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Speaker 1: before we dive into all of our matchups, and of
Speaker 1: course we've got three tough questions as normal, we've got
Speaker 1: premature speculation at the end of the show that we'll
Speaker 1: get to where we give you guys to pick up
Speaker 1: this week that we think will be high value targets.
Speaker 1: Next week we've got to take a chance on me.
Speaker 1: But I want to spend a minute on Odell Beckham.
Speaker 1: Next Monday, Waivers will run for the NFL and in
Speaker 1: all probability, although not necessarily, Odell Beckham will have a
Speaker 1: new team. Tell me your thoughts about the value for
Speaker 1: Odell Beckham. Should he be held, should he be dropped,
Speaker 1: and if you think there's a chance he can resurrect
Speaker 1: his career, well, personally, I'm still holding, and I'll hold
Speaker 1: through the weekends. He where he ends up, and he
Speaker 1: likely would only go to a real life contender, one
Speaker 1: would think. Personally, I would love to see him go
Speaker 1: to Detroit and just soak up garbage time on the
Speaker 1: waiver priority list, right they are The Saints is an
Speaker 1: intriguing landing spot now that Michael Thomas has pretty much
Speaker 1: done for the year. But the quarterback situation not too
Speaker 1: nice in New Orleans. And I don't know the packers,
Speaker 1: those seem kind of like the top three. I don't
Speaker 1: think Detroit will get him. But that's that's my ideal
Speaker 1: landing spot for Odell Beckham, believe it or not. And
Speaker 1: you know, last week on the show, I said that
Speaker 1: it was probably a good idea to see what O'Dell
Speaker 1: does last week and then maybe sabotage drop him. Well,
Speaker 1: the Browns listen to me, there we go brown It
Speaker 1: is obviously listening to the show. Kevin Stefanski big fan, Yeah,
Speaker 1: big fan of the show, no doubt um. And you
Speaker 1: know there's I think there's a we we want to
Speaker 1: believe that there's a scenario he finds himself on a contender.
Speaker 1: I don't think a bottom feeder is gonna want anything
Speaker 1: to do with this. The part that's gonna make this
Speaker 1: money is reputationally where Odell Beckham is is in a
Speaker 1: very very bad spot and these and teams talk to
Speaker 1: each other all the time. You know, there are friends
Speaker 1: across teams and they everybody knows what Odell Beckham has
Speaker 1: put that Brown's franchise through, and I think there's a
Speaker 1: chance he doesn't clear that. No team, no team takes
Speaker 1: him in waivers at all, clears waivers, and then maybe
Speaker 1: Beckham can find his way to a team he wants
Speaker 1: to be on bias some other route on a really
Speaker 1: low end contract. So it'll be fascinating to see. But
Speaker 1: I still think there's a chance that Odell Beckham doesn't play. Yeah,
Speaker 1: there is an outside chance of that, but like you said,
Speaker 1: there's probably just enough talent there that people are gonna
Speaker 1: want to take a little bit of a chance on Odell.
Speaker 1: Detroit is such. Is there the fire already? They gotta
Speaker 1: sell tickets. This is the perfect perfect marriage in my mind,
Speaker 1: Come on, Detroit signed O d B. Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: you want that to happen more than that's going to happen,
Speaker 1: It's true. Let's jump into our matchups, beginning with the
Speaker 1: Broncos taking on the Cowboys. Matt Um this is a
Speaker 1: Broncos offense that has been inconsistent at late and Teddy
Speaker 1: Bridgewater really not playing it really for the last month,
Speaker 1: not playing at a particularly high level. And he's they've
Speaker 1: got to face a a surging Cowboys defense. Yeah. I
Speaker 1: I only gave Bridgewater a C and it's a low ce.
Speaker 1: Uh He's startable only because the matchup the Cowboys allowing
Speaker 1: two or ninety three yards per game in almost two
Speaker 1: passing touchdowns per game, has this full compliment to wide
Speaker 1: receivers back for this one, and I kind of like that.
Speaker 1: It's worth noting that Trevon Diggs has allowed the most
Speaker 1: yardage in his coverage this year, and Anthony Round who's
Speaker 1: on the other side, has allowed the fourth most yardage
Speaker 1: in the NFL, but the worst corner of them all,
Speaker 1: according to Pro Football, focuses Jordan Lewis, who covers the slot,
Speaker 1: and that will be Jerry Judy spot and it could
Speaker 1: be a shootout or at least a game script that
Speaker 1: favors the past. So I'll give Judy a B. I'll
Speaker 1: give Sutton a B. I'll even give a C grade
Speaker 1: to Tim Patrick on the hopes that he can get going. UH.
Speaker 1: Noah offense currently on the COVID reserve list after a
Speaker 1: positive test on Tuesday, although they're saying there's a slim
Speaker 1: chance he could play, it's not likely and his backup
Speaker 1: Albert Agabnam I can never get that right. Albert, Oh
Speaker 1: just al he's questionable with a knee. There's no tight
Speaker 1: end angle here. So let's talk about the runners, Melvin
Speaker 1: Gordon and Javante Williams. The touch totals are still virtually
Speaker 1: deadlocked between the two runners. Gordon's getting more looks in
Speaker 1: the red zone, though He's had seven touches inside the
Speaker 1: twenty in the last two weeks, compared to one for Javante,
Speaker 1: and outside of Damien Harris having a nice day against
Speaker 1: the cow Cowboys, they've bottled up every other runner, including
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook, who is limited to only seventy eight yards
Speaker 1: on eighteen carries last week. Gordon gets the C grade
Speaker 1: because of the red zone. I'm gonna leave Javonte Williams
Speaker 1: on the bench, but hope he breaks out soon. On
Speaker 1: the Cowboys side, Dac is back, but it's a difficult
Speaker 1: matchup this week in Denver. I'll give Dak a B
Speaker 1: grade in this one. Only two quarterbacks have topped the
Speaker 1: two seventy yard mark on Denver this year, and only
Speaker 1: two quarterbacks have reached two touchdown passes against the Broncos.
Speaker 1: Nobody has reached the three touchdown pass mark against Denver
Speaker 1: since Week nine of last year. Also, his left tackle,
Speaker 1: Tyrn Smith is out this week, but Von Miller, a
Speaker 1: Bronco pass rusher of note, is now a RAM and
Speaker 1: so that kind of evens out a few things on
Speaker 1: the pass rush standpoint. Amari Cooper and Ceedee Lamb. I'm
Speaker 1: giving twin B grades to Cooper and Lamb have been
Speaker 1: dealing with some injuries this week. Cooper has a hamstring,
Speaker 1: Lamb as a sore ankle. Both are slated to play,
Speaker 1: though only four wide receiver have topped the seventy yard
Speaker 1: mark against Denver this year, as the trio of Denver
Speaker 1: corners has been one of the best in the league.
Speaker 1: But Ceedee Lamb will often get the most get the
Speaker 1: best matchup against Ronald Darby, who's allowed hundred and thirteen
Speaker 1: yards and a score just a few weeks ago to
Speaker 1: the combo of Brian Edwards and Henry Ruggs Dalton Schultz.
Speaker 1: He gets a B grade. Jarwin is out this week then,
Speaker 1: and uh Dalton Schultz was already seventh in targets amongst
Speaker 1: tight ends. That's with a bye week for total targets,
Speaker 1: so Denver hasn't allowed a tight end touchdown this season,
Speaker 1: but they did give up some decent days to Mark
Speaker 1: Andrews and Darren Waller earlier this year. Finally, the runners,
Speaker 1: Zeke gets a B. Pollard is the lowest C grade
Speaker 1: I can give, if that's possible. Denver is the most
Speaker 1: neutral running back matchup in the league. They rank fifteen, sixteenth,
Speaker 1: or seventeen in basically every defensive category against opposing runners
Speaker 1: except four receptions. They're very good against receiving backs, which
Speaker 1: hurts Pollard and Zeke, but Pollered a little bit more
Speaker 1: since about two of his touches are through the air.
Speaker 1: Both of these guys are getting worked though a Zeke
Speaker 1: averaging twenty one rushing attempts plus targets per game. Zeke
Speaker 1: has converted his ten rushing attempts inside the ten to
Speaker 1: four touchdowns this year. So I like Zeke quite a
Speaker 1: bit better. And that's all I got charge alright, Not
Speaker 1: bad um, that's a There's a lot of moving parts
Speaker 1: with that one. Well done, O'Brien. Let's go to the
Speaker 1: Patriots taking on the Panthers and for the Patriot side
Speaker 1: of this. Damien Harris is turning into a sledge hammer
Speaker 1: back and I'm fascinated to find out what you think
Speaker 1: he's gonna be able to do against the Panther's run
Speaker 1: defense that has been a lot more porous lately than
Speaker 1: at the beginning of the year they have been. I'm
Speaker 1: still a little cautious. I'm gonna be a little cautious
Speaker 1: with Damien Harris this week, just to see borderline b grave.
Speaker 1: I'm going with the Sea only played in the snaps
Speaker 1: last week, but he saw twenty three touches, is most
Speaker 1: since Week one. He's clearly the lead back in New England.
Speaker 1: But on paper, for the most part, is a tough
Speaker 1: match up. The Panthers are allowing less than one hundred
Speaker 1: convoy yards per game to the position and just three
Speaker 1: total touchdowns all season. Brandon Bold and romand Romandre Stephenson,
Speaker 1: You're gonna factor in for passing work. So it's got
Speaker 1: a safe se on Harris this week. It's a It's
Speaker 1: a much easier matchup for wide receivers against the Panthers,
Speaker 1: So I'll give Jacoby Myers a b averaging five or
Speaker 1: eight and a half targets this year in a good spot,
Speaker 1: Carolina has allowed four wide receiver touchdowns over the last
Speaker 1: three weeks. So is this are you calling it right here? Sure?
Speaker 1: Why not? I'll put it out there in the universe.
Speaker 1: Jacobe Myers scores his first career NFL touchdown on Sunday.
Speaker 1: I think I've called that about four times this year already.
Speaker 1: It doesn't work yet, but I'm gonna throw a couple
Speaker 1: of sea darts at Kendrick Born and Nelson Agila. During
Speaker 1: that same three weeks span where the Panthers have allowed
Speaker 1: four wide receiver touchdowns, are also allowing seventeen catches and
Speaker 1: one eight yards per game to the position. So if
Speaker 1: you're in desperate need, you can throw a dart at
Speaker 1: Kendrick Borne or Nelson Agil. I like Born a little
Speaker 1: more between the two. Uh, No dart for Hunter Henry,
Speaker 1: Just gonna give him a solid See been running hot
Speaker 1: lately with touchdowns, and four of his last five games
Speaker 1: he's basically doubled up on the pass routes run Compared
Speaker 1: to John who Smith. The Panthers haven't surrendered a lot
Speaker 1: to opposing tight ends, but they have yielded the sixth
Speaker 1: most targets of the position, so Henry will have opportunities
Speaker 1: to produce a safe c for him. But Mac Jones,
Speaker 1: I gotta put him on the bench this week. I
Speaker 1: know he gave most of his past catchers a starting grade,
Speaker 1: but that doesn't mean they all come through. It just
Speaker 1: means each one has the potential to The Panthers are
Speaker 1: allowing just two passing yards and one and a half
Speaker 1: passing touchdowns for pery game, So I got Mac on
Speaker 1: the bench in this one. Over to the Carolina side
Speaker 1: where it gets real messy, And of course we're gonna
Speaker 1: start with Christian McCaffrey, who might make his return from
Speaker 1: the hamstring injury shaping up to be a game time decision.
Speaker 1: We'll go under the assumption he goes, and if he plays,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be in limited fashion. He's not gonna be
Speaker 1: be a bell cow by any means. It's almost better
Speaker 1: off for fantasy purposes if he doesn't play. It's a
Speaker 1: good matchup on paper for the Panthers backs. The Patriots
Speaker 1: are allowing the ninth most rushing yards, seventh most receptions,
Speaker 1: and fifth most receiving yards per game to the position.
Speaker 1: Five different backs have posted at least five receptions over
Speaker 1: the last four games. Uh, the Patriots last four games.
Speaker 1: That is, so if McCaffrey plays, I will give him
Speaker 1: in Cuba Hubbard to see. I think they split the work. Uh.
Speaker 1: If McCaffrey is out, I'll bump Cuba Hubbard up to
Speaker 1: a B based on volume alone. Willis have to see
Speaker 1: what happens on Sunday with that. Uh to the wide
Speaker 1: receivers starting with d J. Moore, and basically we're gonna
Speaker 1: end end with d J Moore two. But I'm gonna
Speaker 1: give d J. Moore a B. New England is allowing
Speaker 1: one yards per game to wide receivers over the past
Speaker 1: five games, which is the ninth most, and they have
Speaker 1: surrendered multiple touchdowns to wide receivers and three of their
Speaker 1: past four games by making main main concern is a
Speaker 1: game plan to stop d J. Moore if Christian McCaffrey
Speaker 1: is out, because he's clearly the most dangerous weapon on Carolina.
