0:00What's up everyone? Welcome into the Dear Ms. Fantasy with me, your host Tara Roberts.
0:05This is the official mailbag show for Player Profiler.
0:08It is Wednesday, October 21st and I am taking your questions live on YouTube and Twitter.
0:13So jump in the chat. I see the chat already going.
0:17We've got questions that were dropped before we actually went live.
0:21So go ahead and drop those in. We got a ton to talk about this week, right?
0:27Because we have to figure out what we're doing with all of the 49ers injuries.
0:32Who are we turning to? Is there someone that we can turn to?
0:36Do we expect to trade? Zach Charbonnet is returning from IR.
0:40What does this mean for literally everyone for Seattle?
0:43Is the Seattle backfield actually usable? Can you start Zach Charbonnet this week?
0:47How are we handling Devonta Smith with Jalen Hurts out for the year?
0:52The Eagles as a whole? Of course, all the other injury situations that are affecting your week seven lineups.
0:58And as always the tough start sick questions that you got.
1:02So let's go ahead and dive right in. All right, let's get to the chat actually, because I see it popping already.
1:09What's up in the chat to still Bill to John to do schmiz.
1:13Before I dive into the questions, let's do a mailbag because we have a mailbag from none other than the podcast.
1:21Podfather himself. So yeah, we're going to start off with that.
1:24Oh, I didn't update the image. I suck for that.
1:28Anyway, the question from the Podfather is, dear, it's Sarah time.
1:31What should I do with Devonta Smith out with with Devonta Smith with Hurts out for the year?
1:37All right, guys. This is a very, very critical one, right?
1:41What are we doing with Devonta Smith? I've actually gotten this question a lot.
1:46And the easy answer that a lot of people will say is, well, we're starting him.
1:51Duh. I mean, we're starting him because obviously there is quite literally no one else that is catching that ball other than Dallas Goddard.
1:59We haven't seen, let me remove this graphic since stupid me sat there and have the wrong one in there.
2:06Oh, that drives me crazy, but that's all right.
2:09Let's dive into Devonta Smith because in a matchup with Carolina, which as a reminder, has traditionally been a difficult matchup, but
2:16they are dealing with a lot of injuries, had seven receptions on 14 targets, a whopping 14 targets.
2:22Shout out to Tanner McKee on that one. 75 yards and a touchdown for a top 10 finish in half PPR.
2:30So he had no problem. Matter of fact, that was just below.
2:34Now, granted, it was like it was such a low week for fantasy points in general.
2:39That's weird because it was 14 fantasy points, which on, you know, a given week, that's a nice thing, but it's not like a top 10 performance.
2:48But it was a strange week where fantasy points were just underwhelming as a whole.
2:53Like I was doing DFS and I was looking at my lines and they were super competitive, but I was looking at
3:01them like, okay, when's the bottom going to fall out?
3:04Because these point totals are so incredibly low. So it was a weird week from a fantasy perspective.
3:10But looking at the upcoming schedule for the Eagles with Tanner McKee at quarterback, we've got Dallas this week, Washington, the New
3:17York Giants by week and week 10, then Pittsburgh, Dallas, again, Arizona, Indianapolis, Seattle, Houston, San Francisco in championship week.
3:24Let's break that down to really understand what we're working with here on paper.
3:29Only two of these matchups read as difficult. That would be Pittsburgh and Seattle.
3:34But if you take a little deeper into the surface, under the surface, right, there's a little problem that is popping up.
3:41Joey Porter Jr. is looking like he's clamping down wide receiver ones.
3:45Yeah, he's looking like he's clamping down wide receiver ones.
3:48I am mildly concerned that this matchup could underwhelm a little bit.
3:52And I mean, Devontae is amazing, right? But we got to remember that we're starting him regardless.
3:58But this like lower your expectations and don't panic if you have a subpar performance from Devontae Smith.
4:04The way that Joey Porter Jr. is doing, we're going to have to adjust the way that we look at this Dallas secondary.
4:12And the fact that we just might be continuing to see these unfortunate matchups with him now in Dallas.
4:18I mean, who was it last week that he locked down?
4:22Was it Chris? No, no, no, no, no. It was Christian Watson.
4:26Christian Watson. Yeah. Christian Watson locked him down to a degree last week.
4:30Obviously, that meant that, you know, we had a strong performance from Matthew Golden.
4:35But we really don't have any other wide receivers popping up in terms of the Philadelphia offense from Makai Lemon to Dontavian Wicks.
4:43Obviously, Dallas Goddard has a nice little baseline there.
4:46But because of the aggressive target share, we you can hold Devontae Smith if you want, because the overall schedule is not a major issue.
4:54So don't feel like you have to panic and sell him for undervalue, especially with the upcoming schedule after Dallas being Washington, the Giants.
5:02That's a plus matchup. Pittsburgh is not exactly a super negative matchup because they're pushing such aggressive volume that it's a nice back and forth environment.
5:11Dallas, again, as I mentioned, Arizona is a positive.
5:14Indianapolis is a positive like playoff schedule is the only issue.
5:18So my advice would be is that we're rolling forward right now.
5:22Take advantage of these next few matchups after Dallas in case this is a lockdown situation.
5:27And maybe once you come back from the buy, you roll him out.
5:32But look at selling at some point. So we're doing a soft sell.
5:36Look around. But don't feel like you have to because he's very, very trustworthy in terms of overall target share, regardless of who was at quarterback.
5:45And the fact that we don't even have Saquon, right, and that's the type of performance he put up.
5:51So, yeah, feel very positive about it. So, yes, we are not panicking over Saquon.
5:56We are holding. And then after bye week, you can start to shop around to try and get out of that championship
6:04or that playoff schedule as a whole. Jumping to the chat here.
6:08Welcome in, guys. From NN4MZ says, hey, T, please rank these.
6:12I'm one in five. Lane, Lemon. Oh, we just talked about him.
6:16Antonio Williams. No team is down bad after a slow Loveland start losing Hurts and Terry McLaurin.
6:21I feel you on that. I had a dynasty contender that, I mean, at the beginning of the season, I'm looking at
6:29this team and I'm like, I'm deep at running back, right?
6:32I drafted Darian Price and I didn't know how to start him.
6:36I'm deep at running back. I got, you know, superstars.
6:40I've got Zay Flowers and Chris Olave breaking out.
6:43I lost so many players. Terry McLaurin was one of them.
6:47I am so down bad trying to figure out what to do.
6:51So I feel you on that one. Gosh, that's painful.
6:54Although I do think the Loveland, and we'll talk about Loveland in a second, a little bit more in depth.
7:01But I do think that we should start to see a turnaround from Loveland at the very least enough to where you
7:08could potentially shop him around to get some good value that would actually help out your team, right?
7:14Because you probably need to upgrade at other positions and maybe you can start shopping him around, especially after this matchup if
7:22we get a positive matchup from him or a positive performance from him.
7:26But when we're talking about Lane, Lemon, Antonio Williams, and Noel, I would rank them in this order.
7:32So Traylon Burks, who was not in this question, right?
7:35I wanted to see how Traylon Burks was doing because he got injured at the end of that game.
7:42And I didn't know if it was serious or not.
7:45Do I have Traylon Burks? Well, Traylon Burks, Traylon Burks.
7:49Let's see if we can get an injury update for him because he disappeared from my rankings.
7:54So maybe I'm glitching. That is very weird. No, we haven't had anything yet in terms of any negatives about that little
8:02shakeup that he had at the end carrying on.
8:05So the reason I bring up Traylon Burks is because that I do believe that with Terry McLaurin going down, he is
8:12more of the direct beneficiary compared to Antonio Williams, who probably benefits a little more if it were Stefan Diggs.
