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Speaker 1: today Scott Fish and Matt Harrison. Hello, guys, greetings, it's
Speaker 1: a big, big bye week. Oh Man, week number Uh
Speaker 1: well it's week number nine, but nine times six quite
Speaker 1: not quite, doesn't quite work that way, uh six teams
Speaker 1: on by. We're gonna test the metal of a lot
Speaker 1: of fantasy owners, the depth of your roster. If you've
Speaker 1: been coasting on two good players, maybe not so more,
Speaker 1: not so much, maybe no longer, I don't know, Yes,
Speaker 1: something like that. We've got we'll break down all of
Speaker 1: the games with the remaining games, whatever is left on
Speaker 1: this rock. Right, So we've got three games missing, We've
Speaker 1: got one that happened Thursdays games. I think that's all
Speaker 1: that's left. Not a lot, So we'll zip through those,
Speaker 1: will go through take a chance, I mean which we
Speaker 1: give you nine players you would not normally start. Many
Speaker 1: of them were available on the waiver wire and man,
Speaker 1: do you need it this week? You do? Between the
Speaker 1: bye weeks and the injuries, it's a it's a terrible landscape.
Speaker 1: We're here to help with players you can pick up
Speaker 1: and start, and then premature speculation, as always, I want
Speaker 1: to start with this, just a personal anecdote. I performed
Speaker 1: a great sabotage drop this week. It was surgical. It
Speaker 1: was surgical. Now it was in a guillotine league, which
Speaker 1: is a little bit different. Ten teams left in this league.
Speaker 1: I dropped with no other quarterback on my roster. I
Speaker 1: dropped Lamar Jackson on Tuesday in the hope of getting
Speaker 1: somebody to burn a bunch of fab on him. Now,
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson has not been a very good quarterback for
Speaker 1: a while. He's gonna be missing key receivers this week
Speaker 1: and then he's going into his by So I'm like,
Speaker 1: this is the perfect chance to try to get somebody
Speaker 1: to use up some fab. And you think you're gonna
Speaker 1: get him back in two weeks, And that's right, that's
Speaker 1: exactly right. There's a decent chance in a guillotine league
Speaker 1: format his owner will get cut this week or cut
Speaker 1: next week, and I can have him back then or
Speaker 1: just find somebody else. So I cut him out right,
Speaker 1: And even at this moment as we're talking, I don't
Speaker 1: have a quarterback out my roster yet for Sunday. So
Speaker 1: then I actually end up putting a bid on him,
Speaker 1: but a very small bid in case he would like
Speaker 1: get all the way through waivers. Now, the average team
Speaker 1: in this league's got about two fifty dollars out of
Speaker 1: their starting thousand left, and one person the winning bid
Speaker 1: seventy one dollars, so about a quarter of his remain
Speaker 1: about a quarter of the remaining fab And I consider
Speaker 1: this to be a slight win right now for me. Now, Lamar,
Speaker 1: maybe Lamar Jackson runs for two n on hundreyards and
Speaker 1: it looked like an idiot, and you're not starting a
Speaker 1: quarterback this week, so obviously that's bad. I'm going to
Speaker 1: I'm going to find a quarterback this week. I don't
Speaker 1: know who it is yet, but I've got a bunch
Speaker 1: of bids. Pay Maybe we can help you and take
Speaker 1: a chance on me. Wouldn't that be perfect? But for
Speaker 1: anybody who thinks that we're all talking no action on
Speaker 1: the whole Savantage drop concert, there you go, you know,
Speaker 1: charge I think that if you're going to put a
Speaker 1: player on waivers or you're going to drop them for
Speaker 1: for your waiver system and guillotines, I think you drop
Speaker 1: them before you have to morning. But but but I
Speaker 1: think that you do that regardless, like like the whole way.
Speaker 1: If you know a guy's not going to be on
Speaker 1: your roster, you drop him right away just to see
Speaker 1: if that name will fetch some dollars. You're trying to
Speaker 1: get people to spend those bucks. Yeah, and I've done
Speaker 1: that the key, the key receivers, I've dropped our chase
Speaker 1: and Mike Williams was in a guillotine again. I'm talking
Speaker 1: guillotine format where you just you know, you're my visions
Speaker 1: like two and three weeks out. That's that's the lot is.
Speaker 1: That is doesn't matter to me. And those guys have yielded.
Speaker 1: You know, people spend big money on those players. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and they're gonna burn a roster spot on him for
Speaker 1: a long time. All right, let's get right into the matchups.
Speaker 1: Let's begin with Scott Rams taking on the Bucks. Rams
Speaker 1: running back position is to It's it's a mess, Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's it's a mess. I'm gonna the Ronney Rivers
Speaker 1: thing from last week. Darrell Henderson came into the game.
Speaker 1: He was sick all week. There was a little tiny
Speaker 1: amount of expectation out there that he would be limited
Speaker 1: and a guy like Ronnie Vers could get some run.
Speaker 1: I I did, he just didn't do anything. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think that was a one week old nominly. Now we're
Speaker 1: sitting on a week where Kiren Williams is getting you know,
Speaker 1: teased as a pregame activision activation not activision, that would
Speaker 1: be an old game system. Um cam akers. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: liked chopper command as a chopper command. I think it
Speaker 1: was chopp lifter chopper command. I love I love when
Speaker 1: misspeaking everyone on a tangent cam. Hackers is backpracticing with
Speaker 1: the team and he might be active. But assuming that
Speaker 1: all stands as it currently sits as we record this,
Speaker 1: I have Henderson with a C grade. He The problem
Speaker 1: is he is going to split touches. He's only had
Speaker 1: six of the running back touches once this year, so
Speaker 1: he splits every game even when he's healthy. It's a
Speaker 1: decent matchup though against the Bucks, do you who We've
Speaker 1: we've mentioned a few times in this show it's not
Speaker 1: the stout rundee of old. They've allowed a hundred fifty
Speaker 1: plus total yards each of the last two weeks. But
Speaker 1: Henderson's gonna split, So I can only give him a
Speaker 1: C right here, makers lurking right, and every everyone lurking.
Speaker 1: But as I just mentioned, it doesn't matter. It can
Speaker 1: be Ronnie Raber, Rivers and Malcolm Brown. He splits every
Speaker 1: game no matter what. He doesn't get over. So in
Speaker 1: the Rams passing game, I have Stafford with a B.
Speaker 1: The Bucks allowed five of the last six quarterbacks to
Speaker 1: have multiple scores. Stafford only has one game one multiple
Speaker 1: score game this season, but he's been a borderline lock
Speaker 1: for two three hundred yards each game. And I think
Speaker 1: this is a little bit of a get right here
Speaker 1: where he'll get that yard edge, he'll get one of
Speaker 1: two scores that's right in that B grade range. Maybe
Speaker 1: you know, maybe a high sea what is that Brian
Speaker 1: called an ectos cooler? Yeah, yeah, But no, I have
Speaker 1: a beyond him. Tyler Higbee's all getting also getting to
Speaker 1: be for me. He's a averaging seven targets per game.
Speaker 1: Tight ends with that level of targets against the Bucks
Speaker 1: have averaged six catches for sixty yards. That's B bordering
Speaker 1: on a level. If they score and half of the
Speaker 1: tight end half of those tight ends that did that scored,
Speaker 1: sounds like you should just make him an A. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I suppose the Bucks have allowed four touchdowns in the
Speaker 1: last five games. They're the fourth thesist against. You know,
Speaker 1: I'll do it. I'll do it. I'll do it. But
Speaker 1: you know, with six teams on by, there's let's do it.
Speaker 1: I don't like doing it, but I guess I'll do it.
Speaker 1: Uh over on the bottle. I didn't even do the
Speaker 1: wide receivers. Let's do the wide receivers quickly. Yeah, Cooper, well,
Speaker 1: I got two grades. I got Cooper cup with his
Speaker 1: usual A. I don't care if he tapes up his
Speaker 1: ankle and he's like slightly hobbled, he's still gonna find
Speaker 1: ninety five yards in a touchdown hobbled. I don't know
Speaker 1: how he does it. He just does it. As for
Speaker 1: Allen Robinson, he's got a C grade for me. Here's
Speaker 1: what number two wide receivers have done against the Bucks
Speaker 1: average of four and a half catches in sixty yards.
Speaker 1: Four of those eight that the eight Number two receivers
Speaker 1: they played scored. Uh, there's B level grades all over
Speaker 1: the map. As the second receiver against the Bucks, so
Speaker 1: that's why I have Robinson as and especially if Cup
Speaker 1: becomes slightly a decoy, then Robinson might see a little
Speaker 1: more action. But that's it. In the passing game. You're
Speaker 1: way more optimistic about Allen Robins. Yeah, I feel like
Speaker 1: it's a C grade. It's barely anything. It's a C
Speaker 1: grade with six teams on buy is what it is.
Speaker 1: On the other side, I have a B grade on
Speaker 1: bout on Tom Brady. Since Josh Allen tor up the
Speaker 1: Rams and the opener, the Rams have only allied Loud
Speaker 1: five passing touchdowns and an average of hundred and seventy
Speaker 1: two yards per game. That's terrible, but it was against
Speaker 1: Ayota and Cooper Rush and Jacob Easton and p J.
Speaker 1: Walker and Jimmy g a couple of times, and it
Speaker 1: was statistically the softest quarterback schedule based on what those
Speaker 1: quarterbacks have done outside of the game they played against
Speaker 1: the against the Rams, so it's a it was a
Speaker 1: pretty easy schedule. Brady's second in the NFL, and passing
Speaker 1: he's gained two two four yards per game. Uh, the
Speaker 1: problem is he's not scoring multiple touchdowns. I have him
Speaker 1: with one to two in this so I got him
Speaker 1: with a B grade. Evans and Godwin Evans, I got
Speaker 1: the A grade god when I got the B grade.
Speaker 1: Evans has twenty six targets in the last two games,
Speaker 1: five of those reds on targets. Godwin has twenty four.
Speaker 1: They're two of the top five target getters in the
Speaker 1: NFL and the last for the last two weeks. Evans
Speaker 1: has a third of Brady's touchdown passes and has top
Speaker 1: ninety five yards and three the last five. That's why
Speaker 1: he is getting the A grade. Wow, Jalen Ramsey has
Speaker 1: been awesome. Get this. I'm still games. Jalen Ramsey's averaging
Speaker 1: one catch for six yards in his coverage and you
Speaker 1: can't can inch me. He's gonna be anywhere else besides
Speaker 1: Mike Evans. I don't think you're giving that matchup between
Speaker 1: all right. I have a tough time believing the force
Speaker 1: fed targets aren't gonna get and Evans has a height advantage.
Speaker 1: I feel like Evans can still do it against Ramsey.
Speaker 1: I we should look up Ramsey and Evans prehistorical stats
Speaker 1: there Um god with with B grades six plus catches
Speaker 1: in all five games since returning from injury. The problem
Speaker 1: is he's not getting the yardage. It's only one game
Speaker 1: over seventy five yards, so he's got a B level
Speaker 1: floor for me there. I do have Otton and Braid
Speaker 1: on the bench. The rams are number one against the
Speaker 1: tight ends, and Brad might come back which will limit
Speaker 1: them both. Otton would be an interesting dart throw if
Speaker 1: he's the sole guy, but I'm on the bench for now.
Speaker 1: But in the running game for Net's the only guy
Speaker 1: I have with a grade. Uh, it's a B grade here.
Speaker 1: Rams d is top five against running backs, not allowing
Speaker 1: a hundred yard rusher. H Christian McCaffrey, however, tore him
Speaker 1: up in back to back games, and four Net can
Speaker 1: catch the ball quite a bit. He's in eight team
Speaker 1: plus touches. Uh, He's got a pre grade just on volume,
Speaker 1: in the fact that he gets a lot of pass
Speaker 1: game work. Rashad Whites on the bench though, only seven,
Speaker 1: seven or eight touches in every game since the opener,
Speaker 1: So I'm projecting seven or eight touches here. But he's
Speaker 1: been under forty five yards and all but one of
Speaker 1: those games, so I'm gonna keep him on the bench.
Speaker 1: Leonard for NET is not top four yards per carry
Speaker 1: since the season opened. Its volume, it's all volume. It's
Speaker 1: this there's at some point a desperate Bucks team. Unless
Speaker 1: his offense turns around, He's gonna make the change at
Speaker 1: running back. The only two duds on four NET in
Speaker 1: four NET scheduled this season. We're in those blowout games.
