WEBVTT - It's Hardware Week! 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:03.920 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of iHeartRadio. 0:00:06.000 --> 0:00:11.000 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from iHeartRadio, your weekly 0:00:11.080 --> 0:00:15.720 source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and advice. Now 0:00:15.960 --> 0:00:19.880 along with the guys from Guillotine Leagues dot com. Here's 0:00:19.920 --> 0:00:21.720 your host, Paulian. 0:00:22.000 --> 0:00:24.000 It is hardware week. 0:00:24.200 --> 0:00:26.360 Yeah, championship week. 0:00:26.400 --> 0:00:28.760 If you're listening right now, that probably means you've got 0:00:28.760 --> 0:00:32.320 at least one team left in a championship situation. We 0:00:32.360 --> 0:00:34.800 are here to guide you to the hardware. I'm Paul 0:00:34.840 --> 0:00:37.760 Charchie and co host today Matt Harrison and Thorneistrom. 0:00:37.760 --> 0:00:40.720 Hey, guys, I I hope it's more than like two 0:00:40.840 --> 0:00:44.080 twelfths of like the fantasy players out there listening. Still, 0:00:44.760 --> 0:00:45.360 it might be. 0:00:45.560 --> 0:00:47.000 I mean, I think a lot of people get pretty 0:00:47.000 --> 0:00:49.960 bitter about fantasy football when they get when they get eliminated. 0:00:50.400 --> 0:00:53.479 I certainly do, yeah, And so I mean, I understand you. 0:00:53.479 --> 0:00:56.040 You have no leagues left, and you're like di, I 0:00:56.080 --> 0:00:57.880 can't listen to people who care right. 0:00:57.760 --> 0:00:59.200 Now, and I have no team alive. 0:00:59.440 --> 0:01:01.920 That was rude when Thor came in and just threw 0:01:02.000 --> 0:01:05.640 the copy machine across the building, and so angry. 0:01:05.880 --> 0:01:09.520 I watch off of space last night. So we've got 0:01:09.520 --> 0:01:11.200 plenty to get to. We're gonna break down all the 0:01:11.240 --> 0:01:14.080 games and there's there's with all the injuries that have 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:16.120 mounted here at the end of the season, there's a 0:01:16.280 --> 0:01:18.640 lot of moving parts in these We're gonna try to 0:01:18.640 --> 0:01:20.399 give you the best advice with what we know about 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:23.720 the injury situations. We've got the take a chance of 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:27.520 me players that still count for various people in various situations. 0:01:27.959 --> 0:01:32.280 And we'll answer three tough questions, all forward looking as 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:36.119 we look to next year. Let's begin with the Patriots 0:01:36.120 --> 0:01:37.640 taking on the Bills. And by the way, before we 0:01:37.640 --> 0:01:40.399 even get to that, Matt like remind listeners, don't like 0:01:40.560 --> 0:01:43.160 unsubscribe now, you know we keep going. We're fifty two 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:45.480 weeks a year, that's true, don't unsubscribe. 0:01:45.560 --> 0:01:48.440 And we have thorn Nystrom and nobody knows the NFL 0:01:48.560 --> 0:01:50.280 draft better than thor Nystroms. 0:01:50.680 --> 0:01:53.240 Season is coming, yeah, all right, time of the year. 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:56.520 Our off season is going to be so much more 0:01:56.520 --> 0:01:59.440 informed than it has been in years past. Best time 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:02.280 of the year, draft season. I can't wait. See then, 0:02:03.000 --> 0:02:05.800 would you have been talking about Pooka Nakua? You talked 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:07.960 about it here on this show in August. Would you 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:10.600 have been talking about it on Fantasy Football Weekly in March? 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:13.360 Well, yes, yeah, because we discovered him at the Senior 0:02:13.400 --> 0:02:15.600 Bowl last year, you know, and and at b YU 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:17.280 he had flashed when he was on the field. It 0:02:17.360 --> 0:02:19.480 was just the injury thing, and then he didn't test 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:21.600 quite as well. But he dusted people when he was 0:02:21.639 --> 0:02:23.480 on the field, and we are going to point people 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:24.120 to sleepers. 