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That is that's every episode after months 0:00:43.960 --> 0:00:47.480 in episode I Do I Do I It's it's my trademark. 0:00:47.640 --> 0:00:50.919 It really is very impressive. What else will be impressive 0:00:50.960 --> 0:00:52.640 over the course of the show is when we break 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:55.880 down every game. Fantasy Style will give you nine players 0:00:55.920 --> 0:00:58.360 upon whom you can take a chance, three tough questions, 0:00:58.600 --> 0:01:02.920 and we will give you premature speculation guys to pick 0:01:03.000 --> 0:01:04.560 up this week that everybody else will be trying to 0:01:04.560 --> 0:01:07.080 pick up next week, but you will be ahead of 0:01:07.120 --> 0:01:10.080 the curb. It is a brutal week in that it's 0:01:10.160 --> 0:01:14.040 the bye weeks and there's like a dozen starting running 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:18.479 backsh are Hurt. It's really really nasty out there at 0:01:18.560 --> 0:01:21.400 running back in UM, I've got a league where I'm 0:01:21.440 --> 0:01:25.080 gonna be starting Khalil Herbert and Alex Collins. His name 0:01:25.120 --> 0:01:28.640 is Khalil ground Bear. Thank you, good point, Kalil ground 0:01:28.760 --> 0:01:35.840 Bear and and Alex Collins. And it's a it's for 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:38.880 like for my life here. So jeez, is it the 0:01:38.880 --> 0:01:43.759 one word together? I might die? I don't like dying 0:01:44.400 --> 0:01:48.080 breaking news. Uh, let's let's dive right into the matchups, 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:51.280 shall we? Texans taking on the Colts. Maybe just get 0:01:51.320 --> 0:01:53.520 this one out of the way, right off the bat Scott, 0:01:53.960 --> 0:01:56.760 although maybe there's some there's some sneaky Colts plays in 0:01:56.760 --> 0:01:59.000 this one because of the Texans side. But let's let's 0:01:59.000 --> 0:02:01.400 start with the Texans. No, I actually have a grades 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:05.640 across the board every all Texans. I only have two 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:07.960 startable grades for the Texans and one as kind of 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:10.880 if he hat best. Brendon Cooks gets the A grade 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:13.800 despite kind of having a dud last week. But the 0:02:13.840 --> 0:02:16.880 Patriots are known for taking away your best option, and 0:02:16.880 --> 0:02:20.000 the Texans really have one option, so they took it 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:22.520 away last week. I think he gets back on the 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:25.639 board this week. Similar guys speedy like outside, the guys 0:02:25.680 --> 0:02:28.880 like cup or not cup It, lock It, Hollywood Brown, etcetera. 0:02:28.919 --> 0:02:31.200 Went for a hundred plus and two scores against the Colts. 0:02:31.760 --> 0:02:33.640 I think he gets that target chair back, so I 0:02:33.680 --> 0:02:36.560 do have an A grade on him here. Uh, Davis Mills, 0:02:36.639 --> 0:02:39.400 I'm giving a weird C grade here. Who thought that 0:02:39.480 --> 0:02:41.639 he would be the rookie quarterback to break that Bill 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:46.440 Barrel Belichick narrative. Shocking performance last week by Davis Mills, 0:02:46.440 --> 0:02:51.800 who legitimately looked good coming off a Nathan Nate Nathan 0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:55.880 Peterman esque game the week before. I was stunned that 0:02:55.960 --> 0:02:58.600 he shook off that game and then went out and 0:02:58.760 --> 0:03:04.000 battled Belichick. Really impressive. Yeah, just yeah, it's yeah. I 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:06.200 did not see it coming either. The Colts have allowed 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:09.280 the most passing touchdowns in the NFL, a ridiculous sev 0:03:10.200 --> 0:03:14.320 completion rate against their fourth worst against fantasy quarterbacks. It's 0:03:14.320 --> 0:03:16.400 more of a super flex league thing. He could he 0:03:16.440 --> 0:03:18.840 could really turn back into a pumpkin. But I'm giving 0:03:18.880 --> 0:03:21.200 him a just a shot in the dark sea grade here. 