The Killer B's: Joel Blank & Jeremy Branham
10/10/24 - Fantasy Football Advice from Adam Ronis of Sirius/XM!
(upbeat music) Live in the Veritex Community Bank Studios, it's the Killer B's. Now back to Joel and Jeremy. - To the HR and PES line, where we go? Or Adam Roanis is awaiting. Adam Roanis hosts the Fantasy Life on Sirius XM Phantasy. He's killing it right now at the Dub Club. Adam, thanks for joining us. Wanna start locally? Big news this week in Houston anyways. Nico Collins placed on the IR. He's out at minimum of four games. What does this do for everybody else? Tank Dell, is he a must play? Stefan Diggs, is John Metche worth the pickup? How about the tight end? How about the running back? What does this do with Nico Collins being placed on the IR? - Well, clearly doesn't help the offense because Nico Collins has just been on a tear. And even before he left last week, two catches, 78 yards and a touchdown. So this might be the thing that gets Tank Dell going because it's been a slow start for him. And they need to get him more involved. We know how explosive he can be coming off the tight road surgery. So maybe that's the fact that we've seen guys not really returned from it and make a big impact right away. Diggs clearly is a big part of the offense what he already was. I think Joel can show that could help as well 'cause I was a little bored about him going into the year with those three wide receivers so that can open up some targets for him. And, you know, Gage, don't make them back which looks like his ability as he returns practice limited. That certainly should help as well. But yeah, Nico Collins is a massive loss and there's plenty of opportunities that can open up for other players on the team right now. - And I'm curious, keeping it local because the Texans play the Patriots this week, how you see from a fantasy perspective, throwing a guy like Drake made to the fire after getting Brissette out in New England. - Yeah, it's a little surprising to doing it this week against the Texans in that defense but they were getting nothing from Jacoby Brissette. And the offensive line clearly is a major problem. He was taking a lot of hits. But at least putting Drake may in there, he's got some mobility, he can move around and maybe he can make some things happen. They don't have a ton of great skill players but, you know, Jalen Paul for Mario Douglas, Hunter Henry, it's not the worst thing in the world. So getting may in there could help them a little bit but it's just not a great spot going up against the Texans. I'm a little surprised that they did it this week. I thought they might wait another week or two. - Adam Rhona's joining us from Sirius XM. Adam, Josh Allen has been arguably the most consistent fantasy player over the last few seasons but it's been a roller coaster this year. Weeks one and three were great but weeks, week four against Baltimore single digit points and of course he went nine for 30 passing this last weekend against Houston. Obviously you're never benching Josh Allen but we're dear overall thoughts on Josh Allen rest of the year and if maybe the lack of receiving options is caught up to him. - I think it has. They needed to get more weapons for him and it just is not working and without Khalil Shakir last week it was a complete done, 131 passing yards nine for 30. Shakir seems to be the go-to guy for him when he needs to big play or third and long. Shakir was the guy he was looking for and he wasn't there last week in a spin. It was a bad game and it is tough because Josh Allen was drafted early. You know he's gonna give you that high rushing for every week but after scoring two rushing touchdowns in week one he hasn't scored a rushing touchdown in four straight games. Only 160 rushing yards in five games so it's a combination and they've also become more of a run first team. If you look at his path attempts he has not attempted more than 30 passes in one game this season and that's a problem especially when you look at the Baltimore game where they were getting trounced and he still near 29 passes. I know they pulled them early in that game but I think that's it's a combination of they become a run first team. They don't have a lot of weapons in the path in game and Allen really isn't running as much as he thought. And just look at the rushing attempts. It was nine in week one, sense 2654. That's not the Josh Allen we're accustomed to and he's only gonna run four or five times a game and they're gonna be a run first team. It's gonna be a problem for his fantasy value and I think this is a week you could venture. Now you have to look yourself in the mirror and go, all right if I bench Josh Allen he goes off can I live with it? But I'm not staying for any quarterback but say you had Jayden Daniel as your backup maybe in the league you took him late. Like I would play Jayden Daniels over him this week against Baltimore which is susceptible against the pass and stout against the run or maybe even a Joe Barrow if you have that option. But it's tough because this is not the Josh Allen you were expected and three of his last four games against the Jets have not been good. The last time he faced the Jets he did have 270 plus yards in three pass and touchdown but the three previous game one touchdown or fewer. - Adam what do we do at the Bijon Robinson dilemma? Again kind of letting us