Should You Pick Up Jameis Winston for Fantasy Football?

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00:00Oh, let's start with a quarterback, James Winston, dude.

00:07He is available in seven out of 10 leagues.

00:10Should I be picking him up?

00:12Look, the weather might be tricky, but at the same point, you have to look at the stats

00:17and the chief secondary so far has not played well.

00:20The last couple of weeks they've allowed the 12 highest yards per attempt, the eighth most

00:23passing touchdowns and the seventh highest passer rating.

00:27So it's a good matchup on paper.

00:30Last six starts.

00:31He's finished at QB 10, QB 7, QB 1, QB 12.

00:34So he's right in that QB 1 conversation.

00:36We mentioned CJ Stroud, like a guy that, you know, name brand value, name recognition coming

00:41off a huge season, took the Texans to the playoffs, won a lot of people fantasy championships

00:45last year.

00:46He hasn't had the same season.

00:47Winston's out there.

00:49It's a good matchup.

00:50I know the weather's tricky, but at home, I think I would still lean towards James Winston,

00:54especially if I needed to roll the dice with points.

00:57And considering Thursday night football was such a bust, right?

01:00I don't think most teams are looking and saying, oh no, I'm incredibly far behind right now

01:04because of the scoring bonanza that happened on Thursday night football between the Rams

01:08and the 49ers.

01:10What a horrendous start to fantasy playoffs for so many people.

01:14You think about it, Cooper cup with a goose egg, Kyron put up like a 12 spot.

01:19I mean, it was absolutely brutal there for everybody involved.

01:23So chances are you're looking right now that you still have this window to very much compete.

01:27And Winston gives you that.

01:29If he's available, I pick him up, not starting him over the, you know, the top quarterbacks

01:33in the league.

01:34I'm not going to start them over Jalen Hurds or Lamar Jackson or something stupid like

01:37that.

01:38But I will say this, if you're looking at, you know, Jordan Love or Jameis Winston, I

01:43mean, I get wanting to start Jameis Winston.

01:46It's very close.

01:47If you're looking at Anthony Richardson or Winston, I think I'd rather start Winston

01:50too.

01:51All right.

01:52This next player on the list is a 36% rostered for Las Vegas, Sincere McCormick.

01:58Now, does this mean I can assume no trick plays, no flea flickers, everything just straight

02:02up the middle kind of thing, but all kidding aside, he's going to get the bulk of the work

02:07here for Las Vegas.

02:09Should I be picking him up, Joe?

02:10Look, he took over the backfield last week, 59% snap rate, 64% snap rate in the red zone.

02:15That's important too.

02:16That's scoring equity, 17 touches, 89 total yards.

02:21It was an impressive performance for a guy, you know, off the practice squad.

02:24And it doesn't seem like the Raiders are really interested in too much else.

02:29He's still an RB2 or flex guy, you know, depending on the depth of your league.

02:33But I think what you're seeing is every week he gets a little bit more comfortable.

02:37And last week, the 15 for 78, pretty comfortable.

02:40He's not going to get more than two or three targets, so he's not going to help you too

02:42much in the passing game.

02:44We'd like to see him get in the end zone.

02:45His first touchdown will be great.

02:46This is Monday night again against Atlanta.

02:49As a flex guy, if you had some injuries in a full PPR, I'd be looking more at the Adam

02:53Thelans of the world to flex.

02:55But if you are really desperate and it's a deeper league and sincere McCormick or Tyrone

02:59Tracy, I think I would play McCormick.

03:00The volume has been there.

03:01I think the touchdown equity might be greater too, because that matchup that Tracy has is

03:05just tough against that Baltimore Ravens front.

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