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EPISODE 14: WEEK 9 RECAP
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We are reaching the point of season where each matchup can prove to be the difference between making the playoffs or selling out for next year. We recap week 9 and provide insights moving forward to help set you up for success whether you are in the playoff hunt or rebuilding for next year .
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Introduction to Hosts and Podcast
00:00:07
Speaker
Welcome to the Nonstop Fantasy Weekly Dynasty Podcast. We are here with your hosts, Dave Reed, Ray Wilkinson, and Joey Gallo. Welcome in to the NSFW Dynasty Podcast.
Week 9 Game Highlights and Playoff Implications
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I'm your host, Dave Reed, joined by my co-hosts, Ryan Wilkinson and Joey Gallo.
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Hey, everyone.
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How's everybody doing? Love the excitement, guys. Week nine is in the books. And we are in that home stretch right now. We're getting closer to playoffs. And this is the point where each win just feels that has so much more magnitude to it, because it can be a win that gets you that much closer to playoffs or makes you feel like you need to start selling off and playing for next
Impact of Player Injuries on Team Dynamics
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year. But we're here. Hopefully arm you guys with all the information you need to make that final playoff push or maximize your assets if you're selling out for next year.
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But before we do, this past week, again, injuries, Ken, they just don't stop coming. Some of them pretty significant, again, some of them long-lasting, but we also had some players coming back. But first, we'll get to the bad news. Daniel Jones is, if things weren't bad enough for the Giants already, he has a torn ACL and is going to be out for the year. Cam Akers tore his Achilles on his other leg after just coming back from it last year.
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he's definitely
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Speaker
He picked him up on waivers and started him like someone in our league. And he had a concussion early and was out of the game. But that opened up the door for Joshua Dobbs to get to come in and actually win the game, which I'm sure we'll get into.
Returning Players and Fantasy Impact
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Dylan Hurts hurt his knee a little bit. It's banged up. He feel like he's kind of been a little banged up all year so far. But this looks like it's just a bone bruise. And he should be OK. He does have to buy this week to recover. Tranlon Burks.
00:02:22
Speaker
pretty nasty looking initially was carted off on Thursday night football but it turns out it was a concussion I believe he's still in the protocol so he's probably gonna miss this week and potentially a couple more as this guy just cannot seem to get healthy speaking of people cannot be healthy Christian Watson again this time I think I was looking up it was his chest his back and his head with a concussion he did clear the concussion protocol in the game
00:02:46
Speaker
And it does look like he is healthy to go for week 10, but this is kind of the thing with Christian Watson, you start him, he may not finish the game. So just keep that in mind. Josh Downs had a knee injury going into this week and it flared up pretty early in the game. He ended up not being able to finish and he did not practice today on Wednesday.
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Speaker
Jamar Chase went for a pretty massive jump ball down the field and landed on his back and it looked pretty rough. He's day to day and he also did not practice Wednesday, so keep an eye on that. And TJ Hockinson had some rib injuries. No word on the severity of it yet. It's likely going to be a pain tolerance thing, but he was limited on Wednesday.
00:03:28
Speaker
but as far as the good news, you got David Montgomery coming back this week, Devon Achan might be coming back after the buy next week, Justin Jefferson's window opened up and he started practicing today, so he's not gonna play likely week 10, but you might be able to see him in the week 11. Kyler Murray is starting this week, Kyron Williams is trending like he'll be back after the buy, Khalil Herbert is coming back and should be playing this week, which will muddy the waters in Chicago, and Matthew Stafford,
00:03:56
Speaker
They are saying he's hopeful he'll come back after the bye this week, but they did sign Carson Wentz. He's back. But after that rundown, what are some of the things that stick out to you guys?
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Yeah, I feel like there's a lot to unpack there.
Giants' Season Outlook Post-Daniel Jones' Injury
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Daniel Jones, obviously, one of the two big injuries. In terms of the Giants, probably not the worst thing. The season was trending towards over anyways, so now you can kind of see if you found a diamond in the rough. Make us feel better. Please make us feel better. Definitely a diamond in the rough, I'm sure. Hopefully you found a diamond in the rough with DeVito, but regardless, you'll lose some games and get a better pick.
00:04:36
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really the season was basically over anyways. And then Cam Acres, you got to feel bad for him, you know, out again for the year. On the flip side, you know, Madison now maybe taking back his full workload, so maybe trending up there. I think in terms of the guys coming back that you mentioned, it's interesting looking at the running backs. I feel like there's a lot that can happen. You have David Montgomery coming back,
00:05:04
Speaker
Gibbs has looked great. Does he retain a larger role now? Achan's coming back. Mozart has been doing great. Kyron Williams is coming back. Henderson's been doing pretty well. Herbert's coming back, but Forman's been doing well. It'll be interesting to see if any of the guys that covered for them while they were out actually retain a larger role going forward. So there's a lot up in the air there.
00:05:28
Speaker
And then Stafford, you know, hopefully he comes back. If you have cup or puka, you definitely want him back because last week was a disaster. But I think the Carson Wentz signing helps regardless. And if Wentz is the guy, both of those guys should still be startable. So a lot going on. Yeah, he's certainly an upgrade from
00:05:50
Speaker
Brett Ripon, if in the instance that Stafford doesn't get back from the thumb injury or gets injured again, like as somebody who's heavily invested in both of those guys, I definitely don't want Brett Ripon to start another game. I think he was released, actually. He will not be starting another game. Yeah, they dropped him, so you don't have to worry about that. They saw all they needed to say about that.
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And yet DeVito is the one who has a job still. Yeah, well, I mean, it's unbelievable.
Strategizing for a Better Draft Pick
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But I mean, I agree. Like right, you said it, I was going to say the same thing. It's it's it's great news for the Giants, great news for Giants fans and that it was going to it was likely a lost season anyway. Now it's definitely a lost season. I almost kind of hope that
00:06:36
Speaker
Uh, Danny DeVito is the quarterback the rest of the way because the last thing I want is Tyra Taylor, who actually looked pretty good to get back from his injury. You know, we 14 or 15 and win two or three games coming down the stretch and move us from the two or the three pick to the five or six pick. That would be a catastrophe. So let just let DeVito.
00:06:58
Speaker
take us home and I feel like they're, they're leaning into that. The fact that they're like, all right, the scene is lost. We're naming DeVito the starter. And that I think tells everything we are taking. We are not trying to win at all. Um, and it's a, I mean, not that I like tanking, especially as a giant fan, but it's a, it's a good class to tank on it. Cause there's a lot of good offensive talent in this draft class, which.
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When you get a top three picks, I'm less likely to be, I wouldn't say, yeah, I mean, maybe slam dunks, right? Like slam dunks. Yeah, I'm less confident about Drake May. He's going to have to maybe go over Callum. I don't think it'll happen again, but it's very close between the two. Yeah, no. I mean, I'd be perfectly happy with either of the three. I don't want to, between the two quarterbacks,
00:07:52
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whatever, right? Like there's, there's been enough hits and misses with top three quarterbacks. Uh, and if it just so happens that, you know, we were to land three and get Marvin Harrison Jr. That would be great. Pretty great as well. So just got to get up there. Yeah. Well, uh, hopefully, hopefully we don't screw this up. It's hard to get the first pick. Uh, I don't think we ever do, even when we got Eli, I think we had moments that we had to trade up, uh, and get them, um, from the chargers.
00:08:21
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Or trade Philip Rivers, I should say, to get him. But anyway, moving forward to some other positive news.
