Week 6 Start/Sit Debates: RB & WR Decisions That Could Decide Your Matchups (Ep. 2267)

0:00 Hello, everybody.

0:01 Welcome into the Fantasy Pros Football Podcast. I'm Ryan Warmly, joined on this Thursday morning by Pat Fitzmaurice and Jake Seeley from The Athletic. We are bringing you our Week 6 Starts and Sits show, as we do every Thursday.

0:13 Fitz, how are you doing this morning?

0:15 Hey, man.

0:15 The Brewers are up 3-0. It's feeling like that. Jake would appreciate it. The Brock Lesnar confronting Hulk Hogan. It's our time, old man. My time. Yeah, just I know, man, this team is special. I'm pretty excited about that. But hey, we have a week of football, too. That's also exciting.

0:35 Yeah.

0:36 Jake, that wrestling analogy is definitely lost on me. I'm excited for Fitz about the Brewers. Does that analogy make sense to you?

0:44 It does. And also, like, really, I mean, honestly, you could also take another Undertaker and the straight being another Brock Lesnar one for you there. So, like, it's just. It's nice to see. I think everybody that's not in LA is pretty much like blank the Dodgers. So I think this is basically happiness across the country except for one specific part of it.

1:04 I have always had a soft spot for the Brewers, not the Dodgers, for the Brewers anyway. So them going up against the hated Dodgers just makes it all the easier to be rooting for them.

1:14 So happy for your fits. Hopefully they can finish it off.

1:17 And I don't even hate the Dodgers. I mean, I totally hat tip to them. But yeah, obviously no one likes the team with the giant payroll.

1:24 Yeah, I don't know if I want to be on your side if you're going to sit here and say, I don't hate the Dodgers. That's a tough one to swallow.

1:31 Let's get to the football here.

1:32 A reminder for everybody, all of our weekly consensus rankings and tiers can be found at fantasypros.com slash rankings. We'll start, as we always do, with some of the most popular waiver ads of the week and ask if you guys are willing to start them this week. Not as many super obvious names. I felt like that you would want to come on and sort of pound the table for starting this week. We'll see what you guys think. and sort of compare it to the consensus rankings. Fitz, I'll start with you, with the wide receiver here, Jeremy Bernard of the Steelers. Are you interested in starting him this week with all the injuries in that receiver room in Pittsburgh?

2:03 I am, especially in a four-team bye week, with Michael Pittman on injured reserve with his foot injury, Roman Wilson out with a finger injury, Ben Skoranek out with a calf injury, DK Metcalf Jeremy Bernard and I think Brandon Smith are the only healthy receivers the Steelers have, and Smith just got called up from the practice squad. Notorious rookie hater Aaron Rodgers has reportedly been really impressed with how firm a grasp Bernard has on the Steelers' offense.

2:32 And the Steelers are up against a pass funnel Buccaneers defense. Teams are throwing on the Buccaneers about 61% of the time. That's the seventh highest rate in the league. I think Bernard has a solid outlook.

2:43 I'm just.

2:44 I'm not quite ready to put him in the top 25 or even 30 at receiver because, you know, tight ends, Pat Friermuth, Darnell Washington could be prominently involved.

2:55 The Steelers play a lot of 12 personnel.

2:56 You think they're probably going to lean into that with all the receivers hurt and Jalen Warren is going to see a bunch of targets. So I'm not sure Bernard goes out and has a 12 target game, but I think he's a wide receiver three flex play for sure in a 14 by week.

3:12 He's just outside the top 30.

3:13 He's at wide receiver 32 in consensus rankings right now. Is that close to where you have him fit? So you said you can't quite get to 30. So is that similar range for you?

3:23 I think I'm a little behind on that.

3:28 Yeah, it's just, it's mainly that I've probably got some guys, injured guys in my rankings that other people don't have. So I think I've got Bernard at like 35.

3:38 Jake, where are you ranking Bernard this week?

3:41 He's just right by the top 30. I'm a little bit more happy to be on Jeremy Bernard than Fitz is, and he'll actually be pushing a top 25 once. Assumingly, we have no Rasheed Rice, no DJ Moore, no AJ Brown, no Devonta Smith, because all four of them are in my ranks right now. It sounds like AJ Brown might be the most likely of those four. But that being said, if I took out all four, we're now pushing like 26-ish, mostly because It's like the Aaron Rodgers, yeah, the rookie hater or whatever, but this is now two weeks in a row he's been comfortable going to him, including last week that Roman Wilson dislocated his finger and he led the team with 30% of the team targets. And he's just comfortable because he's doing, like, if you took the Rodgers,

4:22 like he hates rookies and Rodgers being Rodgers or whatever, take the Mike McCarthy offense. And this was the real appeal that I went into this season. I was like, why Bernard might be a sleeper is because three wide for one. but also the type of wide receivers that have usually benefited from the McCarthy offense are more of the Bernard type than the DK Metcalf type. It's not that DK can't do things, but you've seen it. Like DK has struggled to have any consistency this year. So I think Bernard is, I would not be shocked. Like, let's say we never get Roman Wilson back, which I know he will be, but like, and we never get Michael Pittman back. Like if he was the number two, if he told me today, Jeremy Bernard is the number

4:55 two for the rest of the season. I mean, there's a 50, 50 chance he had more fancy value than DK Metcalf for the rest of the year. And that's why I'm in on him.

5:02 Do you agree with that sentiment, Fitz?

5:05 Yeah, I could see that.

5:08 Although I do think there has been a sort of, I don't know, everyone seems eager to fade DK Metcalf, and I think sometimes we forget that he's actually pretty good. In a specific sort of way, he's pretty good, but everyone was ready to write him off, and that came against Cleveland. Because he was going to get locked up by Denzel Ward while Mike McCarthy had the good sense to motion him into the slot a couple of times.

5:33 And he got some favorable matchups and wound up going over 100 yards. I would say there would be a chance that Bernard could do that.

5:42 We'll see.

5:42 I think Bernard was a pretty pro-ready prospect. At Alabama, like there were a lot of testimonies to his character at Alabama and what a team leader he was. Just seems like he's got his act together and you kind of need to to play for Aaron Rodgers as a rookie. But, you know, we were joking in a show yesterday like.

6:02 Jeremy Bernard could run around and be five blades of grass away from where he's supposed to be this week. And all of a sudden, Aaron Rodgers ignores him for two and a half quarters.

6:12 So we'll see. I'm excited to see what he does this week and an expanded opportunity.

6:19 A couple of running backs here to talk about. Jeremy Bernard is wide receiver 32 this week. Running back 32 this week in consensus is Kendra Miller, who was another popular pickup here. Jake, I'll start with you on this one. Are you interested in starting Kendrick Miller against the Giants this week?

