Week 10 Fantasy Football Reactions & Injuries + Early Week 11 Waiver Wire (Ep. 1830)

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
All right, and welcome into the Fantasy Pros Fantasy Football Podcast.
It's the Week ten instant Reaction show, coming to you
live right here on the FB YouTube channel. I'm your host,
Seth Willcott, still riding high from an awesome football Sunday
and helping.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
Me break it all down from a fantasy perspective. Is
a former news producer turned fantasy analyst. She's Tara Roberts. Tara,
how are you and how are the fantasy teams? After
Week ten? Sitting wonderful?

Speaker 3 (00:26):
This was a good week. This was the George Kittle
coming out party. Everything that's come together, all the wide
ride receivers hit. Yeah, this was a beautiful fantasy week.

Speaker 1 (00:36):
This.

Speaker 3 (00:37):
I got zero complaints whatsoever about this one.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
I'm glad to hear it. I feel like I can
never put together the perfect week where okay, maybe the
fantasy options came through for me that I was betting on,
but then the players that actually had hardcold cash on
did not come through for me. So always kind of
battling the mix and match week. But that's just how
it goes in this industry, right baby, exactly? All right,

(01:01):
let's jump into things, and tonight's program does look like this, Tara,
no doctor d pak Chune. But we will still break
down the most notable injuries from some of the docs notes,
plus some fantasy football ramifications that could come from them,
and we're also gonna give you the top five storylines
of the day. We'll take a trip to the panic Meter.
Then we'll round out the program with a rapid fire
Q and a so send any Sunday specific questions from

(01:23):
any of the action that we saw today and how
we can help you. We'll try to answer those for you.
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(01:44):
appreciate that. And Tara, we did have a slew of injury,
so let's jump right into it at the top here,
and it starts with none other than New York Giants
quarterback Jackson Dark. He suffered a concussion against the Chicago Bears,
Dart already cleared twenty six Fantasy points in three of
his last four games before getting knocked out of this one.
It was also a six game in seven starts with
a rushing touchdown, So someone who certainly puts himself in

(02:07):
some positions to be vulnerable. Two big hits. We saw
that on Sunday. Deepak is telling us that a possible
return to action is coming here for Dart. It's a
fifty to fifty chance whether he misses one week and
then returns the next. No production dip typically seen upon return,
So Tara obviously potentially losing Dart for the next week
hurts managers who were starting him. However, what does it

(02:30):
mean having Russell Wilson potentially under center here and how
does it affect the Giants offense as a whole? Is
there anyone you can trust with Russ back out there?

Speaker 3 (02:38):
Oh? Sadly it's probably only Wandale Robinson, Darius Sleeping you know,
had a nice little game here, but unfortunately with Russe
at quarterback, we we lean on needing a very specific
excellent matchup and that is not the matchup that is
coming up next week unfortunately again screen Bay, So yeah,

(02:59):
it's everyone that'sngraded. There really won't be any usable fantasy assets.
Maybe at THEO Johnson perhaps can pull through there as
the most reliable asset there. But yeah, we just we
got to hope that Jackson Dark comes back for our purposes.

Speaker 2 (03:12):
Yeah, I think you're gonna be hoping if it is
Russ under center next week, especially against Green Bay, that
it's like deep balls, right, you're hoping for deep balls,
big plays. I don't think the offense will move as
consistently as it did with Jackson Dart because he's consistently
tucking in running if the first or second read's not there.
So I just don't know if he can do that,
especially without Cam Scataboo out there. Of course, no Molik

(03:33):
neighbors as well moving forward, so it's gonna be a
different Giants offense. I'm gonna prefer not to start anyone
if I have to, though I agree with you. Is
Wandale Robinson or maybe a Theo Johnson at tight end.
Also here on the injury front, we did have Buffalo
Bills tight end. Don't concaid he exited with a hamstring injury.
Deepak is telling us that the average hamstring takes about

(03:53):
two to three weeks, but really depends on the severity.
MRI likely coming on Monday. Rushing back does raised the
re injury risks, so the vast majority will miss at
least one game, Tara. We'll talk about potential replacements later
on at the tight end position. But do you think
Kingkaid's absence maybe elevates any other pass catchers in the
Bills offense that looked a bit out of sink here

(04:15):
in South Beach in Week ten? It did.

Speaker 3 (04:17):
They looked a little sideways there. Unfortunately in Buffalo. You know,
we can always feel like if King Kaid's out, we
can turn to Dawson Knox. I mean, he doesn't have
that same upside that Kinkaid had. Kinkaid had been operating
at such a high level in games where he wasn't
dealing with some kind of injury. I mean, we've come
to look at him as an extremely reliable volume guy

(04:37):
that was kind of running neck and neck with Khalil
Shakir in terms of being the first look in that offense.
So yeah, you know, potentially you could turn to Dawson Knox,
but I don't know if he will be the one
getting the exclusive bulk of that workload. Perhaps we get
a little bit of an increase there to the wide receivers,
but that's a big that's a big let down there
because Knox have become a nice little safety blanket there

(04:57):
and a deeper threat as well. For Josh.