Joey Gallo's Fantasy Strategy Success
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I do want to give props to Joey Galla, who ran away with last week's DK lineup challenge, thanks to his Cowboys triple stack that he even called out during the lineup build. We'll get into those players a little bit more later. But I do want to say all three of us did protect our turf against Schluter. So I feel pretty good about the pod right there. It's not easy beating us, so.
00:08:50
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I'm two for two on second place. One of these days. One of these days. But it's all right. I just edged out Schluter narrowly. I went heavy on running backs, and that was not a good call. But it's all right. But other than that, any other keynotes? There was a lot of positives this past week. I know, again, we're going to get into a lot of them in our weekly awards. But any other things you guys want to call out?
00:09:17
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Not really. I think we're going to get into a lot of it. Yeah. You know, looking at my notes, I don't think there's much that we're not going to get into with the awards. So. Yeah. Yeah. We do cover a lot there. So that's a good way we'll jump into it. And honestly, there's only one way to start this off with the biggest performance of the week. So Ryan, I believe that's the guy you're going to give the Smash Williams Award to.
CJ Stroud's Performance and Fantasy Ranking Debate
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Yes, someone obviously had to give the Smash Williams Award to CJ Stroud. Five touchdowns, 470 yards, 53 fantasy points. No one else was really even close. I know we're going to talk about a couple other quarterbacks for this award. Dak was second for the week with 33 fantasy points. So Stroud had 20 more fantasy points than the second best guy anyone in your league could have started, which is just pretty crazy.
00:10:09
Speaker
If you had him, you won. And we basically saw that play out in our league. You know, Adam's team really stunk outside of Stroud. His other nine guys barely scored more than Stroud combined. Yet he still won by four points because 53 points is just an insane week. 470 yards also set the rookie record for passing yards in a game. He looks great. The one question I do want to throw out there to you guys is where do you rank him
00:10:39
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in your opinion, in terms of like a Dynasty asset, is he already trending towards the Alan Hertz Mahomes tier? And before you answer one quick point, he had less than 20 fantasy points the prior three weeks. He's really not a Russian QB. He usually averages like 10 rushing yards a game. So you have to rely on him as a pocket passer, which is usually a little less valuable for fantasy purposes. So where are you guys on him right now after that performance?
00:11:06
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Yeah, so what I would say is I would slot him just above Trevor Lawrence. I agree with that. If we're being totally honest. That's exactly what I was going to say, too. Yeah, I think that's right where he goes, right? There's the top tier. He hasn't cracked them yet. And then tier two is kind of like the Justin Herbert, Lamar Jackson tier. And then I think I probably slot him in right after that.
00:11:36
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You could you could make the case for Tua but the but the injury concerns are still a little much for me so I think you probably He probably slides up right there to like QB five or More like six or seven overall. Yeah, I was saying I'd probably put him in Right now in the like seven to nine range give or take what players but again like I think he's like ahead of Lawrence and
00:12:03
Speaker
He does, I mean, it's crazy to say he doesn't know. He clearly has the upside after this week and it's like, it's still in this rookie year being a pocket passer, but being a pocket passer, you do have a little bit lower floor that some of the Russian quarterbacks have that naturally come with that game. But he's doing things you've literally never seen rookies do this. This is, I think the most fantasy points ever scored by a rookie. I think it's the most yards ever passed by a rookie. Like he is,
00:12:28
Speaker
And he won a game. Like the other thing that goes unnoticed, what, he had 47 seconds to go down the field and score a touchdown. He had to score a touchdown and he did that to win the game. So this guy is a bonafide star. Uh, yeah, he's, they're going to be saying his name a lot over the next decade too. So like, if you have them, you got a real rookie draft, potentially like in ours, the fourth overall pick, he was usually the third quarterback coming off the board. Then that was a steal guy. He has a bonafide star.
00:12:58
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Yeah, no, absolutely. He's looked incredible. So it'll be fun to watch him over the next couple of years. But Dave, you had the second best performance. I did.
Improvements in Cowboys' Offense
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I did. And I mean, you diminished it a little bit, saying that. Mine's a little bit of a combo, because these guys, to me, they're very much tethered together. And they're the reason why they're both doing well. But it's Dak Prescott, but also CD Lamb. There's also one more that Joey's going to get into later that's kind of a third beneficiary.
00:13:28
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But Dak right now has really answered because there's been an offensive change there. When we're coming into the season, we thought they were going to be a run first team. And guess what? They can't really run the ball. But the last two games coming out of the bye, this team realized that their best offensive weapon was CD by a large margin. And they have come out making sure he's the focal point of the offense going forward. And as such, Dak is
00:13:57
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benefiting from that offensive scheme where they're passing a lot more and he was a QB2 this past week and he was a QB3 the week before and he scored 33 points or more in both weeks. He also threw for at least 300 yards and three touchdowns both weeks and this past week he threw for 374 yards and I don't see this ending anytime soon because they got a juicy schedule the rest of the year. This week they got the Giants and the Panthers and the commanders and the Seahawks and
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then the Eagles, the secondary has been beat up and the Bills, the secondary has been beat up and the Dolphins and the Lions. So you throw all over like that, that is, that wasn't like picking and true. That is literally their entire schedule through the championship game. Like they are going to smash the rest of the year. Um, and again, this all started when they decided they needed run offense through land and lamb is an absolute alpha top five wide receiver in the NFL. And he's finally getting the elite targets.
00:14:50
Speaker
like the other top five wide receivers were. This past week, he received 16 targets, went 11 for 191 yards as the wide receiver three, and the week before that, he had 14 targets and went 12 for 158 in two touchdowns at the wide receiver one. Both these guys probably led G2W, and it's not gonna stop anytime soon. Yeah, you know, I think that the more competitive the game is almost, the more confidence I have in DAC and CD.
00:15:20
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And, you know, like if you kind of think about like this past week, it was, it was close game, competitive game with Philadelphia. So, you know, one, there's, there's points being scored against the Dallas defense to, I mean, not a ton, but enough, like they were playing catch up in that second half. And two, you know, like they're, like you said, they've just realized that their best offense is passing the ball to CD and he's getting, you know,
00:15:46
Speaker
Hyper target, hyper target. He's huge. He lines up in the slot. He's they, they were, there was one time last week where he lined up in the back out of the backfield with that and ran like that V shaped running back type route where it kind of like goes out to the right and then cuts across the middle left and gained like 15 yards on that. So it was just, you know, they're using him in creative ways and, uh, he's huge. He always comes down with the ball. So.
00:16:16
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No, I love it because he's on my team. Yeah. But Joe, why don't you get, uh, tell us who you're giving the smash Williams award to. Yeah.
Joe Burrow's Recovery and Performance
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So I'm giving the award to Joe burrow this week and it's not because he, uh, you know, truly, truly smashed on the week. I think he was only maybe the six or seven score overall, maybe a little bit lower than that. I think he had 26 fantasy points overall. Yeah. Um, but just because I feel like at this point we can a hundred percent say that he's recovered from the calf injury.
00:16:46
Speaker
He's back to playing at an elite level. It's back to being able to really, truly enjoy watching him play. That game against Buffalo was honestly a delight for me. I felt like I was watching him these past few years in the playoffs. Most importantly too, well, maybe not most importantly, but most importantly to me in terms of indication that he's recovered from the injury,
00:17:15
Speaker
Uh, he's moving around a ton in the pocket last week, six carries for 43 yards this week, moving around the pocket as well. There were a couple of times where he took off. Um, so, you know, I think that, uh, if you kind of look the last two weeks, he's thrown four or five touchdown passes this past week. He threw for 350 yards against a Bill's defense. That's a little bit concerning. Um, you know, I think that the period of time where.