Speaker 1: So just a B grade for more, not an A.
Speaker 1: And Robby Anderson got to put him on the bench
Speaker 1: just one target last week. Zero catches twenty targets across
Speaker 1: his two games prior, but turned those into just six
Speaker 1: catches for twenty five yards. We gotta see more from
Speaker 1: Robbie before we contemplate starting him. He's on the bench. Obviously,
Speaker 1: the Carolina that tight ends are on the bench because
Speaker 1: they don't have Dan Arnold anymore. And lastly, Sam Donald,
Speaker 1: also pretty much a game time decision, got knocked out
Speaker 1: last week with the concussion. But either way, he's on
Speaker 1: the bench even if he's clearly on the bench if
Speaker 1: he doesn't play, but if you play, is I got
Speaker 1: him on the bench? Hasn't throw him for multiple scores
Speaker 1: or hasn't even topped ten passing yards since Week four? Wolf,
Speaker 1: I'm done, no doubt. That is a That is a
Speaker 1: tough spot for sure. Um That passing offense is just
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Speaker 1: you find nine players that you would not normally start,
Speaker 1: but you can this week. Many of these guys are
Speaker 1: available on the waiver wire. We can get at the
Speaker 1: quarterback position, and Matt Harrison Daniel Jones is my Uh,
Speaker 1: take a chance on the quarterback. It's always a bit
Speaker 1: over racking starting Dan Dimes, but the Raiders tend to
Speaker 1: play towards his strengths. They've allowed multiple touchdown passes and
Speaker 1: three of the last four. The only one who couldn't
Speaker 1: accomplish that was justin fields and he doesn't do that anyway. Plus,
Speaker 1: Jones is a runner. He's averaging thirty yards per game
Speaker 1: on the ground on six attempts per game, and the
Speaker 1: Raiders have allowed the third most quarterback rushing attempts and
Speaker 1: the sixth most rushing yards to opposing quarterbacks. So fire
Speaker 1: up Danny Dimes. All right, Brian, you're take a chance
Speaker 1: at me quarterback. I got to Rod, don't call me Tyrod. Taylor,
Speaker 1: even though Trod doesn't really care what you call him,
Speaker 1: but I call him to Rod. But he's making his return.
Speaker 1: He'll be at Miami this week. Uh, he'll get the
Speaker 1: start coming back from the hamstring injury. To Rod. Looked
Speaker 1: really good to start the season before he went down,
Speaker 1: and hopefully can make it through this game because it's
Speaker 1: a great matchup for him. The Dolphins are allowing more
Speaker 1: than three passing yards and two passing touchdowns per game
Speaker 1: in Miami. Just has to be running on fumes right
Speaker 1: now after for going thereby following the London game if
Speaker 1: you school, which is kind of weird. They're they're they're exhausted.
Speaker 1: So I like to rout this week. I do too.
Speaker 1: I think it's a sneaky play. Um, I'll be honest.
Speaker 1: I originally had Taysom Hill in this spot under the
Speaker 1: assumption that he was gonna be the quarterback of choice
Speaker 1: over Trevor Simeon, which I did not see coming. And
Speaker 1: you know, if you want a DFS flyer, you could
Speaker 1: still try Taysom Hill under the assumption that he ends
Speaker 1: up getting some time in this one. But instead I'm
Speaker 1: gonna pivot to Jordan's love. We don't have a lot
Speaker 1: of data points on Love except he looked good in
Speaker 1: the preseason. But what we do know is that Love's
Speaker 1: first start comes at a great time. He gets back
Speaker 1: Davante Adams, al Lazard, Marcus Velda Scantling, and Kansas City's
Speaker 1: got problems all over the field, especially the cornerbacks struggling,
Speaker 1: Lugarious Snead, Mike Hughes to our various ward all of
Speaker 1: them having trouble. Snead is a lot of the tenth
Speaker 1: most yards in his coverage, and then when they go deep,
Speaker 1: they get to face Daniel Sorenson, the safety is allowed
Speaker 1: more yards than any player at his position and a
Speaker 1: perfect assle rating in his coverage. Jordan's Love. You know,
Speaker 1: the Packers find ways that make good things happen for themselves.
Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised if he comes out with a
Speaker 1: solid game here. Let's go to the running back position.
Speaker 1: Matt I kind of copped out on this one and
Speaker 1: took all of the Philly running backs. Yeah, so Jordan Howard.
Speaker 1: By the way, he's not currently on Philly's fifty three
Speaker 1: man roster. He's a practice squad player. But there's this
Speaker 1: weird rule in the NFL, where you can protect a
Speaker 1: few practice squad players and then even elevate them to
Speaker 1: the game day roster, but you can only do it twice.
Speaker 1: So this will be Howard's last game on the Eagles
Speaker 1: unless they signed him to the roster. Now, last week
Speaker 1: he did play. That was his first game of the year,
Speaker 1: and he ended with twelve carries fifty seven yards and
Speaker 1: two scores. Boston Scott had twelve carries sixty yards and
Speaker 1: two scores, and Kenneth Gainwell had thirteam carries twenty seven
Speaker 1: yards and no scores. Not one of them was targeted
Speaker 1: once in the passing game though, So six different running
Speaker 1: backs have scored against the chart argers in the last
Speaker 1: three weeks. That's right, six different running backs have scored
Speaker 1: against the charges in the last three weeks now the trend,
Speaker 1: all of which were bigger dudes. DeVonta Freeman, who has
Speaker 1: two hundred six pounds, was the only one under two
Speaker 1: hundred twenty pounds. Now Jordan Howard, he's weighing in at
Speaker 1: two twenty. Boston Scott's tiny, he's five s Kenny gainwells,
Speaker 1: So it's yolo time for Jordan Howard. I'll use him
Speaker 1: as might take a chance of me runner, but I'll
Speaker 1: give all three Philly backs sea grades in this one. Okay, um, Brian,
Speaker 1: who's your taken chance at me running back? And hopefully
Speaker 1: not as not as much of a cop out? Uh
Speaker 1: not really, you're quite virtually taking a chance every time
Speaker 1: you start Miles Gaskin, so I'm gonna go with him
Speaker 1: at home against the Texans. Malcolm Brown is now on
Speaker 1: I R. But we did see Gaskin lose some touches
Speaker 1: to Salvin Akhmed and Patrick Laird last week. That said,
Speaker 1: Gaskin is still the lead back. Houston's run defense pretty whack.
Speaker 1: They're allowing five point to yards per carry in one
Speaker 1: fifth plus combo yards per game to running back, So
Speaker 1: Miles gas canna take a chance on you guy with
Speaker 1: a kind of a upside in this matchup. Jeremy McNichols
Speaker 1: is the forgotten man now that Dadrian Peterson's in Tennessee.
Speaker 1: Peterson probably only good for what do you think, maybe
Speaker 1: ten twelve, fourteen total touches in this game, and McNichols
Speaker 1: gets the rest, and a lot of it will be
Speaker 1: through the air. And the Rams are a good run defense,
Speaker 1: but not so good against past catching runners. They've surrendered
Speaker 1: the ninth most receptions, the eighth most receiving yards to
Speaker 1: opposing runners. And McNichols. If you think that Tennessee is
Speaker 1: gonna get blown up by Matthew Stafford in the Rams
Speaker 1: and they're gonna be behind in losses, Jeremy McNichols is
Speaker 1: averaging eight targets per game. So you know, if you're
Speaker 1: like me and you think the Rams are probably gonna
Speaker 1: lead throughout a lot of this game without Derrick Henry Um,
Speaker 1: then Jeremy m McNichols a nice PPR play. Let's go
Speaker 1: to the wide receiver position. Matt I got Van Jefferson
Speaker 1: going up against the Titans, and it's very easy to
Speaker 1: pick on the Titans. But here's the deal. The third
Speaker 1: wide receivers are getting targeted a ton against Tennessee. Here's
Speaker 1: the third wide receiver over the last few weeks that
Speaker 1: have faced the Titans. Zach Pascal had eight targets, Byron
Speaker 1: Pringle had nine. Let's call it Emmanuel Sanders for the Bills,
Speaker 1: who had eight, but if you want to make it
Speaker 1: Cold Beasley that's nine. And Jamal agg Knew for the
Speaker 1: Jaguars had eight. So Van Jefferson's gonna get eight targets
Speaker 1: in this one. He's had six career games where he
Speaker 1: had he's had six or more targets and he scored
Speaker 1: in three of them. So that's a coin flips chance
Speaker 1: that a touchdown too. So I like Van Jefferson in
Speaker 1: this one. All right, Brian, you take a chance of
Speaker 1: the receiver. It has come to this for Allen Robinson,
Speaker 1: he's now take com material h Alan Robinson of the Bears.
Speaker 1: Of course, at Pittsburgh, this is basically just a gut call.
Speaker 1: The Bears likely to get smoked against the Steelers, who
Speaker 1: are very tough to run on. I see a lot
Speaker 1: of garbage time in this game. Opposing wide receivers are
Speaker 1: averaging one seventy yards and one point three touchdowns per
Speaker 1: game against Pittsburgh, and uh again, I'm just trying to
Speaker 1: will a good game into the universe. For Allen Robinson,
Speaker 1: he's way overdue. So Allan Robbinson come on one time
Speaker 1: he does. He is overdue, and we'll take it. I'd
Speaker 1: love to see it for him. Brandon Ayuk might be
Speaker 1: your number one receiving option for San Francisco. Deebo Samuel
Speaker 1: trending towards out au has two paws out of the doghouse.
Speaker 1: Last week he saw seven targets, he played cent of
Speaker 1: the offensive snaps. Those are season highs. And over the
Speaker 1: past three games, Arizona ranks bottom ten in yards allowed
Speaker 1: to receivers, despite the fact that they faced and injured
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield and Davis Mills over those three games. And
Speaker 1: so are you trending the right direction? Cornerbacks Marco Wilson
Speaker 1: and Byron Murphy have allowed seven touchdowns combined in their coverage.
Speaker 1: I think there's an opportunity for a here. He scored
Speaker 1: last week. He could do it two times in a row.
Speaker 1: Let's go to uh some matchups beginning with the Vikings
Speaker 1: taking on the Ravens and normally Dalvin cooks in a
Speaker 1: but this is a tricky matchup and I've only got
Speaker 1: to be grade on him. Baltimore allowing the eighth fewest
Speaker 1: rushing yards on the seventh fewest attempts per game. No
Speaker 1: runner has top sixty yards on the ground against the Ravens,
Speaker 1: um although none have seen more than fifteen carries, and
Speaker 1: Cook always is good for more than fifteen carries as
Speaker 1: soon as he assuming he starts and finishes a game.
Speaker 1: Um Baltimore has missed the most tackles in the league,
Speaker 1: so Cook could end up breaking a long one in
Speaker 1: this one, and he's still a B grade. Let's go
Speaker 1: to the passing game. Kirk Cousins just a C grade.
Speaker 1: Offensive coordinator Clint Kobyak is strangling the life out of
Speaker 1: the Vikings offense despite having one of the best deep
Speaker 1: ball passers and Cousins. He's got Cousins throwing the second
Speaker 1: shortest average pass, just six point six yards. I'd like
Speaker 1: to tell you that that could change this week, but
Speaker 1: I think Kobe is gonna get spooked by Justin Houston
Speaker 1: and Clay's Campbell and worries about Kirk potentially getting sacked.
Speaker 1: And I think there's still gonna be a lot of
Speaker 1: underneath passing here and Becausin's just can't dink and dunk
Speaker 1: his way to fantasy relevancy. So just to see on
Speaker 1: Kirk and bees on his two main receivers, Justin Jefferson
Speaker 1: and Adam Feeling. Over the past three games, Baltimore has
Speaker 1: allowed the six most yards to receivers two hundred three
Speaker 1: per game, which is a ton um starting quarterbacks Marlon
Speaker 1: to Humphrey and Anthony Averett have combined to allot five touchdowns,
Speaker 1: which isn't all bad. And despite his reputation as a
Speaker 1: shutdown corner, Humphrey discot roasted by Jamar Chase for six
Speaker 1: five yards, So you know, big, good receivers can get
Speaker 1: it done against him. So I think that Jefferson and
Speaker 1: Feeland can get a little something done. They might have
Speaker 1: to do a lot of it after yards after catch um.
Speaker 1: In a different matchup, they'd be better. They'd be maybe
Speaker 1: a place here, but I'm worried about too much dump
Speaker 1: off stuff from Minnesota. Tyler Conklin is a fascinating option
Speaker 1: for you, and I've got to see grade on him.
