WEBVTT - NFL Fantasy Football Podcast: Week 8 Matchup Previews 0:00:00.440 --> 0:00:14.200 Wow. Wow, Hey everybody, It's Wednesday, October twenty fifth, twenty 0:00:14.320 --> 0:00:17.640 twenty three. Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Show. It's 0:00:17.680 --> 0:00:20.599 made your Man, MG. Marcus Grant joined by Michael lef Florio. 0:00:21.400 --> 0:00:24.480 On today's show, we are previewing Thursday Night football and 0:00:24.720 --> 0:00:29.479 the early Sunday games from week eight. We are through 0:00:29.520 --> 0:00:34.199 seven weeks. We are about to begin Week eight. I 0:00:34.280 --> 0:00:36.319 say this last week I was like, hey man, we're 0:00:36.320 --> 0:00:38.320 already in week seven. This week I woke up and 0:00:38.320 --> 0:00:41.520 I'm like, We're already to week eight. Why did time 0:00:41.680 --> 0:00:43.400 stop in the last seven days? 0:00:43.800 --> 0:00:44.120 I don't. 0:00:44.200 --> 0:00:47.320 It also feels like we're much deeper into the fan, 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:50.479 like people were panicking last week about stuff, and it's like, hey, 0:00:50.479 --> 0:00:53.800 we've only played half the regular season fantasy game so far, 0:00:53.960 --> 0:00:55.840 so we got a lot left. 0:00:55.640 --> 0:00:57.800 A lot of time left, which means if your team's 0:00:57.800 --> 0:00:59.480 not doing well, there's still time for you to turn 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:00.000 it around. 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:01.520 And that's what we're here to help you do. 0:01:01.600 --> 0:01:04.119 What we will go through the entire Week eight slate 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:07.160 and we will give you our fantasy heroes as well. 0:01:07.200 --> 0:01:11.560 But first let's get started with some fantasy headlines, and 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:14.679 we will start in Cleveland where Jerome Ford is expected 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:17.720 to miss one or two weeks with an ankle injury. 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:21.360 To compile that with the fact that Deshaun Watson apparently 0:01:21.440 --> 0:01:23.480 is going to miss week eight with a shoulder issue 0:01:23.560 --> 0:01:26.800 that continues to linger. So the Browns down a couple 0:01:26.800 --> 0:01:29.120 of pieces on offense. But let's look at the backfield. 0:01:29.240 --> 0:01:32.360 With Jerome Ford gone, who would you rather have Kareem 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:34.000 Hunt or Pierre Strong. 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:37.839 Kareem Hunt pretty easily for me. I know last week 0:01:37.880 --> 0:01:39.920 they played about the same amount of snaps. It was 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:43.360 ten carrieres to for Hunt, eight for Pierre Strong. But 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:46.360 Kareem Hunt, even when Jerome Ford is there, has been 0:01:46.400 --> 0:01:48.360 the back that they like to use in the red zone, 0:01:48.400 --> 0:01:50.960 and to me, that is a huge difference maker, the 0:01:50.960 --> 0:01:53.080 fact that he's going to be getting touches near the 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:55.000 goal line. It could be the one that punches it 0:01:55.040 --> 0:01:57.680 in to score touchdowns. Especially in a week like this 0:01:57.720 --> 0:02:00.280 one against the Seahawks, who do not allow a lot 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:02.320 of yards at all on the ground. You want to 0:02:02.360 --> 0:02:04.880 play the guy who has a chance of scoring a touchdown, 0:02:04.920 --> 0:02:05.520 maybe even two. 0:02:05.880 --> 0:02:07.880 I do think it's Kareem Hunt for me, but I 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:09.400 think it's going to be closer than a lot of 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:12.720 people anticipate one because that's just how the fantasy season 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:14.880 has gone. I grow like Zuck Evans and then he 0:02:14.880 --> 0:02:17.040 plays zero snaps. We're like am Mario ny Mercado, and 0:02:17.040 --> 0:02:19.840 then keanze Ingram happens. So I think that's sort of 0:02:19.880 --> 0:02:22.240 in play. But I do think, as you mentioned, both 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:24.800 those guys sort of split a lot of the snaps. 0:02:24.880 --> 0:02:27.560 The advantage for Kareem Hunt is the gold line work, 0:02:27.760 --> 0:02:28.440 and I think he's going. 0:02:28.400 --> 0:02:29.880 To get a little bit more of the passing game 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:30.560 work as well. 0:02:30.639 --> 0:02:32.120 So I think those are the things that give him 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:34.440 an advantage, and that's why he's the guy that I 0:02:34.480 --> 0:02:38.919 would lean toward. In Chicago, Justin Fields missed Week seven, 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:41.840 Tyson Beagent was the big story of the week as 0:02:41.840 --> 0:02:44.640 he helped lead the Bears past the Las Vegas Raiders. 