Speaker 1: Wow, it is a Friday.
Speaker 2: You know what that means.
Speaker 3: Time for another edition of the stardom citam show it
Speaker 3: to me. Your man named g Marcus Grant, joined by
Speaker 3: Michael F. Floyer, the man who rights Let's Start Sit column.
Speaker 3: You can find it every wee get nfl dot com
Speaker 3: slash start Sit. Are we ready for the second half
Speaker 3: of the fantasy regular season?
Speaker 2: I guess so, like as ready as we can be, right.
Speaker 2: I felt really ready for the first half, and then
Speaker 2: everything went wrong, So I guess that prepared that toughens
Speaker 2: you up, right.
Speaker 3: It's like we ratcheted up the difficulty level. It's like,
Speaker 3: all right, so here's the first half of the season.
Speaker 3: Now we're gonna take out all of the good players
Speaker 3: and see what you got then, So good luck to you.
Speaker 2: Right in the startup citem, it particularly felt rough for
Speaker 2: all of my fantasy teams because, like the guys, usually
Speaker 2: I'm like, all right, I'll get a couple running backs
Speaker 2: earlier whatever. This year went so heavy on wide receiver
Speaker 2: and they're.
Speaker 3: All gone, Yeah. This was definitely I won't even say
Speaker 3: a zero RB year.
Speaker 2: This is just an RB year. All of the best
Speaker 2: teams are the teams that ignore everything that the fantasy
Speaker 2: community says and just drafted old running backs.
Speaker 3: It's just like you know, when you play a March
Speaker 3: Madness pool, it's the person who's just like well obviously
Speaker 3: like a tar heel would lose to a devil like
Speaker 3: you know, like those people who win the pools in
Speaker 3: your office, and just like you know in fantasy football
Speaker 3: as well. Anyway, you gonna go through some start sits
Speaker 3: at the main positions here. Let's start at quarterback. Who
Speaker 3: is up and who's down?
Speaker 2: This week? Jordan Love is a must start option for me.
Speaker 2: Multiple passing touchdowns in eleven straight and they get the Jaguars.
Speaker 2: You're gonna notice a trend with Packers in this week's article.
Speaker 2: Jared Goff is playing out of his mind good right now.
Speaker 2: And the Titans, I know, on paper look like a
Speaker 2: tough matchup, but they just got lit up by Josh
Speaker 2: Allen last week. CJ. Stroud coming off of his worst
Speaker 2: career game. I don't care though, I think this is
Speaker 2: a great week for him. The Colts bring pressure at
Speaker 2: the third lowest rate in the NFL. He has multiple
Speaker 2: passing touchdowns every game against them. Tyler Williams has been
Speaker 2: playing really really well as of late, running more putting
Speaker 2: up big fantasy numbers, and I think it could be
Speaker 2: a potential high scoring game. And then Kirk Cousins three
Speaker 2: weeks ago at this point now had his second best
Speaker 2: fantasy game of his career against the Bucks. He gets
Speaker 2: the Bucks again this week. And then some big name
Speaker 2: sits Dak Prescott, because he has been more of a
Speaker 2: name than production. You could say the same thing about
Speaker 2: Patrick Mahomes who gets the Raiders this week. Anthony Richardson
Speaker 2: against the Colts has really been struggling as of late,
Speaker 2: as teams that have been throwing more zone coverage at him.
Speaker 2: Texans play a lot of zone. And then Justin Herbert,
Speaker 2: I know the matchup is good and he's coming off
Speaker 2: his best fantasy game. He still has yet to score
Speaker 2: fifteen in a game this season.
Speaker 3: It's amazing that some of these quarterbacks that we really
Speaker 3: invested heavily in have been so disappointing so far this season.
Speaker 3: Anthony Richardson though, talking about him, I mean we've been
Speaker 3: very frustrated, very disappointed. He hasn't scored the rushing touchdowns.
Speaker 3: Jonathan Taylor wouldn't rule himself out. He had sort of
Speaker 3: an interesting quote when asked that he was going to play,
Speaker 3: and it was something to the effect of always go
Speaker 3: into a game thinking I'm going to play. I don't
Speaker 3: want to put any negativity in the air.