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:24.840 It's it's a good matchup. On the other side, I 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:28.080 have Carson Wentz on the bench. He's averaging uh, you know, 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:30.960 three yards and two touchdowns per gamer last two weeks, 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:34.680 and the the Texans are deceptive and they allow a 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:37.680 lot of points to quarterbacks, but it includes a ton 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:40.360 of rushing stats, and Carson Wentz on those ankles is 0:03:40.400 --> 0:03:43.320 not getting those rushings dats, so I have him on 0:03:43.360 --> 0:03:46.160 the bench. In the passing game, I'm only starting, uh, 0:03:46.320 --> 0:03:50.360 starting Pittman for the receivers. As you can imagine, the 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:55.360 Texans are our seventh best against fantasy wide receivers. It's 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:59.200 it's a little yeah, you probably can't imagine as what 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:03.080 I have. Let's sit here best as much as it's 0:04:03.240 --> 0:04:05.640 we don't have to throw to wide receivers, right, that 0:04:05.720 --> 0:04:08.880 could be too But Pittman's commanding a twenty five percent 0:04:08.920 --> 0:04:12.040 target share, which is pretty ridiculous. Six plus catches in 0:04:12.080 --> 0:04:15.119 four straight averaging about eighty five yards, and those he's 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:17.440 the safe floor just because he gets a lot of targets. 0:04:17.760 --> 0:04:20.560 So I have a B grade on him. Moyley Cox, 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:23.800 I've going down to tight ends here. B grade on 0:04:23.839 --> 0:04:27.039 that the Texans are currently ranked last against fantasy tight ends. 0:04:27.040 --> 0:04:28.760 I think there's a lot of noise when you do 0:04:29.120 --> 0:04:31.120 ranks towards fantasy tight ends because they tend to be 0:04:31.120 --> 0:04:34.560 weighted towards who you've played. If you played, yeah, have 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:37.520 you seen a really good tight end yet? Um? But 0:04:37.520 --> 0:04:40.440 there averaging the overagely line tight ends are scoring against 0:04:40.480 --> 0:04:42.719 them is seven for seventy five and they've allowed four 0:04:42.760 --> 0:04:46.520 scores in five weeks, so most notably Henry and Knox 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:48.520 put up big numbers. But I'm putting B grade on 0:04:48.560 --> 0:04:51.640 there because he's he's been in three four catches yards, 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:55.640 So B grade there. Taylor, Jonathan Taylor, I'm giving an 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:59.080 A grade too. He's looking like that Bell Cow gang. Yeah, 0:04:59.360 --> 0:05:01.000 it's a good man match up. He's a lock for 0:05:01.040 --> 0:05:04.080 sixteen plus touches. He's seen three plus targets in four 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:07.120 or five In the Texans. They're allowing four point seven 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:10.320 five yards per per tote and a hundred forty three 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:14.200 combo yards per game. That's a lot of work there. Unfortunately, 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:16.320 I'm leaving Haines and Mack on the bench. Mac is 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:18.800 getting a ton more work now, I see. I think 0:05:18.839 --> 0:05:21.440 Mac in a if you're really desperate a running back, 0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:23.960 which many people are this week, if you think the 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:27.920 blowouts coming in favor of the Colts. I think Mac 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:30.320 gets some fourth quarter work here beyond what he would 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:32.240 normal to feature him a little bit. Are you trying 0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:35.400 to right? Yeah? Great angle, And you're trying to push 0:05:35.480 --> 0:05:38.240 me into a C grade. I'm not. I'm just I'm 0:05:38.240 --> 0:05:39.640 just I'm not trying to push you to a C 0:05:39.800 --> 0:05:41.520 grade on him. But I think if you're if you're 0:05:41.560 --> 0:05:44.520 desperate enough, Marlon Mack, if only there was some sort 0:05:44.560 --> 0:05:48.520 of grade that was between C and F. But there's not, 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:51.800 so we'll leave him on the bench. Mean, I mean 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:55.479 he he had ten snaps last week, but he turned 0:05:55.480 --> 0:06:00.480 five carries into almost fifty yards. That's true. Uh, sorry, 0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:04.280 I'm leaving on the bench. Judge likes it. If you're desperate, though, 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:11.120 I mean it's running backs in week six D alright, alright? 