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Week 6 Love/Hate + Circle of Trust (Diggs, Dobbins, Darnold and more)
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This week’s Opening Drive introduces the Circle of Trust—players who weren’t drafted as weekly locks but have earned that status:
- Sam Darnold, David Montgomery, Quinton Johnston, Drake May, Javonte Williams, Travis Etienne Jr., Jake Ferguson
Then we hit Love/Hate by position for Week 6 (2QB/Superflex friendly):
- QB Love: Cam Ward, Spencer Rattler | QB Hate: Kyler Murray, Dillon Gabriel
- RB Love: Rico Dowdle, J.K. Dobbins | RB Hate: Travis Etienne Jr., Derrick Henry
- WR Love: Stefon Diggs, Chris Godwin | WR Hate: Calvin Ridley, DJ Moore
- TE Streamers: Evan Engram, Juwan Johnson | Fade: Dalton Kincaid
Notes:
- We’re back to .500 on weekly calls and trending up.
- Byes: Texans, Vikings.
- Send us your start/sit, waivers, or trade dilemmas—we answer them on the show and in DMs.
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Transcript
Introduction and Hosts
00:00:12
Fab
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back, welcome back, welcome back to another edition of the Bush League Huddle Fantasy Football Podcast. I'm Fab, I'm joined with Roger and Nack. We apologize in advance if you're watching us on YouTube and Spotify video where you just saw the Toronto Maple Leafs logo and or the Blue Jays.
00:00:31
Fab
Anyways, Roger's been flip-flopping between being a Habs fan and the Rangers fan and the Leafs fan for a few years now. He's basically like the Nick of the NHL where he has like 45 different favorite teams, but that's fine.
00:00:44
Fab
Anyway, that's just... Apologies for that, ladies and gentlemen.
00:00:46
Roger Emeka
I just got back from Toronto.
Toronto Tales and Agenda
00:00:48
Roger Emeka
I'm juiced to be in my home away from home.
00:00:51
Fab
the Yeah, okay, there you go.
00:00:52
Roger Emeka
Let's just say that.
00:00:53
Fab
Yeah, it's good. I was going to say, there's not lot of people that say I got back from Toronto and I'm juiced. So I'm happy that you've completed that sentence because...
00:00:59
Nacc
Thank you.
00:01:01
Fab
Any listeners in Toronto, we apologize, but you know what i'm talking about. You guys, it's a concrete jungle there and people just show up when they're when they go to work Yonge Street and all that stuff. Anyways, so yeah, we're fantasy football podcast. Thank you very much for joining us on this wonderful episode where we're going to be going over yeah the usual stuff. I love hates. We got a little segment over here and we got some nice, we got we got we got some Got some nice matchups for you but preview a little bit too for for week six. And we're we're obviously always excited and we're very jacked and juiced up, as Roger would say, to have you all here.
Engagement and Listener Interaction
00:01:32
Fab
Before we get started, though, I want to remind all of our loyal listeners, which is you guys listening to us right now, to please follow us on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter for your weekly fantasy breakdowns.
00:01:32
Nacc
Thank
00:01:43
Fab
We're going to get those all season. This is week six, so we're going to keep it going up until week.
00:01:50
Fab
16, 17, 8, doesn't matter. and Until playoffs. and The real ones, not the fantasy football ones, but even those ones too. So just send us all of your waiver questions, your sit-start questions, your trade questions. We've been getting a lot of questions about Christian McCaffrey, which is like very interesting.
00:02:06
Fab
The fact that that guy is even being floated around as ah as a possible trade option.
00:02:11
Nacc
Just say no.
00:02:12
Fab
Just make sure. Yeah, pretty much. Unless you're getting a King's Ransom for him, Christian McCaffrey is... It's going to be very hard to trade, but,
Christian McCaffrey Trade Buzz
00:02:20
Fab
uh, please.
00:02:20
Roger Emeka
Derek Henry 2. That's
00:02:21
Fab
Yeah. I mean, Henry is.
00:02:24
Roger Emeka
another story.
00:02:24
Fab
Yeah. And I was going to say, Henry is, does anyone have a bag of chips that they want to give up? I don't know. That's kind of what he's going for right now. Uh, just send us all of your waiver wire questions, your sit star questions, your trade questions. We, we answer all of them. We really interact with our fans quite a bit. We actually enjoy it. Honestly, like whenever Roger gets a question, he sends it in a group chat between Mac and myself. And we're like,
00:02:45
Fab
Like, wow, what is that? Oh, my God, it's crazy. It's like, yeah, do this, not do that. And we actually get into arguments ourselves, too. So ah you guys are top of mind all the time. We really appreciate our fans reaching out to us and asking us these questions. It really, really helps us drive this podcast.
00:02:58
Fab
So thank you very much for that. So please follow us, like, subscribe, all that stuff. Continue continue to interact. And without further ado, we're going to get this kickoff, this episode kicked off with our opening drive. Roger, take it away.
00:03:12
Roger Emeka
Yes, this week's opening drive.
Circle of Trust Segment
00:03:14
Roger Emeka
Every week we start with something that sets the tone and this week it's all about trust. Welcome to the circle of trust. Not everyone makes a circle of trust, but after five weeks, kumbaya.
00:03:24
Roger Emeka
After five weeks, some guys just keep showing up. It's not the stars. It's not the names you brag about. These are just the ones who keep showing up. You doubted them, Fab. You doubted them, NAC.
00:03:35
Roger Emeka
Maybe you benched them. Maybe even trashed them in our group chat. But they've proven it every week, consistent, reliable, matchup proof.
00:03:39
Fab
I did.
00:03:43
Roger Emeka
They've earned your lineup spot. And they've earned a seat in the Bush League huddle circle of trust. Who's number one is in the Bushley Cuddle Circle of Trust?
00:03:49
Nacc
Thank you.
00:03:51
Roger Emeka
Mr. Sam Darnold. Why did we doubt him? He had a great 2024, but leaving the QB whisperer in Kevin O'Connell left cause for concern. So far, he's nothing it's been nothing short of fantastic. 113 QB rating, 73% completion percentage, nine touchdowns, three INTs.
00:04:08
Roger Emeka
He's locked in as a weekly start into QB and Superflex. And I think he's creeping in as a lock in one QB formats as well. Sam Darnold, welcome to the circle. Next up, we have David Montgomery.
00:04:20
Roger Emeka
Why did we doubt him? It seemed like Gibbs was entrenched as the guy, but it's virtually a 50-50 split. And if anything, Detroit is leaning more on the run without Ben Johnson. Monty has almost the same amount of yards, higher yards per carry, and one more TD than Gibbs.
00:04:35
Roger Emeka
He's pretty much a flex lock at this point, and back to being a bona fide goal line guy. David Montgomery, welcome to the Circle of Trust.
00:04:43
Fab
Circle of Trust.
00:04:44
Roger Emeka
next Next, we have Quinton Johnston. Why did we doubt him? Do we really need to ask? Fab, I'm looking at you. Edward Scissorhands had so many brutal drops last year, plus the Keenan Allen addition rendered his ADP as the 60th wide receiver off the board.
00:05:00
Roger Emeka
He's the wide receiver eighth on the year, which is hard to believe.