Speaker 2: I'm not going to say anything negative, which.
Speaker 3: Sounds like a guy who's probably not going to play this.
Speaker 2: Please.
Speaker 3: Does that change how you feel about Anthony Richardson.
Speaker 2: I would feel better about Richardson if Jonathan Taylor was
Speaker 2: in there, because then I think I think, at least
Speaker 2: like you bring the running game back into where defenses
Speaker 2: have to be like, Okay, we're more worried about Jonathan
Speaker 2: Taylor on options and stuff right now. I think you're
Speaker 2: being like, Okay, we're going to take away Anthony Richardson
Speaker 2: and dare you to beat us with Trey Sermon and Goodson.
Speaker 3: On the other side, you got Jared Goff as a
Speaker 3: start and a real surprise there against the Tennessee Titans.
Speaker 3: Rather yeah, obviously, it looks like Jamison Willis was probably
Speaker 3: going to be out as he begins a two game suspension.
Speaker 3: Does that change anything with how you feel about golf?
Speaker 2: No, I think GoF right now, like what he is doing.
Speaker 2: He Jayden Daniels said to the four game completion percentage
Speaker 2: record earlier this season, and goff has broken that. He's
Speaker 2: one of four quarterbacks with one hundred and forty passer
Speaker 2: rating in three straight games, and it is directly translating
Speaker 2: to fantasy success, which is what we want. So yeah, Rot,
Speaker 2: the only league I'm sitting Jared Goffin is one where
Speaker 2: I also have Jordan Love.
Speaker 3: Okay, well that makes plenty of sense. Then, yeah, very
Speaker 3: interesting to watch how this Allons passing game is going
Speaker 3: to go, at least for the next couple of weeks.
Speaker 3: I say that as somebody who has Sam Laporta and
Speaker 3: wants him to come back to life. Running backs, who's
Speaker 3: your starts and who's your sins?
Speaker 2: Davon Han is a mustard option as long as Tua
Speaker 2: is back, and it looks like he will be. Josh
Speaker 2: Jacobs has been playing really well as of late and
Speaker 2: gets a fantastic matchup. Speaking of playing really well as
Speaker 2: of late, DeAndre Swift is just the last three games
Speaker 2: complete opposite of his first three games, and the Commanders
Speaker 2: allow explosive runs at the highest rate in the NFL.
Speaker 2: JK Dobbins has a fantastic matchup against the Saints, and
Speaker 2: we know that he will get a lot of volume.
Speaker 2: Javonte Williams has proven that you could trust him in
Speaker 2: a good matchup. That's something we talked about on yesterday's show.
Speaker 2: And he has the best matchup for running backs. And
Speaker 2: then Kareem Hunt. Not only is it a good matchup,
Speaker 2: Hunt is getting twenty touches a game. The only Chief
Speaker 2: I trust with one hundred percent confidence. And then the
Speaker 2: sits Nick Chubb. It's awesome to have him back, but
Speaker 2: he averaged two yards to carry, and it's all about
Speaker 2: the matchup. The Ravens are the toughest defense to run
Speaker 2: the ball against this season. Alexander Madison has proven that
Speaker 2: you could trust him in good matchups. Unfortunately, the Chiefs
Speaker 2: have just been shutting down running backs every single week.
Speaker 2: Austin Eckler is more of a safe floord running back.
Speaker 2: And when someone with they say floor is in a
Speaker 2: tough matchup, I think you get away. And then a
Speaker 2: couple of former Bills here in Zach Moss and Devin Singletary,
Speaker 2: who it seems like both have been usurped in their offense.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, that's that's been tough at this point
Speaker 3: because Zach Moss feels like almost you can almost go
Speaker 3: to the waiver wire. Certainly if you're in a shallow league,
Speaker 3: there's no point to holding onto Zach Moss. Devin Singletary
Speaker 3: is one that's interesting because I don't know if it's
Speaker 3: actually a takeover yet. I think we sort of want
Speaker 3: it to be because a lot of us like Tyrone Tracy.
Speaker 3: Last week, Tracy outsnapped Singletary forty to twelve. I guess,
Speaker 3: are we sure that it's because Tracy's taking over or
Speaker 3: is this just Devin Singletary working back in after injury.
