WEBVTT - Loose Mutton 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:06.400 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of iHeartRadio. Time 0:00:06.519 --> 0:00:11.559 now for Fantasy Football Weekly from iHeartRadio, your weekly source 0:00:11.600 --> 0:00:13.760 for the nation's best fantasy. 0:00:13.320 --> 0:00:17.840 Speculation and advice. Now along with the guys from Guillotine 0:00:17.920 --> 0:00:21.880 Leagues dot com. Here's your host, Paul Jargian. 0:00:23.600 --> 0:00:26.560 Welcome to a week two edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. 0:00:26.640 --> 0:00:30.360 I'm Paul Jarchi and co host today Matt Harrison. It's 0:00:30.400 --> 0:00:34.080 been a month LUs since you've been on the show. 0:00:34.200 --> 0:00:36.080 You remember Fantasy football training camp? 0:00:36.240 --> 0:00:39.600 Yeah, the last long time ago. It's nice of you 0:00:39.640 --> 0:00:41.160 to dust yourself off. 0:00:41.240 --> 0:00:42.920 It's soccer season, baby. 0:00:42.680 --> 0:00:43.200 Uh huh. 0:00:43.240 --> 0:00:47.680 And also back to back editions with Thorneistrom. 0:00:47.720 --> 0:00:49.640 Great to have you guys here. How you guys doing 0:00:49.920 --> 0:00:50.360 very good. 0:00:50.880 --> 0:00:54.200 We come out of a high scoring Thursday night game. 0:00:54.440 --> 0:00:56.040 A lot of people already know if they're in the 0:00:56.120 --> 0:00:58.480 driver's seat or if they're in big troubles. We head 0:00:58.480 --> 0:01:01.200 into the matchups. We'll break the I'm all down Fantasy 0:01:01.200 --> 0:01:04.240 Football Weekly style with letter grades on every player who matters. 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:07.400 We'll also give you nine players upon whom you can 0:01:07.440 --> 0:01:10.080 take a chance. We'll answer three tough questions and give 0:01:10.080 --> 0:01:14.280 you some premature speculation players like we did last week 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:18.520 when we gave you Rashid Shaheed Thor, who did you 0:01:18.560 --> 0:01:22.759 give Kua? No, you don't say, where is the peacock? 0:01:22.880 --> 0:01:23.119 Sound? 0:01:23.240 --> 0:01:27.479 Oh it's coming right here, baby. Yeah. Look, when Thor 0:01:27.600 --> 0:01:28.280 gives out. 0:01:28.080 --> 0:01:32.800 A guy who breaks his maiden on fifteen targets, eleven 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:35.080 catches in one hundred nineteen yards. 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:38.119 You get one of these, baby, not a bad first. 0:01:38.160 --> 0:01:39.759 Take a chance on me, Thor, good job. 0:01:39.800 --> 0:01:43.319 Yeah, he's the Cooper cupp roll. The whole game was wild, fantastic. 0:01:43.680 --> 0:01:44.920 We loved it. We loved it. 0:01:45.760 --> 0:01:48.120 And Bran Johnson, by the way, pounding the table for 0:01:48.200 --> 0:01:51.280 kyn Williams all preseason. I was like, I don't think so. 0:01:51.400 --> 0:01:53.400 He didn't look good est year, Boy did that look 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:55.800 good too. Here Brian's not here, but I'm gonna give 0:01:55.880 --> 0:01:56.400 him one of these. 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:58.840 Good night. I'm gonna get most of the peacocking out 0:01:58.880 --> 0:01:59.320 of the way. Now. 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:01.480 We didn't get every right, but we got those things right. 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:05.600 Let's start breaking down matchups. Las Vegas taking on Buffalo 0:02:05.600 --> 0:02:10.000 matt The Las Vegas offense looked shockingly competent last. 0:02:09.639 --> 0:02:12.799 Week, and the Buffalo defense didn't look that great. Yeah, 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:13.600 what do you think here. 0:02:13.800 --> 0:02:16.799 Well, I'm giving Josh Jacobs right off the bat my 0:02:16.880 --> 0:02:21.200 fantasy Ardvark the gate right out of the gate. He 0:02:21.240 --> 0:02:23.639 got all but one carry for the Raiders last week, 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:26.359 and the Bills allowed a very nice six point nine 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:29.320 yards per carry to the Jets backs on Monday Night. 0:02:29.720 --> 0:02:33.639 That makes Jacobs a easy easy a DeVante. Adams sat 0:02:33.680 --> 0:02:35.400 out of practice for a lot of the week, but 0:02:35.440 --> 0:02:38.960 practicing full on Thursday. Jacoby Myers doubtful with concussion, and 0:02:39.000 --> 0:02:41.760 Myers actually had more targets than Adams last week, so 0:02:41.840 --> 0:02:44.400 I foresee Adams getting more focused this week with Hunter 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:48.360 Renfro actually seeing a target or two. Adams gets an 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:50.080 A grade in this one, as he'll match up with 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:52.480 Tradavius White, who seems to be a shell of his 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:55.160 former self. He allowed Garrett Wilson to score a touchdown 0:02:55.240 --> 0:02:57.720 last week in his coverage. And you can't start Renfro 0:02:57.840 --> 0:02:59.680 or any of the tight ends on the Raiders side. 0:03:00.440 --> 0:03:01.880 They're just not there yet, even. 0:03:01.639 --> 0:03:04.839 With Jacobe Meyers. I don't Renfro is so invisible. Yes, 0:03:05.080 --> 0:03:06.600 Meyer's not going to go in this game. 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:09.680 Jimmy g gets a C grade, though the Jets stopped 0:03:09.720 --> 0:03:12.400 passing for the most part as soon as Rogers tendon 0:03:12.480 --> 0:03:15.640 snapped in half last week. So there inflated Zach Wilson 0:03:15.760 --> 0:03:19.920 numbers deserve a little asterisk. Garoppolo did fine against maybe 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:22.720 a better Broncos defense last week, ended up with two 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:25.280 hundred and two. That sounds like a Jimmy g style 0:03:25.360 --> 0:03:28.840 game to me. Over on the bill side, Josh Allen 0:03:28.880 --> 0:03:31.519 and Stefan Diggs, they're easy A grades in this one. 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:35.120 Yeah, how about Diggs just nuking Sauce Gardner right out 0:03:35.120 --> 0:03:35.560 of the gate. 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:38.200 Well, he also nuked Gabe Davis a little bit, who 0:03:38.200 --> 0:03:40.880 actually ran one more route than Diggs last week but 0:03:40.920 --> 0:03:43.800 saw only four targets to thirteen for Diggs. 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:47.880 Yeah, and then you know, then we saw his own 0:03:47.880 --> 0:03:50.040 team talking about they got to get more production out 0:03:50.040 --> 0:03:52.800 of their second receiver without naming him by name. 0:03:52.960 --> 0:03:55.920 Yeah, well, I mean the good thing about Gabe Davis 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:58.960 his targets were downfield. His a dot was eighteen point 0:03:59.040 --> 0:04:02.760 seven yards huge. Davis runs a ton of routes out 0:04:02.800 --> 0:04:04.920 of the left side of the field, and last year 0:04:05.360 --> 0:04:08.560 the Raiders allowed an average of fourteen yards per deep 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:12.440 left attempt. Ooh, that's a pretty saucy little number there. 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:15.120 That hole in the defense is Jacory and Bennett, who 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:17.240 wears double zero on the field, and that was also 0:04:17.320 --> 0:04:20.440 his PFF grade last week. Not really, it wasn't that low, 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:21.479 but he was their worst corner. 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:22.720 Does he really wear double zero? 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:23.240 He does? 0:04:23.360 --> 0:04:25.160 I didn't see that on the during the game. I 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:27.000 didn't know there was anybody wearing double zero. 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:31.320 Dalton Kincaid and Dawson Knox, the double DK's basically split 0:04:31.360 --> 0:04:34.760 snaps last week. Both had four targets. It's a complete 0:04:34.800 --> 0:04:36.359 split right now, and you don't want to deal with 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:38.680 either of the double DKs, so they're both on the 0:04:38.720 --> 0:04:42.080 bench for you. And finally, the Bills really want James 0:04:42.120 --> 0:04:44.559 Cook to be the guy. He led the snaps forty 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:47.800 one to fifteen for Latavius Murray and only nine for 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:52.000 Damian Harris. He led the opportunities eighteen to four to three. 0:04:52.440 --> 0:04:54.200 If he's going to be a bellcow, it should be 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:56.800 a decent week against a Raiders defense who just allowed 0:04:57.000 --> 0:04:59.359 one hundred and thirty five combo yards to the split 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:02.920 backfield of samaj p Ryan and Javonte Williams. So I'm 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:04.600 giving Cook a B grade this week. 0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:07.440 Yeah, I thought we'd see a little more of Damien Harris, 0:05:07.440 --> 0:05:09.839 and it never it did not materialize, not at all, 0:05:09.880 --> 0:05:12.440 not at all. San Francisco taking on the Rams store 0:05:13.240 --> 0:05:15.680 the forty nine Ers had swore they were going to 0:05:15.920 --> 0:05:20.080 dial back the usage on Christian McCaffrey, and he probably 0:05:20.120 --> 0:05:22.359 had ran the most plays in the NFL, I believe, 0:05:22.440 --> 0:05:24.520 or the most of any running back in the NFL 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:25.200 last week. 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:26.080 Sure did. 0:05:26.160 --> 0:05:28.120 Yeah, And obviously he is a must start in this 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:31.400 game with the great A. The Rams run defense struggles 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:33.880 to tackle and they don't make plays behind the line 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:36.600 of scrimmage, so you have to start him. As far 0:05:36.640 --> 0:05:38.800 as the passing game there, the Rams are his zone 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:42.640 heavy team. Brandon I destroys man coverage, as we talked 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:44.240 about last week, which is one of the reasons he 0:05:44.279 --> 0:05:47.080 had a really good game last week. Well, Deebo Samuel 0:05:47.160 --> 0:05:50.400 is the forty nine Ers zone beater, So this week 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:52.960 we're going to give Deebo Samuel a great a because 0:05:52.960 --> 0:05:55.760 of that, easily number one on the team in targets 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:59.159 per route run versus man cover I'm sorry, versus zone coverage. 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:02.640 Since Brock Purty took over and the Rams cornerbacks Darien 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:06.200 Kendrick and Akello Withers Witherspoon, if I can talk, are 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:07.040 not very good. 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:08.760 Brandon Ayuk, We're gonna give. 0:06:08.680 --> 0:06:10.720 Him a bee, even though this matchup isn't quite as 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:13.479 good for him because of the coverage tendencies of the Rams. 0:06:13.920 --> 0:06:17.239 Brandon Ayuk wide receiver two in Fantasy. 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:18.800 Last week, great game, yeah. 0:06:18.839 --> 0:06:21.200 And only ranked number four on the team and targets 0:06:21.200 --> 0:06:24.159 per route run with Perty under center versus man coverage 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:26.120 last year, though, so we have to downgrade him to 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:28.799 a B. But again, this is a good matchup because 0:06:28.800 --> 0:06:32.520 the Rams cornerbacks are terrible. Brock Perdy, We're gonna give 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:35.640 him a B in part for that reason. Fantasy quarterback 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:39.320 ten last week and number eight in adjusted completion rate 0:06:39.680 --> 0:06:43.000 the Rams. As I mentioned zone heavy team, Purdy was 0:06:43.120 --> 0:06:46.720 number four in yards per attempt last year against zone coverage. 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:49.840 George Kittle, We're gonna give him a bee. I waffle 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:53.279 between A and B on this one. Kittle wasn't healthy 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:55.920 last week, but he still got fed targets on twenty 0:06:55.960 --> 0:06:57.719 three percent of his routes. 0:06:57.760 --> 0:06:58.400 That's pretty good. 0:06:58.640 --> 0:07:02.120 Last year against zone coverage with Perty under center, Kittle 0:07:02.160 --> 0:07:04.760 got targets on a similar twenty four percent of his 0:07:04.880 --> 0:07:09.920 routes with a get this Ludacris sixty seven percent touchdown percentage. 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:10.480 Wow. 0:07:10.640 --> 0:07:13.720 Rams gave up seventh most touchdowns to opposing tight ends 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:16.120 last year. So we're gonna get what We'll say it 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:18.920 B plus No we won't. No, we we'll say. 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:21.640 I like this guy. No, this guy's a great new 0:07:21.720 --> 0:07:22.160 co host. 0:07:24.320 --> 0:07:28.080 You know I had good thor for one week that 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:30.160 he's already turned on me. 0:07:30.280 --> 0:07:32.679 Fisher was a bad influence for me. Yeah, clearly. 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:36.200 And moving to the Rams, Matthew Stafford great game last 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:39.600 week three, only forty passing yards that rank number three 0:07:39.600 --> 0:07:41.800 in the NFL. But I can only give them a 0:07:41.840 --> 0:07:44.560 seat in this game because the matchup isn't quite as good. 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:47.880 Four career games against the forty nine ers for Stafford, Yeah, 0:07:48.000 --> 0:07:51.720 five to five touchdown interception ratio and only a six 0:07:51.800 --> 0:07:55.480 point zero yards per attempt. Can the Rams offensive line 0:07:55.480 --> 0:07:58.320 hold up? Is my other question? The forty nine ers 0:07:58.360 --> 0:08:02.040 were number two in pressure rate line last week. Pooka Nakua, 0:08:02.160 --> 0:08:04.920 My boy got to give him a greade B here 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:08.120 he has an oblique injury, but reports say he's going 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:11.080 to play last week was ridiculous. I know I gave 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:16.160 him out but I wasn't expected as I'm yeah, he 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:20.040 went nuclear forty two point nine percent of first read 0:08:20.120 --> 0:08:24.239 target share last week for Matthew Staffett's was consistently. 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:26.440 Looking at him. Puka was playing that Cooper Cup role. 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:28.600 Like I mentioned, he was number five in the NFL 0:08:28.680 --> 0:08:31.960 in yards per route run in week one. Believe the 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:34.560 hype two two at well will give him a bee. 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:36.240 He was impressive in his own right now. 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:38.400 It was another one hundred and nineteen yard performance. 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:41.240 Exactly three point six yards per route run last week 0:08:41.240 --> 0:08:43.240 for two to two, and I liked how the rams 0:08:43.240 --> 0:08:45.560 were moving him around and then getting him in bunch 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:48.280 formations to guarantee free releases off the line. 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:50.600 He's obviously a question we had about him coming out, yeah, 0:08:50.640 --> 0:08:53.360 because he's a he's a tiny guy, he's a stick. Yeah. 0:08:53.400 --> 0:08:54.680 But if they can get him off the line, he 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:57.520 can do damage there. Tyler Higbee will give him a 0:08:57.559 --> 0:09:00.640 CEE this week. The troubling thing about him last week 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:02.680 was he was basically ignored when he was out on 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:06.040 the runs. On the routes only a seven point nine 0:09:06.080 --> 0:09:08.760 percent target share last week, and this is a tough 0:09:08.800 --> 0:09:11.240 matchup against the forty nine ers defense that allowed the 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:15.719 eighth fewest fantasy points to tight ends last year. Cam 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:19.040 Akers were keeping them on the bench. Speaking of troubling 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:22.599 twenty two carries for twenty nine yards last. 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:23.559 Week, that's not good. 