Hey, welcome to the Fantasy Football Game Plan. We're going to do a quick review of week six and DraftKings main slate, and jump right into the week seven, rundown of the main slate. Hit subscribe, drop us a comment. Let us know what your favorite plays are this week. Week six was fun. Even our one-sided games provided some entertainment. They weren't as one-sided as we were, uh,, thinking they were going to be. And then we had some fun getting to go to the Falcons game on Monday night.

Yeah, we gotta see the Falcons upset the bills. So that was a great environment even though it was 50 50 Bills Falcons fans. But it was a fun one. And um,, we definitely have some good games lined up. I'm kind of bummed that we don't have that, uh,, the Lions Tampa Bay game on the slate, but we are missing some of those key matchups here.

I am too. I'm excited about the games that are at night. The Atlanta and San Francisco game is on Sunday night, Tampa Bay and Detroit on Monday night, Houston and Seattle on Monday night as well. We have two Monday night games again. We also have a London game again this week. I'm getting a little bit tired of these early games. The Rams versus the Jaguars, and teams on by are the Ravens and Bills.

Yeah, so some big names there. But let's look back to week six. Judy, I know you had a great week in your tournaments. You wanna run us through kinda what worked and what you saw, like in the top lineups, this week?

Yeah, it wasn't a lineup I did on the show, but it was a lineup that I did on Sunday morning. I only created three lineups. And this one actually popped. I decided not to stack anyone and kind of just went, you know, what I really liked at position by position. And I think we're seeing more and more that you don't necessarily have to have that stack to have the top scoring lineup. In mine, and it was, it was a lot of fun watching this one, but all of my players played in the one o'clock games, there were only three, four o'clock games, but after the one o'clock games I was sitting in first, and then I had to endure watching the four o'clock games and sweat it all out. Um..

Touchdown and just seeing people

Yeah, exactly. So I, I ended up finishing fifth, which I am extremely pleased with, but, it would've been nice to have been first and you know how drastically the, the, the payouts ramp up, you know, first is in this contest, first was a thousand and fifth was $65. So, uh, anyhow, so what made these lineup lineups work? You either had to have H Chan or Josh Jacobs. You basically couldn't afford both of 'em. They were both over 7,000. So one of 'em had to be in your lineup, but trying to stuff both of 'em and they're just you, it was very hard to do. You also had to have the correlation that we like of the home running back with the away wide receiver in the same game. And that was Rico Dole and George Pickens. So having that combination.

a Chan and McConkey

Yes. Yeah. So the, the same there, a Chan and McConkey, that combination in these stacks was doing, was what made these lineups work. Anything else that stood out to you on, on these lineups from there? You know, I had Drake May, they had Trevor Lawrence.

Drake May and Trevor Lawrence were very popular plays both ended up doing well. I am surprised that we don't see JSN popping up in either of these. He had a great lineup. We did see Brian Thomas Jr. Have one of his spike weeks finally, which was good to see. He even had another bomb touchdown called back. I ended up playing some of him on Sunday morning, which I was thankful for.

Yeah, I am a little bit surprised too, JS N's just getting so expensive and we're going to see that this week. The prices are jacked up even more this week and it's really, really getting hard to pay for people that aren't delivering over 40 points and those 40, 40 point performances we don't see every week, you know that those are two or three a season and not weekly point scores that that we see. So when you get down into the thirties, you can't pay for the people that are sitting above eight K unless they're going to have those performances of the year.

Yeah.

we're looking in that mid range, trying to figure out who's going to pop and who's getting all the touches. Um, both of our lineups had, uh, tmac of course, you know, we've been counting on him. I think we get to go a little bit a different direction this week and get away from Tmac.

Yeah, he had one good game and now he is really priced up. I mean, he is like mid six, six k and uh, he only had three catches on the year, so I'm gonna be kind of avoiding him now that he's had that positive touchdown,

Yeah, me too. Yeah. Last week at least he hit our touchdown prop, but, only the two, was it three catches? I don't remember. Two or three. Three. Yeah. Three. And, eight. Even though this week's kind of easy, I just don't like him. And we'll get to that game in a minute. Well, let's jump into this week and hope that we can, hit the top five again with our lineups. The first game that we've got, remember we always are doing this in point, total order. So who, what, who does Vegas think is going to score the most points? And this week it's the Washington at Dallas game. Of course, Washington's favored by two and a half, even though they're coming off that loss to Chicago over under 54 Dallas. Can't stop anybody.

No, I think part of the reasons of getting rid of Myah Parsons was so that you were talked about first and everything for Jerry Jones. So here we are. He, we've got a 50 point, uh, 54 point over under. So this one should be exciting. Okay.

It should be exciting. I don't know how much I want from this game. The problem is everybody's going to be on this game

Yeah,

I'm not so sure that you can just stack up this game because the pieces are getting expensive as well. First, let's talk about the quarterbacks. So we have Jayden Daniels and Dak Prescott both coming off just above 20 points, and they're priced, uh, 6,900 for Jayden Daniels and 6,500 for Dak Prescott. Are you interested in either of the quarterbacks?

probably only Daniels from this game. I know Prescott's been running so hot and he's been so good the past few weeks, but I just don't think he has the upside that Daniels has with the rushing Dak just does not take off at all. And then if we want a high scoring game, like I'd rather have the quarterback that can rush for a touchdown here too.

Yeah, I would too. I, you know, I can buy more into the game script, but Ducks ahead and Jen Daniels is having to run and do whatever to come back. Um, but yeah, with the only $400 difference and Dak not rushing, you can see last week they each threw for three touchdowns. But we need, you know, even more than that at 6,900, I need you to pay for it. And Jen Daniels is the only one that can do that. And I like the ability to rush on the Cowboys. 'cause we just saw what Carolina did to them rushing. Uh, we.

weak on both the ground and the air, so it works out. And however Jaden Daniels gets it done, we'll get the points for it.

