Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: WVUA FM, Tuscaloosa.
Hello everybody, you are listening to WVUA 90.7 FM, Tuscaloosa. Student section, fantasy sports. My name is Jamie Martinez and I'm joined by Jake Riker and Lincoln Berkolder. On today's episode, we're gonna get you ready for week six of fantasy football. We're gonna kick it off with our weekly recap including top performers, biggest surprises and biggest busts. Then well dive into our top players and predictions for the Thursday Night football game between the San Francisco 49 ers and the Seattle Seahawks. Then were going to get into our must start and must sit players for week six. And finally, our favorite segment, panic or pause. Full squad. This week its been slim pickings for a little bit, but were back so lets get into it with our top performers.
[00:00:57] Speaker B: All right, Jake, you're back this week. Go ahead, start it off. I was like, just like old time.
[00:01:01] Speaker C: I'm so confused with the text you just sent me.
[00:01:03] Speaker B: Yeah, last week it was for the people on air last week with a headset in the radio station wasn't working. So for the first about 15 minutes of the show, we weren't sure if we were.
[00:01:13] Speaker A: I had to text Alex and ask him. It was pretty hard radio to see if we were on.
[00:01:17] Speaker B: We were trying, we were trying to like not mention the problem on air. Yeah, we sat in silence like the.
[00:01:22] Speaker C: Headset so clear before.
[00:01:24] Speaker A: Yeah, it was scary last week.
[00:01:26] Speaker C: All right, we're good.
[00:01:27] Speaker B: Fix the headset.
[00:01:28] Speaker C: Week five. It was week five, right? Yeah. Top performers.
[00:01:31] Speaker B: Yeah, week five. We already in week five.
[00:01:33] Speaker C: That's crazy. My first top performer is a guy that absolutely cooked me on Thursday Night Football. Great Thursday Night football game, by the way, in Atlanta, went to.
[00:01:41] Speaker B: Unfortunately, Al Michaels was commentating.
[00:01:44] Speaker A: Always unfortunate.
[00:01:45] Speaker C: Always unfortunate. I got the wide receiver one for the Falcons, Drake London. Yep. He had the game that I think a lot of people that drafted Drake London we're looking forward to. Not that he's been bad this year, but there was a lot of hype surrounding Drake London since he finally got a quarterback. He dropped 33.4 in PPR leagues, got twelve catches, 154 yards and found the end zone, I think. I mean, that's amazing to see from Drake London. I don't have Drake London in any leagues, which is really sad because I wanted to, but unfortunately it's not how it lined up. But I saw something that this week Atlanta put London in the slot of on like 60% of his routes instead of being on the outside. And clearly that works.
[00:02:28] Speaker A: It's great.
[00:02:29] Speaker C: Drake London needs to be there more because not only do the Falcons look good, but obviously he looks good in fantasy, too.
I didn't see them beating the bucks on Thursday, but they, they sure did. The OT coin toss definitely helped a.
[00:02:41] Speaker B: Little bit, but probably because I picked the Buccaneers to win. Yeah.
[00:02:44] Speaker C: I was trying to go through our records.
[00:02:45] Speaker A: I'm still undefeated.
[00:02:47] Speaker C: I. You actually undefeated?
[00:02:48] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:02:48] Speaker C: So four now.
[00:02:50] Speaker A: Yeah, I'm undefeated.
[00:02:51] Speaker C: I think I'm hooked at this point. I'm pretty sure I'm one in one and.
[00:02:54] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, I'm one and two.
[00:02:56] Speaker A: I've picked every Thursday night game. Right.
[00:02:57] Speaker C: You're one and I'm one two. I missed a week. I missed last week.
[00:03:01] Speaker B: I missed a week.
[00:03:02] Speaker C: Oh, right.
[00:03:02] Speaker B: I missed like, week two.
[00:03:03] Speaker C: So me and Lincoln are both one and two. That and James for now, actually.
[00:03:07] Speaker B: I missed week one like the pre or week two. Week two. So you're one and one and two.
[00:03:12] Speaker C: Right.
[00:03:13] Speaker B: I picked the jets two weeks ago. Three weeks.
[00:03:16] Speaker C: Yeah, I picked the jets. That's the only one because I had the dolphin.
[00:03:18] Speaker B: No, I picked the, it was, I picked the dolphins, but then two, I got hurt.
[00:03:21] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:03:22] Speaker C: So what was your win? The jets? It was my win, too.
[00:03:25] Speaker B: It was cowboys, giants was my win. Oh, you picked, I picked the cowboys. They want 20.
[00:03:30] Speaker C: You picked the Patriots to beat the Jets?
[00:03:32] Speaker B: I wasn't here for that week. Oh, I, I would have picked the Jets. I would be one and three. Like, I'll be honest, there's no way I was picking the Patriots, but. Well, shoot, what a horrible game for that was, might I add.
[00:03:45] Speaker A: For real. Yeah, it's been bad.
[00:03:47] Speaker B: It's been rough. Hopefully I can get it right this week.
[00:03:49] Speaker C: Yeah, now we're on track for.
[00:03:51] Speaker B: It's a tough, tough pick this week.
[00:03:52] Speaker C: We're gonna see who's gonna.
[00:03:53] Speaker B: But, yeah, obviously Drake London was on my top performers list as well. I do kind of want to talk about that Atlanta offense a little bit. So I'll just make my first top performer his quarterback, Kirk Cousins, at 34.36 fantasy points on Thursday night with Matt Ryan in the building. He broke Matt Ryan single season passing yards or single game passing yards record in Atlanta. And I don't think this is a fluke in Kirk Cousins offense. In the past, Washington, whether it was Washington or Minnesota, they were always pass heavy. They did not run the ball that often. Kirk Cousins likes to throw it, and this offense has found better results when he's throwing the ball a lot. He threw the ball 58 times on Thursday night. Obviously, 509 yards. There's a lot of targets to go around. That whole offense is going to be great in fantasy the rest of the season. I think the schedule is not anything to worry about either. It's Atlanta. They play in the NFC south, so not a lot of great defenses down there. And they get Carolina this week. So all those guys, Kirk Cousins, Drake London, Darnell Mooney, Kyle Pitts had a day. That's a great offense, fantasy. But Drake London and Kirk Cousins are definitely, right now, the two best from.
[00:05:04] Speaker A: This past week for sure.
My top performer this week was the current, is the current wide receiver one in fantasy football and overall the top fantasy football scorer this week, and that is Cincinnati Bengals receiver Jamar Chase.
[00:05:19] Speaker B: So good, man.
