Speaker 1: Wow, everybody, It's Thursday, October thirty first, twenty twenty four.
Speaker 1: Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Show. We're considering going
Speaker 1: as Walker Buehler for Halloween. It's me and your man,
Speaker 1: MG Marcus Grant, joined by Michael F. Florio and Lakwan Jones.
Speaker 1: Already see I get one thumbs down from Florido. I
Speaker 1: think Lakwan Luquan isn't even interested enough to even give
Speaker 1: me a thumbs down on this.
Speaker 2: Who is that? Who don't see you, guys, you just
Speaker 2: say it.
Speaker 1: This is This is gonna be my only mention of
Speaker 1: the World Series other than the Dodgers closed it out
Speaker 1: in five games against the Yankees. Walker Buehler comes out
Speaker 1: of the bullpen. If that is the last vision Dodger
Speaker 1: fans get of him in Dodger uniform, you just play fantastic.
Speaker 1: But yeah, fun night, fun night for a lot of
Speaker 1: us in Los Angeles. But we turn the page because
Speaker 1: now it is a fully, fully fantasy football playoff FaceTime.
Speaker 1: As we hit the back half of the season, we
Speaker 1: are starting Week nine. We got some of our superlatives
Speaker 1: for the week. Kind of a slow news period, like
Speaker 1: all the news seem to happen early in the week.
Speaker 1: You know, we had quarterback changes, we had you know, injuries,
Speaker 1: we had all sorts of things. The last couple of days, thankfully,
Speaker 1: have been very quiet. Hopefully it stays fairly quiet through
Speaker 1: the end of the week. We have Thursday Night football
Speaker 1: coming up tonight between the Texans and the Jets in
Speaker 1: New York, so should be a whole lot of fun
Speaker 1: as we get Halloween started here in week nine, So fellas,
Speaker 1: let's get it going with Club dumb. Google the top
Speaker 1: non quarterback score and la kwan, this is club dub.
Speaker 1: This is not hot takes. What are you doing with
Speaker 1: this one? Right here?
Speaker 3: Bub, Let's go commanders DS Listen, their defense had been
Speaker 3: very productive in the last couple of weeks. Man, their
Speaker 3: sack production, they're getting takeaways. And do we not know
Speaker 3: who they're facing this week? It's the Giants. Daniel Jones
Speaker 3: or Daniel Jones. I can't say it as good as you,
Speaker 3: Daniel Jones.
Speaker 2: Daniel Jones.
Speaker 1: There you go, so we know he is terrible.
Speaker 2: White home.
Speaker 3: Still zero touchdowns at home, I mean, two interceptions. I'm
Speaker 3: not expecting much, you know, productivity from the Giants offense.
Speaker 3: So you got to go with the Commanders getting after
Speaker 3: Dan Jones, where there's sacks production, you start off with
Speaker 3: ten points, you could build off those ten points. They're
Speaker 3: going to be the best DST option this week in
Speaker 3: my opinion.
Speaker 1: I'll say this for the Commanders that they have been
Speaker 1: a lot better since the start of the season. Like
Speaker 1: they were an easy target early in the year. We
Speaker 1: were picking on them pretty much in every position. But
Speaker 1: I think just three touchdown passes allowed since Week three.
Speaker 1: Dan Quinn's got those guys turned up and playing really
Speaker 1: really well, so they are not the easy out that
Speaker 1: they once were. And as you mentioned Daniel Jones, I
Speaker 1: mean there's a long list of players who have scored
Speaker 1: touchdowns more recently at MetLife Stadium as long as the
Speaker 1: visiting players who have more touchdowns recently at MetLife Stadium
Speaker 1: that Dando has more touchdown met Life. Yeah, yeah, all right,
Speaker 1: We're we're doing We're doing the finger, We're doing that
Speaker 1: the hand movement thing. Now with how many de Vito again?
Speaker 1: All right now, Florio, Now I'm wondering, I'm looking at
Speaker 1: your club, dub Pick, and I'm wondering, in some freaky
Speaker 1: Friday like occurrence that you and Lakwan switch bodies, but
Speaker 1: I don't. I do not hate the prediction at all.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, look, I love Lakwan for being bold.
Speaker 4: If the Commander's defense lead all fantasy scorers this week,
Speaker 4: we gotta do something for the Quan because that would
Speaker 4: be amazing.
Speaker 2: I went with a more traditional pick and one of
Speaker 2: the Quan's.
