0:00Plays of the Week Football, PlayerProfiler, Home League, Staff League, whatever you want to call it.
0:05It is a home staff league for everyone at PlayerProfiler.
0:09I'm going against Wolf, our fearless editor, the prolific writer, number one in the standings.
0:14I'm going after Wolf and I am going after him with Omar Cooper this week.
0:19It is because I do not have a better option.
0:22It's not because I like playing Omar Cooper this week.
0:26I have Seth McGowan, but Seth McGowan is a week away.
0:29I have Emmett Johnson, but Emmett Johnson is not reliable enough.
0:33I'm close to playing Emmett Johnson just for the upside, but I'm not going to do it because there is some upside with Omar Cooper.
0:41I was at the Patriots game when Omar Cooper broke out for the first time against a good secondary.
0:48He can do it. It is possible, but not at a level where we're going to recommend him the Plays of the Week.
0:56We got a bunch of locks and sleepers and desperation streamers coming up.
1:00We're still wearing the Mike McDaniel sunglasses until Mike McDaniel is fired.
1:04I cannot believe that Mike McDaniel is still the offensive coordinator of the Los Angeles Chargers.
1:09It makes no sense. Something has happened. I don't get it.
1:13I think that there's been a body snatcher situation with Jim Harbaugh, Manchurian coach.
1:18I don't know what's going on with him. This is just weird.
1:22The level of brainwash that it sounds like that he has undergone some kind of program.
1:27I don't know if Mike McDaniel's behind it or someone else who wants to make sure that Mike McDaniel stays as the puppeteer here.
1:35I don't understand how this is happening. I feel bad for Jim Harbaugh for some reason.
1:41I don't know why. Maybe it's because he drinks milk.
1:44I don't know why. Maybe it's because his dad every day walked around a track religiously for decades until he was a
1:52very old man and could barely walk. Something about that makes me like this family.
1:57Makes me like him, give him the benefit of the doubt.
2:00I'm not inclined, as you can tell from my sunglasses, to give Mike McDaniel the benefit of the doubt.
2:07I mean, I don't get it. Whatever. I don't know if there was some Lord of the Rings orb that some wizard
2:14somewhere is using to control Jim Harbaugh and keep Mike McDaniel in place, Mike McDaniel in power.
2:20But until he is removed forcibly by Gandalf or whoever, we're keeping the sunglasses on and we're not playing chargers.
2:27I know Justin said, our producer Justin said, hey, I'm playing Ladd McConkie this week.
2:32I don't hate it. Whenever there's a super dysfunctional team or a terrible matchup, the wide receiver one is the safest play in that particular case.
2:40Because when the offensive line goes in a dysfunctional direction and then the running game short circuits, so you can't trust the running game at all.
2:49But no matter what's happening behind the scenes or with the offensive line, with the play calling, with the scheme, whatever it
2:57is, the wide receiver one can still produce. So at quarterback this week, here we go.
3:02We're doing this. Malik Willis. Malik Willis is at a brutal schedule.
3:06All these games against the Vikings. And it's just very difficult going against the Patriots going against all these tough secondaries.
3:13Now, finally, he gets Detroit. He's thrown two touchdowns in consecutive games.
3:17I mean, this is good. He's getting 33 rushing yards per game.
3:21So you've got the Konami code. Detroit's allowed 260 passing yards and over two touchdowns per game.
3:27At least the last four weeks, they've been even more exploited by opposing quarterbacks.
3:32So this is a plus matchup, especially with the Konami upside.
3:35So you get the matchup plus the Konami code.
3:38That's why Malik Willis is the best possible sort of highest confidence play from outside the typical top 12 where you could
3:46say, OK, this guy has the best path to be a top 12 quarterback of the guys that are typically on the bench in one QB leagues.
3:55And he would be an absolute must start a confidence play in super flex leagues.
4:00No doubt about that. I have some confidence also in Michael Penix.
4:04Michael Penix, to me, is a play that you should just ignore what happened last week.
4:09All these turnovers. He clearly is not accustomed to playing in monsoon conditions, even though, ironically, he did go to college at Washington.