[00:05:20] Speaker A: 41.3 fantasy points this week. I mean, that's like almost a Juwan Jennings stat line. So good for Jamar. Against Baltimore, he saw ten receptions on twelve targets for 193 yards and two touchdowns. Chase is just a big play guy and Joe Burrow is going to sling with that ball whenever he wants to. Burrow was slinging it this week. T. Higgins had a big game. Chase Brown had a big game. Bengals overall had a great game, but they still lost because Lamar Jackson was. He was on time in that game. So despite that, Jamar Chase was incredible this week. He's the wide receiver one. And I. I would expect for things to stay that way as long as Joe Burrow stays healthy.
[00:05:58] Speaker C: He's.
[00:05:58] Speaker B: I mean, he looks like just about the only guy that Burrow trusts right now. Yeah, it didn't even look like he trusted t. Higgins. Granted, he missed like all of camp.
[00:06:05] Speaker C: I mean, I'm still yawning because when it mattered the most, marches got locked. Got locked by Marlon home.
[00:06:12] Speaker B: He did get strapped, unfortunately, by Marlowe. So waning seconds.
[00:06:16] Speaker C: They can climb me a river in Cincinnati. Anyway, talking about Cincinnati in that game, I mean, that game was a phenomenal to overtime thriller down in Ohio. But my second top performer is a little combination. I got two combinations this week. I was feeling a little fun, but I got Burrow and Lamar combined. Those two had 33.78 and 33.42.
[00:06:38] Speaker A: Wow.
[00:06:38] Speaker C: They had nine touchdowns combined on Sunday, all of them throwing. Lamar didn't have any rushing. That was all up to the king, who had won. I believe King Henry had one touchdown.
[00:06:48] Speaker B: When does he not have a touchdown?
[00:06:50] Speaker C: But those two just looked. I mean, at the end of the game, when both teams needed the score, like a team would extend it to ten and then the other team would just like knock it back down to single digits. And then, like, vice versa in the first half, too. I mean, it was just phenomenal offensive play, starting with the two quarterbacks for both those teams. So Burrow and Lamar, my top performer for week five.
[00:07:14] Speaker B: All right, I'll get into another guy here. He's been a little disappointing this season, as has his team. They have. They've been in the headlines in the previous 24 hours. It's Garrett Wilson. Yeah, definitely went off on Sunday. 13 catches on, wait for it, 22 targets. Jeez, I should have told him, 101 yards and a touchdown. The efficiency is not really there. 7.8 yards per catch. But oh my, the volume is 22 is the second. And actually, I don't know if it's higher than Cooper Cups week one total, but it's the highest that. I think it's the highest that we've seen all year. He translated that into 29.1 fantasy points. And the headlines for the last 24 hours where the jets head coach, Robert Sala is no longer the head coach. He was holding back that offense. It was pretty noticeable. But RP, they still haven't fired a Nathaniel Hackett. So the offense will continue to be mediocre for as long as he's calling the plays, which I'm assuming will be the case now.
I don't love Garrett Wilson rest of season, even though they went off this week. But he does make the top performers list for week five.
He gets 22 targets a week. I do love him wrestling.
[00:08:17] Speaker A: Oh, I'm saying if anybody is getting that kind of volume, I'll take James.
[00:08:21] Speaker B: 22 targets a week right now. He'd be fantasy relevant.
[00:08:24] Speaker A: I like that pool. James and Crowder. Okay, my next Washington shout out, Pierre Garcon, too. My next top performer, Deandre Swift. He's been turning up this year. Well, not really this year.
[00:08:36] Speaker B: We hate it on him so much.
[00:08:37] Speaker C: He just turned as soon as we just absolutely crapped on. He dropped like 29.
[00:08:42] Speaker B: It just looks like.
[00:08:43] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, 29. Week four against the Rams and this week he was the RB two with only 20 points. It was a pretty slow, slow week for the running backs. But despite that, DeAndre Swift saw 21 carries, which was a season high for 73 yards and a touchdown. And then also through the air, he saw two catches for 47 yards. Shout out Roshan Johnson because he stole a goal line touchdown away from him, which was pretty sad because I have swift in fantasy and I probably would have won my game if Swift would have gotten that carry. So regardless, Swift still the RB two this week and things are looking up for the guy who was really struggling those first three weeks. He has another favorable matchup this week against Jacksonville. So DeAndre Swift owners turn up because it's looking like our guy's finally back on track. So now let's move to biggest surprises or biggest bless. I always get confused. What do y'all want to do?
[00:09:35] Speaker C: We're gonna go surprises.
[00:09:36] Speaker B: We'll stay positive. We're good surprises.
[00:09:37] Speaker C: I like it. So this is where my other dual talking point comes in. I got my biggest surprise of the week. I'm just going back to that Thursday night game because I was in love with that Thursday Night football game. Just watching that NFC south.
[00:09:53] Speaker B: Just great football.
[00:09:54] Speaker C: It really was. But I got the kicker duel was my biggest surprise.
[00:10:00] Speaker B: Chase McLaughlin, he's been nails this year. He's averaging like 14, dropped 16 and.
[00:10:05] Speaker C: Yon Hoku dropped 17. I mean, missed one.
[00:10:09] Speaker B: Yeah, missed a field goal.
[00:10:11] Speaker C: So that, I mean, that was a surprise for me. I mean, I don't really know why. I just wanted to have a little bit of fun and switch it up.
But those two kickers were just dialed on that Thursday night game and KU dropped like a 56 yard or something to send it to.
[00:10:27] Speaker B: Otto made that.
[00:10:30] Speaker C: So yeah, that was fun for me to watch. I just can't get over that game.
[00:10:35] Speaker A: Love some kicker loves.
[00:10:37] Speaker B: Yeah. So I'll start. We'll stick on that Thursday night game. I'll talk about Darnell Mooney, who I mentioned a little bit earlier, talking about the Falcons offense. He is now solidly the second option in Atlanta. It looks like in the passing game he had 16 targets on Thursday, nine. He actually led the team in target, so it was more than Drake London. Had he had nine catches, 105 yards and two touchdowns, numbers would have been slightly better had he caught a massive third and 20 that hit him in the stomach and went to the turf.
[00:11:08] Speaker C: That's hilarious.
[00:11:08] Speaker B: But nonetheless, he scored 31 and a half fantasy points in the Falcons win and the targets are there. It was eight in week three, six and week four, obviously 16 in week five. You're not going to see that every week. Game was a little bit of an outlier, but definitely the wide receiver to in Atlanta. Definitely a new, like a good vibe for him, a good match. He's fitting in well and I expect wide receiver two to three production down the line, but he was definitely a big surprise this week. I didn't expect that much from him. Two touchdowns is the main surprise. He's not a red zone threat.