8:19But he's still got a nice little baseline, and that's for the entire season, right?
8:24So I could put Antonio Williams theoretically as the one guy that would kind of shift maybe upward a little bit, especially
8:31with the fact that we are seeing an increase in potential pass volume rest of season, especially with the way that the
8:39defense is a little bit up and down. So, yeah, I could lean towards Antonio Williams as being the one that would be number one.
8:47But again, the only issue there is that I do think that Traylon Burks might take precedent over him.
8:54You guys know how I feel about Jalen Knoll.
8:57Been very pro Jalen Knoll. I have to defend him a lot, right?
9:01Because that's one of those situations where on the surface, you know, you get nervous about Tank Dell coming back and Marvin Harrison Jr.
9:09being added. But the good thing about Jalen Knoll is that he plays specifically in the slot, which does limit his snap count overall.
9:17But that also means that he's not competing with Marvin Harrison Jr.
9:21And he's not competing with Tank Dell as well.
9:24I assume that Tank Dell would go back to his role on the outside.
9:29That's how he has been used throughout his entire tenure, you know, young tenure, obviously.
9:34But entire tenure in the NFL with Houston, he has been used as an outside receiver just a little bit in the slot.
9:42So the slot competition for Jalen Knoll is really just Xavier Hutchinson is the only other person that clocks a really good percentage in the slot.
9:50So I wouldn't worry about that too much. The pop that we have from Knoll is good.
9:56The only concern that we have is that he seems to be maxing out at five targets.
10:02And I don't know that it's going to push higher than that.
10:06But he's efficient with it. And yardage is coming.
10:09So that's good. Positive. I feel good about him.
10:12And then Lane is the other one that I like as well.
10:16Obviously, wide receiver two. Lamar should be coming back.
10:19Has a lot of touchdown equity. When he was in that one healthy game with Lamar Jackson, he saw multiple red zone targets.
10:27I don't think it shows up on that on paper as that because unfortunately there was a penalty that negated it.
10:34But he was getting super early looks in the red zone from Lamar.
10:38So I do think that he pushes above Rashad Bateman in that sense.
10:43And then Makai Lemon absolutely comes in last. So the way, unfortunately, because we just talked about the Philadelphia offense and the
10:50fact that everything is going Devontae Smith's way and that's not going to change.
10:55So I feel positive about three, negative about one.
10:58And the way that I would order it is probably giving that precedence to just in terms of best team environment, maybe
11:05leaning towards Lane, then Noel, then Antonio Williams, and then Makai Lemon is the order that I would have them in.
11:12But we do got to get Jalen Hurts back.
11:15Jalen Hurts not being there really does limit that overall upside for Jacoby Lane, unfortunately.
11:20Very frustrating. And I don't know that we're going to like we got the update data.
11:26Hey, he can return. He could return to practice this week.
11:29We need more than it could. We need a he will and he will play.
11:35So I'm nervous about that. From L Smale. One, two, three.
11:38I so says three questions in chat. Hit the like button.
11:42Thanks. Oh, nice. Thank you. Let's see if we can find those.
11:46There's lots of there's lots of chats. I'll see if I can find them.
11:51Let's see here. Your questions are, man, I'm having trouble finding them, buddy.
11:55I really am. Oh, wait, I think I see one.
11:58OK, thoughts on. OK, there we go. Boom. Devante Smith, Ladd, Boston and Jacoby Lane.
12:04So. In terms of like rankings or actually here, I got you.
12:08I found it for you. Thanks, Tara, for answering my couple of questions a couple of days ago regarding sending Ali and
12:15Bernard for Michael Wilson and Tyler Algier. I asked the guy to send Ali and he said, OK, for Wilson keeps me
12:22with canine Chase Brown and Blake Corum. Yeah, I think that is perfectly fine.
12:27You're fine at running back. No issues there. And then in terms of Devante Smith, we talked about him.
12:33Ladd McConkie. Ladd McConkie, I have a lot of concerns about, unfortunately.
12:38Want the best for him. Unfortunately, the offense is just struggling.
12:41The matchups don't get any better. Justin Herbert would have to turn things around and he just constantly keeps dealing with these wide variety of injuries.
12:50And they're clearly not competing. I think they've probably come to terms with that.
12:55So at no point are they going to be rushing him back into the lineup.
13:00So there's that injury risk. I do think he's the clear.
13:03I mean, he's the clear wide receiver one. That's unquestioned.
13:07And if anyone in that offense can succeed with the way that the offense is playing the offensive line and Justin Herbert, it is Ladd McConkie.
13:16But the injury issues are a major bummer. I prefer not to have him on my team.
13:21And he's a super, super sell low target, unfortunately.
13:24But maybe you can package him up to get rid of him.
13:28Boston, I feel positive about. Obviously, Deshaun Watson is holding the offense back a little bit in that sense.
13:35But overall, he's been very solid working with the volume that he's been getting.
13:40I think this is one of those guys who could profile as a back half of the rookie season breakout.
13:46So very pro Boston. He is an interesting buy low for me.
13:50And just talked about Jacoby Lane as well. Jumping back to the chat.
13:55Super chat from my girl Beauty by Glenn. Thank you.
13:58It says, my team is in the chat. Who should I start this week?
14:03Then I have to drop two for the week eight buy.
14:06Okay. So you got to drop two for the week eight buy.
14:11And you need to know who to drop. And then you lost last.
14:15Oh, no. You lost last week because you forgot to swap out Vele for Keenan Allen.
14:20No, that's a bummer. It was a very unfortunate, disappointing game from Vele.
14:25Yeah. Just underwhelming. But hey, you know, that's his volatile volume from time to time on that one.
14:31All right. Let's see if we can find Gwen's team or if you can drop it again.
14:36That would be amazing. There we go. I see it.
14:40It is Drake May, CJ Stroud, Jordan Love, Brock Bowers, Jonathan Taylor, Tyler Algier, Kendra Miller, David Montgomery, Drake London, Michael Wilson,
14:47Jordan Addison, Keenan Allen, Casey Vele, Concepcion, Omar Cooper Jr.
14:51And then Fairbairn and the Texans defense. So the first easy drop that I see is Kendra Miller.
14:57That's one like just in general, guys, Kendra Miller.
15:00If you have to move off of someone because I've gotten a lot of questions about Kendra Miller this week.
15:06If you have to move off of someone and you don't absolutely need him to start this week.
15:12Um, and between Kendra Miller and Tyler Algier, because I'm not expecting Jordan Love back this week.
15:18I mean, let me not Jordan, Jeremiah Love back this week.
15:22We'll see. But he was not at practice at when on Wednesday.
15:26Don't feel super positive about it. And even if he does.
15:30Even if he does come back, it's very possible that despite the fact that Bam Knight did outperform Tyler Algier.
15:36The problem is, is that Bam Knight is not the best play off of Jeremiah Love.
15:42Tyler Algier makes the most play as a complimentary back off of Jeremiah Love.
15:46So I do think that the preference technically when it goes back to Jeremiah Love being healthy would be the committee with Tyler Algier.
15:55So there's a little bit of safety there. So I think you can roll him out this week, um, alongside Jonathan Taylor.
16:02And maybe you just go ahead and preemptively drop Kendra Miller.
16:06We could have David Montgomery back after the five week.
16:09And based off the fact that this backfield was not given to Woody Marks, I think that it is going to definitely go back to a committee.
16:18And, you know, that's rather unfortunate because I kind of had hopes that maybe Woody Marks would, you know, take the job and run.
16:26But I mean, unfortunately, Jawar Jordan did look a little bit better, made those contributions.
