back left-handed pass to Travis Kelsey for a touchdown.
10:16This year, it's like, all right, so red zone meeting.
10:18Hand the ball off going left to Kenneth Walker III.
10:21Hand the ball off going right to Kenneth Walker III.
10:24Or third to Kenneth Walker. Ready? Break! That's it.
10:27That's it. By the way, speaking of wild formations, how about, who did it last week?
10:31Yes. Yes. The right guard was a tight end.
10:33Yes. And ran a route and caught it. I forget who it was.
10:37Oh, this is great podcasting. I saw it too, though.
10:40I thought you guys would remember what it was.
10:42I know exactly what you're talking about. I'll find it.
10:45I can't remember. Field's not on social very often.
10:48But it was a really cool formation. I've never seen that before, so that was awesome.
10:52Okay. I have no idea what you guys are talking about.
10:55Yeah, I'll find it. While I'm looking for it.
10:58Yeah, you look for that. Is Matthew Stafford. Go ahead.
11:01Is Matthew Stafford. Is he like a, are we locked in with him as a top 10 quarterback at this point?
11:06Yeah, right now. I mean, there's a lot of talk about the Rams because they're struggling.
11:11Obviously, the record's poor, two and four. They're not winning games, but obviously a ton of injuries.
11:16But Stafford's still getting the job done through the air.
11:18300 plus passing yards and or two plus passing touchdowns in five consecutive games.
11:22He has 20 plus fantasy points in three of them.
11:25It's obviously heavy passing volume, which is what we expected from him this season.
11:29He leads the NFL in pass attempts, completions, and yards.
11:32He also has 11 passing touchdowns at seventh most.
11:34He's shucking around right now. He is what? Shucking around right now.
11:38He sure is. And he's getting the Raiders this week.
11:40They've led the sixth most fantasy points to quarterbacks.
11:43They got that hot start, but they've kind of dwindled as of late.
11:46So great opportunity. Not a home game for the Rams, but they're close by in Las Vegas.
11:51Short trip. So weather should be good. A good spot here for the passing game.
11:55I know Devontae Adams, but Puka Nikoa might get 40% of the target.
11:59So Matthew Stafford will be just fine. Question from Keith Lipscomb, the great Keith Lipscomb.
12:03Was this the Josh Cuevas play for the Ravens?
12:06Yes. Oh, that's what it was. Lined up at left guard, caught a 29-yard pass.
12:10Offensive coordinator Declan Doyle put Cuevas slightly off the line of scrimmage right there.
12:14So technically, because he was off the line of scrimmage rather than directly on it, he maintained his status as an eligible
12:20wide receiver, even though he was lined up at left guard.
12:23That is freaking sweet. He was pretty clearly open.
12:25And it was interesting. Crazy play. We'll see if other teams copycat that.
12:29The other thing we've seen that's a new copycat thing this year is, of course, the lateral play.
12:34The hook and ladder. Or hook and ladder. Yeah.
12:37Whichever way you want to say it. But we're seeing a lot of that this year, too.
12:41You know what? This might be a little bit of me projecting my saltiness over how he's handled the Giants running back situation.
12:48Do you guys remember probably a decade, maybe more than that right now, ago when the Patriots played the Ravens in the playoffs and they were down?
12:55Notably, it was like down 10 or 14 points.
12:58And the Patriots turned to this legal formation where they had, I think, Shane Vereen, the running back, lined up in a unique spot.
13:04And they ended up killing, absolutely crushing it with this formation.
13:08They ended up coming back and winning the game.
13:10And then the entire Ravens team pouted after the game like the Patriots had just committed a crime on the field.
13:16Remember that? Yeah. So, Ironhide, the Ravens are now the ones that are sort of finding a little edge in margin.
13:22I'm an Eagles fan. I've been listening to people cry about the tush push the last few years just saying it's cheating, essentially.
13:28But it was just skill. I mean, you're seeing the Eagles now without the talent up front chasing Kelsey, the offensive line's
13:34not as good and they're not near as effective.
13:37So, kind of evidence that that was a play that the Eagles were just really, really good at.
13:42And people just whined every year. The owners, it was terrible.
13:45To be clear, I'm definitely projecting my saltiness over the Giants running back situation.
13:49Nothing wrong with that. Nothing wrong with that. We're allowed to sometimes.
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15:03We'll see you there. Speaking of running back, let's dive into a handful of running back rankings, guys.
15:08Starting with 1 through 10. Ashton Gentry still inside the top 10.
15:11Has not been as fantastic as he had been.
15:13Volumed down a little bit, but still getting a lot of receiving game work right now.
15:18Taking on the Rams in this one, gentlemen. There should be a little gap there between Gibbs and Robinson.
15:23Like, it should be higher. Put him up at the top of this.
15:27We should have like three empty rows just to make sure that you can understand the difference.
15:32Probably as low as you'll see Jonathan Taylor, by the way.
15:35We'll talk about him. On that 11 through 20 here, Bucky Irving comes in at running back 16.
15:40Taking on the Carolina Panthers this week. After having a huge week against the Dallas Cowboys, really came back to earth.
15:46But against the Pittsburgh Steelers, tough one. We'll see if it can do any better here against the Panthers.
15:51Running backs 21 through 30. Guys, Ollie Gordon the second.
15:54Right now, RB23. None of these names feel good.
15:56Although there is one name on this list I feel a little bit better about.
16:00Maybe, maybe running back 24. We need a little bit of Jeremiah Love in our lives.
16:05Wouldn't it be nice to see him break out here, guys?
16:08Did you guys see the video of Jeremiah Love at a kid's camp this week in Arizona?
16:13I did not. I did not, but was he cutting on his ankle?
16:16Because that's what I'd like to know. He literally was doing bag drills.
16:20There we go. Okay. I mean, not at full speed or anything close to it.
16:24But the fact that Jeremiah Love, who missed last week's game because of an ankle injury, was doing some team event and going through the bags.
16:31Perhaps interpreted as a sign that he may return.
16:34Got a lot of injuries hovering over today. First day of practice for teams to play on Sunday.
16:39And a lot of injuries going into Monday night.
16:41The Eagles, Saquon Barkley, one of the biggest ones of the week.
16:45Sounds like Saquon has a real chance to play on Monday night.
16:48We'll have more clarity come tomorrow, though. Yeah. Let's talk about Ramondre Stevenson because we now have Travion Henderson back in this backfield.
16:54We thought it might just be his for a little bit.
16:57How are you feeling about Ramondre and the projection?
17:00Yeah, he's a really interesting topic because he's very much in that RB2 flex conversation.
17:04You're going to have to make a decision on him most likely this week and certainly once buys start to wind down.
17:10It's a tricky one. He's 24th in touches this year, 17th in yards, but only two touchdowns, 10.7 fantasy points per game.
17:16Not much better than where he was during most of the regular season last year.
17:21But why this is super notable is what happened here in week six.
17:24He had 14 touches, just 36 yards. That was under four fantasy points.
17:28It's his third game, guys, under seven fantasy points this season.
17:31But, you know, he had Travion Henderson in there.
17:33He had seven carries. But Corey Kiner, 11 carries.
17:36He basically finished the game for them. The other backs are mixed in.
17:39But Kiner played 12 snaps, had 11 carries. I know that often when a running back finishes the game and has a
17:46lot of carries at the end, it just means, OK, they were just running the clock out.