Speaker 1: The closer games is where he makes his hay and
Speaker 1: I think this one's gonna be closer. Panthers take on
Speaker 1: the Bengals and this is DJ Moore with one of
Speaker 1: the electrifying touchdowns of the season last week, and I
Speaker 1: kind of like him in a another opportunity spots start here. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's getting a shocking forty five per cent of his
Speaker 1: team's are yards. That's the most in the league. And
Speaker 1: since Walker has taken over at quarterback, he's only gotten
Speaker 1: better scored in two straight double digit targets and two
Speaker 1: straight teras. Marshall actually getting all the extra snap since
Speaker 1: Robbie Anderson left home saw nine targets last week, posted
Speaker 1: eighties seven yards. Since he is allowing only ten and
Speaker 1: a half wide receiver receptions per game, that's the fifth
Speaker 1: fewest in the league. But cornerback Mike Hilton has been
Speaker 1: ruled out. Trey Flowers hasn't practiced all week with a
Speaker 1: hamstring injury. They already lost cornerback A Woozy. A. Yes, Uh,
Speaker 1: so we're down to like fourth and fifth and sixth
Speaker 1: cornerbacks that are going to be on the field for Cincinnati. Um,
Speaker 1: I'll give d J. More and a here and Terris
Speaker 1: Marshall worth a look if you're in a deep league
Speaker 1: and in by week. Hell uh, p J Walker. Next
Speaker 1: Gen stats gives Walker the least time to throw in
Speaker 1: the league this year. Weirdly, Tom Brady is second and
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers is third. No wonder why they're not having
Speaker 1: a very good season. Uh, it's just not as lucrative
Speaker 1: a matchup as it was against Atlanta last week. Since
Speaker 1: he has only allowed seven passing scores through eight games.
Speaker 1: Obviously a lot of corners injured there. I'd want to
Speaker 1: keep Walker on the bench. I could see a C
Speaker 1: grade if you really really need a guy in in
Speaker 1: this weird bye week. Uh. The only other guy to
Speaker 1: start is Donta Foreman, who gets a B grade. Here
Speaker 1: twin one and eighteen rushing yard games since CMC left
Speaker 1: Town added three touchdowns last week. Tuba is already out
Speaker 1: this week as well, so it's all form and this
Speaker 1: week the Bengals are a much tougher tests though. Their
Speaker 1: top ten in yards per carry, rushing touchdowns, and allowed
Speaker 1: com and allowed combo yards to opposing back, so top
Speaker 1: ten in all those categories. On the since side, Joe
Speaker 1: Burrow gets an A grade. Even in the weird loss
Speaker 1: last week to Cleveland, Burrow still put up decent fantasy numbers.
Speaker 1: The Panthers have allowed the sixth most completed passes this season,
Speaker 1: in the twelveth most yards, and Marcus Mariott to just
Speaker 1: passed for two fifty three and three. On this defense,
Speaker 1: Burrow can do at least that. Tyler Boyd gets a
Speaker 1: B and t Higgins it's an A. None of the
Speaker 1: Carolina corners are particularly good, and they've been moving Higgins
Speaker 1: around a ten mismatches. I think Horne is really good
Speaker 1: and getting better, and Donte Jackson is a gambler, but
Speaker 1: he can be good too. They're not as good as
Speaker 1: te Higgins, though that's probably true. The Panthers are allowing
Speaker 1: the second most receptions and the eleventh most yards per
Speaker 1: game to the wide receiver position. Hence, I don't think
Speaker 1: their corners are all that good. Hayden Hurst startable with
Speaker 1: a C grade. Panthers have given up some big days
Speaker 1: to tight ends in the past few weeks. Some random
Speaker 1: guy named Kyle Pitts had eighty in a score last week,
Speaker 1: Kate Otten had sixty four the week before, and Zach
Speaker 1: Ertz had forty seven and to score a few weeks ago. Finally,
Speaker 1: Joe Mixon, Yeah, I want to give him an A,
Speaker 1: but he hasn't been good all year. He scored three
Speaker 1: times in eight games. His high mark for rushing yards
Speaker 1: is eight two. In the six of eight games he's played,
Speaker 1: he's been held under three point five yards per carry.
Speaker 1: The Panthers are allowing the sixth most comboy yards to
Speaker 1: opposing runners at a hundred and thirty eight per game,
Speaker 1: and they just allowed Caleb Huntley to run for nine
Speaker 1: one last week. I'll give him a B and hope
Speaker 1: for the best. But kind of like Leonard four Net,
Speaker 1: I think the end is creeping up on Joe Mixon,
Speaker 1: and if he goes off this week, I would trade
Speaker 1: Joe Mixon as soon as I am able. He's uh,
Speaker 1: he's getting a lot more attention in the passing game
Speaker 1: up late. And that first game without Jamaar Chase, what
Speaker 1: do you have like nine targets nine times that Donta Foreman.
Speaker 1: By the way, just because you mean you mentioned him,
Speaker 1: I'll just say this, Uh, donte Foreman has is really
Speaker 1: our lone success story coming off Achilles. Now it's four
Speaker 1: years later. It takes four years, right, but tip of
Speaker 1: the hat to dott a Foreman as the really the
Speaker 1: only running back you can point at and go, here's
Speaker 1: somebody who has salvaged a career. He's running at five
Speaker 1: yards per carry and again four years off. So three
Speaker 1: years from now, cam Acres, James Robinson their back, baby.
Speaker 1: That's right, They're gonna have a great season when we
Speaker 1: come back. Dolphins take on the Bears. Will break down
Speaker 1: Raheem Mostard's prospects and take a chance on me. Nine
Speaker 1: players not normally and you're starting line up in a
Speaker 1: brutal bite week. We'll tell you some guys you can
Speaker 1: lean upon who are available in your league. Take a
Speaker 1: chance on me. At nine players not normally and you're
Speaker 1: starting line up. Many of these guys are available on
Speaker 1: the waiver wire. In fact, I think I bet on
Speaker 1: average of seven of these nine are going to be
Speaker 1: available on your way. Yeah, let's bed with the quarterback position,
Speaker 1: Scott Fish. I'm going with a trend that started a
Speaker 1: few weeks ago for us. It's played the quarterback that
Speaker 1: plays the Raiders. I'm going with Trevor Lawrence. He's playing
Speaker 1: the Raiders who have allowed multiple touchdowns every quarterback they've faced.
Speaker 1: Trevor is decently most mobile, and they have allowed three
Speaker 1: rushing scores as well. When guys like Andy Dalton and
Speaker 1: Davis Mills and and Russell Wilson can have solid fantasy days,
Speaker 1: you know what each way to didn't get the Russell
Speaker 1: Wilson didn't. Yeah, he's averaging more Fantasy points than five
Speaker 1: of the seven quarterbacks who put up those decent days
Speaker 1: so far this this year against the Raiders, Matt, you'll
Speaker 1: take a chance, I mean quarterback. I want to mostly
Speaker 1: point out that Aaron Rodgers is one of nine players
Speaker 1: who might be in your might not be in your
Speaker 1: starting lineup, and one of which who might be found
Speaker 1: on the waiver wire, and I might dropped him in.
Speaker 1: Rogers has been mostly bad this year. It might not
Speaker 1: be all his fault. I mentioned that he's had the
Speaker 1: third least amount of time to throw in the pocket
Speaker 1: as both of his starting tackles have been injured. But
Speaker 1: he did show a little glimpse of life against Buffalo
Speaker 1: last week. And for as bad as he's been, the
Speaker 1: Lions defense has been worse. In DFS, You've won a
Speaker 1: lot of money this year if you've just done game
Speaker 1: stacks with and against the Lions to A three two
Speaker 1: and three Gno. Three twenty and two plus forty nine
Speaker 1: and one on the ground Carson Wentz even three thirty
Speaker 1: seven and three, Jalen Hurts, Kirk Cousins put up good games.
Speaker 1: Plus Rogers has thrown multiple touchdown passes in eleven straight
Speaker 1: games where he started and finished against the Lions, and
Speaker 1: eighteen in his career. Just owns the Lions. Taylor Heineke
Speaker 1: takes on his former team, the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings
Speaker 1: zone defense is very soft at the linebacker level and coverage,
Speaker 1: and that's right on target for Heineke, averaging seven and
Speaker 1: a half yards per attempt. I see a lot of
Speaker 1: short completions coming, maybe not the explosive place, but a
Speaker 1: plenty of short ones. The LAS two teams to face
Speaker 1: Minnesota have thrown for three hundred twenty six yards and
Speaker 1: four hundred seven yards. Both Terry McLaren and Curtis Samuel
Speaker 1: strongly positive matchups. As you will hear in just a
Speaker 1: few minutes, Let's go to the core running back position.
Speaker 1: Let's do it. This is one of those guys that's
Speaker 1: probably not on your way for wire anymore after the
Speaker 1: trade ditline. But you might be hesitant to start. I'm
Speaker 1: saying you should. Uh. Nahem Hines new running back, pass
Speaker 1: catching running back for the Buffalo Bills. They were desperately
Speaker 1: trying to fill this role over the off season. They
Speaker 1: had j D McKissick as they're they're running back for
Speaker 1: about an hour and a half. Uh. They had Chase Edmonds,
Speaker 1: they were trying to trade four. Uh. They then they
Speaker 1: drafted James Cook that hasn't worked in the past catching
Speaker 1: role they wanted. Now they traded for Nahem Binds. The
Speaker 1: Bills are double digit favorites, which should allow the second
Speaker 1: back to get in enough, and the second back is
Speaker 1: top fifty yards in three straight against the Jets. Jets
Speaker 1: allowed over five receptions the game, and they just got
Speaker 1: hit for seven for seventy two by Rumadre Stevens last week.
Speaker 1: By the way, that's that's the game script with the
Speaker 1: Bills is they keep passing, even late in the game
Speaker 1: when they're up, and they passed to the running back
Speaker 1: at that point. That's why James Cook has had value
Speaker 1: at the end of the games. Matt, you're take a
Speaker 1: chance of me running back? Uh. The guy that niheim
Speaker 1: Hines left behind in India is Dion Jackson. In Week
Speaker 1: six in the Year of Our Lord two, the Colts
Speaker 1: offense was missing Jonathan Taylor and Nike Mines. That week,
Speaker 1: Dion Jackson burst onto the scene had forty two rushing
Speaker 1: yards plus a score, added ten catches for seventy nine yards.
Speaker 1: Taylor will miss this week again with injury. Niheim Hines
Speaker 1: is now a Buffalo Bill. Last week and Sam Elinger's
Speaker 1: first start, he relied heavily on Taylor this week. It
Speaker 1: wouldn't surprise me if he does the same thing with Jackson.
Speaker 1: It's tough to run against the Pats, though, but they're
Speaker 1: allowing the eighth most receiving yards to opposing runners this year,
Speaker 1: so I think he's still in play. And Jackson has
Speaker 1: been targeted fourteen times. So far this season, he has
Speaker 1: caught fourteen passages. I doubt they throw it to the
Speaker 1: ruin backs throw it to him ten times. They threw
Speaker 1: like sixty about sixty times in that game. I don't
Speaker 1: know that that happens. Might take a chance to be
Speaker 1: running back is Dontrell Hilliard of the Tennessee Titans taking
Speaker 1: on the Chiefs. Chiefs are a very good run defense,
Speaker 1: and I think they're gonna bottle up to some degree
Speaker 1: anyway Derrick Henry. But you know where they're terrible is
Speaker 1: through the air. Dontrell Hilliard has two games with four receptions,
Speaker 1: another game with sixty one receiving yards, and he's got
Speaker 1: a league high time three receiving scores for the running
Speaker 1: back position. The Chiefs are allowing nine receptions for sixty
Speaker 1: four receiving yards per game to opposing running backs. I
Speaker 1: would take nine for sixty four from Dontrell Hilliard. The
Speaker 1: game script here is likely with the Chiefs getting ahead,
Speaker 1: they're gonna have to be in pass mode for at
Speaker 1: least much of this game. Now, Malik Willis is a starter,
Speaker 1: all bets are off because they only trusted him to
Speaker 1: throw the ball ten times last week, which is humiliating
Speaker 1: for Malik Willis. We want to be honest about it.
Speaker 1: But as long as it's Matt, as long as we've
Speaker 1: got Ryan Tannehill at under center, Dontrell Hilliard is a
Speaker 1: viable player. You don't need to throw against the Texans.
Speaker 1: You just have Derrick Henry run for two yards. Problem well,
Speaker 1: I mean, and he's been living in practice at the
Speaker 1: end of the week, so I mean, this could this
Speaker 1: could really be a boom if that if he doesn't
Speaker 1: play somehow, let's go to the I meant Derrick Henry
Speaker 1: has been living in practice. Yes, I figured that's what
Speaker 1: you met, but for a second I wasn't positive he'll
Speaker 1: certainly play there in this game. Okay, uh, let's go
Speaker 1: to your receiver, Scott. I'm going with Josh Palmer, one
Speaker 1: of the last men standing over there for the Los
Speaker 1: Angeles Chargers. Keenan Allen is going to be out. Mike
Speaker 1: Williams already knows out. Donald Palm is now going to
Speaker 1: be out for weeks apparently with this new hamstring injury,
Speaker 1: so he like he probably wasn't gonna factor anyway. So
Speaker 1: it's gonna be Palmer and it's gonna be DeAndre Carter,
Speaker 1: and it's gonna be Gerald Everett, and that's about it
Speaker 1: for that. He gets a Falcons matchup who they're just
Speaker 1: getting torched through the yeir Qbs are averaging three yards
Speaker 1: on them. The Falcons have allowed seven wide receivers over
Speaker 1: seventy five yard It's in just the last three weeks.
