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which was a big one here in the NFL. We had a lot of upsets and we had a lot of very key injuries that we're gonna break down and analyze, tell you who's the next man up proverbially and if you need to spend any time on them at all, We're gonna go through all the injuries. We're gonna preview the end of Week four, which is tonight Monday Night football out there in Kansas City. As the only undefeated team remaining in the NFL, the Kansas City Chiefs, they
get to host the Washington Football Team. I like that. Like my name was Kirk Cousins and uh, if you want to join the show. A little bit later on, there's so many ways that you could get down with the fantasy freestyle. Okay, you can holler at me at eight four four eight four three six eight seven nine. My man, the Manamo, Chris Bovona will be taking good care of you. He's on the one and two's like usually, yeah, we're keep it so hot that we sweat steam and listen,
we have been lowing up like a Samsung seven. If he likes you, he'll get you on the show at eight four four eight four three six eight seven nine. We also have a pole question up like we usually do on a Monday. I want to know which diamond help you win your Week four matchup? Was it Lamar Miller who with the Houston Texans putting up fifties seven.
We're gonna have to talk about Deshaun Watson a little bit later on was it Devin Functious maybe, who got not one but two touchdowns as the Carolina Panthers evisceerate that defense up there in New England like everybody else has so far this year. We're gonna talk about that a little bit as well. Was it Alvin Kamara who got ten passes and did work for New Orleans out there in London top of the morning to you? Was
it somebody else? We also want to know who was your and I gotta say it this week, your non injury related fu gay ze okay, because so many people left with injuries that may wind up hurting your team. And we have breaking news right now on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Derek Carr, the quarterback of the Oakland Raiders, who you know, left the game against Denver yesterday. He's going to be out they think around the month, maybe more,
with fractures in his back. At first they thought it was just backstadsms, but now they say he's got a fracture there. This is a guy who remember broke his leg last year, has a fracture in his back. We'll talk about that a little bit as well, but I want to know which of your fool gaze he's hurt you in week four? Was the guy like Antonio Brown who for the first week in a long time, did not do it? Was it Damarrius Thomas? I think he
had like two catches. Was a guy like Brandon Cooks who after his big game in week three didn't really do much or wasn't someone else? Let me know. You can holler at me a little bit later. We're talking injuries, we're talking trends and takeaways from week four. We preview Monday Night Football, and we take your calls. As he dropped stats over beats right here, it's the Fantasy Freestyle on the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Let's come
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on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Like I said, Week four was a big one in terms of injuries. Two key players that you may have been relying on in your fantasy league. Let's start talking about him. First of all, I just told you Oakland quarterback Derek Carr has some kind of fracture in his back. He's gonna be out,
they say two to six weeks. I don't know what's crazier the fact that you have a fracture in your back and that football is so violent, or the fact that when you have a fracture in your back, you're only expected to miss a couple of weeks. Regardless, It'll be e J. Manual under center for the Raiders, not exactly what they thought going into this season where they had so much high hopes and expectations. Also, Beast Mode
has not really been doing it. We'll talk about that as we go through the week as well, But Derek Carr definitely gonna miss some time out there in Oakland. Julio Jones is day to Dave now because of a hip injury. He left the game yesterday against Buffalo, and Mohammed Snow also has a hamstring injury. He's gonna be out two to three weeks. Lucky thing for Atlanta is that they actually have a bye next week here in week five of the NFL football season. Week five is
the first week where there are some buys. Okay, so Atlanta has a buy and it couldn't come at a better time for their banged up wide receiver corps. Think about a guy like Justin Hardy, think about a guy like Tyler Gabriel, and even remember that tight end Austin Hooper who popped off in Week one, didn't really get many targets going forward, came back, bounced back, but Night's
five for fifty game yesterday. But if there's no Snow, and if there's no Julio for a little while, or if Julio is gonna be this decoy and something to manage game in and game out, I think Hooper Gabriel could be guys to target out there in Atlanta. Sad to share that Chris Carson looks like he's gonna miss the rest of the season. He's gone on I R with a what they're saying is a broken ankle. And you know it's sad for him because he really was
in that situation. People thought that he was gonna be the answer to the concerns of the Seattle run game with that bad offensive line. The question is where do we go from here? I am not buying this, mckissy kid. I think that's a one, one week kind of thing, the same as a one week thing with a guy like Wayne Gallman, the same as a one week thing with a guy like Aaron Jones. Do not drink the kool aid on the flavor of the month, because if you did that in week one, you picked up Kenny
Golladay and I told you pump the brakes. It could have been Richard Higgins, it could have been who knows who it was. But remember these hot guys pop off one week, you spend your waiver priority on them, and then they do nothing the rest of the time. We'll talk about that. Who could it be? Is it gonna be fat Eddie Lacey hashtag feast mode? I'm not so sure. I actually think it's gonna be Thomas Rawls, who was a healthy scratch yesterday. I actually think he's gonna be
the guy. Pete Carroll said too ready to reporters today that they're lucky that they have a guy like Thomas Rawls who can step right in and do the job. But maybe the biggest one of them all Dalvin Cook. Dalvin Cook, who looked like a three down workhorse stud for the ascending Minnesota Vikings was my pick for Offensive Rookie of the Year. Looks like he's torn his a c L. He's gonna be done for the year, and that is a shame. We're praying for you out there.
