The Kansas City Chiefs are perfect even if they haven't been impressive. Peter Klein breaks down their game with the New Orleans Saints and everything else in the NFL in Week 5
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00:00Okay, so let's get into the NFL Preview for the week.
00:12I do not have my notes for how we did last week.
00:14I do not believe it was very well, but we will power on through.
00:21So here we go.
00:22It is...
00:23I guess I should write these down somewhere here.
00:25I was just using my notebook as a mic stand.
00:29It is early morning football over in England, Tottenham Stadium, I believe, as the New York
00:35Jets take on Minnesota Vikings.
00:38The Vikings are two and a half point favorites with a total at 40 and a half.
00:44I have said the biggest...
00:50One of the big rules I have is let's avoid the London games.
00:55But holy hell are they tempting me.
00:57Because I just, I don't know how you can watch what the Jets have done in the first
01:02few weeks and say, oh no, this team is only three points worse than the Minnesota Vikings.
01:08They got this.
01:09Everything's going to be fine.
01:10Totally, totally not an issue at all.
01:11Don't even need to worry about it.
01:13Vikings have, or the Jets have got this one.
01:15I just, I don't believe that.
01:16I think the Vikings are a better coached football team.
01:19And I don't want to overreact too much, because I think a lot of overreacting happened after
01:23Thursday Night Football with the, when the Jets kicked the shit out of the Patriots.
01:27That was Mayo's first time running a short week like that.
01:32And it was a team that really just didn't look prepared.
01:36And the Jets went in and just whooped them.
01:37Aside from that, the Jets haven't looked all that good.
01:39But you also don't want to overreact to last week when they lost to Denver.
01:42And I explained on Monday how this was a game that was very frustrating because, oh well
01:50it's the elements.
01:51It's like, okay well you have Aaron Rodgers.
01:52He's played in minus a billion.
01:54A bunch.
01:55He's playing Bo Nix.
01:56Who's Bo Nix?
01:58Why is the weather the problem for you guys?
02:00So I don't want to overreact too much to that.
02:02But it seems like everyone is trying really hard to not overreact to the Vikings now.
02:08And I think to see where both teams are at through four weeks, and to suggest that the
02:12Vikings at a neutral site are only two and a half points better than the Jets?
02:16Come on.
02:17So we are going to go Vikings in this spot.
02:20We're going to go Vikings minus two and a half for this one.
02:24For a pick.
02:25And also, again, none of this is gambling advice.
02:28This is just my pick for each one.
02:29Because for every NFL game this year, after week one, we go through and make a pick per
02:34game.
02:35And that's kind of the old gimmick here.
02:38And that's how we do it.
02:39And so that is that.
02:40I don't have lines for player props or anything like that.
02:46But we are going to take a look at a Wilson prop in this.
02:49And as we kind of transition into the fantasy football talk for this game, when you look
02:53at the New York Jets, Garrett Wilson has to get going in this game.
02:59And last week it was, okay, well, Sertan's on him, you kind of still have to start him.
03:02This week, the Vikings have done a good job of taking away number one receivers, but it
03:06has been a bit more of a team effort.
03:08And so I think that Garrett Wilson, this is the one where he needs to be good.
03:12And this is the one where if he's not, you get a little bit concerned about that.
03:17Because it just seems like everything else with Aaron Rodgers, it's kind of clicking
03:20a little bit.
03:21But that one, hmm, you get a little bit worried.
03:23And then they go off Buffalo, which maybe isn't the defense we thought they were.
03:27And then they face the Steelers coming up in week seven.
03:30So there's going to be a little bit more focus here on Garrett Wilson.
03:33This is the one where he needs to get right.
03:35And so because of that, I think deeper leagues, you can go Alan Lazard.
03:38I think you can feel comfortable-ish with that.
03:42That is a bit more of a desperation type of a move.
03:45Breece Hall, I think you still play him.
03:47But I do think that Braylon Allen is certainly worthy of a look as well.
03:52And if you're desperate, Ty Conklin.
03:54You could do worse than him at the tight end spot.
03:57For the Vikings, you're starting your guys, right?
04:00I don't think I would go Sam Darnold this week.
04:03I think I would try to find something else at quarterback.
04:06Aaron Jones, absolutely.
04:09And we saw Addison is an impactful part of this roster as well, so him and Jefferson,
04:13I think you can roll with that.
04:15Also, just a speculative ad, I think you can go out and look for a TJ Hawkinson now
04:21for the Vikings.
04:22I think we are getting to a point where it sounds like it might actually be a little
04:26bit close as I go through.
04:29Also, I said on the show the other day, oh hey, the Vampire League, I'm feeling good,
04:35feeling good.
04:36Gino had a better than expected day yesterday.
04:38And I didn't.
04:40Did not break through in the way that I would hope in a 36-30 game on Thursday Night Football.
04:47So we're a little bit behind in that one.
04:49But I do think that TJ Hawkinson is an interesting speculative ad for some teams now as the tight
04:56end spot has been just an abject disaster this season.
05:01And this is, you know, oh Mike Evans, hey there you go.
05:07But the tight end spot has absolutely been just a profound disaster.
05:12And I think TJ Hawkinson, A, is talented, and B, is part of a pretty good offense and
05:19a pretty good situation.
05:20So I do think that you can look at that and feel alright about kind of how things are
05:26going when he comes back anyway.
05:30And yeah, no kidding, Toxic, 20 points, oh yeah no that's all, that's all Mike Evans.
05:35Yeah, a couple receiving touchdowns, five receptions for 62 yards.
05:38Yeah no, that'll do it.
05:39A good start against the silver bullet that is Eric this week.
05:43So that one should be an intense matchup.
05:46But Mike Evans, helping you out there.
05:48Alright, let's move on.
05:49Dolphins taking on the New England Patriots.
05:51Patriots are favored by a point.
05:54Holy crap.
05:55The total in this game is 36 and a half.
05:58Alright, I don't think there's a whole lot to analyze in this game.
06:00The Patriots suck.
06:01The Dolphins are quite bad.
06:02I don't know if I can get to a point where I would have the Dolphins below New England.
06:07I get this game is at Foxborough, and I get it has been dreadful for Miami so far.
06:15But they just, like, they have too many players to be worse than New England, don't they?
06:19I guess they could just lose to Tennessee, but maybe Tennessee's better than we thought
06:22they were going to be, right?
06:23Or maybe not.
06:24I think Tennessee's better than their record would indicate.
06:26Anyway, let's just say it that way.
06:28So, I, the call in this game is Miami and New England under 36 and a half.
06:35No way do I think any points are being scored in this game.
06:39At all.
06:40From a fantasy standpoint, boy, you don't want to use anyone.
06:43For New England, you gotta keep rolling with Ramontre.
06:46You gotta hope that at some point, he got, like, just what are the chances he fumbles
06:50every game?