17:50That's it. But I've seen chatter around this. But coming from Patriots beat writers, it suggests they like this kid and he's
17:56going to have some sort of role. So even if they work him into a Sean Tucker-like role, it's going to take
18:03enough away from these guys that maybe they're less appealing flex options.
18:06That's my concern. Also, they're playing the Bears. Third fewest fantasy points allowed to running backs.
18:10They faced the fewest running back touches. But last week, they played Bajon Robinson and they couldn't get him involved very much.
18:1761 yards on the ground. Yeah, he had 7.3 fantasy points.
18:20Saquon Barkley also faced him. That was one of his few full games.
18:23He had nine points in that game. So I'm concerned about this one for sure because Stevenson already hasn't been a good
18:29fantasy asset and now he might share even a little bit more of the workload with Kiner.
18:34And Fields, you're shaking your head. You're not buying the Kiner.
18:37I'm not disputing a lot of what you said about Ramondre.
18:40I really believe that was a classic. The Patriots are trying to salt the game away.
18:45Who's their best between the tackles power runner when you're not trying to surprise the defense?
18:49The answer is Corey Kiner. And maybe so in this game, right?
18:52Maybe it's a competitive game or they're trailing and they don't need to utilize him that way.
18:57But the Patriots are a pretty good team. There might be lots of situations like that where they're using him in the
19:03first one in six games so far. Maybe. I don't know.
19:06I think even if it's six carries a game and when we're already talking, I already don't like Henderson anywhere close to my lineup.
19:13Stevenson's borderline. And now you might take away some of that volume.
19:16I mean, once again, I'm not making the pro-Ramondre case.
19:19I just, I'm less optimistic that there will be, I don't know how often we'll be talking about Corey Kiner on Thursday night.
19:26Absent. The Patriots are up and trying to salt away the clock.
19:29That's my opinion, but we'll see. It's notable that with them up and salting away the clock, they put in the running
19:35back that they didn't want to fumble the ball and they left for Mondria.
19:39Yeah. Isn't that interesting? Not good. So not great.
19:41Kind of put the ball on the ground too, like two weeks ago.
19:45Yes. One. Yes. I really do believe this is like, it's four minute offense where you're just trying to kill the clock.
19:51It's not a mystery about whether you're running or passing and who is the best between the tackles runner who isn't hurt.
19:57That one. Yes. I would say for the most part, a situation to avoid.
20:01I mean, see, I still have Stevenson at 25, so that's enough to put them on the flex radar, but I don't feel great about it.
20:08I really don't. Oh, let's talk. There's going to be a lot of conversation this week, guys.
20:13I'm going to dive in here to this one, which is a little bit more dicey.
20:18Josh Jacobs is going to be back for us this week.
20:21Week seven. Obviously, he has been out for the first six weeks with a very serious off the field issue.
20:26We're going to keep it about the on the field stuff and what we're doing here in fantasy football, but we are
20:32not making light of any of the things that have happened.
20:36Josh Jacobs taking on the Detroit Lions. They've been pretty good against running backs so far this year, although they have given up some big games.
20:43Chuba had almost 26 fantasy points against them, 222 rushing yards and two touchdowns.
20:47James Cook had 20.9 fantasy points. Travis Achan had 14.8.
20:49Everyone else at the running back spot has been capped at single digits against the Detroit Lions.
20:54We don't have any numbers for Josh Jacobs, but we do have numbers about how bad everyone else in that Packers backfield has been.
21:01I still feel like even if it's week one coming off of not playing for the first six weeks of the season,
21:07if you have Josh Jacobs, he can go right into your lineup as an RB2 against this Lions team.
21:12This one feels to me like a dynamic we talk about on occasion, which is it doesn't really matter where you rank him.
21:19It's a matter of whether you're going to play him or not.
21:22Correct. And yesterday, Matt LaFleur, he's already acknowledged, like, we're not going to bring a guy off the bench who's not been
21:28around for six weeks and just play him like we have in the past with Josh Jacobs, which is basically every snap.
21:34It's going to take some time for him to warm up and get into the typical Josh Jacobs role.
21:40Yep. There's also the possibility the NFL finds something in its investigation.
21:43There's a possibility that this legal case has more twists and turns.
21:46So I'm not banking on Josh Jacobs being available for every game for the remainder of the season.
21:51But if Josh Jacobs is available for the next four consecutive games, I think by the second, third, or fourth game, you're
21:57going to be seeing Josh Jacobs amongst the busiest running backs in all of the NFL because in prior years, Josh Jacobs
22:04was playing a ton because he was playing effectively.
22:06And the Packers running backs behind him were banged up.
22:09Yeah. Now we know that the Packers running backs behind him absolutely stink.
22:12They're awful. So they're going to have to play Josh Jacobs a ton, even if the guys behind him are healthy.
22:18Go ahead. I would take, like, if Josh, because there's a thing, he might not be fully back into, like, you know, performance mode, right?
22:25Back to being ready to play. I would still take 60% of Josh Jacobs over what the running back, 100% of what
22:31the running backs have been so far. I think his share of the usage might not be much different going forward.
22:37But the thing is, it's a convenient time for him to return and play a reduced role because they're playing the lines.
22:43You're not going to be like, OK, now's our time to switch to run heavy.
22:48You're going to throw at the Lions. I mean, that's how you beat them.
22:51And the Packers have already been pass heavy. So I noticed that when I was working on his projections, like rolling back his usage a little bit.
22:59I'm like, I don't really have to because at his normal share of the carries in a pass heavy offense in a
23:05script that's probably going to be pass heavy against a tough Lions team on the road, handling 70% of the carries might be 13 or 14 carries.
23:13It's not a lot. Like, he could come back and handle that.
23:16So I expect him to be at about a dozen or so carries and maybe two or three targets.
23:21He already isn't involved much in the passing game.
23:24So that's about right anyway. I do think, to your point, though, at some point they'll balance out the offense a little
23:30bit, lean more on him as the weather gets colder.
23:33Because that's your game plan. That's a little floor game plan for a Super Bowl win.
23:37Not necessarily just putting up points early in the season.
23:40So yeah, I'm with you, Daniel. I think I'm at 19.
23:43So I very much think he's a mid to back end RB2.
23:46Yes. There's so many ifs involved here. But if Josh Jacobs stays on the field for the remainder of this season, I
23:52don't think it's long before we see Josh Jacobs as RB12, RB9, RB8 in our rankings going forward.
23:57Yep. All right. Let's talk about some wide receivers here for week seven, gentlemen.
24:01At the top of the list, wide receivers 1 through 10.
24:04Amonra checks in at wide receiver 4 in spite of the fact he hasn't really had a big game since week 2.
24:11Where is he? Last week, a lot of drops.
24:13More drops than catches? I think tied. Tied. Okay.
24:16AJ Brown, 16 right now in our rankings taking on the Chicago Bears.
24:19Going to expect better things here. But a little lower in the list.
24:23If he had played better last week, he'd be a little higher here for us.
24:27And then the next one, we got Jeremy Bernard, 21 through 30.
24:30Guys, Jeremy Bernard looks like the truth. The question kind of is, how high is too high when we're ranking him?
24:36Because we're really excited about the production and all the volume he's been getting from Aaron Rodgers.