00:17:45
Speaker
uh... there might have been concern about burrow from a dynasty standpoint if there was like maybe a hair of a by low or by reduced window on him dynasty that's definitely i would say close now he seems to be uh... back to his his form and i think that will mean uh... you know i mean you can see right like t higgins is back to looking uh... pretty pretty good as well you know i think that
00:18:14
Speaker
some of the shit that he was getting earlier this season, um, on the pod and in the media and everywhere, uh, partially because he was injured, but also, you know, I think the fact that he had an injured quarterback who wasn't throwing good balls to anybody contributed as well. So I think the whole offense looks good and, uh, yeah, should be wheels up from here provided he can stay healthy.
00:18:40
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, we talked about it a lot on some of our podcasts. Would he come back fully healthy from the bye? That was really the only concern in terms of this year. You weren't really worried long-term, but you were a little worried if you'd have to kind of play injured all year. But like you said, he looks like he's fully healthy and fully back to himself and back to that top tier in terms of fantasy scoring.
00:19:03
Speaker
Yeah. And like, as you mentioned, he's, he's moving around and running and I'm, I'm almost like still not myself mentally comfortable with him running yet. Like he runs and I'm just like, is he okay? And then just pops up and like, okay, I forgot that he, like he can move a little bit. Uh, so it is good to see like he, he, he has full confidence in his legs. Yeah. Yeah. But.
00:19:24
Speaker
With that, we're going to move to the He's All That Awards. And Joe, I'm going to have you kick it off and complete the Cowboys triple stack that you had.
Emerging Fantasy Players and Their Potential
00:19:33
Speaker
Yeah, so I'll jump in. So for me, He's All That, I'm giving it to Jake Ferguson. Maybe not a stud, but I think he's the most productive fantasy option in the Dallas offense outside of CD-Lamp.
00:19:49
Speaker
Fergie had 10 targets this past week, has clearly distanced himself from the other tight ends on the roster. I mean, you see Lou Schoonmaker does get a target here or there, but Ferguson is clearly a go-to target for Dak Prescott. And like Dave mentioned, he has a decent schedule the rest of the way into the fantasy playoffs. And I think that he's somebody who you probably drafted in the
00:20:18
Speaker
last or second to last or third to last round of your fantasy drafts. And he's tight end 12 right now, I believe, on the season with trending upwards there. So overall, I'm giving my solid depth piece. He's all that award this week to Jake Ferguson because out of position. And I'm actually going to talk about a couple tight ends this week, you guys.
00:20:46
Speaker
This is the first one I've mentioned. I got one as well. There's a theme. There's tight ends, and there are a lot of Cowboys peppered into this. Yeah, you could do a lot worse at the tight end position. I think, honestly, he's about as locked and loaded as anybody right now for the foreseeable future. Yeah.
00:21:04
Speaker
I love it. He was a sleeper going into the air and he's really starting to show up. I'll jump in because mine, he's on that award, is also a pass catcher from a Smash Williams Award winner this week. That is the wide receiver one of the week tank tell. Obviously, you heard Ryan talk about CJ Stradd's Day and you knew that there had to be a massive day from
00:21:26
Speaker
one, two, or maybe even three of his receivers. And you're right, but none more than the third round wide receiver that CJ Stroud himself told the organization to go get. Tinkdell went for six for 114 and two scores on 11 targets. And he already flashed earlier this year, but there's obviously clear chemistry between him and Stroud. And you expect that only to continue to grow over the second half and going into the rest of their careers.
00:21:56
Speaker
And he's a tiny dude. He's only 5'10", 165 pounds, which you typically view as someone who'd be in the slot type of profile. But this guy's playing on the outside, and he's continually winning on these big boy routes. And he's really kind of debunking the theory that
00:22:12
Speaker
Outside receivers have to be these big body guys. And the NFL has certainly been changing. These smaller skilled players have been continually finding more and more success. And Tank is just going to be adding to that list of guys who are really, really showing up. I think you're finding a budding star in Tankdale there.
00:22:30
Speaker
Yeah. And he's paired with Stroud. So, you know, someone has to catch some of that 470 yards and five touchdowns. And if tank title is going to be that guy and they're going to be paired together for the foreseeable future, uh, he definitely could be a bona fide wide receiver one going forward here. The size is what concerns me. That's why I haven't been fully, fully in.
00:22:54
Speaker
I mean, I have him in a couple spots. I like him a lot. I'm very high. I mean, I even sent an offer to try and acquire him in our league this week. But fact is, you know, like he's been a little boomer bust this year, and he's very, very tiny. So I don't know. I don't know what the what the he was heard earlier, but yeah, so like what the ceiling is for.
00:23:18
Speaker
for him, if I'm trying to think of like a comp to other similar small wide receivers that have had, you know, like maybe like a Brandon Cooks type, who is like, you know, on the shorter end and still plays outside receiver, it just based on speed and strength, but yeah.
00:23:41
Speaker
I mean the game's changed because guys like Jordan Addison too, but I agree That's why I don't really have him anywhere is the size, but he's I don't know I've some regrets there. I wish I had a couple shares. Yeah, I'm certainly I'm certainly intrigued Yeah, they do also have Nico Collins who is a young wide receiver as well so maybe that holds tanked out back a little bit from being that true wide receiver one and
00:24:07
Speaker
Yeah, Niko's got a little bit more of a big body, so maybe they're a good compliment for each other. Yeah, yeah.
00:24:14
Speaker
But yeah, I'll jump in. So I gave my He's All That award to Rashad Woy. And a little similar to Joe, he may not be considered a stud in real life football, but we are a fantasy football podcast. So he finished with 73 rushing yards and two touchdowns. He also added 46 yards on four catches. He had 26 fantasy points in week nine, which actually made him the RB1 on the week.
00:24:40
Speaker
And he wasn't drafted as an RB1. He's likely your RB2, maybe even an RB3 for some. He's been pretty consistent averaging 12 points per game. And the last three weeks, he's been a top 15 running back option.
00:24:55
Speaker
The best part, which is almost kind of rare to find today, is that he really doesn't have any competition. Edmunds and Tucker have barely touched the ball, and that's getting harder and harder to find. So even just having a true three-down workload is pretty valuable nowadays.
00:25:14
Speaker
You're likely really happy with that from someone you drafted as more of a solid RB2 flex piece. So I'm giving him my He's All That award, someone who you did draft as that flex piece or depth piece, but he's turning out to be kind of a stud for fantasy purposes. Not always the best on the ground, but you can be confident that he's going to get volume and that he's going to get looks in the passing game. And those are the two keys to success.
00:25:43
Speaker
And playing the Texans if you're running back, too. That's who he was playing. You start your running backs against the Texans. They are atrocious. But yeah, I mean, you knew who he was. That's why the process would have worked with him. There's no competition there. He's the only running back in and worked there. So it's harder and harder to find that type of workload, which I'm sure we'll get into a little bit later on a couple other players that I know myself will be talking to.
00:26:08
Speaker
I also move into our next section of the Doug Flutahilm area where I'll jump in because I had Rashad White's teammate here. So this had been a sleeper tight end option coming into the year, but he did show some flashes last year. That's Kate Odden.