Yeah, exactly. Um, we are expecting CD Lamb back this week, which makes George Pickens difficult as well because they're both priced up. They're both over 7,000 CD lamb sitting at 7,500, and George Pickens got a $500 bump up to 7,300 this week. There is no way that D can support two seven and a half thousand. Dollar wide recievers. so if you're going to stack this game, yeah, one of these is a right choice or they're both the wrong choice and it gets shared,

Yeah.

is kind of the way I am leaning. In my lineups so far, I've not gone on the cowboys side. I've assumed that Washington is going to do what they need to do to keep the cowboys a little bit lower. Scoring.

I actually

Yep.

that we get CD lamb, not just for the game environment as a whole, so we get that. point total. But also I like George Pickens in this matchup, Washington is the most like man heavy defense and that's where George Pickens thrives, especially if he's against the number two cornerback. I also think it would kind of like save his roster percentage too. Like if CD is playing, the field will be kind of split on where they go. So I really like Pickens if you're gonna choose one of the two.

Okay. If you're gonna choose then. I guess so. Um, how about Terry McLaurin on the other side? Is he gonna be back? It looks like he's going to, I'm expecting him back. And do you like.

they really need him. 'cause I know Noah Brown is now hurt too. I mean, Jayden Daniels is passing on like Chris Moore and some random people. Um, honestly, I haven't really been touching a lot of the Washington commanders wide receivers. I have. we've been focused on Zach Ertz. Zach Ertz just continues to crush his own defense and be that reliable outlet. Um, so I like him as kind of like a mini stack with Jayden Daniels. So then you're getting some of the passing work. You're getting his rushing attack. Um, and then Zach Ertz is a pretty viable tied in for this game. So that's kind of been how I've stacked this game, like at Daniels, um, Ertz and then Pickens on the other side.

That's, I've been doing the same only on the Washington side. So I'm taking Daniel's, I'm taking Ertz, and then I'm just getting out of this game. And I have other places where I feel like I have more information and that they're going to go to them. But, uh, just 'cause I do feel like it can be one-sided when CD A was in. We saw nothing from Pickens and I'm really, really scared that it's gonna go back to that. How about running backs? Um, we saw what the Carolina Panthers put up against, uh, this cowboys defense on the ground. Do you like Corey Krosky Merit?

I do. I really like him. If you don't really want, if you wanna fade this game and just say it hits the under, these are not the pieces I need. I think Bill is a good piece of just like a one-off. Like this game's bad. Washington takes control and they're running for the entire second half, and Bill is getting those carries and accumulate some against a bad rushing defense. I think he's a good way to get different in this game.

I do like him. I worry a lot about Jaden Daniels stealing his touchdowns in this game. And not only that, but we also saw them bringing in Jeremy McNichols at the goal line last week instead. So they let JCM run it all the way down and then McNichols would get the goal line carries. And so I'm very worried about his, his touchdown availability and if he can actually get it into the end zone. And at 6,100 I, I really need him to, he was only, you know, he still was only worth almost seven points last week. He's gotta have a better week. He's gotta be back where he was two weeks ago for him to pay for this salary.

Yeah, and Devonta is sitting there at 67. That's just a little too expensive. I haven't really been working him into my build so far. I had a

Yeah.

against Carolina, and just think, especially with CD Lamb, that's kind of, he's not gonna get eight targets anymore, um, for those games if Lamb is back.

I don't think so either. Any other ones to mention here or should we move on?

That's about it. I'm not interested in Ferguson. I think he takes a huge hit with Lamb back. If lamb is out, then I think Pickens is an even better play. Um,

Yeah,

viable.

yeah. Everything that we're saying here is assuming that CD Lamb is playing, which is what we have to go on right now. Um, but if he's out, I'm all back in on Pickens. He's, he's a must play. Alright, let's move it on to, uh, the Indianapolis Colts at the Los Angeles Chargers. Chargers are favored by, uh, one and a half, and the over under is 48 and a half. Does Chargers being favored here, even though it's in la which. Is home, but it's not home. Does that surprise you?

It kind of does, especially because, I mean, both these teams have kind of had some cracks in their armor the past couple weeks. I mean, they have nine combined wins. But the char, the cardinals took the colts to the wire, the dolphins took the chargers to the wire and maybe should have won that game too. So I, I think these games, these teams are pretty even. So maybe they're giving a one and a half point spread for the home field they have in la but, I, it's not like too many Colts fans will travel to that game. But, I think these teams are pretty even. I do put it about a pick 'em game.

All right, well, um, I think the Chargers do look better at home, but. I'm not really sure how this game, str game script goes. And let's go ahead and jump into the quarterback. So Daniel Jones or Justin Herbert, both the 6,404 Herbert and Daniel Jones at 6,000. Is there a game script that supports 25 points for either of these quarterbacks?

I think the only quarterback that could get there in this matchup would be Harbert, and that would be if they got down big and they're just airing it out. But the Charger's defense is really good against the pass. They kind of do let you run on them. So I don't think Daniel Jones has that ceiling here.

Okay. I don't either. Uh, I do like Herbert A I've got a little interest in Herbert, but I just have, you know, at sixty four hundred and sixty nine hundred for Jaden Daniels. I like Jaden Daniels better.

Yeah, I agree.

If you look at our chart here, for all the wide receivers, running backs and tight ends, the flex at, on these teams, look at the price increases. Everyone's taking a price increase in this game. So that's telling me that DraftKings does expect this to be a pretty big game, but they are pricing everyone up accordingly because Jonathan Taylor, 300 lad McConkey, another 300, uh, Vidal, uh, 500. Um, or Rde grads. The tight end for, uh, the Chargers is it took a $700 increase after last week's performance as well. So this is getting a little pricey and a little scary for me. Uh, Jonathan, let's go Running backs. Jonathan Taylor, 8,800. Is this his performance of the season? Can he deliver for his 8,800?