0:02:24.600 --> 0:02:27.920 Early on, I was looking at Jaron Hall going back 0:02:27.919 --> 0:02:31.360 through some Jared Hall BYU taped to just because he's 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:33.040 starting for the Vikings. We'll talk about that at the 0:02:33.080 --> 0:02:35.640 end of the show as we do that matchup. Man, 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:38.560 he had he had some deep downfield connections to Pooka 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:40.320 and Puka was just shreddinged dudes. 0:02:40.360 --> 0:02:42.720 Oh yeah, when Pooka was on the field, Jaren Hall 0:02:42.800 --> 0:02:44.920 was good. When Pucka was not on the field, for By, 0:02:45.040 --> 0:02:46.520 I was about it not as good. 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:47.840 Well, he's got justin Jefferson. 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:48.480 It's pretty good. 0:02:48.639 --> 0:02:52.880 He does sign back to Patriots Bills. Man, let's start 0:02:52.919 --> 0:02:55.280 on the Patriots side. There's only one player that really 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:58.520 is meaningful here for this week, Ezekiel Elliott. He's been 0:02:59.360 --> 0:03:02.520 pretty good the last since Romandre Stevenson's been out. He's 0:03:02.520 --> 0:03:03.840 out for this one. Do you like him here? 0:03:03.919 --> 0:03:06.080 Sure? You just did the Patriots side of my matchup 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:09.840 for me? That's a B grade for Elliott. He probably 0:03:09.840 --> 0:03:12.000 gets another twenty touches this week, and the Bills are 0:03:12.040 --> 0:03:14.960 allowing four point four yards per carry. That's sixth worst 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:17.920 in the league. They're also bottom ten in both receptions 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:21.040 and receiving yards allowed to opposing backs, and Zeke had 0:03:21.120 --> 0:03:25.359 eleven targets and nine catches last week. In fact, he's 0:03:25.360 --> 0:03:29.000 averaging seven catches over the past three weeks with Bailey Zappi, 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:32.200 so lot of PPR work for Zeke here, but the 0:03:32.360 --> 0:03:34.360 entire passing game for the Pats is on the bench. 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:37.040 Zappi has looked serviceable over the past few weeks, but 0:03:37.160 --> 0:03:39.640 the Bills are top eight in passing yards and passing 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:42.680 scores allowed, so the matchup is brutal. On the Bill side. 0:03:42.760 --> 0:03:46.120 Josh Allen easya over his last five meetings with the Patriots, 0:03:46.360 --> 0:03:48.680 he's averaging two hundred and seventy three yards and three 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:51.640 passing scores per game, and he's never had fewer than 0:03:51.680 --> 0:03:54.000 sixteen rushing yards against New England, so he'll add on 0:03:54.000 --> 0:03:56.920 a little bit there. But Stefan Diggs, that one's a 0:03:56.960 --> 0:03:57.960 little more interesting. 0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:00.880 How about this championship week you might have to bench 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:01.760 stuff on Diggs. 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:04.640 Yeah, he hasn't been very digsy since Week six. That 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:06.640 was the last time he hit one hundred yards. He's 0:04:06.680 --> 0:04:09.480 only scored three times in the past nine games. The 0:04:09.520 --> 0:04:12.280 Pats defense has been middle of the pack against wide receivers. 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:14.920 They've allowed a big day recently to Rashie Rice, but 0:04:15.320 --> 0:04:18.600 pretty much held almost every other wide receiver in check 0:04:18.880 --> 0:04:21.560 and looking through the corners. Only Jonathan Jones has a 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:24.040 passer rating under one hundred and his coverage though, so 0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:27.480 the matchups still okay. I kind of like this as 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:30.760 a get right game for Bills and Digs here. I'm 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:34.000 gonna give him a B grade. I don't feel as 0:04:34.000 --> 0:04:36.239 confident about Gabe Davis. I don't know how you could. 