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Speaker 1: to get to of course, as always, like five tough questions,
Speaker 1: premature speculation, take a chance on me, and matchups from
Speaker 1: every damn game in this whole slate, and there's a
Speaker 1: bunch of them, including another early start another London game.
Speaker 1: But we begin first with the Los Angeles Rams taking
Speaker 1: on the Dallas Cowboys. Rams offense, of course, has been
Speaker 1: fantastic to this point. I think even those of us
Speaker 1: that were optimistic about the Rams did not see forty
Speaker 1: point explosions coming from a team that averaged fourteen points
Speaker 1: last year, dead last in the NFL. Now they get
Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys. What do you think, Christian Well, I
Speaker 1: think this is a little bit of a different story.
Speaker 1: You know, last week was really the true, the true
Speaker 1: offensive explosion against against the forty nine ers in that
Speaker 1: Thursday night game that everybody saw, kind of Jared Goffs
Speaker 1: coming out party. But on the road against Dallas, I
Speaker 1: think this is a little bit of a different animal.
Speaker 1: And God, let's face it, he was. He was just
Speaker 1: okay for the first two weeks, which is significantly better
Speaker 1: than he was last year. But really that breakout of
Speaker 1: two yards and three touchdowns against San fran I guess
Speaker 1: I'm not really buying that at this point. I need
Speaker 1: to see it a little bit more. Dallas gave up
Speaker 1: four touchdowns to Trevor Simeon in week two three and
Speaker 1: twenty five yards and two touchdowns to Carson Palmer in
Speaker 1: week three, So you can move the ball here, I
Speaker 1: guess start Jared Goff with about a cell that secondary
Speaker 1: is going to be all banged up again, then yeah,
Speaker 1: I think you do. Yeah, and then starting great on
Speaker 1: him and then at wide receiver. That brings Sammy Watkins
Speaker 1: into play. Of course, he had the breakout game last
Speaker 1: week over a hundred yards and two touchdowns, more than
Speaker 1: doubled his yardage in the first two games combined. Um
Speaker 1: expected to play too, We should mention expected to play right.
Speaker 1: He had that. He had the concussion right, and he's
Speaker 1: recovered in in like three days, which is Yeah, it's
Speaker 1: amazing how quickly or slowly that concussion protocol can go.
Speaker 1: That's right, Dallas. Let Larry Fitzgerald go off for a
Speaker 1: hundred and forty nine yards and a touchdown in week three,
Speaker 1: So let's give. Let's give. Watkins is starting grade here
Speaker 1: as well. I've got let's let's go be minus again.
Speaker 1: I don't really trust this, but what we've seen so
Speaker 1: far indicates that you could play them. I've got Robert
Speaker 1: Woods and Cooper Cup on the bench here. Uh, I'm
Speaker 1: not buying the Robert Woods breakout from that. I got
Speaker 1: to see that a little bit more. So keep those
Speaker 1: guys on the bench. And of course, Todd Gurley uh
Speaker 1: six touchdowns through the first three games, which is pretty absurd,
Speaker 1: equaling his total from last year. Right, he is averaging
Speaker 1: just three point eight yards per carry, So there's there
Speaker 1: feels like there's a little flukiness here. Right, He's got
Speaker 1: a bunch of short touchdowns, so at some point that's
Speaker 1: going to regress to the mean here. But the but
Speaker 1: the Cowboys defense just kind of mediocre. Nothing much to
Speaker 1: see here. C J. Anderson went for a hundred and
Speaker 1: fifty four combined rushing and receiving yards and two touchdowns
Speaker 1: against them a couple of weeks ago, so keep Gurley going.
Speaker 1: I've got an a grade on him. On the Cowboys side,
Speaker 1: a bunch of starters here. Um, they've survived against a
Speaker 1: pretty tough slate of defenses in their first three weeks
Speaker 1: against the Giants, the Broncos, and the Cardinals. Dak Prescott
Speaker 1: now has five touchdowns, including a rush rushing score in
Speaker 1: the last two games. The Rams melted down against Brian
Speaker 1: Hoyer of course, the last time we saw them through
Speaker 1: and in thirty two yards and three total touchdowns for Hoyer.
Speaker 1: So I've got an a grade on Prescott this week.
Speaker 1: I think, uh, I think the Cowboys are gonna be
Speaker 1: able to move the ball here and that brings does
Speaker 1: Brian into play maybe as an a here. You talk
Speaker 1: about a tough three game matchup stretch. He started out
Speaker 1: with generous Jenkins and then a keep to leave or
Speaker 1: take your pick of the Broncos corners, and then Patrick
Speaker 1: Peterson and he managed he's kind of salvaged that with
Speaker 1: touchdowns in two straight games. Not a lot of catches,
Speaker 1: not a lot of yards. But now that he gets
Speaker 1: the Rams, who just gave up hundred forty two yards
Speaker 1: to Pierre Garson a week ago. So I've got Bryant
Speaker 1: in as an a level start here. Let's hope he uh,
Speaker 1: Let's hope he finally done. Uh. And then just not enough,
Speaker 1: not enough to go around here for Terence Williams and
Speaker 1: Cole Beasley. They just don't throw to those guys that much.
Speaker 1: Jason Witten, I've got a starting grade on um kind
Speaker 1: of fell flat last week after a big first couple
Speaker 1: of weeks. The Rams are top ten against opposing tight
Speaker 1: ends they were last year. So not a great start here,
Speaker 1: but I think Whitten deserves a starting grade. Let's give
Speaker 1: him a b uh. And then Ezekiel Elliott bounce back
Speaker 1: with eight yards and a touchdown against a very good
Speaker 1: Cardinals run defense last week. Now gets a really bad
Speaker 1: Rams running defense. They allowed five rushing touchdowns. In the
Speaker 1: last two weeks, Um Redskins and forty Niners running backs
Speaker 1: have combined for three and twenty six rushing yards and
Speaker 1: two rushing touchdowns. So this might be the big Ezekiel
Speaker 1: Elliott outburst that we've been waiting for. Yeah, and Zeke
Speaker 1: over the course of his career at home never better
Speaker 1: at home, never failed to either hit one yards and
Speaker 1: or a touchdown, so he has always been a fantasy
Speaker 1: factor in every home game in his career. He's my
Speaker 1: number one running back for this week overall. Bills take
Speaker 1: out in the Falcons and for Lashawn McCoy it was
Speaker 1: a great week one and then two straight absolute clunkers.
Speaker 1: Does he bounce back here against the Atlanta Falcon is Brian?
Speaker 1: If he doesn't, then you need to start worrying. But
Speaker 1: I'm going to give him an a. Atlanta is still
Speaker 1: getting owned by pass catching running backs that are allowing
Speaker 1: eight and a half catches and seventy three receiving yards
Speaker 1: per game to the position. Shady has also done really
Speaker 1: well indoors on turf. In fifteen games, he's averaging more
Speaker 1: than five and a half yards per carrying a hundred
Speaker 1: combo yards. He scored ten times in those fifteen games.
Speaker 1: So I like Shady this week? Do you like Charles
Speaker 1: Clay as well? Going to give him a B. He
Speaker 1: leads all tight ends and targets from inside the ten
Speaker 1: yard line, so it's no surprise He's scored in two
Speaker 1: of three games, and the Falcons have allowed at least
Speaker 1: six catches to opposing tight ends in two three games,
Speaker 1: so it's a good spot for Clay here. Jordan Matthews,
Speaker 1: I'm actually gonna give him a starting grade. Only eight
Speaker 1: catches through three games, but averaging nineteen yards per reception.
Speaker 1: This is a likely shootout over Unders at forty nine points.
Speaker 1: Matthews has run nearly seventy percent of his routes from
Speaker 1: the slot. Brian pool Atlanta slot corner has allowed the
Speaker 1: most receptions amongst lot corners with seventeen, so I think
Speaker 1: Matthews will be a helper here. Where was this for
Speaker 1: take a chance on me? I don't know. That would
Speaker 1: have been a perfect taking chance to me. You better
Speaker 1: right then, Tyrod Taylor. I went to see how he
Speaker 1: has done indoors during his career. He has never played inside.
Speaker 1: What I know the Bills have played in like Toronto
Speaker 1: and a couple of random indoor games. He never started
Speaker 1: any in those games, so wow, weird. Okay, So Atlanta's
Speaker 1: new stadium, which some have dubbed Megatron's b Hole. Um,
Speaker 1: the roof might be open. What well you have to
Speaker 1: see how it opens? The top opens Megatron Calvin Johnson,
Speaker 1: Now okay, sorry, So either way, I'm counting this as
Speaker 1: a dome game, so I'm excited to see Taylor on
Speaker 1: the fast track. Atlanta owns the highest opponent passing play
Speaker 1: percentage at sevent so, like I said, it's gonna be
Speaker 1: a shootout. So I like Taylor in this game. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna give him the b over to Atlanta. Julio Jones
Speaker 1: gonna give him an a back. Issues have limited him
Speaker 1: in practice, but he should be fine. Buffalo has allowed
Speaker 1: the third most catches to wide receivers. He's an easy start.
Speaker 1: You can also start Mohammed Sanu, who was averaging seven
Speaker 1: targets and five catches per game so far. He's in
Speaker 1: a good spot here. Taylor Gabriel is kind of close
Speaker 1: to his starting grade, but not this week. But he's
Speaker 1: a guy you should really grab if you're a Julio owner. Uh,
Speaker 1: He's one of the rare wide receiver handcuffs. And when
Speaker 1: Julio went down for that handful of games at the
Speaker 1: end of last year, Gabriel was money. Absolutely, that's anybody left. Uh,
Speaker 1: A couple more guys, Austin Hooper on the bench. Outside
Speaker 1: of his flukey eight eight yard touchdown, he's only caught
Speaker 1: five passes for fifty six yards and three games, just
Speaker 1: two targets in each game. Matt Ryan and to give
Speaker 1: him a B, Buffalo is fifth an opponent pass play percentage.
Speaker 1: They haven't allowed a passing touchdown, but they faced Josh McCown,
Speaker 1: Cam Newton and Trevor Simeon. Then for the running backs,
Speaker 1: and then it's a tough matchup. Saponte Freeman gets a B.
Speaker 1: Tevin Coleman gets a See, Buffalo was allowing less than
Speaker 1: three point four yards per carry and only twenty two
Speaker 1: rushing attempts per game, and they've only allowed one receiving
Speaker 1: touchdown to running back since Week fourteen of two thousand
Speaker 1: and fifteen. Wow, but you got to play these Atlanta
Speaker 1: backs and I'm sitting call I got Coleman in one league.
Speaker 1: I'm sorry to say, and I'm sitting I can't follow
Speaker 1: you if you have the ceiling. In this one, Detroit
Speaker 1: takes on the Vikings and we start with Golden Tate,
Speaker 1: who moves to the slot this year. I think largely
Speaker 1: because Kenny Golladay was so good, they were able to
Speaker 1: put Tait in his natural position. But the important thing
Speaker 1: that you need to understand here is that means he's
Speaker 1: going to avoid the vikings best cornerback, Xavier Rhodes, who
Speaker 1: only plays five percent of his snaps from the slot position.
Speaker 1: I don't believe he's gonna follow Tate into the slot. Instead,
Speaker 1: he'll likely get a lot of Terence Newman, maybe some
Speaker 1: Mackenzie Alexander and those are those are plus matchups for him.
Speaker 1: So Golden Tate comes in has an a grade here,
Speaker 1: and in part because I like him, I like Matthew
Speaker 1: Stafford isn't a grade as well. The Vikings of do
Speaker 1: you know the Vikings, As I mentioned, you're not gonna
Speaker 1: have to worry about Xavier Rhodes on Golden Tate and
Speaker 1: through three games, opposing quarterbacks averaging a whopping two eighty
Speaker 1: seven yards, and the Vikings have already given up five
Speaker 1: touchdowns through the air now, so I'm not spending garbage time,
Speaker 1: but now it still counts garbage time. Maybe it happen.
Speaker 1: It's here too. Over the past two years against the Vikings,
Speaker 1: Stafford is average two fifty bards passing and almost two
Speaker 1: touchdowns per game, and I think that feels about right here.
Speaker 1: So a minus level for Matthew Stafford. Kenny Golladay, assuming
Speaker 1: he plays in is that near health, which is not
Speaker 1: a given necessarily. UM still getting looks from Matthew Stafford.