16:31So they probably intend to continue to run out of committee.
16:35So that means that Monty is going to have a job regardless.
16:39So, and it's very possible that he's back after the Texans.
16:43Um, what was that? Texans have a, uh, Montgomery Texans have, is it a week eight by?
16:48Yeah, it's a week eight by. So, uh, dropping Kendra Miller because you can't use him in that week eight by and
16:56his usage is only this week right here makes the most sense.
17:00So just go ahead and go ahead and roll out Tyler Algier, drop Kendra Miller and pick up whatever you need to get.
17:08And then the other drop that you would need to make.
17:11Oh gosh. Yeah. I think it's going to have to be Valey.
17:15I can't, you know, I can't do it with Omar Cooper Jr.
17:19Because of the breakout Casey Concepcion love can't with Addison.
17:23Uh, yeah, it's gotta be Valey. Valey and honestly, although his, he does have some pop to him, right?
17:29And he can get up there in the right matchup.
17:33Jordan Tyson should be back relatively soon. It ain't this week, probably not next week, but again, we're talking about after the buy.
17:40So he could be back realistically in week nine.
17:43Um, let's see, Jordan Tyson. Where did I have him pegged?
17:47Yeah, because the buy week, they're a week eight by the buy week.
17:51Then back in week nine seems like the right timeline for Jordan Tyson.
17:56So just FYI in general for everybody, that seems like the correct timeline.
18:00So if you want to go ahead and drop Valey, knowing that it's you literally just this week's usage that you would be missing.
18:08You don't need to start him at all. Buy week next week.
18:12And then Jordan Tyson back. So those are the two that I would make in terms of moves.
18:18Good question. Jumping back to the chat from Gary Miles.
18:22Ooh, I just realized I forgot to go live on TikTok.
18:25Dang it. It's my dedication. Messed up. Was supposed to have live.
18:30I got distracted. My kid had an ear. He has an ear infection, guys.
18:34Oh, I got to pick up some medicine after this for him.
18:38Some antibiotics. So I'm very tired. He woke me up in the middle of night screaming.
18:44Um, and turns out he had an ear infection.
18:47So yeah. Gary Miles says full PPR. Hawk, Higby or Parkinson.
18:50Gotta go with Higby on that one. I know last week was disappointing, but without Devante Adams, we're looking for like, I
18:58feel more comfortable with and we're not getting Terrence Ferguson back.
19:02Just FYI on that, guys, because I've gotten a lot of Terrence Ferguson questions.
19:06Um, in terms of why I'm pro Higby and not telling you to pick up Terrence Ferguson.
19:12It's because they are not expected to, um, activate Terrence Ferguson when he is eligible to return, um, which would be next week, which means, right?
19:21So that's, um, four, five, six, seven. He would be eligible in eight.
19:25Um, and if he's not eligible in eight, that's best case scenario nine.
19:29But if you're not activating him in eight, my gut tells me he's not super close.
19:35Honestly, they have a week 11 buy. I would not be shocked if we see him in week 10 with a little
19:42usage and then they let him rest into the buy or they just skip it completely.
19:48And he's back, um, after the buy week and that would be week 12.
19:52So there's a lot of, um, ambiguity in terms of his return.
19:56And because they are so deep at tight end, I know we think he's the best tight end for sure, but they like the depth they have.
20:06So I don't see them unnecessarily pushing him off of this injury.
20:10Ankles can be very tricky, right? So if it's bad enough that it puts you on IR extended out, you know, like, um, AJ Brown, right?
20:18So I would not be shocked if it pushes more of the six week timeline on this one, unfortunately.
20:25So Higby has some runway guys in terms of week seven, eight, nine, 10.
20:29That's, um, what? Four weeks there that have good usability.
20:33My preference would be good to go with Higby.
20:36So if you guys are looking for a low end option to grab off waivers that you could stream, that is the direction that I would go.
20:45And the upcoming matchups, not so bad, right? We've got Vegas this week, LA chargers, Washington, Arizona.
20:51So some plus matchups here where the, despite the loss of Devante Adams, they'll get Buck on track.
20:57And Higby does have touchdown equity with Devante Adams out.
21:00So that's, that's the one I would go with.
21:03Um, and just in general, people, if you're looking for one, that is a good one to key in on.
21:10This one is a good question. For an NN, NN for MZ says, so is limit a drop.
21:16Yeah, he is. God, I hate to say that.
21:19Cause I don't like advising dropping rookies because I have, I've been through it where you have an underperforming rookie.
21:26Like God, my, my trauma is Amon Ross St.
21:29Brown. I drafted Amon Ross St. Brown his Thursday or his rookie year.
21:33And, um, I said Thursday, you guys see, I'm like clearly sleep deprived, drafted Amon Ross St.
21:39Brown, his rookie season. I held through the pain, right?
21:42Webb was like, we're sticking it out. I know, I believe I'm a believer.
21:47Right. And then I just couldn't make it through.
21:50Like, you know, you get around week eight or nine, I couldn't make it through the bi-weeks.
21:56I had to drop him. Um, league with my brother, right?
21:59So I dropped him and my brother picked him up and my brother beat me in championship week with Amon Ross St.
22:07Brown. Oh, so I don't like advising dropping rookies, but if you have to, I think you can drop lemon, um, because
22:14it is a unique situation where again, we have the such aggressive target share to Devante Smith.
22:20They're not moving lemon. Um, let me, we saw Devante Smith go out.
22:24They made zero changes in his role. They just rolled out Cooper and just said, okay, you be the Devante, the low budget Devante Smith.
22:33So I think we've seen the ceiling. I don't know that it gets much better, unfortunately.
22:38So yeah, he is a drop candidate. Sadly, sadly, uh, from Tanu Kidrum says trade questions.
22:43Watson for golden. Ooh, that's spicy. No, I would still, it's, it's spicy though.
22:48Yeah. I still value Watson higher, but the fact that it's close speaks to the value of golden significantly.
22:55Like, I mean, quite frankly, he, for what you would even pay for him right now, it's still underpaying for the upside.
23:02Right. Because when it comes to the Packers offense, they're pushing such aggressive pass volume and they are getting Josh Jacobs back,
23:09but the offensive line is still an issue. And what shape is Jacobs in?
23:14That's a good question. He was doing a lot, uh, in terms of dealing with off the field stuff.
23:21So, you know, what was he really prepared to step back onto the field and go 100%.
23:26I, I just, I don't know. Right. So, um, behind that offensive line, uh, where I would suspect we're still going to
23:34see pretty aggressive pass volume from, um, from green Bay.
23:37Micah Parsons will be back at some point, but I don't know that it's going to make a massive difference in how much volume we see.
23:46So golden is really creeping up there and value significantly.
23:49I mean, let's look at like trade market values here real quick while we're on the subject.
23:55Um, cause that's one of my 50 million tabs that I have open.
23:59Matthew golden is currently around the value of AJ Brown, uh, higher than T Higgins.
24:04He's around George Pickens. Um, uh, he was even with Mike Evans, but obviously Mike Evans value has gone down.
24:11Um, he's higher value on paper than Devante Smith right now.
24:15So he is a, I mean, there's a massive drop off.
24:18I think, well, there's still some holding Michael Wilson is still holding strong in value.
24:24There's still some decent options that are a little bit lower like Luther burden and Jalen Coker, but really, and truly we're
24:31seeing like a shift in like the higher value guys are just shifting so much further up than everybody else.
24:38And golden is pushing along with them. So that said, it's fairly close, closer than you would think.
24:44But, um, I would still prefer to have Christian Watson.
