Speaker 1: Wow. Wow, Hey everybody, It's Wednesday, October twenty fifth, twenty
Speaker 1: twenty three. Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Show. It's
Speaker 1: made your Man, MG. Marcus Grant joined by Michael lef Florio.
Speaker 1: On today's show, we are previewing Thursday Night football and
Speaker 1: the early Sunday games from week eight. We are through
Speaker 1: seven weeks. We are about to begin Week eight. I
Speaker 1: say this last week I was like, hey man, we're
Speaker 1: already in week seven. This week I woke up and
Speaker 1: I'm like, We're already to week eight. Why did time
Speaker 1: stop in the last seven days?
Speaker 2: I don't.
Speaker 3: It also feels like we're much deeper into the fan,
Speaker 3: like people were panicking last week about stuff, and it's like, hey,
Speaker 3: we've only played half the regular season fantasy game so far,
Speaker 3: so we got a lot left.
Speaker 1: A lot of time left, which means if your team's
Speaker 1: not doing well, there's still time for you to turn
Speaker 1: it around.
Speaker 2: And that's what we're here to help you do.
Speaker 1: What we will go through the entire Week eight slate
Speaker 1: and we will give you our fantasy heroes as well.
Speaker 1: But first let's get started with some fantasy headlines, and
Speaker 1: we will start in Cleveland where Jerome Ford is expected
Speaker 1: to miss one or two weeks with an ankle injury.
Speaker 1: To compile that with the fact that Deshaun Watson apparently
Speaker 1: is going to miss week eight with a shoulder issue
Speaker 1: that continues to linger. So the Browns down a couple
Speaker 1: of pieces on offense. But let's look at the backfield.
Speaker 1: With Jerome Ford gone, who would you rather have Kareem
Speaker 1: Hunt or Pierre Strong.
Speaker 3: Kareem Hunt pretty easily for me. I know last week
Speaker 3: they played about the same amount of snaps. It was
Speaker 3: ten carrieres to for Hunt, eight for Pierre Strong. But
Speaker 3: Kareem Hunt, even when Jerome Ford is there, has been
Speaker 3: the back that they like to use in the red zone,
Speaker 3: and to me, that is a huge difference maker, the
Speaker 3: fact that he's going to be getting touches near the
Speaker 3: goal line. It could be the one that punches it
Speaker 3: in to score touchdowns. Especially in a week like this
Speaker 3: one against the Seahawks, who do not allow a lot
Speaker 3: of yards at all on the ground. You want to
Speaker 3: play the guy who has a chance of scoring a touchdown,
Speaker 3: maybe even two.
Speaker 1: I do think it's Kareem Hunt for me, but I
Speaker 1: think it's going to be closer than a lot of
Speaker 1: people anticipate one because that's just how the fantasy season
Speaker 1: has gone. I grow like Zuck Evans and then he
Speaker 1: plays zero snaps. We're like am Mario ny Mercado, and
Speaker 1: then keanze Ingram happens. So I think that's sort of
Speaker 1: in play. But I do think, as you mentioned, both
Speaker 1: those guys sort of split a lot of the snaps.
Speaker 1: The advantage for Kareem Hunt is the gold line work,
Speaker 1: and I think he's going.
Speaker 2: To get a little bit more of the passing game
Speaker 2: work as well.
Speaker 1: So I think those are the things that give him
Speaker 1: an advantage, and that's why he's the guy that I
Speaker 1: would lean toward. In Chicago, Justin Fields missed Week seven,
Speaker 1: Tyson Beagent was the big story of the week as
Speaker 1: he helped lead the Bears past the Las Vegas Raiders.
Speaker 1: Justin Fields looks doubtful for Week eight as he continues
Speaker 1: to rehab that thumb injury. The Bears coming out here
Speaker 1: to so far to take on the Chargers coming up
Speaker 1: this week on Sunday Night Football. So with Beigent back
Speaker 1: under center, likely, can we trust Dj Moore against a
Speaker 1: kind of shaky Charger secondary?
