WEBVTT - Deport Colin 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:03.880 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:05.960 --> 0:00:09.799 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 0:00:10.280 --> 0:00:14.600 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and advice, 0:00:15.320 --> 0:00:21.080 now from Guillotine Leagues dot com. Here's your host, Paul. 0:00:22.440 --> 0:00:25.280 It's another edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome to week 0:00:25.360 --> 0:00:27.560 number five. I'm Paul Scharchy and my co host today 0:00:27.600 --> 0:00:34.640 are Brian Johnson, Matt Harrison and special London contributor Colin mccockney. 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:37.440 Back in the show. He's in the waiting room at 0:00:37.479 --> 0:00:40.760 I Heart Media here. Um, I was under the impression 0:00:40.760 --> 0:00:43.360 he was in London. I think that the London contributor. 0:00:44.479 --> 0:00:49.839 He's not. He's not call in London. Okay, he's the 0:00:49.840 --> 0:00:52.199 waiting room. He's in the waiting room right now. We 0:00:52.320 --> 0:00:54.280 keep him there the green we called the green room 0:00:54.280 --> 0:00:56.440 in the Business match. True, he's in the green room 0:00:56.520 --> 0:00:59.080 right now. Got it. God is so mad he made 0:00:59.080 --> 0:01:03.880 it through customs against all odds. Uh. We can known 0:01:04.040 --> 0:01:09.680 drug mule. Colin mccockney. Oh no, Uh. Coming up on 0:01:09.760 --> 0:01:13.160 this show, we will have the answers to three tough questions. 0:01:13.240 --> 0:01:16.480 Premature speculation is always one of the favorite segments on 0:01:16.520 --> 0:01:19.160 this show nine players upon whom you can take a chance, 0:01:19.200 --> 0:01:23.520 and we will break down every single NFL game from 0:01:23.520 --> 0:01:27.919 this weekend and assigned letter grades to every meaningful player. 0:01:28.040 --> 0:01:30.759 That's what we do here, and we begin with the 0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:36.200 Giants taking on the Cowboys. A four hundred yard passing 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:40.200 game for Daniel Jones career high. What do you expect 0:01:40.400 --> 0:01:43.840 against and improved Dallas Cowboys defense? Yeah, I gave him 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:46.520 a B grade. Actually went for four oh two and 0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:49.600 two last week against New Orleans. He's leading the Giants 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:52.639 and rushing yards and has scored twice on the ground 0:01:52.720 --> 0:01:55.720 this year. The Cowboys defense has allowed each quarterback they 0:01:55.800 --> 0:01:58.640 faced the top three hundred yards, three of them through 0:01:58.640 --> 0:02:01.720 for multiple scores. Plus Sam Donald's rushing line from last 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:06.640 week six carries thirty five yards, two touchdowns. That's favorable 0:02:06.640 --> 0:02:09.200 for Daniel Jones. Now, he's never top two or twenty 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:11.520 nine passing yards against Dallas, but he did beat them 0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:14.080 in Week seventeen last year to knock the Cowboys out 0:02:14.080 --> 0:02:15.880 of the playoffs, so he's got a little confidence there. 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:19.840 His wide receivers, it's uh, it's kind of ugly. Darius 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:23.240 Slayton and Sterling Shepherd still not practicing there out this week. 0:02:23.639 --> 0:02:27.080 Kenny Golladay, he gets a C grade. He had a 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:29.680 good week last week, but this grade is solely due 0:02:30.160 --> 0:02:33.240 to the Trevon digs hole he's about to enter. Can 0:02:33.280 --> 0:02:35.640 we call it the digs hole? I like I like 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:38.440 the sound of that, but as as a way to 0:02:38.919 --> 0:02:41.440 and the dates is. The interceptions are great. He's given 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:44.600 up the fifth most passing yards of any cornerbacks passer 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:49.079 rating of forty two in his coverage. Interceptions are pretty important, 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:52.800 but he's not intercepting the ball. The teams don't hesitate 0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:55.040 to throw at him, and that you can get something done. 