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:25.680 We could have ran for more yards on twenty two carries. 0:09:25.720 --> 0:09:27.760 You could fall forward for more than that. 0:09:27.840 --> 0:09:28.360 Yes, you can. 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:30.720 As a matter of fact, yes again, And I saw 0:09:30.760 --> 0:09:32.880 this stat combine my Twitter feed, and I think it's correct. 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:35.680 First time in NFL history there have been three different 0:09:35.720 --> 0:09:38.200 running backs in the same week, all to have at 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:41.000 least fifteen carries and less than one and a half 0:09:41.080 --> 0:09:41.760 yards per carry. 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:44.240 Wow, gosh, this is not a good batchup for him 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:46.720 against the forty nine Ers defense that allowed the fewest 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:50.480 fantasy points to running backs last year. I will give 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:54.080 Brian's boy Kyrin Johnson a C grade, though he's better 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:57.080 than cam Akers Kyrin Williams says, and he's more versatile too. 0:09:57.080 --> 0:10:00.000 By far played sixty five percent of the snaps last week. 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:02.440 He can had fifteen touches for fifty two total yards. 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:04.319 If there's a Rams running back you want in your lineup, 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:05.319 it's Kirian Williams this. 0:10:05.240 --> 0:10:07.920 Week, and probably only him. As it turns out only him. 0:10:07.960 --> 0:10:10.679 Baltimore takes on Cincinnati, and we got to go back 0:10:10.679 --> 0:10:13.640 to Lamar Jackson. Look, I've I warned you last week 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:16.800 about Jackson's prospects, and I don't love him here either. 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:19.800 Going back to Week four of last year, He's averaging 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:22.320 zero point nine passing touchdowns per game. 0:10:22.760 --> 0:10:23.199 That's it. 0:10:23.280 --> 0:10:25.760 And that includes a game against these same Bengals in 0:10:25.760 --> 0:10:27.280 which he threw for one hundred and seventy four yards 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:30.280 in one touchdown. But that's not what's most troubling. Here's 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:34.960 what you should really be worried about. New offensive coordinator 0:10:35.000 --> 0:10:42.160 Todd Munkin gave Lamar Jackson two designed runs totaling two yards. Yeah, 0:10:42.200 --> 0:10:45.760 that's it for fantasy purposes. We do not want to 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:48.720 change out. We don't want to exchange runs for passes. 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:52.880 That is a bad currency exchange right there. So you 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:55.480 didn't draft Jackson for his passing and the Bengals just 0:10:55.520 --> 0:10:59.000 put to Shaun Watson on a brutal passing game last week. 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:02.640 I can only muster a C grade for Lamar Jackson. 0:11:02.760 --> 0:11:05.960 Caution again, you know who I love though, Zay Flowers. 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:06.280 Yes? 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:08.079 Oh did he look promising in Week one? 0:11:08.320 --> 0:11:08.520 Great? 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:11.320 He played eighty four percent of the snaps. He accounted 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:15.120 for one fewer target than the rest of the team combined. 0:11:15.760 --> 0:11:18.240 He ran half his place from the slot and half outside, 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:20.800 so he'll see all he'll see it really all of 0:11:20.800 --> 0:11:25.080 the Bengals cornerbacks. It's a It's a solid secondary, particularly 0:11:25.280 --> 0:11:28.800 Chadobi a Woozia. But Flowers can win against Mike Hilton, 0:11:28.960 --> 0:11:31.200 Cam Taylor Britt Those can be positive matchups, and he 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:32.839 moves all over the field. So I'm giving a B 0:11:33.000 --> 0:11:37.440 grade to say Flowers. Mark Andrews practiced in full on Friday. 0:11:37.480 --> 0:11:40.000 That's very encouraging, but I can only get him to 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:43.440 a C grade because I worry about snapcount, possible setback 0:11:43.480 --> 0:11:46.559 on the hamstring, and Cincinnati held the Browns tight ends 0:11:46.559 --> 0:11:49.640 and check last week. Aside from a random Harrison Bryan Shorty, 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:51.920 that's it. Andrews did crush the Browns in his one 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:54.240 meeting last year, and Isaiah likely did in the meeting 0:11:54.240 --> 0:11:56.520 he didn't play in, so maybe there's more to like here, 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:59.480 but I'm only going C grade on Mark Andrews. Obj 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:02.840 Obj's on the bench played most of the snaps, more 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:06.000 snaps than any Baltimore receiver, but only saw three targets, 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:07.920 and maybe it's just him not going to rust off 0:12:07.960 --> 0:12:09.760 or whatever. He did make one nice catch on the 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:12.160 left side of the field, but I think I'm gonna 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:14.280 wait until I've got an easier matchup before I dart 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:16.360 throw on Obj and assume that he's ready for a 0:12:16.360 --> 0:12:18.719 bigger role, and then we're shot Bateman. I want to 0:12:18.720 --> 0:12:22.319 show you some caution here. He ran half his routes 0:12:22.520 --> 0:12:26.320 from the slot. That is a massive departure and how 0:12:26.320 --> 0:12:29.040 he was used in years past and where Rashod Bateman 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:31.560 was giving us good fantasy games in the earlier parts 0:12:31.559 --> 0:12:35.040 of his career, it was on big downfield plays. Those 0:12:35.080 --> 0:12:38.240 are much harder to generate from the slot, and that's 0:12:38.240 --> 0:12:41.280 now suddenly where he's running. Prehistorically had run about eighteen 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:43.360 percent of his plays from the slot. He ran half 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:45.760 his plays from the slot under tot monkn That is 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:48.520 a big worry for Rashad Bateman. I would chose some 0:12:48.559 --> 0:12:50.920 concern there. And then let's go to the runners. Gus 0:12:51.040 --> 0:12:54.040 Edwards just as Hill, both getting C grades here. An 0:12:54.080 --> 0:12:57.920 almost even split between Edwards and Hill last week. But 0:12:58.080 --> 0:13:03.200 history suggests this Hill's not good and Gus I think 0:13:03.280 --> 0:13:05.280 should get more work I think he's just a better 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:08.319 back now. That said, Todd Munkin wasn't here for the 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:10.560 bad Justice Hills days, and maybe he's gonna be better 0:13:10.600 --> 0:13:13.600 going forward. I maybe Cincinnati middle of the pack run 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:16.400 defense that got gouged by Nick Chubb for six yards 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:19.640 per carry last week. Granted Chubbs like way better than 0:13:19.679 --> 0:13:23.320 Gus Edwards and Justice Hill still both startable here. I 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:26.360 know he'll got the goal line carries last week. I 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:27.120 also think. 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:28.480 That's a weird fluky thing. 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:31.600 Gus Edwards is better built for it, and Justice Hill 0:13:31.640 --> 0:13:34.560 only one point one yards per carry last week also troubling. 0:13:34.679 --> 0:13:36.520 All right, let's go to Cincinnati this one take as 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:39.200 long bounce back game coming. Everybody believes it's coming. 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:39.760 I do too. 0:13:40.480 --> 0:13:43.440 Jamar Chase obvious A. He saw a twenty nine percent 0:13:43.440 --> 0:13:45.800 targets share last week. He's gonna be just fine. But 0:13:45.920 --> 0:13:48.160 T Higgins, let's talk him through more. Out of the 0:13:48.280 --> 0:13:51.640 zero catch game, he saw eight targets and he was 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:54.280 on the field for ninety five percent of the offensive 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:57.000 snaps last week. So it's gonna come together here. We 0:13:57.040 --> 0:14:00.200 know he's a good player and Cincinnati. Cincinnati might give 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:03.000 him some extra looks to make up for last week's gooseg. 0:14:03.600 --> 0:14:07.200 Baltimore's nineteen receptions allowed to wide receivers were the third 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:10.160 most in Week one, and They're two hundred yards allowed 0:14:10.280 --> 0:14:13.440 to wide receivers was fifth most. And Baltimore's now without 0:14:13.440 --> 0:14:16.880 their starting safety Marcus Williams, so that could unlock some 0:14:16.960 --> 0:14:20.920 deep receptions for T. Higgins and Jamar Chase. B grade 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:23.440 on T Higgins and if I've got A and B 0:14:23.560 --> 0:14:26.640 grades on Joe Burrow's two main receivers, obviously I like him. 0:14:26.640 --> 0:14:28.240 I've got a B grade here in which should be 0:14:28.240 --> 0:14:30.800 a bounce back. Not in the rain, not in the 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:33.480 knock the rust off game from last week. And the 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:38.640 Ravens saw fifty four dropbacks last week against CJ. Stroud 0:14:38.800 --> 0:14:41.560 in his NFL debut, So this is going to be 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:45.240 a pass heavy game plan. Joe Mixon claims chimes in 0:14:45.280 --> 0:14:48.040 with a B grade, mixing accounted for fifty one percent 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:51.280 of the Bengals total offense last week. He averaged seventy 0:14:51.320 --> 0:14:56.480 one total yards and four receptions per four receptions per 0:14:56.560 --> 0:14:59.160 game over the final three game last three games against 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:00.840 Baltimore last sear even a season. 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:02.000 Excuse me, the. 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:05.160 Ravens allowed the fourth fewest rushing yards opposing backs. Last year, 0:15:05.640 --> 0:15:08.960 they just held the Titans Texans backfields to three point 0:15:08.960 --> 0:15:09.760 one yards per carry. 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:11.960 That's a good run defense. I'm a little worried about. 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:13.320 Mixing, but he's the only game in town, so he 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:15.040 still gets the B grade. 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:16.400 When we come back. 0:15:17.840 --> 0:15:20.840 Nine players upon whom you can take a chance. If 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:23.240 you're already looking to the waiver wire for some help, 0:15:23.280 --> 0:15:24.760 you look into the bench for some help. 0:15:24.800 --> 0:15:28.160 We've got some guys that might be suitable for your team. 0:15:28.200 --> 0:15:29.200 Find out who they are. 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:55.600 When we come back Fantasy Football Weekly. 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:04.680 Take a chance on me. Nine players not normally in 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:05.600 your starting lineup. 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:07.560 Guys many cases you're going to be able to pick 0:16:07.640 --> 0:16:09.680 up off of the waiver wire and give a start 0:16:09.680 --> 0:16:12.480 to this week. Matt Harrison, let's begin at the quarterback position. 0:16:12.480 --> 0:16:13.080 Who you got. 0:16:13.160 --> 0:16:15.720 I've got CJ. Stroud who looked okay last week two 0:16:15.760 --> 0:16:18.320 hundred and forty two yards, no touchdowns, but no picks either, 0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:20.560 and he was efficient against a good defense. The team 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:23.600 kept it tight with only a six point zero a dot, 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:25.640 and he threw the ball forty four times on that 0:16:25.800 --> 0:16:27.840 so kept it short and sweet. This week, he gets 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:30.640 a Colts defense not nearly as good. The Colts allowed 0:16:30.640 --> 0:16:32.880 two forty one and two to Trevor Lawrence last week 0:16:32.880 --> 0:16:34.720 in a game where Jacksonville ran the ball most of 0:16:34.760 --> 0:16:37.160 the second half. I think Stroud's throwing the ball a 0:16:37.160 --> 0:16:37.800 lot this week. 0:16:37.840 --> 0:16:39.680 All right, let's go to thor. Who's your take a 0:16:39.760 --> 0:16:40.600 chance on me quarterback? 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:43.240 I'm going with Jared Goff, who was number eighteen in 0:16:43.360 --> 0:16:46.640 fantasy points last week but number nine in passing grade 0:16:46.640 --> 0:16:50.000 against the Chiefs. The young Seahawks secondary that he's going 0:16:50.040 --> 0:16:52.560 to be playing this weekend got Torch last week. The 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:55.400 Seax gave up the third most passing yards and fourth 0:16:55.440 --> 0:16:57.800 highest yards per attempt in Week one. I like it, 0:16:57.920 --> 0:17:01.120 Jared Goff. I'm going Baker Mayfield againsticgo. They're gonna be 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:03.840 without slot corner Kyler Gordon probably for a while. That 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:06.800 means it is an a plus matchup for Chris Godwin, 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:10.320 who I love here. Mike Evans also a great matchup. 0:17:10.560 --> 0:17:14.320 The Bears are trotting out rookie Tyreek Stevenson, who allowed 0:17:14.359 --> 0:17:17.359 a touchdown to Romeo Dubson a man coverage last week. 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:20.959 Evans is a better red zone threat, obviously than Romeo Dobbs. 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:24.240 So as a team, the Bears posted the sixth worst 0:17:24.480 --> 0:17:26.440 Pro Football Focus coverage grade in Week one. 0:17:26.480 --> 0:17:28.400 So I like Baker Mayfield here to get a couple 0:17:28.480 --> 0:17:31.440 of touchdowns, maybe even three. Let's go to the running 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:31.959 back position. 0:17:32.680 --> 0:17:34.800 I got Zach Masson kind of a bonus. Take a 0:17:34.880 --> 0:17:37.359 chance on me Dion Jackson as well, either of them. 0:17:37.400 --> 0:17:39.240 Can you can start with a C grade this week. 0:17:39.400 --> 0:17:41.920 Jackson was sort of the default belcoal for Indie last 0:17:41.920 --> 0:17:44.560 week because Moss was inactive and Evan Hull was injured. 0:17:44.600 --> 0:17:47.399 After only seven snaps, Jackson was on the field for 0:17:47.400 --> 0:17:50.119 seventy one percent of the offensive snaps targeted in the 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:52.400 passing game on twenty two percent of his routes run. 0:17:52.400 --> 0:17:54.800 But with Zach Moss returning, I think it's a pretty 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:57.920 even split, with Moss taking the ground game and Jackson 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:00.800 being the pass catching back. The Texans did hold the 0:18:00.880 --> 0:18:03.600 Ravens backs only two point six yards per carry last week, 0:18:03.960 --> 0:18:07.080 but the Runners scored three touchdowns in this game, and 0:18:07.359 --> 0:18:09.800 it was the worst run defense in the league last year, 0:18:09.840 --> 0:18:11.720 And maybe it was just a little bit fake because 0:18:11.720 --> 0:18:14.360 of Baltimore's runners thor. 0:18:14.200 --> 0:18:16.119 You're taking a chance at me runner I'm gonna go 0:18:16.119 --> 0:18:20.080 with Taj Spears against the Chargers. Taja clearly, at minimum 0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:23.600 is the team's clear pass catching back, and it might 0:18:23.600 --> 0:18:26.240 be more than that. Last week in a neutral game script, 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:29.919 Taj Spears actually outsnapped Derrick Henry. In games where the 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:33.480 Titans are down this season, I think Spears's usage is 0:18:33.520 --> 0:18:34.920 going to explode and. 0:18:34.840 --> 0:18:37.400 They could be down a lot of Ryan Tannehill's gonna 0:18:37.480 --> 0:18:38.280 keep playing like this. 0:18:38.400 --> 0:18:41.920 They've lost eight straight games the Titans. 