WEBVTT - Running Back Help, Stat! 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 --> 0:00:15.760 source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and advice. Now 0:00:16.000 --> 0:00:19.920 along with the guys from Guillotine Leagues dot com. Here's 0:00:19.960 --> 0:00:21.760 your host, Paul Chargian. 0:00:23.320 --> 0:00:26.239 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly. I am Paul Charchi and 0:00:26.320 --> 0:00:30.240 co hosts today are Scott Fish and Brian Johnson. Kind 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:32.120 of an original formula going right here. 0:00:32.200 --> 0:00:32.559 What's up? 0:00:32.600 --> 0:00:35.600 Boys? Feels like Week thirty right now? 0:00:37.479 --> 0:00:40.320 Well, give it all the running back injuries. Yeah, I 0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:41.000 mean not. 0:00:40.880 --> 0:00:46.120 Just the running backs. Everyone everyone, even crazy Wan Mowers 0:00:46.159 --> 0:00:49.519 are getting stolen from the Bears facility. It's a total chaos. 0:00:49.600 --> 0:00:53.320 Yeah, they've got coaches quitting. It's it is a it's 0:00:54.040 --> 0:00:59.360 it's been as challenging a start to a fantasy season 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:03.240 as I can remember. And we're really testing the metal 0:01:03.680 --> 0:01:06.440 of fantasy managers right out of the gate and your 0:01:06.520 --> 0:01:09.319 ability to change course, figure out what to panic on, 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:12.520 how much money to bid on players. It is. It 0:01:12.600 --> 0:01:14.440 is shifting sands constantly. 0:01:14.600 --> 0:01:16.680 Yeah. We said, if you make it to week one 0:01:17.360 --> 0:01:21.600 unscathed in terms of injuries to your team, you're not safe. 0:01:22.200 --> 0:01:24.640 Once that. Once the ball is kicked off in week one, 0:01:25.080 --> 0:01:26.840 everyone is in danger. 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:29.560 And that's been the case, and we had a variety 0:01:29.600 --> 0:01:32.200 of injuries and problems. Week two had just as many. 0:01:32.360 --> 0:01:34.840 It's been. It's bad, but we're here to help. We're 0:01:34.840 --> 0:01:37.080 gonna give you all kinds of suggestions for players you 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:40.399 can find that can help your roster pronto and if 0:01:40.440 --> 0:01:43.319 nothing else, will help you start bench the right guys. 0:01:43.360 --> 0:01:46.560 As we break down all of the games on the 0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:49.400 schedule Fantasy Football Weekly style with letter grades. We'll also 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:51.800 give you nine players upon whom you can take a chance. 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:53.400 I know you need these running backs. We're gonna give 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:56.400 you some running backs you can work with, maybe available 0:01:56.400 --> 0:02:00.520 even on the waiver wire. Three tough questions will be answered, 0:02:00.840 --> 0:02:04.000 and we'll give you premature speculation. Which does mine involves 0:02:04.040 --> 0:02:07.800 a running back upon whom you can speculate. 0:02:07.320 --> 0:02:08.360 For service mine? 0:02:08.520 --> 0:02:08.720 Yeah? 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:11.080 Oh all right, hopefully you don't have same one. We'll 0:02:11.120 --> 0:02:12.079 find out when we get there. 0:02:12.440 --> 0:02:13.000 I hope we do. 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:16.040 Let's dive into the matchup, Scott while we're chatting Falcons 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:20.640 at Lions. Yes, this game. Falcons have been a frustrating 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:24.720 team for basically, if you've got anybody other than John Robinson. 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:27.160 I suppose I suppose Tyler. 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:28.560 Old Gerard the big first game they did nothing. 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:31.079 Kick off on and Rsbond. Oh, I suppose you're you're 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:33.880 on the Falcon side. I was gonna say in this matchup, 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:36.040 there's plenty of Oh, you just want to. 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:38.280 Get the Kyle Pitts shots out of the way right now. 