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:39.240 He's either boom or bust. His last four games include 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:42.360 one oh five in a score, one thirty in a score, 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:45.560 and two games where he didn't catch a pass. So 0:04:45.800 --> 0:04:48.960 you're absolutely playing with fire if starting him. But maybe 0:04:48.960 --> 0:04:51.039 you went up against some of the guys on Thursday night, 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:54.120 like Bryce Hall, who had a nice big game. Maybe 0:04:54.120 --> 0:04:57.280 you need that boom er bus player. In that case, 0:04:57.320 --> 0:04:59.520 you can start Gabe Davis with a C grade. You 0:04:59.560 --> 0:05:04.000 cannot start Dalton Kincaid or Dawson Knox. Or Dawson Kincaid 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:07.360 or Dalton Knox neither are getting targets right now since 0:05:07.440 --> 0:05:10.560 Knox return. Kinkaid is seeing three point six targets per 0:05:10.560 --> 0:05:13.039 game and Knox is only getting one point six. And 0:05:13.080 --> 0:05:15.040 the Pats have the second best tight end defense in 0:05:15.040 --> 0:05:16.800 the league, so they're all on the bench. If you're 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:18.920 in a league it's just a redraft league, you can 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:22.760 drop Dalton Kincaid and use that roster spot to block 0:05:22.800 --> 0:05:25.479 an opponent, or find a little depth and maybe find 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:27.040 a good guy that we got a lot of good 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:28.320 guys that we're going to talk about and take a 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:31.800 chance on me. Lastly, James Cook. He gets a B grade. 0:05:31.839 --> 0:05:34.919 The workload has been fantastic over the last month, but 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:38.360 the Patriots haven't allowed a runner to top seventy yards 0:05:38.400 --> 0:05:41.159 on the ground since Week seven. They do allow a 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:46.320 lot of opposing running backs through the air damage though 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:50.280 in their last three games alone, opposing backs are averaging 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:55.080 almost nine receptions per game and about sixty receiving yards 0:05:55.120 --> 0:05:57.840 per game. That's a ton of work through the air, 0:05:57.880 --> 0:05:59.680 and I think James Cook gets almost all of it, 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:02.680 even though Leonard Fournette, Hey, he was active last week. 0:06:03.000 --> 0:06:06.440 How about that. Yeah, doesn't worry me a lot, not 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:08.520 at all. Cook does worry me. I think this is 0:06:08.640 --> 0:06:11.039 this is a tricky matchup. It's a tricky spot for him. 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:17.839 Let's go over to Saints Bucks thor Derek Carr. I've 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:21.000 got some interest in Derek Carr. In fact, I forgot 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:24.440 he's might take a chance and I move this one 0:06:24.440 --> 0:06:27.320 to the first segment in my mistake, am I allowed 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:29.440 to say a couple of things about Derek Carr? Save 0:06:29.480 --> 0:06:32.360 it for my take a chance? Okay? All right? Spoiler alert, 0:06:32.520 --> 0:06:35.119 Yes I like him a lot too. Yes, but also 0:06:35.240 --> 0:06:38.520 my wide receivers in this matchup. You know who that 0:06:38.640 --> 0:06:41.800 is and mutual love their charity, that's right. So you 0:06:41.800 --> 0:06:44.560 can't talk about him either, Yeah, yeah, so yeah, we'll 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:45.320 wait on that one. 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:48.320 Alvin Kamara, I'm giving an a It's also a good 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:51.360 matchup for him. RB three and Fantasy points per game 0:06:51.440 --> 0:06:54.920 number one. In targets, the Bucks struggled to tackle and 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:57.120 as you guys know, Kamara breaks a lot of them 0:06:57.360 --> 0:07:00.440 Bucks up the six highest misstackle rates since week eleven. 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:03.000 The volume, of course, is going to be there for Kamaras, 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:05.840 so it goes without saying. Chris Olave also in a 0:07:06.360 --> 0:07:09.560 the Bucks have allowed the most receiving yards to wide receivers. 