 It is snake draft time for week number four in NFL DFS. We are taking a look at the main slate and getting you set for Sunday's action and football doing a snake draft live on air and then taking your questions as we get set for week number four. Welcome on in the FanDuel Live Q&A right here on the FanDuel YouTube, Twitch, Facebook and Twitter channels. My name is Jim Sonnis. I am a senior writer and analyst for numberfire.com, J.J. Zacharyson. Not here today because internet not working well enough to stream, but he will still be in the snake draft. And Brandon, I think, this is Brandon Cadullo, by the way, manjetherevernumberfire.com. I think it's because we've won the past two weeks. J.J.'s internet is conspiring to give him an excuse for when we win this week, right? That's gotta be it. Yeah. I didn't want to say anything while he wasn't here to like defend himself, but- Why? Well, you brought it up. I mean, he's our boss. So I guess maybe that's the reason. But yeah, it did occur to me that he won in week one. Maybe he's just saying that his internet's not quite working so that he can not be distracted, because it's distracting to talk through your draft. You're hosting, so it's not even, it's worse for you than it is for me. Yeah, but I don't think, during my picks, like it actually doesn't matter. Like there's, the net is zero. You even with, even with- J.J. just mentioned to say he can hear us. So we don't make any of this stream. Kind of hoping we'd get some notes here, but- Our video producer Cal is here. If I get fired midstream, Cal's gonna have to go live. Cal's gonna finish it off. His dog Pete might pop in and like, or Pete can like talk some MLB at 430, I don't know. I mean, hey, I'm all for that. Any time there's a cat or a dog on like a Zoom call just makes things better. So I can't even imagine what that would do for like a live Q and A. We just got my dog's Halloween costume for this year. So just so you're aware. I can't tell you, you'll find on the, probably, there's I think, I think a live stream like the third of 29th or something like that. So you'll probably see her. If we have to dress up again this year like we did last year. Anyway, the way this will go down is we're gonna go through a Snake Draft over on Fandull.com, do it live up between the three of us, me, Brandon and J.J. And then afterwards we'll go through our lineups and we'll take your questions live on air as well. So if you got questions about week four, Friend of Hell DFS, put those questions no matter where you're watching, put them on YouTube, Twitch, Facebook or Twitter. And we will go through those. J.J. says that if AJ Brown hadn't gotten hurt he would have won last week. I'm pretty sure you won pretty handedly. Did you not? I don't remember. I know that I lost by a lot. I didn't pay attention after that. I think it was close, but it did take an AJ Brown injury in for you to draft Alvin Cook and have him not play for me. No, I replaced him with Alexander Madison and it didn't matter. Oh yeah. I still got him in there because you can replace people on FanDuel now. So I tried to cheat, but it didn't. I think it was like a narrow win. Okay, J.J. says you won by five. So yeah, if AJ Brown hadn't gotten hurt you'd have been pretty dusty. But you know, wins a win. Put in the win column and we did. So we're all tied up at one. We'll go through this nature after you in a second. First, Brandon, I didn't want to talk to you about some injury news from today. Both Julio Jones and AJ Brown are going to be out on Sunday for the Titans. We had Derek Henry as the high side player on FanDuel. I don't think this changes anything in terms of the snake draft. I feel like Henry is probably pretty easily still the number one pick there. But in terms of the salary cap format where we have the situation where Derek Henry is 10-2 how does Jones and Brown being out impact your view of Henry in week number four? Yeah, so we talked about this yesterday on the heat check. And like, yes, there's a case you make where Derek Henry gets like 35 touches but the total is trending down in that game. The spreads getting a little bit tighter. So that means that the implied team total for Tennessee is going to go down. It's really easy to fall in that trap of like, hey, play Derek Henry, like Jim and Derek Henry because he's going to get all the work he can handle. Which is true. But if they're not moving the ball efficiently those touches are going to be a little bit more hollow. He's going to have fewer red zone trips. So I agree with you. I think he's very clearly the 101 in the snake draft and you don't have to worry about the salary. But you know, come Sunday on the main slate, I'm like, I'm not fading Derek Henry. I'm not going to be that dumb again which I've been in the past. But you do have to bump that whole offense down which is something that is easy to forget. I think that what it does is his ceiling remains the same because he's Derek Henry and ceiling does matter. It does impact his floor. It increases his range of outcomes, not in the positive way. If it were it increases range of outcomes in the positive sense, like getting the higher ceiling, great, I'd be all in. But his ceiling remains the same whereas his floor goes down a bit. I don't care too much about the floor personally but what it does is it increases the chance he gets to that floor. It doesn't reach that ceiling or decreases the chance that he gets to his ceiling and that does matter. So Henry is still a guy I'm going to use a lot and I wouldn't be shocked if I'm overweight and I'm going all into the field just because my core running back will be so tight. I'm just not actively trying to be overweight. I think just like in my core is tight and I want it to be overweight, so be it. But I think that it does lower the appeal a bit just because the paths to destruction are now more obvious and they would have been if this offense were at full health. So we'll talk, I'm sure we'll get questions on those guys later on. So we're ready to do this snake draft here, Brandon? Yes, sir. Okay, I ping JJ to let him know we're about to start. Okay, so you're the last one to enter. Should I go ahead? Yep, do it, let's do it. JJ said it's good to go. Alrighty. And you weren't entered, I get the first pick. So I'll be taking Derek Henry there. I think that to me, it's not really a tough decision because the fall off after Henry is pretty big. I think that Dalvin Cook is like really solid and I feel good about him but there is, you know, given the questions around Cook's ankle and stuff like that, I think it's actually a legitimate tier, like a half tier from Henry down to Dalvin Cook here in this format. Is it Camara's projected above Dalvin? That's kind of surprising to me. Who, Camara? Yeah. Yeah, a lot of projections like him, Number Fire is included. I mean, I kind of get it. I don't like that game at all. It isn't a dome, which you and I talked about does help kind of helps running backs a little bit less but does kind of lead to more yardage, which should lead to more touchdown