00:05:02
Nacc
Wild. Wild.
00:05:04
Roger Emeka
He has as many targets as Amon Ross St. Brown and clearly has the trust of Justin Herbert. And he should he he should have yours by now Quinton Johnston, welcome to the Circle of Trust.
00:05:15
Fab
Circle of Trust.
00:05:15
Roger Emeka
Next we have Drake May. Why do we draw doubt Drake May? Was it the rookie wall? Was the Stroud sophomore experience? Well, there's been none of that with May. He looks like he's the best of the 2024 QB class, and he just orchestrated a huge win versus the Buffalo Bills.
00:05:33
Roger Emeka
He's the QB 7 on the c season, completing 73% of his passes, and he's unlocked Stefan Diggs, who looks awesome, coming back from a torn ACL. The crazy part is his rushing hasn't even come to life yet.
00:05:47
Roger Emeka
Drake May, welcome to the Circle of Trust.
00:05:51
Nacc
The real deal.
00:05:52
Fab
I just want to say that Drake May is the truth. Drake May is the truth. And that's it.
00:05:57
Roger Emeka
A lot of great breakdowns ah about him recently. That throw he made like in the end in the in the red zone on the run was absolutely nuts.
00:06:04
Fab
Oh my God.
00:06:07
Nacc
real deal
00:06:08
Fab
Yeah.
00:06:08
Roger Emeka
The real deal. Next, we have Javante Williams. Why did we doubt him? Well, Javante has always been a year away from being a year away. Highly touted in Denver, the ACL injury, the inconsistencies, the drafting of his many replacements multiple times.
00:06:25
Roger Emeka
That year away from being a year away, it actually has finally arrived and he looks awesome. The RB3 the year, 5.7 yards per carry, five point seven yards per carry averaging 20 PPR points per game, and he's clearly solidified himself as the main guy in Big D and in your lineups.
00:06:42
Roger Emeka
Javante Williams, welcome to the Circle of Trust.
00:06:45
Fab
Circle of trust.
00:06:45
Nacc
Circle of Trust.
00:06:46
Fab
um I just want to give a quick shout out to Cousin Pete, actually, who I think we all owe an apology to.
00:06:52
Roger Emeka
o
00:06:53
Fab
Came on this podcast and he was praising this this signing.
00:06:53
Roger Emeka
Good memory.
00:06:58
Fab
Javante Williams, he's going to be great. He's going to be amazing. I'm drafting him. And we were all looking at him like he had four heads. So I just want to... Cousin Peter, for listening.
00:07:06
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:07:08
Fab
Mia Coppa, you called it right. want to give props and dues where it's done. You don't get a lot of things right. but But you got this one right.
00:07:16
Roger Emeka
It's hard to blame us, to be honest, the way he looked the last few years, but he definitely deserves props for that.
00:07:19
Nacc
For sure.
00:07:19
Fab
Yeah.
00:07:21
Roger Emeka
That was ah that was a bang on call. Two more left in the circle of trust. We have Travis Etienne Jr. Why did we doubt him? Well, last week we talked about getting caught by preseason hype last episode.
00:07:32
Roger Emeka
Backfield, ah that the backfield of Jags really embodied that, whether it was Tank Bixby or Bashul Tootin. No one thought Etienne was going to be the guy. And then boom, over 140 yards in week one.
00:07:43
Roger Emeka
Then Bixby gets traded to the to the Eagles the week after. And he's been the Etienne, the RB11 on the season. Travis Etienne, welcome to the circle of trust.
00:07:53
Nacc
Circle of Trust.
00:07:53
Fab
Circle of trust. Mm-hmm.
00:07:55
Roger Emeka
And then finally, last but not least, we have Mr. Jake Ferguson. Why did we doubt him? Was it over a year without a tv a TD? Maybe dating a Cavender twin and the impact that that had on 2024 Carson be Beck?
00:08:08
Roger Emeka
Anyways, Fergie is the tight end one on the season and looking dominant at times, coming off a two TD performance against the Jets. And his ADP, 123. Don't take tight ends early.
00:08:22
Roger Emeka
And also Jake Ferguson, welcome to the Circle of Trust.
00:08:25
Fab
Circle of trust.
00:08:25
Nacc
Circle of trust.
00:08:26
Roger Emeka
And then quickly we have some honorable mentions, Garrett Wilson, Chris Alave, Christian McCaffrey, Devon HN, James Dalvin Cook, Baker Mayfield, and Puka Nakua. The Puka Nakua one is is one that I, honestly, we we almost deserve to not have a podcast for how we dotted Puka Nakua.
00:08:41
Fab
yeah
00:08:42
Nacc
Yeah, that one.
00:08:42
Fab
Yeah, honestly.
00:08:43
Nacc
That one was awful.
00:08:43
Fab
Yeah, like that was, we we were dogging Puka and even Stafford too.
00:08:45
Roger Emeka
Hmm.
00:08:45
Nacc
Yeah.
00:08:47
Fab
were dogging him as well. And you look at where they are right now and it's like, how do we even have How are we even allowed on the air? We're not on the air, we're on the virtual air, but you know what i mean? Like it's, yeah, it's okay.
00:09:00
Roger Emeka
And that the Circle of Trust for week six.
00:09:01
Fab
Circle of trust.
00:09:02
Roger Emeka
Circle of Trust, Circle Trust.
00:09:03
Fab
Circle of trust.
00:09:07
Nacc
Thank you, Roger. I will continue with the love-hate picks for our week six here. um But before we do that, we always want to keep each other honest.
00:09:19
Nacc
And we will go through our results from week five, where we went a good nine and six. And we actually came back to 500, guys. We're 35, 35, and
00:09:30
Roger Emeka
Let's go.
00:09:31
Fab
Let's go.
00:09:32
Nacc
for the
Week Five Predictions Recap
00:09:33
Nacc
season. So we clawed our way back. Thanks, mostly in part by Roger. ah Roger, you hit on, you ah you lost on your love of Darius Slayton.
00:09:43
Nacc
He did the did pick up an injury during the game, but you did win with Christian Kirk, Dalton Schultz, and your hate for AJ Brown and Khalil Shakir.
00:09:55
Roger Emeka
i won these by the chin, of the hair of my chin-y chin chin on all these.
00:09:55
Nacc
Just barely. We'll give you, yeah, based on, we base these guys,
00:09:58
Fab
It counts. It counts. counts. counts. ah account
00:10:02
Roger Emeka
The cumulative the cumulative like gap between the projected and actual, i think is like three points between all these guys, all the loves, all my loves this week.
00:10:08
Fab
it
00:10:08
Nacc
Yeah, but we base it on off of the projections, so we'll definitely take those as a win.
00:10:09
Fab
it it count
00:10:11
Roger Emeka
Yes.
00:10:14
Nacc
Fab, you had Jackson Dart as a love, which you which you nailed. Also nailed Waller and Jaden Daniels as a hate. But you missed on Bryce Young and Trevor Lawrence, who had a career game on Monday night against the Kansas City Chiefs.
00:10:28
Fab
Yeah.
00:10:28
Roger Emeka
Hmm.
00:10:32
Fab
Yeah, hopefully that's a sign of of things that come for Trevor Lawrence.