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:40.680 No, no, no, no, Let's start with the passing game 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:43.160 for the Falcons here, because we'll talk about Bijon and 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:45.880 Algier and that split in a minute here. But on 0:02:45.919 --> 0:02:48.919 the passing side, I do have Drake London with a 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:51.440 see he had a goosag in week one, rebounded for 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:54.919 six for sixty seven yards and touch on last week. CJ. 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:57.760 Gardner Johnson will be out with the torn pack, making 0:02:57.760 --> 0:03:01.720 that defense for the Lions a little less stingy this week. 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:06.040 And they already weren't that great. They're bottom five against quarterbacks, 0:03:07.480 --> 0:03:11.320 bottom you know, bottom ten against wide receivers, so I 0:03:11.360 --> 0:03:13.320 do have a C grade there. There's a little concern 0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:16.400 it's a tougher spot. They've held wide receivers under seventy 0:03:16.440 --> 0:03:18.320 five yards, but three of them did score, so there's 0:03:18.320 --> 0:03:21.000 a possibility of that then again, it was Kansas City 0:03:21.080 --> 0:03:24.440 and Seattle who throw the ball a lot. Kyle Pitts 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:27.160 I also have a C grade on he was outscored 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:29.080 by John U John U last three charge. 0:03:29.080 --> 0:03:32.400 Oh you think I don't know that? Oh yeah, baby. 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:35.000 But thirty five percent of the team's area yards seventeen 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:37.840 percent target cheer. Like we talk about this all the time. 0:03:37.880 --> 0:03:41.920 The metrics are there, always there for pits, the production 0:03:42.160 --> 0:03:46.160 is never there. How is this even possible? I will 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:48.800 say he went six for one and six catches for 0:03:48.840 --> 0:03:51.320 one hundred two yards last time he faced the Lions. 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:54.440 That was too That was to his rookie season, though, 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:57.320 But the Lions just gave up one hundred and seventy 0:03:57.320 --> 0:03:59.080 five yards in a score of the last two weeks 0:03:59.080 --> 0:04:02.200 to Blake Bell, Noah Gray, no offense, will Disley Colbe 0:04:02.200 --> 0:04:06.680 Parkinson combine. But it's the third best matchup for tight ends. 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:09.160 I got a C grade on him because like it 0:04:09.200 --> 0:04:11.120 should be a B or an A if he was 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:13.480 producing it at all. But I just can't trust him. 0:04:14.360 --> 0:04:16.360 Desmond Ridder I got on the bench. I don't care 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:19.200 that it's a bottom five matchup against quarterbacks. You know 0:04:19.279 --> 0:04:21.920 they played Gino in Mahomes, it's gonna rank low. I'm 0:04:21.920 --> 0:04:24.480 not starting Ridder even in a shootout until he shows 0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:27.360 me something. And the eye test, he does not look good. 0:04:27.600 --> 0:04:28.919 He doesn't look good, doesn't. 0:04:28.960 --> 0:04:30.520 I completely agree. 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:33.040 Absolutely over to the running game Bjon Robinson. I do 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:36.120 have an A grade on the eye test. He looks real. 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:38.000 He looks really, really good. 0:04:38.120 --> 0:04:40.839 Okay, so let's stop there for a second. Yes, we 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:45.320 all agree Jon Robinson looks special. But does that mean 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:49.479 Arthur Smith is going to stop now him or not? 0:04:50.560 --> 0:04:50.760 Right? 