Speaker 1: He I think he will get a lot of Trey
Speaker 1: Waynes in this one. Xavier Rhodes probably shadows Marvin Jones,
Speaker 1: who's on the bench for a grade for us and
Speaker 1: our purposes here, That means that UM and I think
Speaker 1: Holliday ends up with a slight advantage here. Linebackers will
Speaker 1: be keeping tabs of theoretic and I think that can
Speaker 1: open up some of the field for Holiday. Will give
Speaker 1: him a C grade in this matchup. You can bump
Speaker 1: into be if you feel more confident about his health
Speaker 1: than I do. Everybody else is on the bench and
Speaker 1: Doula averaging three and a half yards per carry. Vikings
Speaker 1: have been fantastic against the run, giving up just three
Speaker 1: yards per carrying, one of only two teams that has
Speaker 1: not given up a running back touchdown yet this year,
Speaker 1: and theoretic on the bench, Vikings have only allowed six
Speaker 1: catches and they only gave up six catches nineteen yards
Speaker 1: to Riddick in the two matchups of last year. Nineteen
Speaker 1: yards through the air. That's it. They held levy on
Speaker 1: Bell to four yards through the air in Week two
Speaker 1: and the opponent posing runners as a group getting just
Speaker 1: twenty nine scoreless yards against the Vikings through the air,
Speaker 1: and that's all theoretic brings to the table. Let's go
Speaker 1: to the Viking side. Dalvin Cook straight up a. Detroit's
Speaker 1: run defense has been up and down. They shut down
Speaker 1: David Johnson in Week one, but then they gave up
Speaker 1: one hundred yards and a touchdown to DeVonta Freeman last week. One.
Speaker 1: Area where the Lions are consistently bad, it's against pass
Speaker 1: catching backs and that's where Dalvin Cook's really gonna earn
Speaker 1: his A grade. Here. They're giving up an average of
Speaker 1: seven running back receptions for eighty yards per game, and
Speaker 1: Cook is an excellent receiver. I mentioned by comparison, Vikings
Speaker 1: are given him twenty nine yards to running backs. So
Speaker 1: that tells you how good the or how bad the
Speaker 1: eight is for the Lions. Let's let's go to the
Speaker 1: passing game. Case Keendom is under helm, got a C
Speaker 1: grade in him. The Lion and improved past defense has
Speaker 1: held three pretty good quarterbacks Carson Palmer, Eli Manning and
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan to just one point three touchdowns per game
Speaker 1: two hundred seventy yards per game, which isn't all that bad. Still,
Speaker 1: the Vikings have toyed with the two defenses in their
Speaker 1: in their home games, and so I think there is
Speaker 1: some upside with case Keenum here. Probably not close to
Speaker 1: what he did last week, but nevertheless startable here. That
Speaker 1: keeps stuff on Diggs and Adam theland in play here
Speaker 1: with B grades. Diggs has been basically unstoppable at home,
Speaker 1: averaging one thirty three yards and two touchdowns in the
Speaker 1: two games. But he's gonna draw Darius slap That's a
Speaker 1: super tough matchup by far the biggest challenge of his
Speaker 1: season so far, and Slay has held Odell Beckham and
Speaker 1: Julio Jones to an average of six scoreless catches per game.
Speaker 1: So I think Diggs comes back to earth a bit
Speaker 1: in this one, Adam theland will work from the slot,
Speaker 1: and that means he's going to draw the Lions. Improved
Speaker 1: slack corner KeAndre Diggs, who has handled Larry Fitzgerald, Sterling
Speaker 1: Shepherd and Mohammed Sanu in the three game, is holding
Speaker 1: him to an average of just forty one yards. So
Speaker 1: I'm still keeping a B grade on Feeling because he's
Speaker 1: been terrific at home and it's hard to bench the
Speaker 1: guy who's got the second most receiving yards. But he
Speaker 1: might be closer to a C grade here. And then
Speaker 1: cal Rudolph has only been two games, but Rudolph's getting
Speaker 1: roughly half the production under case Keenum that he was
Speaker 1: he's traditionally gotten under Bradford. He's blocking a lot more
Speaker 1: and I think he is blocking a lot more and
Speaker 1: and frankly good because the off as a unit has
Speaker 1: been good working. You know it is working. He he
Speaker 1: slumps down to a C grade in this one against
Speaker 1: the lines um, although I'll mention he scored touchdowns in
Speaker 1: three of his last four against the line so there
Speaker 1: is that when we came back. Take a chance on me,
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Speaker 1: for take a chance to me beginning at the quarterback
Speaker 1: position and Christian Peterson. Yeah, I'm a little disappointed in
Speaker 1: myself on this one. I was the third one in
Speaker 1: on getting to choose might take a chance on me, guys,
Speaker 1: and there wasn't much like Yeah, I actually preferred Tyrod
Speaker 1: Taylor and case Keenum, who you guys mentioned in the
Speaker 1: previous matchup segment to my guy Andy Dalton, but because
Speaker 1: it's Andy Dalton. But I don't know. Things are looking
Speaker 1: up a little bit after his two hundred and twelve
Speaker 1: yard two touchdown out in last week, in which he
Speaker 1: at least looked borderline competent. Uh. That borderline competent might
Speaker 1: also be used to describe Jacoby Brissette, who just scorched
Speaker 1: the Browns for two d and fifty nine yards and
Speaker 1: three total touchdowns last week. So that's the matchup here.
Speaker 1: It's better than Jacoby Brissette. He's better than Jacoby Brissette
Speaker 1: and and what's that. We'll get to him. We'll get
Speaker 1: to him. Dalton also has history on acide. He's thrown
Speaker 1: at least two touchdown passes in four straight game. It's
Speaker 1: the Browns, so there's that, all right. Now let's go
Speaker 1: to apparently Jacoby Perset. No, you don't really deserve a
Speaker 1: peacock when you play the Browns. But I'm not going
Speaker 1: to gobi per set this week. We're trying to say
Speaker 1: and like nailed set for three touchdowns and one running.
Speaker 1: They're too easy, this kidding anyway, I'm gonna get four
Speaker 1: touchdowns this we gotta notice it. Just the Shawn Watson
Speaker 1: against the Titans at home. Even though he's a rookie,
Speaker 1: it's fair to compare him to Russell Wilson, who just
Speaker 1: gashed Tennessee, who could still be without starting strong safety
Speaker 1: Jonathan Cyprian. Watson is coming off a three yard passing
Speaker 1: performance with two touchdowns against the Patriots. He's averaging eight
Speaker 1: point three yards per carry as well has scored a
Speaker 1: rushing touchdown. He's poised for a big game at home
Speaker 1: against the Titans. I've got um Jay Cutler in the
Speaker 1: London game. Now critical to this, we gotta hope that
Speaker 1: Jay Cutler can get his scowl past Customs at Heathrow.
Speaker 1: But assuming he can do that, I like him in
Speaker 1: this matchup. He's uh. He faces the Saint secondary that
Speaker 1: was man handled in weeks one and two and ranks
Speaker 1: thirtieth against the past. Cornerbacks march On Latimore and Sterly
Speaker 1: Moore may not play in this game, and so a
Speaker 1: bad secondary gets even worse. J Culor comes off the
Speaker 1: schneid this week. Can you can you get jammed up
Speaker 1: in Customs because of your facial expressions? Jay Cutler can
Speaker 1: for sure, if anybody can. It's that's right. If there's
Speaker 1: a sneer that's gonna stop you at the border, j
Speaker 1: Cutler's got it. Let's go to the running back position.
Speaker 1: I feel a little bit better about this one, all right,
Speaker 1: Elijah McGuire of the Jets going up the up against
Speaker 1: the Jaguars this week. This one is all about opportunity.
Speaker 1: Matt Forte has already been ruled out of this game
Speaker 1: for the Jets, which is probably good because he's been
Speaker 1: awful all year long alright, as has been the starter
Speaker 1: Balal Powell, who's averaging two point six yards per carry. Sorry, Church,
Speaker 1: he looks bad. He looks like Balal Powell. Uh. And meanwhile, McGuire,
Speaker 1: a sixth round rookie. He's averaging four point eight yards
Speaker 1: per carry, granted in limited carries, but he's got six
Speaker 1: or seven watches in each of the last couple of games.
Speaker 1: And now he comes into a very favorable matchup. Jacksonville
Speaker 1: is allowing an average of four point eight yards per
Speaker 1: carry to opposing running backs so far. Former Ravens practice
Speaker 1: squad guy Alex Collins gained eighty two yards on nine
Speaker 1: carries against them last week. McGuire is the dept in
Speaker 1: the passing game from his college career. So there's there's
Speaker 1: some opportunity here. This is this is a sneaky little
Speaker 1: opportunity against some bad Jaguars run defense that can stop
Speaker 1: the pass but not the run. All right, go to Brian,
Speaker 1: you're running back. Let's talk about Alex Collins, who, yes,
Speaker 1: who I found out was the greatest lacrosse college lacrosse
Speaker 1: player that never was. He decided to play football instead,
Speaker 1: became the second all time leading Russia at Arkansas behind
Speaker 1: Darren McFadden. So there you go Collins history. But he's
Speaker 1: got the Steelers this week. As you mentioned, Collins had
Speaker 1: nine carries for eighty two yards against the Ravens last week,
Speaker 1: I'll beat in garbage time, he looked pretty good. Parents
Speaker 1: West and Buck Allen had been flat out bad. Both
Speaker 1: are averaging lists in four yards for carry on the season.
Speaker 1: And to quote head coach John Harbaugh regarding Collins, yeah,
Speaker 1: I like the fact that he gets yards. That is
Speaker 1: a good thing. And speaking of yards, Pittsburgh allowed two
Speaker 1: hundred and sixteen rushing yards to Chicago running backs last week.
Speaker 1: So look for Collins to get more opportunities on Sunday
Speaker 1: and uh hopefully help you out Wehendell Smallwood's role is
Speaker 1: going to increase dramatically with Darren Sproles going to i R,
Speaker 1: He's going to pick up a lot of the pass
Speaker 1: catching work that Sprowles was getting. Plus he was already
Speaker 1: getting upwards of a dozen carries per week like last week.
Speaker 1: And like Garrett Plant, let's remember is one game removed
Speaker 1: from a zero touch game. This week's opponent is the Chargers,
Speaker 1: the team allowing the most rushing yards in the entire
Speaker 1: league and the six most rushing yards per carry. When
Speaker 1: Dell Smallwood, let's go to the wide receiver position, Christian, Yeah,
Speaker 1: let's go with Devin funch Us here against the Patriots.
Speaker 1: Of course, the Patriots haven't been able to stop anyone
Speaker 1: this year. They're allowing thirty two points per game. They
Speaker 1: made both Alex Smith and Deshaun Watson looked like superstars.
Speaker 1: They've allowed the second most yards to a posing wide receivers,
Speaker 1: and that brings punch Us into play. I have my
Speaker 1: doubts about whether Sadly, I have my doubts about whether
Speaker 1: Cam Newton can actually exploit any defense. But Kelvin Benjamin
Speaker 1: is nursing a little bit of an injury. He mysteriously
Speaker 1: he's off the injury report after leaving that game last week,
Speaker 1: and everybody thought it was like a season ending injury. Anyways,
Speaker 1: Benjamin is back, but potentially not full strength. Greg Olson
Speaker 1: is out in that same situation, Funcius was targeted ten
Speaker 1: times last week. He only caught four. He was targeted
Speaker 1: the receiver last week. Yes, well, he's gonna do much
Speaker 1: better this week against this bad Patriots defense. Alright, Bryan,
Speaker 1: I'm going with my premature speculation from last week. Austin
Speaker 1: Seferian Jenkins at home against the Jaguars. A s J
Speaker 1: led the Jets and targets last week and was also
Speaker 1: targeted inside the five yard line, so he's now tied
Speaker 1: for the team lead to make targets inside the five.
Speaker 1: They've only been inside the five one other time. He
Speaker 1: is the team leader. Can't take that away from him.
Speaker 1: Don't for get Josh McCown made Gary Barnage a pro
Speaker 1: bowler a few years ago in Cleveland. He likes to
Speaker 1: lean on his tight end. A s J is a
Speaker 1: way better athlete. He has rededicated his life. He's three
Speaker 1: d days sober after a mostly embarrassing so I have
Speaker 1: faith in him there. And Jacksonville is allowing nearly six
Speaker 1: catches and six yards per game to tight ends and
Speaker 1: they've surrendered too tough. And then he strender touchdowns at
Speaker 1: the position and back to back game, So give a
Speaker 1: shot on a s J. Um My guy was a
Speaker 1: highly touted preseason receiver who was currently in your league
Speaker 1: roughly receiver number one hundred in production and has been
Speaker 1: dropped in of leagues outright. And that's Brandon Marshall. Quietly
Speaker 1: last week and the shadow of O. B j's highlight
Speaker 1: real catches he was targeted eleven times in that game.
Speaker 1: He caught eight of them for sixty six yards. His
Speaker 1: whole deals he needs O. B. J to be on
Speaker 1: the field for Brandon Marshall to be effective, and that's
Speaker 1: going to be the case here. He gets Tampa whose
Speaker 1: secondary is a disaster. They're allowing the most yards to
Speaker 1: wide receivers, They've got injuries all through a secondary, and
Speaker 1: he's gonna be He's got. His matchup is coming up
Speaker 1: against Vernon Hargreaves, whose jock is currently being excavated out
Speaker 1: of the U. S Bank Stadium turf with a jackhammer.