24:41Also don't know how he performs overseas. In France?
24:43Yeah. That has to be baked. Is there a chance that maybe the yardage is different in France?
24:48He might be faster in France. Maybe. Is it meters?
24:51Do we get points for meters? Is that a thing?
24:54Yeah. I think the question soon is going to be, is it Metcalf or Bernard?
24:58Yeah. The way he's playing right now. Right now it's Metcalf, but we'll see as things go on.
25:03Metcalf was very busy last week. What happens to Michael Pittman Jr.
25:07when he is back? Oh, I don't know. I mean, was he extended when he got acquired?
25:11He was. Three years, 57. So he's not going anywhere.
25:14That's a tough one. That's a really good question.
25:17Speaking of tough ones, Emeka Abuka is not an easy conversation anymore.
25:20I know he's had back-to-back weeks with 17-plus fantasy points.
25:23Getting better, though. Are you buying into the production with Jalen Daniels?
25:26Well, we might not have Jalen Daniels anymore. Baker Mayfield, I think, will practice.
25:30Going to be back? Certainly sounds like he is getting close to a return from that thumb injury.
25:35But even if it is Jalen Daniels, I think Emeka is trending in the right direction.
25:39Over the past two games, 25 targets. 16 in one game, nine in the other.
25:4413 catches for just 86 yards. That's not a surprise because the Bucs' offensive line hasn't been great.
25:49And Jalen Daniels, not this particularly prolific passer that can drive the football down the field.
25:53But over the past two games, he has a receiving touchdown and a rushing touchdown.
25:57So Emeka Abuka kind of climbing into that, you know, back-end wide receiver two territory.
26:01If Baker Mayfield plays and this thumb injury is not something that he's dealing with.
26:06And I have a little bit of scar tissue here because the current Oklahoma quarterback, not the former Oklahoma quarterback, Baker Mayfield,
26:12John Mateer, he transferred to Oklahoma last year and was lighting the college football world on fire early.
26:17He hurt his thumb. He came back. And for the rest of the season, he was an entirely different player.
26:22As a matter of fact, he's been an entirely different player once again this year.
26:27But I am very mindful of how much these quarterback thumb injuries can impact them as throwers.
26:31It's their primary job. In an optimistic world in which Baker Mayfield returns and is back to his usual self in short
26:37order, then I think Emeka Abuka could climb even further up to the ranks to maybe a top 15 wide receiver as
26:44opposed to closer to wide receiver 20. Yeah, I think that checks out.
26:47Really quickly, you're talking about some college prospects. You just had a top 10 come out, did you not?
26:52I did. Thank you for asking. A couple wide receivers, a couple quarterbacks inside that top 10.
26:57Yeah, believe it or not, the Chargers currently own the number one pick in the 2027 NFL draft.
27:02Which Ohio State wide receiver do they get this time?
27:05Jeremiah Smith is who they get. Yeah, Jeremiah Smith, the Ohio State wide receiver who is everything as advertised and then.
27:11Do you think a quarterback is going to work their way up to one?
27:15I have Drew Mestemaker from Oklahoma State number two.
27:17And for those that watch first draft, they know that he was like my offseason crush.
27:22He was, yeah. And I'm obsessed with Drew Mestemaker.
27:24The Chargers at number one. If I had orchestrated trades or if the Dolphins had the number one pick, I would have gone quarterback over Jeremiah Smith.
27:32This comes back to a theory that we've been discussing for a long time.
27:36In prior years, and I always think of this team specifically, it's not the only one that you can make this case for.
27:42But you guys can recall what it looked like for the Vikings when Kirk Cousins got hurt a few years ago.
27:48Disaster class, right? I'm not saying Justin Jefferson is not unbelievable.
27:51But the Vikings with the down Justin Jefferson year last year, or the Vikings without Justin Jefferson, have been able to win
27:57more games than when they've had pathetic quarterback play.
28:00So even a guy who you project as maybe like an above average starting quarterback is more valuable than a guy that
28:06you project as a number one, maybe top five wide receiver in the NFL.
28:10Yeah. You guys are doing weekly first draft shows right now.
28:13Make sure to go check that out. Yeah, love that.
28:15All right. I got one wide receiver. I just want to throw a little bit of love here.
28:20It's Devon Vele. We got him at wide receiver 33 right now.
28:24This is probably, there's a decent chance. This is the last chance corral for Devon Vele right now.
28:29Two games with over 15 fantasy points. Love that.
28:31Top set, or sorry. Two games as a top 15 wide receiver.
28:35Top 17 fantasy points in both those games. But he also has three games under seven fantasy points.
28:40He hasn't been super consistent in spite of the fact that Tyler Shuck has been throwing a lot.
28:45And we've kind of liked some of the things in the Saints offense.
28:48Jordan Tyson coming back this next week. So they got the Steelers this week.
28:52I hope so. I understand. Hold on, hold on.
28:55They got the Steelers this week. They got a bye in week nine.
28:58And there's a chance that by the time you get back in week nine against the Cleveland Browns, that Jordan Tyson will be a part of this team.
29:06If not, you can still have Devon Vele for another week against the Cleveland Browns.
29:10But it's getting to a point where you're not going to be able to continue to utilize him as a potential flex,
29:16even though he's kind of been more bad than good.
29:19But I just wanted to say, I think the sun is setting soon on the fantasy value for Devon Vele.
29:25Just want to give a little bit of love to the couple of weeks that we did get some decent production.
29:31Fair, fair there. We'll see. Hopefully Jordan Tyson is back soon.
29:34Yes, fingers crossed. But the Saints said earlier today, Mickey Loomis, their GM, had a presser in Paris.
29:39He said he's not going to practice this week.
29:41One thing about Vele is even if Jordan Tyson returns, Vele at the worst is going to be a cardio king.
29:47He's still going to be playing every snap for them.
29:50As their wide receiver three as opposed to wide receiver two.
29:53But he will be on the field a ton.
29:55Maybe some Marquez Valdez scantling vibes from his Chiefs tenure back.
29:59Ooh, I love that. A cardio king. All right, let's talk about some tight ends, guys.
30:03Tight ends here in week seven. Our buddy Colston Loveland made his way back up inside the top ten after last week.
30:09I'm definitely back in on him with Caleb Williams being under center, feeling good about that situation.
30:14Even though it was difficult to start the season, there's no way you can't roll with Colston Loveland this week after he got Caleb Williams back last week.
30:22Agreed. Looking at tight ends 11 through 20. We got Juwan Johnson.
30:25Just talked about it. Bagel. A lot of Steelers.
30:28Or excuse me, a lot of Saints in this episode today.
30:31But yeah, big zero last week. Now going on to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers.
30:35Eric Moody had some really great stats about Juwan Johnson.
30:38And what he has done when the other tight ends in New Orleans have been healthy.
30:42They had both of them healthy last week. Whenever they have both been healthy.
30:46Juwan Johnson has struggled to have the same kind of production.
30:49When one of them has missed time, he's done.
30:51Correct. Noah Fant or Delp. Yeah, that's been a trend in his career, I feel like.
30:56Yep. He'll be fine in terms of usage. He'll be fine in fantasy.
31:00Like as a mid-range tight end too. But then someone will go out.
31:03A receiver or another tight end. And then he goes.
31:06A little. He's all the way up. Bumps up.