06:51You know?
06:52At some point that's going to stop, right?
06:53But he's a talented running back.
06:54I think you go with him.
06:56But I do also, you do keep an eye with Antonio Gibson.
06:59In deep, deep, deep leagues, I think he might have a bit of value there.
07:03But aside from that, like, I don't think you're starting anyone.
07:05And on the Miami side, it's tough.
07:08Like you have, what, are you going to sit Tyreek Hill?
07:11You're not, right?
07:12Like, you're just, you're not going to do that.
07:14Jalen Waddell, kind of the same.
07:16I am in a spot where I kind of have to start Mostert this week if he is healthy, given
07:20bye weeks and stuff like that.
07:22And so, I think the running backs are, you're kind of just, you are understanding that this
07:26is, I just picked under 36 and a half.
07:28So we are hoping that when, whatever Miami player you are starting, you hope that that
07:33is the one that trips and falls into the end zone.
07:36But this is an ugly game.
07:38Speaking of, off to Chicago we go.
07:40It's the Bears taking on the Carolina Panthers.
07:43Bears are favored by four at home, with a point total sitting at 40 and a half.
07:48And this is one, I have tried to fight believing in the Chicago Bears because of how bad this
07:54offense is.
07:55But I do think that this is a game that this defense wins.
07:58I think they go out and just obliterate that offensive line for the Carolina Panthers.
08:04And that pass rush for Chicago is legit.
08:07And that is going to be an issue, I think, for Carolina.
08:11I just don't think that they have the offensive line to hold up to this defense.
08:16And so I think this will be a bit of a come down for Carolina.
08:20So we are going to go with Chicago.
08:23We are going to take them minus four.
08:26Carolina's defense, like in this whole thing, this resurgence that they have had under Andy
08:31Dalton where they have surged to one win.
08:36You look at it, they have back-to-back games.
08:40They gave up 34 points to the Bengals and 22 to the Raiders.
08:44Which is like giving up 34 points to anyone else.
08:46So I think that this defense maybe is still not good.
08:51And while I do not think that that means Chicago lights the world on fire, I do think that
08:57this is going to be probably another low-scoring game.
08:59So we are also going to go under, sorry I know the camera is shaking on these, I could
09:03just go back and re-listen after, but who wants to do that, right?
09:07Forty and a half is the total.
09:09We're going to go under that one as well.
09:10But Chicago minus four is definitely one that has our interest this week, shall we say.
09:16From a fantasy football standpoint, I think I made it pretty clear.
09:18I'm not super trusting a lot of my Panthers this week.
09:21I'm definitely not going with Andy Dalton.
09:24Deontay Johnson, he has certainly found a role in this offense, and I think that as
09:30a flex option, you can still start him this week.
09:33Xavier Leguette, I liked him last week.
09:35I like him as a player just in general.
09:38I would try to not this week, if I were you, and see if you can get a better option out there.
09:42With the running backs, Chuba is getting his, and he's continuing to make it work.
09:46I think you kind of just keep rolling with him, and you're basically hoping that he
09:50gets the touchdown, right?
09:52On the Chicago side, uh, definitely not Caleb Williams.
09:56That one is a... need to see a few good games out of that.
10:00But I think you can start the pass catchers.
10:02I think you can feel comfortable with the healthy pass catchers for Chicago, you can
10:06roll out with that.
10:07DeAndre Swift, he has a big game, but I still am not loving it.
10:13But I do think you can trust it a little bit here against Carolina, and for deep leagues
10:16I do think Roshun Johnson getting some goal line work is legitimate.
10:20So there's actually a decent amount of fantasy options from this game.
10:23The Jacksonville Jaguars taking on the Indianapolis Colts.
10:26The total is at 45.5, Jacksonville favored by 3 points.
10:31The Jags are now 0-4 after a close loss last week against the Houston Texans, while the
10:36Indianapolis Colts coming off of a win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
10:41What are we looking at for Anthony Richardson injury status right now?
10:47Not questionable, with an oblique, okay.
10:51This is going to be, I think, a probably year-long thing with the Indianapolis Colts in the not
10:56trusting of Anthony Richardson, and not knowing what you are going to get out of this player
11:01on a week-in-week-out basis now, given the injury, and it sounds like it's just kind
11:06of a pain tolerance thing at this point, which is not fun to deal with.
11:10Certainly, when you're trying to get a kid experience when he's only played like 20 football
11:15games in the last three years.
11:16So, it's a tricky spot, this is an absolute stay-away for me, I want no part of this game
11:21at all, um, Jacksonville, it should be better, it's not getting better, and I have some,
11:30you know, very big concerns about this one.
11:33So I, 45.5 seems kind of high for these two teams, given the potential struggles on offense
11:40for Anthony Richardson.
11:41I will say though, I think that a little bit of the narrative is getting, just the slightest
11:46bit overblown.
11:47Whoa, Joe Flacco came in and led the team to victory, like yes he did.
11:50I will say though, Richardson was looking good in the first parts of those games.
11:54They were starting to complete the ball downfield, and actually moving it a little bit, and so
11:59that did help.
12:00So he was looking good, but there's just too many question marks on either side of
12:03this game for me to assume that this is going to be a high scoring game, and it pains me
12:10that 45.5 is a high scoring game, but I'm going to go under 45.5 there.
12:15The Houston Texans are at home against the Bills of Buffalo.
12:19The Texans favored by one, this is certainly the game of the early slate, as the Houston
12:24Texans try to get things figured out, and Buffalo kind of gets deflated a little bit,
12:29and brought back down to earth after getting just whooped on by the Baltimore Ravens last
12:37week.
12:38And I think that was a really good indicator of, um, maybe we were taking things a little
12:43bit too seriously.
12:44Toxic's making moves!
12:45Toxic's picking up people while we're, we just did a Colts breakdown, also I forgot
12:48to give fantasy advice, but one of the things I would say is, keep an eye on Trey Sermon,
12:53and Toxic just comes in.
12:54Boom.
12:55Trey Sermon.
12:56Mine.
12:57Loading up, um, from a fantasy standpoint in the Vampire League.
13:00So make it moves.
13:01Uh, Toxic.
13:02We'll get back to the fantasy breakdown of that game in a minute, apologies, I missed
13:04that one.
13:05But, um, yeah, Buffalo, I think this was a reminder that yes, things have gone very well.
13:10And I had said, like, they were playing the best football in the NFL going into Sunday
13:16night against the Baltimore Ravens.
13:18It was a nice reminder that they were playing the best football against Jacksonville, who
13:23has a lot of shit they need to get figured out, Miami, who, ditto, and Arizona, who sure
13:29do try really hard, but maybe have a few holes in their game.
13:33And so maybe we shouldn't have taken Buffalo as seriously as we did.
13:37And I think that comes around in this one as well.
13:38I think this is going to be a game where they have real trouble stopping the Houston Texans.