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:59.840 I'm not ready to the digs hole yet. He's got 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:03.560 day still startable? Uh? Can Darius Tony? Uh? He can 0:03:03.600 --> 0:03:06.240 be started here. It's kind of a desperation. D grade 0:03:06.440 --> 0:03:08.720 should line up mostly in the slot, and the Cowboys 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:10.959 have been hit hard from there. Both Chris Godwin and 0:03:11.040 --> 0:03:13.400 Keenan Allen both top a hundred yards this season from 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:16.960 the slot against the Cowboys. But he's very gadgetty. They 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:18.960 gave him ten touches last week, but he only had 0:03:19.040 --> 0:03:21.079 five total in the first three weeks. I don't think 0:03:21.080 --> 0:03:24.560 he's a surprise anymore to anybody, um, just to get 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:28.000 us back on the rails. We have four designations for 0:03:28.080 --> 0:03:33.160 our players here, Matt A, B, C, and bench. I 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:35.240 don't want you to suddenly start thinking you can just 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:42.160 throw around D's pluses minuses, Tilda's uh, the carrot, the 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:46.840 shift six. They're nothing, no special characters this. We have 0:03:47.240 --> 0:03:52.880 four officially approved designations. I'm so sorry, church uh. Se 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:57.080 Kwan Barkley gets a open parentheses B, closed parentheses grade. 0:03:57.720 --> 0:04:00.120 Dallas has done a good job keeping running back and 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:02.440 checked this year. No one has topped fifty seven yards 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:04.440 on the ground. Austin Ekeler was the only one who 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:07.200 eclipse a hundred combo yards. Most of that was done 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:10.920 through the air. However, they've only played Tampa's mess of 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:14.320 a backfield, Phillies gross backfield, and the Panthers without CMC. 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:17.400 They're still passing game angle here. So se Kwan's an 0:04:17.400 --> 0:04:21.200 easy B. Dak Prescott gets an A. Every quarterback to 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:23.240 face the Giants has had a good day. Even if 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:25.800 you smushed together the Saints quarterbacks. That was the best 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:29.840 quarterback performance of all last week. Amari Cooper and Ceedee 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:33.200 Lamb are both getting A grades, although It is concerning 0:04:33.200 --> 0:04:35.279 that the target totals have been so low in the 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:38.320 last two weeks against two teams that the Cowboys really 0:04:38.360 --> 0:04:40.880 didn't need to pass against, and the Giants could also 0:04:40.920 --> 0:04:43.920 fit that mold this week. However, the matchup is too tantalizing. 0:04:44.400 --> 0:04:47.560 James Bradberry has already given given up three touchdowns in 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:49.920 his coverage. He moves around the field and should get 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:53.280 some equal playing time on both Lamb and Cooper. Cedric 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:56.000 Wilson sort of a dart throw in deeper leagues, especially 0:04:56.000 --> 0:05:00.000 with Jabril Peppers out yes, and and the won't see Bradberry, 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:02.760 which is a bonus, that's true. And then Dalton Schultz 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:05.080 he's getting a B grade it appears. It appears that 0:05:05.120 --> 0:05:07.120 he's taken over the top spot on the tight end 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:09.240 depth chart with seven and eight targets in the last 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:12.240 two week compared to two and three for Blake Jarwin. 