Speaker 3: I think so. Beijin got the memo last week like, hey,
Speaker 3: just throw the ball to number two, the good things
Speaker 3: are gonna happen. And that's what he did. He threw
Speaker 3: the ball twenty nine times total last week. Nine of
Speaker 3: them went to DJ Moore, who caught eight of them
Speaker 3: for fifty four yards. Now, you mentioned the matchup against
Speaker 3: the Chargers. They are the best possible matchup for opposing
Speaker 3: wide receivers in my opinion this season. So the matchup,
Speaker 3: the fact that he's gonna get the volume, and I
Speaker 3: think the Bears will be in catchup mode, which means
Speaker 3: they could have to throw even more, which could mean
Speaker 3: more targets than more saw last week. Yeah, I am
Speaker 3: still starting.
Speaker 1: I would definitely start him because pretty much the whole
Speaker 1: passing game has funneled through Dj Moore this season. The
Speaker 1: concern I have is he's going to have to do
Speaker 1: a lot after the catch to get you some decent
Speaker 1: fantasy numbers. Last week, Beijin's average depth of target was
Speaker 1: two point three yards.
Speaker 2: I mean just dump.
Speaker 1: Off after dump off, checkdown after checkdown. Look, it worked
Speaker 1: well against the Raiders defense. Now the Chargers have a
Speaker 1: full games worth of tape out on beagent that they
Speaker 1: can watch unless they went back digging through some Shepherd's
Speaker 1: college film, which hey, good on them if they did that.
Speaker 1: But I think DJ Moore is startable, but understand the
Speaker 1: ceiling is a lot lower for him this week, just
Speaker 1: because of the quarterback situation for the Bears. We got
Speaker 1: a full slate of games coming up this week no
Speaker 1: teams on a by which rog I mean, really, why
Speaker 1: why why?
Speaker 2: Perfect sense?
Speaker 1: Why why do we go six teams one week and
Speaker 1: no teams? I don't understand it. I know this is
Speaker 1: above my pay grade. I'm just putting in a request.
Speaker 1: Let's just even it out, please, But let's get started
Speaker 1: with Thursday night football. It's the Buccaneers in Buffalo taking
Speaker 1: on the Bills eight to fifteen Eastern. You can see
Speaker 1: that game on Prime video. Mike Evans has had another
Speaker 1: fantastic season. I know you and I were both like,
Speaker 1: he's not gonna get to one thousand yards, and he's
Speaker 1: like halfway there. As we get ready for a Week eight,
Speaker 1: so let's say let's say it at sixty five yards
Speaker 1: more or less than sixty five receiving yards for Mike Evans.
Speaker 3: I'm going to say more, even though I was surprised
Speaker 3: when I went and looked at his game log that
Speaker 3: he has three games this year under that number and
Speaker 3: one game that he went over.
Speaker 2: Was at sixty six.
Speaker 3: Literally can't get any closer. So I was surprised by that.
Speaker 3: But this Bill's defense has not been the same since
Speaker 3: they lost Trey White, Matt Milano, and Jones, and then
Speaker 3: their secondary was already pretty weak behind Trey White. I
Speaker 3: think that the Bills offense is going to put up
Speaker 3: some points this week.
Speaker 2: I mean, even on a down week like last.
Speaker 3: Week, they scored three touchdowns, so I think that it
Speaker 3: will have the Bucks having to throw the ball.
Speaker 1: I'm going with more as well, and I like you,
Speaker 1: I was like trying to figure out what's a good
Speaker 1: number to say it that, and I'm looking at his
Speaker 1: weekly totals. I was like, Oh, he hasn't had like
Speaker 1: a lot of big yardage games so far this year.
Speaker 1: But I do think it's more in partly because of
Speaker 1: what you mentioned. I mean, losing that many key pieces
Speaker 1: on any defense is going to have an impact, and
Speaker 1: the Bills have certainly suffered in that respect. So I
Speaker 1: think Mike Evans has a big game. I think Chris
Speaker 1: Godwin has nice game as well. Maybe he actually scores
Speaker 1: his first touchdown this year because he's actually getting a
Speaker 1: lot of targets, a lot of catches. He just hasn't
Speaker 1: been Yeah, exactly, it's been to Mike Evans show, mostly
Speaker 1: because you know, Baker's gonna throw those yolo balls in
Speaker 1: the direction of Mike Evans, which is a thing that
Speaker 1: Tom Brady wouldn't do. But Baker, you know, Baker doesn't care.
Speaker 1: He's gonna throw him anyway. On the other side, Dalton
Speaker 1: kim Kaid looks like the tight end of record now.