Speaker 1: Brandon Marshall, your final take a chance on me player.
Speaker 1: Usually don't go with a guy that big of a name,
Speaker 1: but I don't think anybody has been considering starting. I
Speaker 1: dropped him in one of my league. Yeah thoughts. People did, Yeah,
Speaker 1: And I'm totally understandable. And I think I think he
Speaker 1: was dropped in way more than twenty percent of leagues,
Speaker 1: and then other people picked him up on name value.
Speaker 1: I think he was the original owners probably dropped him
Speaker 1: more like fifty percent. Let's go back to the matchups.
Speaker 1: Bengals taking on the Cleveland Browns. Christian I have reasonably.
Speaker 1: You're okay with Andy Dalton. I am. In fact, he
Speaker 1: was just might take a chance on the quarterback moments ago.
Speaker 1: He's in as as a sea level, lowest possible starting
Speaker 1: grade that you can you can have. Uh. A. J Green, however,
Speaker 1: is an a. This Brown secondary is atrocious. Antonio Brown
Speaker 1: took them for a hundred and eighty two yards. T
Speaker 1: I Hilton went for a hundred and fifty three yards
Speaker 1: just last week against them. In his last two games
Speaker 1: against Cleveland, Green head eight catches for a hundred and
Speaker 1: sixty nine yards and a touchdown, and then five catches
Speaker 1: for a hundred twenty eight yards. It's pretty good one touchdown.
Speaker 1: So Green is an obvious A. No other Cincinnati wide
Speaker 1: receiver has more than six targets or four catches in
Speaker 1: a game, so they are all on the bench. Uh
Speaker 1: so really that brings us to Joe Mixon. So uh
Speaker 1: the running game here, The torch was officially passed to
Speaker 1: mixing last week. One touches a hundred and one combined
Speaker 1: rushing and receiving yards. Geo Bernard and Jeremy Hill split
Speaker 1: just thirteen touches between them, So this is all about
Speaker 1: mixing here. If you look at Cleveland's defense on paper,
Speaker 1: they look okay. They held a Rusty Levy on Bell
Speaker 1: to thirty two yards in Week one and then they
Speaker 1: held Baltimore in Indianapolis down, but that's not saying much.
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna bank more on what they did last
Speaker 1: year when they were the second worst run defense in
Speaker 1: the NFL. No reason to think they've suddenly turned the
Speaker 1: corner here. So uh this uh you know, I don't know.
Speaker 1: Maybe last week was Mixing's brain account game, but this
Speaker 1: could be at here. Much like some of the other
Speaker 1: rookies have done so far, I think we're gonna see
Speaker 1: a big, big game from Joe Mixing here on the
Speaker 1: brown side, I don't have a single well, I have
Speaker 1: almost a starting grade. Let's you've got a you've got
Speaker 1: a deep plot. Yeah, let's start in the in the
Speaker 1: passing game, where I've got to Shaun Kaiser on the bench.
Speaker 1: He does have rushing touchdowns in two of three games.
Speaker 1: But this Cincinnati defense is is pretty solid. They weren't
Speaker 1: tested in weeks one and two by Joe Flacco and
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson, and then Aaron Rodgers torched them. But Shaun Kaiser,
Speaker 1: he's not Aaron Rodgers, So there's just not enough here
Speaker 1: to like for Kaiser uh bench. All the wide receivers.
Speaker 1: Kenny Britt had one catching news of the first two games.
Speaker 1: He scored in Week three looked a little bit more involved,
Speaker 1: but there's just nothing here. Richard Higgins, of course, two
Speaker 1: weeks ago, had the seven catches for ninety five yards.
Speaker 1: Everybody picked him up. He was the hot waiver wire ad.
Speaker 1: Then he had two catches on six targets in Week three.
Speaker 1: So these guys are all on the bench, as is
Speaker 1: um rookie tight end David and Joeku Uh two touchdowns
Speaker 1: in two games, but no more than three catches or
Speaker 1: twenty nine yards in a game so far. In the
Speaker 1: running game, I've got Isaiah Crowle on the bench since
Speaker 1: he allows just three and a half yards per carry.
Speaker 1: UH just four running back touchdowns in their last nine
Speaker 1: games going back to last year. Kroll is averaging just
Speaker 1: two point nine yards per carry and hasn't topped forty
Speaker 1: four yards in a game. So that brings in the
Speaker 1: one marginal starter here, and that's Duke Johnson, who I
Speaker 1: gave a c really only in PPR leagues here because
Speaker 1: that's the role he's playing. He has nine catches for
Speaker 1: a hundred and forty yards in the last two last
Speaker 1: two games. This matchup is a tough one, but since
Speaker 1: he did. Cincinnati did allow the fifth most receptions to
Speaker 1: opposing running backs last year, So again, in a PPR situation, he's, uh,
Speaker 1: maybe capable of filling in your flex spot. Your glimmer
Speaker 1: of hope. Rizaiah Crow Well, he has scored and or
Speaker 1: topped one hundred yards and three straight against the Bengals
Speaker 1: and they've they've been a good run defense through all
Speaker 1: of those games. So that's your glimmer of hope. But
Speaker 1: based on what what we've seen so far this year, it's
Speaker 1: been a disaster for a well. Unfortunately, when we come back,
Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Jaguars take on the Jets, will Blake Bortles
Speaker 1: back to back big explosive games. We'll find out when
Speaker 1: we return. You're distinctive Fantasy Football Weekly on the Fan.
Speaker 1: Welcome back to the show. It is Fantasy Football Weekly
Speaker 1: on the Fan Paul Charchy and Brian Johnson and Christian
Speaker 1: Peterson with you. Blake Bortles. I've semi inexplicably went berserk
Speaker 1: in London on the Ravens last week, Brian, he could
Speaker 1: go back to back against the Jets. Yeah, he really
Speaker 1: goes off in London, thought the place. I'll give him
Speaker 1: a CE just because I like a few of his
Speaker 1: pass catchers and this is the Jets, so Bortles gets
Speaker 1: to see going over to his receivers Mark eas Lea
Speaker 1: and give him a B. People probably forget that he
Speaker 1: was drafted before Alan Robinson by the way. In fact,
Speaker 1: he was on his way to a nice day in
Speaker 1: London as well. Had four catches for sixty seven yards
Speaker 1: on seven targets, but Jacksonville didn't really need to throw
Speaker 1: the ball much in the second half, so he was
Speaker 1: pretty much shut down. Lee has as many targets as
Speaker 1: Alan Hearns and Keelan Cole combined, and the Jets have
Speaker 1: allowed at least one wide receiver touchdown in every game
Speaker 1: so far. So I'm Mike and Lee. I'll give Hearns
Speaker 1: to see as well. This is a good enough matchup
Speaker 1: for him. He did find the end zone in London.
Speaker 1: Also a bit of a road warrior on the road
Speaker 1: in his career, Herns is averaging extra twenty yards and
Speaker 1: has scored twice as many touchdowns as opposed to home
Speaker 1: fourteen to seven. Peculiar, very peculiar. Marcedes Lewis gonna give
Speaker 1: him a C three touchdowns last week. We all saw
Speaker 1: that coming. It'll happen again this week. Um was my
Speaker 1: tight end number one. Yep, I'm called yeah, that was
Speaker 1: a good call. I'm kidding, of course, as are you,
Speaker 1: but are jokes aside. Other than Julius Thomas, opposing tight
Speaker 1: ends have been very involved against the Jets. Baltimore tight
Speaker 1: ends were targeted eleven times. Oakland tight ends were targeted
Speaker 1: eight times. So there is a little hope from Marcedes
Speaker 1: Lewis here, but the start of the day for the
Speaker 1: Jaguars will probably be Letard four net. I'll give him
Speaker 1: a B almost in a without Sheldon Richardson, the Jets
Speaker 1: ranked twenty five against the run per Football Outsiders d
Speaker 1: v o A metrics. Fournet has scored in every game,
Speaker 1: but he's working hard for his yards only three point
Speaker 1: five years. The offensive line is giving him nothing. If
Speaker 1: they get to be a guy I think he's running hard.
Speaker 1: If they ever get that offensive line figured out, he
Speaker 1: will be a menace. H He has catch totals of three,
Speaker 1: three and two, which have been a nice little helper
Speaker 1: as well in PPR leagues. But the one reason for
Speaker 1: concern really is the Jets held j G I in
Speaker 1: company to twenty one yards on fourteen carries. So I
Speaker 1: don't know. We'll see if they do that again. I'm
Speaker 1: I'm I don't think. I don't either. So Fornet is
Speaker 1: definitely startable. But the Jets, really, outside of Elijah McGuire,
Speaker 1: cps take a chance of me running back, and Austin
Speaker 1: Sefari and Jenkins might take a chance on meat receiver.
Speaker 1: I do think you can throw it darted, BELLEL. Powell.
Speaker 1: I'll give him. Is a very tough matchup though the
Speaker 1: Jaguars run defense. They allowed Derrick Henry to have a
Speaker 1: pretty nice showing and Alex Collins did well in garbage time.
Speaker 1: But take those two out of the equation and the
Speaker 1: Jaguars are allowing three point four yards per carrying. Okay, yeah,
Speaker 1: but they played three games. You can't take two of
Speaker 1: the running backs away from them when they played three games.
Speaker 1: I think they're just like the Jets. Past defense is awesome,
Speaker 1: so I thinks tend to run the ball a lot
Speaker 1: on them, and they're having a fair measure of success.
Speaker 1: You're just trying to justify Belol Powell was like, yeah,
Speaker 1: you were more than I was this year. I'm surprised
Speaker 1: I have to I have to defend him this year. Guys,
Speaker 1: but were And then as you said, revention the wide
Speaker 1: receivers for the Jets, very tough matchup for them because
Speaker 1: it's Bill all Powell. The Jets will find a way
Speaker 1: to ensure that even with Forte out, Bill all Powell
Speaker 1: is a non factor in this game, because that's what
Speaker 1: the Jets do. Baby Uh. Carolina takes out the New
Speaker 1: England Patriots. Who was the last year which who was
Speaker 1: the quarterback that was had the epically bad season, so
Speaker 1: bad that he's like out of football now Brock who's
Speaker 1: got a worse passer rating this year than brock os
Speaker 1: Swidler had last year. Cam Newton Patriots has spent the
Speaker 1: first three weeks in shootouts, allowing three hundred passing yards
Speaker 1: and multiple touchdowns in every game. So you would think
Speaker 1: any minimum Cam can get you two garbage time stats
Speaker 1: in this game. But we thought that last week when
Speaker 1: he was playing the number thirty one ranked past defense
Speaker 1: and did absolutely nothing. In fact, found his way to
Speaker 1: getting benched. So this week, let's hope that God that
Speaker 1: Cam can get it together one last chance at a
Speaker 1: starting grade for Cam Newton. I'm actually giving him a B.
Speaker 1: This is a Christian Peterson B. This is the only
Speaker 1: reason is because you're on the show. See otherwise it
Speaker 1: would be just delight in getting getting the Panthers matchup.
Speaker 1: Did you assign the matchup this week? You did? Just
Speaker 1: just say you could pummel him. Yes, he's bumbling himself
Speaker 1: at this point. Christian McCaffrey has got a great opportunity
Speaker 1: here be great here we saw it could happened last
Speaker 1: week when when he's more involved in the passing game,
Speaker 1: which you will be with Greg Olson out ended up
Speaker 1: with nine receptions career high. And this is a Patriots
Speaker 1: defense giving up six receptions eight four receiving yards per
Speaker 1: game to opposing running backs. McCaffrey's a B grade. Even
Speaker 1: Jonathan Stewart shoul getting the action at a sea level here.
Speaker 1: I like him for the reasons that I like Christian McCaffrey.
Speaker 1: I'm nervous about Stewart um because McCaffrey is gonna get
Speaker 1: a lot of action through the air, but Stewarts should
Speaker 1: still have a measure of success. Here. Teams are running
Speaker 1: the ball against New England very well. New England's allowed
Speaker 1: the seventh most rushing yards and get this five point
Speaker 1: eight yards per carry against the Patriots. Also in the
Speaker 1: passing game, Calvin Benjamin and Devin Funch just gets C grades.