You know, I do like this platform and if we look back at the past couple weeks of what are the Chargers giving up on the ground, we had Devon a chan with 34 points last week, and we had Bill, uh, Croskey Merrit at 31 the week before. So, I mean, as good of a runner as Jonathan Taylor is, he has that 45 point ceiling. You need a very competitive game. It just seems like such a thin bet to make that it's very competitive throughout the run game is super effective. Um, and you to get that extreme outlier case, um, but in a tournament lineup, I could make an argument for him. just haven't been playing him too much.

I haven't been playing him because I don't have a lot of play down options this week. I've got some in the middle. And to pay up for anyone is very difficult. And when I say pay up, that's really 7,500 and above. So to try to get at 8,800 is almost impossible for me. Um, so I've been out on Jonathan Taylor this week. I do like the Chargers wide receivers, uh, either lad McConkey or Quentin Johnston. If he's back, if Johnston's not back then I am all in on lad McConkey. But if he's back, I think pick one.

yeah.

be like the Dial the Cowboys game.

You gotta call your shot. I do think it's a little trouble troubling that the injury is a hamstring injuries those kind of flare up, especially in those big play wide receivers. I mean, I feel like we've seen Mike Evans deal with it his entire career. Um, the other thing to note too is on the Colts secondary side, we saw that ward and the pregame warmups ran into his teammate and got a concussion. If he is still out this week, that would be the top four cornerbacks out for the Colts, um, from who they had coming into the season. So they are kind of running very thin there against a talented wide receiver corps.

Yeah. I think that this game just lines up. For what each team wants to do. So the Colts wanna run the ball. Chargers are weak against the run. Colts are gonna run Jonathan Taylor, and then the Colts are weak on the pass, and chargers don't mind passing. And they've got talented wide receivers. So I think they find more success in the air. It's just can they keep it going? Can they keep it moving? And how high can they get? Can they pay for their salaries here or not? Um. Last week we, we all thought it was gonna be Hussein Haskins for the Chargers running backs, or that there was gonna be the true split like Jim Harbaugh told us. And then it was all Del Viel saw the $500 price bump and Haskins saw a decrease. So now there's a thousand dollars in between them. Do you think this maybe is Jim telling us, well, I'm gonna run one one week and one the next week? Or they both had carries early. It was just Del that was having a lot more success. You think he tries that again?

in the game was just watching the two of them run it. Vidal clearly looked like the better runner. So I

Yeah.

to go with them throughout the game. Honestly, I don't think they're gonna have a lot of success on the ground against the Colts, so I don't think it'll really matter between the two of them. Team already wanted to kind of lean on Herbert, the matchup. I'm more curious about is the Indie Pass rush versus this depleted Chargers O line? Can they hold enough to give that ceiling outcome for the Chargers? I think that's kind of what this game hinges on.

Yeah, I can see that. Are they getting anyone back or do we know this week on the Chargers line.

Let me pull up jal too, 'cause I know he wasn't placed on ir, uh, but it looks like he's still not practicing right now, so. Not

yeah.

on the most recent injury report today. So if they're out without Joe Walt, that 'cause that, that does kind of swing this game for me.

Yeah. 'cause that's what the Colts are gonna have to do is put pressure on since they can't defend the pass, if it gets over top,

Yep.

I'm still probably gonna wanna charge one of the Chargers wide receivers in my lineup or try to fit them in. And in that 6,000, dollar price range, I like it. It's even more a mess on the Colt side. Trying to decide if it's Pittman Downs Pierce, you know who's going there? Or Tyler Warren as well. They seem to, yeah. And Warren hasn't even had those big days either. And at 5,200 he's kind of pricey. He's a lot more expensive than Zach Ertz and they're just spreading it around so much for the Colts.

And it does kinda seem like they're almost a limited version of the lions, where the lions really like spreading the ball around and that everyone gets in the end zone, like the team aspect of it. I think the Colt's kinda like that too. You can kind of see them hesitant to drop up RedZone plays for someone that already has a touchdown, which is kind of weird to me. Um, and even like Jonathan Taylor getting taken out once, he already has his limit and Amir Abdullah coming in, so

Yeah.

it does limit their stealing outcome.

It definitely does, and I'm afraid of that here. I think the Chargers are gonna have to put some points on the board to win this game just like they did last week, and that's gonna be in the air. So I do like that.

Yep.

Let's move it on to the Las Vegas Raiders at the Kansas City Chiefs. Kansas City's favored by 12 and the over under is 45 and a half. Chiefs are back. They're looking good. You know, just when, you know, everyone thought that the chiefs were, were done. Now they have a lot of healthy wide receivers and they're getting received rice back this week. What do you, this game just can't be competitive enough to pay for anybody is my problem. And. How do the Chargers, not the Chargers, how do the Raiders put up enough points to make Kansas City do anything?

I don't think the Raiders, like, I'm kind of interested on the Raiders having someone in bring back in garbage time. But I think the Chiefs, especially after years of being this kind of slower offense, that's just possession offense now. They're finally pushing the ball down the field. They're getting their weapons back. I think they kind of need just like. That cathartic experience, like let's light up the Raiders again and like drop 49 on them. We are fine with that. We lost the Super Bowl last year 'cause we couldn't push it down the field. But we are still the Chiefs and I think Patrick Mahomes is kind of enjoying that. He has full control and they're finally taking these shots again.

