0:00Kenneth Walker getting ruled out has
0:02honestly set my league on fire like the
0:04flock league's flowing with trades.
0:05We'll talk about that later. Let's go
0:07injury by injury. Talk about what you
0:09need to know for Sunday. Of course, I'm
0:11going to be live on Saturday night live
0:12Sunday morning answering all your
0:14questions. I hope to see you there. I
0:16hope to take a look at your team. But
0:18first thing is we have a report that it
0:21would not be a shock if the Patriots
0:23held outre Stevenson against the Lions,
0:26but he is pushing to play now. I am
0:29planning on starting Corey Ker. I really
0:31hope that Raandre Stevenson decides to
0:34sit this week out knowing that hey, you
0:36got the by-week next week anyway, but
0:39we'll see. This was initially looking
0:41like it was going to be a multi-week
0:42absence. Now, at the very most, Raandre
0:46is probably only missing one game. And
0:48hopefully, I can start Cory Ker myself
0:51in my league this week and then I'll
0:52drop him right after. Now, Hunter Henry
0:55is ready to suit up against the Lions.
0:57He was limited early in the week, but
0:58now he is fully removed from the injury
1:00report. If you have Henry, it's a very
1:02good matchup. I would plan on starting
1:03him. So, looking at Denzel Boston,
1:06Denzel Boston was in the walking boot
1:08very early in the week. He gets in a
1:09limited practice and right now he is
1:12trending in the right direction. I would
1:14prefer benching Denzel Boston if you
1:17can, even if he plays. If he were to
1:19somehow miss, then all of a sudden that
1:22does make you want to go ahead and bump
1:24up the combination of Harold Fannon and
1:26Casey Conception. Bashel Tutin does not
1:29have an injury designation. He missed a
1:31couple practices early, but now looks
1:35like there's no concern whatsoever on
1:37him playing. So if you have Bashel
1:38Tuton, great match up against the
1:40Tennessee Titans. You need to go ahead
1:42and jam him. Jacobe Meyers also missed a
1:45couple practices early, but it looks
1:46like he does not have an injury
1:48designation either. If you have Meyers,
1:50I really wouldn't be that excited about
1:52this matchup because it's probably a
1:54game against Tennessee where they are
1:55just going to be running the ball over
1:57and over again. Now, going to Houston,
2:00the big thing is Marvin Harrison has
2:02been ruled out. So with Noah Harrison
2:05that does make it where if you are
2:07desperate and again you would need to be
2:09desperate you can look at Tank Dell you
2:11can look at Xavier Hutchinson but
2:13primarily I think you're just going to
2:15go through start Nico Collins start CJ
2:17Strad and move on. Daltton Concincaid
2:20did get in limited practices earlier in
2:23the week but on Friday he got in a full
2:25practice does not have an injury
2:27designation. Should be good to go now
2:30going to Minnesota. There's a lot going
2:32on here. So, we have Jordan Addison is
2:35currently questionable with the thumb
2:37injury, but Jawan Jennings, TJ Hawinson
2:41have both been ruled out. Now,
2:43obviously, we know that Kirk Cousins is
2:46going to be the starter. I mean, I know
2:48we had the report early in the week
2:50where they were making it sound like
2:52maybe, just maybe, they hold Cousins out
2:54a week. That would have been an absolute
2:56disaster. But knowing that this should
2:58be a much better offense now that you
3:01have Cousins under center. You can
3:02literally see this with the prediction
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3:07had a 33% chance that the Minnesota
3:09Vikings were going to win this game
3:11after we had exactly how bad Carson
3:14Wentz was last week. Then they trade for
3:17Kirk Cousins and announce that he is a
3:19starter. And now the Vikings are up to a
3:2142% chance to win. Now, obviously, you
3:24want to check out this market or you
3:26want to check out any markets. You can
3:27find the link to the Poly Market app in
3:30the description, in the comment section,
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3:35$25 added to your account after you
3:37deposit your first 10 available in every
3:39state outside of Nevada. But now that
3:42this offense looks like it's going to be
3:44a lot better. I think if you have Justin
3:46Jefferson, which I personally do,
3:48obviously you were starting him
3:50regardless, but now you move him much
3:52much higher with your expectations.
3:55And also with Addison, knowing that
3:59Hawinson and Jawan Jennings have been
4:01ruled out and you have decent
4:04um projections here for this Vikings
4:06offense now, I would go ahead and I
4:09would actually start Jordan Addison
4:12aggressively if he plays like Addison
4:14has sucked all season. I potentially am
4:17going to have to play against him in the
4:18Flock League this week, which I would
4:20rather not have to do, but it is what it
4:22is. Now going over to our next one.
4:24Keenan Allen is going to make his debut.
4:27I would not plan on starting Keenan
4:29Allen. Obviously, it will be interesting
4:31to see what he looks like though. It's a
4:33good matchup against the Dallas Cowboys.