Speaker 1: If you're in a pinch. The Ravens are allowing the
Speaker 1: most fantasy points to tight ends. In only seven games,
Speaker 1: the Ravens have allowed three different tight ends to top
Speaker 1: ninety yards and they've given up six touchdowns to the position.
Speaker 1: So if you're in a you're in a spot for
Speaker 1: during a bye week, you need a tight end. Maybe
Speaker 1: Tyler Conklin's a guy you could you could go with.
Speaker 1: Let's go to Baltimore. Lamar Jackson is an obvious A
Speaker 1: in this game, and Marcus Brown also an A. I'll
Speaker 1: note if you don't know that Minnesota's elite edge rusher
Speaker 1: Daniel Hunter is out for the year and his replacement,
Speaker 1: DJ Wantam is a major step down. That means Jackson
Speaker 1: is gonna have a lot of time to throw and
Speaker 1: his receivers will probably be open against a secondary missing
Speaker 1: Patrick Peterson. Marcus Brown is an obvious A here. He
Speaker 1: scored four times in the four games before the bye
Speaker 1: week and averaged eighty three yards during that stretch. Backup
Speaker 1: cornerback Cameron Danceler is playing the wrong side of of
Speaker 1: the field and got targeted copiously last week. Ten targets
Speaker 1: at him last week. Marky's Brown will face him through
Speaker 1: much of this game. Rashand Bateman potentially a breakout for
Speaker 1: all the same reasons. I've gotta be grade on him.
Speaker 1: He is commonly runs on the right side of the field,
Speaker 1: where he's gonna face Bashad brick Breyland Pro Football focuses
Speaker 1: eight seven rank cornerback. He's surrendered four scores and a
Speaker 1: passer rating of one nineteen in his coverage. I think
Speaker 1: Bateman could have his first really good game and his
Speaker 1: first trip to the end zone. In this one, Mark
Speaker 1: Andrews drops down to a C, which might sound counterintuitive
Speaker 1: given everything else we've said, But the Vikings have been
Speaker 1: great against tight ends. They're giving up just twenty They've
Speaker 1: given up just twenty four receptions all year to the
Speaker 1: position and no touchdowns. Um. They've got star linebacker Eric
Speaker 1: Kendricks who's doing a great job and Anthony Barr as
Speaker 1: well shutting down opposing tight ends. So Andrews have been
Speaker 1: very good this year. Um, but I think this is
Speaker 1: a tough matchup and I've only got the C grade
Speaker 1: on him here. Otavias Murray doesn't look like he's gonna go,
Speaker 1: and that means we're gonna get some blend of Levy
Speaker 1: on Bell, DeVante Freeman, Tyson Williams. In this game. The
Speaker 1: Vikings are allowing the eighth most rushing yards per game.
Speaker 1: We'll posing backs there and they will almost certainly be
Speaker 1: without run stuffing lineman Michael Pierce again. But this is
Speaker 1: a really tricky that's tricky you know which of the
Speaker 1: three might get any kind of work and in what role,
Speaker 1: And so I've got I've got bench grades on all
Speaker 1: of them because you just can't know if it's gonna
Speaker 1: be Bell, Freeman or Williams, that's going to get most
Speaker 1: of the work. If I had to pick one and
Speaker 1: put a C grade on one, it would be Freeman
Speaker 1: based on the usage we saw before the by final
Speaker 1: matchup of this segment, Matt, it's Bills taking on the Jaguars,
Speaker 1: and which should be a smashed spot for a lot
Speaker 1: of Bills. Yeah, this one's pretty easy. Josh Allen a grade,
Speaker 1: so is Steph Diggs, H Cole Beasley. I'm giving a B.
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders a sea. The Jags are allowing almost two
Speaker 1: passing yards per game, with an average of one going
Speaker 1: to wide receivers. Beasley had twenty two targets over his
Speaker 1: last two games, and Sanders had four targets last week
Speaker 1: against Miami but didn't come up with a catch. That
Speaker 1: was pretty weird. But he's seen five, six and eight
Speaker 1: targets in the prior three weeks and is a red
Speaker 1: zone favorite of Alan's, so he's still startable, especially with
Speaker 1: Dawson Knox who's out again with a hand in dree
Speaker 1: We're not flexing to Tommy Sweeney just yet, though, so
Speaker 1: let's move on to the runners for the Bills, Zack
Speaker 1: Moss gets a B. I'm leaving Devin Singletary on the bench,
Speaker 1: though we highlighted it last week that the split was
Speaker 1: almost even for these two. Well, eight carries for Moss
Speaker 1: last week seven carries for Singletary, but six catches for
Speaker 1: Moss to only one for Singletary, and that might mean something.
Speaker 1: Plus Moss is getting twice as many touches in the
Speaker 1: red zone, so he's your guy this week on the
Speaker 1: running side. On the jag side, James Robinson was limited
Speaker 1: in Friday's practice, which is a positive step as no
Speaker 1: one really thought he would go this week. If he
Speaker 1: does go, I'm still leaving him on the bench. I'm
Speaker 1: leaving all the Jaguars runners on the bench. The Bills
Speaker 1: are only allowing twenty running back touches per game on average.
Speaker 1: That's the fewest in the league by far, And you know, Matt,
Speaker 1: I think part of that is because they've got the
Speaker 1: league's best point differential their plus one twenty points, so
Speaker 1: they're always playing with the lead and usually a sizeable one,
Speaker 1: and teams just can't run. Yeah, they're They're awesome. They're
Speaker 1: top three in rushing yards and touchdowns allowed to running backs.
Speaker 1: They've also allowed the fewest receptions to opposing backs, which
Speaker 1: seems counterintuitive with those negative game scripts that these runners see. Uh.
Speaker 1: And even if James Robinson does go, you'll probably see
Speaker 1: a healthy dose of Carlos Hide anyway, so I will
Speaker 1: keep him on the bench. Now, the Jags passing game
Speaker 1: is all on the bench except for one player. That's right, Brian,
Speaker 1: it's Dan Arnold. Oh, he comes in with a C
Speaker 1: grade on Arnold. He's running eighty point five percent of
Speaker 1: his routes as a slot wide receiver. Only Mike Gisicki
Speaker 1: and Kyle Pitts had more great stead I found uh
Speaker 1: from some some guy named Brian Johnson who sent that
Speaker 1: one to me. He's seen twenty three targets over the
Speaker 1: last three games, which averages out to eight targets per week.
Speaker 1: Only t J Hockenson and Travis Kelsey see more than
Speaker 1: eight targets per game. So Dan Arnold on pace to
Speaker 1: be one of the best tight ends in the league.
Speaker 1: Maybe I don't know. Half of the tight ends who
Speaker 1: have seen four or more targets against the Bills have
Speaker 1: scored this year. So if Arnold gets eight targets, that
Speaker 1: means he's a shoe in for a touchdown. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: call it dan Arnold touchdown? What do you think? I
Speaker 1: love it. As far as the rest of the passing game,
Speaker 1: they're all on the bench. The Bills allow the fewest completions,
Speaker 1: passing yards, passing touchdowns to oppose two opponents. Lawrence is
Speaker 1: only averaging a score per game, and it's going to
Speaker 1: Dan Arnold. So yeah, that's it. You don't need anything
Speaker 1: else from the Jaguars. Back to the Bill. The Bills
Speaker 1: tight end Tom Sweeney. How many of his friends and
Speaker 1: family you think? You call him? Sweeney com No musical fans, Yeah,
Speaker 1: lots of musical fans listening to Fantasy football weekly right now?
Speaker 1: You know what. There are no lavish all fans left,
Speaker 1: I think, And it's turned out of such a promising
Speaker 1: season that I thought would be so much better fort
Speaker 1: Laviska Chanel, but honestly not even really rosterable in most
Speaker 1: leagues at this point. Unfortunately, when we come back, we'll
Speaker 1: continue motoring through more matchups, including Packers and Chiefs. Patrick
Speaker 1: Mahomes his struggles. Is he a sure starter for your
Speaker 1: fantasy team? Find out when we come back to Fantasy
Speaker 1: football Weekly. Welcome back to Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Charchi
Speaker 1: and Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson with you. I am
Speaker 1: at home remote style, so apologize for the audio, but
Speaker 1: we're here to give you all the information you need
Speaker 1: to dominate Week number nine tricky bye week. Lots and
Speaker 1: lots of injuries. We will help you sort it out
Speaker 1: over the course of this show. Next up, Brian, it's
Speaker 1: the Texans taking on the Dolphins. You already told us
Speaker 1: you like Tarrod Taylor. What do you think of his receivers?
Speaker 1: And you know the guy I'm really interested in his
Speaker 1: Are you gonna give us starting grade to Nico Collins?
Speaker 1: Is this gonna be his first ever starting grade? I'm
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly. It is uh real quick. Like you
Speaker 1: said to Rod Taylor, was gonna take a chance. I'man quarterback.
Speaker 1: I like three of his past catchers in this game.
Speaker 1: Will start with Nico Collins. Gonna give him a see.
Speaker 1: He was second and catches among wide receivers last week
Speaker 1: for the Texans in his second game of his career,
Speaker 1: and I only expect that usage to ramp up in
Speaker 1: his third game. I'm a little worried this is his
Speaker 1: first game with Taylor at quarterback, but the matchup is
Speaker 1: just too good for Nicos, so he gets to see
Speaker 1: matchup obviously good for Brandon Cooks as well, going to
Speaker 1: give him a be He posted big numbers with Taylor
Speaker 1: to start the season, so I'm not too worried about
Speaker 1: the change back at quarterback to Taylor with Cooks. The
Speaker 1: Dolphins allowing nearly two hundred yards per game too wide
Speaker 1: receivers and one and a half touchdowns per game to
Speaker 1: the position. So like Cooks and Collins this week, I
Speaker 1: also like tight end Jordan's Aikin is gonna give him
Speaker 1: a scene. The Dolphins have allowed these second most yards
Speaker 1: to tight ends, and Aikin saw a season high and
Speaker 1: snaps last week and also caught five passes for fifty
Speaker 1: three yards, So double digit PPR points is possible here
Speaker 1: for Aikins, giving him the sea Now. I am not
Speaker 1: giving a starting grade to David Johnson, Philip Lindsay, Rex Burkhead,
Speaker 1: Scottie Phillips. I think Scottie Pippen might even be playing
Speaker 1: running back for the Texans right now. They're all on
Speaker 1: the bench. That's an easy call. You don't want to
Speaker 1: touch that game of Russian roulette with a ten foot
Speaker 1: poll over to the Dolphins side. Miles Gascumes might take
Speaker 1: a chance on me running back, A great matchup for him.
Speaker 1: Also a great matchup for wide receiver Jalen Waddle. He
Speaker 1: gets a buh. Houston has allowed the sixth most yards
Speaker 1: too wide receivers and they are also top five and
Speaker 1: red zone targets and red zone touches yielded to opposing
Speaker 1: wide receivers, So a B for Waddle and I was
Speaker 1: all set to give Davante Parker a B two, but
Speaker 1: he's just been placed on I R with a shoulder injury.
Speaker 1: Parker man he is glass one full season his career.
Speaker 1: In his career, I just checked, so we're gonna bump
Speaker 1: up Preston Williams with a C. He was benched for
Speaker 1: disciplinary reasons last week. Hopefully he's been a good boy
Speaker 1: this week because it's a good matchup for him if
Speaker 1: he plays. If he does, it's a C for him
Speaker 1: and a good matchup for Mike Kasiki. Matt mentioned in
Speaker 1: the last Segmentsicki has taken of his snaps from the
Speaker 1: slot or outside that's most among qualifying tight ends. Those
Speaker 1: numbers were dumbed down a little with the return of
Speaker 1: Davante Parker, but again he's on I r so kausiki
Speaker 1: basically back to a wide receiver now and again a
Speaker 1: great matchup for wide receivers, but it's also a great
Speaker 1: matchup for tight ends if we really want to go there. Uh.
Speaker 1: The Texans have allowed a tight end touchdown in four
Speaker 1: straight games, for a total of five to the position
Speaker 1: during that span, So tight ends are lighting it up.
Speaker 1: You gotta love Gisicki this week, and of course he
Speaker 1: gotta like to. Ah Canna give him a B borderline
Speaker 1: A grade for me. Until Davante Parker was ruled out. Um,
Speaker 1: the Texans are allowing nearly two D seventy passing yards
Speaker 1: and two passing touchdowns per game. Opposing quarterbacks are also
Speaker 1: averaging more than eighty rushing yards against Houston, who has
Speaker 1: also allowed the third most rushing touchdowns to the position.
Speaker 1: So fire up to with confidence. Yeah and not the
Speaker 1: Toa is hyper mobile, but he can move a little.
