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[Amanda Black] (0:00 - 0:54)
What is up, friends? We are back for another episode of Let's Talk Football, sis. You know the drill.
Fantasy football for the girls, by the girls, baby. Well, we are hopefully, hopefully helping you dominate your fucking fantasy football league, even though the punches and the injuries and the shit just keeps on rolling, baby, because it was another week of just dramatic injuries of star players yet again. But fantasy football, we would expect nothing less, right?
There makes it interesting. It makes it interesting, right? Some obvious injuries and also some surprising breakouts, some great performances, some upsets.
I don't know about you, Ang. But like, when I started by Sunday, I had every anticipation of the Steelers getting their asses handed to them on Sunday. Yeah, I was like, Okay, we're gonna lose Andy looks so good.
And then apparently, the Pittsburgh defense had a little like, sit down a little yes, situation.
[Angela Sims] (0:55 - 1:19)
Because holy shit, completely different defense, like the defensive old the defense we've we're usually, you know, picking up at the beginning of fantasy season thinking, okay, no, it's a no brainer. We started Pittsburgh Steelers defense. We finally saw that happen.
And then I'm gonna touch on it later. But I don't know if it's gonna stay. I don't know.
We can't predict that.
[Amanda Black] (1:19 - 1:36)
No, no gambling at this point. But my goodness, it was nice to see them get their shit together. The offense still dramatically hard to watch.
But you know what, at least when like you're having a bad week, you're like, you know what, at least my team took a W and it makes your mood significantly better, right? It does. It does.
[Angela Sims] (1:36 - 1:59)
I have you guys didn't know what Pittsburgh fans so huge Pittsburgh fans and I have a lot of Browns fans that are students. So they know I like the Steelers. So it's like a big thing when I come in and they've lost and, and then my husband made a joke this week.
Well, at least the Browns didn't lose this week. Because they're on a buy. He makes that joke every single year, but I love every single year.
So I like it.
[Amanda Black] (1:59 - 2:29)
It's funny. I saw there was, I played a league with my husband and there was like a thread of obviously a chat and someone put if only the Cleveland Browns defense would join the Cincinnati Bengals offense and make a super team from Ohio. I was like, you're not wrong.
It would be mecca of a super team. Yeah. I love it.
I love it. Awesome. All right.
Well, let's get into some of the nitty gritty. Let's talk play the week. Let's kick it off with what was your favorite play of the week from this past Sunday games or my favorite.
[Angela Sims] (2:29 - 3:22)
Yeah. My favorite play of the week was Sam Laporta's touchdown. It was a fourth down play.
So it was already kind of like one of those tense moments like, okay, are they going to convert or not? So golf throws an amazing dart to Laporta. He makes a reception, but finishes it in an even better way.
Because if you ever seen like you put food out in the summer on a picnic and flies just swarm to it, that is what defenders did to Sam Laporta. And Sam Laporta was like, hell no. He just shook them off kind of and just kind of barrel acid into the end zone.
So really, really showed us, you know, that he's still a very relevant tight end, that you shouldn't be sleeping on him. It also showed what the Lions grit is. And I love that word.
I love grit and having grit and pushing through. And that's what the Lions do, right? Yes, they got a loss, but it's okay.
We're still seeing them play some really good football.
[Amanda Black] (3:22 - 3:56)
I agree. I think that's too, like always goes back to the leader. Like Dan Campbell is like, he walks, I always say if you're going to walk the walk, you got to talk the talk, you got to walk the walk, right?
Yeah. And he walks the walk so he can talk the game as he should. That man is no fear.
Fourth down, no fear. No, he trusts those guys so much, which is awesome. Oh, yes.
Yes. Awesome. Well, my play of the week is a little bit of a different play of the week, but Cam Little himself broke the NFL record for the longest field goal this week, which is a huge accomplishment 68 yards.
When you watch that get kicked on the field, you're like, he is on the actual other side of the field.
[Angela Sims] (3:56 - 3:56)
Yeah.
[Amanda Black] (3:57 - 4:17)
And you know, I don't know if anyone remembers, but when I was mock drafting, I talked about I loving Cam Little because his name is Little and it's like a little broke it. We were joking last night watching some of the Monday night game, which absolute blasphemy that it wasn't on any of the networks because of contract disputes. I thought I was going crazy.
[Angela Sims] (4:17 - 4:32)
I was like, what am I not paying for to get this game? My husband was like, I'm leaving. I'm going to bed.
You figure it out. And I was like, I just won't watch it. It's fine.
I'll just recap it. And then Amanda gave me a solution, but it is stupid as hell.
[Amanda Black] (4:33 - 4:43)
Stupid as hell. I know. But then we were watching Brandon Aubrey also go to kick a 60 yard ace and my husband was like, what if?
I was like, well, Cam Little would only hold it for a little bit.
[Angela Sims] (4:44 - 6:23)
I honestly would have guessed that Brandon Aubrey would have been the one to do it or had already done some outrageous kick. And I heard Cam Little and I'm like, wait, Brandon Aubrey, who's been on fire with his leg. Hopefully the leg doesn't ever catch on fire.
That would be bad. But he has been the superior kicker, but Cam Little good for you guys. It's for you, dude.
Good for you. All right. Who was your vet of the week this week?
Well, my boy was back. My boy Brock Bowers was back. And I not one minute did I blink an eye and think, oh, he might need a game back to get back into it.
No, not only did he have a dominant game, three touchdowns, 127 yards, but he also seemed to revive the offense in Las Vegas. Geno Smith was like, wait a minute. I know how to play football.
Let me start playing football. I'm going to throw to the sky. And then everything worked because I've never all year so far we've ragged on Geno.
Interceptions, terrible quarterback, don't do anything with them. Finally started creeping up on the rankings a little bit when I was like, uh, oh, is something wrong? Is everyone going crazy?
But Brock Bowers by far is my vet of the week. Could you even call him a vet? He's only in a second year.
It's like he's been playing forever. And I read all these quotes from players on his team just saying such great things about him. One of, I think it was Jacoby Meyers.
He's not a Raider anymore, but said something about, I just had a son and if my son could be anything like him, it was just so humble and awesome. And I love seeing that and hearing that. So Brock Bowers, keep it up, bro.
[Amanda Black] (6:24 - 6:56)
Keep it up, baby. Anything like that with NFL players, I saw I got like targeted on TikTok or something with like, um, TikTok of like all these players and like having heartfelt moments with other players like, Hey, man, just an honor play against you. And I'm like, God, you know, you're like about to start your period when you're fucking crying because these guys are like, here's my Jersey mail.
It's like my son loves you, your favorite player. He's like, here, take the Jersey mail it to him, give it to him. And I'm like, Oh, and you're a master.
There's just such a wholesome side behind these guys, which like, it's so good to see. Yes. Um, love it.
And for the record, I still have zero trusted Gina Smith. Okay, cool.
[Angela Sims] (6:56 - 7:09)
Moving on. I am not by any means saying ladies, Gina Smith's a great option. No, no, no, no, no.
He's still going to throw an interception, but he's elevated by this Brock Bowers comeback for sure.
[Amanda Black] (7:09 - 7:49)
Love it. Love it. My end of the week is Rico Doudle.
I mean, we obviously saw Rico come up when Chuba was out and missed some time. And now we're watching Rico take the backfield from Chuba Hubbard. The Green Bay Packers have shut down every single running back they have played throughout this season so far, except Mr. Rico Doudle himself. He said, absolutely not hold my beer. I don't know if you saw his, um, touchdown celebration. He did like Keenan Thiele skit and he only pumped twice and they still gave him a 15.
I was like, he was so upset about it. You could tell. I was like, he was like, Oh, he was like twice.
And he said twice. I was like, that is the least egregious thing that's happened in the NFL league.
[Angela Sims] (7:49 - 8:01)
You get it when they do the gun or stuff like that, or they're taunting or things like that. Come on, just let the man do a celebration and get on with it. There's worse things happening.
[Amanda Black] (8:02 - 8:08)
Like there's, but then there's calls and allegations and calls out. That's what we're finding people for.
[Angela Sims] (8:09 - 8:09)
Exactly.
[Amanda Black] (8:10 - 8:18)
Yeah. Anyway, they can overlook everything else. Right?
For sure. Yeah. All right.
Well, he's now a very safe start every single week, friends.
[Angela Sims] (8:19 - 8:29)
I tried to get him, someone in one of our leagues dropped him and I saw us and I was only fifth on waivers and I didn't get him and I was so sad, but I hear it.
[Amanda Black] (8:29 - 8:30)
I hear it.
[Angela Sims] (8:30 - 9:27)
All right. Who's your rookie? Rookie of the week was Colston Loveland.
He was my spicy start last week and he pulled through for me. Um, he showed up. He made a bomb catch at the end of the game.