Speaker 1: Dawson Knox is out for an undetermined amount of time
Speaker 1: after having risked surgery. I'll believe though, Quentin Morris, I think,
Speaker 1: is also potentially out this week for the Bills. So
Speaker 1: more or less than four and a half catches for
Speaker 1: Dalton Dalton Kincaid.
Speaker 3: More I think I keep saying it. I think if
Speaker 3: any player off the waiver wire becomes a league winner
Speaker 3: this past week, it's going to be Dalton king Cad.
Speaker 3: He draws comparisons to Travis Kelcey a lot. He was
Speaker 3: a first round pick for a reason.
Speaker 2: He had eight.
Speaker 3: Targets last week, caught all eight of them. And the
Speaker 3: biggest play of the game for the Bills was a
Speaker 3: designed pass played to Dalon Kincaid on fourth down. They
Speaker 3: were trailing by a touchdown late in the game. Now,
Speaker 3: like you said, no no knocks, maybe no morse, I
Speaker 3: think that he could potentially be the number two target.
Speaker 3: One thing that a lot of people talk about on
Speaker 3: this Bill's offense is like they missed the safety blanket
Speaker 3: outside of Stefan Diggs. I think Kinkaid can be that guy.
Speaker 1: And that's kind of what I think a lot of
Speaker 1: us thought coming into the season, and it hadn't quite
Speaker 1: happened because he was splitting those opportunities with Knox.
Speaker 2: Knox is gone.
Speaker 1: I was looking at, you know, kind of a trade
Speaker 1: four trade away sort of thing, and I was like, hey,
Speaker 1: you should trade for Dalton kin Kain And I went
Speaker 1: and looked, and like, as of Tuesday morning, he was
Speaker 1: only rostered in like thirty two percent of NFL dot
Speaker 1: com Lea's that number has bumped up to nearly fifty
Speaker 1: five percent.
Speaker 2: I think people have clued in about the situation. If
Speaker 2: he's out go get.
Speaker 1: Him, Go get him if he's out there, because he's
Speaker 1: going to get opportunity They're also just using him as
Speaker 1: a big slot receiver, trying to create mismatches that are
Speaker 1: on some of those slot corners, and I think that's
Speaker 1: going to help him as well, so I think he
Speaker 1: gets a ton of targets. I think this passing game
Speaker 1: for the foreseeable future is sort of a Stefan Diggs,
Speaker 1: Dalton Kiki Aid one to two punch with some Gabe
Speaker 1: Davis thrown in. Gonna be interesting to see how how
Speaker 1: things shake out and what this means for Kim Kid,
Speaker 1: even if Knox is able to come back later on
Speaker 1: in the season.
Speaker 2: That's Thursday Night Football. Let's turn our attention to Sunday.
Speaker 1: As I mentioned, uh, there are zero teams on a
Speaker 1: bye this week, so everybody's in play, which means we
Speaker 1: have a whole slate of games to get to. Texans
Speaker 1: at the Panthers, a matchup of the number one and
Speaker 1: two picks in this recent NFL draft. Bryce Young the
Speaker 1: number one pick for the Carolina Panthers, going against CJ.
Speaker 1: Shroud the number two pick for the Houston Texans. But
Speaker 1: let's look at the backfield for Houston because Damian Pierce
Speaker 1: has been frustrating this year. Would you play him here,
Speaker 1: and would you consider Devin Singletary a sleeper.
Speaker 3: Yes to both of those things. It is tough to
Speaker 3: get Damien. I understand it's tough to be like, Hey,
Speaker 3: I wanted to start Damian Pierce with confidence after what
Speaker 3: he's given us so far this year. But this is
Speaker 3: all about the matchup the Panthers. They've allowed the third
Speaker 3: most rushing yards, most rushing touchdowns, they allow five point
Speaker 3: three yards per carry, which is the second most in
Speaker 3: the league. They're in the top three and fantasy points
Speaker 3: per game allowed to the position, and they really struggle
Speaker 3: on outside runs and Damian Pierce has more than double
Speaker 3: anyone else. But the last time we saw the Texans play,
Speaker 3: they split snaps and it was actually Devin Singletary getting
Speaker 3: the outside carries. So I think he's more of a
Speaker 3: deeper league kind of guy, but I do think he's
Speaker 3: a deep sleeper this week.
