NFL Week 6 Biggest Storylines: Breakout Stars, Injuries & Trade Advice (Ep. 2266)

0:03 What is going on everybody welcome to the tailgate i will be your host andrew erickson joined by my buddy and he also shares a name with my favorite pasta alfredo brown what's going on man.

0:16 I thought you were going to say your favorite other fantasy analyst derrick brown and then you totally swerved and went right to pasta which by the way common mistake alfredo's not a pasta.

0:26 Oh man sauce it's a sauce okay so my favorite.

0:29 You've learned so many new things today.

0:32 Yes. Tons of things to be learned today. We're talking about NFL previewing some of the biggest storylines heading into NFL week six. Dude, I can't believe it's already week six. Like we're already hitting the halfway point in October. It's going to be Halloween. It's going to be Thanksgiving before we know it, dude. How are you feeling going now six weeks strong?

0:52 In most of my fantasy leagues, I'm feeling good and other ones not so much. And honestly, the thing is, it's tough going into the season as a Dolphins fan. Like I was just kind of ready for this. And now it's sort of like it's like running a marathon. Like I knew what I was getting into. I knew it was going to suck and I just have to get my body through it. And I have to just mentally get through it. And that's what I'm doing right now.

1:13 You know, we're not even halfway there.

1:15 But the Dolphins at least are committed. They know what they're trying to do. They're trying to lose games, trying to get a high draft pick, draft a quarterback of the future behind some. Look, I think that there's some young talent on the Dolphins. They have one of the youngest offensive lines in the NFL. So Jacob Rodriguez looks like an absolute stud at middle linebacker. That's going to be racking up 20 plus tackles every single game from here out for the next 15 years. It seems like.

1:40 And I mean, do the stache, man. Like, I'm going to be Jacob Rodriguez for Halloween if I could grow a mustache.

1:47 You can't do that.

1:47 You can't do that as a Patriots fan. Even if you could grow two mustaches, you shouldn't do that. That's a horrible idea.

1:55 All right. Well, we're bearing the lead here because the biggest storyline in news, it's probably actually not, but I put the show sheet together so I get to pick what we talk about first. A.J. Brown, wide receiver for the New England Patriots.

2:08 He's back.

2:09 He is back and ready to go. Maybe not fully ready. Mike Rabel said on Wednesday, Patriots are designated A.J. Brown after his ankle injury to return from injured reserve No guarantee that he's going to play necessarily in week six, but there's a chance. Brable talked about that earlier in the week that, hey, there's a chance that he could play.

2:29 But his return seems like it's going to be sooner rather than later. So the King is back, A.J. Brown. And I mean, the fact that he's coming back to an offense that's been humming over the last couple games. I mean, this is a boost that the Patriots offense may not even need right now, but they're getting it anyway.

2:45 So I'm obviously giddy about this. We saw A.J. Brown had limited stint in that first game against the Seahawks. Obviously, we know how the rest of it played out, banged up his ankle, but I mean, Alfredo, what are your kind of thoughts on A.J.

2:56 Brown?

2:57 Do you think he ends up playing in this game or do they think they wait him one more week because the Patriots are playing on a short week on Thursday going to Chicago to take on K.L. Williams and the Bears?

3:07 Yeah, that's the thing, is I don't think you wanted to come back too early and tweak anything. Like, now that everything is back on track, and the Patriots also, too, like, the offense is doing it without A.J.

3:15 Brown.

3:16 The receivers are all stepping up, and when I say all, like, all of them to Mario Douglas had himself a good game, Afton Chisholm had a good game, we finally got Kyle Williams making big plays out there. That's actually, like, my one thing, is, like, A.J. Brown coming back, I hope it doesn't stunt Kyle Williams. Like, I would love to see all of these young, exciting players continue to have bigger roles going forward. I know that there's, like a Mac Holland's hive somewhere. That's just really into grounding and eating food with their hands and just a whole bunch of fun stuff. But like, let's just get some of these exciting young playmakers a little more involved. And I think they can do that for one more week and

3:51 then let yourself, you know, come back against the big game against Chicago and let AJ Brown be fully ready to go.

3:57 How high is too high to rank AJ Brown in his first game back against that bears defense?

4:02 I mean, I mean, are you going, you're going top 12 right out of the gate?

