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Friday, October 1st, our last show before week four. Jason Moore, Mike, the Fantasy Hitman, Wright. I'm Andy Holloway. Welcome into the Fantasy Footballers Podcast.
Wheel of Shame coming back to you, guys. It is. Every Friday. And it makes the full rotation.
Jason will be on the wrong end of it. Well, it's a wheel, right? So it just goes right around. Next week, Andy, it'll be back to you.
I doubt it. I doubt it. I'm on a hot streak right now. Things are going right in my life.
You just said that out loud, so. Oh, is that the curse? That's it. We're done.
Once you claim it. Yeah, you're right, actually. That's how it'll work. Fantasy Face-Off at the end of the show today.
We'll reveal our lineups, and Jason will spin the Wheel of Shame, and you will not want to miss it. The Fantasy Forecast, more of the matchups on today's show as well. Awesome news to get into. Not really great news.
I mean, just basically injury rumor news. Yeah, it's funny. I was lamenting Monday news. Monday news is always awful, because it's all the injuries that happened.
I feel like Friday news should be, this guy's ready, this guy's ready. But this week is not like that. That's what happened at the practices. Yeah, I mean, Jameson Crowder's back.
Yeah. All right. Spoiler alert. Yeah, come on, man.
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I don't think we're eligible to win anymore. I think this is the cap. I thought it was you have to win five in a row, and we strategically took one year out. So we're five in the last six.
Okay. Well, and they have to be keeping track. And if they're not keeping track, you can sneak a sixth one in there. You can sneak a sixth one in there.
Remember Snick? Saturday Night Nickelodeon? No. Are You Afraid of the Dark?
No. Never watched it. Yeah. Oh, my goodness.
I couldn't afford cable, so. Every time you bring up Nickelodeon, there is a site. Like, if I went to see a therapist, this would be part of my story. That's how jealous I was of people that had cable.
I didn't know. I was hanging out with the surfs. Ridiculous. Oh, my gosh.
Up in the castle. Oh, yeah. We had those 99 channels. You had more TVs and cable than you could.
Did you have that? You probably were the guy that had the oversized giant satellite dish in the backyard. No. No?
No. They could watch the games from. I do remember that happening. It being a thing, though.
Those satellites were so true. They were like industrial commercial satellites that you could walk on. There's no way those were safe either if you were around them. We had a Thursday Night Football game.
Another great one. Went down to the wire. I mean, it kind of started poorly. The Bengals.
The Bengals. The Bengals. The Bengals showed up at halftime. But 24-21.
Cincinnati goes to 3-1. Jacksonville loses a tough one. And they probably could have locked this game down if not for the, what, six inches that separated Trevor Lawrence from another touchdown earlier in the game. It was, I love them going for it.
Do not get me wrong. I love that. The play call was a little. They went back to the same well.
Yeah, it was a little curious that you went to that and Trevor Lawrence made the wrong read on the read option and he got stuffed. So, we had Carlos Hyde, a surprise inactive. Due to a shoulder injury. Due to a shoulder injury.
This meant that it was all James Robinson. 95% of snaps. Daria Gumbuale was out there for a couple meaningless snaps. And then DJ Chark ended up fracturing his ankle.
He is going to miss the season. So, there was some injury news in this game. LaVisca Chenault took advantage of that. Six for 99.
And had a deep target, which was great. Because we've been talking about how much they were using him behind the line of scrimmage. That pass by Lawrence, where he was rolling out of bounds. And generally, the quarterback just follows that through and chucks it.
But he tossed it slightly back in bounds to Visca, who was in single coverage. It was a great pro. So, moving forward, you know, Dan Arnold is a target, in my opinion, right now. Because they lost to DJ Chark.
This was his first game. And he was out there. They used a tight end at the time. We talked about James O'Shaughnessy.