Yes. And I've heard it all week. Yes.
They played a booty hole, Cincinnati defense. It doesn't matter. There was like no tackling happening in that, but he just shook him off.
He ran into that end zone, won the game. It was just an unreal game of passing. Um, Joe Flacco was almost my vet of the week because how does a 41 year old man throw for 470 yards?
Thank the Lord that he has a bye week this week, because I would assume that all week, if anyone asked him something, he's, he's grabbing with the other arm. Just like this. And then someone's like, Hey, Joe, pass me the remote.
I can't buddy. I can't. So it's gotta be because it's just insane, but I know it.
[Amanda Black] (9:27 - 9:28)
I know it.
[Angela Sims] (9:28 - 9:33)
Colston Loveland, rookie of the week, or vet of the week, rookie of the week. Oh my gosh. Not a warm up.
Not a vet.
[Amanda Black] (9:33 - 10:34)
Rookie of the week. I love it. Mine is Jackson Dart.
I know they still ended up taking a loss, but I love, and I've shared this already. Like I love the whole vibe of the giant community. Like they just seem like they really are.
For lack of better words, they have the fight in them. They're going for it. They're still grinding it out.
And Jackson Dart grinded it out. Um, I think we're all worried about what those back to like losses we're going to do to that entire offense and specifically losing, you know, the really heart of the spirit of scatterboom self. But Jackson Dart said, I got it guys.
Don't worry. He connected. Well, you know, Johnson connected well with him.
They really carried it. Jackson Dart performed well. And while they took an L he was great for fantasy value and will specifically like his legs offside just makes everyone eyes sparkle with fantasy.
So Jackson Dart, I love the giants right now because of their vibe, not the team so much, but you get my rookie of the week because it was just fun to watch your flight. Gotta think he's doing it for Scott every week. I know he's doing a huge door.
Like Jackson Dart does that thing on his face for like Anakin Skywalker install.
[Angela Sims] (10:35 - 10:35)
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Amanda Black] (10:36 - 11:03)
Huge wholesome dorky dork. And I love it. I'm like, you get on with your dork self.
Awesome stuff. Alright, some injury recaps this week. Womp womp womp.
We lost to an ACL tear. He's out for the season. I know he was my tight end.
So like I'm hurting on that one. I also was a manager for Jane and Daniel's and our super Oh, his elbow injury was equivalent to the Scott of LA like it was the same way way worse.
[Angela Sims] (11:03 - 12:03)
But honestly, when you watched it, because I didn't, we've talked about the fact that I don't that we don't stay up for games, blah, blah, blah. So in the morning, my husband shows me a video, oh, look what happened to Jane Daniels. So I'm just thinking, Oh, no, the hammy or there's a now there's a Achilles.
So I'm looking on his leg like it's falling. No, no, no. Then you catch it.
And you're like, and then you just it was so bad. The bizarro thing is that it's not it could not be as bad as it looked, which is really weird. Now when I know I read it could be like a Tommy john thing that a roommate in college who had to have this she was a javelin thrower.
It's the most disgusting thing when you hear what that is. So I'm not going to describe it because it probably wouldn't do it right anyways. But thank goodness it wasn't his throwing arm.
So that gives a little bit more of a, you know, I have a feeling with how bad they've been that he they're just gonna know about for the year by no means, but at least it's not a career ending thing, right?
[Amanda Black] (12:03 - 12:04)
Like, no, absolutely.
[Angela Sims] (12:05 - 12:12)
There's no coming back. So at least good for him because injuries are tough. We don't want to see any anybody get injured.
I wouldn't be injured in that way.
[Amanda Black] (12:13 - 12:54)
Absolutely. Some more minor injuries. He did suffer concussion.
So we'll watch his availability for week 10. Aaron Jones AC joint sprain not considered serious, but again, just something to keep your eye on just in case a lot of these guys like we film on Tuesdays, we told you guys that and so sometimes we just don't know the full extent of these injuries. We don't have enough updates just yet.
Okay, Sean booty again did suffer a hamstring injury. So we're still waiting to see if he'll miss any time. It sounds like Brock pretty I don't know they say you might be back for like 18 weeks in a row.
So who the fuck knows what Brock pretty is gonna do. So watch him and his toe. Same thing with Tyler Murray.
What's insane to me as we watch your Kobe versus completely command that offense and make Marvin Harrison Jr. Relevant.
[Angela Sims] (12:54 - 12:54)
Exactly.
[Amanda Black] (12:54 - 13:05)
Has not been able to make Marlena and then they came out and said Kyler still our starter and maybe they're just speaking like maybe they're keeping face because any fantasy manager would hope that that does not happen.
[Angela Sims] (13:06 - 14:00)
No, and I got so freaked out because I needed a quarterback Baker was out grabbed Kyler because of the good matchup then Kyler's questionable then Kyler's not playing then Kyler could play and then I'm like crap. Well, then I dropped him and got percent which glad I did but but you're right. It just changes a good quarterback who isn't scared of getting hit and that's really one of our things and can see he's so little like you can't I mean, unfortunately, some height and I told Amanda and she did not notice but percent has a donk.
So look guys like I noticed it. So I'm like, man, he's got a butt on him, but it was a good but but he's doing a thing. He's making the guys relevant.
We love it. Love it. Love it.
All right.
[Amanda Black] (14:00 - 15:18)
And then some other guys just keep in mind DeAndre Swift groin. We don't know his real ability quench on Jenkins. Keep an eye on that.
Will Bucky Irving come back or not. Ramon J. Stevenson was out week nine.
Isaiah Pacheco was out week nine. So all guys just to keep your eye on same thing with returns after some buys AJ Brown will he be back this week or not? We aren't sure.
Other injuries that are still pending Garrett Wilson, Terry McClure and Pukanakua we saw suffer that rib injury. So just again, they're still doing further analysis there. Ricky Pearsall will be back.
I don't know. BTJ injury again. It sounds like it wasn't super duper severe, but they did just make a trade.
So maybe it's more severe than they're saying. Matthew Golden, Calvin Ridley still out. Cooper Cup was out.
Chris Godwin still not back yet. Marvin Middens who the hell knows. So just all of the guys that were still looking at and then cool commit as the tight end again still concussion protocol.
So just a lot up in the air. So just make sure as you move through this week, you're watching that. And if you need to end up making a move into free agency, you do that early.
All right, let's get into some matchups on the week before we dive in. We have a few teams on buys. Obviously we have this is honestly some heavy hitters on by this week.
So we have the bangles, the Cowboys and the Chiefs. Those are really the only teams with our living players. Cause the Titans who are on by give them a break, give them a break.
Get that decision, even off my plate.
[Angela Sims] (15:18 - 15:45)
Cause I don't want to decide if I should start like I am arrow or DK. Like I don't was very glad that we did not have to discuss any of those guys this week because I just was kind of tired of talking about them. But as one of those, like if you're a Titans fan, I know a couple of Titans fans, I guess, but they'll be in the same realm as my husband.
Hey, at least we didn't lose this week. Hey, Kim Lord did great this week. Really?
What'd he do? Nothing. So that's even better.
He rested.
[Amanda Black] (15:45 - 15:45)
Okay.
[Angela Sims] (15:47 - 16:39)
All right. We'll move into our Thursday night matchup. All right.
So we got Las Vegas versus Denver. Um, we'll see how that goes. But, uh, Vegas faces the Denver defense who's again is the best against wide receivers second best quarterback.
So don't get too hype on Gino there, me, Angela, don't get hype on Gino. Uh, so it's going to probably make his life a little bit of a living hell. Uh, the only players I feel okay with from the Raider side are Genty and Bowers period.
Rest of them you are sitting. Um, when we go to the, uh, other wide receivers on the, um, Las Vegas side, now we talked about that Jacoby Myers. I don't think we really talked about it though.
I know Amanda did a post on socials for Jacoby Myers was traded from, um, the Raiders to the Jaguars or Jacksonville Jacksonville.
[Amanda Black] (16:39 - 16:39)
Yes.
[Angela Sims] (16:41 - 18:00)
The Dean cats get me every time cats, the dang swirly charger, right. It's no Raider saints for me. I get them mixed up.
That never becomes a problem for me. That's a way now it's going to cause it's in my head. But, um, if we talk about Trey Tucker, you know, with Myers being traded, you would assume Tucker gets more of a relevant role, but he was already playing.
I think I like, I have 97% of snaps. So it wasn't like he was not in the offense. He was, and he really wasn't doing anything.
Right. Now we saw him have some breakout games. If you really are in some sort of situation where you God forbid need a wide receiver, maybe you grab Trey Tucker, maybe stash him this week.
Not so much Denver defense is just too good. You know, you're going to sit him over guys or sit him for guys like Darius slate. And I'd rather go with Tess Johnson.