4:08 I mean, it's I mean, with buys and stuff like that, it's it's reasonable.

4:12 Yeah, right. It's always the thing with the buys. Whenever you look at rankings like, oh, how are you going to rank this guy? And then you realize there are six teams on by like, well, the.

4:18 Top 20 is locked and loaded.

4:20 And with like how many players that are already injured and how little there is, like the second, especially the way Drake Bay is playing, he's quarterback one over the last couple of weeks.

4:29 And like the way he keeps playing.

4:31 Yeah, like it's hard to not be like, oh, that guy's going to get a mess of targets as soon as he comes back in a potential shootout.

4:36 That sounds great.

4:37 Yeah. So Patriots offense should keep humming here along when they have the New York Jets. Again, not afraid of that secondary. That's probably the weakest part of their defense. Their defense up front has actually played pretty well in some spots. We had a David Bailey breakout game and I am kicking myself for dropping him in an IDP league a couple of weeks back. So I'm like, oh man, this guy's never gonna do anything. Of course, he has like monster performance.

5:00 Three sacks.

5:01 I believe the Jets totaled eight sacks last week as we saw Deshaun Watson return to bad form and just become a sack-taking machine. So I do think they have some bodies up front that can maybe throw some issues at the Patriots. Offensive line that has been dealing with a lot of injuries, again, flying under the radar. Will Campbell is going to miss games. So even though they're going to get A.J. Brown back, Will Campbell looks like he's going to miss a couple games here after getting hurt against the Raiders. Last point, Ramondre Stephens is probably going to be the bell cow for the Patriots with Henderson out for the next couple weeks. I do think that A.J. Brown is will actually help their ground game

5:34 a little bit more just because of the presence that he offers on the field that defenses have to account for, especially when it comes to the safeties and where they're going to be deployed. You can't just crowd the box as much. Any other thoughts with Stevenson, Will Campbell, those types of plays?

5:48 I mean, it's kind of like you take one step forward, two steps back here. I was excited for what could happen here with Ramondre, and he's got a really easy schedule coming up. And then you lose Will Campbell for for a little bit here. And that, I mean, that sucks. Obviously you don't want to, the Patriots offensive line is already so decimated. Like they just keep, it feels like they keep losing a guy every couple of weeks here, but the offense is humming, like you said, man, and Ramondre Stevenson, while he may not be like one of the elite tier backs, if you got a guy who's getting anywhere from 15 to 20 touches a game, that's a super valuable running back at this point, whether we're talking fantasy or anything. And Ramondre is showing that he's

6:24 good enough to handle the load too. So Corey Kiner also apparently had a little bit of fumbling issue last week.

6:30 So like all it takes is one fumble.

6:31 Spreaded like a virus in that locker room. Like all it takes is just like one fumble from him. And all of a sudden we're like, okay, Ramondre Stephenson, 26 touches. You know, it's right there for us.

6:43 Yeah, Ramondre had clearly infiltrated the Seahawks locker room when the Patriots went to Seattle in week one and gave the ick to Emmanuel Wilson and George Helani. And now they're showing the symptoms because they keep putting the ball on the turf.

6:55 So.

6:56 We shall see who holds onto the ball this week when it comes to the fumbles. Let's go to a different quarterback scenario. Michael Penix is expected to start in week six after suffering a rib injury at the end of that thrilling Sunday night game against the Baltimore Ravens or the Falcons fell just short. Alfredo, as I was watching this game going into overtime, and when I saw the two of us coming in, I immediately turned to my wife and said, he's going to throw an interception.

7:23 And this game is going to be over. It wasn't on the first play. It was on the second play that he threw a pick and ended, sealed the Falcons fate there with them falling just short of the Baltimore Ravens. Stavansky said that he's going to practice on Wednesday. He's going to be limited throughout the week, obviously dealing with a pain tolerance. I know that you were a little bit, I would say gun shy on Drake London rest of season because of Michael Penix and he's dealt with a ton of injuries in the past. Now this is different from an ACL or a knee injury. but it's a rib injury guys take hits. If they don't keep him upright, is this a potential issue that do you think he, do you think the team is going to have to

8:02 turn it to a, again, at some point sooner or later, is it smart for them to throw him back out there? What like, what's your read with the Falcons right now with panics? Is this the right thing to do throwing him back out there? Because we know how bad this team is without him. And is that kind of making them feel like pressed to kind of get it back out?

