Week 4 Fantasy Recap

Matthew Berry (0:15)

Well, Michelle Beatle, Mo Hassan, I'm Matthew Berry, and it's one o'clock here on the East Coast, which means, of course, it's five o'clock somewhere. The Happy Hour officially opened. Time to get Happy Hour started here in the lounge, and it was a crazy week for me.

Michelle Beatle (0:30)

Yes, okay, so I want to just start generically, because we've got the Sundays in the books now. What are your biggest fantasy headlines from the weekend?

Matthew Berry (0:37)

Well, first off, okay, number one is, it was a brutal injury weekend. I just feel like through four weeks, it has been a worse injury year than ever before. Just too many big name stars going down early. Every year there's brutal injuries, but it felt like, especially this Sunday, just incredibly another brutal injury week in terms of big name stars leaving the game early. Number two headline, Ted Oroah McMillan. This is the breakout game we've been waiting for, finally making good on his early draft status.

Ted Oroah McMillan dominates the Lions. Unbelievable game. Huge games for CD Lamb. I call him eights.

Huge game for my guy eights and Gervonta Williams, the Cowboys roll over whatever the Texans call a defense. Number four, Drake May bounces back. Just in time for everyone that's like, all right, fine, I'm done. I'm putting them on my bench. Now that he's sitting on everyone's bench like Beatles, he finally goes off, but at least you didn't drop them. And so Drake May bouncing back. And then number five, the complete collapse of this Eagles offense. So those are my five headlines.

Michelle Beatle (1:41)

Okay, those are the five. And you're right, he was on my bench, so Drake May, if you're watching, you're welcome.

That's what did it. Yeah, I cursed you. So that being said, we're gonna-

Matthew Berry (1:51)

No, you uncursed him, thank you.

Michelle Beatle (1:52)

Well, it depends on how you look at it. Playing him, I had cursed. You're right, you know what? Glass half full.

Matthew Berry (1:57)

Well, thank you, thank you, Beatle. Okay, I don't mind that. You took one for the team.

Michelle Beatle (2:03)

And I still did okay.

Matthew Berry (2:03)

To allow everyone in the Fantasy Managers to go off.

Michelle Beatle (2:09)

You know, there's a lot of- Selfless Beatle. Thank you, Mo, for instance.

Mo Hassan (2:13)

But you're not sharing your eggs. Look at this.

Michelle Beatle (2:14)

I know, I have two hard boiled eggs.

Mo Hassan (2:15)

To the lounge, we brought protein and not sharing.

Michelle Beatle (2:20)

I mean, like- This is the unsexyest moment.

Matthew Berry (2:23)

I mean, seriously, Beatle, like-

Michelle Beatle (2:25)

We've got a little stash back here, things going on.

Matthew Berry (2:28)

I mean, like, just tell me you're an old lady without telling me you're an old lady.

Mo Hassan (2:31)

Would anybody like a hard boiled egg?

Matthew Berry (2:34)

What are you doing?

For people that are listening at home, Beatle brought two hardboiled eggs in a plastic bag. She hasn't eaten either of them. She's been trying to pawn them off to me and Mo.

Mo Hassan (2:49)

She offered one of them to me, and I'm like, you only brought two.

Michelle Beatle (2:52)

You did your Pilates this morning, get your protein in.

Mo Hassan (2:55)

Also, I'm concerned if you cook them properly.

Michelle Beatle (2:58)

First of all, everyone knows how to make great hard boiled eggs. It's a 12-minute rule. You set a timer. God, Mo, it's like you don't know anything.

Matthew Berry (3:06)

All right.

Michelle Beatle (3:07)

Let's get to injuries.

Mo Hassan (3:07)

We're going to start with injuries.

Michelle Beatle (3:09)

The list is not great, as you just mentioned. So again, sorry to everyone on this list, but from a fantasy perspective, what does it mean?

Matthew Berry (3:19)

Yeah. So Lamar Jackson with the ankle, Saquon Barkley with the hammy, he left early. Jamar Chase, that concussion, he's in Concussion Protocol. T Higgins with an abductor injury. That was a new one. Rashid Rice also left early with a hamstring. Lad McConkey and DJ Moore also left the games early. A lot of big stars, a lot of people that were in your lineups here. Again, so Lamar Jackson is considered today today, so that's pretty good. We don't know on Saquon Barkley, although in Rappaport reporting, it doesn't seem to be quote overly serious. We'll see if that means he misses anytime as well. We've talked about the Concussion Protocol a lot on this show. He's in the Concussion Protocol. It's a non-linear injury. He could be back this week. He could miss a month. We just don't know how serious this concussion is with Jamar Chase. And T. Higgins, his teammate, leaves with that abductor injury. They do have a week six buy. So if he's to miss one game, maybe, if nothing else, they're back hopefully by week seven. Rashid Rice, along with Tyquan Thornton, who was having a huge game against the Raiders, all of a sudden, the 4-0 Chiefs are really thin at wide receiver. We'll see how serious this is with Rashid Rice. But there are rumors that Tyree Kill, his agent coming out saying he could sign with the team this week.