I think Arnold is somebody that you can look at as a flyer pickup moving forward without Chark involved in that offense. Yeah, I don't disagree with that. He wasn't like a full-time guy, but he caught both his targets, made a couple of splash plays. James Robinson looked great, though.
Robinson is, it's, like, I had moved past my, not all of my Urban Meyer rage. But I had moved past the stupidity of them drafting a running back in the first round. Because you had, you struck gold. Like, you did what every team wishes they could do, which is get an undrafted player who is a more-than-capable starter.
And then they decide, well, no, we need to draft a running back in the first round. It's stupidity. And then, they're like, well, we're going to have a split time with Carlos Hyde. We finally got the game, and we're reminded.
Guess who's really, really good at football? James Robinson was carrying your team to a victory. I mean, they managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in this one. But it's going to be so frustrating.
Next week, when Carlos Hyde is reactivated, and he's back out there for 30-40% of the snaps, because you know what's going to happen. Yeah, I mean, it will. But I think what was nice is that we saw and were reminded that James Robinson is good. Because the truth is, he's been good several weeks now.
You know, he got a touchdown the week prior. He looked good against Arizona. And I think this is a player that you can, you know, you can just rely on. I don't think Carlos Hyde is going to eat into the workload to the tune where I'm unwilling to start James Robinson.
Do you like Joe Burrow, Mike? As a quarterback or as a person? Either one. I don't know him, so I can't speak to his person.
I just thought maybe I could get you to like Irvin by extension there, because it seems like Burrow likes Irvin by extension there. Oh, I see what you did. I'm just trying to connect the dots. But Mixon ended up with a good game, 16 for 67 and a touchdown, but not the game you expected.
Not the game I expected. And then he got hurt. So now we have to monitor whether or not... And it's strange.
Mixon finally did get a third down in the second half. I recall seeing one, but in the first half, it was exclusively Samaje P. Ryan was their third down running back. It didn't mean he was getting touches or targets, but he's taking opportunity away from Joe Mixon.
Career game for CJ Uzama. Oh, yeah. Yeah, this will be his career game at the end. It'll look back to last night.
Remember that Thursday? Tyler Boyd, 9 for 118 on 11 targets. And then Jamar Chase was fine, 6 for 77. That's not going to kill you.
And they lose early in the game. It was like the second play or something. It was very early. I mean, I'm playing against you in the Listener League, and I've got James Robinson and Marvin Jones.
This should have been outstanding instead. It was like, okay, Marvin was getting one big. Pretty good explanation for it. I mean, you leaned on James Robinson.
You only attempted 24 passes. You had an early lead. I wouldn't be too concerned about it. Going forward, I think Marvin Jones is going to be a very solid player.
Also, I don't know if you guys saw the play, and I'm going to be monitoring the news going forward, but did you see the play where Marvin Jones hurt his knee, grabbed his knee? Oh, no. It was really early. It was like one of the first plays of the game.
I was like, oh, no, that looked really bad the way that he fell and did the knee grab, and you go, oh, you've just seen it too many times. And then I didn't hear anything else about it, but I'm curious if... You sure that wasn't DJ Char? Yeah.
No, I'm just kidding. Anything else from this game you want to talk about before we move on? Nope. News and notes from around the league.
Presented by Sleeper. Greg Roman, offensive coordinator for the Ravens, said Lamar Jackson is dealing with a back flare up and should be fine. That's from the flip. Antonio Gibson did practice today.
He was a surprise. Did not practice. He practiced on Wednesday. Did not practice yesterday and practiced again today dealing with a shin injury.
His teammates, Curtis Samuel, also practiced. That's good. Josh Jacobs returned to a limited practice. John Gruden said he's not going to hesitate to put Peyton Barber into a primary role.
We know that. We are well aware. He loves Peyton Barber. That Peyton Barber game might have actually damaged Josh Jacobs moving forward.
Man, I thought we were misquoted. So Josh Jacobs came back. Limited. Limited.
