WEBVTT - Fantasy Football Weekly week 4 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:07.480 And time now for Fantasy Football Weekly on k f 0:00:07.640 --> 0:00:12.320 A Inn, presented by Devanny's, your weekly source for the 0:00:12.400 --> 0:00:18.000 nation's best fantasy speculation and advice. Fantasy Football Weekly is 0:00:18.079 --> 0:00:22.439 also brought to you by Green Belt Premium No Name 0:00:22.520 --> 0:00:29.960 Butcher Quality meets Honda, town Hall Family, Luther Hunt and 0:00:30.200 --> 0:00:35.320 by the Park taverns now Now along with Fanball and 0:00:35.600 --> 0:00:41.879 League Safes Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson. Here's Paul Churchy 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:45.120 in good morning. It is Fantasy Football Weekly and early 0:00:45.280 --> 0:00:48.879 edition on the Fan. I am Paul church in Coast 0:00:48.880 --> 0:00:51.200 are not, in fact Matt Harrison. 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We've got plenty 0:01:59.120 --> 0:02:02.440 to get to of course, as always, like five tough questions, 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:06.600 premature speculation, take a chance on me, and matchups from 0:02:06.640 --> 0:02:10.560 every damn game in this whole slate, and there's a 0:02:10.560 --> 0:02:13.839 bunch of them, including another early start another London game. 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:18.560 But we begin first with the Los Angeles Rams taking 0:02:18.560 --> 0:02:21.560 on the Dallas Cowboys. Rams offense, of course, has been 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:24.800 fantastic to this point. I think even those of us 0:02:24.840 --> 0:02:29.040 that were optimistic about the Rams did not see forty 0:02:29.080 --> 0:02:33.400 point explosions coming from a team that averaged fourteen points 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:35.960 last year, dead last in the NFL. Now they get 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:38.040 the Dallas Cowboys. What do you think, Christian Well, I 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:39.720 think this is a little bit of a different story. 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:42.160 You know, last week was really the true, the true 0:02:42.200 --> 0:02:45.200 offensive explosion against against the forty nine ers in that 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:48.280 Thursday night game that everybody saw, kind of Jared Goffs 0:02:48.320 --> 0:02:51.480 coming out party. But on the road against Dallas, I 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:53.160 think this is a little bit of a different animal. 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:54.800 And God, let's face it, he was. He was just 0:02:54.880 --> 0:02:57.720 okay for the first two weeks, which is significantly better 0:02:57.720 --> 0:03:00.720 than he was last year. But really that breakout of 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:03.760 two yards and three touchdowns against San fran I guess 0:03:03.840 --> 0:03:06.120 I'm not really buying that at this point. I need 0:03:06.120 --> 0:03:08.400 to see it a little bit more. Dallas gave up 0:03:08.400 --> 0:03:11.040 four touchdowns to Trevor Simeon in week two three and 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:13.840 twenty five yards and two touchdowns to Carson Palmer in 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:17.440 week three, So you can move the ball here, I 0:03:17.480 --> 0:03:22.960 guess start Jared Goff with about a cell that secondary 0:03:23.040 --> 0:03:25.040 is going to be all banged up again, then yeah, 0:03:25.080 --> 0:03:27.760 I think you do. Yeah, and then starting great on 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:30.640 him and then at wide receiver. That brings Sammy Watkins 0:03:30.680 --> 0:03:32.760 into play. Of course, he had the breakout game last 0:03:32.760 --> 0:03:35.240 week over a hundred yards and two touchdowns, more than 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:38.720 doubled his yardage in the first two games combined. Um 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:41.400 expected to play too, We should mention expected to play right. 0:03:41.400 --> 0:03:43.120 He had that. He had the concussion right, and he's 0:03:43.120 --> 0:03:45.400 recovered in in like three days, which is Yeah, it's 0:03:45.400 --> 0:03:48.680 amazing how quickly or slowly that concussion protocol can go. 