opportunities for Camara. But yeah, I think it's Henry and then I think it's Cook. And then from there, I think it opens up a lot. So I was kind of hoping I didn't get the third pick, which I feel like I've gotten almost every time. You got second, right? Okay, yeah. Yeah. Okay, so I'm gonna take Derek Henry here. We'll go through that. I think with Camara, part of the reason why I'm annoyed is that the saints aren't throwing. So if he has a 20% target share on 20 drop backs, I think it's four targets. And like Alvin Camara at four targets, not as lethal as like the Alvin Camara we typically have. So you go down and Cook there. Yeah. That's what I'd have done too. I think it's just kind of a no-brainer. Camara would be interesting if JD doesn't take him. Yeah. Which he did. He did go Camara, okay. Again, I mean, I don't think you can knock that. Now from here- I think he'd be the next pick. It's just, I think that he's not, like he's the correct third pick. I just like- Yeah. Yeah. Not from here, it opens up. Because JD's probably gonna go Tyreek Hill here. I would guess that too. Which he did. And then it comes into question, like do I go with Aaron Jones? I think he might be kind of the 1A of remaining backs. Right. Don't love the matchup. But you know, all of us like to play three running backs whenever we can. Right. I think running back drops off a bit. So I'm gonna just go with Aaron Jones here. Okay. I think that was a wise decision. That's what I would have done in your shoes as well. I'm gonna go Cooper Cup because the target shares are insane. I like that game. I like his role within that offense. Really hard for me to push back on that one. The second pick is a lot tougher. And I don't think I can go in that game. Or I can get a stack in that game. Looking through things here, I feel like maybe I should just get access to that Minnesota Cleveland game and go with Justin Jefferson. Actually, let's just go Devonte. Why don't I skip Devonte? Why wouldn't I just go Devonte? That's very stupid. I was curious because I felt like I forgot he was there. Well, I was starting to think, hey, am I gonna have to take Devonte and Aaron Jones? Yeah, I don't know why I skipped over him. I should have taken him over Cup, honestly. Now, the question kind of becomes with Stefan Diggs. How big is too big for a spread? So I feel like I'm gonna go with someone I've taken constantly. That's just Travis Kelsey. Okay. He's listed as a tight end, but we know that we know better. Right. Multiple. So you have Cook, Jones, Kelsey. I've got Henry, Cup, and Adams. JJ's with Camara, Tyreek. And now he's got one running back and one receiver. He does go to Stefan Diggs. And I think that, you know, for this format, a three person format, Stefan Diggs is great because we know the builds will score a lot of points. We know he'll probably be involved in scoring those points. It's more so a question, the back and forth stuff, if you're in a large field tournament, you need them to have the foot on the gas for all four quarters. Yeah, and I've struggled out of the gate here, not going. So JJ went with Justin Jefferson. I like that pick. Now, I'm trying to figure out where to go with my stacks because I could go with Naji Harris with Aaron Jones. I could wait, or I could maybe go Nick Chubb here and just go to those three running backs. I'm probably going to go with Naji. Okay. It's hard to fade someone after such a heavy target share. I know there's still some empty usage here. Kind of regretting that already, but I got my three running backs locked up. Yeah. I'm going to go DeAndre Swift, just because the role is so good. Not a game that I like, but I just think the role there is pretty tough to turn down. As far as the second guy, I think I'm going to go with DK Metcalf. Wait, what is he? Oh, he's fine. Okay. Because Tyler Lockett is banged up. I like that game a lot. I think that the cornerbacks of the 49ers banged up enough where I'd bump him up quite a bit. So I feel really good about DK there. And I think I'm okay with taking him over the running backs that were available to me at that point. So I want to make sure I get some stack potential. I'm probably going to go with Mahomes here. Okay. Just to get Kelsey, I think they're going to have to pour it on, or that they will pour it on if possible, just because again, they're one and two, they're not going to ease up if they have a slight lead. And we've seen them kind of loaded up before. So JJ went with Nick Chubb. I think he was strongly someone I was considering. I knew he was going to get the Josh Allen stack here. Now the question is just, where do I go with wider seever? I might go DJ more, honestly. I like that game. I love DJ more's role. I'm probably just going to click the lock button here with more, even though I don't have any other exposure to that game. Yeah. I have no exposure to Kyler. Like I have Cooper cup on the other side, but like I'm just going to go Kyler. We talked about this a lot on Thursday show, where even though it's hard to stack Kyler, to me it's really hard to pass him up. Like the targetors are spread out, which does hurt Deandre Hopkins. I think he'll be better this week, given that he did practice in a limited fashion on Thursday. But I think this is a game that I want access to. I think that he's a quarterback I want access to. So let's start things off here by checking out JJ's lineup. He went with Josh Allen out of the camera. Nick Chubb, Tyree Kill, Stefan Dix, and Justin Jefferson. I want to talk about Nick Chubb, because usually when we talk about Nick Chubb on the show, we're talking about how because his role is limited, it's harder for us to get to him. I think that's a bit less true this week, because A, that game is amazing. B, the Vikings defensive line a bit banged up today. I think that could open up some holes for Nick Chubb. And I feel like the ability for him to go bananas is higher. I would also say I think that Nick Chubb probably going to be a bit less rostered this week than usual, given that Cream Hunt is the guy who blew up last week. So I think that Nick Chubb is a sharp play there. And I think I'm glad I took Swift, but I do think that Nick Chubb was the right option there. JJ sent in his thoughts here. Didn't like being the three spot, but he liked the value of Chubb and Jefferson, and then the Allen and Dix stack as well. I agree with that too. And also Tyree Kill is just like he's an insane. Yeah, I mean, eventually. So like Hill's really difficult to place just because you can explain the two down games with like variants. He does have just 11 targets in those games. I think 70 yards of memory serves. Eventually that volume is going to change. The big reason for Tyree Kill's amazing salaries every week now is not just the high A dot, but it's the high A dot plus the volume. So I think Tyree Kill is just, you know, I don't want to say he's due for a big game, but you can say do it feels that way. So I think JJ's team is in a really good spot and it is projected for the most points. I think it should be to I think that's