0:00This is the Plays of the Week. Week 7 Fantasy Football, off we go.
0:04We've got quarterbacks to stream, we've got sleeper running backs, we've got desperation streams at wide receiver, we've got a handful of
0:12fun upside streams at wide receiver, we've got some locks and some sexy streams at tight end.
0:17It's all coming at you on the Plays of the Week presented by sport.fun.
0:22We start with quarterback, this is going to be a fast show, we're on a super fast show, seeing how fast I
0:29can talk, I don't know how fast I can talk, but I can talk pretty fast.
0:34We can go through the quarterbacks, we're going to go through the running backs, go through wide receivers, go through the tight
0:41ends, we're going to talk about tons of players, lots of situations.
0:45The bottom line is we've got a lot of matchups to exploit.
0:48Not that many full blown shootouts. Certainly, of course, Packers-Lions, we want to exploit Packers-Lions.
0:53Otherwise, we've got some teams that we just think are going to lean on.
0:58Their opponents, I'm looking at the Vikings, I'm looking at the Steelers, I'm looking at the Texans, 10.5 point favorites, Texans.
1:05I see the 49ers beating Atlanta, even without Mike Evans.
1:08The Panthers, the Panthers are a favorite this week.
1:11So there are some teams to target. Certainly, the Rams are very interesting because Puka Nakua is highly questionable with this calf
1:18injury, and we know Devontae Adams is out, so who are they going to throw to if they throw at all?
1:24So Rams are fascinating. Let's start with cover quarterback first and foremost.
1:28We'll start with quarterback, streaming quarterbacks. Sneaky upside this week is Kyler Murray.
1:32There's not a lot of venom in this Indianapolis secondary.
1:36Now, no sauce Gardner. I mean, it's like it's going to be wheels up this week, smash week for Justin Jefferson.
1:42I think that's pretty clear. He's going to be a top 10 player on the fantasy football rankings, top 10 wide receiver,
1:49to be more specific, on the rankings for full PPR, player profiler, weekly rankings, projections.
1:54I mean, Justin Jefferson top 10. What does Kyler Murray do?
1:58He locks in on his number one target. Now, Kyler Murray does not have a high yards per attempt.
2:04His yards per attempt is below seven. He's not been that efficient, but he is running.
2:09So we know that Kyler Murray is running the ball.
2:12We love that. And this is the Colts. If there is a team that Kyler Murray can exploit with short passes, intermediate
2:19passes with yak ability, it's going to be Kyler Murray to Justin Jefferson.
2:23Kyler Murray to TJ Hawkinson's a good play this week.
2:27Even Jordan Addison. Kyler Murray does not like to get off his number one target.
2:32That's why Justin Jefferson's a lock. Jordan Addison, not so much.
2:35Jordan Addison was much more attractive when Jefferson was out.
2:38It just didn't work out. Kyler Murray got hurt and it just didn't happen.
2:43But if there was a week where you could see Jordan Addison getting there, it would also be this week.
2:49So I like Kyler Murray. I like this Vikings offense.
2:52We'll talk about Aaron Jones later. So Vikings offense against the Colts with no sauce Gardner.
2:58It's just an incredibly attractive situation. That's really that's it.
3:01That's all. Nothing else to say there. We'll go back and talk more about Vikings players in a little bit.
3:07I'm also streaming Aaron Rodgers. I can't believe we're here, but Aaron Rodgers looks great.
3:12This is as good as Aaron Rodgers has looked in what?
3:15Five years. I mean, he didn't look this good in the Jets.
3:19I know that. And he had the Achilles tear.
3:22I mean, he's he's he's come a long way.
3:25He's clearly taking something to help him. He is a huge fan of the natural herbal medicines.
3:31We know that. So something he found something that is allowing him to stay healthy and allowing his muscles to continue to be relatively strong and elastic.
3:39And so I'm happy for Aaron Rodgers. If you have Jeremy Bernard, if you have DK Metcalf, this is a great week to play Pat Friermuth.