Speaker 1: I do love Damian Pierce this week. And maybe it's
Speaker 1: me wish casting as somebody who really went hard on
Speaker 1: him in drafts this season, but I think this is
Speaker 1: a chance for him to sort of get right this week.
Speaker 1: And as you mentioned, Devin Singletary was starting to creep
Speaker 1: up and eat into his opportunities. So he does have
Speaker 1: some sleeper vibes this week because the Panther run defense
Speaker 1: has been awful, just awful all year long. So if
Speaker 1: there's ever a chance for Damian Pierce to get healthy
Speaker 1: or Devin Singletary to take a step forward, this is
Speaker 1: the week for it to happen.
Speaker 2: Rams at the Cowboys.
Speaker 1: A couple weeks ago, Daryl Henderson was sitting on his
Speaker 1: couch watching games like You and I.
Speaker 2: Last week he was leading the Rams in carries.
Speaker 1: That was against a Steeler run defense that is currently
Speaker 1: ranked twenty third in the NFL. This week he gets
Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys, who are ranked significantly higher. So would
Speaker 1: you trust Darryl Henderson this week against the Cowboys?
Speaker 3: The matchup is really tough And originally I was going
Speaker 3: to say no, but I mean, when you look at
Speaker 3: the workload that he got eighteen carries, he was the
Speaker 3: Rams running back that was used in the passing game.
Speaker 3: He got the work near the goal line. He's basically
Speaker 3: was kind of used like Kien Williams was, and this
Speaker 3: was his first game off to couch, so I think
Speaker 3: we could see even more work going his way. I
Speaker 3: think you can trust him. In fact, in one league,
Speaker 3: I have to decide between him, Zach Moss or Jalen Warren,
Speaker 3: And as of right now, I'm like, I'm gonna start
Speaker 3: Daryl Henderson of that bunch.
Speaker 1: I think you can trust Henderson if you are in
Speaker 1: a deeper league or a really competitive league, I think
Speaker 1: you can. I think in shallower leagues you might have
Speaker 1: better opportunities somewhere, just because there are no teams on
Speaker 1: a so you're barring a bunch of injuries on your roster.
Speaker 1: You should have your full compliment of players there. So
Speaker 1: I think if you're talking about a ten team league,
Speaker 1: you can probably get away from Darryl Henderson. But I
Speaker 1: think twelve team leagues he's in play. Certainly, anything deeper
Speaker 1: than that, Darryl Henderson is in play because Sean Mavy
Speaker 1: has shown us he would like to just lean on
Speaker 1: one running back if possible. I think part of the
Speaker 1: reason we saw so much Royce Freeman last week was
Speaker 1: because Henderson was not quite in game shape yet. But
Speaker 1: having a game under his belt, he might get more
Speaker 1: opportunity this week, even if the matchup's not great on paper.
Speaker 2: Vikings at the Packers.
Speaker 1: Minnesota coming off that big win on Monday night against
Speaker 1: the San Francisco forty nine ers. The Packers stumbled and
Speaker 1: fell and lost and couldn't move the ball against a
Speaker 1: bad Broncos defense, and a couple of the chief culprits
Speaker 1: are guys that we were really leaning on in fantasy
Speaker 1: Christian Watson, who really is struggling to get healthy, Aaron
Speaker 1: Jones sort of the same thing. Both those guys played poor.
Speaker 1: Will we expect one or both or neither of those
Speaker 1: guys to bounce back this week?
Speaker 3: I want to say I expect them to bounce back,
Speaker 3: and I think there might be too much upside to
Speaker 3: get them out of your lineup unless you're in maybe
Speaker 3: a shallower league. But I can't say with much confidence
Speaker 3: right now because Aaron Jones keeps coming back from injury
Speaker 3: and they keep just using AJ Dillon over him. I
Speaker 3: don't know if Jones is fully healthy or not. I
Speaker 3: know Watson practice today, so hopefully we're gonna get him
Speaker 3: in our line up. But like the Vikings have been
Speaker 3: stingy against the run outside of CMC, their secondary can
Speaker 3: be exploited. But I don't know. I think you probably
Speaker 3: have to start Christian Watson but you don't have to
Speaker 3: love it.