0:18:41.920 --> 0:18:44.359 Especially against the Chargers. It's gonna be the case. 0:18:44.480 --> 0:18:47.200 Last week Taj Spears' first game in the NFL six 0:18:47.320 --> 0:18:49.360 yards after contact per attempt. 0:18:50.520 --> 0:18:53.199 I'm gonna go with Ezekiel Elliott going up against Miami 0:18:53.440 --> 0:18:55.640 leg In his first game with the Patriots. Zeke had 0:18:55.640 --> 0:18:58.879 half the snap count of Vermandre Stevenson half, but managed 0:18:58.960 --> 0:19:01.520 more rushing yards on fewer carries, and he chipped into 0:19:01.520 --> 0:19:05.119 surprising five receptions for Zeke. Miami just got blasted by 0:19:05.200 --> 0:19:08.200 two different backs, Austin Eckler and Josh Kelly, so two 0:19:08.200 --> 0:19:10.920 different backs could post good stats against Miami again here, 0:19:10.920 --> 0:19:14.080 and I still like Rmandre Stevenson do. Through one week, 0:19:14.400 --> 0:19:17.919 Miami ranks dead last and rushing yards allowed, dead last 0:19:17.960 --> 0:19:20.600 in total yards allowed to running backs and second to 0:19:20.680 --> 0:19:24.840 last in rushing touchdowns allowed to runners. Ezekiel Elliott. Let's 0:19:24.840 --> 0:19:26.920 go to our receivers. Who's your take a chance on me? 0:19:26.960 --> 0:19:27.240 Receiver? 0:19:27.320 --> 0:19:29.080 Man, I've got a tight end and it's come to this. 0:19:29.400 --> 0:19:31.479 Zach Ertz is to take a chance on me? Tight end? 0:19:31.560 --> 0:19:33.840 Yeah name more active than I expected in Week one? 0:19:33.920 --> 0:19:35.200 Yeah had ten targets. 0:19:35.280 --> 0:19:35.840 Last week. 0:19:36.800 --> 0:19:40.239 The next closest target share in Arizona was five, so 0:19:40.280 --> 0:19:43.399 he doubled up everybody else. Josh Dobbs is not a 0:19:43.400 --> 0:19:46.320 downfield thrower. His average depth of target was only five 0:19:46.359 --> 0:19:48.520 point eight. That plays right into a tight end getting 0:19:48.520 --> 0:19:50.880 a ton of targets, and the Giants haven't done well 0:19:50.880 --> 0:19:53.480 against tight ends who are targeted a lot. The last 0:19:53.560 --> 0:19:56.080 eight tight ends who've seen at least eight targets against 0:19:56.119 --> 0:19:59.080 the Giants have an average line of eight catches eighty 0:19:59.160 --> 0:20:01.399 yards and a fifty seven percent chance of a score. 0:20:02.000 --> 0:20:04.479 That's a lot. Let's go to your receiver. So welcome 0:20:04.520 --> 0:20:06.080 back to the Rashid Shahed Show. 0:20:06.200 --> 0:20:08.800 Yeah, loved him last week. We're going right back to 0:20:08.840 --> 0:20:10.679 the well again after last week's. 0:20:10.480 --> 0:20:12.879 Hit, going right back to the well eighty nine yards 0:20:13.000 --> 0:20:16.880 last week for Shaheed sixteen point two at twenty four 0:20:16.960 --> 0:20:20.680 percent air yard share and three point six yards per 0:20:20.800 --> 0:20:21.480 route run. 0:20:21.880 --> 0:20:24.440 Derek Carr looks like he has his deep ball groove back, 0:20:24.480 --> 0:20:24.800 which is. 0:20:24.800 --> 0:20:27.640 Another important thing here for Shahida, guy who hits dingers, 0:20:27.960 --> 0:20:31.439 and this week he gets mediocre Panthers cornerbacks Dante Jackson 0:20:31.480 --> 0:20:31.840 and CJ. 0:20:32.000 --> 0:20:33.680 Henderson. He gonna stack again. 0:20:34.960 --> 0:20:38.360 I'm gonna give you a double up bill like it 0:20:38.800 --> 0:20:42.919 not bills though. These are Texans Robert Woods and Nico Collins, 0:20:43.119 --> 0:20:46.760 both I already told you CJ. Stroud fifty four dropbacks, 0:20:46.800 --> 0:20:49.560 forty four pass attempts last week, and volume is all 0:20:49.560 --> 0:20:53.760 we need against a very suspect Indianapolis secondary missing both 0:20:53.800 --> 0:20:57.159 of its starting cornerbacks from last season last week, and 0:20:57.240 --> 0:20:59.359 he got warked by Calvin Ridley and J. 0:20:59.520 --> 0:20:59.879 Jones. 0:21:00.080 --> 0:21:02.520 So why not little Robert Woods and Nico Collins. Granted 0:21:02.520 --> 0:21:05.000 they're not as good, but still we're just talking take 0:21:05.000 --> 0:21:07.720 a chance with me, guys here. Woods led the Texans 0:21:07.760 --> 0:21:11.400 and snaps Collins led the Texans in targets. 0:21:11.680 --> 0:21:13.120 I think they're both good plays here. 0:21:13.920 --> 0:21:17.560 And let's go to the matchups, including that one Yeah, 0:21:17.600 --> 0:21:20.439 Indianapolis is taking on Houston. You already gave us C. J. Stroud, 0:21:20.760 --> 0:21:22.879 I gave Robert Woods and Nico Collins. We got this 0:21:22.920 --> 0:21:23.760 thing already half done. 0:21:23.880 --> 0:21:25.840 Yeah, I got I got a B for Stroud, I 0:21:25.880 --> 0:21:28.400 got a bee for Collins, and I gotta see for Woods. 0:21:28.800 --> 0:21:30.520 By the way, Nico Collins led the team with a 0:21:30.560 --> 0:21:32.960 twenty six point two percent target share last week and 0:21:33.000 --> 0:21:36.240 saw one hundred and sixty five air yards. Wow, that's nuts. 0:21:36.320 --> 0:21:39.280 They're gonna chuck it downfield and it's gonna be great. 0:21:39.359 --> 0:21:43.000 Dalton Schultz he led the Texans with forty three routes 0:21:43.080 --> 0:21:45.000 run five more than any player, but he was only 0:21:45.040 --> 0:21:48.359 targeted four times for an average depth of zero point 0:21:48.480 --> 0:21:52.879 seventy five yards. He's almost going backwards. I'm gonna keep 0:21:52.920 --> 0:21:55.960 Dalton Schultz on forward for that. I'm gonna keep Dalton 0:21:56.000 --> 0:21:59.320 Schultz on the bench for that reason. Damian Pierce he 0:21:59.400 --> 0:22:01.600 only was on the field for forty eight point six 0:22:01.640 --> 0:22:03.639 percent of the snaps in Week one, and according to 0:22:03.720 --> 0:22:07.240 JJ Zachariison, that's his lowest snap share since Week one 0:22:07.280 --> 0:22:08.879 of last year. Oh, by the way, that was his 0:22:08.920 --> 0:22:11.520 first game ever. It's very disappointing. Week for him, But 0:22:11.520 --> 0:22:13.639 we highlighted on the show last week that the Ravens 0:22:13.680 --> 0:22:16.240 run defense is legit, so maybe they were saving him 0:22:16.520 --> 0:22:18.880 for this week. Still going to give Pierce the B grade. 0:22:18.920 --> 0:22:21.359 The Colts allowed two touchdowns to runners last week and 0:22:21.440 --> 0:22:22.800 seventeen last season. 0:22:22.920 --> 0:22:24.760 Pierce is gonna is going to hit him by the 0:22:24.800 --> 0:22:26.760 way that that Texans offensive line is not good. 0:22:27.040 --> 0:22:27.760 Yeah, it's going to be. 0:22:27.920 --> 0:22:29.080 Pierce is gonna have to make a lot of his 0:22:29.080 --> 0:22:29.600 own yards. 0:22:29.640 --> 0:22:32.200 Fortunately, Indies run defense is bad, and fortunately Pierce is 0:22:32.240 --> 0:22:32.840 pretty good at that. 0:22:33.000 --> 0:22:35.440 Yes, he is over on the Indie side. There's only 0:22:35.600 --> 0:22:37.760 two guys you can really start. One of them's Anthony 0:22:37.800 --> 0:22:39.760 Richardson two to twenty three in a score through the 0:22:39.800 --> 0:22:41.840 air last week, but a ton of that was on 0:22:41.920 --> 0:22:45.040 his wide receivers making plays. His average depth of target 0:22:45.080 --> 0:22:48.000 was only five point three, twenty ninth in the league. 0:22:48.320 --> 0:22:50.639 He had six designed run plays, which is a little 0:22:50.960 --> 0:22:53.719 fewer than I thought he would get, four scrambles, created 0:22:53.880 --> 0:22:56.440 ten rushing attempts for forty yards in a score. Only 0:22:56.520 --> 0:22:58.960 Daniel Jones had more rushing attempts as a QB in 0:22:58.960 --> 0:23:02.000 Week one, though Houston saw Lamar Jackson last week, who 0:23:02.040 --> 0:23:04.520 he thought would be a big runner, but Jackson ended 0:23:04.600 --> 0:23:07.000 up with only six carries for thirty eight on the ground. 0:23:07.119 --> 0:23:09.120 It's probably going to be a low volume passing game 0:23:09.119 --> 0:23:11.320 for Richardson, but I bet he finds at least fifty 0:23:11.400 --> 0:23:14.160 yards on the ground here. So with that fifty yards, 0:23:14.160 --> 0:23:16.000 I think it's a B grade for Richardson just on 0:23:16.080 --> 0:23:19.399 the upside alone. Michael Pittman is the only wide receiver 0:23:19.480 --> 0:23:22.000 you can start, and it's just to see target shares. 0:23:22.080 --> 0:23:24.480 Last week, Pittman got twenty eight percent of them, Josh 0:23:24.480 --> 0:23:29.520 Downs eighteen percent, Alec Pierce only eight percent, but Pittman 0:23:29.640 --> 0:23:32.000 he was only targeted five yards down the field as well. 0:23:32.040 --> 0:23:34.280 That's why he's knocked down to a sea. We're reliant 0:23:34.280 --> 0:23:37.240 on him breaking one on a short pass. His touchdown 0:23:37.320 --> 0:23:39.600 last week was behind the line of scrimmage and he 0:23:39.640 --> 0:23:42.080 broke it for thirty nine yards in a score. We're 0:23:42.160 --> 0:23:44.680 reliant on Michael Pittman doing that. So that's why he's 0:23:44.720 --> 0:23:45.520 only a C grade. 0:23:45.600 --> 0:23:48.919 Yeah, I thought Pittman looked pretty good, but this is 0:23:48.960 --> 0:23:51.159 going to be inconsistent box scores probably. 0:23:51.240 --> 0:23:53.840 Yeah, all right, let's go to Seattle taking on Detroit. 0:23:53.880 --> 0:23:57.359 Seattle is going to be hamstrung without two tackles. Charles 0:23:57.400 --> 0:24:01.320 Cross and Abraham Lucas both not going to play in 0:24:01.359 --> 0:24:04.480 this game, and that is for an offensive line that's 0:24:04.520 --> 0:24:05.320 already struggling. 0:24:05.359 --> 0:24:06.680 Those are some pretty big losses. 0:24:06.800 --> 0:24:09.240 It sure is because the Lions last year number nine 0:24:09.280 --> 0:24:13.000 in pressure rate, number seven in blitz rate. Tino Smith 0:24:13.080 --> 0:24:15.359 was under duress all last week and that is going 0:24:15.400 --> 0:24:18.040 to be the case again. I'm only giving Gino a 0:24:18.040 --> 0:24:21.720 grade A C here last week fourth lowest yards per 0:24:21.720 --> 0:24:24.399 attempt in the NFL, like I mentioned, was under duress 0:24:24.440 --> 0:24:27.720 the entire game. Last year, Gino was number twenty eight 0:24:27.760 --> 0:24:31.080 in the league in passing grade when blitzed, giving him 0:24:31.119 --> 0:24:34.280 a C. Tyler Lockett, I'll give him a B because 0:24:34.320 --> 0:24:37.080 the Lions are a zone heavy defense. Lockett is the 0:24:37.200 --> 0:24:40.000 zone beater who finds the soft spots on this offense. 0:24:40.600 --> 0:24:43.320 Number eighteen in the NFL last year in yards per 0:24:43.400 --> 0:24:46.880 route run against zone DK metcalf I can only give 0:24:46.960 --> 0:24:49.280 him a C grade in this In this game, he 0:24:49.320 --> 0:24:52.440 had an identical twenty two percent target rate to Lockett's 0:24:52.480 --> 0:24:55.720 last year against zone coverage. But while Lockett averaged two 0:24:55.800 --> 0:24:59.040 point three yards per route run against zone DK only 0:24:59.080 --> 0:25:01.920 averaged one point eight. I got to keep the rest 0:25:01.920 --> 0:25:04.280 of the pass catchers, including Jackson, Smith and Jig, but 0:25:04.400 --> 0:25:06.320 on the bench Smith and Jig, but we need to 0:25:06.320 --> 0:25:08.439 see him fully healed from that risk injury, and we 0:25:08.480 --> 0:25:10.919 need to see how his role clarifies everybody else on 0:25:10.920 --> 0:25:13.240 the bench. Kenneth Walker will give him a grade to 0:25:13.320 --> 0:25:16.720 be here. Was able to hold off Charbonnet last week. 0:25:16.720 --> 0:25:20.520 Sharbonney was barely apparent there. Kenneth Walker had sixteen touches 0:25:20.640 --> 0:25:24.400 for sixty seven yards on sixty three percent of the snaps. 0:25:24.880 --> 0:25:27.280 Lions had a good week last week against the run 0:25:27.359 --> 0:25:30.920 versus the Chiefs did very much so, but the Lions 0:25:31.160 --> 0:25:34.399 struggled against zone runs last year and those accounted for 0:25:34.480 --> 0:25:38.760 half of Kenneth Walker's attempts last week. Going to the Lions, 0:25:38.920 --> 0:25:41.280 Jared Goff was might take a chance on me, quarterback 0:25:41.680 --> 0:25:45.160 Amanras Saint Brown. I'm giving him an A for this matchup. Yeah, 0:25:45.200 --> 0:25:47.639 he was wide receiver eleven in fantasy scoring. 0:25:47.800 --> 0:25:50.960 It should have been wide receiver like two had had 0:25:51.080 --> 0:25:55.320 Jared Goff not completely missed him wide open for a 0:25:55.440 --> 0:25:57.520 seventy yard down the scene touchdown. 0:25:57.680 --> 0:25:59.520 A man, oh maw that hurt. 0:26:00.240 --> 0:26:02.639 He same Bratt was also number eleven in yards per 0:26:02.720 --> 0:26:05.560 route run versus zone coverage last season, and as you 0:26:05.560 --> 0:26:09.520 guys know, the Pete Carroll defense is it's notoriously zone coverage. 0:26:10.320 --> 0:26:12.880 Sam Laporta, Sammy ball game. I'm giving them a great 0:26:13.000 --> 0:26:14.960 B here. I almost thought about going to an A 0:26:15.200 --> 0:26:18.560 on this one, though. Laporta last week eighty three percent 0:26:18.680 --> 0:26:21.760 of the snaps and he ranked number four among tight 0:26:21.880 --> 0:26:24.440 ends in the NFL in targets per route run. 0:26:24.840 --> 0:26:26.679 That is tight end one usage, folks. 0:26:26.920 --> 0:26:29.960 The Seahawks are also awful against tight ends, allowed the 0:26:30.040 --> 0:26:33.120 second most fantasy points to opposing tight ends last year. 0:26:33.680 --> 0:26:35.920 David Montgomery, I'm giving a B in this one. 0:26:36.200 --> 0:26:39.240 Seventy four yards on twenty one carries while playing seventy 0:26:39.320 --> 0:26:41.680 nine percent of the snaps against the Chiefs, and he 0:26:41.760 --> 0:26:44.440 got most of the red zone work. Seattle profiles is 0:26:44.440 --> 0:26:46.520 a middle up the pack run defense this year. I 0:26:46.560 --> 0:26:48.160 think Montgomery's gonna. 0:26:47.920 --> 0:26:49.360 Get more work. Gibbs. 0:26:49.480 --> 0:26:51.760 Speaking of more work, Jamior Gibbs, I'm giving them an 0:26:51.800 --> 0:26:55.080 ah only played twenty yes, only played twenty seven percent 0:26:55.160 --> 0:26:58.280 of snaps against the Chiefs, sixty total yards on nine touches, 0:26:58.520 --> 0:27:00.359 but was number one in the NFL in. 0:27:00.400 --> 0:27:02.080 Miss tackles force per attempt. 0:27:02.440 --> 0:27:05.200 This is the week Jamiir Gibbs gets on leish the 0:27:05.720 --> 0:27:08.199 Seattle Rink dead last in the NFL in yards per 0:27:08.240 --> 0:27:11.560 reception to running backs last year, and Pete Carroll's defenses 0:27:11.640 --> 0:27:14.960 are horrible against receiving running backs going back years and 0:27:15.040 --> 0:27:15.600 years and years. 0:27:15.800 --> 0:27:18.760 Jamiir Gibbs going nuts this weekend. That is a strong take. 0:27:18.800 --> 0:27:22.240 When we come back Washington, will we see another decent 0:27:22.359 --> 0:27:27.120 game from Sammy Oh? Will find out when we come 0:27:27.200 --> 0:27:48.439 back Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly. Hi 0:27:48.520 --> 0:27:51.960 am Paul Charchy and co hosts Matt Harrison, Thorne Eystrom. 0:27:52.000 --> 0:27:54.440 Thank you for joining us. We're working our way through 0:27:54.560 --> 0:27:57.880 all of the Week two matchups. If you're behind because 0:27:57.920 --> 0:28:01.360 you played against a bunch of vikings and ego, we're 0:28:01.440 --> 0:28:03.320 here to try to help. And if you're ahead, we're helped. 0:28:03.359 --> 0:28:06.480 We're hopefully going to help you maintain that lead. If 0:28:06.480 --> 0:28:09.440 you started Alexander Madison, you're in a pinch and not 0:28:09.800 --> 0:28:13.960 just potentially for this week, maybe long term. 0:28:14.320 --> 0:28:16.120 And if you're not listening, we hope you lose. 0:28:16.480 --> 0:28:19.440 Yes, that's right, mm hmm, Well, I don't know. We 0:28:19.480 --> 0:28:22.240 don't wish bad things, well, just on the non listeners 0:28:22.280 --> 0:28:26.359 of the show. They don't count non listeners. Let's go 0:28:26.400 --> 0:28:28.440 to Washington taking on Denver. You guys know how I 0:28:28.520 --> 0:28:30.639 feel about Oh Sammy Howell. 0:28:31.760 --> 0:28:32.440 I was. 0:28:32.920 --> 0:28:34.600 I thought it was a mixed bag for Howell in 0:28:34.680 --> 0:28:37.080 his first real start last week. 0:28:37.160 --> 0:28:40.960 I feel like I've been replaced as the howl sound effect. Really, 0:28:41.200 --> 0:28:43.280 really really, I was gone for too long. I'm sorry, 0:28:43.360 --> 0:28:43.840 that's correct. 0:28:43.880 --> 0:28:44.440 We had to make do. 0:28:45.160 --> 0:28:47.400 I thought he made some key mistakes, but also showed 0:28:47.600 --> 0:28:49.880 decent poise, the strong arm that we knew he was 0:28:49.880 --> 0:28:51.520 going to get in some mobility that makes him a 0:28:51.600 --> 0:28:56.080 very promising fantasy prospect. Denver secondary's got a lot of talent, 0:28:56.240 --> 0:28:59.440 but did just get worked by Jimmy Garoppolo, Devanta Adams, 0:28:59.480 --> 0:29:05.320 and Jacoby So Howell's receivers Terry McLaurin, DeShawn John Dotson 0:29:05.520 --> 0:29:08.240 maybe aren't quite at the Devontae Adams level, but they're 0:29:08.280 --> 0:29:10.520 they're not that far off. I'm gonna go grade see 0:29:10.560 --> 0:29:14.520 and Howell's first ever road start against a pretty talented secondary. 0:29:15.080 --> 0:29:16.760 I want to start him, but I can't give him 0:29:16.760 --> 0:29:19.000 more than a see here. Let's talk about his receivers 0:29:19.080 --> 0:29:23.840 Terry McLaurin Terry cornerback Patrick Sertain is an absolute nightmare 0:29:23.920 --> 0:29:26.440 matchup here. He held Devonte Adams to two catches for 0:29:26.600 --> 0:29:31.000 sixteen yards on five targets in Week one, and he's 0:29:31.040 --> 0:29:34.280 allowed thirty or fewer yards in his coverage in seven 0:29:34.360 --> 0:29:37.960 straight games. And I'm worried that Patrick Surtain's gonna shadow 0:29:38.240 --> 0:29:39.880 Terry McLaurin and that would. 0:29:39.640 --> 0:29:41.920 Be game over. Now. I could be wrong. 