Speaker 1: They're they're getting tors So Josh Palmer, Okay, you take
Speaker 1: a chance for me receiver Matt I got Romeo Dobbs,
Speaker 1: who's only roster and percent of Yahoo leagues at the
Speaker 1: beginning of the week. Allen Lazard and Christian Watson might
Speaker 1: not be ready to return this week. Almost doesn't matter.
Speaker 1: Dobbs has been their best receiver so far. He's had
Speaker 1: touchdowns in three games, including last week, seven or more
Speaker 1: targets and four of the last six, and just with
Speaker 1: the eye test, doesn't look like there's a lot of
Speaker 1: players Rogers seems to trust more than Dobbs right now,
Speaker 1: facing a Lion's defense that's allowed a hundred and ninety
Speaker 1: three yards per game to opposing wide receivers. So I
Speaker 1: think Dobbs gets his first career one hundred yard game
Speaker 1: right this week. Alright, I like calling your shot. Might
Speaker 1: take a chance on the receiver. Is Indianapolis rookie Alec
Speaker 1: Pierce going up against the Patriots. Now here's the key
Speaker 1: thing you need to know. The Patriots have got one
Speaker 1: elite cornerback, Jonathan Jones, and he's awesome, but he's gonna
Speaker 1: be busy shadowing Michael Pittman. Of course, that's the fu's
Speaker 1: biggest threat. The other outside cornerback is Jalen Mill and
Speaker 1: he's horrible. He ranks his Pro Football Focuses one hundred
Speaker 1: twenty second quarterback fourth from the bottom of your monitor
Speaker 1: if you're looking for a hundred and twenty two. He
Speaker 1: has allowed the fifteenth most yards per game in his coverage.
Speaker 1: Jalen Mills has so Alec Pierce. He fared pretty well
Speaker 1: with Sam Ellen. You're slinging the ball last week sixty
Speaker 1: five yards and Ellener's first start. So yeah, let's take
Speaker 1: Let's take Alec Pierce as might take a chance on
Speaker 1: me receiver. Next matchup up Dolphins taking on the Bears.
Speaker 1: You already know to a waddle Tyreek Hill are all
Speaker 1: A grades two ranks number one in passing yards, number
Speaker 1: three in passing attempts per game, and that there's no
Speaker 1: stopping these guys right now, even though there are some
Speaker 1: good matchups on the table. But let me mention this Tyreek,
Speaker 1: Hill and Waddle both run out of the slot copiously.
Speaker 1: Maybe the league's worst slot cornerback is in Chicago Kyler Gordon,
Speaker 1: who has allowed the most passing yards in the NFL.
Speaker 1: Sticking with the passing game, Mike Kasecki gets a see
Speaker 1: he's fourth red zone targets by tight ends and he
Speaker 1: has scored three times in the last three games. The catch,
Speaker 1: of course, with kisek in you know this from years past.
Speaker 1: He's a low volume, touchdown dependent player. The Bears have
Speaker 1: given up the six few ess yards per game to
Speaker 1: tight ends, and the Bears have kept volume low by
Speaker 1: only facing two tight ends, only allowing two tight ends
Speaker 1: to see five or more targets. You need it, You
Speaker 1: need a touchdown here and only because it's a it's
Speaker 1: a six team bye week, and by giving a C
Speaker 1: grade on Mike Koseki, and that's the only other dolphin
Speaker 1: that you really care about here is whe Mostard Bears
Speaker 1: allowing the fourth most total yards and fifth most touchdowns
Speaker 1: per game to opposing running backs the last two weeks,
Speaker 1: Ramandre Stevenson and Tony Pollard have averaged one hundred twenty
Speaker 1: three total yards and two scores per game, most of
Speaker 1: is averaging seventeen touches as the starter in Miami's reinvigorated offense.
Speaker 1: So plenty of opportunities to do damage here and a
Speaker 1: B grade on Mostard. I don't think Jeff Wilson is
Speaker 1: gonna get enough duty to start him yelling here, and
Speaker 1: we're gonna talk more about this Wilson Mostard backfield a
Speaker 1: little later in the show. Chicago side. Let's start with
Speaker 1: Justin Fields, who has finished as a top twelve fantasy
Speaker 1: quarterback in four straight games, including top five finishes the
Speaker 1: last two weeks. We all want Fields to throw more often,
Speaker 1: and this might be the chance because Miami owns the
Speaker 1: seventh highest opponent passing play percentage. They've also allowed two
Speaker 1: hundred fifty or more passing yards and or multiple touchdowns
Speaker 1: in six the last seven games. Another good start potentially
Speaker 1: coming from Fields here, and he could help out on
Speaker 1: the ground. The Dolphins surrendered one nineteen rushing yards and
Speaker 1: a touchdown to the comparable Lamar Jackson earlier this season.
Speaker 1: B grade. I toyed with an A grade justin fields,
Speaker 1: but couldn't get myself to do it. Do it, I
Speaker 1: can't do it. Chase Claypool gets a C grade with
Speaker 1: five days to learn the playbook. I think. I think
Speaker 1: he's on the field for like thirty snaps, maybe half
Speaker 1: of those total snaps something like that, and some of
Speaker 1: those snaps will be designed plays for Chase Claypool, and
Speaker 1: quite possibly in the end zone where claypoo We can
Speaker 1: use this big frame to box out Miami's cornerbacks, particularly
Speaker 1: the slightly built Noah ig Binogeny. I think I got
Speaker 1: it right. I don't think, uh, what do you think
Speaker 1: it is? H Yeah, there you go. But yeah, you
Speaker 1: talked to big story until you had the rest of
Speaker 1: the letters are silent. It's only reasonable to expect. Perhaps.
Speaker 1: I think you get maybe like three or four receptions
Speaker 1: from Claypool. You hope one of them is a touchdown,
Speaker 1: and that puts him in the C category. In a
Speaker 1: tough bye week, Darneld Mooney also see Until claypools fully integrated,
Speaker 1: Mooney remains the number one option against the Miami pass
Speaker 1: defense that Pro Football Focus ranks third worst in coverage
Speaker 1: he'll face off with against undrafted rookie cater cohu Man
Speaker 1: you made that name up plays Ben but don't break coverage,
Speaker 1: allowing at least four receptions in each of his last
Speaker 1: four and fifty nine yards per game, but is not
Speaker 1: allowed to score this year. Mooney has not scored a
Speaker 1: touchdown all season. So that's all the more and gimm
Speaker 1: is a c grady, although it's a good opportunity. So
Speaker 1: now let's go to Chicago's running backs because this thing
Speaker 1: has been an evolving a situation. You've got David Montgomery
Speaker 1: and you've got Khalil ground there Herberg. They both get
Speaker 1: C grades. This has turned into an almost even time share.
Speaker 1: Herbert has been more efficient, He's been more explosive. Montgomery
Speaker 1: continues to get goal line work. Herbert's got more yardage
Speaker 1: to Montgomery in three straight games. Herbert is the only
Speaker 1: running back in the NFL that is both top five
Speaker 1: in yards before contact per carry and yards after contact
Speaker 1: per carry. Herbert's good. And by the way, those of
Speaker 1: you in dynasty leagues, Empire League's keeper leagues that are
Speaker 1: maybe thinking about Herberts You're starting running back next year? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think I think Montgomery's contract is up to so yeah,
Speaker 1: keep that in mind this, You know, if you're already
Speaker 1: thinking for next year, Herbert's a good acquisition now, not
Speaker 1: when he's everybody knows he's the starter next year. Miami's
Speaker 1: only allowing seventy rushing yards per game, and if that's
Speaker 1: going to be split roughly in half between Montgomery and Herbert,
Speaker 1: there's not a lot there to love. But we'll hope
Speaker 1: for a touchdown for Montgomery because he's getting the goal
Speaker 1: line work. We'll hope Herbert can get maybe forty fifty
Speaker 1: of the total yards and that puts a C grade
Speaker 1: on both of those guys. Our next matchup up is
Speaker 1: Raiders taking on the Jaguars. Scott Raiders got humiliated last
Speaker 1: week and there were no points we had from anybody.
Speaker 1: Um everybody started Raiders. It was an embarrassing law and
Speaker 1: Davante Adams came in sick and we thought he'd be
Speaker 1: absolutely fine. It was it was not fine. Uh this one?
Speaker 1: How this one? I got Adams right back to his aid?
Speaker 1: Does happened? Mentioned? He was sick with an illness all
Speaker 1: last week, came in sick and apparently you know he
Speaker 1: had yards and or scoring every single Gear game lading
Speaker 1: up to that New Orleans game. This might be a
Speaker 1: little bit of a squeaky wheel game for the team
Speaker 1: where they please don't play that sound effect. I hate that. No,
Speaker 1: I would, I would give it grease if there was
Speaker 1: has been decent I actually have Car on the bench,
Speaker 1: I have Hollans on the bench. I read for all
Speaker 1: the bench. So maybe maybe it's not as squeaky of
Speaker 1: a wheel game as it sounds. Uh. Let's see, Car
Speaker 1: has just three touchdowns in the last four weeks and
Speaker 1: he's averaging averaging under two yards in that span, which
Speaker 1: is pretty in line with the Jags d recently. Since
Speaker 1: the opener, the Jags have allowed just six passing touchdowns
Speaker 1: in seven games, and three of those came in the
Speaker 1: same game, so only one multiple score game in those
Speaker 1: uh four games under two hundred and five yards. In fact,
Speaker 1: I have Car on the bench, had most of this
Speaker 1: passing game on the bench. Even though I think Adams
Speaker 1: can find his way to get h his with Waller
Speaker 1: out or with with with Waller, it's question whether he'll
Speaker 1: play or not. If he does go, it sounds like
Speaker 1: he's gonna go. I have a B grade on him.
Speaker 1: Jacksonville just allowed eighty seven yards to Dulcinich. Right before that,
Speaker 1: they allowed seventy two to Goddard, and those are well
Speaker 1: that was a few weeks ago, but that was the
Speaker 1: only two like commonly started notable fantasy tight ends they've
Speaker 1: even played this year, and both for a commonly started
Speaker 1: tight end anymore. I think he's still pretty commonly when
Speaker 1: he's active and upright, I guess that they probably start him. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think that. I think maybe draft capital leads people
Speaker 1: to continue starting him. Um, that's that's probably I was
Speaker 1: gonna I was gonna love. Yeah, I was gonna look
Speaker 1: up to see exactly where his targets feel like they're
Speaker 1: still Yeah, the last few weeks when he's been injured, No,
Speaker 1: but he was. He had over five targets in every
Speaker 1: single game until he got injured. So, uh, Josh Jacobs
Speaker 1: have an age grade on in this one. I think
Speaker 1: this is where they likely get something going. It's probably
Speaker 1: not going to be in the past game here, but Jacobs,
Speaker 1: like with Adams, I'm willing to throw out last week
Speaker 1: he got twelve. He's still got t of touches, but
Speaker 1: should return to his eighteen touch ways he was in
Speaker 1: the previous five. He was chipping in three to five
Speaker 1: catches on top of his eighteen plus. Uh. Jacksonville is
Speaker 1: allowing a hundred and thirty five combo yards and a
Speaker 1: touchdown per game to backs and Jacobs gets almost everything,
Speaker 1: so he should he should have a darn near and
Speaker 1: eight getting almost everything. Travis Etna, Yes, man, is he powering?
Speaker 1: He felt Snoop Connor on his heels and he's like,
Speaker 1: I gotta make sure. Yeah. Absolutely. On the other side,
Speaker 1: I have a Trevor Lawrences might take a chance on
Speaker 1: me player, because you know, quarterbacks just killed the Raiders.
Speaker 1: Christian kirk b Grade is the only one you can
Speaker 1: trust at wide receiver. He has seventeen targets in the
Speaker 1: last couple of games, and the Raiders give up the
Speaker 1: fifth most yards to slot receivers. He's in the right
Speaker 1: spot for B level Day uh day and Marvin Jones
Speaker 1: on the bench. They're taking turns being irrelevant. There a
Speaker 1: grade for e t n uh. You just mentioned like
Speaker 1: he gets everything. Twenty seven touches last week, his first,
Speaker 1: his first real game without Robinson. This was a top
Speaker 1: ten run day Rundy. But now they're ranked eleventh worst
Speaker 1: over the last three weeks. Uh giving they've given up
Speaker 1: two and fifty yards and three scores in the last two.
Speaker 1: In fact, Evan Ingram, I have an A grade on charge.