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:48.480 Justin Fields looks doubtful for Week eight as he continues 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:50.880 to rehab that thumb injury. The Bears coming out here 0:02:50.880 --> 0:02:53.840 to so far to take on the Chargers coming up 0:02:54.080 --> 0:02:57.480 this week on Sunday Night Football. So with Beigent back 0:02:57.560 --> 0:03:00.600 under center, likely, can we trust Dj Moore against a 0:03:00.800 --> 0:03:02.600 kind of shaky Charger secondary? 0:03:03.040 --> 0:03:06.119 I think so. Beijin got the memo last week like, hey, 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:08.440 just throw the ball to number two, the good things 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:10.560 are gonna happen. And that's what he did. He threw 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:13.079 the ball twenty nine times total last week. Nine of 0:03:13.120 --> 0:03:15.320 them went to DJ Moore, who caught eight of them 0:03:15.320 --> 0:03:18.840 for fifty four yards. Now, you mentioned the matchup against 0:03:18.880 --> 0:03:22.760 the Chargers. They are the best possible matchup for opposing 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:26.600 wide receivers in my opinion this season. So the matchup, 0:03:26.639 --> 0:03:28.840 the fact that he's gonna get the volume, and I 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:30.760 think the Bears will be in catchup mode, which means 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:32.720 they could have to throw even more, which could mean 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:35.480 more targets than more saw last week. Yeah, I am 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:36.360 still starting. 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:38.880 I would definitely start him because pretty much the whole 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:42.560 passing game has funneled through Dj Moore this season. The 0:03:42.680 --> 0:03:45.600 concern I have is he's going to have to do 0:03:45.640 --> 0:03:48.240 a lot after the catch to get you some decent 0:03:48.280 --> 0:03:52.000 fantasy numbers. Last week, Beijin's average depth of target was 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:53.360 two point three yards. 0:03:53.440 --> 0:03:54.960 I mean just dump. 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:58.200 Off after dump off, checkdown after checkdown. Look, it worked 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:01.520 well against the Raiders defense. Now the Chargers have a 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:03.840 full games worth of tape out on beagent that they 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:06.760 can watch unless they went back digging through some Shepherd's 0:04:06.840 --> 0:04:09.440 college film, which hey, good on them if they did that. 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:12.520 But I think DJ Moore is startable, but understand the 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:15.160 ceiling is a lot lower for him this week, just 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:19.000 because of the quarterback situation for the Bears. We got 0:04:19.000 --> 0:04:23.400 a full slate of games coming up this week no 0:04:23.600 --> 0:04:26.680 teams on a by which rog I mean, really, why 0:04:26.920 --> 0:04:27.479 why why? 0:04:27.480 --> 0:04:28.120 Perfect sense? 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:30.359 Why why do we go six teams one week and 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:32.320 no teams? I don't understand it. I know this is 0:04:32.320 --> 0:04:34.080 above my pay grade. I'm just putting in a request. 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:36.719 Let's just even it out, please, But let's get started 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:40.400 with Thursday night football. It's the Buccaneers in Buffalo taking 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:43.159 on the Bills eight to fifteen Eastern. You can see 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:46.560 that game on Prime video. Mike Evans has had another 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:48.719 fantastic season. I know you and I were both like, 0:04:48.760 --> 0:04:50.760 he's not gonna get to one thousand yards, and he's 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:53.560 like halfway there. As we get ready for a Week eight, 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:56.440 so let's say let's say it at sixty five yards 0:04:56.480 --> 0:04:59.200 more or less than sixty five receiving yards for Mike Evans. 0:04:59.480 --> 0:05:03.040 I'm going to say more, even though I was surprised 0:05:03.040 --> 0:05:04.640 when I went and looked at his game log that 0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:07.400 he has three games this year under that number and 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:08.719 one game that he went over. 0:05:08.720 --> 0:05:09.599 Was at sixty six. 0:05:10.240 --> 0:05:13.240 Literally can't get any closer. So I was surprised by that. 