0:29:42.600 --> 0:29:45.080 It could be that Denver sees John Dotson the way 0:29:45.120 --> 0:29:47.600 I see Johan Dotson is a major threat, and they're 0:29:47.640 --> 0:29:50.960 gonna put certain on him. But I'm guessing that they're 0:29:50.960 --> 0:29:53.600 gonna play it safe and put him on McLaurin. Dotson 0:29:53.680 --> 0:29:56.920 paced Washington targets with seven in Week one, and each 0:29:56.960 --> 0:29:59.080 of the last six wide receivers to see at least 0:29:59.080 --> 0:30:02.440 those seven targets against Denver of top sixty yards. Hopefully 0:30:02.520 --> 0:30:06.520 Dotson sees more of Damari Mathis, who was cooked by 0:30:06.600 --> 0:30:10.560 Jacoby Myers for two touchdowns and six receptions last week. 0:30:11.120 --> 0:30:13.560 He gave up a passer rating of ninety seven last season, 0:30:13.640 --> 0:30:16.400 so Dotson could have that advantageous matchup. I'm giving him 0:30:16.400 --> 0:30:18.680 a C grade two only because I am worried a 0:30:18.720 --> 0:30:21.080 little bit about Patrick sir Ten picking him up as well. 0:30:21.400 --> 0:30:23.520 And then Logan Thomas. I liked him last week going 0:30:23.560 --> 0:30:25.160 into the game. I love the fact that he was 0:30:25.200 --> 0:30:28.240 targeted seven times, but he dropped. He had two ugly 0:30:28.360 --> 0:30:31.200 drops in the game, which hurt. Still optimistic that he's 0:30:31.200 --> 0:30:33.600 going to be a great fit for Eric b Enemy. 0:30:33.640 --> 0:30:38.360 In particular, Denver only allowed one tight end reception last week, 0:30:38.840 --> 0:30:40.760 but they were facing the Raiders without Darren Waller, so 0:30:40.920 --> 0:30:44.320 maybe that doesn't mean anything. Se grade on Logan Thomas. 0:30:44.400 --> 0:30:48.520 And then last week. Lastly, Brian Robinson set a career 0:30:48.640 --> 0:30:51.880 high with sixty one percent of the snaps, but it 0:30:51.880 --> 0:30:54.600 didn't look great honestly, an NFL next Gen stats had 0:30:54.680 --> 0:30:57.120 Robinson was one of the least effective runners in Week one, 0:30:57.240 --> 0:31:01.480 with a negative twenty rushing yards over expected, which I 0:31:01.480 --> 0:31:04.560 guess would also be the same as saying twenty yards 0:31:04.760 --> 0:31:07.960 under expected and a long run of only seven yards 0:31:08.000 --> 0:31:10.360 for Brian Robinson. Denver only gave up two and a 0:31:10.400 --> 0:31:12.560 half yards per carry to the Raiders running backs, who 0:31:12.600 --> 0:31:16.320 frankly are better, and the offseason loss of stud defensive 0:31:16.320 --> 0:31:20.160 tackle Draymont Jones offset by the addition of lineman Zach Allen, 0:31:20.200 --> 0:31:23.720 who was fifteenth in Pro Football focuses win above replacement 0:31:23.840 --> 0:31:26.440 last year, so I can only muster a SE grade 0:31:26.520 --> 0:31:27.440 on Brian Robinson. 0:31:27.920 --> 0:31:30.760 Let's go to the Denver side. Let's start with the 0:31:30.840 --> 0:31:31.200 running game. 0:31:31.280 --> 0:31:33.880 Jamonte Williams saw the same number of snaps as Samaj 0:31:34.080 --> 0:31:36.600 p Ryan last week, but he out touched him seventeen 0:31:36.640 --> 0:31:40.320 to twelve, so advantage Williams. He also got the only 0:31:40.440 --> 0:31:44.600 goal to go carry, although he got stuffed on that play. Shockingly, 0:31:44.640 --> 0:31:47.240 Williams led at broncos and targets last week, which I 0:31:47.320 --> 0:31:50.640 did not see coming. The Commanders allowed the tenth fewest 0:31:50.680 --> 0:31:53.200 rushing yards to opposing running backs last season, and they 0:31:53.280 --> 0:31:56.080 limited James Conner and Conte Ingram to three point one 0:31:56.200 --> 0:31:59.280 yards per carry last week. So it's a tricky matchup here. 0:31:59.440 --> 0:32:02.280 I'd like to say strike Keyante Ingram's five carries for 0:32:02.440 --> 0:32:04.080 negative four yards on the record. 0:32:04.840 --> 0:32:07.320 Okay, deal, It wouldn't change it a line, but it 0:32:07.320 --> 0:32:10.760 would change it up between the time share and a 0:32:10.800 --> 0:32:11.520 tougher matchup. 0:32:11.560 --> 0:32:12.360 I can only get to a. 0:32:12.400 --> 0:32:15.920 C grade on Javonte Williams. Let's go to U Samaj 0:32:16.080 --> 0:32:17.760 p Rn, who I'm just putting on the bench here. 0:32:17.840 --> 0:32:20.360 This is a tougher matchup than last week, and Williams 0:32:20.480 --> 0:32:23.520 was more involved, so I can only I can't muster 0:32:23.760 --> 0:32:24.480 a letter grade on. 0:32:24.480 --> 0:32:25.400 Samaj p Rin. 0:32:26.200 --> 0:32:29.840 How about Russell Wilson. Week one, we saw a one 0:32:29.880 --> 0:32:32.640 to eighty for Russell Wilson in his first game with 0:32:32.800 --> 0:32:36.080 Sean Payton. He completed eighty percent of his passes for 0:32:36.160 --> 0:32:39.920 two touchdowns. That is something that happened zero times all 0:32:39.960 --> 0:32:42.360 of last year for Russell Wilson. I worry about a 0:32:42.400 --> 0:32:45.520 good Washington pass rush disrupting him far more than Vegas 0:32:45.560 --> 0:32:48.000 has did. But I like Sutton and Trautman. We're gonna 0:32:48.000 --> 0:32:49.960 talk about them in a second, So Wilson is startable 0:32:50.000 --> 0:32:52.640 for sure. I got a B grade on Russell Wilson. 0:32:52.800 --> 0:32:54.600 I think we back to Russell Wilson being kind of 0:32:54.600 --> 0:32:57.960 an every week starter here, Okay, Courtland Sutton, as expected, 0:32:58.040 --> 0:33:00.800 led all Broncos receivers in snaps target it's receiving yards, 0:33:00.840 --> 0:33:04.480 and he scored last week. Washington shut down the Cardinals 0:33:04.560 --> 0:33:07.280 receivers last week, but it's the Cardinals receiver, so I. 0:33:07.280 --> 0:33:08.800 Don't know that that really counts for anything. 0:33:09.280 --> 0:33:11.680 Court and Sutton's gonna see a lot of rookie cornerback 0:33:11.720 --> 0:33:14.720 and Manuel Forbes, who gave up a thirty one yard 0:33:14.800 --> 0:33:16.960 catch in his coverage last week. So I like Sudden 0:33:16.960 --> 0:33:18.520 to have a good game here in a B grade 0:33:18.560 --> 0:33:22.120 on him as well. Jerry Judy could return, but is 0:33:22.160 --> 0:33:23.920 he gonna be at full strength? Is he gonna be 0:33:23.920 --> 0:33:27.080 at a full snap count. He plays from the slot 0:33:27.240 --> 0:33:29.800 a lot when Sutton is available, and that'd be a 0:33:29.840 --> 0:33:33.560 positive matchup against cornerback safety hybrid Ben Saint Jews, who 0:33:33.840 --> 0:33:36.520 allowed all four of his targets to be completed in 0:33:36.600 --> 0:33:38.760 Week one. I'm giving a C grade to Judy. It 0:33:38.760 --> 0:33:41.200 would be a B grade if he were fully healthy, 0:33:41.680 --> 0:33:44.160 So you could maybe upgrade him if you get positive 0:33:44.200 --> 0:33:46.920 news between now and kickoff that he's like totally ready 0:33:46.960 --> 0:33:50.120 to go. And lastly, one of my favorite sneaky plays 0:33:50.160 --> 0:33:53.600 of the week Adam Trautman ooh, I like him here, 0:33:53.720 --> 0:33:56.880 Greg Dulsite out Troutman's gonna get all the tight end work. 0:33:57.240 --> 0:33:59.840 Last week, the Cardinals attacked the Commanders with their tight 0:34:00.120 --> 0:34:04.000 ends with a whopping twelve targets resulting in eight catches, 0:34:04.080 --> 0:34:06.560 second most of all teams in Week one, and Troutman 0:34:06.680 --> 0:34:08.440 ranked second among all. 0:34:08.520 --> 0:34:11.399 NFL players in separation last week. 0:34:12.000 --> 0:34:14.320 Troutman caught all five of his targets last week, and 0:34:14.400 --> 0:34:17.480 that is a very safe floor from here. I like 0:34:17.600 --> 0:34:22.560 Adam troutman sneaky play and a B grade m Adam Troutman. 0:34:23.239 --> 0:34:26.720 Let's go to Chicago taking on Tampa Bay. The really 0:34:26.840 --> 0:34:31.000 disheartening power about a dismal showing for the Chicago offense. 0:34:31.120 --> 0:34:36.640 Matt Justin Fields two designed runs all game. 0:34:36.960 --> 0:34:38.160 Yeah, and oh bueno. 0:34:38.360 --> 0:34:41.239 His other seven rush attempts were off script. So that's 0:34:41.760 --> 0:34:45.239 that's not good from a pass perspective or a run perspective. Really, 0:34:45.520 --> 0:34:47.600 you signed up for Justin Fields for the rushing yards. 0:34:47.640 --> 0:34:50.600 So how have the Bucks performed against running quarterbacks the 0:34:50.680 --> 0:34:54.359 last few years? In the last twenty games, only three 0:34:54.440 --> 0:34:58.160 quarterbacks have topped thirty rushing yards and none have scored 0:34:58.280 --> 0:35:00.880 against the Buccaneers. You'd have to go back all the 0:35:00.920 --> 0:35:03.239 way to twenty twenty one in week fourteen when Josh 0:35:03.280 --> 0:35:06.680 Allen scored to find the last quarterback rushing score. Fields 0:35:06.760 --> 0:35:09.000 is only top two hundred passing yards three times in 0:35:09.080 --> 0:35:12.120 his last sixteen games. It's a c for Fields this week, 0:35:12.200 --> 0:35:14.200 and I think it's not going to be as good 0:35:14.200 --> 0:35:15.960 as a lot of people hoped for him in most 0:35:16.040 --> 0:35:19.200 games this year. DJ Moore only had two targets last week. 0:35:19.560 --> 0:35:22.080 We all thought when Field's got a legit wide receiver, 0:35:22.160 --> 0:35:25.239 as passing numbers would rise. Not so thus far. I'll 0:35:25.280 --> 0:35:28.960 give more the lowest C grade possible, mostly because he'll 0:35:28.960 --> 0:35:32.080 be lining up against a banged up Carlton Davis most often, 0:35:32.360 --> 0:35:36.239 who missed practice this week with a toe injury. Cole 0:35:36.280 --> 0:35:38.800 Comet would be the only other Bears receiver you'd consider. 0:35:38.880 --> 0:35:41.279 He was targeted on sixteen percent of his routes run 0:35:41.400 --> 0:35:44.000 last week, but only for three point seven air yards, 0:35:44.040 --> 0:35:47.160 and that's kind of bad. TJ. Hockinson had similar patterns 0:35:47.239 --> 0:35:49.880 last week, lots of short targets and was able to 0:35:49.960 --> 0:35:52.719 cobble together a decent PPR line of eight catches for 0:35:52.800 --> 0:35:55.920 thirty five yards. That's like a huge upside for Comet. 0:35:56.120 --> 0:35:58.920 So you're not looking at touchdowns, you're not looking at yards. 0:35:59.160 --> 0:36:01.160 You could see a lot of catches. Though in a 0:36:01.239 --> 0:36:04.200 PPR league he'll get a C. If it's not PPR 0:36:04.280 --> 0:36:09.160 in your league, he's on the bench. Rochean Johnson, Deonta 0:36:09.239 --> 0:36:18.240 Foreman Khalil ground Bear. Yes, yikes, it's coming, but Rochean 0:36:18.360 --> 0:36:20.800 Johnson is going to take over this backfield, but for 0:36:20.960 --> 0:36:23.600 now it's still a three way split. Rochan led the 0:36:23.600 --> 0:36:26.359 Bears in backfield snaps, but all three Bears backs were 0:36:26.400 --> 0:36:29.759 within a thirty percent to thirty eight percent snap share 0:36:30.080 --> 0:36:34.880 opportunities twelve for Johnson, fourteen for Groundbear, eight for Forman. 0:36:34.920 --> 0:36:39.040 The difference was Rochan had more targets receptions, and he 0:36:39.120 --> 0:36:41.600 did more with his touches than any other backs, including 0:36:41.640 --> 0:36:42.120 a touchdown. 0:36:42.200 --> 0:36:44.360 So when I saw rocheon Johnson getting all the targets, 0:36:44.360 --> 0:36:47.800 so I'm like, did I misremember his college career and 0:36:47.840 --> 0:36:48.920 everything I've known about him? 0:36:48.960 --> 0:36:50.680 So then I went and looked it up. He got 0:36:50.760 --> 0:36:54.200 fourteen passes last year. He had seven targets last week. 0:36:54.760 --> 0:36:59.560 Like what, so I bar what happened? Yeah, Jean Robinson, Oh, okay, 0:36:59.840 --> 0:37:03.040 makes a lot of sense. The Bucks were good against 0:37:03.080 --> 0:37:05.719 the Vikings Backs last week on the run, but they 0:37:05.800 --> 0:37:08.520 did let up six catches thirty five yards and a 0:37:08.600 --> 0:37:11.239 score through the air to Minnesota Backs last week. That's 0:37:11.280 --> 0:37:13.440 more Roshan than anyone else on this offense. So he 0:37:13.520 --> 0:37:15.680 gets the CEE and the others are on the bench. 0:37:16.080 --> 0:37:18.759 On the Bucks side, it's ay start everyone kind of party. 0:37:19.040 --> 0:37:21.440 Baker Mayfield gets a see he was charges take a 0:37:21.520 --> 0:37:24.879 chance on me. Quarterback Mike Evans and Chris Godwin. I'm 0:37:24.920 --> 0:37:29.600 giving both B grades to got An a matchup, Yeah, 0:37:29.640 --> 0:37:32.160 I think so too. From the slot, Godwin should see 0:37:32.160 --> 0:37:36.160 plenty of backup slot corner Josh Blackwell, who's nursing a 0:37:36.200 --> 0:37:39.520 hamstring injury. He replaces Kyler Gordon who's now on IR 0:37:39.560 --> 0:37:40.120 and he was bad. 0:37:40.239 --> 0:37:41.480 Come let's give Godwin the A. 0:37:41.719 --> 0:37:44.200 Okay, fine, thank you've conned me into it. Evan should 0:37:44.200 --> 0:37:46.080 see he's. 0:37:45.960 --> 0:37:49.760 Playing against an injured second string slack. 0:37:50.040 --> 0:37:52.920 So the only issue is is Baker Mayfield still a 0:37:53.080 --> 0:37:55.600 quarterback and they might just run the ball all game long. 0:37:56.320 --> 0:37:59.280 Evan should see Tyreek Stevenson for the most part. Evans 0:37:59.320 --> 0:38:01.759 has five inches and thirty pounds on Stevenson and he 0:38:01.800 --> 0:38:03.640 gave up a tight end in his coverage last week. 0:38:04.960 --> 0:38:07.520 And on the running side, Rashad White gets a B 0:38:07.680 --> 0:38:10.680 grade as well. He played seventy nine point four percent 0:38:10.760 --> 0:38:13.880 of Tampa snaps against Minnesota, saw as many targets as 0:38:13.960 --> 0:38:17.000 back up Sean Tucker though, which was two, but he 0:38:17.120 --> 0:38:20.760 ran twenty one routes to Tucker's five, So the Bears 0:38:20.840 --> 0:38:24.520 allowed the most receiving yardage to opposing runners last week 0:38:24.560 --> 0:38:28.520 with one oh three. If you need a deep dart throw, 0:38:29.080 --> 0:38:32.880 Sean Tucker just on the receiving alone could be that 0:38:33.120 --> 0:38:34.239 deep dart throw you need. 0:38:34.520 --> 0:38:37.719 Yeah, it's Look, there's a great matchup for him to 0:38:37.760 --> 0:38:40.280 get a deep pass with four to three speed. 0:38:40.400 --> 0:38:42.040 It's a D grade for dart throw. 0:38:43.239 --> 0:38:45.440 Wait a minute, Yep, there is no D grade, but 0:38:45.560 --> 0:38:46.040 we will. 0:38:45.960 --> 0:38:47.880 Give you, you know, I can. We have a D 0:38:48.080 --> 0:38:50.480 grade for dart throw like a guy you wouldn't start 0:38:50.560 --> 0:38:53.600 unless you're desperate. No D for desperate dart throw. 0:38:53.680 --> 0:38:55.680 Hey, this is what takes a chance on the sport. 0:38:56.200 --> 0:38:57.600 Next time if you love him that much. 0:38:57.800 --> 0:39:00.880 I don't love him that much. I feel bad about 0:39:00.920 --> 0:39:01.600 starting him, but. 0:39:01.680 --> 0:39:02.759 He's not delicious. 0:39:03.040 --> 0:39:06.799 No Chargers take on Tennessee here, what did we learn 0:39:06.960 --> 0:39:10.760 from the first game with new Chargers offensive coordinator Kellen 0:39:10.840 --> 0:39:11.600 Moore thor. 0:39:11.640 --> 0:39:13.920 We learned that they're gonna throw more and they're gonna 0:39:13.960 --> 0:39:17.600 move faster. Last week, Justin Herbert thirty three attempts and 0:39:17.680 --> 0:39:19.959 the Chargers offense as a whole ran at the number 0:39:20.000 --> 0:39:24.200 ten adjusted pace in the NFL against this awful Titans 0:39:24.239 --> 0:39:27.640 pass defense, Herbert is going to attempt more passes this week, 0:39:28.040 --> 0:39:30.840 and you're going to be aiming downfield. Last year, the 0:39:30.920 --> 0:39:34.320 Titans allowed the most passing yards in the entire NFL. 0:39:34.719 --> 0:39:38.320 And we're worse than the NFL defending deep passes. And 0:39:38.600 --> 0:39:41.359 of course they got lit up by Derek Carr last week. 0:39:41.440 --> 0:39:44.960 Yes they did, and Rashid Shah, so. 0:39:45.040 --> 0:39:47.960 Well, we're giving Herbert a grade of A. We're also 0:39:48.040 --> 0:39:51.520 giving Keenan Allen and Mike Williams grades of A. Keenan 0:39:51.560 --> 0:39:54.960 Allen was Herbert's first lead on one third of his 0:39:55.080 --> 0:39:56.279 attempts last week. 0:39:56.800 --> 0:39:59.520 Allen also had two point three yards per route run. 0:40:00.120 --> 0:40:02.600 And in this game, he gets batched up against Titans 0:40:02.719 --> 0:40:07.160 nickel cornerback Roger McCreary, who has a career one hundred 0:40:07.160 --> 0:40:09.120 and eleven passer rating against. 0:40:09.160 --> 0:40:10.680 He's going to torch roger career. 0:40:11.719 --> 0:40:12.399 That's so bad. 0:40:12.680 --> 0:40:16.440 As for Mike Williams, the Titans outside cornerback number one 0:40:16.560 --> 0:40:19.480 Christian Fulton, questionable in this game with a hamstring injury. 0:40:19.920 --> 0:40:22.200 If he doesn't go, Williams is going to get Sean 0:40:22.280 --> 0:40:24.759 Murphy bunning who we talked about last week, but Sean 0:40:24.840 --> 0:40:28.359 Murphy bunning is not good. Williams also got forty four 0:40:28.440 --> 0:40:31.200 percent of his snaps in the slot last week, so 0:40:31.280 --> 0:40:33.600 he's going to get a few opportunities to torch Roger 0:40:33.800 --> 0:40:37.040 McCreary as well. Moving on to Gerald Everett, we're going 0:40:37.080 --> 0:40:38.960 to give him a grade of C. He had a 0:40:39.040 --> 0:40:42.160 disappointing week last week with only a nine percent target 0:40:42.239 --> 0:40:45.759 share and three yards of a dot. But this is 0:40:45.840 --> 0:40:48.520 a solid matchup against the Titans defense that allowed the 0:40:48.560 --> 0:40:51.160 most receiving yards to tight ends last year, so that 0:40:51.640 --> 0:40:55.200 Titans equal opportunity. They'll let anybody have it through the air. 0:40:55.640 --> 0:40:59.040 Austin Eckler is obviously doubtful with his ankle injury. He 0:40:59.120 --> 0:41:02.200 hasn't practiced this week and he is unlikely to play 0:41:02.200 --> 0:41:05.680 in this game, which makes Joshua Kelly the waiverwear darling 0:41:05.880 --> 0:41:06.920 of this past week. 0:41:07.080 --> 0:41:08.400 Of volume C grade. 0:41:09.160 --> 0:41:12.560 Kelly had ninety one yards and a touchdown on sixteen 0:41:12.680 --> 0:41:16.200 rushing attempts, playing forty eight percent of the snaps last. 0:41:16.000 --> 0:41:19.480 Week against the Dolphins. But this is a tough matchup. 