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:53.440 I don't know, right. I mean that's in fact, I 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:56.800 made the joke online last week that if young Wyku 0:04:56.960 --> 0:05:00.640 was drafted in the top ten, Arthur Smith wouldn't wouldn't 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:04.279 even kick the field goal. So he doesn't. He doesn't 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:07.080 like to utilize them. But he's second in the NFL 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:11.840 in rushing yards over expected. Pacheco and Walker were held 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:15.320 in check on yards by the Detroit Lions, but Beshawn 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:19.560 Robbinson just seems different. I do think this game is 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:23.920 gonna stay fairly competitive. Atlanta is winning and they're staying 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:26.880 in competitive games even though it seems like the Detroit 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:30.039 offense should be able to blow them away. They've stayed competitive, 0:05:30.080 --> 0:05:31.919 So I'll keep giving a grade there, and I'm gonna 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:35.520 segrade to Tyler Algier, who's dropping fifteen touches a game 0:05:35.640 --> 0:05:37.840 like they're just Arthur Smith is running the ball like 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:40.119 he had Derrick Henry, only with two backs, like thirty 0:05:40.200 --> 0:05:43.160 thirty five touches. So if I'm gonna get twelve, fifteen, 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:46.679 seventeen touches out of Tyler l Geer, yeah, I'm gonna 0:05:46.680 --> 0:05:48.840 give him the volume. C That's what I'm gonna do, 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:49.720 ye know, for. 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:52.839 Everybody who's struggling trying to find a viable running back, right, Yeah, 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:55.239 Tyler El's here's a guy you can go by coming 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:57.320 off a quiet game. Yeah, still gets a lot of 0:05:57.320 --> 0:06:00.240 touches in a run heavy offense. And you know, to me, 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:01.960 that's the kind of guy you can target to try 0:06:01.960 --> 0:06:02.599 to get some help. 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:06.600 Not only that, and Bijon Robinson owners have to hate this. 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:09.640 He's the red zone guy. He's third in the NFL 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:12.240 and red zone opportunities. He's the guy that gets like 0:06:12.320 --> 0:06:15.560 Bijon got that one pass catch from like the eight 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:18.640 yard inn or whatever, But Tyler old is getting gola 0:06:18.640 --> 0:06:20.159 and stuff in red zone stuff. 0:06:20.640 --> 0:06:23.120 So hey, Scott, Yes, we like touchdowns. 0:06:23.240 --> 0:06:26.200 We do like touchdowns. We do like touchdowns. Let's go 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:27.880 over the Lions side. I got a B grade on 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:32.080 Jared Goff. He just had his interceptionless streak end is 0:06:32.120 --> 0:06:35.520 the third longest in NFL history. He keeps control of 0:06:35.520 --> 0:06:37.680 that ball, he doesn't turn it over, which isn't hurting you. 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:41.039 The Falcons just held Bryce Young and Jordan Love do 0:06:41.040 --> 0:06:42.560 one hundred and forty six yards and one hundred and 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:45.320 fifty one yards. But Love did have three scores in 0:06:45.400 --> 0:06:47.919 that last in that game last week, and Goff is 0:06:48.360 --> 0:06:51.640 definitely I think way better than both. Yeah, so better 0:06:51.680 --> 0:06:55.720 weapons too. Over to the running game, David Montgomery. Even 0:06:55.720 --> 0:06:57.839 though like it's it's starting to sound like it's not 0:06:57.920 --> 0:07:01.080 as bad of an injury as Weed, we still don't 0:07:01.080 --> 0:07:05.760 think he's gonna go very unlikely, very unlikely. So Jamior Gibbs, 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:09.240 I'm gonna give I know it's weird. I'm gonna give 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:12.040 him his first A grade of this season, and it 0:07:12.160 --> 0:07:16.600 might be a little high high. Yeah, Gibbs should be 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:20.160 thrust into a fifteen to twenty touch role this week 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:24.000 with good