24:47Um, if I were making that trade, it would have to be for golden and something else.
24:53And then Coke for Scadaboo. If you have no RB two in Watson and Parker, Washington are your RB ones.
25:00You've got the right idea. I would trade Coker for, um, an RB two, but Oh, it's tan tanuki drum.
25:06Oh, tanuki drum. Got it. Tanuki drum. Got it.
25:09Thank you. Clearly. I did not read ahead on that one.
25:13Um, you've got the right idea on trading Jalen Coker, but not for Cam Scadaboo because I don't trust Jen Harbaugh or John.
25:21Wrong. Well, actually I don't trust Jim either. Yeah.
25:24But more so John, I don't, I don't trust John Harbaugh whatsoever.
25:28Actually, you know what? I'm being harsh to Jim.
25:31I don't have that much of an issue with Jim.
25:34Yeah. Um, but John Harbaugh, I don't know. He seems very flippant in terms of the fact that he came out and
25:42said my problem with John Harbaugh, like just pause here for a second.
25:46My problem with John Harbaugh is in the whole handling of the Cam Scadaboo situation is that I totally understand the fumbles were egregious.
25:54You need to handle that buddy. And some punishment is warranted, but why can't you admit that you were doing that coming
26:02out and then saying, Oh no, it's not, it wasn't intentional.
26:05I don't know. You know, we just, you know, didn't get a chance to work him in.
26:11No, just stand on business. And Cam Scadaboo said he was punished and he understands why.
26:16So it felt like a cowardly way to address the situation.
26:20And because we've seen him, we saw him punish Tyrone Tracy Jr.
26:24Who bringing in Najee Harris was just ridiculous in itself.
26:27And I also feel bad for Najee because it almost kind of comes off as if they cut Najee as well as
26:35punishment because of him complaining about the carries after.
26:38So, um, yeah, I just, I, in him saying that, you know, none of our running backs have really stepped up.
26:45But Scadaboo has been the RB one. Like that's not a question.
26:49And he was better last year than Tyrone Tracy Jr.
26:52As well. So I just, I don't understand where he's coming from.
26:56And ultimately long-term, I do not trust what he will or won't do with Scadaboo.
27:02And we have no idea what shadow realm he would be banished to God forbid the man fumbles again.
27:08So I would not trade into that situation, but you've got the right idea.
27:13Let's look at some appropriate targets for you with Jalen Coker, um, for his value.
27:18Appropriate target would be, you know, if you want, if you can make it by this week, because I don't think we're
27:25getting Brees Hall back, I could trade for Brees Hall.
27:28I think that's in a very appropriate trade. When is, um, have the Jets haven't had their bye week?
27:35No, no, no, no. They haven't. Uh, when is there, but oh, they got a week 13 bye.
27:41Nice. Um, so you don't have to worry about that.
27:44Uh, that's one that I feel is appropriate. We could have him back in week seven, but even if we don't, um,
27:52week eight seems like it makes a lot of sense in terms of his timeline.
27:57So I would be okay with making that trade, just knowing that you're going to have to go one week with no
28:04RB two, and you're going to have to just figure it out, um, with some backup, you know, handcuff options, which is very possible.
28:12There's a lot of handcuff options that you can run out there.
28:16Right. So that's one that would be an appropriate trade for, um, I think you would need to maybe add something in,
28:24but facial tootin is a heavy trade target for me.
28:27Uh, Bucky Irving is a heavy trade target as well.
28:30I would, I have those guys both higher than chase Brown, um, in terms of value.
28:36Um, but really the one that makes the most sense as a target is Brees Hall.
28:41You could go with the Saquon Barkley, but just team environment.
28:45I don't feel super positive about it, but as an RB two, I wouldn't hate it overall, but those would be the
28:52ones that I would want to target. And if you want to get risky, you could also, you know, that's fair value for Josh Jacobs as well.
29:01But those are the ones that I would aim for specifically for sure for Jalen Coker.
29:07Um, you can make an argument for if you are desperate, you would be overpaying for Ollie Gordon, but you could go that direction.
29:15It's an overpay, but you could go that direction.
29:18Uh, Gary Miles says Shuck or Murray full PPR.
29:21I believe I still have Tyler Shuck higher, but let me double check on this one.
29:26Oh no, I've got, is that opposite of consensus?
29:29Let me see. No, no, no, no. Consensus also has Kyler Murray higher, which I don't love, but yeah, it does have to be Kyler Murray.
29:38Oh, um, now that I think about it, that's one of those ones that I like him and hawed over in terms
29:46of like, how high do I push it up?
29:49Because it's a good matchup, but he has yet to show a ceiling game period.
29:54And he's had good matchups. And the fact that we have not seen a ceiling game from him and granted, you know, he missed time.
30:02So it's not as if we have a massive sample size and we did finally see the legs kick in last week.
30:09Thank God for that. I was a little worried.
30:12Finally, we saw, um, good use, good rushing usage and production on the ground.
30:17So that's a positive. Indianapolis is a layup matchup, just straight turmoil at this point.
30:22So yeah, Kyler, I'm not super passionate about it, but yeah, you can go that direction over Shuck because the Pittsburgh matchup
30:30is one that can go either way. You know, they can clamp down on defense.
30:35They can, uh, especially with the pass rush, right?
30:38Cause that's really the concern. It's not really about the secondary.
30:41That's the issue with Tyler Shuck. It's more about the pass rush because their offensive line struggles.
30:47So if you've got a strong, uh, pass rush and you know, Pittsburgh, you know, they got the personnel, right?
30:54So they could definitely give that offensive line some fits.
30:57Oh yeah. Uh, I can see where it might be just a mediocre day, um, for Tyler Shuck on that one.
31:04So yeah, no Kyler Murray on that one. Another question here from Alan Shimon says one PPR, uh, one point full people
31:12point PPR one flex wide receiver, Olave Pickens, Parker, Washington downs conception.
31:16Would you drop downs or conception for Antonio Williams?
31:19I would not drop conception. I'm pro I'm holding onto my Cleveland wide receivers.
31:24I love those rookies, man. I love Jensel Boston and Casey conception.
31:28We are holding on for dear life for better times because while Deshaun has been insanely underwhelming, they're carrying him clearly.
31:35So I still hope for those back half the season breakthroughs that happen on bad teams with some quarterback play, but I
31:42would not drop him, but I can drop Josh downs.
31:45We've come to terms with that one. You guys want to talk about that one for a second?
31:52Jesus Christ. Um, we have seen any and every scenario at this point for Josh downs.
31:57We have seen him with Alec Paris. We have seen him without Alec Paris.
32:02We have seen him without Tyler Warren. We have seen him in great matchups.
32:06We've seen him in bad matchups and no matter what happens, it's just mediocre.
32:11And I'm not saying this, his fault, not saying that, but whatever is going on with his role in that offense and Daniel Jones specifically, right?
32:20Cause obviously that plays a massive part in it because Daniel Jones have been, has been extremely mediocre.
32:26Unfortunately, it's just not working out for now. So if we've gone through all of that and we don't see any change
32:33in production for Josh downs, what's the hope really at this point?
32:37Um, yeah, we got to move on from Josh down.
32:41We can move on from Josh downs. Yeah, sadly.
32:44And you, but you're good. You're so, I mean, you got a lobby pickings, Parker, Washington.
32:49You're solid. I would much rather, um, and you know, Antonio Williams has year long viability.
32:55So yeah, had that direction. Oh, it's painful. Coach three, eight piece says 10 team, half point PPR, four point touchdown.
33:02Who can I acquire for my Josh Allen? Ooh, spicy.
33:05We're going to trade away Josh Allen. I like you coach.