0:41:19.640 --> 0:41:22.160 It is a good Titans run defense. 0:41:22.239 --> 0:41:25.200 That's where they give it back right from their pass defense. 0:41:25.239 --> 0:41:28.080 The Titans were the number one run defense dv away 0:41:28.239 --> 0:41:31.200 in the NFL last year, and last week they were 0:41:31.239 --> 0:41:35.319 top twelve in both stuff rate and tackle rate. Moving 0:41:35.360 --> 0:41:39.160 on to the Titans now, Ryan Tannehill. I thought about 0:41:39.200 --> 0:41:41.120 a bench Gary, but I'll give him a C in 0:41:41.239 --> 0:41:44.720 this one. He last week was not good. No, mister 0:41:45.480 --> 0:41:48.719 hell worst adjusted completion rate in the NFL last week, 0:41:48.719 --> 0:41:50.440 and he was top ten in that last year. But 0:41:50.680 --> 0:41:52.719 he was the worst in the NFL last week, and 0:41:52.840 --> 0:41:55.280 of course through three interceptions against the Saints. 0:41:55.760 --> 0:41:57.719 But this is an okay matchup for him, which is 0:41:57.760 --> 0:41:59.640 why I toggled him up to a SE. 0:42:00.080 --> 0:42:03.120 The Chargers coughed up as you guys recall four hundred 0:42:03.120 --> 0:42:06.319 and sixty six passing yards. Yes to mister Tua last week, 0:42:06.719 --> 0:42:09.279 you can't trust the Tennessee pass offense, but this is 0:42:09.320 --> 0:42:13.440 an advantageous matchup for them. DeAndre Hopkins, I would give 0:42:13.520 --> 0:42:16.040 him a grade seat if he plays, but he hasn't 0:42:16.080 --> 0:42:18.440 practiced the past couple of days with an ankle injury 0:42:18.520 --> 0:42:21.200 and is unlikely to play. He did get peppered with 0:42:21.239 --> 0:42:23.359 thirteen targets in Week one, but was locked down by 0:42:23.400 --> 0:42:25.840 Marshawn Lattimore, So I would give him a see if 0:42:25.840 --> 0:42:28.520 he plays, because the Chargers cornerbacks j C. Jackson and 0:42:28.600 --> 0:42:32.439 Michael Davis, they were in charge of the whole two. 0:42:32.480 --> 0:42:33.480 Thing with two of goaduts. 0:42:33.480 --> 0:42:35.720 Those two allowed one hundred and eighty nine receiving yards 0:42:35.960 --> 0:42:39.920 and three touchdowns on targets last week. Traylon Burks, speaking 0:42:39.920 --> 0:42:42.879 of disappointing weeks, I will give him a grade to see, 0:42:43.000 --> 0:42:45.120 even though I'm a little bit troubled by what I 0:42:45.239 --> 0:42:48.440 saw out of him last week, mostly getting out targeted 0:42:48.520 --> 0:42:50.080 by Nick Westbrook Atquina. 0:42:50.239 --> 0:42:53.239 That's nerve. That is worrying. It's not good, not good. 0:42:53.600 --> 0:42:57.399 But if especially if DeAndre Hopkins is out, you give 0:42:57.480 --> 0:42:58.759 him you know, I mean, he's got to be in 0:42:58.840 --> 0:43:00.719 a starting lineup and maybe he has a little bit 0:43:00.719 --> 0:43:02.879 offside just from the targets if that was the case. 0:43:03.320 --> 0:43:05.200 Chicka Konquo, though, I think this is a really good 0:43:05.239 --> 0:43:06.799 matchup for him. I'm giving that coming. 0:43:06.920 --> 0:43:07.799 He bounce back coming. 0:43:07.840 --> 0:43:10.080 He only had two targets against the Saints last week, 0:43:10.320 --> 0:43:12.520 but that's a bad matchup. The Saints are awesome against 0:43:12.560 --> 0:43:16.920 tight ends. Chick had seventy four percent routes per dropback rate. 0:43:17.040 --> 0:43:20.560 Last week, Charters copped up the second highest yards per reception. 0:43:20.400 --> 0:43:22.680 To tight ends last year. We're giving chick a B. 0:43:23.160 --> 0:43:25.680 Given chigabe all right, that to be a big, big 0:43:25.960 --> 0:43:30.040 upgrade over last week's goose egg for Chiga konkquo. Let's 0:43:30.040 --> 0:43:32.239 hope that that is the case. When we come back 0:43:32.400 --> 0:43:36.120 three tough questions. 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All right, 0:44:27.680 --> 0:44:29.319 let's see if I can get all these Twitter handles right. 0:44:29.320 --> 0:44:31.120 I'm at Paul Charchie and you're gonna have to figure 0:44:31.120 --> 0:44:33.760 out how to spell it. Matt Harrison is at explosive output. 0:44:33.960 --> 0:44:34.440 That's easy. 0:44:34.640 --> 0:44:40.399 That is easy. Thorn Estrom is at Thor k Hey 0:44:40.480 --> 0:44:44.560 you or Kay, you got it for you because it's 0:44:44.640 --> 0:44:48.200 Thor for you, I think. But you'd have to turn 0:44:48.239 --> 0:44:50.200 your back on your a'm a motern. We know you 0:44:50.239 --> 0:44:51.840 don't want to do that. Never could. This is a 0:44:51.880 --> 0:44:53.919 game we call three tough questions. You can play along. 0:44:54.239 --> 0:44:55.960 I question number one. 0:44:56.200 --> 0:44:59.440 What's the appropriate level of concern for Bijon Robinson? 0:44:59.840 --> 0:45:00.520 Is is it none? 0:45:01.120 --> 0:45:01.640 Is it some? 0:45:02.560 --> 0:45:06.680 Or is it a bowel loosening level of existential dread? 0:45:07.520 --> 0:45:08.840 We start with Matt Harrison. 0:45:09.880 --> 0:45:14.920 Yeah, let's all panic about this Falcons player. He was 0:45:15.000 --> 0:45:17.200 on the field for more snaps than al Jier and 0:45:17.320 --> 0:45:22.319 the opportunities were nearly even plus concerning. In a concerning week, 0:45:22.560 --> 0:45:25.239 he was the number nine running back in PPR, so 0:45:25.440 --> 0:45:28.520 Desmond Ritter's average depth of target was a league worst 0:45:28.719 --> 0:45:32.439 three point two yards. That plays into a pass catching 0:45:32.520 --> 0:45:36.040 running back strength. So no concern for Bijon, but it 0:45:36.160 --> 0:45:38.719 makes the appropriate level of concern for Kyle Pitts and 0:45:38.840 --> 0:45:42.000 Drake London worse than blowed like that plane that just 0:45:42.080 --> 0:45:44.719 got turned around last week because some dude had diarrhea. 0:45:44.840 --> 0:45:46.719 All up and down the aisle. How do we set 0:45:46.920 --> 0:45:50.240 the plane down level of concern for pits in London? 0:45:51.760 --> 0:45:53.640 Thank you for rerouting the entire question. 0:45:54.800 --> 0:45:57.200 You're welcome. I'm going to get a bonus point on 0:45:57.320 --> 0:45:58.399 that one. I'm pretty sure. 0:45:58.719 --> 0:46:00.960 Isn't it nice so we don't have a blowed sounder 0:46:04.040 --> 0:46:07.080 thor what's the appropriate level of concern for Bjon Robinson? 0:46:07.280 --> 0:46:09.719 Is it none? Is it some? Or is it a 0:46:09.800 --> 0:46:12.920 bowel loosening level of existential dread? That's a tough act 0:46:12.960 --> 0:46:17.080 to follow. There is none, zero Zilich. In fact, I 0:46:17.120 --> 0:46:17.719 would be looking. 0:46:17.760 --> 0:46:19.640 I would be you know, kicking the tires on his 0:46:19.760 --> 0:46:22.839 owners to see if anyone is slightly panicking and try 0:46:22.920 --> 0:46:23.800 to buy on Bijon. 0:46:24.000 --> 0:46:25.960 Bijon gonna get a lot of usage this year. 0:46:26.640 --> 0:46:28.880 The correct answer is some, and not just because of 0:46:28.920 --> 0:46:30.600 the draft actuity mid first round. 0:46:30.800 --> 0:46:32.640 I know that is not the issue. 0:46:33.520 --> 0:46:36.440 Arthur Smith has used a rotation throughout his entire tenure 0:46:36.480 --> 0:46:39.239 in Atlanta, and you know what, several of us talked 0:46:39.280 --> 0:46:42.920 about exactly this happening in the preseason. We were like, 0:46:43.040 --> 0:46:45.440 you go, we don't know that Bijon's going to make 0:46:45.480 --> 0:46:47.480 good on everybody's assumption that he's going to be the 0:46:47.560 --> 0:46:50.920 man Tyler is Algiers not going anywhere, and that includes 0:46:50.960 --> 0:46:53.000 the goal line and touchdowns count. And that's why they 0:46:53.000 --> 0:46:54.879 answer he's a good running back. He is a good 0:46:54.960 --> 0:46:57.879 running back deserving of the touches he gets. That's why 0:46:57.920 --> 0:46:59.840 the answer can't be none when you're talking about a 0:46:59.840 --> 0:47:02.879 fer who's gonna give up the ball at the goal 0:47:02.960 --> 0:47:06.160 line and lose a lot of carries. Now, fortunately, Robinson's 0:47:06.200 --> 0:47:09.960 value as a receiver is apparently so evident that even 0:47:10.040 --> 0:47:14.879 the thick skulled Arthur Smith realizes that Robinson's got game 0:47:15.040 --> 0:47:18.400 breaking receiving chops and it's got to continue using him 0:47:18.440 --> 0:47:18.759 that way. 0:47:19.880 --> 0:47:21.480 Tough Question number two. 0:47:22.040 --> 0:47:27.279 The appropriate level of concern for Christian Kirk is that none, 0:47:27.719 --> 0:47:31.600 some or a bowel loosening level of existential dread thor. 0:47:31.760 --> 0:47:34.080 I'm going to go some on that one. 0:47:34.239 --> 0:47:37.160 They got some mouse to feed there and Tila has 0:47:37.200 --> 0:47:38.480 been a little bit inconsistent. 0:47:39.440 --> 0:47:41.440 I'll put it the mid range on this one. 0:47:41.480 --> 0:47:45.800 You can't say zero, Matt appriate level of concern for 0:47:45.920 --> 0:47:48.719 Christian Kirk, None, some or blow. 0:47:48.840 --> 0:47:51.000 I'm with thor definitely some here. I don't think we 0:47:51.080 --> 0:47:53.600 saw Zay Jones taking snaps and targets from Kirk. But 0:47:53.680 --> 0:47:56.040 that's what happened last week. It was worth noting that 0:47:56.239 --> 0:47:58.800 Kenny Moore is probably Indy's best corner and he plays 0:47:58.840 --> 0:48:01.680 the slot, which is where Christian Kirk is. So Jacksonville 0:48:01.680 --> 0:48:03.719 picked on the outsides a lot last week. It could 0:48:03.719 --> 0:48:05.920 have just been game script, but there is some concern 0:48:06.000 --> 0:48:08.480 since there's a new number one receiver there in Calvin Ridley, 0:48:08.640 --> 0:48:11.680 and it's clear that not Kirk is not that guy anymore. 0:48:12.000 --> 0:48:16.520 The correct answer is, hey, bowel loosening, Oh, existential dread. 0:48:16.960 --> 0:48:19.439 We're talking about a two target, one catch game for Kirk. 0:48:19.480 --> 0:48:21.520 And so you try and you try not to overreact 0:48:21.560 --> 0:48:23.360 to just week one, right, and the sample size is 0:48:23.360 --> 0:48:24.799 obviously just one game, that's small. 0:48:24.880 --> 0:48:26.360 But here's the big concern. 0:48:27.520 --> 0:48:30.200 Usage. He was on the field for only twenty three 0:48:30.320 --> 0:48:33.759 passing downs. That was lower than any game from last year, 0:48:34.040 --> 0:48:37.400 and a fifty percent decrease from his average number of 0:48:37.480 --> 0:48:41.239 games last year, average number of snaps from last year. Undoubtedly, 0:48:41.880 --> 0:48:44.279 Christian Kirk's gonna have some good games smattering in. But 0:48:44.400 --> 0:48:46.839 here's the problem. You're not gonna know when they're coming. 0:48:47.040 --> 0:48:50.840 It's gonna be very tricky to identify in advance, particularly 0:48:51.360 --> 0:48:54.719 if Zay Jones continues to get twenty plus snaps from 0:48:54.760 --> 0:48:58.160 the slot. Evan Ingram got twenty snaps from the slot, 0:48:58.480 --> 0:49:01.920 so you know, sometimes we can id good slot matchups. 0:49:02.680 --> 0:49:05.000 It's gonna be hard to know if they're gonna keep 0:49:05.040 --> 0:49:07.840 putting Jay Jones in there and we're gonna have Christian 0:49:07.880 --> 0:49:11.520 Kirk on the bench. I'm very, very concerned. Christian Kirk 0:49:11.640 --> 0:49:15.040 was roughly the tenth highest scoring wide receiver last year. 0:49:15.920 --> 0:49:20.239 Everything every fear you had about Calvin Ridley taking that work, 0:49:20.440 --> 0:49:22.600 We're all realized in Week one. I don't think it's 0:49:22.600 --> 0:49:27.359 a mirage tough question Number three, are you selling high 0:49:27.719 --> 0:49:30.799 on Tua Tongo via Looa Matt? 0:49:31.440 --> 0:49:34.279 I think everyone has the same knowledge surrounding to us, 0:49:34.320 --> 0:49:36.400 so I'm not even sure this is a cell high moment. 0:49:36.480 --> 0:49:39.320 I think it's too transparent. Granted, if someone's willing to 0:49:39.360 --> 0:49:41.440 offer you, like a top six quarterback for two US 0:49:41.440 --> 0:49:43.360 straight up, I'd probably do it, but we. 0:49:43.440 --> 0:49:43.880 All know it. 0:49:44.040 --> 0:49:45.799 It's about the injury with to Us, so he has 0:49:45.840 --> 0:49:47.680 that big red flag on his value, and I think 0:49:47.719 --> 0:49:50.279 that's drowning that value quite a bit. I think he's 0:49:50.320 --> 0:49:52.000 gonna need to play a good two thirds of the 0:49:52.080 --> 0:49:54.880 season before he starts to shed that injury tag. And 0:49:54.960 --> 0:49:58.239 if he's healthy right now, I'd rather just hold thor 0:49:58.600 --> 0:49:59.879 are you selling high on two? 0:50:00.680 --> 0:50:02.640 Not only am I not selling high, I would buy 0:50:02.800 --> 0:50:05.600 high on Tua if people out there don't understand how 0:50:05.640 --> 0:50:08.320 good Tua is. Last year, you look at the passing metrics, 0:50:08.360 --> 0:50:11.520 he was top twelve in every efficiency metric that exists. 0:50:12.000 --> 0:50:14.800 He has the most dangerous receiving weapons in the NFL. 0:50:15.160 --> 0:50:17.520 On a pass happy offense that does not have good 0:50:17.600 --> 0:50:19.480 running backs, They're going to keep airing it out every 0:50:19.520 --> 0:50:21.520 single week. As long as he stays healthy, you're going 0:50:21.560 --> 0:50:23.120 to keep putting up huge numbers every week. 0:50:25.480 --> 0:50:27.360 I am not selling high on tool, but here's what 0:50:27.440 --> 0:50:30.040 I am doing. I am going to reinforce my quarterback 0:50:30.120 --> 0:50:36.040 position by finding a relatively safe backup quarterback, like maybe 0:50:36.040 --> 0:50:38.640 even Baker Mayfield, who we've just we highlighted as a 0:50:38.680 --> 0:50:41.440 play last week and this week. You still I feel 0:50:41.480 --> 0:50:45.719 like the upside is league winning upside with Tua. So 0:50:45.880 --> 0:50:48.480 I can't take him off my roster, but I still 0:50:48.520 --> 0:50:51.360 want to have somebody else that just in case that 0:50:51.440 --> 0:50:53.359 could step in and it's probably not Mike White. 0:50:53.480 --> 0:50:56.560 You want to have quarterback number thirteen on your roster, twelf, 0:50:56.600 --> 0:50:56.840 It's a. 0:50:56.800 --> 0:50:58.640 Great way to put it. That's even better way to 0:50:58.680 --> 0:51:01.840 put it. I'll go trade for quarterback thirteen, who's sitting 0:51:01.880 --> 0:51:05.399 on somebody's as somebody's second quarterback, and he won't cost 0:51:05.480 --> 0:51:07.720 me a lot. I like that as an even better answer. 0:51:08.120 --> 0:51:10.960 Well done, thanks, you should really co host your own 0:51:10.960 --> 0:51:15.120 fantasy show. Maybe let's go to the matchups. Oh, hey 0:51:15.239 --> 0:51:18.280 to me, great Bay taking taking out Atlanta. 0:51:18.840 --> 0:51:19.360 I'm next? 0:51:19.440 --> 0:51:19.960 How about that? 0:51:20.239 --> 0:51:20.439 Wow? 0:51:20.719 --> 0:51:23.839 Yeah, speaking of Atlanta, let's just pick up right where 0:51:23.840 --> 0:51:24.440 we left off. 0:51:24.880 --> 0:51:29.200 Stupid Arthur Smith, Jhon Robinson and Tyler L's year both 0:51:29.320 --> 0:51:32.640 get B grades here. This is reason number one thousand 0:51:32.719 --> 0:51:34.600 to do the opposite in the first round. Here, tenth 0:51:34.920 --> 0:51:37.640 tenth rounder Tyler El's year got more snaps, more carries, 0:51:37.640 --> 0:51:41.000 and more rushing yards than first rounder Brian Bijehon Robinson. 0:51:42.200 --> 0:51:45.080 Let's talk about this matchup though in more detail. Algier 0:51:45.120 --> 0:51:47.560 got the money carries, netted all three carries from inside 0:51:47.560 --> 0:51:50.120 the five yard line. He scored twice. Robinson helped his 0:51:50.239 --> 0:51:53.160 cause with the six catches on six targets. Robinson also 0:51:53.239 --> 0:51:55.719 ran routes on ninety percent of his passing snaps, which 0:51:55.760 --> 0:51:59.760 I love. The Packers, though, allowed the second most running 0:51:59.760 --> 0:52:02.960 back for the second most running back yards in Week one, 0:52:03.080 --> 0:52:06.000 So that's a nice opportunity for Jon Robinson here. And 0:52:06.239 --> 0:52:08.040 if you're in a PPR league, we'll upgrade him to 0:52:08.080 --> 0:52:09.640 an A. If you're not, we'll go with a B 0:52:09.760 --> 0:52:12.719 grade in Robinson. Alzier probably continues to get a high 0:52:12.800 --> 0:52:16.000 level of work against a suspect run defense for the Packers. 0:52:16.160 --> 0:52:18.400 He's a safe be play here and I wouldn't be 0:52:18.440 --> 0:52:20.680 surprised if he scored, which would put him into a 0:52:20.960 --> 0:52:24.960 range as well. The passing game, though obviously, is a 0:52:25.160 --> 0:52:28.759 total disaster here. I would love to say something good 0:52:28.800 --> 0:52:33.560 about Drake London in a what should be rebound game 0:52:33.640 --> 0:52:35.440 from the Goose Egg in Week one, but. 0:52:36.040 --> 0:52:36.880 It's Arthur Smith. 0:52:36.920 --> 0:52:40.160 There's no guarantee there's a rebound coming whatsoever. And the 0:52:40.320 --> 0:52:42.279 Packers secondary really good. 0:52:42.719 --> 0:52:47.120 Here's the problem. If JayR Alexander's gonna shadow anybody, it's 0:52:47.160 --> 0:52:49.320 gonna be Drake London. Who else would you bother. 0:52:49.200 --> 0:52:51.920 To shadow on that defense or that offense. I can 0:52:52.040 --> 0:52:55.200 advocate for London, Jay R Alexander last week, gave up 0:52:55.320 --> 0:52:58.439 one catch for four yards in his coverage. DJ Moore 0:52:58.760 --> 0:53:02.320 silenced by the Packer last week, and frankly, Drake London 0:53:02.400 --> 0:53:05.600 is not as good as Dj Moore. Bench grade for 0:53:05.800 --> 0:53:11.080 Drake London coming off the gooseg and for Kyle Pitts troublingly. 0:53:11.480 --> 0:53:14.200 Pits only on the field for thirty one snaps in 0:53:14.280 --> 0:53:17.640 the opener and he only got three targets. Fortunately, one 0:53:17.680 --> 0:53:19.560 of the three targets was a thirty yard reception in 0:53:19.640 --> 0:53:23.920 double coverage on an underthrown pass from Desmond Ritter. Desmond 0:53:23.960 --> 0:53:25.600 Ridder may not pan out by the way. 0:53:25.800 --> 0:53:30.279 Jem Taylor. Heineke is the backup there. I think that 0:53:30.440 --> 0:53:31.799 that's coming sooner than later. 