[00:11:39] Speaker A: My next biggest surprise or my first biggest surprise is actually the RB one. I knew I was just talking about DeAndre Swift being the RB two, but that was because the RB one caught me completely off guard. And that is Tank Bigsby, the quote, unquote backup running back in Jacksonville, completely taking Travis ETN's job. I mean, with the way that Bixby played 13 carries, 101 yards and two touchdowns on the ground to go along with one catch for 28 yards through the air. Bigsby, with Travis Etienne looking to be injured, has really capitalized on his opportunities. Last week, he also had 90 yards on seven carries. So when he gets the volume, he gets the yards. Also, week 112 carries for 73 yards. It's there for Tank Bigsby. And right now it's looking like a bucky Irving situation where we're having the young guy kind of take, take away the starting RB spot.
So Bigsby, if he's, if he's sitting on waivers still somehow go get that man because. Yeah, that's smart, because Bigsby's looking like the RB one in Jacksonville. Unfortunately, Jacksonville, I mean, they got a win this week. They got a win. They finally did it. Shout out, Brian.
[00:12:44] Speaker B: All week last week.
[00:12:45] Speaker A: Yeah, we. Yeah, we really.
[00:12:47] Speaker B: That was who we were hating on.
[00:12:48] Speaker A: Yeah, we were hating on Jacksonville bad last week.
[00:12:50] Speaker B: So their whole offense was in the panic or pause segment.
[00:12:53] Speaker A: Yeah, etn. Yeah, we just talked about the Jags, but shout out Tank Bigsby, the unlikely hero, comes in to save the Jacksonville Jaguars.
[00:13:00] Speaker C: All right, I'll hop onto my man. I got too many. I'm praising too many Bengals on here. I don't really like it. My second biggest surprise was t Higgins.
I mean, he's been in my must start for the last couple weeks, so it's not that surprising. But the surprising part was that he almost dropped 30 points. He had 29.39 catches, only had 83 yards, but he found the end zone twice.
It's almost, like, inevitable when the Bengals are down on their end zone, they're gonna score on, like, a slant right across the middle to somebody. And it happened to be Higgins twice.
[00:13:37] Speaker B: Much like the two slant route touchdowns that Andre Yoshi Vas called his place three weeks ago.
[00:13:42] Speaker C: Yeah, they just. The more I watch the Bengals play football, the more I am confused. It's like when you play that annoying.
[00:13:52] Speaker B: Guy in Madden, like, I know what they're calling exactly. I know it's coming. Watching Bangladesh football, and I know what's coming.
[00:13:57] Speaker C: But, you know, it just somehow it. I don't understand. But Higgins racked up a great week.
I see that continuing just because, I mean, Burrow knows that the Bengals offense has to do everything they can to win football games. Right now, he's going to keep some of the rocks, and that's Higgins putting up 29 points with Jamar Chase also putting up 40. So don't worry about one of them getting in the way of the other because that clearly is not a problem in Cincinnati.
[00:14:25] Speaker B: It is not. And there is only one wide receiver who gets the statistics and numbers in Jacksonville.
We dunked on him a lot last week, so I'm going to give him even more praise right now. It's Brian Thomas junior.
He was been fantastic over the last two weeks. 20 plus points in both. He had five catches for 122 yards and a touchdown on Sunday against Indianapolis in the Jags first one of the year, Trevor Lawrence looked good. Finally, he was throwing the ball down field in a tight windows like he like we all know he can. But he hadn't been to start the year. Doug Peterson appears to want to keep his job.
Thomas, eight targets. He's had 998 in the last three weeks. I would sit him this week if you have him. I'll get to that later, though. But yeah, 23 points. He's definitely wide receiver one in Jacksonville, number one target, number one look, and he's a great Redstone threat and great after the catch. I mean, 24 yards per catch can't really be so Brian Thomas junior, a great, great surprise this week.
[00:15:27] Speaker A: Yeah, he's really, he's legit.
[00:15:29] Speaker B: It's another LSU wide receiver, I might add.
[00:15:32] Speaker A: I mean, a six three dude that's running in the four threes. How could you let him fall that far? And Brian Thomas is going to be very, very.
[00:15:38] Speaker B: Anyone who watched that tape knew he should not have fallen to pick 23. I think he was pretty sure.
[00:15:43] Speaker A: That sounds right. But my biggest surprise, at least my next one is a the guy that went off last week in a back to back games for Tucker Kraft at the tight end position.
[00:15:54] Speaker B: What a guy.
[00:15:55] Speaker A: I mean, who would have thought? Everybody thought Mister Musgrave was the tight end one in Green Bay, but that is just not the case because last week I'm pretty sure he was the tight end one with 17 points, but this week he was tight end one once again with 24.8 points, getting five, not five, four receptions on five targets for 88 yards and two tuddies in the end zone.
[00:16:16] Speaker B: That boy had a 66 yard screen pass. He is a tight end.
[00:16:21] Speaker A: That's, that. That should not be happening. That's what Kyle Pitt should be doing because apparently he's like a receiver, but he doesn't do it. That's Tucker Kraft's job, apparently so. The overall tight end won this week. Came really out of left field. And that's another guy. If he's sitting on your waivers, go get him, because Tucker Kraft is clearly that dude. So now let's move on to some depressing segments in our biggest bust.
[00:16:43] Speaker B: Biggest busts. Who's here again? Let's find out.
[00:16:46] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:16:47] Speaker C: All right, I'll start off with a running back that we touched on earlier, right before we went on air. Actually, no, I think we were on air, too. That's pretty tall. Yet another week under ten points, you only had 6.7.
Things are starting to look scary over in New York. I don't know where it's gonna play. Like Lincoln said, they've been in the news. They lost their coach out of nowhere. It seems like nobody really saw it coming either, which is he did need to be fired. Odd to me, for what it's worth, but Breeshaw was picked at like two or three or four, like, top five in pretty much every single fantasy league. And if that guy is getting me three points or six points a week, I'd be pretty upset.
[00:17:30] Speaker B: So let's.
[00:17:31] Speaker C: Let's hope that doesn't continue to grease.
[00:17:35] Speaker B: Yep. And I will move on to New Orleans and Chris Olave on Monday night Football. If you needed a Monday night miracle from him, you got a Monday night nightmare. Melancholy, a Monday night mishap.
[00:17:51] Speaker A: Yeah, there you go.
[00:17:52] Speaker B: Two catches on four targets, ten yards. That's it. Just three fantasy points for Chris Olave coming off two weeks in a row where he scored 20 and then 16.
The targets have been there for the most part. They weren't there last week. Now, granted, it was Kansas City, whose defense is incredible, and he was being shadowed by Trent McDuffie all game, who is also incredible. But I'm worried for Chris Olave. Now, I wasn't worried prior, but with Derek Carr now out, Spencer Rattler under center in this coming week against Tampa Bay, it was a bad week, but I think it could be a bad stretch here. And he will be facing Pat Sertan in week seven.