6:34 Fitz knows where I'm going with this. Nope. We talked about him on the waiver column or waiver show. And really, it just comes down to if you told me that the Saints were in contention this entire game or potentially leading, then yes, I would be. But this is what I went back to when we talked about on the waiver show.

6:50 Kendrick Miller through the first three quarters, actually mostly the first two quarters, Good amount of work. He got the touchdown. Wasn't super effective running the ball, but he got the touchdown. But C.J. Dollison was involved the entire time. And then the fourth quarter, the only running back in the fourth quarter to get snaps, not just touches, snaps, was Alvin Kamara once they were down. So that's really what it comes down to is if you could actually 100% predict the game script, you could tell me Kendrick Miller or Alvin Kamara. I have them very close together in the mid-30s, and that's only because there are four teams on the bye and the injuries we're dealing with. Otherwise, I'd want

7:23 to give them a lower. But I have him in the range of like Brian– I'd play Brian Robinson against the Bears versus trying to risk either one of those. Because I know I have the chance that that offense continues to produce, especially against the Bears, and you get a touchdown for Brian Robinson versus trying to figure out if it's going to be Miller or Kamara. That being said, it was kind of tongue-in-cheekish. If you're in the 30s and you're desperate, he's still in the 30s. He's not in the 40s where like people in the 40s, I'm not starting.

7:48 Kendrick Miller in consensus is actually only one spot ahead of Brian Robinson to give context for the viewers.

7:53 He's already 33.

7:53 Same bucket. Yeah.

7:55 Fitz, what do you think about Miller? Where are you ranking him?

8:00 Yeah, I'm going to agree with Jake and put him right behind Brian Robinson. I had him ahead of Brian Robinson. Jake has talked me into moving him below.

8:08 So RB 31.

8:10 And it's just the Saints offensive line is in kind of a bad way without Kelvin Banks. Like they've just been not very good the last couple of weeks. Saints really just generally cannot get anything going in the running game, no matter who they put back there. And Kendra Miller doesn't add much as a pass catcher. And the Giants used to be sort of a come one, come all matchup for running backs last year. Not really anymore. They're in the vicinity of average. So I'm not that interested in starting Kendra.

8:41 One more waiver ad here.

8:42 Actually ranked a couple of spots higher than Kendra Miller is Damian Pierce. Fitz, next man up for the Eagles. Are you interested in their RB4 here this week against the Panthers.

8:52 Even less interested in starting Pierce than I am in Kendra Miller. I mean, the once mighty Philadelphia offensive line ranks 30th in adjusted line yards, the run blocking metric. They're starting two rookies on the offensive line. Pierce had a pretty good year for the Texans as a rookie in 2022, but since 2023, he's averaged 3.6 yards per carry, and now he's pretty much achieved journeyman status. bouncing around to different teams as a hired gun. I just, I don't think it's going to be pretty for the Eagles running game this week. I think you're hoping for 50 yards and maybe a touchdown. And I think your odds of getting either are pretty remote.

9:30 Jake, what do you think?

9:32 Not too dissimilar, but I am in the twenties at least because he's getting the vast majority of the work. It's really what it's like, not 20, like he's mid low twenties. It's just, I'd start them over both saints guys. I start them over all of the chargers and it's not, testament to be like oh my gosh damian pierce is so good and the panthers run defense is so bad because the panthers are about middle of the pack if you talk about matchups but versus split backfields and questionable situations and all that type of stuff, that's the only reason why is because as Fitz said, this is the lesser version of Braylon Allen. We expect 80 plus percent of the touches, but it's not going to be as efficient.

10:09 But that 80 percent, like what he marks last year, what he marks for the Texans last year, I think is the better comparison because he got 18 touches a game and he was still barely hanging on to rb2 value and i think that's what we're hoping for with damian pierce do.

10:23 Do we think the eagles are going to activate jayden blue from their practice squad i don't.

10:28 Care if they do in my opinion like i just i don't like i'm not.

10:31 You think it's going to be like vast majority of touches for pierce either way like i do get a carson steel surprise or no like.

10:39 I mean i mean shocked you know like No, I wouldn't be shocked if either one of them, but I mean, this is, they've had opportunities before. And like, I think the Jane and Blue thing is just, we need to stop, not you, but like stop from the preview, the Cowboys and everything is Jane and Blue, Jane and Blue. Like he's had so many opportunities to be activated and get touches and nobody wants to give it to him. Like that's kind of telling.

11:00 Right. I agree.

11:01 I mean, if the Eagles are this down to the felt at running back and are not willing to activate Jaden Blue, that's probably not a good indicator of Jaden Blue's future success.

11:13 Yeah. All right.

11:14 Let's get to our plant your flag guys. You guys each have a player that you have a lot of conviction in and are really wanting to plant your flag on for week six relative to their ranking.

11:24 Jake, I'll start with you. Who's your plant your flag guy?

11:27 I want to make this caveat that I do know Caleb Williams is coming back, question mark, because if so, I know a lot of people are going to be like, yay, Luther Burden, and maybe we can get Colston Loveland back to being relevant. But I'm actually going Romo Dunze. And it really comes down to the Atlanta defense has been pretty good this year. But the one area that you really take advantage of is outside wide receivers for big plays, especially.

11:50 That's something that they've given up a lot, including just last week. So If you're looking for who's going to take the advantage here, yeah, it could still be a burden. But this is an Adunze type game where we're attacking the matchup specifically. So I think Caleb Williams being back, I think people should be on board with all three of them. But I think more on board than people mostly are with Adunze. I know you're about to ask the question, so I'm going to go look. Where do I have Adunze ranked compared to everybody else? I got to go find him because where is Adunze? Here's just Control-F him.

12:19 Okay.

12:20 He is, what is he in consensus? He is 26. Actually, I'm actually pretty close in consensus. I guess a lot of people are on a Doomsday this week. So good job. There you go.

12:28 It's okay.

12:28 You don't have to be that far ahead to be a viable choice here in the player flag section.

12:32 But yes, he's wide receiver 26.

12:34 I wouldn't expect him to be that high in the ranks. I'm actually surprised.

12:37 Where are you ranking him, Fitz?

12:38 23.

12:39 There you go.

12:41 He's got you beat.

12:42 Yeah.

12:42 I mean, he's not having a good season though so far. Like I don't think there's any contention that he has played well to this point but I am hoping the return of Caleb can get him going like I do think he's a good player overall it's just I feel like he's got a case of the yips right now but um I don't know we'll see I'm I hope for the Bears sake they get Caleb back this week.