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:17.320 But this Bill's defense has not been the same since 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:20.839 they lost Trey White, Matt Milano, and Jones, and then 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:24.520 their secondary was already pretty weak behind Trey White. I 0:05:24.560 --> 0:05:27.480 think that the Bills offense is going to put up 0:05:27.520 --> 0:05:28.360 some points this week. 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:30.400 I mean, even on a down week like last. 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:32.080 Week, they scored three touchdowns, so I think that it 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:34.240 will have the Bucks having to throw the ball. 0:05:34.360 --> 0:05:37.479 I'm going with more as well, and I like you, 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:39.120 I was like trying to figure out what's a good 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:41.080 number to say it that, and I'm looking at his 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:44.000 weekly totals. I was like, Oh, he hasn't had like 0:05:44.040 --> 0:05:47.160 a lot of big yardage games so far this year. 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:49.120 But I do think it's more in partly because of 0:05:49.160 --> 0:05:52.280 what you mentioned. I mean, losing that many key pieces 0:05:52.279 --> 0:05:54.920 on any defense is going to have an impact, and 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:57.120 the Bills have certainly suffered in that respect. So I 0:05:57.480 --> 0:05:59.440 think Mike Evans has a big game. I think Chris 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:01.919 Godwin has nice game as well. Maybe he actually scores 0:06:01.920 --> 0:06:04.480 his first touchdown this year because he's actually getting a 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:06.360 lot of targets, a lot of catches. He just hasn't 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:10.080 been Yeah, exactly, it's been to Mike Evans show, mostly 0:06:10.160 --> 0:06:12.400 because you know, Baker's gonna throw those yolo balls in 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:14.520 the direction of Mike Evans, which is a thing that 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:17.400 Tom Brady wouldn't do. But Baker, you know, Baker doesn't care. 0:06:17.400 --> 0:06:20.640 He's gonna throw him anyway. On the other side, Dalton 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:23.360 kim Kaid looks like the tight end of record now. 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:26.599 Dawson Knox is out for an undetermined amount of time 0:06:26.640 --> 0:06:29.960 after having risked surgery. I'll believe though, Quentin Morris, I think, 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:33.960 is also potentially out this week for the Bills. So 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:36.719 more or less than four and a half catches for 0:06:36.800 --> 0:06:39.960 Dalton Dalton Kincaid. 0:06:39.640 --> 0:06:42.480 More I think I keep saying it. I think if 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:45.080 any player off the waiver wire becomes a league winner 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:47.240 this past week, it's going to be Dalton king Cad. 0:06:47.279 --> 0:06:49.640 He draws comparisons to Travis Kelcey a lot. He was 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:51.159 a first round pick for a reason. 0:06:52.600 --> 0:06:53.320 He had eight. 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:55.120 Targets last week, caught all eight of them. And the 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:56.960 biggest play of the game for the Bills was a 0:06:57.040 --> 0:07:00.080 designed pass played to Dalon Kincaid on fourth down. They 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:02.840 were trailing by a touchdown late in the game. Now, 0:07:02.920 --> 0:07:05.680 like you said, no no knocks, maybe no morse, I 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:08.640 think that he could potentially be the number two target. 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:10.400 One thing that a lot of people talk about on 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:13.040 this Bill's offense is like they missed the safety blanket 0:07:13.080 --> 0:07:15.920 outside of Stefan Diggs. I think Kinkaid can be that guy. 0:07:16.000 --> 0:07:17.360 And that's kind of what I think a lot of 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:20.520 us thought coming into the season, and it hadn't quite 0:07:20.560 --> 0:07:23.240 happened because he was splitting those opportunities with Knox. 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:24.520 Knox is gone. 0:07:25.160 --> 0:07:27.360 I was looking at, you know, kind of a trade 0:07:27.360 --> 0:07:29.080 four trade away sort of thing, and I was like, hey, 0:07:29.120 --> 0:07:30.960 you should trade for Dalton kin Kain And I went 0:07:31.000 --> 0:07:33.440 and looked, and like, as of Tuesday morning, he was 0:07:33.480 --> 0:07:36.160 only rostered in like thirty two percent of NFL dot 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:38.840 com Lea's that number has bumped up to nearly fifty 0:07:38.840 --> 0:07:39.320 five percent. 