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:51.360 That's right, Dallas. Let Larry Fitzgerald go off for a 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:53.800 hundred and forty nine yards and a touchdown in week three, 0:03:53.840 --> 0:03:56.560 So let's give. Let's give. Watkins is starting grade here 0:03:56.600 --> 0:03:59.680 as well. I've got let's let's go be minus again. 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:02.240 I don't really trust this, but what we've seen so 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:04.680 far indicates that you could play them. I've got Robert 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:08.160 Woods and Cooper Cup on the bench here. Uh, I'm 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:11.000 not buying the Robert Woods breakout from that. I got 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:12.400 to see that a little bit more. So keep those 0:04:12.400 --> 0:04:15.040 guys on the bench. And of course, Todd Gurley uh 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:18.320 six touchdowns through the first three games, which is pretty absurd, 0:04:18.839 --> 0:04:22.160 equaling his total from last year. Right, he is averaging 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:24.680 just three point eight yards per carry, So there's there 0:04:24.720 --> 0:04:26.920 feels like there's a little flukiness here. Right, He's got 0:04:26.960 --> 0:04:29.560 a bunch of short touchdowns, so at some point that's 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:31.839 going to regress to the mean here. But the but 0:04:31.880 --> 0:04:35.040 the Cowboys defense just kind of mediocre. Nothing much to 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:36.960 see here. C J. Anderson went for a hundred and 0:04:37.000 --> 0:04:39.719 fifty four combined rushing and receiving yards and two touchdowns 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:41.960 against them a couple of weeks ago, so keep Gurley going. 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:45.200 I've got an a grade on him. On the Cowboys side, 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:49.240 a bunch of starters here. Um, they've survived against a 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:51.600 pretty tough slate of defenses in their first three weeks 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:55.279 against the Giants, the Broncos, and the Cardinals. Dak Prescott 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:58.279 now has five touchdowns, including a rush rushing score in 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:02.800 the last two games. The Rams melted down against Brian 0:05:02.880 --> 0:05:04.920 Hoyer of course, the last time we saw them through 0:05:04.920 --> 0:05:07.920 and in thirty two yards and three total touchdowns for Hoyer. 0:05:08.040 --> 0:05:10.240 So I've got an a grade on Prescott this week. 0:05:10.279 --> 0:05:12.160 I think, uh, I think the Cowboys are gonna be 0:05:12.200 --> 0:05:14.520 able to move the ball here and that brings does 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:17.480 Brian into play maybe as an a here. You talk 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:20.320 about a tough three game matchup stretch. He started out 0:05:20.320 --> 0:05:23.160 with generous Jenkins and then a keep to leave or 0:05:23.320 --> 0:05:26.160 take your pick of the Broncos corners, and then Patrick 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:28.440 Peterson and he managed he's kind of salvaged that with 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:31.360 touchdowns in two straight games. Not a lot of catches, 0:05:31.440 --> 0:05:33.720 not a lot of yards. But now that he gets 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:36.839 the Rams, who just gave up hundred forty two yards 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:39.719 to Pierre Garson a week ago. So I've got Bryant 0:05:39.839 --> 0:05:43.200 in as an a level start here. Let's hope he uh, 0:05:43.320 --> 0:05:47.360 Let's hope he finally done. Uh. And then just not enough, 0:05:47.920 --> 0:05:50.000 not enough to go around here for Terence Williams and 0:05:50.240 --> 0:05:52.560 Cole Beasley. They just don't throw to those guys that much. 0:05:52.640 --> 0:05:55.400 Jason Witten, I've got a starting grade on um kind 0:05:55.400 --> 0:05:57.960 of fell flat last week after a big first couple 0:05:58.000 --> 0:06:01.279 of weeks. The Rams are top ten against opposing tight 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:04.480 ends they were last year. So not a great