0:07:09.600 --> 0:07:11.200 I think Church will probably get into that a little 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:14.400 bit more he started talking about it, But yeah, Olave. 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:17.120 Is definitely an A. Yeah, love Olave here, love him. 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:20.200 You have to keep Taysom Hill on the bench after 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:21.720 what we've seen in the last two games. He only 0:07:21.760 --> 0:07:25.160 had one point seven total PPR points combined against the Giants, 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:28.840 and Rams only played twenty two snaps in those games combine. 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:31.800 You just can't trust the usage in a championship game, 0:07:31.880 --> 0:07:33.680 or I wouldn't be able to. I gotta keep him 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:35.480 on the bench. The tight end you want to play 0:07:35.480 --> 0:07:39.040 here is Juwan Johnson. I give him a b touchdowns 0:07:39.040 --> 0:07:41.440 in two straight games and the Bucks have allowed the 0:07:41.440 --> 0:07:44.720 fifth most fantasy points the tight ends. Tampa has also 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:48.160 coughed up fifteen or more point PPR points to three 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:50.680 straight tight ends that they have faced. I think it's 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:52.800 a good matchup for him going over to the Bucks. 0:07:52.800 --> 0:07:55.360 Baker Mayfield, I give him a B. He scored at 0:07:55.440 --> 0:07:58.120 least twenty four fantasy points in three straight games, had 0:07:58.120 --> 0:08:00.760 two hundred and forty six passing yards and three touchdowns 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:04.000 against these very same Saints in Week four, and these Saints, 0:08:04.040 --> 0:08:06.160 you guys will recall, just gave up twenty five fantasy 0:08:06.160 --> 0:08:09.480 points to Matthew Stafford. Yeah, Rashad White, we were talking 0:08:09.520 --> 0:08:10.600 about him before the show. 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:11.920 I love Rashad White. 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:14.000 This week, I love him, you are, but tell me 0:08:14.040 --> 0:08:17.400 why I give him an a RB seven and fantasy. 0:08:17.440 --> 0:08:20.360 This year, he's averaging twenty touches ninety two total yards 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:24.520 per game this The Saints run defense was better earlier 0:08:24.600 --> 0:08:27.360 on in this season, but it has regressed now, which 0:08:27.440 --> 0:08:29.840 to me makes this a good matchup for White. New 0:08:29.960 --> 0:08:32.680 Orleans has allowed the second most rushing yards per game 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:36.640 since Week eleven, So I really like Rashad Mike Evans, 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:38.880 I'm giving him an A wide Receiver eight in fantasy, 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:41.880 and keep in mind Marshawn Lattimore will not be active 0:08:41.920 --> 0:08:44.640 this week. Saints have run the fourth have the fourth 0:08:44.679 --> 0:08:48.439 highest rate of single high coverage since Week twelve against 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:51.880 single high Get this, Mike Evans are ridiculous three point 0:08:51.920 --> 0:08:55.160 two yards per route run and thirty two percent first 0:08:55.240 --> 0:08:57.640 reach share. Oh Man, Mayfield looks at him all the 0:08:57.640 --> 0:08:59.560 time against that coverage. Look, he is going to get 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:02.160 pounded with targets here. For that reason, I did not 0:09:02.320 --> 0:09:04.920 Godwin Chris Godwin down to a sea. He does have 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:07.959 those eleven plus targets three games in a row, so 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:10.040 some people out there are probably be more bullish than me. 0:09:10.760 --> 0:09:13.880 Fourteen point PPR points are more in his last two games, 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:15.880 all the way up to wide receiver thirty nine and 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:18.240 fantasy points per game now, and he did have a 0:09:18.280 --> 0:09:20.280 big game against the Saints earlier this season. I