8:18 I'm just like, we can't not have him there.

8:20 I don't think they have any other choice.

8:22 Like they need to know if Michael Penix is an NFL quarterback. Kevin Stefanski needs to try to keep his job because if they run two out there and just start losing games, like all bets are off. Everything in Atlanta could just simply blow up if Michael Penix is not playing game. And with rib injuries too, like if you have enough padding, you have enough protection at that point, like, yeah, you could re-injure yourself or make it worse, but also you can heal up. Like it is, it does become sort of a matter of pain tolerance there, so. I think they have to, whether it's the smart decision.

8:53 What's the alternative?

8:56 Like, did you not see the video of Jacoby Lane watching the Ravens Falcons game? It was like he was like live streaming or he was taking a video of himself. He was cheering as Tua was coming in.

9:05 He was like, oh, Kyle Hamilton. Watch this. Kyle Hamilton's going to pick him off.

9:09 And then the first throw, Kyle Hamilton picks him off. And he's like, he called it.

9:13 It was incredible, dude.

9:16 Everybody watching that game knew that Tua was not going to get this team back into action. It just goes to show, though, what kind of state the Falcons offense is so dependent on Michael Penix being healthy. Now you get the obviously positive matchup here. Like, what is the cure for all rib injuries that's facing the Chicago Bears defense?

9:36 That Seth told me about Montez Sweat is apparently suspended too. Like he wasn't even playing that well, but another pass, which they had three more injuries last week in their, all three stages of their defensive line, secondary, and one of their linebackers, I believe TJ Edwards also got hurt last week. So, I mean, Michael Penix, it's very possible that he could play the entire game and not take a single hit because that's, how little teams should be concerned about with this Bears pass rush. So it may all be just blown out of proportion with this rib thing.

10:08 But if Penix is good to go, man, like, he should dice up this Bears defense that showed last week that, yeah, the first, those other three games were probably just because they played bad offenses and not because they were actually turning the corner. And the Bears are who they thought, the Bears are who we thought they were, essentially.

10:24 Good callback. I love it. Love it. Denny Green.

10:28 Yeah, man.

10:29 If, if, if, listen, if the Falcons can survive the Bears this upcoming week, the schedule gets rough, man. San Francisco 49ers the following week. And that could be if there's a team that's going to get pressure on the quarterback, the Niners, they may not be great stopping the run, but they can get pressure on the quarterback, man.

10:43 Like that's just terrifying.

10:45 The thought of, of these guys getting to, to Michael Penix. I just, if I'm a Falcons fan, like I'm watching every game with bated breath here.

10:51 Like I am just, I am.

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11:48 PPR traded Isaiah Lively for Hubbard. Have Trey McBride. Thanks.

11:54 That's sick.

11:55 Yes.

11:56 That's a great trade.

11:57 Anytime that I can get rid of a surplus at a position that only requires one, I.

12:02 Feel great about that.

12:03 I did get a running back right now, dude. Like there's not a lot of running backs that are actually healthy and good for you to have one that is both on an offense. That looks like it's moving.

12:13 That's a, that's a hell of a win for, for two wheels and a mic.

12:17 I guess I'm actually curious about rest of season. Do you think that there's a chance? I mean, who has more fans points this year, likely or McBride? I mean, because if the Cardinals turn to Carson Beck, which I could actually include as one of our storylines here, because I know that that's kind of been in the rumblings of, okay, like, We've seen enough from Jacoby. Like we're ready to kind of turn it over because we want to lose more games because they probably don't have the franchise quarterback on this team anyway.

12:42 What do you mean they've seen enough of him? Like, did they not know that Jacoby Brissett was not the franchise savior?

12:47 I mean, they were selling us a bunch of other stuff. Be like, yeah, he can be our quarterback, blah, blah, blah. He's going to feel the offense. I mean, it wouldn't surprise me if likely outscores McBride rest of season potential. But either way, like you have a surplus, both elite tight ends. This is the smart move to make, especially getting someone like Chuba, who is just, Dude is so locked and loaded into this offense that... Are the Panthers a wagon? Are we there? I mean, they've been a wagon so far. Bryce Young, QB3. Kinda.

13:16 Kind of, man.