Speaker 1: Do you disagree with that? Evan Ingram A grade? I
Speaker 1: think I do disagree, all right. You wanted me to
Speaker 1: push hag me to an A and I like I
Speaker 1: like this matchup better alright. He's averaging five catches and
Speaker 1: about fifty eight yards on an averages seven or more
Speaker 1: targets in each of the last four weeks. Impressive opportunity
Speaker 1: here for for him. The only true excuse me, I
Speaker 1: guess I'm getting the wrap up music here. Um. The
Speaker 1: only other true tight end that that played against them
Speaker 1: had three for fifty four and a score. Day. I
Speaker 1: feel like it's a good day here for Evan. It's
Speaker 1: like the Oscars. If you spend too long on a matchup,
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, music left the music exactly. But
Speaker 1: when we come back, Packers take on the Lions. We
Speaker 1: already told you Matt likes Aaron Rodgers in this game,
Speaker 1: and Romeo Dubb and Romeo Dobbs. There's a there's a
Speaker 1: lot to like from the Packers will talk more about
Speaker 1: that game when we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly.
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Speaker 1: draft over this weekend, and this would be fascinating. The
Speaker 1: Thursday night points count. Where does Jalen Hurts go? Where
Speaker 1: does Dallas Goddard go. Where does Damien Pierce goes? Damien
Speaker 1: Pierce the first rounder? I think he I think he
Speaker 1: might be. He is special. We'll talk more about him
Speaker 1: in a few minutes. Let's continue breaking down matchups. Packers
Speaker 1: take on the Lions. Matt, you already told us how
Speaker 1: much you like Aaron Rodgers, Romeo Dubs. Who else in
Speaker 1: this passing game can we rely upon? Um, there's one
Speaker 1: other guy in the passing game you can rely upon.
Speaker 1: That's Robert touny In, tied for first in the league
Speaker 1: in next Gen stats separation staff. Yeah, that's weird. Robert
Speaker 1: tunn In open all the time average four points six
Speaker 1: yards away when he catches the ball. That's how far
Speaker 1: the defenders are when he catches the ball. He's wide open. Uh.
Speaker 1: This week he faces a Lions team that has allowed
Speaker 1: the ninth most yards to opposing tight ends and already
Speaker 1: five touchdowns to the position in seven games. Uh. The
Speaker 1: other wide receiver Sammy Watkins and Marie Rodgers, who got
Speaker 1: the most snaps last week in the absence of Christian
Speaker 1: Watson and Allen Lazard. Now, both Lazard and Watson have
Speaker 1: been limited in practice this week. If Lazard plays. He'd
Speaker 1: probably be worth a C grade in this one, but
Speaker 1: the rest are desperation plays if they're active. If Watson
Speaker 1: and Lazard don't go, I guess Watkins is kind of interesting,
Speaker 1: But just because he's on the field, Aaron Jones, He's
Speaker 1: only facing eight man fronts in four per cent of
Speaker 1: his snaps, the lowest amount in the league, and they're
Speaker 1: not handing him the ball enough. Although in fairness, A J.
Speaker 1: Dillon's coming off a really nice game last week. I
Speaker 1: guess yeah, But the last time Aaron Jones faced the Lions,
Speaker 1: it was September. He had a hundred and fifteen combo
Speaker 1: yards and four touchdowns. The Lions have allowed the league's
Speaker 1: most rushing touchdowns to opposing backs, So Aaron Jones gets
Speaker 1: the fantasy ard vark this week. It also brings A J.
Speaker 1: Dillon into the mix, who did look all right against
Speaker 1: Buffalo last week. I'll give him a C grade in
Speaker 1: this one as well. I think he does deserve a
Speaker 1: se right here, and especially if with the potential of
Speaker 1: a well, I don't know if we can call anybody
Speaker 1: the Packers, I get I don't think have actually Ken
Speaker 1: threatened to blow anybody out, so never mind, probably not,
Speaker 1: but this game could be interesting in a lot of ways.
Speaker 1: Detroit's kept it close offensively. Well, let's see. Let's see
Speaker 1: the Detroit side here. Let's start with DeAndre Swift. He
Speaker 1: did not practice on Wednesday, he was limited on Thursday,
Speaker 1: but he's trending in the right direction. I'm still going
Speaker 1: to give him an A grade here. The Packers have
Speaker 1: been a disaster against the run. Uh They've allowed the
Speaker 1: second most rushing yards in the lead to opposing runners
Speaker 1: and a shockingly bad five point one yards per carry.
Speaker 1: I think for that reason, Jamal Williams is a C
Speaker 1: in the revenge game too. You've got the letter grades
Speaker 1: mixed up on these two. Swift touch six times last
Speaker 1: week and his head coach says we overworked him. The
Speaker 1: injury is just he's just not ready for the workload. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Background Jared Goffe, he's on the bench. Easy to run
Speaker 1: on the pack, really tough to pass. Green Bay is
Speaker 1: allowing the second fewest completions and yards per game. This
Speaker 1: isn't the spot to start Goff, but Aman Ross st
Speaker 1: Brown is the receiver you can consider. Josh Reynolds went
Speaker 1: backwards in practice this week. He was limited on Wednesday
Speaker 1: and did not practice on Thursday or Friday. Calif Raymond
Speaker 1: has been on the field for percent of the snaps
Speaker 1: or more for three straight weeks, so he's probably the
Speaker 1: other wide receiver. Of course, t J. Hockenson was traded
Speaker 1: to the Vikings this week. Brock Wright is the new
Speaker 1: starting tight end, but he's not worth rostering. So in
Speaker 1: the games where Hockinson was gone and last year and st.
Speaker 1: Brown was the only option, he saw six straight games
Speaker 1: of double digit targets, six straight games of eight or
Speaker 1: more catches. Five of those six games he scored a touchdown.
Speaker 1: Five of those six he had eighty or more yards.
Speaker 1: Even with the tough matchup. Solid be here for a Monroe.
Speaker 1: St Brown. I like it. I think you're onto something there.
Speaker 1: There's there's a nice opportunity for him. Let's go to
Speaker 1: the Vikings taking on the Commanders. We begin with Justin
Speaker 1: Jefferson in a grade, but we're seven weeks removed from
Speaker 1: his last receiving touchdown and that was the opener. So
Speaker 1: last time Justin Jeffery he ran one in like four
Speaker 1: weeks ago. But that's it. I think that's something that
Speaker 1: should get corrected in time. Jefferson has been targeted from
Speaker 1: inside the ten yard line, which is as much as
Speaker 1: all the Minnesota receivers combined. So I think the touchdown
Speaker 1: correction is coming, and hopefully it's coming here A grade
Speaker 1: on Justin Jefferson. Let's talk about the other parts of
Speaker 1: the passing offense from Minnesota, including Adam Feeling. He is
Speaker 1: averaging seven targets per game, and that's substantial enough to
Speaker 1: produce against a suspect Washington secondary. The Commanders have improved
Speaker 1: since they benched and then subsequently traded William Jackson. That
Speaker 1: was a that's the old addition by subtraction right there. Um.
Speaker 1: This is largely due to a schedule rife with impotent
Speaker 1: passing attacks. However, outside cornerbacks Benjamin st. Juice and Kendall
Speaker 1: Fuller allowing a passer rating of one four between them,
Speaker 1: kind of like Feeling here. I can't say that he
Speaker 1: gets in the end zone because they're just not using
Speaker 1: him that way anymore. But still a solid fifty to
Speaker 1: sixty yard game probably coming for Adam Feeling and a
Speaker 1: C grade for him. What to do about t J. Hockenson.
Speaker 1: I was talking about this with former Viking Chad Greenway
Speaker 1: on Friday, and he was like, five days. You could
Speaker 1: be on the field for half of the snaps in
Speaker 1: five days to learn a playbook. But here's the problem.
Speaker 1: The Commanders have been an awesome tight end defense. Get
Speaker 1: a load of this. They allow the fourth fewest completions,
Speaker 1: the second fewest receptions, the set in fewest yards, and
Speaker 1: the second fewest touchdowns two tight ends just one all year.
Speaker 1: Do you think with Hockinson coming in a little green
Speaker 1: this week, they use them more in the slot and
Speaker 1: not in line, so he doesn't have the blocking duties. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that would make sense, so you know that would you know?
Speaker 1: But I assume that they've faced other tight ends that
Speaker 1: have shared up in the slot too, But there might
Speaker 1: be a little more upside. Think there's a little more upside,
Speaker 1: and they need they need better touchdown production. I was
Speaker 1: just mentioning Delon's not catching touchdowns, Jefferson's not maybe a
Speaker 1: touchdown here, But I can't put his starting grade on
Speaker 1: Hockinson five days into his new team. Uh, he actually
Speaker 1: played Washington already once this year. How do you do
Speaker 1: three catches for twenty six scoreless yards? And that's again
Speaker 1: why Hopkinson's on the bench this week, Kirk Cousin comes
Speaker 1: in with his perpetual B grade. The Commander's secondary improves
Speaker 1: a ton, as I mentioned with William Jackson out, but
Speaker 1: that just means they're non terrible here. This is the
Speaker 1: middle of the pack secondary. The only quarterbacks who have
Speaker 1: failed to throw multiple touchdowns against Washington Samuel and earn
Speaker 1: his first start justin fields and Ryan Tannehill. Cousins is
Speaker 1: a better pastor than all of those. I think two
Speaker 1: touchdowns sounds about right for Cousins where he's logging in
Speaker 1: most of the time, thirty seven straight games. But they
Speaker 1: touchdown pass for Kirk Cousins sixth longest all time, and
Speaker 1: he's currently on his longest streak all time of throwing
Speaker 1: two or less. He hasn't thrown. Yeah, that is that
Speaker 1: is probably true as well. All right, let's get to
Speaker 1: the Washington side of this matchup, and I want to
Speaker 1: begin with the running backs in this one. Brian Robinson
Speaker 1: just isn't very good. It's the I want the narrative
Speaker 1: to be that he's great and you know the Hollywood
Speaker 1: ending here, but we're not seeing it. He looks slow,
Speaker 1: he's not productive, and you'll have to take my word
Speaker 1: for it. Here's the stats. He hasn't topped three point
Speaker 1: seven yards per carry in any game, and that's terrible.
Speaker 1: Did you see my tweet on him that he that
Speaker 1: it reminds me of watching someone play plink. Oh, he
Speaker 1: just runs into the back of one lineman then dead
Speaker 1: into the fact of that. That's good, and then I
Speaker 1: do it justin said, and sometimes the tight end just
Speaker 1: keeps running into him. Ron Rivera knows it. He's dropped.
Speaker 1: Robinson snaps down to fifteen last week. The only thing
Speaker 1: going for him is that he's getting most of the
Speaker 1: goal line carries. And that's all your only reason to
Speaker 1: even consider starting Brian Robinson. Antonio Gibson, by the way
Speaker 1: bench grade and Robinson. If that wasn't already clear, Antonio
Speaker 1: Gibson gets a C grade here. He's clearly better than Robinson.
Speaker 1: He's averaging five point three yards per carry over the
Speaker 1: last three weeks, and Gibson has caught a touchdown in
Speaker 1: back to back weeks. And J. D. McKissick is out,
Speaker 1: so Gibson's gonna notch some extra receptions there. Last week,
Speaker 1: Gibson had seven catches. Minnesota's Pro Football Focus is top
Speaker 1: ranked run defense No back his top eighties seven yards,
Speaker 1: but defensive tackle Dalvin Tomlinson is out of this game,
Speaker 1: so that could be helpful for Gibson. Almost gave him
Speaker 1: a B grade, but I couldn't bring myself to do it.
Speaker 1: C grade on Antonio Gibson. Let's go to the passing
Speaker 1: game for Washington Terry McLarin y McLaren and his two
Speaker 1: games with Heinecki. McLaren is averaged five point five receptions
Speaker 1: for nine three yards. He's scored once running against the
Speaker 1: very against running against very good cornerbacks j Or Alexander
Speaker 1: and Stephon Gilmour. He runs from the left side twice
Speaker 1: as often as anywhere else, and that puts him into
Speaker 1: a favorable matchup with Cam Danceler. And that is a
Speaker 1: B grade on Terry McLaurin and B grade on on
Speaker 1: Curtis Samuel. Running from the slot, he goes up against
Speaker 1: Minnesota's worst cornerback, Chandon Sullivan. He's allowing the sixth most receptions,
Speaker 1: seventh most yards, and the most yards after the catch
Speaker 1: of any cornerback. So be great on Curtis Samuel here,
Speaker 1: and a C grade on Taylor Heinekey as I outlined
Speaker 1: and take a chance on me as well. J D.