Well, let's talk about Pat Patrick Mahomes. Patrick Mahomes is $7,000. He is the most expensive quarterback on the slate. Is he going in your lineups? Are you stacking him with somebody?

I have made some lineups. I think he is a cleaner stack. You know, he actually is scrambling a bit more than he like than we think of him. He's not just a pocket passer, he runs the ball pretty well, nowadays. But I'm very interested in the Rishi Rice stack, so especially week one.

He, he ran Mahomes, ran 10 times last week, but that was the lions that wasn't the Raiders.

Yeah, it's still, he's been an effective runner all year and we know the Raiders defense, they're gonna just sit in those zone defenses and, that's kind of the defense that Mahomes and Rice can pick apart. And Kelsey,

All right. Well I'm, I'm out on Mahomes at 7,000. I'm also out on Gino Smith because he isn't doing well. Uh, and let's move on to everybody else, all the flex players on this list. And that's, I feel like. Maybe Mahome spreads it around. Maybe they even try to get the running game going a little bit this week because they've had no running game with Isaiah Pacheco up to this point. But he's still 5,000. I, I don't wanna guess here. Who, so are you going with Rice? You just think Rice walks in and takes over for, Hollywood Brown or Xavier worthy?

I do, and for a couple reasons. One the matchup I think really benefits him. Vegas plays, zone at the highest rate in the NFL or actually them in Dallas basically are identical of dead last in the league, but also so that match ups really good against 'em. They're also really good against the run and the chiefs have not been able to run the ball against anyone all year. So I think it just kind of works that Kansas City's gonna have to pass. Um, they're not gonna be able to run the clock out either. The only thing that's really gonna be effective for them is this passing game, and it's going to be very effective. Uh, also we haven't seen Rishi Rice in a while, he only played the first three games last year, but in those three games he was averaging eight receptions, 96 yards and about a touchdown in those games. And so I just want that. He's had plenty of time to get healthy with the extra six weeks off from the suspension, so I am kind of fine with it. Week one, going right back to it.

I am gonna completely fade this game and stay away from it. The only thing that I love is the chief's defense. I'm pretty sure they're gonna get an interception on Gino Smith and a lot of sacks. they're. 3,700. I haven't had that much money to pay up for my defense, but I do love the defense and I can see where the defense just wins this game and they don't have to do a whole lot.

The, if you do think it's gonna be the shootout, the couple of Raiders bring back options that I'm interested in. I've actually like seen some rumors on Twitter, x that Jacoby Meyers is one of those names at the tray deadline that's trying to be moved and the, he might be moved here pretty shortly, so it does kind of make me hesitate to put him in my lineups. I've actually been leaning towards either Trey Tucker, to show up for one of his games, you know, just catch a long one. in the fourth quarter or the rookie, not Dante Thornton actually, but the other rookie, Jack Besh, who has been seeing more and more playtime If Jacobi Myers

Yeah.

somehow limited or traded away in the next couple days, uh, Jack be, I think, would step into a majority of that role for them.

Interesting. Well, I don't think we see Brock Bauers again this week. Uh, I had some interest in Michael Meyer, but I still like serts better.

Mm-hmm.

Alright, let's move on to, uh, the New Orleans Saints at the Chicago Bears. Chicago's favored by five and the over unders 45 and a half. I'd like this more in New Orleans where it, it would be in a dome, but it's going to be raining in Chicago. Is this an under game because of the rain, or do you like any parts of this game?

I still like it. I think both these teams can show up. Chicago's offense has looked very good throughout the season and I think New Orleans has been respectable in their own front. So I am interested, especially monitoring DJ Moore's If we have a couple, if we have some consolidation of those targets from Caleb Williams, then I do like those pieces here. O Dunes had some chances. So I think there is potential that this is, I don't think an elite game, but that second tier of games and can

All right.

some pieces

I think it can produce some pieces. New Orleans sitting at one in five. They're probably one of the. Better teams, I feel like, for producing and for keeping teams honest in a game than, than their record leads to. The rain does really concern me, but let's go through the quarterback. So we've got Caleb Williams and Spencer Rattler. Rattler is throwing less than he was, but it's still, you know, last week he threw 26 times. We're still seeing him throwing, he's just not, I mean, he's doing his job. He's not throwing interceptions, but he's not delivering 20 points that we need from him at 4,800. So he's off for me. Caleb Williams, um, he's, he doesn't rush well when he does rush. And at 5,800, I need him to do a little bit more. I. I could be talked into Caleb Williams paying for his 5800, 5800 salary, getting to 24 points, but that's about his top end in my my mind. He did rush last week for one touchdown.

Yeah, I feel like you kind of need him to repeat that to be viable here. So I've been off of him. I think it's more likely that one of the wide receivers has a good day and that it works out that way, but that you don't Actually, Caleb Williams isn't gonna be a difference maker this week. I,

Yeah. So this is a game where I like that run home, running back and I know you're not gonna like him 'cause you've never liked Deandre Swift. You just like took a big X like years ago and crossed Deandre Swift off of any lineup. I think.

yeah.

Deandre Swift at seven, thousand, or sorry, at 5,700, I think is pretty good in a game in the rain and the the, saints have been giving up points to running backs. So I like him in this and then I like bringing it back with Olave. Olave is just seeing way too many targets to not be in my lineups because if he ever hits multiple touchdowns, he's going to need to be in your lineup. And when you, when you're getting 10 targets, you have the potential of that happening every week.

So you're on the, uh,, the Swift and o Lave. Mini stack. The one that I've liked here is, O Dunay or either Luther Bird to a lesser extent. Luther Bird would entirely dependent if DJ Moore were to miss. But I like Oze. And then on the other side, I really like Shahid. This feels like a Shahid game. The Bears, even though they're defense has been solid for most plays, they're giving up explosive plays. So that would be like a 20 yard pass or like a 15 yard run by this definition. But that rate is 7.5% explosive play rate on that Bears defense. So that just screams to me, Rashid Shahid, we know he is gonna have a couple bomb touchdowns throughout the year. And I kinda like him in this spot. He's pretty cheap. You are saving if you take his $4,500 salary to help you fit in some other places.