31:08Two touchdown game. You know, something like that. Taysom Hill when he was out.
31:12That always helped him. Yep. Let's talk about Harold Fannin though.
31:15Not much to say, which is kind of the problem, right?
31:18Is this is a guy who came into the year.
31:21Could this be a player who turns his rookie season performance into introducing himself into that tier of top and tight ends?
31:27Yep. The answer is not so far. He's played six games this year, obviously.
31:31Yep. Two, five, seven. And then three, one, and one catches in those six games.
31:35So he's got four games with three or fewer catches.
31:38Yeah, that's crazy. Back-to-back games with just a catch.
31:41On top of that, back-to-back games under 10 receiving yards.
31:44He's got three weeks outside the top 30. So he's completely unusable in three of his six games.
31:49And it's Brown's offense a little better this year for sure.
31:52The passing offense better for sure. Denzel Boston has kind of become the guy you want.
31:56They can't hardly run the ball. And yet we still don't have Harold Fannin inside or even our top 15.
32:02It's hard to justify it though. This is just a classic example of one, how coaching changes can matter.
32:07Right? Kevin Stefanski, in part probably because he had to last year.
32:10But also in part because I think of how he felt about the player.
32:14Absolutely mashed with Harold Fannin Jr. Todd Munkin and his staff have devalued it.
32:18And when I'm telling you the offense is better and the team is four and two, it's hard for me to say
32:24that Todd Munkin and his staff have it asked backwards.
32:27And they should instead be targeting him like Kevin Stefanski.
32:30So that's exactly what I, because you said this offense is better.
32:33Like from an actual NFL perspective, they are playing better.
32:36From a fantasy perspective, it is worse for us.
32:38Because last year we had Harold Fannin that was delivering consistent numbers over and over.
32:43We don't have that from any pass catcher. Denzel Boston has been a little bit of up and down, but we've seen some good games from him.
32:50Haven't been able to trust any of the running backs.
32:53So like even though the offense is better and they're four and two, it's not better for us in fantasy football, which is frustrating.
33:00Yeah. I mean, this was the concern with Fannin.
33:02Would they spread it around more with all the investments?
33:05And the answer is yes, they would. And by the way, we haven't seen Casey get on track yet.
33:10I think it is fair though, for some criticism because the offense has not, it's better, but not good.
33:15I mean, they're still averaging what 1.4 touchdowns per game.
33:18It's atrocious. Like they have to score more and utilizing Fannin could certainly help there.
33:22Yeah. Chiefs could certainly utilize a pass catcher here right now, especially with Rashi Rice not being great.
33:27Yeah. You mentioned earlier, Patrick Mahomes kind of falling off for the most part.
33:31Same for Travis Kelsey. I mean, week two, he had 25.1 fantasy points and we thought, all right, this guy's in better shape, but the offense is better.
33:39He's going to be rolling this year. Well, in his other four games, he's averaging 9.2 fantasy points per game.
33:45He had a three for 71 and the nine for one on one and a touchdown.
33:49That was week two, two for 59 and a touchdown.
33:52Now he scored, but he only had two targets in that game, two for 15 on four targets and four for 53 on five targets.
33:59So you're not getting much out of Travis Kelsey other than that one game.
34:03And then he got kind of got bailed out by the touchdown.
34:06This week, they're playing the Seahawks. I will say this, Kelsey's being used enough and a good enough offense.
34:11And most weeks we're still going to have them as a back end tight end one.
34:16But when you're playing Seattle, who's allowed a league low 153 yards to tight ends in six games this season, kind of scary.
34:22Trey McBride in week two is the only one, the only tight end to hit nine points against them so far.
34:28So they're allowing us about a bus game 25 yards per game to tight ends.
34:32Basically, give or take. That's insane. 5.6. Yeah. They're, uh, they're shutting them down.
34:36So I'm definitely worried about, you know that I think more.
34:39Did you just do that in your head? You said one 53, one 53.
34:43Yeah. Yeah. So divided by six, we 25.5 roughly, but that's not, that's not exactly right, but you're close.
34:49Now I want to know. I mean, 25 point.
34:51Oh, no, wait, that is right. Isn't it? Is it?
34:54That is right. Field. Field. Yeah. Field's the number guy.
34:57You did. Yeah. No. Bam. Come on. Wow. You've got to be kidding me.
35:01This is why you're the stats guy around here.
35:03I feel like every school growing, like every, every school has the kid who can like, you can drop like, you know, 217 times like 812.
35:10Yeah. And they can do it. Yep. They have some part of their brain that is, I remember I had a friend,
35:16Loxley, I went to high school with. He was unbelievable at that.
35:20Great name, by the way. Loxley is a good name.
35:23Yeah. Shout out to Loxley. All right. Let's talk about a couple of defenses.
35:26Are we good on Travis Kelsey? Yeah, we're good.
35:29Yeah. I think he's a benchable this week. Unfortunately.
35:31Yeah. It was the couple of defenses here that we could talk about.
35:35Titans taken on the Browns. I mean, we just mentioned the Browns might be a decent offense.
35:40You want to be able to go out. Titans have not been necessarily fantastic on defense, but they were the number one defense last week.
35:47So who has allowed the most sacks so far this season?
35:50The Cleveland Browns guys. I do like that. Yep.
35:52All right. We got a fantasy face off. Welcome back Vikings defense and Will Reichert.
35:57Oh, yeah. Number one at both positions. So I would say the most valuable at both positions.
36:01So kickers have been last week. Kicker scored a lot of fantasy points.
36:05You know, it's been really disappointing though, so far from the kicker perspective.
36:08Yeah, I do. The guy everyone was reaching on.
36:11And I told you not to stop drafting kickers.
36:14Right now. Reaching on kickers. God, every year this happens nonstop.
36:17I always let you down. It is always. They always let you down.
36:20This is every year for the history of fantasy football.
36:23As soon as you're like, all right, we got it.
36:26It's been a couple of years in a row.
36:28This guy is never going to fail. You have Brandon Aubrey, what, 23rd in fantasy points.
36:33Cameron Dicker is not that far behind. Goodness gracious.
36:35It never fails. I just wanted to get my worked up before we got into this segment.
36:40You finally got me. You've been trying for a long time.
36:43That one does. How come you ever indulge me when I'm just kidding?
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37:11We're doing fantasy face, Field is the judge. Again, it is going to be me versus Michael Lester Clay Jr.
37:16We're talking quarterbacks first. Mike, do you want to go first with CJ Stroud or do you want me to go first with Jared Goff?
37:23Go ahead. Floor is yours. All right. Floor is mine, guys.
37:26Let's talk about Jared Goff. I'm stunned. Daniel was the one that chose Jared Goff.
37:30I've got quarterback. You know what? I didn't choose him, by the way.
37:34This was chosen for us. I have Jared Goff at quarterback six, taking on the Packers.
37:38Here's the good thing about Jared Goff so far this year.
37:42Did you know that he has at least 300 passing yards or multiple passing touchdowns in every single game this season?
37:47Just found that out. Most of them, he actually has multiple passing touchdowns and 300 passing yards.
37:52He's been a very good quarterback this year. Week one, 20 fantasy points.
37:56Week two, 37.8 fantasy points. Week three, 23.3 fantasy points.
37:59Week four, 22.5 fantasy points. Are you guys disappointed yet?