3:48We have Pat Friermuth as a top 10 tight end in the projections on player profiler, just like we have Justin Jefferson top 10 wide receiver.
3:56So, yeah, we're exploiting this Pittsburgh situation, right? Pittsburgh's in a great situation.
4:00There's a handful of teams that are in ideal situations.
4:03I wish there were more shootouts. I wish there were more games that were shooting out because this game in New Orleans
4:10only has a 44 and a half point total, but the Steelers are three point favorites and the Steelers have one of the best defenses in the league.
4:19They're essentially the Vikings of the AFC. So you're not going to see any saints on our plays of the week, right?
4:26There's no saints. The saints could get buried at home, but the beauty is with the Steelers, when they score, they score through the air.
4:34When Jalen Warren scores a touchdown, it's likely to be on a dump off pass, but they might get a 10 point lead in that situation.
4:43You could even see Rico Dottle getting there. Rico Dottle.
4:46He was ramped up slowly last week. If this were a home game, if this were in Pittsburgh, you might see Rico
4:53Dowdle also on the plays of the week, just based on the positive game script they would get.
4:59They would be seven point favorites in that game scenario.
5:02I would also like Dottle, but we'll just start with Aaron Rogers to start.
5:07Like where are we going? We're still talking about quarterbacks here.
5:10Here we go. This is me. I'm just, I get so fired up for the plays of the week.
5:16All right. Final quarterback. I like this week. Again, get a lot of implied points against San Francisco.
5:22Michael Penix. Michael Penix looks good. Michael Penix is not running at all.
5:26That's the thing. I thought he would scramble a little bit, not even a little bit, but he's, he's distributing to playmakers,
5:33whether it's Bijan on the screen play, whether it's Kyle Pitts down the seam, Drake London.
5:38He's even feeding Jahan Dotson. Once you start seeing Jahan Dotson posting, you know, 40, 40 yards in a touchdown regularly, you're
5:45like, okay, so this is not just about the number one and number two target.
5:50Michael Penix is distributing the ball. Michael Penix is going through his read progressions.
5:55And this is a game that 50 point total Falcons are there.
5:59They're at home and they're dogs. Anytime you see a home dog in a dome, I'm going to be interested in the quarterback in that particular game.
6:07Now make the game a 50 point total. And I'm very interested in the quarterback.
6:12This would be a lock if the Falcons weren't such a heavy running team, but we know there's going to be a lot at home.
6:20They're going to try to, they're going to push, push Bijan Robinson onto the 49ers.
6:25Brian Robinson likely to be active, but not a hundred percent.
6:28So this is a great week to play Bijan in DFS as well, but also Michael Penix, right?
6:34They're going to try to run the ball. They're going to try their best to run the ball, but the 49ers, because
6:41they, they are projected to win this game on the road and Brock Purdy is the most efficient quarterback in the NFL.
6:48They are going to force Atlanta into throwing situations and force Michael Penix to beat them.
6:53And he certainly can. I do. I do like the Falcons in this game, especially with no Mike Evans.
7:00The loss of Mike Evans actually hurts the upside of Michael Penix because you, one of the big indicators of whether or
7:07not you should take a quarterback in DFS or, or, or stream a quarterback is going to be the quarterback on the other side.
7:14Can that quarterback push a Michael Penix? And certainly Brock Purdy can, it's a little easier for Brock Purdy to push Michael
7:21Penix into more of a shootout game situation. If he had Mike Evans, but even without Mike Evans streaming Michael Penix with
7:28confidence, I think Michael Penix looks good. I think he's just, he's a good looking player and it's a, it's a nice situation for him.
7:36You don't typically get this kind of situation with such a heavy run first team, but you're looking up at a 50 point total stream.
7:44Michael Penix at running back, the lock button this week is Kyron Williams.
7:49And this is like a sleeper show. This is not typically a, these are the chalky players we like.
7:55We're not trying to go too much chalk. I did want to talk about Kyron Williams this week, just because he's such a smash.