00:10:36
Nacc
Yes. And I was the only one who was outside here. I went two and three on the week. um I'm giving myself the win on Michael Carter because I did take ah ah Trey Benson, who was injured.
00:10:48
Roger Emeka
Trey Benson.
00:10:51
Nacc
So I'm going to take the win on Michael Carter. Lost on the Alvin Kamara. Still kind of not sure what's going on with him, but did win on my hate of Chase Brown. We know exactly what's going on with him.
00:11:02
Nacc
Missed on ah Bill Krosky-Meritt. That was a big, big, big game from the seventh-round rookie and TJ Hawkinson. But, I mean, he was projected 8.36 points got 9.8. So, like, that's the borderline.
00:11:15
Nacc
point three six points and got nine point eight so like that's on The
00:11:19
Fab
Yeah. Just ah for the remainder of the season and for as long as Michael Carter is relevant, would you guys mind if we refer to him as Michael Carter?
00:11:29
Roger Emeka
The Cotta.
00:11:30
Fab
Carter!
00:11:30
Nacc
ah I'm
00:11:31
Fab
Like from Rush Hour?
00:11:32
Fab
Carter! I have Jackie Chan saying Carter in my head every time I read my Michael Carter.
00:11:32
Roger Emeka
He's
00:11:36
Roger Emeka
that because that that guy not is's just like he's not even listening.
00:11:40
Fab
No, it's fine. That's okay.
00:11:40
Nacc
um
00:11:40
Nacc
not listening at all.
00:11:41
Fab
That's okay. we lost We probably lost half of our listeners just off that.
00:11:43
Nacc
I muted Fab while he was talking there.
00:11:45
Roger Emeka
but
00:11:45
Fab
We went from we went from four went from four to two. It's okay.
00:11:49
Nacc
So guys, we did we did bounce back.
00:11:49
Fab
Moving right along.
00:11:51
Nacc
We're at 500, so clean slate heading into week six. We have the Texans and the Vikings on by So without further ado, let's go through our love-hates for week
Week Six Quarterback Picks
00:12:02
Nacc
six. And Raj, why don't you start us off with a couple of QBs that you love going into week six?
00:12:08
Roger Emeka
Yes, sir, Nak. The first QB I love is Cam Ward, QB 28 at the Raiders. The Raiders who are an absolute mess, who while statistically their defense has been middle of the pack, they are seeing decreases in pressure, blitz rate and knockdown rates versus last year.
00:12:14
Nacc
Uh...
00:12:25
Roger Emeka
My key thing with this is Geno Smith is a huge turnover machine and the Raiders are second in league in giveaways. And we saw last week a remarkable improvement from Cam Ward in the comeback win versus the Cardinals, finding chemistry with Calvin Ridley.
00:12:37
Roger Emeka
I think cal Cam Ward has a nice game due to Geno Smith's turnovers and the Titans getting nice field position because Geno is an absolute mess right now.
00:12:49
Nacc
Interesting. and
00:12:50
Fab
That is a very, very interesting take that you this you're thinking Cat Moore is going to have a good game because Geno Smith is going to turn it over.
00:12:51
Nacc
QB 28.
00:12:59
Fab
that is That is amazing to me.
00:13:00
Nacc
At Raiders too, eh?
00:13:01
Fab
I love it. I love it.
00:13:02
Nacc
Traveling West Coast.
00:13:04
Roger Emeka
Yeah, it's it's it's a disaster in Raider land. And I don't think...
00:13:07
Fab
Well, there's talk about him being benched, eh?
00:13:08
Roger Emeka
it Talk about him being benched. And i just think Cam Ward played...
00:13:11
Nacc
He deserves to be benched.
00:13:12
Fab
Yeah.
00:13:13
Roger Emeka
really I think he played really well, especially in the fourth quarter. Look, I don't think Titans should have won that game. And we'll talk a little bit about some Cardinals afterwards.
00:13:18
Fab
Mm-hmm.
00:13:20
Roger Emeka
But um yeah, it's it's looking bad with the Raiders. ah Second QB I love is another shocker, maybe Mr. Spencer rat Rattler, the rattlesnake QB 25 versus New England.
00:13:30
Nacc
Ooh.
00:13:33
Roger Emeka
Spencer Rattler looked really solid against the Giants.
00:13:33
Fab
Mm-hmm.
00:13:36
Roger Emeka
Really good pass rush last week. He gets a competent pass defense that held Josh Allen quite in check last Sunday night. Where I like Rattler is he has at least one touchdown ah one passing touchdown in four straight games.
00:13:50
Roger Emeka
His home splits are much better than road splits in terms of yards per attempt, touchdown rate, yards per game, and QB rating. And this game is at home. The Saints have always been much better looking at home versus the road.
00:14:02
Roger Emeka
ah versus the road And he's dev developed quite a chemistry with Juwan Johnson, Chris Olave, and Rashid Shahid throughout different games. Last year last week, we saw him with a nice touchdown deep pass to Rashid Shahid. So I think he's a solid QB to play in Superflex and to QB leagues.
00:14:21
Nacc
I like it.
00:14:23
Fab
Yeah, I'm aboard. He's really looked a lot better in the second year than he has, obviously, in his first year. And you can really see him turning into the quarterback that I remember Seth Galina, friend of the podcast, was pretty high on and on Spencer ah coming out of that gate.
00:14:34
Roger Emeka
Yes.
00:14:36
Fab
So I think i think you it's nice that you see it happening as you would expect it to happen.
00:14:41
Nacc
I always had a rocket arm.
00:14:42
Roger Emeka
He has a rocket arm.
00:14:43
Fab
Yeah.
00:14:43
Roger Emeka
And if anyone, anyone who listens to to Nate Tice, he's on, on Yahoo fantasy sports and Yahoo football coverage. He, he really liked Rattler coming out of college. So um I think he's carving out at least like a backup spot starter role in, in the league.
00:14:58
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:14:58
Fab
oh yeah.
00:14:59
Roger Emeka
she In terms of QBs, I hate. talked about the Cardinals. I have Kyler Murray, who I hate at QB 17 at the Colts. This is probably my least favorite team to watch in the league, guys.
00:15:10
Roger Emeka
They don't give the ball to their stars. The OC runs a conservative offense. The coach beats his players. The players fumble at the goal line. Like, what is there to like about this team? Kyler hasn't hit 250 yards passing in almost a year. And if we look at these stats for carl for Kyler, he ranks 31st in air yards per attempt and 29th in yards per dropback.
00:15:29
Roger Emeka
He's being saved solely by his rushing, and he only has one rushing TD in the year. He's a running quarterback.
00:15:36
Fab
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
00:15:36
Roger Emeka
The Colts have allowed only 15 rushes for 54 yards excuse me to rushing QBs. It's one of the most pedestrian offenses to watch in the league versus one of the best playmaking defenses.
00:15:49
Roger Emeka
We see what the Colts do on a weekly basis.
00:15:50
Fab
yeah
00:15:51
Roger Emeka
They turn the ball over tremendous amount of time. Their fifth in overall takeaways at almost two per game. Kyler is a hate for me until they figure out their offensive coordinator and offensive situation.
00:16:04
Nacc
Yeah, Gannon got fined by the team there. You see that for his outburst on Di Mercado on the sideline?
