Speaker 1: Wow Wow, Hey everybody, It's Thursday, September twenty eighth, twenty
Speaker 1: twenty three. Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Show. It's
Speaker 1: me your man, MG, Marcus Grant Joy by my guy
Speaker 1: Michael f. Florio. We are previewing the late Sunday games
Speaker 1: and the Monday night game plus for giving you our
Speaker 1: Week four fantasy heroes. Looking at the afternoon slate of games,
Speaker 1: we got the Raiders and the Chargers, a longtime AFC
Speaker 1: West matchup, in fact, an old AFL matchup at Sofi Stadium.
Speaker 1: Mike Williams gone for the remainder of the season where
Speaker 1: they torn ACL. So we're trying to figure out next
Speaker 1: man up for the Bolts. Is it going to be
Speaker 1: Joshua Palmer or Quinton Johnston? Which one would you rather
Speaker 1: start against the Raiders.
Speaker 2: For the immediate future. I would rather start Joshua Palmer.
Speaker 2: I think that he is the safer bet, ticket snaps
Speaker 2: and volume to go his way. I still believe long
Speaker 2: term Quinton Johnston brings a ton of upside. I have
Speaker 2: both of these guys on a couple of different rosters.
Speaker 2: I'm starting Palmer Johnston. I'm taking more of a it
Speaker 2: depends on what my other options are approach, but I
Speaker 2: think Palmer's safer Johnston long term brings a higher ceiling.
Speaker 1: I'm absolutely starting josh Palmer. I shouldn't say absolutely starting him,
Speaker 1: but if I had to pick one between the two,
Speaker 1: it is definitely Josh Palmer. This week, I don't think
Speaker 1: he's going to be as much of a downfield option
Speaker 1: for the Chargers as he has been. All the talks
Speaker 1: says that that's going to become Quinton Johnston. So I
Speaker 1: think his route depth is going to be a little
Speaker 1: bit lower, but maybe that means some more catchuble targets
Speaker 1: for him. That's something we haven't seen a lot of
Speaker 1: in the first few weeks, so I think he's gonna
Speaker 1: get peppered with a lot more options. I mentioned Gerald
Speaker 1: Everett as a guy I like as a streaming option.
Speaker 1: I think Josh Palmer gets some work in there as well.
Speaker 1: So short term, I'm with you. I think Joshua Palmer
Speaker 1: is the guy. Keep it eye on Quinton Johnston if
Speaker 1: you like him, at least stash him, see what happens
Speaker 1: the next couple of weeks, and then decide whether or
Speaker 1: not you want to hold on to him. Patriots at
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. Romandre Stevenson has been remit Dre Stevenson so
Speaker 1: far this season. I now he's got a tough matchup
Speaker 1: against that Cowboys defense. Are you worried about Stevenson seasons?
Speaker 2: And at this point, I'm definitely a little bit worried
Speaker 2: about him. Not to the point where I'm pulling him
Speaker 2: out of my lineups or anything yet, but definitely worried
Speaker 2: if I maybe took the wrong running back or something
Speaker 2: like that in round three or four. And I have
Speaker 2: a good amount of Stevenson on my teams. He's still
Speaker 2: heavily involved in the rush in the passing game, which
Speaker 2: is huge, but he has not ran for sixty yards
Speaker 2: in a single game yet this season. And what worries
Speaker 2: me is Zeke Elliott is getting a lot of carries
Speaker 2: for in this backfield, and there's a lot of concern
Speaker 2: if he is going to be the goal line back
Speaker 2: as well. So I definitely think there are concerns for Romandra,
Speaker 2: who I thought would be an RB one this year,
Speaker 2: but looking like he might be more of an RB two.
Speaker 1: I think there's upsides and downsides. The upside is that
Speaker 1: Stevenson's getting a whole lot of work. He is dominating
Speaker 1: the backfield snaps and the rushing attempts. The downside is
Speaker 1: he has been far less efficient than Ezekiel Elliott Zeke
Speaker 1: averaging over four yards of carry Remandre averaging fewer than
Speaker 1: three yards per carry. And every week at NFL medinfl
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Speaker 1: a peek behind the curtain. My bold prediction is that
Speaker 1: in a game, Ezekiel Elliott runs for two touchdowns against
Speaker 1: his old team, the Dallas Cowboys, because why wouldn't Bill
Speaker 1: Belichick try to rub it in the Cowboys face, especially
Speaker 1: because Dallas has been really inefficient in the red zone,
Speaker 1: so why not have their old running back punch in
Speaker 1: a couple of short runs for touchdowns against them? So
Speaker 1: that is my bold prediction for the week. Speaking of
Speaker 1: the Cowboys, the team that beat them last week, the
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. They head to the Bay Area to take
Speaker 1: on the San Francisco forty nine ers. James Connor went
Speaker 1: out and had himself a day against the Cowboys defense.