4:17Not a strength for Michael Penix, but hopefully the weather in Spain is better.
4:22There's a healthy implied point total for the Falcons.
4:25Twenty four point seven five is supposed to be a shootout if it's going to be a shootout.
4:31And Cincinnati, their front seven are stout against the run.
4:34That means Michael Penix, therefore, must be involved. Drake London, Kyle Pitts and maybe maybe maybe a few rushing yards for Michael Penix.
4:42I'd love that. I would love to. Listen, I've been pounding the Penix the last few weeks.
4:48I'm going to continue to pound the Penix. If you want to get desperate, I'm absolutely perfectly fine with anyone that's like I'm starting Drew Locke.
4:57He's not a Locke himself, but this is a defense that's right, like 31st in EPA against by quarterbacks.
5:03It's Arizona. So stream him. You can stream. He is he is the outer bounds of streamable quarterbacks this week.
5:10I would stream him over a guy like Geno Smith for sure on the road against Kansas City in years past.
5:17I would have been much more likely to recommend Geno Smith say, oh, there's going to be garbage time.
5:23But I've seen too much at this point. Too many, too many teams have gone to places like Kansas City and come away with three points.
5:32The garbage time never materializes. I'm not going to do it.
5:36Drew Locke doesn't have that problem. It's Arizona. Seattle is going to win that game.
5:41So play Drew Locke at running back. Chase Brown, Chase Brown, Chase Brown, Chase Brown.
5:46And I am playing Chase Brown on Sport.Fun. This show is brought to you by Sport.Fun.
5:51We always talk about at the beginning of every show.
5:55Hey, this is brought to you by Sport.Fun. What the hell is Sport.Fun?
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6:02You can see it. This is what it looks like.
6:06You basically have the opportunity to build a portfolio, to buy players for the long run, for their lifetimes.
6:12So it has that dynasty element. You create a dynasty portfolio of players, and then you can play those players in these DFS contests.
6:20So I can tell you that my lineup this week on Sport.Fun is Dak Prescott, because I'm going right back to Dak Prescott.
6:28Dak Prescott has a terrible reputation on the plays of the week.
6:32We don't typically talk about Dak Prescott, but we did talk about it on the top 10 takeaways, where historically the Cowboys
6:39have been much better with Dak Prescott under center.
6:42Even when you include the Troy Aikman years in the sample, the splits with or without Dak Prescott, the Cowboys are much
6:50better off with Dak Prescott under center. And then Chase Brown is a lock this week.
6:55I love Chase Brown over everyone else this week.
6:58I love Chase Brown this week. Colson Loveland. Oh, this is a Colson Loveland week for sure.
7:04It's a Malik Neighbors week against Philadelphia coming off a bye.
7:08He's going to be as healthy as he's been all year.
7:11So excited to see what Malik Neighbors, maybe 15 targets.
7:15I'm so excited. I mean, no Cam Scadaboo this week, and I'm not recommending Devin Singletary.
7:20I'll spoiler alert that right now. Spoiled, no Devin Singletary.
7:24And then, of course, Jackson Smith and Jigba. I can afford all those players in this five-man squad on Sport.Fun.
7:30Check it out. It's in our Discord. It's in the link in the description of the show.
7:36You can see the invitation to our Discord. There is a Sport.Fun channel in our Discord.
7:41Check it out. All the instructions to go in.
7:44And you can play against me. There's a league that we've set up.
7:49$250 prize pool. $125 to first. Come and get me.
7:52If you think you can build a lineup better than this, come and get me on Sport.Fun.
7:58Beyond Chase Brown. I mean, I think Chase Brown is a play that no one is wondering whether they should insert Chase Brown or not.
8:06Of course, you're playing Chase Brown. But I'm saying in these DFS contests like Fast Draft, right?
8:12There's the Flex 6. There's the Quick 6 Super Slam, right?
8:16With the Quick 6 Super Slam, a guy like Chase Brown is someone that you can play anybody.
8:22You need to decide, can this guy be a top six option this week?
8:27Or like Sport.Fun. I'm saying yes. This is a guy you play aggressively in DFS this week.