8:02Also Blake Corum. It's really Blake Corum and Kyle Williams on patreon.com.
8:06We post the plays of the week and the lock button player is Kyron Williams, but I wouldn't be surprised if Blake Corum had like two touchdowns.
8:15They don't have anyone else. Their best receiver who's healthy is Tyler Higbee.
8:19Their best wide receiver is Kanata Mumfield. That means that when they're developing the game plan, the one thing we know about
8:26Sean McVay is he will, develop a game plan based on his current personnel.
8:31That's the one reason why he's a top three, maybe number one offensive coordinator in the league.
8:36Certainly he's infinitely better than Mike McDaniel. Check the sunglasses until he's fired.
8:40We wear these sunglasses. So they are going to be a run heavy team in this particular game because they just don't
8:47have the personnel at the receiver position. They would be even more run heavy if it were a home game.
8:54The only thing that's going to switch this game into a shootout is if the Raiders can get get up.
9:00If the Raiders can get up early on this team, then Stafford's going to have to throw.
9:06And in that situation, a guy like even Conada Mumfield is interesting, but they also, because they're three point favorites, the Rams
9:13are likely to go out and just want to run Williams down their throat.
9:17But also Corum, Corum out of the backfield, Corum on dump offs.
9:21I like Corum this week too. I like both Corum and Kyron Williams this week.
9:26Love them. Corum is a strong flex play and Kyron is like a locked in RB one this week.
9:32I also love Jalen Warren. Again, Jalen Warren, not a sleeper, but this is a team that is throwing the ball and
9:39the guy that's excelling out of the backfield in the passing game for Pittsburgh is Jalen Warren at a Jameer Gibbs level.
9:46Like when you look at the most efficient running backs, especially as receivers this year, it's like Jameer Gibbs and Jalen Warren.
9:53It's shocking to see some of these advanced efficiency metrics on player profile, especially look at the advanced receiving metrics, target rate,
10:00target share, targets per route run, yards per route run.
10:03I mean, it's just Jalen Warren is fantastic, a fantastic talent.
10:07And we can go back, we can rewind the tape to like a couple of weeks ago, talking to Cody Carpenter, but trading Jalen Warren and dynasty.
10:16And I said that that was the one guy who was in his late twenties that if, even if I'm rebuilding, I
10:23am not in a hurry to trade Jalen Warren.
10:26I think there's, there's a lot of meat on the bone there.
10:29I don't think he's quite valued properly. I think we're a few weeks away from the fantasy community really coming to Jesus
10:37and fully embracing what Jalen Warren is a top running back talent in the NFL period, full stop, regardless of his situation.
10:44It just so happens that the situation is very good.
10:47I mean, and this week the saints are giving up 30 plus fantasy points per game to opposing running backs.
10:53So this is a great situation for Jalen Warren all around.
10:57It's also a great situation for Aaron Jones. We're in on the Vikings.
11:01I go down the board. It's Kyler Murray. It's Aaron Jones.
11:04It's Justin Jefferson, wide receiver one. It's streaming desperation stream on Jordan Addison.
11:09You're playing TJ Hawkinson. He's a top 12 tight end this week on player profilers projections.
11:14Jordan Mason is back, but I think that like we saw last week with Rico Dotto, we're going to see a slow
11:21roll, a slow rollout of Jordan Mason. And that means we're going to have one more week, one last ride with Aaron
11:28Jones in a bell cow roll at home against the Colts.
11:31What's not to like anything not to like anything?
11:34No, let's go. Let's go. Let's do it. Then there's Woody Marks, the obvious play.
11:39No David Montgomery. Houston's a 10 point favorite of I mean, of course, we're going to go Woody Marks.
11:45But I will say the appeal of Woody Marks is not necessarily the TD equity.
11:50You would think they're 10 point favorites, but they can't run the ball.
11:54And Woody Marks has not been an efficient runner.
11:57So he is going to catch a lot of passes.
