 Welcome into the fan duel hurry up. I am Sean Guastamacchia joined now by Jim Sanis of fan duel and we are talking XFL Week four Jim welcome back. Thank you Sean I appreciate it pretty excited for this week for a slate got a couple of games that are Intriguing at least a couple of teams may be able to be able to buy low on so pretty good spot this week This slates looking pretty solid. How are you doing today Sean? I'm doing fantastic, and I'm really looking forward to the Wildcats in person. I'll get a chance to see them here in New York They play the New York Guardians last week 39 to 9 thrashing At home in LA Josh Johnson really got things going in his second week of action But you don't have him as your quarterback for Saturday's games You have Jordan Tomu the St. Louis Battle Hawks quarterback. Yeah, I think that if you're playing things straight up Josh Johnson is going to be the number one quarterback for this week But as you mentioned Josh Johnson lit things up last week He was tremendous which means that when people look at this Saturday only slate They're probably going to gravitate towards Josh Johnson, and you know again straight up He is about a quarterback But I think there is a good case to be made for Jordan Tomu as a tournament play because he is just one one dollar cheaper than Josh Johnson people aren't going to go there for salary savings And when you look at the distribution of fantasy fantasy points between Josh Johnson and Jordan Tomu I think there is a pretty realistic scenario where Jordan Tomu is the highest-groting quarterback on the Saturday only slate Largely because of his rushing you know but the passing volume with St. Louis is never going to be all that high But Tomu runs quite a bit. He is averaging 41 rushing yards per game And basically what that says to me is he has a very good floor that is awesome But there's also a path to a ceiling game if he gets a rushing touchdown or two And that's definitely intriguing when I know a guy is not going to be as popular as a counterpart on this slate To me there are only two viable quarterbacks on this Saturday only slate one of them is Johnson One of them is Tomu. I expect Johnson to get the majority of the ownership And I want to pivot to Tomu instead because of that rushing St. Louis has a good implied team total neither game on the slate is Expected to be all that high scoring So I'm gonna go with the less popular guy go with Tomu But I think that this Saturday only slate really does revolve around just those two guys Yeah, and Jordan Tomu really doing well for the battle Hawks one of the surprises through three weeks It's early Jim, but through the first three weeks the battle Hawks have been one of the surprises in the XFL Let's move to the running back position a guy who was inactive last week for the Wildcats in that big win They had at home Elijah hood at running back Why Elijah this week as you're running back for Saturday? Yeah, I think there's a decent amount of risk with Elijah hood because of what you just mentioned He missed last week due to injury and that is concerning but this week on the injury report Elijah hood It's not there which says to me that Elijah hood is probably healthy and ready to go Which is encouraging Martez Carter was a guy who started for Elijah hood last week And he is actually on the injury report. He missed practice both Tuesday and Wednesday So if I had to make a guess here I would bet that Elijah hood comes back and plays the same role He had before and the role before for hood was pretty good He had a 71% snap rate back in week number one He played 64% of the snaps in week number two So if we get Elijah hood back in that same role, he's a pretty massive value at $13 and I am definitely intrigued by that I think you can make a case for both of the St. Louis running backs and Kristen Michael and Matt Jones Matt Jones also banged up missing some practice But those guys split that backfield up whereas a lot of the hood is kind of a lone ranger in the backfield here for Los Angeles So it's definitely risky if you want to go the safer I think that Kristen Michael is probably the guy I would turn to there But the upside in hood is very good if he can get somewhere near what his role was before this injury I think that with Martes Carter being bagged up. There's a good chance that happens. So I'm willing to roll the dice in Elijah hood I am pretty risk tolerant though So I think if you are a different type of DFS player and don't want to take that risk Maybe this isn't your guy But for me knowing the potential that Elijah hood has if he gets that role back I am willing to go here for just $13 and the potential of this offense playing the New York Guardians the Wildcats We saw what Josh Johnson can do last week He continues that same play Elijah hood a great play there at running back this week on Saturday All right, let's move over move over to the wide receiver tight end position a guy many of us know Playing quarterback at Navy Kenan Reynolds is now a wide receiver in the XFL and he's coming on lately for the Seattle dragons You have him as your wide receiver tight end this week Yeah, for me, it's really comes down to predictable volume because you could go to Los Angeles because Nelson spruce Who's been a very high usage wide receiver this entire year will not play that opens a volume for Los Angeles So I think there is a good case to me for a Donis Jennings possibly Jordan Elijah small wood Trey McBride would be interesting, but he popped up on the injury report on Wednesday So little bit concerned there. There is a lot of value going at the LA guys But we know Kenan Reynolds will get volume for Seattle. It's not gonna be the most efficient volume by any means But he'll give volume because over the first three games this year Kenan Reynolds has 24% of the team's overall targets He has 38% of the team's deep targets and Brandon Silvers has been disappointing But he has gone deep which means that we do have some upside here with Kenan Reynolds And I think that's definitely intriguing So I think that if you want to shoot for the stars, you know aim for the fences and try to get a super high upside play That's where you go at the LA guys specifically a Donis Jennings I think is the most interesting one at $12 But if you want a safe guy, you know will be out there You know will run routes and you know will get targets. That's Kenan Reynolds So some good lower cost options on this slate But I think that the one that I want to go to may save deep