I'd rather go over, uh, than Trey Tucker this week. Um, and there's really no other pass catchers besides Bowers that are even relevant mentioning. So that's really wraps it up for the Raiders side, the defense.
I'm also going to sit really nothing special there. Um, on the Denver side, must start guys are bonex Cortland Sutton, JK Dobbins. Denver's plating the Raiders defense who just medium against the quarterback.
Not worried about bonex. Personally, he's been really getting his, his stride, right?
[Amanda Black] (18:01 - 18:08)
Um, you're just going to hold your breath on him a little bit. He loves to like give you two points after the second and you're like, and then he's like, I got you, babe. I got you.
[Angela Sims] (18:09 - 19:54)
He just waits till the fourth quarter and then decides, let me just score 33 points for everybody. We're good. Um, but they're easy against the running back, which is good for both JK Dobbins and RJ Harvey.
I think RJ Harvey is still very relevant here. Um, and they're easy against wide receivers. So Sutton and Troy Franklin are very viable plays this week.
Um, I would feel good about Franklin in a flex spot. Um, I like him over guys like Rashid Shaheed, who also was traded, but we'll talk about that in another time. Uh, Tori Horton, who kind of popped up as a, um, a guy in week number nine, I'm getting all my weeks mixed up.
And then when we talk about RJ Harvey, he would be a good flex start. Um, for me, uh, not, not a start by any means JK is still the main guy there, but RJ Harvey, if you're in a spot and this week, you might be down a running back with buys. You might be looking for a streamer for the week to kind of fill in your spots.
I don't know if JK heart or JK Harvey, they got married. They're together now. Um, RJ Harvey, uh, is really available for you, but if you have them and you need to pop them in, he's not a bad play.
I would personally have a way more faith in him over Alvin Kamara this week, more reliable quarterback. I would play him over to Corey Kroski merit. I would play him over, uh, come, come on Eve at all.
Um, probably even over David Montgomery this week, a little bit more faith in him there sitting Evan Ingram, big old goose egg on the week. That was sad to see not really don't care. Uh, I would play guys like Kate Otten, Kyle Pitts, uh, Harold Fannin over Evan Ingram this week.
And you have to start the Denver Broncos defense. You just have to, they're that good.
[Amanda Black] (19:57 - 23:12)
They love it. Love it. Awesome.
Well, moving into the next matchup, we have the Atlanta Falcons versus the Indianapolis Colts, which the Colts did just make a big trade to round out their defense for the one and only sauce gardener who now joined the Colts, which they said, we're going to compete this year. They've got the team for it. So you know, when a team makes a move, it's a clear, clear sign that they are trying to make it all the way into the Superbowl.
So let's start with the Atlanta Falcons. There's some no brainer must starts. You're starting Drake London.
You're starting Bijon Robinson. And in my opinion, this week, a must start is Kyle Pitts as well. He's not in every week must start, but due to matchup this week, this is a great option.
This is an easier matchup for Pentix as a quarterback and one of the easiest matchups for the tight end position. So I would love to see Pitts get in your lineup if possible this week. So people to talk about and consider on Atlanta would be Michael Pentix.
He's not the favorite quarterback to stream, but I was looking at my own personal waiver wire of like, Hey, who's available? I've got Dak and I've got Jordan Love. And I was like, you know what?
Michael Pentix wouldn't be a terrible streaming option if your quarterback's on by and you need someone with potential upside. He does use his legs. So there is some opportunity for him to potentially score a touchdown.
And he has been connected very well with Drake London and Kyle Pitts as well. Throwing short passes to Bijon Robinson. I would play guys like Jackson Dart or Stafford over Michael Pentix.
So just keep that in mind as well. But he's an option if you really need someone. Darnell Mooney, he's risky always going to be in my opinion, I would kind of sit Darnell Mooney and I'd play like Jameson Williams, DJ Moore, obviously like Roman Dunes, um, Troy Franklin, Xavier Worthy.
I play all of those guys above Darnell Moody in my personal opinion. But I would maybe consider starting Darnell Moody over someone like QJ who yes, did score a touchdown this past week, which gave him relevance. But Justin Herbert just lost another guy on his O line.
So like, there's just going to be more issues with him being able to get deep ball. So I might consider that option. I'm not going to consider the Atlanta Falcons defense though.
Over onto the Colts, like we talked about, they did just acquire a new defensive weapons that does make everyone they face from an offensive standpoint, a little bit risky. Who knows if sauce will play this week because they are the international game. They played bright and early on Sunday morning.
Must starts for the Colts. There's a lot of them. Jonathan Taylor.
I know we had a down week. Just put him in. Tyler Warren.
This is going to be a hard matchup for him, but I'm still playing him. Same thing with the Michael Pittman. He's the one wide receiver that is going to get the start.
If you have him, you start him. Same with Daniel Jones. Even though he had like immense amount of turnovers and fumbles, he still scored 17 fantasy points, which is not terrible.
So you still continue to start him until he really shows us otherwise. It's also showing us that the entire Colts team has faith in him as well. So we keep starting him now.
The one question here mostly lies with Josh Downs and Alec Pierce. Do I consider starting one of them? If I had to, I would lean Pierce over Downs in my opinion for the simple fact that Alex Pierce is on the field more than Josh Downs is.
So he plays more snaps than Josh Downs position does. So Josh Downs is only on the field in three wide receiver schemes. Alec Pierce is on the field for every play.
So if I had to pick a guy, I would lean Pierce over Downs in my personal opinion there. And then you could just be me and have both of them and play them both and then play them both or decide which one to start. But if you had to pick one, I'd probably go Pierce in my opinion.
[Angela Sims] (23:12 - 23:20)
I agree with that. I agree. I'd rather go with a big kind of volatile player versus, you know, yes, exactly.
[Amanda Black] (23:20 - 23:42)
It's like Josh Downs had nine targets. Alec Pierce had 13 targets. Like that's just way better.
And then I don't love the Indianapolis Colts as a streaming defense. I would wait to see if soft gardener plays this week or not. I'm going to doubt that they have him play this week.
But moving forward, there'd be a great defense to play. If you don't want to drop them, you can risk it for the biscuit and play them, I suppose, and then keep them for the future. Because I do think there'll be a dominant defense moving forward.
[Angela Sims] (23:43 - 24:07)
Right. Yeah. I want to ask about that.
If I know like maybe I'm thinking of a high school football or something where you get go on another team, you have to wait so long. So the guys who are traded, they can just pop right in to the gameplay. And you're just saying maybe because it's an international game, they're traveling or they've had enough time to learn the scheme offensive.
Exactly. Right. Exactly.
[Amanda Black] (24:07 - 24:25)
Okay. There isn't usually a holding period. Sometimes there is, but I do not think there is right now.
Like take Joe Flacco for an opinion. Like he literally, you know, in that playbook, we'll think about that. So typically they can plug and play, but sometimes they wait just to have them learn the scheme.
But I don't know, they might just let sauce gardener go do his fucking thing.
[Angela Sims] (24:25 - 26:23)
Hi. Yeah. I mean, he could probably figure it out pretty quick.
All right. Moving into our next game. We got Buffalo versus Miami.
I mean, this is one of those situations where you're playing Miami, you can start pretty much everyone, right? So you are starting Josh Allen, you are starting Khalil Shakir, you are starting James Cook, Dalton Kincaid, and the Buffalo Bills defense. So really not a lot here.
Buffalo is facing Miami, which leaves a wonderful matchup for pretty much every position that are in your lineup there. The only wide receiver I'm okay starting this week is Shakir. Coleman cannot be trusted.
I think if you have Coleman, you're dropping Coleman. You're not having Coleman on your roster. I don't know why he's wasting space there.
Defense is also a great start here. So really nothing too much to talk about Buffalo. Going into the Miami side, two very clear starts would be Jalen Waddle and Devon Achan.
Those are really the shining stars on their team. The list is short here because the defense has looked great, but you always want to start Achan. You always want to start Waddle.
They must start due to volume and usage, right? You're always going to be holding your breath just a little bit because could someone get hurt? Jalen Waddle is very injury prone.
He could Waddle off the field with a broken leg or ankle or whatever else, right? Rest of the offense is just too spotty. You don't trust Tua at all here.
You are sitting Tua. You have better options because against this defense, it's going to be tricky. Anybody else to really mention here would be Ollie Gordon.
He's not a starter or anything. I think if you are looking for a good handcuff guy for Devon Achan, I know we talked about some injuries earlier in the season with Achan and hamstrings and possibilities of stuff like that. So if you need a handcuff and you have the room for it on your bench, Ollie Gordon would be a great option.
You're sitting in the Miami defense, but you are not going there.
[Amanda Black] (26:24 - 26:30)
Absolutely not. I love it. Awesome.
Jacksonville, I like when the decisions are easy. It's just like play them all. Oh, it's cool.