Speaker 1: And yeah, you know, I take twenty rushing yards from
Speaker 1: two if he can, If he can manage that, that'd
Speaker 1: be great. Packers take on the Chiefs in a in
Speaker 1: a game in which Jordan's Love will be making his
Speaker 1: first ever start. And and guys, if you're Jordan's Love
Speaker 1: and he was might take a chance, I mean quarterback
Speaker 1: earlier and he comes in here with a c. Great.
Speaker 1: If you're back to pass make your first ever start,
Speaker 1: you are looking scanning the field, who are you gonna
Speaker 1: throw the ball too? Davante Adams over and over again,
Speaker 1: over and over again, exactly so he maintains an A
Speaker 1: grade here. I am not moving him down at all.
Speaker 1: This is still a bew eleait start against with an
Speaker 1: elite receiver against a really bad secondary. So we're not
Speaker 1: giving this any second thoughts. We're keeping Davante Adams in
Speaker 1: our starting lineup. If you're really in a pinch, you
Speaker 1: could go to Marques Velde's Scantling, who should return from
Speaker 1: his hamstring injury. Per pre injury, he was four targets
Speaker 1: a game, which wasn't great. But the whole deal in
Speaker 1: him is he's always all about the long ball. And
Speaker 1: it's such a bad secondary of giving up so many
Speaker 1: long passes that you could use Marques Veldez Scantling in
Speaker 1: a pinch if you just want to try an all
Speaker 1: or nothing play I'm putting Ellen Lazard on the bench
Speaker 1: because even though he had scored in the games prior
Speaker 1: to his COVID designation, but those games are without MVS,
Speaker 1: and in the MBS games, Lazard average one catch per game.
Speaker 1: So with MBS back, I don't think Lazard's nearly savable.
Speaker 1: And then Randall. Randall coms same thing. He was fine
Speaker 1: when everybody else was hurt, but you know he was
Speaker 1: getting virtually no playing time or looks when the other
Speaker 1: receivers were healthy. So he's on the bench too. Not
Speaker 1: gonna chase last week's touchdowns. So now let's go to
Speaker 1: the running game with Jordan Love. You've gotta figure that
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones is gonna get a lot of work, both
Speaker 1: as a runner and as a dump off option, the
Speaker 1: game plan shifts towards Jones. Here in Kansas City has
Speaker 1: given up at least one hundred combo yards to a
Speaker 1: lead back in each of the last three weeks. Their
Speaker 1: Pro Football focus is lowest graded run defense, so even
Speaker 1: though they know Aaron Jones is gonna get a lot
Speaker 1: of work, they can't do anything about it. They have
Speaker 1: allowed six touchdowns to running backs um, which is middle
Speaker 1: a middle of the pack number. Jones is third though
Speaker 1: in red zone touches with thirty six already, so I
Speaker 1: do like a touchdown here and an A grade on Jones.
Speaker 1: So A j. Dillon is is fascinating because last week
Speaker 1: he gets he got a season high and snaps carries
Speaker 1: and in yard seventy eight yards. But he's one game
Speaker 1: removed from a four touch eight yard game. I still
Speaker 1: think he's startable, and I'm giving him a C grade
Speaker 1: because again, with Love under center, I think there will
Speaker 1: be more opportunities to run the ball, and they can't
Speaker 1: give him all to Aaron Jones. So I think Dylan's
Speaker 1: gonna get get enough work here to perhaps get you
Speaker 1: to the fifty yard mark in total yards, and maybe
Speaker 1: it gets like you for a touchdown, but we won't
Speaker 1: bank on it, and we'll give him a secret. So
Speaker 1: let's go over to Kansas City, where things have suddenly
Speaker 1: gotten a lot more interesting. I've been coasting on the
Speaker 1: old Patrick Mahomes, Terry Hill and Travis Kelsey there auto
Speaker 1: A's I don't even have to talk about those guys.
Speaker 1: That's pretty much every week for two years now. Suddenly
Speaker 1: I got to defend my my positions on these guys.
Speaker 1: So let's start with Mahomes, who's just to be great.
Speaker 1: For all of his problems, he's still throwing multiple touchdowns
Speaker 1: in seven of eight games, so from a fantasy standpoint,
Speaker 1: he's still been very bankable. He faces a Green Bay
Speaker 1: defense though, that can generate a lot of pressure from
Speaker 1: its base package with Rashaan Gary, Kenny Clark, Za Darius Smith,
Speaker 1: and that allows the Packers to keep seven defenders in coverage.
Speaker 1: And that's the exact scenario that's created all this trouble
Speaker 1: from Homes. Based on his play of late, Mahomes really
Speaker 1: probably ought to be a C. But because it's Patrick
Speaker 1: Mahomes and he's still got Hill and Kelsey, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: give him a B here. But it's not a certainty
Speaker 1: that he's a starter in your lineup. And you may
Speaker 1: have other players like Brian if you had Toua or
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes, who would you start the year? Has been
Speaker 1: crazy enough? Let's his role with ta I don't know.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's almost a coin foot go on,
Speaker 1: you can't ask me that off the top of my head.
Speaker 1: That's like, that's a tough question. Sadly, sadly, for the
Speaker 1: moment coming on, maybe it'll turn into four. I'll put
Speaker 1: you on the spot for that answer next segment. Tyreek
Speaker 1: Hills stays as an obvious Ay. Even with mahomes struggles,
Speaker 1: he has remained mostly productive. But we have seen a
Speaker 1: couple of dud games. Um, But nevertheless, he's still Tyreek Hill.
Speaker 1: And if they're gonna get anything done and they're gonna
Speaker 1: have to play catch up for a lot of this
Speaker 1: game quite possibly, well maybe then I still need Tyreek
Speaker 1: Hills a safe A grade. Travis Kelsey, though, drops down
Speaker 1: to a B. He's been most impacted by mahomes declining play,
Speaker 1: with diminishing catches, yards and zero scores in three straight games.
Speaker 1: He hasn't seen one hundred yards since week three, and
Speaker 1: the Packers haven't allowed a tight end to top fifty
Speaker 1: one yard since week three, and they haven't given up
Speaker 1: a touchdown to a tight end since week two. Still,
Speaker 1: he's Travis Kelsey, so he gets the B grade here,
Speaker 1: but I don't I don't feel great about it. Let's
Speaker 1: go over to Daryl Williams. Um. He's filled in okay
Speaker 1: for Clyde Edwards Hilaire, averaging eighties six total yards and
Speaker 1: he's seeing about two thirds of the snaps. He will
Speaker 1: have his toughest tests against a Packer run defense that's
Speaker 1: really improved this year, allowing only one hundred eleven total
Speaker 1: yards per game to opposing running backs. That's eight fewest
Speaker 1: and no running backs hit the one hundred yard mark.
Speaker 1: And then you got a factor in the emergence a
Speaker 1: little bit of Derek Gore on Monday, which is a
Speaker 1: complicating factor potentially. So I've just got the seed great
Speaker 1: on Darryl Williams. As for Gore himself, UM, if this
Speaker 1: matchup are easier, maybe I throw a dart here, But
Speaker 1: you know, we really don't know what's going on with
Speaker 1: his usage whatsoever. So we're gonna keep Derek Gore on
Speaker 1: the bench and we'll talk a little bit more about
Speaker 1: some of these guys in a later segment of the show.
Speaker 1: Final matchup for the segment is the Raiders taking on
Speaker 1: the Giants. Matt, this is um, this is a Raiders
Speaker 1: team that's got it got to overcome not only the
Speaker 1: loss of a key player, but maybe some of the
Speaker 1: ramifications that go with it. You just you wonder about
Speaker 1: things that we don't normally talk about, like you know,
Speaker 1: what is Derek Carr's mindset coming into this game. Yeah,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of adversity that they've gone through this year. Um,
Speaker 1: let's start with Derek Carr. I mean, if you like
Speaker 1: two passing touchdowns, you probably like Derek Carr, Who's thrown
Speaker 1: exactly two passing scores and six of seven contests this year.
Speaker 1: He's also top the three yard mark in five of seven,
Speaker 1: so that's really good. But obviously he lost Henry Ugs.
Speaker 1: He's no longer a part of the team, so that
Speaker 1: does hurt Car in some small way. But he should
Speaker 1: get Darren Waller back from an ankle injury post bye week.
Speaker 1: The Giants allow an average of two passing scores per
Speaker 1: game in about two or fifty six yards. Add that
Speaker 1: all up in a B grade. Seems very fair for
Speaker 1: Derek Carr and this one. Let's talk about Derek Darren
Speaker 1: Waller now, who after a nineteen target, ten catch, one
Speaker 1: five yard game in Week one, since then, he's averaging
Speaker 1: seven targets, five receptions in fifty five yards per game.
Speaker 1: Plus he's only scored once since Week one. Now, those
Speaker 1: numbers still make him a top five tight end, but
Speaker 1: he's not ranking better than Dawson Knox, c j Uzoma,
Speaker 1: Mike Gisicki, Hunter Henry. On a per game basis, he's
Speaker 1: right in line with those guys. Now. The Giants gave
Speaker 1: up a tight end score in each of the first
Speaker 1: four weeks of the season, but have not allowed one
Speaker 1: in the last four weeks. The names that they faced
Speaker 1: in the last four weeks include Travis Kelsey, Dalton Schultz,
Speaker 1: and Tyler Higbee. All in all, it's a B grade
Speaker 1: for Darren Waller in this one. Now, the wide receivers,
Speaker 1: even with rugs, Hunter Renfro was leading the team in
Speaker 1: targets and receptions, and his role as a slot receiver
Speaker 1: seems very stable, although we may see him flex out
Speaker 1: to out wide a little bit more in the two
Speaker 1: wide receiver sets. As his average snap count was hovering
Speaker 1: in the high fifties to low sixties in percentage wise,
Speaker 1: I expect that to go up now. I think he's
Speaker 1: the wide receiver to have on that team. An upteck
Speaker 1: and target should go to Edwards, who was already leading
Speaker 1: the team in wide receiver snaps in six of their
Speaker 1: seven games. Za Jones should see his usage go up
Speaker 1: a little bit too. Renfrow gets a B in this one,
Speaker 1: as he has the best matchup against Giants slot corner
Speaker 1: Darnay Holmes, whose Pro Football focuses one fourth ranked corner.
Speaker 1: I'd like to wait a little bit on Edwards and
Speaker 1: Jones to see what happens in The Giants corners on
Speaker 1: the outside have actually been fairly okay this year. Let's
Speaker 1: just see how this one plays out for a week.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep those two guys on the bench. Josh
Speaker 1: Jacobs left the Week seven game early with a chest bruise.
Speaker 1: It was more of a precautionary thing as it was
Speaker 1: only a couple quarters prior to their bye week and
Speaker 1: the game was already in hand. He's not even on
Speaker 1: the injury report this week. The Giants are allowing four
Speaker 1: point five yards per carry. That's the sixth highest in
Speaker 1: the league, the fifth most rushing yards at a hundred
Speaker 1: and eight per game, so I'll give Jacobs a solid B.
Speaker 1: It would be slightly higher, but I'm a little nervous
Speaker 1: that uh that if the chess bruises bothering him, we
Speaker 1: could see him taken out in favor of Kenyan Drake.
Speaker 1: On the Giant side, Daniel Jones was might take a
Speaker 1: chance on me. Quarterback se Kwan Barkley. He was on
Speaker 1: the COVID list. He's now off the COVID list, but
Speaker 1: he's still out with an ankle injury. So Davante Booker
Speaker 1: is in getting a C grade. He's averaging about He's
Speaker 1: averaging about fifteen touches. The Raiders are allowing four point
Speaker 1: five yards per carry, which is bottomed as far as defenses.
Speaker 1: But Booker just isn't that good. So I'm going to
Speaker 1: give him a C grade in this one. I don't know.
Speaker 1: I think he looks okay and he's gonna get a
Speaker 1: ton of work in this game. I I I kind
Speaker 1: of like him, all right. Uh, Sterling Shepherd, he's out
Speaker 1: with a quad. Kenny Golladay is always questionable with a knee.
Speaker 1: He's game time decision. Ka Darius Tony has questionable tweets
Speaker 1: and he's also dealing with the thumb injury, but he
Speaker 1: is expected to play in this one. Uh. Dante pettis
Speaker 1: probably not gonna go with a shoulder injury. That leaves Tony,
Speaker 1: Darius Slayton, and John Ross. I'm gonna leave all of
Speaker 1: them on the bench. The Raiders have been great against
Speaker 1: wide receivers allowing the third fewest receiving yards and touchdowns
Speaker 1: to the wide receiver position. And finally, Evan Ingram. He
Speaker 1: did not get traded, neither did Kyle Rudolph. Both scored
Speaker 1: last week against the Chiefs. Angram is startable with the
Speaker 1: C grade if you're desperate. The Raiders are at bottom
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Speaker 1: three Tough Questions. I'll pepper my co host, with three
Speaker 1: tough questions. You can play along see if you can
Speaker 1: go three and oh. We begin with this tough question
Speaker 1: number one. Clyde Edwards, a Laire could be back as
Speaker 1: early as next week. Upon his return, what grade, well,
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly most often give him an A, B,
Speaker 1: A C, or a bench grade. We begin with Matt Harrison,
Speaker 1: So let's say he does come back next week against
Speaker 1: the Raiders. UM, I'll probably want to wait and see there,
Speaker 1: just to see what happens, how how they work him in.