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:16.279 Schultz actually rated as my number two tight end this week, 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:19.719 behind Travis Kelsey on the Shock Fantasy Super Dash promo 0:05:19.760 --> 0:05:22.920 code radio for fifteen dollars off. That's because the Giants 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:26.360 have allowed exactly one tight end touchdown in every game 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:29.320 so far, and that's going to go to Schultz. Zeke 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:31.600 gets an A grade, Pollard gets a. See it appears 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:34.920 that we've exaggerated the death of Ezekiel Elliott on this show. 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:36.960 Twenty carries a hundred and forty three yards in a 0:05:37.000 --> 0:05:39.400 score last week against Carolina. Scored three times in the 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:42.080 prior to games. Really, his only bad game was Tampa. 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:45.800 He's Zeke's running hard. I've been very impressed with him 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:48.039 the last two weeks. Yeah, and the Giants have already 0:05:48.040 --> 0:05:50.760 given up a hundred yard games to Kamara and Melvin Gordon, 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:55.080 a hundred yards combo yards to slash backup Cordarrell Patterson, 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:58.000 So that means Pollard's involved too. He's still recording about 0:05:58.000 --> 0:06:00.479 ten touches per game, and that's startable if you need it. 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:03.760 I like it. Denver takes on the Pittsburgh Steelers. That 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:07.640 appears Teddy Bridgewater will be under center, which I think 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:09.960 overall helps this offense. What do you think of the 0:06:10.000 --> 0:06:13.320 passing game for Denver, Brian, Yeah, Teddy Teddy will make 0:06:13.360 --> 0:06:16.440 the start past concussion protocol. I like him this week 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:18.400 and give him a CEE. It's much easier to run 0:06:18.520 --> 0:06:20.760 or to pass on Pittsburgh than it is to run 0:06:20.800 --> 0:06:23.760 The Steelers are allowing nearly two hundred seventy passing yards 0:06:23.760 --> 0:06:26.960 and two passing touchdowns per game to opposing quarterbacks. So 0:06:27.080 --> 0:06:29.960 see for Teddy. I gotta be on Courtland Sutton, who 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:32.320 is averaging more than eight targets per game since Week 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:34.960 two in a good spot against the Steelers this week 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:38.880 we're allowing more than five yards and nearly two touchdowns 0:06:38.880 --> 0:06:42.040 per game too wide receivers. Pittsburgh will also be without 0:06:42.040 --> 0:06:44.760 starting quarterback Cameron Sutton, who heard his growing against Green 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:48.240 Bay last weeks. While I like no Cameron Suting will 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:53.080 be out of No relations are not related. They're not cousins. 0:06:53.480 --> 0:06:57.200 Courtland Sutton in with a B cornerback camera and Sutton out. Yes, 0:06:57.360 --> 0:06:59.599 he's on the bench and your id leaks. I'm not 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:02.480 benching Tim Patrick either, I'm giving him a see. Patrick 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:05.320 has posted double digit PPR points and two of three starts, 0:07:05.320 --> 0:07:07.680 and without Jerry Judy in the lineup, he's virtually playing 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:10.400 every snap and a good matchup for wide receiver, So 0:07:10.640 --> 0:07:13.920 a see for Tim Patrick in just to see for 0:07:14.000 --> 0:07:16.600 Noah fan. This week pretty much a neutral matchup for 0:07:16.680 --> 0:07:20.120 fant Um. The Steelers have given up the twelve few 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:22.640 cr two tight ends and just one touchdown this year, 0:07:23.360 --> 0:07:26.880 Um Fan, it is worth mentioning Noah Fan performed admirably 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:30.400 against the Steelers last year with Jeff Driscoll at quarterback. 0:07:31.120 --> 0:07:33.160 Caught four balls for fifty seven yards in his score. 