Speaker 1: Do you start him or sitting against the forty nine ers.
Speaker 2: I'm not going to make the same mistake twice. I
Speaker 2: had James Connor. It's a sit last week against a
Speaker 2: tough Cowboys defense, and he had his best game of
Speaker 2: the year, giving you just under twenty fantasy points. I'm
Speaker 2: saying lower your expectations for this. If you get ten
Speaker 2: twelve fantasy points, that is solid. The upside is higher
Speaker 2: if he can score a touchdown. It is just an
Speaker 2: insanely tough matchup. But the volume and the production has
Speaker 2: been too good right now. I think to get away
Speaker 2: from James Connor.
Speaker 1: I agreed completely. He has been I think I've consistently
Speaker 1: said I think you said it pretty consistently. The only
Speaker 1: cardinal running back that I feel okay starting on a
Speaker 1: week to week basis, and last week, look, if I
Speaker 1: had other options on my fantasy roster, I probably would
Speaker 1: have gotten away from him. But the teams where I
Speaker 1: had James Connor, I felt like my hands were tied
Speaker 1: and I had to start him, and it worked out.
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna keep rolling with that. I'm with you, though,
Speaker 1: I think you sort of tipper your expectations. I think
Speaker 1: the forty nine ers obviously they saw the tape. I
Speaker 1: think they're going to be ready, So I don't think
Speaker 1: you're gonna get a big number out of Connor this week,
Speaker 1: but I don't think you can get away from him either.
Speaker 1: Sun that night football the Chiefs at the Jets. I'm
Speaker 1: sure when they scheduled this game, NBC was thinking it's
Speaker 1: going to be Patrick Mahomes versus Aaron Rodgers and said
Speaker 1: it's Patrick Mahomes against Zach Wilson. Side note, Mahomes and
Speaker 1: Rogers have never played against each other in a game.
Speaker 1: Every time their teams have played one another, one or
Speaker 1: the other has either been out or I think in
Speaker 1: one case, so Mahomes was not yet the starter. I
Speaker 1: believe for the Chiefs it was still Alex Smith at
Speaker 1: the time. I think either way, Mahomes and Rodgers have
Speaker 1: never faced off in an NFL game. It's not gonna
Speaker 1: happen this week either. We know you're starting Mahomes, we
Speaker 1: know you're starting Travis Kelcey. Anybody else that you feel
Speaker 1: confident starting in this game for the Jets. No, there's
Speaker 1: no one.
Speaker 2: I really I think if you start anyone, maybe it's
Speaker 2: scartt Wilson. I have him as a sit but you
Speaker 2: could be hoping for garbage time production there. I think
Speaker 2: Isaiah Pacheco is in play this week. I know that
Speaker 2: last week he was. It's frustrating to see Jack McKinnon
Speaker 2: score and Clyde Edwards Hilaire score. They had four touchdowns
Speaker 2: between the three of them. But Pacheco is the one
Speaker 2: that they like to use to grind out the clock
Speaker 2: between the twenties. They used him more than cea tonight.
Speaker 1: Have a look.
Speaker 2: This isn't a hot take it all. The Chiefs are
Speaker 2: probably going to be playing with the two to three
Speaker 2: score lead in this game, so I think that means
Speaker 2: a lot of running the ball in the second half.
Speaker 1: I guess if there's anybody else I would start in
Speaker 1: this game, it's the Chiefs defense, just because the Jets,
Speaker 1: oh yeah, yeah, protect. They can't protect the quarterback. Zach
Speaker 1: Wilson looks lost out there. Breeze Hall, Dalvin Cook, neither
Speaker 1: one of them are able to run effectively. Garrett Wilson.
Speaker 1: We're at the point where we're talking about you can
Speaker 1: we start Garrett Wilson. I've had people ask me if
Speaker 1: they should drop Garrett Wilson. That's how bad it is
Speaker 1: for the Jets offense right now. Which side note, don't
Speaker 1: drop Garrett Wilson. Let's hope that something happens that maybe
Speaker 1: they make a change in quarterback that sort of revives him.