start here, 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:06.640 but I think Whitten deserves a starting grade. Let's give 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:10.400 him a b uh. And then Ezekiel Elliott bounce back 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:12.640 with eight yards and a touchdown against a very good 0:06:12.680 --> 0:06:16.600 Cardinals run defense last week. Now gets a really bad 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:19.919 Rams running defense. They allowed five rushing touchdowns. In the 0:06:20.000 --> 0:06:24.240 last two weeks, Um Redskins and forty Niners running backs 0:06:24.440 --> 0:06:27.640 have combined for three and twenty six rushing yards and 0:06:27.680 --> 0:06:30.839 two rushing touchdowns. So this might be the big Ezekiel 0:06:30.839 --> 0:06:33.200 Elliott outburst that we've been waiting for. Yeah, and Zeke 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:36.960 over the course of his career at home never better 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:39.880 at home, never failed to either hit one yards and 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:42.600 or a touchdown, so he has always been a fantasy 0:06:42.600 --> 0:06:44.480 factor in every home game in his career. He's my 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:48.760 number one running back for this week overall. Bills take 0:06:48.800 --> 0:06:52.839 out in the Falcons and for Lashawn McCoy it was 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:57.680 a great week one and then two straight absolute clunkers. 0:06:57.720 --> 0:07:00.479 Does he bounce back here against the Atlanta Falcon is Brian? 0:07:01.320 --> 0:07:03.560 If he doesn't, then you need to start worrying. But 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:05.960 I'm going to give him an a. Atlanta is still 0:07:05.960 --> 0:07:08.360 getting owned by pass catching running backs that are allowing 0:07:08.360 --> 0:07:10.960 eight and a half catches and seventy three receiving yards 0:07:10.960 --> 0:07:13.800 per game to the position. Shady has also done really 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:16.560 well indoors on turf. In fifteen games, he's averaging more 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:18.360 than five and a half yards per carrying a hundred 0:07:18.400 --> 0:07:21.200 combo yards. He scored ten times in those fifteen games. 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:23.560 So I like Shady this week? Do you like Charles 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:25.320 Clay as well? Going to give him a B. He 0:07:25.400 --> 0:07:27.400 leads all tight ends and targets from inside the ten 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:29.960 yard line, so it's no surprise He's scored in two 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:32.520 of three games, and the Falcons have allowed at least 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:34.720 six catches to opposing tight ends in two three games, 0:07:34.720 --> 0:07:37.600 so it's a good spot for Clay here. Jordan Matthews, 0:07:37.600 --> 0:07:39.960 I'm actually gonna give him a starting grade. Only eight 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:43.440 catches through three games, but averaging nineteen yards per reception. 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:46.640 This is a likely shootout over Unders at forty nine points. 0:07:47.080 --> 0:07:49.560 Matthews has run nearly seventy percent of his routes from 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:52.840 the slot. Brian pool Atlanta slot corner has allowed the 0:07:52.880 --> 0:07:55.680 most receptions amongst lot corners with seventeen, so I think 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:59.200 Matthews will be a helper here. Where was this for 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:01.640 take a chance on me? I don't know. That would 0:08:01.640 --> 0:08:04.280 have been a perfect taking chance to me. You better 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:10.440 right then, Tyrod Taylor. I went to see how he 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:13.760 has done indoors during his career. He has never played inside. 