 Everybody, what's going on? I am Greg Sussman joined today by Jim Sonis of Fandle, who's here to help me break down week eight from a daily fantasy perspective. What's happening, Jim? Pretty good, Greg. I think this slate is slating up to be pretty interesting because we got some value plays who stand out already and also a lot of injury questions. So it's gonna be a week where you gotta stay in your toes and I think that does separate people who pay attention from those who may just be playing more casually. So good week to be locked in, pay attention to news and know how things are shaping up. So I'm excited for that type of slate. How are you doing today? I'm hanging in there, man. Super excited for a Thursday night barn burner between the Vikings and Washington. Let's get past Thursday. Let's move on to Sunday. We'll begin with your first stack of the week. It's the same team you stacked first last week. It's the Los Angeles Rams. And Jared Goff was okay against Atlanta. He left some big plays out there and I thought it would be better. And this week he's facing another future defense. It's the Cincinnati Bengals. And this time you're teaming him up with Cooper Cup rather than Brandon Cooks. It's Goff and Cup. Normally the number is better at home but this home game isn't really home. It's in London, 1 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday. Why are you going back to the well with Goff? Yeah, I would agree that Jared Goff did leave some plays in the table last week which is disappointing given how good that matchup was but he gets a chance to write the ship here and it wasn't like he was missing by a ton. He knows Gerald Everett missed passes. Just a little bit out of the reach and I think that if we get some regression there Jared Goff could have a blow up game in the not too distant future and this is a good spot to do it because both these teams operate at a fast pace. The Bengals are third in situation neutral pace that is according to football outsiders. The Rams are first. So we're going to see a lot of plays in this game which sets up well for Jared Goff. And I also want to go back to Cooper Cup here because he's had a couple of down weeks now but I think this is a good bounce back spot for him. He still has 27% of the Rams total targets this year. He has 30% of the Red Zone targets which means that when they score points Cooper Cup's pretty likely to be involved and I expect them to score a pretty good number here against the Bengals. I also don't mind Todd Gurley paired with the Rams defense here if you want to go with that stack instead but I think that Cup's workload is just more steady right now than that of Todd Gurley. So I want to go back to Jared Goff here once again. We don't get the Jared Goff home splits this weekend which does stink but we get him in a high pace game against a bad defense and I think that Jared Goff pretty close to correcting those issues shouldn't be under pressure a whole lot this weekend. So Goff I think is on the verge of a big game and I think that the odds that it comes this weekend are high enough where I wanted to dive in once again. Well jumping right back in with the Rams, Jared Goff's simply more reliable than Todd Gurley and obviously Cooper Cup his favorite target inside the Red Zone. Hopefully we will see a lot of that from London on Sunday as the Rams take on their ex quarterback coach, Zach Taylor. Another stack that Jim likes this week is with the Seattle Seahawks, something else that we're kind of used to doing. It's Russell Wilson and Chris Carson and there's no discount here Jim. 8,600 for Russell Wilson, 8,000 for Chris Carson. If you want to stack these guys you got to find some undervalued players, which we'll talk about tomorrow, to put in the rest of your lineup but the Seattle stack makes a lot of sense if you can afford it. Yeah I'm not really worried about value for this week given that we have Todd Johnson likely in a good spot for the Lions. We'll talk about Kenny Stills later on. There are really good values here so I think it's a good week to spend up for some studs and those studs are playing the Falcons this week in the Seahawks which is always attractive and when you use Russell Wilson with Chris Carson basically what you're getting is access to almost every yard the Seahawks accumulate and most likely every touchdown. Rashad Penny was fully healthy last week. He practiced in full the entire week was not on the injury report and he still did not cut into Chris Carson's workload which means Chris Carson is pretty much a locked in bell cow which bodes well for him going forward. Carson has at least 21 rush attempts in forestry games. He has 12% of the team's targets overall this year and those targets haven't necessarily been the most efficient because Carson may not be most skilled in the passing game but when you're getting targets from Russell Wilson that can cover a lot of ills and I think that this Falcons matchup really attractive. I would like for Matt Ryan to start this game if Matt Ryan does start I think that ups the appeal in Russell Wilson. If Matt Ryan can't go then I'm also okay stacking Chris Carson with the Seattle defense. So Carson will be involved with the stack pretty much no matter what for me just a question of do I go Russell Wilson if Matt Ryan plays or the Seahawks defense if it's Matt Shaw who's playing. So keep an eye on the Falcons side of things here because that does dictate where we want to go at the stack but if the Falcons are able to score some points that bodes well for Russell Wilson and no matter what happens Chris Carson should have a good game here but I just like the appeal of getting access to all the yardage and all the touchdowns for Seattle and pairing these two guys together does get me a long way towards that goal. You always want players against that Atlanta defense because they just allow so many points Russell Wilson paired with Chris Carson well you get a little bit of everything there but maybe you go with that Seattle