He looked explosive and now who knows what will be like when he comes back. They said he has some cartilage damage, may have some damage to his meniscus as well. That is a big time blow to Vikings fans and to fantasy football owners. Not to be outdone, Marcus Mariota left the game with a hamstring injury. He's having an m r I. They say he's day to day. Listen, if the Titans have to go down to matt Castle,
it is a problem for their season. Okay, not only for guys like the Richard Matthews Is of the world, the Delaney Walkers of the world, but also for this this whole team. What they want to do. They're called exotic smash mouth and Marcus Mariota is a big part of that. And matt Castle is not approximating what you know Mariota did in the run game. This could be bad news. Hopefully Mariota doesn't miss much time. Keep your eye out on that for the rest of the week.
And also up there in Buffalo, we're gonna talk about the Bills a little bit more. But up there in Buffalo, Jordan and Matthews is gonna have thumb surgery. They say he's gonna be out at least a month now. Jordan, Matthews and the wide receiver group for Buffalo, they weren't really doing it. Everybody loves z A Jones coming into the season, he hasn't really been doing it. If you listen to me on the Fantasy Freestyle, I told you that the targets go to Shady McCoy and they go
to Charles Clay. I'm doubling down on that, Like I have eleven and the dealer is showing a six. I'm doubling down on that because now these guys are gonna be even more of the focus and get even more targets. So I like Clay and I like McCoy going forward. Also, as it relates to the New York Football Giants, Paul Perkins is day to day with the rib issue. Could it be dark while coming back? Could it be Vereene? Could it be Gallman? I don't know, because I think
that the Giants are abandoning the run altogether. Like I said, I'll talk about that a little bit more so I stay away from this altogether. And Odell Beckham, they say his finger is sore. Pole but A see the question I used to always get asked When I was a kid and I got hurt and I came off someone, you always asked me, are you hurt or are you injured? If you're hurt, you play through it. If you're injured, you can't play. And you're a detriment to the team.
Obll Beckham doesn't seem to know the difference because he cries like a little baby. And you know, if the angle is that bad, then you're injured and you don't play. But if you're out there, suck it up and play. I don't need you falling to the ground in dramatic fashion after every time you get tackled or run into the sideline worrying about your finger. Listen, he is an amazing talent, an amazing player, but it's a little too
much starting to wear on me. Listen. Head coach Hugh Jackson of the Cleveland Brown says, they, quote unquote have total confidence in Deshaun Kaiser. This after a game where he was pulled going sixteen of thirty four fred eighteen yards he got benched. I don't know, maybe you want to run him out there just to find out if you have something in Deshaun Kaiser, and I understand that.
If that is, then the sole purpose of your season to see if he's the guy moving forward or if you're right back in the quarterback market next year, at the top of the NFL draft, I'll tell you who does not have confidence in their starting quarterback the Chicago Bears. After Thursday Night football. I came here and I told you that what's likely gonna happen because they have the
mini buy and they don't go until Monday night. I told you what's likely is that they will make a change to Mitchell don't call me Mitch Trabinsky for week five Monday Night football against the Vikings. And they came out today and said that that, in fact was the case. Mitchell Trobinsky will start for the Bears in week five. What I want to do now is that when tell you my top kind of trends and top takeaways from week four. This is what I've been doing every week
on a Monday, and a lot of it. We're gonna hold myself accountable. Also, I'm gonna tell you what shot calls I got right and who put it in my eye as well. But before we get to that, the number one story to me is the New England Patriots. People were guessing, like, what's a better chance. Will the Patriots go sixteen and oh or will the Jets go oh and sixteen? Well, right now they're both two and two. Right now, they're both staring up at the bills in the a f C East. What is going on with
the New England Patriots. I'll tell you it's not Tom Brady. It's not the offense. This defense is a problem. You know how much we talk about how bad the Colts defenses and everybody we should play against the Colts, how bad that defense is, and they look bad yesterday on Sunday Night Football. Also, after four games, the Colts have given up fifteen hundred and eighty five yards. That's around sixteen hundred. That's around four hundred a game. That's no
great shakes. Their thirty one in the league. The Patriots are dead last at eight hundred and twenty seven yards. That is two hundred and fifty more yards they're giving up over four games. Then the Cults, who we call a dumpster fire. I think that is the problem. They made Cam Newton look great when the Saints defense couldn't do that. Okay, they made Cam Newton look great. And I still don't think Cam is right. But there's a
problem with the Patriots, and it's with their defense. I think it's karma coming around because as I told you, remember I told you about a month or two ago that on the on the fantasy freestyle that the Patriots were already printing for their season ticket holders home a f C Championship game tickets. If they get there, just may not be at home. Don't get me wrong, I think the Patriots will still be there, but they need to fix their defense. I told you also about big
time injuries this week. So the question is, as a fantasy football owner, how do you respond? You know, like, who's next man up? Do you take the tack that you need to, like save maybe your waiver wire, save your fat budget until the injury bug hits you and not go out after these like one off guys like this week it'll probably be Wayne Gallman and Aaron Jones. Do you wait until something the injury bug hits you. Do you look more into trying to stash some handcuffs?