8:32As well as, of course, you start him everywhere no matter what the format is of your fantasy league.
8:39Brown's going to be heavily featured by this Cincinnati run game and in the pass game.
8:44I mean, think about how many implied points there are.
8:48I mean, it's a road game on turf where Cincinnati has 27.75 implied points.
8:52This is the dream scenario for a satellite back plus back like Chase Brown.
8:57We're playing Jonah Coleman. We talked about this already, why we love Jonah Coleman on the top 10 takeaways.
9:03Now we're on the plays of the week and we're talking about Jonah Coleman again.
9:08He played in 70% of Denver's snaps, close to it.
9:1250% of the routes, 50% of the dropbacks, he's running a route.
9:16I mean, Carolina has already allowed the fourth highest missed tackle rate over the last five games.
9:22And Jonah Coleman led all of college football in forced missed tackles last year.
9:26So for players, grinders with receiving skills, this is the best possible matchup for Jonah Coleman.
9:32Between the tackles grinder, not explosive, but a tackle breaker with pass catching skills.
9:36They have the most success against Carolina. So play Jonah Coleman with confidence.
9:41If any of you are in these shallow leagues where you're not sure if you should be playing Jonah Coleman against some
9:48other strong options, I'm saying with confidence, this is a both a high floor and a high ceiling play this week because his role just keeps expanding, right?
9:58His snap share was exactly 67.9%. Could go over 70 this week.
10:02Why not? No RJ Harvey. High volume play this week.
10:05If you're just looking at volume, look at nothing else.
10:08It's Ramadri Stevenson. Trevion Henderson, we wish him all the best.
10:12He is in the hospital. It's just going to be Corey Kiner and Ramadri Stevenson.
10:17They wish they had to let Jam Miller go.
10:20Stevenson's been averaging 15 touches in over 70 total yards this year.
10:24Green Bay has already allowed six running backs to reach 13 fantasy points and four above 17 fantasy points just in the last five weeks.
10:33So this is absolutely a volume-based RB2 play. Ramadri Stevenson can play him with confidence.
10:38I am playing Rashad White with confidence in PPR leagues.
10:41He put up 14 points last week. Jeremy McNichols done for the year.
10:45Austin Eckler is dust. They have promoted Robert Henry.
10:49The Robert Henry. I almost said Robert Henry III.
10:52They've promoted Robert Henry VII. It's actually Robert Henry Jr.
10:55I have picked up Robert Henry Jr. everywhere because this is a team that can score points.
11:01They've got Jaden Daniels. So you have the Alfred Morris corollary where linebackers are frozen trying to figure out what they're going to do.
11:09Run a lot of run pass option. That helps the efficiency of the running back.
11:14Rashad White first and foremost, but also you're going to see, you're going to see some Robert Henry Jr.
11:20This week. So I would pick up Robert Henry Jr.
11:24In all deep dynasty leagues and play Rashad White because it's the Rams.
11:28The Rams are a stout defense. But with these stout defenses where the team is projected to see negative game script like
11:35Washington is, it's the PPR backs that get there.
11:38Think about last night. Think about the Ravens. Who scored for the Ravens?
11:43Who scored any fantasy points of consequence for the Ravens?
11:46Their satellite back Justice Hill. So that's one of the reasons.
11:50There's several reasons. I mean, just the role itself.
11:53Rashad White is the primary back. He's a primary back with pass catching skills.
11:58Okay. You got me there. Now you'll get a game scenario for the commanders versus the Rams.
12:03And it favors Rashad White, but we're going to get some touches.
12:07We're going to get some touches this week for Robert Henry Jr.
12:11And we'll be talking about Robert Henry Jr. On the top 10 takeaways.
12:16I can promise you that. That is that you can lock that in.
12:20Even if he gets one touch, we're going to talk about him.
12:24Because if you go to playerprofile.com slash news, we posted the news as soon as Robert Henry Jr.
12:30Sign is very important for dynasty leagues. And there was somehow leaked that multiple teams had put bids on Robert Henry Jr.
12:38That Washington wasn't the only one to put in a waiver claim.
12:42And that was interesting to me. That tells me there is demand for a guy like Robert Henry Jr.