Speaker 2: It could be that, which is why I also don't
Speaker 2: love Tracy this week, because I do think there isn't
Speaker 2: a chance that Singletary gets more involved. But on top
Speaker 2: of that, they're facing the Pittsburgh Steelers, which is just
Speaker 2: a really, really tough defense. So because of the uncertainty,
Speaker 2: I think you could play it safe and get away
Speaker 2: from both. But if you have to choose, Tracy is
Speaker 2: the one I would go with.
Speaker 3: And then Austin Eckler. I mean, obviously Brian Robinson. The
Speaker 3: way he's been playing, it's hard to get away from him.
Speaker 3: So far this year, Eckler has sort of been hit
Speaker 3: or miss tough matchup against the Chicago Bears. Still waiting
Speaker 3: on the jade and Daniels status for this week. Hadn't
Speaker 3: practiced early in the week because of a rib injury.
Speaker 3: Does the outlook change for Eckler if there's no Jaden Daniels.
Speaker 2: I think it gets worse because Mariota throws to the
Speaker 2: running backs less than Jadeen Daniels has and he's just
Speaker 2: not the same caliber quarterbacks. So you're scoring opportunities. Your
Speaker 2: yard opportunities all drop with that. So the Bears have
Speaker 2: been so so against the run, but they've been elite
Speaker 2: at stopping running backs in the passing game, and that's
Speaker 2: that's where Eckler makes his bread and butter.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's you know, it's been up or down. I
Speaker 3: think he's played well all things considered, but Brian Robinson
Speaker 3: has been really, really good. So that's sort of capped
Speaker 3: Austin Eckler's chances so far this year. Moving on to
Speaker 3: the wide receivers, who are your starts in your six?
Speaker 2: I know you like this guy a lot as well,
Speaker 2: Brian Thomas Junior. I think he used his matchup proof
Speaker 2: at this point with the volume that he gets George Pickens.
Speaker 2: I think it's still volatile, but the upside is higher
Speaker 2: with Russell Wilson, so I think you continue to start him.
Speaker 2: Amari Cooper scored sixteen Fantasy points last week on a
Speaker 2: third of the snaps. I expect him to get more utilized,
Speaker 2: and it is a good matchup, great matchup for the Packers,
Speaker 2: so I think you could start all of their receivers.
Speaker 2: Jayden Reed is obviously cream of the crop, but I
Speaker 2: think if you have to pick between the secondary options,
Speaker 2: I like Romeo Dobbs this week best because they play
Speaker 2: man a lot in Jacksonville and he has been their
Speaker 2: man beater. And then Zay Flowers against the Browns and
Speaker 2: Darnell Mooney, who had his best career fan game a couple.
Speaker 3: Of weeks ago against the Bucks. Zay Flowers has been
Speaker 3: playing really good football. I know he tweaked his ankle
Speaker 3: last week. How do we feel about Rashad Bateman, who's
Speaker 3: also playing well lately.
Speaker 2: I think he is a sleeper if Jay Flowers plays,
Speaker 2: and if Flowers is out, I think you could just
Speaker 2: elevate Bateman to be a start because the Browns play
Speaker 2: a lot of man coverage and Flowers and Bateman lead
Speaker 2: the way for production against man coverage for the Ravens.
Speaker 3: Yeah. On the side, Deontay Johnson against the Broncos. Is
Speaker 3: this the matchup? Is this the quarterback? Is it a
Speaker 3: little bit of both?
Speaker 2: Well? I had him as a sit because of the
Speaker 2: matchup when I thought it was going to be Andy Dalton.
Speaker 2: Then it became Bryce Young and there's to me, there's
Speaker 2: no way you could trust. Plus Deanty Johnson has banged up,
Speaker 2: and then I'll just read the other Sits Christian Kirk
Speaker 2: against the Packers, Michael Pittman Junior Xavier Worthy who is
Speaker 2: just too boom or busts for me to trust. And
Speaker 2: Courtland Sutton who last week played a bunch of snaps
Speaker 2: but was just getting his cardio in.