Speaker 2 (05:01):
Yeah, it's really disappointing because he was kind of the
one pass catcher week in and week out that you
wanted to start in your fantasy lineups. Shaki, of course,
always goes off against the Chiefs. He was great last week,
not as great this week. Same with Keyon Coleman, who
actually did have a bounce back spot for him, but
he saw a ton of targets still. I mean, he
caught three passes forty two yards for a touchdown something
like that, So it wasn't great. But I mean, I

(05:22):
guess if you have to throw a Bill's wide receiver
out there, you can play those guys and they might
get a little bit of a bump with Kincaid out,
but I'm still not, you know, very interested in playing
them unless I have to, I think. So. Yeah, another
injury here and maybe the one of the biggest on
the Week two Tara is New York Jets wide receiver
Garrett Wilson. He reinjures his knee. This is not ideal

(05:42):
considering the potential tanking spot that the Jets are in
right now. They did win this week, and Deepak is
telling us that while Garrett Wilson did miss two games
with the initial injury, this was reportively a reaggregation of
that same knee. This could potentially mean more time and
a worse injury than the original, especially with the Jet
season functionally being over. It would be surprising to see

(06:04):
him play through next week. So likely no Garrett Wilson
in week number eleven. Tara will keep up with Deepak
to see what else he has to say about Wilson
as news comes out. But is there a Jets pass
catcher that you can even roster right now? Because I
tried rolling out Mason Taylor this week in a couple
spots where I was really hurting for a flex. Did
not go well. Guy, I had about one point, So like,

(06:25):
I'm done with Mason Taylor and I really don't think
we can go to the receiver position. Of course, Ady
Mitchell in there now, but Josh Reynolds on IR just
feels super gross.

Speaker 3 (06:34):
Yeah, I mean in terms of long term and dynasty
in particular. I'm excited to see Adie Mitchell hopefully he'll
be active next week, but I would feel zero comfort
in terms of throwing him into a starting lineup. They
won the game, but at the end of the day,
it was still an extremely low volume, underwhelming game from
Justin Fields, and despite them winning the game, honestly, we
don't know if he'll remain the starter. They seem very

(06:55):
non committal there, unfortunately, So this is a all around
void to scept to Breeze Hall there.

Speaker 2 (07:02):
Yeah, we got our friend Drettis checking in saying Fields
had what like, hey, passing yards. It was bad, man,
it was a bad game. I just don't want to
be invested. I don't think with the Jets really, aside
from Breese Hall at this point. Also here on the
injury front, we have Denver Bronco's running back JK. Dobbins.
He is getting a second opinion on a foot injury.
It came on that hip drop tackle on Thursday Night Football.

(07:25):
Dobbins did return to the game, but he's now getting
a second opinion. Deepak telling us that the video did
suggest a mid foot sprain. On average it's going to
be about three weeks for running backs to return to action.
Some reports did express optimism though that which suggests he
did avoid the surgical issue that is a Liz Frank injury,
so that's great news. Typically those of these do take

(07:46):
a few weeks to ramp up to the baseline, So, Tara,
I don't think there is enough information to really speculate
on how long Dobbins will be out right now. Regardless though,
does it mean maybe some more work for RJ. Harvey
or is this like a Tyler Day thing where he
gets in the mix and it's kind of just a
little bit complicated and not as much a workload as
we want for the talented rookie.

Speaker 3 (08:07):
Honestly, I do think it'll be a hefty workload for RJ. Harvey.
I know that feels uncomfortable to say, with Sean Payton
at the helm and knowing that he can do ten
thousand different things, But in terms of usage, I feel
like we've seen a clear shift in the usage of RJ.
Harvey compared to the earlier season, where there was a
clear lack of trust that Sean Payton had. He didn't
trust him on the field and passing downs overall, and

(08:28):
this shift to him being a extremely reliable and go
to guy in the red zone. Even if he didn't
get the touchdown in this game, he still had pretty
significant red zone usage. So based off that, I would
expect that level of trust to extend out the red
zone into the entire drive there. So yeah, I feel
pretty good about r J. Harvey. If we do get JK.

Speaker 2 (08:47):
Dobbins out here, maybe a potential must start. Is that
kind of where you'd put him pride that RB two range?

Speaker 3 (08:52):
Yeah, because the run game has been effective. But unfortunately,
when you look at the split that they've had recently
because of r J. Harvey popping up in the red
zone and the bulk of the carriers going to JK.
Dobbins separately, you know, they had pretty good baselines right
and upside with r J. Harvey and the multiple touchdowns there.
But if you combine that all together, yeah, you've got
RB one. So if it's narrowed down to Harvey feel

(09:12):
like a must start for him?

Speaker 2 (09:14):
Yeah, I think so too. I think that's where I
would be, And honestly, it might be a chance that
you can still maybe even go buy low for him
right now. Because he had a bad game on Thursday
Night Football. I think managers are frustrated with him. It's
really been the touchdowns that have kept him in contention
of fantasy relevant so far this season. I think you
gotta play him. Though. I think you gotta play him.
I think you have to go after him and see
if you can buy low because someone might not know

(09:36):
the severity of the JK. Dobbins injury right off the rip,
so I'm in agreeance with you. There another injury at
the running back position, maybe a little less notable, is
New England Patriots running back Charrell Jennings. He was knocked
out with a knee injury Tara. While Jennings wasn't a
player fantasy managers were certainly depending on. This could open
the door for maybe even more work for Trevon Henderson

(09:56):
if for more Stevenson continues to miss time. With that
kind of your observation as well, of course, we've already
had a couple injuries in the backfield this year. Antonio
Gibson out for the season currently.