a good team. Let's go to yours now. You went down and I think that was right. The right call I picked number two. I also would have gone Aaron Jones with where you went him. What are your overall thoughts on your team? I don't I don't dislike it. I think I reached for the volume with Najee Harris and I wanted some some bring back appeal with Aaron Jones in that game, but I feel like I should have gone with Nick Chubb instead. Just because I'm not the highest on the Cleveland offense, but I'm also higher on it than the Pittsburgh offense in general. Yeah, but I can't. I can't ever really get too disappointed with a back who plays, you know, 90 plus percent of the snaps. So I'm good with that. I'm fine with the the stack I have between Mahomes and Kelsey. I feel like I have Kelsey a lot, but he can get to 100 yards. He can score multiple times. And then honestly, DJ Moore was I wanted exposure to that game. But I had already locked in three running backs. I didn't want to have to decide between either of the Cowboys receivers. So DJ Moore staring at me with that that heavy target share playing, you know, in a good game environment. It just kind of fell to me. So I feel pretty good with it. I think I could have done a little bit better, but overall, not too bad. Yeah, I think that I wanted to access that game too. And I strongly considered going Amari Cooper or CDLAM as opposed to DK Metcalf. But I think. Metcalf has the path of least resistance and honestly, a better target share, too. So I did wind up going Metcalf. But I was enticed by that game and did get really close to going to that game over the Seattle San Fran game. I do think that the Seattle San Fran game was great to play things. DJ on Facebook saying Dava Cook is banged up. He is. But it sounds like he's good to go. He's talking to Tom Palacero of NFL Network Today. Said that he felt like barring a setback. He'd be good to go. And we'll talk sometimes about like our trust level and reporters. Tom Palacero don't miss with the Vikings. Like he's got a really good source there. So I tend to trust him a lot when it comes to that team. He says, now it's good to go. I will trust him for sure. As far as my team, again, Derek Henry does get downgraded a bit with no coordination, Julio Jones was still to me the pretty obvious number one pick. The one thing I don't like about my team is the lack of correlation. Like you do have overlapping Kyler and Cooper Cup. But like, again, with Kyler, I think he was the third best quarterback here. And there was no one I was going to take. Like I'm not taking Deandre Hopkins over Devonte Adams, any of those guys in his current state. Yeah, I definitely would have done the same if I were in your shoes with that last pick and just go with Kyler. You know, in this format, yeah, you want some correlation for sure. But you also just kind of soak up whatever Kyler gives you. And that's historically been quite good. So yeah, I mean, that's a great game. You had Cup, I would have done the exact same thing. I'm just surprised you didn't take your boy David Montgomery. I thought about it, but like his role is not better than any of the guys who we took. Like maybe you could make the argument that his role is better than Chubb's, but like the offense is so much worse and that game is so much worse that it doesn't matter. They also don't know who their quarterback is. Yeah, they said they do, but like, do they? Yeah, the quote is, we know what we're doing, which that's kind of what I tell myself up. You're setting yourself up to just get dunked on like. An alley-oop is supposed to be your same team, but he just lobbed it up for all Twitter to just like posterize him and they did. Yeah, I was just like, that's what I tell myself when I pull driver again after going out of bounds, like the past two holes, I'm like, I know what I'm doing. OK, golf boy. OK, golf boy. We'll see the results while I don't play professional football. So that's true. It's better to pretend. Yeah, OK, we're having an analogy there. We'll get the results for week four of the Snake Draft next week in week number five on our Snake Draft live stream. Again, four to four thirty every Friday. Baseball coming up in just a bit. First, let's get to some of your questions here via YouTube, Facebook, Twitter or Twitch. You can still get those questions in if you want to ask some stuff about this week for DFS. So let's start things off with Terry on YouTube. Terry saying, hey, guys, would you trade Brandon Cooks for Chase Edmonds in full PPR needs a running back? Receivers are Tyree Kills, Stefan Diggs, C.D. Lamb and Tyler Lock and my goodness, Terry. Those are some awesome wide receivers. Yeah. And that does influence things here because in a vacuum, I feel like I'd rather have Brandon Cooks and Chase Edmonds. But if you've got those four dudes that wide receiver need a running back, I'm kind of OK. Getting Chase Edmonds is full PPR, which means that his past catching is pretty valuable there. He has a good role minus the goal lines like his floor is very good. It's more of the ceiling that gets impacted there. So I think I would do that, Brandon. What about you? Yeah, I think that's pretty fair. You know, I don't think you, me or JJ, like one for one trades, but when it's cross positional, it's fine. Yeah, much more it's much easier. Now, I do publish a trade value chart every Tuesday. That's just based on number fires, rest of season projection. So it kind of takes some of that subjectivity out of things, which I like a lot. You don't really project for what we think might happen four weeks from now. It's like, hey, here's kind of what what roles guys have now. Based on that, it's pretty fair trade. So I would do that, especially with those receivers, because, you know, I have I have my own team with a bunch of receivers. And I don't know if you're going to start Brandon Cooks with those four above him. So might as well get Chase Evans here. Yeah, Cooks is a good piece. But if you got those pieces, it's OK to trade them away. Let's talk to DJ and Facebook. Do you recommend picking up shell nut with DJ and Shark being out for the year? So Leviska, Chenalt finally got some downfield targets last night, which was super encouraging and he looked good. So DJ and Shark done for the year, Brandon. How does that change your view of Leviska, Chenalt right now? So I I'm struggling with that. I talked about this on the Q&A yesterday for going over the single game or Chenalt's just not a high eight receiver historically. I think it was because eight was four point six entering last night's game. Receiver average is about a ten point seven. Now, that gives him a higher floor but a lower ceiling. He did get those downfield targets. Though the really long play, though, is kind of like a busted play. Yeah, that doesn't make me feel particularly good about him. The thing, though, that you can't really knock is he's going to get more targets, even if they're lower a dot. So I'm not buying into like the he's a downfield receiver now, but I am cool buying into the fact that he could