0:07:33.240 --> 0:07:36.440 So it's a huge upgrade with Teddy Bridgewater over Jeff Driscoll, 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:39.120 or for Noah Fan and lastly for Jen For the 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:41.920 running backs, we'll start with Javonte Williams. Gonna give him 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:47.360 a week. Oh man, God, if you haven't watched him yet, 0:07:47.600 --> 0:07:50.320 He's something special. He's just not getting the opportunities. According 0:07:50.360 --> 0:07:53.360 to Pro Football Focus, uh, he has the highest mis 0:07:53.480 --> 0:07:56.440 tackle rate at thirty seven percent among all running backs. 0:07:56.880 --> 0:07:59.000 Just looks incredible. He's just not getting the touches. It's 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:02.920 pretty much the most even times share with Melvin Gordon 0:08:03.040 --> 0:08:04.600 right now, who is kind of iffy to play, but 0:08:04.640 --> 0:08:07.920 he will play. He gets a sea. My sea on 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:11.200 Williams is much more positive than the sea I have 0:08:11.280 --> 0:08:14.920 on Melvin Gordon, like like a delicious drink or something 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:18.440 like that, like high see something like that. But I 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:21.360 was just talking about delicious. Tust I just said, I 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:24.320 feel more positive about the see for for Williams and 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:27.880 I don't you feel positive about it? Like like it's 0:08:27.880 --> 0:08:31.720 a plus? Are you done now? Pretty much stealer. Not 0:08:31.800 --> 0:08:34.440 a great matchup for either running back though Pittsburgh has 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:37.920 not allowed running back touchdown yet on the air or ground, 0:08:37.960 --> 0:08:41.199 but a sea for both Denver backs over to the 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:45.560 Pittsburgh side, just to see. For nase Harris averaging fourteen 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:49.440 carries an eight and a half targets per game, right 0:08:49.520 --> 0:08:53.400 target game, will skew that a little bit was very involved. Yeah, 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:56.800 he's a true bell cow Is O line and quarterback 0:08:56.840 --> 0:08:59.880 are failing him big time. Sadly, this is not a 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:03.520 get right spot spot for Nasey. Denver is allowing just 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:06.640 fifty point five rushing yards per game to running backs 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:10.040 with one rushing touchdown. The Broncos have also allowed forty 0:09:10.080 --> 0:09:12.760 five receiving yards to running backs. That's not per game 0:09:13.440 --> 0:09:17.040 total forty five receiving yards on the year running backs 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:19.640 For just a C for Naji Harris, I will give 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:22.640 Deonta Johnson a B thirty five targets for Deontay so 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:25.160 far as zero drops. We're all concerned about the drops 0:09:25.240 --> 0:09:27.920 last year with Johnson doesn't seem to be an issue 0:09:28.000 --> 0:09:31.200 Denver allowing roughly fourteen catches and one seventy five yards 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:34.400 per game to wide receivers. They should get corner Ronald 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:37.000 Darby back off of I R, but he'll be playing 0:09:37.000 --> 0:09:38.520 in a limited role if they do so. I like 0:09:38.640 --> 0:09:41.679 Johnson with a B and Chase Claypool can give him 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:45.920 a C in a Spike game new term. He has 0:09:45.960 --> 0:09:50.120 a growing injury. Should play, But Denver drafted kJ Hamler 0:09:50.720 --> 0:09:54.800 six overall last year. There's a Spike game for everybody 0:09:54.880 --> 0:10:00.240 not drafted number. Chase clay Pool was drafted as the 0:10:00.559 --> 0:10:05.640 very next wide receiver as the nick in the Spike 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:09.680 game over the jack. Oh that trust me. This is 0:10:09.720 --> 0:10:12.640 a thing. So Chase Claypool a see if he goes, 0:10:12.720 --> 0:10:15.960 and Juju Smith Schuster on the bench. If Claypool plays, 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:19.679 if Claypool sits, I'll give Juju a CEE. But Juju 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:23.000 is not looked good, averaging lesson four catches and thirty 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:25.679 five yards per game, hasn't scored through the area, has 0:10:25.760 --> 0:10:29.040 a BS rushing touchdown. But Juju looks bad. And I'll 0:10:29.080 --> 0:10:32.120 just you know, I just we we as a show 0:10:32.800 --> 0:10:36.040 nailed Jujus foibles in the preseason. I just want to 0:10:36.080 --> 0:10:40.040 put that in there. And lastly, Ben Roethlisberger joining Juju 0:10:40.120 --> 0:10:42.520 on the bench again. If claypool sits, I'll give juju. 