33:09Um, making the big moves here. Uh, let's see.
33:12Let's see. What can we get for Josh Allen?
33:15You know, I think you could get, if you were looking for a running back, the range of range would be the, well, let's see.
33:23How far down can we take it? Okay. Yeah.
33:26No, I'm stopping it. The range would be, I think you could shoot as high as Kyron Williams and as low as DeAndre Swift.
33:34I would not get out of that range like that in terms of like looking at guys like, you know, Chuba Hubbard is very undervalued.
33:43I bet you could get Chuba Hubbard and something for Josh Allen's because just people don't value him the way that they should.
33:50He has no competition in that backfield. He is on the field upwards of 90% of snaps.
33:56It doesn't matter what the matchup is. He has put up numbers and great matchups and bad matchups.
34:02No strong run defense can stop him because he can get it through the air as well.
34:08And if they get to the end zone, a touchdown is coming from him.
34:13Like it's just such money. So, um, yeah, that's a, that's an interesting one that I think you could go for, for sure.
34:20That range of running back. I don't know that you could get as high.
34:25I cut it off at Kyron Williams because I don't know if he could get as high as Derek Henry.
34:32That seems like it's pushing too much. If I were shooting for a wide receiver, that range is a Christian Watson.
34:39Yeah, that's a nice one. I could shoot for a Christian Watson.
34:43I don't know. Malik neighbors was one that I was very pro perhaps now was a buy low on Malik neighbors because of JJ McCarthy starting.
34:52Cause I just don't like, we just saw JJ McCarthy against new Orleans.
34:56That's a layup matchup. Um, what's going to happen when he faces an actual real defense?
35:01No offense to the saints. I offended some saints.
35:05I tweeted that and I offended some saints, uh, fans, I think, but you know, Hey, offense is lovely.
35:11I love everybody on the offense more with all my heart.
35:15Um, Tyler Shuck for life, but the defense, good God, it's not working out, unfortunately.
35:20So I feel like that might've been just like a little, like a layup matchup for JJ McCarthy and to see him
35:27start in a real game is going to be very interesting because he was not able to supply volume to Justin Jefferson last year.
35:35So how are you going to do it to Malik neighbors?
35:39All right. We'll see. We'll see if you can sustain this, but Malik neighbors would be one of those.
35:45But here's the good thing though, in case you're nervous, like what, which makes this an interesting buy low opportunity for Malik
35:53neighbors, because if JJ McCarthy sucks, Jamis Winston is such a ray of sunshine.
35:57They can just go back to him and he'll accept it.
36:01He won't care. So like losing his job will not offend him in any way, shape or form.
36:07Right. So from that perspective, it's low risk. They can just flip right back to Jamis.
36:13It's not that big of an issue. I don't know if you could get Zay flowers.
36:18That might be pushing it a little too much.
36:21I know that people are a little bit soured on Drake London.
36:25So perhaps you could try Drake London. That's an interesting one as well.
36:29Um, and then Parker Washington is a realistic trade.
36:32That's a good one. Parker Washington as well. Um, let's see.
36:36Beauty by Gwen. Hi Tara. Second question was who to start this week.
36:41Oh, and rank the wide receivers. Okay. So who to start this week?
36:45Luckily I didn't move off of your comment. So we're right there.
36:49Um, so if you were starting, um, with your lineup this week at quarterback, we are going Drake May.
36:55I have Drake May and, um, so for the podcast people, the quarterback options are Drake May, CJ Stroud and Jordan above.
37:03There's too many Jordans now. Uh, I have Drake May is my number one quarterback overall this week.
37:09Jordan love is my number two quarterback. And then CJ Stroud is a, uh, QB eight right now, but honestly that could adjust.
37:17Right. Right. And then at, you got Bowers and then, um, Jonathan, oh, and then Jonathan Taylor and you're starting, um, Tyler Algier.
37:24And then with your wide receivers, you know, London Wilson.
37:28And then my third option would be, even though it's a difficult matchup, it is going to be Keenan Allen that I
37:35would still be sticking with as well. Feel very good about him.
37:39Um, and then jumping to, and then you also did one more here.
37:44Um, you said you were going to trade Vale for Pop Douglas.
37:48Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I like that. Yes. I would absolutely trade Vale for Pop Douglas.
37:53Yeah. You've got May, you have a little stack there.
37:56And with both Mac Collins and Romeo Dobbs on IR, we got, we got a nice little runway here that'll last longer than what you have for Vale.
38:06So yes, I like, like that trade for sure.
38:09Um, and then you're considering a Stroud, Noel stack, picking him up after, um, or on the buy, which is a better stack.
38:17Yeah. I prefer the Drake may and Pop Douglas one.
38:20Cause that's got some legs to it for a while now, but a secondary option in terms of your backup Stroud is cooking in terms or Stroud.
38:29Yeah. Stroud's cooking in terms of volume. I trust Jalen Noel.
38:33So as a backup stack, that's good, but I would love to see you make that trade for Pop Douglas.
38:39He is very startable right now. Guys, keep that in mind that he is very startable right now.
38:45Jumping back to the super chats from Foxborough news says two and four.
38:50Oh, I have Jared Goff, uh, chase Brown. Yeah.
38:53I see what's going on here. Yeah. Chase Brown, AJB, uh, Vale and Hawkins said need an RB and a flex.
39:00I have Mason, Flournoy, uh, Charbonnet, Emma Johnson, Damian Pierce.
39:03What should I do? Ooh. Okay. 16 team guys.
39:06So this is a 16 team half PPR. So a lot of this is going to hinge on, uh, on, uh, Saquon Barkley.
39:14Because I trust that we'll get good volume from Jordan Mason immediately because of the fact that it's, it's a thought it was a thumb injury.
39:23So it's not as if his legs should work fine.
39:26There should not be any logic. You don't need to ramp up from a thumb injury.
39:32So I would expect that's one of those ones where you get onto the field and you're just full steam ahead.
39:39So you can go with Jordan Mason comfortably, but Damian Pierce is interesting.
39:43If we do not get Saquon back, um, especially in a matchup against Dallas.
39:48Yeah. Because while Dallas, I talked about the secondary with Joey Porter Jr.
39:52Being, we need to look at them differently. You can look at the run defense exactly the same, right?
39:59It's perfectly fine. Target it. So if we get no Saquon, Damian Pierce will be a top 20 play this week.
40:06So you're good. You'll have, you know, Chase Brown and you can run, um, Damian Pierce.
40:11If Saquon's back, then your backup option is going to be Mason.
40:15I would not touch Zach Charbonnet right now is the only thing.
40:19So yeah, that's the direction I would go. Um, speaking of Zach Charbonnet guys, I mean, let's talk about it here for
40:27a second, just to make sure that we are all on the same page.
40:31This is a committee and he's coming off a significant injury.
40:35And this was a really, really quick turnaround. So in no way, shape or form would I feel super comfortable with putting
40:42him in my starting lineup right now. And I understand that people are going to be hard up, right?
40:49Um, if let's say, let's say you have a Roshon Johnson, you went to waiver.
40:54If you've got Roshon Johnson or you haven't, maybe you're just thinking about it.
40:59Kalmanunga is not going to play. I would play a Roshon Johnson and feel more comfortable about it because of pure volume.
41:06Um, 10 plus touches a game. He's doing very well with them receiving upside.
41:11As long as it's PPR top 30 ish running back, right?
41:14Um, you could turn to Kendra Miller just from a volume perspective.
41:18I would play Alvin Kamara over him. Um, uh, Jordan Mason again, for sure.
41:23So, I mean, I can make the argument for RJ Harvey as well in terms of feeling comfort.
