Speaker 1: Wow, everybody, it is Friday.
Speaker 2: You know what that means. It's time for another edition
Speaker 2: of the Stardom Cinnam Show. Glad you can be with us.
Speaker 2: I am Marcus Grant, joined by Michael Florya, who writes
Speaker 2: the start SID column. You can find it every week
Speaker 2: at NFL dot com slash start Sit. Also joined by
Speaker 2: Lawan Jones, who does not write these Start SID column
Speaker 2: but he enjoys eating food and that makes him worthy
Speaker 2: of being on this show. I don't even know what
Speaker 2: to do with that anymore. Anyway, Florio happened? I mean,
Speaker 2: how are we feeling twelve weeks into the start SID column.
Speaker 2: We still have the juice, We still have the energy,
Speaker 2: especially in a week with the six teams on a buy.
Speaker 3: This is the time of year where, whether you do
Speaker 3: or not, you gotta find it because these games are
Speaker 3: so important for fantasy players, and especially when we get
Speaker 3: in the fantasy playoffs. Like I take it. I added
Speaker 3: responsibility there being like if I swing and miss this week,
Speaker 3: it's gonna cause people their seasons, Whereas like if I
Speaker 3: swing and missing Week three, who cares as much? You'll
Speaker 3: you'll have time to bounce back. But yeah, so sorry,
Speaker 3: to get to the point where like I'm really questioning,
Speaker 3: like do I actually have it in me to say
Speaker 3: sit this big name player. Which is why, especially in
Speaker 3: a week like this, six teams on by little bit
Speaker 3: less big names in the sitcolumn.
Speaker 2: It does get a little bit harder to take big
Speaker 2: swings in these columns this time of the year because
Speaker 2: all these decisions are so much more important cause.
Speaker 4: Your DNSI yeah, right, good idea, do it now.
Speaker 2: It's gonna be rough on you know, on Blue Sky
Speaker 2: where dms are open, you can't you know.
Speaker 3: Let yeah, I don't think I've yet to receive a
Speaker 3: single DM on Blue Sky.
Speaker 2: The thing that's good there, I got two. Oh that's
Speaker 2: all you gotta know. Any let's start with the quarterbacks
Speaker 2: who are starts and sits this week.
Speaker 3: I Am not going to be the only person to
Speaker 3: tell you to start Justin Herbert this week, but he's
Speaker 3: been playing great and has the best matchup a quarterback
Speaker 3: could have or one of so I would get him
Speaker 3: in your lineup. Look, I know Jayden almost called him
Speaker 3: Daydon Daniels Jaden Daniels hasn't been the same as of late,
Speaker 3: but I do think that mini By was big for
Speaker 3: him to kind of help his ribs. Plus, Cowboys struggle
Speaker 3: against the pass and they really struggle against running quarterbacks,
Speaker 3: so he's in play. Bo Nix was on waiver wires
Speaker 3: in some leagues. He is a must start fantasy quarterback.
Speaker 3: I do not understand why people keep overlooking him, but
Speaker 3: get him in your lineup. And I really like John
Speaker 3: Stafford this week. I know the Eagles secondary has been tough,
Speaker 3: but you got his pass catchers there, it could be
Speaker 3: a high scoring game. And then I got some streamers
Speaker 3: in Tua, Drake May and my boy Tommy Cutlets. If
Speaker 3: you're going a little bit deeper, I have Gino Smith
Speaker 3: as a sit. In the last month, the Cardinals have
Speaker 3: allowed one passing touchdown. Their secondary is being vastly underrated.
Speaker 3: Right now, Sam Darnold I have as a sit because
Speaker 3: the Bears have allowed the fewest passing touchdowns or tied
Speaker 3: for the fewest touchdowns allowed and the fewest fantasy points
Speaker 3: allowed to quarterbacks. Anthony Richardson to me is one that
Speaker 3: like I'm playing him over Donald and Caleb Williams in
Speaker 3: a league, but it's very option dependent. I don't love
Speaker 3: it because the lines allow a lot of passing yards
Speaker 3: mostly because teams are in catchup mode, but they are
Speaker 3: tied with the Bears for few was passing touchdowns allowed
Speaker 3: really tough on the run. And then I have Caleb
Speaker 3: as they sit last week was a step in the
Speaker 3: right direction, but still sitting around ten fantasy points more
Speaker 3: often than not. U two, we see a higher fantasy ceiling.