Speaker 1: Mckissic is out. Logan Thomas is barely coming back to
Speaker 1: the calf injury. John Dotson has been ruled out of
Speaker 1: this game. When we come back for our number two
Speaker 1: three Tough Questions, see if you can go three and oh,
Speaker 1: like our panel of experts will try to go. When
Speaker 1: we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly, and also, as always,
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Speaker 1: the Guillotine League. Now more Fantasy Football Weekly coming up
Speaker 1: in moments. It's our number two Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul
Speaker 1: Church and Scott Fish and Matt Harrison with you. This
Speaker 1: is a game we call three Tough Questions. You can
Speaker 1: play along see if you can go three and oh
Speaker 1: with our panel of experts, Ian Fish, you should pay
Speaker 1: attention to see they'll see how many you get right.
Speaker 1: We'll see if you can match wits as well. We
Speaker 1: begin with tough Question number one. You hear the shuff
Speaker 1: questions common man here exactly? Uh, these are all trade
Speaker 1: ramification questions. So that is the theme. Last week we
Speaker 1: had a theme. This week we actually, I think the
Speaker 1: last three weeks we've got a theme and three tough
Speaker 1: questions we do not normally have. Tough question Number one,
Speaker 1: Jeff Wilson was traded to Miami, where he reunites with
Speaker 1: Mike McDaniel. From this point forward is Raheem Moster and
Speaker 1: RB one, r B two flex or bench player Scott
Speaker 1: So Jeff Wilson is a far bigger threat to most
Speaker 1: than Chase Edmunds ever was going to be, So that's
Speaker 1: of some concern. McDaniels got the two guys he rotated
Speaker 1: when he was in San Francisco. Two of the guys
Speaker 1: he rotated anyway, that said, most of it's performing semi decently. Uh,
Speaker 1: and the lead for what's shaping up to be a
Speaker 1: top offense that's going to move the ball and be
Speaker 1: able to run it a decent amount in games, my
Speaker 1: instinct was to say flex. As I look through the list,
Speaker 1: I put him down right around RB twenty one. I'm
Speaker 1: thinking it might be a low end RB two. I
Speaker 1: think talent level is closer to flex, though I'm gonna
Speaker 1: lean high end flex. Okay, Matt for this point forward
Speaker 1: is Rahee Mostard and RB one, RB two flex or
Speaker 1: bench player right now and PPR he's ranked so he's
Speaker 1: already a flex player, UM, and Mike McDaniels has been
Speaker 1: very shanahany in his ability to stick with one guy
Speaker 1: in the run game. Now, Wilson seems to be the
Speaker 1: clear insurance policy for if and when Mostard gets hurt,
Speaker 1: and he's got a long injury history. But here's the issue.
Speaker 1: The next three weeks the Dolphins faced the third easiest
Speaker 1: run team, the second easiest run team, and the easiest
Speaker 1: run defense in the league. Mostard probably gets first cracked
Speaker 1: to hold the position for the next week or so.
Speaker 1: He should should succeed in those games, which just might
Speaker 1: hold Wilson off for the long term. Like I said,
Speaker 1: he's already a flex player. I think he just stays there.
Speaker 1: Most has run well over the last month, five yards
Speaker 1: and carry and dominating the snaps, getting two thirds of
Speaker 1: the work, roughly the same volume that Derrick Henry gets,
Speaker 1: So you know he's he's been getting to I think
Speaker 1: it to beast running back, very similarly built, same same
Speaker 1: usage really, UM, But what we don't know is how
Speaker 1: much of that was because Chase Edmonds sucks. Wilson is
Speaker 1: far better and a much bigger threat, where Mostard is
Speaker 1: very vulnerable and here's really well on to focus in
Speaker 1: on this question is touchdowns from inside the ten yard line.
Speaker 1: Mostard has four carries, only four and zero touchdowns out
Speaker 1: of those four carries from inside the ten and he
Speaker 1: scored just two times all year. And the goal line
Speaker 1: is where it gets very interesting for Jeff Wilson. Wilson
Speaker 1: is an effective short yardage ball carrier. He's got eighteen
Speaker 1: lifetime carries from inside the five yard line and he's
Speaker 1: scored on almost half of them. Last year, when Wilson
Speaker 1: was at San Francisco with Mike McDaniels as his offensive coordinator,
Speaker 1: Wilson scored on half of his goal line carries. And
Speaker 1: that is meant as long time listeners knows, that's what
Speaker 1: you're gunning for. He's a fifty percent conversion rate into
Speaker 1: touchdowns on carries from inside the five yard line. Most
Speaker 1: of injury history has got to be taken into account.
Speaker 1: Here's well because we know most are breaks down most
Speaker 1: seasons and then Wilson be ready to go. So when
Speaker 1: you factor in the lack of touchdowns, better competition, and
Speaker 1: the injury risk for he, Mostard is just a flex
Speaker 1: starter across the rest of the season. We ended up
Speaker 1: at the same spot, but I was much more glowing tough.
Speaker 1: Question Number two From this point forward is new Bears
Speaker 1: wide receiver Chase Claypool a wide receiver one. A wide
Speaker 1: receiver to flex or bench player. We begin with Matt
Speaker 1: this time. We talked about Justin Fields a little bit
Speaker 1: and how he's shown some signs of life over the
Speaker 1: last few weeks, but he's still only throwing the ball
Speaker 1: more than twenty three times once this season, and twenty
Speaker 1: three times is an insanely low amount. Now, granted, having
Speaker 1: weapons might make you throw the ball a little bit
Speaker 1: more good matchups in the next three weeks with Miami, Detroit,
Speaker 1: and Atlanta, but after that the schedule turns absolutely brutal
Speaker 1: for the Bears four top eleven past defenses in the
Speaker 1: final five Fantasy weeks. I think he'll get a few
Speaker 1: sea grades, but he'll mostly be a bench player for you,
Speaker 1: all right, Scott? From this point forward, is new Bears
Speaker 1: wide receiver Chase Claypool a wide receiver one wide receiver
Speaker 1: to flex or bench. Yeah, so, first off, can you
Speaker 1: guarantee me that Justin Fields is going to actually throw
Speaker 1: for over two yards in a game coming up? Because
Speaker 1: he hasn't done it yet, and I would really like
Speaker 1: that because that would help. UM I had I had
Speaker 1: I had Claypool in the same exact spot Matt did.
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna be a flex actually most weeks,
Speaker 1: but with a few benches. UM, I'm not sure Justin
Speaker 1: fields can support two wide receiver options. He's never done
Speaker 1: it in almost any of the games that he's had
Speaker 1: in the first two years. UM, but you only can't
Speaker 1: until you can. I should trademark that you only can't
Speaker 1: until you can. UM, He's got Sea level upside and
Speaker 1: this offense if they start to turn it around, I
Speaker 1: can see with the matchups, there's some flex plays, there's
Speaker 1: some bench plays, but overall I'm to give him a
Speaker 1: flex is Russell Wilson you only can until you can't?
Speaker 1: There it is? Yeah, I think. So I make him
Speaker 1: put that on a T shirt and he'd it to
Speaker 1: the Broncos. He's MR unlimited until he can't until he
Speaker 1: is limited. Chase Claypool was mostly a bench player while
Speaker 1: he was with the Steelers. UM, So the real question
Speaker 1: here is canny advance now to a flex level starter.
Speaker 1: Chase Claypool just one touchdown on the season, most of
Speaker 1: his games in the thirty to forty yard range prior
Speaker 1: to this, So he gets a passer upgrade from Kenny
Speaker 1: Pickett to Justin Fields, which you would not think would
Speaker 1: necessarily be an upgrade, but the way Pickett has been playing,
Speaker 1: I think I'd rather have balls coming from Justin fields.
Speaker 1: The Bears are ultra incentivized to use Claypool copiously. They
Speaker 1: want to evaluate fields, they have some sense of what
Speaker 1: they've got with him, and the parents aren't exactly dead
Speaker 1: for a playoff spot in the wide open NFC, they're
Speaker 1: actually alive. That's a good joke. Church. Now, if we
Speaker 1: were only looking at the immediate games coming up, and Matt,
Speaker 1: I think you broke the code on this. He has
Speaker 1: two strongly positive matchups the rest of the way, their
Speaker 1: Week ten and Week eleven that's coming up next week,
Speaker 1: not this week, but the week after that, the week
Speaker 1: after that. But then to your point, there's this brutal
Speaker 1: set of five games which I can't even imagine rostering
Speaker 1: him through Jets who have turned into a very good
Speaker 1: past defense. Packers, Bye Week, Eagles, Buffalo. That's five straight
Speaker 1: games which I can't even I don't even want to roster.
Speaker 1: Here was my only thought. My thought on the flex
Speaker 1: scene for those game script, they're gonna be behind in
Speaker 1: all of them. Now that maybe that ends up helping
Speaker 1: out in some of these instants. Um but these are
Speaker 1: great past defenses, and I think mostly he's going to
Speaker 1: get bench grades for us. So we will go bench
Speaker 1: grade on Chase Claypool. Number three from this point forward
Speaker 1: is new Vikings tight end t J. Hockenson, a top
Speaker 1: five tight end, a top ten tight end, a top
Speaker 1: five teen tight end, or worse. We begin with Scott Fish. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so he was tight end four at the current point.
Speaker 1: But remember that about six of those fantasy stats came
Speaker 1: in one game with a bunch of players out sixty
Speaker 1: yards closer. Yeah, but still most of it came in
Speaker 1: one game. I don't think he's gonna come close to
Speaker 1: touching the Kelsey Andrews um uh. You know, George Kittle
Speaker 1: zach Ertz level. I think five is pretty much out
Speaker 1: of question. I think he's a slight upgrade over Smith,
Speaker 1: you know, in this offense. I think he's going to
Speaker 1: be a better red zone weapon, even though the Detroit
Speaker 1: Lions did not use him that way. I think he's
Speaker 1: going to be a better red zone weapon than we've
Speaker 1: had for at the tight end position. Uh So, I
Speaker 1: feel like he's gonna round out in the six to
Speaker 1: ten range. There's a whole lot of players in that
Speaker 1: range right now who I don't think are going to
Speaker 1: stay there. So you're saying top ten, top ten, you
Speaker 1: have six matt from this point going forward, is new
Speaker 1: Vikings tight end t J. Hockenson a top five, top ten,
Speaker 1: top fifteen, or worse Fantasy tight end. I'm trying to
Speaker 1: think of the tight ends that I'd rather have over
Speaker 1: t J. Hockenson right now. It's Travis Kelsey obviously, Mark Andrews,
Speaker 1: Dallas Goddard, zach Ertz for sure, God for I know
Speaker 1: those should have those those guys are I meant to add,
Speaker 1: I meant to add, And then we're getting into the
Speaker 1: George Kittle, Kyle Pitts, t J. Hockenson range right there.
Speaker 1: I think that he's right in there. Uh So, I
Speaker 1: do think that it's it's probably unlikely that he finishes
Speaker 1: as the number five tight end, because there's four that
Speaker 1: I like a lot better. But I think top ten
Speaker 1: is very easy for him to do. He now moves
Speaker 1: to a more competent, reliable offense, but one that also
Speaker 1: needs to feed Justin Jefferson the ball, Dalvin cooked the ball,
Speaker 1: Adam feeling the ball, and Kevin O'Connell's two seasons as
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator in Los Angeles, which I think is highly
Speaker 1: relevant here. Tyler Higbee was tight ends seventeen and tight
Speaker 1: end eighteen. Hmm. Not ideal. Granted, Hockinson's better than Tyler Higbee.
Speaker 1: I think that goes without saying here, but materially enough
Speaker 1: to move him into like top five category, no chance. Now.
Speaker 1: In Detroit he was tight end. I had item is
Speaker 1: tight end five to this point, scottsond tighten four, but
Speaker 1: much of that ranking was the one explosive week what
Speaker 1: you mentioned, and he had had four out of his
Speaker 1: seven games just straight up bad, straight up bad. I
Speaker 1: think top ten is as much as we can get here.
Speaker 1: I expect similar up and down output for Hockinson because
Speaker 1: of the diversity of friends on the offense. Some games,
Speaker 1: the volume simply won't come his way, and you're gonna
Speaker 1: have to make do with some bad games out of
Speaker 1: Hockinson and then some better games and he will score
Speaker 1: more touchdowns. We talked earlier when I was breaking down
Speaker 1: the vikings. Jefferson struggles to score, Theeland struggles to score.
Speaker 1: I think that's a lot of why they brought in
Speaker 1: the big body t J. Hockenson. The correct answer is
Speaker 1: top ten already in Fish, How did you do? Did
Speaker 1: you get zero, one, two, or three correct answers from
Speaker 1: the three tough questions? I had two right in one wrong.
Speaker 1: Nice job. That's still a winning record for Ian Fish.