receiving upsides. The Lions target their running backs 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:27.559 at the second lowest clip in the league, which isn't good, 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:30.480 but I think that changes because he'll get more snaps 0:07:30.480 --> 0:07:32.960 and he'll be the receiving back. Craig Reynolds is going 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:35.280 to get a C grade here. Yes, he's had his 0:07:35.360 --> 0:07:38.400 moments in the past when thrust into starting touches. It's 0:07:38.440 --> 0:07:40.280 not gonna be starting touches here, but I think he's 0:07:40.280 --> 0:07:42.720 gonna take ten or so touches there. I think they're 0:07:42.720 --> 0:07:44.320 gonna lean on the run game a little bit, and 0:07:44.360 --> 0:07:45.920 this one as it stays close, I. 0:07:45.840 --> 0:07:47.440 Think this is gonna be way closer to fifty to 0:07:47.480 --> 0:07:50.640 fifty than you do. After Montgomery went okay, every went 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:53.720 out of the game. Last week, it was six touches 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:59.160 for Gibbs, four for for uh, Craig Reynolds, half of 0:07:59.360 --> 0:08:01.720 half of Jumior Gibbs were on targets. 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:05.360 I'm telling you, mind you, I said fifteen touches for Gibbs, 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:08.640 ten for ten for Craig Reynolds. I just think Gibbs 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:11.640 is going to be more efficient and past catching work 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:14.520 with his touches to get the better grade. Probably it 0:08:14.520 --> 0:08:16.360 probably should have been a B N a C. As 0:08:16.760 --> 0:08:18.040 I think about it here. 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:21.480 What about the angle real quick where DeAndre Swift just 0:08:21.520 --> 0:08:23.960 went off for the Eagles and now the Lions have 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:30.760 to justify. It's an interesting as. 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:33.559 Interesting SEA grade on Craig Reynolds over the wide receivers 0:08:33.800 --> 0:08:36.520 Josh Reynolds. I have a C grade on four for 0:08:36.600 --> 0:08:39.000 eighteen week one, five for sixty six and two scores 0:08:39.080 --> 0:08:43.480 last week. It's it's a decent matchup here against the 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:48.800 Falcons for wide receivers, especially because they just lost one 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:52.640 of their safeties and I'm forgetting his name, but no 0:08:52.720 --> 0:08:56.240 wide receivers topped forty yards against the Falcons. That's actually 0:08:56.240 --> 0:08:58.880 not great. But this is a better offense than the 0:08:58.880 --> 0:09:01.520 two that they'd played. As we mentioned at the start, 0:09:03.000 --> 0:09:05.600 Jeff Okuda is the one that might not play. It's 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:07.680 not a safety, it's a nick A corner he might play. 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:10.520 If he does go, I might downgrade them a little, 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:12.120 but it is a revenge game for Okuda. 0:09:12.360 --> 0:09:14.240 I think they know how to attackle Yeah. 0:09:14.200 --> 0:09:16.719 That might be it. That might be it. So I 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:18.240 have a C grade on Josh Renolds. I have an 0:09:18.280 --> 0:09:21.440 A grade on Amnra who has been hurt this week, 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:23.080 banged up this week, but he came back in the 0:09:23.120 --> 0:09:25.720 game last week. He's gonna play through it. He'll be fine. 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:29.480 He just gets so much work and he gets de Alford, 0:09:29.480 --> 0:09:33.640 who allows the sixth most fantasy points per route among 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:37.560 slot receivers. Over to Sam Laporta, I gotta be grade 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:40.400 on him. Five plus catches in both games, has run 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:43.400 the second most routes on the team. Hurst did well 0:09:43.480 --> 0:09:45.559 last week against this defense. I think it's a good 0:09:45.559 --> 0:09:47.079 start for Laporta once again. 