perspective and with a good chance at a good path to a ceiling It's Kenan Reynolds for $16 in Seattle. All right Let's move over to Sunday slate and a little bit of a surprise You have Cardale Jones at your quarterback position over a guy Like Philip Walker who for the Houston Roughnecks is taking the league by storm for the undefeated Houston Roughnecks even Landry Jones putting up some good numbers for the Dallas renegades Why are you going with Cardale Jones as your quarterback on Sunday this week? It's the same thought process we use for Jordan to Amu because we know most of the popularity in this Sunday Slate is gonna be focused around PJ Walker and Landry Jones And it should because the total in that game is 50 and a half that is super high for an XFL game It's about six points clear of every other game on this slate You should want to go with that game, but Cardale Jones I think it's also in a good by low spot after a hideous outing in week number three where he threw four picks He looks really bad, but we've also seen him hit the highs And it's fun to use guys who are going to be less popular with the ability to have a ceiling game We know that Cardale Jones can do that He is facing the Tampa Bay Vipers They rank sixth in coverage grade according to pro football focus so not a great second there We saw PJ Walker kind of put it to him last week Cardale Jones is a 33% deep rate And he has also run 16 times this year in three games. That's not bad PJ Walker is at 12 rush attempts So some juice there for Cardale Jones. I am very okay with PJ Walker I am very okay with Landry Jones as well But PJ Walker is also four more dollars than Cardale Jones If you want to get to Kim Phillips who is I think the best play on this slate Geese 22 bucks and it's hard to get there if you use PJ Walker and stack that up Cardale Jones a little bit cheaper It makes it a lot more realistic to get to Kim Phillips. I like that a lot I like the bounce back here for Cardale Jones against a weak defense. So it may be tough after The brutal game logs you're gonna see from week number three But I do still think that Cardale Jones is a lot of appeal at what should be lower Popularity this weekend. All right So expect a bounce back performance from Cardale Jones as the DC defenders take on the Tampa Bay Vipers on Sunday Running back Cameron artists pain and he's been doing it not only rushing but also catching the ball out of the backfield For the Dallas renegades. You're going with Cameron artists pain as you're running back for this Sunday Yeah, and honestly if I could just go like Cameron artists pain or lands done bar and just say use a Dallas running back I don't care which one I would do that because they're both really appealing if you look at running back snap rate From week number three Dallas had two of the four highest snap rates among running backs Lance Dunbar But 61% of the snaps Cameron artists pain was the highest snap rate running back on the entire sleigh That's why I'm gonna go here with Cameron artists pain But I think that Dunbar at $16 is also very much in play as well Dunbar last week or artist pain last week had 13 carries he also had six targets and he ran more routes than Lance Dunbar So Dunbar is gonna get the attention. That's dessert and I like Lance Dunbar But artist pain has a really tremendous role And I think that he you could make the case that he has the best role of any running back in the entire XFL Get passing down work will get early down work You get chances that touchdown because that team is good in what projects to be a super high scoring game Cameron artists pain checks all the boxes now I Don't think it's entirely outrageous to consider using both Cameron artists pain and Lance Dunbar in the same lineup as Weird and as unnatural as that may feel I think that it is at least in play But if I had to pick one of those two guys, I would go Cameron artists pain James Butler is also intriguing on the other side of this game at $17 But I think my favorite running back on this Sunday only slate is Cameron artists pain But just broadly use those Dallas running backs for sure We mentioned the Houston Roughnecks We mentioned the offense and a PJ Philip Walker there at the quarterback position lighting things up in the XFL His number one target cam Phillips But you have a guy who maybe under the radar not maybe a little bit here at $16 he's priced Khalil Lewis You're going with Khalil Lewis as your wide receiver on Sunday Yeah, I think we'd all love to have PJ Walker stacked with cam Phillips in every lineup we could get but PJ Walker is $23 cam Phillips is $22 and that's pretty tough to get to so if you want to use PJ Walker I'm okay jumping down to Khalil Lewis at $16. That's pretty cheap to get exposure to this high flying offense In the first three games Khalil Lewis has actually had a pretty good role He has 21% of the overall targets in that time. He does not have as much deep work as cam Phillips So if you can get to Phillips, I would be trying to do so for sure But Lewis has a decent role and he's playing on a good team And that's what we should look for and we're trying if we're trying to find running backs for a path to a big game So I like Khalil Lewis a lot from that perspective if you can't find the salary to get up to cam Phillips I think that Eli Rogers is also in play here He is $15. He's had a really good role for DC so far this year So I do like that some cheaper options at wide receivers So maybe your ability to get to PJ Walker is a little bit easier than may have thought initially But I do like kind of a bounce build here this week getting a guy like Cardale Getting someone like Cameron Artis Payne and then plugging these like middle-range wide receivers like Khalil Lewis and Eli Rogers I think that's a pretty good strategy for this weekend and Khalil Lewis has a good enough role on a great offense Where I think that he can help make up for the disappointment and not being able to afford cam Phillips Yeah, that June Jones led Houston Roughnecks offense putting up tremendous amount of yards and winning three and oh the only undefeated team left in the XFL week four starts on Saturday with two games another two on Sunday should be a lot of fun Jim Sonos a fan duel. Thanks for the time and the knowledge. We're looking forward to another week in the XFL Thank you, Sean. I appreciate it. Good luck to you and we'll talk to you again next week. Thank you, Jim That is Jim Sonos a fan duel. I am strong while Samakia. That is the fan duel hurry up