00:26:25
Speaker
So if you were starting him this week, you weren't really expecting much because he hasn't had a finish better than the Titan 13 on the year, which is why the Titan 3 this week came as such a pleasant surprise if you did start him. I am now cautiously eyeing him as a young Titan who actually might become a back-end Titan 1 in Dynasty. He's on the field literally all the time. This season, he's never dropped below 90% in any game. And this past week, he was at 100% of snaps.
00:26:54
Speaker
Sometimes, this is often because they want the tight end to block, but that's not the case with Adan. He runs routes on over 80% of the past attempts, including 100% of past attempts these past two weeks. He is now also earning targets on those routes, with his targets over the last three weeks being six, six, and nine this past week. He's becoming more integral in this offense.
00:27:18
Speaker
He may have been a dark throw this past week in week nine, but I actually expect to see a lot more of him going forward to build upon this six for 70 and two touchdown performance. Yeah, I like what I see from Kate Odden as well, to be totally honest, as a Mike Evans owner, looking for more from Mike Evans. Yeah.
00:27:37
Speaker
He's a, and he was actually like a serviceable option last year in the Tom Brady Bucks offense as well. So it's not like totally, that he's totally coming out of, I don't know where, but it's, it's, he does look really good. Yeah. And I feel like it was a big week in general for tight ends, which I know Joe kind of mentioned. And I believe we're all actually going with a tight end in this category. Yeah.
00:28:07
Speaker
So I'll jump right in. I actually gave the award to Taysom Hill, who we haven't really talked about that
Taysom Hill's Fantasy Rise
00:28:14
Speaker
much. But he has back-to-back 22-point fantasy games. He rushed for 52 yards, caught four passes for 13 yards and a touchdown, and completed a pass for a touchdown. He's just always been this fun gadget player that's all over the field and used in so many different ways. And to have that guy
00:28:36
Speaker
you know, in your tight end slot can be extremely valuable. So kind of a Hail Mary if you started him, and you know, you got 22 fantasy points out of him. He's also classified as a quarterback. So even just having him as a depth piece to potentially throw in as a quarterback on a bye week or something like that is, is also valuable. So he would draft it pretty late and started out slow this season, only averaging like three points a game.
00:29:02
Speaker
The last four games, he's averaging 18 points a game. So he's been a great dart throw the last few weeks and definitely helped you win week nine if you took the chance and started him.
00:29:13
Speaker
Yeah, and we're going to talk a little bit later about how Alvin Kamara was one of my bigger letdowns of the week. And I can't help but to think that the more involved Tayson Hill gets in the passing game, in the rushing game, that's just coming out of Kamara's volume. When Kamara was first activated from suspension,
00:29:33
Speaker
Jason Hill wasn't as involved. And you're seeing Kamara get more targets, I think. I mean, not that he's not getting targeted now. This was one bad one down week. But Jason Hill is becoming more and more of a focal point of the offense as time goes on. Yeah. I mean, he's always been a gadgety player. But his snap count is like over 50% or around 50% most of these games now. And then the last two weeks, he had nine rushes two weeks ago and 11 rushes this past week. So he's more involved.
00:30:01
Speaker
Has anyone had a weirder offensive career than Taysom Hill? He's played quarterbacks, played running backs, played tight end. He's 33 years old and he's still breaking out as this gadget player. It's just an absolute crazy career. I forgot, did he even play football coming into NFL? He's just such a weird career, but he's useful now. Yeah, I think he played quarterback in college. I want to say TCU. Maybe somebody check that. Yeah, we got to check his career because it's so bizarre. I want to say TCU.
00:30:31
Speaker
Just a guess. Yeah, while you're looking that up, I'm going to jump in with my tight end, Hail Mary Throw of the Week.
Unexpected Fantasy Success Stories
00:30:39
Speaker
BYU. Oh, BYU. I didn't know. He looks like a BYU guy. Yeah, not surprised. Tastes him, isn't he? John Smith, for me, tight end 10 on the season. I mean, tight end position is kind of a joke.
00:30:56
Speaker
John U. Smith being the tight end 10 on the season is just remarkable. Two spots higher than Jake Ferguson, who we were just talking about. And it's pretty unbelievable when you consider that he's probably not even the most talented tight end on his roster. But he has been incredibly consistent throughout the whole season.
00:31:17
Speaker
Um, and this past week had his biggest output yet. Five catches on six targets, 100 yards, all kind of capped off by that big 60 yard catch and run touchdown. Um, and he's a lumbering guy, but he's, he's fast. He's not old, right? He's, he's in his upper, he had 28 years old. Um,
00:31:40
Speaker
You know, I never, I never personally feel great starting any Atlanta Falcon offensive player. And that literally goes for everyone from B. John Robinson to Drake. Like you just never know what, what you're going to get from that offense. Um, and yet, you know, if you threw the dart with him this week, 23 points from your tight end position or your flex. Yeah. Or your flex. You probably, uh,
00:32:07
Speaker
He probably went a long way towards winning you the week. So definitely a little bit of a Hail Mary play, but he keeps delivering. It's hard to even really call it a Hail Mary when he's the top 10 tight end on the season. That's the craziest part, right? You touched on it, but he's almost the most consistent fantasy starter on that team, which is just crazy because like you said, he's supposed to be the number two tight end on his own team. Yeah, he's consistently putting up at least startable fantasy numbers
00:32:36
Speaker
Uh, I don't think he was even drafted in our league and yeah, we have a deep dynasty, you know, Lee and he was on waivers to start the season. Uh, so yeah, just crazy. What's going on there. You know why though, it's because he is the one player that is not expected to put off fantasies points and Arthur Smith hates fantasy players. So he's doing this on purpose to screw it. He's like, Oh, who's the one guy who's not being started? Probably Jono Smith.
00:33:03
Speaker
Let's do the jet sweep on the one. Instead of giving the ball to Bajan, what is going on? Yeah, it's crazy. Let's keep the tight end train going here with Joey's Ferrari and the Chilla Park award. Yeah. So I'm going with Colcomette here. Not much more to say other than anybody who can put up
00:33:30
Speaker
6 for 55 and two touchdowns with Tyson Bajant throwing the ball is definitely getting
00:33:37
Speaker
the tip of the hat for me in terms of overcoming a little bit of adversity for the week. He's actually looked pretty good the last two weeks. 10 catches on 10 targets last week for 79 yards. Titan 5 on the season, although some of that was with Justin Fields. He had a goose egg three weeks ago, but the last two weeks, I think you have to be pleasantly surprised that he's been able to still continue to produce despite the fact that Chicago's had some
00:34:09
Speaker
Unreliability, uh, lack of reliability at their quarterback position. Uh, it seems like this will be the last week, tomorrow night will be the last game that he'll have to play with agent. I think fields is close to coming back. He's practicing, but they ruled him out for tomorrow. Um, and Carolina stinks. So he's probably put up decent numbers again tomorrow. So, uh, overall circumstances are gross, but he's getting it done.
00:34:34
Speaker
Banjant, or Banjant, or whatever you've got in clothing. I think he just loves commit. That's like the number one receiver. Well, I think like.
00:34:41
Speaker
Terrible QBs, or I don't want to say terrible, but like an inexperienced backup, third-string QBs that just like are kind of a little bit frazzled, they just, the tight end is the security blanket, so. Especially I feel like if they rush a bit, which, you know, because it seems like when they roll out, the tight end is almost always open on the shorter throws, because they're like, the wide receivers are already down the field if they're rolling out since the play's gone on and on, but tight ends are closer, and they're like, yeah, that's my guy. Right in front of my face, four yards away.