Do you look more like how do you respond? We're gonna talk about that a little bit this week as well, and what I also want to talk about is now my man Tony Sencada said that after four games, the sample size is legit and there's some three and one teams at the top of their division that I think are very important to note. First of all, in the NFC West, the Rams. The Rams are at three and one. They lead the division. They have the number one offense
in the NFL. They're scoring thirty five and a half points a game. Goff is developing. They won and had a good game when Sammy Watkins only had one catch. They're doing it inside, they're doing and outside. I told you the Rams one of these offenses that are some greater than their parts. Take the aggregate and Jared Goff's showing development. He's going inside now to Girly and Cup. He's only gonna go to Woods and Watkins when he needs to too. And on the other side, how about
the Buffalo Bill's defense. They go into Atlanta but turned the ball over. They have given up only fifty four points in four weeks. Big defensive touchdown to beat Atlanta. I think this could be for real as well. We come back. I'm gonna tell you about some guys that I got right and some guys that put it in my eye. Right here on the Fantasy Freestyle and the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, we open the phones up to I'll at your Boy or Henry Sterling, Shepherd, Michael Thomas.
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boy Dane Martinez. He's the spitting statistician holding you down on a Monday after Week four where a lot of people got banged up. If you are Derek Car owner, a Dalvin Cook owner, Julio Jones goner Our, Marcus Mariota owner, Chris Carson owner, you are looking for some help today. We got the phone lines open at eight four four, eight four, three, six, eight seven nine. I was telling you some of my major takeaways from week four and I started with the Patriots. I think this Patriots defense
is a problem. They have given up over two hundred and fifty more yards than the Indianapolis Colts. We all agree is a horrible defense that we look to attack in fantasy sports. So something needs to be fixed with you know, New England Patriots defense or else they will not be hosting the a f C Championship game, as they printed tickets for their season ticket holders. I also talked about listen the first place Rams are scoring at
thirty five and a half point a game. I really believe in this development of Jared Goffe used really the middle of the field, Pepper and guys like Todd Gurley and Cooper Cup yesterday. I think this offense is going to be able to adjust to the matchup. And I really like that Todd Gurley is now a top five stud okay, and I think this is going to continue because they can't put fifty from the box against him anymore.
I also gave praise to that Bill's defense that went down into Atlanta who looked scary and sustainable and got a w. They now lead the a f C East at three and one. Before we go to the calls, I really just real quick, I want to talk about the things that I called right and the things that I called wrong, because when we open up the phone lines, I know people are either gonna be like thanks for this, or they're gonna be like, hey, you told me about
this and let me down. So let me at least acknowledge what they wore a real quick First of all, I told you about Wendel Smallwood. I told you that he would be the guy that I would actually bend some of my waiver wire or fab budget on because I think he takes that Darren since Brows role. And I also told you I thought he would still get some carries as well. What did he do? He had six targets, which tied with al Shan Jeffrey, behind only zach Ertz for targets in Philadelphia. So yes, he is
taking that pass down work. But he also had ten carries and he got into the end zone rushing. I think that will continue. It also got a second chance for Lagarrett Blunt. La Garrett Blunt looked good for the first time all year, ripping off a big run, going sixteen carries from a hundred thirty six yards. I told you about this, but larger. I told you about the Philadelphia Eagles. I told you I liked them to be the class of the NFC East, and right now they
are in first place. I told you the Jets were home dog that you should take. They won outright, And I also told you the reason that I like the Jets was because these Jaguars were coming after the London game with no Boy and the Jaguars they seem to uh have some brain farts quite frankly, the fake punt that worked against them, the blow Powell touchdown run where they didn't tack column when they should have. I think
maybe that was a little bit of jet lag. I told you about my boy Boom Boom bilal pal Pal who went twenty one for a hundred and sixty three yards and another twenty seven on the ground without forte in there. I'd like to say that, hey, you know what it is. I also told you that the Giants and the Cardinals, their quarterbacks were gonna be incredible volume plays and maybe better for fantasy than they were for real life football teams. Will Carson Palmer through it fifty