down. He popped up on the injury report today with a hamstring. What are Bijon Robinson fantasy owners to do? - I'll cry a little bit because he hasn't lived up to the expectations but I have him in multiple leagues. I expected big things from him and it has been frustrating. Now he was on the injury report two weeks in a row. Was the hamstring last, I think it was a shoulder before. Remember he had the short week last week. They played Thursday night. So I was hoping with the extra rest this would be the week even though he did pop up on the injury report again today limited with a hamstring injury but this has to be the week. It's the Panthers who have to get a gash on the ground. They've allowed the second most fantasy points to running back to the season. They allowed the re-rushing touchdowns to bear less than two to Rochon Johnson. They wanted the under a swift, two to chase Brown the week before. So you've got to stay patient with Bijon Robinson only because if you're trying to trade them you're not going to get proper return in a trade. Someone's going to try and buy low. So you never want to be the guy that sells at the lowest point. If you are first day with Bijon you need to wait until he has a big game and then move him but I think you just stick with him. He's just too talented and we have seen Tyler a deal cut in a little bit. Last week was just a case where against Tampa Bay they saw that they had the ability to carve them up in the passing game and cause them to pass them 58 times. So it was working and why change it. The other thing is with Bijon too he can get it done in the passing game. So even on the weeks where he's not doing a mush on the ground they got to find a way to get the ball on his hands with the receiver. If you watch him he's explosive. So I would stay patient with him. Adam how do you look at everything that's gone down with the Jets the fact that the offense has been underachieving for the most part. - Yeah Garrett Wilson got a lot of looks last week but now with the change at OC as well as head coach do we see that the Jets offense and those key players that hauls of the world and you know even Rogers to go with Wilson do you see a spike up in that and how do you see that playing out. - Yeah I expected to be better. I mean that's what the surprising part. We knew going into the air how good this Jets defense is and they really did a good job against Minnesota. Minnesota didn't move the ball much on that Jets defense. They walked on offense you know Aaron Rogers starting the ball over he's getting a lot for each all just not finding any room to run. So it's the their star players that are not getting it done on the opposite side of the football. As good as Garrett Wilson was against Minnesota it's a 22 target just to get over 100 yards. The connection clearly isn't there yet. It's there with Lazar but even when he's throwing there's some time for the Zardrops Panthers. So it's taking some time and we've seen some time to make these changes in a coaching staff they can fire up the team. We saw it last year with Antonio Pierce. So I'm expecting it to get better but they've got to find a way to protect Aaron Rogers 'cause you can't have your 40 year old quarterback getting get like that. Adam Ronas joining us here on the Killer Bees find them on Twitter and TikTok at Adam Ronas. Adam in tonight's game Seattle San Francisco feels like a start everybody game but if I'm a fantasy owner who has Debo Samuel I'm a little bit worried he was great in weeks one and two only four catches over the last two game including one catch in his last contest. It kind of feels like George Kittle and Brandon Ayuk have taken the lion's share. Not sure if party can support three high level targets. What are your thoughts on the 49ers offense as a whole of this game and specifically Debo Samuel? - Yeah, Debo I'm a little worried that maybe that calf is bothering him still because remember he missed the game and week three came back and you mentioned the stats just have not been there and that was my concern about when the 49ers are completely healthy there's no way that all three guys can be productive every week. And even without Christian McCaffrey, Jordan Mason is still getting a big workload. He's not really involved in the past game a lot. So that should help the receivers get more. But Mason's been getting 20 carries a game. Oh, actually there's only 14. But it's a good matchup here against the Seattle defense that's really banged up and they need Debo to get going 'cause you look the better Debo is that's when they win and it seems two and three they really need a win tonight. They can't afford to fall to two and four and a half Seattle go to four and two and you already lost the first of a head to head matchup. So I expected to get better for Debo Samuel. Maybe they even get him involved a little bit on the ground. But that's what makes me so tough with these guys in fantasy. We see them draft so early and I always say to myself I'm like they all can't return that value. It's gonna take an entry. We've already seen Kittle miss the game, Debo missed the game. You got off to the slow start because he wasn't there most of camp but I expected to get better for Debo Samuel. Is it Tank Bigs B season in Jacksonville? - I wanted to say yes but then Doug Peterson came out and said it's still Travis D. Tan's