easily lead that team in target share because Marvin Jones just more of a downfield threat. So it picking up if he's just on the waiver wire shore. Yeah, maybe he's on the waiver wire. I think it does change things from pretty bit quite a bit because like he was getting a middling target share and a bad a dot. That's a bad combination. If you get a better target share with a bad a dot, that's that's OK. You can get by on that. And that a dot's got to go up a little, but he's not going to he's going to take some of that work. But I don't think we're going to see him like leave the team in downfield targets with Marvin Jones. So yeah, if he's available, pick him up for sure. I think that Arrow is up there. Let's talk DJ again. Thoughts on the Seahawks defense this week. They are facing the 49ers. The 49ers offense is good. The Seahawks defense is bad. I think they're a pretty easy avoid for me. What about you? Yeah, I would really depend on who's out there. I mean, I guess if it's from a Fandall standpoint, I think we could do better if it's season long, maybe. But yeah, I mean, San Francisco just doesn't really profile as an offense. I like to go against a lot. Yeah, just kind of like minimal high risk plays. And, you know, the majority of fantasy points come from interceptions and sacks, which doesn't really profile as something that unless you think Seattle just floors them and the 49ers have to throw early and often. But I don't know how many people are projecting that game script there. Yeah, if you're looking for some lower salary defenses to like DJ, I think Kansas City grades out pretty well. I think you could go with the Cowboys in situations where you don't have like Chuba Hubbard or Robbie Anderson, DJ Moore, et cetera, just because like offensive line is pretty suspect. And Sam Darnold can still occasionally flop back into his old tendency. So I think those would be the the lower salary defense I'd be turning to for this week. Let's talk to Jacob over on Facebook. Mike Davis is low salary. He is. But I think the role here is deteriorated enough where I'm OK, not even looking at a salary, honestly. Like, I know it's like fifty two hundred dollars. I'd pull them for like the work the workload thing that I do. Fifty four hundred dollars. I don't care, honestly, because like so we talk a lot about with running backs where no matter what their salary may be, you need a pathway to 20 points. The best pathway to 20 points is touchdowns and past catching. The past catching is there for Mike Davis, but he's not efficient, which means the artist will be lower. And I still worry about the touchdowns being there because Cordial Patterson didn't have a red zone role in week three. But in week two, he played every red zone snap. I think there were nine and Mike Davis played, I think, either two or four snaps in the red zone. So he's losing work to Cordial. He's losing some red zone work. I have no interest in Mike Davis, Brandon. What about you? So I like this game. It's one that I kind of talked about a bit. It should be like the fastest paced game. I could see it going, going over. I don't know if that will get me. I bet the under on that game. You have the under. Yeah, I bet it. I could see that because you hate Taylor Heinecke. Matt Ryan looks. Look, not like Matt Ryan right now. He looks like Thanos, Snap Dust. Yeah, it's been it's been kind of rough from that perspective. Now, the problem is like Mike Davis is kind of the perfect distinction between season long and DFS where if you have Mike Davis, you say, yeah, he's still running over half the routes playing like 60 percent, 65 percent of the snaps. He has some red zone work. I mean, he's still leading in red zone rushing a market share over Cordial. But whenever you can pick from literally any running back, I know the salaries low, but his path, like you said, to really getting to I know you have like your certain thresholds, but multiple touchdowns for him seems low. And like 125 total yards might be the cutoff you use for running back, something like that. Yeah. That's not really there. I think he, you know, if you're again, the path to like 12 Fandall points seems good. The path to 20 seems really kind of hard to get to. He's he's kind of like Frank Gore in the sense of like, he'll get you 70 yards, but I don't know what you get you beyond that. And we kind of need beyond that regardless of the salary. So like, I agree. Like the workload is there are aspects of the workload that are good, but it's not yet. I'll say this, I considered it, but I mean, like when you look at his workload, you get it like you can see it. But, you know, not enough there for me. It's not to grim fan on YouTube. Quinta Cephas, Donovan Peoples Jones, Cameron Batboy or Denzel Minns this weekend. So Quinta Cephas face facing the Bears, no Tyra Williams still for that game. Donovan Peoples Jones in a game we like, but his role is pretty bad. The question is, does that change now with Odell being fully healthy in the game where they're probably to throw a bit more than they did last week? Batboy, I don't know if it'll even be like a starter for that team yet, despite the fact that everyone is out. Nick Westbrook, Akine, I think is going to be probably the main guy we'd want to turn to on that team. Denzel Minns be active this week, but a lot of times, deeds are enacted for reason. I would bet that Keelan Cole and Jameson Crowder run ahead of Denzel Minns this week in addition to Corey Davis. So personally, Brandon, I don't think I can get to any of those super low salary dues, maybe like Westbrook, Westbrook, Akine, I could potentially do. But I think those ones would be tougher for me. What about you? Yeah, again, if this is like a. If it's pick one for like a season long in a deeper league, I think it'd be Cephas. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But this is just a distinction point. I think we can still do better. Yeah, even at lower salaries. So I I can't really talk myself into these guys. So I would say like if you're looking for like a cheapy, like a super low salary guy, I would check out KJ Osborne. Fifty three to dollars. His floor is terrible, but there is a path to a good game because he's shown some yardage upside this year. So I would say that he is still someone I don't really consider. Rod Nelmore is probably going to run more routes this week, just because like the script is going to be pretty or it could be more negative for them. So although his floor is terrible, there's still a path to a good game. I think there for Rod Nelmore, which is enough to at least consider him. Let's see. Other guys down here in a game where they should have to throw a lot. Nope. OK. Nope. I mean, hey, we're relatively to some of these guys down here, though. Van, I don't do van than those guys to Van Jefferson. He's running a lot of routes for this team. Good offense, good game. I think the van Jefferson grades out well relative to those guys as well. Yeah, I could see that. Because even with the Sean taking over. The van should still get some deep shots. Yeah. I