00:16:07
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:16:09
Fab
That was stupid. Not the outburst, the fine.
00:16:11
Nacc
Yeah, like i like like i I get it.
00:16:12
Fab
like
00:16:14
Nacc
I get why you're upset, but like to chew him out to that extent, like in front of the cameras, that's that's like coaching 101.
00:16:20
Roger Emeka
Yeah. he you can
00:16:21
Fab
No, i i'm sorry i I respectfully disagree.
00:16:21
Nacc
You can't do that.
00:16:21
Roger Emeka
You can't be physical, right? And
00:16:24
Fab
these These guys are professional football players. You're paying you're youre playing at a very high level, at a very high standard, and that was a bonehead move. Like, you you need...
00:16:33
Nacc
100%. I'm not excusing the bonehead move 100%.
00:16:36
Fab
No, no, i'm and I'm not saying you are, but like like you need to be ripped, in my opinion.
00:16:37
Nacc
I've been not on the sideline with everyone watching like that.
00:16:40
Fab
I'm sorry. You're getting ripped.
00:16:42
Nacc
And that's not how you get a player to keep his confidence going forward either, right?
00:16:42
Fab
Oh, 100% on the side. Wow,
00:16:46
Nacc
Like that's not a one that's not a way to
00:16:47
Fab
I mean, you're already a third backup running back, and you keep on fumbling the ball the one-yard line. You never had confidence to begin with.
00:16:55
Roger Emeka
So to me, i partly agree with Fabio in terms of like, hey, there's an accountability aspect to like, you can't do that. Like, and i know a so I don't know how players are still doing this. I don't know why there's not just like a, to me, any coach who allows this to happen is like, you have to talk about it.
00:17:05
Fab
I don't even, I don't know why this is a thing in 2025.
00:17:06
Nacc
No, it makes no sense.
00:17:11
Roger Emeka
But I think the where I side more so with Knack is like, you just can't hit players. Like he literally like, look like he just like was trying to rip ah rip his arm apart. And like, we work in professional situations.
00:17:19
Nacc
Yeah, there's no, like...
00:17:19
Fab
i
00:17:22
Roger Emeka
Like that is unacceptable, right?
00:17:24
Nacc
No, exactly.
00:17:24
Roger Emeka
Like,
00:17:24
Fab
i
00:17:25
Nacc
It's it's unacceptable.
00:17:26
Fab
I don't see it the same way you guys do.
00:17:26
Roger Emeka
Yeah. Yeah.
00:17:29
Fab
I think it comes out to that. I don't see it as a... It was more like a shot, like, hey, man, wake the hell up type thing versus I want to rip out your...
00:17:37
Nacc
It looked a little bit worse than that.
00:17:38
Roger Emeka
yeah
00:17:39
Fab
Okay. I agree, disagree. It's fine. I guess I got thicker skin than you guys, I suppose. That's okay.
00:17:45
Nacc
we go.
00:17:46
Roger Emeka
Speaking of backups, in terms of the last QB I hate, I have Dylan Gabriel, QB 27 at Pittsburgh. i know it's going hurt you a little bit fab, but listen to my reasoning. um Gabriel performed quite a but admirably in his first start overseas against Ryan Flores defense.
00:17:56
Fab
Oh, yeah.
00:18:01
Roger Emeka
I have him solely as a hate as I'm banking on Mike Tomlin's record versus rookie QBs. I'm sure, Nak, you know this very well. Since being head coach, Mike Tomlin is 26-6 versus rookie QBs.
00:18:14
Roger Emeka
And the Steelers' last four rookies that they faced, Jaden Daniels, Bo Nix, Will Levis, and CJ Stroud, had a combined two TDs, three INTs, and a 54% completion percentage. So...
00:18:25
Roger Emeka
I do like Gabriel, but I doubt the Browns' offensive woes and efficiency are suddenly solved just by putting Gabriel. Plus, seat the Steelers' defense has looked way better than they have over the past few games, especially on pass D, and I think all the talent that they have there, they're going to start figuring out, and I but think they put the clamp on the Browns.
00:18:43
Nacc
They're also, Tomlin is also eighteen and one at home versus the Browns in his tenure.
00:18:48
Roger Emeka
Oof. 18-1. eighteen and one
00:18:50
Fab
and
00:18:51
Nacc
The only loss came in that that embarrassing playoff loss in 2020.
00:18:55
Roger Emeka
Oh, the Baker Mayfield one, yeah.
00:18:57
Nacc
Yeah.
00:18:57
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:18:58
Nacc
else versus the Browns.
00:18:58
Fab
what's ah What's Mike Tomlin's record with using ah Mike Tomlinism at the end of a press conference?
00:18:59
Nacc
100%. eighteen and no in the regular season at home first brown
00:19:09
Nacc
one hundred percent
00:19:14
Nacc
It's everyone.
00:19:17
Roger Emeka
The standard is a standard, and yeah.
00:19:20
Nacc
The standard is the standard.
00:19:21
Fab
The standard is the standard. Oh man, that's good.
00:19:23
Nacc
Thank you, Raj, for the quarterback love-hate.
00:19:24
Fab
Gold.
00:19:26
Nacc
We're going to turn it over to Fab with the running backs. Fab, take it away.
Player Potential and Performance Analysis
00:19:31
Fab
Very hyped, boys. Very hyped. Very hyped. My first love. Oof.
00:19:35
Nacc
CMC.
00:19:35
Fab
Arity.
00:19:36
Nacc
You're going say it.
00:19:36
Fab
No.
00:19:37
Nacc
Come on.
00:19:37
Fab
No. No.
00:19:38
Roger Emeka
C-M-C-Oi.
00:19:39
Fab
No, this is this is our boy.
00:19:40
Roger Emeka
Oi.
00:19:42
Fab
Actually, no, the second one's really our boy. But this is still a boy that we appreciate very much. That sounded really bad. So my first love is Rico Daldo versus Dallas. So this week, we spell we spell revenge R-I-C-O.
00:19:54
Nacc
Revenge game.
00:19:57
Fab
r i c oh Because this is a Rico Daldol complete revenge game right now. So Daldol lit up Miami last week for a career day, 206 rushing yards and 30 fantasy points. And this week he faces his former team in the Cowboys that currently give up the sixth most fantasy points to running backs.
00:20:17
Fab
Chuba Hubbard is considered, I'll never get the name right. Chuba Hubbard is considered day-to-day. And there's no news yet if he'll play, but he does, if he does, you'd expect him to be eliminated after last week.
00:20:28
Fab
especially Rico is, you know, clearly carved out a role. I think he's going to be here to stay because those numbers can't really be ignored. Also some extra info on on Hubbard. He's started off slow out of the gates and hasn't really broken a single tackle so far this season.
00:20:42
Fab
So Rico right now is ranked as RB 14, but I think he gets you into, I guess you, I think he gets you a top 10 return and firmly back in the RB one conversation. I would start him with extreme confidence versus a very porous Dallas defense.
00:20:55
Roger Emeka
he's he's a one that He's one that, you know maybe after a few games, might be a circle of trust candidate and that you know we doubted. and he he looked I no recollection of that, but I take your word for it.