0:53:32.000 --> 0:53:34.240 Desmond Mitter Desmond Minner. 0:53:35.360 --> 0:53:39.160 Last week, the Packers covered Cole Comet with seven different dbs, 0:53:39.200 --> 0:53:43.000 a strategy that's still allowed Comet five catches for forty 0:53:43.040 --> 0:53:45.759 four yards. So I'm giving a C grade to Kyle 0:53:45.800 --> 0:53:48.120 Pitts because I don't think the Packers have really got 0:53:48.239 --> 0:53:54.520 a sound defensive strategy against mobile athletic tight ends like 0:53:54.640 --> 0:53:56.879 Kyle Pitts, like Cole commit last week, So we'll give 0:53:56.920 --> 0:53:59.399 him the SE grade. Let's go to the Green Bay side. 0:54:00.120 --> 0:54:02.560 Aaron Jones very unlikely to play after missing all week. 0:54:02.719 --> 0:54:07.400 That puts AJ Dillon into a range. No, I mean, 0:54:07.440 --> 0:54:11.480 here's the now. There's been four different instances where Aaron 0:54:11.560 --> 0:54:15.359 Jones hasn't played, and AJ Dillon, presumably sitting on big 0:54:15.440 --> 0:54:18.839 games right, hasn't panned out that way. In those four games, 0:54:18.880 --> 0:54:21.560 he's totaled only one hundred and forty eight rushing yards 0:54:21.920 --> 0:54:23.680 and has failed to score in any of them. So 0:54:23.840 --> 0:54:27.200 he's by no means an automatic here. But this feels 0:54:27.280 --> 0:54:30.560 like a smash spot. Atlanta just got rocked by the 0:54:30.640 --> 0:54:34.560 opposing runners from the one dimensional Panthers offense, who totaled 0:54:34.560 --> 0:54:37.040 one hundred thirty two yards and five yards per carry. 0:54:37.400 --> 0:54:39.279 If Dylan's gonna get most of one hundred and thirty 0:54:39.280 --> 0:54:42.600 two yards and five yards per carry and presumably goal 0:54:42.680 --> 0:54:46.320 line work, gotta give him an A grade. Come on, 0:54:46.480 --> 0:54:50.840 AJ Dillon's step up on this opportunity. I don't like 0:54:51.000 --> 0:54:54.920 hopeful A grades like fingers crossed. A grade that's terrible. 0:54:55.120 --> 0:54:57.240 I'm given the A grade. I gotta I gotta stand 0:54:57.280 --> 0:54:59.960 for something here. We're gonna I'm not We're gonna give 0:55:00.160 --> 0:55:02.359 the grade. Okay, let's go to the passing game here. 0:55:03.120 --> 0:55:05.760 I'm gonna start with Christian Watson, so he got limited 0:55:05.840 --> 0:55:09.399 practice on Friday, But I hate rolling into a game 0:55:09.440 --> 0:55:15.400 with a hamstrung wide receiver literally at full strength. Christian 0:55:15.440 --> 0:55:19.960 Watson would probably draw the Falcons. One really good corner, Ajterrell, 0:55:20.080 --> 0:55:21.880 coming off a game in which he allowed just nineteen 0:55:21.920 --> 0:55:25.480 coverage yards. Terrell has allowed just two receptions for eighteen 0:55:25.600 --> 0:55:28.000 yards per game over his last eight games. Those are 0:55:28.120 --> 0:55:33.320 amazing coverage numbers for Ajterrell. But is a gimpy Christian 0:55:33.480 --> 0:55:36.680 Watson going to get AJ Terrell or did they decide 0:55:36.680 --> 0:55:39.560 to put him on a full strength Romeo Dobbs. I 0:55:39.680 --> 0:55:42.080 don't know, So I can only give the C grade 0:55:42.080 --> 0:55:44.359 to Watson with the hamstring, with the prospect of him 0:55:44.360 --> 0:55:45.640 maybe drawing AJ Terrell. 0:55:45.920 --> 0:55:49.320 I can only go C grade on Christian Watson. Romeo Dubbs, 0:55:49.880 --> 0:55:51.319 I got a B grade on him right now. 0:55:51.560 --> 0:55:55.440 But again, if Ajterrell they decide to deploy Terrell on Dubbs, 0:55:55.480 --> 0:55:57.160 I think it's game over for him. So there's some 0:55:57.320 --> 0:56:00.239 caution here. Only one wide receiver is top seven seventy 0:56:00.360 --> 0:56:03.200 yards against Atlanta in their last eight games, and only 0:56:03.280 --> 0:56:07.000 three of top sixty yards. It's not much, so you'll 0:56:07.040 --> 0:56:08.840 have to You'll have to do your own bath on 0:56:08.960 --> 0:56:12.200 this if aj Troll doesn't go on Romeo Dobbs, and 0:56:12.280 --> 0:56:15.239 he's got way more favorable matchups with d Alford and 0:56:15.360 --> 0:56:18.120 Tree Trey Flowers, who combined to give up ten of 0:56:18.320 --> 0:56:20.799 twelve pass attempts in their coverage last week. So I'm 0:56:20.840 --> 0:56:22.800 still sitting out a B grade for Romeo Dobbs. I 0:56:22.840 --> 0:56:24.719 think I'd still start him, but just know there's some 0:56:24.880 --> 0:56:28.520 danger here. How about loose Luke musk Rave loose mutton, 0:56:28.840 --> 0:56:32.200 loose mutton. I have a sheep on all the animals, 0:56:32.320 --> 0:56:34.640 not the half I have no shock on. 0:56:35.239 --> 0:56:37.000 Thank you for loose Mutt. 0:56:37.280 --> 0:56:38.280 That's his new nickname. 0:56:39.080 --> 0:56:39.680 Very active. 0:56:39.719 --> 0:56:41.239 In the first game, he was on the field for 0:56:41.400 --> 0:56:44.640 seventy five percent of the Packers snaps, ran a healthy 0:56:44.760 --> 0:56:48.280 twenty four routes. Last week, the Panthers Titan Hayden Hurst 0:56:48.440 --> 0:56:51.360 led the team in targets, receptions, receiving yards and touchdowns. 0:56:52.120 --> 0:56:55.520 B grade of Luke musk Ray for loose mutton, loose 0:56:55.640 --> 0:56:59.040 mutton chop and where does that leave us? 0:56:59.320 --> 0:56:59.440 Uh? 0:57:00.239 --> 0:57:02.239 Reed, I'm putting him on the bench, although I'll give 0:57:02.280 --> 0:57:04.759 him a C grade if Christian Watson is not able 0:57:04.840 --> 0:57:06.759 to go here. I liked that he was targeted five 0:57:06.800 --> 0:57:09.680 times in his NFL debut last week. But if Christian 0:57:09.719 --> 0:57:11.799 Watson plays, I don't know that he's on the field enough, 0:57:11.960 --> 0:57:14.200 so we'll move him to the bench. That wraps up 0:57:14.239 --> 0:57:16.960 that matchup. Let's go to the final matchup with a 0:57:17.040 --> 0:57:21.160 segment New York Giants taking on Arizona matt It all 0:57:21.280 --> 0:57:24.320 went wrong for the Giants and the opener. Now they 0:57:24.400 --> 0:57:26.480 get what appears to be on paper to be the 0:57:26.560 --> 0:57:29.080 worst team in the NFL, the Arizona Cardinals. Is this 0:57:29.240 --> 0:57:31.040 the bounce back most people expect? 0:57:31.120 --> 0:57:31.320 Yeah? 0:57:31.360 --> 0:57:33.560 Absolutely. You have to throw out last week since the 0:57:33.640 --> 0:57:37.000 Dallas game script got wonky right away. Saquon still went 0:57:37.080 --> 0:57:39.280 for six yards per carry last week against a much 0:57:39.320 --> 0:57:42.720 tougher Cowboys defense. Don't panic. He's in a grade Daniel 0:57:42.840 --> 0:57:45.240 Jones and Darren Waller. I'm willing to give a pass 0:57:45.320 --> 0:57:47.840 to as well. Dallas's defense might be the best in 0:57:47.920 --> 0:57:50.120 the league, and they were just teeing off against Jones 0:57:50.200 --> 0:57:53.080 and the negative game scripts Sunday night. Jones was sacked 0:57:53.160 --> 0:57:56.120 seven times, which is two more times than Darren Waller 0:57:56.240 --> 0:57:59.560 was targeted. Arizona is not that defense. The thing to 0:57:59.600 --> 0:58:03.000 watch out four. Darren Waller's hamstring is flaring up. He 0:58:03.200 --> 0:58:06.240 was limited in Thursday's practice, although Brian Dable said he 0:58:06.400 --> 0:58:08.200 was moving around good and they. 0:58:08.120 --> 0:58:10.680 Took him off the injury port entirely on Friday, So 0:58:10.880 --> 0:58:12.919 I'm optimistic that we're going to get the real Darren 0:58:12.960 --> 0:58:13.440 Waller here. 0:58:13.600 --> 0:58:16.360 Yep, we really didn't learn much about the Giants wide 0:58:16.400 --> 0:58:19.400 receivers last week. Slayton and Campbell led snap counts at 0:58:19.400 --> 0:58:22.360 about sixty seven percent apiece. Isaiah Hodgins was in there, 0:58:22.520 --> 0:58:26.280 Jalen Hyatt, Sterling Shepherd still in play, Wandale Robinson's looming. 0:58:26.320 --> 0:58:29.840 You're benching all of your Giants wide receivers. Let's go 0:58:29.960 --> 0:58:32.040 to the Cardinals and we'll talk about the passing game 0:58:32.120 --> 0:58:34.680 as a whole. Three players tied for the most routes 0:58:34.760 --> 0:58:38.000 run for the Cardinals in Week one, Zach Ertz, Marquis Brown, 0:58:38.080 --> 0:58:40.720 and Michael Wilson. Now Ertz had ten targets, which is 0:58:40.760 --> 0:58:42.200 one of the reasons why he might take a chance 0:58:42.240 --> 0:58:44.720 on my receiver and gets the B grade here. Brown 0:58:44.840 --> 0:58:48.840 only had five. Wilson had four dobbs through thirty total 0:58:48.880 --> 0:58:51.800 passes for only one hundred and thirty two yards. It's 0:58:51.840 --> 0:58:54.880 going to be an ultra shallow passing game. You can't 0:58:54.920 --> 0:58:58.080 start anyone in the passing game until Zach Ertz until 0:58:58.160 --> 0:59:01.120 further notice, and then James. He gets a B grade. 0:59:01.160 --> 0:59:04.120 He got nineteen touches to Keyante Ingram's five, and I 0:59:04.200 --> 0:59:07.760 mentioned earlier Ingram had five rushing attempts for negative four 0:59:07.880 --> 0:59:11.400 yards and zero targets. That's not how you get on 0:59:11.520 --> 0:59:15.720 the field. More No, U Connor did catch all five 0:59:15.800 --> 0:59:19.920 of his targets. Game script might always phase out Connor somewhat, 0:59:20.040 --> 0:59:22.600 but it should still be fifteen to twenty touches per game, 0:59:23.000 --> 0:59:25.920 simply because he's the only back in town. The Giants 0:59:25.960 --> 0:59:28.200 gave up one hundred and two yards and two rushing 0:59:28.240 --> 0:59:31.680 scores to the Dallas Backs last week, both bottom eight 0:59:31.840 --> 0:59:34.840 numbers in the league, so it's a fine matchup. Connor 0:59:34.920 --> 0:59:37.600 has been also limited in practice with a calf injury, 0:59:37.640 --> 0:59:40.040 although all signs point to him playing this week with 0:59:40.160 --> 0:59:40.800 little issue. 0:59:41.480 --> 0:59:44.640 Zach Wilson takes over at quarterback when we come back. 0:59:45.000 --> 0:59:47.320 We'll tell you what to expect from the Jets is 0:59:47.400 --> 0:59:52.200 they take on a ferocious Dallas pass rush feels like 0:59:52.280 --> 0:59:55.680 a mismatch. What does it mean for Garrett Wilson in particular? 0:59:56.440 --> 0:59:59.440 Four We'll tell you what to expect when we come back. 1:00:00.000 --> 1:00:34.160 I see Football Weekly, Welcome back, Fantasy Football Weekly. Another 1:00:34.280 --> 1:00:37.640 block oh matchups for you, beginning with the Jets taking 1:00:37.720 --> 1:00:40.920 on Dallas and Thor. I think the Vikings knew what 1:00:40.960 --> 1:00:42.680 they were doing when they got out of Dalvin cooked. 1:00:42.680 --> 1:00:47.479 To my eyes, Dalvin cooked, he's done. 1:00:47.640 --> 1:00:51.080 I agree with you, great bench here, He's gonna have 1:00:51.120 --> 1:00:53.040 to show quite a bit more than he did last 1:00:53.040 --> 1:00:55.240 week to get back into a starting lineup. They gave 1:00:55.320 --> 1:00:58.400 him fifty percent of the snaps and on sixteen touches, 1:00:58.480 --> 1:01:00.640 Dalvin only a crewed nine yards. 1:01:00.960 --> 1:01:02.200 But it gets a little bit worse than that. 1:01:02.440 --> 1:01:05.240 Thirty fourth out of fifty five qualifying running backs in 1:01:05.360 --> 1:01:07.040 yards after contact per attempt. 1:01:07.600 --> 1:01:08.080 Not good. 1:01:08.600 --> 1:01:11.600 Breese Hall sort of the other way, the total other way. 1:01:12.080 --> 1:01:14.560 I'm gonna give him a grade B in this matchup. 1:01:14.840 --> 1:01:18.200 Hall only played thirty one percent of snaps last week, 1:01:18.640 --> 1:01:20.680 but he was hitting home runs. He was hitting dingers 1:01:20.720 --> 1:01:23.600 every time they gave him the ball, A super ridiculous 1:01:23.720 --> 1:01:27.560 ten point six yards after contact for Breesehall last week 1:01:27.920 --> 1:01:30.160 in ten attempts against the Bills en route to one 1:01:30.280 --> 1:01:33.640 hundred and forty seven total yards. The Cowboys were middle 1:01:33.680 --> 1:01:36.360 of the pack an explosive run rate allowed last year, 1:01:36.600 --> 1:01:38.560 So an okay matchup for Breese Hall will give him 1:01:38.600 --> 1:01:42.200 a bee Garrett, moving on to the Jets passing attack, 1:01:42.280 --> 1:01:45.240 I'm sorry New York fans, Garrett Wilson will give him 1:01:45.280 --> 1:01:47.920 a C grade in this. I think this is going 1:01:47.960 --> 1:01:49.880 to be a repeat of the Giants game where he 1:01:49.960 --> 1:01:52.120 got his day saved by a touchdown. That's what he's 1:01:52.120 --> 1:01:54.960 gonna need to get bailed out at this one. Trevion 1:01:55.040 --> 1:01:58.160 Diggs and Stefan Gilmore are problems. The bigger problem for 1:01:58.280 --> 1:02:01.600 him is Zach Wilson. Zach Wills said, you got to 1:02:01.640 --> 1:02:03.480 have him on the bench, and I got all the 1:02:03.560 --> 1:02:06.000 other Jets pass catchers on the bench with him because 1:02:06.000 --> 1:02:09.560 of him. But Zach Wilson last week fifth worst passing 1:02:09.640 --> 1:02:13.040 grade in the NFL Cup and speaking to the matchup, 1:02:13.080 --> 1:02:15.920 Cowboys held Giants to three point six yards per attempt 1:02:16.000 --> 1:02:19.439 last week and Daniel Jones was under duress all game. 1:02:19.680 --> 1:02:21.760 Zach Wilson going to be seeing ghosts in this one. 1:02:22.240 --> 1:02:25.600 Moving to Dallas Dak Prescott. I have a bench grade 1:02:25.640 --> 1:02:30.200 on him fourteenth in adjusted completion rate last week. The Jets, 1:02:30.320 --> 1:02:32.280 on the other hand, last week held Josh Allen to 1:02:32.320 --> 1:02:34.960 the fifth lowest passer rating and obviously picked him off 1:02:35.040 --> 1:02:38.040 three times. The Jets cornerbacks are awesome. Their pass defense 1:02:38.160 --> 1:02:41.640 is really good. Ceedee Lamb, who I know banged the 1:02:41.680 --> 1:02:44.800 table for last week. He came through last week against 1:02:44.800 --> 1:02:47.840 the Giants fifty three point eight percent of Dallas's receiving 1:02:47.960 --> 1:02:51.600 yards and three point nine yards per route run. Seventy 1:02:51.680 --> 1:02:54.600 six percent of lamb snaps the last week came from 1:02:54.680 --> 1:02:57.480 the slot, So this is very good news because he's 1:02:57.480 --> 1:03:00.160 gonna avoid Sauce Gardner in this matchup, at least on 1:03:00.320 --> 1:03:02.680 you know, projected three quarters of his snaps or so. 1:03:03.120 --> 1:03:06.400 Jet slot cornerback Michael Carter two, not Michael Carter one. 1:03:06.480 --> 1:03:10.000 Michael Carter two not nearly as good as their outside guys. 1:03:10.200 --> 1:03:13.200 Carter allowed a seventy point nine percent catch rate last year, 1:03:13.760 --> 1:03:15.840 but the game script could you know, could end up 1:03:15.880 --> 1:03:18.400 flipping on Lamb this week. I give him a B 1:03:19.000 --> 1:03:21.600 in this one, assuming it's gonna be a little bit 1:03:21.640 --> 1:03:24.440 more run heavy. Brandon Cooks didn't practice on Wednesday or 1:03:24.480 --> 1:03:26.800 Thursday with his MCLs brain. We're gonna give him a 1:03:26.840 --> 1:03:30.040 bench grade in this game. Very if he to play, 1:03:30.480 --> 1:03:32.800 I'm benching the rest of the pass catchers on that team. 1:03:32.960 --> 1:03:35.240 Michael Gallup, I guess you could say low end option 1:03:35.760 --> 1:03:38.800 potentially in this one, but a bad matchup for him 1:03:38.920 --> 1:03:42.600 only at Brandon Cooks does not play. Jake Ferguson, you're 1:03:42.680 --> 1:03:45.240 keeping on the bench. As for Dallas, his running game 1:03:45.560 --> 1:03:48.360 better match up there. I'm giving Tony Pollard a grade 1:03:48.400 --> 1:03:52.360 of a running back five in Fantasy last week. Eighty 1:03:52.440 --> 1:03:56.240 two total yards on sixteen touches. He got every Dallas 1:03:56.360 --> 1:03:59.800 rushing attempt inside the opponent's five yard line last week. 1:04:00.160 --> 1:04:02.200 I think that's really good news for him. You know, 1:04:02.480 --> 1:04:05.720 people have been nippicking his strength and the short yarded stuff. 1:04:06.160 --> 1:04:09.000 Dallas obviously trust him with that. This year, the Jets 1:04:09.040 --> 1:04:11.400 have a middle of the pack run defense. They were 1:04:11.480 --> 1:04:14.560 number twenty in explosive run rate allowed last year, so 1:04:14.720 --> 1:04:16.480 Pollard might hit some dingers in this game. 1:04:16.600 --> 1:04:17.680 Yeah. I like Pollard a lot. 1:04:17.800 --> 1:04:17.920 Here. 1:04:18.360 --> 1:04:19.040 I'm with you on that. 1:04:19.200 --> 1:04:22.280 Jacksonville takes on Kansas City on the Kansas City side obviously, 1:04:22.360 --> 1:04:25.280 Patrick Mahomes is an A. Travis kelce Everything indication is 1:04:25.360 --> 1:04:27.080 he's going to play, which is great. Only one missed 1:04:27.120 --> 1:04:29.720 game would be a win given what we thought might 1:04:29.760 --> 1:04:32.680 be the case. Jaguars just gave up fifty nine tight 1:04:32.800 --> 1:04:36.760 end receiving yards to Indianapolis's anonymous tight ends last week, 1:04:36.840 --> 1:04:38.680 So I'm going right back to the A grade on 1:04:38.760 --> 1:04:41.680 Travis Kelcey. All the wide outs are on the bench 1:04:42.920 --> 1:04:46.360 at this until further now, yeah, exactly until at this point, 1:04:46.480 --> 1:04:48.160 Like last year, you're not going to trust any of them. 1:04:48.280 --> 1:04:51.120 Last week, mvs and sky Moore ran the most routes, 1:04:51.520 --> 1:04:53.040 but it was still less than half of the routes. 1:04:53.320 --> 1:04:56.080 There's just nobody on the field enough and no consistent performers, 1:04:56.120 --> 1:04:57.280 and you're never going to guess, right. 1:04:57.880 --> 1:04:58.160 I don't know. 1:04:58.280 --> 1:05:01.400 If you think about chasing Rashi touchdown from week one, 1:05:02.080 --> 1:05:04.880 he was on the field for twelve plass plays. 1:05:05.160 --> 1:05:05.440 That's it. 1:05:05.680 --> 1:05:07.440 I mean, it's just you just you can't do it all. 1:05:07.520 --> 1:05:09.480 They're on the bench, even though somebody's gonna have a 1:05:09.520 --> 1:05:12.920 good game. Good luck guessing. Isaiah Pachecko just the C 1:05:13.200 --> 1:05:15.280 grade here. I thought it was a mixed bag for 1:05:15.360 --> 1:05:18.920 Pacheco in the opener with just eight Mundane rushes and 1:05:19.080 --> 1:05:21.560 Clyde Edwards Hilaire frustratingly involved. 