Week 5 Love/Hate

Matthew Berry (0:10)

Michelle Beatle, Mo Hassan, I'm Matthew Berry, and it's one o'clock in the East Coast, which means, of course, it is five o'clock somewhere. The Happy Hour Bar is open.

Fantasy Football Happy Hour underway. And you know what? It's Love Hate Day. It's Love Hate Day, boys and girls.

Michelle Beatle (0:27)

Which we're going to get to, however, before we get to that. We do have some receiver news, if you will. Start with the Bengals. Jamar Chase remains in concussion protocol. T Higgins did not practice on Wednesday. What will that passing game look like on Sunday if they can't go?

Matthew Berry (0:43)

Well, yeah. I mean, hopefully they can go, and we'll see. We've still got a couple of days. But I think what this would mean is honestly, fire up Mike Kosicki, right? So Mike Kosicki is available in about 76% of leagues. I think he's a top 12, tied in, assuming both guys are out.

Honestly, if Higgins or Chase, if not only just one of them is out, we're going to talk about him a little bit later, Mike Kosicki. But I'll also say Dante Myers, who's out there in about 80% of leagues. Like so, last week, Myers had a 93% route participation, 7 for 82 on nine targets. I think he's the number three wide receiver, Yoshivosh banged up. And so I think Myers would be the guy that, whether it's Chase or Higgins, if either one of them can't go, and especially if both of them can't, I think that would be where your passing attack goes. Mike Kosicki and Dante Meyers.

Michelle Beatle (1:29)

Okay, I told you.

Matthew Berry (1:31)

I picked up Meyers up in a lot of leagues where I need some help.

Michelle Beatle (1:33)

I bet you, do you ever stop working?

SPEAKER_4 (1:36)

No. He's got like 18 leagues.

Matthew Berry (1:38)

I'm in 27 to be exact.

Michelle Beatle (1:40)

That's insane, dude.

Matthew Berry (1:42)

Not insane.

Michelle Beatle (1:43)

27?

Matthew Berry (1:45)

I'll tell you why it's not insane.

Michelle Beatle (1:46)

Like every day, you have a month.

Matthew Berry (1:47)

I'll tell you why it's not insane. Number one, it's my job, it's my job.

And number two is, if I didn't do that, I'd just be looking at staring at my dog listening to conspiracy podcasts.

Michelle Beatle (2:00)

First of all, I also watch shows.

Mo Hassan (2:03)

Thank you very much.

SPEAKER_4 (2:04)

Conspiracy shows.

Matthew Berry (2:05)

I'm sorry. Just sitting on my couch watching Love Island.

Michelle Beatle (2:08)

No, and we've been... Oh, speaking of Love Island, Australia coming back. Anyways, I promise you more news. Not just those two guys.

Matthew Berry (2:15)

Don't you think we should get Mo on Love Island?

Mo Hassan (2:18)

100,000. I don't even care which nations. I don't care.

Matthew Berry (2:21)

I think you translate worldwide. I think it doesn't matter.

Michelle Beatle (2:24)

It's not like that, but the UK ones had an American on. We do kind of trade a little.

Mo Hassan (2:29)

I think the Australia one would be fun.

Michelle Beatle (2:31)

Yeah, because I don't want to insult anyone, but I watched the first season of that one, and nobody's reading on that cast at all. It's special.

Mo Hassan (2:39)

Are you saying I'd fit in?

Michelle Beatle (2:40)

You would clean up.

Mo Hassan (2:41)

I didn't say anything.

Michelle Beatle (2:42)

Okay, Terry McClearn, hamstring. Stefan Diggs mispracticed yesterday with his own hamstring issue. I'm kind of sick of hamstrings, Matthew. Is there a possibility that we're going without these two receivers from Washington?

Matthew Berry (2:53)

I sure hope not. It's a must win, but Jaden Daniels is officially a full go according to Adam Schefter, so that's good. Faith in five. He's back.

But if McLaurin and Diggs can't go, and I'm hoping at least one of them makes it back, I think Antonio Williams, who talked about him last week. He had the big touchdown called back by some, you know, illegal shift, but that wasn't the point of it. He keeps making big plays. Antonio Williams. He's second on the team in targets, and percentage of routes run last week. Like, they like those rookie. I feel like the Antonio Williams breakout game is coming, and it might be this week against the Giants, especially if McLaurin and or Stefan Diggs misses it. Also, you could see some Chica Conco. We'll see some more of the short yard of targets again, especially if Diggs is out this week.

Mo Hassan (3:35)

Yeah, I agree with you on Antonio Williams. He had that long one called back, although it was two penalties on it. It was a holding and an illegal shift, so it was valid. But either way, the volumes there, the targets, Jayden Danvers is back. No, yeah, he's a dog. I thought he would have gone higher from Clemson. I think he's their leading receiver in program history. Is he really?