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:42.000 I think people have clued in about the situation. If 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:42.840 he's out go get. 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:44.440 Him, Go get him if he's out there, because he's 0:07:44.440 --> 0:07:46.720 going to get opportunity They're also just using him as 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:50.520 a big slot receiver, trying to create mismatches that are 0:07:50.560 --> 0:07:52.440 on some of those slot corners, and I think that's 0:07:52.440 --> 0:07:54.360 going to help him as well, so I think he 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:56.480 gets a ton of targets. I think this passing game 0:07:56.520 --> 0:07:59.280 for the foreseeable future is sort of a Stefan Diggs, 0:07:59.320 --> 0:08:01.560 Dalton Kiki Aid one to two punch with some Gabe 0:08:01.600 --> 0:08:04.680 Davis thrown in. Gonna be interesting to see how how 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:07.360 things shake out and what this means for Kim Kid, 0:08:07.360 --> 0:08:09.680 even if Knox is able to come back later on 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:10.280 in the season. 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:13.560 That's Thursday Night Football. Let's turn our attention to Sunday. 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:16.680 As I mentioned, uh, there are zero teams on a 0:08:16.800 --> 0:08:19.800 bye this week, so everybody's in play, which means we 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:22.840 have a whole slate of games to get to. Texans 0:08:22.960 --> 0:08:25.640 at the Panthers, a matchup of the number one and 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:29.280 two picks in this recent NFL draft. Bryce Young the 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:31.840 number one pick for the Carolina Panthers, going against CJ. 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:35.400 Shroud the number two pick for the Houston Texans. But 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:38.160 let's look at the backfield for Houston because Damian Pierce 0:08:38.200 --> 0:08:41.800 has been frustrating this year. Would you play him here, 0:08:42.200 --> 0:08:44.480 and would you consider Devin Singletary a sleeper. 0:08:44.840 --> 0:08:48.680 Yes to both of those things. It is tough to 0:08:48.880 --> 0:08:52.080 get Damien. I understand it's tough to be like, Hey, 0:08:52.160 --> 0:08:54.920 I wanted to start Damian Pierce with confidence after what 0:08:54.960 --> 0:08:56.640 he's given us so far this year. But this is 0:08:56.679 --> 0:09:00.280 all about the matchup the Panthers. They've allowed the third 0:09:00.280 --> 0:09:03.880 most rushing yards, most rushing touchdowns, they allow five point 0:09:03.920 --> 0:09:06.160 three yards per carry, which is the second most in 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:08.760 the league. They're in the top three and fantasy points 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:11.360 per game allowed to the position, and they really struggle 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:13.559 on outside runs and Damian Pierce has more than double 0:09:13.600 --> 0:09:16.960 anyone else. But the last time we saw the Texans play, 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:19.560 they split snaps and it was actually Devin Singletary getting 0:09:19.720 --> 0:09:22.320 the outside carries. So I think he's more of a 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:24.120 deeper league kind of guy, but I do think he's 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:25.280 a deep sleeper this week. 0:09:25.760 --> 0:09:28.360 I do love Damian Pierce this week. And maybe it's 0:09:28.360 --> 0:09:31.880 me wish casting as somebody who really went hard on 0:09:31.960 --> 0:09:34.800 him in drafts this season, but I think this is 0:09:34.800 --> 0:09:37.120 a chance for him to sort of get right this week. 0:09:37.280 --> 0:09:39.720 And as you mentioned, Devin Singletary was starting to creep 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:42.240 up and eat into his opportunities. So he does have 0:09:42.280 --> 0:09:44.720 some sleeper vibes this week because the Panther run defense 0:09:44.760 --> 0:09:48.880 has been awful, just awful all year long. So if 0:09:48.920 --> 0:09:51.160 there's ever a chance for Damian Pierce to get healthy 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:53.760 or Devin Singletary to take a step forward, this is 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:55.080 the week for it to happen. 0:09:55.880 --> 0:09:57.720 Rams at the Cowboys. 0:09:57.800 --> 0:10:00.760 A couple weeks ago, Daryl Henderson was sitting on his 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:02.959 couch watching games like You and I. 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:06.200 Last week he was leading the Rams in carries. 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:09.240 That was against a Steeler run defense that is currently 0:10:09.280 --> 0:10:12.040 ranked twenty third in the NFL. This week he gets 0:10:12.040 --> 0:10:15.600 the Dallas Cowboys, who are ranked significantly higher. So would 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:18.920 you trust Darryl Henderson this week against the Cowboys? 