00:21:03
Fab
I would like to point plant the flag and say that I did not doubt him. And I even went on record to say that this would be a committee backfield at some point because Rico was good for Dallas.
00:21:14
Fab
Chuba is also very good, but he doesn't see the book. That's fine. That's fine. It was, we, it was one of the episodes we had with one of our guests on, I forget his name, but it was, uh,
00:21:27
Nacc
You're just forgetting everything right now.
00:21:28
Roger Emeka
You remember the take, but not the...
00:21:29
Fab
i remember of course I remember my own takes. You guys remember your own it takes? like I absolutely remember my own takes. um Yeah, I just feel like he's going to have a role, and and I don't think anybody was expecting 206 rushing yards. Fun fact, I think he was four yards away from the franchise record set by...
00:21:40
Roger Emeka
No.
00:21:45
Roger Emeka
Timbiaka Batuka.
00:21:45
Fab
forget. No, no, not Lindell White.
00:21:47
Nacc
Stuart.
00:21:48
Fab
Not Lindell.
00:21:48
Nacc
Stuart.
00:21:49
Fab
ah Who's the other one?
00:21:50
Nacc
Stuart.
00:21:51
Fab
Stewart. No, not Stewart. He had dreads.
00:21:54
Roger Emeka
Oh, D'Angelo Williams.
00:21:54
Fab
He had long hair. D'Angelo Williams.
00:21:55
Nacc
D'Angelo Williams. No, I think Stuart had more.
00:21:56
Roger Emeka
Oh.
00:21:57
Fab
Thank you, D'Angelo Williams.
00:21:57
Nacc
I think Stewart had more. DeAndre Williams, I think they were saying was second. Stewart had the record.
00:22:01
Fab
No, DeAndre Williams has 210 rushing yards as he yeah a single single... That's what I read. Maybe I'm wrong, but fine. We're talking about the same thing. So I just feel like you that can't really be ignored. And like it or not, he's going to have some sort of a role in this ah offense.
00:22:16
Fab
And even if Chuba is back this week, he might not be at 100%. He's still day-to-day. They might not want to injure him, especially after he got paid. So anyways, starting with confidence, he's RB14 right now.
00:22:27
Fab
But for me, he's a plug-and-play RB1 without a doubt in my mind.
00:22:30
Roger Emeka
Yeah, Brees went for 14 for 113 against the Cowboys last week.
00:22:34
Fab
Yeah, like everybody runs on the Cowboys.
00:22:35
Roger Emeka
So, yeah, and passes.
00:22:37
Fab
And remember when they did that trade to get a defensive tackle because they needed help with the running game?
00:22:42
Roger Emeka
Any Clark, yeah.
00:22:43
Fab
and how How good is it? And he's a good he's a good defensive tackle, but how good is that working out for them? Ah, Jerry Jones.
00:22:48
Roger Emeka
Fully agree.
00:22:49
Fab
Go back to flipping off your fans.
00:22:50
Nacc
So he he, so he, just, just to clear it up for everyone here, Dowdle tied Jonathan Stewart at 206 and D'Angelo Williams did have 210.
00:22:50
Fab
So my...
00:22:57
Roger Emeka
Hmm.
00:22:58
Fab
All right, so for all the listeners out there, I was right.
00:23:00
Nacc
So you were correct. It doesn't happen often guys.
00:23:02
Fab
So my next love of...
00:23:05
Nacc
Mark it on your calendars.
00:23:05
Fab
Hey, man, even a broken clock is right twice a day.
00:23:10
Fab
that for a fabulism? um Why am I still talking? I'm still my second love. So my second love of the week for running backs. Now, this is this is this is this is our boy right here.
00:23:22
Fab
This is J.K. Dobbins at the New York Jets.
00:23:24
Roger Emeka
ah Our first love.
00:23:25
Fab
how have how have we gone How have we gone five weeks and not mention the former, current, and forever future league winner J.K.
00:23:26
Nacc
League winner.
00:23:35
Fab
Dobbins?
00:23:37
Nacc
He's a beauty.
00:23:38
Fab
But, Jockems, J.K. has been great this year in Denver. Right now, he's currently PPR ah ppr running back 14. He's had 11-plus fantasy points in all the games he's played. He scored a tv TD in four of the five games he's played. And last week, which was a very tough Philly defense, he hit them up for 80 rushing yards and a score.
00:23:58
Fab
This week, he plays the jet j t s Jets, Jets, Jets, Jets, giving up the ninth-most fantasy points to running backs. and is in another excellent spot to finish in the top 10.
00:24:09
Fab
I love JK this week and rest of season two. He's currently ranked as RB17 in week six, but i like I said, looks similar to Rico Dowell.
00:24:15
Nacc
I I
00:24:18
Fab
I expect him to finish a hell lot higher. He's another guy that I'd start with extreme confidence. Get him in your lineups if you have him.
00:24:27
Nacc
i will
00:24:28
Fab
Yeah, I know. I'm not i looking at you. look i I'm actually imagine i'm facing Knack this week.
00:24:31
Roger Emeka
they're not
00:24:33
Fab
This is this this may be ah this is a secret court nude. Who knows?
00:24:38
Roger Emeka
They're not teeing off RJ Harvey as much as I thought they would. Maybe like the snap share.
00:24:42
Fab
I think it's just JK. I think JK has just taken over.
00:24:45
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:24:45
Nacc
I think he's just he's just proving that he needs to be on the field too.
00:24:45
Fab
I think...
00:24:48
Nacc
And he's just like, it's tough to...
00:24:49
Fab
Yeah.
00:24:53
Nacc
They've been playing kind of fifty fifty if not little 60-40.
00:24:56
Roger Emeka
yeah
00:24:56
Nacc
So it hasn't been great, but Dobbins has been...
00:24:57
Fab
Yeah.
00:24:59
Nacc
And he gets more of the the red zone work as well.
00:25:02
Roger Emeka
Totally.
00:25:03
Fab
Yeah. Makes a difference. I think I know when um Denver signed Evan Ingram, everyone was like, oh, Sean Payton got his Joker player, got his Joker player. I think it was JK. I think when they signed JK, I think this was a Joker.
00:25:16
Fab
I really do. So those are my loves for the week. So I'm excited to go 2-0 in that regard. um So my moving on to my hates now. One of the guys we just spoke about, does a bit of a tough matchup.
00:25:28
Fab
We got Travis Etienne Jr. versus Seattle.
00:25:32
Fab
So this is not an indictment on Travis Etienne, who we've spoken about is playing at and an extremely high level this this year. It's more in regards to Seattle defense, and they're pretty stout on the run. So if you take out the two rushing touchdowns Rashad White scored last week, which saved his entire stat line because he wasn't very inefficient on the ground, Seattle have given up zero rushing touchdowns to RBs all season.
00:25:55
Fab
In fact, they're only giving up 3.15 yards per carry Etienne struggled versus Kansas City last week, and I'm expecting the same outcome here. Seattle run defense is very good.
00:26:06
Fab
He's currently ranked as RB16, but he's more a flex play for me unless you have better options. So the two guys that I mentioned previous to Etienne, right, Rico and JK, I would start these guys way before I was start Travis.
00:26:19
Nacc
Wow.