think so as well. Brandon Iuk 57, I like. I know it's a little bit higher in the rest of my group fan, but Kittle's banged up. Efficient offense. Got three red zone targets last week. AJ Green 56. Good game. I know he looks bad, but like, you know, sometimes we've got to suck it up and do it. I know we were trash. Sorry, I know we were trashing on Matt Ryan, but actually a lot of days, Ikeas was at the 72 percent snap rate last week or a route rate. About 70 percent of the snaps six targets. What was his A dot? His A dot was 11.3. OK, so he's not Russell Gage, basically, which is good. OK, so yeah. OK. That could work. And I like that. Yeah, that game is fine. DJ is Jeremy McNichols. Oh, McNichols worth a look considering how bad the Jets defense is. The Jets defense is bad, but McNichols isn't going to get enough work again. I think that we need to try to identify players with a path of 20 points. And I don't think McNichols really has that in terms of DFS. I don't think he has it for a season long either. So I wouldn't go there for looking for some lower soured running backs to consider. No study, Michelle, this week because Daryl Henderson is back. I think that that's enough where I would avoid Michelle. We talked a bit about him. Sounds like Elijah Mitchell might not be fully healthy yet. It's not like he's still sore. We talked about him potentially being an outlet for lower soured running backs. So to me, I feel like the floor I will go with I'll use quarter Patterson, but a wide receiver, not at running back. I think the floor for me is probably Chuba Hubbard. Do you agree? I'm taking I'm taking a good look here. I think I'm probably on board with you. Yeah, Eli Mitchell sounds doubtful now. So that's kind of hard. I would keep an eye out there if he plays. That would be appealing a little bit. If 5600 on Tyson Williams, they'll play in a lot, but not getting the heavy workload. Yeah. And that game's kind of gross. So I might be with you where the lowest I go is with Chuba Hubbard. Yeah. I think that's where I'm at as well. I mean, I think the case for McNichols is just they're down to receivers. So he maybe splits out wide a bit more, but that's so I could I could kind of see that. Yeah. But I'm not going to get there myself now. A question from Grim Fan. That's going to hurt a Samuel. I think I like her to Samuel more than the Quintess C Fest group they were talking about before. Yeah. I don't think I'll use him though, because he missed so much camp. And now he's coming out this groin injury, which is kind of hampered him throughout the summer. And now he's going back to, you know, he hasn't practiced a lot with his team. I feel like there will be enough integration issues with regards to like snap rate and stuff like that, where I won't get there. But I think that he's like he's worth bringing up as a discussion point. I won't get there, but what about you, Brandon? Yeah, I almost brought him up too, whenever we were just kind of scrolling. So that's a good call out. But the reason I didn't really bring it up is I don't know. I could see this being a very limited, like he might have, he might honestly lead the slate in targets per route run, but he might run 10 routes and get like four targets. So that would be my drawback. And as great as it is to say, you know, Curtis Samuel, if he plays a full, a lot in a snaps at 5300 and has like a Curtis Samuel red zone kind of game, that can really go in your favor. But you can really just cut down your entire lineup if you get a two target 20 yard game from Curtis Samuel. Worth discussing though. So I'm glad you brought that up to your fan with Samuel for this week. Okay, then we're going to send Brandon off on his way. Thank you to JJ for drafting as well. And JJ apparently can't get in and out there until Monday. So I'll be doing the starts at Q&A on Sunday at noon. I'll be doing that at noon. We have a betting Q&A at 1230 on a Sunday as well. So we'll still have your stuff for you. Just different people with JJ having the internet. Thanks to JJ for drafting. Brandon, thank you for joining us here as well. Any final thoughts for you on week before before we send you off on your way? I kind of like all of our snake draft teams because this is a week where you and I just were like, we like a lot of games. We don't necessarily have strong, strong preferences. So there's a lot of players to pick from. It's a hard week to narrow things down. But again, this is a week where I would say whatever game you hear talked about the least might be the, could be the sneakiest game. Whatever viable game you're talking about the least. Yes. Yes. Not, not giant saints probably, but uh... Right. So that's kind of how I'm playing it. And that's why I think all of our snake draft teams are very viable for week four. Very concentrated on those games. Yeah, I'd agree. Okay. Well, Brandon, thank you so much. Fine. Brandon on Twitter at Kadula13. And as Aaron says, let's talk MLB. It is time for MLB DFS Q&A for today. The final MLB DFS Q&A of the year because it's our final one for the regular season. We're going to close out here. Hopefully in a high note and talk about this Friday slate. Do you want to quickly address DJ? He was asking, should I stick to on Curtis? Same of things. I drafted him in a league this year and if I'm with him. Yes. I would keep him DJ and see what his role looks like. Not just Sunday, but I probably try to keep him beyond then too because his role should expand after that. As far as this slate forward to day, I want to focus on the pitchers who are in games or something on the line. So to me, I think the top two guys wanted to be Eduardo Rodriguez and Nester Cortez. I think I prefer Cortez over Rodriguez because Cortez is at home facing a team with not a lot in the line. Do you want to see what the raised lineup looks like once he's out there? And then Rodriguez facing the Nats does mean he gets to face a pitcher but also pretty decent team against lefties in general. So to me, I want to focus on the guys with stuff on the line, but DJ is asking about Sandy Alcantra. DJ, if I'm going to go to a pitcher who has nothing on the line, it's going to be Sandy Alcantra because he is tremendous, very good pitcher. Facing the Phillies for today, the Phillies probably not like super jazzed about this game given the way they're serious with Atlanta went. So that's one thing in Alcantra's favor. They're also not as good against righties as against lefties. And Alcantra really freaking good as a pitcher. Alcantra over his past 10 starts with more sliders, 28% strikeout rate, 3.09 skill interactive ERA, 27% fly ball rates. I've talked a lot about that slider, but I think it's important because it gives him the ability to torpedo both righties and lefties. The change of kills lefties, slider kills righties. So I think that it makes him a really well-rounded pitcher. Now Alcantra, nothing on the line, that could be a concern, especially because Alcantra is a guy that the Marlins need for next year. The good thing is they've let him go kind of deep in games recently, 114, 96, 103, 87 pitches. 