will 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:22.520 say eight catches for one hundred and fourteen yards on 0:09:22.559 --> 0:09:25.600 eleven targets. But this for me is the bonanza matchup 0:09:25.600 --> 0:09:27.520 for Evans. I think Godwin takes a little bit of 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:30.000 a back seat here. He is startable as a third 0:09:30.040 --> 0:09:32.080 wide receiver. Godwin is, but I just have to give 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:32.760 him a seed. 0:09:32.840 --> 0:09:36.800 All right. I'll mention this back to our slight disagreement 0:09:36.880 --> 0:09:41.120 on Rashad White. Saints have been great against running backs 0:09:41.160 --> 0:09:43.240 through the air, and that's where with shod White has 0:09:43.280 --> 0:09:46.000 given you this safe seat, this safe floor. Yeah right, 0:09:46.080 --> 0:09:49.320 and I'm gonna pull the stats up here for in 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:52.120 just a second. Here, New Orleans gives up a league 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:55.920 low three point three receptions to running backs per game 0:09:56.320 --> 0:09:59.080 and the third lowest receiving yards per game, and they've 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:01.840 given up one receiving touchdown to a running back all year. 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:03.640 So it's probably got to come on the ground. Yeah, 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:05.760 it's good context. Okay, fine, I'll knock him down to 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:06.040 a beat. 0:10:06.120 --> 0:10:08.440 That's I'd have him as a beagrau R knock him 0:10:08.440 --> 0:10:11.320 down to be Let's go h Miami taking on Baltimore. 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:14.800 That is my game, beginning with Tyreek Hill a gray 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:18.280 despite a very tough matchup against an excellent Raven secondary 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:21.760 targeted fourteen times last week, which is repeatable here with 0:10:21.880 --> 0:10:25.679 Jalen Waddle out again, so this should be a green 0:10:25.760 --> 0:10:28.280 light game for him. Tough matchup, but it's it's Tyrek Hill. 0:10:28.280 --> 0:10:29.920 He got you here. You're gonna keep playing. Actually, I 0:10:29.920 --> 0:10:32.000 should never say that just because a guy got you 0:10:32.080 --> 0:10:34.440 here does not mean you should play him. 0:10:34.520 --> 0:10:36.480 No, you should play him because he's Tyreek Hill and 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:37.079 he's awesome. 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:40.520 You got you here right here? Decisions. Yeah, let's stay 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:43.120 with the passing game. The only other person you really 0:10:43.160 --> 0:10:46.720 care about here is Toua Tua Toungo via lois touchdowns 0:10:46.760 --> 0:10:53.520 over the last three games zero one and one. That's it. 0:10:53.640 --> 0:10:57.520 And over his last seven games, Tua is averaging one 0:10:57.640 --> 0:11:01.319 point two touchdowns per game. That that's it. Not the 0:11:01.360 --> 0:11:03.040 elite numbers you think of when you think of the 0:11:03.040 --> 0:11:06.880 Miami passing attack and w who's gotten fed Tyreek Hill 0:11:07.280 --> 0:11:11.120 and getting Tyreek obviously helps. Facing Baltimore does not. They've 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:14.880 allowed the fewest passing yards, they've allowed the fewest passing touchdowns, 0:11:15.360 --> 0:11:17.440 and they have the fourth most interceptions. And they just 0:11:17.480 --> 0:11:19.640 put Brock Purty on the worst game of his career. 0:11:20.080 --> 0:11:22.679 So there's a lot of reason for caution on Tua, 0:11:22.880 --> 0:11:25.199 just to see grade you can go to take a 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:28.400 chance on me. For players, I like more quarterbacks more 0:11:28.480 --> 0:11:32.240 than Tua. The running backs. Let's start with Rahem Mostert. 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:35.679 He's got this leg injury right, He's been nursing like 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:38.360 nine different things. Probably going to play in this game, 0:11:38.440 --> 0:11:42.240 expected to go. Baltimore is a good run defense, not great, 0:11:42.320 --> 0:11:45.280 and volume backs generally fare well. But the problem is 0:11:45.800 --> 0:11:48.480 most it's not really a volume back anymore. 