13:43I think this is going to be one that is going to be a real high-scoring game.
13:48And so I think that this is going to be over that 47 and a half.
13:53And I do think that it'll be the Texans covering this one.
13:56I think Houston kind of comes back down to earth.
13:59I think Buffalo continues to kind of come back down to earth and kind of settles in
14:02as a good-not-great team.
14:03Hey, Deeds, how's it going?
14:05Thanks for popping into the chat again today, I appreciate it.
14:08From a fantasy standpoint, toxic.
14:12From a fantasy standpoint, sorry, I always struggle, because I am not the advanced streamer
14:18that I should be, and I don't have the chats on the side, like we have it just in the thing.
14:23But I put all these up on YouTube after, and so I'm reacting to things that are going on
14:26in the chat, and the people who watch these on YouTube don't have a fucking clue what's
14:30going on.
14:31So apologies for those watching after.
14:33Maybe I'll try to get that rectified here in a little bit.
14:36But from a fantasy standpoint, I kind of think you're starting everybody.
14:39I just took over 47.5.
14:41So Khalil Shakir on Buffalo is someone I think you can trust.
14:44James Cook, I think they should trust him more, but I think you can roll with that.
14:48And from a Texans standpoint, sounds like Tank Dell is back, roll with him.
14:52Tommy Diggs isn't going to have a big week.
14:54And Nico Collins is making a very strong case for being like a number one overall pick next
14:58year.
14:59Obviously we're starting the quarterbacks here.
15:01Keep an eye on Joe Mixon.
15:02What are we looking at here for Mixon's health?
15:06Oh, I just told you to start Khalil Shakir.
15:08He's out this week.
15:09Apologies.
15:10So don't start him.
15:13But I do think that that is a...
15:14Well, before I...
15:15Let's go through the rest of the thing here.
15:16Okay, no.
15:17Before...
15:18I think that opens...
15:20I really do think that...
15:23Why am I blanking on the name?
15:24Keon Coleman.
15:25Right?
15:26That's him?
15:27That is a player that the Bills, I think, are just kind of scratching the surface on
15:33here a little bit.
15:35And they are a...
15:36He is a player that I think that they can kind of roll with a little bit more.
15:40It's funny.
15:41I was listening to Bet the Board, and they were talking about how, like, all the guys
15:45who were there before, the Cook, Shakir, I guess they drafted Coleman.
15:49But Kincaid, all those guys are doing well.
15:51But the guys who they brought in, the MVS, the Curtis Samuel, all that, none of those
15:55guys are really clicking in the way that they need them to.
15:57But no, I think Coleman has a pretty good game here this week.
16:00And that would be one that I certainly would be looking at in fantasy football as someone
16:07who I think can step up.
16:08Because I think Josh Allen with Stefan Diggs on that other sideline, given how we all perceive
16:13that whole breakup went, I think that's going to be one that there's going to be a little
16:17bit of a...
16:18A little bit of fuck you going on in that particular matchup.
16:20But I am here on the injury part because I wanted to see Joe Mixon, Joe Mixon, Joe
16:26Mixon.
16:27Boy, they got a lot of guys hurt right now.
16:29Is Mixon not even on the injury report for the Texans?
16:31Are we that much of a good to go?
16:34Or am I just missing this?
16:36Alright, so I think Joe Mixon's good to go in this game.
16:39If he is, that is 100% a go.
16:42Joe Mixon is not Derrick Henry.
16:44But Joe Mixon is also not not a very good running back.
16:47So I think that this is going to be a, um, oh shit, well now here at Fantasy Footballers,
16:53Joe Mixon not expected to suit up.
16:56Not expected to play week 5.
16:57Okay, apologies.
16:58I'm looking at the, like, I don't know why he's not on this injury report thing that
17:01I'm looking at, or if I'm just blowing past him.
17:05That does change it a little bit.
17:07And honestly, now that we've kind of, you know, gone over that, I'm going to change
17:11it.
17:12I am going to go Buffalo plus 1.
17:14Ah, because Joe, because, okay, see?
17:17Toxic Nose.
17:18Trey Sermon in place of Joe Mixon.
17:20That's actually a really good call.
17:21This is showing how close this game is.
17:22I've scratched this out two times now.
17:24I'm sticking with Houston minus 1 as my pick for this game.
17:27Cam Akers just hasn't really shown that explosiveness.
17:29And I do think that this Houston team does rely on the run, probably too much.
17:34But that is an aspect of their game that is going to be, I think, severely lacking.
17:38I think if you are kind of desperate, or if you need like a real cheap DFS play, I think
17:43Cam Akers is actually a sneaky good play for you this week.
17:47Okay, so, in-depth injury analysis there, for sure.
17:51I did miss the fantasy breakdown on Colt's Jaguars.
17:54Toxic has already picked up Trey Sermon.
17:56I think that's a good call.
17:57He looked good, like, in the runs that he was getting in place of Jonathan Taylor last
18:01week.
18:02There looked like there was some explosion there.
18:04And so, I think monitor the injury report with everything with, like, do a better job
18:09of it than I did with Jonathan Taylor and everything like that.
18:15But I do think that you can, yeah, Taylor is questionable right now with that ankle
18:20injury, but I, we'll see.
18:23If nothing else, I think there's going to be a little bit of a split.
18:25But aside from that, like, I think you can trust Pittman.
18:31It's so tough to trust anyone else in Indianapolis right now, so that's probably all I would
18:35do.
18:36On the Jacksonville side, Brian Thomas is legit.
18:39You roll with him every week.
18:41Etienne, just based on where you drafted him and the fact that we're into buys now, you
18:44probably have to.
18:46But Tank Bigsby continues to be a really good speculative ad.
18:49Bigsby should be owned in almost every league because of the opportunity that could be there.
18:54And I do think that this would be a game that I would start Trevor Lawrence in.
18:59I just, I can't trust Anthony Richardson until we see it for a week, at least, there.
19:04So, that is the fantasy breakdown for a game we talked about a little bit earlier.
19:08The Cincinnati Bengals are at home against the Baltimore Ravens.
19:10The total is 49 and a half.
19:13Baltimore coming in as a two and a half point favorite.
19:15A lot of people that I have heard, a lot of smart people who I listen to, are on the Bengals
19:21this week.
19:22And I, I just, I can't get there with this group.
19:25I think defensively that there have been just too many holes for this team to really overcome.
19:31They get a good win last week against Carolina, but they couldn't stop anything against Washington.
19:36Which I am, we're seeing, that's not the worst thing.
19:39But I, I just, I don't buy into this defense being able to stop Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore
19:45Ravens.
19:46Now, we had a big thing last week, and this is going to come up in the next game too,
19:49but we had a big thing last year where every week a team would have a big, like, seismic
19:56change their spots in the Power Rankings win.
20:00And then the next week they come out and shit the bed.