one times for three hundred and fifty seven yards. They couldn't get to the end zone until overtime, though, But I told you volume throwing. Eli Manning put it up forty eight times. He got two hundred and eighty eight yards, two touchdowns in the air, and he also ran for a touchdown. Funny to say, Eli Manning was the second leading rusher for the New York Giants. They have abandoned their run game, and those things will continue if you listen to your boys speeds and spitting statistician. I told
you that. The other thing I told you was out in Buffalo. The targets do not go to wide receivers, they go to Lashawn McCoy. And the waiver wire tight end pickup that I had was Charles Clay. I told you about Charles Clay. He got a hundred and twelve yards through the air on seven targets. He now leads the team in all of those receiving categories, targets, receptions, and receiving yards. I think that will continue, especially with
Jordan Matthews out for the next month. The couple of things though, that I got wrong, I'm gonna admit it. I got wrong. First of all, I've been telling everybody about Joe Sir mix a lot mixing, and that he was gonna be the focus and this new offensive coordinator. It just didn't happen. It just didn't happen. He had nineteen yards on the ground, nineteen yards receiving. I am encouraged that he did have twoin one touches. They are still trying to get him the ball, but he hasn't
been produced as of yet. I'm gonna have to temper my expectations on Joe Mixing, I admit it. The other thing is that I was saying that listen to Shaun Watson is not gonna be able to do it back to back weeks. He did it against the Patriots, but that was just one thing. He put that in my eye. He had four touchdowns in the air, another one on the ground. Five touchdowns. We need to listen to the people on lineup lock Live who had Deshaun Watson as
their starting quarterback. In the people's lineup that cash and DraftKings this week for week four. Those are some things I got right and some things I got wrong. At least I admitted we hold our ourselves accountable on Monday. But now let's go to the phone lines at eight four four eight four three six eight seven nine. The first one up is Aaron in Oaklahoma. Aaron, how can I help you out? What do we got? We're going into Monday Night football in week five? We got injuries,
a lot of things to discuss. How can we help you here? On the Fantasy Freestyle in the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, Hey day, big time of the show. Appreciate what you do, man, You're good at it. Thanks a lot. I really appreciate that. And also, man, don't worry about the college to get upsetaty because none of us were fortune tellers. This is true. But what are we gonna do? HOWNA help you man? Al Right? I got two questions and you should be quick one. But um, I have
Chris Carson and it's gone. So the best option on free agency right now is funches and uh camera, I don't know who to pick up on that. And then the second question is what the hell do I do with DeMarco Murray? I hate to be that guy that takes one big play away from him, but if you do, he's only averaging three point four yards a game. And with Loud and Mariota, what what do I do with this guy? Yeah? Fair enough, and thanks for the call, Aaron, and thanks for the love. First of all, as you
are absolutely right. I say it all the time. Professional gamblers, they make it, they get it right of the time and their professional Okay to your first question, Alvin Kamara is the ad. Okay, Alvin Kamara is the ad he is going to be a guy who is growing in the season. Okay, you saw him get ten catches yesterday with that Drew Brees passing attack. Listen, Adrian Peterson has no role on that team. I think Alvin Kamara is
only going to improve over time. One of the things if you listen to the show, you hear me say that running back is a young man's hustle. Alvin Kamara is the young man in New Orleans, especially in PPR leagues. I like him. When you talk about DeMarco Murray, I think you're absolutely right, Aaron. What are we gonna do? You kind of drop him, don't drop him, Okay, but you adequately explain the issue. I think the bigger problem is not only to Marco Murray, but the problem could
be the loss of Marcus Mariota. Okay, if Marcus Mariota is missing any time with that hamstring, defenses will play the Titans much differently. I think you need to bench to Marco Murray potentially, especially if Mariota is not there, because teams will be trying to stop the exotic smash mouth run and force Matt Castle to do it on his arm. And ottnot believe he's gonna be able to do it. You need to look wait and see. I think you know you send Marco Murray over to that,