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:16.600 What I know the Bills have played in like Toronto 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:18.600 and a couple of random indoor games. He never started 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:21.800 any in those games, so wow, weird. Okay, So Atlanta's 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:25.880 new stadium, which some have dubbed Megatron's b Hole. Um, 0:08:26.440 --> 0:08:28.720 the roof might be open. What well you have to 0:08:28.720 --> 0:08:33.320 see how it opens? The top opens Megatron Calvin Johnson, 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:40.920 Now okay, sorry, So either way, I'm counting this as 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:43.040 a dome game, so I'm excited to see Taylor on 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:46.360 the fast track. Atlanta owns the highest opponent passing play 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:49.439 percentage at sevent so, like I said, it's gonna be 0:08:49.440 --> 0:08:51.000 a shootout. So I like Taylor in this game. I'm 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:54.200 gonna give him the b over to Atlanta. Julio Jones 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:56.240 gonna give him an a back. Issues have limited him 0:08:56.320 --> 0:08:58.680 in practice, but he should be fine. Buffalo has allowed 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:01.319 the third most catches to wide receivers. He's an easy start. 0:09:01.679 --> 0:09:04.600 You can also start Mohammed Sanu, who was averaging seven 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:07.560 targets and five catches per game so far. He's in 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:10.960 a good spot here. Taylor Gabriel is kind of close 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:13.679 to his starting grade, but not this week. But he's 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:16.120 a guy you should really grab if you're a Julio owner. Uh, 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:18.319 He's one of the rare wide receiver handcuffs. And when 0:09:18.400 --> 0:09:20.600 Julio went down for that handful of games at the 0:09:20.760 --> 0:09:26.360 end of last year, Gabriel was money. Absolutely, that's anybody left. Uh, 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:28.760 A couple more guys, Austin Hooper on the bench. Outside 0:09:28.760 --> 0:09:30.840 of his flukey eight eight yard touchdown, he's only caught 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:33.440 five passes for fifty six yards and three games, just 0:09:33.520 --> 0:09:35.920 two targets in each game. Matt Ryan and to give 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:38.800 him a B, Buffalo is fifth an opponent pass play percentage. 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:41.679 They haven't allowed a passing touchdown, but they faced Josh McCown, 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:44.120 Cam Newton and Trevor Simeon. Then for the running backs, 0:09:44.160 --> 0:09:46.760 and then it's a tough matchup. Saponte Freeman gets a B. 0:09:47.080 --> 0:09:49.520 Tevin Coleman gets a See, Buffalo was allowing less than 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:51.920 three point four yards per carry and only twenty two 0:09:51.960 --> 0:09:54.720 rushing attempts per game, and they've only allowed one receiving 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:58.280 touchdown to running back since Week fourteen of two thousand 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:00.760 and fifteen. Wow, but you got to play these Atlanta 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:03.640 backs and I'm sitting call I got Coleman in one league. 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:06.120 I'm sorry to say, and I'm sitting I can't follow 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:09.240 you if you have the ceiling. In this one, Detroit 0:10:09.320 --> 0:10:12.200 takes on the Vikings and we start with Golden Tate, 0:10:12.240 --> 0:10:14.960 who moves to the slot this year. I think largely 0:10:15.040 --> 0:10:17.040 because Kenny Golladay was so good, they were able to 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:19.720 put Tait in his natural position. But the important thing 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:21.240 that you need to understand here is that means he's 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:24.400 going to avoid the vikings best cornerback, Xavier Rhodes, who 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:28.160 only plays five percent of his snaps from the slot position. 