13:17 So they have had some easy opponents. I will say that like some of their opponents have been easy. And so there's a little bit of stat padding going on there, but like sometimes that's all an offense needs.

13:26 It's just like get a little.

13:26 Confidence under your belt and show that you can go out there, throw for 300 plus yards. You can throw for three touchdowns in a game. You can run all over teams. And like we're a season removed from Chuba being an absolute stud at the running back room there. And then last year, Rico Dowdle taking over. So it's not like this is new for this offense. They've had guys that can produce.

13:46 And so Just keep it up, man. I think it's a great trade.

13:49 And talking about the tight ends, likely, and McBride, I think both offenses have their concerns, right? And I think the quarterback concerns are there for both.

13:59 Of these guys. Like, do we think Jameis lasts.

14:02 The whole season and keeps throwing three touchdowns every game?

14:07 Last week was the first time that Winston attempted 54 passes in a game and didn't throw an interception.

14:13 Yeah, like, it's... It's great. I picked up Winston and I'm ready to start him this week against the Saints. I don't feel awesome about it, but there's no guarantees that he starts the whole year either. We could be getting into fantasy playoff time and it's J.J. McCarthy throwing meatball subs to Malik Nabors.

14:31 What did you.

14:32 Think about the J.J. McCarthy packages we got a little glimpses of in that Giants game? Because he was taking a couple snaps with some RPO handoff things and I'm like, Is McCarthy becoming like, are they trying to use him like Taysom Hill?

14:47 I was like, wait, what? It was weird.

14:50 I'm like, I guess they want to get him in the offense. But I don't look at McCarthy's like, dude, he's a weapon as a runner.

14:56 I think what it is, is like they had a bunch of those Jackson Dart plays drawn up.

15:00 Oh, yeah, man.

15:01 We can't use that part of the playbook anymore. Dang it. It's like they probably tried it once with Jameis in practice and they were like, oh, no, no, don't do that. They were immediately like, we should go trade for a quarterback that can kind of run, but not really run, but also not really pass either.

15:19 You know, if you put the helmet on the right way, is that Jackson Dart out there? It's good. You're like, it looks like Jackson Dart. So yeah, I thought that was kind of weird. Just like rewatching. I gave me like, what? I was like, I had to do a double take. I'm like, wait, what's James Winston's number again? And like, who is that? Taking snaps. And again, like neither play really resulted in anything. It looked like McCarthy's took a bunch of big hits again. Yeah. Let's get this injury prone quarterback hit more because he's taking direct handoffs and just like doing design run plays. But that's besides the point. Giants, I believe are in first place in the NFC East.

15:56 So that's so weird.

15:58 A Giants team.

15:59 It's like not it.

16:01 Great if we're being for real and like doesn't have their starting quarterback.

16:05 I do first place.

16:06 I think it's just bad division. I do like how they have changed their defense since they lost Burns. They've now become like Brian Flores East where they're like, we're just going to blitz the crap out of it. I'm just like, we don't care.

16:17 It's been so great for our Val Reese, man.

16:19 Yeah, it's actually been great for him. Like, he looks awesome.

16:21 Well, it's like, dude, like he was a player coming out. That's like, yeah, this guy can really rush the passer. It's like sick. But we want to play off ball linebacker. OK, well, let's have him blitz time so we can do.

16:30 Is this not the perfect example of how coaches get in their own way? They just overthink things instead of just letting good players do what they are good at.

16:38 Like this happens all the time.

16:39 Like and see Kyle Williams go out and be like, oh, that guy's allowed to run deep and we can just throw.

16:44 It to him.

16:45 One-on-one against the corner like it doesn't make sense.

16:47 We'll have to do an off-season show about this like one point but it's crazy to us as observers when injuries force coaches to make like the right decisions where it's like dude I guess we got to make Jalen Warren a bell cow I guess we got to do it because Rico's hurt and then like it just I don't know it's crazy to me that it's like they just didn't figure this out in the first place when you have all this information to work with when we know how talented some of these guys are but like Now, like, we got to keep the training wheels on. Like, we can't, like, we can't unleash Jalen Nolan unless there's an injury and then we have to play our best players. Like, oh no.

17:21 It's like, God, super frustrating.

17:25 Super frustrating, bro. Way to go NFL coaches.