00:35:13
Speaker
Yeah, it'll be interesting to see what happens there too, because they're kind of like the Giants. Like they could bring fields back and then win a couple of games, but it's really kind of a throwaway season at this point anyway. So, you know, you wonder if they need to, because I was scheming giants, potential avenues to the number one pick.
00:35:36
Speaker
I think that Chicago is gonna have to do a little more diligence the rest of this year to see exactly what they have in fields to determine if they actually wanna move on from him or draft another quarterback or not. So I kinda get the feeling that they're gonna...
00:35:53
Speaker
And also they have Carolina's pick. And again, Carolina absolutely fucking stinks. So they could see what they have in field to win a couple of games. I don't think Carolina is maybe winning one more game. I think they're like almost definitely going to finish with the worst record, especially now that Kyler's back. So I think it'll be Chicago with a number one via Carolina. And then we'll see what happens from there. It's a great deal for the Bears. I can't believe that. I snagged all that.
00:36:23
Speaker
Uh, but yeah, I mean, let's, uh, let's move it down to a, uh, the, I think Ryan's award was the NFC offensive player of the week. Unexpectedly.
00:36:34
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, I had to give Dobbs an award somewhere.
Joshua Dobbs' Impressive Vikings Debut
00:36:39
Speaker
And, you know, you talk about overcoming a bad situation. He was literally on the Vikings for five days. Didn't even know his teammates names. Just a really cool, amazing story. It's why we love sports. He wasn't expected to play. Injury happens. He goes in, comes to starting quarterback and
00:37:00
Speaker
leads the team to a comeback victory. So it was awesome to watch. And on the fantasy side of things, he put up 28 fantasy points, you know, not starting and being on the team for five days. Talk about a guy that no one was talking about before the season now is like purely on the fantasy radar. It's pretty interesting. And, you know, he's going to get Justin Jefferson back. I believe they just named him the starter and
00:37:30
Speaker
The future looks pretty bright for him, so I don't know how he could be rooting against this guy, and it'll be interesting to see how he does on the Vikings now. He's going to get paid. I don't tell you that much. He's just bouncing around and coming into games with not knowing anything about the offense and winning, or at least being respectful in the games. You kind of cheer for him for that. The Cardinals' store didn't have his jersey when he was the starting quarterback, and now he's on a different team and winning games is pretty nuts.
00:37:57
Speaker
He also gave Arthur Smith, which I think we're all happy about. Yeah, it's been fun to see the whole fantasy community just kind of rally behind anyone who beats the Falcons. And so Josh Jobs has just kind of been like the savior this past week for leading that epic comeback against the Falcons and hopefully bringing Arthur Smith one loss closer to his termination. Oh, man. He's so nice.
Concerns Around Running Back Roles
00:38:22
Speaker
But I'll jump in with my Ferrari and a trailer park award and I'm going with Gus Edwards because he had five carries five 18 percent of snaps and that turned into 52 yards and two touchdowns as the RB 7 finish And he was definitely started in most weeks this week because he has been dominating touches and snaps the previous five weeks including a three touchdown week last week against the Giants and
00:38:50
Speaker
But against the Seahawks, he was the RB3 on his own team. He played behind Justice Hill, who had 63% of snaps and 13 rushes. And the rookie sensation that everyone's picking up this week, Keaton Mitchell, who also had 18% of snaps, but he had more touches with nine rushes and one catch.
00:39:09
Speaker
Gus's usage level would typically spell disaster for fantasy managers, but he somehow came through with a big game, but it is a mirage. If you own Gus, you got lucky that he didn't goose you, let alone potentially won the week for you. But you cannot start him with confidence this week with Mitchell now emerging and that level of usage. Personally, I'd be trying to sell high, but if you're not trying to sell him, I'd bench him and just see what happens this week before I actually throw him back into starting lineup.
00:39:36
Speaker
This past week, despite the touches, he got it done. Yeah, it's interesting to see what's going on there now. I think they even came out and said that it's going to be a three-man rotation going forward. So really starting any of them going forward is going to be tough. Any one of them could goose you or go off for 20 points. You really have no idea what's going to happen. Yep. You're almost better off.
00:40:03
Speaker
If you have to start somebody, you probably start Gus because in a pinch, maybe they go with the guy that's been on the roster the longest and that they have the most faith in. But I don't hate the idea of stashing Keaton Mitchell and just kind of hoping that maybe he just continues to ascend and distance himself from the other two. It's unlikely. But I think, like you said, right, it's just a backfield that you're not going to be able to predict the rest of the way. Yeah.
00:40:32
Speaker
You know, Mitchell maybe can have because he's a speedster, maybe has an HN type of breakaway games. Do you want to correct? It was the Seahawks last week after Giants. But yeah, it's definitely interesting what's going on there. And I guess I'll jump in to the next work is my, my war for the 28 to three ward also goes to another running back who is seemingly losing some of his snap percentages there. And that's Ken Walker or Kenneth Walker. However, he likes to go by.
00:41:01
Speaker
Coming in this year, I was down big time with Kenneth Walker as I thought Zach Charbonnet was going to emerge and steal touches. And over the first seven weeks, boy, it looked like I took a massive L on that. But the last two weeks, the fears that I had are starting to somewhat come to fruition for Walker as he's had back-to-back bad games. And last week, he only rushed for nine times, which yielded 16 yards, and he added one catch for one yard. I'll do that quick fantasy math for you. That is 2.2 points.
00:41:30
Speaker
That is the RB 52 finish this past week. And for the second straight week, he's played less snaps in Charbonnet. Walker has been getting more touches in Charbonnet, and he did again this past week. And Charbonnet has not been having great lines himself, but the team certainly likes Charbonnet and wants to get him in the field more and more. And that's only going to have a negative impact on Walker, who typically feasts on larger workloads.
00:41:54
Speaker
I will say the Ravens this past week were definitely a tough matchup, so I wouldn't expect this low level of an output going forward, but the signs are there that Walker may not experience the same fantasy success that he's had to start the season. Where are you guys at on Walker?
00:42:15
Speaker
I think now is the point in the season where, like you said, the fears that we had in the off season and worries about Charbonnet, it kind of makes sense, right? Like early on in the year, they would eat Charbonnet in, so Walker would get more volume and more snap percentage.
00:42:31
Speaker
I mean, the fact that they were getting boat raced in this past week's game doesn't really help him much. I think that contributed more than anything to his horrific output. I probably would still rather have Walker than Charbonnet the rest of the way because I think he's still the 1A. But I don't know that either of the two of them are going to reach their full potential while the other is healthy.
00:43:00
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, Charbonnet hasn't really done anything either. But like you said, the last two weeks, he had been over 50% snap percentage. So it's definitely a little concerning if you're a walker owner and, you know,
00:43:13
Speaker
Kind of like we talked about with the Ravens, you just hope it doesn't get into a situation where you're not sure which one to start as they start sharing more and more work. But I think I'd go with Joe. And probably for the rest of this year, you're probably better off with Walker. Yeah, and this isn't a go get Charbonnet type of signage on my A. It's more saying that Charbonnet is going to have a negative impact on Walker, which is what we're seeing. But I agree.
00:43:39
Speaker
I'm not excited to start Charbonnet if I own him right now, because he hasn't produced himself. But speaking of another running back, Joe, why don't you tell us who your 28 to 3 award goes to?