00:26:20
Fab
Yeah.
00:26:21
Roger Emeka
That front is very good.
00:26:23
Fab
Seattle's front is very good. Cat Williams, man, like he's a good defensive tackle.
00:26:28
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:26:28
Fab
He's really, really He's having a great season too.
00:26:32
Fab
And moving on to my second hate. This one hurts a bit. But I think it's time. It's Derek Henry versus the Rams.
00:26:42
Roger Emeka
Oh my God.
00:26:43
Nacc
Oh, he made the hit list. Two big guys.
00:26:45
Fab
Yeah. i think i think I think we're at this point.
00:26:47
Nacc
he's he's He's not rated very high, is he? What is he running back, what, 13 or something?
00:26:51
Roger Emeka
He's RB.
00:26:51
Fab
16.
00:26:52
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:26:53
Fab
RB16. He's like mid-tier RB2. That's where he's ranked right now. um Yeah, so obviously this one hurts. You know, I really hope this is in the year that King Henry finally falls off. But if he does turn back into the Henry of old, it might have to wait until week by ah week eight because Baltimore is on by week seven.
00:27:11
Fab
Rams run D is legit. The entire team is on fire right now. Ravens, on the other hand, are just a dumpster fire. And the Rams are um just give up 3.4 yards a carry, so it's not ah not ah not a lot, but not a little.
00:27:24
Fab
They have also not surrendered a single rushing TD all season so far. So the fact, like the only only time an RBA has had success versus the Rams D was thanks to the receiving game.
00:27:30
Nacc
Oh, interesting. Yeah.
00:27:39
Fab
So which Henry is not really known for. He's RB16 this week. He's ranked as RB16.
00:27:43
Roger Emeka
a
00:27:44
Fab
He may be RB1 in your hearts, but I think you should really consider benching him for some better options. He's a flex play at best.
00:27:52
Roger Emeka
Oh, that's tough to do.
00:27:53
Nacc
as yeah
00:27:54
Roger Emeka
This could be a Justice Hill-Keaton-Mitchell game, way you're ah based off what you're saying.
00:27:57
Fab
Yeah.
00:28:00
Roger Emeka
But I'm not ready to say that Derrick Henry is done.
00:28:03
Fab
No, neither am I.
00:28:03
Roger Emeka
What I am ready to say is that the offense doesn't know how to utilize him on first and second out.
00:28:10
Fab
Are we ready to say that Derek Henry is matchup dependent?
00:28:10
Nacc
No.
00:28:14
Roger Emeka
No, it's same.
00:28:14
Nacc
No. yeah it's I don't know. If I have Derrick Henry, there's no way i'm I'm benching him just because you're going to bench him and he's going to go off for 185 and two touchdowns and you're just going to be sitting there like, yeah, I'm an idiot.
00:28:20
Roger Emeka
same
00:28:29
Nacc
Like, I benched Derrick Henry, you know?
00:28:33
Roger Emeka
To me, it depends on your options and it's always how much will it pain you to bench Derrick Henry if he goes off versus the player you are putting him instead.
00:28:45
Roger Emeka
So if somehow you have like Brees Hall, Derrick Henry, and i don't know, like you managed to get Bill Krosky merit, then maybe, yeah, but don't like it.
00:28:53
Fab
yeah and And Bill Krosky-Merida has an excellent matchup this week versus Chicago.
00:28:59
Roger Emeka
Yeah, he does, but I i tend to agree with Nak on that point.
00:29:03
Nacc
Yeah, i don't know, just be really hard. Like, you're saying flex plays, so he's he still in your lineup, but, like, he's...
00:29:07
Fab
Actually, sorry, he's... a he' Sorry to interrupt you, NAC. In PPR rankings, he's RB21.
00:29:14
Nacc
Yeah, PPR is probably even worse, you're right.
00:29:16
Fab
Yeah.
00:29:17
Nacc
it could be It could be even worse. But that's still firmly RB2 territory, right?
00:29:22
Fab
I mean, firmly.
00:29:23
Nacc
So it's, I don't know, it's still tough. i would I'd be hard-pressed to get him completely out of the lineup, but...
00:29:30
Roger Emeka
what's And just the last thing, it's not matchup dependent, is how how much can the defense Ravens defense hold up?
00:29:34
Nacc
Right. Yeah. Terrible.
00:29:36
Roger Emeka
Because if the date Ravens defense can keep it close, he stays on the field. If the Ravens defense gets spots a 30-burger, they got to put Justice Hill.
00:29:40
Fab
Yeah.
00:29:40
Nacc
right
00:29:44
Fab
Yeah. Yeah. Well, how, how well has the Ravens defense held up to anything? Not, ah not called a nosebleed right now.
00:29:50
Roger Emeka
Swiss cheese.
00:29:52
Fab
You know, like, I mean, they can't, and it's a very good point that you bring up there because if, if the offense, the opponent's ah offense is on the field all the time indeed and the, and the Ravens offense can't get anything going and they're always behind, they abandon the run game.
00:29:52
Nacc
yeah
00:29:53
Roger Emeka
Swiss cheese.
00:29:55
Nacc
or
00:30:11
Fab
Because what's the way it is.
00:30:11
Nacc
Yep.
00:30:12
Fab
So it's I think we're all kind of saying the same thing here.
00:30:12
Nacc
The game script changes.
00:30:14
Fab
I think maybe one maybe one of us is a little bit more honest with themselves. But. Yeah,
00:30:20
Nacc
Okay. I think we've had enough of Fab talking for a little bit.
00:30:23
Fab
yeah I've spoken a little bit too much now right now.
00:30:23
Nacc
Thank you very much, Fab, for your love-hate on the running backs. I will keep the party going and hopefully keep... ah Fab's but mouth a little bit shut here for the next few minutes.
00:30:36
Nacc
um I will kick it off here with the wide receivers.
00:30:37
Fab
Jesus.
00:30:40
Nacc
So one wide receiver that I love, you touched upon him a little bit before, Raj is going to be Mr. Stefan Diggs, wide receiver 17 at the Saints.
00:30:49
Fab
Yeah. Great.
00:30:50
Nacc
So, Typically wide receivers are turning from an ACL injury need about a three week ramp up period before they start finding their stride, especially going to a new team as well. So that's exactly what we're seeing from digs after posting just posting just 24.2 fantasy points over his first three games. He's exploded the past two weeks for a combined 40.7.
00:31:10
Nacc
forty point seven And that's been against some tough pass defenses as well. um Him and get, you know, Drake May has been playing excellent football, as you obviously alluded to in the beginning, and his chemistry with Diggs looks legit.
00:31:23
Nacc
They made some pretty nice throws and catches last week. And the matchup versus New Orleans it isn't ideal on paper, but I think I'm riding the hot hand here. And i'm um he could post almost wide receiver one numbers this week against the Saints.
00:31:40
Fab
Yep.
00:31:41
Roger Emeka
Do we think it's the pink substance that he was giving to Cardi B that somehow just made his ACL heal faster?
00:31:48
Fab
I think, you know what I think it is? I think now he's really, i think he's calmed down a little bit after becoming a father with Cardi B. I think that's what it is. I think he's finally found...