[00:18:29] Speaker A: Don't like that.
[00:18:31] Speaker B: Yeah, it's not looking great, at least until Derek Carr comes back because Carr does feed him a solid amount, so. But he makes the bus list this week. For the first time in a while.
[00:18:42] Speaker A: My weekend in football has been truly awful. I will just say that my. Both my fantasy teams lost.
You know, Alabama lost and the 49 ers lost. And that was thanks in part to Mister Debo Samuel Sr. Now, you know I lost my fantasy game because of him. And the 49 ers also lost junior on the field. Maybe he'll get Tyshawn Samuel junior out there. Whatever. He might be better than Debo right now because Debo, three targets, one reception, eleven yards, three points.
Also three carries for nine yards. That is not the Debo Samuel I'm used to watching. He had been pretty solid the first two weeks. Then he gets that injury. Week three, week four, he gets New England, only drops ten points. I'll cut you some slack. You're facing Christian Gonzalez. But then week five, you're looking at the Arizona secondary and you're looking at that list of corners and you're just saying, who, who, who? All those who's locked up. Debo Samuel. So, Debo, I am extremely disappointed with three points flat. And so things are ugly right now. Shout out Brandon Ayuk, because he is no longer on this list. He went crazy.
He's finally, you know, maybe worth $30 million a year.
[00:19:55] Speaker B: All right, 30 million.
[00:19:58] Speaker A: Yeah. But Devo Samuel just makes my week worse.
[00:20:03] Speaker C: Do we want to go to break after that? I'm a little upset after that.
[00:20:10] Speaker B: Do you just want to give two names? Me and you. There you go.
[00:20:14] Speaker C: That's good with me. I'm going to go with George Pickens because I need to hate on the AFC north team.
[00:20:21] Speaker B: I'll go Marvin Harrison junior, you beat San Francisco, but it wasn't because of him.
[00:20:25] Speaker A: Oh, one more thing, Bijon Robinson. What's your problem, dude? Ten points. Come on. You also didn't help me this week. Okay, that's it.
[00:20:32] Speaker B: Tough football week for Jamie.
[00:20:33] Speaker A: Definitely not good for me this week.
[00:20:35] Speaker B: Football week for Jamie.
[00:20:36] Speaker A: So maybe, maybe we. Maybe we need some tunes to kind of mellow the mood out. So with that, we're going to be right back after a short intermission with our Thursday Night football predictions. We'll see you soon.
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Welcome back to WVUA 90.7 FM, Tuscaloosa. You are listening to student section fantasy sports. We're back with our Thursday Night Football predictions between the San Francisco 49 ers and the Seattle Seahawks. So let's get into it.
I've already been rough on my team already, so why not a little bit more? So, Jake, let's kick it off.
[00:21:31] Speaker C: All right, so my Thursday night highest performance prediction is going to go to probably Jamie's least favorite player in the league. And I regretted putting his name down because I know Jamie hates him, but I just really couldn't see. I don't know. No other names were popping out to me because Chris McCaffrey's in Germany or something. So I got DK Metcalf.
[00:21:53] Speaker A: I despise DK Metcalf.
[00:21:55] Speaker C: Yep. I saw it coming.
I put down it catches for 115 yards, and he's going to find the end zone. It's probably going to be like a 60 yard bomb because that just kind of seems like a DK thing to do on prime time, especially in Seattle. That place is going to be rocking. They know San Fran's beat up and.
[00:22:13] Speaker B: Desperately needs a win.
[00:22:14] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:22:14] Speaker B: Seattle's playing for a division. They already have the division.
[00:22:17] Speaker C: So I could see that definitely being like a game where the refs take control and they make San Francisco winter because everyone hope so. See them in the playoffs?
[00:22:24] Speaker A: I don't.
[00:22:25] Speaker B: I don't.
[00:22:26] Speaker C: Well, whatever. I'd rather them. I mean, people would rather watch them than Philadelphia.
[00:22:31] Speaker A: We're tanking for Travis Hines.
[00:22:32] Speaker B: I definitely would rather watch them than Philadelphia.
[00:22:34] Speaker C: Unless you're in Philly and you're psychotic.
[00:22:37] Speaker B: Pretty much.
[00:22:37] Speaker C: And watching your team lose to Francisco Lindor right now.
Sorry, I had to throw a piece while roasting there. Go Mets. Phillies are losing. They're done anyway. But, yeah, it's DK Metcalf for me.
[00:22:52] Speaker A: Who do you have winning?
[00:22:53] Speaker C: Oh, right. Our predictions that I'm doing so well in so far, I took Seattle so 28 24. A little nervous. Cause, you know, going one and three would suck. But I'm sorry, Jamie, but I got the Seahawks winning is what it is.
[00:23:10] Speaker B: I'll go mine. I got, my top performer is a 49 er. It's a Titan one this season. It's George Kittle. He's been a target monster so far this year, and he's hauling in most of them. He's obviously the red zone threat that we always knew he is. And I got him going. Seven catches, 81 yards and a touchdown.
Be 21.1 points. But I have the Seahawks pulling it out on one and two. Picking the favorite hasn't worked out too well for me, other than the Cowboys, who barely beat the Giants anyway.
But Seahawks by 421 17 at home.
Debo Samuel to shambles at two and four.
[00:23:49] Speaker A: God, if that happens. Oh, boy, if that happens, it's. It's Luther burden season and Samuel.
[00:23:54] Speaker B: Y'all get ready for the show next week at the Niners. Lose again.
[00:23:56] Speaker A: Yeah. Debo Samuel senior.
[00:23:59] Speaker C: Skip. Yeah, that's Jamie. Might burn down the radio station.
[00:24:05] Speaker A: Yeah. There's gonna be a lot of panic buttons getting thrown around.
[00:24:07] Speaker C: Kidding.
[00:24:09] Speaker A: Yeah. Please don't take that seriously. Please.
Debo Samuel Sr. I know I just dragged you through the dirt. I know you're definitely listening to this because I told you to, but please make me eat my words. Debo. I have Debo Samuel as my top performer this week with seven receptions for 81 yards, just like Lincoln had with George Kittle. That's fine with a touchdown along with five rushes for 42 yards and a rushing touchdown for a grand total of 31.3 fantasy points.
[00:24:40] Speaker B: You want him to make you eat your words? Would that mean that he would play horrible?