0:10:28.280 --> 0:10:31.240 I don't believe he's gonna follow Tate into the slot. Instead, 0:10:31.320 --> 0:10:33.560 he'll likely get a lot of Terence Newman, maybe some 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:36.559 Mackenzie Alexander and those are those are plus matchups for him. 0:10:36.559 --> 0:10:38.960 So Golden Tate comes in has an a grade here, 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:41.720 and in part because I like him, I like Matthew 0:10:41.720 --> 0:10:44.080 Stafford isn't a grade as well. The Vikings of do 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:46.360 you know the Vikings, As I mentioned, you're not gonna 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:48.679 have to worry about Xavier Rhodes on Golden Tate and 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:52.360 through three games, opposing quarterbacks averaging a whopping two eighty 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:55.160 seven yards, and the Vikings have already given up five 0:10:55.280 --> 0:10:57.439 touchdowns through the air now, so I'm not spending garbage time, 0:10:57.480 --> 0:11:00.000 but now it still counts garbage time. Maybe it happen. 0:11:00.000 --> 0:11:02.760 It's here too. Over the past two years against the Vikings, 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:06.440 Stafford is average two fifty bards passing and almost two 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:08.880 touchdowns per game, and I think that feels about right here. 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:14.520 So a minus level for Matthew Stafford. Kenny Golladay, assuming 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:16.520 he plays in is that near health, which is not 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:21.040 a given necessarily. UM still getting looks from Matthew Stafford. 0:11:21.120 --> 0:11:22.960 He I think he will get a lot of Trey 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:25.920 Waynes in this one. Xavier Rhodes probably shadows Marvin Jones, 0:11:25.920 --> 0:11:28.080 who's on the bench for a grade for us and 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:31.560 our purposes here, That means that UM and I think 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:34.719 Holliday ends up with a slight advantage here. Linebackers will 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:37.280 be keeping tabs of theoretic and I think that can 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:39.640 open up some of the field for Holiday. Will give 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:42.240 him a C grade in this matchup. You can bump 0:11:42.280 --> 0:11:44.520 into be if you feel more confident about his health 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:46.280 than I do. Everybody else is on the bench and 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:49.440 Doula averaging three and a half yards per carry. Vikings 0:11:49.440 --> 0:11:51.640 have been fantastic against the run, giving up just three 0:11:51.720 --> 0:11:53.840 yards per carrying, one of only two teams that has 0:11:53.880 --> 0:11:56.360 not given up a running back touchdown yet this year, 0:11:56.800 --> 0:12:01.080 and theoretic on the bench, Vikings have only allowed six 0:12:01.120 --> 0:12:03.960 catches and they only gave up six catches nineteen yards 0:12:04.000 --> 0:12:06.640 to Riddick in the two matchups of last year. Nineteen 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:09.480 yards through the air. That's it. They held levy on 0:12:09.559 --> 0:12:12.280 Bell to four yards through the air in Week two 0:12:12.320 --> 0:12:14.840 and the opponent posing runners as a group getting just 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:17.880 twenty nine scoreless yards against the Vikings through the air, 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:20.120 and that's all theoretic brings to the table. Let's go 0:12:20.160 --> 0:12:23.800 to the Viking side. Dalvin Cook straight up a. Detroit's 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:25.800 run defense has been up and down. They shut down 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:27.920 David Johnson in Week one, but then they gave up 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:31.839 one hundred yards and a touchdown to DeVonta Freeman last week. One. 