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:50.280 Let's go to the Titans taking on the Browns. Browns 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:53.200 defense has been really good through a couple of games, 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:57.360 and the Titans offense inconsistent. Maybe no DeAndre Hopkins. I 0:09:57.360 --> 0:09:59.360 don't think there's a lot to love here outside of 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:01.160 Derek Henry. But Brian, what do you think? 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:03.319 No, you hit the nail on the head. I only 0:10:03.480 --> 0:10:05.440 have a starting grade on Derreck Henry, and it's just 0:10:05.440 --> 0:10:08.040 to see dealing with a toe injury, but he should 0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:11.800 play an awful matchup. Though Cleveland's defense is ranked second 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:17.360 and expected points allowed graded third best by Pro Football Focus. Overall, 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:20.800 the Browns have also allowed the fifth fewest points and 0:10:20.920 --> 0:10:24.320 second fewest yards on a per snap basis just a 0:10:24.400 --> 0:10:28.280 nightmare matchup, especially for Henry. Cleveland has yet to surrender 0:10:28.280 --> 0:10:31.320 a touchdown to an opposing running back all year. And 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:33.480 Henry isn't the only Titans running back he was seeing 0:10:33.480 --> 0:10:36.920 significant snaps. It's also Taja Spears, who we'll talk about 0:10:36.920 --> 0:10:38.760 a little more later in the show, but he is 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:41.280 on the bench in a brutal matchup, as is DeAndre 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:45.559 Hopkins and Treylon Burks. DeAndre Hopkins went from full practice 0:10:45.559 --> 0:10:48.760 on Wednesday to limited on Thursday. 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:53.040 To out on Friday, so no practice Friday. 0:10:51.640 --> 0:10:53.920 Running the wrong way, and either way, he's going to 0:10:53.960 --> 0:10:56.679 see a ton of Denzel Ward in coverage, one of 0:10:56.720 --> 0:10:59.600 the better corners in the game. The Browns have allowed 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:02.880 the third fewest wide receiver receptions through the first two weeks, 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:06.240 so Trailon Burks, he's on the bench as well. So 0:11:06.400 --> 0:11:10.360 is tight end Chigokonkwo. Unlike in Week one, Chig actually 0:11:10.400 --> 0:11:13.679 scored Fantasy points in Week two. He had a goose 0:11:13.679 --> 0:11:16.880 eggk in Week one, but the Browns have allowed only 0:11:16.920 --> 0:11:20.720 four tight end receptions for nineteen scoreless yard So he 0:11:20.800 --> 0:11:24.040 is on the bench, and that means Ryan Tannehill obviously 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:27.079 on the bench as well. Over to the Brown side, 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:29.440 I might I might shed a tear here. I'm still 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:32.120 a little shell shocked by the Nick Chubb injury, so 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:35.240 he is obviously on the bench, maybe for the rest 0:11:35.280 --> 0:11:38.840 of his career. But Jerome Ford, he appears to be 0:11:38.880 --> 0:11:41.640 the guy now despite the signing of Kareem Hunt, former 0:11:41.679 --> 0:11:42.920 Brown now current Brown. 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:45.240 Yeah, and they say Hunt will be on the field, 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:47.440 but I can't imagine it's going to be in a 0:11:47.440 --> 0:11:47.880 big role. 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:51.680 Jerome Ford will be the guy. But this is an awful, 0:11:51.880 --> 0:11:56.080 awful matchup to be the starter. This happened to Josh 0:11:56.200 --> 0:11:59.200 Kelly last week for the Charters going up against the Titans, 0:11:59.400 --> 0:12:02.880 who have allowed ninety eight scoreless rushing yards. I'm thirty 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:06.520 seven combined rushing attempts by posing running backs so far. 0:12:06.559 --> 0:12:10.079 That is not good. Tennessee has also surrendered squat through 0:12:10.120 --> 0:12:14.240 the air four total catches for twenty scoreless yards to 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:17.000 running back. So just a c for Ford. Really a 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:20.840 volume based play. But I love Amari Cooper this week, 0:12:20.880 --> 0:12:23.800 giving him an a ooh, I like it. Ten targets 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:26.720 last week, caught seven for ninety that's the volume we like. 0:12:27.120 --> 0:12:30.120 The Titans have yielded the third most targets to opposing 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:33.959 wide receivers and the most red zone targets to the 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:34.880 position by a. 