0:06:12.520 --> 0:06:15.560 Is that it's I wasn't sure. I wasn't sure that 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:18.800 that's what you meant. Raiders take on the Broncos Matt 0:06:19.080 --> 0:06:21.960 Josh Jacobs missed a bunch of time this week with illness, 0:06:21.960 --> 0:06:25.080 but is expected to go against the Broncos. What do 0:06:25.080 --> 0:06:27.760 you think of Josh Jacobs now that he's back? Is 0:06:27.839 --> 0:06:30.839 the mostly bell cow here? Yeah? It was a non 0:06:30.920 --> 0:06:33.599 COVID illness, so it looks like he's gonna be suiting 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:36.479 up this weekend. I think the Steelers laid down the 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:39.640 blueprint blueprint to beat this defense last week, and it 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:42.600 was a bell cow performance by Naji Harris that did it. 0:06:43.440 --> 0:06:46.919 Carries yards in a score that's kind of Josh Jacobs, 0:06:46.960 --> 0:06:48.440 and I think that's what they have to do this 0:06:48.480 --> 0:06:50.360 week to kind of set a tone with a new 0:06:50.400 --> 0:06:53.000 coaching staff. There. I gotta b grade on him. Every 0:06:53.080 --> 0:06:56.320 runner with more than eleven carries has scored on the 0:06:56.360 --> 0:06:59.480 Broncos this year, which is good because Josh Jacobs has 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:02.120 played the bron Goes three times in his career. He 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:05.680 scored twice in every game he's played against the Broncos. 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:07.839 I did not realize it was that good. He tames 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:11.080 the Broncos like no other. Does he break the Broncos? 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:20.920 Yes he does. Yep, yep. We never get to use that. 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:25.440 We rarely get I'm like, okay, do we have a horn? 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:28.280 We got every animal here, we must have the horse, 0:07:28.360 --> 0:07:32.520 and do we have a beeping car horn? Because Derek 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:34.880 carrs on the bench in this game. First three games 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:37.400 he averaged four one yards and two scores per game. 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:40.600 Last two games against the Chargers and Bears, he's averaging 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:44.200 two one yards and one score per game, which is 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:46.680 exactly half of what he's done in the first three. 0:07:47.320 --> 0:07:49.440 I think he adds that negative total as the Broncos 0:07:49.480 --> 0:07:52.800 are bordering on elite defensively against the past. They're allowing 0:07:52.840 --> 0:07:56.480 two or twenty two passing yards and one score per game. Uh, 0:07:56.520 --> 0:07:58.480 and they're almost averaging the same amount of picks as 0:07:58.520 --> 0:08:01.600 they are touchdowns allowed. Uh. The only receiver I really 0:08:01.640 --> 0:08:03.400 have a starting grade on for him is Darren Waller, 0:08:03.400 --> 0:08:06.280 who I'm giving a B. The Broncos are actually a 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:08.920 good tight end defense, allowing only three catches and thirty 0:08:09.000 --> 0:08:12.160 yards the position. However, the only tight end they faced 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:15.800 who is on any fantasy rosters at all is Mark Andrews, 0:08:15.960 --> 0:08:18.800 and he went for five catches and sixty seven yards. Plus. 0:08:18.800 --> 0:08:20.800 Waller's gone over a hundred yards and two of his 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:23.840 last three meetings with the Broncos, so maybe he also 0:08:24.480 --> 0:08:29.920 can break the Broncos. The rest of the receivers i'd 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:31.880 play in this order, but honestly i'd bench them all. 