Plays of the Week - Michael Wilson and locks and sleeper picks for fantasy football Week 8
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30 min
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Oct 31, 2026
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Sat, October 31, 2026
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Michael Penix Jr.Geno SmithJacoby BrissettKenyon SadiqMason TaylorBijan RobinsonBreece HallBryce YoungCarnell TateCeeDee LambKyle PittsMichael WilsonOmar Cooper Jr.Puka Nacua
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Player insights
Bijan Robinson
NegativeUsage21:53
Matt Kelley mentions Bijan Robinson as one of the elite options available on the main slate this week alongside Jameer Gibbs, Puka Nakua, and CeeDee Lamb, but does not provide a specific take, projection, or ranking for Robinson in this segment.
Insight pageBreece Hall
NegativeRole10:03
Breece Hall is back in Week 8 for the Jets, adding another high-quality top-five receiver at his position to an already crowded offensive target tree. His return further compresses receiving volume for other Jets pass catchers like Omar Cooper Jr. and Adnan Mitchell.
Insight pageBryce Young
NegativeBust16:51
Matt Kelley calls Bryce Young "the fraudulent Bryce Young" and "the most overrated player in all of Dynasty." Kelley previously ranked Young lower than Keep Trade Cut consensus and predicted a poor performance in a spike week; Young subsequently underperformed, validating Kelley's skepticism. Kelley uses Young as a cautionary example of overvaluation in dynasty circles.
Insight pageCarnell Tate
PositiveMatchup23:57
Matt Kelley expects Carnell Tate to be started universally this week against the Bengals, noting that everyone knows to start him in this matchup. Tate is positioned to benefit from garbage time as a road wide receiver in a favorable spot.
Insight pageCeeDee Lamb
NegativeUsage21:53
Matt Kelley mentions CeeDee Lamb as one of the elite options available on the main slate this week alongside Bijan Robinson, Jameer Gibbs, and Puka Nakua, but does not provide a specific take, projection, or ranking for Lamb in this segment.
Insight pageGeno Smith
PositiveMatchup0:27
Geno Smith is a strong play in Week 8 at home against the Raiders. In super flex leagues, this is a week to confidently start him; in single QB leagues, this is one of the few weeks where he can be played with confidence. Home games are his optimal spots, particularly against weak defenses like the Raiders and Dolphins.
Insight pagePositiveMatchup5:57
Geno Smith is a strong play in Week 8; Matt Kelley loves him primarily for his weaponry. The Jets have some of the best weapons of any passing game in the NFL, and Smith gets a home game. This is a top-tier quarterback matchup play for the week.
Insight pageJacoby Brissett
PositiveMatchup3:09
Jacoby Brissett is a confident play in Week 8 on the road at Dallas. He has been attempting a high volume of passes (48 last week), led the league in pass attempts in the second half last year, and will face negative game script against Dallas, which should lead to more passing opportunities.
Insight pagePositiveMatchup5:31
Brissett is a strong play in Week 8 against Dallas; the Cardinals are 7-point underdogs with a 54.5 total, creating negative game script and garbage-time volume. Brissett led the league in pass attempts in the second half last year, and this matchup offers significant volume opportunity in a high-variance situation.
Insight pageKenyon Sadiq
NegativeRole27:30
Kenyon Sadiq has dropped passes, is running the wrong routes, and has disappointed the coaches, losing their trust to Mason Taylor who is now doubling his route share.
Insight pageNegativeRole28:10
Kenyon Sadiq has dropped passes, is running wrong routes, and has disappointed coaches, losing their trust. Mason Taylor is now doubling his route share, indicating a significant role decline for Sadiq.
Insight pageKyle Pitts
PositiveSleeper27:12
Kyle Pitts is an upside play this week and in recent weeks; Matt Kelley describes it as a roulette bet where you keep putting money on black (the Falcons) until Pitts disappoints, suggesting repeated targeting of Pitts as an upside play.
Insight pageMason Taylor
PositiveRole27:30
Mason Taylor is a desperation option at tight end who is doubling the routes of Kenyon Sadiq; Sadiq has dropped passes and lost the coaches' trust, while Mason Taylor has earned it, making him playable in deep leagues against the Jets.
Insight pagePositiveRole28:10
Mason Taylor is doubling the routes of Kenyon Sadiq; Sadiq has dropped passes, is running wrong routes, and has disappointed coaches and lost their trust, while Taylor has earned it. Against the Jets this week, Taylor is available in most leagues and represents a viable streaming option for desperate fantasy managers in deep leagues.
Insight pageMichael Penix Jr.