17:29 All right. Speaking of super frustrating, Rashi Rice coming off the bye week, not practicing, never a good sign for a player that has always been hurt, has a hamstring injury and had a week to rehab and get healthier. Now, I don't think he was rehabbing in jail or prison this time. Like he was at the facility trying to get the treatment. But I am very, very suspect of him playing this week, next week, potentially, because it's one thing not practice on a Wednesday as like a veteran.

17:59 It's usually a rest day. But after a bye week, this is a pretty, pretty big red flag, Alfredo.

18:06 Yeah, 100 percent.

18:07 Like normally whenever you hear, OK, good, this player is players hurt. At least we have the bye week coming up. He'll rest up and be good to go. Like you said, he's dealt with these same injuries over and over and over. I hate to use the word that he's prone to it, but you often see him get more soft tissue injuries.

18:23 It's actually less about the person's body and more about how they treat their body. If he doesn't take stretching serious and mobility serious and all the things that he does, if he doesn't take those things serious, then yeah, he's going to be more prone to having hamstring injuries. That's what we've seen. The rumors keep heating up, man, that the Chiefs might be looking at Tyreek Hill after.

18:44 everything that went down with his court case.

18:46 And I know a bunch of the other charges ended up being dropped and one of them wasn't, and he still could face suspension from the league. But then his agent drew Rosenhouse came out today and said like, we're still in contact with teams.

18:58 So watch out. So it's like, I don't think.

19:00 These two things are going to overlap where rice is missing time and hell comes in. But, I like I just don't feel great about the Chiefs receiving room. And maybe this could have been a Taequann Thornton thing, but it's not now. Obviously, with him at his foot on the wrong way, it's just it's wheels up. Ken Walker still and Travis Kelsey.

19:18 Like, yeah, that's it.

19:19 Travis Kelsey off the bye week. This is one of the times he'll be extremely fresh as a 37 year old tight end. And I think he'll be ready to rock against the Chargers who are remain winless. One of the few winless teams left in the NFL joining the Dolphins and Titans, right? Right.

19:36 We're doing it right. Losing games and trying hard.

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20:19 All right. Sticking with the headlines, Caleb Williams. Estimated practice today. The Bears had a walkthrough on Wednesday. I love how they do this, right? It's like, well, if we did practice, he would be a practice in full, but we did a walkthrough, so it doesn't really count. Regardless, it seems like things are trending in the correct direction for Caleb Williams to play against the Atlanta Falcons, again, going up against Michael Penix, who we talked about a little bit earlier.

20:45 We've seen one full game of Caleb Williams. It was a lot of damage with his legs. They put up 59 points on the Carolina Panthers defense. We saw him limited against the Minnesota Vikings, but that's a game where it was rainy conditions. He got injured in and you can't really have any like declarative takeaways when you play the Vikings defense because of how blitz heavy Brian Flores is compared to every other defense. So really one game that we've seen from Caleb Williams in the third year, second year with Ben Johnson. What are your expectations for him? Again, kind of an interesting matchup against the Falcons. They were been really good against the run. Secondary, definitely not their strength,

21:24 especially because they're down a lot of cornerbacks as well. So really interesting matchup though, because two quarterbacks dealing with some injuries coming off of injuries between him and Pennix. What are you looking forward to watching with this one?

21:34 I actually kind of like that Caleb is coming off of an injury because it means he's probably a little less likely to run so frantically like he does. Like he's oftentimes just sort of bigger Kyler, the way he runs around and just, he creates a, After the play is over, if that makes sense, like they go into the huddle, they call the play.

21:53 These are his reads. And then he looks at them and goes, I don't like it. And he just runs around.

21:58 He's like, you ever see the movie Semi-Pro with Will Ferrell? where they're supposed to run the play, and they pass the ball to Will Ferrell, and he's like, I don't like it.

22:05 Back to you.

22:06 And they just keep passing it back and forth. And that's Caleb Williams. He's like, Luther Burton, I don't like it.

22:10 Back to me. Colton Lovell, I don't like it. He just keeps running.

22:13 And so I kind of like that he's not going to be able to do that as much coming off the hamstring injury. What I'd love to see him change, though, is the mustache. I need him to grow the beard back. I don't like the butt chin with the mustache. It's not a cute look for him.