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:35.600 Henry Ruggs first, then Hunter renfro then Brian Edwards. The 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:39.079 trio of Kyle Fuller, Patrick certain and Brian Callahan. It's 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:41.560 probably the best group of corners in the league. But 0:08:41.679 --> 0:08:43.520 Fuller is the one that can be attacked. He stays 0:08:43.559 --> 0:08:46.480 on the left side. Ruggs heads that way more than 0:08:46.520 --> 0:08:48.360 anybody else, so he's got the best chance of a 0:08:48.400 --> 0:08:52.680 long touchdown. Melvin Gordon and Javonte Williams on the other side. 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:54.880 Gordon has been limited in practiced this week with a 0:08:54.960 --> 0:08:58.520 hip injury, so keep an eye on that. And Javonte 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:01.680 Williams is like the apps lout statistical darling when it 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:04.400 comes to guys who who are doing a lot with 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:06.400 not a lot of touches. Yet he's almost splitting the 0:09:06.400 --> 0:09:09.480 workload with Gordon, but he's off the charts and his 0:09:09.520 --> 0:09:13.320 elusiveness ratings and miss tackles and all those fun nerdy stats, well, 0:09:13.360 --> 0:09:16.600 and just look at him. In each of the last 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:20.880 two games, he has had eye popping runs that make 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:23.920 you go, man, there's like four backs in the NFL 0:09:23.960 --> 0:09:25.840 could that could have been on what I just saw? 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:28.400 This dude looks like a top five back and he's 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:30.920 just not getting the workload right. So if Gordon ends 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:33.880 up not going this one, I'd give Javonte Williams an 0:09:33.880 --> 0:09:36.120 A grade in this spot, and if Gordon does go, 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:39.400 they both get bees. The Raiders are allowing four point 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:41.600 five yards per carry and have allowed the ninth most 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:44.679 rushing yards this season. They're also giving up a touchdown 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:46.679 and a half to the wide receiver or the running 0:09:46.679 --> 0:09:49.920 back position. That I should say so I like both 0:09:49.960 --> 0:09:52.920 of these runners in this game. Both startable in a 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:56.040 in a weird week of running backs, Teddy Bridgewater. He's 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:58.360 on the bench though. The Raiders past defense has been 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:01.679 awesome this year. Shockingly. Yeah, it's the pass rush. Their 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:05.120 Their pass rushers are great, allowing only two seventeen yards 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:07.200 and just over a score per game, both our top 0:10:07.240 --> 0:10:11.440 five numbers. You can start Courtland Sutton with a C grade, 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:14.280 but I'm gonna give him the Dead Sea grade since 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:19.280 the Dead Sea is the lowest elevation on Earth feet 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:23.920 below sea level, so it's like a subtracted sea level. 