PositiveProjection6:48
Matt Kelley identifies Michael Penix as a play of the week at quarterback; notes that Penix is rising in narrative momentum and recommends continuing to jam him into lineups. Kelley emphasizes Tampa Bay is a pass funnel defense, supporting the matchup appeal.
Insight pagePositiveMatchup10:48
Michael Penix is listed as a play of the week at quarterback for Week 8. Matt Kelley noted he posted a video on Twitter about Penix, indicating strong interest in the matchup.
Insight pagePositiveProjection17:30
Matt Kelley views Michael Penix as rising in rankings and winning games for Atlanta; after this divisional game, Penix could enter the national conversation as one of the best young quarterbacks in the league, potentially surpassing Bryce Young. Kelley emphasizes Penix's physical tools—5'10" frame, muscular build, left-handed ability to push the ball downfield, and hard to bring down—and notes that Atlanta is protecting him, suggesting strong upside.
Insight pageMichael Wilson
PositiveProjection21:37
Matt Kelley is playing Michael Wilson with confidence this week against the Cowboys despite ranking 60th on PlayerProfiler in yards per route run and being grossly inefficient this year. Kelley believes Wilson's suppressed production is due to a confluence of events rather than talent decline; Wilson posted WR1 weeks after Marvin Harrison Jr.'s injury last year when the Cardinals became the highest-volume passing game in the league, and he now has a WR1 contract indicating the team believes he can operate at that level.
Insight pageOmar Cooper Jr.
PositiveRole6:51
Matt Kelley is not excited to play Omar Cooper Jr. in Week 8 despite Geno Smith being a strong play. Cooper Jr. is a wide receiver two/three who had two good games in a row, but this is a classic setup for disappointment—a volatile WR2 coming off two strong performances into a good matchup. With Adnan Mitchell returning for his second game back and Breece Hall also back, the Jets' receiving targets are too crowded for Cooper Jr. to be reliable. He was the primary second option in two-receiver sets last week with higher route participation than Mitchell, but Mitchell is an outside target earner who will reclaim volume.
Insight pagePuka Nacua
NegativeUsage21:53
Matt Kelley mentions Puka Nakua as one of the elite options available on the main slate this week alongside Bijan Robinson, Jameer Gibbs, and CeeDee Lamb, but does not provide a specific take, projection, or ranking for Nakua in this segment.
Insight pageRashid Shaheed
NegativeInjury26:44
Rashid Shaheed is not expected to play this week, opening the door for other Seahawks receivers like Torrey Horton to see increased opportunity.
Insight pageTed Hurst
PositiveProjection23:50
Matt Kelley is playing Ted Hurst in a handful of leagues this week as a sneaky breakout candidate. Hurst earned six targets the last time the Buccaneers were in a game where they had to throw; the Falcons will push Baker Mayfield and company to throw this week, meaning Hurst will be involved in the passing game rather than Chris Godwin receiving all targets.
Insight pageFull transcript
Episode Transcript
0:00Hey, my name is Michael Wilson and you're listening to The Podfather I'm not sure what everybody's talking about except maybe a
0:07couple players that are just the most locked up plays you that are big ceiling plays upside of the upside plays that
0:15are not necessarily sleepers by any stretch that I'm sure everybody's talking about the super obvious plays but I just want to
0:22maybe emphasize that they are as locked up as it could possibly be.
0:26We'll maybe talk about some of those things but ideally the vast majority of these plays are not going to be obvious
0:33they're not going to be what everyone's talking about they're not going to be like you can see everything it's all coming
0:41up today on the plays of the week and as we always do we start with quarterback is not that interesting ever
0:48there's not that many choices every week who can you pick to be a sleeper streamer oh we've got these four guys
0:55and these three guys or these two guys are playable okay who are they?
1:00Well this week it's Geno Smith typically you'll notice in the plays of the week and it's posted right there on patreon
1:07on sub stack if you get our newsletter we've got a link to the plays of the week in the newsletter and
1:14you'll notice that most of the quarterbacks most of the wide receivers are on the road they're going on the road because
1:22this is where you can find sleepers where they're enjoying enjoying negative game script not not not many NFL players enjoy negative
1:29game script necessarily but we as fantasy gamers enjoy it when these players are on the road.
1:35You'll notice most of the players are when these players look like numbers and here's the players are in comeback mode and
1:42you're more likely to be in comeback mode when you're on the road so you'll notice most quarterbacks wide receivers that we
1:49pick in the plays of the week they just happen to be road teams and most of the running backs are home
1:56running backs because you want positive game script and there's more positive game script when you're playing at home?