[00:24:44] Speaker A: No. I don't know. I'm too confused right now with how football is making me feel. So Debo Samuel, I need an absolute nuclear game out of and I'm trying to put it out into the earth. So Debo, please go crazy. I have more 31.3 fantasy points, which is a lot, but it's a number that Debo has reached many, many times before. So I'm hoping with Tariq willing out that he can go out there without Devin with spoon on him and put some points up just like he knows how to do. And my undefeated record on the line in my Thursday night picks, I'm 40. I have the 49 ers winning 31 to 27 and going three three and being tied for first in the division. NFC, mid, NFC west. Very mid. So 49 ers. I got him with the dub, trying to stay undefeated. Thibault Samuel, top player.
So now I believe it's panicker pause time. What is it? Panicker pause time.
[00:25:41] Speaker C: We do that in the second segment.
[00:25:43] Speaker B: Yes, we do. Panicker pause time.
[00:25:46] Speaker C: So my first guy is someone that I touched on a little bit earlier in the week. Five biggest bus. It's that running back over there for the New York football Jets.
How do we feel about Bruce hall? Back to back weeks under seven points?
[00:26:03] Speaker A: Bruce hall, about that guy. I'm gonna, I'm gonna hit the, I'm gonna hit the pause button for, for breeze hall right now. The first couple of weeks, he was putting up very, very good numbers. I believe he had 26 points week one.
And through the last couple of weeks, he's faced some very, very tough defenses. So shout out the Broncos.
But I think once he gets back to playing those regular, you know, kind of middle of the pack defenses, when he starts getting back to playing like a New England type of team or Miami, once he gets back to playing those type of teams, you're just tossing.
[00:26:35] Speaker C: The Patriots through the mud.
[00:26:37] Speaker A: I mean, the Patriots won't want, I think Breece hall will be back to farm sooner rather than later.
[00:26:43] Speaker C: Rip. Alex listening to this?
[00:26:44] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:26:45] Speaker C: If he is, I'm gonna text in two minutes.
[00:26:47] Speaker A: Yeah, we were tearing into him last week, too, so he's. Hopefully he's used to it.
[00:26:51] Speaker B: Not much to do with the Patriots, but tear into him.
[00:26:53] Speaker A: Yeah, exactly.
[00:26:54] Speaker B: They're starting.
[00:26:54] Speaker C: Drake May.
[00:26:55] Speaker A: Drake May.
[00:26:57] Speaker C: Prodigy.
[00:26:58] Speaker A: Yeah. Shout out Jalen Polk. Pop Douglas. They might. They might get some catches.
[00:27:01] Speaker B: They're finally benching Jacoby Brissetta.
[00:27:04] Speaker A: Yeah. It's about time.
So I'm going to pause right now on breeze Hall. I think he'll be. He'll be back to form.
[00:27:11] Speaker B: Yeah. I got breast on a number of leagues. Unfortunately, he's been bad the last two weeks. As Jamie mentioned, it started fine. He was 1820, 418 in PPR to start the year was San Fran, Tennessee in New England that he played, and then Denver and Minnesota the last two weeks. To this point in the season, those are the two best defenses in football.
Denver had him in an orange jumpsuit. He was basically in jail. Ten carries for four yards. Those are like NCAA 25 freshman difficulty numbers. But he was bad again last week, 2.6 yards per carry.
But he gets Buffalo and Pittsburgh, so that's not fun. But then it's New England, Houston, Arizona, Indianapolis, Seattle, Miami, Jacksonville, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. So the schedule down the stretch is pretty easy. It's just the next two weeks you got to get through. I'd expect him to rebound. The talent's there. The jets are going to have to use. So I also think with a new head coach coming in, they might lean on him to start with less proven play callers available. So freesal, I'm going to pause. I have to pause on him because I own him in so many leagues.
[00:28:17] Speaker C: But, I mean, I agree with both of you. I just wanted to throw his name out there, get a, see if anybody was feeling a little.
[00:28:23] Speaker B: He's on. He was on my list.
[00:28:25] Speaker C: A panic. A panic push. But I'm gonna have to agree with, with pretty much everything both of you just said on Bruce Hall. I mean, he's still a very talented back. He went top five for a reason in fantasy leagues. I agree with Lincoln, with the, with the new plane calling. They're going to keep it simple. They're going to use their star running back and they're going to use their star receiver, and it's going to be as simple as that. So he's going to get fed the ball resolves, going to be just fine, I hope.
[00:28:53] Speaker B: All right, I'll get into my, my first panic or pause guy, and I'm going to choose this guy specifically because Jamie gets to talk first. We're going to talk about B John Robinson.
Jamie, what do you think about Bjon Robinson averaging 13.5 fantasy points per game through the first four weeks? Five weeks, I have been.
[00:29:15] Speaker A: I was really big on B John Robinson going into the year.
I was dead set on getting him with the third pick on our draft, and I was very happy with how my team looked going into the year. But Bijon Robinson has been quite disappointing, I will say. Just really middle of the pack, super no. 20 plus point games, but nothing less than ten. So he hasn't been bad, but he hasn't really been good enough to where he's won me any games. So Bijon has been disappointing, but I've looked at trades for him. It doesn't really look like anybody wants Bijon in a trade right now, which is really unfortunate. So this week he gets Carolina, which is a very favorable matchup, I would say. So if he's a bust once again this week and he doesn't crack like 20 against Carolina, then it's really time to panic on Bijon Robinson. So I'm going to give him a one week pause, but that's it. If he does nothing, show me anything in this game against Carolina, I'm hitting my panic button, and I'm trying to trade him off my team as soon as possible.
[00:30:21] Speaker B: Somebody will take him.
[00:30:23] Speaker A: Yeah, I'm sure somebody will. And I could probably get a decent amount for him, but, I mean, for a guy that I spent my third pick on to be this, you know, mid so far has been pretty unfortunate. So I'm gonna pause on him for one week. But if we're in this same conversation next week, then Bijon, I'm sorry, you might. It might be a Tyler all your season.
[00:30:44] Speaker C: Yeah, I mean, I'm gonna pause on Bijon, too. I don't think. I mean, I don't have him in any single league, so I don't have any words or panic about him.
But the Falcons offense looks good, and I can't believe I just got to say that, which is, it's awesome, though, really. And they're going to keep using their star guys and B John Robinson, point blank period. As a star in that backfield, his role, talent and work ethic, I mean, obviously, you can't just get adhere to how good he is, which is raw talent. So I didn't mean to just say that, but they're going to start to feed him. Drake London is going to do great things, but I also don't think he's going to score 34 points a week. So if you take a couple of those targets down, get Drake London down to like 70 catches a week, someone's got to fill that. And I don't think it's Darnell Mooney. I think it's going to be Bijan in their own game and in the receiving game, too.
[00:31:33] Speaker A: Makes sense.