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:36.760 Lot, and that's Cooper's game right there. 0:12:36.760 --> 0:12:39.120 That is Cooper's game. So you cannot sit him against 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:42.360 a pass or a defense at funnels their opposition to 0:12:42.400 --> 0:12:44.600 the pass. Love Cooper with an am going to give 0:12:44.840 --> 0:12:48.000 Elijah Morris ce here Again, the Titans have yielded the 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:52.040 third most targets to opposing wide receivers. More only had 0:12:52.080 --> 0:12:57.640 three catches last week, but he was targeted nine times. 0:12:58.080 --> 0:13:00.439 Nine times nine. 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:02.800 So again against a defense that funnels the opposition to 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:05.240 the pass, I love More. I won't say I love him, 0:13:05.240 --> 0:13:06.680 but he definitely gets a start in grade with the 0:13:06.679 --> 0:13:10.360 CMA going to the wide wide receiver three range for 0:13:10.400 --> 0:13:12.800 the Browns, it's way too muddled right now. We will 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:16.600 give David and Joku a C grade two slow start 0:13:16.679 --> 0:13:19.800 for him. Harrison Bryant and Jordan Akins have kind of 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:23.280 vultured some targets from Djoku to start the season as well, 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:26.080 But the Titans just allowed five catches for seventy eight 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:28.920 yards to the Chargers tight ends last week. So in 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:35.080 Djokubu in Djoku is startable. And lastly, as bad as 0:13:35.120 --> 0:13:37.880 he's looks, I've given an A to Cooper a couple 0:13:37.920 --> 0:13:40.080 of seas. So Deshaun Watson gets a c. 0:13:41.240 --> 0:13:44.480 This you say, if not now never scenario, Kah Watson, 0:13:44.800 --> 0:13:46.920 if he doesn't perform here, just drop him out right. 0:13:47.000 --> 0:13:50.000 Yeah, And this is like he was the third tier 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:52.160 of quarterbacks where we said you should not draft him, 0:13:52.160 --> 0:13:54.240 but he was drafted as a top ten quarterback. So 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:56.880 if he's on your roster, you start him this week. 0:13:56.920 --> 0:13:58.400 And if you don't, like you said, if you don't 0:13:58.400 --> 0:14:00.000 start him this week, you never started him again. 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:03.880 Colts take on the Ravens. Ravens are crippled with injury, 0:14:03.960 --> 0:14:07.360 both offensively and defensively, and Anthony Richardson's been ruled out, 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:10.440 but there's still a shocking number of startable coltson here, 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:13.720 beginning with Gardner Minshew, who looked capable in relief last week, 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:16.960 completing seventy one percent of his pass is playing most 0:14:16.960 --> 0:14:21.680 of the game. Ravens are without two key defensive backs, 0:14:21.680 --> 0:14:24.080 Marcus Williams and Marlin Humphrey. Those are big losses. The 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:27.000 Ravens haven't really been tested by opposing quarterbacks. They faced C. J. 