22:28 Yeah, I mean... Is he, was he trying to do the Ditka thing? I thought for a little bit, like, like, you know, obviously RIP Mike Ditka. Like I thought that's what he was doing.

22:38 I don't know if that's the case, then I'll allow it.

22:40 I remember he dressed up as Ditka for Halloween last year, wearing like the sweater. I mean, that get up is just so classic.

22:48 I feel like he and Jalen Hurts go to the same barber. Like they, they just kind of do like the, how can I look as goofy as possible?

22:56 And, and, and, I mean, again, we're doing these connections. The Bears recently did play the Eagles not that long ago. So it's possible. So it's possible. Caleb was like, hey, man, like, who does your hair? Give me his number.

23:09 Line me up.

23:12 Oh, man. Let's get to some questions here before we get to our last storyline. Sal, if you just want to throw a bunch of them up that you have starred in the queue, we can just kind of rip through them. Kyle B6752, good evening, gents. Good evening. Would you trade Scataboo and Dak for Devontae Smith? So mine, Smith, a bit on the low here. I like this deal in terms of just trying to get a receiver that you can buy on the cheap. If you feel good about your running back spot, what do you think, Alfredo?

23:40 Yeah, I mean, I'm not typically an advocate of trading for a quarterback, but when I can trade one away as a throw-in, I kind of like that. I don't have a lot of confidence in Scadaboo going forward. And even though the confidence right now is semi low comparatively with Devante Smith, it's like where it was still a top tier player.

23:57 He's going to get a lot of the targets in.

23:58 This and the schedule gets significantly easier for the Eagles in terms of both quarterback and receiver strength of schedule for fantasy.

24:06 So we're going to see the passing.

24:07 Attack probably get better, especially if we're looking at injuries across the running back room there. Saquon Barkley might be back this week, but he didn't practice today. So yeah, Eagles might just be forced to keep passing the ball and getting the ball out quick, especially with this offensive line.

24:21 So Devontae Smith getting easy targets, sign me up.

24:23 Yeah, the Eagles kind of feel like they've hit rock bottom. And I think it's just where they can really only go up at this point. Like, who else can they lose, right? Like, they've already lost all their pieces. The offensive line's in shambles. Like, and eventually Barkley will come back to a full-blown workload because there's no other running back on the roster that is healthy. you know, Damien and then Devante Smith, right?

24:45 Like none of these guys have really stepped up and had high end target shares have been super productive. So Smith will be back in that wide receiver one role in Scataboo, right? Maybe doesn't look nearly as explosive or like the same guy he was before his injury last year, which was always a red flag or a caution flag with him just because coming off these brutal injuries, some of these running backs with some of that explosiveness. So let's get the next question here, Sal. PPR want a wide receiver two to pair with JSN. Trade Mike Evans slash Woody Marks for.

25:18 Oh, this is I had I think Evans is your wide receiver too, man. Like, I think you've got a guy who, when I was charting Brock Purdy, I'm just like, he is constantly looking Mike Evans way. And now you've got another injury to the wide receiver room.

25:33 There were Devo Samuels missing time.

25:35 They're going to Brandon cooks who like they just signed a couple of weeks ago and asking him.

25:40 To jump into a big role.

25:41 Like Mike Evans is their guy. Unless you're worried, he's going to get injured or something like that. Mike Evans is I think a top 15 fantasy wide receiver at the moment.

25:49 Yeah, and he's playing the Commanders this week. So I do think Mike Evans is a potential sell-high candidate. It's just based on his age, injury history. He plays on the 49ers that always get hurt. But that being said, if you are okay with taking on that risk, he's a top six play for me this week because he's facing the Commanders. Dude, Mike Sanders still, dude, that guy cannot cover anybody. He is a turnstile.

26:12 And it's wild too because we will see that week after week after week. And NFL coaches see it week after week after week. And they keep targeting him. And then the commander's just like, you know who we should start a corner this week? That same guy. Let's just do it again.

26:25 Yeah, he can't. He can't stop anybody. I would say in terms of Woody Marks, as a player, you could potentially flip. Again, now projected bell cow, really bad matchup this week. I think a player that you could go for is Luther Burden. Some of these Bears class catchers.