13:05 Yeah seems like he practiced in full on Wednesday right so it seems like that would be trending in that direction is that I think that's what I saw earlier when I was looking or an estimated full practice, something like that.

13:16 Ben Johnson likes to play games at quarterback.

13:19 Fair.

13:20 Very fair. Fitz, who are you planting your flag on?

13:23 Yeah, Travis Kelsey. The my time is now, old man, Jeff. Like, no, the old man's time is now. He's had a bye week to rest those old bones, and now he gets a Chargers defense that's probably going to be without safety Derwin James, and she's probably aren't going to ever see Rice again. who wasn't practicing on Wednesday with his hamstring issue.

13:45 When you come off a bye and aren't practicing on Wednesday, you're probably not playing. So only six targets for Kelsey over the Chiefs' last two games. I think he sees at least eight targets this week against the Chargers and has a good day.

13:58 Where is he ranked for you, Jake?

14:00 Kelsey has consistently been inside the top ten since he's been.

14:04 He's at eight.

14:04 I'm actually one behind consensus. That's only because I have Dallas Goddard in front of him.

14:08 Yeah, tight end seven in consensus.

14:11 Fitz, do you feel like when you're ranking your tight ends week to week, like is Kelsey just somebody who's an auto like in that back half of the top 10 spot for you? Or are you trying to pay close attention to the matchups and, you know, what everybody else in the health of the guys in the receiver room and everything? Or is he kind of solidified just right there week to week for you?

14:29 Yeah, more of a mid-range wide receiver one for me. So more like consistently 6'7.

14:34 Yeah.

14:35 Yeah. There's, like I said, he's seventh this week. So right in that range for you here.

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15:13 Let's get into our start-sit player debates, guys. We'll start, as always, with our running backs. A couple of names for you here. Jacory Krosky-Merritt, who we do end up talking about a lot. He's just often kind of ranked in this range of you got to make that type of decision.

15:26 Or Tony Pollard. So Bill Krosky-Merritt or Tony Pollard. Fitz, who do you prefer this week?

15:31 Pollard.

15:33 Since week two, Pollard has averaged 17 touches a game, and he is up against a Colts defense that ranks 31st in DVOA against the run and 32nd in EPA per play against the run. Pollard's only had six catches this season, but maybe he can do some damage as a receiver. The Colts have given up more receiving yards to running backs than any other defense.

15:55 I don't think Bill is a terrible start. I'm a little nervous about his usage.

16:01 He did have a season-high 82 rushing yards against the Giants last week, but only had 11 carries, and he had a season-low 35.5% snap share. Rashad White was back last week after missing a game with a shoulder injury, and Austin Eckler was in the mix, too. I just worry this is turning into a committee.

16:21 You said it.

16:22 Pretty quickly, Fitz.

16:23 Do you have a wide gap in between these guys, or is it closer and you just happen to know that you like Pollard more? They're only two spots apart in ECR.

16:31 Pollard running back 20, Krosky-Merritt running back 23. Okay.

16:34 So just a slightly larger gap than it is at ECR. They're 22 and 24 in ECR. So they're actually, you know, a little behind your ranking in both of those guys' regards. Jake, how are you seeing this one? Do you have a wide gap between these two or do you see it as close as well?

16:52 I actually have one at 24, but the others are 27. And I'm going for Pollard over Krosky Merritt. And I know people are going to immediately, but stick with me, push back on this. If you take out the two rushing touchdowns for Krosky Merritt, six points, five points, five points, six points, eight points. And I know they'll be like, well, the touchdowns matter. Well, the touchdowns also matter for facing the 49ers who have given up two touchdowns this year, one to Kyron Williams and one to Emmanuel Wilson. And both of them took– it was, I think, 11 for 40 for Kyron and 20 for 60 for Emmanuel Wilson. So, like, do you really think Kraski Maris is getting to the end zone against the 49ers? I don't. I've been talking

17:28 about this as a full-blown committee for weeks. He had 11 carries against the Giants. And let's be honest about that. Like, you don't run, run, run on the Giants all the time. But those were two of the most worst over-pursued rushes I've seen in my life. Like, that was just so bad. by the Giants pursuing them. And they did it the entire game, even going after Jane and Daniels. So maybe the Giants are going to start being better to face against the run and start to attack them. So I say all I have to say is like, again, I'm not trying to take it away. It just comes down to the volume for Pollard should be a little bit higher.

17:57 He gets the Colts versus getting the 49ers. And that's really what it comes down to. So I have a three spot gap, but I'm behind on both of them.

18:04 Yeah.

18:04 I kind of think the Niners might absolutely stomp the commanders in this game. And if that happens, it feels like it certainly wouldn't be setting up well for Krosky merit to get into the end zone fits.

18:14 Do you see that game playing out similarly?

18:17 Yeah, man, I'm trying to, I might've taken the commanders and the points in a point spread pick against the spread pool I'm in, but I didn't feel great about it.

18:29 Yeah. I think I'd prefer honestly to lay the points with the Niners. I'd be going against you there.

18:34 I just think like, you know, Fred Warner against Jayden Daniels and just how the Niners have looked so far and like the commanders coming off of the game they had. Like, I think this could be Dan Quinn's last game coaching for Washington.

18:44 It feels set up for that.

18:46 So yeah, none of that would seem to really bode well for Ja'Cory Kraske-Merritt, which is why I'd probably lean Pollard here. Let's go to another running back debate. I didn't include Woody Marks in the waiver pickup section because I felt like he was a little too rostered for that. And also I knew I wanted to include him in one of the larger debates here because he has this opportunity to be the starter for the Texans. But it's very similar to Will Shipley, not in terms of them being similar players, but in terms of, hey, you get to be the starter because the guy in front of you went down. Now you get to go fly across the pond and go face this really good Jags run defense just one week later. So Woody Marks or Marshawn

19:21 Lloyd coming off of a good game for the Packers gets the Cowboys on Sunday Night Football this week.

19:25 Jake, I'll start with you here. Woody Marks or Marshawn Lloyd this week?

19:29 Yeah, I have this one close before what I'm about to say, but I think that's a very generous good game that you just threw on to Marshawn Lloyd because it was 10 for 31 with two touchdowns.

19:38 Good production. Yeah, not good.

19:41 And again, getting possibly a similar defense, it is the Cowboys. So everybody, you just run or pass or do whatever the hell you want on the Cowboys. But something I brought up. before with the Shipley thing was I was talking about the Jaguars. And I said, since week one of last year, nobody's run for more than 74 yards.

19:56 And it was 74 and 70 yards, both times being Jonathan Taylor on 21 carries. The next closest being 63 yards. Guess who the next closest was? It was Woody Marks last year who got that 63. I'm not saying, oh my gosh, Woody Marks, smash him against the Jaguars. He also got into the end zone on that one. But he was 14 for 63 with a touchdown on the ground.