12:00He's going to be out there. Right. And the next man up behind him is Daria Gumbawale, who is a satellite back.
12:07So Woody Marks, partly because there's no Jowar Jordan that he's out, is going to get the green zone opportunities.
12:14Probably will probably will score, but not not through any kind of efficiency.
12:18That's just not his strength. But they're going to get down there.
12:22They're going to be in the red zone a lot.
12:25Woody Marks is just going to he's just going to put together piece by piece, even without a touchdown.
12:31He'll get you 15 fantasy points. I think J.K.
12:34Dobbins is going to score a touchdown. So I'm back on J.K.
12:38Dobbins just shooting for touchdowns. 24 implied points for the Broncos this week.
12:42You're chasing the TD equity with J.K. Dobbins. This is a very simple, you know, crayon based take.
12:48I get it, but it is what it is.
12:51He's has a high ownership in DFS this week.
12:54That's why. That's why the sharp money is on J.K.
12:57Dobbins scoring another touchdown. Even though Jonah Coleman's back, I think he'll be slow rolled as well.
13:02It's like one last week to play J.K. Dobbins and then maybe never play him ever again.
13:08If you're very desperate, Zonovan Knight played a lot more last week than anyone with Tyler Algier wanted to see.
13:14He's a very hard runner. I mean, his nickname is Bam.
13:18Denver has somehow allowed like two and a half fantasy points above the mean per game to opposing running backs, which is
13:25just I thought their defense was better than that.
13:28It's apparently not Jeremiah Love not going to play.
13:31And I just want to say shame on everyone.
13:33Shame on everyone who came at me when I said worst case scenario for Jeremiah Love after this high ankle sprain that
13:40he suffered at the end of camp is that this will be a lost season.
13:45Like, oh, hyperbole. Oh, imagine, you know, imagine you're the pod father, you know, just going for clickbait nonsense.
13:51And it's like, no, no, no, no, no. This isn't clickbait.
13:55This wasn't a hot take. This is what it is.
13:58This is high ankle fucked. That's what it's called for a reason.
14:02And it's not necessarily even the initial injury. It's the aggravation that happens of him trying to play on it.
14:08And here we are. Here we are. It's week seven.
14:12No, Jeremiah Love. Go check the tape. I just replied to my own tweet on Twitter X.
14:17So you can go see at fantasy underscore mansion.
14:20Check my profile. You can see the post. You can see my second post.
14:24I posted two posts. One was, hey, worst case, this is a lost season.
14:29And let me define what a lost season means.
14:32It doesn't mean he's going to be out for 17 games.
14:35It means that you're going to play him and he's going to underperform when he does play.
14:41And then there's going to be games he misses.
14:44And that's exactly what's happening. So that that is the definition of a lost season.
14:49We're going to be talking about Jeremiah Love and how this is going to be a big bounce back season coming in 2027.
14:56How do you get to a bounce back season?
14:59Well, you have to have a season where you face plant and then you can bounce back.
15:04And that's what's happening with Jeremiah Love, something I predicted as soon as I saw that injury happen.
15:10Oh, it's hyperbole. Oh, hot take artist. Oh, nice try.
15:13Great engagement farming. No, no, no. How about truth farming?
15:16How about that? A wide receiver. Perfect spot this week for Jameson Williams.
15:21You could even argue in these deep leagues. I think I'm starting some Isaac Tesla in very deep leagues just chasing this game.
15:28This is the dream game. This game, right? Packers, Lions, the dream.
15:32You want access to this passing game. You want access to the Packers passing game.
15:37You want access to both passing games one way or another.
15:40You're starting Sam Laporta. You're starting Jameson Williams. Just want to make sure you're starting Jameson Williams.
15:46And if you have a decision to make and it's very fringy flex play options, Tesla.
15:51Tesla is a great way to get exposure to this game.
15:54The other way to get exposure to this game is a guy I've been picking up everywhere in Dynasty, and that is Savion Williams.