20:02And so I am a little bit worried about that from a Baltimore Ravens standpoint.
20:07But coming up after this for Baltimore, they have the Giants and the Browns, so I don't
20:11think we have to worry about a look-ahead spot or anything like that.
20:15I think they're going to be really focused on this game.
20:17This is a huge one for them.
20:19And when you look at the Bengals, their offense so far this season has done well against Carolina
20:24and Washington.
20:25Like, I just, I'm not buying that this offense is all figured out.
20:29The Chiefs did a pretty good job of limiting them, and obviously New England kind of just
20:33took their lunch money in Week 1.
20:35Now Baltimore, the defense does have some holes.
20:38That is, that is legitimate.
20:39But I do think that this offense, they are figuring out what they have in Derrick Henry.
20:44And they are figuring out how to kind of utilize everyone here.
20:48And so I think that that is a really, I think it's a really good football team over in Baltimore.
20:53And so I am going against all of the smart people and going with Baltimore minus 2.5
20:58for this one.
20:59Washington taking on the Cleveland Browns.
21:01The Commanders are favored by 3.5 points with a total at 43.5.
21:05Sorry, we'll get to that in a second.
21:07Fantasy football.
21:08Can you tell I've done this for a decade?
21:11Fantasy football for the Bengals and the Ravens.
21:14I, like, Joe Burrow is, both quarterbacks have been drafted in spots where I think you
21:20kind of have to every week, right?
21:21Lamar I think has a good matchup this week.
21:23On the Bengals side, like, you're starting chase.
21:25Higgins is becoming maybe a bit more of a factor in these things.
21:29And so I think that there is an option there to maybe take advantage of.
21:34From a running back standpoint, Chase Brown continues to look good.
21:37And I think he's going to continue to get a little bit of the work.
21:39But I think Zach Moss is probably going to get more of it.
21:41So Brown is a bit more of a, if you're desperate on a buy, sort of a situation.
21:45While Moss is the more stable option in that backfield, which I think says a lot.
21:51Also, people are going to be pissed about Mike Giesicki from last week.
21:53I think there's an opportunity here.
21:55We have seen where you beat Baltimore is over the middle of the field.
21:59And I think that Giesicki has a real chance to pick up a lot of, like, kind of, I think
22:05he's going to be a PPR beast this week.
22:07I think he does have a really good week.
22:08So he would be one that I would kind of target in DFS, maybe.
22:11From a Baltimore standpoint, Zay Flowers is quite good, and so I think you trust him.
22:17Obviously Derek Henry.
22:18This one feels like it's going to be a bit of a closer game.
22:21And so I do think that there's going to be a bit more Justice Hill involved.
22:24So I think for deep leagues, I think that, um, I think that you can roll with that.
22:29Deeds.
22:30Fuck running backs.
22:32Both my RBs are currently questionable.
22:34Yeah.
22:35Yeah.
22:36That's a, that's a thing.
22:37I'm in, I mean, I'm in a lot of leagues, but I'm in one where I have either everyone on
22:42buy or hurt this week, and I got two guys in my lineup.
22:46One's questionable and it looks like they're probably going to go, but the other is Taysom
22:49Hill.
22:50And he's questionable with fractured ribs, I think it is.
22:53And that, that doesn't seem like fun.
22:55Um, so that, that's, uh, you know, oh, and it's the Monday night or two.
23:00So A, I don't want to drop anyone on my bench.
23:02We already had to drop someone who I didn't want to drop anyway.
23:05Also, I discovered today or yesterday that that league doesn't have an IR spot.
23:09So for commissioners out there, IR spots.
23:12I put four in the Vampire League.
23:14So, um, I mean that I thought that would help me because I could stash people, but then
23:19everyone else realized there was four IR spots and they're stashing other people.
23:22So, um, that's been a little annoying, but I, like, IR spots are fine.
23:26Um, and the fact that we didn't have any and I have Rasheed Rice and they're saying, oh,
23:30well, it could be four weeks.
23:32Can y'all fuck off with that, please?
23:35But still, um, that, that was just a mini rant.
23:38So yeah, no, it's, it's tough out there.
23:40Deeds.
23:41For sure.
23:42Um, yeah, London, um, that was a thing, right?
23:46But back to this game, uh, Bengals and Ravens.
23:49I do think for the, for the Deeds of the world, uh, who both running backs are questionable
23:54right now.
23:55Honestly, I think Justice Hill isn't the worst play to like, I think he's going to get a
23:58lot of looks out of that backfield and a pass catching role.
24:02And I think that that's going to be like, he's going to, this is going to be a close
24:06game I think all the way down.
24:08And so I think like two minute drills, oh Baltimore, all of a sudden they're down by
24:12three.
24:13We need to pass the ball.
24:14In comes Justice Hill for a full drive and they really start to utilize things.
24:18The Mark Andrews one, if you can't trust him anymore, I understand that entirely.
24:22I do still think given how tight end is, you kind of have to roll with them, but I can
24:27fully understand not at this point.
24:29Uh, okay.
24:30Browns against Washington.
24:31It is the Commanders favored by three and a half points with a total of 43 and a half.
24:36For Washington, um, they are obviously the darlings right now.
24:41Coming off of a couple of very explosive games.
24:44They are three in one, they are the talk of the NFL, and they are kicking the shit
24:48out of people.
24:49Uh, their offense so far in the four games this season has scored 20 points, 21 points,
24:56but then the last couple of weeks, 38 and 42.
24:59Going up against a Cleveland Browns defense that I still think is good, but not great.
25:06This one, this entire, um, I guess handicap or prediction or whatever is solely based
25:13on nothing I have seen on the football field.
25:15It is just, quite frankly, things are going too good in Washington right now.
25:20And so I do think that this is just a little bit of the air getting let out.
25:25And what we talked about in the Baltimore game, where last year, teams that had like
25:30this big, like this is their biggest win of the year, kind of came back and laid an egg
25:33in their next matchup, and um, so that's, again, it's all anecdotal, it's all a trendy
25:40thing.
25:41It's all on the field analysis.
25:43I just have this feeling that we're all too much on Washington right now.
25:48And look, if they come out and kick the shit out of, uh, out of Cleveland, then I will
25:52change my tune.
25:53But, and look, like this could be a team that makes the playoffs, right?
25:56And we kind of even said in the preseason, in the previews, like, look, this is a team
26:00that I kind of want to, I kind of want to get to the playoffs, but I just can't get
26:04there with this defense.
26:05Now, the Browns are not a team that's going to take advantage of that, but I do think
26:09that this is an alright defensive team that will have a better understanding of how to
26:13defend against Washington than other teams have.
26:16So I am going, this is the furthest thing from something I'm going to click on this
26:20week.
26:21This is just a feel.
26:22I'm going to go Cleveland plus three and a half.
26:24You get, you lose by a field goal, and you still win this one, uh, for Cleveland.