It's beautiful.
[Angela Sims] (26:31 - 26:31)
I know.
[Amanda Black] (26:32 - 27:23)
All right. I have Jacksonville versus Houston. So Jacksonville, there aren't a ton of must-starts.
In my opinion, the only guy, if you are in a 12 team or greater league, you've got to play Travis Etienne. The running back right now is so thin. There's not even any running backs on waivers right now that you can plug and play.
So in my opinion, you don't have an opportunity to sit Travis Etienne. This is going to be a hard matchup for Travis Etienne. He's my only clear start from Jacksonville though.
I don't want a lot of these players because the Houston defense is very good. So they're going to pose a lot of difficulty to Trevor Lawrence. I don't love Lawrence this week.
I would play guys like Michael Pennett, Sam Darnold ahead of Lawrence. Jared Goff, Stafford Herbert, all of those guys would come before Lawrence. If you're desperate and you have no other options, yeah, I would start Lawrence over like Kyler Murray, but that's just my personal opinion.
I would go Jacoby Bressetti plays though over Trevor Lawrence. I'm just going to throw that out there.
[Angela Sims] (27:23 - 27:26)
Are you just saying Trevor Lawrence over Murray because he's taller?
[Amanda Black] (27:27 - 27:35)
Well, I mean, he just, in that like offense, he like someone's coming out and he's like, and then he like runs.
[Angela Sims] (27:35 - 27:36)
I know, I know.
[Amanda Black] (27:36 - 27:48)
He gives me a lot of how Justin Fields isn't calm all the time. I'm like, just take a deep breath. You're going to have to take the hits.
But then again, Paolo can't see over some of that line. He literally is like, isn't he like five nine, five 10?
[Angela Sims] (27:49 - 27:54)
I don't know. I'm going to look up that exact set. He might be sure to, I'm going to keep talking.
You look it up. Well, they probably elevate it, but go ahead.
[Amanda Black] (27:54 - 27:59)
They do. So like, it's like when I play volleyball, I would list myself as like five eight. My ass is like five, five on a good day.
[Angela Sims] (27:59 - 28:09)
It's like when I lie on my driver's license and I weigh 125 pounds since I was in school. I don't know.
[Amanda Black] (28:11 - 28:13)
So he's five eight, five nine.
[Angela Sims] (28:13 - 28:20)
He's like, but then somebody, then there's a thing that says is Kylie Marie actually five 10? Yes. No, he's officially five foot 10.
[Amanda Black] (28:20 - 28:21)
My ass, my ass.
[Angela Sims] (28:21 - 28:21)
Sorry, Trevor.
[Amanda Black] (28:22 - 31:03)
Sorry, Kylie. Okay. Wide receiver wise, they did just acquire Rashid Shaheed.
Now that kind of tells me a couple of things. Number one, obviously Rashid Shaheed is going to fill the Travis Hunter role. That doesn't take relevance away from BTJ, but BTJ is doing with an injury.
Maybe he isn't going to come back. Maybe he takes a week off. Who knows?
BTJ is hard to sit. If you have him, you probably can't sit and you probably have to play him, but I don't feel good about it. And I might lean over playing someone like Parker Washington over BTJ.
I might even say, fuck it. BTJ sit on my bench. I'll play Troy Franklin and take the upside or Alec Pierce.
Like is that super risky? Yes. But like he's been underperforming.
And I think one thing that I hate about men in fantasy football is they're like, play him no matter what. And sometimes I'm like, listen, this guy's let me down so much. I might pivot away.
So like, don't, don't fear. If you want to go high upside for a good matchup for the offense standpoint, you can. I also like Parker Washington as a play this week.
Yes, it is going to be a difficult matchup from a defensive standpoint. Houston Texans are no joke. But if we get Rashid, Rashid Shaheed, any plays that also distract a little bit from Parker Washington, which could help.
There is a great corner for Houston. And I would, his name is Derek Stingley. I would assume with BTJ plays, that's who Derek Stingley shadows, which will leave more targets for Parker Washington, who's getting double digit targets right now.
Bishall Tuten is a sit. There's no tight ends worth talking about. And the defense, I don't think they're a play unless for some reason, you feel really good about playing them against the backup quarterback of CJ Stroud.
Does it play? Moving on to Houston Texans that leads me right in. Mustard's Nico Colin Dalton Schultz.
Weird enough, start him this week. If you have him, start him. Now I'm not starting him over your elite tight end, but your mid tier tight end.
You start Dalton Schultz. It's a great matchup for him. Some other guys to consider here, I'm not even going to waste my time on CJ or Mills.
I don't think either of them are a start even if CJ Stroud plays. I don't really want to risk it or wait for it. There's no other wide receivers, Christian Kirk, Hutchinson, or Higgins.
I'm not going to take a shot on any of those wide receivers in my lineup. There's far favorable options outside of them. Woody Marks, Nick Chubb.
Oh my God. Now the only thing to keep in mind is Woody Marks did get hurt in the middle of this game, so missed a large chunk of the game because of that. So the snap count isn't really something we can fully rely on because he got hurt.
You would hope that this week it swings back to seeing more work for Marks, but I'm not going to lie, if you can sit Woody Marks this week, I absolutely would. I would play RJ Harvey before I played Woody Marks. It's too much of a split backfield and the matchup's really difficult.
And I think you have better options than the Houston Texans defense against the Jags. They're very good, but I worry about like, are they going to be able to get the sacks they need, et cetera, to be able to get you points. And I just think there are better streaming options out there this week.
[Angela Sims] (31:03 - 34:30)
All right. Headed into New York Giants versus Chicago Bears. We got some must-starts on the New York Giants side.
Jackson Dart is a must-start. Now make sure you're checking the weather. We are starting to get into that.
And if you were a West Coast person, good for you because we are now entering snow, wind, cold as hell season here in the Northeast. So that's what they probably are going to face. So watch that.
The concerns could be there for his start, you know, how he can throw or move or whatever. Tyrone Tracy is a start. Wandell Robinson, not a must-start every week, but this is a good matchup for him.
He's been targeted a lot by Jackson Dart. Start him here. And again, Theo Johnson and the tight end position.
Another great start, not an every week start, but a really good matchup for him. The Giants play against Chicago. It's a great matchup for Dart.
I feel like he's a really good guy to be streaming if you need a streaming quarterback, if your quarterback is on by. Love the matchup for Tyrone Tracy as well. I'm going to touch on Devin Singletary just a little bit here because I think I have a little bit more faith in Devin Singletary than Tyrone Tracy, but we'll get to that in a second.
And then Wandell Robinson and Theo Johnson just lock up for this lineup or for this week in your lineup. I personally think Darius Slayton could also be someone you can kind of keep an eye on possible start for you if your roster needs it. I would really in this particular matchup, start him over guys like Alec Pierce, Romeo Dobbs, but I would go with guys like Troy Franklin, Tez Johnson over Darius Slayton just for a little bit more reliability maybe from their quarterback.
And then when we get to the running back situation, I kind of have Tyrone Tracy as a start here. I'm going to start Tyrone Tracy over guys like Henderson, Montgomery, Kamara, ETN this week. Obviously you're going to play Tyrone Tracy over or you're sitting him over guys like Dowdle and Javante Williams.
Now Devin Singletary, he led the team in carries for week number nine. Okay. Now Tracy took over by default from Cam Scadaboo.
I mean, he was the starter then Cam took over, blah, blah, blah, got his rollback. Maybe we're going to see a Rico Dowdle situation here where or Devin Singletary takes a little bit more of the command of the backfield is a little bit of a stronger running back and proves himself. I personally have him on my radar more than Tyrone Tracy staying the course, just something to think about.
Um, and then I'm sitting the New York Giants defense, not liking them this week. On the Chicago side, must-starts are Caleb William, Romadunze. Yes, he betrayed your trust, but you have to stick with him through this week.
DJ Moore is a must-start as well. I know we were a little bit cautious of him over the last couple of weeks. Swift, if he plays, if he's at, you know, off that questionable mark.
Yes, he's great. If he is out, Monongaie is a very clear start in this matchup. I would even play Monongaie, even if Swift is back in, in some situations.
And we'll talk about that. Basically, one of the things I wanted to mention was I had Romadunze on my team at one point. I traded him away.
Who did I trade him for? Chase Brown. Chase Brown, who has been my boy, right?
Yeah. So when he gets a goose egg, and I'm sure ladies, you feel this, you just feel like, I made the right decision.
[Amanda Black] (34:31 - 34:31)
I made a good call.
[Angela Sims] (34:32 - 35:32)
He should be a start this week for you. So he probably is going to come out of, you know, swinging. So I'll think about that then.