38:01Week five, 34.9 fantasy points. He hasn't been under 20 fantasy points yet this year, and this is going to be the
38:07biggest test for the Green Bay Packers defense. Quarterbacks they have faced this year, Carson Wentz, Tyson Pajan, Jalen Daniels, Geno Smith,
38:14Michael Penix, and Dak Prescott, who was awful when they played him.
38:17Jared Goff is in an unbelievable spot and has continued to air it out against this Packers team.
38:22He's probably going to have to continue to throw to keep up with them, which is why we love Jared Goff as
38:28a top six quarterback this week, guys. Okay, well done.
38:31I think that it's unfair to just blame Dak for stinking.
38:34I mean, the Packers defense held him to 11 points, so pretty good job by them.
38:38Pretty good effort. They used the fourth lowest EPA against the pass so far this season.
38:43By the way, Jared Goff, you didn't mention this.
38:45I'm helping your cause a little bit. I have to give you zero picks.
38:49Zero picks. Zero INTs. Who leads the NFL in interceptions this season?
38:53The Green Bay Packers. I think he throws an interception this week.
38:56That's going to be a minus two, and it'll be the difference because he's going to get outscored this week, Daniel, by C.J.
39:02Stroud, who I've only said positive things about, to be clear.
39:0520-plus fantasy points. You said that's a good number?
39:08Three straight games with 20-plus points for C.J. Stroud.
39:10That is good. Top five fantasy score two of the past three weeks at the position.
39:15We've seen this from this guy before. He was QB 9 as a rookie a few years ago, and they're playing.
39:21They have a good matchup. The Cowboys have a tough matchup.
39:24Or excuse me, the Lions have a tough matchup.
39:26The Texans get the Giants. They've got the seventh most fantasy points to quarterbacks.
39:3027-plus points to Tyler Shuck and Jaden Daniels over the past two weeks.
39:34So give me C.J. Stroud this week specifically. Maybe not long-term, but this week it's Stroud.
39:38I forgot my gavel here today. Both compelling arguments.
39:41I actually like both of these guys today. But I fear not the Giants' defense.
39:45So Mike gets the first one. Oh, frustrating. Let's go.
39:48All right. Fine, guys. All right. That means Mike goes first with the running backs.
39:52You got who? I think this was my guy last week as well, so this will make it easy because this guy's been money this year.
39:59He's copy and pasted all your stuff from last week.
40:02I just updated the stats because we had another good game because this guy delivers one after the next after the next.
40:08Javante Williams, he's been money in the bank. The guy, one of the boringest picks in fantasy this year, but just money every single week.
40:1518.2 fantasy points per game this season. That's RB10.
40:18He has eight touchdowns in six games. Eight touchdowns in six games.
40:21He sounds like a regular Derrick Henry out there this year.
40:24He's 15th in carries, ninth in targets, so you're getting it as a ball carrier.
40:28You're getting it at the goal line. You're getting it in the passing game.
40:32And the Eagles generally thought of as a good defense.
40:35Not this year. They have the fifth worst EPA against the run.
40:38They've been pretty awful. So Javante Williams in another good spot against the Eagles.
40:42Game script should be good. What's not to like about Javante?
40:45One more time just for those that maybe don't understand when you say EPA.
40:49Give me an understanding of what EPA means to you.
40:52Expected points added. So it's a way to, instead of just like leaning on yards and touchdowns, you're actually looking at efficiency
40:58on a specific play for, and it's play by play by play.
41:01So you can just figure out the value, how well each unit and each player is playing.
41:06Okay. Without getting too into the weeds, that's essentially what it is.
41:09It's an efficiency stat for each player and each team.
41:12I don't need to get in the weeds with this one because I'm going to talk about Jonathan Taylor, guys.
41:18You know, he's just good at football. He is.
41:2021 plus fantasy points in four of six games this season.
41:23That's good. He's RB four in touches this season.
41:26He's doing some things. He has four targets in five of his six games, at least three targets in the other game.
41:32So he's been getting passing game work as well.
41:34Understanding they're playing Minnesota. This is an awful matchup.
41:37Let's just be honest about that. I'm not going to try to highlight that.
41:41It's a, there's anything good about it. Only two running backs.
41:44I've hit double digit fantasy points against the Minnesota Vikings.
41:47So far this year, that was DeAndre Swift and Ollie Gordon, who scored 18 fantasy points.
41:51But how did Ollie get there? By the way, nine carries a hundred yards.
41:55Explosive plays. Is that in Jonathan Taylor's bag? I understand it's going to be a tough matchup against this Vikings defense, but
42:01Jonathan Taylor with the receiving game work and the fact that he has been touching the ball so much and the touchdown
42:07equity, I am still in on him over Javante Williams.
42:10How do you bench JT in fantasy football? We're not saying bench him, but if you have the choice here, you're going
42:16Javante, but also he's at loud, averaging a career low four yards per carry and has fewer touchdowns than Javante Williams.
42:22By the way, I just want to give you one more stat on that Vikings defense.
42:27The most points scored by a running back room as a collective against him this season, the most is 20.7.
42:32All right. So I do think that, that Mike probably presented a more compelling case for his guy.
42:37Okay. So I won, but I'm going with Jonathan.
42:40I agree. Pick Jonathan. You can't pick Javante. Yeah, you can.
42:43Against Minnesota. It's like you're picking against the Vikings defense.
42:45So you're disrespect. I don't really have it. The case isn't like Jonathan Taylor has had a couple of days.
42:51Jonathan Taylor is the case. By the way, you can't award it to Daniel.
42:55The whole point is who made the better case.
42:57And I just, you just admitted I did. So how are you giving it to him?
43:02Sorry. I'm sorry. Who's the judge? Yes. I'm going to say, first of all, it's your honor.
43:07Your honor. This makes no sense. When you address me, I have the more compelling.
43:11You're going to be held in contempt. If you don't calm down.
43:14I will be. Can we get a security in here?
43:17Right now. All right. Last one. Cause I'm really going to get to a bus.
43:21Let's talk about some, I want to talk about a wide receiver.
43:24Malik neighbors. The rest of the way. Malik neighbors.
43:27I got a wide receiver five this week, guys.
43:29Wide receiver five. You want to know why? Last three weeks, 23.2 fantasy points, 29.1 fantasy points, 28.5 fantasy points, three straight
43:36weeks against NFL teams, three straight weeks over 23 fantasy points.
43:39He had 35 targets over the last two weeks combined.
43:41He has been smashing and is one of the biggest target getters right now in the game.
43:46And it didn't make a difference whether or not it was James Winston or it was JJ McCarthy under center.
43:52It was one game, but he was QB agnostic for that game.
43:55And he looked unbelievable. There is no way with the run that Malik neighbors is on right now as a pass catcher
44:01and how bad the running game is right now in New York.
44:05I am in on him as a top five wide receiver.
44:08Started a little slow with the season coming back from that injury, getting back into everything.
44:12Now you're seeing the guy that he is. He's a top five wide receiver rest of the season, guys.
44:17I'm at a seven on him. And I don't not like Malik neighbors, but I mean, CD lamb is clearly the superior player right now.
44:24He's averaging CD lamb. Get ready for this. Ready?
44:2725.6 fantasy points per game this year. CD lamb has been money.