12:48There was not demand several times that Evan Hall has been released.
12:52There has not been Evan Hall demand around the league.
12:56And yet he is an all-purpose back. He is fast, agile, great pass catcher, super productive at Northwestern.
13:02And he is going to be the primary backup to Tyler Algier.
13:06Tyler Algier has not operated as a bell cow yet for the Cardinals.
13:10Second half last week, sure. But you haven't seen a full game of Tyler Algier in a bell cow role.
13:17Evan Hall has the satellite back skills for a team that's going to be playing from behind at Seattle.
13:23For the same reasons we like Rashad White as the starting running back.
13:28Essentially a satellite back plus in a starting role.
13:31With a difficult matchup. Can favor the PPR back.
13:34Same is true with Evan Hall at Seattle. This is a desperation stream situation.
13:38This is like very deep dynasty league. Very deep bench where you can accommodate an Evan Hall.
13:44It's not crazy to put him in flex in these super, super deep leagues.
13:49So that's why it's called the desperation play. We post this up on Patreon.
13:54Patreon.com slash podfather. We post the plays of the week.
13:57Lay them all out for you. And it's called the desperation play at running back.
14:02That's where we have Evan Hall. But I want to talk about Evan Hall because Evan Hall, these guys, they hang around.
14:09They hang around. They hang around the league. Evan Hall's got alligator blood just hanging around.
14:15And then boom, they pop off. Only the players that have that kind of skill set have the ability to pop off.
14:22But they can and will do it even if it took years for the NFL to finally appreciate them.
14:29I appreciate Evan Hall. He also went to Northwestern.
14:32So make or break week at wide receiver for Jalen Waddell.
14:35I mean, this is it for Jalen Waddell. I mean, he's been so volatile this year.
14:41So inconsistent. Last week, the route share went down.
14:44Even without RJ Harvey, that was a concern. But we've seen this week in, week out, just based on game plan.
14:51Certain players don't get the same route participation rate as they typically see.
14:55And then it corrects the next week. I'm expecting a correction.
14:59Jalen Waddell to be featured. This is Carolina. This is exactly what we're talking about.
15:04This is going to be the Jonah Coleman and Jalen Waddell show in Carolina this week.
15:09So playing Jalen Waddell with confidence. And if he doesn't deliver, you drop him.
15:14That's it. I mean, RJ Harvey is out. So all these underneath place should be designed for Waddell this week.
15:21You could argue the same is true with Casey Concepcion at New Orleans.
15:25If he doesn't get it done at New Orleans in a traditional sized PPR league, like seasonal redraft league.
15:32If Casey Concepcion doesn't get it done this week, you can drop him too, right?
15:37He's got an 18 plus percent target share. He's got a 25 percent first read share.
15:42He was quiet last week, so he's not on anyone's mind.
15:46But this is a great spot against New Orleans.
15:49A great spot for Casey Concepcion. He is the alpha.
15:52It's not Denzel Boston. Denzel Boston looks like the alpha.
15:56But in 2026 NFL, the alpha is Casey Concepcion.
15:59Alpha wide receivers in the NFL look like Justin Jefferson.
16:02They look like Garrett Wilson, CeeDee Lamb. That's the prototype.
16:056'1", 200 pounds. That's Casey Concepcion. Denzel Boston looks like an alpha wide receiver from 2016, like a Demarius Thomas.
16:12But a decade later, alpha receivers in the NFL look like Casey Concepcion, not Denzel Boston.
16:17The floor play this week has got to be Keenan Allen.
16:21Again, I don't care about Keenan Allen. It's just he's going to get seven catches for 50 yards.
16:27You know it. That's 12 fantasy points. You pray for a random touchdown, though his touchdown rate is not projected to be very high.
16:35Probably just getting a bunch of catches. That's why it's the ultimate floor play.
16:40And then it's also a countdown to when we see the last of Daniel Jones in Indianapolis.
16:46So you can also stash Riley Leonard in Superflex and two QB leagues heading into this week as they just decided this
16:53is our last with a swan song. The last ride for Jonathan Taylor and also potentially they move on from even Daniel Jones.