Speaker 3: There's no way I want to play Caleb Williams, so
Speaker 3: potentially a game where my season could be on the line.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, look, I think these are all certainly
Speaker 2: great options. I'm gonna ask you, though, quite about Anthony
Speaker 2: Richardson because last week we saw him sort of come
Speaker 2: back to life a little bit. Do you believe and
Speaker 2: if you look, if he performs well against Detroit, are
Speaker 2: we all in back all in on Anthony Richardson?
Speaker 4: I think we have to because honestly, what we saw
Speaker 4: last week was like a really good, good game, Like
Speaker 4: he hit his fantasy ceiling that we thought he can hit,
Speaker 4: you know, all summer long. So I'll be buying in
Speaker 4: if he's going to be running the ball more utilizing
Speaker 4: his weapons, and he actually has a great matchup in
Speaker 4: the slot with Josh Downs against his Detroit Lions defense
Speaker 4: where they're lownes and production there as well. If he's
Speaker 4: downs is going to be his number one target and
Speaker 4: he hit him downfield, I think we could see some
Speaker 4: really big plays from this Colt offense.
Speaker 2: All right, So we're hopefully, we're hoping that things turn
Speaker 2: out well for Anthony Richardson. We loved him, it was
Speaker 2: a struggle. Hopefully he's starting to bounce back a little bit.
Speaker 2: Let's go to the running backs. Who's up and who's
Speaker 2: down this week?
Speaker 3: I think both Pacheco and Kareem Hunt are in play
Speaker 3: because of the matchup against the Panthers, who are the
Speaker 3: best matchup for a running back, and the Chiefs should
Speaker 3: probably be able to run all over them. I have
Speaker 3: both Tampa Bay Bucks in this one. Rashad White's been
Speaker 3: playing really well as of late, so is Bucky Irving.
Speaker 3: And it is a good favorable matchup against the New
Speaker 3: York Giants. And look, if there's a one two punch
Speaker 3: outside of Detroit that has been great for fantasy, it
Speaker 3: is the Commanders. With Brian Robinson Junior and Austin Eckler
Speaker 3: both eating their their workload is distributed in a way
Speaker 3: we could figure out and it is a great matchup
Speaker 3: against the Cowboys. Tyrone Tracy Junior is a strong start
Speaker 3: for me as well against the Bucks, and then Rico
Speaker 3: Dawdle because the Commanders have allowed the most rushing yards
Speaker 3: and highest rate of explosive runs two running backs this season.
Speaker 3: My sits Troupa Hubbard Is and Jonathan Brooks. Obviously if
Speaker 3: I'm saying sit Hubbard, but it's partially because Brooks is back,
Speaker 3: but it's way more because the Kansas City Chiefs are
Speaker 3: the toughest matchup for a running back. They've allowed by
Speaker 3: far the fewest rushing yards and fantasy points. I'm trying
Speaker 3: to wash even in a good matchup this week against
Speaker 3: the Raiders, I'm trying to wash my hands of this
Speaker 3: Denver backfield. If you have to start one, it is
Speaker 3: Javonte Williams, but I do not love it. And then
Speaker 3: Raiders running backs Alexander Madison Zamir White both up in
Speaker 3: the air that would leave Abdullah in play potentially, But
Speaker 3: don't love the matchup as much against the Broncos, and
Speaker 3: more than that, I really don't love their offense, so
Speaker 3: to me, Raiders running backs are left for the desperate
Speaker 3: this week.
Speaker 2: Yeah, man. I mean, look, earlier this week, Adam Rank
Speaker 2: was musing about whether or not he might start a
Speaker 2: mirror Abdullah this week. Like that tells you everything you
Speaker 2: need to know about the Raiders running back situation.
Speaker 4: What year is it? Right?