2:03So it's also teams are more efficient. They're just better running teams when they're running at home.
2:08It has nothing to do with the field conditions.
2:11It's just everything to do with the game environment where it's just a, it's a better game environment, particularly for running games
2:19to be at home versus on the road. So quarterback, we're picking a quarterback that's at home.
2:24I mean, this is the start of it. Okay.
2:27But I mean, if you drafted Gino Smith, let's say in a super flex league, you drafted him to play him week eight when there are bye weeks.
2:36And Gino Smith is at home against the Raiders.
2:39Like this is the week to play Gino Smith.
2:42This is always the week to play Gino Smith at home against the Raiders at home against the Dolphins.
2:49There's just a handful of situations really. Okay. I know I'm playing Gino Smith this week without a doubt in super flex.
2:56And then there's just a handful of weeks where you could actually play him in single quarterback leagues with any kind of confidence.
3:03I think this is one of those weeks. There's a few weeks where you can, I'm playing Gino Smith with confidence.
3:10God damn it. Same thing with Jacoby Brissett. I'm playing Jacoby Brissett with confidence.
3:15God damn it. That one is a road game.
3:18That's at Dallas. Okay. Jacoby Brissett has attempted a lot of passes, especially last week, 48 passes.
3:24The guy's throwing a lot. I mean, he led the league in past attempts in the second half last year, and there's
3:31going to be a lot of negative game script against Dallas.
3:35So why not? Right. Why not Jacoby Brissett against Dallas?
3:38Like this is again, why you have Jacoby Brissett.
3:41If you have Jacoby Brissett on any team, single quarterback, super flex, whatever it is, for whatever reason, if you have Jacoby, you are playing.
3:49This is a week to play him. It's a 54.5 total.
3:53The Cardinals are seven point dogs. This is the week to play Jacoby Brissett.
3:57This is the week to play Geno Smith. We're going to talk about some other players that are Jets, other players that
4:05are Cardinals, that are also in the plays of the week.
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4:11One guy that I'm not that excited to play this week is Omar Cooper Jr.
4:16I just want to put that out there right at the beginning.
4:20Okay. Just because Gino Smith's a great play doesn't necessarily mean Omar Cooper Jr.
4:25is a great play. I'd rather play Kendrick Bourne this week than Omar Cooper Jr.
4:30We don't know what Omar Cooper Jr. is going to be.
4:33Omar Cooper Jr. had a couple good games in a row, and that's great.
4:38But this happens so often with wide receivers is that wide receiver twos and threes, they are volatile week to week.
4:45But then what will happen is a wide receiver two will post two good performances in a row, and it'll scramble the
4:52brains of fantasy gamers and sports fans. And we'll forget how volatile the wide receiver position is.
4:58And then we'll treat that player like he's the primary option, like he's the first read wide receiver.
5:04And he's definitely not. And then it's like, well, he's got a great matchup, and he's had two great weeks in a row.
5:11Well, that's the setup of all setups. A wide receiver two going into this matchup coming off two good games, it's the ultimate setup.
5:19It's the ultimate setup for disappointment. So for that reason, I'm actually more intrigued to see, okay, second game back for Adnan Mitchell, does Omar Cooper Jr.
5:28run the second most routes? Again, Omar Cooper Jr.
5:31was the primary second option in two receiver sets last week.
5:35He had a higher route participation rate than Adnan Mitchell, and he was in the game in two receiver sets where Adnan Mitchell was not.
5:43Adnan Mitchell was more of a field stretcher last week than he has been all year because Omar Cooper Jr.
5:50was healthy and has established himself, the offense, while Adnan Mitchell was out.
5:54Now Adnan Mitchell has another week to acclimate himself, and he has been an outside target earner and an outside playmaker this year, as has Omar Cooper Jr.
6:03Something has to give. It's the Jets' offense. They all can't produce, especially now that Brees Hall is back.
6:10There's another high-quality top-five receiver at his position in Brees Hall coming back.
6:14This is one of the reasons I love Geno Smith.
6:17It all comes back to why I love Geno Smith this week.
6:21If I had to pick one reason, it's the weapons.
6:25It's the weaponry. Why do I love Jacoby Brissett?
6:27The situation. Love the situation. Going on the road.
6:30A lot of garbage time possibility here with Jacoby Brissett.
6:34A lot of volume and garbage time with Brissett.
6:37With Geno Smith, it's a home game, and he has some of the best weapons of any passing game in the NFL.
6:44It sounds weird to say it because it's the Jets, but it's true.