Speaker 1: So that's gonna be a bench grade for me. Next
Speaker 1: week the Cowboys a bye, and then the Broncos the
Speaker 1: following three weeks. Those are all bad and he's probably
Speaker 1: on my bench there, especially in the bye week. The
Speaker 1: Raiders and Chargers in weeks fourteen fifteen are probably B
Speaker 1: C kind of starts if he retakes the touch lead,
Speaker 1: and that's a big if at this point. As this
Speaker 1: week seventeen against since a week sixteen against the Steelers
Speaker 1: is a bench grade as well, So I've got four
Speaker 1: bench grades and three maybe start grades, so I think
Speaker 1: he's a bench grade more the rest of the way. Okay,
Speaker 1: Brian is Clyde Edwards Hilaire. Upon his return to most
Speaker 1: most often get an A, B C or bench grade. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Matt covered it pretty well. I got a a majority
Speaker 1: of bench grades moving forward, for c e H. Basically,
Speaker 1: the dude just is not that good. Seven total touchdowns
Speaker 1: in eighteen career games, has topped one d rushing yards
Speaker 1: just four times, even when he was healthy healthy earlier
Speaker 1: in the year, Daryl Williams was soaking up more of
Speaker 1: the past work and this Derek Gore kid looks good.
Speaker 1: So yeah, it's mainly bench time for us EH for
Speaker 1: the rest of the year. For me, it's easy to
Speaker 1: be cynical about Clyde Edwards despair, but let's remember he
Speaker 1: was coming up back to back when hunt back to
Speaker 1: back one hundred yard rushing performances before his knee injury,
Speaker 1: and on the season he's averaging a healthy four point
Speaker 1: seven yards per carry, and over those two games that
Speaker 1: was almost seven yards per carry. Darryl Williams just isn't
Speaker 1: that good. He's averaging three and a half yards per carry,
Speaker 1: and his rushing yards over expectation our fourth from last
Speaker 1: in the entire league at a negative point eight. Daryll
Speaker 1: Williams isn't good and it's too soon to be spooked
Speaker 1: by the emergence of Derek Gore, who Andy Reid didn't
Speaker 1: like enough to give to a carry until last week now,
Speaker 1: Clyde Edwards Layer is never gonna get an A because
Speaker 1: you can never you can never say he's going to
Speaker 1: score in a game, and if you can't get a touchdown,
Speaker 1: you pretty much can't get an A grade. His remaining
Speaker 1: schedule to me is scattered between mostly bs and seas
Speaker 1: and one bench grade. But if he comes back next week,
Speaker 1: he gets a strongly positive matchup with Las Vegas if
Speaker 1: he can hit that hit the ground running in that one,
Speaker 1: and I've got one more B grade than I've got
Speaker 1: C grade on Clyde Edwards a layer. Tough question number two, Well,
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson most often receive an A, B, C or
Speaker 1: bench grade. Your new Titans running back, Brian, let's begin
Speaker 1: with you. Well, Tennessee says they're not going to change
Speaker 1: their high level offensive scheme without Derry Henry, meaning they're
Speaker 1: gonna try and stay run heavy with Peterson. We'll see
Speaker 1: how well that goes. Um Tennessee tough schedule moving forward.
Speaker 1: Fantasy pros has them with the third hardest strength of
Speaker 1: schedule remaining strength of schedule for running backs. And we
Speaker 1: all know Adrian Peterson not going to contribute a lot
Speaker 1: in the passing game. That's still gonna go to Jeremy
Speaker 1: Jeremy McNichols most likely, But I still think outside of
Speaker 1: this week, we gotta see what happens with moving forward.
Speaker 1: If he stays healthy, we're gonna see thirteen fourteen fifteen
Speaker 1: carries minimum for Peterson, which is a C regardless of matchup,
Speaker 1: really based on volume. So I'm just gonna play it
Speaker 1: safe and go with the C grade for the most
Speaker 1: part for Peterson. Okay, Matt will Adrian Peterson most often
Speaker 1: receive an A, B, C or bench grade. Spoiler alert.
Speaker 1: I benched him this week against the Rams as well
Speaker 1: I next week in his revenge game against the Saints.
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson's got a few revenge games coming up played
Speaker 1: with the Cardinals. I was like, you remember that the
Speaker 1: sat exactly. Uh. It looks like he's startable in Week
Speaker 1: eleven against the Texans and maybe Week seventeen against the Dolphins.
Speaker 1: But unless he takes over the Derrick Henry workload at
Speaker 1: like a seventy eight percent clip and he looks really good,
Speaker 1: the schedule does not favor him. So I think he
Speaker 1: sees more bench grades than anything. Yeah, you guys are
Speaker 1: way off the mark on this um Peterson is Obviously
Speaker 1: he's a shell of what he was before, but you know,
Speaker 1: we're only one season removed from him getting six hundred
Speaker 1: rushing yards in a split backfield with DeAndre Swift. He
Speaker 1: can be effective here. They don't have anybody else to
Speaker 1: be an inside runner, and this is still a run
Speaker 1: heavy offense, and he's going to get a lot of opportunity.
Speaker 1: And that counts for more than anything else in fantasy
Speaker 1: football is opportunity. He will get the ball at the stripe.
Speaker 1: He's always been an effective touchdown runner, and this team
Speaker 1: wants to run the ball at the stripe. They'll continue
Speaker 1: to do that and Peterson will get touchdowns. I see
Speaker 1: looking through the schedule season bees, and the only the
Speaker 1: only ones that that are to me potentially season benches
Speaker 1: are New Orleans and Pittsburgh. The rest of the way,
Speaker 1: the New Orleans is coming up next week. Every other
Speaker 1: game to me is to be including this week. I
Speaker 1: gotta be great out him this week. He's going to
Speaker 1: be startable and you're going to have opportunities to put
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson into your lineup. And by the way, Houston twice, Jacksonville,
Speaker 1: and Miami are all spots where he could even if
Speaker 1: it turns out he runs well, he could give me
Speaker 1: a grades against those defenses. Jacksonville is a sneaky good
Speaker 1: run defense, though they are actually a sneeze. And hey,
Speaker 1: I said, see, at least that wasn't that far off.
Speaker 1: I guess what are you saying? I'll be way far off.
Speaker 1: Correct answers tough question number three. What is the appropriate
Speaker 1: level of concern for Justin air Bear? Oh no, not
Speaker 1: a bear some or a bowel loosening level of existential dread.
Speaker 1: We begin with Matt. I was actually shocked that you
Speaker 1: asked this question. Uh, He's had two below average starts
Speaker 1: that weren't even completely disastrous from a fantasy standpoint, and
Speaker 1: we're just three is removed from three yards and four
Speaker 1: touchdowns against the good Browns defense. Air Bear is currently
Speaker 1: ranked eleventh in fantasy points after facing the Football Outsiders
Speaker 1: fifth most difficult d v O A schedule so far,
Speaker 1: and now the schedule is a little bit tricky, coming
Speaker 1: up with four top ten passing defenses in a row
Speaker 1: starting this week, but they will include a Vikings team
Speaker 1: without Daniel Hunter and a Broncos team without Von Miller.
Speaker 1: But after that it's the Bengals, who are okay, Giants, Chiefs, Texans,
Speaker 1: Von Miller list Broncos again in your fantasy Championship. I'm
Speaker 1: not concerned at all, and I'm interested to hear why
Speaker 1: charge has given some pause on yield air Bear, Old Brian,
Speaker 1: what is the appropriate level of concern for justin air Bear? None?
Speaker 1: Some or blowed like, blowed your nose like. But I'm
Speaker 1: doing a lot of over here, and trust me, there's
Speaker 1: a lot of that happening. The level of concern for
Speaker 1: me is none. Still multiple touchdowns and four of his
Speaker 1: last five games fourteen passing touchdowns during that span. That
Speaker 1: that game at Baltimore was a disaster, but that was
Speaker 1: an early start for a West Coast team. I'll give
Speaker 1: him a bit of a break there. And last week
Speaker 1: against the Patriots just two dree Um passing yards. He
Speaker 1: didn't have two touchdowns. Last year he threw a touchdown
Speaker 1: at least one touchdown in every game except four against
Speaker 1: the Patriots. We only two hundred nine yards and zero touchdowns.
Speaker 1: So apparently you never want to play him against the Patriots. Really,
Speaker 1: But outside of that, I got no concern for air Bear.
Speaker 1: Maybe a little bit of a sophomore slump going on,
Speaker 1: but it'll break out of it. Yeah, two straight bad games. Um,
Speaker 1: the Baltimore game he looked bad in, uh, straight up bad,
Speaker 1: and then he looked bad last week too, and so
Speaker 1: there was a bye week in between there. And so
Speaker 1: maybe because it's been four weeks since we've seen him
Speaker 1: play well when he got into that shootout with Cleveland
Speaker 1: in which he was basically very good in that game,
Speaker 1: almost four hundred yards passing, um that I think some
Speaker 1: people could have a a reasonable level of concern for
Speaker 1: Justin air Bear. But he's really good and I love
Speaker 1: the weapons around him. Um. There are some tricky games.
Speaker 1: The Eagles game and the Steelers games worry me, but
Speaker 1: most of the rest of don't. And he's got a
Speaker 1: terrific December shaping up Cincinnati, the Giants, Chiefs, Houston his December.
Speaker 1: He is gonna power teams through the playoffs. I have
Speaker 1: no concern for Justin Air Bear. All right, let's move
Speaker 1: back to our matchups. The next matchup up is the
Speaker 1: Cardinals taking on the forty Niners and Brian the Cardinals
Speaker 1: might just pack it into this one and basically wave
Speaker 1: the white flag. They're gonna be missing potentially a lot
Speaker 1: of key starters for this one. Yes, sold the Diners,
Speaker 1: but not not as many as the Cardinals. So Kyler
Speaker 1: Murray and DeAndre Hopkins both gonna be game time decisions.
Speaker 1: We're just gonna go under the notion that that they're
Speaker 1: not going to play though in this one, So I'm
Speaker 1: not gonna dive too deep into it. Sounds like they're
Speaker 1: going to. And yeah, the Cardinals be better off just
Speaker 1: trying to win this game. With Colt McCoy at quarterback.
Speaker 1: They're still they're still seven and one that are pretty
Speaker 1: much in cruise control in that divisional and not in
Speaker 1: cruise control. The Rams are pretty good team too. But anyway, Uh,
Speaker 1: Murray on the bench, even if he plays, I don't
Speaker 1: trust him to finish the game. DeAndre Hopkins the same,
Speaker 1: even if he suits up, he's gonna be a decoy
Speaker 1: at best. So both of them on the bench for me,
Speaker 1: they're unlikely to to go anyway. A J. Green not
Speaker 1: gonna play either. He has COVID. You weren't hanging out
Speaker 1: with A J. Green this week? Were you? Charge? Um? Well?
Speaker 1: A J. Green and I are tight, um, he texts
Speaker 1: constantly middle of the night. Whatever Um, you know also, um,
Speaker 1: he's uh, I think he's trying to make a move
Speaker 1: on my way. Really, that's a whole that's a whole,
Speaker 1: separate conversation. Well, who hasn't been making too many moves
Speaker 1: on the field as Andy is Abella, but he might
Speaker 1: see some significant rong. We got Christian Current, we got
Speaker 1: Ron Dale more of course, but they're all on the bench.
Speaker 1: If Colton McCoy, even undrafted free agent Antoine Wesley might
Speaker 1: see some significant snaps here, but they're all all on
Speaker 1: the bench with Colton McCoy quarterback. I will give Zach's see.
Speaker 1: Even though since Week one, when t J. Hockenson racked
Speaker 1: up loads of garbage time yards against the forty Niners,
Speaker 1: San Francisco hasn't allowed a tight end to top thirty
Speaker 1: eight yards. But Arts is probably the most trusted pass
Speaker 1: catcher out of the bunch, and uh, the forty Niners
Speaker 1: have yielded the seventh most red zone targets at tight end,
Speaker 1: So hopefully McCoy looks Urt's his way in the red
Speaker 1: zone because a J. Green doesn't look the right way
Speaker 1: when in the red zone, so it's probably the primary
Speaker 1: target in scoring range. Gonna give him a C and
Speaker 1: Chase Edmunds gonna give him a C. Tough matchup for him,
Speaker 1: san Francisco only allowing on fifteen combo yards per game
Speaker 1: to running backs. Edmonds should see most of that work
Speaker 1: between the twenties, so I think he gets a double
Speaker 1: digit PPR points. Not gonna score because either James Conner
Speaker 1: volters the touchdown or just the fact that UM San
Speaker 1: Francisco has allowed just five rushing touchdowns to running back.