And then Gruden's like, yeah, I love Peyton Barber. That's correct. I love John Gruden. He's quite the character.
Yeah. He was right, though, right? Yeah. Peyton Barber was outstanding.
Jonathan Taylor limited on Thursday with a knee injury again. Daryl Henderson remained limited on Thursday with a rib injury. We'll see if he plays. Dalvin Cook, back out of practice, limited with an ankle.
What are the other big headlines here? Deontay Johnson practiced at full. Yeah, that's a big one. So going to fight in a few of the 650 targets.
Deontay practiced at full. Meanwhile, the other two guys, Juju and Claypool, were limited. Yeah, that was pretty ironic. Also important, I think, is the Seattle situation.
Tyler Lockett didn't practice on Thursday, and DK Metcalf was limited on Thursday. And not to be outdone in that matchup, as soon as we saw the news about the two Seattle wide receivers and said, wow, you know, like 49ers may end up winning this game. They're like, hold on a second. George Kilden practiced Wednesday or Thursday, and Kyle Shanahan came out this morning and said there's no guarantee he's playing.
Gross. Mike referred to him as a very disrespectful George Brittle. You look, I stand by my statement. I mean, it's right there.
I feel like that thing, the paperwork has been drawn out for that nickname, but you shouldn't sign it until he misses the game. You know what I mean? That's fair. Put the pin in your hand.
You're sitting over the paper. Just lick it. I gotta make sure the sink is flowing. Yeah, but just don't sign it unless he misses the game.
Okay. But that would be a huge disappointment. And that was one of the things that potentially separated Waller from Kittle in draft season, was if you were making a decision between them and you were worried about injuries, which, that seems like it's a San Francisco thing at this point. Yeah, the 49ers have not been able to stay healthy.
You've got a quarterback. Elijah Mitchell was also limited again. Kyle Shanahan said status is in limbo. I don't know how you could trust.
I mean, I would expect Elijah to probably miss that game. I mean, if you're looking at a desperation pivot at tight end at this point, do you just pivot to his replacement? Like, would Ross Dwelly end up with enough work to make you happy? Would you go to a Will Disley with Everett maybe missing the game?
Would you go to somebody else like Evan Ingram? I would rather go with Evan Ingram or Will Disley. Okay. What if I mentioned that Jack Doyle has missed Wednesday and Thursday's practice?
That's big. That's gigantic. It's gigantic. Oh, my God.
Oh, I like Bob's up. Probably not. I know. But he's huge.
Hey, Brooksy, anything else big that you want to talk about? Elijah Moore has been ruled out with the concussion, and Jason ruined it. Yeah, sorry. James and Crowder was limited in practice.
Don't we act like I haven't heard it before? Yeah. Yeah, I'll leave it back. All right, tell me the news.
So Elijah Moore is out. Yeah, okay. Opening up some slot snaps for James and Crowder. What?
Wait, he's playing? He's back. James and Crowder? I think he might play.
He is expected to play. You want to know who else is expected to play and be active? Denzel Mims. Okay.
Mims, the word on that interest. I mean, we're not. Are you playing Crowder? I would totally maybe play him.
I wasn't playing very well, so there is something to be said there. Sterling Shepard, Deer Slayton, did not practice on Thursday. The one thing, the last thing I'll say in the news before we move on, we talked about Darrell Henderson remaining limited. The matchup against the Cardinals is very, very good.
So if Sonny Michel would be a smash try, I would start him over really good options if Darrell misses that game. Also, I don't know if you guys knew this, but James and Crowder was activated, and it's going to be a video. What? Whoa, whoa, man.
This week? What? Jointhefoot.com. You can get the Injury Blitz podcast that comes after the practice reports on Friday from our very own Matthew Betts.
He's a heck of a guy, isn't he? Oh, he's the best. Birthday boy. Yesterday?
I'm pretty sure it was yesterday. Yes. So he's not a birthday boy. Thanks, Brooks.