44:3012.8 targets per game in his five healthy games.
44:33That includes at least 18 targets in two straight games.
44:36He's at least 18 targets now in two straight games.
44:38By the way, I mentioned the Eagles struggles against the run.
44:41They're top five in yards and fantasy points. I'll add to receivers as well.
44:45So they've been struggling there the last four weeks.
44:48Jalen Coker and Tedderon McMillan both have 14 plus against Eagles.
44:51Parker Washington, 30.4. Puk and Nakua, 27. 27. Kaleef Raymond and Luther Burden both had 19 plus in week three.
44:56They've been horrific. CD lamb has been heavily targeted, heavily productive.
44:59Easy call here. CD. Oh, I forgot to mention that the Malik neighbors is going up against the Houston Texans who CD lamb scored 41 points against.
45:07Also, Jamal Chase scored 26. Also DJ Moore scored 20.
45:10Also Keenan Allen scored 18. Great matchup on my side.
45:13Who are you taking? Well, Houston's faced the most receiver targets this season.
45:16So of course those numbers are inflated, but who, who, which defense are you taking right now?
45:21Houston's or Phillies? I mean, it's close. I don't think it's close right now.
45:25It's close. Did you put, are those, do those match?
45:28Yeah, they do. Yes. She was matched that too.
45:30That looks really nice, man. Thank you very much.
45:33I appreciate that. Yeah. Anything else? No, I have nothing to say.
45:36Okay. Well then by that logic, Malik Nabors secures the win for Daniel Dobbs.
45:40That's right. This reminds me of Tony Reale scoring around the horn back today.
45:44Exactly. Totally arbitrary. This is complete nonsense. No, I'm not playing that game.
45:47I'm bringing facts to the table. I can't wait to do it again.
45:51All right. Let's get to, let's get to the fun stuff.
45:54Busts, breakouts, and sleepers. I thought guys were going to look bad and look forward at a handful of things.
46:00Field brought six to the table. I brought, well, I brought a bonus one because I was so mad.
46:05All right. All right. Cause you can actually put two of them together.
46:09Here we go. Number one bust of the 2026 fantasy football season so far is the quarterback who is 35th in fantasy points per game.
46:16how many teams are there? 32, Mike. I'm getting this frustration out.
46:19Allow me to be frustrated. They're pissed off because who could have ever possibly believed in Justin Herbert.
46:24That's right. Justin Herbert, the biggest bust in all fantasy football, his best finish this year.
46:28You want to guess what it is for a week?
46:31You want to guess? 22. God damn it, Mike.
46:34How do you know everything? I knew he had no top 20.
46:37Yes, it's 22. Justin Herbert's best finish this season is 22.
46:40You know, what's cool is he actually had a passing touchdown in weeks one through five.
46:45Yeah, he did. Just one of them though. Every single one of those games, one measly touchdown in each of those first five games.
46:51He had zero in week six, Justin Herbert. And by the way, this is one of those.
46:56It's like an album, Justin Herbert featuring Amarian Hampton.
46:58Cause he stinks too. Amarian Hampton. Who's now part of a three man committee.
47:02And part of my ranking here is, do I think there's any chance that the player turns it around going forward?
47:08And my feelings on Herbert, no chance. My feeling on Amarian Hampton, basically no chance as well.
47:13The only saving grace from Amarian Hampton actually making this list is he was okay in weeks one and two.
47:18He has three touchdowns, but he has 3.7 or fewer yards per carry in four of his six games.
47:24He has one top 20 finish all season. He's in a three man committee.
47:28You are not overlooked here, Amarian Hampton. Can I also just quickly say that when Justin Herbert said, I'm winning off the
47:34field, it just infuriated me even more as a fantasy manager.
47:37Was that real? Was that AI? I thought it was AI.
47:40I think it's real. If it's not real, someone please tell me.
47:43In his defense. I mean, he's not wrong. I just don't want to hear it as a fantasy manager.
47:49Totally. That's fair. Number two. We're all winning off the field too.
47:52Absolutely we are. We're just not packing it in on.
47:55We're still showing up. We're still showing up. Number two.
47:57And again, this is about whether the player can get back on track the rest of this season.
48:03Saquon Barkley, who is perhaps the highest player in terms of ADP that we will mention during this segment.
48:08Saquon Barkley, who of course has missed the past couple of games because of injury, has yet to score a touchdown this season.
48:14Is that good or bad? That's bad. That's terrible.
48:17It's awful. He has exactly one catch in the four games that he has played.
48:21One catch each. Not a factor in the passing game whatsoever.
48:24Maybe that changes with Tanner McKee. Maybe. He has zero touchdowns.
48:27His four games that he has played, 83 rushing yards, nine rushing yards, 82 rushing yards, eight rushing yards.
48:32Okay. So you're like, oh, 83. That seems pretty good.
48:3583 rushing yards, 82 with zero, zero in the passing game.
48:38Yes. And also no touchdowns. So no, I'm not happy with Saquon's performance and he's currently hurt.
48:43Maybe he returns to practice tomorrow. He's one of two running backs on the Eagles 53 man roster.
48:48So it certainly seems like he's going to be back on Monday night, but the offensive line is broken.
48:53The offense is broken. Saquon Barkley, massive bust. Only way that changes is if for some reason they traded him, which I don't think they will.
49:00Saquon Barkley, man, this feels good to get these.
49:03Yeah. I'm glad feel this feels like therapy. Send back here.
49:06Letting you vent. Thank you. Yeah. I like it.
49:09Does Kim Skadaboo even play anymore? Not really. Not last week.
49:12He did not play. Well, he played six snaps.
49:14He got zero carries. Did Kim Skadaboo. Kim Skadaboo, who at least they cut Najee Harris yesterday.
49:19That was a game flow thing though. Yeah. It wasn't a punishment though, guys.
49:23It was a game flow thing. But even when Kim Skadaboo was playing, he was bad.
49:27He had a touchdown all the way back in week one, but this guy has not been anywhere close to the player
49:33that we thought he was going to be. Nope.
49:36The guy was amazing last season. He was on every billboard that Jackson Dart wasn't on or Jalen Brunson this off season.
49:42And he's done diddly poo so far this year.
49:44Kim Skadaboo, major bust. Sorry. You know, did I mention Jalen Waddle?
49:48Not yet. How good's that guy been? Awful. Non-good.
49:50The answer is terrible. 6.4 or fewer fantasy points in four of his six games.
49:54What is Jalen Waddle's strength? His speed, right? Waddling.
49:57That's fast. This guy can fly. He's got 35 or fewer receiving yards in five of his six games.
50:02Not five of his six games with a catch under 35 yards.
50:0635 or fewer receiving yards total in the entire game.
50:08Five of six times. He has one game with a 20 plus yard catch.
50:12Brutal. Way to go, Broncos. You trade everything for this guy and you hardly utilize him.
50:17Sean Payton's wife is probably pissed off because she drafted him in fantasy at her husband's recommendation.
50:22He stinks. Did I mention Jadarian Price? Not yet.
50:24You haven't. Jadarian Price. I need this one. 4.67 fantasy points per game.
50:28Bro. That's not a misspeak by me. That's not only non-PPR.
50:31That isn't PPR scoring. Part of the reason why?
50:33He has four catches. He hardly gets all the work.