20:15 Is that super exciting? No, especially if he doesn't get the touchdown because that's kind of the argument against Corey Kroski merit. But I just, I'm not ready to buy into Lloyd in that backfield. I know Marks is going to get the vast majority of touches. Will it be Lloyd? Will it be Pierre Strong all of a sudden getting involved?

20:32 Will it be Caleb Johnson getting another shot? And again, it was only 10 or 11. Was it 11? Did I say it was 10 or 11?

20:38 Whatever.

20:38 It was for 10 for 31 last week for Marshawn Lloyd. So yeah, he can get the touchdown. But I'll say it this way. And maybe this is where Fitz is thinking too.

20:47 I don't know.

20:47 If I'm shooting for ceiling, it's Lloyd. If I just want to take the points, it would be Marks.

20:54 Yeah.

20:54 Fitz to that point from Jake, it really was driven by the two touchdowns. Him having a good game this week. Maybe an opportunity to do that against the Cowboys defense. Who do you prefer, Marks or Lloyd?

21:05 Well, since Jake is assuring us that Woody Marks owns the Jaguars, I'm going to have to go with Woody Marks here. It's a tough matchup. The Jaguars are number one in DVOA against the run. They're giving up 42 rushing yards per game to running backs and 2.5 yards per carry to running backs this season. But Marks at least has that backfield pretty much to himself. I mean, maybe Dario Gumbawale gets a couple of targets or they bring up Jawar Jordan from the practice squad.

21:35 But Marks should have.

21:38 Like 80 to 90 percent of the backfield touches for the Texans. And Marshawn Lloyd's in a committee. He shared work with Pierre Strong last week. Caleb Johnson, he's third string now, but he's in the mix, too. I know Lloyd had those two TDs, but, you know, 2.8 yards per carry this season behind a bad offensive line. I would much rather lean into the volume than shamelessly chase those two touchdowns.

22:02 Where are those two guys ranked for you, Fitz? They're 20 and 21 in ECR. So they're actually right behind them at 22 is Tony Pollard from the previous debate. So is that about the right range for you or are you a little lower?

22:16 Yeah, it is about the right range.

22:18 I mean, I've got Woody Marks, 21 and Marshawn Lloyd, 23.

22:23 Okay. What about you, Jake? Where are those two guys ranked?

22:25 20 and 22, with Woody Marks being at 20. 20 and 22.

22:30 Okay, yeah, so right in that range.

22:31 I mean, it does get kind of tricky at running back after the top 18 or so. You've got to find names to put somewhere.

22:37 Marshawn Lloyd being in an RB2 range is just.

22:41 Comfortably RB2.

22:42 I mean, he's closer to a mid-RB2 than a late RB2 in consensus.

22:46 That just shows you the state of the running back position here in week six.

22:50 Very much so.

22:51 Yeah, it's– because I hear those names– And I think, oh yeah, those are guys that I would consider like in the flex. And instead they're being like, you know, consensusly ranked as, oh no, like pretty close to like a no doubt starter for those two. But I think given that obviously where you would have drafted these guys, I bet there are teams out there who do have to make that decision, which is why I wanted to include them. And again, I thought Marks was somebody that was important. We talked about giving the opportunity. Do you guys like Marks generally speaking going forward to, be pretty good in this starting role.

23:21 I mean, obviously it's a tough matchup this week, Jake.

23:23 Are you interested in Marks generally in the short term as long as David Montgomery is out? Or are you a little nervous just kind of generally going forward?

23:30 So yes, next week, yes, too. Mostly because if you just looked at this team so far and didn't know who Marks and Montgomery are, you'd be like, Marks is the better running back. But that's almost by default because of how bad David Montgomery's been. So it's not like, oh my God, Marks is such an amazing running back.

23:47 He actually looks better than he does last year. And the metrics all back up the fact that he looks better and is playing better than he did last year, including rushes for 10 plus yards, more explosive plays, more yards per touch, all that type of stuff. And again, it's not world where it's like he's ranked inside the top 15 or top 20 or anything. It's just he looks a little bit better than last year, which makes it a big gap over what David Montgomery's been doing.

24:08 So I definitely like him next week because it sounds like Montgomery should be out through their week eight bye. But when Montgomery comes back, if it is week nine, I wouldn't be surprised if this is back to like a 55-45 and maybe we get Montgomery on the back half of it. But if people are needy for running backs, like I have Woody Marks on a few teams because I just kept holding on to him, I'd take advantage and potentially sell high, especially if he comes out of this game and actually has a good game against everybody who knows you don't run on the Jaguars, I would be floating him in every possible trade I could think of.

24:38 What do you think fits short-term outlook for Woody Marks?

24:41 Agree with Jake.

24:42 I'm glad he said it that Woody Marks looks better, even though I think last year he averaged 3.6 yards per carry this year, 3.5. But the eye test, he is definitely better.

24:52 And I think the Texans offense is healthier.

24:54 I shouldn't say healthier. That's not the right word. Better than it was last year. The offensive line has improved. I'm still not sure it's even an average offensive line, but it's better than horrendous, which is what it was last year. And CJ Stroud is playing some pretty good ball.

25:12 So I don't feel terrible about Marks.

25:15 I think he's going to be like a flex play going forward, maybe even after Monty gets back.

25:21 Let's go to the receivers here. Jalen Coker coming off by, and he missed the game before with the injury. Seems like obviously he'll be back this week. Or Luther Burden with Caleb Williams likely returning at quarterback for the Bears, it seems like. Fitz, starting with you on this one. Luther Burden or Jalen Coker this week?

25:39 Yeah, Coker.

25:40 He is going against an Eagles defense that has been getting crushed by slot receivers.

25:46 The Eagles have just kind of been a slot funnel defense.

25:50 Slot corner Cooper DeGene is having a sort of an uncharacteristically bad season. And according to fantasy points data, 63% of the fantasy points scored by receivers against the Philadelphia defense have been scored by slot guys so far this season. So I don't hate the outlook for Burden either. It seems like Caleb Williams is going to be back this week, but Burton hasn't had more than 63 yards in a game this season.

26:15 He's got one touchdown.

26:17 He is kind of the one guy who's been used somewhat consistently in that passing game. I just think Coker is the better outlook and has been having the better season.

26:26 These guys are both inside the top 20 fits there at wide receiver 18 and wide receiver 19, respectively, in consensus.

26:32 So back to back.

26:33 Ranked pretty highly here, too. Similar question that I asked before. Is that about the right range for you?

26:39 I have got Coker 19 and Burden 20, so yes.