Speaker 1: Benjamin is going to play. Devin funchis was gonna take
Speaker 1: a chance of me wide receiver in this one. If
Speaker 1: I if I can muster my way to a B
Speaker 1: grade on Cam Newton, I gotta go with his receivers
Speaker 1: as well. Um, New England is a lot of the
Speaker 1: third most wide receiver yards one per game. Let's go
Speaker 1: to the New England side. Brady Gronk Cooks all obvious
Speaker 1: A plays at their at their respective positions. They ranked first,
Speaker 1: verse and eighth in my rankings positional ranking. So Brady
Speaker 1: Gronkin Cook's all in. Let's go to some some of
Speaker 1: the dice heer guys. Chris Hogan gets a B grade
Speaker 1: here he faces a airline defense that just gave up
Speaker 1: touchdowns the three different New Orleans receivers, although they did
Speaker 1: not give up a single score to receivers in the
Speaker 1: first two weeks of the season. Of course, that's because
Speaker 1: they played Hoyer entirode Taylor in the first two weeks.
Speaker 1: Now they get a passing attack that's much closer to
Speaker 1: what they had last week when they wilted in the
Speaker 1: face of Drew Brees. Chris Hogan gets a B. Damny
Speaker 1: on Danny Almondola, though I'm putting on the bench, he
Speaker 1: works primarily out of the slot. That means he's gonna
Speaker 1: draw Captain Munderland, who is a solid slot receiver orcho
Speaker 1: slat cornerback. Let's go to the running backs. Mike gillis
Speaker 1: Lee gets a B grade here. Last week the Patriots
Speaker 1: scored five times. None were from Gillislee, in no small
Speaker 1: part because all of the touchdowns were from at least
Speaker 1: five yards out and more. And you know all this works.
Speaker 1: Gillislee needs carries inside the five and then you get
Speaker 1: your touchdowns like he did in weeks one and two.
Speaker 1: Potentially worrisome, though, the three rushes the Panthers defense has
Speaker 1: faced from inside the five yard line have resulted in
Speaker 1: a net of negative six yards for the offense, and
Speaker 1: obviously no touchdown scored when you're pushing back the opposing line,
Speaker 1: So a measure of worry there for Mike Gillislee, still
Speaker 1: a B grade because I do think points are coming,
Speaker 1: and a C grade for James White. Last year, the
Speaker 1: Panthers allowed the third most receptions to running backs, although
Speaker 1: they only gave up one receiving touchdown all year, which
Speaker 1: is a little inexplicable. Same deal going this year. They're
Speaker 1: giving up seven running back receptions per game, but nobody
Speaker 1: has scored. Will expect James White to do a lot
Speaker 1: of what you've seen so far. Let's go to our
Speaker 1: next matchup, which is uh New Orleans taking on Miami
Speaker 1: Christian We just talked a little bit in passing about
Speaker 1: Drew Brees another excellent opportunity for him here. Uh yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 1: The bad news is he's on the road where over
Speaker 1: the last couple of years he'll he averages sixty fewer
Speaker 1: yards and almost a touchdown fewer than he does at home.
Speaker 1: But the good news is he's still still yards and
Speaker 1: almost two touchdown per games. So he's an obvious a start,
Speaker 1: as is Michael Thomas here. Thomas had seven catches for
Speaker 1: eighties seven yards and a touchdown last week, but that
Speaker 1: was almost a disappoint because he had five for fifty
Speaker 1: and that touchdown on the first drive alone and then
Speaker 1: sort of disappeared. So I still don't think we've seen
Speaker 1: the Michael Thomas breakout, but it could come this week
Speaker 1: against a really bad Miami Michael Thomas break out last
Speaker 1: week with two touchdowns and you know now he just
Speaker 1: he just had one. Though he had he said one time.
Speaker 1: Maybe you keep going. I will thank you. According to
Speaker 1: Football Outsiders, the Dolphins ranked against opposing number one wide
Speaker 1: receivers and dead last at defending excuse me, opposing number
Speaker 1: two wide receivers. So Michael Thomas is an easy a
Speaker 1: ted gain. I'm not gonna go there. No more than
Speaker 1: six targets, five catches, or fifty three yards in a
Speaker 1: game thus far. He may return. He cropped up on
Speaker 1: the injury report with a hamstring injury and he's questionable.
Speaker 1: But because of that and because of the three game suspension,
Speaker 1: he's a little bit rusty. I don't trust Willie Snead
Speaker 1: for this week. Seven one for Michael Thomas, thank you
Speaker 1: very much. As I said, uh, let's bring let's bring
Speaker 1: Kobe Fleaner into play this week as a Sea level starter.
Speaker 1: Scored in weeks one and two of course, the last
Speaker 1: three games, his target touches have gone to six to
Speaker 1: four to one, so they're not using them that much.
Speaker 1: But Miami allowed hundred one yards in a touchdown to
Speaker 1: Chargers tight ends in Week one. Safari and Jenkins went
Speaker 1: for five catches in Week two. Dating back to the
Speaker 1: middle of last year, they've allowed nine tight end touchdowns
Speaker 1: in their last nine games. So an opportunity to to
Speaker 1: hop back on the Fleaner mobile this week. In the
Speaker 1: running game, I've got these guys all on the benchmark
Speaker 1: ingram Adrian Peterson, Alvin Kamara. The Dolphins held Melvin Gordon
Speaker 1: to thirteen rushing yards on nine carries. They held Balal
Speaker 1: Powell to thirty seven yards on fifteen carries, so they've
Speaker 1: been very good so far. For the Saints, no running
Speaker 1: back has run for more than fifty six yards in
Speaker 1: a game this year, and only one Kamara has scored.
Speaker 1: Interesting story, I learned last night that Adrian Peterson's daughters,
Speaker 1: one of his many daughters, is in third grade with
Speaker 1: my son and she she plays touch football playground and
Speaker 1: it's quite good and it's not I bet, I bet
Speaker 1: she's great and is not afraid to tell people that
Speaker 1: her dad. Yeah, that's that's Adriana Peterson. Is that her name, Adriana.
Speaker 1: I'm not kidding. I'm not surprised. It's a little bit
Speaker 1: like George Farman's kids. That's right. Yeah. On the Dolphins side,
Speaker 1: we have a homecoming of sorts here for Jgi. Of sorts.
Speaker 1: This is like the most epic homecoming I've ever heard
Speaker 1: of in my life. Yeah, he's from London and so
Speaker 1: here he is back in London. He looked great in
Speaker 1: week one, then of course laid the huge egg in
Speaker 1: week two. As I believe charge was he your number
Speaker 1: one running He was my number one running back last week? Everything,
Speaker 1: everything suggested that he should have had an awesome game
Speaker 1: against goes for eleven carries in sixteen yards, and he's
Speaker 1: my number three this week. So apparently I am incapable
Speaker 1: of learning from my mistakes. The Saints give up four
Speaker 1: and a half yards per carry. Daln Cook went for
Speaker 1: a hundred twenty seven yards against him in week one.
Speaker 1: The matchup is right here. It's the homecoming for a Gi.
Speaker 1: I think this is the game we were expecting last
Speaker 1: week and obvious a level start here. No team has
Speaker 1: given up more total yards to running backs than the Saints. YEP,
Speaker 1: the passing game Jay Cutler was, it was charges to
Speaker 1: take a chance on me. Guy. I've got a start
Speaker 1: in greade on him as well. I gave him a B.
Speaker 1: Wide receiver Davanta Parker, let's give him an A kind
Speaker 1: of salvaged a weird game last week with a garbage
Speaker 1: time touchdown. Now gets the Saints defense that's given up
Speaker 1: nine wide receiver touchdowns in their last six games. Uh
Speaker 1: gave up tune in fifty yards to Stefan Diggs and
Speaker 1: Adam Felan in Week one than a hundred and eighty
Speaker 1: three yards to Patriots wide receivers a week ago, So
Speaker 1: this could be a big game for Davante Parker. I've
Speaker 1: also got a starting grade on Jarvis Landry. Let's give
Speaker 1: him a B. He's got double digit targets in both games,
Speaker 1: and slot guys have been able to do some damage
Speaker 1: against the Saints. Adam Theland played a lot out of
Speaker 1: the slot in his big game. Chris Hogan as well,
Speaker 1: seventy yards and a touchdown out of the slot, So uh,
Speaker 1: it should be a good game for Jarvis Landry as well.
Speaker 1: I like I like both of them a lot here,
Speaker 1: and that's part of why I had ja Cutlers might
Speaker 1: take a chance to me quarterback make life's opportunities for
Speaker 1: his receivers, and Sterling Moore may very well not play
Speaker 1: in that game. Final matchup of this segment, it's the
Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans taking on the Houston the Houston Texans. What
Speaker 1: do you make of that? That Titans backfield, Because man,
Speaker 1: that that's throwing fantasy owners for a total loop. This
Speaker 1: whole team is the most exasperating fantasy team out there,
Speaker 1: probably headache. But Murray, Yeah, he was on the ropes
Speaker 1: last week, but certainly showed he has some fight left.
Speaker 1: I'll give him a B, albeit in a tough matchup.
Speaker 1: The Texans are ranked seventh against the run by Football Outsiders.
Speaker 1: They've only allowed one hundred and sixteen rushing yards to
Speaker 1: running backs over the last two games, and they're not
Speaker 1: very generous through the air either to backs. Leonard for
Speaker 1: Nett had the best game receiving by running back with
Speaker 1: three catches and for twenty four yards. So not a
Speaker 1: great matchup for Murray, but you gotta play him. I'll
Speaker 1: give Derrick Henry a desperation ce based on this matchup.
Speaker 1: He got more carries than Murray when these two teams
Speaker 1: met the second time late last year, total sixty eight
Speaker 1: yards on sixteen touches and scored a touchdown. Henry was
Speaker 1: somewhat quiet compared to Murray last week, but he still
Speaker 1: got thirteen carries, and on the season, Henry has twice
Speaker 1: as many red zone carries as tomorrow Ko does, so
Speaker 1: he could factor in there. I'll give Richard Matthews, Eric Decker,
Speaker 1: and Corey Davis, who's making his return to see because
Speaker 1: the Texans are still without starting corner Kevin Johnson. UH.
Speaker 1: They had their way with Jacksonville and Cincinnati wide receivers,
Speaker 1: but New England wide outs just put up four touchdowns
Speaker 1: against the Texans, so there is some hope for Tennessee
Speaker 1: pass catchers here. Matthews is the best play of the four,
Speaker 1: or of the three. He had nine for one, fourteen
Speaker 1: in a touch and two for eighty two against Houston
Speaker 1: last year. UH Delaney Walker just to see for him.
Speaker 1: In two games against the Texans last year, he totaled
Speaker 1: just seven catches for sixty nine yards. UH saw nine
Speaker 1: targets in Week one, but just six and four in
Speaker 1: the two games since. He's clearly feeling the effect of
Speaker 1: that three headed wide receiver monster with Davis coming back especially,
Speaker 1: and Marcus Mariotta just gets to say see here as well.
Speaker 1: Only one career game against Houston, surprisingly and it was
Speaker 1: not good, so I won't even go there. He's coming
Speaker 1: off two tough matchups Jacksonville and Seattle. He did scrape
Speaker 1: together two hundred fifty all purpose yards and two touchdowns
Speaker 1: against the Seahawks. He could do that here as well.
Speaker 1: Moving to Houston real quick. DeAndre Hopkins gets an a.
Speaker 1: The NFL's target leader posted seven catches for one hundred
Speaker 1: twenty three yards at his most recent meeting with Tennessee.
Speaker 1: That was like we would brock Oswiler at the Helm too,
Speaker 1: So that's pretty phenomenal when you think about it. Easy
Speaker 1: start there. Ryan Griffin tight end is startable to. You
Speaker 1: can give him a see five catches for sixty one
Speaker 1: yards and a touchdown in New England last week. Jared
Speaker 1: Cook was a PPR helper against UM Tennessee with five
Speaker 1: catches for fifty six yards. Jimmy Graham and Luke Wilson
Speaker 1: total ten catches for a hundred twenty five yards in
Speaker 1: a touchdown against Tennessee. So Griffin is in play, Deshaun
Speaker 1: Watson was might take a chance on the quarterback and
Speaker 1: Lamar Miller. Lamar Miller, he gets to see left tackle
Speaker 1: Dwyane Brown continues to hold out. Starting center Greg Mans
Speaker 1: will sit. Miller has never had this line fully intact
Speaker 1: from the moment he landed in Houston last year. I'm
Speaker 1: just not that good. Hey, yes, he's pretty good. The
Speaker 1: line is not good, but anyway, he's not gonna do
Speaker 1: well here. The Titans are allowing less than three and
Speaker 1: a half yards per carry and Dante Foreman is going
Speaker 1: to get eight to twelve carries as well, So this
Speaker 1: is just a bad matchup for Milliary. Yet again, it
Speaker 1: is another bad matchup for him, and I'm glad you
Speaker 1: mentioned offensive lines in trouble. Also out for Houston. UH
Speaker 1: starting quarterback Kevin Johnson's out as well, which is another
Speaker 1: reason to think that maybe Mariodin's receivers had a little
Speaker 1: better game. UH. Final final letter grade for this show
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Speaker 1: Willie Sneed had a seventh round a DP going off
Speaker 1: the board his wide receiver thirty five. He returns this week.