41:29So there's not a lot of people that I would play over, um, Zach Charbonnet in the first week back, knowing that
41:37it is going to be a committee long-term and there's got to be some kind of ramp up.
41:43I can't imagine that there is not going to be a ramp up after that quick of a turnaround from an ACL.
41:50Like, I mean, just even guys that return, like, I mean, you expect them to be at a diminished capacity in terms
41:57of snap count for at least two weeks. Once they return at least two weeks, sometimes three.
42:03So yeah, I would not think about starting Charbonnet right now.
42:07And you've got plenty of options there. I'm expecting a big game from AJ Brown this week.
42:13Like 10 targets last week. Look, you're going to bounce back and golf's got a good matchup.
42:18So we're, we're getting this win for you. Foxborough news.
42:22We're getting it for you here. AJ B Foxborough.
42:25So are you a Patriots fan? AJ B is coming through for us in this game because I bet his props.
42:32So he has to get over on the, on his receiving yards in my honor.
42:37Right? So, um, 10 targets last week. It was just hands.
42:41I don't know. Maybe just being back made him a little bit nervous or whatever, but targets are still going his way.
42:48And he should be able to take advantage of this matchup because Chicago secondary up and down, up and down.
42:55They can shut down certain quarterbacks, but Drake may is not one of the types that they can shut down from Gary miles, Corum or Stevenson full PPR.
43:04My lean is still Stevenson on that one. It should have good volume.
43:09Uh, uh, Travion Henderson did fumble. So perhaps that puts him a little bit in the doghouse again this week.
43:15And obviously Corey Kiner has been contributing, but really workhorse is going to be Romandre Stevenson.
43:21So just from a pure volume perspective, that's the way that I would go.
43:25It's tough to sit Corum. It's very close. There's a force, uh, four spot gap between them and rankings.
43:32And quite frankly, I might move up Blake Corum a few spots.
43:36I'm not going to lie. I could see myself moving Blake Corum up like two spots really.
43:42And it would be a very short gap, but I would still go Romandre.
43:46Jumping back to the chat. Uh, Dr. Damon says, hi Tara.
43:5012, uh, 12 man PPR and points per completion.
43:53Your thoughts, uh, take, let's see one. Take Barkley for Garrett.
43:57Barkley for Garrett Wilson. If you're good at running back.
44:00I do like that. Okay. Let's see. You've got, oh, wait, wait, wait.
44:04Okay. Okay. You're taking Barkley. Sorry. Reading comprehension problem for me.
44:08Take Barkley for Garrett. You've got Garrett. Garrett. You've got London.
44:12Amonra, St. Brown, Garrett Wilson, and Omar Cooper. And at running back.
44:16Oh, at running back. You've got Chase Brown, Ollie Gordon, and Mason.
44:20You know what? That's a solid crew, but you do need an RB one.
44:25That's a perfectly fine trade. I like that for you.
44:28If you could maybe shop it around a little.
44:31Again, I talked about it earlier. Um, that is the range where, um, let's see.
44:36Saquon. Where you at? But that's the range where, um, I can argue for going with a Basial Tootin or a Bucky
44:44Irving before I turn to Saquon Barkley. But perhaps those managers won't make that move.
44:49But those two would be my preference. If not, getting Saquon is perfectly fine.
44:53Because as we've seen in Saquon's absence, the running backs are getting touchdowns.
44:58They're not getting yards, but they're getting touchdowns. So there is still production to be had in this poor, crappy offense.
45:05And yeah, it's, it's, he's, he's the RB one.
45:08He won't come back to a committee or anything.
45:11Yeah, nah, not going to happen. Okay. And then question two was start one between, um, Doug, Bernard, and Burr.
45:18Um, oh no, I'm having a comprehension. So I know Bernard, Doug, Pop, Douglas.
45:22And then bird, burden, burden. Yeah. Okay. Oh, um, that's still going to be burden.
45:27I know. I know that it's close. Like I've, Bernard has moved up significantly in rankings and Pop is solid, but it's still going to be burden.
45:36Uh, he has become the most trustworthy in that Chicago offense.
45:40So he is the highest ranked. And then your third is start Caleb or Murray.
45:45I have Caleb higher. Yeah. Yeah. New England is a difficult defensive matchup.
45:50I'm expecting an uptick in rushing volume since he's one week removed.
45:54We didn't get the rushes last week. I'm spec.
45:57I'm expecting them to come back this week. So I feel good about Caleb.
46:01He's up in rankings this week. So we're going to Caleb before we move on.
46:06I should have done this earlier, but sometimes I just get carried away with the questions.
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48:01All right. Welcome back. Yes. Good week in dynasty last week.
48:05Finally, because it had been a little strange. It had been a little spooky, but quarterbacks absolutely came through last week.
48:12Diving back into the chat. Had a super chat here.
48:15I accidentally pulled up as we were listening there from, uh, JD and NY.
48:20How would you rank these waiver wire ads? Oh, yay.
48:23Waiver wire. Okay. No Hunter Casey born mumfield. Okay.
48:26So my top option there is still going to be, uh, so it's close between Casey and Kendrick born, but ultimately, um,
48:34I lean towards Casey as one more stable certified role cannot be taken over by anyone else.
48:39Right? So my top ad, if Casey conception is on waivers, because I know a lot of people are, you know, disappointed after last week dropping, moving on.
48:49Right. It's Casey conception that I would want just as based off pure talent from a rookie.
48:54Then it would be Kendrick born because again, if you look at Arizona schedule, it is so difficult.
49:01And as they continue to move forward, unfortunately, what's probably going to happen is we're going to continue to see the tougher
49:08coverage just routinely be on Michael Wilson. I'm hoping things can turn around.
49:12I don't know that it'll turn around this week, unfortunately, because it's Denver, but, uh, Kendrick born is benefiting from the exit of Marvin Harrison, Jr.
49:21Putting probably tougher coverage on Wilson and then opening opportunities for born.
49:25So it would be Casey then born followed by Jalen Noel.
49:29We've talked a lot about my feelings about Jalen Noel.
49:32Then it would be, then it would be Mumpfield just because I really do think that ultimately Devante Adams absence benefits the
49:40Titans the most, because if you think about it, Devante Adams volume in terms of yardage exclusively came with Puka Nakua out and his fantasy production.
49:48With Devante Adams came where his fantasy production with Puka Nakua came via touchdowns.
49:53So I lean towards more red zone usage being that 13 personnel that Sean McVay loves and the Titans are getting the upside there.
50:01So, uh, Mumpfield does get a bump in usage, but still remains a little bit further back for me.
50:08And then Hunter is last just because while I love him, I play in one IDP dynasty league guys, which by the
50:15way, and I'm not an IDP person whatsoever. Don't ever come to me asking me who to start from IDP.
50:22Baby, I go off of projections. Um, that is not my specialty, but I love playing it.
50:27And, uh, my favorite dynasty contender is an IDP team.
50:31And I just, I'm very, I think this is, think this, that's my year in that league for sure.
50:37Um, yeah, I did a total rebuild in that one.
50:41So very happy. And I've been starting Travis Hunter and it works so beautifully in IDP, but from an offensive perspective, it's
50:48just a little bit risky because there's one there.
50:51So here's the positive that can come, right? Brian Thomas Jr.
50:55Is a clear trade candidate. I really suspect, and let's, you know, actually let's talk about this.
51:00Let's talk about this in detail. Um, because I got a mailbag question.
51:05Uh, is it time to, from Motor City 5388, is it time to drop Brian Thomas Jr.
51:11Or do I wait to see if there is a trade?
51:14So Hunter comes into potential relevancy. If we do get the Brian Thomas Jr.