Speaker 1: Well done, my man. Let's go to our next matchup,
Speaker 1: which is the Bills taking on the the New York Jets. Scott,
Speaker 1: this is a This is a game that features should
Speaker 1: feature a lot of points traditionally, but as we mentioned
Speaker 1: just moments ago, this Jet secondary vastly improved. Yeah, it
Speaker 1: is vastly improved. But we're still not going to give
Speaker 1: anything less than an ad to Alan or Diggs. You
Speaker 1: can't do that. The question is can you give more
Speaker 1: to Davis, Mackenzie and the other options? Uh? Gabriel Davis,
Speaker 1: I do still have a B grade on despite being
Speaker 1: thirteen point favorites. We've mentioned before in the show and
Speaker 1: many of our shows, the Bills keep passing. Even in
Speaker 1: positive game scripts. He's often the big play guy who
Speaker 1: scores an unreal rate. He's kept that trend up this year,
Speaker 1: scoring three times in the last three games. Uh. Mostly.
Speaker 1: A big part of the reason I give Davis to
Speaker 1: be here is in the two two blow up victories
Speaker 1: he went and one and a hundred and seventy one
Speaker 1: into And you're not benching him because he's the type
Speaker 1: of guy that on any given week could finish wide
Speaker 1: receiver one for the week. Here's what he's got that
Speaker 1: in here. Here's the thing about Gabriel Davis. He is
Speaker 1: the rare touchdown dependent wide receiver. When he does not
Speaker 1: score touchdown, his average game is two catches for twenty
Speaker 1: eight yards. And that's how you take an L. So
Speaker 1: I think you still and this is this is not
Speaker 1: a bad secondary. I think you still have to show caution.
Speaker 1: I have more caution than gave Davis than you do. Yeah. Here,
Speaker 1: there there was one weather game in there, and yeah
Speaker 1: there's been three. There's one game he didn't play there.
Speaker 1: But yes there's been there's been against him. Obviously, I'm
Speaker 1: not taking and giving him zeros when he didn't play.
Speaker 1: All right over to Isaia mackenzie got him on the bench.
Speaker 1: Snapshare has gone down Shaquire's has gone up. His volume
Speaker 1: is terrible when he doesn't score. Uh and he scored
Speaker 1: actually four times, so that's kept his value up. But
Speaker 1: he has just one game over forty yards. The Jets
Speaker 1: do allow the most targets per game to this lot.
Speaker 1: But I do have it. I do have him on
Speaker 1: the bench. I just he just isn't getting the right
Speaker 1: amount of volume and too much. Dawson Knox C grade
Speaker 1: three to four catches for five to forty yards every
Speaker 1: week and you're pretty much every week and you're hoping
Speaker 1: for a score. That's his normal day. But at posing
Speaker 1: tight ends against the Jets are averaging almost six for sixty.
Speaker 1: That's buoyed by some hard, high target days and those
Speaker 1: high target games. Game games match what Knox has been
Speaker 1: getting tons offense. They haven't a lot of touchdown yet,
Speaker 1: so only a see here um in the running game.
Speaker 1: I had to take a chance on me player of
Speaker 1: Hinds who I think you know can get can get
Speaker 1: some late game touches in some special pass game work
Speaker 1: during the game. Devin Singletary. I'm only given a C
Speaker 1: grade though too because of that. He gets a lot
Speaker 1: more volume in the games. They don't get up to
Speaker 1: big leads, and I think they're gonna get a big
Speaker 1: lead here. You don't think. So there's thirteen point favorites here.
Speaker 1: I I respect the Jets defense more than the betting
Speaker 1: public does. I guess, all right, and and that's very
Speaker 1: possible if I guess once the line on the betting
Speaker 1: on either side. So maybe they put it there. Uh
Speaker 1: but but if it does become a blow, and that
Speaker 1: is very possible. With how good this Bill's offense is.
Speaker 1: You saw you saw how they were against the Packers,
Speaker 1: who also have a very good past defense last week. Um,
Speaker 1: when they do get up, Singletary starts coming out and
Speaker 1: the backup running get backs come in. He had eight
Speaker 1: ten touches, eight touches, and seven touches in those two
Speaker 1: plus score blowouts. Only backs to top seventy yards took
Speaker 1: nineteen plus touches to get there. I don't think Devin
Speaker 1: Singletary gets anywhere near that, So I have a C
Speaker 1: grade on him. Let's go over to the other side.
Speaker 1: Let's just start here. The Bills are top eight against
Speaker 1: every position, They rank first through eighth and against quarterbacks,
Speaker 1: running backs, watch tight ends. They're they're just good. So
Speaker 1: you got Wilson on the bench. The bright spot is
Speaker 1: he's coming up at three and fifty five to score
Speaker 1: game negative games wrapped. That's nice, But the downside is
Speaker 1: Mahomes and Rogers have had multiple scores against the Bills,
Speaker 1: but no one else did. Um, not even to not
Speaker 1: even Lamar Jackson, Like it's a bad spot. Garrett Wilson,
Speaker 1: I am giving a C grade too. I think that
Speaker 1: that's where that comes and play. He's he's he's the
Speaker 1: target leader for the team. Uh, they've been in those
Speaker 1: blowouts that there's been an average of forty one passes
Speaker 1: against the Bills. If if Wilson's throwing that much and
Speaker 1: Garrett and Garrett Wilson is a lead target getter ten
Speaker 1: targets or so, he can do something with it to
Speaker 1: make a C level grade. Uh. Tyler Conkins C grade
Speaker 1: on I don't actually love it though. I no tight
Speaker 1: end out of outside of Travis Kelsey is top forty yards,
Speaker 1: not even Mark Andrews. But Conklin is getting more targets
Speaker 1: than everybody else that except for those two. Um, so
Speaker 1: I have a starting grade on him, a C grade.
Speaker 1: Conklinand's had five plus catches in in multiple games in
Speaker 1: a row. Here their yardage total, the yardage totals of
Speaker 1: five plus target guys against the Bills forty three thirty
Speaker 1: nine four to six catches. That's probably what you're gonna
Speaker 1: get out of Conklin just barely startable. Carter and Robinson
Speaker 1: though they're on the bench up until Aaron Jones last week,
Speaker 1: no other back had topped fifty yards against the Bills.
Speaker 1: These two are not on that level and they're splitting carriers. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's a bad deal right now. Sad about Briest Hall,
Speaker 1: that's for sure. Although this would have been a tough
Speaker 1: matchup for Priests Hall too. Yeah, there's nothing to like that.
Speaker 1: Still would have started Priest though. When you come back
Speaker 1: cold steak on the Patriots, Matt will tell you a
Speaker 1: little bit more about this new running game without in
Speaker 1: this new offense, without Jonathan and Taylor, what can the
Speaker 1: Colts get done? Sam Ellinger and Dion Jackson just the
Speaker 1: way we will for this season Togo for the Colts.
Speaker 1: Stay tuned for that and more. Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome
Speaker 1: back Fantasy Football Weekly, Scott Fish, Matt Harrison with you,
Speaker 1: I am Paul Charchi. In We've got a big block
Speaker 1: of matchups for you, beginning with the Colts taking on
Speaker 1: the Patriots. Matt As we were talking about going into
Speaker 1: the last break. I don't think any of us saw
Speaker 1: scenario coming. Nobody where it would be mid season and
Speaker 1: it would be Sam Ellinger handing off to Dion Jackson. Yeah,
Speaker 1: everybody thought it would be the first, the first. He's
Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor and Matt Ryan all first names there by
Speaker 1: the way. No, but but they're all gone, So Jonathan
Speaker 1: Taylor out, hence Dion Jackson. As might take a chance
Speaker 1: of me running back Zack Moss, by the way, the
Speaker 1: new backup in India. I wouldn't start him this week,
Speaker 1: but if he's available in your league, there might be
Speaker 1: a little tiny premature speculation. Angle. That's okay, Uh, Sam Ellinger,
Speaker 1: I want to give him a see here, but I'm
Speaker 1: gonna leave him on the bench. Uh. The angle is
Speaker 1: the Pats are easier to pass on than run on,
Speaker 1: and New England has allowed the second most quarterback rushing
Speaker 1: yards this year. But the Slinger only took off six
Speaker 1: times on the ground last week and only got fifteen yards.
Speaker 1: He is known to be fleet of foot, but he
Speaker 1: didn't flash all that much in last week's game versus Washington,
Speaker 1: and that's an easier matchup than against Belichick. Michael Pittman
Speaker 1: just a C grade here. Alec Pierce is on the
Speaker 1: bench this week. Pittman had a couple of drops last
Speaker 1: week and key situations. Maybe the chemistry between him and
Speaker 1: Ellinger just isn't there yet. Either way, the Pats have
Speaker 1: only allowed four touchdowns to wide receivers all year and
Speaker 1: are allowing only eleven catches to the position per game.
Speaker 1: Over on the other side, there's some more interesting players.
Speaker 1: Romandre Stevenson very interesting for me. Yeah, I love it.
Speaker 1: He gets an A grade here. Damian Harris gets a
Speaker 1: C grade. Stevenson still dominating the touch count twenty three
Speaker 1: to thirteen last week. I don't think Harris is even
Speaker 1: gonna play mad I don't know really, they haven't ruled
Speaker 1: him out, but just you know, you've got almost no
Speaker 1: practice all week and he just like pops up out
Speaker 1: of nowhere. He's a Patriots questionable. Come on, that could be.
Speaker 1: The Colts are allowing the most running back touches per
Speaker 1: game at thirty, which is translated to forty four combo
Speaker 1: yards per game to the position. There's plenty to go
Speaker 1: around here. I mean, if Damien Harris is out from
Speaker 1: Andre Stevenson is through the moon out, he's an art park,
Speaker 1: that's what he is, just giving out art parks left
Speaker 1: and right. Oh my gosh. Mac Jones, he's the opposite
Speaker 1: of an art park. He's up bench. The opposite we've
Speaker 1: established is the mongo among the natural predator for the
Speaker 1: art Okay, so that would be that's wait, what were
Speaker 1: we talking about again, Mac Jones. Patriots receivers have had
Speaker 1: some of the lowest separation numbers in the league, which
Speaker 1: is why Jones had little success this year. Hasn't had
Speaker 1: a multiple touch down game yet this season, only top
Speaker 1: two or six yards once. Definitely on the bench. Jacoby
Speaker 1: Myers is the only receiver I'd consider here. He'll mostly
Speaker 1: see Kenny Moore in coverage this week, who is the
Speaker 1: Colt's lowest graded corner by Pro Football Focus. More has
Speaker 1: allowed a passer rating of one point seven in this coverage.
Speaker 1: And Myers, the guy who could not score a touchdown
Speaker 1: last year, has scored in three of the last four
Speaker 1: games since returning from injury. So Jacoby Myers strong c
Speaker 1: grade here, something between a C and a B. If
Speaker 1: there isn't, If anything like that, fine would imagine your letter?
Speaker 1: Do you believe exists between B and C? Is it greek?
Speaker 1: Is it's visit? Is it from Planet Xenon? Yeah? Yeah, okay,
Speaker 1: it's Greek. Let's go to the next Let's go to
Speaker 1: the next matchup, Titans taking on the Chiefs. This is
Speaker 1: my matchup. Is I want to begin with Derrick Henry.
Speaker 1: Besse is a fascinating one. Now, these seems played each
Speaker 1: other last year and the Tennessee Titans went into Kansas
Speaker 1: Itty and gave him a beat down. But it wasn't
Speaker 1: because of Derrick Henry, which is kind of how I
Speaker 1: had remembered it, because he carried the ball twenty eight
Speaker 1: times in last year's meeting with the Chiefs. But get this,
Speaker 1: those twenty eight carries for Derrick Henry resulted in eighty
Speaker 1: nine yards. That's three yards per carry. And the Chiefs
Speaker 1: run defense is way better now. Chiefs are allowing the
Speaker 1: sixth fewest rushing yards per game to opposing backs. They
Speaker 1: also allow the most receptions and receiving yards. But Derrick
Speaker 1: Henry doesn't chip in much through the air, which brings
Speaker 1: us to Dontrelle Hilliard. I like you guys know, I'm
Speaker 1: a Dontrell Hilliard fan, and he might take a chance
Speaker 1: on me running back, and I've got to see grade
Speaker 1: on him for what he can chip in through the air.
Speaker 1: And by the way, we're talking about Dontrell Hilliard sards
Speaker 1: a second. We think of him as receiving back, which
Speaker 1: he is. He's also Pro Football focuses a thranked runner
Speaker 1: this year now, not on a ton of carries, and
Speaker 1: he's only got like seventeen carries on the season. But
Speaker 1: Dontrell Hilliard's a good player. The only other out letter
Speaker 1: grade I've got on any Titan is Robert Woods, a
Speaker 1: massive disappointment so far this year, with just one touchdown
Speaker 1: on only one game with more than thirty nine yards.
Speaker 1: So you're giving him an F. So I'm giving him
Speaker 1: a C grade, although an F grade if if if
Speaker 1: it turns out that Malik Willis is the starter, then
Speaker 1: you can't start Robert Woods or any other part of
Speaker 1: the passing um. It's a C grade for garbage time.
