Fantasy Football Insights: Hampton vs. Croskey-Merritt Showdown

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00:00It's Omarion Hampton of the Chargers

00:02versus Denver and that defense

00:03or Ja'Cory Krosky-Meritt,

00:06Washington, issues with the quarterback

00:09and all kinds of things.

00:10And they have Las Vegas.

00:11Who starts? Who sits?

00:13Yeah, this is tough.

00:14And fantasy pros,

00:15these guys are ranked back-to-back

00:16at RB26 and RB27, respectively.

00:20And look, Omarion Hampton

00:21also falls into this bucket

00:22of these rookie running backs

00:23that are having slow Septembers.

00:26Why? Because you want them,

00:27especially a guy like Hampton,

00:28if you're a playoff team,

00:30to be fresh when we get to January, right?

00:32Because you want to be in the playoffs

00:34and you want to be using

00:35Omarion Hampton there.

00:36So I'm not shocked that the usage is slow.

00:38Omarion Hampton is another buy low.

00:40But I'm going to go with

00:40Ja'Cory Krosky-Meritt here,

00:41despite the fact I think that

00:43Mariota limits his upside

00:44for scoring potential.

00:46I think the split backfield

00:47with Hampton with Najee Harris

00:48against the Denver Broncos

00:50is a tough matchup today.

00:52I think that when you're looking

00:53at Ja'Cory Krosky-Meritt,

00:54there's a morbid curiosity

00:55now that Austin Eckler is out

00:57to see how much of this backfield

00:59does he get in terms of that share, right?

01:01It makes you wonder,

01:02did the commanders regret

01:03that Brian Robinson trade

01:04immediately week two

01:06when they saw that Achilles snap

01:07of Austin Eckler?

01:08Maybe that was a little bit

01:09too much too soon there for them.

01:11But Ja'Cory Krosky-Meritt

01:12has at least the opportunity

01:13to be the guy who's getting

01:16the lion's share of the work.

01:17Chris Rodriguez will work.

01:18There's rumors that

01:19Jeremy McNichols will be the guy

01:21who runs the Austin Eckler role,

01:22but I just don't think

01:23he's going to run

01:24the full gamut of that role.

01:25I'm just not sold on that.

01:27If that was the case,

01:28then they wouldn't have

01:28brought back Eckler this past year.

01:30They would have just gone

01:30with McNichols if he was the guy.

01:32So I think JCM is the play here.

01:35Again, there's a little limitation

01:36in terms of scoring.

01:37Marcus Mariota is not

01:38the greatest here,

01:39so we'll have to be very careful.

01:40But I think JCM gives us

01:42more upside here,

01:44despite the fact both these guys

01:45are in some sort of timeshare.

01:47I think the JCM timeshare

01:49has more upside this week.

01:51All right.

01:51We're taking your start,

01:52sit questions here on FST

01:54with Matt and Joe at SportsGrid

01:55at SportsGrid TV.

01:57Looking at a wide receiver question,

01:59this one coming from

01:59Gulf Shores, Alabama.

02:01Calvin Ridley of Tennessee

02:02has Indianapolis

02:03or Quentin Johnson of the Chargers

02:06again has Denver.

02:07Joe?

02:09Yeah, look, QJ has been

02:10really solid here to start the year.

02:12And I think they finally realized

02:13that just because he looks

02:14like an alpha wide receiver

02:15doesn't mean he plays like one.

02:17And I think that's taken

02:18the league a little while

02:19to figure out.

02:19Like physically,

02:20he looks like an alpha dog

02:21kind of guy.

02:22He looks like that dude,

02:23but he doesn't play that way

02:24style of play wise.

02:25You got to get him moving.

02:27You got to do different things.

02:28You're not just throwing

02:28jump balls up to him

02:29or those big deep balls.

02:31This is not his game, right?

02:32So QJ versus Denver

02:33is not the greatest matchup.

02:35And I know everyone's

02:35been very frustrated

02:36with Calvin Ridley

02:37to start the year.

02:38And rightfully so.

02:38Calvin Ridley has

02:39been slow to start,

02:41but it's also again

02:42against the Denver Broncos

02:43and against the Los Angeles Rams.

02:46Two very good defenses.

02:47This poor rookie quarterback,

02:48Cam Ward,

02:49has gotten off to a

02:49really tough start here

02:51based on the schedule.

02:52I mean,

02:53at Denver

02:54and then at home

02:54against the Rams

02:55and Sean McVay,

02:56that's not the way

02:57a rookie QB

02:57should have to start his career.

02:59So I'm cautiously optimistic

03:00that Calvin Ridley

03:01gets back to work here.

03:02Elec A.O. Manor

03:03has really started to emerge.

03:04That's a player

03:05that we were talking about

03:06two months ago.

03:07And hopefully you were listening

03:08and hopefully even two weeks ago

03:10you were listening

03:10when we said Adam

03:11before anybody else

03:12does on the waiver wire.

03:13But if he's still

03:14floating around there,

03:15please add Elec A.O. Manor

03:16to your team

03:17because I do think

03:18he is the number two target

03:19in this offense already.

03:20I don't think Calvin Ridley

03:21is going away or disappearing.

03:23I think he's had two

03:23really tough matchups

03:24to start the year.

03:25I think things get

03:26a little bit better

03:27in Indianapolis.

03:28But to give credit

03:29to Indianapolis too,

03:30that defense is improved.

03:32Lou Anarumo came over.

03:33It was a really good

03:34defensive coordinator

03:35from the Bengals.

03:36He just got a bad shake there

03:39because all the guys

03:40around that defense

03:41over years left

03:42or got hurt.

03:43And he's a really good

03:45coordinator.

03:45And I think he's done

03:46a really good job

03:46these first couple weeks

03:47here for Indianapolis.

03:48But Ridley to me

03:49still gets a start

03:50of a QJ

03:50despite the sexy play

03:52of QJ to start the season.

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