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:47.880 See if Claypool uh Juju see if Claypool with those bench, 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:50.160 if he plays Ben on the bench, two hundred fifty 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:53.360 passing yards in one touchdown per game is his average, 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:55.080 and that's pretty much his ceiling as well. He just 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:58.000 there's better options out there than Ben Roethlisberg, no doubt. 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:01.079 It's it's you're gonna have. We're only starting Bet in 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:04.360 very specific situations, and this against a very good Broncos 0:11:04.400 --> 0:11:07.160 defense is not one of them. Better options might be 0:11:07.240 --> 0:11:10.160 Dwayne Haskins on their own period bench. It could be 0:11:10.360 --> 0:11:13.640 it could be Detroit takes on Minnesota in a game 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:15.520 in which there's not a lot to like from the 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:20.520 Detroit side of it. Detroit likely missing three offensive linemen 0:11:20.600 --> 0:11:23.760 and their best three both tackles and their center Frank 0:11:23.840 --> 0:11:26.439 rag Now are not expected to play in this game. 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:31.120 And that's it's it's really muddied the usual formula for 0:11:31.360 --> 0:11:36.360 success for Detroit's players, which is garbage time. Garbage times 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:38.480 coming in this game. But I don't even know if 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:43.240 they can overcome this in Jared Goff's three good Fantasy games, 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:45.240 and three of US four have been good. The lines 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:47.960 have faced big deficits that will probably happen here. The 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:50.400 one dud game was the type back and forth game 0:11:50.440 --> 0:11:52.320 with the Ravens. This is not going to be a 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:55.319 tight game. But I just I'm nervous that Goff is 0:11:55.360 --> 0:11:59.199 not going to be able to overcome this offensive line deficit, 0:11:59.520 --> 0:12:01.840 and so I've only got a C grade on him. 0:12:01.920 --> 0:12:04.559 I have a The only receiver that I've got a 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:08.080 starting grade on is t J. Hockenson. Minnesota hasn't allowed 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:11.360 much to tight ends, but they've also faced mostly bad 0:12:11.360 --> 0:12:14.920 tight ends. Hockinson leads his team and targets receiving yards, 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:19.319 and he does have playmaking ability with twenty or more 0:12:19.400 --> 0:12:22.199 yards in three plays of twenty or more yards in 0:12:22.280 --> 0:12:25.199 three or four games. But here I worry Hockins is 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:27.200 gonna have to stay in block because both the tackles 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:29.240 are gonna be out. So I've only got the C 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:31.880 grade on Hockinson in this game, which is lower than 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:33.920 I wanted it to be, in lower than I expected 0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:36.880 it to be. Um Quintess c Fist is on the bench. 0:12:36.960 --> 0:12:40.680 Cliff Raymonds on the bench again, worried about worried about 0:12:41.400 --> 0:12:44.520 this offense having enough time with this bad offensive line, 0:12:44.559 --> 0:12:45.920 if you had to throw a dart at one of them. 