As far as the running back, Kamani, I'm sorry, Kamani Vidal, that's one of my start overs. Kyle Monongaie as a running back, yes, he, if Swift is back, they're going to split, right? But I would start him regardless, even if Swift's back over guys like Vidal this week, probably over Montgomery this week.
And in my opinion, I started him over Henderson this week, just as a better start. And then Colston Loveland, as long as Cole Komet is out again, which probably looks likely, I would run with Cole Komet once again in this week. This matchup is a little bit harder, but he gave me a little bit more confidence.
Now, guys like Hunter Henry, Juwan Johnson, and Mark Andrews, those are all guys I'd play over Colston Loveland this particular week. And I'm going to sit the Chicago defense because, ew, they didn't do anything.
[Amanda Black] (35:33 - 35:34)
They're like, oh, we don't know how to play football.
[Angela Sims] (35:35 - 35:39)
You guys, like, let's just let Joe Flacco throw for 470 yards.
[Amanda Black] (35:39 - 37:34)
Let the old man for all hours before it. Yeah, we'll have a good time. All right, moving on, New Orleans versus the Carolina Panthers.
There are a few mustards for New Orleans. This is not a very exciting team to talk about right now, though. Kusalaabe still has to get the go.
He is still a wide receiver one. So you're going to throw him in a lineup and they did just lose Rashid Shaheed. So that should get him a little bit more work there as well.
Juwan Johnson, I think he's a clear must-start this week as well. Due to matchup, it's a good matchup for this tight end position. Also, like we've said before, he's not dead yet.
And so he is still getting great targets. And I trust him in that offensive scheme. So I think you can feel confident giving Juwan Johnson a go this week as well.
They are fairly hard against the quarterback. So you do worry a little bit about Shug. And here's kind of by prediction of how the Panthers will scheme against Shug Shug.
How do you say his name? Shug. Shug.
Shug. Whatever. I have a fucking key.
I have a full SG in my name. Okay, so we're going to call him Shug it up. So for that was Shug Logan himself.
I think here's how the Panthers are going to see. The Panthers are good defense, but I think they're going to just focus on shutting down Kamara. And Kamara has already not been producing as it is.
And they're going to say, he's basically your only weapon. And if I can shut him down, I'm going to make the rookie quarterback throw and fuck up. And if I can make the rookie quarterback throw and fuck up, I win the game, right?
So I do have a good feeling that that's going to happen. So I don't obviously, I don't think Shug should be Roster. Shug should be Roster.
Where she's no longer on their team. So keep that in mind friends as well. And then in my opinion, I'm probably going to look to get Kamara on my bench this week.
I really don't like it. If I don't have to play him, I'm not doing it. And I would probably even lean taking a shot of the devil Singentary and RJ Harvey over Kamara.
And obviously, Kyle Monangre is the only back. Yeah, I love that, which is absolutely insane to think that we're saying that, but it is what it is, right? I'm not excited about Kamara unless we can start to see him have some bounce back here.
What about, I'm going to insert this.
[Angela Sims] (37:34 - 38:04)
What about if we go deep into like a backup territory, like, and maybe I'm asking this for my own personal opinion, but like, would you play someone like Isaiah Davis over? No, you wouldn't go back and straight in. Okay, okay.
Now, we want a good matchup for them anyways, in the running back position, because they're playing the Browns, but exactly. So I just wanted to think like, if there's people on your roster, you know, that deep because I wouldn't play Algier over Kamara.
[Amanda Black] (38:04 - 38:08)
No, the opportunities are higher, right? Exactly. Okay.
[Angela Sims] (38:09 - 38:10)
Yeah. I like it.
[Amanda Black] (38:10 - 38:11)
That's just what I think about.
[Angela Sims] (38:12 - 38:15)
Yeah. Like who was our plane? What's the defense look like?
All that stuff.
[Amanda Black] (38:16 - 38:16)
Yeah.
[Angela Sims] (38:16 - 38:17)
Yeah, absolutely. All right.
[Amanda Black] (38:17 - 39:07)
For Panthers, two must-starts, Rico Nidal, smash that start button every week right now. In Tet Mcmillan, you still have to start. The Panthers are just a very run heavy offense.
They've always really been like that, and they're still like that. AKA, like that does take value away from Tet Mcmillan, and I don't think you really have the opportunity to sit him. He is really the only relevant wide receiver for that team.
I'm not going to play British because of his low fantasy relevance due to their heavy run defense. He's not a streaming quarterback, in my opinion, because of that takes all the value away from him. There's no other wide receiver.
I'm considering a legit coke or horn. It's a roulette game of hell you don't want to play. Chuba Hubbard is now a full sit.
Like he's just a Rico handcuff at this point for the record. And I love the Panthers defense this week. Great streaming defensive option that could potentially be out there on free agency after waivers run, playing a rookie quarterback.
We love those types of matchups.
[Angela Sims] (39:08 - 40:08)
All right, next I got New England versus Tampa Bay. Both of these defenses can have their moments. They can shut down certain things.
Tampa Bay should give the Patriots a little easier time, but they do have the ability to stop plays. So we should see Drake may continue his dominance to get the ball to Staphon Diggs. So my must starts on the New England side would be Drake May, Staphon Diggs, Ramondre Stevenson, as long as he is playing.
So we will again monitor that situation we record earlier, then those kind of questionable tags get taken off of players. So keep that in mind and keep a lookout on that. Other guys, we already mentioned that Booty was out with that hamstring injury, which does kind of make other players just a little bit more relevant.
We can see more targets go to Diggs. We've seen a good amount of targets go to Diggs. Anyways, I probably wouldn't really talk about DiMario Douglas all that much.
I don't think he's very relevant here for wide receivers.
[Amanda Black] (40:09 - 40:22)
If Booty doesn't play Pop Douglas, which is what they call DiMario Douglas, is a great play in this next week. It's a great matchup for the wide receiver room. So like if for some reason, but only if they were Booty out, then tag Pop Douglas, go ahead.
[Angela Sims] (40:22 - 42:05)
You can throw him in if you need a wide receiver start this week. Yes. If you were in that position, correct.
And then kind of take a look at on Trevion Henderson. I know we were all waiting to see if he was going to really shine and he still didn't because they still, they still hate him. They hate him.
Yes. They were like, oh wait, let's just go down deeper into the barrel, pull Terrell Jennings out and split time with him. No big deal.
Hunter Henry is definitely a streaming option. If you need a tight end this week, I would start him over guys like Evan Ingram over TJ Hawkinson, even over Mason Taylor and their matchup with the Browns. But I would sit him over guys like Harold Fannin or Mark Andrews for sure.
And then I think that the New England defense could be a possible streamer for this week. I think they could put up against a little bit of a weaker Tampa Bay offense. They're kind of struggling with some of those injuries and filling those positions with kind of newbies who are still kind of getting their bearings.
On the Tampa Bay side, you are definitely starting with Baker. You are definitely starting Emeka Egbuka. Those are just no brainers.
Tess Johnson is the guy that you might want to flex and think about for sure, especially because they're out Mike Evans for the rest of the season. So someone needs to step into that role. And I think Tess has been doing so.
They have a good connection. He and Baker Mayfield, especially coming off of a bye week. But I would definitely sit someone like Tess Johnson over Alec Pierce or over Josh Downs this week.
I think they have a little bit more capability in our matchup. When it comes to running back, we are still waiting to see what is going on with Bucky Irving. Is he going to be back or is Rashad White?
[Amanda Black] (42:06 - 42:06)
I hope so.
[Angela Sims] (42:07 - 43:00)
I need Bucky back, okay? Or Amanda's team is just dwindling. Then this bye week and then it's just bad for her.
But when Bucky does come back, we kind of have to assume that it's like a 50-50 split because he's still kind of have to get recharged back into the offense. He's probably still a little bit recovering. Who knows?
Let's say you have someone like Kyle Menon guy and you need to you're starting him over Rashad White, let's say, for the week. I have more confidence in a Kyle Menon guy. KDOT and you should also start.
I think he's a great tight end to play this week. I can't say there's a lot of T's in there. And then I think Tampa Bay could also be a good pickup.
You might be able to grab them off a free agency after waivers run as well. New England has allowed about 16 sacks to their quarterbacks in the last three games. So maybe they capitalize on that.
We shall see.
[Amanda Black] (43:01 - 46:25)
Love it. All right. Cleveland Browns versus the New York Jets, which is basically just defense versus defense.
The offensive scheme is low here. So for the Cleveland Browns out of the football, Quincy Jenkins is a great play as long as he plays. So just make sure you keep an eye on his health.
We're going to talk about Dylan Sampson here in a hot second. Fannin and Najoku are both great plays. The entire offense is run around them as their highlights.
Stefanski loves to highlight his tight end. We're watching that happen beautifully with Fannin and Najoku. And also that's just what Dylan Gabriel is capable of right now as well.