Speaker 2: What you know? Obviously we've been out on Samir White
Speaker 2: for a long time now, and like nobody is really
Speaker 2: brave enough to actually put forth Alexander. Like there's been
Speaker 2: many times this year where I'm like, man, the Raiders
Speaker 2: have a really good matchup, but I'm like, I can't
Speaker 2: rightfully try to talk at Alexander. Notice it, I just can't,
Speaker 2: right And now we got a mirror Abdula in the mix,
Speaker 2: Like just do not want That's all I gotta say
Speaker 2: about that. But I do want to ask you about
Speaker 2: the Chiefs backs. I think we talked about this earlier
Speaker 2: in the week, but you know, Pacheco's coming back, Kareem
Speaker 2: Hunt's been very good. What do you expect from this
Speaker 2: backfield going forward?
Speaker 4: I expect, you know, Kareem Hunt going back to his
Speaker 4: one two punch that he's had in previous years with
Speaker 4: the Browns, where he's been utilized more in the passing
Speaker 4: game and in the goal line area, and think Isaiah
Speaker 4: to Pacheco will take more of the early down, you know,
Speaker 4: the first and second down, runs in between the tackles
Speaker 4: and get his much arge as he can get. But
Speaker 4: it's going to become, you know, where all the attention
Speaker 4: will be on the red zone, the goal line. The
Speaker 4: routes ran like this is what's going to be more
Speaker 4: important because both of these guys can execute these at
Speaker 4: a high level, and I think, you know, with the
Speaker 4: matchup being in their favor, I wouldn't be surprised both
Speaker 4: of them put up both, you know, double digit points
Speaker 4: this week.
Speaker 2: That's wild because so far they haven't really used stream
Speaker 2: Hunt a ton in the passing game, which I think
Speaker 2: is sort of strange because that's what he did so
Speaker 2: well the first time around in Kansas City and in Cleveland.
Speaker 2: It was a couple of weeks ago against the Broncos
Speaker 2: that we finally saw him kind of get involved in
Speaker 2: that respect. So maybe he does get back to that
Speaker 2: a little bit in the weeks. It's when were the
Speaker 2: wide receivers foroyo? Who's your starts and sins?
Speaker 3: Malik neighbors mostly to tell people it's okay with Tommy Cutletz.
Speaker 3: I know a lot of people were asking about that
Speaker 3: he didn't throw deep a ton last year, but when
Speaker 3: he did he was more effective than Daniel Jones has
Speaker 3: been this season. Juwan Jennings has reached must start status.
Speaker 3: I would say again, even in a tough match the Packers,
Speaker 3: what are you gonna do?
Speaker 2: Sam?
Speaker 3: He leads to the forty nine ers in every category
Speaker 3: every week, puts up a whole bunch of yards. I
Speaker 3: feel the same way about JSN. I know this is
Speaker 3: a tough Cardinals secondary that's been playing really well. I
Speaker 3: don't care. When he's playing as well as he's been playing,
Speaker 3: I don't see how you can get away. I think
Speaker 3: both Lad McConkie and Quinton Johnston are starts this week.
Speaker 3: I prefer Lad of the two, but look, the Ravens
Speaker 3: struggled in every aspect against receivers, even on deep ball,
Speaker 3: so that's good for Quinton Johnston. And then I have
Speaker 3: Dj Moore as they start this week, good matchup against
Speaker 3: the Vikings, and I think Roma Doonsay is a sleeper
Speaker 3: because he had ten targets last week and in my sis,
Speaker 3: Jalen Waddle look eventually he might snap out of this
Speaker 3: but until he does single digit fantasy points every week
Speaker 3: since Week two on, I don't know how you start him.
Speaker 3: Jacoby Myers has been playing better. I think he's underrated,
Speaker 3: but he's been playing more out wide without Devonte Adams.
Speaker 3: That's Patrick Sirtan territory, and I don't like starting wide
Speaker 3: receivers against Patrick cir Tan. Michael Junior single digit fantasy
Speaker 3: points in every game with Anthony Richardson this year just
Speaker 3: unusable right now. And then speaking of unusable, Deontay Johnson
Speaker 3: isn't usable right now by the Ravens, so there's no
Speaker 3: way he is usable by fantasy managers.
Speaker 2: Uh yeah. I want to ask you about this, Lakwan,
Speaker 2: because there are three names on the sit side that
Speaker 2: have been just major disappointments. Who has been maybe the
Speaker 2: biggest bust between Wattle Pittman and Deontay Johnson this year.