Speaker 4: Boys and Kien Williams, who I think is being underrated.
Speaker 2: This year because of Derek Henry.
Speaker 4: Everyone every week talks about Derek Henry getting in the
Speaker 4: end zone. You know who else has scored every single game,
Speaker 4: Kien Williams. You know who else has double digit touchdowns?
Speaker 4: Kien Williams. But it feels like it's kind of going
Speaker 4: under the radar a little bit. But the matchup literally
Speaker 4: can get better. The Seahawks have allowed the most rushing
Speaker 4: yards to running backs. They allow five point three yards
Speaker 4: per carry and two hundred and sixty six rushing yards
Speaker 4: over expectation. A lot of big plays that could be
Speaker 4: had in the passing game as well, and something that
Speaker 4: we've talked a lot about this week is the Rams
Speaker 4: offense is, in my opinion, elite when those wide receivers
Speaker 4: are healthy, which should only help create running links for
Speaker 4: Kien Williams.
Speaker 2: I expect him to eat.
Speaker 4: Maybe not as much as the Commander's defense, but let's go.
Speaker 1: Yeah, now it's hard. Like you know, I've I've apologized
Speaker 1: to Kien Williams on this show. I've gone on another
Speaker 1: podcast and apologize for just doubting Kyron Williams. He's been
Speaker 1: amazing all year long. And I know we asked the
Speaker 1: question earlier the week, would you rather have which kW
Speaker 1: do you want? Kien Williams or Kenneth Walker. I do
Speaker 1: think it's an easy call on Kien Williams this week,
Speaker 1: although I do like I do like k K three
Speaker 1: that we're calling k DEB three three.
Speaker 4: I like that.
Speaker 1: I do think he has a pretty decent game against them.
Speaker 1: All Right, we'll work shopping.
Speaker 2: That's fine, it's dope, it's creative.
Speaker 1: We can need workshop. We keep workshopping. It's fine. So Floyd,
Speaker 1: you said, you know you couldn't have a better matchup
Speaker 1: than the Seahawks. I disagree because you could be playing
Speaker 1: the Carolina Panthers, which is what Alvin Kamara gets to
Speaker 1: do this week. So that is my pick for this.
Speaker 1: I mean, look, on top of it, Kamara has been
Speaker 1: very good, even despite playing with apparently a broken hand,
Speaker 1: which is things that we didn't find out until well
Speaker 1: into the season, but still playing pretty well, especially on
Speaker 1: an offense that has been struggling to find itself since
Speaker 1: the first couple weeks of the season. The good news
Speaker 1: is Derek Carr expected to be back this week, so
Speaker 1: they get their quarterback back. Sadly, Rashid scha Heat is
Speaker 1: done for the season, but they still have Chris o'lave.
Speaker 1: You imagine they're going to put up some sort of
Speaker 1: shenanigans or high jinks with Taysom Hill, But in the end,
Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara is going to get the football a lot
Speaker 1: against a bad Carolina defense that has already given up
Speaker 1: over one thousand yards on the ground. They've given up
Speaker 1: thirteen rush touchdowns to the running back positions. That is
Speaker 1: the most in the league as well. So I like
Speaker 1: Kamara on top of it. When Derek Carr is there,
Speaker 1: he has a lot of those short targets that he
Speaker 1: might not be getting when somebody else is at the
Speaker 1: quarterback position. So I love, love, love Alvin Kamara this week,
Speaker 1: all right. So that goes from our top scores to
Speaker 1: the guys that might leave you a little bit frustrated. Lakwan,
Speaker 1: who is your red flag for the week.
Speaker 3: Has to go Jerk golf Man. This matchup is a
Speaker 3: little worrisome of having him in starting lineups. I mean
Speaker 3: last week, Jared Goof, Jared Goof, he did put up
Speaker 3: eighty five passing yards last week. Even though they ran
Speaker 3: up to score fifty plus points last week, he wasn't
Speaker 3: very productive for fantasy for the most part. And I
Speaker 3: think this matchup against the Packers, oh my god, this
Speaker 3: Packers defense has been lights out. They've been playing unconscious.
Speaker 3: Two takeaways for a game, the most takeaways for a game,
Speaker 3: and they're getting sack production. I think they're going to
Speaker 3: be over there harassing him in that pocket and going
Speaker 3: to be making him make some Jered Goof decisions out
Speaker 3: there and taking the ball. So he's definitely a red
Speaker 3: flag for me this week.