26:28The Raiders taking on the Denver Broncos.
26:30The total's at 35 and a, oh, sorry, fantasy, goddammit, fantasy football advice.
26:36I can't imagine sitting someone against Washington's defense.
26:40So Amari Cooper, A, can we get Amari Cooper out of Cleveland?
26:44Can we do that?
26:45What a career this guy has had.
26:47With the Raiders, when they're awful, I don't know why I had to specify that.
26:50It's the Raiders.
26:51They've always been awful.
26:52They're my favorite team, I can say that.
26:53Um, he goes to Dallas for a little bit, and it's fun, and then he gets moved to Cleveland,
26:56and now it's dog shit again.
26:57Let's get this guy.
26:58Can the Chiefs trade for Amari Cooper, please?
27:00Can they just do that?
27:01That would be so much fun, to have that guy there.
27:03Can we just get him out of Cleveland?
27:05Because he is, I think, a stud.
27:06And I think you have to roll with that, and I think Jerry Judy, you can roll with him
27:09as well.
27:10Running back, Jerome Ford, yep, trustin' it.
27:12On the Washington side, like, who are you sitting right now because of how good this
27:15team is?
27:16I know I just went through that whole thing of, well, maybe Cleveland's defense limits
27:19and blah blah blah blah blah blah.
27:21You're still, there's no way I'm telling you to sit Jaden Daniels on the run that he
27:24is on.
27:25Um, with the running backs, um, Brian Robinson, um, Eckler got banged up and McNichols actually
27:31looked really interesting in that backfield, so that's, I'm not saying start him, uh,
27:37or either of those guys.
27:38I think Robinson is kind of the only one that you can go with.
27:41I know he's questionable with the knee, um, I do think he'll be fine, but, um, I mean,
27:46keep an eye on that situation because McNichols is, um, yeah, I think really talented and
27:51really quite good.
27:52And McLaurin, I think you can trust as well.
27:54So that's, um, basically start everyone, even the tight end, uh, Ertz, right?
28:00Yeah.
28:01Start Zach Ertz this week.
28:02Raiders!
28:03Taking on the Denver Broncos.
28:04Total's at 35 and a half.
28:05That's disgusting.
28:06Um, and the, uh, spread is Denver minus two and a half.
28:11There's a lot going on in Vegas right now with the whole, uh, Devontae Adams thing.
28:16Also, if Cleveland could get out of their own way, I think they kind of kicked the shit
28:19out of the Raiders last week.
28:21Um, Amari Cooper had an 80-85 yard touchdown called back for a holding call that was just
28:25kind of eh.
28:26Um, they had some pass interference on plays as well that really kind of ruined things.
28:31Um, and so, like, I think the Raiders were kind of outplayed in that game.
28:38I can't in all good conscience take, like, give up points to pick Denver, though.
28:44So I will take two and a half and go with the Raiders in this spot, and boy, if that
28:48gets to three, that might actually be something to click on because there's, I just, Denver
28:54doesn't strike me as a team that blows anyone out.
28:56From Fantasy Football, God, I hope you don't have to start anyone this week.
28:59Um, for Denver, kind of nobody.
29:04If you have to, Courtland Sutton, he might get something here against the Raiders.
29:08Um, I just said Amari Cooper almost had a gigantic touchdown against the Raiders, so
29:13I mean, maybe Courtland Sutton gets that.
29:15Devontae Williams, if you're desperate, which it sounds like some people might be, but aside
29:19from that, not a whole lot.
29:20On the Raiders' side, I don't want anything to do with their running game at all.
29:24Zemir White has been just dreadful to start this year.
29:28The pass catchers, I do think, like, Bowers has worked his way into being maybe the best
29:33player in this offense when Devontae Adams gets traded.
29:36Jacoby Myers is actually way more talented than I give him credit for, and has played
29:41quite well so far this year.
29:43And they got this kid, Tucker, who they are, and this is the one thing that I've been really
29:48happy about from a Raiders standpoint, they're showing some creativity in the offense, and
29:51Tucker is one of those guys who can go out and get it done with the speed that he has,
29:56and some of the creativity that he has been rolling with.
30:00So that has been, I think, a real nice kind of growth moment there for, um, for the Raiders
30:07and Tucker.
30:08So I think for deeper leagues, and maybe even like some not-so-deep leagues, that's a pickup.
30:12I don't know if I'm playing him this week, unless you have to, but that's certainly a
30:15pickup that you can roll with.
30:16Also, I am now just realizing that I normally schedule these Friday ones for noon, so I
30:21don't know why I was panicked to get this started at 10.
30:23But here we are, we're getting it early, and getting it all out of the way on a scrambled
30:27Friday, but that just shows you where my head has been the last couple of days.
30:3149ers, minus 7.5 as they take on the Arizona Cardinals with a total at 49.5.
30:38San Francisco, they get the offense a little bit more on track last week against the New
30:43England Patriots.
30:44There was a couple of times they were settling for field goals, maybe a little bit too much,
30:47but this is still a team that is showing now all the different things that they have.
30:54And I think you can start to feel a little bit more confident from a 49ers standpoint.
30:59But for Arizona, it has been a little bit limited the last couple of games.
31:04I do think 7.5 is a bit too much of a spread between these two.
31:08I do think that Arizona has kind of just, they've stumbled a little bit, and it hasn't
31:13looked all that great.
31:14Washington did just mollywop those guys.
31:17And Detroit did a pretty good job of limiting them.
31:19And so when you do look at it, it is 14 points and 13 points in the last couple of games.
31:25But I still think that there is a lot of offensive upside on this side.
31:30And I do think that San Francisco's defense, they just keep getting banged up and they
31:34keep getting banged up and they keep getting banged up.
31:36So I actually do think that Arizona covers the spread in this one, and so I will take
31:41Arizona plus 7.5.
31:43I just think that Arizona's offense is going to be enough to kind of keep pace with what
31:47San Francisco does.
31:48The 49ers probably win this game, but I do think that Arizona kind of keeps it close
31:52anyway.
31:54And from a fantasy standpoint, Kyler Murray, you're starting.
31:58James Conner, same.
32:00Harrison, yes.
32:01And we've said, like, deeper leagues, Wilson is getting more of the snaps, and now he's
32:04starting to get more of the targets, so he's someone that you can trust as well.
32:09And on the 49ers side, I think the Jennings thing's probably kind of done.
32:16With Kittle and Samuel back, Iyuk, we had a conversation about him on Monday, or sorry,
32:21on Tuesday, about whether we can trust him or not.
32:24I do think you have to kind of keep trusting him, but I don't think I would put Jennings
32:30ahead of him.
32:31So we're back to Jennings being a, let's keep him around and just see.
32:34But I'm not trusting him at this point.
32:38But then I think you can go with Mason, and then the Studs over in San Francisco, and
32:43I think Purdy is a quarterback that you can start this week.