Speaker 3 (10:06):
Yeah, my exact thought process there. It didn't seem like
Ramandre Stevenson was close to returning. So if he's out
and we also have Teryl Jennings out. I feel like
that's where we finally get that forced usage in the
red zone. We did finally see Henderson, he would, you know,
fantastic game. Unfortunately did not get the goal line touchdown
when he had that opportunity, But if there was nobody
else to turn to, we can at least lock that

(10:27):
down here. So yeah, it's good to at least take
that away, that factor away of someone else being able
to come in at the goal line there and know
that we can focus in on Henderson, who looked fantastic today.

Speaker 2 (10:38):
I'm with you there. We'll talk more about Henderson later
on in the program.

Speaker 3 (10:41):
Terror.

Speaker 2 (10:41):
We also had Chris Rodriguez. He got banged up in
this one. If he misses any time. Do you have
any confidence in Bill Krofsky merit to become startable because
it's this fifth straight game being held under six PPR points.
It just feels like with Washington, the way their defense
is playing, they are not in a position to run
the ball and run it effectively without G Daniels right.

Speaker 3 (11:00):
Now, Yeah, I was a wee bit concern that when
we did have the offense transition away from Mariota at
the end of the game and we still had Jacorey
krossky Merritt in there, so that was kind of like, oh, okay,
not great at Chris Rodriguez going out there did make it,
but it means that, you know, Jerryman McNichols was the
preferred sit and Rodriguez and JCM getting that garbage time
work there with the backup quarterbacks. So yeah, I think

(11:22):
it's significant because if you can narrow it down to
where they don't have the option to turning to someone else,
that can at least force that early down usage, specifically
to JCM. But at the end of the day, this
offense has to be in a position to compete. For
JCM to have upside there, they've got to be in
a competitive game where they're ahead. So that's the concern
there is that Chris Rodriguez going down could open up

(11:44):
some open up some opportunities there, but we still need
the commanders to compete in a more positive way.

Speaker 2 (11:50):
Yeah, I think at this point, like it really stands, Hey,
you're starting Deebo Samuel likely if you have him, he
found the end zone once again in week number ten.
But outside of that, like this became one of the
most fun one fantasy friendly offenses a year ago, and
it's crazy just what twelve months and a slew of
injuries to some veteran players can do for you. So
disappointing there and disappointing with all the injuries. Hopefully we'll

(12:10):
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let's get to the top five storylines of the week.
And I think there's no better place to go than overseas,
where Jonathan Taylor says Guten Tog from Dublin thirty two carries,
two d and forty four rushing yards three touchdowns on

(13:12):
the ground. He also added three for forty two through
the air, good for a fifty burger fifty point one
PPR points. Tara, were you marked safe from JT this week?
And if you were to redraft today, are you taking
JT at the one on one?

Speaker 3 (13:28):
Yeah, I mean yeah, I think I think for sure,
for sure there he's been so incredibly reliable. I was
not mark safe because I was. I was the perpetrator
on that one with JT Scott fish Bowl. He scored
eighty points. That was just the most wow, stunning amount
of points I've ever seen out of a single player.
He's just he's so dominant. I'm one hundred percent behind this,

(13:48):
you know, JT for MVP because even when Daniel Jones
struggles and we've seen the struggles, you know, Jonathan Taylor
is willing this team to victory here. The performance, he's
just incredible. He's our version of Saquon Barkley. By the
difference is is that it's on offense with a little,
you know, a lesser quarterback in theory. So yeah, Jonathan
Taylor really carrying the load there.

Speaker 2 (14:08):
Yeah, it's so disciplined. I was talking to a few
people this week and they're like, man, I was just
you know, one or two years early on JT. Right,
it was kind of disappointing the last few seasons. A
pass catching went away with Anthony Richardson, and it's just
insane that what a good scheme and play caller. Yes,
that Shane Stiken is man like. He is just making
everything work right now, really really fun game for the
Colts as a whole, like Alex Pierce getting involved, Michael

(14:30):
Pittman junior little disappointing, but Tyler Warren had a great
second half there as well. So I think this wheels
up on JT. I think if we were redrafting today,
I think it's him. I think it's him. And it's
very sad to say because I think I had him
outside my top thirty six coming into the season. So
I will take the l on Jonathan Taylor. I will
not take the l though on Good things come to
those who wait. Trayvon Henderson breaks out in Week ten

(14:53):
fourteen rushing tempts one hundred and forty seven yards, two
touchdowns on the ground, plus a reception for three yards.
Some big gainers for Henderson the explosion we all saw
Ohio State a year ago. Total twenty nine Fantasy points,
a career high, Tara, do you think things shake out
here differently when ramondre Stevenson returns this time because Mike
Rabel still hesitant to trust Henderson While he was out

(15:15):
there for fifty one of the snaps today, we did
see Terrell Jennings get the first couple carries in this
one before he got ruled out for the rest of
the way. So does Henderson go back to the non
factor he was? Or is he the genie they can't
put back in the bottle right now in New England,
which is just clicking off wins left and right.