Speaker 1: Hater I I I looked at last week's game and
Speaker 1: it was wild right that they scored fifty two points
Speaker 1: and golf threw it I think like fifteen times for
Speaker 1: eighty five yards or something like that. Like it just
Speaker 1: feels like the Lions like sort of play with their
Speaker 1: food a little bit. I joked that at some point
Speaker 1: they're just gonna make Jared Goff throw left handed because
Speaker 1: their offense is so deep right now. But this is
Speaker 1: a week that I think you will have to perform
Speaker 1: well in order for them to win against the Packers.
Speaker 1: And I know they're not going to have a Jordan
Speaker 1: love at least it doesn't look like it. But you know,
Speaker 1: the Packers have been tough on him, so I'm very
Speaker 1: curious to see what happens week.
Speaker 2: All of that n chance of rain in Green Bay
Speaker 2: on Sunday.
Speaker 1: You know, Jared goffin what and what football do not mix.
Speaker 3: His first start, his first star of his career was
Speaker 3: in the rain against the Dolphins with the Kurt Warning
Speaker 3: gloves and it was pouring rain and he played terrible.
Speaker 1: We had his pro day, everybody had his pro day
Speaker 1: at Call. It just happened to be on a rainy
Speaker 1: day because that was the knockout him in college. It
Speaker 1: happened to be a rainy day. He had his pro
Speaker 1: day and he actually had a good Pro day. Everyone's like, well,
Speaker 1: maybe he's okay in the rain, and now now he's
Speaker 1: an indoor cat, so we never really get to see
Speaker 1: it anyway, have you.
Speaker 2: Ever seen an indoor cat in the rain. They don't mix.
Speaker 1: It does not work well, not good at all. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: Wait is this his first outdoor though, This is his
Speaker 1: first outdoor game all season?
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, he's done.
Speaker 1: The next one is like seventeen.
Speaker 2: It's crazy.
Speaker 1: Yeah, he was the way he goes a while before
Speaker 1: he has another one again too. All right, Florio, you
Speaker 1: got a pair of guys that you are worried about
Speaker 1: this week.
Speaker 4: Yeah, the Bucks running backs, Bucky Irving and Rashad White.
Speaker 4: And I shouted you out, laqual because you're the one
Speaker 4: who kind of brought this to my attention last week.
Speaker 2: With your post.
Speaker 4: But the Chiefs have played a ton of great running
Speaker 4: backs this year. Derek Henry, Alvin Kamaro, Bjean Robinson, Jordan Mason,
Speaker 4: the list goes on.
Speaker 2: None of them.
Speaker 4: We got to fifty rushing yards against them. And again
Speaker 4: shout out to LaQuan for pointing that out and then
Speaker 4: looking at the numbers as a whole from the season,
Speaker 4: the Chiefs. There's one team that has allowed within one
Speaker 4: hundred yards of the Chiefs that they've allowed on the
Speaker 4: ground this year. It's they are so good defensively. I
Speaker 4: would argue they are the best defense in the NFL.
Speaker 4: They are good against the pass, they are good against
Speaker 4: the run, they limit running backs in the passing game.
Speaker 4: And then on top of all of that, Bucky Irving
Speaker 4: and Rashad White are kind of eating off of each
Speaker 4: other's plate right now, Like the work gets split pretty close.
Speaker 2: To down the middle.
Speaker 4: The only way I think that these guys have a
Speaker 4: nice fantasy game is if they're playing in catchup mode
Speaker 4: and they catch a bunch of passes.
Speaker 1: But that is not a way to live.
Speaker 2: So if you have the capability.
Speaker 4: Of getting away from these two in this tough matchup,
Speaker 4: I think I would try to do so.
Speaker 1: You know what's wild about the Chiefs shutting down running
Speaker 1: games too, is that because it's not even a game
Speaker 1: script thing. Like sometimes you're like, oh, yeah, they just
Speaker 1: score so many points out other two teams can't run
Speaker 1: the ball. That's not the Chiefs. They're not scoring that
Speaker 1: many points like running off and hiding. They're just shutting
Speaker 1: down your run game, which is incredible. The way they've
Speaker 1: played so far this year. I'm worried about Tank bigsby
Speaker 1: a little bit this week against Philadelphia because the Eagles,
Speaker 1: while their pass defense has been a little bit suspect.