0:11:48.800 --> 0:11:48.920 Now. 0:11:48.960 --> 0:11:51.720 Opposing runners with fourteen or more total touches are averaging 0:11:51.760 --> 0:11:54.319 one hundred and two yards, which is great, but fourteen 0:11:54.400 --> 0:11:57.720 or more it's not necessarily Mostard's gig anymore. He's always 0:11:57.720 --> 0:12:02.000 injury prone, and he's getting and fewer snap shares. His 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:05.360 snapchare has dropped in three straight weeks, down to twenty 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:09.040 nine percent last weeks. For Raheem Moster, I can only 0:12:09.080 --> 0:12:11.199 get you to a C grade in this game. C 0:12:11.400 --> 0:12:15.679 grade for Devin h Chan. If most are surprises in 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:17.800 sit then I would upgrade eight Cham, but I don't 0:12:17.840 --> 0:12:21.520 think that's gonna happen. Happen. I mentioned Ravens a great 0:12:21.559 --> 0:12:24.400 pass defense, just an okay run defense, so the opportunities 0:12:24.440 --> 0:12:27.240 could be there. Baltimore is only allowing four has only 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:30.680 allowed four rushing touchdowns all year. No backs top thirty 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:34.040 two receiving yards since way back in Week seven, and 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:36.720 only one back has a receiving touchdown against them going 0:12:36.760 --> 0:12:39.200 all the way back to Week three. But they're not 0:12:39.240 --> 0:12:41.760 in vulnerable. We do see backs to get it done. 0:12:41.800 --> 0:12:44.360 Christian McAffrey obviously last week. You know he's an exception. 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:46.880 They also ring twenty six and run stuff win rates, 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:48.600 so you can get a little something done here between 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:50.800 most and eight. Haan but they're gonna divvy up the 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:53.080 work and I can only put a C grade on 0:12:53.160 --> 0:12:56.959 both of them. Let's go over to Baltimore, starting with 0:12:57.040 --> 0:13:00.720 Lamar Jackson. Miami's pass defense looks good on paper, especially 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:04.800 since Jalen Ramsey's return, but five of the past six 0:13:04.920 --> 0:13:09.560 quarterbacks to face Miami either are or were backups, so 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:12.440 I think they're kind of a paper tiger. The handful 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:15.120 of capable passers to face Miami all year have generally 0:13:15.160 --> 0:13:18.800 fared well, although not explosively. Jackson has rushed for at 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:21.400 least forty yards and seven straight games, but no quarterback 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:23.880 is top twenty five rushing yards against Miami all year, 0:13:24.000 --> 0:13:26.199 so the rushing is not an automatic. And I've got 0:13:26.200 --> 0:13:29.440 a B grade on Lamar Jackson. B great on Zay Flowers. 0:13:29.480 --> 0:13:32.240 No rookie wall here for Jay Flowers at all. Playing 0:13:32.559 --> 0:13:35.880 his most impactful football in December, He's now scored in 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:38.080 three of his last four games. He's coming off a 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:41.720 career high thirteen targets against San Francisco, and it is 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:44.360 a dream matchup for Flowers if they decide to run 0:13:44.440 --> 0:13:48.200 him in the slot, which he normally plays outside left 0:13:48.280 --> 0:13:51.880 right slot evenly, but he's their best slot receiver, and 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:54.240 if they go in the slot against cater Ko who, 0:13:54.640 --> 0:13:56.760 this could be a big game. He allows a one 0:13:56.880 --> 0:14:00.680 hundred and thirty passer rating. He's been burned for six scores. 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:03.360 That is the third most of all players in the NFL. 