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:29.240 Stroud in his first ever game, and they hobbled Joe 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:31.720 Burrow After that and even Burrows threw a couple of 0:14:31.760 --> 0:14:34.360 touchdowns on one leg. So I kind of like Gardner 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:36.600 Minshew with a C grade here. If you're in a pinch, 0:14:36.720 --> 0:14:39.160 let's give him a start and two of his receivers 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:42.360 clock in is startable here too. Michael Pittman B grade 0:14:42.800 --> 0:14:47.680 last week nine targets for Gardner Minshew. For Michael Pittman, 0:14:47.720 --> 0:14:51.120 He's the fourth heaviest targeted receiver in the league twenty 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:53.920 three already. We love that Pittman maybe sitting on a 0:14:54.000 --> 0:14:57.240 nice bounce back season from last year's dud. He plays 0:14:57.240 --> 0:14:59.320 from all over the field and we'll see all parts 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:03.280 of an already battered secondary. Even the Ravens stopper their 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:06.560 best cornerback, Ronald Darby, surrendered sixty nine yards in week 0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:09.040 one and a score in week two. How about this 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:14.560 sleeper for you, Josh Downs C grade startable grade well 0:15:14.600 --> 0:15:18.040 targeted with five targets in each matchup, including four targets 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:21.200 from Gardner Minshew last week. He's got the best individual 0:15:21.240 --> 0:15:23.840 matchup of any of the Colts receivers, going up against 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:28.400 slot corner Arius Washington, who's allowed the second most slot 0:15:28.440 --> 0:15:31.520 receptions and the second most slot yards of all corners, 0:15:31.800 --> 0:15:34.280 so we'll trial Josh Downs with a C grade here 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:38.320 as well. And then lastly, how about Zach Bloss. It's 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:42.480 taken this to finally get the payday we've richly desired. 0:15:42.520 --> 0:15:45.280 We can't say he's back because he was never really here. 0:15:45.520 --> 0:15:47.880 He got basically, but he got. 0:15:47.240 --> 0:15:50.560 Every touch eight percent of the snap. 0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:52.920 Every touch almost every snap. 0:15:52.720 --> 0:15:55.360 Post post post post hype sleeper. 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:57.800 That's Zack Moss. I had two carries inside the twenty, 0:15:57.840 --> 0:16:00.560 one of which got him a touchdown, and one thing. 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:04.800 Without Anthony Richardson playing, that's one less guy to snipe 0:16:04.800 --> 0:16:09.360 touchdowns from Zach Moss. Baltimore's, though a very good run defense, 0:16:09.400 --> 0:16:11.920 currently ranked third best by Pro Football Focus, and no 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:14.640 back his top fifty nine yards and they're allowing just 0:16:14.640 --> 0:16:17.360 three and a half yards per carry. I'm giving Zach 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:19.400 Moss a B grade on volume. I still think he's 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:22.320 very startable here. And then let's go to the Baltimore side. 0:16:22.360 --> 0:16:26.240 They've got some key injuries across their offensive line. Ronnie Staley. 0:16:26.520 --> 0:16:29.680 Ronnie Stanley's been ruled out and Tyler Linderbaum's been ruled 0:16:29.680 --> 0:16:32.440 out as well. Those are big losses their two best linemen. 0:16:33.240 --> 0:16:36.960 But Nevertheless, we've got starting players here. Mark Andrews great 0:16:37.600 --> 0:16:40.680 season debut last week, fully healthy. Now he's just an 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:43.880 automatic grade A start. We're gonna keep him in your lineups. 0:16:44.280 --> 0:16:48.800 Lamar Jackson far more encouraging usage last week. We got 0:16:48.800 --> 0:16:52.400 more mobility, we got more downfield passing, six designed runs 0:16:52.440 --> 0:16:55.440 last week after just two in Week one. Colt's pass 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:58.760 defense is bad. After losing both their starting cornerbacks in 0:16:58.800 --> 0:17:01.360 the offseason, they've really strung. They gave up three hundred 0:17:01.360 --> 0:17:03.240 and eighty yards to c. J. Stroud for Pete's sake. 0:17:03.560 --> 0:17:06.440 Colts rank twenty ninth in coverage by Pro Football Focus 0:17:06.880 --> 0:17:10.119 and Lamar Jackson enjoying the lowest pressure rate of his 0:17:10.240 --> 0:17:12.800 career so far, and that was last week when he 0:17:12.800 --> 0:17:15.320 was missing lineman then too. So I've got a very 0:17:15.359 --> 0:17:18.720 optimistic A grade on Lamar Jackson, even though I was 0:17:18.720 --> 0:17:20.400 at a lot of worries coming out of Week one. 0:17:21.480 --> 0:17:24.679 Jay Flowers has looked very good despite just being a rookie. 