26:42 I'm good trading away Woody Marks, man, because you got a bad matchup this week. You got a buy coming up as well. And then you're probably getting Dave Montgomery back. And we go back to, even if Woody Marks is the 1A now in that situation, we're still going back to a split backfield. So I'd love to buy low on Luther Burden. You actually listed the two guys. Luther Burden was my buy low in my article, and Woody Marks was my sell high right now in my article.

27:04 So I love that.

27:06 Yeah, we talked about it as well. When Trade Show, myself, and Worm on the Fandysprows feed, he had Woody Marks as a sell high, and I had Luther Burden as my buy low again. We'll see a potentially different Bears passing game with Caleb Williams back in the fold. And I think that there's an opportunity to buy before we actually see it. Luther Burton has been the target leader through five games with the three different quarterbacks that have played for Chicago. So like how he's been deployed by Ben Johnson. Let's keep going with questions, Sal. Killer Lee, 7-6-9 or 7-9-6-4. Newbie here in a male-dominated 10-team PPR league.

27:38 I have Shaq, Bryce Young, Marks, Krosky Merritt, et cetera. The rest of the roster is there. Any advice for this person? So we just talked about Woody Marks as a sell. Maybe he's a player that you could potentially flip. I like that as an angle here.

27:52 I also have Krosky Merritt as a sell high right now because even though he got the touchdown in the long run, It was still, I believe, a 35% snap share, one of his lowest of the season. And it's just the commanders are showing they're like, OK, let's cut the rookie we drafted. Let's go sign Austin Eckler. Like, we just don't have any confidence in their running back room right now. And Rashad White's getting all the goal line touches, all the two minute drill touches, all of the third down, like snaps, everything. So, yeah, I'm trading away marks and trading away Krosky mirror. I want to rebuild that running back room a little bit.

28:24 You got Javante there who's good.

28:26 I'd probably try to move some combination of those running backs and, and maybe Addison or Ibuka.

28:34 I think maybe even cash.

28:36 In right now on Emmanuel Wilson, who you could start, but there's an expiration date there. So I think a lot of your running backs are good where you could start them right now, but some have expiration dates. Others, you know, are sell high moments here where I'm a little uncomfortable, but I like the wide receiver room. Jefferson, a lot of a book is a wide receiver.

28:53 Three is fine. I'm in the process. I just traded Abuka for Ramondre.

28:57 Oh, yeah, that's a good trade. I definitely will co-sign on that. Does Dan Quinn make it through the Commanders' bye week as the head coach of the Commanders? They are playing the 49ers on the road on Monday Night Football, and then they're going to bye after that. Is he still the head coach of the Commanders if they get absolutely curb stomped?

29:18 Man, this sucks because I don't think it's Dan Quinn's fault. I think a good coach is going to get fired. And that'd be nuts for Dan Quinn to get fired at the same time or before someone from the Chargers.

29:30 Well, I mean, they do play on Monday night. So it's intense that they're one of the Chargers coaches. I mean, Mike McDaniel is probably.

29:39 Who gets who gets fired first.

29:40 If we're doing this like I know we're not applauding or celebrating it, but it seems very likely that one of these guys don't make it like I hate that this thing is getting thrown on Dan Quinn.

29:49 I hate that it's like I understand like you're the coach, right?

29:54 And you you take a certain amount of responsibility for the way that game ended. You telling me that not a single person on the microphone in the headsets was saying, we don't have any timeouts. We got to do something here. And all the interviews have been, yeah, the understanding is you throw that ball away if it's not there. There's no circumstance in which the quarterback should run, slide, and not have enough time to set up a.

30:18 Spike for the field goal.

30:20 It's equally on Jaden Daniels. I'm starting to see the things here, too, where the teammates didn't exactly take a knee.

30:27 When he was hurt.

30:28 There's a lot of weird locker room talk that he's not a well-liked guy over there. LSU, his alma mater is trashing him weekly. I mean, I'd hate to see it, man. But yeah, I don't know that Dan Quinn makes it.

30:41 Out of the bye week.

30:43 Yeah, it's it's it's rough scene for the commanders. That's kind of why I listed in my article that commanders up and down the border just kind of sells even Jane Daniels.

30:51 Right.

30:51 Where. doctors that have looked at this injury, not necessarily examined Jane Daniels, but have said this is like a ticking time bomb where it's not a matter of if he gets re-injured, it's a matter of when he gets re-injured. He got sacked five times last week.