Speaker 1: I think if there's one of the two that I
Speaker 1: can believe in, it's Aaron Jones, just because I think
Speaker 1: it's easier for them to manufacture touches for him. They're
Speaker 1: not getting the ball to Christian Watson with Jordan Love
Speaker 1: the same way they were with Aaron Rodgers, and with
Speaker 1: Romeo Dobbs playing well. With Jayden Reed being available there,
Speaker 1: I think it's a lot harder to just force feed
Speaker 1: Watson the foot, but I think you can do that
Speaker 1: with Jones. And I think at some point, because Jordan
Speaker 1: Love is struggling to get the ball downfield, maybe you
Speaker 1: kind of get some short throws to Aaron Jones, get
Speaker 1: him out in space, let him work. I don't know
Speaker 1: that he's even had ten carries in a game this year.
Speaker 1: I think that has to change for the Packers to
Speaker 1: be successful. So I think if either of the two
Speaker 1: bounce back, I think it's probably going to be Aaron
Speaker 1: Jones Saints at the Colts, which is a Super Bowl
Speaker 1: rematch from a number of years ago. Do you start
Speaker 1: Josh Downs, who has been red hot, and accordingly, do
Speaker 1: you start Zach Moss, who is now behind Jonathan Taylor.
Speaker 3: I think Josh Downs has to be started right now.
Speaker 3: Like I'm looking at his game log. Obviously the huge
Speaker 3: game last week twenty three and a half Fantasy points,
Speaker 3: but he is top thirteen and three straight and four
Speaker 3: of his last five, and ironically it's all four games
Speaker 3: where Gardner Minshew had to play, so they clearly have
Speaker 3: some chemistry there. I think he is someone that you
Speaker 3: need to start. Moss, on the other hand, is someone
Speaker 3: that I think you could potentially get away from this week.
Speaker 3: With there being no buys this Saints have been really,
Speaker 3: really tough against the run. Jonathan Taylor looks like Jonathan
Speaker 3: Taylor again last week, so I'm a little bit worried.
Speaker 3: I don't think Moss goes away or anything, but could
Speaker 3: we start to see Taylor take over more and more
Speaker 3: of that backfield share. So again, it depends on your options,
Speaker 3: but Moss is definitely not someone that you must start
Speaker 3: this week.
Speaker 1: You gotta start Josh Downs. I mean, the guy's been
Speaker 1: so good over the last few weeks. I don't know
Speaker 1: how you get away from him. And that passing game
Speaker 1: is getting more and more narrowly funneled between Pittman and Downs.
Speaker 1: Right now, about forty eight percent of the targets going
Speaker 1: to those two guys, more than fifty percent of the
Speaker 1: air yards going to those two guys. Downs has been
Speaker 1: great with yards after the catch as well. It's hard,
Speaker 1: even in what looks like a tough matchup, to get
Speaker 1: away from him Zach Moss. Sort of like what I'm
Speaker 1: mentioned with Daryl Henderson. If you're in a deep league
Speaker 1: or a competitive league, maybe you think about flexing him.
Speaker 1: But with Jonathan Taylor getting more opportunity, I think it's
Speaker 1: a little bit easier to sort of pivot away from
Speaker 1: Zach Moss this week against that Saints defense.
Speaker 2: We are just getting started.
Speaker 1: We have plenty more games get through on the Sunday slate,
Speaker 1: including a big one in the AFC East. Will get
Speaker 1: to Patriots Dolphins and more were coming up after this
Speaker 1: on the NFL Fantasy Football show.
Speaker 2: Patriots at Dolphins.
Speaker 1: The Patriots starting to play better get got a big
Speaker 1: surprise win against the Bills last week. Meanwhile, the Dolphins
Speaker 1: trying to bounce back after a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Speaker 1: We know which Dolphins were starting, which is you know
Speaker 1: pretty much all of them. Which Patriots do you feel
Speaker 1: comfortable starting against Miami pretty much none of them. I
Speaker 1: would start Rimandre Stevenson, and I think that is it.
Speaker 1: I know you talked about or are gonna talk about
Speaker 1: it on Fantasy Live about how he's getting the ball
Speaker 1: more in the passing game, and I think that alone
Speaker 1: pushes him into.
Speaker 2: Be a safe RB two.