0:17:24.680 --> 0:17:27.880 Flowers has blossomed into the team's leader in every receiving 0:17:27.920 --> 0:17:32.080 category indies. Secondary has given up the fourth most receiver 0:17:32.240 --> 0:17:35.280 yards per game and tied for the most receiver scores 0:17:35.320 --> 0:17:40.240 through two games. B grade for Zay Flowers. Rashad Bateman 0:17:40.359 --> 0:17:43.480 gets a starting grade in this one. His snap usage 0:17:43.640 --> 0:17:46.320 and his routes run are down about a third from 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:51.560 previous years, but this matchup is fantastic. Valuable dart throw 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:55.440 here and especially with OBJ missing this game, Orshod Bateman, 0:17:55.480 --> 0:17:58.920 you could put him into your lineup and even Nelson 0:17:59.080 --> 0:18:04.040 AGUILARMI wow, he replaces Obj like he did last week 0:18:04.280 --> 0:18:06.879 they got five He got six targets, five catches and 0:18:06.920 --> 0:18:09.840 a touchdown last week replacing Obj not even a full game, 0:18:10.240 --> 0:18:13.919 so assuming he's gonna take those routes, he gets a 0:18:14.040 --> 0:18:18.040 dream matchup against cornerback Darryl Baker, who's already allowed two 0:18:18.119 --> 0:18:20.960 scores and an opposer posing passer rating of one hundred 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:25.560 and thirty four, So Nelson Aguilar viable starter C grade. 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:28.359 Then there's Gus Edwards. Justice Hill's been ruled out, so 0:18:28.480 --> 0:18:31.240 Gus should be a bell cow in this game, with 0:18:31.359 --> 0:18:33.960 just a little bit of Melvin Gordon, who likely gets 0:18:33.960 --> 0:18:36.960 called up from the practice squads as a change of paceback. 0:18:37.480 --> 0:18:40.439 Last week, Gus got three or four running back snaps 0:18:40.440 --> 0:18:43.440 in gold to gost situations, and now with Justice Hill out, 0:18:43.440 --> 0:18:45.600 he's assuredly going to get goal line carries if there 0:18:45.600 --> 0:18:48.280 are any. Edwards averaged six and a half yards per 0:18:48.320 --> 0:18:50.719 carry and so far this season and the Colts are 0:18:50.720 --> 0:18:52.720 giving up just two and a half yards per carrying. 0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:54.760 They've held down to some pretty good runners Travis Etn 0:18:54.840 --> 0:18:57.800 Damian Pierce to this point. But I still like Gus 0:18:57.840 --> 0:19:00.240 and I can give him a B grade here. So 0:19:01.119 --> 0:19:04.920 that about wraps up our long first block of games. 0:19:05.359 --> 0:19:07.879 Gus deserves this Bell Cow opportunity. 0:19:08.040 --> 0:19:10.040 I'm excited for it he does. I hope he makes 0:19:10.080 --> 0:19:11.480 the best of it here. We've been waiting a long 0:19:11.480 --> 0:19:13.280 time for Gus to be like Bell. 0:19:13.200 --> 0:19:16.840 Coow back offense Melvin Gordon, but we've seen enough. 0:19:17.200 --> 0:19:19.720 When we come back, take a chance on me. Nine 0:19:19.720 --> 0:19:21.919 players not normally in your starting lineup will tell you 0:19:21.960 --> 0:19:23.960 who they are, who you can pick up when we 0:19:24.000 --> 0:19:57.800 come back. Take a chance on me. You need it 0:19:57.800 --> 0:20:01.200 this week more than any other. Ye need running back help, 0:20:01.240 --> 0:20:04.280 and we're to do our best to unearth some people 0:20:04.280 --> 0:20:06.760 that can help you out. I'm gonna change things up, guys. 0:20:06.800 --> 0:20:09.719 We're gonna start with the running back position. Boy, because 0:20:09.800 --> 0:20:12.760 I know this is why people are listening today. They 0:20:12.800 --> 0:20:15.360 need running back help in the worst possible way. Who 0:20:15.400 --> 0:20:17.440 can we go to? We begin with Scott Fish. 0:20:17.640 --> 0:20:20.240 Yeah, I'm going to Jalen Warren. This week's eighty six 0:20:20.320 --> 0:20:23.520 yards on ten touches where Harris nase. Harris for the 0:20:23.520 --> 0:20:27.520 Steelers only had forty three yards on eleven touches as well. 0:20:28.520 --> 0:20:30.720 Twenty one of those came on one play. The Raiders 0:20:30.760 --> 0:20:32.960 allow the fifth most running back touches and the third 0:20:33.000 --> 0:20:36.880 most combo yards to running backs. They just gave up 0:20:36.920 --> 0:20:39.399 the farm to James Cook and a couple scores to 0:20:39.440 --> 0:20:42.320