16:02Savion Williams is very interesting on player profiler. He's best comparable to Corderell Patterson in a good way.
16:08We're talking about big plays on screens, on short passes, reverses, carries out of the backfield.
16:13He had two carries last week. Quietly two carries.
16:16Then he was four for four on his targets.
16:19Savion Williams is the perfect wide receiver three. I love a guy like Corderell Patterson in my wide receiver three spot.
16:25So you'd be surprised with bye weeks and how deep some of these Dynasty League starting rosters are, how much I'm starting Savion Williams.
16:33I saw this coming. I picked him up in a bunch of leagues a couple of weeks ago.
16:39And now I'm like, oh my, I got to play him.
16:42Like he's in the perfect situation. I think I have some teams where I'm buried with injuries.
16:48I am a rebuilding team. I think there's a team or two where we start three or four flex where I'm playing Savion Williams and Isaac Teslock.
16:57Can you imagine? Can you imagine? So sad, but fun.
17:00Sad, but fun. A play that's not fun this week is anyone starting Colts.
17:04It's not fun at all. No Tyler Warren. Jonathan Taylor.
17:08If there's a week that he's not going to get there, it's going to be against this, you know, truly elite defense.
17:15But even when there's a truly elite defense, at some point, there's going to be some offense through the air.
17:21There always is. And the target conservation play with Indianapolis this week is Josh Downs and Keenan Allen.
17:27Because it's the Vikings, you can't play Laquan Treadwell.
17:30You can't do it. But you can absolutely play Josh Downs and Keenan Allen.
17:34I'm just telling you, if you have them, they're playable because this is just target conservation 101.
17:40101. It's a terrible, terrible, terrible matchup. But these are featured receivers with no better options.
17:45The law of the conservation of target says you've got to play him.
17:49And I'm going right back to Trey Tucker. We had him on the plays of the week last week.
17:55He scores two touchdowns. He's a big play artist, but he's also just the number one.
18:00So let me get this straight. You're the number one wide receiver and you've got incredible big playability.
18:06And he's still just like 5.2k on DraftKings makes no sense.
18:09His salary on DraftKings makes no sense. He's top 10 in the ownership on DraftKings.
18:14Makes sense. I mean, he's an obvious boom play.
18:17If you're in a tournament, you're in a DFS tournament, you've got to play Trey Tucker.
18:22If you have him on any fantasy team with multiple flex options, you play Trey Tucker in this game.
18:28This is the game. This is the game to play Trey Tucker.
18:32They're at home against the Rams. Now, the problem is the Rams are going to try to drag this into the mud with their running game.
18:41So I think this is a game that's going to hit the under.
18:45You can see it's 48.5, but it's a very shaky 48.5.
18:48And Puka Nakua is such an engine of that offense.
18:52It's very strange. This game is still at 48.5 with Puka Nakua so questionable.
18:56So I love the under in that game, but I'm still happy to play for one more week.
19:02Trey Tucker all the way, baby. Let's do it.
19:05One more ride with Trey Tucker. One last ride with Aaron Jones.
19:09One last ride with Trey Tucker. Let's go. And then, yes, you're also playing Kanata Mumfield on the other side.
19:15You have to play Kanata Mumfield. He could technically be the wide receiver one if Puka Nakua is ruled out.
19:21He's a big play guy, right? He's a guy that is posting one of the highest yards per reception in the NFL.
19:28I mean, he's a no-name guy. I get it.
19:31Who the hell is Kanata Mumfield? I know. I know.
19:35But this is fantasy football. And I might prefer Josh Downs as a player, but Josh Downs is not in this particular situation.
19:42This is the situation you want to exploit. Is a game like this where you're going against the Raiders.
19:48There still is technically a high point total, though I think it's going to hit the under.
19:53And Puka Nakua leaves the game with one of these calf injuries.
19:57These calf injuries love to linger. They're like groin injuries.
20:01Calf injuries. Groin injuries have that similarity where guys often will try to play through them, but they're not 100%.