Speaker 1: From this point forward, will will he Sneed be better
Speaker 1: than wide receiver thirty five or worse than wide receiver
Speaker 1: thirty five? Christian, I'm gonna go with worse. Um, he
Speaker 1: was the wide receiver thirty nine last year, so I
Speaker 1: think everybody was sort of appropriately handicapping this coming into
Speaker 1: the season before the before the suspension, of course, everybody
Speaker 1: knew that Brandon Cooks was leaving, and I think they
Speaker 1: had higher hopes for Snead based on that. But I
Speaker 1: went back and did some research. Basically, Sneed is relevant
Speaker 1: when he's heavily targeted and not when he's not, as
Speaker 1: he might expend funny, Yeah, when targeted at least eight times,
Speaker 1: he has averages seven catches for ninety yards. When targeted
Speaker 1: fewer than eight times in his career, just three point
Speaker 1: three catches for forty four yards. So that's really what
Speaker 1: it's all about here. Michael Thomas so far this year
Speaker 1: is the only Saints wide receiver to be targeted more
Speaker 1: than eight times. Uh Ted ginn has involved Brandon Coleman
Speaker 1: looks okay? Uh So Yeah, Willie Sneed certainly isn't gonna
Speaker 1: just step into Brandon Cook's shoes from last year. And
Speaker 1: I think you're gonna see some big games from him
Speaker 1: when he happens to be in the game plan and
Speaker 1: targeted a lot, but you're gonna see a lot more
Speaker 1: bad games. So yeah, he's gonna finish around whatever wide
Speaker 1: receiver thirty nine like he did last year. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: don't have much to add I don't. I won't trust
Speaker 1: Willie Snein is my wide receiver. Three h He's only
Speaker 1: scored in five of thirty career games. Um, so he
Speaker 1: needs to get his work done. Between the twenties and
Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara in the mix, now that's like another fifty
Speaker 1: to sixty targets that aren't up for grabs. So almost
Speaker 1: CP and saying no, you guys took all my talking point.
Speaker 1: The answer is no. Question number two. It looks like
Speaker 1: Kareem Hunt is the cream of the rookie crop. But
Speaker 1: after him, which rookie runner will have the best fantasy career?
Speaker 1: So not just next week, not just this year, the
Speaker 1: best fantasy career Brian talking to people in Dynasty and
Speaker 1: Empire leagues. Oh, it is Dalvin Cook and he's shown
Speaker 1: that already. Uh flashing a superior skill set um with
Speaker 1: an without an extra defender in the box. He's averaging
Speaker 1: five yards per carry so far this year, so you
Speaker 1: basically have to account for him at all times. You
Speaker 1: do that, he'll kick out to the outside, catch them passes.
Speaker 1: He's got a legit wide receiver duo and Adam Feeling
Speaker 1: and Stefon Diggs now you can only hope that offensive
Speaker 1: line will continue to improve. I think the Bikings will
Speaker 1: make a concerted effort to do that. So it's Dalvin
Speaker 1: Cook all day. Okay, yeah, I agree, it's a cook um.
Speaker 1: You know you said, you said it all in terms
Speaker 1: of the production that he's had so far. But he's
Speaker 1: drawing his you know, rave reviews for his past protection
Speaker 1: as well, almost as much as for what he's doing
Speaker 1: when he's got the ball in his hand, so he
Speaker 1: looks like he has the whole package. In fact, I
Speaker 1: would potentially argue that he's not behind Kareem Hunts. I
Speaker 1: think he might be a little bit ahead of Kareem
Speaker 1: Hunt in a dynasty league. If I had Kareem Hunt
Speaker 1: and somebody offered me Dalvin Cook for him, you'd make
Speaker 1: that trade. I think I would make the trade. Wow
Speaker 1: came down to Dalvin Cook. I think the the other
Speaker 1: runners up were Leo for Nett or Tarik Cohen. Uh.
Speaker 1: None of them have certainty at quarterback, which who would
Speaker 1: have been to me a huge deciding factor. So you've
Speaker 1: got to if you've got to grief, you've got a
Speaker 1: quality quarterback that makes the running back. So life on
Speaker 1: the running back so much easier, but none of them
Speaker 1: have certainty at quarterback. I took Cohen out because he's
Speaker 1: locked into a time share and he's not going to
Speaker 1: get the easy rushing touchdowns throughout most of it what
Speaker 1: presumably most of his career. With Jordan Howard there, I'm
Speaker 1: removing for Net because his team is the most unstable
Speaker 1: at quarterback. His offensive line is the worst of the three,
Speaker 1: and it's a PPR world, and he's probably gonna catch
Speaker 1: the least passes out of all of these guys. So
Speaker 1: I took for Net out as well, and that leaves
Speaker 1: us with Dalvin Cook Davanni's tot question number three. Julio
Speaker 1: Jones currently ranks around wide receiver forty in most scoring systems,
Speaker 1: and he's already hurt. Is it time to stop thinking
Speaker 1: about Julio Jones as a Tier one fantasy receiver? Christian?
Speaker 1: It kind of depends on how you're defining Tier one,
Speaker 1: uh for me, because here here here fantasy finishes um
Speaker 1: in the last five years, which these are, these are,
Speaker 1: he's been health mong for most of the season for
Speaker 1: five of of six. Yeah, among receivers, sixth last year,
Speaker 1: second the year before eighth, ninth years before that, and
Speaker 1: then seventeenth in his rookie year. Um, so he's a
Speaker 1: universally is drafted among the top three or four wide receivers,
Speaker 1: maybe the top one or two, and he's only finished
Speaker 1: that way once. So using that argument, I think you
Speaker 1: could probably say he's not actually a Tier one wide
Speaker 1: receiver because he continually disappoints. He doesn't he's not a
Speaker 1: big bust every year. But and the injury thing is
Speaker 1: it's problematic. You know, over the last couple of years,
Speaker 1: he's been on and off the injury report for most
Speaker 1: of the year, and often, to his credit, he will
Speaker 1: suit up and play, but he often does not perform
Speaker 1: as well in those games because he's clearly hobbled. So
Speaker 1: it's kind of a tough situation for fantasy owners. But
Speaker 1: this is a yes or no question. Does he belong
Speaker 1: and does Julio? Is it time? Is it time to
Speaker 1: stop thinking about Julio Jones is a Tier one fantasy receiver? Yes,
Speaker 1: it's time. I gotta say no, but I'm close to
Speaker 1: saying yes. Uh, long story short, I know he's not
Speaker 1: injured to me right now, he's off the injury report,
Speaker 1: but yes, he's usually on it every week. He was
Speaker 1: on it on Wednesday and Thursday Friday. So yeah, but
Speaker 1: uh well I was I was wrong on Corey Davis.
Speaker 1: So now now we're even. But anyway, um who. He
Speaker 1: has had ten plus ppyard points in every game so
Speaker 1: far this year. Chicago was a surprisingly tough matchup in
Speaker 1: Week one, but his targets have trended up from five
Speaker 1: to nine to twelve. He's only twenty eight years old.
Speaker 1: His skills have not really diminished at all. I'm just
Speaker 1: gonna hold out hope for him, and I'm gonna keep
Speaker 1: him in the Tier one. It's super close, isn't it, Guys.
Speaker 1: I mean as I was when I wrote it. My
Speaker 1: original thinking was when I wrote the question, the original
Speaker 1: thinking was, you know, I think it is time to
Speaker 1: think of him for think of him outside of Tier one.
Speaker 1: You know, there's all the reasons that you guys mentioned
Speaker 1: you got and except I'll add this inexplicable lack of
Speaker 1: red zone targets and back to back years they don't
Speaker 1: throw to him in the end zone. And it's gotten
Speaker 1: worse this year. It was bad last year, it's worse
Speaker 1: this year. That said, if if I told you twenty
Speaker 1: eight hours from now he was sitting on two hundred
Speaker 1: yards and two touchdowns. Would you even be surprised? Not
Speaker 1: at all, Not at all. So for that reason he
Speaker 1: I'm still thinking of a Tier one wide receiver, but
Speaker 1: dangs it close. Devanny's hot question number four. While we're
Speaker 1: reconsidering who is and is not an elite receiver? Is
Speaker 1: Stefon Diggs quietly a Tier one fantasy receiver? Brian, so
Speaker 1: here was my preseason tier one was Antonio Brown, Julio Jones,
Speaker 1: Odell Beckham, Mike Evans, Jordy Nelson, A J. Green, in
Speaker 1: no particular order. I'm gonna leave Evans out of this
Speaker 1: convo because he's an played two games. Uh, the others
Speaker 1: have played three. But other than that group, other than
Speaker 1: Brown and Green, Diggs has more catches than those guys.
Speaker 1: Other than Brown, Diggs has more yards. Other than Jordan
Speaker 1: Diggs has more touchdowns that that preseason tier one I'd
Speaker 1: say DeAndre Hopkins and Brandon Cooks are now in that
Speaker 1: tier as well. After the first three weeks of the season,
Speaker 1: I still couldn't trade any of the aforementioned receivers straight
Speaker 1: up for Stefon Diggs, but the tier right below Michael Thomas, Keenan,
Speaker 1: Allen Alshon, Jeffrey Michael, Mary Cooper, Michael Crabtree. I'd put
Speaker 1: him right there and trade for those guys. So he
Speaker 1: is knocking on the door, but he's not in the
Speaker 1: first all right, what do you think, Christian? I agree,
Speaker 1: he's he's in the he's in that second tier right now.
Speaker 1: We just we just haven't quite seen him do this consistently.
Speaker 1: He You'll remember last year he had a couple of
Speaker 1: huge games as well, um, but they were sort of
Speaker 1: spaced out and and over the long haul he turned
Speaker 1: out to be inconsistent. He had he had a lot
Speaker 1: of duds to go along with those, and only the
Speaker 1: three touchdowns last year right on the touchdown scoring. He's
Speaker 1: got four this year. But he's he's a small guy.
Speaker 1: He's gonna have to find ways to manufacture those those
Speaker 1: those touchdowns. I don't think he's gonna ever gonna be
Speaker 1: a real dangerous, you know, highly targeted end zone kind
Speaker 1: of guy. So I just need to see a little
Speaker 1: bit more consistency, and once he does that, he'll be
Speaker 1: in Tier one. But for now he's just a step
Speaker 1: behind Tier one. Fantasy receivers have this in common. Stable
Speaker 1: strong quarterbacking. Jordy's got a rog, Brown has got Big Ben,
Speaker 1: Mike Evans has, Jamis Winston, Odell Beckham is Eli Manning.
Speaker 1: Until Diggs has stable, repeatable strong quarterbacking, he can't be
Speaker 1: a Tier one guy because his quarterback will will hold
Speaker 1: him back from consistent greatness. And that's why Stefon Diggs
Speaker 1: is not yet a Tier one Fantasy wide Receiver's Hot
Speaker 1: question number five. Some hapless owner has been sitting on
Speaker 1: Andrew Luck for a month. Do you want to buy
Speaker 1: low knowing that someone else has already driven the depreciation
Speaker 1: off the lot on Andrew Luck? Christian, I'm that hapless
Speaker 1: owner in like three of my leagues. Uh stings, It stings,
Speaker 1: and I and I can't buy low on him either.
Speaker 1: So there's lots of talk about him not returning until November,
Speaker 1: but that's based on one like Twitter doctor that basically
Speaker 1: said that I think that I think he'll be back sooner.
Speaker 1: The Colts didn't put him on the Populist, so they
Speaker 1: must be targeting something sooner than that. But regardless, the
Speaker 1: schedule once he comes back is what makes me say
Speaker 1: it's not worth trading for him. He's got Jacksonville since
Speaker 1: e Houston, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, Jacksonville again, then Buffalo and Denver
Speaker 1: near the end of the season. Jacksonville right now is
Speaker 1: the number one defense against posing quarterbacks, Pittsburgh is number two,
Speaker 1: Buffalo is number three. So that's four of the seven
Speaker 1: opponents when he comes out of this. If he comes
Speaker 1: out of this healthy, that are really really good. And
Speaker 1: then Denver in Week fifteen in the fantasy playoffs, so
Speaker 1: he might not even be usable in you could argue
Speaker 1: five of the games even after he comes back healthy.