You are. And I like that. I think both Olave and Shahid are good options to plug into your lineup at this point of, of the season because they just are seeing all of the work. And we do know that they're both explosive players and if given the right game, they could have an incredible week. So yeah, going to either of 'em, but, Shahid, yeah, dropped to 4,500 this week. So he's the bigger bargain over a lave. I, I don't like the run game. I don't like kamara. It's splitting with Kendra Miller, although he is seeing a lot of work. I'm just not, he doesn't look as good as he used to.

I kind of agree. And Juwan Johnson had a couple of good weeks at tight end, but now it's really just consolidated to those wide receivers.

Yeah, I do like the Romo Dunes. He had a horrible week last week at 5.2 points, so I do like him to bounce. He's only 6,600 and he didn't see a price increase. This is a game I like. Like I said, if it was in New Orleans, I think we would get a repeat of the New Orleans and New England game that we saw last week. The teams feel kind of similar, Chicago and, and uh, um, the Patriots. Yeah, so I feel like we would get the same one. I'm just a little worried about that weather, but I'm still gonna take pieces.

a reminder for yourself. Check in on the weather, see what that forecast is. If, if it is bright and suddenly, suddenly, then I think this game gets a bump.

Exactly. All right, let's move on. We've got Green Bay Packers at the Arizona Cardinals. Green Bay is favored by six and a half and over under is 44 and a half. No Kyler Murray? No, Harrison? No. Running back for the Cardinals. Do you, what do you like here?

Yeah. Um, I like Green Bay, I guess in that, uh, Kyle Murray and Marvin Harrison were limited in the most recent practice report, but even then, I think this is a very good Green Bay defense, and I kind of think they'll have a pretty good matchup here against the Cardinals.

Green Bay has been a disappointment for me this season. Even their defense, their the big games. I thought, you know, last week I thought they would have a big game against the Bengals and they actually struggled. They, they didn't look particularly good even on defense or on offense. The offense can't really seem to get out of its way to get anything really rolling. Jordan Love hasn't looked awesome, and he stayed at 6,200 this week. Do you like Jordan Love Kyler Murray or Jacobi Bris.

I really don't, I just think it's a bad matchup for the Cardinals quarterbacks. And then for Jordan, love that wide receiving court is pretty decimated. We saw Romeo do, or, uh, davian, wicks also get injured last week, so they're just down another person there. And they didn't really have that true number one to begin with. And so now you're kinda losing the depth that made you strong in that wide receiver core. So I don't really like a solid performance here for love.

Yeah, Matthew Go Golden stepped up a little bit and his price dropped 300. He's down to 4,700. He is somebody that I'm interested in at 4,700 that could have that big day against the Cardinals defense. But I've honestly been playing the Cardinals defense. I always look for a defense at home. They're down at, oh, what are they? They're down at 2100. So when you're not paying up for somebody, then 2100 is, you know, the lowest defense that I can come through with. You've really just gotta stop. Josh Jacobs.

Yeah, I think this one's pretty clear as far as the pieces that have good matchups. And then I'm interested, I like Josh Jacobs here. He had a couple touchdowns last year or last game, and he kind of came through, he didn't quite get the a hundred yard bonus. And then also Trey McBride, especially if Marvin Harrison Jr. Is out. just sets up a, they don't really have anyone else then it's Zay Jones behind him and Michael Wilson. So, trademark Bride would just see a bunch of targets if that were the case.

Yeah, he saw 11 targets last week, caught. Eight of them had a receiving touchdown, so he bumped up to 5,700 this week. But if you're gonna pay up, that's where you pay up. I, I think the Green Bay defense is still pretty good. So I've stayed away from paying up for Trey McBride and I've chosen to pay up at other places this game. I talked last week a little bit about, you know, I, I want the teams that when they step on the field or screaming, I wanna score a lot of points and that's basically the Tampa Bay Buccaneers right now and the Detroit Lions. Neither one of these teams does that for me. Both of these teams are really happy winning 13 to nothing.

Yeah. I think as the wind's the most important thing, they do not care about aesthetics here, and the cardinals will probably keep it close. I like them probably to keep it within six and a half at home, but I don't think we're getting a difference making performance from anyone in this game.

Yeah, I don't either. So I can't pay for Josh Jacobs this week. let's move on. We've got the Philadelphia Eagles at the Minnesota Vikings. Eagles are favored by two and a half, over under is 43. Um, Minnesota's coming off a buy coming back from Europe. Gotta buy. They're trying to, to figure out their team. We don't know this week yet, whether it's going to be JJ McCarthy at Quarterback or Carson Wentz. I'm not really sure it matters. They're both priced at 5K and they both have the questionable tag. 'cause we saw Wentz get a little banged up last week, or not last week, but two weeks ago as well. Hertz isn't running as much other than when they're doing the tush push four times in a row, which none of us wanna watch.

Yeah,

Do you like either of these quarterbacks and or any three of these three or,

I don't know. Honestly, this, this feels like my blind spot currently where it seems like it should be exciting. It has the star power here, but a 43 point over under is kind of scaring me off and just. It doesn't, neither of these teams really have good vibes about their offense right now. So it kind of feels like we'll get more of a defensive matchup here, and that's kind of how I'm leaning.