Speaker 4: I mean, the obvious answer has to be wattle Man,
Speaker 4: but there's a lot going on with two where he
Speaker 4: was out for some time and they can't get back
Speaker 4: on the same page. But I would say Michael Bittman Man.
Speaker 4: He's become basically like the third option of that offense,
Speaker 4: and it's kind of disappointing where you know, the talent,
Speaker 4: we've seen it displayed at a high level before, where
Speaker 4: he's shown flashes that he could be the cult to
Speaker 4: wide receiver one. But it's like, I don't know what's
Speaker 4: going on with this new regime. I don't know what's
Speaker 4: going on with the new quarterback that he's probably trying
Speaker 4: to get chemistry with but cannot. But I think you
Speaker 4: know more so, Anthony Richson's attention is on Josh downs
Speaker 4: or a slot or a security blanket where he can
Speaker 4: make plays out there to catch and Alex Pearce downfield
Speaker 4: to make the big plays, where Michael Pittman he's just
Speaker 4: a guy running cardio out there.
Speaker 2: It's weird because like Richardson and Will Levis in some
Speaker 2: ways are similar in that it's either gonna be short,
Speaker 2: it's gonna be like a checkdown, or it's gonna be
Speaker 2: a yolo ball, and like, yeah, the intermediate part of
Speaker 2: the field is lava and so like that that stinks
Speaker 2: for a guy like Michael Pittman because that's where he
Speaker 2: sort of lives and he struggles to get targets consistently,
Speaker 2: and when he does, they're not always quality targets, so
Speaker 2: that I think has been a big frustration for a
Speaker 2: lot of fantasy managers. Finally, Florio, who are your tight
Speaker 2: ends that you like and don't like this week?
Speaker 3: Kateawton remains a must start, even though when you look
Speaker 3: at your fantasy app it's gonna be like an all
Speaker 3: read that the Giants are a tough matchup. It doesn't
Speaker 3: matter you play him. TJ. Hockinson, I think is very
Speaker 3: much so in play. The upside is just too high
Speaker 3: to get away from. With six teams on buy. Spoke
Speaker 3: a lot yesterday about Hunter Henry and Will Disley. They
Speaker 3: are both to me, I think a little bit higher
Speaker 3: than streaming options this week. Definitely he starts and Lakwan's
Speaker 3: boy hoping he stays hot. John Newsmith, we want to
Speaker 3: see Lakwan in blonde and John Newsmith having a big
Speaker 3: week this week against the Patriots will help that out.
Speaker 3: And then if you're diving deeper to Tavian Sanders, Deo
Speaker 3: Johnson some streamers I like, I've tuck a Kraft as
Speaker 3: a sit this week. He had one target and no
Speaker 3: fantasy points last week, averaging less than four targets per
Speaker 3: game in his last five games, so very boomer Bus,
Speaker 3: big play, reliant, touchdown reliant Pat Fryarmouth. Just not getting
Speaker 3: any volume at all with Russell Wilson under twenty yards
Speaker 3: in three straight games with him. If you're playing him,
Speaker 3: you're hoping for a touchdown. Me and Lakwan disagree on
Speaker 3: this one a little bit. He spoke up Cole Comet
Speaker 3: on the show yesterday. I just I just haven't seen
Speaker 3: it enough out of him for me to want to
Speaker 3: trust him in fantasy. I feel the same way about
Speaker 3: Dalton Schultz against the Titans. And then I had Jake
Speaker 3: Ferguson written up, but he got concussed on Monday night.
Speaker 3: So I had a pivot, and so I picked Kolbe Parkinson, Like,
Speaker 3: don't go chasing points from last week. That's just never
Speaker 3: a good idea. Unless it's Taysom Hill, then maybe it's
Speaker 3: worth it.
Speaker 2: No, it's not even worth it then, because everybody's gonna
Speaker 2: chase the tast some hill. People gonna chase tat some
Speaker 2: hill points is gonna get you like six this week.
Speaker 2: You're gonna be sad.
Speaker 4: That's his toxic behavior. That's what he does to fantasy managers.
Speaker 4: That's why I don't like him.