Speaker 1: So I got James Conner on the bench. I don't
Speaker 1: like his chance of vulturing a touchdown in this one.
Speaker 1: Over to the San Francisco side, it's a little less
Speaker 1: sloppy over here. I will start with George Kittle, likely
Speaker 1: to make his return if he does. Just gonna give
Speaker 1: him a CEE though over the past three years he
Speaker 1: has average with thin six and a half targets and
Speaker 1: seventy yards per game against the Cardinals. But unfortunately for Kiddle,
Speaker 1: the Cardinals are really good against tight ends this year,
Speaker 1: uh posing tight ends averaging just while they're averaging less
Speaker 1: than four catches and thirty yards per game to the position.
Speaker 1: Arizona has not allowed a tight end touchdown all year either.
Speaker 1: The best performance from an imposing tight end came from
Speaker 1: Robert touny In, who total just three catches for forty
Speaker 1: nine yards, and that was when all three Bays wide
Speaker 1: receivers were out of the picture. Basically Davante Adams wasn't
Speaker 1: playing out in Lazard was out scandaling, so was basically
Speaker 1: Tony and he only had three catches for forty nine
Speaker 1: yards or just to see for Kiddle if he suits up. Unfortunately,
Speaker 1: it sounds like Deebo Samuel will not suit up for
Speaker 1: this game with the calf injury. So even if he goes,
Speaker 1: I'm really nervous about him. I'll give him a CEE
Speaker 1: if he plays, but he could be a decoy here.
Speaker 1: We're just gonna assume he's on the bench. So if
Speaker 1: he's out, that opens up a lot of opportunities for
Speaker 1: Brandon Ayuk, who is your to take a chance on
Speaker 1: me wide receiver charge? I like that And if no,
Speaker 1: m no Deebo Samuel, we're looking at Mohammed san new
Speaker 1: is basically next the dad or the baby Mohammedan's. They
Speaker 1: might bring the baby in for this one. Who knows. Uh.
Speaker 1: I thought it was Trent shirt Field too, but it's really,
Speaker 1: Jawan Jennings has seen more targets than Trent shirt Field
Speaker 1: over the last few weeks. Uh, just a total disaster
Speaker 1: basically throughout this whole game. Jimmy Garoppolo on the bench
Speaker 1: for this one. Uh, these teams didn't meet in Week five.
Speaker 1: But basically none of the same players are gonna be
Speaker 1: playing in this game. Trey Lance started that game for
Speaker 1: San Francisco, so I got I got Garoppolo on the bench,
Speaker 1: especially with no Deebo Samuel most likely. But lastly, I
Speaker 1: will keep Elijah Mitchell and starting lineups can give him
Speaker 1: a B based on volume alone. If they're facing a
Speaker 1: Colt McCoy led Cardinals team. Uh, the Niners are likely
Speaker 1: trying to control the clock for the most part. It
Speaker 1: is a tough matchup, though only one opposing running back
Speaker 1: has topped one yards against Arizona. That was Dalvin Cook,
Speaker 1: and the Cardinals have allowed just to total running back
Speaker 1: touchdowns all season long. So I I bumped that down
Speaker 1: to a sea Actually I've changed my mind after reading
Speaker 1: my own notes just to see for Elijah Mitchell that's
Speaker 1: happens sometimes, And that was arguably arguably the worst matchup
Speaker 1: I've ever done. In my career, it was just brutal,
Speaker 1: brutal stuff, so much stuff for four yards in this
Speaker 1: one that would make sense. Sadly, in this crazy season.
Speaker 1: Who knows, right, Mike Wide, you know who's to say, right, Uh,
Speaker 1: let's go to the Falcons and Saints first. I we
Speaker 1: just want to editorialize for a moment. So many fantasy
Speaker 1: I've seen so many fantasy analysts say, oh, it's Calvin
Speaker 1: Ridley out, that's gonna make Kyle Pitts better, or that's
Speaker 1: gonna make Cordarryl Patterson better. Nobody gets better because the
Speaker 1: best receiver on the team is out. Nobody gets better.
Speaker 1: And you'll see that reflected in the grades here, beginning
Speaker 1: with Matt Ryan. He's without his best weapon. Obviously, Saints
Speaker 1: secondary looks great until you look at the quarterbacks they
Speaker 1: faced um after the Aaron Rodgers game in Week one.
Speaker 1: They faced Sam Donald, mac Jones, Daniel Jones, Taylor Heineke,
Speaker 1: and Gino Smith. It's got to be the easiest run
Speaker 1: of quarterbacks in the league. When they finally faced a
Speaker 1: good pass or last week Tom Brady, the Saints promptly
Speaker 1: gave up three seventy five yards and four touchdowns. So
Speaker 1: you know, Ryan is not in the Donald Heineke Gino
Speaker 1: Smith Grange, He's not in the Tom Brady range. He's
Speaker 1: somewhere in the middle. So I've got a C grade
Speaker 1: on Ryan, who probably cobbles together I don't know, maybe
Speaker 1: like two fifty and one of the two path touchdown
Speaker 1: passes in this game. Cordelle Patterson gets a C grade
Speaker 1: because this is a tough matchup. Now on the ground,
Speaker 1: he's averaging a poultry four yards per carry since he's
Speaker 1: become the quote lead runner. Um. He scored touchdowns in
Speaker 1: fourth seven, which helps, and New Orleans has allowed at
Speaker 1: least one score to other dual threat runners like Christian
Speaker 1: McAffrey and sae Quon Barkley and Antonio Gibson. But I
Speaker 1: don't know if Cordell is really quite that guy um.
Speaker 1: New Orleans allows the second fewest yards per game to runners,
Speaker 1: and so Patterson is going to have to help you
Speaker 1: through the air, which is a better opportunity for Patterson
Speaker 1: and why he still gets a C grade. But I
Speaker 1: don't think he's going to help you on the ground
Speaker 1: really here at all. Now, the the desperation fill in guys,
Speaker 1: taj a sharp last week, even with Russell Gates back,
Speaker 1: Sharp tied for a team high six targets, and he
Speaker 1: accounted for of Atlanta's passing yards, and he led all
Speaker 1: the receivers and snaps. New Orleans secondary is a lot
Speaker 1: of receiver to post at least ninety six yards and
Speaker 1: four of the past five games they've given up six
Speaker 1: scores to receivers over the past five games. If you
Speaker 1: need an emergency dart throw, you could try dot Taj Sharpened,
Speaker 1: play him over Russell Gage, who was on the bench,
Speaker 1: Mike Davis, it's over. It's a brutal season, it really is.
Speaker 1: The Saints run defense is the opposite of a slump buster.
Speaker 1: What is the opposite of a slumpbuster? By the way,
Speaker 1: is it a slump enhancer? A slump solidifiancement is not
Speaker 1: a good thing. The slump enhancement doesn't sound good, does it. Um,
Speaker 1: you can take a pill for that. Is there a
Speaker 1: slump slump here? I don't know. That's what Mike Davis is.
Speaker 1: Let's go over. There's not a lot to talk about
Speaker 1: on the New Orleans side of this. Alvin Kamara is
Speaker 1: an obvious a well relieved the Trevor Simeon and not
Speaker 1: Taysom Hill. Is that at the helm because Taysom Hill
Speaker 1: was killing Alvin kmaron those four starts last year. But
Speaker 1: with Trevor Simeon at the helm, Camara's fine and Simeon
Speaker 1: and all his receivers are on the bench. Simeon is
Speaker 1: a barely functional pastor with career averages of two D,
Speaker 1: seventeen yards and one touchdown per game, and he didn't
Speaker 1: even give you that last week. The Falcon secondary is
Speaker 1: nothing special, but neither of the Saints receivers. If you're
Speaker 1: thinking about mark Ingram, he got eight touches last week,
Speaker 1: I just I don't. I don't see a scenari where
Speaker 1: he gets enough touches here and where he can be
Speaker 1: anybody you can rely upon. And he won't catch passes either,
Speaker 1: so he's on the bench. When we come back to
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly, let's talk through some of the remaining matchups,
Speaker 1: including Justin air Bear as it takes on the Eagles.
Speaker 1: This is a tricky matchup. Eagle secondary has been very good.
Speaker 1: We'll find out if Matt Harrison is at all swede
Speaker 1: and has any concern for just An air Bear and
Speaker 1: his receivers when we come back to Fantasy Football, Whitney,
Speaker 1: Welcome back to Fantasy Football Weekly on Paul Charchi and
Speaker 1: my co host today are Brian Johnson. You can follow
Speaker 1: him on Twitter at b t x J and Matt
Speaker 1: Harrison on Twitter at Explosive Output. Matt Paul charchy And
Speaker 1: you'll have to figure out how to spell it, deal
Speaker 1: with it. I can't. Yeah, you know, you'd think you'd
Speaker 1: think Chargers take on the Eagles, Matt earlier in this show.
Speaker 1: In fact, just last segment, you basically showed no concern
Speaker 1: whatsoever for the faltering ways of Justin air Barrel over
Speaker 1: the past couple of weeks. Now he travels to Philadelphia
Speaker 1: for a tough matchup against what's been a pretty good
Speaker 1: but a little inconsistent past defense. What do you think, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm I'm not going to give him the the A.
Speaker 1: I will give him a be though. He's had those
Speaker 1: couple of rough weeks, including one against Baltimore two and
Speaker 1: two against New England, but prior to that, he topped
Speaker 1: three hundred yards or thrown for three or more touchdowns
Speaker 1: in every other game this season. So Philly has been
Speaker 1: a break but don't bend defense allowing almost two touchdown
Speaker 1: passes per game, but only two hundred thirty six passing yards.
Speaker 1: Much of that is skewed, though, by who they've played.
Speaker 1: They held Matt Ryan in Week one, Sam Donald, Jimmy
Speaker 1: g and Jared Goff two very poor days, while Dak Mahomes,
Speaker 1: Brady and Derek Carr all had very good as and
Speaker 1: air bears in that ladder group, So I'm not too
Speaker 1: afraid of this one. Keenan Allen and Mike Williams, it's
Speaker 1: solely about volume for them in this one, because players
Speaker 1: who get to double digit targets against the Eagles have
Speaker 1: had awesome days, but there's only been two of them
Speaker 1: this year, Tyreek Hill and Antonio Brown. Through seven games.
Speaker 1: Mike Williams has three double digit target games while Keenan
Speaker 1: Allen has four. I'll give both of them bees in
Speaker 1: this one. Allen has an easier overall matchup going against
Speaker 1: slot corner Avante Maddox and Mike Williams. He moves around
Speaker 1: the field, so he'll see an equal dose of Darius
Speaker 1: Slay who's been good but beat able, and Stephen Nelson,
Speaker 1: who is easily roastable. He's allowing a passerrating of one
Speaker 1: oh five in his coverage. But Williams has been basically
Speaker 1: done nothing now for almost a month. This is a
Speaker 1: I don't think it's quite as obvious as you make
Speaker 1: it sound. Well, let's just wait and see. How about
Speaker 1: that chart? Okay, Jared Cook, he might be a sailor
Speaker 1: because he's seaworthy in this one. Yeah, I did it.
Speaker 1: There we go. He's seen twelve targets in his past
Speaker 1: two games. He's clearly above Donald Parham and Steven Anderson
Speaker 1: in the pecking order. The Eagles have allowed the most
Speaker 1: receptions on the season two tight ends at seven per game,
Speaker 1: and have allowed six touchdowns to the position over their
Speaker 1: eight contests. So he's he's getting a C grade in
Speaker 1: this one. Austin Ekeler he gets the A though. The
Speaker 1: Eagles are bottom ten in rushing yards allowed, rushing touchdowns,
Speaker 1: receptions to running backs, receiving yards, and total touches per
Speaker 1: game to the running back position. By the way, opposing
Speaker 1: backs are averaging thirty one touches per game against Philly,
Speaker 1: so Ackler is a cinch for at least twenty in
Speaker 1: this contest. The running back situation on the Philly side
Speaker 1: was all of might take a chance on me. Now,
Speaker 1: you don't get older points put together. You don't if
Speaker 1: they don't know he got it, he got it right.
Speaker 1: So uh, Jalen Reagor he's questionable with an ankle injury. Uh.