Speaker 3 (15:31):
Yeah. I don't think there's any way that they can
reduce his overall touches. I think the only fear that
we might have is the lack of trust at the
goal line is probably going to be a thing. So
I wouldn't be shocked if we see ramondre Stevenson come
back and get that goal line preference. But quite frankly,
the touchdowns came without the goal line. When you got
that kind of breakaway talent there, Yeah, you're Jamiir Gibbs Tyke.

(15:51):
You can do it without being inside the five there.
So Trevon Henderson wheels up here, and then hopefully we
retain enough touches when Henderson comes back.

Speaker 2 (16:01):
Yeah, I agree, very very excited for him, and hopefully
he can just continue to see somewhat of workload right
Like it won't be twenty nine fantasy points, it won't
be maybe even fourteen rushing attempts. But if he can
still live in that ten to twelve overall touches a week,
I think he's a flex viable guy. But maybe still
time to potentially sell high, because I'm even seeing in
the chat here from quite a few people mixed opinions

(16:23):
on Henderson. A lot of people bought low on him
a few weeks ago. Some are ready to sell high
off this performance, which I don't blame you either way. Yeah,
Another note here is we have a rookie receivers rising
up Ted Johnson and Jaden Higgins. They hit this week.
Ted Johnson four receptions, forty two yards, two touchdowns, five
targets versus the Patriots. This was a cat that, honestly,
coming into draft season last year, I was not very

(16:45):
high on. I mean, he's a small guy. He's not
extremely fast for his size either, but he's making it work.
A ton of snaps for him this past week fifty
seven snaps. Only a Mecca Abuca saw more snaps than him.
It's really those two guys. It's Sterling Shepard and then
you're seeing just a few snaps a game from Cameron
Johnson and Ryan Miller. We do have the news too
that Chris Godwin's going to be out likely until mid November,
potentially even into December if we ever see him back

(17:07):
this season. And on the other side of the coin,
here Jaye Higgins's career highs across the board against the
Jacksonville Jaguars. Of course, this was with Davis big Neck
Mills under center. Five receptions forty two yards on seven targets.
So Teses has already roster in about twenty seven point
nine percent of ESPN leagues, where will you be ranking
him moving forward? And is Higgins someone that you're worth

(17:28):
picking up and spending some fab on this go around.

Speaker 3 (17:30):
Yeah, I'm surprised how low Tez is ross. It needs
to be well over fifty percent. So we'ves out there, guys,
that needs to be your priority. You got to go
grab him. And I moved him up into a low
end wide receiver three range this week and then you know,
obviously I think that's a really appropriate range for him
moving forward. Maybe we can tilt him up towards you know,

(17:52):
the back towards the end of the top thirty, there
is a nice little range for him. But you know,
at this point you got to trust that. I understand
Mecca is fan fantastic, but the wide receiver too. There
is clearly Tesz. The touchdown equity that he has had
has been very consistent there as well. Baker Mayfield had
the nice bounce back game after a couple of down
games there. So tes is somebody who is going to

(18:13):
be a strong, high inflex option through. Yeah, like you
were saying, I would anticipate probably mid December. So if
we do actually believe the timeline that they're giving us,
there in Tampa Bay and then Jaydan Higgins. That's a
fun one there because when you look at Houston realistically,
they're looking at their record. They might be thinking, okay,
like maybe we can still push forward and try to compete,

(18:34):
but realistically, given our offensive line and everything, we probably
need to look forward to the future here and getting
increased looks for these rookies Higgins and Jalen Noel as well,
makes so much sense there and pushing forward with him,
and it was good to see him have this volume
and this level of performance and this usage on the
field with a healthy and active Nico Collins and a

(18:55):
strong performance as well, so that was really encouraging there.
So yeah, I think Jayden Higgins makes a lot of sense.
It might be a little matchup dependent as well, I agree,
but Higgins is definitely worth worth a look. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (19:07):
I think Higgins is one of those guys if you're
in a good spot in your league, if you're you know,
well on your way to the fantasy playoffs, and you
don't have to start him over the next few weeks,
he's someone that's worth a stash in my opinion. Forty
three snaps for Higgins. We did see him for the
first time this season, actually outrun routes and snaps of
Xavier Hutchinson but still had forty but he had no targets,

(19:28):
no production whatsoever, and Noel getting on the field little
bit as well, twenty five snaps to Christian Kirk's thirty two.
So it's still a bit of a wide receiver by
committee outside Nico Collins there, But Higgins, I think is
someone worth interesting enough to put on that roster moving forward?
If you're in a good position, I'm with you on
Tez Johnson Man. I think he's like slowly getting into

(19:48):
not every week's starter, but every week flex consideration. So
if you got him a couple weeks ago, congratulations to
you on that. The next storyline I wanted to talk
about was Jackson Smith the Jigbo breaks one thousand receiving
yards in the first quarter of this game against Arizona,
making his claim for wide receiver one rest of season
five for ninety three one touchdown on six targets. Most

(20:09):
of that came in the first quarter as well, so
I was thinking, are we gonna get a thirty or forty
burger from JSN? I certainly needed on a couple teams
and we didn't get it. But still, Terra, I feel
like now we have a clear top tier wide receivers.
It's Pookin Nakua, it's Jamar Chasin's JSN. Is he above
those guys rest of the way for you or would
you still prefer Nakua or Chase's just seeing a boatloer

(20:29):
of targets with Joe Flacco in the lineup.