Speaker 3: I would love it if they would start giving him
Speaker 3: some more goal on carries instead of you know, him
Speaker 3: getting banged up and coming out of the game and
Speaker 3: then Zeke scoring all those touchdowns. But besides Stevenson, maybe
Speaker 3: Hendrick Bourne in a catchup mode game. But I don't know.
Speaker 3: I don't win no teams on buy. I don't feel
Speaker 3: great about that.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I said, Kendrick Bourne, maybe another one, because he's
Speaker 1: starting to get more more opportunities. You know, I know
Speaker 1: that people who really watched the Patriots a lot closer
Speaker 1: than I have have said, you know, Kendrick Bourne seems
Speaker 1: like a great option when Juju Smith Schuster isn't there.
Speaker 1: But I'm starting to think that Kendrick's playing better than Juju.
Speaker 1: Maybe he just starts to see more targets generally understanding
Speaker 1: the ceiling is a little bit lower for him than say,
Speaker 1: your average wide receiver two. He's probably more of a
Speaker 1: wide receiver three. But they're starting to get him to
Speaker 1: him consistently, and they're starting to feature him and Remandre
Speaker 1: in the passing game. So Remandre for sure, Maybe Kendrick
Speaker 1: Bourne if you're looking for a flex option. It's the
Speaker 1: Battle of Jersey, the New York Jets against the New
Speaker 1: York Giants playing in New Jersey. Which duo would you
Speaker 1: like more this week? Saquon Barkley and Darren Waller or
Speaker 1: Breis Hall and Garrett Wilson. Knowing that you can't you
Speaker 1: can't split him. If you take one, you got to
Speaker 1: take the other one.
Speaker 3: I'm gonna go with the Jersey Jets over the Jersey
Speaker 3: Giants this one. Look, if you ask me to rank them,
Speaker 3: it's like Hall, then the two Giants, then Garrett Wilson.
Speaker 3: But I think Breece Hall just goes off this week.
Speaker 3: The Giants really struggle against the run. There in the
Speaker 3: top two in yards allowed on the ground to running backs,
Speaker 3: and Breece Hall since they've taken this snapcount off of him,
Speaker 3: has just been electric. My bold prediction is that he
Speaker 3: sets a career high in yards, which would be one
Speaker 3: hundred over one hundred and ninety seven, so I expect
Speaker 3: big things for him, but don't worry about like Darren Waller,
Speaker 3: the Jets really struggle against tight ends. They allowed the
Speaker 3: most fantasy points and touchdowns. Saquon and Wilson, the matchup
Speaker 3: aren't as great for them, But I mean, you're starting
Speaker 3: Sague and I imagine in a lot of spots, probably Wilson's.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna go with with Saquon and Darren
Speaker 1: Waller in this one. Look. I think that all four
Speaker 1: of those guys can have really good games this week.
Speaker 1: But I think the Giants have realized they have to
Speaker 1: get their playmakers involved. They are doing, but the Atlanta
Speaker 1: Falcons are not. They're getting the ball of the guys
Speaker 1: that can actually help them win football games. And we
Speaker 1: saw Darren Waller finally score a touchdown last week. And
Speaker 1: I've been on record saying like I would love to
Speaker 1: just see Tyrod Taylor be the starting quarterback for the
Speaker 1: Giants the rest of the year. I know it's not
Speaker 1: gonna happen, but a guy can dream. Canty As of
Speaker 1: right now, a US recording this show, Daniel Jones says
Speaker 1: he feels better, his neck feels better, but he still
Speaker 1: has not been cleared for contacts, so we're not sure
Speaker 1: what his status will be for Sunday. But Tyron's just
Speaker 1: getting the ball out to the guys who can actually
Speaker 1: move the rock for them. So I'm gonna say, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna say Barkley and Waller and what should be. I
Speaker 1: don't know if it'll be a good game, but it'll
Speaker 1: be a competitive game.
Speaker 3: My group chat has been talking about this game, and
Speaker 3: I don't care, as the Bills and the only non
Speaker 3: Jender Giant fan in the chat, but they are just
Speaker 3: going at it already New Yorkers.
Speaker 1: Meanwhile, you're just sitting back there, sipping your tea, enjoying
Speaker 1: life on a perch, looking down at both those two teams.
Speaker 3: It the percha isn't as high above them as I
Speaker 3: was hoping it would be.