0:10:24.120 --> 0:10:27.760 It's it's like the lowest it's the lowest sea you 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:32.680 can get h the Raids. The raiders one week spot 0:10:32.679 --> 0:10:35.360 in their past defense is a meek Robinson who may 0:10:35.400 --> 0:10:37.520 fill in a few extra snaps for the dinged up 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:41.040 Casey Hayward or Nate Hobbs, both of whom are dealing 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:44.040 with some injuries this week. Robertson has been scored on 0:10:44.080 --> 0:10:46.800 twice and only thirteen targets on the season, so Sutton 0:10:46.800 --> 0:10:49.440 would certainly see him on the outside, and Noah Fant, 0:10:49.480 --> 0:10:51.840 I'm giving a B grade two. The Raiders have been 0:10:51.920 --> 0:10:54.360 dinged up by some mid tier tight ends recently, with 0:10:54.440 --> 0:10:57.240 Mike Gasiki going for ten catches and eighties six yards 0:10:57.600 --> 0:11:01.400 Jared Cook getting six seventy and one uh two weeks ago, 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:04.040 So why not Fant. He's averaging six targets per game, 0:11:04.440 --> 0:11:07.000 which only trails Sutton on the target leaderboard in Denver, 0:11:07.120 --> 0:11:11.040 so he's a B grade. Charges take on the Ravens. 0:11:11.080 --> 0:11:13.719 Austin Ekeler has been running great and he's an obvious 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:16.960 as my factor is my top ranked running back this week. 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:20.960 Ravens are getting killed by pass catching runners in particular, 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:24.840 and that's Austin Ekeler's forte. I don't have a fantasy 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:27.000 art Vark this week. If you'd like to give it 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:31.160 away you you can go ahead there. In the passing game, 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:39.280 Justin destroyed the Cleveland defense that was very good up 0:11:39.320 --> 0:11:42.760 until now, So no hesitation. Here, the Ravens have allowed 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:45.720 the fourth most passing yards three hundred fifteen per game, 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:50.400 and oddly enough, justin air Bear is averaging three hundred 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:52.840 fifteen passing yards per game, so let's put him on 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:56.720 a three exactly three hundred fifteen yard passing game. Here. 0:11:57.640 --> 0:11:59.880 Both the starting receivers have strong matchups and so do 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:02.040 tight ends, and let's use that as our way to 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:05.200 go to Keenan Allen. His nickname is the Slayer? Do 0:12:05.240 --> 0:12:07.400 we have an animal noise for the Slayer? Is there 0:12:07.400 --> 0:12:13.719 a slayer noise? We can probably not. There's probably music. Yeah, no, no, 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:16.719 god no, we definitely not. O. No, we can't even 0:12:16.760 --> 0:12:21.840 get the chip bugs take how about this? Known for 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:27.120 their slaying ducks, Keenan Allen gets an A grade Baltimore 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:30.600 stingy to opposing receivers, but their most vulnerable in the slot, 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:33.319 and that brings in Keenan Allen, What am I doing? 0:12:34.080 --> 0:12:39.840 There's our slayer? Come on, we had it all along. 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:45.400 Hunter renfro calif Raymond in Paris Campbell of all posted 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:48.680 at least four receptions and fifty yards from the slot 0:12:48.760 --> 0:12:51.439 against the Ravens. Allen's obviously better than all those guys. 0:12:51.640 --> 0:12:54.559 Tavon young Man's the slot for Baltimore. He's allowing a 0:12:55.600 --> 0:12:58.840 catch rate and one hundred two passer rating in his coverage, 0:12:59.000 --> 0:13:01.520 So Keenan Allen a strong A grade. Mike Williams is 0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:04.840 a game time decision. Didn't practice all week Nine times 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:06.760 out of ten guys that do not practice all week 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:09.120 don't play. But they're saying there's still a chance he 0:13:09.120 --> 0:13:15.600 could go. He's been basically unstoppable, and even though the 0:13:15.720 --> 0:13:18.360 Ravens are above average and most wide receiver defensive stats, 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:21.480 it's still it's Williams coming in, coming in hot, and 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:26.120 he remains startable. Um outside cornerbacks Marlon Humphreys and Anthony 0:13:26.200 --> 0:13:29.720 Favorite couldn't stop Michael Pittman last week, and this is 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:33.920 a similarly physical Mike Williams. So I still like him 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:36.800 here if he goes, and if he goes and he's 0:13:36.800 --> 0:13:39.080 at something close to full health, will give him a B. 0:13:39.400 --> 0:13:41.800 If he starts and I don't know this thing goes 0:13:41.800 --> 0:13:43.960 all the way down to game time, then I guess 0:13:44.000 --> 0:13:46.480 it's more like a CE. But I think if he's active, 0:13:46.520 --> 0:13:49.120 you have to play Mike Williams considering how good Now 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:52.520 if he doesn't go. Jalen Guiton last year was like 0:13:52.559 --> 0:13:54.760 all slot guy. But I looked up his his to 0:13:54.760 --> 0:13:56.720 see where he's been playing this year, and he's all 0:13:56.760 --> 0:13:59.160 over the board. So I think Jalen Guiton would get 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:02.520 most of the work, not Josh Palmer, and Josh Palmer 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:04.840 would probably see more time as well. Palmer is a 0:14:04.880 --> 0:14:08.160 more natural outside receiver, but Guyton could be a last 0:14:08.160 --> 0:14:10.600 minute a last minute swap there, and if you're feeling 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:13.000 really bold, you could try Palmer. But let's talk about 0:14:13.000 --> 0:14:16.240 these tight ends. If these were combined, if if Jared 0:14:16.280 --> 0:14:18.440 Cook and Donald Palm were combined into one guy, we'd 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:21.080 have an elite fantasy tight end. But they split this 0:14:21.200 --> 0:14:25.400 up a lot, but it's a great matchup. Cook is 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:28.400 getting slightly more snaps and target, but param is getting 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:31.000 increasingly involved and he's been the end zone guy. The 0:14:31.120 --> 0:14:34.720 Ravens allowed the most tight end catches, the second most 0:14:34.720 --> 0:14:37.360 tight end yards, and are only one touchdown away from 0:14:37.400 --> 0:14:40.680 being the worst tight end touchdown defense as well. So 0:14:40.720 --> 0:14:42.240 if you need to throw a dart in a bye week, 0:14:42.240 --> 0:14:45.280 you could try Jared Cook or Donald Parham. Let's go 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:50.240 to Baltimore. Obviously, Lamar Jackson coming up with an A 0:14:50.360 --> 0:14:52.400 grade after what we saw on Monday night. Get this, 0:14:53.200 --> 0:14:59.080 Lamar Jackson has more yards than eighteen NFL teams. That's 0:14:59.080 --> 0:15:03.720 really not surprised. It's it's it's crazy, but it's all 0:15:03.840 --> 0:15:07.040 no waights some of the NFL teams. It's not surprising. Obviously, 0:15:07.080 --> 0:15:09.400 you're not gonna bench Jackson here. Uh, you know, but 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:13.840 I don't expect a similarly explosive game against a good 0:15:14.040 --> 0:15:16.920 Charger secondary Pro Football Focus ranks the Charges with the 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:20.440 sixth best pass rush and the sixth best pass coverage. 0:15:21.320 --> 0:15:23.960 UM and it's just a mixed bag for his receiver. 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:26.800 So we'll talk about now beginning with Mark Andrews. Not 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:28.560 as much of a mixed bag here. He's an A. 0:15:28.960 --> 0:15:31.480 Andrews gets to follow up his career best game on 0:15:31.560 --> 0:15:34.080 Monday Night with a Charger's pass coverage that's allowed the 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:36.600 most yards to tight ends over the last three weeks, 0:15:36.680 --> 0:15:39.480 and the Chargers have allowed a score to the position 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:42.400 in all games but one. So I like Andrews a 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:45.480 lot with an A grade. Markis Brown is a B grade. Uh, 0:15:45.520 --> 0:15:47.560 he's not up to eleven touchdowns and eleven games. That's 0:15:47.600 --> 0:15:50.600 the most touchdowns over the past eleven games, m which 0:15:50.600 --> 0:15:53.360 we never would have guessed from Marquis Brown will talk 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:56.160 more about that later