87 was in a game where he didn't seem to be fully on, let up a couple of runs in that game. I don't think it was an indication that his workload is going down. So I do like Alcantra quite a bit. If I'm going with a non like must win game pitcher, I feel like Alcantra is my top opposite. So DJ, we are on the same wavelength there. Matt is asking about a J stack with Springer, Simeon, Vlad, Nespinol or Simeon, Vlad, Hernandez, and Dickerson. If your Dickerson can be pinched for it, they bring in a bot. Yes, Dickerson is also not the highest upside due to begin with. So I tried to not get there. Let's check out this J's lineup first though. Okay. So we got Dickerson batting sixth. Danny Janssen who Matt mentioned is batting eighth, the bespectacle beast. Danny Janssen batting eighth. So we got Springer, Simeon, Vlad, I think, or potentially Taoskar versus Springer. So let's put, let's go over here. I'm going to put Nestor Cortes in a pitcher just because I want to build around him. And I think he works well with a J stack due to the salary. Let's get Simeon. Let's get Vlad at third base, preferably. And then, okay. So we're deciding between Taoskar and Springer or Taoskar and someone else versus Springer and someone else. I think Danny Janssen is probably going to be your best option there because of the numbers versus righties. Espinole versus righties, 121 ISO does put the ball in the air and can swipe bags. So those are good things, but not super convinced by the power. If we look at Dickerson versus righties, 135 ISO, that number's been better in the second half. I think he's at 161 versus righties in second half. So he's been better recently, but still not tearing the cover off the ball, whereas Janssen, albeit in a smaller sample, 127 plate appearances, 243 ISO, 43% fly ball rate. He was a really good hitter in the minors too. So I kind of believe that Janssen can sustain what he's done. So to me, Matt, I'm going to go Janssen. I want the spectacle beast in there. Look at this beautiful boy. Look at that. Can't turn that down. We'll put Danny Janssen in there. And if I'm choosing between Taoskar and Springer, probably Springer, I think. So I probably do this one, Matt. I think that one grades out pretty well for me. I think that's a solid J-stack for today. I think that's, and I do like them a lot. They're my favorite stack for today. Let's refresh this here because I haven't refreshed this in a while. Let's get some new lineups in there and let's go to Diffuse. Diffuse is asking about the Rockies lefties and Trevor Story. Trevor Story has been awesome second half of the year. So I agree. He's kind of an inclusion in there. The matchup very good for the Rockies facing Gumberto Castellanos. Castellanos is over the six starts he has made, kind of scattered throughout the year, but six starts overall, 5.46 skill interactive ERA, 13% strikeout rate, good number of fly balls. The one thing he has done well has been to suppress hard contact. So if it were a better team, I'd be very down to seconds Castellanos because those are stackable numbers and Roof is open at Chase Field for tonight. It's 86 degrees, warmest game on the slate, best park factor on the slate for tonight. So that would put me on that team in general because the Rockies are pretty bad. It's a bit harder for me to get there and it bit harder for me to get enthused. I would not cross them all because the matchup is very good. The park factor is good. And I think that like they've got enough guys I'm willing to use on this team where I think that they're still in consideration but they're not a priority as a result of that. So if your process led you to the Rockies Diffuse, I would not talk you out of that. I think that they're definitely worth consideration but those are the reasons why they're not as high for me. Kenny, should I trade Nixon for Jonathan Taylor and Brandon IU can flow PBR? No, pending what the injury news is on Joe Nixon because that ankle, I think it was an ankle last night. I kind of want to see what that is but if he's healthy, his role is the best guy, the best of that group. So I would stick with Joe Nixon there over JT and IUQ. JT loses work in negative scripts. They may be in a lot of negative scripts because the offense is struggling and the offense is banged up with Quentin Nelson being out this week. So I would stick with Joe Nixon there assuming the foot slash ankle injury is okay. DJ, would you spend on Trent Jimbroney tonight? I'm going to be honest. I don't know who that is. Is that a person? Is that a real person? I'm assuming it's like some prospect that I've never heard of. Okay, let's find out who this guy is for the Cubs, all right. It's coming up from AAA. In AAA, oh, 81 ISO. Nope, really bad power. So I would not go there. Definitely not DJ. I think you can find other places to say some salary for tonight. Cubs are facing Dakota Hudson. Hudson's a big ground ball guy. It's coming up, Tommy John. So I don't think it'll go super deep in the game, but I'm glad to see him back. I like Dakota Hudson a lot. So I'm glad he's back, but I don't use guys against him and I don't think that I don't want to use a guy who had very little power down in AAA. As far as stacks I do like for today, we talked about the Nationals. I think they're the number one stack. I know it's very painful and you are allowed to yell at me and chat about this, but I think the Red Sox are in play once again. Not great, not great. I think that they're in play once again though. So we'll go to the Red Sox again as painful as it may be. And I think the twins are in play. You know, it's the final Q&A. Got to talk about my twins. Got to talk about old Byron Buxton. Assuming that he's in there. See if the twins lineup is out yet. It is indeed. And Byron Buxton, our beautiful boy, betting second. Polanco, Donaldson, Kepler betting fifth. That's a good thing for sure. So I think the twins would work as well. Red Sox lineup. Let's see if that's out and see if our boy, Bobby Bigfly is in there. He is Bobby Bigfly, batting seventh for the Red Sox. Renfro moved down or Dolby batting seventh. Why is Renfro batting sixth? That's weird. I don't get that. That's very strange. Why would you bet him sixth? He's like your best hitter against lefties. Red Sox are weird, man. I don't get them. I don't get them at all. Anyway, I think the Red Sox work twins work and Jays work for today. Aaron is asking a better strikeout rate between Sandy Alcantra or Nesta Cortes. So I can answer that. If you look at their most relevant sample. So we have Cortes over his past eight stars that he was sliders. It is at 29%. And Alcantra in his past 10 starts with more sliders is at 28%. So slide edge goes to Cortes. However, the workload edge goes to Alcantra in general. Does that change tonight in a situation where Marlon has nothing on the line whereas Cortes does, it's possible it does. So I would say if I'm picking between those two for tonight, just overall, I would go Cortes above Alcantra for today. Maybe that's not the right way to play things. It