over to the corner in the bench for a little while. Alright, but that thanks for the call, Aaron. We got Renee in Connecticut, Renee in Connecticut. You are up next on the Fantasy Freestyle. You're dropping stats over beats. How you doing? What's going on? Man? How you doing? Renee? What's going on? Uh? Well, let's see. I'm mad. We did. We did, we did. You're absolutely right, we did, and some and some somebody kicked him up. But here's the thing. Let me tell
you something, Renee. Let me tell you something, Renny. I'm still like, yeah, he had he had a big game yesterday. I actually believe that is a function more of the Patriots defense than of Cam Newton. The things we were talking about with Cam Newton are still in play. He's still banged up, the offense is still evolving in a different way, and he still has that shoulder issue. Okay,
and Greg Olsen still isn't there. I truly believe, and I know it may be hard for you to trust me on this one, Renee, but I think it was more about the Patriots defense than it was about Cam Newton. I hear you, you dropped him. He had a big game. But whoever picked him up, they're not gonna run him out and trust them again. That's like got a new lease on life. I really don't think the Cam Newton problem is solved, but I understand the frustration have to
losing him and then he goes off. But I think this is more on the Patriots D than anything about Cam Newton. Cam Newton couldn't even do it against the Saints defense, and we thought that would be a horrible defense that he'd be able to attack, and it didn't happen. I think it's an indictment on the Patriots D as opposed to Cam Newton. But I feel you renee what else you got? Um damn man? So I mean, I'm good. I got a golf and he ended up doing good
for me, so I'm happy with that. But um so my issue, my two my two wishes is real quick is one. So I'm a Patriot fan. So you're hitting in the hail, the head and the nail with the whole defense things. So should I put the Shawan Jackson for this? Thursday's game. And the second thing is I lost Carson and I lost um Golvin Cook. So um, I'm looking at the waiver wire and I don't. I mean, I'm not seeing anything, honestly. So I got allow power
on the bench. He had a crazy game this weekend, but can I count on that or before Taste still gonna be involved when he comes back. Forte might be involved when he comes back. But here's the thing that turf toe is a lingering thing. I think bal Pal is going to be the lead back and I think the number two back is gonna be Elijah McGuire, who if you saw the Jets game, he he looked decent in a roll. But the Jets might want to run the ball instead of worrying about their UH instead of
worrying about their pass catching options. I agree it's us to lose Cook and Carson. I think Bloo Powell is definitely someone you could put it in your lineup as long as Forte is out, and then do me a favorit hit me on Twitter, show me your options on the waive a while, try and help you out there, Renee, We got time for a couple more questions. Let's go Dan in New Jersey, Dan in New Jersey, dropping stats overbeat. You've got some questions about the waiver while going four
of week five? How can we help you? How's it going, Dane? So I got Maddie, I was shoping on by and I'm in need of a quarterback, maybe a wide receiver too, and a puffily a running back. Um, I got the number one priority, and UM if you think I should use on anyone ten team standard, um, just my running back to wide receivers are on my team is like a Jordy Tate, Carson Macklin, uh Davante Freeman for nett
and hide. And then a couple of my options on the wire is DeShawn Watson, Eli Dalton Bunches, John Brown right. And the wide receivers are running back, Sorry are the McGuire, lt Murray, Duke, Johnson, Colin Spells. Thanks thanks Dan, We'll UPI ense it. We're up against it right now. So here's what I'm gonna tell you. You can mentioned that you're in a ten team league. Because you're in a ten team league and you have that number one waiver priority,
I don't think I'd spend it right now. I think You're actually okay on running back and wide receiver as it relates to quarterback. However, because you got Maddie Ice on by, I understand that you mentioned that Deshaun Watson is out there, you mentioned that Eli Manning is out there, and you mentioned that Andy Dalton is out there. I would not spend the waiver wire, okay, because there's only
a few teams on by this week. Because you're in a ten team league, I think one of these guys will still be available for you after the waiver wire runs, so I wouldn't use it, and then i'd go to Shawn or Eli or Dalton after that. Thanks Dan for the call. I see you guys out there. We're gonna go right back to the phones, coming back on the Fantasy Freestyle. Hang on, we got you, bro. Have you ever wanted to have a fantasy expert in the palm of your hand yet in the pocket of your cat.