51:19Trade, which I do think it's going to happen.
51:22I'm very like the man was reduced to 20% of snaps last week.
51:26That was a removal from the game so that you can stay healthy because we plan to use the bi-week to shop you around and trade you.
51:35So if he's out, then that can benefit Hunter.
51:39But ultimately I do think what's going to end up happening is that we see an increase from Josh Cameron.
51:45They really like him. He's showcased very well. So I think that we still get that continued usage from Travis Hunter as
51:53a dual threat, um, defense, because I mean, he has done very well on defense and they can bring him in for good situational usage on offense.
52:02And if that works for their offense and what they've got, because they're good with Parker Washington and they're good with Jacoby
52:09Myers and they, you know, they like Josh Cameron as a third option.
52:14Then yeah, I can see where we don't really see an uptick in volume.
52:18So Hunter falls last on the list for me because of the fact that even with a Brian Thomas jr.
52:25Trade, there is still the possibility that there's not a massive increase in offensive usage for him because the way that they've
52:32been using him has worked very well. So, but when it comes to Brian Thomas jr.
52:38Guys, it got a hold. He is probably going to be out of there real soon.
52:43Yeah. I'm very, very, um, I would say I'm like at a 80% on that one.
52:49The only thing that could stop it is, you know, perhaps they want higher value than what the, uh, uh, Cardinals got out of Marvin Harrison jr.
52:58But I think that's a nice baseline. Like, yeah, Marvin Harrison jr.
53:02Had the higher draft capital, but Brian Thomas jr.
53:05Had the far better like proof of like, like, Hey, that rookie season, that was incredible.
53:10What we saw from him. So we've never seen that.
53:14Like I've never looked on the field and saw what we saw in Brian Thomas jr.
53:19Rookie season out of Marvin Harrison jr. So I like, I would want personally, I would want more for Brian Thomas jr.
53:26So we'll see how that works out. We will see.
53:30Jumping back to the chat here. We've got from powerhouse super flex question traded, just traded my homes.
53:36Jameson and Jacobs for May. Did I overpay? You did, but you have a deep team.
53:41I get it. You know, my only concern on that one with, um, with, uh, Jameson is then just as like an
53:49FYI for everybody, you know, that volatility that we saw from James, Jameson last season, right.
53:54And how, um, you always think, well, he popped off at the end of last season.
53:59Well, there was a reason for that. Right. And there's a very valid reason that that back half of the season pop off can happen this season.
54:08Let's take a look at a schedule here. Um, let's look up Detroit schedule after the bi-week.
54:14So they're back this week. They have green Bay, then Minnesota, right?
54:18But then it's Miami, New England, Tampa Bay, Chicago, Atlanta, Tennessee, Minnesota, the giants and Chicago.
54:24And Chicago is a positive matchup specifically for Jared Goff.
54:27So don't look at that and say, Oh, Chicago.
54:30No, Jared Goff handles that Chicago defense very well.
54:33And the real key about that is when you look at all of those games, there is not a ton of games.
54:40They are not playing in a dome. Yeah. Think about it.
54:44They go to Atlanta. They go to Miami or wait.
54:47I think the Miami game is an international game.
54:51They go to Minnesota. Right. Um, and they have a lot of home games.
54:55So they have Jared Goff in a ton of dome games, rest of season.
55:00So that benefits that back half of the season breakout for Jamison.
55:04That could be on the way, especially if you're worried about Amon Ross St.
55:09Brown, because he's just been mediocre over the past several weeks to Gibbs.
55:13It's Gibbs. It's Gibbs, but better days ahead for these past catchers for sure.
55:18Coming ahead. So you did overpay, but I get it because when I look at Patrick Mahomes, like as I was doing
55:25rankings for Patrick Mahomes this week, I just couldn't find it within myself to really get up there.
55:31Right. Because he's one of those quarterbacks where, um, we know that the ceiling is super high, but unfortunately it's not really
55:39working again from a fantasy perspective and it's not working because he's not running.
55:43He's not running. Like we saw him situationally running in week one and we thought, oh my God.
55:49Okay. Well, the rushing upside is going to be there.
55:53The rushing touchdowns are going to be there. Yeah.
55:56I mean, he's had, so after, but you know, Denver was more situational, but in that game, he had 23 yards after
56:03that, 17, after that one, after that zero, after that 16, the rushing upside is not there.
56:09And if the rushing upside isn't there, like we saw last season, it means that we get these kind of mediocre performances.
56:16Right. So I do get a little bit concerned.
56:19And then you look ahead at the schedule and I can see, especially, you know, the playoff schedule as well too.
56:27I can see where you just wanted to get out of my homes and get to somebody with some true upside.
56:34So I get it, but it wasn't overpay though.
56:37It wasn't overplay, but it's super flex, right? So, Hey, if you've got another solid QB one and you also got Drake may, I get it.
56:45I get why you totally did that for the value that you could have in upgrading to two excellent quarterbacks.
56:52I don't know who else you have at quarterback, but I assume it's gotta be good.
56:57Thank you. Miles Logan. Appreciate that. We'll see from the cred.
57:01Hey Tara, got a couple. Oh, have a couple of questions early in the chat.
57:06Oh, let's see if I can find them from the cred.
57:10How early were they? Oh, I don't know if I can find.
57:14Oh yeah, I can. They were super early. Thank you.
57:17You were right from the cred says, hi Tara.
57:20Um, two QB, two running back, three wide receiver, two flex, full PPR, three QBs are May Williams.
57:26I'm missing the other one. Uh, oh, you're three and three.
57:30Record is three and three. Your quarterbacks are May and Williams.
57:34Okay, good. Running backs are Swift, Jacobs, Harvey, Henderson, Wilson, Dowdle, Mason.
57:38Okay. That's getting better this week. You've the fact that you've had that running back group and you've made it to three wins is impressive in itself.
57:47And then your wide receivers, lamb Washington, Addison, Harrison, Jr.
57:50Jordan Tyson, McBride. Yeah. So part two of that is the free agents that are available are a duns.
57:57A Douglas born lane, Mike Washington, Jr. Brian Robinson, Jr.
58:00Add, um, any drops and then any general advice on the team and the path moving forward.
58:06So you're about to get a lot better at running back.
58:10So that's yay on that one. So a duns.
58:13You got some nice options on waivers. So a duns.
58:16A on waivers is interesting, right? Because you've got Caleb and looking at, I mean, I would rather have, I would rather drop Marvin Harrison, Jr.
58:25Especially because as I talked about before, when we were talking about Jalen Knoll, the roles that bump up against each other,
58:32oddly enough, which you don't think about it as that being the case, because they're two wildly different sizes of human beings.
58:40Um, Marvin Harrison, Jr. And Tank Dell bump up against each other.
58:44Right. And my assumption is that, you know, first of all, they saw an opportunity with Marvin Harrison, Jr.
58:50To get him in there and really help them make this push.
58:54But I really think that they don't want to push aggressive volume on Tank.
58:59Like that was like such a serious, like this has been a multi-year absence.
59:03This is such a serious injury that he's coming back from.
59:07My assumption is that Marvin Harrison, Jr. Still does have a very valid role, even with the return of Tank Dell.
59:14But I think I would rather drop him and pick up any, quite frankly, any one of those, if I'm being honest,
59:22between a duns, a Douglas and born and lane.
59:25Yeah, I would rather pick them up. Not going to lie on that one.
59:29So yeah, drop and pick up. I didn't say is my top one in terms of upside.
59:35I think I would make that move. But would it be better for you to go with the volume that Douglas is getting short term?
59:44No, I would. I would stick it out. I would stick it out.