Speaker 1: But it's bad. So Yeah, aside from Mahomes and Kelsey,
Speaker 1: the Chiefs defense, really the only other group are player
Speaker 1: air quotes there that I think about starting this week
Speaker 1: Monday Night Football the Seahawks and the Giants. Not only
Speaker 1: is it a revenge game for Gino Smith against the Giants,
Speaker 1: as Patrick Claybon pointed out earlier in the week, it's
Speaker 1: a revenge game for Gino Smith against MetLife Stadiums, as
Speaker 1: he played there as a member of the Jets. But
Speaker 1: let's look at the quarterback on the other side, Danny Dimes.
Speaker 1: Can you start him against Seattle? This is a revenge
Speaker 1: game for Gino Smith too, because he made one start
Speaker 1: for the Giants. He was the guy who ended Eli
Speaker 1: Manning streak and then got benched the next week, like
Speaker 1: they put all the pressure on him and then pulled him.
Speaker 2: I think this is a big revenge spot for Gino.
Speaker 2: But I'm starting Danny Dimes again in this week. I
Speaker 2: know in Week one and three it was rough, but
Speaker 2: in week two he finishes the QB one and this
Speaker 2: is a much better matchup than those other two games.
Speaker 2: The Seahawks are one of two teams to allow more
Speaker 2: than a thousand passing yards this season. They just allowed
Speaker 2: Andy to go off against them, and they don't generate
Speaker 2: pressure nearly as much as the forty nine Ers and Cowboys,
Speaker 2: and that's why Jones struggled so much. He was under
Speaker 2: duress the entire game. I think he'll get a little
Speaker 2: bit more time to throw. And while we're starting Daniel Jones,
Speaker 2: start Darren Waller as well this week.
Speaker 1: I mean Darren Waller right now, the only pass catcher
Speaker 1: you can start. I do sort of like one Dale
Speaker 1: Robinson as a sleeper, maybe a deep sleeper, probably better
Speaker 1: told there. I think it's a decent game for Daniel Jones,
Speaker 1: and I think what we've seen out of Jones so
Speaker 1: far is kind of who he's going to be this season.
Speaker 1: I mean, he's just kind of a low level QB one.
Speaker 1: I mean right now, he's actually the QB twenty three,
Speaker 1: so he's not even that he's a low level QB
Speaker 1: two at the moment. I think he's going to be better.
Speaker 1: Two of his first three games have been against the
Speaker 1: Cowboys and the forty nine ers, so it's about as
Speaker 1: tough defenses as you can imagine. So I do think
Speaker 1: he gets a little bit better and I think he's
Speaker 1: in play this week against the Seattle Seahawks. It's time
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Speaker 2: Kenneth Walker who I know we had concerns coming into
Speaker 2: the season for how much work is he going to see?
Speaker 2: Right now? Kenneth Walker is the RB three on this season,
Speaker 2: getting a little bit of pass game usage, but he
Speaker 2: dominates on the ground. And the Giants they have struggled
Speaker 2: against running backs this year. Tony Pollard went off against them,
Speaker 2: CMC had a good game against them. They are in
Speaker 2: the top five I believe in yards allowed to the position,
Speaker 2: and it wouldn't be surprising if Seattle has a lead
Speaker 2: in this and we know when they're playing from ahead,
Speaker 2: Pete Carroll loves to kind of grind out the clock.
Speaker 2: Kenneth Walker is always a must start option, but I
Speaker 2: think this week especially, he will have a big game.
Speaker 2: Maybe expect a big run or two out of him
Speaker 2: as well.
Speaker 1: Kenneth Walker is in a smash spot this week against
Speaker 1: the Giants. I absolutely love that. For me, it's Jamar
Speaker 1: Chase and I know Florio expressed his concerns about the
Speaker 1: Bengals passing game this week, but I think we saw
Speaker 1: last week against the Rams that the Bengals kind of
Speaker 1: got Chase going, had the big game, especially in the
Speaker 1: second half of a ton of catches. And if they
Speaker 1: can do that against the Rams, I think they can
Speaker 1: very much do that against the Tennessee Titan. So even
Speaker 1: with the concerns about Joe Burrow and the ankle and
Speaker 1: the fact that the Bengals have just been underwhelming so
Speaker 1: far offensively, I think this is going to be a
Speaker 1: blow up spot for Jamar Chase and he absolutely should
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