Speaker 1: We'll call it garbage time. If Tannehill starts, he runs
Speaker 1: from all over the field, but will most often see
Speaker 1: Jalen Watson on the right side. That is a seventh
Speaker 1: round rookie cornerback who's been pressed into service, yielding three
Speaker 1: touchdowns in five games. So in a tough bye week,
Speaker 1: if Ryan Tannehill starts, go ahead and put a C
Speaker 1: grade on Robert Woods. That's for Tannehill himself. We're gonna
Speaker 1: keep him on the bench, looking like a game time
Speaker 1: decision with his bad ankle. Either way, what are the
Speaker 1: things that gives Tannehill some fantasy viability? Is his ability
Speaker 1: to run in touchdowns seven touchdowns last year, seven rushing touchdowns,
Speaker 1: seven rushing touchdowns year before that. But on the ankle injury,
Speaker 1: that's off the board. So and then you were you
Speaker 1: run the risk of reinjury here too, So pennels off
Speaker 1: the board. And then I mentioned this before your Malik
Speaker 1: willis you're all jacked up for your first NFL start
Speaker 1: and you're allowed to throw the ball ten times. That
Speaker 1: is an insult. It's humiliating, and I don't think it's
Speaker 1: as much of an insult as it was. It's so
Speaker 1: easy to run against the Texans. It's just so easy.
Speaker 1: He didn't have to do anything else. He didn't run
Speaker 1: the ball either. I know you just handed it Terry game.
Speaker 1: Malik willis on the bench if he ends up getting
Speaker 1: the start in this game. Let's go over to the
Speaker 1: Kansas City side. Obviously, Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelsey are
Speaker 1: A grades here, and they're both ranked number one at
Speaker 1: their respective positions in my rankings. As always a grades,
Speaker 1: particularly this week. This is a very good Tennessee run
Speaker 1: defense and a very bad past defense. So love Mahomes,
Speaker 1: love Kelsey, Juju Smith Schuster all the way up to
Speaker 1: a B grade. He's commanded at least eight targets in
Speaker 1: five of seven games, and similar volumes should provide a
Speaker 1: very solid and floor for Juju Smith Schuster. Reid moves
Speaker 1: Juju all over the field. Andy Reid does, but most
Speaker 1: of his production comes from the right side. But will
Speaker 1: face struggling rookie cornerback Roger McCreery, who has surrendered two
Speaker 1: scores and a massive seventy eight percent catch rate in
Speaker 1: his coverage. And then that brings us to the rest
Speaker 1: of the receivers. So now we have Nicole Hardman who
Speaker 1: had a good game last week, and we have um
Speaker 1: Marques Velda Scantling. Then we have now kid Darius Tony,
Speaker 1: who they've indicated will be active for this game, so
Speaker 1: the sky more and yeah, just kind of it's just
Speaker 1: too many guys, and and sure somebody is probably going
Speaker 1: to get something done here against a bad Tennessee secondary,
Speaker 1: Titans have allowed the seventh most yards and fifth most
Speaker 1: touchdowns of the position. And if I had to pick
Speaker 1: one guy to be the dart throw player, wow, I
Speaker 1: would pick mvs because he runs from the outside, which
Speaker 1: is as a more stable snap count than Tony and Hartman,
Speaker 1: who run from the slot a lot, along with juje You,
Speaker 1: but really, I don't. I don't think you can start
Speaker 1: any of those guys. Also on the bench all of
Speaker 1: the running backs for the Chiefs. Let's look at how
Speaker 1: this is devolved into a miserable time share, and none
Speaker 1: of them look particularly effective. And Tennessee is a very
Speaker 1: good run defense, Titans allowing the third fewest total yards
Speaker 1: and touchdowns per game to opposing backs in last year's
Speaker 1: beating between these teams, the Kansasy Runners is a group
Speaker 1: land and air total just seventy four yards. If it's
Speaker 1: going to be another seventy four yard issue style game,
Speaker 1: then that you can't start any of the Chiefs running backs.
Speaker 1: I'm afraid alright, final matchup at this segment, Chargers taking
Speaker 1: on the Falcons, Scott. We've already talked a little bit
Speaker 1: about the Chargers, Frost and Ekeler. This is an A
Speaker 1: plus opportunity A plus. It's an art vark game, Matt.
Speaker 1: It's an art game. You can give out the week
Speaker 1: the top producing running back in Fantasy in the league
Speaker 1: against the team that just allowed Dionta freaking Foreman to
Speaker 1: go for a hun and eighteen yards and three scores.
Speaker 1: Come on, uh, Sonny Michelle, I do have the on
Speaker 1: the bench, but I get the dart throw. I I
Speaker 1: get the dart throw here. Team might get the goal,
Speaker 1: might get some goal on work, but I don't know.
Speaker 1: I have a bench grade on him in the passing grade.
Speaker 1: I do have an A grade on Herbert. He might
Speaker 1: be He's gonna be without Keenan Allen and Mike Williams.
Speaker 1: He he might also be out be out with have
Speaker 1: DeAndre Carter out whom my nine year old passed me
Speaker 1: a note that he popped up today. Are popped up
Speaker 1: on Friday with a questionable illness, and that's not good.
Speaker 1: If he gets sick on Friday, and you never don't
Speaker 1: love that. Yeah, he I had a C grade on
Speaker 1: him if he plays because everybody else is out. But
Speaker 1: if he doesn't, just just plot Palmer in there with
Speaker 1: a better grade. I do have an A grade on
Speaker 1: Gerald Everett. Uh. He's the guy more intrigued by five
Speaker 1: plus catches in four of his last six, fifty plus
Speaker 1: yards in four games, six plus targets in five games,
Speaker 1: second on the team in red zone with with red
Speaker 1: zone targets with eight. The Falcons are allowing near seven
Speaker 1: catches per game in nearly seventy yards per game to
Speaker 1: tight ends and Donald Palm. Palm is out for at
Speaker 1: least a few more weeks. It sounds like with the
Speaker 1: hamstring injury that he incurred, you know, recently after getting
Speaker 1: off concussion protocol. Uh. So that's that side. On the
Speaker 1: other side, Mariotta, I do have a C grade with
Speaker 1: Chargers a three point favorite something game. It should be
Speaker 1: a closer one, but the higher and the high the
Speaker 1: over under is one of the highest of the week
Speaker 1: at fifty. That should give Mariotta a nice game script
Speaker 1: to throw more and be you know, try to score
Speaker 1: a lot of points. He gets a lot of a
Speaker 1: lot of work on the ground that keeps him usually
Speaker 1: in sea level just with his groundwork. Um, there's not
Speaker 1: a passing unfortunately. Yeah, he's thrown one to two touchdowns
Speaker 1: in all but one game as well, so he's getting
Speaker 1: at least a little through the air for you too,
Speaker 1: Drake London, I have a C grade on He cooled
Speaker 1: from the start of the season, but he was really
Speaker 1: hot and the start a season when Patterson was there,
Speaker 1: and Patterson is sounds like he's coming back this week.
Speaker 1: London still leads the team and target snaps, routes, run
Speaker 1: everything matchup. His middle of the pack game script should
Speaker 1: be good for uh, good for good for passing game
Speaker 1: Chargers will now be without J. C. Jackson, which is
Speaker 1: going to help in the secondary. For it could it
Speaker 1: could be he really it was. It was a great
Speaker 1: addition in the preseason in the off season, but he
Speaker 1: was playing poorly, that is for sure. Uh. Cow pits
Speaker 1: A grade. Pitts has seen fourteen targets in just the
Speaker 1: last two games, including three end zone looks, and honestly,
Speaker 1: he was about an inch away, like like a very
Speaker 1: microscopic inch away from scoring in three straight games. Uh.
Speaker 1: Darren Waller, Travis Kelsey, David and Joeku all had fifty
Speaker 1: plus days. Dulcitch, in his first ever game unlimited snaps
Speaker 1: against this Chargers team, had forty four in a score.
Speaker 1: I got an A grade on him. I haven't ranking
Speaker 1: to my top five. This would be very proud of you.
Speaker 1: Were he here. I know I was. I was channeling
Speaker 1: him when I said it. Uh, Patterson, I have a
Speaker 1: B grade on gets a nice spot to come act
Speaker 1: against the sixth easiest matchup for running backs. They're allowing
Speaker 1: twenty six touches for a hundred and fifty six Comboy
Speaker 1: yards per game. Patterson had twenty five touch and eighteen
Speaker 1: touch games earlier in the season when he's when he
Speaker 1: was healthy. Charges have allowed ten touchdowns to running backs
Speaker 1: and a hundred plus rusher in four of the last five. Now,
Speaker 1: if Patterson doesn't go, it's at this point it sounds
Speaker 1: like he's probably gonna go. But if he doesn't go,
Speaker 1: I have C grades on both Algaeer and Huntley. Uh.
Speaker 1: Splitting that work they've shown in pre in the last
Speaker 1: couple of weeks, getting fourteen sixteen touches each in the
Speaker 1: same game and Huntley getting the goal line work, Algier
Speaker 1: getting more in the middlework. I think I have both
Speaker 1: Sea grades on against this matchup. If if Patterson doesn't go,
Speaker 1: I think Huntley is a sneaky play if Patterson doesn't go,
Speaker 1: since since Huntley gets the gold line and he looked
Speaker 1: better last week, I wouldn't. I would definitely I would
Speaker 1: put Hunley up. Algier starting himself though he's starting himself again,
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Speaker 1: Weekly coming up next final segment Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul
Speaker 1: Charchi and Scott Fish and Matt Harrison with you. This
Speaker 1: is a segment that we always start with premature speculation.
Speaker 1: We give you three layers, you're gonna get more than three.
Speaker 1: Is it concerning that the time machine exploded? It didn't explode.
Speaker 1: That was just the sound of your mind exploding at
Speaker 1: the end of the brilliance of picking up players one
Speaker 1: week before the rest of your league is trying to
Speaker 1: pick those players up. Also, not a fan of my
Speaker 1: brain exploding. Did we get sued for the quantum leap?
Speaker 1: What is that? Happy? Did not get sued for that?
Speaker 1: I'm happy to say, Okay, that has not happened to
Speaker 1: this point. Uh, let's begin with Scott Fish, your premature
Speaker 1: speculation player. Yeah, I'm gonna go with Elijah Mitchell. John
Speaker 1: Lynch said this week they felt comfortable trading Jeff Wilson
Speaker 1: because Elijah Mitchell was pretty pretty close to ready to
Speaker 1: be back. McCaffrey has been injured quite a few times
Speaker 1: over the last few years. I'm not calling that or
Speaker 1: expecting that, but right now, this is the time of
Speaker 1: year where you see Dion Jackson. You want the backup
Speaker 1: running backs for these offenses. Elijah Mitchell should be owned.
Speaker 1: Go get him and make sure he's on your roster
Speaker 1: before he comes back from injury. Alright, Matt Harrison, your
Speaker 1: premature speculation player in our slack. You pooh pooed this chart,
Speaker 1: But I've got Isaiah Likely. He's rostered in thirty three
Speaker 1: percent of Yahoo League's fifty five percent of MFL leagues.
Speaker 1: It should be a lot more, though, because he's the
Speaker 1: best remaining receiver in Baltimore. Rashad Bateman out for the season,
Speaker 1: Mark Andrews looks like he's gonna miss this week. Uh
Speaker 1: charch will highlights soon a tough tight end defense this
Speaker 1: week in the Saints. But the and then the Ravens
Speaker 1: go on by so that might not be a reason
Speaker 1: to go. That's why I was I'm lukewarmon because I
Speaker 1: love him as a talent. Isaiah Likely is going to
Speaker 1: be a factor. So here's the deal. Though you would
Speaker 1: consider that Likely has lined up as a traditional tight
Speaker 1: end only on fifteen percent of his snaps this year,
Speaker 1: Sixty six percent of his snaps came from the slot
Speaker 1: nine as a perimeter wide receiver. The Ravens don't use
Speaker 1: their tight ends like tight ends forty to Mark Andrews
Speaker 1: sixty four targets have been when he's lined up in
Speaker 1: the slot sixteen of twenty two for Isaiah Likely, he's
Speaker 1: a big slot wide receiver playing tight end. I think
Speaker 1: you pick him up and on that bye week after
Speaker 1: he has a huge game this week, he's gonna have
Speaker 1: a huge game. Then you trade him on that bye
Speaker 1: week and you can tons of money because then Mark
Speaker 1: Andrews will come back. It'll be great. Well, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: have a different opinion. Yeah you will. And it's not
Speaker 1: that I don't love Isaiah Likely. That kid is gonna
Speaker 1: be great. But you may be right that they can
Speaker 1: support two tight ends. That's possible, and they have to.
Speaker 1: They don't have anything else. All Right, I've got one too,
Speaker 1: I got four guys for premature. Just pick one, cover
Speaker 1: one and you can decide whether or not you you
Speaker 1: care to roster DeShawn Watson, but if you want to,
Speaker 1: they reiterated this week that he will be period end
Speaker 1: of story, the starting quarterback in week thirteen. You're already
Speaker 1: thinking about the playoffs. You're already thinking about your playoff run,
Speaker 1: and you want the rare passing running upside of that.