could be potentially wrong. But I do think that I would give the slide edge to Cortes there. I think they're both in play. Aaron, I do like both of them. But I would give the slide edge to Cortes. I think they're both very good. But slide edge to Cortes there. Aaron is asking, do the wildcard games start Monday? I think they start Tuesday because I think they leave Monday open for a tiebreaker which might actually happen in the American League wildcard race, which would be really fun. So kind of hoping for a wildcard tiebreaker. I think that'd be a delight. So I'm on board for that. William, are we stacking Minnesota tonight? They're definitely in a great spot. I am. I will be. Definitely for sure because I agree. They're in a great spot facing John Heasley. Heasley is a guy who is coming up from AA and the two starts he's made in the majors, 5.09 skill interactive, Yarae, 14% strikeout rates, a lot of hard contact and a lot of fly balls. He was good in AA, but AA very different from the big leagues. So let's clear out the Blue Jays here and build out a twin stack. Let's get future MVP Byron Buxton in there. Let's get Kepler in there and then I want Donaldson and I want Polanco. We're going with the big boys here because I think I had the sour to do so. So we do that. We've got 3450 left. If you're going to the Jays stack, I think that probably necessitate you put Jansen in there. Just do that quickly. Okay, Jansen 3833 you can make that work. So I would say this is the core I want to stack with with the twins. Now let's say you're stacking the Jays and want to go all out. You don't want Jansen in there. You want to go full value. Then we're looking at do we go? I don't want arise, but do we go Suno, Rooker, Gordon? Let's check this out over here and then I want to check out the salaries on those guys because could be a big difference between Suno, Rooker and Gordon. Scroll down here to the twins and okay, Suno's 26, Rooker 22, Gordon 21 start by plate appearances here. All right, Suno 305 ISO 37% fly ball rate. That's actually, or strike area that's actually not as bad as I thought it might be. He has an above average WRC plus against righties. I am shocked by that legitimately shocked. Rooker also strikes out a lot. Not as much power, Nick Gordon 155 ISO against righties. So I feel like if you want to go with like a value stack in the twins, we're lopping off here between Donaldson Polanco. See you Josh, bring rain elsewhere and we'll put Suno in there. If you want to value stack in the twins, I still want Buxton in there, but you can go Suno and Kepler and feel good about that. So if you're trying to prioritize getting Jason, I would say this is your stack. If you have the salary to do so, I would put Donaldson in over Suno for tonight. Diffuse Cleveland baseball team thoughts. It's a final weekend of that name. So that's good. This is great. I love it. All right, they're facing Spencer Howard. Howard's pretty good at suppressing our contact. Mrs. and Seven starts with Texas. He's had more cutters in that time and fewer forcing fastballs. Strike area 23%, a low hard contact rates. I would be okay passing over Cleveland for today. Mr. Monte, Eli Morgan and a Cleveland stack. Eli Morgan is facing the Rangers. I like the matchup worried about him because he lets up a lot of fly balls, a lot of hard contact. He also doesn't go super deep in games. Pass three for Morgan, 81, 85, 85. I'll skip over Morgan for tonight. BeatBoss says Minnesota stack. Nice. I agree. Let's go twin. Let's finish off the year in a high note. Let's tank that draft stock and then extend Byron Buxton. Matt Redsox, Kike, Xander, Martinez, Renfrow. Yes, love it. I'll side you about a one to four twin stack, not into our eyes because the power is so bad. Arise versus righties this year. 087 ISO, only two steals. I don't want to rise. I would try to gloss over him. If you want a lower salary dude, get Kepler in there or gets to know in there. They're the preferred lower salary guys in the twins. As far as the Redsox stack, I like all those guys. I would say if you need to save salary, get Bobby Dahl back in there. I would be very okay with that. But the four guys you have in the Redsox, totally fine. I'm not saying you need to change them because you need more salary relief. I would go Dahl back and get him in there. Aaron, the Simmons that's played Minnesota next year, I hope not because I want Royce Lewis. He's probably not going to win the job right away, but he also might move to the outfield. But I want Royce Lewis in there. I do not want Alderson Simmons. Defense is nice, but other stuff is not ideal. DJ, two to five Colorado stack slash Atlanta stack with Alcantra pitching. Can you show me how to build a lineup? Okay. DJ, I like that you're being very stackier. This is good. This is good. Okay. So let's put Alcantra in here. Let's build out a Colorado stack quick with Alcantra. Guessing the Rockies lineup is not in yet because they are playing later. Oh, they're in. Hey, how about that? Okay. I do want McMahon. I think because he's a good baseball player. They're facing a righty. Let's pull up the Rockies numbers versus righties. Make sure I'm not too high on former, it's a Hartford yard goats. Great. Ryan McMahon. He played with them when they played no home games. Like they played every game on the road. He was awesome. He didn't play well that year, but like he was great. Great champ. Okay. So McMahon. I want in there. Crone story. Blackman Rogers. Tapia. Tapia. 1.18 ISO. Rogers 135. That's not a deal either. Lee is Diaz. Maybe I go there. Okay. Rocky stack. Let's do this story. Bang. McMahon. Bang. Let's go him at second base. Crone. And then I want to Lee is Diaz. I want that. I think this is my Rocky stack for today. Like that one quite a bit. If we're doing a Rocky stack and they're not a priority for me given the strength their team, but I'd say that one's pretty fun. As far as Atlanta. Let's check out what they've got going on for today. They are facing. Why can I not find them? I never know the the the worry. Okay. Tyler McGill. McGill gets strikeouts, but does let up a lot of our contacts. I think you have wiggle room to stack the braves. If you would like. As far as the braves lineup for today. No lineup yet, but I would say in general versus righties. I'm a pretty big Adam DuVall guy. So get him in there. Freddie Freeman in there and then lower. So layer a bit because it's a righty William. Would you not pick on gray tonight? So John Gray face in Arizona. Soon that's a gray referring to. I don't think they're any grace night. Yeah. Okay. So gray face in Arizona. He's been pretty good in terms of his like peripheral stats. This is over his nine starts with fewer changeups. 