31:05 Like, So I watched every single one of those just like kind of.

31:09 Yeah, right.

31:10 You get cringing and like watching. How did he go down on that one? OK, his you know what he's doing, though, too, is like he's being very particular about not putting his arm out to try to keep himself up like he is tucking everything in and just sort of falling to the side.

31:23 And I mean, that works while you're planning for it.

31:26 But then there's going to be one of these times where he gets hit and won't be able to plan for it.

31:31 Yeah, so scary situation for the Commanders long term. But let's get to a couple last questions here before we wrap it up. Sal, let's rip these. Jkey420, yo. Yo. What do you think about the trade of Drake London and DJ Moore for Amon Ra and Devante Smith?

31:50 Yes.

31:51 Now.

31:52 Do it immediately.

31:54 Yes, I am co-signing on that.

31:56 Do it.

31:56 I'm going because I'm going Amon Ra over Drake London and I'm going Devante Smith over DJ Moore.

32:01 Love it. I have no qualms with this. J.K., 420.

32:04 Better call Bob. Do you guys think with the play of Drake May at the current moment, will they be able to catch the Bills for the division? Look, I mean, the Patriots won the division last year. I think they're probably going to split. So even though the Patriots beat Buffalo, Buffalo will probably beat the Patriots in New England. It's just kind of how these things roll. So, I mean, the Bills' defense is a major problem. Like, that's got to get fixed.

32:29 So. Yeah, and I'm looking forward. So like Bill's got the Raiders this week, which I think Bill's probably pulled that one out.

32:38 Then a bye week. Then they've got Baltimore, Minnesota. Those are some tough games.

32:43 Then they get some cupcakes with Miami.

32:46 They got Kansas City. Then they play New England.

32:49 The Bills have a relatively tough schedule looking through the rest of this season here for them. And Patriots, I know their schedule is also a bit harder this year. I'm pulling that up right now. Patriots look like they can catch up. They got the Jets, the Bears with Caleb Williams getting.

33:04 Like reintegrated, not necessarily fresh. And then Miami, like we can see the.

33:07 Patriots win the next three games here and be.

33:09 Like semi back in the driver's seat.

33:12 Yeah. Patriots shaky to kind of open the season. But as we've seen with a lot of these teams, it's really more about how you hit your stride weeks four, five, six, and not necessarily weeks one through three when a lot of these teams are treating it as an extension of the preseason, right? Even in like the Tom Brady era, there were a lot of games where early on in the season, the Patriots didn't necessarily look like themselves. They would start two and two or something along those lines.

33:36 And then they would hit their stride and win, you know, 10, 11, 12, 13 games in a row and be, you know, the number one seed in the AFC. So Patriots, I think peaking at a good time, obviously Buffalo coming off that monster game against the Los Angeles rim, Josh Allen, James, like just absolutely insane what Josh Allen's able to do with his legs. But that defense does need to get fixed and help because right now I think in terms of EPA per play allowed, they're like handholding with the Dallas Cowboys. Like that is like that is really, really bad.

34:02 Dude, I feel like it's going to come down to those final weeks and the Bills play the Dolphins in week 17 and then the Jets in week 18 and the Patriots play the Dolphins in week 18. So, like, I feel like it's going to be that one game where it's like, all right, week 18 to decide who wins the AFC East. And it's going to be the Patriots just putting the smack down on the Dolphins that week to take the AFC East again.

34:27 The Dolphins have to make sure they lock and load the number one overall pick next year. We'll see where the... We'll see where the Chargers and Titans are at that point in terms of wins and losses.

34:36 Get ready for some Kyle McCord, baby. Oh yeah, right.

34:38 They're going to be like, we're not even going to try this. We're taking Blake Willis out. We're putting all the backups in. We need to lose this game no matter what. So yeah, that should be a dub for the Patriots. So that's going to wrap it up for us here on the tailgate. Thanks for watching and hanging out with us. But again, as a reminder, we have a post-game tailgate stream after Thursday night football, after tomorrow's game, the fantasy dude. He's going to tell you about his biggest takeaways right here on the Tailgate YouTube channel. So for myself, Andrew Erickson, Alfredo Brown, Sal, pulling the ones and twos behind the scene. Thank you all for watching.

35:12 And yeah, go Patriots. AJ Brown's back, baby. Let's go.