6:48The other play of the week at quarterback is Michael Penix.
6:52I posted on my Twitter, at Fantasy underscore Mansion, a video I saw.
6:56It was some podcast where the hosts were talking about Michael Paynex, and they were mentioning that they want to grab the
7:04Paynex, and that they need a strong Paynex. And I was like, wow, this is like deja vu.
7:09It was very much a deja vu sports segment.
7:12Check it out. It's not a fantasy show. It's just a sports show that I found on social media.
7:19I posted it on my Twitter, and they were really getting into it with Paynex.
7:24And talking about how strong Paynex is and how good Paynex is, and that he's rising.
7:29Penix is rising right now. And this has been a narrative that we've been leaning into, this idea that his name is not Michael Penix.
7:37It's Michael Paynex, and it sounds like penis. So we talk about him as if he is a penis in a good way, in a good way.
7:46And I didn't think that I had a monopoly on this premise, this joke premise, but it's one we've been leaning into
7:53for many, many, many, many, many months, going all the way back to 2025.
7:58Not that these guys, the show producers, the talent of the show, they're not listening to this podcast.
8:04I'm not saying they copied us. Oh, these guys are ripping you off.
8:08No, they're not. Yeah, anyone can come to a joke premise independently.
8:12I think it was a pretty obvious joke premise.
8:15I just love the recognition that this is a great premise.
8:19I think one of the hosts was a crying.
8:22I can't remember who it was. It was a host that was on ESPN and is no longer on ESPN, and I had totally forgotten his name.
8:31And it's like, hey, if you were better, I probably wouldn't have forgot your name and you'd still be on ESPN.
8:38But I just don't remember who it was. So I can't even give credit to the show and the hosts who had
8:45made the joke and were crying over the laughing at the joke.
8:49But it was a joke that I was very familiar with.
8:53It was a deja vu moment for the pod father.
8:56And we're going to keep going back to this.
8:59We're going to keep going back to the Phoenix every time until he fails us.
9:04Just keep going back. Keep jamming that Phoenix into lineups.
9:07Okay. See? It's funny. It's funny. Love him. Tampa is a pass funnel defense.
9:12I mean, let's go. And we'll talk more about Falcons receivers.
9:15It's like the quarterbacks is very much a preview of receivers to come.
9:20We'll talk more about some of these receivers later on.
9:23Running back. We're just going to go rapid fire here.
9:26We need to be quick and efficient. We spent way too much time on quarterback.
9:31We might actually spend as much time on running back, wide receiver, and tight end as we did on quarterback.
9:38Just because Justin has emphasized to me, by producer Justin, your best shows, the best plays of the week shows when you
9:45get in and out, 25 minutes, rat-a-tat-tat. People love it.
9:49It's Friday. They don't have a lot of time for all of you to descend into these sidebar conversations about podcasts or movies you've watched.
9:57People stealing your jokes. No one has time for that.
10:00It's Friday. They need to set their lineups and they need to go in.
10:05This is a key part of the season. This is week eight.
10:09There's a lot of teams right now are teetering on whether or not they're in competition for the championship of their leagues.
10:16There's a lot of dynasty teams that if it doesn't work out this week, they're going to switch over into rebuild mode.
10:23This is a pivotal, critical, watershed week for a lot of fantasy teams.
10:28And I cannot delay. I cannot stall. I need to stay focused.
10:31We need to have a clean, efficient show where we get to the point.
10:36We cannot get distracted. As we get distracted constantly talking about just three quarterbacks.
10:41How the hell am I going to stay efficient talking about six or seven running backs and receivers?
10:47How am I going to do that? I don't know.
10:50I don't know. All I know is that Atlanta is protecting their Phoenix and he's rising, rising up the rankings, rising up and winning games in the NFL.
10:59And I'm proud. I'm proud. It's a big moment for him.
11:03This game, divisional game. If they can win this game, then he's going to enter the national conversation about the best young quarterbacks in the league.
11:11Over, you know, surpassing guys like Bryce Young, the fraudulent Bryce Young, who we talked about.
11:17I remember talking about Bryce Young and the Sonic Truth podcast, how this is the most overrated player in all of Dynasty.
11:24We compared our ranking of Bryce Young to the ranking on Keep Trade Cut.
11:29And then another dud performance in a game that screamed spike week.
11:33Bryce Young face plants in one of the ultimate told you so moments of my life where I'm like, you see, you
11:40see all you people steaming up Bryce Young on Keep Trade Cut.
11:44Shame on you. Good thing I'm here. Good thing I'm here.
11:48So in the moment I can say, oh, no, no, no.