4:35But with Keenan and Josh Downs, who are
4:38both going to play, I would rather avoid
4:41um starting them their first weekend.
4:43Just give them a little bit of time to
4:44ramp up. Now going over to Kyle Shanahan
4:48made it sound like if Mike Evans really
4:51really needed to play, he could go out
4:53there, but they're not going to rush him
4:56anytime soon. So with that in mind,
4:59maybe you're a little more optimistic
5:00about Mike Evans later in the year. I
5:02was talking to Mr. Salvatore at a
5:05volleyball this week and Mr. Fetcher
5:08said that he thinks that they are going
5:10to be holding out Mike Evans until they
5:12start to play those very important games
5:13against like the Seattle Seahawks, which
5:16would make a ton of sense here, but
5:18we'll see. Now, going over to Debo
5:21Samuel, Debo Samuel is going to play
5:23against the Dallas Cowboys, and I
5:25believe he has been fully removed from
5:27the injury report as well. So, it is a
5:30really strong matchup. If you wanted to
5:32go ahead and play Debo, I'm not going to
5:34fault you at all for doing so. Then
5:37George Pickkins had probably the
5:39funniest quote of the week. Um, he was
5:41asked if he was gonna play this week and
5:43his response was, "Tell your wife or
5:46your girl to turn on the TV and she'll
5:48see me on the field."
5:51This man needs to get checked. All
5:52right. An unbelievable human being that
5:56we have here, but I love it nonetheless.
6:00If you have Pickkins, you go ahead and
6:01start them. Really the big impact this
6:04would have for your lineup is if you
6:05were considering um playing Ryan
6:08Florenoi, you're no longer doing that.
6:11Going to Lad Maki. Lad Maki misses the
6:14Friday practice. So I think the
6:16expectations right now will be that Lad
6:19most likely is not going to be playing
6:21here. I mean I would be surprised if he
6:23did. Then Josh Jacobs had successful
6:27surgery on his fractured right ring
6:29finger Friday in Los Angeles with Dr.
6:32Steven Shinn, the noted hand and wrist
6:35surgeon and should be back in the next
6:38few weeks. So if you have Josh Jacobs
6:40and you survived without him at the
6:42beginning of the year, hopefully you can
6:44survive without him at this point.
6:47Definitely don't plan on having him
6:48anytime soon. Now our next one's going
6:52to be Travis ETN. Travis CTN, we got the
6:55report today that he is going to be
6:57activated from the injured reserve and
6:59it sounds like he is going to be playing
7:00against the Carolina Panthers. Now, I
7:03will pull up my own team as if y'all
7:05care about this just to run through how
7:07my mindset is currently. So, I had a ton
7:12of different players that I could put in
7:13my lineup this week. My team I would
7:15consider personally to be a pretty deep
7:18roster. I'm six and three. I've won five
7:20games in a row, but there were a couple
7:22other teams in my league that really
7:24needed a help for running backs um this
7:26week specifically. So, what I did this
7:28week was I traded the combination of
7:33Rashad White and Jadarian Price and I
7:36got back Kyle Manungai as well as um I'm
7:41sorry, Jaylen Wadd, which I know Jaylen
7:43Waddle not the most exciting guy blah
7:45blah blah. But essentially the reason I
7:47was able to get Wadd and Manungai is
7:49they were on by this week. So now at
7:52this point my bench does look a little
7:54bit thin. We have Wadd on by Manungai on
7:56buy. Eggbuka on by. We're still waiting
7:59for Brandon Iayuk to get out of the
8:00Looney bin and sign with the team. But
8:03now I am put into a position in which I
8:06have to think through, all right, am I
8:08throwing Malik Washington in my last
8:10flex spot or am I going to activate
8:12Travis ETN and play ETN against the
8:15Carolina Panthers? I probably will end
8:17up playing Travis because um Malik
8:21Washington is just not exciting in the
8:23slightest. But if you had an exciting
8:25name, I would prefer avoiding Travis CTN
8:28if possible. My expectations personally
8:31are going to be that most likely Travis
8:34CTN is operating in a threeman running
8:36back by committee where if he's in a
8:39threeman running back by committee with
8:41Kamara with Esté
8:44I [clears throat] don't know why we
8:45would think that you could get him in.
8:48It's a good matchup against the Carolina
8:49Panthers. Again, if you have three
8:51players on by the way that I do, you can
8:54definitely consider the usage is just
8:57really shaky coming off the hamstring.
8:59Very similar to how he said bench Jordan
9:01Tyson last week, but I am playing Jordan
9:03Tyson this week. I think it's the same
9:06setup that you have with Travis CTN.
9:08Now, Kenneth Walker is officially out
9:11for this game. Again, this is now
9:14causing massive, massive drama in my
9:17league at the moment. And that's because
9:19the team that has Kenneth Walker, they
9:21are three and six. I'll fill you all in.