Speaker 1: There's very little doubt about their run defense, and I
Speaker 1: think this potentially also could be a game script issue
Speaker 1: for Jacksonville because they can't stop anybody. And Laurie, I
Speaker 1: know you love as a stack the Jalen hurts with
Speaker 1: either a J. Brown or DeVonta Smith, take your pick.
Speaker 1: You know, we talked about on Fantasy Live Saquon Barkley
Speaker 1: the opportunity he has. So I feel like Philly is
Speaker 1: going to put up a lot of points and so
Speaker 1: Jacksonville might have to abandon the run on some levels,
Speaker 1: but also the Eagles just stop the run generally as
Speaker 1: it is not to mention the fact that Tank Bigsby
Speaker 1: really gives you nothing as a pass catcher in his career.
Speaker 1: Bring you know, it's one plus season for him. I
Speaker 1: think it's notane targets four catches like forty yards. It's
Speaker 1: really really small what he's done in the passing game
Speaker 1: in his short career. So you can't expect him to
Speaker 1: get a bunch of targets if Jacksonville falls behind. So
Speaker 1: this is one where if you can have some other options,
Speaker 1: and look, if you got tak Bigsby, you probably do
Speaker 1: have other options. I would strongly consider them this week
Speaker 1: rather than playing him against the Philadelphia Eagles. It's time
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Speaker 1: Who are we sleeping on this week?
Speaker 3: LQ Wandell Robinson and I'm really upset and offended that
Speaker 3: he's still in the waiver wire in a lot of
Speaker 3: leagues where you know, he's top three in receptions and targets.
Speaker 3: I mean, one thing has remained consistent that Danie Jones
Speaker 3: is bad, but Wandoll Rominson has been in production on
Speaker 3: the field, like it's one of those things you're just
Speaker 3: looking at it. You have to attack the easy layups
Speaker 3: here because the Commanders, honestly, they've been struggling against wide
Speaker 3: receivers lined up in the slot. I mean, they have
Speaker 3: allowed the third most touchdowns of wide receivers so far
Speaker 3: this season, and half of those touchdowns have come from
Speaker 3: wide receivers lineup in the slot. So there may be
Speaker 3: a possibility in the universe somewhere that Daniel Jones throws
Speaker 3: his first touchdown at home and it goes to Wando Robinson,
Speaker 3: So why not take those ally layups with two notable
Speaker 3: teams that have wide receivers on buy Wando Robinson's probably
Speaker 3: on your way wire, go put him in the lineup.
Speaker 1: Wandel Robinson a PPR cheat code because of the way
Speaker 1: they use him. No, I love those guys. Floyd, who
Speaker 1: is your sleeper for the week?
Speaker 2: Lakwan, I've been saying a lot of nice things about
Speaker 2: the Rams. You might not want to hear this. I'll
Speaker 2: give their defense credit.
Speaker 4: They've gotten a lot better against wide receivers the last
Speaker 4: few weeks, but the tradeoff has been they have really
Speaker 4: struggled against tight ends. Chucker Kraft exploded against them, Brock
Speaker 4: Bauers had a really big game against them. Josh Oliver
Speaker 4: found the end zone last week against them. On the year,
Speaker 4: they have allowed the third most fantasy points per game
Speaker 4: to tight ends, but in the last month it's twenty
Speaker 4: fantasy points per game to the position, which seems outrageous
Speaker 4: considering the tight end position. But Noah consistent usage as
Speaker 4: of late top sixty yards in two of his last
Speaker 4: three games. I think he is a better player than
Speaker 4: the stats kind of show out, and I'm hoping that
Speaker 4: this week in a good matchup with even if DK plays,
Speaker 4: maybe he's not a fully one hundred percent I think fan,
Speaker 4: like if you need to replace George Kittle in your
Speaker 4: lineup or something like that, Fant is a streaming option.
Speaker 1: I like this week. I do like no offense. You know,
Speaker 1: I'm waiting to see what happens because I'm wondering, like
Speaker 1: if it's one of those things where we like the
Speaker 1: idea of Noah fan more than the reality of Noah Fan.
Speaker 1: But I think this is an opportunity for him to
Speaker 1: really step up.
Speaker 3: You know, he's crazy. As Sean McVay as a former
Speaker 3: tight end coach. For the last three seasons, we have
Speaker 3: been terrible against the tight end. You would think he
Speaker 3: would know how to stop them if you were a
Speaker 3: former tight end coach, Like, what are we doing?