11:51Wait, wait. Everybody hold on Bryce Young. What are we doing?
11:55And then sure enough, yeah, he's not that good.
11:58Obviously, right? Michael Penix, though. Michael Penix, after this week, we could all be looking at each other going, oh, this guy's much better than Bryce Young.
12:07Because, I mean, look at these two players. One guy's 5'10".
12:10The other guy is just this big mound of muscle.
12:14I know he's left-handed, but you can push the ball downfield.
12:17Hard to bring down. And they're protecting him. Love the Penix.
12:21At running back, the lock button is obviously Basial Tootin.
12:24Like, I don't need to get into this. I just want to reinforce that if you're setting lineups in DFS, if you're
12:31deciding, do I want to pay up for Basial Tootin?
12:35If you're creating parlays and you need to take the over on a player, I am going over on Basial Tootin.
12:42Basial Tootin is set up to smash in a way that very, very few running backs have been set up to smash all year.
12:50This is a home game. This is the Colts.
12:53Every week, he's been gaining snap share and opportunity share.
12:56This is the perfect week to play him aggressively in every fantasy, betting context, any kind of content that you're listening to.
13:03If they're not talking about Basial Tootin as a lock this week, I don't know what to say.
13:09Every type of fantasy contest you enter, you need to be thinking about, hey, can I play Basial Tootin this week?
13:16On Fast Draft, there's the Quick Six Super Slam.
13:19Basial Tootin, very much an option. When you have everyone at your disposal this week, hey, look on the main slate, we've
13:26got Bijan Robinson and Jameer Gibbs and we've got Puka Nakua and we've got CeeDee Lamb and all these options.
13:33Don't forget about Basial Tootin, regardless of the format, even in formats where you can pick anybody anytime with no limitations.
13:40This is the echelon, the top tier echelon where Basial Tootin lives this week, this situation.
13:45This is it. At home against Indianapolis. It doesn't get any better.
13:4930 points very much in his range of outcomes.
13:52Now, talk more about sleepers. There's a run funnel situation happening with Los Angeles.
13:57It's a home game because they both play in the same stadium.
14:01Blake Corum. Blake Corum and Kyron Williams have been alternating series.
14:04A true 50-50 split with the snaps and the carries.
14:08It's just that Blake Corum does not run the routes.
14:11Doesn't run the same route share as Kyron Williams.
14:14But, I mean, the Rams are six and a half point favorites at home against the Chargers.
14:20I mean, this game has all of the hallmarks of a Corum breakthrough performance.
14:24In fact, I'm going to put on my Mike McDaniel sunglasses here, make sure they're all cleaned off, ready to go.
14:31I mean, this could be, is this the week that Mike McDaniel's fired?
14:35Because he got the dreaded vote of confidence from the coach, Jim Harbaugh.
14:40Jim Harbaugh's not going to take over play calling duties, apparently.
14:43And he won't have to because they're going to have an interim offensive coordinator calling plays soon enough.
14:49So, no, he's not going to be taking over play calling duties because Mike McDaniel's not going to be the coach there very much longer.
14:58I mean, come on. Looking at PPR leagues, it's got to be Rashad White.
15:02Ja'Cory Krosky-Meritt is out. He was the carry share leader for Washington.
15:06That's now going to be Rashad White. He's going to lead in carry share.
15:11He's going to lead in target share. There's going to be a little Jeremy McNichols.
15:16There's going to be more McNichols this week than any of us want to see.
15:21Austin Ekeler is dust. McNichols may outtouch Ekeler. I wouldn't be surprised if that happens.
15:26But the bottom line is Rashad White is the primary running back.
15:30And Washington is at home. They are six-point favorites at home against Philadelphia.
15:34So there's multiple ways. Rashad White can get there with touchdowns.
15:38He can get there with receptions out of the backfield.
15:41There's no Terry McLaurin. So there's more target share available for Rashad White and all the receivers there in Washington.
15:48I like Antonio Williams as a sleeper at wide receiver.
15:51But there's a couple other rookie wide receivers I want to focus on because we've talked so much about Antonio Williams the last few weeks.
15:59Hasn't quite happened for him. Not quite the breakthrough we've been looking for, but this could be the week for him.
16:06This would be a better situation for him if Washington were underdogs.
16:10But because it's a home game and they're favorites, I'm leaning more on Rashad White, the running game.
16:16Again, running backs at home, wide receivers on the road.
16:19Doesn't have to be hard. Fantasy football doesn't have to be hard.
16:23Who's got a home game where they're a huge favorite?