Speaker 1: Leaving Davonte Smith and Quez Watkins is the other wide receivers,
Speaker 1: but they're all on the bench. Asante Samuel and Michael
Speaker 1: Davis are the chargers two starting corners. It's been a
Speaker 1: little thorny though, because they're both on the injury report
Speaker 1: this week and there's a chance one or both might
Speaker 1: not go. But their backups have been quite good as well.
Speaker 1: Chris Harris and to Van Campbell have each seen extended
Speaker 1: playing time this year. Neither has allowed to touchdown in
Speaker 1: their coverage. The Chargers are the toughest matchup in the
Speaker 1: league for wide receivers, allowing the fewest receptions in yards
Speaker 1: to the position. They've only allowed three total touchdowns to
Speaker 1: wide receivers through seven games, and with her sketchy throwing ability,
Speaker 1: I'm leaving all the wide receivers on the bench. I
Speaker 1: will give a B grade to Dallas Goddard. It was
Speaker 1: highlighted last week without zach Ertz he's averaging about seventy
Speaker 1: yards per game, and last week he had six catches
Speaker 1: and seventy two yards. The Chargers are almost as week
Speaker 1: against the tight end as they are strong against the
Speaker 1: wide receiver. They've allowed the fifth most receiving yards and
Speaker 1: the sixth most touchdowns to the tight end position. So
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts he gets a B grade in this. Much
Speaker 1: of what Hurts does is on the ground, So here's
Speaker 1: how running quarterbacks have faced fared against the Chargers DC.
Speaker 1: He did not have one rushing attempt, but that was
Speaker 1: Week two and he's not a running quarterback anymore and
Speaker 1: probably built the rebuilt ankle. That's right if you consider
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes to be mobile, which I do. He had
Speaker 1: four forty five on the ground and to sixty and
Speaker 1: three through the air. Lamar had eight carries for fifty
Speaker 1: one yards. Didn't do too much through the air. But
Speaker 1: the Ravens blew out the Chargers so quickly in that one,
Speaker 1: so there's gonna be room to run, and I think
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts gets a lot of garbage time here. I
Speaker 1: probably put Hurts on under two yards passing, but I
Speaker 1: think he'll do really well on the ground to make
Speaker 1: up for that. I don't you know what I'm i
Speaker 1: I'm sniffing a dud here. I agree with you on
Speaker 1: the passing he's not going to get. He's not going
Speaker 1: to get the passing he won't and now you he
Speaker 1: has to run for fantasy points and that makes me nervous.
Speaker 1: I I hope I'm wrong, but I'm worried there's a
Speaker 1: scenario where he fails of Boat. I mean, if you
Speaker 1: consider Hurts the fourth running back on the Eagles, I
Speaker 1: also get him and take a chance on me too.
Speaker 1: Bears take on the Steelers, Brian, this has been an
Speaker 1: inept to Bears offense. Khalil Herbert ground Bear has been
Speaker 1: pretty reliable, but things are getting maybe a little muddier
Speaker 1: there too. What do you think of this offense against
Speaker 1: the Steelers. Yeah, brutal matchup for Khalil. I will mention
Speaker 1: David Montgomery has been designated to return from my R,
Speaker 1: but it's unlikely we see him this week. It's not
Speaker 1: a good spot to bring him back on the road
Speaker 1: against Pittsburgh, and it's really not a good spot for Herbert.
Speaker 1: But I will still give him a see based on volume.
Speaker 1: But a brutal matchup against a tough run defense and
Speaker 1: a likely negative game script for the Bears. Pittsburgh has
Speaker 1: allowed the ninth viewest fantasy points to running back so
Speaker 1: just to see for Khalil air Bear, I mean ground bear,
Speaker 1: my bad. Alan Robinson took a. It's sad to say
Speaker 1: he took a. He's a deep dart through. Might take
Speaker 1: a chance of me wide receiver. Come on, Allen Robinson
Speaker 1: one time, you can do it. I'm also gonna give
Speaker 1: Darnell Mooney a sea. Opposing wide receivers are averaging one
Speaker 1: and seventy yards at one point three touchdowns per game
Speaker 1: against the Steelers, and I just see the Bears in
Speaker 1: a lot of garbage time here, so I give a
Speaker 1: Mooney to see. He is questionable, but I think he
Speaker 1: will play uh in this one. Col Comet, I got
Speaker 1: him on the bench. The Steelers are top twelve in
Speaker 1: the fewest catches and yards allowed to opposing tight ends
Speaker 1: and justin fields. He's on the bench as well. Showed
Speaker 1: some flashes last week, but this is a brutal matchup
Speaker 1: for the rookie on the road, and Matt Naggy will
Speaker 1: be back on the sidelines. He's basically kryptonite to success.
Speaker 1: So h fields on the bench for this one. Over
Speaker 1: to the Steelers side. Not many players on the bench here,
Speaker 1: especially not Naji Harris. Gonna give him an a likely
Speaker 1: no Khalil Mac for the Bears on this one, who
Speaker 1: are allowing one thirteen rushing yards per game to opposing
Speaker 1: running backs. Running backs should be a positive game strip
Speaker 1: for Naji, So we'll love him this week and give
Speaker 1: him an a. UH. Deonte Johnson close to in a
Speaker 1: but just gonna give him a B here. Chicago's defense
Speaker 1: is a mess. They might also be missing safety Eddie
Speaker 1: Jackson in this game. The Bears have surrender. Yeah, the
Speaker 1: Bears have surrendered five wide receiver touchdowns and a one
Speaker 1: yard receiver over the last three games alone. Uh and
Speaker 1: Johnson will likely see a lot of cornerback Kindle Vildor,
Speaker 1: who owns a pathetic one and thirty nine passer raiding
Speaker 1: in his coverage and his Pro Football focuses. Nineties ranked
Speaker 1: quarterback Chase Claypool draws the tough matchup here with Jalen Johnson,
Speaker 1: so it's gonna give him a c um pat firemouth.
Speaker 1: He is on the bench. Only one tight end has
Speaker 1: scored against Chicago. Darren Waller and t J. Hogginson were
Speaker 1: held to four catches and forty something scoreless yards against
Speaker 1: the Bears. And lastly, I will give Ben Roethlisberger a
Speaker 1: C because that's just the best Ben is ever going
Speaker 1: to get for the rest of his career. Bears. Be
Speaker 1: fifty passing or two passing touchdowns, that's what you'll hope
Speaker 1: to get out of Ben in this one. Ben with
Speaker 1: one touchdown in every game, but one at one. That's
Speaker 1: it from Ben. I don't know that maybe this I
Speaker 1: think you might maybe gets to two here, but I'm
Speaker 1: with you on the sea grade for Ben. When we
Speaker 1: come back, Browns take on the Bengals. Will tell you
Speaker 1: what to expect from Nick Chubb and the rushing attack
Speaker 1: for the Browns in a matchup with Cincinnati in their division.
Speaker 1: And Premature Speculation will give you three players that you
Speaker 1: can pick up now that it real to be trying
Speaker 1: to pick up next week. Find out who they are
Speaker 1: when we return the Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back, final
Speaker 1: segment of Fantasy Football Weekly. As we always do, we
Speaker 1: start this segment with premature speculation, so players you want
Speaker 1: to pick up now before everybody else is scrambling to
Speaker 1: pick up these players next week, and we begin with
Speaker 1: Brian Johnson. I'm gonna go with Bill's wide receiver, Gabriel Davis,
Speaker 1: who this this time last year got really hot and
Speaker 1: carried a lot of teams to some fantasy championships. Now
Speaker 1: he hasn't really done a whole lot in the first
Speaker 1: half of the season, but last week he out targeted
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders, who did not catch a pass. Davis did.
Speaker 1: He caught four of his five targets, caught a touchdown.
Speaker 1: And you know something happens to Stefon Digs or Emmanuel Sanders.
Speaker 1: I think you get outright take his job back from
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders. But in that electric offense, if I've got
Speaker 1: an open spot on my bench, I'll stash Davis for
Speaker 1: a while and see if he blooms into something beautiful
Speaker 1: like a gentle flower. Yes, exactly, That's what I want
Speaker 1: on my team. Is I want to be stacked with
Speaker 1: gentle flowers on my squad. Matt, who is your premature
Speaker 1: speculation player. I got a gentle flower for your eight here.
Speaker 1: His name is Michael Gallup. Remember him. Uh. He did
Speaker 1: return to limited practice this week. For the Cowboys, although
Speaker 1: it seems unlikely he's gonna go uh for the Broncos
Speaker 1: this week. He's been sidelined since Week one with a
Speaker 1: calf injury. And remember he averaged over seven targets per
Speaker 1: game over the last two seasons, including last year with
Speaker 1: Ceedee Lamb on the field, and in Week one he
Speaker 1: saw seven targets before going out with an injury. The
Speaker 1: Cowboys have Atlanta, Kansas City two dates with Washington and
Speaker 1: the Giants still on the schedule. He's gonna see a
Speaker 1: lot of starting grades coming down the pipe, So go
Speaker 1: get Michael Gallup. Alright. My premature speculation player is Donovan
Speaker 1: People's Jones. Much has been made about oh b j
Speaker 1: leaving the Browns, not enough people talking about who's gonna
Speaker 1: fill that void. He leaves behind forty eight snaps per game,
Speaker 1: and Donovan People's Jones was playing really well in weeks
Speaker 1: five and six. He combined for one hundred seventy yards
Speaker 1: and two scores. Then he probably got hurt and missed
Speaker 1: two games. Now he's back, He's going to be starting,
Speaker 1: and he's Cleveland's best outside receiver and they need somebody
Speaker 1: besides Jarvis Landry can catch a damn pass. So we'll
Speaker 1: try d p J to spark what was And by
Speaker 1: the way, as a reminder end of last year, he
Speaker 1: was starting to be an impact player in December and
Speaker 1: into the playoffs last year, Donovan People's Jones, I think
Speaker 1: this is where we see the the the tilt up
Speaker 1: in his career right here. Let's hope that's the case anyway,
Speaker 1: because we're optimius on this show. I mean, he's a
Speaker 1: beautiful flower too. Yeah, And it's a perfect segue to
Speaker 1: my final matchup of this show, which involves the Browns
Speaker 1: and the Bengals, And as you can imagine, I've got
Speaker 1: a starting grade on Donovan People's Jones, who will face
Speaker 1: the very burnable Eli Apple most often. The Mengels did
Speaker 1: no intention of starting Apple this year, but Trey Waynes
Speaker 1: can't stay on the field. Apple ranks his Pro Football
Speaker 1: focuses one hundred seventh cornerback, and dpj's playing well. As
Speaker 1: I had mentioned he had for prior to getting hurt,
Speaker 1: he had been a very viable fantasy receiver. So he
Speaker 1: comes back with a C grade in this game. But
Speaker 1: I've only got a bench grade on Baker Mayfield. Um. Yes,
Speaker 1: Mike White just destroyed the Bengal secondary. But on the
Speaker 1: whole they've been pretty good, giving up two hundred sixty
Speaker 1: yards in one touchdown per game. And Baker Mayfield just,
Speaker 1: you know, the shoulder just isn't right and he doesn't
Speaker 1: look right. He's averaging less than one touchdown pass per game.
Speaker 1: Maybe he gets better with Odell Beckham off the field,
Speaker 1: which I mean that could be a that that kind
Speaker 1: of drama could be ruining things and getting him off
Speaker 1: the field might actually be helpful. And he did throw
Speaker 1: seven touchdowns against Cincinnati last year. Maybe I'll move Baker
Speaker 1: Mayfield to a C grade after all, I don't charge
Speaker 1: Mike White had two arms when he played against the
Speaker 1: Bengals last point and Baker's got like one point three. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so there's that. Jarvis Landry has seen eighteen targets in
Speaker 1: his two games since coming back from injury. He played
Speaker 1: of the snaps last week, and he's the most bankable
Speaker 1: of the Browns receivers. He runs from the lot. That
Speaker 1: puts him up against Mike Hilton, a solid cornerback. Hilton
Speaker 1: has a lot of touchdown hasn't allowed a touchdown since
Speaker 1: the opener, is giving up just seventeen yards per game
Speaker 1: and coverage. So just the C grade for Jarvis Landry
Speaker 1: as well. Let's talk about the running backs for the Browns,
Speaker 1: for Nick Chubb, and we told you this last week, Peacock.
Speaker 1: Nick Chubb is not gonna suddenly turn into a nine workhorse.