29% strikeout rates has lit up some some hard contact, but he's pitching Arizona. That's a better a better park for him than course and pitching. Okay. So I would say no to using John or stacking against John Gray for tonight. The Prince wants some home run calls Max Kepler. I think that he's a good lower sour guy like guy who fly into the radar. My boring one for today was Mookie Betts facing Eric Lauer. Lauer let's a lot of fly ball is a lot of hard contact. I think that if Will Smith is in there, I could pivot to Will Smith, but Dodgers in general pretty good for like one offs because Lauer let's a lot of hard contact less than those about stacking there because the strikeout rate is high, but I would say Mookie and Kepler were the two home run calls for today on the solo shot. I'm okay sticking with those. I feel good about those spots. So we'll go Mookie Betts next Kepler, but to Prince, I want your home run calls in here for today as well. Grim fan. How do I stack the Padres tonight? Probably wouldn't. DeSclifani, I think it's DeSclifani. They confirm that ever. Let's go over here. Oopsies, click the wrong thing. My other computer. Okay. Let's go to today and is it DeSclifani? Yeah, DeSclifani. I probably wouldn't. They're all they've been pretty rough. So I'd probably avoid the Padres tonight. DeSclifani is a good pitcher. So I'd avoid that one personally. DJ asking if Riley were to be in it or no for the brave stack versus a righty, generally very okay with Riley. He's had weirdly good numbers against righties this year. So like, I think he's actually been better against righties lefties from a power perspective. Salary for Riley $3,700. I like Eddie Rosario as well. So I'd put him in there. Danesby has better, he has better peripherals than his actual results say, but I think that he works as well. So if you need some salary savings, check out Danesby, check out Rosario. But yeah, I think that Riley, if you have the salary, good option for you, DJ. DJ, if you were to invest in a lower salary catcher, would you look at Trevino in Texas? Again, DJ, we got to get you to migrate over to a site where you don't need a catcher. We'll make this work. We'll convince you eventually to come over here. I would say Danny Janssen is your lower salary catcher of the day. $2,300 on Fando at least. I think that he's the route you want to go. Danny Janssen is the guy for today. Trevino's not the biggest power guy, I don't think. Oh, so you can use a catcher or a first baseman. I would say go with Danny Janssen. Get up there if you can get there. Think he's at $100, $200 more? Get to Danny Janssen. I think that works better if you can. DePrince says his home run calls for the day are Springer and Vlad Jr. Can't object, man. I think those are both great. I think that Sennian's actually a pretty good one today too. If I had to rank out the Jays, I go Vlad 1, Sennian 2, but Springer 6. So I think those are good ones for you, DePrince. Rob, I like a Seattle and a Cleveland stack. What are your thoughts? Let's check out those. Cleveland is facing Spencer Howard again. Not really going to seek that one out because Howard's been pretty good since he joined Texas. So not as high in Cleveland, but he's not a cross-off. Not a guy you have to avoid by any means. So I think that's fine. And then a Seattle stack. They are facing Jose Suarez. They're not very good against lefties. Suarez not a big strikeout guy, but also doesn't let up a lot of impactful contact. So I will not be on Seattle personally because of those issues. The issues with handling lefties super well and the issues with Suarez suppressing our contact, but like it's a game they've got to win. So I don't know if that helps or hurts batters personally because like the Phillies collapse and they were in Muslim games, the Red Sox, absolutely just took a stake, shoved it in my heart last night. So I don't know if the good thing for her offense, I think it's good for pitchers because it means they'll go deeper in games, but for offense it's tough. So they're not like, neither of those are cross-offs from me, Rob, because like neither of the guys have a big strikeout pitcher, neither offense is terrible, but they're not ones I'm seeking out either for today. Other things we have not discussed yet. Trying to recall if there was anything we had alluded to this morning that we had not gone through yet. The big one was the Dodgers as far as like having some dinger upside facing Eric Lauer. I think that is still true. The one thing I did talk about this morning is I think that Ranger Suarez, if you get a read that he'll still go deep in the game, I couldn't get there because not sure what the motivations for the Phillies right now, but like Suarez does set up well for when he's out there. Marlins, high strikeout team against lefties. Suarez has played really well recently. So I could get there if I knew how long he'd go. It's not sure if you will do that. DJ's home run calls are Nate Lowe, Wander Franco, Tucker Barnhart, Wander Franco. Amazing. Just really good. Excited for the raise of me in the playoffs because I just think that it'll be a delight to watch him on a national level. I know Juan Soto had that big break out a couple of years ago. That's Wander Franco this year and getting just national attention for being absurdly good. Travis on YouTube. Any Rangers for, oh, any Ranger. Yeah. So time of ranger Suarez, I assume. So you probably asked that right. So I was talking about him. Again, I think if you get the field Travis, that they will let him go like his full allotment of pitches. Suarez, 96, 94, 102 and 97 is past four starts. If you get the read, they will give him a full allotments night despite there being nothing on the line now. He works that really well. The one thing that may work against him and Alcantra is that these are not teams in the playoffs and they're going to want these dudes for next year. I think the Suarez proved this year he should be a starter, like a full-time starter for that team and Alcantra is an ace, legitimate ace for the Marlins. That's the one concern is do they get skittish with guys they need to lean on for 2022? I'm still willing to use Alcantra. I think that Suarez could be in play a bit more worried about the Phillies because of the, the sting is pretty fresh with them with not making the playoffs. The Marlins they've known for a bit. So not as worried there, but a little concerned about the workload. But I think from an effectiveness perspective, Travis, he's going to be awesome. So if you get a good read on his pitch count, I am okay using Rangers Suarez for tonight. Marvin, who are you picking up or picking for pitchers? Rankings for today. Nestor Cortes 1, Eduardo Rodriguez 2, and we will go with Sandy Alcantra 3. Cortes and Rodriguez because they have a lot in the line and may go deeper in games. Now I will say that does increase their risk too because the Yankees and Red Sox could decide, okay, if they're struggling, let's go bullpen and try to work it that way. So that's the main risk there. Erin says, thanks, you have a nice weekend. You too, Erin, appreciate it as well. DJ asking about Colin Moran. Not going to get there, not enough power for me. Diffuse says, head of blast season, Jim. Thanks for everything. Thank you, everybody for tuning in throughout this entire year. I've been very much had a lot of fun. 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