Week 6 Sit/Start + Mailbag

Matthew Berry (0:08)

It's one o'clock here on the East Coast, which means, by the way, it is five o'clock somewhere. Time to get Happy Hour started. Michelle Beatle, former D1 quarterback, Mo Hassan. I am merely Matthew Berry. I'm ready to talk some Fantasy Football, and it's a Wednesday, and it's hump day.

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Of all time? No, not of all time. Now we can do an hour of time. But that might be my favorite, one of that particular insurance brand here as well. By the way, fastball Freddy drinks for free in the pregame lounge. Nice game last night for him. All right, Beads, let's get to it.

Michelle Beatle (0:42)

We're going to start with news. Trevion Henderson.

Multiple weeks now is what he's going to miss with a high ankle sprain. What does that mean for the backfield in Patriotville?

Matthew Berry (0:52)

Yeah, it's going to be all Ramandre Stevenson. Now, they signed Hassan Hoskins to the practice squad. Corey Kiner got some run last week, but it's going to be mostly Ramandre Stevenson. You think about that week one where Trevion Henderson was out the first game for the Patriots. 85% of the snaps, 23 touches for Ramandre Stevenson. Since the start of 2024, when Ramandre gets this kind of work, right? When he gets more than 15 touches, he's averaging over 16 fantasy points per game. We like how this offense is turning around. Drake May starts to look like, oh yeah, that's Drake May again. They're going to get AJ Brown here back soon as well. So I think Ramandre Stevenson is like a borderline RB1. As long as Trevion Henderson is out, I have him at RB10 this week.

Mo Hassan (1:36)

So yeah. And back to back big volume games. And that's without splitting carries. Now he is the guy last two weeks with 16 touches each. I think more importantly, the reception upside with the passing game. And Drake May is taking care of the football. He's not turning the ball over in large part because he's checking the ball down. He's not forcing some of those throws that he was previously. So in comes Stevenson available and ready to take advantage of that. But Haskins, I know he's on the P squad. Maybe he gets elevated later. Someone maybe to keep an eye on because they might use him on third downs. He's very physical, really good in pass production. That's always been his thing is his ability to block. I believe in the combine, he had like 27 reps on 225, which is absurd.

You'll see linebackers do that.

Matthew Berry (2:15)

Who hasn't done 27 reps on 225?

Michelle Beatle (2:18)

Every morning.

Matthew Berry (2:19)

That's why beetles lead every morning.

Michelle Beatle (2:20)

She just, yeah, just look at these guns.

Matthew Berry (2:23)

Exactly. Welcome to the gun show.

Population beetle.

Mo Hassan (2:28)

But if they want someone for pass protection, I think he could fit that bill later down the road.

Matthew Berry (2:31)

Yeah, but I don't disagree. You'll see some Haskins, you'll see some Cory Kiner. But I think Ramondre is who they trust. He's going to get a significant workload. And more importantly, the news that Henderson is going to be out for multiple weeks with this high ankle sprain is interesting. Because look at their upcoming schedule. Home to the Jets this week. Then they're at Chicago. Then they're at Miami.

Then they play Green Bay. Packers can't stop anyone. Probably the best defense of the four that I just mentioned is Chicago. And I don't know that Chicago scares any at all. I mean, Marshawn Lloyd just scored two touchdowns against them. So really nice schedule upcoming here for Ramondre Stevenson, who started his career as a third down back. Like he's a nice pass catcher. He can play on all three downs. They're obviously going to want to give him a breather at some point. But again, I think he's in RB1, low end RB1, but I think he's in RB1 as long as Henderson's out.

Mo Hassan (3:17)

And goal line work for an offense that's going to move the ball and score a lot of points.

Matthew Berry (3:20)

No doubt.

Michelle Beatle (3:22)

And on my team.

Mo Hassan (3:23)

Okay, let's go. Good job, Beats.

Matthew Berry (3:25)

Yeah, a little humble brag.

Michelle Beatle (3:25)

They called me a noob in the font. I just saw that in a little chiron earlier, but who do they know?

Mo Hassan (3:30)

I've never seen the font.

Michelle Beatle (3:31)

I guess it's been a Guinner's Luck for three years in a row.

It's changed the end. We've got the offensive coordinator out there, Dan Pitcher, coming out and saying he's got to figure out a way to split touches in the backfield. So if you're Chase Brown, are you concerned? How concerning is it?