16:27It's the Bengals. And of course, you're playing Chase Brown, but you could also play as a sleeper, Samaj AP Ryan.
16:34Why not? If you recall, the last time the Bengals had a big halftime lead, Pirine outrushed Chase Brown 68 yards to 39 yards a few weeks back.
16:43Then the next week after the bye, they come out of the bye.
16:47Chase Brown is dominating the snap share and the touch share and the opportunity share.
16:52Understood. Understood. In a more competitive game. Understood. Okay.
16:55But this is Tennessee. This is Tennessee at home.
16:58So Samaj AP Ryan pounding in a touchdown as he did last week too.
17:03So even when he's not getting the snaps, he's still scoring the touchdowns.
17:07So this is very much just a game script play at home.
17:11Samaj AP Ryan. Don't hate me. Don't hate the messenger.
17:14This is what's happening in Cincinnati. Don't hate me about it.
17:18Don't hate me about Rico Dowdle. I know it was fun while it lasted with Jalen Warren.
17:23I get it. Right. But Rico Dowdle is their closer and it's shocking, but he's actually had more targets the last couple of weeks than Warren.
17:32And Dowdle is one of the league's best downhill runners.
17:35That's why he's in Pittsburgh. Okay. And when he's on the field, they're targeting him heavily.
17:41Last couple of weeks, a 40% target rate. Like when he runs around, they target him.
17:46Why? Because they're designing screens for Dowdle. So they're designing screens for him and they're walking into a situation, a home game against Cleveland.
17:54This is a Dowdle week. If you have Dowdle and you're not starting him, drop him.
17:59It's like, if you have Piran, you're not starting him, drop him.
18:03You have Rashad White. You're not starting him, drop him.
18:06That's pretty much what the plays of the week are, right?
18:10If you have these guys on your bench, if you're smart enough.
18:14To stash them. Oftentimes they were also showing up in our fab guidance.
18:18This one is interesting. And I want to put this, this particular player page up on the screen.
18:24Jaden Blue is a desperation stream. If you look at the depth chart, everyone's on the IR from Tank Bigsby to Will
18:32Shipley to now Damian Pierce, all on the IR.
18:35They have to call up Jaden Blue. He's what they have.
18:38He is what they have. And he has played in the NFL before.
18:42He is an explosive runner. He's just a knucklehead.
18:45He's a knucklehead that has a hard time learning the playbook.
18:49Doesn't like to show up to meetings on time.
18:52But when the lights are on, he plays well.
18:55That's Jaden Blue. Well, the lights are going to be on this week.
18:59And Saquon Barkley is not 100%. So if it's a blowout or Saquon Barkley aggravates one of his 300 injuries, then you're going to see Jaden Blue.
19:08So that's the desperation play of the week is Jaden Blue at running back.
19:13And that's not even hot. That's not even a sleeper pick, really.
19:17I mean, it is a sleeper pick. I mean, most people are not starting Jaden Blue.
19:22But in these very deep leagues, very deep dynasty leagues where I have like three flex spots, it's not in any way
19:29controversial or spicy to play Jaden Blue at all.
19:32It's very logical. It's very straightforward for anyone that's been following the backfield situation in Philadelphia and knows that Jaden Blue has this ability.
19:40Like he's not super small either. He's not like a little scat back.
19:45He has the size to earn like 10 touches, especially if Saquon Barkley is not 100% comes out of the game with another injury aggravation.
19:53You're going to see Jaden Blue. You might see him for the entire second half.
19:58So if you're streaming a running back desperately, he's a guy I'm looking at.
20:02We're talking about lock buttons at running back, Basial Tootin, lock buttons at receiver, Garrett Wilson.
20:08Everyone's forgot about Garrett Wilson. They're thinking about Omar Cooper.
20:11I am here to remind you that Garrett Wilson is the alpha.
20:15And ever since Sauce Gardner left the Jets, something weird happened.
20:19Like they're now allowing more. This is not like a Trey Tucker take, but it's harder for the Jets to stop people.
20:26And therefore, it's more shootout potential, right? And in general, Garrett Wilson, this is a squeaky wheel game.
20:32I don't necessarily believe that the squeaky wheel narrative is something that is powerful, but it exists.
20:38It certainly exists. If a player is going to go to the media and start mentioning getting traded, it just makes sense
20:45that if you're the offensive coordinator, yeah, you might drop a couple other plays that you wouldn't have otherwise for that player this week.
20:53It just makes sense. It would make sense to play Garrett Wilson anyway.
20:57No one's benching Garrett Wilson at home against the Raiders, but this is a week where he could hit his ceiling.