Speaker 1: So uh, yeah, I'm not gonna go by low on Okay, Brian. Yeah,
Speaker 1: if you somehow came back next week and got to
Speaker 1: face the forty Niners and then the Titans in the
Speaker 1: following week, I'd be in on buying and then flipping
Speaker 1: him immediately after those first two games. But as CP said,
Speaker 1: he's he's not gonna be back for the next the
Speaker 1: next two games, so and then the schedule's brutal after
Speaker 1: if he even comes back. So no, I'm not buying
Speaker 1: low either. What people always forget is the opportunity cost
Speaker 1: of using a roster spot on a useless guy for
Speaker 1: four or five weeks, which is probably how long he's
Speaker 1: out there. That roster spot could be a budding young star,
Speaker 1: somebody that's gonna flash, or somebody's gonna help you one
Speaker 1: week at a time as you flipped streamer to streamer
Speaker 1: on that spot. There's real opportunity costs with that lost
Speaker 1: spot that you've got on Andrew Luck and for that reason, no,
Speaker 1: you should not be buying low. Just be glad you
Speaker 1: didn't invest. Sorry. CP. The Crust Church Challenge winner in
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Speaker 1: our friends at the Brewery. Go ahead. Sorry. In my defense,
Speaker 1: most of the league's are dynasty leagues in which I
Speaker 1: have anderlock. That is, so let's be clear, you can
Speaker 1: drop underlock. I mean there's no, if in season long,
Speaker 1: you can just drop him out right right now. One
Speaker 1: quarterback leagues, especially even particularly one quarterback leagues. Uh, Steelers
Speaker 1: take on the Baltimore Ravens. Let's start on the seat
Speaker 1: Steeler side of the ball. Antonio Brown and Levy on
Speaker 1: Bell are obvious as let's go to the rest of
Speaker 1: the group. Ben Roethlisberger is on the road, so you
Speaker 1: know the deal. He's We've been saying this for two
Speaker 1: years now, one touchdown coming, because that's what he gives
Speaker 1: you on the road over the past three seasons on average,
Speaker 1: particularly in Baltimore where he struggled. His average game over
Speaker 1: the last four years in Baltimore a modest two hundred
Speaker 1: forty eight passing yards and one touchdown. That's it, now realized.
Speaker 1: The Ravens secondary just ignominiously got scorched by Blake Bortles.
Speaker 1: But we'll assume it was the jet leg or the
Speaker 1: Scotch eggs or the blood pudding or something that said.
Speaker 1: Do you buy into the idea that they'll be you know,
Speaker 1: they're hopping mad now and they're they're they're gonna come
Speaker 1: out especially strong in this game. No, I think that's stupid.
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't buy that stuff at all. I
Speaker 1: really don't mark Tavis Bryant to see. Also, you know
Speaker 1: the bit on Briant. It's all or nothing with Brian
Speaker 1: to this point. Nothing is winning by a two to
Speaker 1: one margin in the three games. Bryant draws a Ravens
Speaker 1: defense that ranks seventh and receptions allowed third and touchdowns
Speaker 1: allowed to wide receivers. And on the plus side, Brian
Speaker 1: has scored four touchdowns in three career meetings with Baltimore,
Speaker 1: so he has had a measure of success here. Jesse James,
Speaker 1: same deal. He's a low volume guy. If he doesn't
Speaker 1: get your touchdown, you get nothing. Baltimore has a bottom
Speaker 1: five ranking and receiving yards allowed and touchdown surrendered to
Speaker 1: opposing tight ends. And we saw what Mercedes Louis did
Speaker 1: to Baltimore last week, so he gets a C grade.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Baltimore side where Alex Collins Brian
Speaker 1: was your take a chance on me running back. I've
Speaker 1: got a C grade on Bunk Alan. Alan has five
Speaker 1: receptions in each of the last two games, and that
Speaker 1: might be the floor this week as Pittsburgh has just
Speaker 1: gave up twelve receptions to Chicago's running backs last week.
Speaker 1: So you figure Alan sitting on a bigger game than that.
Speaker 1: Steelers have allowed four different backs to get four receptions
Speaker 1: in a game, and he doesn't have to fight for
Speaker 1: targets through the air from Terence West or Alex Collins.
Speaker 1: Those guys don't catch balls. I've got Terrence West on
Speaker 1: the bench. He's been bad, his offensive lines and shambles.
Speaker 1: Alex Collins is stealing a bunch of his carries. He
Speaker 1: had just six and eight carries the past two weeks.
Speaker 1: He's a borderline drop guy off your roster, and the
Speaker 1: entire passing game for Baltimore is on the bench. They
Speaker 1: are dead last in passing attempts, they are dead last
Speaker 1: in passing completions, dead last passing yards per game, and
Speaker 1: averaging barely one passing touchdown per game. That's your Baltimore
Speaker 1: Ravens passing quote attack unquote, and Pitts is not a
Speaker 1: get well opponent. Flacco's average one touchdown pass over his
Speaker 1: last ten games against the Steelers and Pittsburgh currently ranks
Speaker 1: number two against the past. Every member of the Ravens
Speaker 1: passing game is on the bench when we come back.
Speaker 1: Plenty more matchups to go, including the New York Giants
Speaker 1: and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Is this this is your
Speaker 1: last great chance to start Jacky's Rogers? Is it going
Speaker 1: to be a good one? Find out when we come
Speaker 1: back your distinctive Fantasy Football Weekly on the Fan. Welcome
Speaker 1: back to the show Fantasy Football Weekly on the Fan.
Speaker 1: Paul Church and Christian Peterson, Brian Johnson with you. Let's
Speaker 1: dive right back into the matchup. So we go to
Speaker 1: our giant's desk and oh wait, no, no, no, Christian
Speaker 1: with the are Giants to match up there? You'll bring
Speaker 1: a level of sanity to the Giants matchup. Giant. Appreciate
Speaker 1: Brian every week. A grade. Paul Perkins, A grade PAULA
Speaker 1: check the tape. Okay, Giants take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Speaker 1: Let's start on the on the Giants side, there's no
Speaker 1: running back to even talk about here. Let's go to
Speaker 1: the patching game. Yeah, I've got an A grade on
Speaker 1: Eli Manning not the Giants desk um Eli had three
Speaker 1: and sixty six yards and three touchdowns last week, busted
Speaker 1: out of his slump in a big way. Tampa's defense.
Speaker 1: There may not be a worse passing defense in the
Speaker 1: NFL right now. They let Mike both Mike Glennon and
Speaker 1: case Keenum throw for more than three hundred yards. That
Speaker 1: is saying something. So it's an easy a for Eli
Speaker 1: Manning here. As with Odell Beckham, he has to be
Speaker 1: the consensus number one wide receiver in fantasy football this week.
Speaker 1: Two touchdowns last week, played eighty percent of the snaps.
Speaker 1: He's looking healthier and healthier. Tampa Bay secondary just allowed
Speaker 1: two seventy one yards and two touchdowns to the combo
Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs and Adam Theeland last week. They probably are
Speaker 1: getting corner Brent Grimes back this week and that will
Speaker 1: help them, but they are still really banged up. Two
Speaker 1: of their two of their starting linebackers and they're starting
Speaker 1: safety are out of this game, so they're not just bad,
Speaker 1: they are also injured. So Beckham is going to go
Speaker 1: off here. He's an a Brandon Marshall was here to
Speaker 1: take a chance on me, guy. I agree, he should
Speaker 1: be in your lineup if you've got him. Same with
Speaker 1: Sterling Shepherd. Shepherd had the big game last week with
Speaker 1: d and thirty three yards in a touchdown, and there's
Speaker 1: uh They're gonna be able to pass all over this team.
Speaker 1: Uh and even Evan, even Evan Ingram can be in there.
Speaker 1: He's averaging four catches for forty six yards through the
Speaker 1: first three games. Bucks were pretty good against tight ends
Speaker 1: last year and have only allowed seven catches and forty
Speaker 1: two yards to tight ends in the first two games,
Speaker 1: probably because wide receivers their way. But I think you
Speaker 1: can start everybody in this passing game, and then you
Speaker 1: can start nobody in the running game. Paul Perkins garbage
Speaker 1: two point one yards per carry per carry, Orleans Darkwa
Speaker 1: may not even play, Shane Vereen may not even plu.
Speaker 1: Maybe that gives us a chance for Wayne Gallman, the rookie.
Speaker 1: We get to see him a little bit. But Tampa's
Speaker 1: I can't wait. Tampa's run defense is very good. They
Speaker 1: allowed two points seven yards per carrie held Jordan Howard
Speaker 1: to seven yards on nine car Yeah, there's just nothing
Speaker 1: to see here in the running game. Let's go to
Speaker 1: the other side of this matchup, which is a tricky
Speaker 1: one for the Bucks. Um I have I have a
Speaker 1: bench grade on Jamis Winston here. The Giants defense is legit.
Speaker 1: They've held opposing passers to just eighty nine yards per
Speaker 1: game held Matthew Stafford to Carson Wentz to one seventy six.
Speaker 1: Winston had good stats last week in garbage time, but
Speaker 1: he looked awful. He's missing wide receivers, he's inaccurate, So
Speaker 1: I gotta put Winston on the bench here. I do
Speaker 1: have a starting grade on Mike Evans just to be though. Um.
Speaker 1: He sort of survived his matchup with Xavier Rhodes last week.
Speaker 1: He thought it was much better than it actually was.
Speaker 1: He did he was held to sixty seven yards. But
Speaker 1: it doesn't get much easier this week against Generas Jenkins,
Speaker 1: who's Pro Football Focus is number nine rated quarterback this far.
Speaker 1: So other tough matchup for Mike Evans, but he's good
Speaker 1: enough that you play him regardless of the matchup. And
Speaker 1: I've got Sean Jackson on the bench. He gotta He
Speaker 1: got a long touchdown last week as he's wont to do,
Speaker 1: and he'll probably disappear this week as he's wont to
Speaker 1: do as well. So the matchup just isn't good enough
Speaker 1: for me to risk it with de Sean Jackson here,
Speaker 1: you're benching the tight ends. There's not much to see
Speaker 1: there well, I guess Cameron Bright you could bring you
Speaker 1: could bring in there, but I don't know Cameron Brad
Speaker 1: the problem. Howard. The matchup is okay, but I just
Speaker 1: don't like that split song going elsewhere. Uh. And let's
Speaker 1: talk about Jock Wiz Rogers. You talked about him earlier.
Speaker 1: The Bucks they had to a band in the run
Speaker 1: last week, so Rogers didn't get much of a chance.
Speaker 1: He's averaging just three point four yards per carry in
Speaker 1: the two games, but the Giants are allowing hundred and
Speaker 1: thirty rushing yards per game this year. Eagles running back
Speaker 1: scored twice against them last week, so really, I think
Speaker 1: the way to move the ball against this elite passing
Speaker 1: defenses is on the ground. So I think Rogers is
Speaker 1: gonna get enough touches here to Warren a starting grade.
Speaker 1: But I gave him just to see alright. Philadelphia takes
Speaker 1: on the Los Angeles Chargers. Brian Art used Wendell Smallwood
Speaker 1: as my take a chance on me runner. But what
Speaker 1: do you think about like Garrett Blonde in this one?
Speaker 1: Do you can you safely put him? Well, I'm sure
Speaker 1: it's not safe, but do you recommend you have a
Speaker 1: starting grade on him. I got a desperation. See on
Speaker 1: Blonde who had twelve carries for sixty seven yards and
Speaker 1: a touchdown last week. Only just a good game, good
Speaker 1: good line, only play. How he gets the bottom ranked
Speaker 1: Chargers run defense does He only played twenty two snaps,
Speaker 1: so he's not on the field the whole lot. He
Speaker 1: did get all three rushes from inside the five yard
Speaker 1: line last week, so he does have vulture potential. It's
Speaker 1: hard fire, almost like a that's like a velociraptor or something.
Speaker 1: All right there. In the passing game, Carson Wentz gets
Speaker 1: a b Winza's top three yards and door throwing multiple
Speaker 1: touchdowns in five of his last six road games. The Chargers,
Speaker 1: I almost said Clippers again, have allowed multiple passing touchdowns
Speaker 1: in two of three games. So two fifty yards and
Speaker 1: two touchdowns seems like a safe floor for wins. On Sunday,
Speaker 1: I'll give Alicean Jeffrey a B borderline a here corner.
Speaker 1: Jason Rhett is done zo and that's the primary reason
Speaker 1: the Chargers have allowed the most wide receiver touchdowns so
Speaker 1: far this year. Jeffrey's top six and targets hasn't blown
Speaker 1: up the box score in two or three games, but
Speaker 1: he's faced faced Josh Norman and the Giants, so this
Speaker 1: will be a much better matchup for him. I'll give
Speaker 1: Zach Ertz a B as well. Uh. He leads all
Speaker 1: tight ends and targets catches and yards. The Chargers just
Speaker 1: held Zach Travis Kelsey to one catch for one yard
Speaker 1: last week, so that's my little bit of nerves there.
Speaker 1: But he still gotta rollout earths with some confidence. And
Speaker 1: UH that's it for Philly over to l A. Melvin
Speaker 1: Gordon gonna give him a B. It was a full
Speaker 1: participant on Friday and is expected to play with that
Speaker 1: knee injury. Uh. The Giants running backs understandably wet the
Speaker 1: bed against Philly last week, but Kareem Hunt and the
Speaker 1: combo of Rob Kelly and Chris Thompson both fared well
Speaker 1: against the Eagles. Gordon should match that volume if he
Speaker 1: stays healthy. Uh. Keenan Allen he gets an A this week. UH.