32:46The Giants, taking on the Seattle Seahawks.
32:48The total is at 42 and a half, with Seattle, the home favorite, of 7.
32:53The Giants are bad, okay?
32:55Seattle's defense kind of got lit up last week against the Detroit Lions.
33:00They kind of just couldn't stop anything.
33:02And so I am seeing a few people trending a little bit more on the Giants' side, and
33:07thinking like, Seattle's defense, like maybe they're not going to be able to stop this.
33:10And that's going to be that.
33:12There's a big difference, I think, between Daniel Jones and Jared Goff, right?
33:18And there's a big difference between Aminrah St. Brown and Wanda Robinson.
33:23And I don't even know who to compare on the Giants beyond that, because you've never heard
33:26of any of them.
33:27Malik Nabors is going to be out this week with a concussion.
33:30And so I just, I don't see how the Giants keep up with this.
33:34And also, the Giants' defense isn't going to do shit against the Seattle offense.
33:39So I think that this is one that you can feel comfortable with taking Seattle minus the 7.
33:46If you want to throw them on a bit of a teaser side, maybe you can do that, although there
33:50aren't a whole lot of other obvious options in this one.
33:53Maybe adding 6 to the Raiders, so you can take it through a couple of key numbers there,
33:57and go Raiders plus 8 and a half, along with a Seattle tease at minus 7.
34:01Again, not advice, just putting it out there, you know?
34:05From a fantasy standpoint, I do think you can go with Wanda Robinson.
34:08Like there were yards to be had through the air last week for the Lions against Seattle,
34:13and Wanda Robinson got just a shitload of targets.
34:15I think it was 11 receptions for 71 yards, which kind of tells you all you need to know
34:19about this offense.
34:20But, I think that he is going to be a factor, but the rest of them, like, I guess if you're
34:25desperate and, like Singletary is a fine start I guess this week.
34:28With how Gibbs was able to power run the ball against Seattle.
34:32And so that is, um, that's an option as well, but those are the only two.
34:37And for Seattle, I think you can start everybody.
34:38Kenneth Walker looked like a stud, and goddamn was that annoying.
34:41I lost to Aaron Vickers from NHL.com in Calgary Media League because Kenneth Walker just kept
34:47scoring touchdowns.
34:48It was funny.
34:49We had, and I know no one wants to hear about anyone else's fantasy league, but we had just
34:53an absolutely putrid battle on Sunday.
34:55And then Monday night comes, and it's just, Kenneth Walker, touchdown.
34:59Jamison Williams, 70 yard touchdown.
35:01And we just, like, our Monday night guys were just like back and forth, just absolute haymakers.
35:06And eventually, last Kenneth Walker score ends up putting him over the top, but yeah,
35:12that was, it was quite the performance.
35:13And I think he is the guy.
35:14I do think you can still start Charbonnet.
35:16I think he is a bit more of a flex option.
35:18And I think you roll with Smith and Jigba, Lockett, and Metcalf at receiver, and you
35:23just kind of hope that it's their game.
35:25Lockett, like, I think there's going to be room for all of them to contribute in this
35:30game anyway.
35:31Rams, taking on the Green Bay Packers.
35:35The Packers are favored by three, the total is at 48 and a half.
35:38I am curious as to why this is so low.
35:41And this is a, maybe this is an overreaction from me, but one of the things we talked about
35:45on Tuesday is it's time for us to stop taking the Rams so seriously.
35:50Because they continue to just let us down, and let us down, and let us down.
35:54And they had that nice showing in week one against Detroit, where they kind of hung around
35:59and forced that game into overtime.
36:02And then they get a win over the 49ers in a great comeback.
36:04But that was a Lions team that, I mean, hey, they still only scored 20.
36:09And the Lions put up some yards, they just weren't able to finish drives, and they're
36:12still figuring some stuff out.
36:14Week two, they get just shit-pumped by Arizona, and it's 21-0 before that game really even
36:20started.
36:21And then week three, they're getting curb-stomped by San Francisco, until the fourth quarter
36:26when Kyle Shanahan, Kyle Shanahan'd all over that game, and they blew another late lead,
36:32and the Rams were able to come back, and then last week, they had way too much trouble with
36:35that Chicago Bears team.
36:37So, you'll excuse me if I don't know why we need to take them seriously, even at home,
36:43against the Green Bay Packers.
36:45The Rams do have a bit more of a home field advantage at SoFi than the Chargers do, but
36:49you're going to tell me that place ain't going to be, at least, like, 40% Packers fans
36:55on Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles?
36:57In October?
36:58Yeah, there's going to be fans from Green Bay who want to get the hell out of Dodge
37:02for a weekend to go to LA?
37:04Yeah.
37:05100%.
37:06So, I think that this is going to be a Green Bay team that actually puts up quite a few
37:11points.
37:12I know there's no Christian Walker, but this is why you have like 18 talented wide receivers
37:16on your team is so that when one guy goes down, you just keep filling them up, and you
37:20don't really have to worry about any of the repercussions, and you just kind of keep rolling
37:24with that.
37:25So I think the Green Bay Packers get the job done, and I just think this offense is too
37:29good for this defense to stop.
37:31Like, they gave up 24 points to Chicago last week, and Chicago is one of the easier teams
37:36to defend.
37:37You just send five, and all of a sudden, you've cracked the code.
37:41And so I think, seeing how Jordan Love got back into the swing of things in the back
37:48part of that game against Minnesota, I think he's going to be a bit more ready, a bit more
37:51prepared, and going to come out and beat on the LA Rams.
37:55So that one surprises me, to the point where I'm looking at it like, what am I missing
38:00in this one?
38:01We'll be waiting all day for Sunday night.
38:04It'll be the Steelers.
38:05Two and a half point favorites at home against the Dallas Cowboys in the total at 43 and
38:09a half.
38:10This one I don't think will be very pretty.
38:12But I do agree that the Pittsburgh Steelers should be favored here.
38:16I was worried we were taking a lot of favorites, but there was a stretch in the middle there
38:19where we took some underdogs.
38:20Because I'm going Steelers here in this one as well.
38:23Pittsburgh, offensively they showed a little bit last week against Indy, and the Dallas
38:29defense is banged up and also isn't good.
38:32And so I think that this is going to be a week where there are going to be some points
38:36scored.
38:37Hey Conrad, how's it going?
38:39This is going to be a week where there's going to be some points scored for the Pittsburgh
38:43Steelers.
38:44I think Justin Fields continues to learn this offense, Arthur Smith continues to learn how
38:48to use him, I think, a little bit inefficiently, but uses him.
38:53And Dallas' defense, with the injuries that they have, is not one that really threatens
38:57you.
38:58The Steelers defense did kind of, I don't want to say get exposed last week, but there
39:01was just a little bit of a, hmm, maybe you're not as good as we think you are.