59:48And then at running back, you're getting better. Um, then those are solid like backup options and good handcuffs to hold, honestly, that are on waivers.
59:57But I would rather stick it out with the group that you have right now.
60:02So yeah, I would move Marvin Harrison, Jr. And pick up, um, for sure, pick up Roma Dunze.
60:08Uh, and that should get you by. That should get you by, especially because you're deeper at running back.
60:14So you can flex one of those options for sure.
60:18All right. Got it. I think I got you on that one for sure.
60:22If not, let me know. Um, jumping back to the chat here from Gary Miles, Mason Stevenson or Coram full PPR.
60:29Still Stevenson on that one. Still Stevenson just for pure volume.
60:33Uh, did I? I don't know. No, no, no.
60:36Okay. Uh, Tana, Tana Kidrum. God, I've got to get that right.
60:40I've got to get that right. It says my buddy first year has Purdy, Bijan, Scadaboo, Judkins, Olave, Pickens, Bench has Higby, Kamara, CJ Stroud.
60:49And he trades that he can make to improve the RB2 situation.
60:53I believe Judkins will be back this week. So that's the good thing is Judkins should be back this week.
60:59And you can go with Judkins over Scadaboo so he doesn't get blanked again.
61:04Judkins was so close that he was on the field warming up pregame.
61:08So to be that close, you are 90, 90% coming back for sure.
61:13Now. Yeah, you got Bijan. Yeah. I would. That's, that's what I would do.
61:18Honestly, I would, I would stick it out as is, uh, the only thing that you could maybe do is, but again,
61:25one QB league, try and trade backup quarterback doesn't have extreme value.
61:29But if you maybe want to, maybe what I would do is just give it a week, see how this Scadaboo situation
61:36plays out, but don't start him start Judkins. But overall, I think that's a very solid lineup that he has for sure.
61:44For sure. Um, yeah. Yeah. Cause I don't want to trade away Bijan.
61:48I don't want to trade away. Olave. You could trade away Pickens.
61:52That's one that you could do. You could trade Pickens to pivot down at wide receiver and then add on a running back.
62:00But even then, so that's probably still going to get you into the same general, um, Judkins range.
62:06So unless, you know, shop it around and see what he could get for Pickens, um, with a two for one situation
62:13to see if that could work out for him.
62:16But otherwise I would just really stand pat on that one from B five, 10, uh, no PPR wide receiver, one flex,
62:24golden Higgins, Bernard, Boston, Douglas, Chase Brown, also Fannin, uh, also Fannin or Juwan for tight end this week.
62:30Okay. Okay. So two wide receiver, one flex. We always start Matthew golden.
62:35Now that's a permanent start. So Matthew golden and T Higgins.
62:38And so the question is between Bernard Boston and Douglas in, I would flex, um, or chase Brown.
62:44And at this point, because we've been so underwhelmed by chase Brown, I'm going to need to see it to believe it on that one.
62:53And I would flex Bernard. Let's see how the separation I have between Bernard and Boston and rankings real quick.
63:00Uh, it is two spots. I've got Bernard two spots higher.
63:03So it's super close for sure. And pop Douglas is very close behind at 31.
63:08I could honestly see myself. It's tough. I could, it's not a lot of wiggle room to move him up, but Douglas
63:16will probably end up a top 30 option because there's a couple of guys like Jalen Waddle that could arguably move back since they're dealing with injuries.
63:25But for right now, he's right on the cusp.
63:28So I would go with golden Higgins and Bernard.
63:31And then between Fannin and Juwan, I would flex Juwan.
63:34Both of them have been irritating, but I've got more faith in Juwan and Tyler Shuck than I do in Deshaun Watson.
63:42Unfortunately from 050679. Rudy says, I have the exact set.
63:45Oh, he identifies with me. I have the exact same Amon Ra rookie trauma.
63:50I had to drop him and he started breaking out afterwards in this dynasty league.
63:55The owner who picked him up benefited. Oh, it benefited ever since.
63:59It's painful, right? Because that was one of those situations where you were super sharp because there were a lot of people
64:06that were like, no, he's a, you know, he's a rookie.
64:10You know, what was it? Fourth round. No, it was a little, you know, mid round rookie, you know, a bad team, bad situation.
64:18No, this is not going to hit. But believers were like, no, no.
64:22Amon Ra is going to pull through and he's going to be the wide receiver one of that team.
64:29And he's going to break out. We believed it.
64:32And once those bi-weeks hit, man, I mean, and the injuries, it was so tough to hold on to him.
64:39You had to move off. Oh, God. I know it hurts.
64:42I know. Thank you for identifying with me on that one.
64:46I love so much sharing in my pain. I will never live that down.
64:51Never. Especially because it was my brother. My little brother.
64:54From Rashawn Jenkins. Devante for, don't worry, he's not watching.
64:57He's probably, he's got young kids. So he goes to bed super early and he always forgets to watch my show.
65:05You would think he would support and watch the run back.
65:08So I can talk as much crap as I want.
65:12He will never hear this. He'll just text me.
65:15Start, sit, advice. Again, he'll never hear it. From Rashawn Jenkins.
65:18Devante Smith for AJ Brown to pair with Drake May.
65:22Yeah, that's a good one. I like that one for sure.
65:25That's a good example. I appreciate you dropping that one.
65:29Because I know a lot of people have questions around Devante Smith.
65:33We talked about it at the beginning of the show.
65:36That is a very fair flip. Realistic. And ultimately you're trading to the better team and better quarterback situation.
65:43And you're trading for him off, you know, obviously a down performance.
65:47So yeah, I like that one right there. Good, good, good.
65:50For sure. Before we head out, I'm going to jump in and answer some more here.
65:56Let's see how I can, uh, can I rapid fire?
65:59We'll see. From Unpopular Meta says, which is the better wide receiver pickup at wide receiver?
66:05Douglas or Noel? Short term, uh, Douglas. Long term, probably Noel.
66:08But I still give the slight edge to Douglas because again, we've got like a three week area where he is going to get really nice production.
66:17Uh, from Kevin Mattingly. I dropped golden earlier this year and I don't even remember why pain.
66:23It was probably that timeframe where Jordan love was looking like, uh, serious.
66:27Like, oh my God, the offensive line was awful.
66:30The run game was terrible. Jordan loves accuracy was ungodly.
66:34I was, I'm a Packers fan. I was seriously concerned.
66:37They're like, Oh, what, what is, what is going on here?
66:41Uh-oh. So I, I get it. God, that is a painful one for sure.
66:46Um, let's see. Jump in. We'll do a four.
66:49I'm trying to find a couple ones that I can answer super quickly here.
66:53Cause I gotta go. I realized I gotta go pick up.
66:57I just got a reminder popped up that I do have to go pick up my son's medicine before this pharmacy closes, uh, from Kevin Mattingly.
67:06Are we ready to drop Bo Nix and Cortland Sutton yet?
67:10Cortland Sutton. Yes. If you have to, to move on, because there are better options available on waivers, feel free, but not Bo Nix.
67:18If you, if you need him this week, because I do somewhat believe we could get a QB one start from him this week specifically because of matchup.
67:27So yeah, I'm holding on begrudgingly to Bo Nix in one league because I got to roll him out this week specifically.
67:34But other than that, we can move on and we'll end on this one from Linda Wells says, thanks Tara.
67:41I am officially six and oh, thanks to you and the rest of the Tara squadrons.
67:47Yes. Let's go. Linda Wells, six and oh, wonderful to hear.
67:50That is a perfect note to end on. I am off to get the kids to bed and go get some antibiotics for my poor ear infected child.
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