I also think the Cleveland Browns defense is a must start this week as well. That's literally it. I'm not starting Judy.
I'm not starting Gabriel. I'm not starting bond. And at this point, Judy's a droppable player if he hasn't already been dropped.
So keep that in mind as well. Now talking a little bit about that running back room, Dylan Sampson, if you're the Jenkins manager, you should have handcuffed yourself with him already. Hopefully you picked him up off of waivers.
He should be taken. If for some reason he's out there, go get him right now. Even if you don't fucking need a running back, stash him on your bench.
If Jenkins doesn't play, Dylan Sampson can be played this week. They will completely change their game scheme and work up short passes to the running back to Dylan Sampson. So they will manufacture plays to get the ball to him, screen passes, all of that kind of good stuff.
Also, if for some reason you don't need a running back, you're like, who's that as trade bait? To go to the Jenkins manager and say, you need him more than me. Give me something I need in return.
Work the system, babe. Work the fucking system. So Dylan Sampson for me is a great play if Jenkins doesn't play, but obviously if Jeff can play at the Dylan Sampson is a moot point, I'm probably not going to play him at that point then.
Like I already said, the Cleveland defense is an absolute powerhouse. So go ahead, get them in. Let's see what Garrett, why was I going to say Garrett Wilson?
What's his name? What's his name? Justin Fields?
Miles Garrett. You see how I got that? Miles Garrett does to Peter, whatever quarterback place.
For the Jets, Garrett Wilson, if he plays, you're going to throw into your lineup. I'm going to feel comfortable with that. That's really the only wide receiver I trust there.
Again, Bruce Hall, there was trade rumblings. Nothing has come out yet as of when we're filming this at like five o'clock on a Tuesday. So who knows if for some reason that changes.
If Bruce Hall goes, you're going to play him, but you're going to feel really uncomfortable with him this week because of the matchup. I don't want any interest at Isaiah Davis because of the matchup this week. We'll wait to see if that backfield stays split, but it is Bruce Hall's backfield.
So I'm going to assume if Bruce Hall stays, they're going to commit to Bruce Hall and Isaiah Davis is going to become a backup again as opposed to that one rogue week where we saw more of a split field. I don't see that continuing to happen. There's no quarterback.
I'm starting on the Jets. Again, like I said, wide receiver wise, there's really no one I trust here. I know Tyler Johnson, his data from week eight looked really good, but he's not someone I'm going to trust.
I don't trust that often. So I'm not going to trust him. I'm running back wise, no, and then tight end situation.
Like we talked about, Mason Taylor is a possible streaming option. This is a hard defense to face. And also Mason Taylor has just looked unexciting.
He doesn't like push through tackles. He doesn't, it just doesn't look like he gives that full effort. Like if you watch Theo Johnson play and Mason Taylor play, Theo Johnson's like out of my way.
He's powerhouse and throw Mason Taylor's like, oops, I'm just going to go down now. I just don't love that in a tight end. So I like other players ahead of Mason Taylor, things like Andrews, Johnson, Earths, Henry, all above Taylor for me as well.
[Angela Sims] (46:25 - 47:36)
I'm going to move into Baltimore versus Minnesota. So on the Baltimore side, there are some very clear starts. You are starting Lamar.
You are starting Derek Henry. You are starting Zae Flowers. You are starting Mark Andrews.
All those guys, you should be have a lot more trust and especially since Lamar is back. Now the Ravens defense came to play a little bit in week number nine. They kind of showed some, I don't know, light.
And I know they've changed some things on the defensive side, made some moves that maybe kind of enhance them a little bit. And I even mentioned last week that I think Lamar Jackson being back elevates not only the offense, but also elevates the defense. Guys that you have to kind of talk about on this side would be Isaiah likely.
There are better options out there. Mark Andrews is who Lamar Jackson looks for. So you're not going to play Isaiah likely this week.
He had more staffs than Andrews, but he was a whole hell of a lot less productive. The Baltimore defense is just very, you know, an organism that I don't fully understand, right? You know, it's kind of like the Steelers.
One week they could be good. One week they could be bad, bad, bad.
[Amanda Black] (47:36 - 47:57)
We moved up in like rankings so much. And I'm like, for one, but I still like, and like the Minnesota Vikings offense is good. So I was like, I don't like them this week.
There's plenty of guys I would stream over them personally, but like I was also in a conundrum of like, why are they ranked so high after one decent week? Like is someone cheating the system here?
[Angela Sims] (47:58 - 49:53)
Probably. Everyone's a Lamar lover. So they're trying to get on his good side.
So I would sit the Baltimore defense this week, going into the Minnesota side of the ball again with that Baltimore defense. We don't know. Are they going to come out and kind of show their stuff?
Are they going to kind of be a little bit weaker to the positions, which is usually how they've been playing. So must starts on the Minnesota side. Justin Jefferson, you're starting Aaron Jones.
You're watching for that injury. If he is injured, Jordan Mason comes back into play just a little bit here. And then Jordan Addison is a must start as well.
When we talk about the quarterback, JJ McCarthy, you know, is starting to kind of come alive again, right? He's kind of bringing some more life back to that Vikings defense that we needed to see. So Carson Wentz, JJ McCarthy.
Yes. All right. He's a solid streaming option for this week.
They also have an easier schedule moving forward. So it's someone to kind of keep in mind as you move forward through the season, especially if you're, you're up there in the ranks and you want to keep your, maybe your fantasy football. What's that called?
Oh my gosh, playoffs. Oh my gosh. The playoffs alive, right?
JJ McCarthy might be someone who you want to look at to stash on your bench. But I will definitely starting him over guys like Jordan Love this week, Aaron Rodgers for sure this week, maybe even Daniel Jones this week. I don't even know why two is on here, but I put two on here and then Justin Fields as well.
But I would start guys like Matt Stafford and Jackson Dart over JJ McCarthy this particular week with their match-ups and TJ Hawkinson. It's not really a terrible play, but there are most definitely better options out there. So you're, you're starting Dalton Schultz this week over him, Theo Johnson over him, Joanne Johnson over him.
Those are guys that you're looking much better at the tight end position. Um, and then the Minnesota defense, I'm not going to start them over this Baltimore offense. I think they're just a little too strong for them.
[Amanda Black] (49:53 - 52:50)
All right. Arizona versus Seattle for the Arizona side of the football. I think we're obviously watching Arizona play Seattle and they're, they're easy on the quarterback.
Um, they're decent against the running back and kind of midline against the wide receiver, super easy on the tight end. So clear most starts this week. You're starting Marvin, Marvin Harrison Jr. And you just hope that maybe they let Jacoby play one more game because it made Marv way more interesting to watch anyways. And you're always auto starting Trey McBride. That's not a question. Marv Trey, they're just going in and you're hoping that the outcome is what you want.
Um, I'm not interested in playing Kyler Murray. I think there are plenty options ahead of him that you can look at before. JJ Jackson, dark, all of those guys, I would play ahead of Murray Herbert Safford.
Um, I would even go panics over Murray. I said that earlier, but that's just my opinion. If for some reason you were desperate for a quarterback and Jacoby playing and you feel good about it, go for it.
Jacoby is just always going to be that moment of like one day he will show us why he's a back and quarterback, but when will that be right? Um, the running back situation. Now, obviously we don't know when Trey Benson is officially going to come back in.
Um, but you would assume that when Trey Benson does come back, if it is this week, they're not going to give him all of the work. They're still going to split the work with BAM or Demarcato. Um, BAM looks fine.
Demarcato looked good. I think Demarcato fits the scheme of their offense. Just a little bit better than BAM does.
Um, but nonetheless, that kind of is a split back field. You really can't trust at this point. You got to kind of keep your eye on Benson.
If Benson comes back, I'm probably not starting any of them because I just don't know the split, the work, the dominance that any of them are going to provide this week into the Seattle Seahawks. I'm not going to start the Cardinals defense either for the record. Um, Seattle Seahawks, the only must start here is JSN.
Um, not that Sam Darnold isn't a great option. He's just a streaming option. Meaning he's not a must start every week, but JSN is you're not taking him out of your lineup.
Now we did know that Rashid Shahid just joined their team. He's not someone I'm overly excited about starting. Rashid Shahid is a boomer of us dude.
Very much like Hei-Shaun Booty. You just hope he gets the play, right? I'm not going to trust him in a new offensive scheme week.
Number one. However, I would look at some other guys to potentially think about like Tory Horton. Now the only reason he saw so much work was number one, he scored two touchdowns.
So that made his fantasy relevant. Ridiculous. He only had four targets and those four targets only happened because Cooper cup was not playing.
Now the Rashid Shahid trade does tell me that potentially Cooper cup might be more injured than they told us. So you might miss more time and they needed to fill that role, right? That's just kind of us trying to predict the future slightly.