Where were you yesterday? Hey, guess what? It's not my birthday day either. Oh, me too.
Jason, don't you celebrate birthday week? Yeah, but it leads up to it. It's not for Jason, though. It leads up to it.
It's exclusive for me. Happy birthday, Betts. Yesterday. That was today's News and Notes presented by Sleeper, the leader in breaking news alerts.
You know, you get Brooks a new microphone. Yeah, what is this? You can do whatever you want. Ridiculous.
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Drafting sports with the line has the Titans 6.5-point favorites on the road, over-under 44.5 points, so it's not up there. We know the injuries on the Tennessee side. Ordinarily, this would be a really strong matchup for Tannehill on the road with those guys active. Neither practice on Thursday, talking about A.J.
Brown and Julio Jones. I mean, do you just look another direction than Ryan Tannehill without his weapons? Yeah, I think you need to. It's not to say he can't get stuff done, but this is one of those games where, I mean, how can the Jets stop Derrick Henry?
I mean, let's say that the Titans come out and say, man, we're missing our wide receivers. We're still going to throw the ball. There's still some options there to catch it, but that's not where you're special. What if we told the other team, we're going to hand the ball off 100% of the place, if they told them that, and the Jets...
Exclusively game plan for that. I don't think they could stop it. What if their plan was they just get out of Derrick Henry's way every single time and try to see if he will actually get tired? Like if they let him run in for 80-yard sprints to the house, does Derrick Henry then get tired so he can't do it anymore?
These are great strategies. I will pass them on because he owns three Jets. He really is the battering ram running back of football where you're trying to break into the castle and you just keep doing it eventually. They get tired.
The doors come down. Henry, you obviously play. What about if you were facing Tannehill or a pivot to Teddy Bridgewater against Baltimore? Would you stick with Tannehill and figure he finds a way?
I would stick with Tannehill in that situation. If you could pivot to Kirk Cousins versus the Cleveland Browns, I think I would do that. Yeah, or Derrick Carr. There are options that I would play over Ryan Tannehill.
Would you play any Jets? Would I play any Jets? Sorry, you were probably saying something about Tannehill. Go ahead.
No, I don't think I would play any Jets this week. I mean, you've got the revenge game there. We've got Proud on the way back. He's here this week?
That is incredible news. No, I wouldn't. If I were to play anybody, it would be probably Corey Davis. I'm not playing anybody.
I'm OUT. They will have to pass the ball, though, because I think the Titans are going to run them out of town. This stat on Derrick Henry is unbelievable. Did you see this in games where Tennessee was favored by seven or more points since 2018?
He has averaged 24 carries, 142 yards, 1.4 touchdowns, including three 45-plus-point fantasy performances. But they're only favored by six and a half. Oh, did the line move? Oh, no.
Completely disregarded. Throwed out that half a point. He's going to stink this week. On the Tannehill question, you see this?
The Jets defense has given up so many points to running backs. They're only giving up 12.8 points to fantasy quarterbacks, which is second lowest. They're unneeded. They are completely unnecessary.
Once you're up by three scores, you don't need to throw the ball. This is why I'm not playing Tannehill. I do think, you know, if A.J. Brown and Julio Jones are out, you do have last week's sensation.
Oh, I want to hear you pronounce it. Oh, man. Let's hear it. You don't know how.
I believe it is Nick Westbrook-Akeem. That's what I was just about to say. I know, I know. And I just jumped in front of you before you.
Yeah, I'm with you. I'd probably just avoid the passing game there. It hasn't exactly been a well-oiled machine through three weeks. Anyways, maybe the Jets aren't giving up as many fancy points to those positions because they give up about seven to 14 to the defense every week.
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Sounds like they're both the same. The DK Sportsbook line, Kansas City road favorites by six and a half points. The overrunner is 54 points. That's what we like to see as fantasy players.