00:43:51
Speaker
Yeah. So I mentioned this earlier for me, it's going to be having Camara, um, facing the bears at home. I think all four of us had us had him in our DFS lineups, the three of us and Schluter seemed like a smash play expectations were high. And his performance was a huge letdown only nine rushes for 26 yards, only five targets, four receptions for 44 yards, no scores. Um, yeah. And I mean,
00:44:21
Speaker
It bears repeating. It's not a coincidence that we talked earlier about Taysom Hill having back-to-back 22-point fantasy weeks. Although Kamara last week I think scored two touchdowns, so he also put up pretty big numbers. I don't know for sure that
00:44:42
Speaker
the more they utilize Hill, it's not going to eat into Camara's workload. And nine carries is just not, it's not what you want to see from your RB one in a game, only 50% of snaps. This is lowest snap percentage of the season since coming back from suspension. So maybe it was just an off week. You know, he was averaging about 20 carries over, over the four games prior to that. And
00:45:09
Speaker
Again, maybe this is just an overreaction for me, right? Like going into this week, you probably thought he was like maybe the number two or number three running back rest of season. I don't know that that changes with this one game, but it's a little disappointing. You expected more against Chicago.
00:45:25
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, like you said, it really does go back to Hill because Hill stole 11 rushes for 52 yards. So if you add that to Camara's output, we're probably not talking about him here. So it'll be interesting to see how they use Hill going forward and if he continues to eat into Camara's work.
00:45:41
Speaker
But another sort of top guy that I'm going to mention here, and I definitely need to say that I'm not down on this guy, and if you have him, you're happy. He's a Dynasty wide receiver one, but in terms of week 9, I gave the 28-3 letdown award to Jamar Chase.
Jamar Chase's Inconsistent Performances
00:45:59
Speaker
You know, we talked earlier about Joe Burrow having a big week and getting the Smash Williams award.
00:46:05
Speaker
you would expect if you know burrows having a week with 348 yards and two touchdowns that his wide receiver one would finish with more than four catches for 41 yards so he was the wide receiver 44 on the week he has now had
00:46:21
Speaker
three out of eight weeks with less than seven fantasy points. And if you exclude week five when he went off for 46 fantasy points, it's been a decently disappointing year for chase owners, so just something to kind of monitor going forward. Again, huge dynasty asset, you're not worried for the long term, but in terms of this year,
00:46:44
Speaker
Uh, it's been a little up and down and now he's dealing with a back injury as Dave mentioned. So, uh, we'll see how it plays out. Uh, and hopefully with burrow fully back to healthy chases, uh, production will start to uptick. Yeah, I agree. It's been disappointing quite frankly, uh, just one of the many factors or the many contributing factors to my team's, um, below average performance this season, but, um,
00:47:09
Speaker
No, there's not really about what I was going to say was going into the week. I was reading statistics about how Buffalo is one of the worst teams, worst defenses in the league at defending the opposition's number one wide receiver before the game started looking at like going through action, trying to decide like which props to take, seeing guys that I follow on action, taking him like on kind of like the pyramid for yardage over 80, over 90, over 100, over 110.
00:47:40
Speaker
And he just completely fell flat. So not surprised to see him here Although look the team played well. I was tooting T Higgins horn earlier in the pod and I think that Look T Higgins is really fucking good too. So sometimes he He was getting a lot of the targets especially after chase went down on his back I think like the kind of I mean right that that was in the second half But you saw you saw Higgins was was pretty involved It just happens
00:48:10
Speaker
It's not, it wasn't a great week. Like, like you said, not really concerned for the long run, but it hasn't between the burrow injury, the couple down games he's had now the injury, it hasn't been a great season, I would say for chase. Yeah. And I'd have to go back and look, but it feels like there hasn't been a game where both chase and Higgins have had a good game. It's so far it's been one or the other. And it's not something I expected to be the case always that burrow can certainly.
00:48:38
Speaker
make sure both wide receivers get theirs. But so far this year, it's kind of ping pong. If one does good, the other one is like non-existent and vice versa. So, yeah. Unfortunately, but again, I'm not concerned long-term. And especially because it's exceedingly unlikely that T Higgins will be on the team next year. I think it's pretty likely. Almost guaranteed. It's almost guaranteed he's gone.
00:49:00
Speaker
now, which was crazy to think like six months ago, it seemed like they were definitely trying to. Well, they would have to do some like salary capture, mass six to when it's just, I don't know that it's even going to be a realistic possibility, even if they wanted to, given how much they're paying some of the other guys. Exactly. Which maybe giants get some high. But I do want to mention as an honorable mention of this board, just because this player's been kind of catching my eye the past couple of weeks is a flowers. I want to get to see what your guys opinion on him.
00:49:29
Speaker
He went one for 11 this past week on one target. I'm personally not setting alarms on him yet, but I mentioned this when we were doing the rookie reject. His ADOT is uncomfortably low. Last week, he went five for 19. And he's just not getting the target chair. I know Joe mentioned this too. They're feeding so many different players there. And some of this should be attributed to the ground game has had some success over the past couple of weeks.
00:49:56
Speaker
But they're spreading the ball. He's not getting the targets you want the utilization is Yeah, it's just not what you want to see out of a wide receiver So currently like I have him I'm trying to bench him if I can because it's been hard to really rely on him But I want to see what you guys think about say flowers
00:50:11
Speaker
Yeah, I think you got to mention Lamar Jackson there, too, who has also had kind of an up and down season. You know, he only had 10 fantasy points last week and 13 fantasy points the week before that. He's really had kind of an up and down season. And when he's having those down games, obviously Zaflowers is going to be pretty affected. But I think, like you said, it seemed like the run game was maybe more of a focal point and went off a little more in week nine. So Lamar and the receivers took a bit of a hit.
00:50:42
Speaker
Honestly, in Redraft, I would think I would drop him. I think he's one of those landmines that you can drop on an opposition. Because if you don't roster him and you see somebody drop him, you might want to pick him up. And the reality is that...
00:50:58
Speaker
Like you said, they they they distribute the ball around way too much. I can't see any scenario in which he would catch fire over the back half of this season. Maybe he'll prove me wrong and suddenly go out there and put up like four or five touchdowns over the last eight weeks. Like I just I can't see any world in which that happens. He's got one on the season. And Mark Andrews is when they do pass the ball is the most consistent target. So
00:51:26
Speaker
And when it's downfield, it's Odell, it's Bateman randomly. It's not Zey, which is crazy. I mean, he's a great player, and I think he's got a great career ahead of him. But for this year, in this particular offense, yeah, I think he's better served playing against you than for you. Yeah. Well.
00:51:46
Speaker
That'll bring us, again, we're not down on this guy. We still think he'll be good. He's just been a bit of a letdown. But for the guys who are changing our opinions, who are not just letting us down this past week, but we're starting to think they're just going to let you down for a long period of time, it's that you're not that guy award.
Rookie Quarterback Performance Critiques
00:52:02
Speaker
And I'm going to send it over to you, Ryan, because this is something we've kind of mentioned a few times over the past couple of months.
00:52:09
Speaker
Yeah, so I gave the award to Bryce Young. I think we have to at least talk about him. And I do hate to put a rookie QB here because I really do think it takes time to get used to the NFL and he should improve, but you're not liking what you've seen through nine weeks. In week nine, he threw three interceptions, two of which were returned for a touchdown, which just kills your team. Only threw for 173 yards in one touchdown.
00:52:36
Speaker
He's only tossed multiple touchdowns once in his first seven career starts, and he currently has an eight to seven touchdown to interception ratio. There is even starting to be a bit of talk about benching him for Andy Dalton, which I would be surprised, and they said they're sticking with Young for week 10, but if even his own coaches are starting to assess his value going forward, then we definitely have to assess his value going forward.