21:04This is also a huge week, like the biggest week you could possibly imagine for Michael Wilson.
21:10Now, Michael Wilson has already earned the contract, the $75 million contract, but his future as a usable fantasy asset is hanging in the balance this week.
21:19He's had some absolutely wicked matchups going against Patrick Sertan, going against the Rams.
21:23So it was like, as soon as Marvin Harrison Jr.
21:26gets traded, suddenly Michael Wilson plays worse? What's happening?
21:29Well, what's happening is just by coincidence, the schedule got really hard after Marv was traded until now, until this game, just
21:37like Michael Wilson exploded and it was a top wide receiver option in all of fantasy.
21:42After Marvin Harrison Jr. was injured in the second half last year, the Cardinals became the highest volume passing game in the
21:49league and Michael Wilson posted wide receiver one weeks.
21:52He was the wide receiver one twice last year.
21:55He is not only the same wide receiver. He is a wide receiver now that has a wide receiver one contract.
22:02So the team believes he can operate as a wide receiver one.
22:06So why wouldn't he just simply deliver as a wide receiver one would against the Cowboys?
22:11Oh, because he hasn't done it in the last couple of weeks.
22:15Yeah. Okay. In those matchups, no one was expecting a lot from him anyway.
22:20We're expecting a lot from him this week. Why wouldn't he deliver?
22:24Even though I know he ranks number 60 on player profiler in yards per route run.
22:29He has been grossly inefficient this year, but it is a small sample.
22:34So it's very possible that it's just been a confluence of events have suppressed his production.
22:39I believe that's what I believe has happened. And so this is why I'm playing Michael Wilson this week with confidence.
22:46Also playing Jacoby Lane. Jacoby Lane has already supplanted Rashad Bateman.
22:49He's, you know, playing on more snaps, running more routes.
22:53And this is the week. I mean, the Buffalo gives up a ton of fantasy points to opposing wide receivers.
22:59They are the softest team to play. So of course, if you have Jacoby Lane, any kind of seasonal league, this would be the week to play him.
23:09You have to play him. I'm playing him everywhere.
23:12This is a great week to play him in DFS.
23:15This is Jacoby Lane breakout week coming. This is a big week for Jacoby Lane and Omar Cooper and Antonio Williams.
23:22There's a bunch of rookies where they're at a crossroads and we want to see, do they take that next step?
23:29Caleb Douglas. A lot of these rookies that are crossroads.
23:32Can they take the next step? Can they build on their success?
23:36Or do they take a step back this week?
23:39I think that another rookie who is not, doesn't have a background of success in the NFL yet could break out and
23:46really be recognized for the first time is Ted Hurst.
23:50So I'm playing Ted Hurst in a handful of leagues this week because he earned six targets.
23:55The last time the Buccaneers were in a game where they had to throw the ball at all, Ted Hurst had six
24:02targets and Ibuka played in that game. Who cares what Hurst did last week?
24:07They didn't have to throw it all. They were up 55 to nothing.
24:11The Falcons will push Baker Mayfield and company to throw the ball this week.
24:16And that means Ted Hurst is going to be involved.
24:19Otherwise, all the targets are going to Chris Godwin and Chris Godwin's dust.
24:24That's not going to happen. I'm playing Ted Hurst.
24:27Deep leagues, I'm playing Ted Hurst. You heard it here.
24:30Another sneaky play is Alec Ayo Manor. This is a road wide receiver going to be enjoying some garbage time.
24:37Who would that be? Carnell Tate for sure. But everyone knows that you're starting Carnell Tate this week against the Bengals.
24:43I doubt anyone has him benched. You're playing Carnell Tate, but also in deep leagues, Alec Ayo Manor.
24:49He is earning more targets on a per route basis than Wondell Robinson.
24:54And he is running a lot of routes too.
24:57Like last week, 82% route participation rate. Calvin Ridley returns, but it's over.
25:01Like it's, so what? Ayo Manor has once again proven that he is a starter in the NFL.
25:07He did it last year as a rookie, started hot at the beginning of the year, and is showing once again, like
25:14he has a very similar body type to Jacoby Lane.
25:18These are fairly similar players. And this is an interesting spot where you can see a lot of garbage time.
25:24You can see Alec Ayo Manor banking a bunch of receptions in the second half.
25:29He is playable in very deep leagues. Now, if you're really desperate, a guy that I think could bink a touchdown, who could bink a long touchdown?
25:38That's Torrey Horton. Torrey Horton's going to be starting in three receiver sets.