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:47.960 I take Sefist because he loved plays more on the 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:49.880 right side of the field, which puts him up against 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:53.560 Bashad Breland, who has allowed twenty of twenty three passes 0:12:53.720 --> 0:12:57.680 in his coverage to be completed. Then we go to 0:12:57.679 --> 0:13:00.280 the running backs. DeAndre Swift comes in with the C 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:03.840 grade here. He will have to be very creative to 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:06.840 get around the offensive line woes that we described. Fortunately, 0:13:07.120 --> 0:13:11.360 the Vikings are without there run stuffing defensive lineman Michael Pierce, 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:13.280 so that helps even the odds a little bit. And 0:13:13.280 --> 0:13:15.840 it's why I still have a C grade on DeAndre Swift. 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:19.040 Minnesota is allowing the third most rushing yards a hundred 0:13:19.080 --> 0:13:22.480 twenty yards per game and three rushing touchdowns so far 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:25.920 this year. Um, where Swift helps you a lot is 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:28.920 through the air, and he's a very good receiver. But 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:32.720 the Vikings have only given up one receiving touchdown in 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:36.800 the past twenty six games to a running back, so 0:13:36.920 --> 0:13:38.520 I don't even know that Swift helps you a lot 0:13:38.640 --> 0:13:43.679 here either. Jamal Williams getting almost as many carries as Swift, 0:13:44.320 --> 0:13:48.160 but he doesn't get nearly the number of snaps, and 0:13:48.200 --> 0:13:50.240 that worries me a little bit. And if this game 0:13:50.240 --> 0:13:53.040 script is upside down, does Williams get those carries? I 0:13:53.080 --> 0:13:56.320 don't think so, so I'm keeping I'm keeping him on 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:59.760 the bench as well, even though he's running great. If 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:03.600 you do watch Jamal Williams run dudes in NFL starting 0:14:03.679 --> 0:14:07.040 running back, he looks good. Let's go over to the 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:08.760 Viking side of this, and I want to start with 0:14:08.840 --> 0:14:12.840 Dalvin Cook because this is increasingly dicey for cook owners, 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:16.400 who got burned last week in a big way. This 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:21.280 one carries with it high risk, high reward. The reward, 0:14:21.320 --> 0:14:26.520 of course is the Lions. The risk is his ankle. 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:31.800 So the presumption is that Cook is going to play 0:14:31.840 --> 0:14:35.880 in this game after a light week of work with 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:39.600 the Vikings in practice, but we don't know that for sure. 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:42.960 And the Vikings don't need Dalvin Cook to beat the Lions. 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:45.920 They can win with Alexander Madison. They beat Seattle with 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:49.040 Alexander Madison, they can beat the Lions with him. In fact, 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:51.480 the Vikings haven't won a game with Dalvin Cook in 0:14:51.520 --> 0:14:55.560 the lineup. Not this year. No, so there's there there's 0:14:55.640 --> 0:14:58.360 reason to believe that Cook could have a diminished role. 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:04.640 It's even a horrifying turn. It's possible he's active. You 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:07.800 start him and the Vikings run Madison through all or 0:15:07.880 --> 0:15:10.200 most of the game and just safe Cook in case 0:15:10.240 --> 0:15:13.840 he's needed at some point. Horrifying. That would be an 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:18.240 awful scenario. Now, obviously it's an elite matchup. If Cook 0:15:18.480 --> 0:15:22.400 starts and plays the whole game, he's the upside is 0:15:22.560 --> 0:15:25.760 hundred and fifty rushing yards and two touchdowns, but there's 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:29.200 significant downside as well. I'm putting a B on Dalvin Cook, 0:15:29.320 --> 0:15:31.400 and you need to decide for yourself whether or not 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:34.840 you want to absorb the risk you should reserve an 0:15:34.840 --> 0:15:39.120 E n C H two. Just attack onto that B 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:43.000 bench and and and got it. Okay, it is It 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:46.280 is dicey, it's super dice. But what about Madison Church? 