00:53:05
Speaker
We obviously talked about CJ Stroud earlier, and you're not expecting that from a rookie QB, but you're definitely expecting a little better than what we've seen from Young.
00:53:15
Speaker
Can you imagine trading all that up to get to the first pick and then pick Bryce over CJ's shot and seeing what shot does? Panthers have got to be kicking themselves right now. Not that it's even like, not that you even blame them so, so much for the pick, because who really knows at the time, but the regret that you're feeling is that it's awful. Yeah. Yeah, it's not like, yeah, you did the process. And a lot of people would have made that same choice, just knowing what you could have had and what you gave up is rough.
00:53:46
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, you mentioned the three picks, the two pick sixes last week against a terrible, terrible Colts defense that gave up like 39, 37, 30 something the last three weeks prior going into this week, you were like expecting, especially after the win two weeks ago, you were expecting this to be
00:54:05
Speaker
another step in the positive direction. And those picks were bad, too. Just telegraphing passes. Wasn't even a wide receiver nearby, I feel like. Yeah, like looking square at receivers the whole way, and then just missing them and throwing it right to DPs. So yeah. It's early in his career. Yeah, you don't want to write him off. Yeah, you don't want to write him off. But seeing what other rookies have been doing, and from record-breaking rookie to compare him against him, which we'll always be compared against,
00:54:35
Speaker
So it's a tough start. Yeah, that's that regret. Like Joe mentioned, you're looking at Stroud and you're just so upset that, you know, you got to pick sixes instead. Yeah. I mean, at least he threw for two touchdown passes. But I'll jump in because I feel like Joey's
00:54:54
Speaker
the final guys. It's just going to be a shitless guy. So it'll be a good way to close it out. But mine is Tony Pollard, as I mentioned. Time to get back to the Cowboys. So the past game is going great. And that's because they're not running the ball great. And I feel like we might be seeing Lamar Miller 2.0 here. Both players were great complementary packs. We showed extreme efficiency on the ground. And the fantasy community was always clamoring, like, get this guy more touches. We just want to see him with a full
00:55:24
Speaker
workload, and then they finally get that full workload and the efficiency plummets. I'm not ready to fully say Pollard is Lamar Miller, but I'm starting to get a little concerned that he might be going that route. He just this past week went 12 for 51 on the ground and had five targets that went three for 12.
00:55:44
Speaker
That's just knocking him down. I'm getting real concerned. He isn't scoring touchdowns. His yards per run is below four this season. And he's currently the RB21 of the year. And the only thing saving him so far that's gotten him to that RB21 finish is that he's getting a decent amount of targets. He's about 75 targets.
00:56:08
Speaker
so far, right? 75 target pace. But this guy was viewed as a top five running back going into the year. So if you have him, you're disappointed. And I did mention the Cowboys schedule is pretty juicy. So there's opportunity for him to bounce back. But personally, I'm viewed him closer to an RB2 than the elite RB1 that many envision going into the season. Yeah, I think it's a great pick here, honestly, someone that we also needed to talk about.
00:56:35
Speaker
he was drafted pretty much as a first rounder and redraft and even in a startup dynasty draft, which drafted pretty high on the premise that he was going to take over that workhorse back and dominate. And it just hasn't happened. And I think game after game, you're getting more and more concerned here because the bulk of his fantasy points really came in the first three weeks. And since then, you know, seven, six did have a 14, but then six and seven, four out of his last five games, he's had less than eight fantasy points. So,
00:57:05
Speaker
You're definitely concerned to feed your RB one. Literally hasn't scored since week one. And yeah, like hasn't even like, and it's an offense that's putting a point. I was just going to say the Cowboys are looking good. Like it's not like a team thing here. Like there's other areas on the Cowboys that are dominating.
00:57:23
Speaker
they have a pretty good offensive line. And yeah, it's, it's, it's a weird situation. Maybe, nah, you can't even say that it's, it's a, it's health related. I just think that, like you said, it's, it's, it's very Lamar Miller ish where, you know, like he's, I think the size is potentially an issue. I don't know. I mean, he, he ran for great, uh, yards per carry last year when given the opportunity. So fight five six year, he's been over like five yards a carry.
00:57:53
Speaker
Now he's under four. Yeah. Yeah. It's concerning. Again, he's still getting a decent amount of workload against targets, but you thought you had a top five back, and it's not looking like that. But what about his teammate, Joe? Yeah. So as disappointing as Tony Pollard has been for me, I'm going to take the opportunity this week to
00:58:20
Speaker
Tell Michael Gallup that you are officially not that guy. I've been done with Michael Gallup. You're not that guy, pal, trust me. You're not that guy. You're definitively not that guy. And you know, like, it's just frustrating with Gallup because we've been making excuses for this guy from the beginning. First it was, well, you know, he's got Amari Cooper in front of him and he's got other mouths to feed in the offense. And then they traded Cooper and they signed him and then he tore his ACL.
00:58:48
Speaker
Then it was like, Oh, well last year he's coming back from the eight torn ACL. And usually it takes two years to come back from fine. I mean, I'm, I beat that drum too, but this year. Like if I read his fantasy output by week, like one, one.
00:59:04
Speaker
12, eight, two, three, three, two. And these are like total points on an offense that's putting up points on an offense that actually is kind of looking for a number two wide receiver. Like they just literally dragged the corpse of Martavis Bryant out of retirement because they're so desperate for another wide receiver.
00:59:28
Speaker
And I think that is like the final nail in Michael Gallup's coffin. I mean, he had a bad drop on a third every last week, two weeks, three weeks ago against the Chargers. He only had three receptions on 10 targets. You know, I think the the length of time making excuses for Michael Gallup is officially ended. And I don't think that he is a good wide receiver.
00:59:54
Speaker
Yeah, he can't be dropping balls like that. I was hoping he'd be better, but I'm only watching him because I have him on the team. I'm just like, come on, finally do something. And it makes me sick every time I watch him. He's so bad. Yep. Sorry, man. Well, not that guy. I agree. He's certainly not that guy. But that concludes our weekly awards. Cover a lot of ground there. But with that, we do want to jump into the league update.
Trade Analysis and Implications
01:00:24
Speaker
We've been active, boys. We had another trade to talk through. We've had each week, we've had something to talk through. Only one this week. And I was involved in it, finally, with Clark Sauce. So I acquired Chris Olave, a 20-25 second pick, and I gave up Tyler Olaket, Jerry Judy, who I talked about before, who I don't care for, JK Dobbins, a 20-24 first and a 20-24 second. So obviously I was involved, so I want to hear your guys' view of this trade first.
01:00:54
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, I don't view Dobbins as any value. I was trying to put dollars and cents on it. In US dollars, I would probably value him as much as a nickel. It's pretty good. There's upside with
01:01:19
Speaker
with Judy, depending on his situation next year. And there's upside with Tyler Lockett. I mean, you know, like he's he avoids getting hurt. His career is not ending tomorrow. He's on the older side, but he's still productive. So and obviously the draft picks are valuable. I think that it was a good buy low ish on Chris Olave. And I like that you did get a future second back. So, yeah, I mean, overall, I think that because you were able to unload
01:01:51
Speaker
JK Dobbins corpse and Judy who you don't really like and get a guy like a larvae Even at the cost of a first. I think it's a I think it for those reasons. I like it for you
01:02:06
Speaker
Yeah, pretty similar, obviously. You guys traded seconds, so not much there. And Dobbins, same as Joe. As soon as I saw it, I was like, that's just a droppable guy, so I'm not even gonna count him in the trade. But, you know, really gave up a 2024 first in Judy and Lockett. Like Joe said, some upside there with Judy and Lockett, but we talked about it before, how we're really not too high on Judy, so.