9:24Sammy and Danny, they have offered me
9:26Kenneth Walker for Bejon Robinson
9:28straight up. I had declined that trade.
9:32Maybe if I wasn't already dealing with a
9:34bunch of buys, maybe if I had other
9:36players that I could consider here,
9:38maybe I would do it. But I would
9:41generally say that if you are looking at
9:44Kenneth Walker, I would expect him to
9:46not only
9:49miss this week, but there is a very real
9:52chance that he is going to be missing
9:54next week as well.
9:57Next week they are playing against
9:59Arizona Cardinals. I would expect the
10:01Kansas City Chiefs to be double-digit
10:04favorites against Carson Beck. So, if
10:07they're going to be double-digit
10:08favorites against Carson Beck, there's
10:11no reason why the Kansas City Chiefs
10:13would push aggressively for Kenneth
10:16Walker to play in that game. So, my
10:19assumption will be if you have Walker,
10:21he is out for about two weeks. Again,
10:24right now, they're making it sound like
10:26this is not a big deal. You don't need
10:28to stress about it. But I would be a
10:31little bit concerned if I were you that
10:33he's not only missing this week, he's
10:35missing next week as well. which is why
10:36I personally am deciding not to trade
10:39Bean Robinson for him. And then also, if
10:42you have Emit Johnson, Emit Johnson is a
10:45nobrainer start. I'm not going to say
10:49he's a running back one guaranteed, but
10:51if he ain't a running back one, he's a
10:52high-end running back two. I mean, I
10:55would way rather put him in my lineup
10:58over somebody I'm going to eventually
10:59end up having to start like Travis ETN.
11:01like Imit Johnson is going to crush this
11:03week against the Atlanta Falcons.
11:05Please, for the love of God, make sure
11:07that you start him. And I will also say
11:10this is a slight bump up for Rasheed
11:12Rice as well because they are going to
11:14have to manufacture more targets for
11:16Rasheed Rice close to the line of
11:17scrimmage. Now, going over to the Jets,
11:21sounds like Garrett Wilson, Omar Cooper,
11:25and Adai Mitchell are all going to be
11:27playing this week. Given how many
11:29options there are there, I would plan it
11:32as if you have Garrett Wilson, you want
11:35to start them. But if you are looking at
11:37the other names with Omar Cooper, Adani
11:39Mitchell, they should both be on your
11:41bench. I think they will give you high
11:43ceilings, but the floor is going to be
11:45too low where it'll be very difficult to
11:47trust. Then we have Pat Frymuth added to
11:51the injury report. He is questionable
11:52for Sunday's game with an illness. So
11:54just make sure you have a backup plan if
11:57Frymuth doesn't play. Now I will say if
12:00Frymuth doesn't play and you have no Pat
12:02Frymuth, you have no Roman Wilson, you
12:06have no Michael Pitman, Darnell
12:08Washington's actually going to be an
12:10interesting start and maybe the first
12:11time ever where Darnell Washington can
12:13be somebody that you put in your lineup.
12:15Then going over to the Houston Texans,
12:18David McGomery will miss. Woody Marks
12:21will play. It sounds like David McGomery
12:25should be good to go next week. This is
12:27going to be your last week where you can
12:29start Woody Marks because he is going to
12:31have the vast majority of the usage for
12:33this Houston Texans offense. Once
12:35Montgomery is back, I would expect that
12:37this transitions over to being a running
12:40back by a committee. And then at that
12:41point, there's no way in hell that you
12:44are starting
12:46Woody Marks in a committee for the
12:48Houston Texans. He's just not good
12:50enough to give you production in that
12:52context. But if you have Marks, you can
12:54start him this week. Then moving over to
12:58Carolina, sounds like they are not going
13:00to have Jonathan Brooks. Um, which
13:03really Brooks is only going to be a
13:04premium handcuff back. If you were to
13:06get an injury to Chuba Hubard, Jonathan
13:09Brooks becomes viable. But if Hubard
13:11stays healthy, I'd be very, very
13:13surprised if Jonathan Brooks ever makes
13:15a difference in fantasy. Brooks again,
13:18just a handcuff back where if you were
13:19to get that injury, then all of a sudden
13:21he could be something. But I think
13:24that's all I have for y'all. I really
13:25appreciate you. Hope that I was able to
13:27help you out in some way with this. And
13:31obviously, I will be live tonight
13:33answering your fantasy questions. I'll
13:35be live tomorrow answering your fantasy
13:37questions. And we'll be watching that
13:39New England Patriots Detroit Lions game
13:41together on the channel. So, please just
13:44make sure you're subscribed. I would
13:45love to take a look at your team in one
13:47of those streams. But yeah, much love
13:49ladies and gentlemen. Really appreciate
13:51you and really hope I get to see you out
13:52in the live stream.