[00:31:35] Speaker B: Yeah, I will want to throw his name out there, but I'll agree with you all. Pause. He's got a pretty easy schedule coming up. Carolina, Seattle, Tampa Bay, Dallas. And then he gets New Orleans and Denver. Unfortunately, prior to his week twelve by. But the touches, they're not what like you'd want for Bijon Robinson. Only 15 last week. Eleven the week before 18. The number has stayed relatively close to 20 and below it for the last couple of weeks, but obviously hasn't been a complete disappointment. He hasn't been a failure in fantasy, but going to need a big week from him against Carolina. Atlanta should go up early and he should be able to run the ball. But my biggest thing with Bijon is the panic button is going to get a lot closer to my hand if he doesn't start scoring touchdowns soon. Yeah, he's only got one touchdown on the season. That offense scores points.
Shoot, Darnell Mooney had two last week. I don't even know if Darnell Mooney had two touchdowns last year, but, like inside the five yard line, like I need to see Bijon Robinson getting the ball and I'm just not right now I'm seeing Tyler Algeria get the ball, which makes me mad good for Bichon Robinson's fantasy production, but he'll be a consistent floor in PPR, at least, even if he's not playing to his ability.
[00:32:47] Speaker A: Amen. Amen. Amen.
My panicker pause this week, not as highly dramatic as your guys's, but it's more so a group rather than a certain player, and it goes towards the Baltimore Ravens. I have just Ravens tight ends in general because it's Isaiah likely Washington, kind of the savior of week one for tight ends. When it was looking slim, likely played really, really good, and then it turned out Mark Andrews was just a bust every week and now likely is really looking boomer bust. So are we panicking on Ravens tight ends because it's looking almost like a committee nowadays. So are guys like Isaiah likely and Mark Andrews still playable guys in fantasy?
[00:33:29] Speaker C: I don't know. Like, yeah, I'm going to say a. I'm going to say a very, very small panic button because it's interesting because I know likely only at three catches for 13 yards, but he found the end zone twice.
So if points are going to come, points are going to come. And Andrews I think had like nine points this week or something like that. Like five. I mean, that's not obviously what more can used to getting. He used to average like 17 a week.
But the other thing is, is I don't think it was anomaly because the Ravens aren't gonna throw the ball as much as they did against Burrow and the Bengals this week because they were down like all the time.
So obviously that helps Andrews unlikely too. But I just, I'd panic on. I'd panic, but like, I don't know which one to panic on. Like, yeah, I think Jamie's right. It's a committee, so I'm gonna panic a little bit. The bright side is people are complaining that Mark Andrews isn't contributing to our team, but he's been statistically wise, I don't know how they really track that, but he's been the best blocking tight end in every category this year, which is awesome.
So he's doing something out there and not just looking good.
[00:34:38] Speaker A: I guess having kittle switch roles. That's great.
[00:34:40] Speaker B: It did the number one receiver now and Mark Andrews is a right.
[00:34:44] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:34:46] Speaker C: Maybe we should trade for David Nujoko.
[00:34:48] Speaker A: How the turns table?
[00:34:49] Speaker C: I'm just kidding.
Yeah, I'm going to panic a little bit because I don't like, if you're going to start one, which one do you start? It's really just a toss up every week, clearly. I mean, after week one, me and Lincoln sat here and was like, the Ravens are gonna go to likely and big time decisions. Like, he looks amazing. And then like we just stopped using.
[00:35:05] Speaker A: Yep.
[00:35:06] Speaker C: And I'm like, what?
[00:35:07] Speaker A: What happened?
[00:35:08] Speaker C: Why? So I. Yeah, it's really just a coin flip if you're gonna start one.
[00:35:13] Speaker A: Who's the third string tight end that had like Charlie Colin? Yeah, he had like that 60 yard.
[00:35:18] Speaker C: Catch and run and then he had a touchdown. Yeah, because Andrew's okay. Andrews would have scored a touchdown. He, I mean, Lamar had a bad throw. Lamar knew it. Threw his ankles. He would have walked in the end zone. So Andrews would have had like 1617 this week. So maybe he's turning around, maybe more. Andrews is coming back.
We'll see.
[00:35:36] Speaker A: But a three tight end committee.
[00:35:37] Speaker C: Yeah, I'll scary. So I'll panic on it.
[00:35:41] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:35:41] Speaker B: Fantasy wise, I'm going to hit two massive panic buttons. Isaiah, likely. I don't feel like I have the right to panic on because nobody drafted him in the first place, just picked him up after week one and hoped that he kept valuable. But Mark Andrews, I do have a massive panic button for his role in that offense was short yardage, third down situations where they needed a catch, and he would rack up ten catches for like 45 yards. And he get into the end zone on those five yard plays because they didn't trust Gus Edwards when he. When he was healthy, and JK Dobbins when he was actually was never healthy in Baltimore for the most part. And Justice Hill, they didn't trust those guys to get into the end zone. But Derek Henry plays in Baltimore now, and they trust that guy to get into the end zone for good reason.
So those red zone targets are few and far between, and they're not going to mark Andrews consistently enough to make him a fantasy threat. I don't want either of those guys in my lineup.
I'd take Kate Otten over both of them. I'd take Cole Comet over both of them. David Najoku's healthy again, I'd take him over both of them. Tucker Kraft, obviously, I'd take over both of them. There's a number, there's enough tight ends in the league that I would take over them. And that includes, like, guys you could probably find on waivers right now, like Colby Parkinson in Los Angeles. I would rather start than these two guys. It's just not an offense conducive to tight end production anymore, and that's probably not going to change for the rest of the season. The Ravens are finding success doing what they're doing, and I don't think it'll be shifted at all. I think it's pretty much gonna be. You either get 16 to 20 or three. Yeah, and I don't wanna play that game. So I'm out on the Ravens tight ends. Unfortunately, as talented as they are.
[00:37:22] Speaker A: Yeah, I would have to completely agree. I'm hitting my panic button on the Ravens tight ends, my medium one, just because Isaiah likely is really boomer bust. Like I said earlier, he can have those big games. He's the most athletic of the tight ends. He's a big guy. He's going to get those catches.
But is the volume going to be there? That's the question. And like I said earlier, a three tight end committee kind of scares me.
And will Mark Andrews be once more a part of that offense like he was in years prior. I don't know.
[00:37:52] Speaker B: So they look like the fourth and fifth option.
[00:37:55] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:37:55] Speaker B: Justice Hill is legitimately higher on the target chain than Mark and yes, and so.
[00:38:01] Speaker A: Exactly. And that scares me. So I'm going to have to be out on on Ravens tight ends for the time being. So unless likely absolutely turns up and just goes off, then maybe I'll change my opinion. But with a committee of tight ends, I just can't really get behind that. So shout out to them, but I'm gonna be out on the Ravens tight end. So with that, we're gonna be right back with student section fantasy sports and our mustar and must hit players for week six or seven. I don't know, whatever week six of fantasy football this season.