Speaker 2: But yeah, yeah, that way.
Speaker 1: Jaguars at the Steelers, and the eternal question, at least
Speaker 1: for the last several weeks, has been what.
Speaker 2: Do we do with Calvin Ridley.
Speaker 3: I'm giving him one more shot where I have him,
Speaker 3: which is in quite a few leagues, and understand that, Yeah,
Speaker 3: they're like twelve team leagues with three wide receivers in
Speaker 3: flex spots. So maybe if you're in like a two
Speaker 3: wide receiver league, you could get away from Calvin Ridley.
Speaker 3: But the thing is, the Steelers run man coverage the
Speaker 3: fourth highest rate in the NFL, and they haven't faced
Speaker 3: it a whole bunch this year the Jags, but when
Speaker 3: they have, Calvin Ridley has actually led them in receiving yards.
Speaker 3: Christian Kirk struggles against man coverage a bit so, and
Speaker 3: the Steelers just allow a lot of production through the
Speaker 3: air as well. I'm willing to give Calvin Ridley one
Speaker 3: more shot. If he disappoints against the Steelers this week,
Speaker 3: then I think he just hits the bench and maybe
Speaker 3: even some waiver wires.
Speaker 2: Right.
Speaker 1: So I'll say this, if you want to know how
Speaker 1: things are going for Calvin Ridley, I have in my
Speaker 1: Sleepers column.
Speaker 2: And that's that's what you expected from.
Speaker 1: A guy, you know, relatively high draft capital on that
Speaker 1: we were thinking was going to do big things. I mean,
Speaker 1: he was drafted as like a top fifteen or sixteen
Speaker 1: wide receiver. We were hoping that the ceiling was somewhere
Speaker 1: in the top ten. Now I'm like, he's a sleeper
Speaker 1: this week because maybe he can have a good game
Speaker 1: against the Steelers. So I think you give him another
Speaker 1: shot this week. I think you put him in as
Speaker 1: a flex because that's kind of all he can be
Speaker 1: for you. This target share has actually been decent, even
Speaker 1: if they're not coming in great times like last week
Speaker 1: against the Saints. No targets really in the first half.
Speaker 1: They target hit him a bunch in the second half,
Speaker 1: although they're trying to force a few, so maybe they
Speaker 1: kind of sprinkle some in across the four quarters and
Speaker 1: get him some easier targets. But I do think you
Speaker 1: give him at least one more shot this week. Falcons
Speaker 1: at the Titans. The Falcons won last week despite being sloppy.
Speaker 1: Desmond Ritter lost three fumbles the Titans la pass funnel,
Speaker 1: so maybe this means good things for Drake London and
Speaker 1: Kyle Pitts. So do we start any Falcons this week?
Speaker 1: And do we start any Titans besides Derek Henry.
Speaker 3: I think the issue with the Falcons guys is that
Speaker 3: you are handcuffed him. Like Drake London has been playing
Speaker 3: really well, Ye're obviously starting him. Bijon Robinson has been
Speaker 3: great when he's on the field. We have to hope
Speaker 3: that he doesn't have a headache or his stomach ache
Speaker 3: or I don't know, a foot ache whatever this week,
Speaker 3: So hopefully Arthur Smith starts getting.
Speaker 2: Him and also on Twitter called it Arthur Ritis.
Speaker 3: I'm going to steal that from now on. And then
Speaker 3: Kyle Pitts. I know he's coming off of a down game,
Speaker 3: but he made a really impressive catch in that game.
Speaker 3: He's been playing better football as of a putting up
Speaker 3: better fantasy numbers. So I think you just are forced
Speaker 3: to deal with the Falcons if you have them on
Speaker 3: your fantasy team. As for the Titans, I'm starting Derrick
Speaker 3: Henry and what potentially could be his final game as
Speaker 3: a Tennessee Titan if they were to trade him. I'm
Speaker 3: sitting d Hop, I'm sitting Will Levis, I'm I'm sitting
Speaker 3: all the other Chigakonko.
Speaker 2: Everyone that is not named Derek n Yeah.
Speaker 1: I shout out to a Peter Rovers who came up
Speaker 1: with the Arthur Ritis credit where creditors due, because that
Speaker 1: was amazing. Yeah, you are kind of stuck with with
Speaker 1: the your Falcons, and I do think that we're gonna see.