39:06I know Highsmith this week again for Pittsburgh, and that is a concern over the middle, but
39:10I do still think that that Pittsburgh defense is going to give Dallas a lot of problems
39:15offensively.
39:16And the, like, quite frankly Dallas' offense is a little bit, um, one-dimensional at this
39:26point.
39:27The team can't run for shit, and they have one good receiver.
39:30You're telling me that Mike Tomlin can't figure that out?
39:34So I think the Steelers win this one kind of going away, and we talk about, like, hmm,
39:38we're not taking the Steelers seriously enough when everything resumes on Monday.
39:42Speaking of Monday, Monday Night Football, it is the Chiefs taking on the New Orleans
39:46Saints.
39:47We'll get to that in a second.
39:48We've got to talk fantasy.
39:49Yeah, Conrad, Mooney, Mooney's beastin'.
39:52And we kind of talked about Mooney, as someone that you may want to look at from a waiver
39:55wire standpoint, but he is certainly benefiting from Kirk Cousins, probably the most of anyone
40:01in that offense.
40:03And so, if you need, I think there's going to be a little bit more of a aggressiveness
40:10for some teams in fantasy, like Toxic earlier had Mike Evans, so I think Eric, who's playing
40:16Toxic this week in the Vampire League, needs to maybe be a bit more aggressive.
40:20And so this is where I think lineup construction comes in.
40:23So if you're like Conrad and Mooney TorchTube, or if you are like Eric and you're playing
40:29Toxic who had Mike Evans, or you're like me and you're a little bit behind, I think
40:34this is where you go with a little bit more boom or bust sort of players.
40:38There are guys on your bench who are going to be the more safe ones, probably, right?
40:41Like we talked about Zach Moss before.
40:43He's safe.
40:44Devin Singletary's safe.
40:45They're not going to blow up, but they're not going to kill you.
40:49But I do think when you are behind in those sorts of ways, I do think that it is smart
40:53to kind of go out and go with the, alright, home run swing, man, let's fucking go.
40:59Maybe we were just going to go with Sam Darnold before, but fuck it, man.
41:03Let's roll with Justin Fields and just see what happens.
41:06See if we can get a Russian touchdown or two in there as well.
41:09So yeah, that's, I think that that needs to be kind of discussed here, is that you do
41:14need to be a little bit more aggressive with your lineups.
41:17And so I forgot to do fantasy breakdowns for a couple of games.
41:20So going back, Packers against the Rams, I just said, I think you're starting Jordan
41:25Love this week, and you're probably starting Jordan Love every week.
41:27And you're starting basically all the remade pass catchers, right?
41:30Like Wicks, I think Reid is so talented, and I just got that one wrong this preseason.
41:36And Dubs has a chance to get into the end zone, so I think you have to start all of
41:39those guys.
41:40I'm in a spot similar to UConn, Rad, where my, in one of my leagues, my season has gone
41:45to shit, and it is another week where I'm kind of projected to be on the wrong side
41:50of things.
41:51So I'm throwing Wicks in, just to try to get that home run swing out of it.
41:55You can start Josh Jacobs.
41:56I think that that's going to be a good one.
41:59And Emmanuel Wilson.
42:00I don't think you can roll him out there as a for-sure start just yet, but if you're
42:04in a desperate situation, I do think that he's getting a little bit more of the workload
42:09out in Green Bay than people were anticipating, and so he can be a guy that, in deep leagues,
42:14you can throw out there and at least hope.
42:16For the Rams, there isn't a whole lot.
42:17It's Kyron Williams.
42:19Green Bay's defense I don't think is that good, that you just don't start Matthew
42:23Stafford this week.
42:24He's not that bad that you absolutely have to, but I think he is a very valuable streaming
42:28option, and I don't trust any of the pass catchers in LA right now.
42:34Cowboys against Steelers from a fantasy standpoint, I do think that as an if-you-are-desperate
42:39sort of a play, Justin Fields is pretty good as a streaming option this week.
42:43Najee Harris is a go, and for deep leagues, Cordero Patterson.
42:47If Najee Harris isn't playing, which definitely check that, or sorry, if Jalen Warren isn't
42:51playing, which definitely keep an eye on that, but Cordero Patterson I think has some
42:55value in this offense.
42:57We know Arthur Smith loves him.
42:58We know that the kind of, um, the lightning in Thunder and Lightning combinations in Pittsburgh
43:04actually works pretty well, and so I think you can go with that.
43:06And then George Pickens is a play.
43:09For Dallas, I would not be… if I could avoid Dak this week, I would.
43:13I'm not starting any of the running backs, and CeeDee Lamb is kind of the only receiver
43:17that you can go with.
43:18I mean, I haven't talked about tight end a whole lot in any of these.
43:22If you have the tight end in any of these matchups, just fucking throw them out.
43:25And, um, see what happens.
43:28Sorry, Toxic.
43:29I should be a bit more, um, specific.
43:32What's considered a deep league?
43:3412 teams?
43:35I…
43:36I wouldn't consider a 12 team league super deep, necessarily.
43:42I guess that 12 is kind of the whatever.
43:45Anything beyond 12, I would consider deep.
43:47Like, I consider a 14 team league deep, and I consider a, um, 16 team league to be deep.
43:54And then anything beyond that, you're a fucking psychopath.
43:57But for 12 teams, if it… if it is moderately competitive, or deeper benches, then you can
44:02consider that deep.
44:03But when I am saying, like, oh yeah, Cordero-Patterson are a deeper league, I am thinking more 14
44:07and 16 team leagues.
44:08Um, oddly enough, I'm seeing more 16 than 14.
44:12It's funny, once you get to 14, it's like, ah, fuck it, man, let's just get half the
44:14league.
44:15Let's go.
44:16But I do think that that's, you know, not a bad… not a bad suggestion there.
44:21Anyway, 18 team dynasty league, let's go.
44:24Holy hell.
44:25That is…
44:26That's something, man.
44:27That's crazy.
44:28Uh, I've never played an 18 team league before.
44:3016 is the deepest I've gone.
44:32Um, 16 team with, uh, 5 keepers and a bench that is way too deep for… for that sort
44:39of a thing.
44:40But, uh, would love to try something a little bit deeper like that.
44:42So, I'm not…
44:43I'm not in any, like, full dynasty where you play, like, the whole season and there's
44:47a rookie draft and you can add and drop guys throughout the offseason and stuff like that
44:52and you just keep everyone.
44:53I'm not in one of those.
44:54So I'd like to do that too.
44:55That would be a fun kind of a rainy day episode, like, different kind of fantasy leagues I
44:58would like to try.
44:59We're doing one this year with the Vampire League and it's a lot more difficult than
45:02I thought.
45:03Um, but it's, um, it's been a lot of fun to try and get that going, but a win would
45:07be nice in it.
45:08All right.