26:43 Okay, yeah, so just one spot behind on each of them. Jake, what do you think about this one, Burden or Coker?

26:49 Yeah, if everybody was watching, I was smiling as soon as Fitz said that. I'm surprised. I thought we might be different on this one. I am Coker over Burden, but it's super close. Here's the interesting thing is that in these games, and I say this because these both have played their opponents so far. So Burden had 7 for 61 for a touchdown against the Bears. or not against the Bears, against the Falcons, or against the Eagles.

27:10 Sorry, against the Eagles.

27:11 Bird and I'm like trying to like do it like they flipped each other. But yes, against the Eagles, seven for 61 and a touchdown, eight for 66 on the flip side against Atlanta on that. But that's where I was bringing up the fact that if you look at the bigger numbers against Atlanta, it's the outside wide receivers, which is why I was going to Adunze earlier. And this is why I agree with Fitz here is because the Coker going against the slot and the Eagles is where you really want to attack and has been super vulnerable and even more so lately. So I am with Fitz 100% on this one. It is super close, like I said, But it just comes down to like looking at these little things in the matchups and they both

27:41 produce in their opposite situations because that's how the matchups play out.

27:45 I want to ask sort of a similar question that I just asked with Woody Marks about sort of a longer term view here as well, Jake.

27:52 Luther Burden, where are you going to add on him? Obviously, there was so much hype in the preseason and that hasn't really panned out. His quarterback hasn't been healthy. The usage is not terrible. Just the production hasn't been there. Kind of moving forward, what range do you expect to be ranking Luther Burden most weeks?

28:09 Most weeks, probably top 20. So they get the Patriots next week, which might be concerning depending on the health of Gonzalez and the rest, just because it's a trickle down from Gonzalez. I don't think he'd spend the entire game on them. But then they head to Seattle. But it's the after that. Tampa Bay Saints, Lions, Jaguars, not great.

28:27 Dolphins, not great.

28:28 Bills, Packers, Lions to finish out the year. I want pieces. I'm hoping this is finally starting to click. And the biggest thing is that the offensive line is starting to look better over their past two games for the Bears, is that it's all starting finally to come to fruition that we thought it could for Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams, which is just, this is why I want a doomsday too.

28:46 I want pieces of this offense for the rest of the season if you can just get through Seattle and basically get up to Tampa Bay in their bye week.

28:54 Fitz, same question?

28:55 Yeah, I I agree with Jake on that, like probably right around 20th. The Bears, I know everyone regards this offense as a huge disappointment so far, but Caleb Williams has played two games. One was in a monsoon, and in the other, the Bears scored 59 points. It's just way too early to want to dump on Burton Adu and say Loveland. I think the offense is going to be fine. I think we saw last week the Bears' defense wasn't for real after a lot of people suddenly thought they were the reincarnation of the 85 Bears here in Chicago. But I do think the offense is still very good, and we'll start to show that.

29:40 Another receiver debate here, Emeka Egbuka or Josh Downs. This is another one where they're very close in the consensus rankings. When I put together the sheet, they actually were back to back. That has changed a little. Downs has moved up slightly. Ibuka has moved down slightly. So now there's a little bit more of a gap. But as of yesterday, these guys were back to back in the consensus rankings. Jake, who do you prefer between Josh Downs and Emeka Ibuka?

30:03 Yeah, that's funny because I have a 10-spot gap from Downs to Ibuka. Guess what? Jalen Daniels goes from playing the Cowboys to the Steelers at like It's not like the Steelers are, oh my God, like it's the 2000, 2001 Steelers where you don't start anybody in the world against them. But at the same time, it's still the Steelers going from the Cowboys. And Jalen Daniels was okay-ish.

30:26 And he's like, there's some flashes, but it's still against the Cowboys. And it wasn't like, oh my God, he's like breaking the world, looking so amazing out there. So it just comes down to Josh Downs going against the Colts, or the Colts, the Titans, which I know the Titans defense is still pretty good, especially under Salah and everything. But- I'm still going to take downs by a decent gap.

30:45 Like I have names in between like Wicks and Dobbs and well, right now McConkie, but I even have Bernard in front of the Kabuka this week.

30:52 Okay.

30:53 Yeah.

30:54 Bernard is a few spots behind him in consensus. That's an interesting one.

30:58 Uh, what do you think fits? Do you also see a pretty wide gap here? Was this a bad question for me to throw out to you guys?

31:03 Cause it's too obvious.

31:03 No, I think it was a good one. I wasn't, I wasn't saying that.

31:06 No, I know.

31:07 I know you were saying it's, uh, it's not as big a gap as Jake has, but, uh, apparently this is going to be a boring show. Cause I'm just in lockstep with my buddy, Jake Sealy on everything today. Um, yeah, I, I prefer downs and I know he hasn't done much the last couple of weeks, three for 16 against the commanders in week four, three for 47 against the Steelers in week five. But he did have 12 catches for 149 yards in Weeks 2 and 3. And some of the peripherals are pretty encouraging for Downs. He's had an 85.3% route participation rate, 29.4% air yard share, average depth of target 11.1 yards, which is well above his career norms.

31:47 So I think Downs is going to get on track soon, maybe this week against the Titans. We're giving up 17.4 PPR points per game to slot receivers.

31:57 Ibuka... worked out for anyone who started him in.

32:01 A PPR league last week because he had six catches and scored on a touchdown run. But these six catches produced 38 yards. And in Jalen Daniels, two starts. Ibuka has 51 receiving yards and is averaging 6.4 yards per catch and 3.9 yards per target. So, yeah, and that, as Jake said, one was against the Cowboys, as easy a matchup as it gets.

32:24 And the Steelers are not an easy matchup.

32:28 We don't typically talk about players on Thursday night because of when this show comes out. But if Jalen Waddell wasn't playing on Thursday night, you can call your shot for anybody who hears this after that game's happened. Where would he fit in? Because he's ranked between these two guys in consensus, Jake.

32:43 I have him one spot behind Downs, so technically he's in between them, but he's way ahead of Ibuka, honestly.

32:51 That's exactly what it is in consensus, is that he is technically between them, but he is just one spot behind Downs in consensus as well.

32:57 Yeah.

32:57 What do you think, Fitz?

32:59 He is one of the two receivers I have in between Downs and Ibuka.

33:06 Okay.

33:06 Yes.

33:09 Take the guesswork out of your start-sit decisions with the Fantasy Pros Start-Sit Assistant. Instantly see your optimal lineup based on your roster, scoring settings, and advice from more than 100 fantasy experts. You can even set your lineup with one click. Get started at fantasypros.com slash start-sit. All right, guys, we'll do more of our rapid-fire start-sit decisions here. Another running back one for you, Keaton Mitchell or the aforementioned Damian Pierce.