job and we know coaches lie. They don't tell us the truth. You just saw it this week with injuries, right? Nico Collins always day to day. He's week to week. I was 24 hours later. He was on the IR and sometimes injuries are worse than what they let on. And that's why I always say in fantasy always expect the worst with injuries. Don't believe that, oh yeah, he'll be back next week. No, always prepare for the worst because sometimes they are optimistic and sometimes the injuries are worse ones than we thought like Hollywood Brown. But look, if you have Big B, he's looked better than ETN. He's more explosive. Their stay ETN has been dealing with a shoulder issue. Big B should be rostered in all leagues. We do have five weeks. So I actually am starting him in a league. It's just tough because you're relying on limited opportunity here. And you could say, well, he got it done the last two weeks but he had two explosive points in those two weeks. And if he doesn't have those explosive plays, then you're looking at an average fantasy day. You have a 58 yard run against the Texans where he was seven for 90. Last week he had a 65 yard run and a 28 yard reception. Now he had 14 touches last week. So if you're telling me we get 10 to 12 touches out of him, yes, but if you go back to the game against Houston and you only get seven touches, you can't count on a 58 yard run to pile up most of those yards. And he's only had one target on the season. So it's getting closer to a split. This team needs to win games and if Vixby continues to look this good, you have to use them more, but I don't know if it's taking Vixby season yet. I will say ETA won't go away. Worst case scenario, Vixby gets more in between the tackles, carries and ETA is more involved in the past game, but you do want Vixby on a roster. And I think you can sort of, but just don't think you're getting automatic production. - Adam Rhone is from the Fantasy Lifelong Series, XM Fantasy joining us here in the Killer B's. Adam, I'm curious who you think maybe some Cell High targets are right now. One name that comes to mind, Chuba Hubbard in Carolina, they're running back. He's been on quite a tear. I believe over a hundred yards in three straight games or the one of them I think might have been just under a hundred yards. But he's been great, but you have to think, Jonathan Brooks who they took in the second round is around the corner, maybe in a few weeks from coming back and taking away some of those rushing attempts from Chuba Hubbard. Do you feel like that's a Cell High candidate? If not, who else do you think maybe teams should look to move on from? - Yeah, look, if you can get someone to buy on Chuba Hubbard, the way I look at it is if you're one in four, like you need production now, you have to worry about this week. So if you're one in four, you might get two weeks out of Chuba Hubbard, but you need it. So that one, if I had Chuba Hubbard, I'd be looking to a one in four team to say, "Hey, you know, look at Hubbard, he's been getting it done every single week. You need immediate production, let's make a trade." So that's a good one. I would say J.K. Dobbins as well. He's coming off of buys, so we haven't seen him lately, but I just don't think you can hold up over the course of an entire season. So he's another guy that I would look to sell, and I think you might be able to get up to him. It's a tougher match this week, he can sever, but if he comes off a good week, I think you can look at him as another Cell candidate and even Kareem Hunt. I mean, he had 27 carries against the last week. Now, maybe they did that because he was coming off, they knew they had a buy, then we could head, but he's another guy that I think people might be enamored with him because it's the chief offense, and he looked really good so far, but I might look to sell him as well. - Adam, we have a text you're saying he listens to you every day on Sirius XM with Kindle, and that you need to embrace Folger's Coffee. What's your beef with Folger's Coffee? What coffee are you drinking? - Oh, man, come on, it's just not good. Kettle loves Folger's Coffee. And I think, I guess it's polarizing. Maybe some people like it. I haven't had it in a long time, so maybe it got better. But right now, I'm drinking some Cafe Costello. - Okay, that's good, I have that too. I like to drink some of that as well. You're on a heater right now with your Adobe Club, 17 of 19, if I've been counting correctly. You're on fire, are you gonna stay on fire? - Look, that's the goal, man. 26 and 10 for plus 12.7 units to start the NFL season. So you always are happy when you're in a run like that. You know that it can't last the entire season. You gotta be realistic, but just hoping to keep it going and help people win some money. I tend to go through these streets, have a few of them every season. So just looking forward to continue to make money for people and myself. - All right, Adam, keep enjoying the Mets. We'll catch up with you next week. - All right, guys, have a great day. - Adam Maronis, you follow him on Twitter and get all of the latest information, the Dub Club, where he's just been killing it, TikTok too. Everybody's on TikTok these days, influencers, creating contents, what you gotta do. You can follow him at Adam Maronis and he has been on fire. Winners of 17 of his last 19 on the bets that he's making.