So if for some reason cup is out, I feel comfortable giving Tory Horton a start. If you need somebody, he's going to fall in that very scary realm though, um, of like we said, you know, the boomer bust guy. So you might feel more comfortable going Parker Washington ahead of Tory Horton for maybe just a little bit more safe floor.
Cause you have a do same floor with Tory Horton to be clear who the running back situation Kenneth Walker, Zach Charbonnet. I mean, at this point you don't want to play Kenneth Walker. Like you don't feel good about getting what eight points, eight to 10 points.
At this point, that's all Kenneth Walker is good for eight to 10 points.
[Angela Sims] (52:50 - 52:54)
Um, I would take Kenneth Walker over, uh, Kamara at this point.
[Amanda Black] (52:54 - 53:38)
Oh, yeah. So when I would walk over Camara, yeah. Um, because maybe you have the upside of Camara getting his shit together and becoming who we know he is.
They just don't seem to be utilizing the run game. Well, maybe Kenneth Walker just doesn't have it. And then add on top of that, any goal work is or goal line work is getting taken by sharps.
So it's just, it's just messy. It's messy. So I would be starting my non-guy if he's alone in the backfield, Tracy JK Harvey, all ahead of Walker.
Um, and you can always throw sharps in your lineup and hope that it's touchdown week. Right. Clench them.
Clench and pray baby. Tight end here. We've had A.J. Barnard and Elijah Aurora Aurora Aurora Aurora.
[Angela Sims] (53:39 - 53:41)
I wonder how mom would say that name.
[Amanda Black] (53:42 - 54:24)
Oh, she would stutter. Like it would be bad. Our mother is epically terrible at pronunciation.
And so we had her like say names of players before and it's like pee your pants can't breathe laughing so hard because it's so bad. It's so bad. Nonetheless, I still, it's hard to trust like they both got touchdowns this week.
So they were both relevant, but are you really going to be able to guess when they're relevant again? No. So I think you have far better options outside of one of these tight ends.
Someone who gets more consistent work. And then I do think the Seahawks defense could be a potential streaming defense this week against the Cardinals. Just really depending on like, I like the better of Kyler Murray plays.
If Jacobi Brissette plays, I might think about passing for somebody else. But if Kyler Murray plays, I like them as a start.
[Angela Sims] (54:25 - 56:48)
Los Angeles Rams versus San Francisco 49ers. The Rams defense has, has looked really good. San Francisco has been a little bit of a little bit up in the air, right?
They've lost some key figures in their defense, which makes them a little bit more vulnerable. So must start guys on the Ram side. Puca, obviously, but you're watching his injury, right?
And we saw Puca out and there really is no guy that I could say, hey, if Puca's out, this is the guy you got to put in, right? Because they're really not. Devontae Adams, you were starting.
Kyron Williams, you are starting. As the quarterback, Matthew Stafford, definitely possible streaming quarterback for you in this particular matchup. I think he's a great guy.
Now he doesn't give you that rushing upside like other quarterbacks do, but he throws the ball a lot. He has weapons down the field. He's going to use them.
And then when we come to really the tight end, there's really no one to talk about here. Tyler Higby really hasn't done much. He had a touchdown.
That's really the only thing that made him relevant. Rams defense, I would start this week for sure. San Francisco side of the ball must starts are most definitely CMC, most definitely George Kittle.
If Pearsall is back, I would probably take a chance on him. He was doing really great things before the injury coming back. He's going to be there.
If he's out, Jettings is a fine play. When he comes to quarterback, again, we are still up in the air about when the hellbrock pretty will be back. I think it's just like a game now for Shanahan.
Let's just make it a game and make people guess in and out. Mack Jones has been producing at 235 yards. He had two touchdowns.
He ran a little bit, but I would definitely sit Mack Jones over guys like Jared Goff this week, JJ McCarthy, even Jackson Dart. Those are guys I'd play over them or over him. I'm not even going to really mention Kendrick Bourne.
He hasn't really been very relevant. Juwan Jennings is really the guy that you want to be looking for if Ricky Pearsall is still out. Then the defense, we are going to sit because they're pretty banged up.
I didn't mention George Kittle. Did I mention George Kittle? Yes, I did.
I've been forgetting about him because he was gone for so long. Sitting the San Francisco defense.
[Amanda Black] (56:48 - 59:27)
I love it. Detroit Lions versus the very hurt Washington commanders. Let's get into it.
Auto stars for the Lions are clear and obvious here. Amandarase Brown, Gibbs and LaPorta are all going into your lineup and trust the flow. I know Gibbs did you dirty this week, but they're going to get dirty sometimes.
You just got to go with it. Okay. Some streaming options here.
Obviously, like we mentioned, Jared Goff is a solid streaming back quarterback option this week. However, he does significantly always play much better at home than he does away. Keep that in mind.
He also plays significantly better in a dome than outside. Keep that in mind as well. Just some fun facts there.
I believe James and Williams at this point, you have a little bit more comfort in. The offensive coordinator did come out and apologize for not getting him the ball more. We saw him get the ball more this week.
I think he's a touch more confident. I know I'm the James and Williams manager. I played him this week and I was definitely clenching every butt cheek together.
He ended up getting 16 fantasy points, which produced really well. We hope that can continue. I do think the matchup is very good for James and Williams.
I think you can throw him into your lineup confidently. David Montgomery, he's always going to be considered a streaming option just based on matchups. Again, if you are desperate, I would go Monty over other clear secondary running backs.
We talked about Isaiah Davis. We talked about Algier, that kind of guy. I would still play Monty over them.
I might consider going Monty over of it all, though. The matchup's a little bit more difficult for Vidal. It would be a little bit easier for Monty.
You just hope Monty gets in the end zone for you, essentially. Or if there was a touchdown, who the fuck knows. Campbell, right?
I think this is a solid streaming defense, specifically with Mary on a plane, not with Mary on a plane since Jamie Daniels. Jamie Nails might still play. Washington commanders, the only guy that you're starting at this point is Deebo Samuel.
You still feel upset by the production he'd given you for two weeks in a row. In my opinion, this was one of the guys I know we said, sometimes you choose to set a guy. I still have faith that that's going to be okay, specifically because obviously Terry McLauren's out.
And then also Luke McCaffrey got hurt and he's on IR now. So they really only have Deebo and Thacker. So I think that elevates Deebo.
I still go ahead and put him in my lineup this week. That's literally it. I'm not playing Mariota.
I'm not playing any of the wide receivers. And I'm not playing any of their running backs. I'm not playing JCM.
I'm not dropping JCM because running backs are so hard to come by right now, but I'm not playing JCM. I'm not playing Rodriguez. I'm not playing any of them.
It's too split. It's too unknown. And JCM has looked bad.
He had that one good week and then hasn't been able to produce them there.
[Angela Sims] (59:27 - 59:31)
Everyone got back on the build train and then everyone exited the build.
[Amanda Black] (59:31 - 59:44)
JK. Zacharz, I think is the possible stream. Their offense is hurting.
So more opportunities may come his way. I would start him over guys like Mason Taylor and Hawkins in this week, but I would still start Loveland if commit is out. But if commit plays, I might go Zacharz over.
[Angela Sims] (59:44 - 59:59)
And we haven't seen her connect with Mariota as well as Daniel. So something to also think about. Hey, one more thing.
What would you do with McLauren? Would you keep him on your bench? Would you drop him?
It might be an option for people out there.
[Amanda Black] (59:59 - 1:00:17)
I know if I can keep him on my bench, I'm going to keep them there specifically because if we can take like a playoff run and you need him for like playoffs or championship week. But if you need the IR spot for somebody else, you might have to drop them. I wouldn't feel good about dropping him, but I understand if you needed to.
You could always then just try to put a claim in later for him essentially.
[Angela Sims] (1:00:18 - 1:01:38)
All right. Now we're moving into now my official last game here. One, I'm excited for.
So we'll see because we are going Pittsburgh versus Los Angeles Chargers. So we talked about the fact that we saw the Pittsburgh defense come a little bit more alive. So they might give the Chargers a little bit of run for their money, but the Chargers are tough on most positions.
They apply pressure to the quarterback. Well, the only position that they're a little bit weaker on is that running back position. So Jalen Warren is a must start here.
Now DK Metcalf every other freaking week has been a must start. He probably is still a must start for you because of where you drafted him. Number one, because of who you know, he is number two, but he is really not doing great.
We are not seeing him produce like we wanted to, right? We've seen Rogers usually target his top guy. That's where he goes.
That's where he looks. And that's not what he's doing. He's spreading them all around.
So all these other guys, tight ends in particular. Now, I would go as far to say is this week, because the Chargers are so tough, put DK on your bench. I would go for a Jameson Williams.
I would even go a Quentin Johnston and I would definitely go a Keenan Allen over DK this week. Now, yes.