I don't know that we get a defensive matchup, but both offenses can't get out of their own way to score points. The eagles and the loss to the Giants. Last week, Barkley had eight of his 12 rush attempts. I believe it was 12, eight of his 12 were in the first half of that game, and 56 of his 58 yards came in the first half. So, and they were only down three going into the second half. It wasn't like they were down a whole lot and needed to start airing it out. They literally chose to go away from Saquon. I don't know why they're doing that. There have been way too many games that I've watched the first quarter and gone, oh, they're gonna run all over the, the other team and then they just stop running. Saquon.

Yeah, it, it has been weird. And the thing about the equals too is they have so much talent on that roster is the moment that you start getting these losses piling up, there's a ton of questions and players yelling at the coach and kind of interesting news because it always feels like a mismanagement of talent. You know, if you're not getting AJ Brown involved, it's like, what are you doing? Then you're not giving into Saquon. It's like you have so much that any loss is gonna feel very bad. I do like Saquon to bounce back here. I think he's kind of an interesting pivot where he's right up there. He is not cheap still, but like no one's gonna play on me either. He is been pretty bad this year.

Yeah, no one's gonna play him. He's at 7,700. We at least perceive that Minnesota has a good defense. I don't know that that's really the truth, but that's perception. I also have the perception that I believe in Kevin O'Connell and I like that the Vikings are coming off. They're bi-week and I think Kevin O'Connell's a, a good coach and I think he thinks he needs to score points in this game. So just like we were talking before that they don't think they need to score points. I think O'Connell does have that perception. I need to score points. And if you're going to score points and you're the Minnesota Vikings, you're going to do it with Justin Jefferson. I've been trying to work Justin Jefferson into my lineups. He obviously is expensive at 7,600, but if you gotta pick, if you want Saquon Barkley at 7,700 or Justin Jefferson at 7,600, which one are you picking?

I

You're going neither.

I am kind of leaning neither this, this is the game I've been avoiding, but I do like a weight where if I'm gonna play this game, I kinda want both or neither. Where I think for them to push each other, they probably will both end up having good games. Um, I think I would say if just one of 'em does it, then I would go on the squa side that somehow the Eagles go on a get on a lead and they actually remember they have one of the best running backs and they just continue that through the second half and they wake up. But that would kind of be my lean, but I understand the Justin Jefferson argument.

Yeah, I like Justin Jefferson. I don't mind Jordan Addison to fall into the end zone either. And he's 5,100. So I do like the wide receivers. I'm not much on the running backs for, the Vikings with, Mason or acres. I'm gonna stay off, stay out of that for now. But I like the wide receivers

Yeah.

I'm just gonna stay away from the Eagle's wide receivers that can't figure out how to score.

Fair enough.

All right, let's move on to, uh, the Carolina Panthers at the New York Jets. Carolina's favored by two over under is 42. Carolina is oh and three on the road. In those three losses, they have averaged scoring 15 points in a game. When they're at home, they've averaged 29 points a game, which Carolina Panthers shows up in New York.

Yeah, this game might be kinda ugly. I do think the Panthers probably get it done. I, they actually, when the books open, they jets were favored even though they're oh and six and kind of looked terrible last week. And then it swung to Carolina. I do kind of lean on that side. I just think they're a little bit more consistent. And, so I'm kind of on the Panther side here. What about you? What.

Uh, I think the Panthers win, but this is not the Panthers that we saw last week. I think they can get a win on the road, but I think they have issues playing on the road for some bizarre reason. And then we've got all the injuries to the Jets team that is really going to set them back. But let's go through the quarterbacks first. Justin Fields, Bryce Young. 5700, 5300. I don't see Bryce Young repeating his three touchdown game this week. And Justin Fields you could maybe talk me into because he could scramble and there's not a, he doesn't have a lot of people to pass you, so it'd have to be Justin Fields running the ball. That would make him worth it.

yeah, basically be Justin in fields as a running back for 5,300 or 50, 700, and then you get some passing work with whoever they have left to throw to.

Yeah. So I think we're both, well, there are better quarterback options than, than either of these two. Let's go running back. So we saw Rico Doell last week killing it.

Game.

monster Game 30 rush attempts, 183 rushing yards. Toss in four more receptions. And he, I mean he, all those rushing yards though. And he didn't have a rushing touchdown. He had a passing touchdown or a receiving touchdown. And now he's got a bump up for a thousand K and then we probably are gonna get Chuba Hubbard back this week. Do you like going back to DoAll or, I don't think the jets are that weak against, yeah.

Yeah, I'm kind of off daddle. I mean, those were two great matchups against the Dolphins and then the Cowboys. So he was stepped up in those spots. And I just think with the price increases we're seeing, I mean, you're not getting a discount there either. He is had 6,800 after back toback, number one finishes. So I'm off Daddle this week entirely. And Cuba, Hubbard, especially when him coming back, you know, even if Rico dole's the clear, number one, if he loses like a third of that volume to Rico or to Cuba, Hubbard, then there's no way he can pay off that price tag.

Yeah, I don't see it either. On the jet side, jets are gonna be without Garrett Wilson. They may be without Josh Reynolds. Uh, Alan Lazar wasn't at practice because he's got personal issues. I don't even know who they're gonna pass the ball to other than Mason Taylor. So I do like Mason Taylor. They're tied end at. 3,400, but, and then you obviously have to like Brie Hall going against the Panthers and not having anyone else here on this team. But Brie Hall is, 6,300. Who, which of those parts do you like? Or just those two?

Yeah, Brie Hole, do kinda like it because what else do they have? But I think it's just gonna make them a little bit too predictable. And Carolina's rushing Defense doesn't seem to be quite as much of a pushover as they were last year. They kind of stepped up against Davante Williams last week. I think he had 13 carriers for 29 yards, so they did step up. And if that continues, I don't think Bries can really pay off his price tag. The only one I'm kind of interested in is maybe the, Mason Taylor for the Jets, just

Yeah,

the last man standing there.

yeah. That's. He's it. So I do like him for that reason. But yeah, the definitely the way to attack the Panthers is through the air and it's gonna be really tough for the Jets without any wide receivers to do that.