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I g in a little bone, thugs and harmony. As we come back, dropping stats over beats on the Fantasy Freestyle with your boy Dame Martinez Speeds the Spitting Statustician. The number to call is eight four four eight four three six eight seven nine. We're trying to help out some people, whether it be for tonight or for a week five. Hey, Zack and Bam, are you talking about Chris Thompson or Rob Kelly. Chris Thompson, UH Washington. They
want to throw the ball. They want to be in shotgun with Chris Thompson right next to him and fat Rob Kelly is not gonna be on the field as much. We pick it up from the phones and the callers. We go to Steve in Massachusetts. Stephen Massachusetts, you've been a friend of the show. You're on the Fantasy Freestyle. How you doing so far? I'm doing all right. I'm gonna lose this week. I had some doubts this week between uh Cooks, Maury Cooper, and Joe Mixon, so it
kind of sucked. Uh. And I also lost Dalvin Cook too, and I was just wondering, uh uh, what should I what I should do? Now I have Kaream Hunt, so I'm kind of I'm kind of okay there as far
as like my RB one. But I mentioned I had Joe Mixon, and I also have a Merabdullah uh foreman from the Texans, and I also picked up just before the games, I picked up Alex Collins, and I was just wondering getting in the waivers tomorrow if I should try to maybe go after a Largah McGuire, uh maybe somebody from the Seattle of backfield, or if I should really just try to go after Murray our Mixon. And I should tell you this, I'm gonna tend team PPR. So I just wanted to get you the fair enough,
fair fair enough, and thanks for the call. Man. No, to be honest, the guys that are out there on the waiver wire that are gonna be big ads, do not start over the guys you have. Okay, I I know about Joe Mixon. I acknowledge that we got that wrong. But the name you mentioned there that I would put out there with Kareem Hunt as your second RB is a mir Abdullah Am Abdullah is looking like he's actually a normal back that can be healthy and tote the
rocky at twenty carries, okay. And also you have Alex Collins. I believe he is the between the titacle back for the Baltimore Ravens. Okay. So I think in Collins and in Abdullah, you have guys that you could pair with Kareem Hunt out of these waiver wires and tomorrow guys on the Tuesday edition of the Fantasy Freestyle. What we always do is we look at the top waiver wire ads at every position and I give you my take.
But I'll tell you right now. In Uh at the running back position, I think it is Alvin Kamara who is the hot ad that is worth it. And when it comes to Seattle, I don't know, man. I think it's actually on the low. Don't sleep on Thomas Rawls. Don't sleep on Thomas Rawls being able to be back in the mix. There in in in line for production for Seattle. But that's not what I would do. If I were you, Uh, Steve, I'd be happy that you had a mirror Abdulla. I'd be happy that you had
Alex Collins. Those are guys that you can run out there with. Kareem Hunt. Sorry that you lost the guys that you did though. Sorry going on next we got my man Taco in Alabama. Taco. It's been almost a week and a half since I heard from you. I hope your team is still doing well. You're dropping stats over beats on the fantasy freestyle was going on Taco. No man, nothing that much, doing well. Good points up with Cousins, and I think you'll be all right. Yeah,
I hope so. And Uh, I've got a question next week. Cousins are gonna buy. And I've also got Mariota to two CUB two QB league. Uh, the only the only quarterbacks that are availab Well right now? Or Brissette, Robinsky, um Case, Keenum and Josh McCown. Out of those four, I need you to pick one. Also, is it time to sit to Marius Thomas? All right, thanks for the
calls there talking. I'm glad you're doing well. Of those four, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I would go with Jacobe Brissette of those four, Okay, I don't like McCown, even though it's Cleveland. I don't like you know, case Keenum. I don't like UM because they lost Dalvin Cook, so I think that that's gonna be something they're gonna have to deal with. And and and Mitch Robinsky is in a tough spot on the road on Monday Night football.
I don't like him either. Here's the crazy one for you if you need to, if you must have to, right besides Jacoby Brissette, and I can't believe I'm saying this. If you're in a kind of league where you must start another quarterback or like, the other option would be to take a zero, right. If that is the case. I mentioned to you guys that Derek Carr is gonna be out for two to six weeks. That means in
the short term it's gonna be e J. Manuel. I know it sounds crazy easy, but I would actually rather have EJ Manuel than a guy like Josh mhamoand because of at least the weapons around him, and that that team, you know, is a solid team that can still score some points, or at least we believe, I would still even have EJ Manuel above some of those other guys. But I can't believe it. The answer is Jacobe Brissette as it relates to to Marius Thomas. No, I I
hear you. You know he was one of the foul gases in our poll, and right now a lot of people right now, let's see, of the people out there are saying that he was the fugazze will undermine them. So I know a lot of people are in the same position as Utaco. But the thing is, like on a week to week basis, you gotta you gotta still run him out there. He's one of those people. You spent a decent draft pick on him, maybe like you're, oh, I don't know, you probably spent like your fourth round
pick onto Marius Thomas. So you gotta run him out there. You gotta run him out there. And I know it pains you, but especially with buy weeks coming up, man, you're gonna have to keep him as a stable part in your lineup. Unfortunately, one of these weeks he is gonna blow back up and you'd be sick to your stomach if he was on your bench. Thanks a lot for the call, tac One Alabama, Friend of the show, call on back. We're going on now. To Dallas in Arizona.