Speaker 2: That's where his heart is. He wants to see the
Speaker 2: tight end succeed.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, definitely against U.
Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks, thanks, Sean.
Speaker 1: You know, just like you just just say you're just
Speaker 1: happy for everybody. You just want to be a fan
Speaker 1: of everybody. I guess no, no my sleeper this week
Speaker 1: Tony Pollard, And I know he's like a borderline candidate
Speaker 1: to be a sleeper at this point. He's kind of
Speaker 1: been the one consistent thing in the Tennessee offense all
Speaker 1: season long. And whereas last year, maybe last couple of years,
Speaker 1: we were sort of, you know, trying to avoid the
Speaker 1: Patriots defense, this year maybe not so much because they
Speaker 1: have been giving up all sorts of yards, especially on
Speaker 1: the ground to running backs. I think Pold's gonna catch
Speaker 1: the football as well. Game script not an issue here
Speaker 1: because these are two of the lowest scoring teams in
Speaker 1: the NFL. Looks like Drake May probably won't be able
Speaker 1: to play this week, so it's going to be Jacoby Brissett.
Speaker 1: So I don't think that, you know, the Patriots are
Speaker 1: going to move the ball a whole lot. Honestly, this
Speaker 1: could be the first team to thirteen wins in this
Speaker 1: game coming up this week. Like that's kind of how
Speaker 1: I feel about it. But Tony Pollard should get plenty
Speaker 1: of touches. I think he moves the ball well and
Speaker 1: maybe he find the end zone. Any scores six of
Speaker 1: those thirteen points for the Titans coming up this week.
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Speaker 1: is Halloween. Look on favorite Halloween candy.
Speaker 3: Ooh, airheads. You can't you can't go wrong with airheads.
Speaker 3: Just give me a handful. I'll eat those on the couch.
Speaker 3: I told my daughter when she went to school today,
Speaker 3: get daddy a bunch of blue airheads.
Speaker 2: Yes, I do shake it. I do shake it real small.
Speaker 1: What is your favorite Halloween candy?
Speaker 2: Airheads is a really I did not expect.
Speaker 1: Airheads to be Yeah, that kind of killed.
Speaker 2: Yeah, minus is kind of basic.
Speaker 4: I guess. I love sour Patch kids. Anything sour I
Speaker 4: am a sucker for. But anything but Reese's, I'll tell you,
Speaker 4: is good by me. I will take my sugar. However,
Speaker 4: I could get it as as long as it doesn't
Speaker 4: have peanuts or peanut butter in it.
Speaker 1: I mean, look souwer. Pat's kids are a strong entry.
Speaker 1: But I'm going to disappoint you and tell you that
Speaker 1: Reese's peanut butter cups are the greatest thing going. It
Speaker 1: is too great, too great taste that go great together.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's peanut butter. It's chocolate. You got your
Speaker 1: chocolate in my peanut butter. You got your peanut butter
Speaker 1: on my chocolate. Like, what what else do you need
Speaker 1: from a snack? It is salty, it is sweet if
Speaker 1: you get the ones with nuts. It is crunchy. It
Speaker 1: is it is the triple thread. It is the Christian
Speaker 1: McCaffrey of Halloween candies. It does everything for you.
Speaker 3: Those are usually at the bottom of the bag once
Speaker 3: I eat, and all the other good candies.
Speaker 2: So that's the first thing that's gone. I don't like them.
Speaker 1: I don't strawberries until two months ago, Like, I don't know.
Speaker 2: You had chocolate covered strawberry yet I did. Somebody.
Speaker 3: Uh, oh my god, I hate that. I forgot their name,
Speaker 3: but they shipped me chocolate covered strawberries.
Speaker 1: Which were amazing I remember.
Speaker 4: And all right, I never thought two would be against
Speaker 4: Reese's out of three.
Speaker 2: I'm always on an ild. Just hey, here we are.
Speaker 1: Look if I'm with two new co hosts next week,
Speaker 1: everybody understand the reason in the meeting. You look forward
Speaker 1: to eating. Everybody look forward to, you know, stalking about
Speaker 1: Halloween candy. I'm sure there'll be plenty floating around the
Speaker 1: office in the next few days. People are trying to
Speaker 1: get rid of it and just bringing it in. Stuff
Speaker 1: that'll be funny anyway. That'll do it for This is
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