on in the show. He's gonna 0:15:56.160 --> 0:15:59.720 need that momentum against a stingy Chargers defense. Charges allowing 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:02.840 the four were the fewest receptions, the second fewest yards, 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:07.040 the sixth fewest touchdowns to opposing receivers. Only one receiver 0:16:07.080 --> 0:16:10.840 has cracked eighty yards against the Chargers all year, and 0:16:11.320 --> 0:16:15.880 his matchup, honestly is it's just neutral against Sante Samuel, 0:16:16.200 --> 0:16:19.480 Michael Davis and elite safety Derwin James. Is not gonna 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:21.760 get beat deep. And that's where Mark Yes Brown hurts 0:16:21.760 --> 0:16:23.960 a lot of people. UM, I wanted to give him 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:27.360 a C grade, but he's just been so good. I'm 0:16:27.440 --> 0:16:29.360 giving him a B grade here. But I don't love 0:16:29.600 --> 0:16:32.720 this matchup in particular. UM, I'm gonna talk a little 0:16:32.760 --> 0:16:35.720 bit more about Littavius Marie next segment. Let's go to 0:16:35.880 --> 0:16:38.040 the other receivers. Sammy Watkins is out for this game, 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:40.720 or Shot Bateman is gonna get his first ever start. 0:16:41.600 --> 0:16:46.239 I think that we can safely just because the difficulty 0:16:46.240 --> 0:16:49.440 of the matchup sounds and they they've said that they 0:16:49.480 --> 0:16:51.800 planned to work him in slowly, so I I I 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:53.080 don't want to. I don't want to give you a 0:16:53.120 --> 0:16:55.040 starting grade of Bateman though, even though I think he 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:58.080 does have a nice NFL career ahead of him. Well 0:16:58.320 --> 0:17:01.920 too much, Devin duvername baby in this game for for 0:17:02.040 --> 0:17:06.679 my taste? Why do you say it like that? You 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:09.639 said it like that, I was just mocking you. You 0:17:09.680 --> 0:17:11.960 made him sound like he's a mouth breather, which he's 0:17:12.000 --> 0:17:15.119 no caveman. I think he's a very sharp kid, you know. 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:17.200 So we don't want to We don't want to suggest 0:17:17.200 --> 0:17:19.920 that that's the case. Hey, when we come back, take 0:17:19.960 --> 0:17:22.760 a chance on me. Nine players upon whom you can 0:17:22.800 --> 0:17:25.080 take a chance. Many are available on the wave or wire. 0:17:25.240 --> 0:17:27.280 I just mentioned one of them that's coming up in 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:29.359 a second. Find out who they are when we come 0:17:29.400 --> 0:17:57.520 back Fantasy Football Weekly, take a chance on me nine 0:17:57.680 --> 0:17:59.760 players not normally in your starting line. I will tell 0:17:59.760 --> 0:18:02.160 you you can pick up off the waiver wire and 0:18:02.359 --> 0:18:06.080 start this week beginning at the quarterback position. And Matt 0:18:06.080 --> 0:18:09.359 Harrison going back to the well with Trevor Lawrence. He 0:18:09.400 --> 0:18:11.120 was gonna take a chance of me player last week 0:18:11.160 --> 0:18:13.880 and he finished Week five is a top twelve Fantasy 0:18:13.960 --> 0:18:16.640 quarterback throwing for two seventy three and a score added 0:18:16.680 --> 0:18:18.920 in twenty yards and a score on the ground, and 0:18:18.960 --> 0:18:21.400 the Jags are starting to design a little bit more 0:18:21.480 --> 0:18:24.120 running into Lawrence's game, which will help his points down 0:18:24.160 --> 0:18:26.280 the line. This week, he gets a Miami team in 0:18:26.320 --> 0:18:29.120 London who's allowing three oh five and two point four 0:18:29.200 --> 0:18:32.679 touchdowns per game through the air. Like Trevor Lawrence now 0:18:32.760 --> 0:18:34.920 that rushing stuff is not trivial for him. If they 0:18:35.000 --> 0:18:37.320 keep using him on these designed runs, that's gonna it's 0:18:37.320 --> 0:18:39.919 gonna really change the arc of his fantasy runchtion for 0:18:39.960 --> 0:18:43.360 Trevor Lawrence, Scott, your take a chance of me quarterback. 