Speaker 3: Yeah, pretty much. It's just been so hard to trust
Speaker 3: a Broncos wider this year. Bo Nix is playing some
Speaker 3: decent fantasy wise football, but so much of it has
Speaker 3: to do with him running too and not necessarily throwing
Speaker 3: the football. Finally, we got tight ends who's up and
Speaker 3: who is down?
Speaker 2: In Week eight, I think Kyle Pitts has just become
Speaker 2: a tight end that you still trust right now, given
Speaker 2: the volume he has been seeing. David and Joku I
Speaker 2: think is a Mustard option as well. And the Ravens
Speaker 2: have really struggled against the pass, in particular against tight ends.
Speaker 2: Evan Ingram say, floor high ceiling. I think you get
Speaker 2: him in there, and the Packers have struggled against tight ends.
Speaker 2: They're better against receivers. Dalton Kincaid, I know he's trending down,
Speaker 2: but I continue to believe Amari Cooper will help Kinkaid.
Speaker 2: I don't think he's cut out to be a number one.
Speaker 2: I think he could be a number two target though,
Speaker 2: and then Tucker Kraft too much upside to get away
Speaker 2: from even if the floor is low. And Sam Laporta
Speaker 2: because if Jamison Williams is out, I think he could
Speaker 2: be the number two target once again. And then the Sis.
Speaker 2: I know these aren't the biggest name in the world.
Speaker 2: We're talking tight ends here, Pat Fryarmoth, Dalton Schultz, Isaiah Likely, Tyler, Conklin,
Speaker 2: Jacob just titans that have other target comps there and
Speaker 2: not the best offenses.
Speaker 3: One name I'm curious. I know you've talked about a
Speaker 3: lot this week. Jatavian Sanders. I can't imagine you'd be
Speaker 3: willing to start him against the Broncos with Bryce Young
Speaker 3: at quarterback.
Speaker 2: But should he at least be a stash at this point?
Speaker 2: I think so. I was willing to take a shot
Speaker 2: on him if you need it to go a little
Speaker 2: bit deeper with Andy Dalton because I think the matchup
Speaker 2: was there for targets to kind of run through Sanders.
Speaker 2: But yeah, with Bryce Young, this team could get shut out.
Speaker 2: So I don't think you start him, but yeah, he
Speaker 2: is definitely an upside stash moving forward.
Speaker 3: For Yeah, gotta be an interesting to watch.
Speaker 2: Does Bryce him keep this job?
Speaker 3: It's hard. It feels hard to start him at the
Speaker 3: beginning of the year, bench him, bring him back, and
Speaker 3: then just be like, hey man, sorry, you're going back
Speaker 3: to the bitch, especially for a team.
Speaker 2: That's not going anywhere this year. That's the thing is
Speaker 2: they have really no incentive not to play him, I
Speaker 2: would say, but I would have said that on week three.
Speaker 2: I know they were like, we could still save our season,
Speaker 2: but we all kind of you that that wasn't true.
Speaker 2: The thing that works against him is he gets this
Speaker 2: spot start in potentially the toughest matchup the quarterback could have.
Speaker 2: Like you got Patrick Sartan and that Broncos secondary on
Speaker 2: the other side that has just been shutting down passing
Speaker 2: attacks weekly. After that, they get the Saints. Like, if
Speaker 2: he was coming back for the Saints game, I'd feel
Speaker 2: a little bit confident, like maybe he could do a
Speaker 2: little something, But I think he's going to struggle this week.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I would stay away from any of your Panthers
Speaker 3: this week. On the flip side, start your Broncos defense.
Speaker 3: I mean, yeah, I know that's not a sleeper calls
Speaker 3: out of surprise. If you have the Broncos defense, you
Speaker 3: probably started them, but especially super extra, start them this week.
Speaker 3: If that's a thing.
Speaker 2: What they did last week. Last week, they can take
Speaker 2: advantage of good.
Speaker 3: Matchup exactly, So super Extra, start your Broncos defense in
Speaker 3: week eight.
Speaker 2: There you go.
Speaker 3: Of course, you can go to NFL dot com slash
Speaker 3: Start Sit for a little bit more analysis on all
Speaker 3: of the players in Michael f. Florio's Start Sit column.
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