Yes, we do. Give us 10 points. The Andy Reid revenge game in Philadelphia, the return of Andy Reid, two straight losses. I don't want to bet against this Kansas City offense in this one, especially when we saw some of the early season Eagle defense.
I don't know. I think the Mirage might have come down after this last week against Dallas. They're also on a short week compared to Kansas City. Look, I know we came out and we thought that Kansas City was going to dispose of Baltimore and they didn't, but I'll take them.
I'll take them in this one. And I think that you're going to see standard levels of production from all your favorites, Mahomes, Hill, and Kelsey. Probably a bounce back game for Hill. We know he's great on the road.
He's had a couple of quiet weeks on the season in a row, but eight targets, 81 yards. That's what he averages on the road. That's crazy. But I do like Clyde.
I think I like Clyde in this game. Yeah, Clyde is a fine running back too. He's probably started everywhere. I mean, pretty much every week is going to be the same for the Chiefs as long as Patrick Mahomes is there, which is start two studs and you need to start Clyde Edwards-Alaire because he's the starting running back of the best off to go.
But at least they went to him early. It was nice. You saw 17 carries. He came through with a 100-yard rushing game.
He finally looked good. He finally passed the eye test for those first two weeks. It was woof out there. So that was at least a positive sign here moving forward for Clyde.
If you put him on your bench, I benched Clyde last week because I wanted to see it. And he came through. So I'm willing to move Clyde back into that starting roster. On the other side, Jalen Hurts and Devontae Smith, they are my co-starts of the week because you look at what Kansas City is doing.
They are second worst at points allowed to the fantasy quarterback position. They are 25th best against fantasy wide receivers. Points are going up against this team. Like the defense, they've not figured it out yet.
And I'm not scared that the Kansas City Chiefs are going to come in and just completely shut down the Eagles offense. There will be fantasy points. The Chiefs score a lot of points, right? That's kind of what they do.
They're one and two. That means they've been outscored twice. So yeah, I think this should be a good matchup for most options. I think the big question would be Miles Sanders.
Off the down week. How confident are you in playing him or not playing him? I would play Clyde over Miles. Yeah.
But are you comfy starting Miles or are you looking for a different option? So you scooped him up. Chuba Hubbard. I would play Chuba.
Okay, I would too. What about Kareem Hunt against the Minnesota Vikings? I would play Kareem. Okay.
Yeah, I think it'll be okay for Miles this week. We have him ranked really close to Clyde on our consensus rankings. They're two spots apart. What about Zach Moss, Jason?
I'd play Miles Sanders. Yeah, I would go Miles Sanders. Okay. All right.
What about Goddard after last week? Goddards, if you can play both. Oh, if you can play Goddards. Heck yeah.
If you can put him in the fly machine and transport him and turn him into one person, then maybe. Only you could, Mike. I know. All right.
Battle of the undefeated teams. The Arizona Cardinals going to LA taking on the Rams. Both teams 3-0. DK Sportsbook has this game.
We have a 54.0 runner. The Rams are 4-point home favorites. And this is exciting. We get to see the shakedown of the NFC West this weekend because the Seahawks also play the 49ers.
Implied point totals of 25-29 in this game. Historically, McVay has outcoached Kingsbury in these matchups. You mean great coach who took his team to the Super Bowl is better than Cliff? Yeah, I mean, we are certainly in it as Arizona fans here.
But thus far this season, it's been impressive for Arizona on offense. The Rams defense, at least fantasy points-wise, has not been what they were last year. I mean, last year, they were number one against quarterbacks and wide receivers, five against running backs, nine against tight ends through three games this year. One of them against Tampa Bay, do you have any hesitation about Arizona options on the road?
Anything that would change the way you would normally prescribe fantasy players to start there? Oh, man. I think the thing that I'm more confident in Christian Kirk because of the hobble nature of Hopkins. A little less confident in Hopkins, but you're not moving away.