45:09So, baseball.
45:10It is.
45:11The Kansas City Chiefs taking on the… oh, dude.
45:14Game over dynasty.
45:15Yeah.
45:16I mean, look.
45:17Game over.
45:18Um, there's going to be announcements on, um, hirings here probably pretty soon, uh,
45:20but we're going to have a deep roster.
45:22So we could do… we could do just like a full NHL, like, sim league where we're basically
45:26going to have enough players to just… or enough people in the league to just do, like,
45:30the entire league and just roll with it that way.
45:32By the way, sim league.
45:33Something I have to try at some point.
45:35Baseball probably more than any other sport, but it would be fun to do in anything.
45:38Um, Monday Night Football.
45:40Saints.
45:41Chiefs.
45:42The Kansas City Chiefs are favored by five and a half points, with the total, I believe,
45:46I don't know why I closed my app, well I do know why, someone offered me a low ball
45:49trade offer, um, is, uh, 42 and a half.
45:54So, the Kansas City Chiefs, everybody is hurt.
45:56Everybody hurts.
45:57Um, and I'm kidding.
45:59Uh, it was, it was a joke.
46:01Um.
46:02Kind of.
46:03It was, the Kansas City Chiefs, everybody is hurt right now, right?
46:05Rasheed Rice, his leg got put on backwards.
46:08Isaiah Pacheco, um, broke something.
46:10And so there isn't a whole lot of offensive weaponry here.
46:15But I do think that this is now the start of the Travis Kelsey playing himself into
46:19shape world tour, where he goes out and kind of reminds us all of how good that, um, how
46:26good he can be in, still, as a tight end, and show why he is one of the greatest tight
46:32ends.
46:33Maybe the, probably the greatest tight end in the history of the sport.
46:38But, it's going to be tough for Kansas City to move the ball.
46:40And for one thing, in this game, I have a ton of respect for the New Orleans Saints
46:45defense.
46:46I am probably going to avoid the side in this.
46:48I think Kansas City wins, uh, because they are just a better team than the Saints.
46:52But given the injury issues that Kansas City has, I do think that this is going to be on
46:57the lower side.
46:58So, I'm going to take under 42 and a half.
47:01Uh, the Saints offense, I think they're starting to normalize a little bit.
47:05It's not this juggernaut that we saw in the first couple of weeks of the season.
47:09But it's not, we're only scoring 15 points, or sorry, 12 points, against the Eagles.
47:13Um, I think they're going to be selling right around maybe an average offense, with some
47:18high end upside.
47:20But I do think that this is going to be a week where Kansas City shuts things down.
47:23Having McDuffie as kind of your lockdown corner is so valuable, because they can just put
47:29him on a lave, and it's just done.
47:32And then you can kind of bracket Shaheed.
47:34And there isn't a whole lot else that the New Orleans offense can do.
47:39So I, I do think that, again, this is going to be a real low scoring game.
47:44From a fantasy football standpoint, for the Saints, uh, I just said that they're going
47:47to try to just like, one-on-one take away Olave.
47:50You still kind of have to play him.
47:51And we have seen number two options do well against Kansas City this year.
47:56You think back, like, likely has an unbelievable game, right?
47:59Mike Gusicki has a really, really good game for, uh, for the Bengals.
48:05And then in week three, it was the Falcons, and again, it was Mooney who comes up with
48:10a pretty good game.
48:11Now, London has a good drive late, and that gets him kind of over what we had talked about
48:15before.
48:16But, uh, and then in the Chargers, like, they don't have any passing options that can really
48:19do anything against you.
48:20So, um, I do think that this is a game where you can roll with Shaheed a little bit, and
48:26you kind of just have to trust with Olave and hope that, scheme-wise, there's a late
48:30drive where they just kind of spam throw him the ball a ton.
48:34Keep an eye on Taysom Hill.
48:35If he is not in the lineup, um, I think Jawan Johnson as the tight end can be a good, um,
48:42option for you, for sure.
48:44As a kind of late, like, ah!
48:46Panic move.
48:47Um, and if you are, honestly, if you are super desperate, I do think Noah Gray, the backup
48:53tight end for Kansas City, does help get that ball rolling a little bit with this team.
48:58Because they just need high-level pass catchers right now.
49:01And I don't know if Gray would categorize as high-level, but I would trust him more
49:04than I would trust, like, Juju Smith-Schuster or anything right now.
49:08So, I think that they're going to see a little bit more of that.
49:11So, if you want to roll with Taysom Hill and roll the dice, like, I'm going to have to
49:14in one of my leagues, and just kind of hope for the best that, um, either he is playing
49:20or whatever, then you can, or you find out, I guess, earlier and you don't have to.
49:26But, I think you can then pivot to a couple of the options in this game.
49:30On the Kansas City side, I can't believe I'm saying this.
49:35I would try to not start Mahomes.
49:36Um, he has, like, I listen to the fantasy footballers, he's basically a streamer right
49:41now.
49:42And this isn't a good matchup for him.
49:43And so, I, I would be looking elsewhere for Patrick Mahomes options, if I were you.
49:50And, honestly, like, I would not go with Derek Haar here.
49:52But, it would be an interesting thing to go through and figure out, like, okay, who would
49:56I start over Patrick Mahomes?
49:58So I would kind of try to not.
50:00Kareem Hunt, if you can get over the type of dude that he is, you can absolutely throw
50:05him into your line.
50:06Obviously, you picked him up, you kind of crossed that bridge.
50:07So, if you have him, you are starting him.
50:09I do think Somaji P. Ryan has the option, and, um, has the ability to do something.
50:16Because I do think this game's going to be close.
50:18And so I think the pass catching back has some value.
50:21And again, given the injuries that Kansas City has, they are just going to have to throw
50:26it to talented players.
50:28Um, yeah, Crimney, Drake London is back.
50:32We got that one loud and clear from the Atlanta Falcons, that he is back.
50:36And even Kyle Pitts having a pretty good game.
50:39Maybe we need to recalibrate what we think of Tampa Bay's defense a little bit.
50:41Um, Tampa Bay's turning into a team we can't really trust, right?
50:45We think we can trust them against Denver.
50:47Shit kicked.
50:48We don't think we can trust them against Philadelphia.
50:50Dominated.
50:51Uh, we think we can maybe trust them against Atlanta.
50:54Shit kicked.
50:55So we're kind of all over the place on the Tampa Bay defense there, after we saw that
51:00this week.
51:01But, um, for pass catching options, like I said, I think P. Ryan is a sneaky play this
51:05week.
51:06And I do think that you can, you can roll with Worthy.
51:11I would be interested to see how Dennis Allen tries to take him out.
51:14And like I said, if you're desperate because of, um, Taysom Hill's injury situation, I
51:18think you can roll with Noah Gray in this game.
51:21Because Kansas City just needs people who can catch the football right now.