33:32 Where do these two guys line up against each other? Fitz, starting with you.

33:36 Oh, gross. I have Pierce ranked higher. Just give me the higher projected workload.

33:43 This third running back one that we do every week, I feel like is always pretty gross. Again, sort of the nature of the position, getting further down the rankings, you got to find somebody. It doesn't get that exciting when you get further down in the rankings.

33:56 It's gross, but it's a very sort of realistic lineup decision that probably a lot of people are going to be looking at this week in a four-team bye week.

34:03 Totally.

34:03 These guys are only a couple of spots apart in consensus. There are names that you easily could have both of them on your roster. So yeah, it is probably a decision. There is somebody out there who needs to make that call. Fitz is going with Damian Pierce.

34:15 Jake, what are you doing?

34:17 Same. I have Damian Pierce a few spots in front of both Chargers. Heck, I have Blake Corham in front of both Chargers. I'm not starting Chargers if I don't have to at this point.

34:27 I like Blake Corham this week, by the way.

34:28 I mean, we always talk about– he's not somebody that's getting talked about later. So just since you mentioned him, I wanted to quickly bring him up. He's somebody that always I feel like you want to play when the Rams are a super heavy favorite, which they are.

34:39 That one play in that game in the second half where he shot off as soon as he had the ball like Jameer Gibbs. I was like, man, I know he was faster than we thought he was in college, but that was shocking. Like you watched it. It was like he took off when he had that. So yeah, against the Cardinals– Yeah.

34:57 Oh, for sure.

34:58 And looking ahead, actually, we are not talking about Blake Corum, but Fitz will be talking about Blake Corum in a later segment.

35:03 So that's a tease for him.

35:05 Let's do a wide receiver one here. How about Dontavian Wicks or Wandale Robinson this week?

35:10 Jake, who do you prefer?

35:12 Wicks, mostly because it doesn't sound like Devonta Smith is coming back. So I have Wicks. It's not that I just, I don't ever want to start Titans, period. End of statement. I did the same thing last week. You guys were like, oh, I can't believe you're so low on Cardinal Tate. I was like, I don't want any Titans, period. You forced me into that Tony Pollard one from before, and I'd hate you for it.

35:34 These guys are sandwiching Jeremy Bernard in the rankings. Wanda Robinson is wide receiver 31. Dontavian Wicks is wide receiver 33. Fitz, who do you like?

35:43 Wanda.

35:44 And I have Wanda ranked ahead of Tate. I totally get what Jake is saying. But the Colts are getting creamed by slot receivers, which kind of makes sense when you're playing the Colts. Do you want to throw it to your outside receivers who are going up against Sauce Gardner and Charverius Ward? Or do you want to go up against second year slot corner Justin Wally?

36:06 Worm, your dog is named Wally.

36:07 I think he could stick with slot corners or slot receivers better than Justin Wally could. Only team giving up a greater percentage of wide receiver production to slot receivers than the Eagles, who we mentioned before is a slot funnel defense.

36:21 It's the Colts.

36:23 64.6% of wide receiver production against Indy has come from slot guys. Colts are giving up 118 yards per game to slot receivers. According to fantasy points data, Wicks is fine. Like I have him as kind of a low end wide receiver three this week. I just love the matchup for Wandale, even if I don't love the Tennessee passing game.

36:44 Yeah.

36:44 Just to be clear, my dog Wally, who I'm petting right now is not named after the Colts slot cornerback.

36:51 He is just, I always thought Wally was a good name for a dog.

36:54 So that's why I went with the people always ask if he's named after the Pixar character.

36:58 And I was about to say, is it spelled with a wire?

37:00 No, it's spelled with a Y.

37:01 Uh, I just always want, he's a goofy looking dog and I always wanted a goofy looking dog named Wally.

37:05 So he's not named after anybody. I was really mad.

37:08 A friend of mine is a Red Sox fan and I guess that's the name of their mascot given, you know, the green monster out there is Wally. And that was a devastating after it was too late to change his name to find out he was named after a Red Sox mascot. But, uh, yeah, no, Wally's great. Uh, Got distracted there. Let's go to our flex start-sit decisions. Jeremiah Love or Matthew Golden? Higher up in the rankings, but I still think it is a possible decision somebody might have to make, even though these guys are ranked fairly highly in the consensus flex rankings. Jake, who do you prefer, Jeremiah Love or Matthew Golden?

37:40 I actually have a little bit of a gap of Matthew Golden to Jeremiah Love. I know it's always risky to trust a wide receiver versus somebody guaranteed touches, but I don't trust– I don't trust this backfield. I don't trust whatever's going on with Jeremiah Love where it's an ankle and a knee and a hip and soreness and this and that and the other thing. And it's like, I actually really like Jeremiah Love potentially for the second half of the season if he's 100% healthy. But as of right now, like I included this in my ranks column about Matthew Golden and it was a few weeks ago and I doubled down on it again just to go back to see if I could find it. So there's three teams with receiver duos that both have 21%

38:19 or more of their team targets. Cowboys, Rams, Packers. The Packers pair is the only one that doesn't involve missed time for either one. Nakua missed time. We had CeeDee Lamb that missed most of that game, or portion of that game, most of the second half. So if you look at it, they're also both top 12 in scoring.

38:38 So that's the only one the Packers do. I think Matthew Golden's getting overlooked at the breakout. Everybody was excited for him last year. He was doing everything we thought he could do out of college. And I have a decent, like I said, I have a decent gap from Golden to love this week.

38:50 Fitz?

38:51 Yeah, the Dallas pass defense has been as flammable as oily rags this season. So I'm going with Matthew Golden here. And like Jake, I'm generally bullish on Jeremiah Love. And I think this is the lowest I've had him ranked at any point just because we don't know what's going on with the injury and how banged up he is and how much work Tyler Algier is going to get.

39:13 So while I think generally most weeks I would have Jeremiah Love higher in this flex matchup this week.

39:21 It's got to be golden.

39:23 Let's do one with a tight end. Isaiah Likely has been fantastic this season. He's ranked inside the top five at the position for this week in consensus rankings but would you start him against a wide receiver who's ranked inside the top 24 at his position i think inside the top 22 i'll double check to see where denzel boston is but denzel boston or isaiah likely.

39:41 Fits oh this is so hard um.

39:45 Boston is wide receiver 20 by the way.

39:47 Yeah, I love that the Giants passing game has gotten so polarized with just likely neighbors and that's it, basically. And Saints defense has been pretty terrible lately. But I've got to go with my guy Denzel Boston here, especially with Casey Concepcion probably out. And I like Harold Fannin too, but I worry a little bit that with Concepcion out...