17:01It could be on the roster. Just like we want to get a look at Riley Leonard.
17:07My rookie this week that I think has an opportunity to exceed expectations.
17:11I considered Antonio Williams. I love Antonio Williams. I just don't love the situation.
17:16I prefer to put my chips on a guy like Rashad White.
17:20Caleb Douglas. Right. Okay. We like Malik Willis. We must like a receiver.
17:24It could could be Malik Washington. I don't think it will be.
17:28I believe Caleb Douglas is the wide receiver one in Miami and he will outscore Malik Washington this week.
17:35My hope is my great hope is right because Douglas he ran around like 34 of 40 dropbacks last week.
17:41So Caleb Douglas is running all the routes just back from injury.
17:45Doesn't matter first week back. He had two touchdowns like this guy's he's a producer.
17:51So the great hope for me is it's Caleb Douglas and Chris Bell.
17:55But they're the wide receiver one wide receiver two this week in terms of usage and scoring.
18:01The faster this team can move on from Malik Washington and get a look at these rookie receivers.
18:07Like I want to get a look at Kevin Coleman too.
18:10Eventually Washington needs to look around and be like hey I'm not getting the snaps anymore.
18:16This team wants to get a very close look at the rookies on this team at the wide receiver position because they're not competing for anything.
18:25They're trying to get the highest draft pick possible and you want to be able to get the highest draft picks you can and evaluate your young talent.
18:34If that's the clear and obvious rational goal for the Miami Dolphins there's not a there's not a lot of space week 10 and beyond.
18:42It's not a lot of reason for this team to be playing Malik Washington.
18:47Right. It's just every week the incentive for them to put him out there just is just continues to decline.
18:54But this week you have Malik Washington play him.
18:57Certainly if you have Caleb Douglas play him we'll talk about the tight end in a moment.
19:03Another deep option. I mean this is much deeper than Caleb Douglas.
19:07Caleb Douglas you can play him in traditionally sized redraft leagues.
19:10Oh yeah. 12 team leagues played play him play Caleb Douglas.
19:14I could even see a scenario where you could play Caleb Douglas in a 10 team league but in a very deep
19:22league like maybe like a 14 team or lots of flex options.
19:26I'm in these rebuilding dynasty teams. I'm playing some Efton Chisholm this week.
19:30This is an Efton Chisholm week baby. He cut all five of his targets last.
19:35He looks like Wes Welker doesn't he. I know people say Edelman.
19:39I am going to go with Wes Welker a different white receiver for the Patriots.
19:44I like I like Chisholm. I like the Wes Welker comp.
19:48He's not the athlete that Edelman is. I guess how quickly we forget what an absolute stud explosive athlete Julian Edelman was.
19:55Efton Chisholm is not that. Efton Chisholm is more Wes Welker and that's exactly against Green Bay where both teams are going
20:03to be pushing each other to throw the ball.
20:06Because Green Bay has been so prolific it's going to force Drake May to drop back more and ramp up the pass
20:13volume and that's where Efton Chisholm comes in. It's going to be Efton Chisholm and Demario Douglas.
20:19Demario Douglas certainly a strong play as well. But if we want to go deeper a little more fun someone that's you
20:26know on the fringier side but has a very similar profile to Demario Douglas.
20:31I wouldn't be surprised if they have similar production this week.
20:35Chisholm and Douglas. I'm going Chisholm because he's available everywhere.
20:38Another desperation stream. We talked about him last week on the plays of the week show.
20:43Torrey Horton. Torrey Horton's an easy play. Just an easy layup of a play this week.
20:49You might say what? This is so fringy. Not really.
20:52Not really. He had six targets last week. We called it.
20:56He was a he was a desperation stream last week.
20:59He's a desperation stream this week. But this week it's Arizona.
21:03It's a better situation. And he showed that he's going to out target Cooper Cup.
21:08Cooper Cup very dusty. And Torrey Horton is very juicy.
21:11Torrey Horton could have had another catch too. He actually dropped one right in his stomach.
21:17He needs to come back to the ball a little bit.
21:21The guy he's still raw. But he's gaining this experience.
