Should You Bench Chris Olave in Fantasy Football Today?

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00:00But Chris Olave is a guy that I'd be looking to potentially bench today in more shallow

00:09leagues.

00:10Now, I understand in deep leagues and bi-weeks you might not have this choice, but Olave

00:13is ranked wide receiver 23.

00:15To be honest with you, I'd rather put Tank Dell over him.

00:20Wandel Robinson, I think in full point PPR is a far safer play.

00:24Maybe even the upside of a Dontavian Wicks would be the way I would go to Brian Thomas

00:29Jr.

00:30Brian Thomas Jr. would be what Joe would want to finish saying, if that is the fact.

00:39And I do believe that we are still with the Chris Olave thing.

00:43Joe is ready now to continue his thought.

00:45Joe?

00:46I don't know what's going on today.

00:48They must be throttling the internet here in the area.

00:51But look, long story short here, you know, you're in a situation with Chris Olave where

00:57if you have the Wandel Robinsons, if you have the Darnell Moonies, Brian Thomas Jr., even

01:03George Pickens, I would play all of those guys in that same cluster of rank over Chris

01:09Olave today.

01:10I just don't know if the upside's there and how much the passing game is going to be with

01:14the Saints today.

01:15So it becomes a very, very tough start for me for Chris Olave.

01:18I understand in deeper leagues with bi-weeks you might not have a choice, but if you have

01:21a choice and you have some of those names I mentioned, you might want to make that move.

01:25Well, the names definitely help.

01:26And I'm with you.

01:27Anytime you have a questionable quarterback play, you're immediately looking at the running

01:29back, the tight end, slot receivers, trying to look for those safety vows.

01:33All right, let's talk about a running back now.

01:36Let's talk about Alexander Madison.

01:37He has a matchup against Pittsburgh.

01:38What are your thoughts?

01:40It's a tough matchup here against Pittsburgh, regardless.

01:44So I understand he's going to get more of the touches today, and I understand that that's

01:47a plus, but it's not like the Bucky Irving touches I'm getting.

01:50It's not like Tyrone Tracy, who's going to get the bulk of the work now with Devin Singletary

01:56out.

01:57So I just, I don't love this start.

01:59Madison's also a guy that doesn't break a lot of tackles in terms of those metrics.

02:03And Pittsburgh is, has given up the second lowest explosive run rate and the fifth fewest

02:08rushing yards per game.

02:10That's not a great matchup.

02:11So I don't know if it's Zemir White or Alexander Madison or any of these guys that you feel

02:15good about any of the time.

02:17So it's not even talent as much as the offensive line play has not been great for running the

02:21football.

02:22And some offensive, excuse me, some offensive lines are built for that, others are not.

02:27And it clearly seems like the Raiders just aren't.

02:29And when you add in the Pittsburgh defense, it just seems like a bad situation.

02:32So Madison as a streamer is not as exciting as you might think he is.

02:36All right, let's talk about a quarterback that has a lot of factors working either in

02:40his favor or against him, seeing time, location, but he's on an uptick.

02:44Talk to me about Caleb Williams.

02:45Yeah, the Caleb Williams is a tough one.

02:47I know everyone's excited.

02:48He's, he's ranked as a top 10 quarterback, which I thought was odd to me personally.

02:53I just, I don't see that.

02:54I know Jacksonville has struggled defensively, but I think it's a lot to ask him a rookie

02:58quarterback to go to the London game and all the fanfare, everything around it and be focused.

03:02Kirk Cousins, CJ Stroud, Daniel Jones, all ranked after him.

03:05I just disagree with that vehemently.

03:08I think this is a tough situation.

03:09I think this game plays to the under as most London games do.

03:13And although he's been able to pull a couple of rabbits out of his hat, I still just don't

03:16feel confident in Caleb Williams over some of those other names that we mentioned already.

03:22So again, to me, if I'm looking for a streaming QB, there's some better options out there

03:27than Caleb Williams.

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