00:31:57
Nacc
Hey, his interview on Sunday night with, I forget who it was, right before the the pregame, he sounded so much different and so much more like a mature like human being. And he actually mentioned it while on doing the interview. So i maybe he has changed. Maybe he's kind of, you know, he's found a place where.
00:32:17
Roger Emeka
Yeah, it was his fault that it broke up with him and Josh Allen. Like, he was too focused on just his his own stats, and and then his brother got involved.
00:32:20
Nacc
For sure.
00:32:23
Fab
Yeah.
00:32:25
Roger Emeka
So anyways, happy to see it, and he looks like he looks like old Stefan Diggs again.
00:32:30
Fab
yeah
00:32:31
Nacc
it looks good. My second love for this week is going to be Chris Godwin, wide receiver, 33 versus the 49ers.
00:32:39
Roger Emeka
Hmm.
00:32:40
Nacc
So similar to Diggs, Godwin battled back from a serious leg injury that kept him out much of last season. so But surprisingly, he still saw 10 targets in his first game back. Unfortunately, he only turned that into three catches for 26 yards, and he repeated the exact same stat line in week five, albeit on fewer targets.
00:33:01
Nacc
Still, not forget that Godwin was a top three fantasy wide receiver last year before going down with the injury. I think, Fab, you know that best.
00:33:08
Fab
I broke my heart.
00:33:08
Nacc
And with both Mike Evans and J.L.
00:33:09
Roger Emeka
yeah
00:33:12
Nacc
McMillan sidelined, Godwin should see a heavy volume again in what projects to be a high-scoring matchup here against San Francisco. I think he has a great chance to deliver wide receiver two numbers, and I'm starting him competently in all formats.
00:33:28
Nacc
I think it's it's time. It's coming.
00:33:30
Fab
I really hope you're right. Cause I'm, I'm going to be a Chris Galwin fan for life.
00:33:36
Nacc
That's why I said you knew it best.
00:33:38
Roger Emeka
He's hard not to
00:33:38
Fab
Yeah.
00:33:41
Roger Emeka
sit. Yeah, he's he's hard not to to he's hard to sit. And also the snap share. So like 81% snap percentage, first game back, 77, second game back. Like that's very promising.
00:33:53
Nacc
Yeah, and people are obviously now going to be aware of Emeka Egbuka.
00:33:58
Roger Emeka
Oh my god.
00:33:59
Nacc
So he's he's just...
00:34:00
Fab
Gronk, is that you?
00:34:02
Nacc
Yeah, that was a funny one, actually. Yeah, he looks... He's legit. he's i always I loved him coming out of of of Ohio State, and he just really...
00:34:08
Fab
Yeah, yeah.
00:34:10
Roger Emeka
Yep, you did.
00:34:12
Nacc
like Okay, he had Mike Evans that was out. He had Godwin that was out to help them out, but he looks fire.
00:34:20
Roger Emeka
Yep.
00:34:21
Fab
He's the truth, like five games in.
00:34:22
Nacc
Yeah.
00:34:25
Nacc
So now moving on to the wide receivers. I hate going into week six. I have Calvin Ridley, wide receiver 29 at the Raiders.
00:34:31
Roger Emeka
I knew it. had a feeling
00:34:34
Nacc
So, well, I guess if you hear my my my reasoning, and meet you I might change or change your mind a bit if if you turn the corner on Calvin Ridley. But, I mean, did someone in your league drop Calvin Ridley after four straight duds? Maybe you even spend fab on him to pick him up after his 18-point bounce back last week.
00:34:53
Nacc
last week um I'm here to warn you, don't chase the outlier. So that is the outlier of the season so far. So before week five, Ridley hadn't hit double digits once this year with a season high of just 57 receiving yards.
00:35:08
Nacc
And even in a favorable matchup with Las Vegas, there's no reason to trust him to deliver again. Every player has their moments, but I think we'll see the real Ridley again this Sunday.
00:35:19
Nacc
And that's the one who disappoints fantasy managers.
00:35:25
Roger Emeka
Yeah, he's hard to trust.
00:35:26
Nacc
Not a fan.
00:35:28
Roger Emeka
I agree. And the catch rate is really bad.
00:35:29
Nacc
That's a problem.
00:35:30
Roger Emeka
The catch rate is really bad. 15 receptions on 34 targets. Part of that is cam work. Part of that is is the fact that they just get the protection has been bad.
00:35:38
Nacc
Yep.
00:35:38
Roger Emeka
I look at it as like, I feel like Calvin Ridley, end of season, if you look at last year, he finished with 64 receptions, 1,000 yards, again on 120 targets, which is really bad. Ended up being wide receiver 27.
00:35:50
Roger Emeka
Calvin Ridley will end up being a top 30 wide receiver by hook or by crook, but the way that he gets there is probably some of the worst way you could get get get there possible. like The ride sucks with Calvin Ridley.
00:36:03
Nacc
yeah Yeah, because you're going to get a bunch of 7.8 point games and then you're going to have that 18, 22 point outburst.
00:36:05
Roger Emeka
It sucks.
00:36:09
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:36:11
Nacc
And that's what happened last year. You had those three, four games where he really went off and then the rest were single digit, single digit performances.
00:36:13
Roger Emeka
Totally.
00:36:19
Nacc
So, ah yeah, I'm not counting on him to do it two weeks, two weeks in a row.
00:36:19
Roger Emeka
Totally.
00:36:23
Fab
you know The targets are there. The problem is that I guess it's the quality of of of the th throws that are going his way because his his catch percentage is like less than 50%. Yeah,
00:36:35
Roger Emeka
Did not just say that?
00:36:37
Fab
yeah, I'm just reiterating it.
00:36:41
Fab
Yeah, I'm just reiterating it.
00:36:45
Fab
Wasn't paying attention to my goal.
00:36:47
Roger Emeka
you were
00:36:49
Nacc
Oh, you are ah darling.
00:36:50
Roger Emeka
You were researching. Were you researching while was
00:36:54
Fab
i was I was doing a little bit of research while you were talking.
00:36:56
Roger Emeka
talking? Shame on you.
00:36:58
Fab
Hey, and this um'm I'm working while I'm working. What can I say?
00:37:00
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:37:03
Fab
It's another Fabio-ism.
00:37:09
Fab
We are a serious podcast.
00:37:11
Nacc
The most serious podcast.
00:37:12
Roger Emeka
Imagine Tomlin says I'm working while I'm working.
00:37:15
Nacc
Yeah, Tomlin is just a beauty.
00:37:17
Fab
the The standard is the standard.
00:37:19
Nacc
The standard is the standard. So my yeah um my second hate, guys, for week six is going to be DJ Moore.
00:37:21
Fab
I have lost.
00:37:27
Nacc
He's currently going as wide receiver 21 at the Commanders on Monday Night Football. So all offseason, we heard that DJ Moore would be Caleb Williams' go-to guy, the Bears version of Amon Ross St.
00:37:40
Nacc
Brown. with the Ben Johnson there, but so far, crickets. ah Since signing his extension, Moore has looked disengaged and frustrated on the sideline, and his production has fallen off a cliff. so Meanwhile, have Roma Dunze, who stepped up into a bigger role, and even Luther Burden is getting more involved, so I think it's hard to see Moore turning things around on Monday night against Washington, and with only two teams on by this week, you probably have better options up and down your roster.