WVUaFM, Tuscaloosa welcome back to WVUA, 90.7 FM, Tuscaloosa student section fantasy sports. We're back with our week six must start and must sit players. So let's get into it with the mustards.
[00:39:06] Speaker C: All right, my first must start this week is a running back for the Tennessee Titans. I got Tony Pollard in my must start. He's going up against the Indianapolis Colts this weekend.
I don't really like the Colts front seven. I don't like their run stopping ability.
And Pollard has surprisingly been pretty consistent this year. And I feel like nobody's talking about him. He's nothing flashy, but he's.
Let's see what he did just last week.
[00:39:35] Speaker B: But he's easily dropping 16 a game.
[00:39:37] Speaker C: Exactly. And what, on a bad offense, that's amazing for probably a lot of people's like RB three, maybe RB two if you took a lot of receivers early. So I like Pollard is a must start this week.
[00:39:50] Speaker B: All right, I'll start with the running back position as well. It's Chase Brown in Cincinnati. He appears to have wrestled the job away from Zack Moss, or at least a large portion of it. Zach Moss also went down with an injury last week and still nursing it. It's an ankle problem. Not sure if he'll play this week. If he doesn't play this week, obviously Chase Brown is a must start. It's a pretty easy matchup against the Giants. Nothing I'm super worried about there. It's a solid run defense, but not the best in the league. Chase Brown's been explosive the last couple weeks. Last week, he had 16 fantasy points. He had three catches in that game, receiving touchdown. He had 23 the week before on 5.3 yards of carry and two touchdowns. So they do trust this guy in the red zone, even with Zach Moss on the team. So if he's out this week, obviously start him. If he's not out, I'd still start him. A lot of bye weeks this week in Chase Brown is an on one. So get him in your lineup.
[00:40:45] Speaker A: Absolutely. My first must start this week is a former roll tide who has put together a very solid season so far. And that's Jameson Williams of the Detroit Lions, who gets the Dallas Cowboys.
Am I tweaking? Oh, I am tweaking. They're on a buy this week, so I'm going to pivot to they're on a buy. Yeah, apparently.
[00:41:07] Speaker C: No, they're nothing.
[00:41:09] Speaker A: No. No, they're not. Then NFL is.
Yeah, they are playing Dallas. Okay, I'm tripping. So Jameson Williams, regardless, I think he gets the D. He gets the Dallas defense, who outside of Trayvon Diggs has a struggling secondary and just defense overall. It's banged up and even, even Diggs has been kind of, you know, washed.
[00:41:27] Speaker B: He still has so much aura, though.
[00:41:29] Speaker A: Yeah, he has the aura. He is. He gets interception sometimes. So. But even with that, Jameson Williams is a big play threat legitimately every game this season except for that week three game against Arizona, he's had a big play result in a lot of points. So I think he gets his get back against Dallas and I think he puts together a very solid game. So definitely a must start for me.
[00:41:50] Speaker C: Jmo, my second must start is a was a wide receiver. Well, I guess you can say I don't even know what the rankings are over in Houston at the ride receiver, but with Nico Collins going on the IR, it's finally time.
I have tank Dale as a must start this week. I don't even know who they're playing. I didn't need to look at who.
[00:42:10] Speaker B: They'Re playing the Patriots because he's on my list.
[00:42:12] Speaker A: Then please start him.
[00:42:14] Speaker B: That's so free.
[00:42:16] Speaker C: So Niko's down. It's just digs and tank. That's kind of a hard digging tank. Anyway.
Yeah, gotta start tank Dell this week. I think he's going to go berserk.
[00:42:30] Speaker B: Yeah. I'll stay at the wide receiver position and I will talk Terry McLaurin. He's finally got a quarterback. He's got a little more than a quarterback. Jaden Daniels is different.
McClure in the last three weeks been very consistent. 2018 and then 13. Last week he only had four catches, but he had 112 yards. So that'll make up for that. The targets are there. 8610 and eight in the last four weeks and he gets the barbecue chicken Baltimore Raven secondary this week. I do expect the commanders to be down for most of this game because I don't think there's any shot in the dark that that defense contains Derek Henry even in the slightest. That run defense has been pretty mid all year.
Matter of fact, just start everybody who's playing in this game because it might be 40 to 38.
Yeah, ze flowers counts as well. He plays, I guess Benjamin St. Just this week. So Terry McLaurin against Baltimore, that whole game just screams fantasy excellence. Put him in your lineup.
[00:43:34] Speaker A: Absolutely. My next must start. I love my defenses. I usually talk a defense every week and I'm going to incorporate a defense this week and that is the defense 29 right now because the Philadelphia Eagles, as much as I hate them, they do have a pretty, pretty booty secondary. So regardless, they get Cleveland this week who made the Washington commander's defense look like the two thousands Ravens. So I mean, if you're, if you're any matchup with Cleveland, if your defense should be preferable because Deshaun Watson looks like the worst quarterback that we've seen since JaMarcus Russell.
[00:44:09] Speaker B: Where is DTR when you need.
[00:44:11] Speaker A: Yeah, exactly. Where, where is Dorian Thompson Robinson because they need him. I don't know why they don't start Jameis Winston because I'm pretty sure he would be an improvement at this point.
[00:44:20] Speaker B: He'd be entertaining.
[00:44:21] Speaker A: Yeah, that would be awesome. I think that would benefit Amari Cooper and Jerry Judy. Yeah wood so I'm going to take this Eagles defense, although it has struggled not just at times, but all the time, literally. The weeks one and two, they scored zero points total.
They've scored ten points all year. This defense, to put that in perspective, the Denver Broncos defense this week scored.
[00:44:45] Speaker B: 16 and they've scored over ten in four games.
[00:44:48] Speaker A: Yeah. That is not the Eagles that in.
[00:44:50] Speaker B: Context, you start a game with ten points.
[00:44:51] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:44:52] Speaker B: Defense.
[00:44:52] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:44:52] Speaker B: And that's scored ten all year.
[00:44:54] Speaker A: That's how bad the Eagles defense is. But anybody that's playing the Cleveland defense, I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt because Cleveland is awful. So if you got the Eagles defense, go ahead and start them.
[00:45:04] Speaker C: All right, I guess I'll move on to my first must sit. And it's kind of a coin flip depending on who starts a quarterback for the Colts this week, Michael Pittman is on a must sit for me. If Flacco does not start.
[00:45:17] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:45:18] Speaker C: If Anthony Richardson is in the lineup, do not start Michael Pittman because he hasn't touched over ten points any single week with him. Joe Flacco. Excuse me, let me go back. Joe Elite Flacco is throwing the ball.