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:35.200 Area where the Lions are consistently bad, it's against pass 0:12:35.280 --> 0:12:38.640 catching backs and that's where Dalvin Cook's really gonna earn 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:41.080 his A grade. Here. They're giving up an average of 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:45.280 seven running back receptions for eighty yards per game, and 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:48.280 Cook is an excellent receiver. I mentioned by comparison, Vikings 0:12:48.320 --> 0:12:50.960 are given him twenty nine yards to running backs. So 0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:52.840 that tells you how good the or how bad the 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:55.520 eight is for the Lions. Let's let's go to the 0:12:55.520 --> 0:12:59.079 passing game. Case Keendom is under helm, got a C 0:12:59.200 --> 0:13:01.800 grade in him. The Lion and improved past defense has 0:13:01.840 --> 0:13:04.560 held three pretty good quarterbacks Carson Palmer, Eli Manning and 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:07.319 Matt Ryan to just one point three touchdowns per game 0:13:07.559 --> 0:13:10.560 two hundred seventy yards per game, which isn't all that bad. Still, 0:13:10.720 --> 0:13:13.280 the Vikings have toyed with the two defenses in their 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:15.840 in their home games, and so I think there is 0:13:15.880 --> 0:13:18.640 some upside with case Keenum here. Probably not close to 0:13:18.679 --> 0:13:22.320 what he did last week, but nevertheless startable here. That 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:25.480 keeps stuff on Diggs and Adam theland in play here 0:13:25.480 --> 0:13:28.920 with B grades. Diggs has been basically unstoppable at home, 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:31.520 averaging one thirty three yards and two touchdowns in the 0:13:31.559 --> 0:13:34.680 two games. But he's gonna draw Darius slap That's a 0:13:34.760 --> 0:13:37.640 super tough matchup by far the biggest challenge of his 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:40.679 season so far, and Slay has held Odell Beckham and 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:45.840 Julio Jones to an average of six scoreless catches per game. 0:13:46.240 --> 0:13:48.559 So I think Diggs comes back to earth a bit 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:51.160 in this one, Adam theland will work from the slot, 0:13:51.200 --> 0:13:53.920 and that means he's going to draw the Lions. Improved 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:58.360 slack corner KeAndre Diggs, who has handled Larry Fitzgerald, Sterling 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:00.400 Shepherd and Mohammed Sanu in the three game, is holding 0:14:00.440 --> 0:14:02.280 him to an average of just forty one yards. So 0:14:03.440 --> 0:14:05.960 I'm still keeping a B grade on Feeling because he's 0:14:05.960 --> 0:14:07.560 been terrific at home and it's hard to bench the 0:14:07.559 --> 0:14:09.800 guy who's got the second most receiving yards. But he 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:11.959 might be closer to a C grade here. And then 0:14:12.080 --> 0:14:14.720 cal Rudolph has only been two games, but Rudolph's getting 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:17.760 roughly half the production under case Keenum that he was 0:14:17.840 --> 0:14:20.880 he's traditionally gotten under Bradford. He's blocking a lot more 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:23.200 and I think he is blocking a lot more and 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:26.440 and frankly good because the off as a unit has 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:29.320 been good working. You know it is working. He he 0:14:29.400 --> 0:14:32.120 slumps down to a C grade in this one against 0:14:32.160 --> 0:14:34.960 the lines um, although I'll mention he scored touchdowns in 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:36.800 three of his last four against the line so there 0:14:36.920 --> 0:14:40.440 is that when we came back. Take a chance on me, 0:14:40.560 --> 0:14:43.400 not nine players, not normally in your starting lineup. Any 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:46.040 of these guys are available on the waiver wire, will 0:14:46.040 --> 0:14:47.240 tell you who they are when we come back to 0:14:47.240 --> 0:15:03.320 Fantasy Football Weekly on the Fan. Nine players not normally 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:06.280 in your starting lineup. Just find out who they are 0:15:06.400 --> 0:15:08.280 for take a chance to me beginning at the quarterback 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:12.320 position and Christian Peterson. Yeah, I'm