You are on the Fantasy Freestyle. It looks like you had a bad week in terms of your running backs. It looks like you're running backs are all in the infirmary right now. What can I help you? Man? Yeah? Man, So I lost Dalvin Cook. Hopefully Montgomery he's not out too long. And then I lost Carson as well. Um, I have Lamar Miller and mark Ingram as well. But I was thinking, um, because I have Aaron Rodgers is
my quarterback. Um, and in my league, the running backs have so much value to you because every carreer they get it's like a point to five of a point. So if they're carry carries, I mean that's five points of yeah, exactly, and so four carry equals one point um. And so what I was really thinking about doing is maybe like setting up someththing with with like Aaron Rodgers trade and like trying to get like a good RB one um, because because they have so much value and
I'm so depleted in that position after this week. I understand what you're saying, and I understand what you're saying. I don't think it's a horrible idea, Okay, I don't think it's a horrible idea. I gotta tell you your truth, Dallas, um mark Ingram is still fine. He's a guy that you could start on a week to week basis and not be worried about it. Aaron Rodgers, here's the thing with Aaron Rodgers. Who does he have left with him? Men?
You know his offensive tackles are both gone, Bakti and Blaga. They lost Avante Adams, they lost Time Montgomery. You know they they've had a cob in and out. They even lost the backup Jamal Williams. So I can understand that, but if you're gonna move Aaron Rodgers, you better that a RB one and like a good quarterback, a quarterback that you feel comfortable starting week to week. Okay, So don't don't like, don't settle and break the bank to do this. That's what I'm gonna tell you, Dallas. Don't
settle and break the bank to do this. I understand where you're going, but you better get another good quarterback back. Okay, get yourself. Get yourself to matt Ryan, Matthew Stafford, the Drew Brees, the Russell Wells, get them back. Okay, don't drop down all the way. Don't sell him for pennies on the dollar, because you could replace that running back
a little bit easier, even if you need to. Okay, So I hear what you're saying, and I know that you're also Visceray rereacting to the fact that you lost not one, not two, but three of your running backs. Keep mark Ingram roll him out there, and if you're gonna do that, I don't completely object, but make sure you get at least a good time, a big time quarterback on the way back. Okay, Um, so we got a couple more calls that we're gonna take. We got
Keith in Baltimore. You're up next on the Fantasy Freestyle. What's going on? Keith? How can we help you out? First? You start off by saying, thanks for the Clay tip, help me in my dfense leagues all around? All right, that's what's up. Charles Clay five catches a hundred and fifteen yards and let me tell you something, man, Keith Clay is gonna be long time you said it was DFS, but with Jordan Matthews going down, all the targets are gonna keep going to Clay if he's still available. In
your season long leave. If you need a tight end, help give him a look as well. But what's your question, Keith? I appreciate the love. Yeah, yeah, luckily I got Kelsey there, but so I lost sprows Car, Dalvin Cook and SNeW right now. And Marty Cooper is, like you said, deficating him that he is deficating the matches. He's blood trash right now. Okay, yeah, is Martavis Bryant and or brand Marshall worth wide receiver two? Are gonna need to pick somebody up? Uh? Neither one of them are a wide
receiver too. Neither one of them are a wide receiver two, Keith, I'm sorry to tell you. Okay, both of them are like rosterable, but as wide receiver fours or I mean, Brian is ahead of Marshal. In my opinion, Marshall may have something of a renaissance because, like I said, Eli Mannag is just gonna throw throw throw. But Marshall is still behind Odell Beckham, He's still behind Stirling Shepard, He's behind Evan Ingram, and I believe he's behind Shane Vereen
as well. So I don't like Brandon Marshall. Martavis. Brian is a guy you can run out there as your wide receiver three, but he's touchdown dependent. He's gonna be boom or bust. I think you need to look a little bit out the waiver wire. Listen tomorrow when I give you my hot wide receiver ADS And if you want, you can always hit me up on Twitter at spitting speeds with the people that are left and I can try to help you out there. We got one last call.
It's Simon in Atlanta. Simon in Atlanta, hooked me up. What you got for me? And man Um, I have Zeke and Kareem, but somehow I'm gonna be one in three after this week. But um, despite that, I have Jordy, Emmanuel Brandon Cooks, will Fuller and Tyrone Williams um as my receivers. And I don't have a lot of depth at running back. So should I try to package two of those guys up and trying to get a solid RB three. It's about back up Kareem and Zeke. Thanks
for the call, Simon. The answer is sure, sure. Just don't do Jordy. Just don't do Jordy. Do not let go of Jordy. You know an interesting and and I'm gonna also tell you, I think the person that you get the most returned for is if you package Brandon Cooks with someone. Okay, because Brandon Cooks is that whackamole offense in New England and he has good games and bad games. I think Brandon Cooks might be the guy to move. I'm still believing in Manny sand There's please
do not trade Jordy Nelson. Okay, and thanks for the call simon tomorrow. Like I said on the Fantasy Freestyle on Tuesday, what we're gonna do is, I'm gonna give you the hot waiver wire ads. I'm gonna tell you who I believe in, who I don't believe in, because waiver wires run on Wednesday. So sit tight because who knows what's gonna happen Monday night. Okay, who knows what's gonna happen tonight. What happens is that of nowhere, someone big time gets hurt. There may be some new hot guy.