50:36He's been hurt now for a few weeks. Zach Charbonnet is going to come back this week, it sounds like.
50:42On top of that, when they get to the goal line, you get this big, powerful back.
50:46Right? You draft him 32nd overall because of his between-the-tackle running skills.
50:50They go, hey, Emmanuel Wilson, I know that you've been largely just a guy in the NFL, but you get the goal line carries.
50:56Yeah. And if it's not you, maybe we'll give it to George Holani.
51:00Jadarian Price. Terrible. No optimism for him going forward.
51:02And a bonus one that I actually am sort of hopeful will turn things around is Jeremiah Love.
51:07Jeremiah Love. The third overall pick in the draft.
51:10Yep. Big investment by Arizona. What do they do when they bring him onto the field?
51:14Not a whole lot. It's like, hey, do you want to watch Tyler Algier pass protect a little bit more?
51:20Maybe you can pass protect. We need to keep you in pass pro because we can't protect our quarterback.
51:25Yes. What's the point? Maybe you should draft an offensive lineman instead.
51:29Wouldn't that have been smart? An offensive tackle that could actually pass protect?
51:32Sheesh, Arizona. We'll see whether he plays or not this week.
51:35But yeah, he's been a bust. I'd even mention like 20 other guys that have been frustrating me.
51:40These are just the first six that came to mind.
51:43I love it. Are you good? I feel better.
51:46Yeah. Do you feel a little better? I feel a little better.
51:49Pressure's high. Yeah, I love it. Your hair's falling apart.
51:52You need some hair gel. All right. I'm up, guys.
51:55Oh, wow. By the way, yesterday, according to one of our bosses, Tom DeCorty, fellow Pistons fan.
51:59That's right. I'm sort of mad at Tom and Daniel right now.
52:03That's fair. I'll let it fly. I think yesterday was the 30th anniversary of Jim Mora's diddly-poo rant.
52:08Was it? Which Tom suggests right there. Oh, I love that.
52:11That is hilarious. Love that. All right. Talking about guys that have exceeded expectations.
52:15We're talking about breakouts here for this week. We're going to spin it more positive now.
52:19How do you not start with Ken Walker III, guys?
52:22He's RB2 on the season. Here's what he's done.
52:2434 fantasy points. 23 fantasy points. 21 fantasy points.
52:2730.9 fantasy points. 20.7 in week five, in spite of the fact that he was on a bye.
52:32Don't fact check that. And then 27.9 in week six as well.
52:35The dude is unbelievable, averaging over 27 fantasy points per game.
52:38Second in rush attempts. And ninth in targets per game.
52:41The dude is unreal. Matthew Golden has been awesome.
52:44He's been golden. He has been. Absolutely. 5 for 121 fantasy points on 12 targets.
52:48These are his last four. 11.7, 20.3, and 22.4.
52:50He's wide receiver six in fantasy points over the last month.
52:53Wide receiver six in targets over the last month.
52:56And he is going to be a top 10 option against my Detroit Lions here in week seven.
53:01There is 100% chance that Golden showers fantasy managers with points in Detroit.
53:04Hope you brought your umbrella, guys. Next one up we have.
53:08Didn't like that. Another breakout. Gonna let that one slide.
53:10Jalen Coker. Jalen Coker has only played three full healthy games this year, guys.
53:14If you look at his three healthy games, he's averaging 21.37 fantasy points.
53:18That would be wide receiver three on the season.
53:20That's amazing. He's averaging 20.3 targets per game. That's wide receiver four on the season.
53:25When Jalen Coker. 20.3? 10.3. Did I say 20.3?
53:27That would be a lot of targets. That's a lot of targets.
53:30I meant 10.3. That's like a Cee Lamb level target.
53:33Okay. It's actually kind of low for him last year.
53:36He has been unbelievable. I think the strength of schedule for the Panthers does get a little bit more difficult moving forward.
53:42But Jalen Coker has been unbelievable. Like, actually better than Tedderola McMillan when he is healthy and they're both playing.
53:48And then I got two more. Quarterback spot. Tyler Shuck.
53:50Quarterback 12 in points per game. But quarterback 6 in total points.
53:54You said this earlier. And I'm glad that you said it.
53:57Yes. One of those games was against the Vikings.
53:59It was brutal. Most quarterbacks, I think, this year are going to have a throwaway game against the Minnesota Vikings.
54:05This was Tyler Shucks. If you take that one out, he looks so much better.
54:0922 plus fantasy points in four of his six games.
54:12And he's getting reinforcements. Jordan Tyson coming back eventually.
54:14Travis Eichan coming back eventually. He's got more rushing upside than Bryce Young, who was the other one that was in this consideration here.
54:21Because Bryce has been great. But Tyler Shuck has been unbelievable.
54:24And last one at the tight end spot. It can't not be Isaiah Likely.
54:28Tight end two in targets per game. Tight end two in points per game.
54:32Tight end three in receptions per game. Tight end two in receiving yards per game.
54:36He has absolutely smashed and been everything that we could have ever hoped with him coming over from Baltimore to the Giants.
54:42And being the number one tight end, finally. No one's smashed like Isaiah Likely has when this comes to breakouts.
54:48Makes you wonder what the Ravens were doing with him.
54:51The whole time. He would do it. Payne Mark Andrews.
54:53That's it. I know. I know. By the way, to your point, Panthers go from second easiest to fifth hardest schedule for wide receivers.
55:00The fantasy playoffs. Bengals, Steelers, and Seahawks. With everything on the line in week 17.
55:04So just a heads up if you're invested in that offense.
55:07Love that. Little positivity on the other side of Fields' negativity.
55:10Mike, what are you doing here? Yeah. Fields' rant left me with a little time.
55:15So we're just going to fly right through these guys here.
55:18I'm going to count them down from bottom to top here.
55:21Oh, nice. Kyler Murray is fifth on my sleeper list going forward.
55:24Coming off a good game against the Saints. Remember, this guy's been top 12 in points per game every year of his
55:30career prior to last year when he was injured.
55:33Good receivers there. And by the way, Vikings quarterbacks, easiest.
55:35Rest of season schedule. Love that. An eye on Kyler Murray.
55:39Number four on my list. How about Chris Bell?
55:41And I'll even include Malik Willis on this. Chris Bell and the Dolphins receivers go from second hardest to sixth easiest schedule.
55:47Malik Willis from third hardest to ninth easiest for a quarterback.
55:50They're trying to get Chris Bell going. He had four for 67 in week three on eight targets.
55:55He lost a long touchdown recently to an inch when his foot was on the goal line.
56:00And TJ Turner shadowed him when they played the Dolphins two weeks ago.
56:04They gave him some serious respect. He's playing a lot.
56:06And he's a very talented player. Malik Washington, by the way, is a 28% target share this season, too.
56:12So you might want to include him on here as well.
56:15What did Chris Bell come into the NFL draft with an injury of?
56:18ACL. It was an ACL. Because he would have been drafted much higher, right?
56:22Yeah. Field you liked him before the injury as a late first, right?
56:26Yeah. So keep an eye on him. Third on the list, Chico Conquo.
56:30We talked about this at the top. Terry McLaurin's out for the season.
56:33But Conquo kind of sneaky even before that because he was injured.
56:36He missed a couple of games. But he is trending up now 20% plus target share in two straight six plus targets in each of those games.
