Fantasy Football Insights: Rams' Key Players & Strategy

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00:00Let's go over some start and sits this week, some debates for people who are playing in

00:06the standard 12 team leagues, or maybe some others as well.

00:10We'll start off with the Rams.

00:11It was a renaissance last week, getting Puka Nakua back, getting Cooper Cup back for Matthew

00:16Stafford who looked as good as he ever has.

00:18Last week, four touchdowns, 279 yards.

00:22But I guess Joe, the question becomes this week with the news that Puka Nakua potentially

00:26suffered an injury in practice this week.

00:28Do you still hold the same confidence in a big game for him this week?

00:33I do.

00:34The reason is Seattle.

00:35At the end of the day, that's the big reason too.

00:37If you look at since week four, Seattle's allowed the seventh highest passing yards

00:40per game, the fifth most passing touchdowns, and the second highest passer rating, and

00:44not to mention the fourth most fantasy points via passing.

00:47So that's a lot of numbers going in the wrong direction for the Seattle Seahawks.

00:51So even if it is just Cup, but it looks like Nakua too.

00:53It seems like it was just a tweak of something.

00:56So we'll get the practice reports later today.

00:58If he gets even a limited in, I would be very optimistic that he does play, but he's ranked

01:03right now in the fantasy pros ECR as the 11th expert consensus ranked quarterback.

01:08And I think with good reason, he's a terrific DFS value this week.

01:12He's a really good prop bet as well.

01:14If you're going to go over some of those yardage totals.

01:15And as you mentioned, when you have those two weapons back and you're dealing with,

01:19you know, two number one wide receivers, that's a lot for any defense, but especially for

01:23Seattle.

01:24I think the Rams kind of look at the landscape of the NFC West and they're starting to think,

01:29Hey, why not us?

01:30You know, the, the Arizona Cardinals aren't blowing the doors off anybody, the Seahawks

01:34after a fun couple of weeks to open the season against some lesser opponents, all of a sudden

01:38they kind of showed us who they are and the 49ers have had their struggles.

01:41I think we can all agree on that.

01:42So if the Rams can snap off a couple of wins, especially big games like this, this is almost

01:46like a playoff game for them.

01:48So I expect all hands on deck as they try to scratch and claw back into this race.

01:52And I would not be shocked if they gave the 49ers run for their money down the stretch

01:55too, because that schedule is a lot more favorable than the 49ers.

01:59Yeah.

02:00And they got to get it done this week, if that's going to happen.

02:03And as Joe mentioned, Nakua, we'll find out later today in practice report, if he does

02:06not practice, it could be just cup.

02:09And then of course, DeMarcus Robinson, who scored two touchdowns last week.