00:38:09
Nacc
I consider even sitting EJ Moore this week.
00:38:13
Roger Emeka
Now, could you sit him over Matthew Golden, which is the situation I have?
00:38:17
Nacc
Yes. Golden has an excellent matchup this week.
00:38:19
Fab
Really?
00:38:21
Roger Emeka
Yeah, he does. Yeah.
00:38:22
Nacc
He's playing the Cincinnati Bengals who give up a ton of yards and he, Golden has been ah more involved in each week since he started. And now ah with their bye week, I think they probably figured out that we got to get this guy more involved and get the ball into his hands.
00:38:39
Nacc
I would definitely start golden over DJ more this week.
00:38:43
Roger Emeka
Sold.
00:38:45
Fab
mean, I would start Golden over DJ more too. and don't want turn into a DJ and more conversation, but only has 14 targets in four games.
00:38:52
Roger Emeka
It is.
00:38:54
Nacc
Yeah, it's, it's, it's, it's terrible. It's very, very terrible.
00:38:57
Fab
like
00:38:57
Nacc
And I thought Ben Johnson member, everyone said, Oh, Ben Johnson is going to turn him into Amon Ross St. Brown kind of similar type player.
00:39:03
Roger Emeka
i definitely said that.
00:39:05
Fab
Yeah.
00:39:05
Nacc
Yeah, but ba we we heard it.
00:39:06
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:39:06
Fab
Yeah. we we were We were on board.
00:39:07
Nacc
we've we heard it. Like, people were talking about it that way.
00:39:09
Fab
Yeah, we were on board with that.
00:39:10
Nacc
You know, it's like 14 targets and in and five games. Like, that's that's a bit rough.
00:39:15
Roger Emeka
It's weird because he's, I still think he's a great player. So i don't know I don't know what it is.
00:39:19
Fab
He is.
00:39:20
Nacc
Yes.
00:39:22
Roger Emeka
It's lack of chemistry, but I'm definitely not dropping him. And I would not advise people to drop him.
00:39:26
Fab
no
00:39:28
Roger Emeka
um but But I agree with you.
00:39:28
Nacc
No, no, no. now I'm not going to drop dg more, but.
00:39:29
Fab
no
00:39:31
Roger Emeka
I totally with you.
00:39:33
Nacc
And why don't we wrap this up, boys? Raj, you have a tight end that you love or hate this week?
Tight End Matchup Insights
00:39:38
Roger Emeka
Yeah, quickly, I like Evan Ingram, tight end 19 at the Jets. Jets have given up the most TDs to opposing tight ends. They've been brutalized in back-to-back weeks by Darren Waller and Jake Ferguson. It's hard not to think Sean Payton won't exploit that against a very disappointing Aaron Gleddon defense.
00:39:54
Roger Emeka
So i like Evan Ingram, tight end 19 at the Jets.
00:39:58
Nacc
Nice.
00:39:59
Fab
I like it.
00:40:00
Nacc
Fab, what about you?
00:40:01
Fab
I do not like Dalton Kincaid at Atlanta. So Kincaid has been really great so far. I think he's tied in two on the season right now.
00:40:07
Roger Emeka
Hmm.
00:40:09
Fab
And he put up 180 yards on six receptions last week versus New England. But Atlanta gives up the least amount of fancy points to opposing tight ends. In fact, the line is D in general has been pretty stingy on all fronts. He's ranked as tight end seven this week, but I think you have other options you other options in more favorable matchups like Taylor versus Denver and Joku versus Pittsburgh, even Tongues versus... Sorry, denver Taylor versus Denver, Joku versus Pittsburgh, even Tongues versus Tampa Bay, San Francisco, tight end.
00:40:39
Nacc
I like it.
00:40:39
Fab
can't pronounce his last name.
00:40:40
Roger Emeka
Jigton just, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
00:40:41
Fab
Tongues, that's it.
00:40:41
Nacc
and just
00:40:42
Fab
Yeah, I start any one of those over Kincaid, actually. I'm not i'm not a fan of this matchup versus Atlanta.
00:40:49
Nacc
like it And I'll finish us off with a tight end that I love this week. It's going to be Roger's boy, Juwan Johnson. Tight end, 17 going into this week versus the Patriots. So after commanding 28 targets over the first three weeks and posting double duty to fantasy totals, ah Johnson has gone ice cold, which is seven total targets and under 10 fantasy points combined in the past two games.
00:41:14
Nacc
But the good news is his usage remains steady and he is...
00:41:17
Roger Emeka
Yep.
00:41:17
Nacc
um He has an 85% and over snap share in all five games. And the better news is that he's got a big bounce-back matchup excuse me against New England who has surrendered the fifth most fantasy points to tight ends, including 16.8 points to Mr. Dalton Kincaid that we said last week and touchdowns to both Tommy Tremble and Mitchell Evans the week before. So two tight ends from Carolina finding the end zone.
00:41:43
Nacc
So if he's on the way, Revar, I would grab him and he's a very strong plug-and-play streaming option for this week.
00:41:49
Roger Emeka
That's a good stat, especially considering Tazem Hill was finally active and even Foster emmo Moreau as well. So it's the fact that he played 85% is a good sign for sure.
00:41:59
Nacc
Yeah, and he was over, I think he was over 90 the first four weeks.
00:42:02
Roger Emeka
Yes, he was.
00:42:02
Nacc
So he lost out 5% with Taysom Hill. He might see some reduction, but Moreau will probably you know figure to see a lot less in that equation because Johnson's obviously the better player.
00:42:15
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:42:16
Nacc
So that'll do it for us, ladies and gentlemen. Once again, please don't forget to like, follow, subscribe on all the social media platforms. We always interact with our fans and like Fab alluded to before, we love to do it. So throw anything out there. We will answer any and all your questions.
00:42:35
Nacc
And we will be back next week with week seven. So enjoy this week. Good luck. And um Raj, hear the music. like
00:42:47
Roger Emeka
There you go. Boom. It
00:42:48
Fab
so
00:42:49
Nacc
kind I'm dummying you this weekend.
00:42:49
Fab
that was That was a great episode.
00:42:52
Roger Emeka
was. It's
00:42:53
Nacc
Oh, I got win this week. I got to win this week.
00:42:55
Fab
that nac You and I are both two and three. on this is a This is the TSN turning point.
00:42:59
Nacc
This is a this a big one. Losing to Raj by four points really hurt last week.
00:43:03
Roger Emeka
because you're you're overconfident.
00:43:06
Nacc
I was overconfident.
00:43:07
Fab
I beat Spiro last week.
00:43:07
Nacc
I'm not going lie.
00:43:08
Fab
He was undefeated.
00:43:10
Fab
but One Vuvujai down, one to go.
00:43:10
Nacc
You know who's not undefeated?
00:43:13
Nacc
Cut to black.
00:43:16
Nacc
but that was That was the cue to cut it. You know who's not undefeated?
00:43:21
Fab
Wait, who who who's not undefeated?
00:43:21
Roger Emeka
Goodbye, everyone.
00:43:23
Nacc
Goodbye.
00:43:25
Fab
bye everyone. Peace out.