21:24Getting better. Has that breakaway speed. So we're just we're just hoping for a Drew Locke bomb.
21:30Just the one long touchdown. That's all we need from Torrey Horton this week.
21:34Another Hail Mary option is Jordan Watkins. Jordan Watkins.
21:37We got the long touchdown a couple weeks ago.
21:40Got the 40 yard touchdown on the post corner.
21:43That's what he is capable of. And he is their best receiver.
21:47He's he's the best they got other than than George Kittle.
21:51So why not? He's super under the radar. He's more under the radar than even Torrey Horton.
21:57And yet he has a better role. He has a higher projected target share than even Torrey Horton.
22:03And Torrey Horton's not really a must start. These are desperation options.
22:07But this is a nice deep league swing. You get Horton against the Cardinals.
22:12You got Watkins against the Raiders. Chase those implied points.
22:15And and guys guys that are gonna be running a lot of routes and running a lot of routes downfield.
22:22That's Horton. That's Watkins. Those are my desperation streams this week at tight end.
22:27It's it's George Kittle. Normally we don't talk about a top three tight end, but it was interesting that in our projections
22:34this week, Kittle actually ranked ahead of even Brock Bowers.
22:37This is the upside lock of the week. The only thing that can stop a George Kittle this week is injury.
22:44And we hope he stays healthy. This is a high ceiling, high floor play.
22:49It's the high ceiling, high floor play of a guy that's not typically in the top three of the season.
22:56Because typically you look at the running back position, you look at the receiver position.
23:01It's always JSN and Gibbs and Josh Allen, Brock Bowers.
23:04It's always the same guys, which we love. I'm not saying they're boring.
23:09You're saying it's just pretty standard, pretty standard, really pretty standard.
23:12These are the top guys this week. Not a standard top guy.
23:16It's actually George Kittle. And then the easy money at tight end this week has got to be Harold Fannin.
23:23We got the announcement. Should her Sanders is starting?
23:26What does that mean for Harold Fannin last year?
23:29When should her Sanders started? 14.6 fantasy points per game.
23:33When Sanders wasn't playing, Fannin put up less than 10 fantasy points per game.
23:37So I am absolutely loving, loving, loving, loving Harold Fannin.
23:41I mean, let's put this on the screen. Let's put another option here.
23:45Found a photo. Again, it's on Patreon. Patreon.com slash podfather.
23:48If you listen to the podcast, check this out.
23:52I found a photo of Fannin and Shader Sanders planning how they're going to score a touchdown this week.
23:58And there's flames and explosions. AI definitely did not generate that image.
24:02This was not AI generated at all. Wink, wink.
24:05Wink, wink. And finally, desperation stream. Tight end. Well, we'll hold off on that for a moment.
24:11We should talk about Greg Dulcich. Everyone's talking about Greg Dulcich this week.
24:15It's the chalk sleeper streamer play. It's not really a sleeper.
24:19Is it a sleeper if everyone's awake on this guy?
24:22It's not really a sleeper anymore. Detroit has been historically bad against tight ends.
24:27We're stacking Malik Willis with Douglas and Dulcich. I mean, Dulcich, he's had at least four catches the last month.
24:34Last four to last five games, at least. He's been one of the target leaders, one of the receptions leaders week in, week out.
24:42And now they get Detroit. It's just, this is the chalk streamer of the week.
24:47Greg Dulcich, barely worth talking about. The guy I want to talk about is Eli Raritan.
24:52I think Eli Raritan's a play. I know Hunter Henry returned to practice.
24:57I get it. But he's not 100%. He has a foot injury.
25:01These are tricky. So you could get during the game, we could get a setback for Hunter Henry.
25:07Raritan's been involved in 12 personnel and in other personnel groupings and been targeted in the red zone when Hunter Henry plays.
25:14So he's absolutely a play. I love playing him against Green Bay, especially if Hunter Henry plays those of us that are
25:22playing Raritan and I'm playing him regardless. Okay. It's even better when Hunter Henry plays.
25:27And then we can get, then we can just give ourselves all the credit in the world for playing Eli Raritan anyway.