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:11.480 Zay Flowers, good luck grade, good luck. I like that opportunity. Yeah, 0:14:11.520 --> 0:14:14.400 Isaiah Likely since taking over from Mark Andrews averaging a 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:18.079 healthy six targets per game, more than any Ravens wide 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:21.400 out other than Jay Flowers. He's a downfield dread. He's 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:25.920 averaging almost fifteen yards per reception for Isaiah Likely. He's 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:29.280 so athletic and so fast. The Dolphins used linebacker Duke 0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:32.080 Riley to cover tight ends. He's allowing a sixty eight 0:14:32.080 --> 0:14:34.760 percent catch rate, which is pretty good. Likely. He's only 0:14:34.800 --> 0:14:39.040 been targeted in the red zone one time, and granted, 0:14:39.040 --> 0:14:41.360 you know he's only been starting for a month, but 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:43.600 still the fact that he's only gotten one red zone 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:46.720 target tells you that his upside's probably capped here. And 0:14:46.720 --> 0:14:49.520 I've only got a C grade on Isaiah Likely. Gus 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:52.320 Edwards clocks in with a C grade. He saw an 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:54.840 uptick in usage last week with Keaton Mitchell out but 0:14:55.160 --> 0:14:58.480 saw fewer snaps than Justice Hill, who remains very involved. 0:14:58.640 --> 0:15:02.000 Frustratingly involved, though in fairness, Justice Hill didn't look bad 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:05.120 last week. Gus gives you touchdowns and he continues to 0:15:05.120 --> 0:15:07.360 give you a lot of goal line looks, including three 0:15:07.560 --> 0:15:11.320 carries last week from inside the five yard line. You're 0:15:11.320 --> 0:15:13.640 here for the touchdowns with Gus. I think he's you've 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:16.600 got a slightly better than coin Flip's chance to get one, 0:15:16.720 --> 0:15:20.320 even though only Derrick Henry has scored on the ground 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:25.240 against this team Miami since week eight. Gus Edwards c grade. 0:15:25.760 --> 0:15:29.560 When we come back, take a chance on me. You've 0:15:29.560 --> 0:15:32.640 already gotten a sneak preview. If you've paid attention, you 0:15:32.640 --> 0:15:36.480 already know two players that are coming. In addition to 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:39.600 those Saints players. Find out the other seven players that 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:42.000 you could potentially pick up off the waiver wire and 0:15:42.120 --> 0:16:19.400 start this week. When we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly, 0:16:21.080 --> 0:16:23.720 take a chance on me. Nine players not normally in 0:16:23.720 --> 0:16:25.560 your starting lineup. Many of these guys available on the 0:16:25.600 --> 0:16:30.040 waiver wire. It's championship week, but with all the injuries 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:33.240 and all the weirdness that's going on this week, these 0:16:33.280 --> 0:16:36.760 guys might be able to help you legitimate chances to 0:16:36.840 --> 0:16:40.200 pick up players that will give you a championship. We 0:16:40.240 --> 0:16:41.960 begin at the quarterback position. Matt Harrison. 0:16:42.120 --> 0:16:45.680 Now, I'm not advocating that everyone should start Gardner Minshew 0:16:45.720 --> 0:16:47.520 this week, but I'm forced to do so in a 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:49.880 super flex league. So if you want to have you know, 0:16:50.280 --> 0:16:53.680 the solidarity with me here. But I don't feel too 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:56.080 poorly about having them go up against the Raiders. The 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:58.880 Raiders have allowed games of over two hundred and fifty 0:16:58.880 --> 0:17:02.040 passing yards to Zech Wilson and Easton Stick in the 0:17:02.120 --> 0:17:05.960 last six weeks. They've also allowed multiple touchdown passes in 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:08.760 three of their last five, and Minshew runs the ball 0:17:08.760 --> 0:17:12.399 about four times per game. Since Week nine, five different 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:15.440 quarterbacks hit the four rush attempt mark against the Raiders. 