Speaker 3 (20:32):
You know, I think the one thing that maybe puts
him above Chase is that Chase arguably does have the
higher ceiling, but he does have more competition because you know,
on a day a week to week basis, it can
be hyper targeted to t Higgins until that way a
little bit that kind of take off the upside there
and Jackson Smith and Jagbab doesn't have to deal with that,
you know, Puku Nakua has deal with the Devonte Adams.

(20:53):
The Seattle pass game is aggressively running through JSN. So
perhaps that's what separates him a little bit there. But yeah,
we've gotten to that point where he is right up there.
Like I was, you know, in DFS, I was debating
is it am I playing Pooker? Am my playing JSN?
Like it was literally neck and neck right in line there.
That's that's the level that we trust him at this point.

Speaker 2 (21:11):
Yeah, man, I'm super excited to see what he can
do down the stretch in the season. Like he's not
gonna in two thousand yards or anything like that, but
when you see what this guy is going to do
from a season long perspective, I mean, we're looking at
sixteen hundred plus yards, We're looking at a boatload of receptions,
and honestly the touchdowns have come too, so sam Donold's
been spinning it. Excited to continue to see what they
can do and hopefully we get a little a little

(21:33):
better game flow there. Right, the Seahawks are kind of
just so far. I mean, what was twenty seven or something,
maybe twenty eight zero after the first quarter like they
were I mean, oh, shout out of that defense man,
they were all they were all over Jacoby Brissett over there.
So hopefully a better game flow for them and they
can get some more action to the wide receivers. Last
storyline of the week here Tara streaming tight ends or

(21:55):
are they just worth the roster spot moving forward? Long term,
we had a plethra of streaming tight ends show out today.
That included two that Debro featured on this week's Sleeper
Starts video, So shout to Debro for that, and Tara,
I wanted to play a game where I'll give you
the stat line here for these tight ends and how
they did in week ten, and can you just let
me know whether there's still a streamer or maybe roster

(22:16):
bull the rest of the way.

Speaker 3 (22:18):
Sound good?

Speaker 2 (22:19):
All right? Juwan Johnson first one, four for ninety two,
one touchdown on four targets, nineteen point two fantasy points
against Carolina. Of course, Rashid Jahed out of town right now,
so it's really him, it's Chris o'lave, it's Juwan Johnson,
worth of roster spotters. He's still just hey, I'm playing
when I need to and just throw them back on
the waiver wire.

Speaker 3 (22:37):
It's roster. We're back at that trust level with him.
We had that little slightly early mid season slump there
where he kind of dipped down a little bit, then
he bounced back prior to this week, had several top
twelve performances there, looking like a reliable tight end one
and the exit of Rashid Shahed, Yeah, that's the key there,
that's the key there, so we gotta trust it rest

(22:57):
of season.

Speaker 2 (22:58):
Yeah, I'd like to see the volume come up a
little bit. It's still been in that four or five
targets range last couple weeks, but big plays right now,
and Tyler Schuck definitely looks like he is a better
option over Spencer Rattler as well, at least he was
in this game where a lot of money on the Panthers,
so did not love seeing that come through. But shouts
to Juwan Johnson. Dalton Schultz seven fifty fifty three, one

(23:20):
touchdown on eleven taris eighteen point three fantasy points against Jacksonville.
This was the guy I was really heavy on in
DFS this week, very heavy in the betting streets as well.
It feels like we already talked about Jane Higgins Noel
kind of taking a step up there in Houston, but
I think Dalton Schultz is for sure the number two
target in this passing offense outside of Nico Collins right now,

(23:41):
What do you think I'm on the.

Speaker 3 (23:43):
Edge there between a must start versus a streaming option
depending on the match up there. I trust it, But
I also I wonder if you know because these young
guys are so talented, So I do wonder if Jayden
Higgins can just slightly creep up in the snaps and
try to push his way through there and then limit
that upside for Dalton Schultz. So I think maybe the
competition there makes him more towards the stream worthy option

(24:05):
there for me.

Speaker 2 (24:06):
Okay, what about kad On in nine for eighty two
on twelve targets seventeen point two fantasy points against New England.
We already touched on this receiving core as well. No
Chris Godwin, no Mike Evans for the time being, So
it looks like it's Kate On and it's tedz Johnson.
It's a Mecca Abuca. Do you like audend rest of
the way?

Speaker 3 (24:23):
I do, because again we talk, you know, about the
lack of trust that we have in return timeline for
Chris Godwin. But then at the end of the day,
Sterling Sheppard has just been minimized so much in this
offense at this points here, So it does feel very
focused in on those three guys, and the run game
is just like, you know, we don't have a timeline
on Bucky Irvings. So if this is the core, right here, then, yeah,

(24:43):
I trust it.

Speaker 2 (24:45):
THEO Johnson seven or seventy five on eight targets, fourteen
point five fantasy points against Chicago, THEO Johnson streamer or
rest of season rosteruble.