40:15 Your guy, Kyle Hamilton Worm, might just stick to fan and all game, in which case I think Boston could see.

40:22 A lot of targets.

40:23 Jake? Yeah, like super close. I have them almost back to back. Boston barely over likely. The Saints defense has been somewhat decent against tight ends. They let Brock Bowers go bananas on them. So it's not like that you can't just if you get that kind of volume, go for likely again. And it is revenge for Jameis Winston, technically.

40:43 So we might see what he's talking about. I don't know. He's got multiple teams. He can't revenge against at this point. But I'm leaning slightly Boston, mostly because of what Fitz said. There's no conception. So maybe we get a little bit more. I think Isaiah Bond is going to get involved again, even though he should have had another reception on top of that. I mean, that's why Isaiah Bond is Isaiah Bond.

41:03 But all that being said, it takes– two catches for Boston to probably equal five for likely. And I think that's what gives me the slight edge in this one.

41:12 Do you guys think, and by the way, it's a bit of a revenge game for not Boston, but for obviously it says head coach Todd Munkin against the Ravens this week. Do you guys think that like, is this more about the matchup for you or generally speaking, do you feel like you always would prefer the wide receiver 20, whoever that is compared to the tight end for whoever it is? Like, is the gap that wide between the two positions that generally speaking, you feel like you would always lean towards.

41:36 The receiver fits?

41:37 Or is this more just specifically about the matchups here?

41:40 The funny thing is, if you are comparing, a lot of times you think about it and off the top of your head, you're like, well, I've got that guy tight end five and this guy is wide receiver 23.

41:52 I'd rather have the tight end.

41:53 But then you look at their yardage per game and you see that the wide receiver is averaging like 20 more yards per game than the tight end five. So I do tend to generally lean wide receiver in these instances.

42:05 Same question, Jake.

42:07 Yeah, same. Mostly because it's like two or three tight ends before I started thinking about the inconsistency. I talk about this a lot and just had a chat over the athletic. It's like people forget that you kind of chase too much tight end production. And it's like anybody outside the top three or four, maybe five guys, the best case scenario, you're going to get 40% bad games from tight ends. And there's two like, That's why I hate rostering and I feel like I'm not coming for anybody specifically, but like I see a lot of people, I have Jawan Johnson and Dalton Kincaid. What should I do?

42:35 And I was like, get rid of one of them because you're just adding this extra decision to yourself every single week that you're more likely to get wrong because you chase last week and then they go, they don't do anything. So you bench them and then they go off like, and you're always playing this chase game. So I bring that up because it's relevant to say that like the only tight ends that I really think are better than wide receiver twos are like three, maybe four guys.

42:56 Another flex one, Alvin Kamara or Romeo Dobbs? You already talked a bit about Kamara, Jake, earlier. I'll start with you, Kamara or Dobbs.

43:02 So you know my answer.

43:04 It's Romeo. I will say, if A.J. Brown comes back, I.

43:07 Would probably lean slightly to Kamara and just hope that the Giants get up on the Saints. But as of right now, I'm leaning towards Dobbs. I just don't want to start the backfield of Kamara and Miller.

43:22 Unsurprising choice there. Fitz, what do you think? I, yeah, this is.

43:28 Not a fun decision, but Romeo Dobbs.

43:30 Because you hate Dobbs. He's only had one game with more than three catches this year. Like he's just not. And that's without A.J. Brown pretty much the whole season. So no question if A.J. Brown comes back, it's Camara. And I think even if A.J. Brown isn't back, I think I'm still going Camara. And I'm hoping he just runs a PPR scam this week and gets seven catches for 31 yards.

43:54 He had negative receiving yards last week.

43:57 I know.

43:59 He's averaging per reception. fewer yards per reception than 27 running backs yards per carry like that's how bad it.

44:09 Is if i had i didn't want to do a second tight end in the flex section jake but if i had asked you alvin camaro mark andrews they are back to back in consensus rankings and just coming off of an all-time bad game on sunday night.

44:22 Football turning the screws to jake here wow i just no i just i'll leave the spot empty.

44:28 Yeah I didn't put that in the sheet so you refuse to answer. That's fair.

44:34 I'll cite like Kamara. The Dobbs– buried in this, real quick, it's a philosophy thing. So like my whole thing is like if Kamara gets you four or he potentially like I underscored it and he gets you seven and a half, does that difference of three and a half points make a difference?

44:49 It shouldn't.

44:50 So that's what I'm saying. Like if Dobbs only gets you three but his ceiling is 18– That's why I go for it. That's why a lot of these situations I'll go for it. Because if the difference of three or four points makes you weak, I know sometimes you'll be like, oh my God, I only lost by two. But it really makes that big of a difference that I'm just going to go for the ceiling of what I could potentially lose.

45:08 What more flex here? Kamani Vidal or Keon Coleman, your guy fits.

45:12 Who do you like?

45:13 I'll go with Keon.

45:15 Sounds like DJ Moore is going to be out again with his shoulder issue. Keon went over 10 yards, sorry, over 100 yards with the touchdown in week four. Only had one catch in week five, but it was a touchdown. And I'm not really alarmed by the fact that he only had one catch last week, considering that Josh Allen only threw 19 passes in that game. It's kind of a weird game script and kind of weird the way that game ran out for the Bills offense. So I'll stick with Keon this week over the guy in the three-way backfield on a terrible offense.

45:53 Jake, Vidal had a nice run last week. Do you like him or Keon Coleman this week?

45:57 Yeah, same. Well, here, you have the leading receivers and yards against the Raiders. Five for 94, Caleb Douglas, week one. One for 53, big play, Trey Harris. Nine for 107, Olave. Five for 11, Tyquan Thornton. Three for 91, Kyle Williams. Do you sense a theme on these leading wide receivers? Big play, vulnerability against the Raiders. So I'm going with Keon Coleman, and hopefully chips in a touchdown on top of it. mostly because the way like DJ Moore would change this whole thing if he surprisingly plays. But this is what a four o'clock game. I don't think most people are going to wait on that. So Keon Coleman over Vidal.

46:33 Let's have some fun with Sunday Night Football for the quarterback one, Jordan Love or Dak Prescott. They're both ranked pretty highly. They're both ranked back to back. They are facing each other. Jordan Love or Dak Prescott.

46:44 Jake. I'm like I got one spot. Dak Prescott over Love, mostly because CeeDee Lamb was already practicing in full, and I just trust Dak Prescott a little bit more, which might sound crazy, but a little bit more than Jordan Love.

46:57 Do you have both guys ranked pretty highly? They're both inside the top six in ECR.

