Week 8 Start/Sit: Caleb Williams, Alvin Kamara, Matthew Golden, T.J. Hockenson

Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Berry

NBC Sports, Matthew Berry

Fantasy Sports, Sports, Football

4.3 • 710 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

October 22: Matthew (@MatthewBerryTMR), Jay (@croucherJD), and Connor (@ConnorJRogers) examine the Jets weighing their QB options despite a new injury to Tyrod Taylor, then dive into whether to start or sit Caleb Williams, Alvin Kamara, Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Rome Odunze, and Matthew Golden among others this week. The trio also reacts to the breaking news of Jayden Daniels being ruled out at the Chiefs, uncover recent WR trends in the latest edition of “Blind Date”, and reveal their favorite futures bets to wrap up the show.

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0:00.0	X is a big guy in the end zone, right? 46% of the Panthers' end zone targets is your friend to X. My friend of the podcast, X. I interviewed him. I interviewed at the Kentucky Derby. You can't just call him out without context. Yeah. That's his name, Xavier Legat. X. Everyone calls him X. There are so many more famous people whose name starts with X. Yes, but who, name one?
0:21.7	The guy was on the Supersonics.
0:23.4	What was the name, X-Man?
0:35.5	You know. The guy on the Super Sonics? Xavier McDaniel? Yeah, yeah, exactly. The X-Man. Yeah, he's on the episode of Frasio. Yeah, but he's... Enough time has passed, though, we're ready for our new X. There's only 26 letters in the alphabet.
0:37.3	Apparently, Xavier Legat gets one of them.
0:38.0	Unbelievable.
0:39.1	Yeah, my guy X.
0:40.5	Yeah, 11 targets last week.
0:38.0	Yeah, exactly. There's only 26 letters in the alphabet. Apparently, Xavier Legat gets one of them. Unbelievable.
0:39.1	Yeah, my guy X.
0:56.7	Yeah, 11 targets last week. Yeah, exactly. You get doubled in targets. You get to pick your letter. That's the rules. I don't make them up. Do I get J? Do I just get to be J? No one else gets to me J? You haven't earned 10 targets in a game in your life. Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Berry Welcome to the fantasy football happy hour
1:01.7	Connor Rogers, Matthew Barry, doing the X sign and Jay Croucher.
1:05.9	Unbelievable.
1:06.6	Is it Ronda Gadsden on you yet the nickname?
1:08.1	I like it.
1:08.9	Is Aromde Gadsden one more big game way from being O?
1:11.6	Yeah.
1:11.8	Possibly.
1:12.7	I mean, the big O was Oscar Robertson, who's well before either of your, any, even honest, before my time. So it's time for a new O? Yeah, it's time for a new O. Could be a Ronde. Yeah, it might be a Rondon. Yeah, he's one more game away.
1:23.6	X.
1:24.7	Unbelievable.
1:25.8	I think it's going to stick.
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