Yes, and you're not moving away from Hopkins. You're going to play him, but the combination of him being hobbled, Jalen Ramsey. Let's be clear, when you hear hobbled, I think people think leg injuries and living around. He is recovering from a rib injury.
He played last week. There aren't any signs this week that he's going to be limited. He practiced on Wednesday, which is not a normal thing for Hopkins anyway. I just want to bring some clarity there.
Sure, yeah. Hobbled might be the wrong word, but still dealing with the rim. What's that? Bobbled.
Bobbled. That sounds like really... That's not kind to a wide receiver because they don't want to... Oh, okay.
You know what I mean? Cobbled. He's ribbled. Ribbled.
There we go. We got there. His ribs. I know, I know.
It's a funny word. Ribbled is a great way. Shout out to Al Borland for coming up with that one. But I'm looking forward to buying the board game.
Ribbled. Hold on. 55! Wait, did I get 55 or did I get 55?
I didn't get 55, did I? I did? Al's nodding at me. I thought you did that.
Nope. Accidents happen. Like a joke, we would expect... I still don't get it, so that's great.
It just sounds like a board game game. Eh, eh, eh. All right, that was me. Oh, my gosh.
So the Rams are going to score. I don't think that the Cardinals defense... I mean, that week one performance against the Titans was unbelievable. Since that time, they have not looked like a world beater, especially on the ground.
They've not been great against running backs. So if they're scoring a lot of points, the Cardinals are going to have to throw the ball a lot. So this is where I do think Christian Kirk is the target that I would go after outside of Hopkins. Yeah, that's a tough decision when you're looking at those other ancillary pieces in a very difficult matchup where Jalen Ramsey historically has always shadowed DeAndre Hopkins, limited him to some very low output games, but he's been moving around this year.
He may move into the slot and cover Kirk a bunch in this one, so it's shaky at wide receiver. But we'll see how that goes. Cooper Cuff's always in your lineup. Stafford as well.
And we'll see what happens with Daryl Henderson and Michelle. You almost... It's not that you wouldn't root for both guys to be healthy, but clarity-wise, if you knew early that you could put Michelle in there, it could solve a lot of problems for people. But for me, if Anderson's playing, I'm playing him against Arizona.
And if Anderson's out, then I am playing Sonny Michelle. Robert Woods? That is the big question. We benched him for Tyler Boyd.
We brought that up. I think that he is someone... Let me ask you this. Would you play Robert Woods or Devonta Smith, Mike?
I'd play Smith. I think there's... I mean, the floor... Well, Robert Woods' floor has been basement dwelling right now, but the ceiling for Devonta Smith is much higher than Robert Woods right now, so that's where I would go.
Yeah, it's not been fun. I don't blame anybody for taking a break with Robert Woods. Tyler Higby, Cardinals have been really, really good against tight ends. They're giving up 2.9 points per game, but you drafted him to be your tight end and he's performed thus far, so you probably just leave him there.
Any other questions about this game? I don't think so. I hope we're not... I hope we don't end up with a defensive battle where we thought an offensive battle was going to happen.
Because I do think that's possible. I mean, Arizona, you know, last week, Byron Murphy, Defensive Player of the Week, a couple of interceptions, and the pressure will be the key here. Can you get pressure on Stafford? Hopefully we get the fantasy extravaganza.
The other NFC West game, the Seahawks 1-2 taking on the 2-1 49ers. DK Sportsbook line, San Francisco minus 3 at home. Over-unders 52. We've talked about some of the injury landscape in this game.
What are the difficult decisions? Like, Jason, what are you doing? Doing? Doing?
Doing? Doing? What are you doing with the 49ers backfield? Well, first of all, you have to wait and see what's going on with Elijah Mitchell.
If Elijah Mitchell is active, I will probably put him in my lineup. He's someone that people had to pay up for on the waiver wires, which means they probably needed him. I would imagine if he's there, he's going to be in most lineups. I'm not worried about the Seahawks' defense.