01:02:35
Speaker
A 2024 first for a Lave is definitely pretty good. If you have the 2024 first, you're hoping to pick in a Lave. So I like the trade. I get the Clarksauce side of it. I'm not saying it was a terrible trade on their part. I think they have some upside, and they do have that first. And they had just acquired him. So it was interesting to see how quickly he moved teams as well. But they clearly wanted some picks, it seems like.
01:03:01
Speaker
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I texted Jonas out. I thought this was the most available and most attainable Alade will ever be. And he had a decent week this week, not like a bullet week, but not one that would decrease his value any further.
01:03:19
Speaker
And the other thing was I was playing them this week and I knew if I got this win, I would stay and play off contention. So I, and Judy was on a buy. So I was, I was trying to do this trade with swapping them, giving them Judy and getting a lot of it. They, they changed it and added a locket in there, but at the same time I'm like, I'd rather have the, a lot of a versus the locket side. So we switched those players in our lineup. And I think I won by like 13 points. I think a lot of, I don't think a lot of it cleared that alone, but it's again, too, I was like, all right,
01:03:49
Speaker
I like a lot of it long term, but this could also potentially buy me an extra win going into next week. And now I'm currently sitting atop my division. So that was a little extra reason why I decided to do that trade. I figured it can increase my chances of getting a win that week. And I paid off. It was risky, but worked out.
01:04:07
Speaker
Yeah. We'll see, uh, how the rest of the season goes. I mean, I think that, well, it'll be hard to, to, to, to truly. Great. This one until we see what, where, what slot those picks end up in. Right. Exactly. If those, if those picks end up in like a top six, um, you know, I'm not making appointments. I was going to say, is that your 2024 first? Yeah, it's mine. Yeah. So.
01:04:34
Speaker
Yeah, you know, trading a lobby for that. I'm making the plan. I should have lowered it, but yeah. You're likely to make the playoffs. Yeah, I know. Nothing's guaranteed. Yeah, I mean, two losses. If you lose the next two weeks, then suddenly you're... I shouldn't lose this week because Schluter's a couple of his top players are also on die this week. So I should hopefully... I mean, he's competitive though. And I think he just got Connor back, which...
01:04:59
Speaker
It's not an easy one, but I don't have to play A.J. Brown, basically. That's like the biggest one right there. Yeah. But if I get this week down, the other benefit is Crop has a really tough matchup because he has all Dolphins and Chiefs on his team and they're all on by. So if he loses, I get a two game lead up on my division before I play you, Joe. And then I play my division. So.
01:05:25
Speaker
I have a path that I'm trying to get there. But that's what you're doing this time of year, guys. You're looking ahead on the schedule, looking at your matchups, and you're trying to get any edge you can to try and get into the playoffs. And that's what I'm doing here. Yep.
01:05:37
Speaker
With that said, we got to get to our high
Fantasy League Weekly Review
01:05:40
Speaker
and low. And this past week was a pretty low scoring week overall. Our high score, I think, was the second lowest high score we've had all year. And that was by the Wilkinson Bros. We had at 148.8. And the low score, it came close, but not quite. There were two teams initially in the running. But Joey actually came in at the bottom.
01:06:03
Speaker
with a score of 70.8. But that was still about seven or eight points more than the weekly low that was still set in week one. And we're seeing if anyone can get below. We are running out of time. But I was worried that this was going to be the week because I had no
01:06:26
Speaker
Active starting quarterbacks on my roster. I just went straight up Scott and Jamar chase in my super flex and a and a Matt Stafford on by in my slot like literally Stafford was on no, sorry Stafford Stafford was ruled out Rust it was on by and I have three other backup quarterbacks Trevor Simeon who quite frankly probably should be playing quarterback for the Jets and
01:06:54
Speaker
And Mike White and yeah, I mean, it's, it's, it's tough sledding out there. Thank God. How does that make you feel that Joe didn't start a single quarterback and score below your low? We're definitely running out of time here, but, uh, it was good to see two teams at least get close, uh, for different reasons. So there's still some hope there that it could happen, uh, with some bye weeks and whatnot, but.
01:07:20
Speaker
He's getting almost five weeks left. Five weeks left. This is a big one, though, because a lot of the good teams, there's a lot of good players. I think where we got the Chiefs, the Dolphins, the Rams, and the Eagles, I believe we're all on fire. So there's a lot of good players out this week. I'll tell you what. I'll tell you what. Yeah.
01:07:36
Speaker
If things break the wrong way for team croak dog, he could put up the worst score this week. He has a lot of players on by. He's got the likes of Juju Smith's shoestring in his lineup right now. You never won. That's why I was also trying to win this past week, because I was like, oh, man, if I get this win, and actually Adam came back and got a crazy win, which I didn't expect, I have a chance to take this division if I can.
01:08:00
Speaker
I think win one or two games in the final three game divisional match-ups, but yeah, it's getting close guys. But what are other, any key match-ups you are watching in our league this week or other playoff match-ups?
Upcoming Key Match-ups and Trade Deadline
01:08:13
Speaker
I think in terms of our league, we have the best team and playing the worst team, Kanellos. So we'll see how that plays out. Kanellos has actually been pretty strong lately, just hasn't been able to pull out the actual win.
01:08:24
Speaker
And then we've kind of been talking about it, but otherwise I feel like it's a really huge week for everyone else. A lot can change. It's really a close playoff race in terms of most of the league. So a lot of positions changing each week. And this is another big week for everyone. And I'm just also checking, uh, when our trade deadline is, I believe it's at the end of the 12th, right? So the laughter, the last game is played on week 12.
01:08:54
Speaker
That's when the deadline is. So after this week and next week, I think you may start seeing a bunch of more teams selling because the writing will be on the wall. So it also, which will drastically change match-ups that you think you have right now because teams are going to get much stronger or much weaker. But with that said, any closing thoughts on what you're looking for in the NFL season coming up? I mean, obviously, John Stern and Caleb Hunt got
01:09:18
Speaker
there are bears and panthers tomorrow night on prime time football and yet another chance prime time game on Monday night. God it's brutal out there but anything else you guys are watching. Yeah no rooting for the panthers to somehow take down the bears tomorrow I think that would be in our best interest let's try its fans yeah. And
01:09:40
Speaker
I mean, you know interested to see interested in If the Bengals can keep it going, you know, like they're they're definitely trendy right now. I don't know if you guys saw like Portnoy put pretty big wager on million dollars Yeah, and then to win the Super Bowl or whatever It was like something to win a million on them to win the Super Bowl and then I think he did like an exact
01:10:05
Speaker
an exact outcome, Super Bowl outcome of Cincinnati over Philly, which I actually like that too, because I really like Philly to come out of the NFC. Yeah, I mean, it's, it'll be interesting to see if they can keep it going, but they look like they've got their mojo back, which is cool. And I think they got the Texans too, so that'll definitely be an exciting game to watch. Yeah. Nothing for you, Ry.
01:10:31
Speaker
With that being said, it is, again, the final push to get into the playoffs. So good luck to all your matchups that you got this week. And thanks for listening to the podcast. Enjoy. And we're shopping on Joe's roster because there's discounts, discounts, discounts. Bye, bye, bye.
01:11:00
Speaker
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