defense if Matt Ryan doesn't play facing off against Matt Shaw sounds mighty tasty for that Seahawks D wait until later in the week before you lock this one in. Moving on here Jim we get to the Houston Texans who will be without Will Fuller this Sunday as he's recovering from a hammy injury. Now we know it's coming each and every year that Will Fuller injury and now it's happened as we head into week eight. So pairing to Sean Watson with Will Fuller's replacement Kenny Stills makes sense because he likes to throw the ball deep. Stills we expect will be the biggest recipient of those deep balls. Yeah that's exactly what he was on Sunday after Will Fuller left because Stills played 95% of the snaps on Sunday with Will Fuller going down and he had five total targets but among the balls that to Sean Watson through at least 16 yards downfield two of them went to Kenny Stills two went to other guys so half the deep targets did go to Kenny Stills and when you're at home against the Raiders those deep targets are more likely to hit which is why I like Kenny Stills here and we've seen to Sean Watson's struggle in the past of that Will Fuller but he didn't have Laramie Tunsel he didn't have Kenny Stills so I think that to Sean Watson's splits should remain a bit more steady this time around with Will Fuller going down because Kenny Stills is a very talented football player it can do a lot of what Will Fuller can do maybe not as much but he can do quite a bit to duplicate what Will Fuller brings so I don't expect to Sean Watson to take a big step back here. Additionally, remember Aaron Rodgers was playing with a couple of one-legged guys essentially on Sunday and still dropped six touchdowns five in the air and one in the ground against this Raiders defense and they ranked 30th against the pass based on number fires metrics so I think that Sean Watson will be at least more fine without Will Fuller this year than he has been in the past and Kenny Stills is $5,700 he gets work down the field and he's tied to a really good quarterback those are so many boxes to check then you add in the fact that he is at home in a great matchup I want to get Kenny Stills on all my season long teams right now I think it makes a ton of sense to load him up in DFS as well I will use him as a standalone player wide receiver I think he is the best wide receiver value play for this week but when I'm stacking to Sean Watson if I can't get to Deandre Hopkins that is okay I will wipe my tears with more shares of Kenny Stills You saw it last week Aaron Rodgers decimated this Raiders secondary with as you mentioned, a whole bunch of one-legged guys this week, well the Sean Watson has a lot of players that have two legs like Deandre Hopkins and like the super cheap Kenny Stills this one's a no-brainer and stacking these guys makes a ton of sense The next stack we want to get to brings us to Detroit where you're going to stack Matthew Stafford and Kenny Galladay it was Marvin Jones scoring four touchdowns this past Sunday which means it's time that Galladay gets his they're facing a soft giant secondary which should put Matthew Stafford and Kenny Galladay in prime position to succeed Yeah, Kenny Galladay is kind of almost too obvious to bounce back this week I think people will be on him for sure in DFS despite that dud last week but it makes sense because even when you include what happened last week for Kenny Galladay he still has 22% of the Lions overall targets this year to go with 38% of the deep targets and Matthew Stafford has been throwing deep a ton so far this year so getting 38% of those deep targets is more valuable in this offense than it is in a lot of other ones Stafford has also been efficient in those throws which bodes well for Galladay whose salary is down to $6,700 Matthew Stafford is $7,7 and I think that when people look at this Detroit Lions offense this week they're gonna go to Ty Johnson I will do the exact same and Ty Johnson is a great stack with the Lions defense as well given how many sacks Daniel Jones has taken recently so I like that stack and I'm gonna have a lot of Ty Johnson but if you're multi-entering for tournaments you're probably not gonna have Ty Johnson on 100% of your rosters and that means you're gonna have some roster where you don't use him I think on those ones you should be inclined to go with this passing offense and Matthew Stafford and Kenny Galladay this Giants defense where grades as being 24th against the pass the Lions are at home they're in a dome you could worry about maybe the Lions getting out front and running the football but I think that given how efficient Stafford has been and given how often he's throwing deep I don't need that many pass attempts for him to pay off so Matthew Stafford at 77 and Kenny Galladay at 67 make a ton of sense in the Lions for he decide not to go with Ty Johnson stacked with that Lions defense You're right the Kenny Galladay situation has squeaky wheel written all over it it's almost too obvious Matthew Stafford will force the ball to his number one wide receiver this one it's an easy combination to stack and also relatively cheap if you want to do it Stafford and Galladay big big fans of both on Sunday the San Francisco 49ers are one of the best teams in the NFL and a lot has been because of their defense the 49ers defense has stepped up led by Richard Sherman and the rest of the crew but the offense it hasn't been about Jimmy G it's about the running game where Tevin Coleman after coming back from that high ankle sprain has regained his spot as the number one running back in this offense sure he still splits time with a banged up Matt Breida Raheem Mostert and Jeff Wilson Jr. when they're all active but Tevin Coleman is clearly the bell cow and you're getting this bell cow at $6,200 this week we know what the 49ers want to do will they be able to be successful doing it this week Jim? Yeah it's concerning with the 49ers and not having their two starting tackles still Mike McGlinche and Joe Staley likely still