0:15:46.360 --> 0:15:48.760 What about Madison? Well, you can't know. I don't have 0:15:48.800 --> 0:15:51.400 a starting grade on Madison because you can't know what's 0:15:51.400 --> 0:15:53.120 going to happen with Cook, and it's would be a 0:15:53.200 --> 0:15:55.600 dart throw. But I could I could be persuaded to 0:15:55.600 --> 0:15:57.720 give him a seed just because There's so many scenarios 0:15:57.720 --> 0:16:00.520 where he gets carries, even if even if Dalvin Cook 0:16:00.560 --> 0:16:03.520 starts the game, the Vicers get way out ahead garbage Town, 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:05.960 and then just garbage time Madison at the end. So 0:16:06.160 --> 0:16:08.160 I could be convinced in fact, for you, Matt, I'll 0:16:08.160 --> 0:16:11.160 give him a well thank you. Kirk Cousins, Justin Jefferson 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:13.640 and Adam Feeling are obvious a's and I'm not going 0:16:13.680 --> 0:16:17.320 to even belabor much here. Um, I'll mention this. Over 0:16:17.360 --> 0:16:21.320 the past five meetings, Kirk Cousins is averaging two yards 0:16:21.440 --> 0:16:25.880 and almost three touchdowns with no interceptions against the Lions. 0:16:25.920 --> 0:16:28.160 So you want part of all of his receiving options, 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:33.120 even k J Osborne, who gets a C grade. He's 0:16:33.160 --> 0:16:37.520 the slot receiver from Minnesota. He draws A J. Parker 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:41.680 in the slot. Parker is Pro Football focuses one hundred 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:46.040 ranked cornerback. He's already given up two touchdowns in his coverage. 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:50.360 And Tyler Conklin, also with a C grade tight end. 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:53.320 Three of four Lions opponents have put up big tight 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:55.920 end games. Conklin shouldn't have to stay in and block 0:16:55.960 --> 0:16:57.600 as much as he did last week. He scored the 0:16:57.640 --> 0:17:00.520 week before that. 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When we come back, take a chance on me. 0:17:34.760 --> 0:17:37.399 Nine players upon whom you can take a chance. Will 0:17:37.440 --> 0:18:10.200 tell you who they are when we come back, taking 0:18:10.240 --> 0:18:13.080 a chance on me. Nine players not normally a new 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:17.040 starting lineup. Many of these guys available on the waiver wire. 0:18:18.640 --> 0:18:21.200 One of mine and well two of mine are likely 0:18:21.240 --> 0:18:23.439 on your waiver wire. We'll find out who they are 0:18:23.480 --> 0:18:25.600 in a moment. Matt, Let's begin with you. Who is 0:18:25.640 --> 0:18:29.160 your Take a chance on the quarterback. I've got Trevor Lawrence, 0:18:29.320 --> 0:18:31.960 and you know the Jaguars have seen a few distractions 0:18:32.000 --> 0:18:36.280 this week, but they're definitely back to the grind. Lawrence 0:18:36.400 --> 0:18:38.919 backed his behind into the end zone on a rushing 0:18:38.960 --> 0:18:42.240 play last week and also completed his passes in the 0:18:42.280 --> 0:18:45.720 process against Since I'd imagine the Jags players rally around 0:18:45.760 --> 0:18:47.679 Lawrence as a leader as he flew back on the 0:18:47.720 --> 0:18:50.520 team playing with them. The Titans have given up at 0:18:50.560 --> 0:18:53.720 least two five yards and multiple scores to every quarterback 0:18:54.119 --> 0:19:00.000 that they've faced that had two ankles, not Carson Wentz, 0:19:01.000 --> 0:19:03.679 but that includes two seven and two to Zach Wilson 0:19:03.760 --> 0:19:06.240 just last week. All right, you'll take a chance of me, 0:19:06.359 --> 0:19:10.240 quarterback Brian. I don't have any innuendos for this one, 0:19:10.280 --> 0:19:12.399 but I got Jacoby either. I don't know what you're 0:19:12.440 --> 0:19:17.560 talking a Jacoby Brissette of the Dolphins at Tampa Bay. 0:19:18.119 --> 0:19:20.760 The Bucks can score, and that's partially why they hold 0:19:20.800 --> 0:19:23.920 the highest opponent passing play percentage in the NFL. It's 0:19:23.960 --> 0:19:28.040 north of se Another reason is it's impossible to run. 0:19:28.160 --> 0:19:30.959 You can't run on the Tampa but they're seeing forty 0:19:31.240 --> 0:19:36.359 seven passes per game seven and the heavens again, the 0:19:36.720 --> 0:19:39.560 Tampa Bay is gonna be without three starting cornerbacks now 0:19:39.640 --> 0:19:43.640 starting a strong safety Antoine Winfield has been ruled out. 0:19:43.960 --> 0:19:47.000 I like the the matchups for the wide receivers from Miami. 