20:07That's very common. And I mean, Mumfield's got... What's his area?
20:10I think he's like... I saw on Player Profiler well over 200 air yards already on 17 targets.
20:16That's like 13.6 air yards per target. That's a lot.
20:19I love that. I love the ADOT from Mumfield.
20:22And we know that Matt Stafford can deliver the ball down the field, right?
20:27So stranger things. We also recommended last week, and I'm not sorry, said, hey, Brandon Cooks is going to be out there.
20:34And he was. He had a 50% snap share.
20:37Brandon Cooks was out there. Desperation stream with the most efficient quarterback in the league.
20:42You could do worse than Brandon Cooks. Now, technically, you couldn't do much worse last week in terms of results if you're being results-oriented.
20:49But we're not results-oriented. And so we're going right back to streaming Brandon Cooks.
20:54Now, there's no Mike Evans, so it's an even stronger play.
20:57And it is the Falcons. And it's a 50-point total.
21:01A lot of implied points for San Francisco. Most of the targets are going to go to McCaffrey and Kittle.
21:07Understood. Kittle's a total smash this week. Kittle's an obvious smash.
21:10We have some truly obvious smash spots for tight ends.
21:14Laporta, we mentioned. Tucker Craft in that same game.
21:17I mean, we'll talk about Tucker Craft in a minute.
21:20But, I mean, also George Kittle, right? There with Brandon Cooks.
21:23So I could see a flashback game for Brandon Cooks.
21:27But with Tucker Craft, I mean, this is the ultimate get-right game.
21:30This is about when we said, we said this.
21:33He tore his ACL exactly a year ago. And now is when?
21:37It's a year later. These guys come back from an ACL in 10 months.
21:42But it's really 12 months until they're 100%. And that's exactly now.
21:45And so Craft is back at 100% now. He's already number eight on Player Profiler and Explosive Play Rating.
21:52And now he's going against a team that's allowing a truly mind-boggling 32 fantasy points per game to opposing tight ends, which doesn't even make sense.
22:00They have to allow a lot of points to the tight end twos to even get to that point.
22:06I've never seen anything this high in the history of the NFL.
22:10If you go back, I don't know what team has ever allowed this many fantasy points to opposing tight ends.
22:16There was a range of years there where the Cardinals were allowing a cartoonish number of fantasy points to guys like Jared Cook at tight end.
22:25But I don't remember any team allowing this many fantasy points to opposing tight ends.
22:29It's truly embarrassing linebacker and safety play by the Lions.
22:33So exploit that with Tucker Craft this week. Clearly, you're playing Kraft, but aggressively playing him in DFS.
22:38And you're playing Tyler Higby. I mean, that is the target conservation play of the year.
22:44Tyler Higby's not that good. He's old. He's dusty.
22:46But they have nobody left. He's their best healthy receiver.
22:50I don't like any part of it. It's not anything I want really to even talk about today.
22:55Why would I want to talk about Tyler Higby?
22:58But I mean, this is the smashiest spot of all time.
23:02So you've just got to, you know, you just got to go with it.
23:06You've just you've you've just got to go with it.
23:10It's crazy. Oh, correction by Justin, the producer. I just want to say shout out to Justin, the producer.
23:16He's doing a great job. The Steelers and the Saints are actually in Paris.
23:20So they're in Paris. They're riding because the NFL is in Paris and they love the NFL so much in France that
23:27they're riding, which is cool to see. That's how that's how much they love.
23:32They love the NFL in France just that much.
23:35So, yeah, this is not necessarily a home game or road game for either team.
23:39But still, if this game were in Pittsburgh, I would prefer Dowdle to them not being in Pittsburgh.
23:45It is a neutral field. OK, so I don't know if it's a dome or not.
23:50It is the Stadia de France in St. Denis.
23:53Let's pull up a photo of this place. OK, this is not a dome.
23:58But man, this looks beautiful. This is a beautiful looking stadium.