Mm-hmm.

probably just staying away from most of this game.

You don't have to play this game.

No, you don't. Let's go on to the New England Patriots at the Tennessee Titans. New England's favored by seven over under 42. Last week I played Drake May alone. I didn't feel I needed to stack him with anyone and that was just fine. Although it would've been great to have stacked him with one of his wide receivers, either Buter or Douglas, because they were so cheap.

This Patriot's team is like, we've seen it be Hunter Henry some weeks and then digs, and then it's Ke Budde for a couple weeks too, so it's very hard to call your shot on who it's gonna be this week.

it is, uh, do we see the Titans bounce? Up by firing their coach. Sometimes we get that, you know, the coaches outta here bounce.

Yeah, I don't think it can be any worse. So I, maybe the offense

I,

actually look a little bit better and a little bit

I don't, maybe I don't. I didn't feel that they hated Callahan. I feel that they're just really bad.

I thought they were kind of bad with everything. I thought the coaching was bad, but also the roster isn't gonna suddenly get better because of a new coach. So,

not.

yeah, I don't really like the Titans to show up here.

The problem here is the Titans don't show up here, and the Patriots don't have to do a lot. They're gonna try to run the ball. They're going to try to figure out which running back, they want to share it with Trayvon Henderson or Ram Madre Stevenson, and they're gonna share it. And we've not seen the top performances, the top of the week go against the Titans because teams. No, they don't have to do that much. And so they kind of take it a little bit easier and don't beat up quite as much on the Titans.

Yeah,

I don't have

way.

any pieces that I actually need this week in this game.

No, you could go Hunter Henry. I feel like he's probably the most reliable, but even last week he was down at three targets. Um, and I actually really like some of the other tight ends on the slate, so I'm kind of completely off this game. The other person, maybe I'll just bring up real quick is Io Manor with Ridley out. Ridley is hurt, then maybe it goes all to Io Manor, but I don't think it'll be that effective, especially 'cause that Patriot defense has kind of stepped up the past

I,

with Christian Gonzalez back in the lineup.

it has and I just haven't seen that much outta Cam Ward.

Yeah.

You know, it's not Spencer Rattler. Delivering it to Lave was better last week than I think Cam Ward and, um. AO Manor could be this week. So I'm just staying away from this one. Let's move on to the Miami Dolphins. At the Cleveland Browns. Cleveland is favored by two and a half, over under 40 and a half, and this is actually the only game I have money on already This week. I took the Browns, to cover their two and a half points early on in the week. I feel pretty good about that. When does Mike McDaniel get fired?

Might be the, uh, who gets fired Bowl here too. 'cause I think it would be unacceptable for the Browns to lose this game to Miami. I am also on, I have the same read as you, and I really like the Browns. I was surprised to see of who people were picking in this game and that it was pretty 50 50, where this one kind of screams to me that Browns should be like probably four and a half, five point favorites.

Yeah, I think so as well. And if you can pay for that Browns defense at three K, it's definitely the one that I'm targeting. I, I did it last week and they didn't score any points, but I'm, you know, I'd go right back to them. If you can squeak out 3000 to pay for that Browns team, um, there's no way I'm playing Tua. Tua is not good against an easier team. Tua is not gonna be any better against the Browns. Hopefully he doesn't get a concussion this week. And then Dylan great. Gabriel, they're not asking him to do a lot. They're not gonna need to ask him to do a lot of the defense plays like we think it's going to. So I'm out on both of these quarterbacks. I'm assuming that you are as well.

Yeah, me too. I think to his case, helps your Cleveland Browns defense because typically when he has his interceptions, he has multiple, he doesn't just have the one interception day, he gets the two and three in there. So I'm off both these quarterbacks here.

Yeah, the only part that I particularly like is Quinche Judkins. Last week he had a pretty down week. He was only worth 3.6 fantasy points, and he had a down week at under four points in DraftKings, bumped his price a hundred dollars. So they must be thinking that, you know, he's going to have a week here as well. So Judkins can, can end up running this ball a lot. And, we'll put up what the Miami defense has allowed to running backs. They've got three or five, four performances to running backs over 20 points. And Rico, Doell, you know, week five, ran up 35 points. It. I think we can, even Vidal last week had 25.8 points, so I think taking Quinche Judkins at 6,000, he can definitely hit that 24 point total that we need to, to get out of him at that price.

Absolutely. If you're letting Rico Daddle and Kani Vidal look that good against you. Um, I actually think Quin Sean Judkins has looked great too. Well just like watching him, he looks pretty special out there, um, especially when he gets into space. So I'm ex very excited to see what he does in this spot. I was kind of robbed of the Omar and Hampton against this Miami defense, but maybe we'll kind of get, a reflection of that with Judge Cadence against this Miami defense.

Yeah, maybe. I do like that. That's all I'm taking outta this game. Anything else you, you like?

think Harold Fanon Jr's interesting. He had 10 targets and seven catches, uh, for 81 yards last game. And they just love targeting their tight end and also in Yoku was hurt now. So in Yoku, in his own right before he got hurt, had six more targets. If you're seeing 15 targets as a tight end. That is insane. That is like past trade McBride levels. And especially in full point, PPR can easily pay off a $3,900 price tag.

Yeah, he got a bump of $500 this week, but still that at 3,900, he's a bargain compared to McBride.

Yeah. I think you kind of have to pick and choose one of those. We saw Dylan Gabriel pass for 52 times. I think they lean into the running game this time, this week. So I'm on the Haw Jenkins primarily, but if you want to go into Fanon, I, I like that play as well.