1:05:22.400 --> 1:05:25.320 The good news was for targets, which I liked. 1:05:25.560 --> 1:05:28.200 That was his second biggest target game and by the way, 1:05:28.240 --> 1:05:31.200 caught them all, second biggest target game of his career. 1:05:32.080 --> 1:05:34.360 Jaguars were a good run defense last year, and they 1:05:34.440 --> 1:05:38.000 dominated the opener, hammering the Colts runners, including Dion Jackson, 1:05:38.040 --> 1:05:41.160 who averaged one point one yards per carry in the opener. 1:05:41.480 --> 1:05:44.200 So I don't love Pacheco here this past This game 1:05:44.280 --> 1:05:46.160 is going to go through Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce. 1:05:46.520 --> 1:05:47.840 Let's go to the Jaguars side. 1:05:48.840 --> 1:05:51.920 Let's start with Travis etn look good against the Colts 1:05:52.000 --> 1:05:54.320 last week, but this is a much tougher matchup, and 1:05:54.400 --> 1:05:58.320 our worries about Tank Bigsby's role at the goal line 1:05:58.520 --> 1:06:01.920 and as a receiver were realized. 1:06:01.800 --> 1:06:04.480 This in the opening game. There was a lot I 1:06:05.320 --> 1:06:07.320 it's a concern. Through one week. 1:06:07.360 --> 1:06:10.320 The Chiefs run defense ranks thirtieth by Pro Football Focus, 1:06:10.400 --> 1:06:12.440 but they get back Chris Jones and that should make 1:06:12.480 --> 1:06:15.080 them more formidable here. I've got a B grade on 1:06:15.160 --> 1:06:17.720 Travis et On, but we need to keep an eye 1:06:18.200 --> 1:06:21.480 on Tank Bigsby. Box scored did not well anybody any 1:06:21.520 --> 1:06:24.200 other of fumble. So there's that Tanks for nothing. 1:06:25.640 --> 1:06:30.680 Oh yeah, here's the crazy stat. 1:06:30.760 --> 1:06:35.000 He finished with nineteen rushing yards and fourteen yards after contact. 1:06:35.600 --> 1:06:38.440 I don't know quite how you do thirteen rushing yards 1:06:38.440 --> 1:06:40.800 and fourteen yards after contact. That tells me you're getting 1:06:40.840 --> 1:06:43.480 met in the backfield on every carry. Yeah, so I 1:06:43.560 --> 1:06:45.520 think that's a lot of what happened with Tank Bigsby. 1:06:46.240 --> 1:06:48.520 But I like that he caught four passes. This is 1:06:48.600 --> 1:06:51.760 gonna he's gonna be an aerial contributor and you know, 1:06:51.880 --> 1:06:53.600 only on the field fifteen snaps in week one. So 1:06:53.600 --> 1:06:56.400 I'm keeping Tank on the bench, but optimistic that it'll 1:06:56.520 --> 1:06:58.160 his role will grow across the season. 1:06:58.680 --> 1:07:00.880 Uh, let's go to the passing game. Already talked about 1:07:00.920 --> 1:07:01.680 Christian Kirk. 1:07:01.560 --> 1:07:05.600 Earlier in this show, very worried that he didn't get 1:07:05.720 --> 1:07:07.440 much time, only on the field for half of the 1:07:07.480 --> 1:07:10.040 plays and then running from the slot. He goes up 1:07:10.080 --> 1:07:12.960 against a very good cornerback, Trent McDuffie, a first rounder 1:07:13.000 --> 1:07:15.080 from last year who gave up thirty eight yards in 1:07:15.120 --> 1:07:17.920 his coverage in the opener, not an impossible assignment. But 1:07:17.960 --> 1:07:20.120 I'm leaving Christian Kirk on the bench until I see 1:07:20.200 --> 1:07:21.680 him on the field more often. 1:07:22.560 --> 1:07:23.640 How about Calvin Ridley? 1:07:24.960 --> 1:07:27.520 Everything you could have hoped for, and all the people 1:07:27.600 --> 1:07:31.680 that drafted him early, congratulations because you got paid. He 1:07:31.840 --> 1:07:35.240 enjoyed a massive thirty four percent target share in the opener. 1:07:35.480 --> 1:07:37.240 He ran over his half of his routes from the 1:07:37.360 --> 1:07:38.880 left side of the field, where he's going to match 1:07:38.960 --> 1:07:41.760 up with cornerback Lagerius Snead. Sneid played hurt in the 1:07:41.840 --> 1:07:44.000 opener and gave up one hundred percent of his throws 1:07:44.040 --> 1:07:47.840 in his coverage while missing four tackles. Sneid got worked 1:07:47.880 --> 1:07:50.120 in that opening game, but he's had ten days to 1:07:50.200 --> 1:07:53.760 get healthier, and Sneid played pretty well last year. Still 1:07:54.320 --> 1:07:56.400 a grade for Calvin Ridley. 1:07:56.840 --> 1:07:59.640 If you're going to take Chase Zay Jones, I don't 1:07:59.640 --> 1:08:01.480 know that I did like that he was on the 1:08:01.520 --> 1:08:02.520 field as often as he was. 1:08:02.640 --> 1:08:04.680 They moved him all across the field. He's gonna line 1:08:04.720 --> 1:08:06.720 up against all the different cornerbacks. They might be able 1:08:06.760 --> 1:08:10.240 to manufacture some opportunities for Zay Jones in this one 1:08:10.600 --> 1:08:12.520 C grade if you need to use him, and that 1:08:12.720 --> 1:08:16.080 leaves us at the quarterback position, and let's go to 1:08:16.160 --> 1:08:18.759 Trevor Lawrence, who I do like in this game. Chiefs 1:08:18.800 --> 1:08:22.080 allowed the most passing touchdowns last season. Now they did 1:08:22.160 --> 1:08:24.639 play each other. Lawrence only mustered two hundred and seventeen 1:08:24.720 --> 1:08:27.519 yards in one touchdown against Kansas City in that playoff game. 1:08:27.920 --> 1:08:30.599 But the addition of Calvin Ridley makes a big difference here, 1:08:30.800 --> 1:08:32.880 and we're going to go with a B grade on 1:08:33.040 --> 1:08:38.639 Trevor Lawrence. Final matchup of this segment Matt Miami taking 1:08:38.720 --> 1:08:42.280 on New England Tua with a league leading four hundred 1:08:42.280 --> 1:08:45.960 and sixty six yards. But this is a much tougher 1:08:46.040 --> 1:08:49.799 matchup against the New England defense that corralled the Eagles 1:08:50.040 --> 1:08:50.599 in Week one. 1:08:50.880 --> 1:08:54.400 Yeah, it is a much tougher defense. But even without 1:08:54.479 --> 1:08:58.080 starting tackle Tarren Armstead, the Chargers did not sack Tua 1:08:58.240 --> 1:09:01.120 and it looks like Armstea might be back this week. 1:09:01.160 --> 1:09:03.840 Two only had to scramble one time too, Lots of 1:09:03.880 --> 1:09:07.439 time in the pocket for Tua last week. The Pats 1:09:07.439 --> 1:09:10.680 allowed sixteen receptions to wide receivers last week. That was 1:09:10.760 --> 1:09:13.720 seventh most in the league. That's exactly Twoa's bread and butter. 1:09:14.120 --> 1:09:16.519 He gets an A grade here, Tyreek Hill gets an 1:09:16.520 --> 1:09:19.519 A grade as well. Jalen Wattle gets a B because 1:09:19.560 --> 1:09:22.479 the delta in targets between him and Hill is so 1:09:22.800 --> 1:09:27.519 large fifteen targets to Wattle six. For context, Braxton Barrios 1:09:27.600 --> 1:09:31.320 had five targets. So is Wattle closer to Barrios than Hill? No, 1:09:31.600 --> 1:09:32.519 of course, no, he's not. 1:09:32.680 --> 1:09:32.720 No. 1:09:33.240 --> 1:09:35.920 Wattle actually has scored in three of his four games 1:09:35.960 --> 1:09:38.760 against New England as well, and with the Belichick way 1:09:38.800 --> 1:09:41.200 of taking out the top option, Wattle should see a 1:09:41.280 --> 1:09:44.040 lot of single coverage this week. When that coverage is 1:09:44.080 --> 1:09:49.240 against Christian Gonzales, expect Tua to target Wattle copiously. Gonzalez 1:09:49.360 --> 1:09:52.000 was picked on last week by the Eagles. They targeted 1:09:52.080 --> 1:09:55.679 him ten times. He allowed seven catches for seventy one yards. 1:09:56.000 --> 1:09:58.479 The other New England corners were only thrown at it 1:09:58.560 --> 1:10:02.559 combined four times. So Christian Gonzalez is the weak link. 1:10:03.479 --> 1:10:07.280 Raheem Mostert out snapped Salvin Akhmed last week forty seven 1:10:07.280 --> 1:10:10.679 to nineteen. Devin ah Chane was a healthy scratch last week. 1:10:11.040 --> 1:10:14.400 Mostard only carried the ball ten times, though he did score. 1:10:14.479 --> 1:10:17.000 That's salvaged his day. I'd like to leave Mostard on 1:10:17.080 --> 1:10:19.000 the bench if I could this week, though, as the 1:10:19.080 --> 1:10:21.679 Pats are just killers against the run. They've only allowed 1:10:21.760 --> 1:10:25.400 five total scores running backs last year, and they held 1:10:25.439 --> 1:10:28.479 the Eagles trio of runners to sixty yards on sixteen 1:10:28.479 --> 1:10:33.880 attempts last week. On the Patriots side, Romandre Stevenson gets 1:10:33.880 --> 1:10:36.080 an A grade here, even though the numbers looked rough 1:10:36.120 --> 1:10:37.599 in Week one, the Eagles were one of the better 1:10:37.680 --> 1:10:40.960 run defense he'd faces all year. The Dolphins are not that. 1:10:41.160 --> 1:10:43.519 They just allowed Austin Eckler to go for one hundred 1:10:43.520 --> 1:10:47.000 and sixty four total yards last week and Joshua Kelly 1:10:47.080 --> 1:10:49.040 went for ninety one yards on the ground on his own. 1:10:49.439 --> 1:10:52.400 Both of them scored. The Finns seem to have a 1:10:52.600 --> 1:10:55.040 massive hole in stopping the run, which is why Stevenson 1:10:55.080 --> 1:10:57.120 gets an A and Zeke was charged to take a 1:10:57.200 --> 1:10:59.559 chance on me running back. I give him a solid 1:10:59.600 --> 1:11:04.080 Sea grad. Mac Jones looked good last week. That's what 1:11:04.200 --> 1:11:06.760 happens when you give him an actual offensive coordinator. It's 1:11:06.840 --> 1:11:09.800 weird when Matt Patricia is not your offensive coordinator. And 1:11:09.840 --> 1:11:12.360 even better for mac Jones, let's give some credit here. Yeah, 1:11:12.920 --> 1:11:16.000 opening Drive throws a pick six on a bad pass 1:11:16.560 --> 1:11:19.920 and I'm saying to myself, oh man, it's over for 1:11:20.120 --> 1:11:21.120 Mac Jones. 1:11:20.800 --> 1:11:23.639 Like he's gonna just unravel right here on the field, 1:11:23.680 --> 1:11:26.240 And it was the exact opposite, exactly rally. 1:11:26.560 --> 1:11:29.960 It was literally the best career game for Mac Jones 1:11:30.000 --> 1:11:32.800 by Fantasy points in his entire career, three hundred and 1:11:32.800 --> 1:11:36.719 sixteen yards and three touchdowns. Justin Airbear had a similar 1:11:36.840 --> 1:11:39.400 a dot last week against the Dolphins as Mac Jones 1:11:39.840 --> 1:11:43.920 did against the Eagles. Airbear found moderate success with two 1:11:44.000 --> 1:11:45.920 hundred and twenty eight yards in a score. I think 1:11:45.960 --> 1:11:48.240 I'd put that as the floor for Jones this week, 1:11:48.479 --> 1:11:50.080 so I'll throw a C grade on him. I think 1:11:50.120 --> 1:11:52.960 he's very startable in a super flex league. And as 1:11:53.000 --> 1:11:56.559 far as the wide receiver goes, let's talk about Kendrick Bourne. 1:11:56.560 --> 1:11:58.880 He's the only one I'm paying attention to. Yeah, score 1:11:58.960 --> 1:12:02.759 twice last week, led the team in targets, receptions, and yards, 1:12:03.320 --> 1:12:06.160 had a respectable twelve and a half average depth of target, 1:12:06.240 --> 1:12:09.000 and one hundred and thirty eight total air yards. He'll 1:12:09.040 --> 1:12:11.519 play against Eli Apple most often this week, who was 1:12:11.560 --> 1:12:15.599 targeted deep exclusively by the Chargers last week. On targets 1:12:15.640 --> 1:12:19.920 toward Apple, the average depth was nineteen point five yards downfield. 1:12:20.160 --> 1:12:22.880 They're throwing deep against him, and it's probably not worth 1:12:22.920 --> 1:12:25.080 starting a Patriots tight end, but it's worth noting the 1:12:25.120 --> 1:12:28.080 revenge game for Mike Kasiki this week. Yeah, and if 1:12:28.120 --> 1:12:30.559 you think that he gets an end zone targeter two, 1:12:31.160 --> 1:12:32.680 he gets the desperation D. 1:12:32.880 --> 1:12:37.360 Dart throw grade. When we come back, we're gonna jump 1:12:37.400 --> 1:12:41.080 in the time machine. Three mature speculation. 1:12:41.840 --> 1:12:43.839 Time machine sounds like yars revenge. 1:12:44.600 --> 1:12:46.200 It does sound like yards revenge. 1:12:46.439 --> 1:12:47.920 We'll tell you who to pick up this week that 1:12:47.960 --> 1:12:49.760 everybody else will be trying to pick up next week 1:12:49.800 --> 1:13:12.320 on Fantasy Football Leekly final segment of Fantasy Football Weekly. 1:13:14.240 --> 1:13:18.920 That means it's time to jump into the time machine. 1:13:21.760 --> 1:13:22.400 I think that's. 1:13:22.280 --> 1:13:24.760 Defender, by the way, if anybody's wondering, that's the that 1:13:24.840 --> 1:13:25.280 is defended. 1:13:25.320 --> 1:13:28.000 That's the weirdest flux capacitor noise ever that is it. 1:13:28.120 --> 1:13:29.040 Maybe that could be the case. 1:13:29.160 --> 1:13:31.120 We're gonna give you three guys to pick up this 1:13:31.320 --> 1:13:33.320 week that everyone's going to be trying to pick up 1:13:33.479 --> 1:13:37.960 next week. Frankly, we hammered this segment last last week. 1:13:38.600 --> 1:13:40.439 I don't know if we could have possibly done any better. 1:13:40.760 --> 1:13:42.880 We'll try now, Matt who you got? 1:13:43.400 --> 1:13:47.240 I just mentioned him? Actually Kendrick Bourne highlighted in the matchup. 1:13:47.280 --> 1:13:49.519 But if Bourne scores again this week, his price will 1:13:49.560 --> 1:13:52.519 go get up way high. He's only rostered in forty 1:13:52.560 --> 1:13:54.599 six percent of sleeper leagues right now, and that's up 1:13:54.640 --> 1:13:57.800 forty four percent from last week. Imagine if he scores again, 1:13:57.920 --> 1:13:59.680 it's going to be through the roof and everybody's going 1:13:59.720 --> 1:14:01.559 to be in their waiver wear bucks on him in. 1:14:01.560 --> 1:14:04.120 A positive matchup. That could be the use thor Who 1:14:04.240 --> 1:14:06.280 is your premature speculation player. 1:14:06.200 --> 1:14:07.960 Packers wide receiver Jayden Reid. 1:14:08.120 --> 1:14:10.040 I think this is your last shot to get Jayden 1:14:10.120 --> 1:14:13.200 Reid ten percent owned in Yahoo, nineteen percent owned in 1:14:13.360 --> 1:14:15.519 sleeper Church. You were sort of mentioning this when you 1:14:15.600 --> 1:14:18.519 were going through the matchup of this game Reid last week, 1:14:18.640 --> 1:14:21.200 so he only was sent out on sixteen routes, but 1:14:21.320 --> 1:14:24.720 on five of those he was targeted a stellar three 1:14:24.800 --> 1:14:28.000 yards per route run for Reid last week, sixty percent 1:14:28.080 --> 1:14:31.120 of his snaps came from the slot last week. This weekend, 1:14:31.280 --> 1:14:34.400 he gets Falcons nickel cornerback de Alford, who has given 1:14:34.479 --> 1:14:37.280 up one hundred and five passer rating during his career 1:14:37.360 --> 1:14:39.720 on targets. Go out and get Jayden ree He gonna 1:14:39.720 --> 1:14:42.040 be owned everywhere next week. I think you're right about that. 1:14:42.160 --> 1:14:43.439 I like I like Jayden Reid. 1:14:43.479 --> 1:14:47.800 Let's do it my take premature speculation, player, and listen, 1:14:48.280 --> 1:14:51.080 I don't doubt anybody for being skeptical when I say 1:14:51.240 --> 1:14:56.400 to back Zach Moss. I've earned every bit of skepticism 1:14:56.520 --> 1:14:59.920 anybody might have on my Zach Moss takes totally deserve. 1:15:00.880 --> 1:15:03.920 But can Zack Moss be better than Dean Jackson? 1:15:05.840 --> 1:15:07.400 Maybe? Yes, he can? 1:15:08.080 --> 1:15:11.400 Can he Are we sure Heavin Hull probably will not 1:15:11.560 --> 1:15:13.680 play again this year, or if he does come back, 1:15:13.720 --> 1:15:15.639 it's gonna be like December tragically. 1:15:16.240 --> 1:15:18.080 And then there's this Jonathan Taylor. 1:15:18.120 --> 1:15:20.320 Then Jonathan Taylor, so we don't. 1:15:20.439 --> 1:15:23.000 Nobody knows right now what's gonna be happening in Jonathan 1:15:23.040 --> 1:15:26.599 Taylor week five forward. Now, Zach Moss could be startable 1:15:26.920 --> 1:15:29.080 this week. You gave him a he was here, take 1:15:29.120 --> 1:15:31.360 a chance at me, player, Yeah, let's be running back 1:15:31.400 --> 1:15:33.920 twins C grades for the Colts back C grade. He 1:15:34.000 --> 1:15:36.240 could be startable as early as this week. So you're 1:15:36.240 --> 1:15:37.760 gonna get like three games a run with him, and 1:15:37.800 --> 1:15:40.160 then who knows what happens with Jonathan Taylor. Let's pick 1:15:40.200 --> 1:15:43.879 up Zach Moss and see what happens. Final two matchups 1:15:44.160 --> 1:15:48.799 of this show, New Orleans taking on Carolina. You loved 1:15:48.920 --> 1:15:52.120 the deep ball for New Orleans last week thor and 1:15:52.200 --> 1:15:54.560 it all came in big. What about this week in 1:15:54.640 --> 1:15:57.720 a different matchup with Carolina is still a very good one. 1:15:58.320 --> 1:16:00.840 Derek carr last week was my take chance on me guy. 1:16:01.120 --> 1:16:02.200 He at quarterback. 1:16:02.240 --> 1:16:05.560 He rewarded my faith three hundred plus passing yards for 1:16:05.680 --> 1:16:08.559 him number two in yards per attempt in the NFL 1:16:08.720 --> 1:16:12.320 last week. As I mentioned, great matchup this week. Panthers 1:16:12.400 --> 1:16:15.600 gave up the ninth highest passer rating last year and J. C. 1:16:15.800 --> 1:16:19.160 Horn is out. I'm giving Derek Carr an a grade 1:16:20.600 --> 1:16:21.000 all right. 1:16:21.840 --> 1:16:23.640 Of course, I love Rashid chi Heet. He was might 1:16:23.720 --> 1:16:26.800 take a chance on me wide receiver. I'm also given 1:16:26.840 --> 1:16:29.840 an A grade to Chris o'lave. It's Chris Olave season 1:16:30.040 --> 1:16:33.120 this year. He shredded the Titans for a thirty percent 1:16:33.240 --> 1:16:36.080 target share last week on three point seven yards per 1:16:36.280 --> 1:16:40.240 route run. This is another strong matchup for Olave. You're 1:16:40.280 --> 1:16:43.280 going up against Dante Jackson and CJ. Henderson out there 1:16:43.439 --> 1:16:47.240 with j C. Horn out, he is gonna smash Michael Thomas. 