[Amanda Black] (1:01:39 - 1:01:41)
What about Troy Franklin over DK Metcalf?
[Angela Sims] (1:01:42 - 1:01:44)
I would go Troy Franklin. I would.
[Amanda Black] (1:01:44 - 1:01:53)
How about if K. Sean Booty doesn't play Pop Douglas over DK Metcalf? That'd be a big old dice.
[Angela Sims] (1:01:53 - 1:01:56)
I'd risk it. I'd go for it. Yeah.
Then I'd roll the dice.
[Amanda Black] (1:01:56 - 1:02:00)
I'd also potentially roll the dice and play Parker Washington over DK Metcalf.
[Angela Sims] (1:02:00 - 1:02:26)
Okay. And think about it. If you can on your bench or on your roster, those guys aren't going to get you zero.
They're going to do something. So if you have the room to get, hey, they get you four, six, four points, six, seven points. Six, seven.
Anyways, then do it, right? Or you get two points from DK. Two points.
That's just insane.
[Amanda Black] (1:02:26 - 1:02:54)
The issue is too. We didn't talk about this, but Aaron Rodgers specifically likes a very skill oriented wide receiver and DK is not that. He's a big bodied get up and make the catch type of dude.
And Aaron Rodgers is a very risk adverse quarterback. He's not going to throw the ball up and take the risk of getting picked because that's not how he plays. So he connected so well with Jovante Adams because that's his wide receiver style.
And so you're just seeing that friction. At this point, Aaron Rodgers likes Calvin Austin better.
[Angela Sims] (1:02:55 - 1:04:46)
Yeah. He likes frigging 300 pound tight end Washington better. I would not want to meet that man in the alley.
So that being said about Aaron Rodgers, you are sitting Aaron Rodgers. You were playing guys like Darnold Stafford and JJ McCarthy over Aaron Rodgers. And then the tight end position, I don't like it here because this is a tough matchup for tight ends.
And there's so many tight ends to pick from that are being relevant in the Steelers offense. John Smith's probably the top tight end on the, on the depth chart, Pat Fryarmouth, but you're sitting both of them. And then the Steelers, it's just kind of a risk for the biscuit.
If you really want to roll those dice, clench the butt cheeks, eat that big old biscuit, then go for it and pop them in your lineup. If you need to, if you have other options, they would go other options. On the other side of the ball, the Chargers must starts Herbert, Lad McConkey, Keenan Allen, Arande Gadsden, who is still rolling.
We're still riding really talk about his Quinton Johnston. He had a relevant game last week, but does he continue that this week? We don't know.
That wide receiver room for the Chargers is just so full. And then we add Gadsden in there. There's so many pass catchers.
One week, one guy is going to do great. The other week, somebody's going to fall short. We saw Quinton Johnson get the touchdown.
We saw Lad kind of fall short and Keenan Allen fall short. What's going to happen this week? And then as far as Kamani Vidal, we are sitting him.
This is a very tough matchup for running backs. I don't like it. I don't like him really in this position.
I think he's going to be that running back for a while with Amari and Hampton continuing to be out, which is very sad. I would play guys like Manangay and RJ Harvey over Vidal this week, even if Swift is back with Manangay. And then you're going to start the Chargers defense.
[Amanda Black] (1:04:47 - 1:07:07)
Absolutely. All right. Last matchup here for myself.
And this is honestly a pretty easy one because we have the Philadelphia Eagles versus the Green Bay Packers, which is again, another defensive brawl versus defense versus defense, right? So must starts for Philadelphia Eagles is basically the entire team. So you're starting Jalen Hurts.
You're starting Saquon Barkley. You're starting AJ Brown, Devontae Smith, Dallas Goddard, and the Eagles defense. Just keep your eye on the health of Saquon Barkley and AJ Brown.
Obviously we watched that injury with Saquon. He had a bye week and then AJ missed a week by week. So just keep your eye on all of that and make sure you stay updated there.
But all of your heavy hitters from the Eagles are getting played. And I feel more confident playing the Eagles defense more than I feel confident playing the Packers defense. But I think both defenses are fine to go in and give a go.
I just worry about, I trust the offense of the Eagles more than I trust the offense of the Green Bay Packers. So it makes the Eagles defense easier for me to trust as well. For the Green Bay Packers, there are not as many clear must start.
So Josh Jacobs is basically your only clear must start here. You can run on the Eagles, but you'll have a hell of a time throwing on the Eagles. So guys like Jordan Love are in question this week.
I would probably go favor to Jaren Goff, Sam Darnold, ahead of Jordan Love. Not that Jordan Love is a bad quarterback. It's just going to be a particularly difficult matchup for him.
And then same thing with the wide receivers. We've got Romeo Dubs and Christian Watson. Good luck trying to pick which week is going to be that guy's week.
Both of them did okay. Romeo Dubs had a better week though, right? So if for some reason you have to throw one of them in your lineup, you are just basically hoping and praying that it ends up turning out well for you.
The only thing you can hope is that with Tucker Kraft, unfortunately out for the year now, that maybe they get more targets to the wide receiver because of that. But time will only tell us that. I'm not interested in Golden at all.
He did get hurt. I also think Golden's a droppable player at this point. Free up the room, get somebody with higher upside.
Adarius Slayton would be a higher upside guy. Golden is a complete drop at this point. Again, take your favorable upside of a Slayton or a Washington ahead of guys like that.
Obviously, my life hates me. It's okay. So the womp womp of Tucker Kraft being out, I also don't feel good about Luke Musgraves.
He's not Tucker Kraft. So just keep that in mind as well.
[Angela Sims] (1:07:08 - 1:07:12)
And he's not an automatic, this guy's out, pop this guy in situation at all.
[Amanda Black] (1:07:12 - 1:07:44)
Not like when Michael Meyer, like he mayor, he was like a fine Michael Myers, Michael Myers. It was like a fine option. But like, at this point, we're going to try one more time.
If I throw again, it's because my life went out. And then again, the defense, Green Bay defense is a fine start this week. If you want to go ahead and throw them into your lineup.
And that is all of our match ups here for a week. Number 10. We're going to move into what we hope is your favorite segment of the podcast.
Sweet and Spicy starts off the week and kick us off with your sweet start of the week.
[Angela Sims] (1:07:45 - 1:08:09)
Sweet start of the week is Jared Goff faces the commander's defense that just allowed Sam Darnold to play a huge, big, nasty game, right? Their defense is also allowing the third most fantasy football's football points to quarterbacks. So that is just opening the door up for a Jared Goff game.
And they're also mad that they keep losing. They are going to win this game. Jared Goff at my sweet start.
How about you?
[Amanda Black] (1:08:10 - 1:08:32)
My sweet spot. Sweet start of the week is Denver's defense. I don't think we've ever had a defense be the sweet start of the week.
But that is my sweet start of the week. We are watching them face the turnover prone Geno Smith. And one good week from Geno gives me zero faith in Geno.
And let's watch him throw a couple interceptions and watch the Denver defense beat the out of him.
[Angela Sims] (1:08:32 - 1:08:33)
Whoa.
[Amanda Black] (1:08:34 - 1:08:50)
I'm excited over duty you, man. You know, I just had to, I was like talking to my husband, I was like, why haven't they moved on from Geno? Because they're like, he's like, who else are they going to go to?
Like, they're just or Kenny Pickett, like they're gonna throw in the back. They're just gonna rely on Geno for now.
[Angela Sims] (1:08:50 - 1:09:28)
All right. Spicy, who are we saying? Like when CMC does it all and Brock Bowers just does it all.
Just does it all for them. Okay. My spicy start is Trevion Henderson.
We have still waiting to see Trevion Henderson show show up. Maybe it's this week. I have a feeling.
Okay. The bugs have been good against the run, but I see the team using Trevion a little bit more in the passing game. If Ramon Dear Stevenson is back, he could still be relevant.
Yes, they're going to share time because we know that's inevitable. Last week he logged four catches for 32 yards. So it could be a variable viable flex option in a PPR league for you.
So spicy start Trevion Henderson.
[Amanda Black] (1:09:28 - 1:10:26)
Love it. All right. My spicy start is Dalton Schultz himself.
I don't get sold to this. Here's my thing. Waver.
I rag on Dalton Schultz off because he's slow. He's like a statistically slow tight end, but this is a very, very good matchup for him this week. He's been getting the targets.
He's been playing well. And I think this is a very solid streaming tight end option for you specifically. If you lost your tight end one and you are struggling this week, go out, get Dalton Schultz, throw him in your lineup, start him this week and hope for a great production week.
Like guys, well that that's our week 10 wrap up. We covered every team. We talked sit starts.
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[Angela Sims] (1:10:26 - 1:10:28)
Oh, let's hope we'll see you next week.