Speaker 3 (24:56):
More towards the streaming option. I like him a lot.
Don't know if I trust that they won't integrate Daniel
Bellinger a little bit there here and there and kind
of limit his upside overall there they should focus in
just on THEO Johnson. And then again, the past game
is kind of inconsistent because at the end of the day,
Jackson dark can literally just run around. He doesn't have

(25:16):
to throw it for that much. So that's the only
issue there. So yeah, more and more towards the stream
worthy oution. But he's moving on up.

Speaker 2 (25:23):
Can you rank these tight ends rest of season, Tara?
What order would you have them in?

Speaker 3 (25:27):
Yeah? I would lean Juan cad and then Schultz to Johnson.

Speaker 2 (25:34):
Yeah, okay, okay, I think I'm probably I think I'm
probably Schultz, kde Jawan Theo. I'm a little bit higher
on Schultz. Maybe that's a little bit of recency bias.
And the reason i think I'm a little bit lower
on Kid is why I love this volume. I don't
know how many games the Bucks will have to chuck
it and grip it and rip it like they did
here against the Patriots when they fell behind early. Also,
Caid's seeing a lot of volume, but he's not seeing

(25:56):
like the high value targets right not getting a ton
of red zone, not getting a ton of deep targets
right now. Maybe that changes as they continue to have
to develop and strategize around the injuries they're facing there.
But yeah, I really enjoyed seeing these tight ends show
out and show up in a big way here in
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Speaker 2 (27:50):
And let's go ahead, folks, let's fire up the panic meter.
Go ahead, let us know who you're panicking about, and
we'll rate them on scale from one to ten about
how much war panicking on these players. One means hey,
we're not really baking at all times, are good? Keep
it cool? And ten means it's full blown panic mode, folks.
So let's go ahead. Drop your panic meter questions below.
And the first one I wanted to get to was

(28:13):
Bijon Robinson. A lot of questions for Bijon coming in
right now. Where's your panic meter on Bijeon Robinson? Of course,
we saw Tyler as year found the end zone not
just once but twice in Germany today Tara.

Speaker 3 (28:24):
Oh, this is perfect. I do a five moves to
make video, and my plan was actually to talk about
Bijon as a by Low and this confirms that. You know,
I think the general consensus in terms of fantasy managers
are feeling really down about him and I and I
get it one hundred percent. It's very frustrating because we
know that his usage can be so much higher and
we've got this increased usage of Tyler aldiear. It's very,

(28:48):
very frustrating. The ceiling is not getting met for where
you drafted him. But I think he's a really good
Bilow candidate right now. If you're looking to trade him,
please don't undersell him. At the end of the day,
he's still Beijon. You've got to be looking at literally
top twelve value in terms of getting something back before him.

Speaker 2 (29:06):
Yeah, I think I'm there with you, Like, I don't
know how many other players I would rather have, right
I don't think there's too many other guys that I'm
really trading for Bjon. Like, if you have to strip
it down and sell him for like another lower end
orb one and maybe a wide receiver two or something,
I'm okay with it. But yeah, I'm probably right in
line with you. I'm one in to two with bjeon.
Good players will come back, I think, and Atlanta needs

(29:27):
to lean on him.

Speaker 1 (29:28):
Man.

Speaker 2 (29:29):
The worst part of everything is they're just losing games continually.
They're finding ways to lose. Appreciate the analysis there. We
got Lance, who's asking, is Kenneth Walker droppable? Right now?
What is your panic level on Kenneth Walker? He goes
out there once again, I don't have snap counts for
the Seattle game, but fourteen for sixty seven, one reception,
three yards. We did see the backup running back Hallal

(29:50):
third stringer, he found the end zone, and then Zach
Sharbonay who once again found the end zone. So what's
your panic level on Kenneth Walker who seemed to find
some of that red zone work last week and how
he doesn't have it all of a sudden again.

Speaker 3 (30:03):
Yeah, my panic levels at like a nine here. I've
tried to be in I've tried to be in denial
and just like because him as a whole, he's talented,
and I conceptually I understand that they have their preferences
in terms of you know, they're the exact opposite of
Atlanta Atlanta. If Tyler Algier carries them down to the
goal line, Tyler Algier is getting that touchdown, they're not

(30:24):
going to pull him out because of some kind of
red zone preference there, right, So Seattle's truly limiting this
overall upside for Kenneth Walker here. It's just been too
many weeks in a row here at this point. Unless
Charbonay goes down with an injury. And then you mentioned
Halani getting that goal line touched as well, that was
highly concerning for them to turn to him too. So yeah,

(30:47):
we're at a We're at a I don't think that
he is at the drop a bwle level, because at
the end of the day, you do still want to
snash him in case something does happen to Zach Charbonay.
But I think we're at the point here where, yeah,
our rankings are, Zach Scharbonay is operating, is the RB
one there and Kenneth Walker unfortunately has to come down.
Uh it's crazy.