1:16:47.280 --> 1:16:49.200 I was wrong about Michael Thomas last week. I told 1:16:49.200 --> 1:16:51.080 you to keep him on your bench. Hopefully you didn't 1:16:51.160 --> 1:16:53.080 listen to me. This week, I'm giving him a B. 1:16:53.640 --> 1:16:56.800 He's fully healthy again. He proved that twenty four percent 1:16:56.920 --> 1:17:00.720 target share last weekend, one point nine yards route run. 1:17:00.960 --> 1:17:03.760 We're gonna give him a B grade. Juwan Johnson, I'm 1:17:03.760 --> 1:17:06.280 gonna give him a C grade in this game. He's 1:17:06.360 --> 1:17:09.360 the clear tight end one and clear number four receiving 1:17:09.439 --> 1:17:13.280 option in this offense. That's the good news and bad 1:17:13.360 --> 1:17:15.760 news sort of is He's been limited in practice with 1:17:15.840 --> 1:17:18.320 a calf injury, but he is expected to play this weekend. 1:17:19.000 --> 1:17:20.360 Not a great matchup here. 1:17:20.479 --> 1:17:23.360 Carolina gave up the ninth fewest receiving yards to tight 1:17:23.520 --> 1:17:26.879 ends last year, so give him a CE. Jamal Williams, 1:17:26.920 --> 1:17:29.320 I'm gonna give him a grade of B. He is 1:17:29.400 --> 1:17:33.599 the clear belcow here until Elvin Kamara returns. Ken Dray 1:17:33.640 --> 1:17:37.320 Miller is dinged up. Last week, Jamal Williams seventy five 1:17:37.360 --> 1:17:40.080 percent of the snaps played, but he only had fifty 1:17:40.120 --> 1:17:43.640 two total yards on twenty touches. However, this is a 1:17:43.680 --> 1:17:47.400 good matchup for him against Carolina's rotten run defense. The 1:17:47.479 --> 1:17:51.040 Panthers allowed the fourth highest yards after contact last week. 1:17:51.280 --> 1:17:54.519 I'm giving Jamal Williams a B. Moving to the Panthers, 1:17:54.640 --> 1:17:56.720 I got a lot of bench grades on I bet 1:17:56.760 --> 1:17:59.000 you do. Yeah, Bryce Young, you gotta keep him on 1:17:59.120 --> 1:17:59.559 your bench. 1:18:00.040 --> 1:18:00.639 Love Bryce Young. 1:18:00.680 --> 1:18:03.000 Everybody loved Bryce Young, but last week it didn't look 1:18:03.000 --> 1:18:05.800 good worse in the NFL in passing gray that's tough, 1:18:06.000 --> 1:18:09.200 and the Saints have an awesome pass defense. You have 1:18:09.360 --> 1:18:12.120 to bench Young. And for this reason, you have to 1:18:12.200 --> 1:18:15.080 bench all the Panthers receivers. You have to bench their 1:18:15.160 --> 1:18:18.280 tight end Hayden Hurst as well, especially with Hearst, because 1:18:18.320 --> 1:18:21.479 the Saints defense shuts down tight ends going back several 1:18:21.600 --> 1:18:24.120 years now. The only guy on this offense that you 1:18:24.240 --> 1:18:27.120 can start with any sort of confidence is Miles Sanders. 1:18:27.640 --> 1:18:30.920 I'm giving Miles Sanders a B in this matchup. Last 1:18:30.920 --> 1:18:34.439 week twenty two touches for ninety eight total yards while 1:18:34.479 --> 1:18:38.760 playing fifty seven percent of the offensive snaps, but he 1:18:38.880 --> 1:18:41.960 only ranked number forty one out of fifty five qualifying 1:18:42.040 --> 1:18:44.840 running backs last week in elusive rating. Was a little 1:18:44.880 --> 1:18:47.800 too easy to hit Miles Sanders last week. However, this 1:18:48.000 --> 1:18:50.599 is a decent matchup. Whereas New Orleans has the really 1:18:50.680 --> 1:18:54.080 good pass defense, run defense not so good. The Saints 1:18:54.200 --> 1:18:57.200 run defense was bottom eight last week both in yards 1:18:57.280 --> 1:19:02.040 after contact per attempt and yards before contact per attempt. 1:19:02.320 --> 1:19:06.880 Not good, not good. Some people think Cuba Hubbard looked better. Yeah, 1:19:07.120 --> 1:19:08.080 you know, home run hitter. 1:19:08.400 --> 1:19:11.120 Yeah, yeah, I didn't like what I've seen from Cuba 1:19:11.280 --> 1:19:15.160 to this point of his career. But nevertheless, there's you know, 1:19:15.280 --> 1:19:17.559 there's there may be some opportunity there, maybe more than 1:19:17.600 --> 1:19:20.240 we thought could be. Yeah, we'll find out. Final matchup 1:19:20.439 --> 1:19:24.280 is Cleveland taking on Pittsburgh. Nick job obvious A. And 1:19:24.520 --> 1:19:26.320 we should note that Pittsburgh is gonna be without their 1:19:26.400 --> 1:19:29.880 defensive tackle Cam Hayward. That is a sizeable loss literally 1:19:29.960 --> 1:19:33.120 and figuratively. So nick JOBB feels like a very good play. 1:19:33.360 --> 1:19:34.800 I'm want to go to the passing game and spend 1:19:34.840 --> 1:19:36.720 most of our time on the Cleveland side talking about that. 1:19:37.680 --> 1:19:42.080 I can't stress enough how bad Deshaun Watson's passing looked. 1:19:43.640 --> 1:19:46.160 It's being masked in the fantasy world by that rushing 1:19:46.240 --> 1:19:49.920 touchdown that he had, but it was ugly. Now granted 1:19:49.960 --> 1:19:51.360 it was in the rain, and it was against a 1:19:51.520 --> 1:19:56.559 good Bengal secondary. But if Watson's passing flops this week 1:19:56.680 --> 1:19:59.679 against the Steelers, it is not too early to start 1:19:59.720 --> 1:20:03.599 worrying about Deshaun Watson's long term prospects here. Steelers earned 1:20:03.680 --> 1:20:07.120 Pro Football focuses number one pass rush rating last week. 1:20:07.320 --> 1:20:09.400 He'd of course by TJ. Watt, who had get this 1:20:10.400 --> 1:20:13.120 a hurry, two hits and three sacks in the game. 1:20:13.720 --> 1:20:15.800 I don't I don't like. I don't like the Amari 1:20:15.880 --> 1:20:18.400 Cooper matchup that much. I don't have a ton of 1:20:18.439 --> 1:20:20.920 faith in the receiving of the rest of the receivers 1:20:20.960 --> 1:20:24.680 who did nothing last week, and when I balanced that 1:20:24.760 --> 1:20:27.400 in with Deshaun Watson looking bad as a passer, I 1:20:27.439 --> 1:20:29.439 don't see a lot to like here. Also, you don't 1:20:29.439 --> 1:20:31.160 get the design runs that you think you're getting out 1:20:31.200 --> 1:20:33.880 of Deshaun Watson. That did not materialize either either with 1:20:34.280 --> 1:20:34.640 even with. 1:20:34.720 --> 1:20:38.639 The rushing touchdown. So yeah, I can't. I can't. 1:20:38.880 --> 1:20:40.519 I can't support him here, and I've only got the 1:20:40.600 --> 1:20:42.599 C grade on him. Let's talk about David and Joku 1:20:42.920 --> 1:20:46.719 disappointing start to the season, and Pittsburgh contained George Kittle 1:20:46.800 --> 1:20:49.599 in the Opener, holding him to three catches for nineteen yards. 1:20:49.960 --> 1:20:52.799 But Najoku has scored in three straight games against the Steelers, 1:20:53.120 --> 1:20:56.280 and in last year's two games, he totaled thirteen catches 1:20:56.520 --> 1:20:59.480 for one hundred and thirty one yards and two touchdowns, 1:21:00.000 --> 1:21:02.960 good numbers historically against the Steelers for David and Joku. 1:21:03.280 --> 1:21:06.200 So that keeps him quasi viable and will keep a 1:21:06.320 --> 1:21:08.960 C grade on him. I alluded to a Marii Cooper earlier, 1:21:09.520 --> 1:21:11.960 tough game last week. You had the rain, you had 1:21:12.040 --> 1:21:16.320 bad quarterback play, you had a difficult secondary. Easier matchup 1:21:16.400 --> 1:21:20.519 this week against the Steelers cornerbacks. You've got Patrick Peterson, 1:21:20.680 --> 1:21:23.080 You've got Levi Wallace. Both of them gave up more 1:21:23.120 --> 1:21:26.280 than forty yards in their coverage last week. Patrick Peterson, 1:21:26.560 --> 1:21:31.439 at age seventy three, got tagged for two touchdowns last week. 1:21:32.000 --> 1:21:33.000 So I think Cooper. 1:21:33.120 --> 1:21:34.880 I think Cooper has a nice little bounce back game 1:21:34.920 --> 1:21:37.639 potentially with him. I got a B grade on Amari Cooper. 1:21:38.160 --> 1:21:39.320 I can't go to any of the rest of the 1:21:39.400 --> 1:21:44.960 receivers who didn't do much, including Elijah Moore and David Donovan, 1:21:45.000 --> 1:21:47.280 Peoples Jones excuse me, who both clock in with bench 1:21:47.360 --> 1:21:52.639 grades here. Let's go to Pittsburgh side boy Najie Harris first. 1:21:52.680 --> 1:21:55.240 The good news he's scored in all four games against 1:21:55.280 --> 1:21:57.320 the Browns in his career, and he's average one hundred 1:21:57.320 --> 1:21:58.519 and seventeen total yards. 1:21:58.720 --> 1:21:59.679 That's good news. 1:22:00.479 --> 1:22:02.599 The bad news is everything else that's going to come 1:22:02.640 --> 1:22:05.960 after that. Harris only saw fifty two percent of the 1:22:06.000 --> 1:22:08.960 snaps last week. That is the second lowest since the 1:22:09.080 --> 1:22:12.360 start of last season, and Jalen Warren had the same 1:22:12.520 --> 1:22:16.200 number of touches as Naji Harris. This looks like the 1:22:16.400 --> 1:22:20.559 running back by committee nobody asked for. Definitely, the Browns 1:22:20.680 --> 1:22:24.240 defense looked run defense looked improved over last year's awful unit, 1:22:24.320 --> 1:22:26.800 thanks in parts of several key off season editions, and 1:22:26.880 --> 1:22:29.320 they held the Bengals runners to seventy five rushing yards 1:22:29.320 --> 1:22:32.120 four and a half yards per Carrie. You know mac numbers. 1:22:32.520 --> 1:22:34.519 I can put a se grade on Najie Harris, but 1:22:34.560 --> 1:22:36.920 I can't do more than that. Now for Jalen Warren, 1:22:37.760 --> 1:22:38.439 you know this is. 1:22:38.439 --> 1:22:39.479 A developing situation. 1:22:39.680 --> 1:22:42.760 I don't think you can start him yet, but you know, look, 1:22:42.800 --> 1:22:44.720 if Naji Harris is going to continue to struggle and 1:22:44.800 --> 1:22:46.679 Jalen Warren's going to keep getting half of the touches 1:22:46.720 --> 1:22:47.240 in week one? 1:22:47.360 --> 1:22:49.599 What if that turns into fifty percent of the touches, 1:22:49.640 --> 1:22:51.800 sixty percent of the touches. So maybe maybe this thing 1:22:51.880 --> 1:22:52.920 flips over. At some point. 1:22:53.200 --> 1:22:55.479 You might want to invest in Jalen Warren, but we 1:22:55.560 --> 1:22:57.479 can't start him here. All right, Let's go to the 1:22:57.800 --> 1:23:00.000 Let's go to the passing game. I'm not even gonna 1:23:00.080 --> 1:23:03.200 talk about Kenny Pickett in a miserable outing. Let's go 1:23:03.280 --> 1:23:06.240 to George Pickens. Now, they lost Deontae Johnson. That probably 1:23:06.280 --> 1:23:08.599 means a few more looks for George Pickens, but also 1:23:08.680 --> 1:23:12.200 means better coverage. Pickens saw far too many short passes 1:23:12.320 --> 1:23:15.680 last week. That is not really his skill set, effectively 1:23:15.760 --> 1:23:18.800 half in his yards per reception from last year. In 1:23:18.880 --> 1:23:23.200 the opener, the Bengals picked on cornerback Martin Emerson deep, 1:23:23.320 --> 1:23:26.960 averaging twenty yards per pass in his coverage. That's where 1:23:27.000 --> 1:23:30.320 George Pickens can can kill you. Yes, right, those deep 1:23:30.439 --> 1:23:35.200 contested balls. Let's do that against Steelers. Now it did 1:23:35.280 --> 1:23:37.439 ended up working, but maybe the Steelers will have more 1:23:37.520 --> 1:23:40.160 success in a dry game here and hopefully they find 1:23:40.200 --> 1:23:42.320 George Pickens. I'm putting the C grade on him. I 1:23:42.360 --> 1:23:44.439 want to believe it's going to happen. Let's tuck Pat 1:23:44.520 --> 1:23:47.360 Fryermuth for a minute. Returned to full practice on Friday 1:23:47.640 --> 1:23:49.640 last week. Three of his four receptions came in the 1:23:49.720 --> 1:23:51.559 red zone. He's proven to be a goal line threat 1:23:51.600 --> 1:23:54.400 throughout his career. Scored last week. The Browns gave up 1:23:54.520 --> 1:23:58.160 just seventeen yards to Irv Smith last week, and they 1:23:58.240 --> 1:24:01.240 held Friarmuth to zero yards and forty one yards in 1:24:01.320 --> 1:24:04.719 the two games last year. Last season, the Browns allowed 1:24:04.760 --> 1:24:07.160 the fifth fewest tight end receptions and the third fewest 1:24:07.160 --> 1:24:09.000 tight end touchdowns. I can only get to a C 1:24:09.240 --> 1:24:11.840 grade on Pat Fryarmouth is healthy, though, so that is 1:24:12.120 --> 1:24:14.920 that's good news there. Alan Robinson's gonna get more action 1:24:15.000 --> 1:24:17.680 with Deontay Johnson out, He'll be on the field a 1:24:17.720 --> 1:24:21.320 lot more, mostly runs from the slot. Cleveland's nickel cornerback 1:24:21.439 --> 1:24:24.960 Greg Newsom is awesome. This is a bad matchup. He's 1:24:25.000 --> 1:24:28.759 allowed one touchdown in his coverage in his last seventeen games. 1:24:29.200 --> 1:24:31.800 Can't go to Alan Robinson here for better or worse. 1:24:32.240 --> 1:24:34.280 I think that pretty much wrapped nobody. Starting Kenny Picking 1:24:34.520 --> 1:24:38.120 now wraps up that matchup, and that leaves us some 1:24:38.240 --> 1:24:41.000 stuff to talk about from the Thursday night game. So 1:24:42.040 --> 1:24:45.320 DeAndre Swift looked awesome. Get a load of this stat 1:24:46.880 --> 1:24:52.000 before contact on Thursday night, DeAndre Swift racked up one 1:24:52.160 --> 1:24:55.840 hundred and thirty three yards before contact. 1:24:57.080 --> 1:24:59.960 So does that make DeAndre Swift awesome? Or the Eagles 1:25:00.080 --> 1:25:03.840 offensive line awesome, or the Vikings defensive seven. 1:25:04.000 --> 1:25:07.280 Or all three? Could certainly be the case. So let's 1:25:07.320 --> 1:25:12.240 just fast forward to next week's game. Let's assume Gainwell's available. 1:25:12.800 --> 1:25:16.400 What is the breakdown you see coming for Swift versus 1:25:16.520 --> 1:25:18.200 Gainwell when they're both available? 1:25:19.160 --> 1:25:22.200 I go seventy five percent for Swift, twenty five for Gainwell, 1:25:22.320 --> 1:25:24.360 and Rashad Penny is on mill curtains. 1:25:24.560 --> 1:25:27.240 Yeah, Penny's not even as a non factory. By the way, 1:25:27.360 --> 1:25:30.360 when did Rashod Penny turn into a kick returner? How 1:25:30.439 --> 1:25:33.240 do you kick return with Rashad drop the piano? 1:25:33.400 --> 1:25:36.040 Penny? I don't understand how that's the thing they want 1:25:36.080 --> 1:25:37.160 to get them on the field, I guess. 1:25:37.200 --> 1:25:40.920 So, Matt, what do you think Swift versus Gainwell both healthy? 1:25:42.080 --> 1:25:44.920 I hate the Eagles running back situation. That's why I've 1:25:44.960 --> 1:25:47.880 avoided it all year. I think it's going to be 1:25:48.000 --> 1:25:50.000 a guessing game all year, and we're not going to 1:25:50.040 --> 1:25:52.120 be able to forecast it. Probably fifty to fifty. 1:25:53.120 --> 1:25:55.160 I think it's going to frustrate people and be closer 1:25:55.240 --> 1:25:57.640 to fifty to fifty, even though Swift looks. 1:25:57.960 --> 1:26:01.320 Way way more dangerous, does it? Yes? But you know, 1:26:01.400 --> 1:26:03.519 but the Eagles don't always make sense with their rotation. 1:26:03.680 --> 1:26:07.280 They never so I bet there's more gainwell in here 1:26:07.360 --> 1:26:09.320 than we want to think there's gonna be, and that 1:26:09.400 --> 1:26:13.120 could water down the efficacy for Swift. Also from that game, 1:26:13.120 --> 1:26:18.080 while we're talking running backs, Alexander brutal, brutal, you know 1:26:18.200 --> 1:26:20.679 the bad fumble. He's now averaged I think three yards 1:26:20.720 --> 1:26:22.320 of carry and three and a half yards of carry 1:26:22.360 --> 1:26:26.320 in his two games, has looked has looked like an 1:26:26.479 --> 1:26:29.600 utterly mundane NFL runner, if I'm just being honest. So 1:26:29.880 --> 1:26:32.760 let's project forward a little bit. I know, my whole 1:26:32.880 --> 1:26:35.920 theory on drafting Ty Chandler in the preseason was basically 1:26:36.000 --> 1:26:39.200 exactly this. They can only go so long with Alexander 1:26:39.240 --> 1:26:42.920 Madison looking ordinary before they have to give Chandler some looks. Right, 1:26:43.560 --> 1:26:45.519 He's got to get on the field more, I don't, 1:26:46.240 --> 1:26:50.000 I think, right, just to see. You know, Madison's blocking 1:26:50.040 --> 1:26:52.040 has been bad, and I don't know that he's left 1:26:52.080 --> 1:26:53.960 a lot of yards on the field because he's had 1:26:54.000 --> 1:26:55.160 doesn't had a lot of places to go. 1:26:55.320 --> 1:26:58.360 But at some point, don't we tried the little tight chack. 1:26:58.320 --> 1:27:00.599 Well, And if you're blocking as bad as running back 1:27:00.680 --> 1:27:03.559 in what is a pass first offense, you don't stay 1:27:03.600 --> 1:27:07.160 on the field much longer. You lose out. You have 1:27:07.280 --> 1:27:09.200 to have skills in the NFL to stay on the field. 1:27:09.720 --> 1:27:12.720 He doesn't have the ability to run great and he 1:27:12.800 --> 1:27:14.880 doesn't have the ability to block all that well. So 1:27:15.280 --> 1:27:16.240 I think he's in trouble. 1:27:16.360 --> 1:27:19.080 And the other thing that really hurts Madison is Kevin 1:27:19.120 --> 1:27:21.280 O'Connell's just a pass first guy. I mean, last year 1:27:21.360 --> 1:27:24.760 the Vikings are fifth in pass play percentage, and that's 1:27:24.880 --> 1:27:26.759 bearing itself out through a couple of games. 1:27:26.600 --> 1:27:28.880 Here and then the Vikings have Kareem Hunt come in 1:27:29.000 --> 1:27:31.559 for a visit in the middle of in the middle 1:27:31.600 --> 1:27:34.719 of training camp. They could kick the tires there. Again, 1:27:34.840 --> 1:27:36.559 it would not surprise any datum. 1:27:36.640 --> 1:27:38.240 Ty Chandler's better than Kareem mont. 1:27:38.160 --> 1:27:40.880 Right now, probably opinion, sure, And let's go see what 1:27:40.960 --> 1:27:42.920 ty Chandler might bring to your fantasy team, get him 1:27:42.960 --> 1:27:45.080 on the field. Hey, we're still making new Guillotine leagues. 1:27:45.240 --> 1:27:47.640 It's super exciting. You can play season long football with 1:27:47.760 --> 1:27:51.240 new drafts being held. Now you know how Gullantine leagues work. 1:27:51.600 --> 1:27:53.920 Every week, the low screening team gets chopped. All the 1:27:53.960 --> 1:27:56.280 players go to the waiver wire, where the rest of 1:27:56.400 --> 1:27:59.120 us build superstar rosters to do battle the rest of 1:27:59.160 --> 1:28:02.320 the season. It's super fun. 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