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:22.800 The matchup is really tough And originally I was going 0:10:22.880 --> 0:10:24.720 to say no, but I mean, when you look at 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:27.400 the workload that he got eighteen carries, he was the 0:10:27.520 --> 0:10:30.000 Rams running back that was used in the passing game. 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:33.000 He got the work near the goal line. He's basically 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:35.199 was kind of used like Kien Williams was, and this 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:37.079 was his first game off to couch, so I think 0:10:37.080 --> 0:10:40.080 we could see even more work going his way. I 0:10:40.120 --> 0:10:42.040 think you can trust him. In fact, in one league, 0:10:42.080 --> 0:10:45.959 I have to decide between him, Zach Moss or Jalen Warren, 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:47.520 And as of right now, I'm like, I'm gonna start 0:10:47.559 --> 0:10:48.920 Daryl Henderson of that bunch. 0:10:49.080 --> 0:10:51.360 I think you can trust Henderson if you are in 0:10:51.400 --> 0:10:53.880 a deeper league or a really competitive league, I think 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:57.120 you can. I think in shallower leagues you might have 0:10:57.160 --> 0:10:59.840 better opportunities somewhere, just because there are no teams on 0:10:59.880 --> 0:11:03.240 a so you're barring a bunch of injuries on your roster. 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:05.800 You should have your full compliment of players there. So 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:07.880 I think if you're talking about a ten team league, 0:11:07.920 --> 0:11:10.200 you can probably get away from Darryl Henderson. But I 0:11:10.200 --> 0:11:13.400 think twelve team leagues he's in play. Certainly, anything deeper 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:16.559 than that, Darryl Henderson is in play because Sean Mavy 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:19.199 has shown us he would like to just lean on 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:21.400 one running back if possible. I think part of the 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:23.559 reason we saw so much Royce Freeman last week was 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:26.280 because Henderson was not quite in game shape yet. But 0:11:26.920 --> 0:11:28.959 having a game under his belt, he might get more 0:11:28.960 --> 0:11:31.960 opportunity this week, even if the matchup's not great on paper. 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:35.640 Vikings at the Packers. 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:40.600 Minnesota coming off that big win on Monday night against 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:44.199 the San Francisco forty nine ers. The Packers stumbled and 0:11:44.240 --> 0:11:46.800 fell and lost and couldn't move the ball against a 0:11:46.880 --> 0:11:51.199 bad Broncos defense, and a couple of the chief culprits 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:53.959 are guys that we were really leaning on in fantasy 0:11:54.040 --> 0:11:57.000 Christian Watson, who really is struggling to get healthy, Aaron 0:11:57.080 --> 0:11:59.920 Jones sort of the same thing. Both those guys played poor. 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:03.600 Will we expect one or both or neither of those 0:12:03.640 --> 0:12:05.440 guys to bounce back this week? 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:08.600 I want to say I expect them to bounce back, 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:11.120 and I think there might be too much upside to 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:13.160 get them out of your lineup unless you're in maybe 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:17.079 a shallower league. But I can't say with much confidence 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:19.760 right now because Aaron Jones keeps coming back from injury 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:21.920 and they keep just using AJ Dillon over him. I 0:12:21.920 --> 0:12:24.360 don't know if Jones is fully healthy or not. I 0:12:24.400 --> 0:12:27.960 know Watson practice today, so hopefully we're gonna get him 0:12:27.960 --> 0:12:29.400 in our line up. But like the Vikings have been 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:32.959 stingy against the run outside of CMC, their secondary can 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:35.400 be exploited. But I don't know. I think you probably 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:37.199 have to start Christian Watson but you don't have to 0:12:37.240 --> 0:12:37.560 love it. 