0:18:43.640 --> 0:18:48.440 Give me Michael McCorkle, Mac Jones, McCorkle, that's his name. 0:18:48.520 --> 0:18:52.879 I didn't know that, alright, or I'd go by Mac two. Yeah, yeah, 0:18:53.920 --> 0:18:59.640 because quirky, Yeah, quirky, the worst, the worst. I bet 0:19:00.320 --> 0:19:04.080 Colin mccockney and Michael McCorkle you could probably maybe together 0:19:04.240 --> 0:19:08.080 the only good court goodman. Everybody else every other cork 0:19:08.119 --> 0:19:10.480 he's bad anyway, give him to give him to me. 0:19:10.640 --> 0:19:13.520 In a likely negative game script the whole game against 0:19:13.640 --> 0:19:17.040 Dallas Cowboys. There against the third worst team against fantasy quarterbacks. 0:19:17.280 --> 0:19:20.320 Quarterbacks have topped three d total yards in every game 0:19:20.359 --> 0:19:22.879 this year against the Cowboys because they're not trying to 0:19:22.960 --> 0:19:26.520 run their throwing passes. Oh and Trayvon Digs might not 0:19:26.800 --> 0:19:29.200 suit up, which could well. I don't know whether that 0:19:29.240 --> 0:19:30.880 helps or not, because he's allowing a ton of he's 0:19:30.880 --> 0:19:33.000 allowing a ton of passing yards. For all the talk 0:19:33.040 --> 0:19:35.679 of the inceptions, he's on pace to lead the NFL 0:19:35.720 --> 0:19:39.600 in interceptions but also passing yards allowed and uh penalties, 0:19:40.880 --> 0:19:44.840 no risk, no biscuit. Uh, well, you have paid on 0:19:44.960 --> 0:19:48.320 interceptions at that. He's like baseball Adam done ton of stick. 0:19:49.960 --> 0:19:53.120 Might take a chance to me? Quarterback is Taylor Heineke 0:19:53.400 --> 0:19:55.200 going up against the Chiefs? At this point, I would 0:19:55.200 --> 0:19:59.080 start Billy Kilmer against the Chiefs. Kansas City has the 0:19:59.200 --> 0:20:02.200 league's worst fence overall. They're very bad against the past. 0:20:02.240 --> 0:20:04.959 In particular, they ran't dead last and points allowed, they 0:20:05.040 --> 0:20:07.720 ranked thirty first, and yards allowed their lasts and first 0:20:07.720 --> 0:20:10.280 downs they ranked twenty nine, and passing yards allowed. They 0:20:10.280 --> 0:20:13.800 give up the most rushing quarterback rushing yards and the 0:20:13.840 --> 0:20:17.800 most quarterback rushing touchdowns. I mean, there's every way possible. 0:20:18.200 --> 0:20:23.200 Taylor Heineke can beat them. Daniel Sorensen might be the 0:20:23.200 --> 0:20:25.720 worst safety in the league. And if there are any 0:20:25.800 --> 0:20:29.560 Chiefs fans listening, they are nodding their head vigorously right now. 0:20:30.000 --> 0:20:32.919 He's allowed a league high two eight four yards in 0:20:33.000 --> 0:20:37.560 his coverage. Here comes Terry McLaurin with all of his speed. 0:20:37.920 --> 0:20:41.000 He's gonna blow through this defense on deep passes. Taylor 0:20:41.040 --> 0:20:42.879 Heineke love him. This week. Let's go to the running 0:20:42.880 --> 0:20:48.320 back position. It's Khalil Herbert a k A. The ground Bear. 0:20:49.320 --> 0:20:52.879 With David Montgomery still out and Damian Williams on the 0:20:52.960 --> 0:20:55.960 COVID reserve list, the Bears turned to the ground bear 0:20:56.040 --> 0:20:58.440 this week. By the way, ground Bear had eight team 0:20:58.480 --> 0:21:01.080 carries for seventy five yards last week against the Raider, 0:21:01.680 --> 0:21:04.520 while Damian Williams had sixteen carries in that game. In fact, 0:21:04.560 --> 0:21:07.359 the only game in which a Bears runner has not 0:21:07.440 --> 0:21:09.800 received sixteen or more carries in a game this year 0:21:10.200 --> 0:21:12.760 was the Browns game, where Justin Fields was starting and 0:21:12.840 --> 0:21:14.800 the Browns were stacking eight in the box the whole 0:21:14.840 --> 0:21:17.800 game and their defense was planned lights out. The Packers 0:21:17.800 --> 0:21:19.960 are the opponent this week. They've allowed an average of 0:21:19.960 --> 0:21:22.280 a hundred and fifteen total yards and just over a 0:21:22.320 --> 0:21:25.480 touchdown per game to opposing runners. My theory is groundbar 0:21:25.560 --> 0:21:27.959 gets all of the work here, So I like those odds. 0:21:28.160 --> 0:21:30.399 All right, You're take a chance to be runner Scott. 0:21:30.720 --> 0:21:32.679 You know, I'm gonna go with DeVante Booker. You might 0:21:32.720 --> 0:21:34.600 not like him against the Rams. It seems like a 0:21:34.640 --> 0:21:38.000 tougher matchup. But the five the five main backs that have 0:21:37.960 --> 0:21:40.960 have seen sixteen plus touches against the Rams, four of 0:21:41.000 --> 0:21:43.959 them had over seventy yards and or a touchdown. Uh, 0:21:44.000 --> 0:21:46.640 they're actually producing a decent amount of So I'm gonna 0:21:46.720 --> 0:21:49.720 give him a Take a chance on me with a 0:21:49.960 --> 0:21:54.280