25:42Their wide receiver room has quietly in Seattle been wiped out.
25:46You know, Bobo's gone. Like everyone, all the depth has been, is injured.
25:50It's just three guys left. It's of course, JSN, Cooper Cup, very dusty.
25:55It's not like we're going to say, oh, Cooper Cup's going to erupt this week.
26:00No, he's not. So therefore, there's an opening. There's an opening against Chicago.
26:04If Caleb Williams can solve the Seattle defense on just a handful of drives and make this a game, then that's going to force Seattle to throw more.
26:13And they're going to have to use Torrey Horton.
26:16And Torrey Horton has the speed and playmaking ability to score on a long touchdown against a Chicago Bears defense.
26:23It's getting better. Their secondary is getting better. Jalen Johnson's getting better.
26:27He was one of the worst starting corners in the league at the beginning of the season.
26:32He's getting better, but they're not there yet. Their secondary is still leaky.
26:37And so if I just pick a desperation wide receiver dart that could bink a touchdown, it would be Torrey Horton, given
26:44that I don't think Rashid Shaheed is going to play.
26:47At tight end, the lock button of all lock buttons is TJ Hawkinson.
26:51I only talk about TJ Hawkinson. Everyone's playing TJ Hawkinson this week.
26:55Nothing to see here with TJ Hawkinson. But it's fun to talk about Hawkinson.
27:00Like, it's fun to talk about Garrett Wilson. It's fun to talk about Basial Tootin.
27:05And it's fun because the Lions have allowed over 100 yards per game to opposing tight ends, which is just a, it's
27:12a wild, crazy, never before seen number. And this is my favorite stat.
27:17Detroit has given up at least 13 fantasy points to eight tight ends this year, even though they've only played six games.
27:24So in six games, eight tight ends have posted 13 or more fantasy points.
27:28I don't know how that's possible, but they've done it.
27:32So you're playing TJ Hawkinson. Another upside play this week at tight end.
27:36This is three weeks in a row. We're going to keep going back to it.
27:41This is one of those like roulette where you just keep putting the, you keep putting it down on black and you
27:48just keep, and it keeps showing up black and then you put it down to black and then their jerseys are black.
27:56Kyle Pitts, right? Kyle Pitts. We're betting on black.
27:59We're betting on the Falcons over and over and over again until he disappoints.
28:03You just keep going. This is one of those upside plays.
28:07You keep going back to Pitts until he disappoints.
28:10Desperation option at tight end, Mason Taylor. I told you, I told you we're going to go back to the Jets with Garrett Wilson.
28:18And I think the other receiver that really exceeds expectations this week is Mason Taylor.
28:23He's doubling the routes of Kenyon Sadiq. Kenyon Sadiq dropped passes.
28:26He's running the wrong routes. He's disappointing the coaches.
28:29He's lost the trust. Mason Taylor has the trust.
28:32And in deep leagues, in this particular game situation, we're playing our Jets this week.
28:37We're playing our Jets. Mason Taylor, if you're desperate, he's available in most leagues.
28:42If you need to stream a guy, you could do a hell of a lot worse than Mason Taylor.
28:48And hopefully my mic is on. I think my mic wasn't on before.
28:52My mic is on now. Did that just happen?
28:55Did we just start the show with no audio?
28:58We were streaming with no audio to start the show.
29:02And now the audio is on. And, you know, I got to bring in my producer, Justin, here.
29:08Justin, what happened there? I didn't have the audio to start.
29:11I thought you, didn't you notice my audio wasn't working?
29:15Yeah, we just rebooted. And whoops, we're good now.
29:18Right. But how did that even happen that I would be starting a show without my mic working?
29:24But when we started, did you not hear that my mic wasn't working?
29:28I did right when the show started and I'd loaded up my YouTube, making sure it wasn't my thing.
29:34You know, we got to come up with some kind of hand gesture or something to not go live.
29:40Do not go live if your mic isn't on.
29:43The mic is on now. Mic is on. So we're happening.
29:47This is all happening. The show is happening right now.
29:50We are live. The show is happening. We are live.
29:54Should we just, should we reset? Maybe we reset.
29:57Maybe what we'll do is we'll edit the show and post.
30:00This is a live stream. So we will reset.
30:03Want me to reset and start the show as if we're just, we're just due.
30:08But it'll be live for everybody else. But who's watching live.
30:12But then also once we edit the show and it's when it's saved or someone's listening to it, say tomorrow, then they might, they wouldn't even notice.
30:21I'm going to try that. Let's do that. Okay.
30:24This is the plays of the week. Let's do that.