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:40.400 I think if there's one of the two that I 0:12:40.559 --> 0:12:43.160 can believe in, it's Aaron Jones, just because I think 0:12:43.200 --> 0:12:47.280 it's easier for them to manufacture touches for him. They're 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:50.320 not getting the ball to Christian Watson with Jordan Love 0:12:50.400 --> 0:12:53.080 the same way they were with Aaron Rodgers, and with 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:56.480 Romeo Dobbs playing well. With Jayden Reed being available there, 0:12:56.920 --> 0:12:59.240 I think it's a lot harder to just force feed 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:01.120 Watson the foot, but I think you can do that 0:13:01.200 --> 0:13:04.040 with Jones. And I think at some point, because Jordan 0:13:04.120 --> 0:13:07.200 Love is struggling to get the ball downfield, maybe you 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:09.640 kind of get some short throws to Aaron Jones, get 0:13:09.720 --> 0:13:11.800 him out in space, let him work. I don't know 0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:14.240 that he's even had ten carries in a game this year. 0:13:14.280 --> 0:13:16.440 I think that has to change for the Packers to 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:18.600 be successful. So I think if either of the two 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:20.880 bounce back, I think it's probably going to be Aaron 0:13:20.960 --> 0:13:24.679 Jones Saints at the Colts, which is a Super Bowl 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:29.080 rematch from a number of years ago. Do you start 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:32.360 Josh Downs, who has been red hot, and accordingly, do 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:35.200 you start Zach Moss, who is now behind Jonathan Taylor. 0:13:35.559 --> 0:13:38.240 I think Josh Downs has to be started right now. 0:13:38.280 --> 0:13:40.240 Like I'm looking at his game log. Obviously the huge 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:42.320 game last week twenty three and a half Fantasy points, 0:13:42.360 --> 0:13:45.120 but he is top thirteen and three straight and four 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:47.839 of his last five, and ironically it's all four games 0:13:47.840 --> 0:13:51.400 where Gardner Minshew had to play, so they clearly have 0:13:51.559 --> 0:13:53.720 some chemistry there. I think he is someone that you 0:13:53.760 --> 0:13:56.640 need to start. Moss, on the other hand, is someone 0:13:56.640 --> 0:13:58.720 that I think you could potentially get away from this week. 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:01.679 With there being no buys this Saints have been really, 0:14:01.720 --> 0:14:04.959 really tough against the run. Jonathan Taylor looks like Jonathan 0:14:04.960 --> 0:14:07.040 Taylor again last week, so I'm a little bit worried. 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:09.640 I don't think Moss goes away or anything, but could 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:11.959 we start to see Taylor take over more and more 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:15.760 of that backfield share. So again, it depends on your options, 0:14:15.760 --> 0:14:18.679 but Moss is definitely not someone that you must start 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:19.040 this week. 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:21.240 You gotta start Josh Downs. I mean, the guy's been 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:23.360 so good over the last few weeks. I don't know 0:14:23.400 --> 0:14:25.600 how you get away from him. And that passing game 0:14:25.680 --> 0:14:29.360 is getting more and more narrowly funneled between Pittman and Downs. 0:14:29.440 --> 0:14:31.440 Right now, about forty eight percent of the targets going 0:14:31.480 --> 0:14:33.960 to those two guys, more than fifty percent of the 0:14:33.960 --> 0:14:36.600 air yards going to those two guys. Downs has been 0:14:36.640 --> 0:14:39.200 great with yards after the catch as well. It's hard, 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:41.400 even in what looks like a tough matchup, to get 0:14:41.440 --> 0:14:44.080 away from him Zach Moss. Sort of like what I'm 0:14:44.080 --> 0:14:46.160 mentioned with Daryl Henderson. If you're in a deep league 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:48.520 or a competitive league, maybe you think about flexing him. 0:14:48.520 --> 0:14:51.400 But with Jonathan Taylor getting more opportunity, I think it's 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:53.680 a little bit easier to sort of pivot away from 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:56.480 Zach Moss this week against that Saints defense. 0:14:57.160 --> 0:14:58.800 We are just getting started. 0:14:58.800 --> 0:15:01.960 We have plenty more games get through on the Sunday slate, 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:05.760 including a big one in the AFC East. Will get 0:15:05.800 --> 0:15:07.800 to Patriots Dolphins and more were coming up after this 0:15:08.160 --> 0:15:10.080 on the NFL Fantasy Football show. 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:17.680 Patriots at Dolphins. 