out that does matter for sure but the good thing here is they get a really soft matchup against Carolina Carolina grades out as being 26 against the rush so far this year according to number fire schedule adjusted metrics they've allowed the 31st ranked success rate to opposing running backs which means that when the 49ers do run even without their two starting tackles they should be able to do so effectively which bodes well for Tevin Coleman over the past two weeks Tevin Coleman has averaged 19 carries and 2.5 targets per game that's not a great number those aren't great numbers overall especially the target number but part of that's because they did not throw the football last week against Washington in that slop fest and he's still $6,200 and getting all that goal line works so Tevin Coleman I still think makes sense at $6,200 and I am very okay with him and it makes a ton of sense to stack him with this 49ers defense the Carolina offensive line is pretty good at four out of five spots the problem is that their one week spot is at left tackle and when you have as many good defensive linemen as the 49ers have they're going to be able to exploit that weakness they're gonna get at Kyle Allen Allen has had some troubles with some fumbles this year which means that we could get some high upside plays out of this 49ers defense and not as expensive as I may have expected they're five and a half point home favorites Carolina is coming off of a buy and that does help them for sure but I think they should be able to put pressure on Kyle Allen given the issues at left tackle for Carolina so I think that the 49ers defense makes a lot of sense as a stand alone but I think if you're using Tevin Coleman it makes even more sense to pair these two together a really good stack if Coleman goes off the 49ers defense is more likely to go off as well so I think they make a lot of sense to pair together for this weekend. Facing off against a Carolina team coming off a buy it might be a tough matchup for the San Francisco 49ers but if they're going to be successful they're going to need a big game from Tevin Coleman and that 49ers defense to step up just like they have been a lot to like here and this is definitely a sneakier stack but one to consider in tournaments this weekend. Finally one last stack to get to and I feel like we always close with this every week Jim and it's Leonard Fournette and this Jaguars defense obviously a good matchup with the Jets and Leonard Fournette we talked about it yesterday with JJ it's not even sneaky anymore he's just been clearly good. Yeah I think he has like if you look at you know carries plus two X targets which is what I do to try to account for the value discrepancy between a carry and a target for a running back Leonard Fournette has had the best workload in football over the past three games better than Christian McCaffrey and McCaffrey you know we had the bi-week in there so it's only a two game sample for him but that's how good Leonard Fournette's workload has been and now you're putting him at home where he is favored that's going to lead to a lot of rushing volume for Leonard Fournette he has at least 100 rushing yards in three of the past four games he also has 17% of the team's targets and what that means is that Leonard Fournette could pay off in DFS without scoring a touchdown and there is so much value in players who can do that because it gives you safety and it means if he does score the dude's going to go off so Leonard Fournette $7,700 way too cheap even though the Jets strength defensively is their rush defense I don't care about matchup his workload is just too good to pass up as far as the Jaguars defense goes I think Sam Donald should bounce back this week last week was just weird it kind of got out of hand and you can write that off but the biggest weakness of the Jets offense is their offensive line they've got injuries they've got disputes at their left guard Kolechio 7-0-A and the Jaguar strength defensively is their defensive line even though Marcel Darius is now banged up for them too so it is a strength versus a weakness which means that the Jaguars should be in the backfield pretty often they should put Sam Donald under pressure and I like Donald as a passer but he does occasionally throw a pick or two and there will probably be some sacks in this game Donald is a volatile passer which can be good for the Jets but it can also be good for the opposing team so I think that Fournette and the Jaguars defense both make sense this week I think they're both a little bit underpriced maybe not the Jaguars defense but Fournette definitely is so I think that it's pretty easy to lock them in especially with so much value elsewhere on this slate Fournette not hard to afford the workload is elite and this Jaguars defense should be in the Jets backfield of regularity this weekend The offensive line has clearly had major issues for the New York Jets all season long and even though that Jaguars defense of front isn't what it was with Marcel Darius they should have no issue getting into the quarterback they also should have the offensive line should have no issues opening up holes to let it Fournette who could help you both in the rushing game and certainly in the passing game as we've seen with Gardner-Minshew at quarterback That's going to do it for us here on the Fandle Hurry Up Jim it's been too much fun today so I think we need to do it again tomorrow Yeah we'll get all of our Ty Johnson love in tomorrow $5,200 that should be a whole lot of fun and a lot of good value on this slate Greg so I am looking forward to it I will talk to you then I am super excited to hear where you come in on Ty Johnson the most popular waiver wire added this week and we'll see just what Jim thinks he can accomplish this Sunday against the Giants we'll have to wait for tomorrow to find all of that out For Jim Zanis, I'm Greg Salsman thanks so much for joining us here on the Fandle Hurry Up have a great night and we'll see you back here tomorrow