47:01 Yeah, both side top eight for me, yeah.

47:02 Yeah.

47:03 I have Lamar in the ranks as of right now. Oh, okay.

47:06 Yeah. That would change it, yeah. Fit two, do you like Jordan Love or Dak Prescott?

47:11 Yeah, that does sound crazy, Jake. I've got two spots apart separating these guys with... In between them, Lamar Jackson. And I've got Love ranked higher. The Cowboys pass defense, dead last in DVOA, dead last in EPA per pass, dead last in opponent passer rating. The opponent passer rating is 120. The Cowboys defense is a train wreck. And it's hilarious that they're bringing in Mike Patton to fix things.

47:39 I mean, ask Packers fans about Mike Patton and what they think of him after his stint as the Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator.

47:46 Not very highly. Spoiler alert. So, yeah, Jordan Love for me this week, not that close.

47:53 I think the one difference– Go ahead. I don't hate it. Obviously, I'm super close. I think the one thing I think that if you look at Dak Prescott, the yards and the completions have been like this, especially with the 300s, is the touchdowns that just haven't come with them, where Jordan Love's yards have been like this, legitimately like this, and he keeps getting the touchdowns. So, like, they could both work out, but it just kind of feels like there's a slightly more like, Love needs to make sure he's getting the touchdowns, which is working because they don't have a running game. But I just that's why I give the slight edge. I just feel like Dak's coming around to find like the touchdown should be there and

48:28 they just haven't been.

48:29 And it's weird.

48:30 He has thrown, I think, 40 or more passes in three straight games. But I also think in addition to facing the worst defense, I just think Love is better.

48:41 Yeah, that's fair.

48:42 Yeah, Jake, that was literally what I was about to say, is that the touchdowns are two in every game this season for Love, but it's the yardage where it's been over 300, under 200, over 300, under 200, over 300.

48:51 There's been no middle ground. Oh, so this is the bad way.

48:54 He's going to throw a 180 against the Cowboys.

48:57 Yeah.

48:59 All right, a tight end one here. Dallas Goddard or Harold Fannin Jr.? Fitz?

49:05 I'm going with Fannin because he's got more juice by a power of 10, but I do— I worry that Fannin is going to run into Kyle Hamilton a lot this week.

49:17 That's my fear.

49:19 But I just got it is now in the catch and fall down phase of his career. I think we saw that last. What was the stat line last week? Like six for thirty eight. I think you're hoping for a touchdown and otherwise Goddard probably isn't going to work out for you.

49:36 It was six for 38 on nine targets for Dallas Goddard. Goddard is ranked two spots higher in consensus.

49:43 Jake, what do you think?

49:44 And that's why I'm going with Goddard is because I don't care if he catches and falls down as long as they keep coming in the red zone. I know it didn't last week, but I think it's going to still continue to be there with no Devonta Smith and Darius Cooper at some point. The Nick Westbrook Aquino life is going to end for him. Like we can't keep this up forever as just Westbrook Aquino couldn't keep it up forever, but I'm going Goddard. And like, It completely does.

50:04 Fitz is not wrong.

50:04 It completely hinges on him scoring, though, because if he doesn't get the touchdown, it's the Ja'Cory Kroski merit argument.

50:12 Fitz brought up.

50:12 My concern about this game, is that I'm actually a little bit concerned about the fandom matchup. I think he can bounce back, especially volume-wise, and if they're frustrated with Isaiah Bond with what happened last week. But I'm just worried that the coverage might focus a little bit more on him with no conception.

50:27 Let's go to our touchdown calls contest. Fitz, I already teased your guy. You're on running back this week. Who do you have for us?

50:34 Yeah, Blake Cormie.

50:35 He does look fast. And that was the funny thing. Like they were worried about his straight line speed coming out of Michigan. And he has that. He takes those handoffs. He has that moment of hesitation while he reads what's in front of him. And then, man, does he punch the gas pedal. Like his acceleration impressive.

50:50 Anyway. Blake Corham scored his first TD of the season.

50:53 Last week against the Bills, and he gets his second TD this week against the Cardinals.

50:58 I think he might get his third TD against the Cardinals as well, given how I expect this game to go.

51:04 I'm on receiver. I'm tired of messing around and getting these wrong. I'm picking Mike Evans. He's been awesome this year. They get the Commanders, who I think the Niners, like I said earlier, are frankly, I think they're going to stomp them this week. Mike Evans will be a part of that, even just fighting through the injury stuff. He's been a real warrior this year, and everybody else keeps getting injured around him in this receiving room, so they have to throw to somebody. I think it'll continue to be him this week against the Commanders. So Blake Cormitt running back, Mike Evans at receiver. Jake, who is your tight end?

51:32 We don't get to celebrate that my wide receiver for the second time in the year got two touchdowns when I gave him a touchdown call in Fargo, Washington. Like I could stick with the wide receiver. Can I just have wide receivers the rest of the way? They're all going to score two touchdowns. I am going to Dalton Kincaid with no DJ Moore. I know everybody's frustrated. It's like, oh, when is it going to happen for Dalton Kincaid? And then we saw it early in that game. It's like, oh, wait, that's Dawson Knox, son of a, you know what? And it didn't end up happening anyway, but it's just a frustration of what we continue to be at the Bills.

51:58 But I guess the Raiders, I feel like this is a get right week, especially because if you look at the fact that what was the Saints that scored four tight end touchdowns against them in that one game, but It's the matchup. It's the Kincaid that needs the opportunities with this situation of no DJ Moore. So hopefully this is it. Keep Kincaid in your lineup for one more week.

52:17 Just don't ride the roller coaster. Just keep him in there.

52:19 Very quickly, because we have to go. Where is Kincaid ranked for you, Jake?

52:23 Inside my top 10. One spot behind Kelsey.

52:26 Okay, that's where he is in consensus. Same for you, Fitz?

52:29 Tight end nine.

52:30 Tight end nine, okay.

52:31 Again, don't freak out about last week because the Bills threw 19 passes in that game.

52:35 Yeah, that's part of it too.

52:37 All right, so Coram Evans and Kincaid are our touchdown calls. If you think you can nail this week's touchdowns, join our free touchdown calls contest on PickSheet. Pick a running back, receiver, tight end, and bonus flex, with the flex being worth double. Weekly winners get a $ 25 Fantasy Pros gift card, and the season champ wins a signed Reggie Wayne jersey. Play at PickSheet.com slash Fantasy Pros. We'll wrap things up there.

52:58 Best of luck, everybody.

52:59 Start in your lineups for week six. For Jake and Fitz, I'm Ryan Wormley.

53:02 Thanks for tuning in. We'll see you again next time.

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