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:21.080 The Patriots starting to play better get got a big 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:23.800 surprise win against the Bills last week. Meanwhile, the Dolphins 0:15:23.800 --> 0:15:27.080 trying to bounce back after a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. 0:15:27.520 --> 0:15:29.480 We know which Dolphins were starting, which is you know 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:32.440 pretty much all of them. Which Patriots do you feel 0:15:32.480 --> 0:15:36.440 comfortable starting against Miami pretty much none of them. I 0:15:36.440 --> 0:15:39.080 would start Rimandre Stevenson, and I think that is it. 0:15:39.320 --> 0:15:41.560 I know you talked about or are gonna talk about 0:15:41.560 --> 0:15:44.080 it on Fantasy Live about how he's getting the ball 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:47.160 more in the passing game, and I think that alone 0:15:47.280 --> 0:15:48.240 pushes him into. 0:15:48.080 --> 0:15:49.320 Be a safe RB two. 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:51.440 I would love it if they would start giving him 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:53.560 some more goal on carries instead of you know, him 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:55.200 getting banged up and coming out of the game and 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:59.800 then Zeke scoring all those touchdowns. But besides Stevenson, maybe 0:16:00.000 --> 0:16:02.360 Hendrick Bourne in a catchup mode game. But I don't know. 0:16:02.360 --> 0:16:03.960 I don't win no teams on buy. I don't feel 0:16:03.960 --> 0:16:04.400 great about that. 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:06.680 Yeah, I said, Kendrick Bourne, maybe another one, because he's 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:09.920 starting to get more more opportunities. You know, I know 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:12.640 that people who really watched the Patriots a lot closer 0:16:12.640 --> 0:16:14.880 than I have have said, you know, Kendrick Bourne seems 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:17.160 like a great option when Juju Smith Schuster isn't there. 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:20.280 But I'm starting to think that Kendrick's playing better than Juju. 0:16:20.520 --> 0:16:24.320 Maybe he just starts to see more targets generally understanding 0:16:24.400 --> 0:16:26.760 the ceiling is a little bit lower for him than say, 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:29.280 your average wide receiver two. He's probably more of a 0:16:29.320 --> 0:16:32.520 wide receiver three. But they're starting to get him to 0:16:32.600 --> 0:16:35.400 him consistently, and they're starting to feature him and Remandre 0:16:35.520 --> 0:16:38.560 in the passing game. So Remandre for sure, Maybe Kendrick 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:41.560 Bourne if you're looking for a flex option. It's the 0:16:41.600 --> 0:16:45.720 Battle of Jersey, the New York Jets against the New 0:16:45.800 --> 0:16:50.240 York Giants playing in New Jersey. Which duo would you 0:16:50.320 --> 0:16:53.760 like more this week? Saquon Barkley and Darren Waller or 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:56.560 Breis Hall and Garrett Wilson. Knowing that you can't you 0:16:56.600 --> 0:16:58.240 can't split him. If you take one, you got to 0:16:58.240 --> 0:16:59.080 take the other one. 0:16:59.240 --> 0:17:01.880 I'm gonna go with the Jersey Jets over the Jersey 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:05.120 Giants this one. Look, if you ask me to rank them, 0:17:05.119 --> 0:17:07.720 it's like Hall, then the two Giants, then Garrett Wilson. 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:10.560 But I think Breece Hall just goes off this week. 0:17:10.840 --> 0:17:13.600 The Giants really struggle against the run. There in the 0:17:13.600 --> 0:17:16.560 top two in yards allowed on the ground to running backs, 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:20.240 and Breece Hall since they've taken this snapcount off of him, 0:17:20.240 --> 0:17:23.800 has just been electric. My bold prediction is that he 0:17:23.880 --> 0:17:26.320 sets a career high in yards, which would be one 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:29.600 hundred over one hundred and ninety seven, so I expect 0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:32.720 big things for him, but don't worry about like Darren Waller, 0:17:32.760 --> 0:17:35.159 the Jets really struggle against tight ends. They allowed the 0:17:35.240 --> 0:17:39.240 most fantasy points and touchdowns. Saquon and Wilson, the matchup 0:17:39.320 --> 0:17:42.040 aren't as great for them, But I mean, you're starting 0:17:42.080 --> 0:17:45.359 Sague and I imagine in a lot of spots, probably Wilson's. 0:17:44.920 --> 0:17:48.200 I'm gonna I'm gonna go with with Saquon and Darren 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:52.160 Waller in this one. Look. I think that all four 0:17:52.200 --> 0:17:54.240 of those guys can have really good games this week. 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:57.359 But I think the Giants have realized they have to 0:17:57.400 --> 0:18:00.720 get their playmakers involved. They are doing, but the Atlanta 0:18:00.760 --> 0:18:02.840