0:17:15.600 --> 0:17:18.359 Their average rushing line is thirty one yards, and none 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:21.320 of them were premier rushing quarterbacks. So two point fifty 0:17:21.359 --> 0:17:23.399 through the air a solid chance of two scores and 0:17:23.440 --> 0:17:25.000 thirty yards on the ground. I'll take it. 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:28.440 You take a chance on me quarterback, or I'm going 0:17:28.440 --> 0:17:32.240 with Tyrod Taylor against the Rams. In his last start 0:17:32.280 --> 0:17:36.000 Week seven against Washington, twenty six fantasy points, two hundred 0:17:36.040 --> 0:17:39.720 and seventy nine passing yards two touchdowns. Last week in 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:42.560 relief one hundred and thirty three passing yards one touchdown. 0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:45.040 He did have the interception twenty one rushing yards. Of course, 0:17:45.040 --> 0:17:48.040 he gives you that dual threat ability to adding to 0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:51.520 the fantasy value. Five quarterbacks in a row have scored 0:17:51.560 --> 0:17:55.680 at least twenty fantasy points against the Rams. That defense 0:17:55.720 --> 0:17:58.440 gives up lots of fantasy points to quarterbacks. I think 0:17:58.480 --> 0:18:01.439 Tyrod could steal some here if in two quarterback league especially, 0:18:01.480 --> 0:18:02.400 I think he's startable. 0:18:03.040 --> 0:18:05.480 Derek Carr loved this matchup against the Bucks. He's the 0:18:05.560 --> 0:18:08.359 ultimate hit or miss quarterback. He's got six games with 0:18:08.400 --> 0:18:12.760 over three hundred yards and five games at one nine 0:18:12.840 --> 0:18:16.600 or less. Even though Carr missed in the first matchup 0:18:16.600 --> 0:18:18.880 with the Bucks, that was way back in Week four, 0:18:19.000 --> 0:18:22.640 and the Bucks pass defense has degraded massively. We heard 0:18:22.640 --> 0:18:25.600 Thorp hit on some of this already. Since we gate, 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:28.360 the Bucks lowed the most passing yards three hundred per game. 0:18:28.640 --> 0:18:31.919 Five of the past nine quarterbacks have topped three hundred yards, 0:18:32.320 --> 0:18:34.280 and the few quarterbacks they have held down since Week 0:18:34.359 --> 0:18:36.919 six or first year starters or have been benched at 0:18:37.000 --> 0:18:40.720 least one time. So I love the opportunity for Derek Carr. Here, 0:18:41.320 --> 0:18:42.480 let's go to the running backs. 0:18:42.920 --> 0:18:45.880 Matt Zamir Whites my pick at running back. He's going 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:49.000 against the Colts this week. First off, Josh Jacobs hasn't 0:18:49.000 --> 0:18:51.760 practiced this week, just was downgraded to doubtful, so it's 0:18:51.840 --> 0:18:55.080 likely White's backfield again. And it was his backfield last 0:18:55.080 --> 0:18:58.359 week against a much tougher Chiefs defense. He had twenty 0:18:58.440 --> 0:19:01.040 two carries one hundred and forty five yards in that game. 0:19:01.400 --> 0:19:03.800 It's much easier against the Colts. In the last six 0:19:03.880 --> 0:19:07.280 games that Indy has played, ten different running backs have 0:19:07.359 --> 0:19:10.719 hit the double digit PPR mark against them. That's in 0:19:10.840 --> 0:19:14.600 six games. They're allowing about one hundred and fifty two 0:19:14.720 --> 0:19:17.160 combo yards per game and over a touchdown per game 0:19:17.200 --> 0:19:20.280 to opposing runners. It's all Zamir White, and I would 0:19:20.359 --> 0:19:22.160 guess charge that you probably have him in your top 0:19:22.200 --> 0:19:23.800 ten in running backs this week. 0:19:23.920 --> 0:19:27.160 As a matter of fact, right now, he's sitting at twelve, 0:19:27.240 --> 0:19:30.280 but I'm I may be inching him up higher than that. 0:19:30.400 --> 0:19:34.920 It's gonna be very close. White looked frankly awesome, pretty 0:19:34.920 --> 0:19:36.000 good to the Chiefs last week. 0:19:36.040 --> 0:19:38.080 He will be there starting running back next year. 0:19:38.160 --> 0:19:40.760 I think that's I think that is correct. So you 0:19:40.920 --> 0:19:42.120 take a chance on me running back. 0:19:42.240 --> 0:19:43.920 I got someone else for you to inch up in 0:19:43.960 --> 0:19:46.040 your rankings. You're gonna have to go a little bit 0:19:46.080 --> 0:19:49.280 lower down. But I like this this guy for this game, 0:19:49.320 --> 0:19:53.200 and I love him for next year. Julia McLaughlin against 0:19:53.200 --> 0:19:55.760 the Chargers here. So I'm gonna start this off with 0:19:55.800 --> 0:19:58.399 an early twenty twenty four hot take. I think this 0:19:58.520 --> 0:20:01.600