a little disappointed in 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:14.560 myself on this one. I was the third one in 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:17.040 on getting to choose might take a chance on me, guys, 0:15:17.040 --> 0:15:21.200 and there wasn't much like Yeah, I actually preferred Tyrod 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:23.440 Taylor and case Keenum, who you guys mentioned in the 0:15:23.480 --> 0:15:28.160 previous matchup segment to my guy Andy Dalton, but because 0:15:28.200 --> 0:15:30.200 it's Andy Dalton. But I don't know. Things are looking 0:15:30.280 --> 0:15:32.000 up a little bit after his two hundred and twelve 0:15:32.080 --> 0:15:34.960 yard two touchdown out in last week, in which he 0:15:35.000 --> 0:15:39.800 at least looked borderline competent. Uh. That borderline competent might 0:15:39.840 --> 0:15:42.520 also be used to describe Jacoby Brissette, who just scorched 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:44.400 the Browns for two d and fifty nine yards and 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:47.440 three total touchdowns last week. So that's the matchup here. 0:15:47.440 --> 0:15:50.560 It's better than Jacoby Brissette. He's better than Jacoby Brissette 0:15:50.600 --> 0:15:55.120 and and what's that. We'll get to him. We'll get 0:15:55.160 --> 0:15:57.640 to him. Dalton also has history on acide. He's thrown 0:15:57.640 --> 0:16:00.160 at least two touchdown passes in four straight game. It's 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:02.200 the Browns, so there's that, all right. Now let's go 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:05.640 to apparently Jacoby Perset. No, you don't really deserve a 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:07.800 peacock when you play the Browns. But I'm not going 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:12.360 to gobi per set this week. We're trying to say 0:16:13.400 --> 0:16:17.880 and like nailed set for three touchdowns and one running. 0:16:18.920 --> 0:16:23.240 They're too easy, this kidding anyway, I'm gonna get four 0:16:23.320 --> 0:16:25.800 touchdowns this we gotta notice it. Just the Shawn Watson 0:16:26.400 --> 0:16:28.680 against the Titans at home. Even though he's a rookie, 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:30.720 it's fair to compare him to Russell Wilson, who just 0:16:30.840 --> 0:16:34.200 gashed Tennessee, who could still be without starting strong safety 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:38.200 Jonathan Cyprian. Watson is coming off a three yard passing 0:16:38.200 --> 0:16:41.760 performance with two touchdowns against the Patriots. He's averaging eight 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:43.960 point three yards per carry as well has scored a 0:16:44.000 --> 0:16:46.000 rushing touchdown. He's poised for a big game at home 0:16:46.040 --> 0:16:50.440 against the Titans. I've got um Jay Cutler in the 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:53.760 London game. Now critical to this, we gotta hope that 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:57.200 Jay Cutler can get his scowl past Customs at Heathrow. 0:16:57.640 --> 0:17:00.040 But assuming he can do that, I like him in 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:03.240 this matchup. He's uh. He faces the Saint secondary that 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:05.960 was man handled in weeks one and two and ranks 0:17:05.960 --> 0:17:09.160 thirtieth against the past. Cornerbacks march On Latimore and Sterly 0:17:09.200 --> 0:17:11.960 Moore may not play in this game, and so a 0:17:12.040 --> 0:17:14.760 bad secondary gets even worse. J Culor comes off the 0:17:14.800 --> 0:17:18.040 schneid this week. Can you can you get jammed up 0:17:18.040 --> 0:17:22.560 in Customs because of your facial expressions? Jay Cutler can 0:17:22.720 --> 0:17:24.920 for sure, if anybody can. It's that's right. If there's 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:27.720 a sneer that's gonna stop you at the border, j 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:31.040 Cutler's got it. Let's go to the running back position. 0:17:31.080 --> 0:17:32.720 I feel a little bit better about this one, all right, 0:17:32.800 --> 0:17:35.840 Elijah McGuire of the Jets going up the up against 0:17:35.880 --> 0:17:38.480 the Jaguars this week. This one is all about opportunity. 