Speaker 1: Target and catch totals have been that of a solid
Speaker 1: wide receiver too so far this year, but he has
Speaker 1: wide receiver one potential in this one. Uh. Keenan Allen
Speaker 1: should have his way with either Patrick Robinson or Jalen
Speaker 1: Mills at the cornerback position for Philly. The Giants Whiteouts
Speaker 1: just nearly racked up three hundred yards against the Eagles
Speaker 1: with three touches in one quarter basically so uh And
Speaker 1: for that reason, Tyrell Williams and Travis Benjamin are both startable.
Speaker 1: I'll give him a C C grade. I was admittedly
Speaker 1: much higher on Williams in the preseason, but Benjamin has
Speaker 1: posted better numbers so far, and this is a great
Speaker 1: matchup for both, so they're both startable. Uh. Not a
Speaker 1: great matchup for Hunter Henry or Antonio Gates. Henry had
Speaker 1: zero targets for the second time last week. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: Gates is just flat out old. Philly is historically bad
Speaker 1: matchup for tight ends, so I have both of those
Speaker 1: guys on the bench. But because of the great matchup
Speaker 1: for the wide receivers, I'll give Philip Rivers a B.
Speaker 1: He was brutal last week against the Chiefs. Eli just
Speaker 1: carved up the Eagles, and he and Rivers are forever intertwined,
Speaker 1: so Rivers canna probably do the same here as well.
Speaker 1: San Francisco takes on the Arizona Cardinals A C grade
Speaker 1: on Carlos Hide averaging over one hundred total yards per game,
Speaker 1: but tough, tough test against the Cardinals defense that hasn't
Speaker 1: allowed a running back to go over one hundred total
Speaker 1: yards in eleven straight games and holding opposing runners to
Speaker 1: three point one yards per carry. They're great through the air,
Speaker 1: to they're allowing the fourth fewest running back receiving yards
Speaker 1: and Hide was held to one yard per carry in
Speaker 1: his most recent matchup with Arizona at the end of
Speaker 1: last year, which was in and that game was in Arizona,
Speaker 1: like this game is so a lot of caution on
Speaker 1: Carlos Hide here, Let's go to the passing game. Brian
Speaker 1: Hoyer is a see his Week three explosion against the
Speaker 1: Rams allowed him to surpass his two game totals from
Speaker 1: weeks one and two. But the and the Arizona secondary
Speaker 1: is kind of sneaky leaky. Going back to last year,
Speaker 1: half of the last six quarterbacks they faced have thrown
Speaker 1: four tough down passes, four sneaky leaky, and they're merely
Speaker 1: Cardinals are merely middle of the pass the middle of
Speaker 1: the pack and passing yards allowed. So Holier does get
Speaker 1: a starting grade in this one. So does Pierre Garson
Speaker 1: on pace for one hundred thirty eight targets, and this
Speaker 1: week he's gonna drop Patrick Peterson, which will make things
Speaker 1: pretty tough. But really, are the Niners gonna uncork a
Speaker 1: dozen passes at Trent Taylor and Marky's Goodwin? Probably not so?
Speaker 1: And Peterson, by the way, he ranks cornerback forty by
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus, maybe he's not an absolute shutdown. Can't
Speaker 1: start anybody against him. Guy Pierre Garson keeps a startable
Speaker 1: grade at see. And then your flyer is Marquis Goodwin,
Speaker 1: who's gonna draw Justin Bethel, who's been straight up bad
Speaker 1: Kenny Golladay killed him in the opener, and Howler may
Speaker 1: choose to avoid Patrick Peterson a fair mountain this game,
Speaker 1: and then you'd go to Marquise Goodwin. Let's go to
Speaker 1: the Arizona side. Larry Fitzgerald Bonker's game last week and
Speaker 1: another potentially big one coming. He's got thirty four targets,
Speaker 1: which puts him on pace for almost two hundred targets
Speaker 1: on the season, which would be like a record or something.
Speaker 1: This week, he takes on a San Francisco defense that
Speaker 1: just allowed Sammy Watkins and Robert Woods to run rough
Speaker 1: shot all all over them, and Fitzgerald's gonna draw slack
Speaker 1: corner Kwan Williams, who is dreadful. He ranks among cornerbacks
Speaker 1: by Pro Football Focus, and for some reason, the Niners
Speaker 1: just extended him three games into his career with the Niners.
Speaker 1: After being cast aside by the Browns, the Niners decided
Speaker 1: to extend Kwan Williams the number nine cornerback. Go figure,
Speaker 1: that's it's a very Niners thing to do. Let's go.
Speaker 1: Let's stay with the passing game. Carson Palmer gets a
Speaker 1: B and two full games without David Johnson. The Cardinals
Speaker 1: have asked Carson Palmer to carry the offense, and what's
Speaker 1: he's done. Three hundred thirty two yards and three hundred
Speaker 1: twenty five yards real quick, most targets in the season.
Speaker 1: Rob Moore of the Cardinals. Wow, really awesome, thank you.
Speaker 1: That will be the case this week is well, because
Speaker 1: the Cardinals runners stink and the Niners have evolved into
Speaker 1: a decent run defense. They're go only giving up three
Speaker 1: point five yards per carry, full yard better than last
Speaker 1: year's version. Another high volume game coming from Palmer against
Speaker 1: the past defense that just allowed a big game to
Speaker 1: Jared Goff and allowed Cam Newton to throw his only
Speaker 1: touchdowns of the year. J J. Nelson gets a C grade.
Speaker 1: Should be healthier than last week. But John Brown returns
Speaker 1: and that muddies the water some. The Cardinals can't run
Speaker 1: the ball. Nelson has scored in six of the past
Speaker 1: eight games going back to last year, so I think
Speaker 1: just through sheer volume here, Nelson remains startable. I'm keeping
Speaker 1: the two Browns on the bench because I think they
Speaker 1: kind of neutralize each other a bit here, and you
Speaker 1: can't start any of the Cardinals running backs, including the
Speaker 1: undead corpse of the tap dancing Nancy. Arizona ranks twenty
Speaker 1: nine in rushing attempts, thirty one in yards per rushing attempt,
Speaker 1: thirty feet in rushing yards per game. Next matchup is
Speaker 1: the Oakland Raiders at the Denver Broncos. Raiders coming off
Speaker 1: a clunker and now they go to Denver. Who do
Speaker 1: you who can you start in this game? Nobody confidently
Speaker 1: on the Raiders side. I barely have a starting grade
Speaker 1: on car but I could certainly see benching him. In
Speaker 1: five career games against the Broncos, he's thrown for more
Speaker 1: than two yards just once. He's been held to one
Speaker 1: or zero touchdown passes three times in those five games.
Speaker 1: Maybe there's a little bit of hope in the fact
Speaker 1: that the Broncos have already given up seven touchdown passes
Speaker 1: this year to Philip Rivers, Dak Prescott, and Tyrod Taylor.
Speaker 1: So that's why I gave him a C level grade here. However,
Speaker 1: he may be missing Michael Crabtree, who sat out practice
Speaker 1: on Friday with a chess injury. He's now questionable, but
Speaker 1: if if um if Crabtree plays. He's never exceeded five
Speaker 1: catches or fifty four yards in a game against Denver,
Speaker 1: and we know the elite level corners here, So just
Speaker 1: a C grade. Same with Amari Cooper, who is really
Speaker 1: struggling this year, just three point three catches for thirty
Speaker 1: three yards per game in three games. He's never exceeded
Speaker 1: six catches or fifty six yards in a game against Denver,
Speaker 1: So I could you could argue to put all these
Speaker 1: guys on the bench. Same with Marshawn Lynn. Sorry, Church,
Speaker 1: they are this year. Last year they actually weren't that
Speaker 1: they were. They were sneaky leaky last year, but this
Speaker 1: year they've really clamped count down held Melvin Gordon to
Speaker 1: fifty four yards on eighteen carries, Ezeki eight yards on
Speaker 1: nine carries. Sean McCoy they shut down. So I've got
Speaker 1: Lynch on the bench. On the other side. Some starters here,
Speaker 1: Trevor Simeon. I've actually got a start in grade here.
Speaker 1: He threw two touchdown passes in each of his two
Speaker 1: matchups with Oakland last year. The Raiders just gave up
Speaker 1: three and sixty five yards and three touchdowns to Kirk Cousins.
Speaker 1: So you can move the ball through the air. That
Speaker 1: brings Emmanuel Sanders and to Marius Thomas into the mix here.
Speaker 1: But just as C level grade, Sanders has not scored
Speaker 1: in four straight games against the Raiders, Thomas didn't top
Speaker 1: five catches or fifty six yards in either of last
Speaker 1: year's matchup against Oakland, and weird fact, has only scored
Speaker 1: in one of his twelve career matchups with Oakland. Wow,
Speaker 1: kind of bizarre. So those guys are starters, but just barely. Uh.
Speaker 1: And then C. J. Anderson, I do have a good
Speaker 1: starting grade on and be here. The Raiders are decent
Speaker 1: against the run. They hold acts to less than four
Speaker 1: yards per carry in ninety three yards per game. But
Speaker 1: Anderson is, yeah, he did well last year against them
Speaker 1: in Week seventeen. Actually he didn't. The Broncos did. The
Speaker 1: Broncos backs dropped a hundred and ninety nine combined rushing
Speaker 1: and receiving artage. He was probably not two touchdowns on
Speaker 1: them when he was injured. But yeah, he's gonna be
Speaker 1: back in the mix here in a home game where
Speaker 1: they're favorite. He's going to get back up into the
Speaker 1: twenty carry range as opposed to the eight carries that
Speaker 1: he had last week. Alright, that wraps up this segment.
Speaker 1: Final segment coming up, premature speculation. Who are three guys
Speaker 1: you can pick up now that everybody's gonna be trying
Speaker 1: to pick up next week? We'll tell you when we
Speaker 1: come back our final set of matchups and lightning round
Speaker 1: all in the final segment. You're listening to Fantasy Football
Speaker 1: Weekly on the Fan. Final segment of Fantasy Football Weekly,
Speaker 1: Paul Charchi and Brian Johnson Christian Peterson with you a bit.
Speaker 1: We like to call premature speculation. Three guys that you
Speaker 1: could pick up now that we think will be hot
Speaker 1: waiver wire editions in a couple of days after Sunday's games,
Speaker 1: we begin with Christian Peterson. Yeah, I mentioned this guy already.
Speaker 1: It's Wayne Gallman, the running back for the Giants. He's
Speaker 1: a rookie who hasn't even been active yet, but he
Speaker 1: maybe this week. With Orleans Dark one dinged up, we
Speaker 1: know Paul Perkins is not the answer at this point. No,
Speaker 1: we know Shane Vereen is at best the third down guy.
Speaker 1: Orleans Dark was not the answer either, So I think
Speaker 1: Golman is gonna get a chance this week. If he
Speaker 1: looks even decently good, I think there's a chance he
Speaker 1: takes over for Paul Perkins. So uh yeah, Wayne Golman,
Speaker 1: go get him right now before he becomes the lead
Speaker 1: back for the Giants. All right, I'm going Will Fuller,
Speaker 1: wide receiver for the Texans, should make his return this week. Uh.
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins has been targeted thirty seven times so far,
Speaker 1: Braxton Miller and Bruce Ellington have combined for seventeen targets
Speaker 1: and the wide receivers wide receiver position, so Houston. Houston
Speaker 1: desperately needs someone to step up. Why not their first
Speaker 1: round pick from last year? After this week, he has
Speaker 1: the Browns and the Colts on the schedule, will fuller
Speaker 1: go grab him now? All right, My premature speculation guy
Speaker 1: is Corey Clement because apparently, apparently you can only have
Speaker 1: Philadelphia runners that have that have accents on the wrong syllable.
Speaker 1: Corey Clement is my guy to Philadelphi running backs already
Speaker 1: on injured reserve le Garrett Blonde has a precarious hold
Speaker 1: on the starting job, and rookie Corey Clement from Wisconsin
Speaker 1: will have some kind of have some opportunities to show
Speaker 1: what he showed last week twenty our touchdown run last week,
Speaker 1: He'll have some opportunities to show you can do on
Speaker 1: the ground over the course of the next couple of weeks.
Speaker 1: Let's go to our final two matchups, Indianapolis Colts taking
Speaker 1: on the Seattle Seahawks. Colts offense looked a lot better
Speaker 1: last week, but it all comes to a screeching halt
Speaker 1: in Seattle. Here it does. But I think there's some
Speaker 1: guys you can play here, starting with Frank Or. I'll
Speaker 1: give him a B borderline C plus Seattle. Surprisingly, he's
Speaker 1: dead last and yards were carried a running back generous
Speaker 1: five point three. He and Marlon matt Is ruled has
Speaker 1: been ruled out for this game as well, So Frank
Speaker 1: Gore is startable. I'm gonna still start t Y Hilton.