24:01Look, I mean, gorgeous, gorgeous. Well, I can't really tell.
24:04You know what? You know what? I was I said gorgeous.
24:08I know I said gorgeous. But really, I mean, I don't know.
24:12I mean, I don't really know. I'll put this up on the screen.
24:16I don't know. I don't know if this is gorgeous or not.
24:20Might be might be considered gorgeous. Might not be.
24:23You tell me if you're if you're watching this on X or Facebook or the player profile or YouTube, you tell me, is this gorgeous?
24:31I don't know. I just said gorgeous. I saw another photo on Google images with like the sun setting.
24:37But that doesn't mean the stadium's any good. It is an open air stadium, though.
24:42It is an open air stadium. I like Dowdle a little bit more.
24:46And this could be because Carolina has an open air stadium.
24:49That's where Dowdle had his best years. I would like Dowdle a little bit more in an open air stadium.
24:56So I do like Dowdle a little bit more.
24:59It's a great correction. It's a great note that I'm finally reading.
25:03Someone passed me a note electronically 20 minutes ago.
25:05I'm just now getting around to reading it. So no, this is not in New Orleans.
25:11We got to go back to the tape. See if I actually said it was in New Orleans.
25:16I don't know if I said it was in New Orleans.
25:20All I said was it wasn't in Pittsburgh. If I remember correctly, all I said was it wasn't in Pittsburgh.
25:26So I think technically this whole show has been right as rain.
25:30This might be my best, most accurate show of all time.
25:34And even that said, we're making sure that you have all the information.
25:38That it is in Paris, this game. We are rioting to make sure this game happens.
25:43And we're celebrating the fact that the NFL is in Paris.
25:47And that's it. Rico Dowdle is interesting. I'll just say that.
25:50I'm not going to say play him. Don't play him.
25:53Bam Knight and Rico Dowdle are RB2s that are in situations that you could say, this guy's interesting.
25:59This guy could do something. I think that these are similar players in similar situations.
26:04It's just that Pittsburgh is a favorite. If it was a desperation stream, I would rather go Dowdle over Bam Knight.
26:11But also remember, I am going to be live with Chuck Bass on Sunday for the starter stream show.
26:17And we go live early. So we're going to be live at the latest 9 a.m.
26:22Sometimes we go live as early as 8 a.m.
26:25Which depends on when Chuck and I can get up in the morning.
26:29So we will be live talking about this game in particular, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, before the game starts.
26:35I will have solidified my position on how attractive of a desperation stream Rico Dowdle is vis-a-vis Zonovan Bam Knight.
26:41I'm going to give myself a day and a half to decide which of those two I would prefer.
26:47Because I do have some Dowdle still. And I certainly picked up some Bam Knight.
26:52Again, I'm in a lot of the... You have to understand.
26:56I took over 20 orphans in 20 days. I am trying my best to win these matchups to a fault.
27:02To a fault. I shouldn't be picking up some of these players.
27:06What business do I have with a rebuilding team who's trying to get the 101, picking up Jahlil McLaughlin and Zonovan Knight?
27:13But that's how I'm wired. I am a sick person.
27:16I'm a sick person where if you all were fantasy managers of me managing my team, if this was like a secretariat
27:23situation where there was a consortium of people that had a stake in me and my dynasty teams, you would be outraged
27:30at some of my behavior, at the hyper-competitive behavior.
27:33You'd be like, that horse should not be training in back-to-back days.
27:37You need to take it easy. You need to optimize for the Kentucky Derby.
27:41What are you doing? You're too damn competitive, Podfather.
27:44They're going to knock it off. Stop picking up Jahlil McLaughlin.
27:48We are rebuilding! We're trying to get the 101.
27:51You want to lose? Why are you picking up Zonovan Knight?
27:54Why are you doing that? Don't do it. Stop it.
27:58Pick up a backup quarterback. Pick up Tommy DeVito.
28:00You'd much rather pick up Tommy DeVito and Superflex.