Speaker 2: More Bijeon this week.
Speaker 1: I have no idea what happened last week, but I
Speaker 1: can't imagine that.
Speaker 2: You know, it went over very well in.
Speaker 1: The locker room, I can't imagine it went over very
Speaker 1: well in the front office. I think you're gonna see
Speaker 1: more Bjeon And we do keep playing Drake London. We
Speaker 1: keep playing Kyle Pitts because the matchups are good and
Speaker 1: we hope at some point they realize they got to
Speaker 1: get these guys the ball. Look, I'm tired of coming
Speaker 1: on here and be rating Arthur Smith every week, like
Speaker 1: I just want him to do the right thing and
Speaker 1: get the ball to the guys that they spent high
Speaker 1: draft picks on.
Speaker 2: It just doesn't seem that hard, but apparently it is.
Speaker 1: On the other side, if if Ryan Tannehill had been playing,
Speaker 1: and if you had teams on a buy, I could
Speaker 1: have maybe squinted real hard and given you a reason
Speaker 1: to start chigakon Kuo. But none of those factors are
Speaker 1: in play. So it's it's Derek Henry or bust for
Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans. And even that, the Falcons have given
Speaker 1: up one rushing touchdown one O n E one That
Speaker 1: is the fewest in the NFL.
Speaker 2: That does not bode well for Derrick Henry this week.
Speaker 3: This is just my plea real quick to tray Derek
Speaker 3: Henry and DeAndre Hopkins Tennessee Titans. These guys are you know,
Speaker 3: they're they're towards the end of their career. They deserve
Speaker 3: to go out better than playing meaningless football. Absolutely, they
Speaker 3: do Eagles at the Commanders. While we have been praising
Speaker 3: aj Brown for being amazing for the last month plus,
Speaker 3: Devanta Smith really not so much.
Speaker 1: Although he showed up at the stadium dressed like the penguin,
Speaker 1: but all in green. It's pretty slickpinstripe suit, but it
Speaker 1: also looked like a batman villain. Does Avonta Smith get
Speaker 1: back on track the skinny batman get back on track
Speaker 1: this week?
Speaker 2: I hope.
Speaker 3: So. I think what he needs to do is he
Speaker 3: needs to be like, hey, get me the ball, because
Speaker 3: after the first two weeks, I mean, this guy he
Speaker 3: scored a touchdown in both of those first two games.
Speaker 3: He had one hundred and thirty one yards in week two.
Speaker 3: Then AJ Brown was like, we need to get me
Speaker 3: the ball more. And he's gone over one hundred and
Speaker 3: twenty in a record setting five straight games. DeVonta Smith
Speaker 3: in that five game span has under double digit fantasy
Speaker 3: points in all but one games, So it's been rough
Speaker 3: and include the one game that he did top it though,
Speaker 3: was against the Washington Commanders. He had seven catches for
Speaker 3: seventy eight yards gave you just under fifteen fantasy points.
Speaker 3: The thing with Smith is, I know the floor has
Speaker 3: been not anywhere close to what we've expected. The ceiling
Speaker 3: is far too high to get away from him. It
Speaker 3: takes one play for him to have a big fantasy game.
Speaker 3: So I think kind of like with the Falcons, guys,
Speaker 3: you're just stuck starting DeVonta Smith.
Speaker 1: Five games with fewer than fifty receiving yards for DeVonta
Speaker 1: Smith hasn't had a touchdown since Week two. But the
Speaker 1: talent is so good, the offense is so good that
Speaker 1: it is hard to get away from him because you know,
Speaker 1: you feel like if you leave him on your bench,
Speaker 1: that's when the twenty five point game is coming and
Speaker 1: you're going to be kicking yourself. So I do think
Speaker 1: that this week against a Commander's defense that has been bad.
Speaker 1: You probably saw the video of Jonathan Allen dropping f
Speaker 1: bombs on not on local reporters, but two local reporters.
Speaker 1: Just his frustration with how things are going. He wasn't
Speaker 1: mad at the reporters. I think he's just mad at
Speaker 1: his team. But either way, the Commander's defense. Here's the
Speaker 1: thing about it.
Speaker 2: It's bad.
Speaker 1: So I think that's enough reason to believe that Devanta
Speaker 1: Smith can get going again. That'll do it for this
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