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the way back of a true Fane pre style. Dalvin Cook, who looked like a three down workhorse stud for the ascending Minnesota Vikings, was my pick for Offensive Rookie of the Year. Looks like he's torn his a c L. He's gonna be done for the year, and that is a shame. He looked explosive and now who knows what will be like when he comes back. They said he gets some cartilage damage, may have some damage which was meniscus as well. That is a big time blow to
Mikings fans and to fantasy football owners. Week Days from seven to eight p m. E. Stern on d Network, We're going back to the fantasy freestyle. We're dropping stats over beats right here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Dane Martinez, the spitting statistician, holding you down. We got Monday Night football about to kick off in about half an hour here Washington, in Kansas City's News and up to you know, Jordan Read, Jamison Crowder, and Rob Kelly
are all active for the Washington football team. So you could run them out there if you want. I don't know that I would run out any of those guys except for um Jameson Crowder. Listen, Jordan Read is a great option, but Baron and Davis is doing it there as well. And when it comes to the running backs, yeah, there's Rob Kelly, right, but I believe that Chris Thompson
is the back to own in Washington. I think the game flow is gonna be like it's more of a passing game for Washington, and Rob Kelly is really not the guy out there on the Washington side. Like I said, I believe Chris Thompson is the back to own. But if you've been listening to the show, you already know that. I've been telling you since before the season started, and he was up to as as high as number four over all in fantasy. So hopefully you listen to me
and have him on your squad. As it relates to the Chiefs, I'm actually looking for a big game out of Travis Kelsey today. Okay, Travis Kelsey last week had one one catch for one yard. These kinds of players, the coaching staff doesn't let them, uh you know, not be involved like this multiple weeks. I bet take it to the bank early on in this game, first couple of series, I bet they look to get Travis Kelsey involved and into the flow of the game. I think
Travis Kelsey has a big game. There's no reason Kareem Hunt won't do what he always does and Tyree Hill won't do what he always does. Kansas City Chiefs are the only undefeated team still left and in a non conference spot. For this Washington team in a nonconference road game, I think it's a tall task for Kirk Cousinsins. I like Kansas City to stay the only undefeated team in
the National Football League. Thanks to everybody for the calls at eight four four, eight four, three, six, eight seven nine. I told you that tomorrow's show, we're gonna go through the waiver wire, the fab budget. I'm gonna tell you who you should spend on, who you should not spend on. So if you need to make some way for wire ads or think about that, holler at me tomorrow. Check out the show tomorrow seven a pm Eastern time, right here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Like I said,
though we had a pole question. I asked you who was your diamond in the rough? Thirty two percent of you said Alvin Kamara. But listen, people were also saying Devin functious, Clayton trey Hand who always responds, says Tyrrelle Williams, who dig big things. And the Steelers defense, Whendel Smallwood, he's a guy told you about last week, Jake Elliott. There you go. That's that Philadelphia kicker didn't get any sixty yards but did big things. And oh, someone said
Greg's our line. I was playing against Greg's airline in my league. Legatron, this dude from the kicking spot had twenty seven points. The Rams kick like five field goals, some of fourty yard plus. I feel you ment Greg's are like two. Christian Medeiros had Greg's ourline hooking him up. I had I was facing Greg's our line. But I'm still gonna get that win. I'm up by about thirty. I got I rekill still going my opponent as Chris Thompson. I feel okay, but that's why they play the games.
Let's see. Also, I asked you who undermined your team? Thirty two percent say Antonio Brown. Listen, if you have Antonio Brown, you're expecting him to do big things every week. It didn't happen. But instead Levan Bell popped off, had over forty touches, thirty five carries. He's back in the flow over a hundred and forty yards. You say, Brandon Cooks. That's why I said he might be someone you could flip to the caller, to Marius Thomas another option. I
think he gotta hold on to him. Other people are saying, uh started to recohen, he didn't do it that week. Melvin Gordon. Melvin Gordon is also an issue. I mean that knee issue. And these Chargers they looked to be down. I don't know what they're gonna be doing. Uh, Gordon could be someone who hurts you. Kyle Rudolph and also jay A g I e That Dolphins offense is absolute blunt, guts trash these days. Let's see what they do to respond.
All Right, Tomorrow, like I said on the Fantasy Freestyle, We're gonna talk hot waiver wire ads at every position, especially these running backs because I know a lot of people got eviscerated by injury in Week four, Dalvin Cook, Chris Carson and the like Time Montgomery as well. If we go back to Thursday, I'm gonna hook you up on that way for wire and we're gonna talk about what happened on Monday Night football as well it should.
Boy Dane Martinez speeds the spitting statistician. We'll be right back here seven o'clock Eastern time, dropping stats over beats on the Fantasy Freestyle on the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. See all tomorrow