56:44Last week, his route participation on that Monday night game was 84%.
56:47Guys, that's a career high for Chico Conquo, who was busy during his time in Tennessee.
56:52So very interesting. I think he very well could sneak into the top 12 of tight end going forward.
56:57I would also include the receivers, Antonio Williams and Traylon Burks on this list as well.
57:02Yep. Number two on my list, Rona Denver. This is a more higher profile name, but name to watch.
57:07J.K. Dobbins trending the right direction. I think you can include Bo Nix here as well.
57:11The schedule is lightening up. Lightening up? Lightening up?
57:14Lightening up? Tighten up. Thundering up? I don't know.
57:16It's getting easier. The Broncos offense goes from the hardest.
57:19If you look at EPA, they've had the hardest schedule so far.
57:22So that could explain why their offense has been struggling.
57:25It's six easiest going forward. Denver running backs go from 21st schedule to the easiest schedule going forward.
57:30And J.K. Dobbins has 20 touches and one touchdown in two straight games.
57:3417 plus carries in three of his last four.
57:36Two plus targets in four straight. So just enough there.
57:39He also has five carries inside the five. That matches his total from last year.
57:43So kind of sneaky. The volume that J.K. Dobbins is getting and the schedule gets much easier.
57:48He only had five carries inside the five the entirety of the season last year.
57:52He did. And he missed a chunk of it injured, but he played more than he already has this year.
57:58And he only had five. So trending the right way for him.
58:01And the number one sleeper on my list. Yes, baby.
58:04We don't even know if he's going to start this week, but he's in the projections for now.
58:09It's J.J. McCarthy. It's like deja vu all over again.
58:12I love it. It sure is. It sure is.
58:14Well, it worked with Matthew Golden like a year early.
58:17Never wrong. A year early. McCarthy all over the map last season.
58:20But remember, he had some big games. 18 plus fantasy points in four of his eight full games last year.
58:26So half the time he got you 18 plus.
58:28A lot of rushing. He had three rushing touchdowns.
58:31Last week he steps in just 21 pass attempts.
58:33243 yards at a touchdown and a pick. Also 26 rushing yards.
58:37And his supporting cast here is really good, of course, with Malik Nabors and who you just mentioned.
58:42Isaiah likely. And the Giants have had the easiest schedule so far for a quarterback.
58:46It's six easiest going forward. So it remains light.
58:49McCarthy gets a chance to start with what he can do with his legs.
58:52And we'll see with his arm. He's a sleeper.
58:55I'm not saying he's a lock to be a QB one, but he certainly fits the bill of a sleeper.
59:01By the way, a couple others that just missed the list.
59:04Christian Kirk in San Francisco. Terrence Ferguson, but he's still probably a couple weeks away.
59:08KC Concepcion, the volume in the short area has been really good for him.
59:12Fernando Mendoza, if he gets a chance to start for the Raiders.
59:15Savion Williams in Green Bay, who's stepping right into that slot job there.
59:19And of course, Jordan Tyson, who we talked about earlier.
59:21Love that. Good list, Michael. Great list, Mike. Yeah.
59:24All right. Let's dive into the mailbag here really quickly.
59:27No Eric Moody today. He's out doing some things.
59:29He's allowed a day off every once in a while, guys.
59:32So big shout out to Eric, though. So this one's from Mish.
59:36Wants to know, is lad droppable for some rookie upside guys like Omar Cooper or a more stable guy over the past few weeks?
59:42Like Ryan Flannoy, who has a nice schedule the next couple of weeks.
59:46Guys, I have a strong take here, and it's no.
59:49Flannoy, definitely. He's kind of buried. He'll hit here or there, but he's the three in the Dallas offense.
59:54Unless there's an injury, he's not going to be a standalone starter.
59:57And I kind of feel the same about Omar Cooper.
60:00Like, he might have a cup of tea, again, as a flex here this week.
60:04Maybe a wide receiver three. If A.D. Mitchell remains out, we'll see.
60:08But Mitchell will be back soon. I don't think he's going to be a consistent option.
60:12And I do think that once they come back from the bye and lad is healthy, he's going to be productive.
60:18He just has not been healthy. And it's been bad luck for the most part, including a concussion.
60:23It's just bad breaks for him. But I feel like their offense, Justin Herbert's not going anywhere, right?
60:28Like, he's still going to be the guy. They're going to be a little better than they've been, hopefully.
60:33And that's going to be enough for him with a quarter of the targets to be a fantasy starter.
60:39I still believe in lad that he'll settle in as a fantasy starter this year.
60:43I would like to think there's someone else that is worse than lad McConkie on my bench.
60:47That I could add one of those two guys for.
60:50Because I'm with you. I would stick with lad right now.
60:53I mean, Cooper specifically is a fine bench app.
60:56Absolutely. I don't think I'm allowed. All right. Another question here from our chat.
61:00This one comes from Jasmine and Christian. Hey, guys.
61:02I have the most points in my two QB league with 1,085.
61:06I also have the most points scored against. For the 1,068, I'm 2-4.
61:09Do I panic or will it eventually balance out?
61:12It will eventually balance out. Without question. These are the easiest ones.
61:15It's like, just ride the wave here. You don't have to go 10-4.
61:19You might have to just get to 8-6 and you'll be fine come playoffs.
61:23Yeah. Unless there's a reason why you think your players are hurt or going to go the wrong direction.
61:28But otherwise, yes. Keep moving forward. Agreed. If your team is scoring that many points, you don't get to choose how they play defense.
61:35Yeah. You just keep rolling with the offense you got.
61:37Another question here from our chat. This one comes from Matt Kriz wants to know, full PPR, T.
61:42Higgins, Luther Burden, Bucky Irving, Josh Jacobs. Can you please pick two from there?
61:46T. Higgins, Luther Burden, Bucky Irving, Josh Jacobs. I'm going to lean Bucky.
61:50Bucky is my other pick. Yeah. Burden's close call, but Bucky and T for me.
61:54Yep. I think that's fair too. I would want to wait a week on Josh Jacobs just before I throw him out there with those four guys.
62:02Red Alert 206. Fields. Appropriate yet handle, by the way.
62:04Your bust rant definitely got a chat all worked up.
62:07Get him, Fields. That's how we're feeling. I want you to know, everyone else feels the same way that you do.
62:13Yeah. We all like Angry Field. Thank you. Yes.
62:16It felt good. It comes out. It was very cathartic.
62:18Super Saiyan Field. Do you guys know what Super Saiyan is?
62:21Is that Julian Saiyan? The Ohio State quarterback? No.
62:24You guys need to watch some anime. Nope. I don't know.
62:27Cultured in your life. We'll be too long on this.
62:30We'll maybe do it another day. We're going to do it tomorrow.
62:33Sorry about that. All right. Cool. But thanks for hanging out with us on a Wednesday and make sure you come back
62:39and hang out with us on a Thursday. Eric Moody going to be back tomorrow.
62:43No, I'm going to be angry because you ruined our segment.
62:46As well as the rest of us. No, I'm going to have to rant tomorrow.
62:51We're going to fight it out here at the end of the show.
62:54Don't forget to love each other. Yeah, we can just fight after the show.
62:58And be kind to yourself. You guys, you deserve it.
63:01Go fight Tyler. We'll see you guys tomorrow. Bye.
63:03Bye. Bye.