Speaker 1: I own him in a few leagues. I'm gonna roll
Speaker 1: him out there. I'm giving him a B. Shaquil not Shaquille.
Speaker 1: I think it's Shaquill. There's no e Chaquill. Griffin has
Speaker 1: outperformed Richards Sherman so far at the cornerback position. Sherman
Speaker 1: might be the softer matchup at this point, but Jordy
Speaker 1: Matthew Sordy Jordan's Jordy Nelson and Richard Matthews both hit
Speaker 1: eighty yards in a touchdown against Seattle, and for what
Speaker 1: it's worth, t Y Hilton had five catches for a
Speaker 1: hundred forty yards and two touchdowns against Seattle in the
Speaker 1: year the Legion of Boom was really often popping and
Speaker 1: they were Super Bowl. So there you go. I am
Speaker 1: Benjing Dante Dante Moncrief, though I don't even want to
Speaker 1: talk about him until Andrew Luck comes back. Jack Doyle
Speaker 1: gets a c H desperationcy huge dud against Cleveland last week.
Speaker 1: But Seattle is allowing more than five catches and sixty
Speaker 1: yards to non San Francisco tight ends and the Coals
Speaker 1: will likely be chasing points, so you might use Doyle
Speaker 1: if you're in a pinch. And my take com quarterback
Speaker 1: from last week, Jakobe Pricett is on the bench for
Speaker 1: this over to the Seahawks. Russell Wilson gets an a.
Speaker 1: Hopefully you did not drop him like charge recommended last week.
Speaker 1: Jared Goff and Carson Bomber are both top three hundred
Speaker 1: passing yards against the Colts, and Deshaun Kaiser just rolled
Speaker 1: up two and eight all purpose yards and three touchdowns,
Speaker 1: so Wilson's in a great spot. Doug Baldwin, Oh, he's
Speaker 1: dicey um. I'll give him a B if he plays,
Speaker 1: or or a B if you have other Seattle wide receivers.
Speaker 1: But he's a real dicey play here. He practiced on
Speaker 1: Friday without any setbacks to the groin injury. But this
Speaker 1: is a Sunday night game. Uh. If you don't have
Speaker 1: Tyler Lockett or Paul richardson the play here, and if
Speaker 1: you're going to roll out Baldwin is grabb Kamar Aiken
Speaker 1: indie slot receiver as insurance slot is the way to
Speaker 1: attack the Seahawks. So if you're very desperate and you're
Speaker 1: banking on Baldwin. Have a can uh in line as
Speaker 1: your insurance policy. There, I just mentioned Richardson. Unlock it.
Speaker 1: Richardson gets to see whether Baldwin plays or not. Lock
Speaker 1: It gets to see if Baldwin sits. This is just
Speaker 1: a great matchup. Even though Vonte Davis is making his return.
Speaker 1: It doesn't scare me enough to bench these guys. I'm
Speaker 1: giving Jimmy Graham and a. The Colts are ranked twenty
Speaker 1: six against tight ends by Football Outsiders. Graham caught a seven,
Speaker 1: caught seven of eleven targets for seventy two yards last week,
Speaker 1: and I can see very similar numbers here with at
Speaker 1: least one touchdown on Sunday night, and Chris Carson running
Speaker 1: back gets a B. He's the clear cut leader of
Speaker 1: that backfield in the game. Script should favor him in
Speaker 1: the second half year. Chris Carson dirt cheap on fan
Speaker 1: Ball this week. Yeah, he is dirt chief, and I've
Speaker 1: got him as like my number twelve running back this week.
Speaker 1: I love Carson this week, and I think there's uh, well,
Speaker 1: we'll find out how he does. I think the passing game,
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be a run I think it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a run oriented game plan for Seattle in
Speaker 1: this one, either because they've got a lead and they're
Speaker 1: just keeping it or just because the path of least
Speaker 1: resistance goes that way. Washington takes on the Kansas City Chiefs.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna start with the passing game for the Washington
Speaker 1: Redskins or Jamison Crowder is my favorite among the wide
Speaker 1: receivers going up against the Chiefs defense. It ranks four
Speaker 1: against the past. Crowder works from the slot. That means
Speaker 1: he's gonna match up against the dreadful Philip Gaines, a
Speaker 1: guy who we successfully targeted many slot receivers against last year.
Speaker 1: We're going back to that well. Gains right now ranks
Speaker 1: one eight among cornerbacks by Pro Football Focus. Crowder has
Speaker 1: done very little this year, a great opportunity to dust
Speaker 1: him off. Who else has done very little? Terrell Prior
Speaker 1: nothing this year. But here's your Mount's back opportunity. Here's why.
Speaker 1: He plays the majority of his snaps on the left
Speaker 1: side of the offense, which means he's going to avoid
Speaker 1: Marcus Peters, who plays only on the right side of
Speaker 1: the offense. He's going to draw prior is going to
Speaker 1: draw Terrence Mitchell Pro Football focuses eighty three ranked cornerback.
Speaker 1: They're gonna leave Ryan Grant out to dry on Marcus
Speaker 1: Peters in this game on the right hand side. So
Speaker 1: I like Crowder at a B level. I like prior
Speaker 1: to sea level. Kirk Cousins also a see downright surgical
Speaker 1: last week in his dissection of the Raiders, but a
Speaker 1: a tougher matchup this week. And if last week's any
Speaker 1: indication that the Chief seemed to have recovered somewhat from
Speaker 1: the loss of Eric Berry. Here in cousins last seven
Speaker 1: road games, he's tally three yards and or multiple touchdowns
Speaker 1: six times. So I like Cousins, but I don't see
Speaker 1: explosive game coming. Will give him a C borderline B grade. Uh,
Speaker 1: and let's go to the oh, Jordan read, we should
Speaker 1: mention this. So this is the Monday night game. We
Speaker 1: got all kinds of problems over the place. Don't know
Speaker 1: if Rob Kelly is gonna go. It's a Monday night game.
Speaker 1: We're not gonna know by Sunday at noon. Jordan Reid,
Speaker 1: same deal. It's we're not gonna know if he's gonna
Speaker 1: start or not. You're gonna have to assume that you're
Speaker 1: not gonna start him, and even if you do, he's
Speaker 1: not giving us much anyway. And the Chiefs have held
Speaker 1: tight and scoreless to end um and just to average
Speaker 1: three catches per game. So this is not a good
Speaker 1: line a matchup anyway for Jordan Reeds to keep him
Speaker 1: on the bench, have v D. If you've you've got
Speaker 1: Jordan read, you need VD uh. Chris Thompson has been
Speaker 1: a godsend for fantasy owners for sure, but this is tricky.
Speaker 1: Should do? Do you have you Thompson now? Is the
Speaker 1: Redskins premiere running back or or his four touchdowns a
Speaker 1: fluke considering he's just getting nine touches per game? That's it?
Speaker 1: And then Jake Jake Gruden this week comes out and
Speaker 1: says Rob Kelly is gonna be their number one lead
Speaker 1: dog runner. So put all that in a blend, or
Speaker 1: will you uh? If Kelly is out, I'll bump Thompson
Speaker 1: from a C to a B. But we're not. Again,
Speaker 1: you're not gonna know until Monday, so it doesn't help
Speaker 1: you a lot in advance. The Chiefs of stymy to
Speaker 1: elite pass catching backs already this year, they held James
Speaker 1: White and Darren Sprouls to thirty yards each. So I
Speaker 1: don't love Chris Thompson. I'm giving I'm giving him a
Speaker 1: C based on what he's done in the past, but
Speaker 1: I don't like this matchup. And if Rob Kelly goes
Speaker 1: I'm particularly nervous. Let's go to the Kansas City side.
Speaker 1: Kareem Hunt faces a Washington run defense that ranks number two,
Speaker 1: allowing just fifty four yards per game. They just held
Speaker 1: the Raiders running backs as a unit to twenty two
Speaker 1: rushing yards. That's it. Still, it's Kareem Hunt. You're gonna
Speaker 1: start him no matter what, and he could find fantasy
Speaker 1: points via the air, where the Redskins have allowed two
Speaker 1: touchdowns to runners. Travis Kelsey gets an A grade here.
Speaker 1: The Redskins have surrendered the second most tight end receptions
Speaker 1: the third most tight end yards last year, and they've
Speaker 1: picked up right where they left off. They've already given
Speaker 1: up big games of Zach Ertz, Gerald every Writ and
Speaker 1: Jared Cook, all big numbers in the first three weeks.
Speaker 1: I think Kelsey bounces back from last week's ho Hun performance.
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill also in a the Redskins having a lot
Speaker 1: more than three eight yards to receiver since Week one.
Speaker 1: But I like this matchup a lot because he should
Speaker 1: be able to avoid Josh Norman, who plays nine percent
Speaker 1: of his snaps on one side of the field, and
Speaker 1: he'll play seventy of his snaps on the other side
Speaker 1: of the field. So that puts Tyreek Hill on Bashot Breland,
Speaker 1: who ranked sixty nine among cornerbacks by Pro Football Focus.
Speaker 1: And Tyreek Hill might be the fastest player in the NFL,
Speaker 1: and Brilon might be the slowest cornerback in the NFL.
Speaker 1: He had a combined time of a four six eight forty.
Speaker 1: That's terrible. Then there's Alex Smith. If I've got a
Speaker 1: grades on Kelsey and Hill, I like Alex Smith. This
Speaker 1: is a good opportunity here for Alex Smith because I
Speaker 1: like Kelsey and Hill. Raiders have been a competent passing defense,
Speaker 1: but not an extraordinary one. And he's got to be
Speaker 1: there cheap on fan ball too. You run like a
Speaker 1: four six seven, don't you? Uh? Four six seven? I'm
Speaker 1: a little hair fast. I mean I still got wheels.
Speaker 1: Alex Smith is forever dirt cheap. He's forever dirt yeap. Yes, yeah,
Speaker 1: absolutely this is a good opportunity to go play Alex Smith. No,
Speaker 1: I'm with you. Yeah. We only have about a minute
Speaker 1: and a a half for calls. Unfortunately, we'll do our very best.
Speaker 1: You begin with joy, Thank you for your patience. Joy, Hey,
Speaker 1: no worries. You know what I'm actually calling for my
Speaker 1: daughter next cover festival cost and I doubt you's up today.
Speaker 1: So the question is Cam Newton's your quarterback or Bean rockls? Further,
Speaker 1: who would you play? Christian Church? I think you had
Speaker 1: a higher grade on it and than you did on Roethlisberg.
Speaker 1: He's on the road. Yeah, go Cam Newton. Yeah, how
Speaker 1: about that bothering right there? Mother calling in for daughter?
Speaker 1: Who's that's awesome? Kent, You're next, Kent, Kent, Pete, you
Speaker 1: are next? Hello? Do you're true at Diggs and McCoy
Speaker 1: for Antonio Brown or Smallwood? Oh, Digs and McCoy for
Speaker 1: Brown and Smallwood. That's too much. I'd rather have Diggs
Speaker 1: and McCloy to barely THEO. Bob your next. Travis Kelsey
Speaker 1: or Emmanuel Sander Kelsey has got the A from charge.
Speaker 1: That's what's resonating in my mind. Yeah, I like Sanders
Speaker 1: two in this game, But I think I take Kelsey
Speaker 1: to Austin. Austin. You're next, Hello, Miller or Killer or Cooper? Uh,
Speaker 1: that's Lamar Mar Miller and and and don't want anything
Speaker 1: to do with Cooper against We'll go, We'll go Miller here, Seth,
Speaker 1: you're next. I've probably send it you on Twitter. But
Speaker 1: Adonar and Larry Gerald, you want to give me Tarik
Speaker 1: Cohen and Michael Thomas in an Empire league? Say it again?
Speaker 1: That's starting to say the trade again to Seth. He
Speaker 1: wants he wants me to give up Levy on Bell
Speaker 1: and Larry Fitzgerald. And you want to give me Tarik
Speaker 1: Cohen and Michael Thomas in an Empire League. It's Thomas.
Speaker 1: If you're not completing right now, like I would consider it,
Speaker 1: but I need a little bit more than that. What
Speaker 1: happens when Drew Brees retires? Ask yourself that in an
Speaker 1: Empire League? And that's well, and then the other thing.
Speaker 1: And I'm wondering the way in but maybe on Twitter later,
Speaker 1: but you put more stock on the box. You've only
Speaker 1: on the field for Lady on Bell. Got yeah, Seth,
Speaker 1: we got Seth ro up against the clock. I'm sorry Uh.
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