Yeah, I can see that they would be trying to figure out some passing routes as well. let's go on to the last game on the slate, which is New York Giants at the Denver Broncos. We get to see Jackson Dart and Scab. Boos, see what they can do against the Broncos,

keep it going.

in, yeah. What do you think? Can they.

I don't like 'em here. I think this also, this might be a game that you turn off similar to Denver's last game, um, and another like 25 point over under. That's kind of what it's feeling like here. I just don't think the giants have the weapons to put on pressure to Denver and I think Denver can actually be pretty successful running.

Yeah, I think so too. quarterbacks, are you out on Dart and Nicks or do you like Nicks? Maybe a little bit. They're fifty two hundred and fifty six hundred.

I'm out on both. I think also, maybe some people might be playing Jackson Dart with just how much he's running. He's had 4 54 yards, 55 and 58 in his three games, but that's kind of Denver's defense specialty. They held fields to 31 rushing yards. They held Hertz to three rushing and they held Daniel Jones to two. So I think they're really good against mobile quarterbacks and we'll probably see that dip down, this week.

Yeah, I think so. I am slightly worried. I pulled the defense numbers for the Broncos and they've allowed a couple top performances to Jonathan Taylor and Marian Hampton this year. 20, almost 25 points and 32 and a half points for Jonathan Taylor Can Scoo. Deliver something like that in Denver. I would note when I first pulled this, I thought that Denver on the road was the issue because if you look at these performances that they've allowed above 10 points, only one was at home and that was to Chase Brown the Bengals. But then I realized that they've only played the Titans and the Bengals at home in Denver.

Yeah. I honestly don't think that scatter boot can have a great ceiling game this time. I mean, he came up with three rushing touchdowns last week. I don't think that's repeatable at all in this bog against a really good Denver defense.

I don't either. I don't mind some of the Bronco side, but. Knowing one that I am, you know, particularly loving, I could get on board with JK Dobbins, but he's 5,600. He could definitely have a bounce back week. The whole Broncos team is looking a little bit to bounce back from their bad performance over in London.

yeah. Also on that note, I kind of like sudden in the spot, he had just one catch for seven yards. I think that changes here. It's just the biggest question with these Denver pieces. I like dobbins, I like sudden it's just, are they gonna be a difference maker in this slate? And I have a tough time kind of selling myself on that.

I do too. I feel like Vegas is telling us that we shouldn't be buying into this no matter how much we wanna jump on the Jackson Dart and, and, uh, scoo train.

Yeah.

All right. Are we ready to do some lineups?

talk

All right. You, you wanna go first? What do you got?

Sure. I have a couple here and the stack leans completely into the Kansas City passing game resurgence and it's mahome stacked up with rice. I didn't really wanna take a chance with another stacking option there, but then I actually like Jack Bes as that garbage time bring back. That might change later to Trey Tucker. Depending on kind of how the news shakes out later this week for the running game, I like Josh Jacobs and Devonte Williams. I just think, as, favorites or just being part of that high 54 point game, we talked about having the running back and really no one else from that game. And that's kind of how I'm playing that Dallas, Washington in this lineup. And then I like paying up for McBride. is kind of assuming that Marvin Harrison Junior doesn't play. kind of my pivots would be dropping from Nick Bri and maybe bumping up from Besh. And then I really like Shahi Sha appears in both these lineups. Rice also appears in both these lineups. Um, and then for the other one, I went for the commander side. I just think it's gonna be played less. So I played Daniels, Zach Ertz, George Pickens, and then paid up for Jonathan Taylor and got Quinche Judkins. So a lot of firepower in the running back room there.

Yeah, you definitely worked a lot into that lineup. And you got to pay for the Browns defense in, in yours. I, I just can't buy into, to the Kansas City and Raiders game. That's, yeah. I am, I'm just out on that and I, that's, you know, I don't know. We're gonna see, but these don't look bad. You've got lots of talent in there. You've got your pay up options, and somehow you saved more money. Than I did, so you could pay up Warrior defenses where I couldn't. So the, the lineup, yeah. So I've got the little stack with Jaden Daniels and Zach Ertz, but I'm not going to bring it back with anybody on the Cowboys side 'cause I just don't know, I don't feel like I've got a clear picture on the Cowboys this week with what's going on. If CD lamb sits, that all changes. And then Pickens has got to be in your lineup.

Yeah.

That's the way it is. Um, then I have the other game correlation with Deandre Swift and Chris o Lave. So going into the, the Bears and the Saints game. And I really like that. Core Four. But then I go picking apart other parts of other games that I also like. We've, I'm going with Judkins as well, so we're both going with Judkins. I like Brie Hall for the Jets, as well. So I've worked Brie Hall and Judkins and Hall is my flex. And then for my wide receivers I've got Justin Jefferson. I think he's gotta step up for the Vikings if they're going to win that game. And I like the attitude there for the Vikings. So I liked paying up for him. And then I'm going to lad McConkey either of those, either McConkey or Quentin Johnston work, especially if it, I mean obviously McConkey, if Quentin, John, John Quentin Johnston is out, but either. Works whichever one you want. And they're like a hundred dollars different. And then because I had no money, I had to punt for defense and I picked the cardinals. So we'll see how that goes.

you could do worse at home for 2100, so

Exactly. No, uh, I got a lot of home running backs that I like, but that's pretty much it.

a bump up. I think Judkins actually, after talking through probably is my play this week. He feels like that standout option for his 6,000 price tag, and I, I'm pretty excited to work him into some more lineups.

I think so too. Uh, hopefully it doesn't disappoint us. So that's it for our week seven main slate. Hope everyone enjoyed the game review, hit subscribe. Leave us a comment with your plays for week seven. And again, don't miss the early game in London.