Speaker 2 (31:05):
Yeah, George Halaney, I called him hallow. I think I'm
a little hungry. I think I think that's where the
mines that went there. But yeah, it was definitely frustrating
and hopefully things turn around for Kenneth Walker. I just
don't know at this point, like the upside's not there
that we thought it was going to, either in the
pass catching department or in the red zone. So I'm
there with you. If someone's willing to buy him at
a reasonable price, I think you should consider moving off

(31:26):
Kenneth Walker. I just don't trust it week in and
week out. And look, the Seahawks are a good team
right now too, so I think they're really gonna want
to keep these bats healthy for the stretch one and
try to make a push in the playoffs. Davonte Adams,
we did see him flare up with a back issue.
I believe he did return to the game, or at
least looked like he could have returned to the game
if they needed him in this one. I mean, I

(31:47):
don't get why there's any panic on Davonte Ams. Nineteen
point seven fantasy points for HI today, six for seventy
seven and a touchdown coming off two TV game last week.
I mean, he's been great, So I got a zero.
I don't know why anyone would be panicking about Davonte
ABMs other than may just the injury flaring up. What
about you.

Speaker 3 (32:02):
Yeah, I don't know. I tried to because I saw
it prior to the game as well. Some question marks
around him. I don't know if it's skepticism around him
being touchdown dependent, which I get because his targets definitely
came down with Pukanakua being in there. But at the
end of the day, the red zone usage for him
from Matt Stafford has been way too specific at this point.
There's touchdown dependent and then there's a quarterback locking in

(32:24):
on you. So yeah, we trust it. He's a He's
a top twenty receiver on a weekly basis.

Speaker 2 (32:30):
Here's a question from Stink asking the panic meter level
on Lamar Jackson. Oh, man, Like, it hasn't been awesome
for Lamar this season. He missed, you know, the whole
month basically stretched there where he was in active. Of course,
one of those games was the Ravens by but he's
come back twenty six fantasy points last week, seventeen today,
so it hasn't been exactly what we're looking for. Lamar

(32:51):
only a fifty eight percent completion percentage today, So is
that why people are panicking here? And what is your
panic level meter on Lamar Jackson?

Speaker 3 (33:01):
Mind? Panic level is probably like a one. I'm good
with Lamar. This game was obviously highly disappointing, especially because
Minnesota's defense has been very exploitable. So I honestly thought
that we were getting a much higher Fantasy Day from
both him and Derrick Henry.

Speaker 2 (33:15):
I want to say I'm a four maybe, and like,
I don't think it's because of necessarily the production, but
it's more, look what's coming up next. It's Cleveland, it's
the Jets. I don't know if Lamar has to do
a ton in those games to win those ones. Then
it's the Bengals. Then it's Pittsburgh, so two good matchups there.
Then we're back in Cincinnati though, and the New England
and Green Bay to end out the run. So like, honestly,

(33:37):
like I don't want to again, don't want to sound
the alarms, but if someone's out there still willing to
give you draft day capital for Lamar Jackson and you
have a Joe Flacco out there, maybe you have Jackson
Dart and you can get by for a week without
Dart if he is out with an injury. I'm okay
moving in for a position player, but I think I'm
always in that mindset terra as we get kind of
down the stretch here, can we move some of these quarterbacks,

(33:58):
these ones, these positions. We're a skilled player because how no,
if you're our broom and wide receiver rooms are the
same for me. But I got no one right now
under the injuries.

Speaker 3 (34:06):
Yeah, yeah, makes sense.

Speaker 2 (34:09):
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(34:50):
next five minutes of the program to get those to
you before Sunday Night football kicks off Steelers tonight, So
looking forward to that one and hopefully my home team
can get one done. First one I wanted to go
to was with our friend Victoria asking is Jamison Williams
a starter? Rest of season? It's been sketchy, Tara, it
has been sketchy if you've had jameson Williams roster pretty

(35:11):
much anytime this season. He's had duds, he's had donuts,
but then he has games like today twenty three point
nine fantasy points, one hundred and nineteen yards on six receptions,
seven targets for him coming off a sixteen point six
game last week. So where are you at on JMO
right now?

Speaker 3 (35:28):
For the most part, and there have been some weird exceptions,
but for the most part, we can predict his boom games.
They come in good matchups, right, So you just have
to be able to pinpoint that down. And that being said,
looking at his rest of season schedule, it's kind of
shaky here in the next week, but after that there
are definitely a lot of matchups where he can go off.
There so yeah, rest of season, he is moving up

(35:50):
a little bit here just because the schedule does look
like it benefits him specifically.

Speaker 2 (35:56):
Okay, and shout to our friend Danny giving a little
love to Devra on the piers start should have tailed
him on that. Hey, I get it, man, I get it.
Alex Pears has not been fun to have in Fantasy
about four years now, so every time we get this
kind of you know, late contract breakout, it's hard to
commit to it. But the play was there, so I
understand the frustration. And Antie checking in with us as well,

(36:17):
saying fun to my favorite's great to see Angie. I
got to connect with you earlier this week on a call,
so glad to see you hanging out with us here.
Our friend dretis as well. Also in the chat here
Tara asking did Marx finally overcome at Nick Chubb? It
was just ten snaps for Nick Chubb today. We saw
Woody Mars really dominate the touches. At one point it
looked like did he just suffer an achilles injury or something,

(36:38):
because like he he went down non contact injury walking off,
but he was fine. He was right back in there.
So is it Woody Marks over chubbed the rest of
the way. Did he finally get over this speed bump
that was Nicholas Chubb?