Currently on the year, they are the 32nd best against running backs, meaning they are very bad. They're giving up 32.5 points per game. A lot of that was Derrick Henry. If Elijah Mitchell is out, and fantasy football gets crazy sometimes, you know, the running backs are very injured right now.
If Elijah Mitchell is out, would you consider taking a sip of the juice? Oh! Kyle Juszczyk? Yeah.
I would consider that, yes. He split the backfield with Trey Sermon, and Trey Sermon, I would prefer Sermon. He's a little ready for the NFL. I prefer Sermon.
Okay. Yeah, and because of the matchup, I'm okay pivoting to Sermon if, yeah, maybe in a PPR league, Juszczyk getting the targets. Hopefully we get a great game here, over-under 52. Deebo Samuel, Brandon Ayuk.
This week we have them at the wide receiver 19 and 39. Ayuk is just a confidence play. I mean, you have to, if you put him in there, you have to just hope that he's okay. I'm ready.
The snaps are there. So he's ready to be played. He may just give you flex level numbers, but I think he's back to his status of it's Deebo and Brandon Ayuk. I would agree, and especially if Kittle is out, they would need Ayuk even more.
I would imagine that the Seahawks are going to be able to score. I would play Brandon Ayuk over Robert Woods in these two matchups here. All right. Matt Calf Lockett, if they're active, if they're in, Chris Carson, he's just been solid.
RB 22, 15, and 19. If you're tracking things at home, and maybe you picked up Alex Collins' insurance, Travis Homer got a lot of play last week. I just want to bring that up. Yeah.
So if you're looking for insurance on Carson, Russell Wilson completing 73% of passes. That's pretty good. It's kind of crazy because he's been great. The receivers have been great.
Carson's been great. The new office coordinator looks fine. They're 1-2. They could drop to 1-3 on the road this week, and it's like...
You hate to see it. Yes, you hate to see it, because then, Jason, I mean, the 49ers are 3-1. Are you traveling to... In this game, Ty.
Are you traveling to Disneyland? Heck yeah, man. It just wants to drop. I don't just want to drop.
I think it's a good play. Now, I'm not starting to end in my regular leagues, but if I'm playing a DFS game and I want a cheap shot at a touchdown, I'm going to Disneyland. All right. Will Disley or Ross Dwellia of Kittlesitz?
Disley. Gerald Everett on the reserve COVID list. I wouldn't expect him to play. The Ravens at 2-1 take on the 3-0.
Denver Broncos. Impressive. I feel like the Broncos have kind of done what they're supposed to do so far in the season. They're not a team that I know that I think has been put to the test quite yet.
You don't think so? No. Interesting. I think they've really been up against the Giants, Jaguars, and Jets.
Mirage? Full Mirage? I don't think it's full Mirage. I mean, they've looked good, but they haven't been tested.
This is really where we're going to find out who are the Denver Broncos. Well, it starts with Teddy Bridgewater. By the way, the DK Sportsbook line here, Baltimore minus one. The line open at Denver minus one.
Over-unders 44.5. Quick update on Lamar. Practice will be fine. Will play.
I see a miniature fist bump on the other side of the desk. That was just a stupid thing. Like, you knew Lamar was going to play, but I didn't practice all week. You don't want to be picking up a quarterback on Sunday morning to have to start.
So far, the Baltimore defense dealing with injuries has not been what it was last year. Denver is at home. A couple of great running backs to pound the rock with. Corlin Sutton, Tim Patrick, and Noah...
fan at my start of the week. What do you guys think? Do you have Baltimore winning this game? Do you have Denver winning it?
It's tight, obviously, by way of the sports folks. I'm going to take the home team here. I think it's going to be a very, very close game. The Ravens coming off of their incredible 66-yard field goal victory over the Lions.
They didn't look impressive to me. Like I said, we don't know exactly who the Denver Broncos really are because they haven't been tested. But I think they're wanting to show the world that they're legit. I think that they are.