Speaker 1: We knew we were gonna see. He's gonna stay doing
Speaker 1: what he had been doing, and that's you know, it's
Speaker 1: a lot of what we got from him. It's still
Speaker 1: a timeshare now with the Ernest Johnson, who will talk
Speaker 1: about in a second. Chubb faces a difficult matchup against
Speaker 1: the Bengals team that's shockingly improved against the run, giving
Speaker 1: up the fifth fewest rushing yards, only sixty eight per
Speaker 1: game to opposing running backs and just three point seven
Speaker 1: yards per carry that is sixth fewest. The best way
Speaker 1: for running backs to beat Cincinnati is through the air,
Speaker 1: but that's not Chubb's game. He hasn't seen more than
Speaker 1: two targets in any game this year. So I've just
Speaker 1: got a B grade on Nick Chubb. He's obviously an
Speaker 1: elite level back, but this is a very tough matchup.
Speaker 1: D Ernest Johnson's snapshare last week was one third of
Speaker 1: the plays, and this is a tricky matchup. As I said,
Speaker 1: I don't think he's gonna get a lot done on
Speaker 1: the ground, but he can chip in through the air
Speaker 1: because Chubb doesn't catch and Johnson can catch. Some Bengals
Speaker 1: allowing the most receptions and the third most receiving yards
Speaker 1: to the position. So I've got the ernest Johnson is
Speaker 1: a C grade on the prospect of him getting four
Speaker 1: or five receptions in this game. Let's go to the
Speaker 1: Bengals side of this one and we'll we'll start with
Speaker 1: the passing game. Joe Burrow gets to be He's the
Speaker 1: only quarterback with multiple touchdowns in every game. Cleveland's defense,
Speaker 1: while definitely improved from last year, still gets beaten by
Speaker 1: good quarterbacks, and Joe Burrow belongs to that category. He's
Speaker 1: a good quarterback. Patrick Mahomes justin air bear Kyler Murray
Speaker 1: averaging a whopping three hundred twenty one yards and three
Speaker 1: and a half touchdown passes against Cleveland. Everybody else is
Speaker 1: only a hundred ninety yards in one touchdown. So it's
Speaker 1: it's all or nothing against the against Cleveland, and I
Speaker 1: think Joe Burrows earned the all, not the nothing here
Speaker 1: and Obviously, Jamaar Chase is great and you're as you're
Speaker 1: gonna hear in a minute. I do like some of
Speaker 1: his receiver matchups, so let's go to Jamaar Chase. Um
Speaker 1: obvious a grade in my mind. In the in a nutshell,
Speaker 1: Cleveland has been a good secondary, but good receivers find
Speaker 1: their way to good games against them anyway. Um Chase
Speaker 1: should farewell on the outside against Denzil a Ward, who
Speaker 1: has surrendered a one percent catch rate and a touchdown
Speaker 1: in the last two games. T Higgins interesting. In the
Speaker 1: six games of which he's been active, he's actually out
Speaker 1: targeted Jamaar Chase. He's notched at least sixty yards and
Speaker 1: three of the last five games, culminating in a season
Speaker 1: high nineties seven yards last week for T Higgins, But
Speaker 1: he doesn't get the explosive plays that all that stuff
Speaker 1: goes to Chase. Still, he's got a slightly positive matchup
Speaker 1: on the outside against solid rookie cornerback Greg Newsome, and
Speaker 1: I've got a B grade on T Higgins. How about
Speaker 1: c jo Zuma. Shockingly good over the last five games,
Speaker 1: but his volume is super low. He's two and three
Speaker 1: catches a game and he needs touchdowns for fantasy relevancy.
Speaker 1: The Browns got slacked by Travis Kelsey in Week one,
Speaker 1: but since then they've only given up one touchdown the
Speaker 1: rest of the way, and they're only averaging three catches
Speaker 1: for thirty one yards to tight ends. So I've got
Speaker 1: a wobbly C grade on c jo Zuma and just
Speaker 1: know that if he doesn't score, he probably hurts your team.
Speaker 1: Tyler Boyd is on the bench. He's been better lately,
Speaker 1: but I don't like his matchup in the slot against
Speaker 1: Troy Hill, who has only allowed one touchdown all year
Speaker 1: and gives up an average of two catches for twenty
Speaker 1: six yards and his coverage, so he goes back to
Speaker 1: the bench. Joe Mixons is a tricky one and I
Speaker 1: really struggled with where to put him. Guys, his rushing
Speaker 1: yards and yards per carry a decreased in three secutive games,
Speaker 1: bottoming out at two point four yards per carry against
Speaker 1: the Jets last week. How did you shockingly bad? Fortunately,
Speaker 1: he's getting more receiving work lately, but he might struggle
Speaker 1: in both areas against the Browns team allowing the sixth
Speaker 1: fewest rushing yards and the fifth fewest receiving yards per
Speaker 1: game to opposing backs. That's only total yards per game,
Speaker 1: third fewest in the league. And I don't know, I'm
Speaker 1: nervous about Mixing in this one. I'm giving him a
Speaker 1: C grade here. Uh, this is a very tough matchup
Speaker 1: and he hasn't been running well lately, so I do
Speaker 1: have some concern for Joe Mixing and just the C
Speaker 1: grade an unusually low rank for him. Alright, our final
Speaker 1: matchup of this show is Titans taking on the Rams,
Speaker 1: and there's a lot of new variables for this Titans offense. Matt, Yeah,
Speaker 1: this one's gross. And they play Sunday night, so the
Speaker 1: pivot players are going to be super weird. And with
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh and Chicago playing on Monday night, there's not a
Speaker 1: lot of great moves can make if some of these
Speaker 1: guys don't make it. Well, let's start with the running
Speaker 1: game on the Titan side. Derrick Henry obviously had the
Speaker 1: big injury, probably done for the season. Darrenton Evan Darrnton
Speaker 1: Evans is also on i R, so we get Jeremy
Speaker 1: Nichols and Adrian Peterson likely for the rest of the year.
Speaker 1: Charch Use McNichols is just take a chance on me
Speaker 1: player Peterson, I'm not going to recommend the starting this week,
Speaker 1: although Charch said he had a B grade on him.
Speaker 1: RAMS are only allowing eighty rushing yards per game to
Speaker 1: the position. All of aps yards will likely be on
Speaker 1: the ground, and I think he's splitting a little bit
Speaker 1: of that with McNichols, who knows the playbook a little
Speaker 1: bit better and should certainly be in in passing situations.
Speaker 1: So I'm I'm gonna keep Peterson on the bench if
Speaker 1: it's me. But if you believe in Charch in that way,
Speaker 1: Charge says, it's more like Adrian Baterson. Oh, I don't
Speaker 1: know what I'm going to accommodate you, and I'm going
Speaker 1: to move into a secret. Okay, there we go. You've
Speaker 1: talked me to him. So let's move on to the
Speaker 1: wide receiver position. I'm gonna start with Julio quote limited
Speaker 1: with a hamstring injury. Jones, who was back as a
Speaker 1: full going practice obviously, but then A J. Brown missed
Speaker 1: practice on Friday, and we don't know why as of yet.
Speaker 1: So that's kind of mysterious because he was a full
Speaker 1: go on Wednesday and Thursday, and he comes up with
Speaker 1: a miss practice on Friday, and this is a late game,
Speaker 1: and this is a huge This is a huge problem
Speaker 1: for fantasy owners to try to figure this out with
Speaker 1: A J. Brown. You said pivot plays, you got Allen
Speaker 1: Robinson played Monday Night. Robinson, you can get him on
Speaker 1: the cheap um. A. J. Brown has been on fire
Speaker 1: lately and if he's healthy, he should see an uptick
Speaker 1: and work with the loss of Derrick Henry. The question
Speaker 1: is will he see shadow coverage from Jalen Ramsey. Now
Speaker 1: it's probably not full time. He'll see Ramsey on probably
Speaker 1: half his snaps. Ramsey has not been a shadow cover
Speaker 1: corner for most of the year. When he's not on Ramsey,
Speaker 1: he'll face Dante Dion, who is five ft nine and
Speaker 1: a hundred and fifty nine pounds. I could dominate that guy,
Speaker 1: he's so tiny. And then David Long is the other
Speaker 1: corner he'd face, and he's given up a passerrating of
Speaker 1: over a hundred in two straight games and that was
Speaker 1: against the Lions wide receivers and the Texans wide receivers.
Speaker 1: So if Julio goes, and I think Julio is gonna go,
Speaker 1: I'm giving him a bee. And if Brown goes, he
Speaker 1: also gets a bee simply because he will get about
Speaker 1: half of his snaps on Jalen Ramsey. I think solid
Speaker 1: rudy refference there by the way, with the he's so tiny,
Speaker 1: how's then? Or is he so little? Never mind? Uh,
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill, he's larger. I think the Titans offense is
Speaker 1: going to have to reinvent itself on the fly, and
Speaker 1: to me, that means the balls in Tannehill's hands much
Speaker 1: more often. The Rams sound tough, but they allowed the
Speaker 1: third most passing attempts and the third most passing completions
Speaker 1: and the fourth most passing yards so far this season.
Speaker 1: So I think Tannehill is in a good spot here. Actually,
Speaker 1: I'm going to give him a B grade. Um Cooper
Speaker 1: Cup is my fantasy ard Vark this week going up
Speaker 1: against the Titans, and Matthew Stafford's in obvious A grade.
Speaker 1: Robert Woods is an A grade two, and Van Jefferson
Speaker 1: was might take a chance on me wide receiver. I'll
Speaker 1: just note that the Titans are allowing sixteen and a
Speaker 1: half receptions, two hundred sixteen yards and a touchdown and
Speaker 1: a half per game to the wide receiver position, all
Speaker 1: of which are either the worst or almost the worst
Speaker 1: in the league. Tyler Higbee, he's on the bench, though
Speaker 1: he's very touchdown dependent and the game script probably won't
Speaker 1: favor him needing to run routes in this one for
Speaker 1: very long. Plus, Tennessee weirdly good against the tight end position.
Speaker 1: They mostly held Travis Kelsey in check and the only
Speaker 1: three scores that have come against them have been no
Speaker 1: name tight ends getting goal line passes like literally like
Speaker 1: one catch, one yard, one touchdown passes against Tennessee. Darryl
Speaker 1: Henderson is the last guy I'll mention. I'm giving him
Speaker 1: a B grade in this one. It's been very easy
Speaker 1: to pass against the Titans, so teams haven't run very
Speaker 1: much against them, but they are allowing a robust four
Speaker 1: point six yards per carry, and without Derrick Henry in
Speaker 1: this game, this could turn out to be a run
Speaker 1: out the clock scenario for the Rams in the second half.
Speaker 1: A lot of garbage time in this one, so it
Speaker 1: wouldn't surprise me of Darryl Henderson's getting some extra touches
Speaker 1: in the second half of this game, but not Sony Michelle,
Speaker 1: not Sony walk No, We're not going that far. It's
Speaker 1: crazy god who dodged bull with that? Yeah? Uh, guys,
Speaker 1: we got a couple of minutes here at the end
Speaker 1: of the show. Does it go without saying, there's nobody
Speaker 1: you would trade one for one, which for Jonathan Taylor.
Speaker 1: You have Jonathan Taylor. There's no offer that's gonna make
Speaker 1: you move Jonathan Taylor, including Cooper Cup. Yeah. I was
Speaker 1: gonna say it would either be Cooper Cup or maybe
Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara kind of the last standing stud running back
Speaker 1: out there. But me thinks Jonathan Taylor is gonna be
Speaker 1: on a lot of championship winning rosters come late December
Speaker 1: January and fantasy football. Yeah, I feel Taylor's the guy.
Speaker 1: The only other guy I think that I might consider
Speaker 1: is maybe Tyreek hill Um, just because his target load
Speaker 1: is so heavy there and it's still the Chief's offense.
Speaker 1: Jamaar Chase is up there too, just because of the explosiveness,
Speaker 1: and I think that if you're the Jamaar Chase owner,
Speaker 1: maybe you dangle Jamar Chase out there and see if
Speaker 1: you can get Jonathan Taylor right now after that game,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be really tough. Is a tough moment, isn't
Speaker 1: it a trade for Jonathan Taylor too for two at
Speaker 1: that point. Sticking with that game, what do you see
Speaker 1: for Michael Pittman's dynasty or empire outlook as you look
Speaker 1: ahead even future seasons? Is he moving into the conversation,
Speaker 1: is maybe a top ten dynasty asset at receiver. It's
Speaker 1: starting to look that way. I still might lean towards
Speaker 1: some of the older guys. It's a good three or
Speaker 1: four years left, but top fifteen, top twenty for sure.
Speaker 1: Pittman's looked amazing so far this year. It really has.
Speaker 1: And don't forget Carson one is still pretty young, and
Speaker 1: the way he's playing, which is by and large been
Speaker 1: pretty good. It looks like there's gonna be a connection
Speaker 1: there for years to come. Well, and the and the
Speaker 1: best part about Pittman is he doesn't have to deal
Speaker 1: with Carson Wentz is stupid throws that he makes. He
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