0:19:47.000 --> 0:19:48.679 Will get into that a little more later. I like 0:19:48.720 --> 0:19:51.920 the matchup for Mike Gaziki. So Jacoby Brissette's gonna air 0:19:51.960 --> 0:19:54.040 it out great. Take a chance on me player this 0:19:54.080 --> 0:19:59.480 week at quarterback. Given forty seven chances anyway, Jacoby Brissette 0:19:59.480 --> 0:20:02.359 can comp at least one pass, I would hope. So 0:20:02.520 --> 0:20:07.640 my quarterback is Zack Wilson, who looked legitimately great last week, 0:20:07.920 --> 0:20:11.080 fantastic game. I think he keeps the momentum going against 0:20:11.080 --> 0:20:15.400 a very shaky Falcons defense that has yielded monster passing 0:20:15.400 --> 0:20:19.600 games to three of four opposing quarterbacks, including last week 0:20:19.600 --> 0:20:23.159 to the modest abilities of Taylor Heineke, who he mentioned 0:20:23.160 --> 0:20:26.880 in this very segment last week, Jamison Crowder positive matchup, 0:20:27.119 --> 0:20:31.600 Corey Davis positive, very positive matchup against Fabian Moreau. Zack 0:20:31.600 --> 0:20:33.960 Wilson's gonna have plenty of options when he looks around 0:20:34.000 --> 0:20:36.640 the field. Falcons are easier to pass upon than run upon. 0:20:37.160 --> 0:20:39.760 I believe that Zack Wilson is going to be a 0:20:39.760 --> 0:20:41.480 good start, and we'll see a little later if Colin 0:20:41.560 --> 0:20:45.200 mccockney or London correspondent will end up agreeing with you. Might. 0:20:45.720 --> 0:20:47.960 Let's go to the running back position. Who is your 0:20:48.040 --> 0:20:49.840 take a chance of me player? Matt I'm gonna go 0:20:49.880 --> 0:20:52.880 with Zach Wilson's teammate Michael Carter. He's really taken over 0:20:52.920 --> 0:20:55.720 as the lead back in New York thirteen carries and 0:20:55.920 --> 0:20:57.920 three targets last week. He's been in the twelve to 0:20:58.000 --> 0:21:01.719 fifteen range in total worklow since Week two. Uh. This 0:21:01.760 --> 0:21:04.560 week he gets a Falcons team that makes everyone look good. 0:21:04.600 --> 0:21:08.280 Miles Sanders, Kenny Gainwell, Leonard Fournette, se Kwon Barkley, Antonio 0:21:08.359 --> 0:21:11.760 Gibson and j D. Mckissic have all topped seventy total 0:21:11.840 --> 0:21:14.440 yards or scored against the Falcons this year. That's six 0:21:14.520 --> 0:21:18.560 running backs in four weeks. By the way, Yeah, Michael Carter, 0:21:18.680 --> 0:21:21.960 He's gonna get a solid grade in this one. Let's 0:21:21.960 --> 0:21:25.679 go to your take a chance of me Brian. Tampa 0:21:25.680 --> 0:21:28.520 Bay is Ronald Jones at the Dolphin or at home 0:21:28.560 --> 0:21:31.280 against the Dolphins. Sorry, Tom Brady has been asked to 0:21:31.359 --> 0:21:33.080 do way too much lately, and this feels like a 0:21:33.080 --> 0:21:35.320 game or Tampa Bay can really lean on the run 0:21:35.400 --> 0:21:37.879 Miami has allowed these second most rushing yards and the 0:21:38.040 --> 0:21:41.120 most rushing touchdowns to running backs. The Dolphins are also 0:21:41.200 --> 0:21:44.520 top ten in the most receptions, receiving yards, and receiving 0:21:44.520 --> 0:21:46.639 touchdowns allowed to backs. Now, I know it looks like 0:21:46.680 --> 0:21:50.880 it's Leonard Fournette as the lead back. He is the Yeah, 0:21:50.920 --> 0:21:54.720 well we've seen this before. It always goes the complete opposite. 0:21:54.960 --> 0:21:56.880 So if you want to win a million dollars playing 0:21:56.960 --> 0:22:00.600 daily sports, you're gonna have Ronald Jones running back for 0:22:00.720 --> 0:22:02.840 ust me. I know I'm gonna have him on in 0:22:02.880 --> 0:22:05.200 a few lines. Something does win the million? Is Is 0:22:05.240 --> 0:22:08.160 this a tipping situation for you? It probably is most 0:22:08.160 --> 0:22:10.800 definitely a tipping situation. D m me for my MENMO 0:22:12.280 --> 0:22:14.119 might take a chance to me. Running back is Damien 0:22:14.160 --> 0:22:16.400 Williams as he goes up against Las Vegas. He's you're 0:22:16.400 --> 0:22:19.760 starting running back with David Montgomery out in Chicago. Um, 0:22:19.840 --> 0:22:23.040