Speaker 3 (36:49):
Yes, finally, Thank goodness, guys, we have been waiting for
that one. I've been I've been ranking it as such,
just because at the end of the day, Chubb lacks upside.
So if anyone was gonna give you any upside as
a starter, it was going to be Marks. But to
see him kind of separate himself there, it's tough to
trust the Texans in terms of how they're shaking out
that backfield. But I want to believe in it that

(37:09):
we finally overcome that home.

Speaker 2 (37:12):
Yeah, I hope so, I certainly hope. So Amazon Pancakes
asking I have a Buca and Tes, I was looking
to possibly trade Tes. Who are some high upside wires
heres I should target in trades. I think you're in
a weird position here with Tes Johnson. While I think
he has value and he's a guy worth playing, I
think he's almost more valuable to your team than what
you're going to get out there on the open market

(37:32):
form Tara, like, I don't think you could really like
you could probably get like Terry McLaurin forhim right now,
I don't think I would do that. You could probably
get like Jacoby Myers. I think those are like some
high upside guys. But I just don't think you're going
to get what tes is worth right now in a
weekly lineup.

Speaker 3 (37:47):
Yeah, I agree. I think he's more valuable on your roster,
and I know often we want to differentiate and not
be starting two guys from the same team there. But
at the end of the day, just based off the
vibes that I see in terms of like the how
how people are valuing him, I don't think it's high
enough yet to get really what you deserve out of it.

Speaker 2 (38:06):
Yeah, keep on hanging on Amazon and you know, throw
him out there if you need it. Throw him out
there if you need him, and if like you need
maybe like a bylo or running back like Jordan Mason's
been absolutely garbage for a couple of weeks. Maybe go
get something like done like that. I think that would
be your your play, right, Maybe go to a running
back who hasn't been performing as as much of late. Also,
we have Michelle checking in saying my wide receivers are

(38:28):
Sutton Deebo Keenan Allen, Pear Salt Booty and Jennings. I
panicing about all of them, Jerry Judy, Parker Washington, Keon Coleman,
all On Waivers. What should I do? I mean, Parker
Washington I think definitely needs added. I don't know how
you get out of this situation, though.

Speaker 3 (38:44):
Tara, I would. I would so I love Kayshaan Boody.
I would drop him for Parker Washington just because it's
possible that we've seen enough potential, you know. So we
saw a little, you know, big play from Williams. We
saw Matt Collins involved there, so it's possible we get
things spread out a little bit there. And it's not

(39:06):
as if Kaishan Boody was a high target guy. He
was really thriving there off of being efficient and touchdowns
as well. So if I had to apples and apples,
drop one for Parker Washington, Yeah, it would be him,
because I definitely think Parker Washington needs to be rostered.
You can't turn from Pearcell yet. I've got a theory
with San Francisco that they're just holding on as long
as possible because they're in a winning position and their

(39:27):
schedule is extremely soft so they're holding those guys that
are close until they absolutely need them. So we'll probably
see him and Ayuk return in the next couple of
weeks here, So I think we're close. I think we're
close on him, so don't don't bail out yet.

Speaker 2 (39:42):
Yeah, I mean, I think if you're doing anything here,
like I'm hoping, Michelle, you have really good running backs
and maybe you can trade a running back and go
get yourself a stud receiver, you know, can you get
rid of running back and trade an RB with maybe
like a Keenan Allen who's kind of going down and
snaps a little bit, Juwan Jennings who I trust him
as bout as far as I can throw right now,
So that would kind of be my opinion on how

(40:03):
you should go through that last one here from Danny,
Tara Sutton or Franklin. Rest of the season, I think
it's still Courtland Sutt. I kn't think we can panic
on a guy who's wide receiver ten right now averaging
twelve point seven fancy points per game. Yes, it was
a down week against the Raiders, but that was also
just such a weird game. And I hate Thursday night
games in general, and what they do to some of
the wide receiver ones of offenses.

Speaker 3 (40:25):
I think I've seen enough to flip it, which is
crazy and really and when I was super pro Courtland,
I've got the dumbest amount of Courtland Sutton humanly possible
supercrow Courtland Sutton coming into the season. But we got
to remember the existing rapport from college between Franklin and
bo Nicks. We might just be seeing the culmination of

(40:46):
that finally coming up now that Franklin is just getting
on the field consistently, because we didn't see that in
the rookie season Chempayne, which I was holding them back
there in the corner. So him finally getting on the
field consistently, earning that trust and he's got that connection,
I'm I can't say that I'm shocked.

Speaker 2 (41:00):
All right, Well you heard it here first. It seems
like some people are low on Courtland Sun, including our
friend Tara. So maybe a time to go buy low
on Courtlon Sutton if he's out there and you know
someone's offering him up for a good price. But yeah,
I think both of those Broncos pass catchers are reliable
options the rest of the way. Again, keep in mind,
we do have a bye week in week twelve, so

(41:20):
they will be on the shelf for that Kansas City
next week. I don't love, but then you do get
a couple of good matchups in week thirteen and fourteen
with the Commanders and the Raiders respectively. That is going
to do it for us today on this episode of
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Speaker 3 (41:52):
It will? And spoiler alert, you guys dropped comments about
several of the guys that we'll be talking about in there,
So I got some solutions for you.

Speaker 2 (41:59):
Awesome, Well, I can't wait to see that. And so
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(42:21):
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