Michael Pittman has been phenomenal. Josh Downs has been phenomenal. The Colts have looked.
[00:45:39] Speaker B: Alec Pierce has been phenomenal.
[00:45:42] Speaker C: So if Flacco is starting quarterback for the Colts, star Pittman. But this is a must sit segment, so I'm assuming that Richardson's gonna be back because he seems anxious to get back in the lineup.
[00:45:53] Speaker B: He almost played last week.
[00:45:55] Speaker C: You gotta Benj Pittman. Cause it's not gonna go well for him.
[00:45:57] Speaker B: Nope, I agree. And I will start with everyone's favorite segment on the show. Who is Patrick Sirtan guarding this week? It's lad McConkie for the Chargers. You may be tempted to start him because even against the Chiefs, great defense, he had five catches for 67 yards in a touchdown and netted 17.7 fantasy points. He's not doing that this week. He's on the island against Patrick Sirtan, and there are no survivors on that island right now.
He's been the best defensive player in football outright. He's been the best player in football outright, and I don't expect that to change against Lad McConkie.
Talented receiver, not talented enough to beat Patrick. Put him on the bench.
[00:46:42] Speaker A: Amen.
I must say, this week might be a surprising one. He's the QB three at the moment, but it's going to be Baker Mayfield versus the New Orleans Saints. Despite the Saints struggles in the last three weeks, that defense has still looked very, very good and that Buccaneers offense has looked incredible. But I think it's about time that Baker has that down game. He struggled against Denver, who has been literally shutting everybody down. But New Orleans has also been very, very good defensively. So I'm going to say Baker Mayfield just this week, he gets Baltimore the week after, so he'll be back on track then. So if you got a good quarterback to back up Baker, go ahead and start him.
[00:47:19] Speaker C: You guys are just like ripping into the Ravens secondary. I just did one bad game.
[00:47:23] Speaker B: They've had several bad games. I just did not realize the impact that Mike, was it Mike McDaniel? That's the defensive coordinator. Mike McDaniels, the Dolphins?
[00:47:34] Speaker C: Yes. This week we brought in some old. Whoever had DC that has been. That was good in Baltimore.
[00:47:39] Speaker B: So the Seahawks, that coach, hopefully, hopefully.
[00:47:42] Speaker C: Our defense will get better. But I mean, hey, we locked on the bills and the Chiefs didn't do anything crazy.
[00:47:47] Speaker B: Mike McDonald, that was his name?
[00:47:49] Speaker C: Yeah, it was just Devontae Adams and the whole Bengals offense.
[00:47:53] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:47:54] Speaker C: But honestly, like, okay, never mind. I'm not gonna go into that.
[00:47:57] Speaker B: Yeah, another barbecue chicken chicken.
[00:47:59] Speaker A: Barbecue chicken alert.
[00:48:00] Speaker C: Marlon Humphrey's better than Patrick Stratin.
[00:48:02] Speaker B: Oh, I just.
[00:48:04] Speaker C: So my second best. Sit, must sit. Excuse me. I'm going on the bucks train. That's Bucky Irving.
We don't really know who running back one is in Tampa yet. It's kind of just like a coin flip at this point. They're traveling to New Orleans.
Not only is the Saints front seven been great this year, but I'm just gonna. With other factors going on, like the hurricane in Florida, Tampa Bay had to leave. Had to leave very early for New Orleans. I think they left. They got out of Tampa on like Tuesday. I think it was maybe even Monday. So their traveling is off, their practicing is off, and they're playing a good defense. Definitely prayers up for the Tampa community, though, and hope their fans are okay. Fans and everything. But I don't think it's going to go well for the Tampa football team in New Orleans this week either.
[00:48:55] Speaker B: Got some bigger things to focus on in a football game. Luckily for them, they're three and one at the moment, so three and two now, but they're fine. We'll start. I'll move on to Brian Robinson or Brian Thomas junior. Not Brian Robinson. Brian Thomas Junior gets the Bears this week. Typically, that'd be a laughingstock. Most years we would sit here and be like, oh, whoopi, he plays the Bears this week, but not this. Not this year, not this Bears defense. This is a different Bears defense and Jalen Johnson is different.
Likely the second best cornerback in the league at this current moment. Not everyone's a must sit against him, but Brian Thomas junior, I think will be. Johnson does like to play island coverage. They don't. They tend to move him across the field to match up with wide receiver.
[00:49:38] Speaker C: One.
[00:49:38] Speaker B: They don't just sit him on one side. Thomas juniore, we've talked about him. He was in the biggest surprises segment. He's great rest of season and the ceiling will be there. He's a very talented receiver. But not, I don't like it this week against Jalen Johnson and that bears defense. So I think look elsewhere if you can. If you can't, then start him. But if you got other options, I'd go there.
[00:50:01] Speaker A: My next must say I'm going to go Rasheed Shahid.
He's been fairly consistent this year, except for that goose egg he laid. Philly of all teams, but without Derek Carr and Spencer Rattler going to be making his first start in the NFL this week. This week against Tampa, who has been decent defensively. I'm not going to say they've been great. They did just like Kirk Cousins Nukem for 500 yards. But regardless, I'm not big on Rasheed Shahid this week. He's going to lose his big playability, which is what he gets all of his points on without Derek Carr. So I don't think Rattler is going to be just slinging it through the air. His first game, he did come out.
[00:50:40] Speaker B: And say, I got a notification 20 minutes ago from sleeper that he said he's going to hyper target Chris Olave.
Exactly his goal. His philosophy is that if Chris Olave is on the field, I'm going to get him the football. So actually maybe start Chris Olavi this week if you have him.
[00:50:56] Speaker A: Yeah, if Olave is going to get that that Garrett Wilson type volume this week, go ahead and start him. But Rasheed Shahid, I would completely fade him this week. He's been consistent all year, but without Derek Carr, I don't see the magic.
[00:51:07] Speaker B: It's not the week for the Shahid train.
[00:51:09] Speaker A: Not this week and not next week because he'll be a part of the who's getting guarded by Pat Sir Tan.
[00:51:14] Speaker B: So that would be Chris Olava. He'll be on next week's list. Yeah, wait for that one. Yeah, I'm excited to talk about it again.
[00:51:20] Speaker A: Next week will be exciting, but unless.
[00:51:21] Speaker B: Lad McConkie cooks him on Sunday, then I can't show up.
[00:51:23] Speaker A: Yeah, lad McConkie, 200 yard game incoming. But that's all we got for you guys this week. Thank you all for tuning in to WVUA 90.7 FM, Tuscaloosa student section, fantasy sports. We'll see you next Monday night. Peace.