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson can provide, then you can decide if you
Speaker 1: want to add him. This would be the time. Next up,
Speaker 1: Zack Moss is Dion Jackson a lock to hold down
Speaker 1: the number one running job in Indie. Maybe not. He's
Speaker 1: three point seven yards per carry right now. Maybe he's
Speaker 1: more of a role player. They traded for Zack Moss
Speaker 1: maybe at some point and he's got to move to him.
Speaker 1: You just can't quit Zack Moss. Well, we'll see. I
Speaker 1: already quit him in all my other leagues, but maybe not.
Speaker 1: Next up, Julio Jones back healthy. Wait, how many does
Speaker 1: he get to do? Now? For doing four? Premature speculation?
Speaker 1: See that other one for next week then, Julio Okay, no,
Speaker 1: the last, the last one. Sure, I'll save it for
Speaker 1: next week. Julio Jones. Russell gage is dinged up. Jones
Speaker 1: is finally healthy, scored last week, and I don't think
Speaker 1: the Russell gauge is going to automatically get his job back.
Speaker 1: Julio Jones is healthy until he sneezes and then his
Speaker 1: hamstring explodes. No, it's it's usually ankle. It's ale does okay,
Speaker 1: if he coughs, it's the hamstring. That's what it is
Speaker 1: cough would be the Hernia just to be clear on Uh,
Speaker 1: turn your head and let's talk about the Seahawks. Oh boy, yeah,
Speaker 1: let's do that. This is a I'm gonna turn my
Speaker 1: head to that one and let's stead Yeah, for sure,
Speaker 1: that sounds good. Seahawks led by your offensive player of
Speaker 1: the month, Gino Smith. Think about Gino Smith as he
Speaker 1: takes on the Cardinals. Yeah, well, these two teams met
Speaker 1: in Week six, just a couple of weeks ago, so
Speaker 1: I'll refer it's that a fair amountain this matchup. Gino Smith.
Speaker 1: He gets an A grade in this one. Had kind
Speaker 1: of a rough go in the prior meeting, only one
Speaker 1: through the air. He did add forty eight yards on
Speaker 1: the ground. The Cards have allowed at least twenty rushing
Speaker 1: yards to a quarterback in four straight weeks. That includes
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton and Kirk Cousins, not known for the Arizona
Speaker 1: is also allowed the fifth most passing yards in the
Speaker 1: league this year at two one per game, hence the
Speaker 1: A for Gino. Dk Metcalf and Tyler Lockett both get bees.
Speaker 1: They were locked down in the first meeting, but each
Speaker 1: score touchdowns last week, and despite both being on the
Speaker 1: injury report. In week eight, both saw at least eight targets,
Speaker 1: and it looks like Markue's Goodwin is going to miss
Speaker 1: this week with a groin injury, and Metcalf and Lockett
Speaker 1: are not on the injury report. Locket average is receiving
Speaker 1: an average cushion of seven point nine yards on his targets.
Speaker 1: They're playing so far back on him. That's the high
Speaker 1: one of the highest marks in the league. They're respecting
Speaker 1: the deep speed. In the past, he's absolutely torched the Card.
Speaker 1: Let's see if he can repeat it this week. Noah
Speaker 1: Fant gets a C. That's the the ludicrous I'm gonna
Speaker 1: give give Noah Fant a ce Brian loves that one.
Speaker 1: Uh six catches for forty five yards in the prior meeting.
Speaker 1: The Cards are maybe the worst tight end defense in
Speaker 1: the league, unless the Seahawks say, hold my beer. In
Speaker 1: the last two weeks, the Cards have allowed four touchdowns
Speaker 1: to the tight end position. Finally, ken Walker the third
Speaker 1: he gets an A grade. He's yep, he's scored. It's
Speaker 1: so jarring when R. E. M comes on in my ears, Yeah,
Speaker 1: get used to it. I guess uh scored in every
Speaker 1: game as a starter, including the game in Week six
Speaker 1: against the Cardinals where ended up with a hundred and
Speaker 1: ten combo yards and a touch. On the other side,
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray gets a B. He ran ten times for
Speaker 1: a hundred yards in the week six meeting, and the
Speaker 1: Seahawks have actually not done well against running quarterbacks. They
Speaker 1: have allowed the ninth most rushing yards to the position.
Speaker 1: Rushing score is to Marcus Mariota and Jimmy g There
Speaker 1: middle of the pack past defense, Kyler should be fine,
Speaker 1: although his average intended air yards is only six point
Speaker 1: six that's fifth lowest in the league. But that bodes
Speaker 1: well for Rondale Moore, who I'll give a C grade
Speaker 1: two here. In the first meeting he saw ten targets
Speaker 1: turned in six catches for forty nine yards. Last week,
Speaker 1: he was heavily involved against the Vikings. Things are kind
Speaker 1: of trending the right way for Rondale Moore, so I
Speaker 1: kind of like him here. Deander Hopkins gets an A grade.
Speaker 1: Let's just say double digit receptions triple digit yards in
Speaker 1: both of his games this year. He's been fantastic and
Speaker 1: his one handed snare for the touchdown last week was awesome. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's good. He doesn't look like he lost a step
Speaker 1: at all. Maybe those performance enhancing drugs are worth Maybe
Speaker 1: people should take those. Take six weeks off, you come
Speaker 1: in fresh and enhanced. It seems I like it. Zach
Speaker 1: Ertz gets an a grade. Seven catches for seventy yards
Speaker 1: in the first meeting on ten targets. In the last
Speaker 1: seven games, seven different tight ends have had double digit
Speaker 1: PPR points days against the Seahawks. That's why they're holding
Speaker 1: the beer of the Cardinals right now. Finally, the running
Speaker 1: backs James Conner or is it you know? Benjamin Connor
Speaker 1: still limited in practice with a rib injury. Even if
Speaker 1: he does play, he's not been good this year. The
Speaker 1: only thing more disappointing is Eno Benjamin doing nearly nothing
Speaker 1: with his opportunity to shine. In the weeks six meeting,
Speaker 1: Eno managed to take eight teen touches and turn it
Speaker 1: into a whopping sixty five yards. That's not good. Uh,
Speaker 1: the matchup is positive. The Seahawks are allowing the fourth
Speaker 1: most Comboy yards to the running back position this year,
Speaker 1: and a running back is scoring an average of one
Speaker 1: touchdown per game. So I guess if Connor is active,
Speaker 1: he gets don't do it? You know, don't do it there. Yeah,
Speaker 1: let's keep him on the bench there. It's just a
Speaker 1: gross running game. It has been all year. It is.
Speaker 1: They can't they can't block for either runner, neither ones
Speaker 1: performing very well. I think that's the right answer. Monday
Speaker 1: night's game is Ravens at Saints. Let's let's talk this through.
Speaker 1: I've gotten a bunch of people king at my play
Speaker 1: rankings available for free kioteen leaks dot com. Oh, bunches
Speaker 1: of them are looking at right now. Why is Lamar
Speaker 1: Jackson so low on your rankings? Do you really expect
Speaker 1: me to start justin fields over Lamar Jackson. You're you're hilarious.
Speaker 1: You you did the sabotage drop and suddenly you just
Speaker 1: hate Lamar Jackson. Well, you know, here's the thing you're
Speaker 1: trying to will it into existence. Last Here's here's his
Speaker 1: last five starts for Lamar Jackson. He's been quarterback eleven,
Speaker 1: quarterback twenty three, quarterback eleven, quarterback sixteen, quarterback nineteen on average.
Speaker 1: Whoever else you have on your roster has been a
Speaker 1: better starter than Lamar Jackson for five straight weeks. Okay,
Speaker 1: without Bateman and Andrews, I don't know how you trust
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson beyond the rushing element, and the passing has
Speaker 1: been bad for over a month. Since Week three, Lamar
Speaker 1: Jackson's average passing line one hundred seventies seven yards and
Speaker 1: a score. That's it, and that's terrible. He's such a
Speaker 1: good runner though, sure his rushing creates a solid floor,
Speaker 1: but he hasn't scored a rushing touchdown in five games.
Speaker 1: In his typical fifty rushing yards, that's five fantasy points.
Speaker 1: That's not making up for the lack of passing. Lamar
Speaker 1: Jackson c grade in this game sea level. Now, as
Speaker 1: I mentioned, Bateman's out anders not expected to play. Let's
Speaker 1: talk about Devin DuVernay. I think you can give him
Speaker 1: a start, but maybe let's watch Marshawn Latimer because the
Speaker 1: Saints secondary without Latimer has been bad. When they had
Speaker 1: Marshawn Latimer, they were good. So if Latimer comes back
Speaker 1: in this game, and as of right now, we don't
Speaker 1: know for sure. The Saints just shut down Davante Adams,
Speaker 1: but in the three games prior to that they were
Speaker 1: getting torched, they've given up three yard to one hundred
Speaker 1: yard games to receivers and six touchdowns. In the previous
Speaker 1: three games to wide receivers. If Latimer is out, that
Speaker 1: plushes Pulse in a dabo into starting territory, and he
Speaker 1: is awful. He's allowed four scores in five games in
Speaker 1: a past rating seven, which is approaching perfect at that point.
Speaker 1: So do DuVernay gets a C grade here. Let's talk
Speaker 1: through Isaiah Likely. You're probably starter in place of Mark Andrews.
Speaker 1: He's probably the best overall receiver on this team. But
Speaker 1: the Saints have allowed the fewest fantasy points to tight ends.
Speaker 1: They've not given up a touchdown to a tight end
Speaker 1: all year. And what's more, they're allowing an average of
Speaker 1: less than twenty nine yards per game two tight ends.
Speaker 1: That's it. I've got a C grade on Isaiah Likely
Speaker 1: and that's all I can muster here. And then Kenyan Drake,
Speaker 1: assuming Gus edwards Um does not end up going in
Speaker 1: this game, Kenyan Drake should get most of the carries.
Speaker 1: Drake has seen at least fifty eight percent of the
Speaker 1: snaps and two of the last three, and in those
Speaker 1: games he's averaged eleven touches total yards and a score.
Speaker 1: Saints are good, not great run defense. If you're in
Speaker 1: a bye week pinch. You could do worse than Kenyan
Speaker 1: Drake if Gus Edwards does not go all right on
Speaker 1: the saint side, Alvin Kamara obvious A grade, especially with
Speaker 1: the far better play over the last month when healthy.
Speaker 1: With Dalton under center, he's been a lot better of late,
Speaker 1: So then that brings us to an A grade with
Speaker 1: Camara C grade on Taysom Hill. Tayso Hill remains the
Speaker 1: most unconventional tight end ever, and it is true targets
Speaker 1: last week we're a season high. But he's tied for
Speaker 1: the most touchdowns among tight ends with seven so far,
Speaker 1: so he's a total wild card. Baltimore's defense has given
Speaker 1: up four touchdowns to tight ends, so let's give Taysom
Speaker 1: Hill a C grade in this one. Andy Dalton gets
Speaker 1: a C grade. If you're in a bite week pinch,
Speaker 1: you could try him. He was might take a chance
Speaker 1: on me quarterback, and Chris o Lava gets a C
Speaker 1: grade as well. He's gonna have to deal with cornerbacks
Speaker 1: Marlon Humphrey and Marcus Peters on the outside. We were
Speaker 1: playing extremely well until allowing Mike Evans and Chris Godwin
Speaker 1: to combine for one yards last week, so We'll give
Speaker 1: Chris O lave A a C grade here in the
Speaker 1: hopes that he's able to u able to perform well
Speaker 1: as the probable recipient of most of Andy Dalton's targets.
Speaker 1: Who that was a lot of talking right there. Here's
Speaker 1: where I want. Here's what I want to know from
Speaker 1: you guys. Give me the week in which Jonathan Taylor
Speaker 1: gets shut down. Give me a week number for Jonathan
Speaker 1: Taylor when he gets shut down for the season. What
Speaker 1: week is it? Now? I think I think it's possible.
Speaker 1: I think it's possible, possible, it just happened. It's interesting.
Speaker 1: They'll probably lose to the Patriots this week. They got
Speaker 1: Philly and week eleven, and they got Dallas in week thirteen.
Speaker 1: Then they have a Week fourteen by. If they're like
Speaker 1: looking up at Tennessee with a three game lead coming
Speaker 1: out of the bye, I don't think Jonathan Taylor plays again.
Speaker 1: That's more more more realistic. And ankle isn't right at
Speaker 1: week fifteen coming out of the by that's when he
Speaker 1: gets shut down for the year. I was, ha, it's
Speaker 1: a very very I was having a fun joke. All right,
Speaker 1: we're on week fifteen. Jonathan Taylor. We all think he
Speaker 1: gets shut down sooner or so. If you have Jonathan Taylor,
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