28:03And in fact, I've had to do this. I've had to have a talk with myself.
28:08I sat myself down and I said, listen, we got to knock it off.
28:13I got to knock it off with this hyper-competitive behavior.
28:16You need to lose games. You need to shed fantasy point scoring players that don't have any long-term role on your fantasy team.
28:24You're never going to win a fantasy league in any format with Jahlil McLaughlin or Zonovan Knight or Pierre Strong.
28:30You got to knock it off and stop picking these guys up in dynasty leagues where you're rebuilding.
28:36I got to stop doing it. It's a habit where I just want to put the best possible lineup out there no matter what to a fault.
28:44It makes me a hyper-ethical fantasy player. And I think also if there was a syndicate that were backing me and all
28:51my fantasy teams, I think it would be fun to watch how competitive I am.
28:56Setting my lineups, making pickups, waiver wire ads, grinding like crazy.
29:00I think you all would enjoy it. But at the same time, you'd be screaming at me saying, stop, stop, stop trying so hard.
29:07We're trying to get Jeremiah Smith. And I get it.
29:11I get it. It's a fault. It's a weakness in my game.
29:15I just can't turn it off. I can't turn off the competitive fire.
29:19I can't turn it off. And I'm not sorry.
29:22I'm not sorry about it. And to the point where this week, you know, I'm plugging in A.J.
29:27Barner. I'm like, listen, because I have a bunch of Elijah Arroyo on taxi squads, I know he's out.
29:33And therefore, I'm like, listen, if the Chiefs can be exploited, it's over the middle by tight ends.
29:39That's the one way the Chiefs can be exploited.
29:42A.J. Barner is incredibly volatile. He has two targets, three targets, one target, three targets, and then an eight target game.
29:49You know the A.J. Barner game log. You know the A.J.
29:52Barner experience. They're going to have to throw to be competitive in this game.
29:57A.J. Barner has no more target competition at the tight end position without Arroyo was gaining snap share, route share.
30:03And now he's out, and it's all about A.J.
30:06Barner as the starting tight end, the tight end that's going to be commanding targets.
30:11And targets will funnel to the tight end when you play the Chiefs.
30:15And so if we're desperation streaming, and I'm doing this, I shouldn't be doing this.
30:20I should just be playing Sadiq or playing, you know, I'm not going to play Stowers.
30:25I'm not an unethical sandbagger. I'm not doing that.
30:28But if I wanted to be clever, I would play a tight end that I have on my bench.
30:34I certainly have some Sadiq on my bench. I'd be playing a guy like Sadiq in these dynasty leagues where I'm going
30:41for the 101, knowing he's probably not going to do a damn thing.
30:45Though, though I will say this week, Sadiq and Mason Taylor are both interesting, because the Dolphins do give up as many
30:52fantasy points to opposing tight ends as the Chiefs do.
30:56So that might even be a bad example. But, you know, I could play, you know, let's say an Oscar Delp or Eric All, someone like that, right?
31:05You could easily see a Darnell Washington. You could easily see me playing a guy like that.
31:10Not me, but a dynasty league competitor who would just as soon lose the matchup is not going to be subbing in A.J.
31:17Barner. They're not going to do that. They're not going to do that.
31:22They're going to plug in Delp and let it ride and hope he scores zero fantasy points.
31:27And sadly, that is just not how I'm wired.
31:30I am here to win it at all costs, even if it does nominally hurt my prospects at achieving the 101.
31:37It is true. I went back. I looked at some of my teams this week, and I am in 11th place in
31:44a bunch of leagues, a bunch of 12-team leagues.
31:47I'm in 11th place. I should be in 12th, but I'm just too damn competitive.
31:52We're trying to get the 101. You want to lose.
31:55Why are you picking up Zonovan Knight? Why are you doing that?
31:59Don't do it. Stop it. Pick up a backup quarterback.
32:02Pick up Tommy DeVito. We are rebuilding. We are rebuilding.