0:17:38.680 --> 0:17:40.840 Matt Forte has already been ruled out of this game 0:17:40.880 --> 0:17:42.959 for the Jets, which is probably good because he's been 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:45.720 awful all year long alright, as has been the starter 0:17:45.800 --> 0:17:49.440 Balal Powell, who's averaging two point six yards per carry. Sorry, Church, 0:17:49.520 --> 0:17:53.920 he looks bad. He looks like Balal Powell. Uh. And meanwhile, McGuire, 0:17:54.000 --> 0:17:56.560 a sixth round rookie. He's averaging four point eight yards 0:17:56.640 --> 0:17:59.480 per carry, granted in limited carries, but he's got six 0:17:59.560 --> 0:18:01.760 or seven watches in each of the last couple of games. 0:18:02.359 --> 0:18:05.240 And now he comes into a very favorable matchup. Jacksonville 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:07.240 is allowing an average of four point eight yards per 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:12.000 carry to opposing running backs so far. Former Ravens practice 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:15.240 squad guy Alex Collins gained eighty two yards on nine 0:18:15.320 --> 0:18:18.679 carries against them last week. McGuire is the dept in 0:18:18.680 --> 0:18:21.399 the passing game from his college career. So there's there's 0:18:21.400 --> 0:18:23.920 some opportunity here. This is this is a sneaky little 0:18:24.200 --> 0:18:28.000 opportunity against some bad Jaguars run defense that can stop 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:30.760 the pass but not the run. All right, go to Brian, 0:18:30.800 --> 0:18:34.080 you're running back. Let's talk about Alex Collins, who, yes, 0:18:34.680 --> 0:18:39.160 who I found out was the greatest lacrosse college lacrosse 0:18:39.160 --> 0:18:41.600 player that never was. He decided to play football instead, 0:18:41.640 --> 0:18:44.000 became the second all time leading Russia at Arkansas behind 0:18:44.080 --> 0:18:47.320 Darren McFadden. So there you go Collins history. But he's 0:18:47.359 --> 0:18:50.199 got the Steelers this week. As you mentioned, Collins had 0:18:50.240 --> 0:18:52.680 nine carries for eighty two yards against the Ravens last week, 0:18:52.680 --> 0:18:55.320 I'll beat in garbage time, he looked pretty good. Parents 0:18:55.320 --> 0:18:57.960 West and Buck Allen had been flat out bad. Both 0:18:57.960 --> 0:19:00.359 are averaging lists in four yards for carry on the season. 0:19:00.640 --> 0:19:03.440 And to quote head coach John Harbaugh regarding Collins, yeah, 0:19:03.520 --> 0:19:06.520 I like the fact that he gets yards. That is 0:19:06.560 --> 0:19:11.119 a good thing. And speaking of yards, Pittsburgh allowed two 0:19:11.160 --> 0:19:14.400 hundred and sixteen rushing yards to Chicago running backs last week. 0:19:14.440 --> 0:19:16.639 So look for Collins to get more opportunities on Sunday 0:19:16.680 --> 0:19:19.600 and uh hopefully help you out Wehendell Smallwood's role is 0:19:19.600 --> 0:19:22.480 going to increase dramatically with Darren Sproles going to i R, 0:19:22.520 --> 0:19:23.920 He's going to pick up a lot of the pass 0:19:23.920 --> 0:19:26.960 catching work that Sprowles was getting. Plus he was already 0:19:26.960 --> 0:19:29.760 getting upwards of a dozen carries per week like last week. 0:19:30.080 --> 0:19:32.840 And like Garrett Plant, let's remember is one game removed 0:19:32.920 --> 0:19:37.000 from a zero touch game. This week's opponent is the Chargers, 0:19:37.320 --> 0:19:39.720 the team allowing the most rushing yards in the entire 0:19:39.800 --> 0:19:43.120 league and the six most rushing yards per carry. When 0:19:43.240 --> 0:19:47.000 Dell Smallwood, let's go to the wide receiver position, Christian, Yeah, 0:19:47.080 --> 0:19:49.480 let's go with Devin funch Us here against the Patriots. 0:19:49.520 --> 0:19:51.639 Of course, the Patriots haven't been able to stop anyone 0:19:51.760 --> 0:19:54.399 this year. They're allowing thirty two points per game. They 0:19:54.440 --> 0:19:57.760 made both Alex Smith and Deshaun Watson looked like superstars. 0:19:58.119 --> 0:20:01.280 They've allowed the second most yards to a posing wide receivers, 0:20:02.000 --> 0:20:03.879 and that brings punch Us into play. I have my 0:20:03.960 --> 0:20:06.800 doubts about whether Sadly, I have my doubts about whether 0:20:06.840 --> 0:20:12.280 Cam Newton can actually exploit any defense. But Kelvin Benjamin 0:20:12.320 --> 0:20:14.880 is nursing a little bit of an injury. He mysteriously 0:20:15.000 --> 0:20:18.760 he's off the injury report after leaving that game last week, 0:20:18.880 --> 0:20:21.440 and everybody thought it was like a season ending injury. Anyways, 0:20:21.640 --> 0:20:24.520