Speaker 2: That's a one hundred percent as one hundred percent the
Speaker 2: Taysom Hill toxic trait without a doubt. So but I
Speaker 2: really know this. It's funny because the streamers you have
Speaker 2: Orgitavian Sanders and Theo Johnson are guys that I have
Speaker 2: written up this week as potential sleepers. You know, I
Speaker 2: don't know. I think for me it is sort of
Speaker 2: reaching a little bit in a week where it was
Speaker 2: tough to find any sleepers. Those are guys that I
Speaker 2: really that I really put in there just sort of
Speaker 2: hoping things kind of work out. Look, and he must
Speaker 2: start the rest of the year. Even with Mike Evans
Speaker 2: coming back, He's still a must start, right Oh yeah, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 2: most definitely.
Speaker 3: Man.
Speaker 4: I mean, look, he's out there. He's an athletic tight
Speaker 4: end that's finding a new way to get separation and
Speaker 4: get open, and he's playing to Bacon midfield strengths. And
Speaker 4: you get Mike Evans back in the fold, he kind
Speaker 4: of falls to that road with Chris Godwin and his
Speaker 4: target share. So I think Kate adum Man these last
Speaker 4: two seasons, he's really shown up to be a valuable
Speaker 4: target for Baker Mayfield, and I think that continues for
Speaker 4: the rest of the season to trust him.
Speaker 2: Also, have you start to pick out a shade of
Speaker 2: blonde that you'd like to die there when John U.
Speaker 2: Smith becomes a tough.
Speaker 4: This is crezzing. The dude is tight en eight right now,
Speaker 4: fifteen points away from Kate Oden at that five spot.
Speaker 4: And I asked my wife about it, and she said,
Speaker 4: absolutely not. Hopefully Johnny kind of chills out he finishes
Speaker 4: the top six, so I don't have to go with
Speaker 4: the bet. But yeah, man, it's looking real scary over here.
Speaker 2: Well, we're gonna have to work on this missus real
Speaker 2: deal fantasy and you know, see if if she will
Speaker 2: allow this to happen. I was gonna text you that
Speaker 2: I think they're safe, and then I looked at and
Speaker 2: realized that he's like fifteen points out of the top
Speaker 2: five spot right now.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's kind of crazy. I said that I set
Speaker 4: myself up for that.
Speaker 3: He is less than a point away from being tightened
Speaker 3: six right now, less than a point or yeah, like
Speaker 3: you are in real danger right now.
Speaker 4: I don't know if I'm happy I made a good call,
Speaker 4: you know for a deep, deep cut sleeper, or like
Speaker 4: I'm just like terrified, like I should not ever, I.
Speaker 3: Think the good thing for you is the top five
Speaker 3: or like it's Bowers Kittle, Kelsey McBride, and it's probably
Speaker 3: gonna be really hard for him to surpass one of
Speaker 3: them unless they get hurt. But like that's possible.
Speaker 4: It's very possible, man, Like, come on, if you look
Speaker 4: at the Dolphin schedule, I mean, look, I think at
Speaker 4: least two games out of the next four he could
Speaker 4: put up big points. He got New England Packers, Jets, Texans.
Speaker 4: These are basically, you know, defenses that seem tough, but
Speaker 4: they're not focused on the tight end. And that's how
Speaker 4: Johnno becomes very sneaky.
Speaker 2: Well, and honestly, none of this happens if Jalen Wattle
Speaker 2: isn't underperforming or Tyreek hilperforming right like he's in the pod,
Speaker 2: he listens. If those guys were performing the way we
Speaker 2: thought they would, like you would be nowhere near your day.
Speaker 2: We'd be like, man, that was a ridiculous thing you said,
Speaker 2: and we would just move on from it, like, but
Speaker 2: now it really is a thing good football. So anyway, yeah,
Speaker 2: let's something to first to keep an eye on as
Speaker 2: the season goes along. Will Lakwan have to dye his
Speaker 2: hair blonde because John Newsmith balled out in twenty twenty four.
Speaker 2: Stay tuned, all right, Assassin, Enough, I'll do it for
Speaker 2: this edition of the Stardom Cittam Show. Of course, you
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Speaker 2: depth analysis on a lot of the names that we
Speaker 2: mentioned on today's show. The meantime, we appreciate you hanging
Speaker 2: out with us as always. Enjoy the weekend everybody. Hopefully
Speaker 2: Week twelve is prosperous in fantasy for you, and we
Speaker 2: will talk to you again next week. Wo