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Speaker 1: week with bye weeks. Bill Belichick, they should fire him
Speaker 1: this week. They won't, but they should. Paul Charchie and
Speaker 1: Matt Harrison, Bryant Johnson with you Fantasy Football Weekly. In
Speaker 1: a very very tricky week. We've got a bunch of
Speaker 1: bye week teams. That means we don't have quite as
Speaker 1: many matchups to get through, which means we get to
Speaker 1: spend a little more time on each one of them,
Speaker 1: which is great. We get to do three tough questions
Speaker 1: we give to get get to give you nine players
Speaker 1: upon whom you can take a chance. Premature speculation. And
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Speaker 1: Not too shabby. Let's jump into the matchups. Atlanta Falcons
Speaker 1: taking on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Matt And for the Falcons,
Speaker 1: it's a I think a little bit of a trickier
Speaker 1: matchup than it looks like on face value. Tampa Bay
Speaker 1: defense not too shabby. What do you think of this one?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean we'll start with Bijon Robinson. He's kind
Speaker 3: of the headliner there. He's now the field for around
Speaker 3: seventy two percent of the snaps, which means Tyler Algier
Speaker 3: more of a handcuffed a little bit of an afterthought
Speaker 3: at this point. Bijeon's matchup this week is tough. Though
Speaker 3: the Bucks have yet to allow a running back rushing touchdown,
Speaker 3: they've only given up one through the air to running
Speaker 3: backs this year. They're also along the fifth fewest running
Speaker 3: back combo yards per game at just one hundred and nine.
Speaker 3: If you factor in about a quarter of that going
Speaker 3: to Algier. You're looking at Bijon at about eighty total
Speaker 3: yards and a very low chance of a score. That's
Speaker 3: kind of borderline B C grade for me. I'm giving
Speaker 3: him a bee, but it's not a great matchup. Drake
Speaker 3: London he also gets a B. Over the last three weeks,
Speaker 3: he's been fairly reliable targets, increasing from seven to nine
Speaker 3: to twelve last week, air yards of ninety nine more
Speaker 3: in each of those weeks, and he's put up double
Speaker 3: digit PPR points in four of the last five. He
Speaker 3: runs from the left side most often, which means he'll
Speaker 3: match up with Tampa's right corner Jamel Dean, who's allowed
Speaker 3: a one thirty two passer rating in his coverage this year.
Speaker 3: The Falcons tight ends, Oh boy, let's talk about those guys.
Speaker 4: Well, well, there's only one, well, an actual tight end
Speaker 4: when it comes to fantasy football.
Speaker 5: I guess there's two.
Speaker 3: Yes in fantasy football. So two rare occurrences took place
Speaker 3: last week, a solar eclipse in the United States and
Speaker 3: Kyle Pitts scored a touchdown.
Speaker 1: Oh I like it.
Speaker 3: Pitts has strung together two straight weeks with double digit
Speaker 3: PPR points. The problem for Pitts is so is John U.
Speaker 5: Smith.
Speaker 3: And if you smashed the two together into one player,
Speaker 3: now we've got what we expected Kyle.
Speaker 1: Pitts to be.
Speaker 3: But then again, John U. Smith is still there. The
Speaker 3: Bucks haven't allowed a tight end touchdown on the season.
Speaker 3: They're only allowing five catches for forty yards per game
Speaker 3: to the position, and we're splitting that two ways. That
Speaker 3: doesn't look good at all. And Tampas played some good
Speaker 3: tight ends this year and held them in check. Howkinson, Goddard, Laporta,
Speaker 3: and Comet were all held to forty one yards or less.
Speaker 3: I'm leaving both of these guys on the bench, but
Speaker 3: I understand if you have to start one in a
Speaker 3: six team. By week, Desmond Ritter putting up some decent stats,
Speaker 3: but the eye test still doesn't look good. Did have
Speaker 3: three hundred and seven passing yards and two passing scores
Speaker 3: last week, but through three picks in a loss to Washington,
Speaker 3: and I'm a little nervous that we're like one or
Speaker 3: two interceptions away in the first half from Taylor Heineke
Speaker 3: getting snaps. Tampa is a better than average pass defense
Speaker 3: as well. I don't have any druthers, but if I did,
Speaker 3: I'd leave Desmond Ritter on the bench. This week, Baker
Speaker 3: Mayfield faces an Atlanta defense that is break but don't bend.
Speaker 3: The Falcons are allowing the third fewest passing yards at
Speaker 3: only one hundred and ninety one per game, but allowing
Speaker 3: the sixth most passing scores at almost two per game.
Speaker 3: Problem is Atlanta is great against wide receivers and that's
Speaker 3: where most of Mayfield's targets have been going. So I'm
Speaker 3: leaving Baker on the bench. I don't really like Mike
Speaker 3: Evans and Chris Godwin in this one either, but I'll
Speaker 3: give them both C grades. The best overall matchup for
Speaker 3: any player is going against slot corner d Alford, who
Speaker 3: has already allowed three touchdowns in his coverage this year.
Speaker 3: Problem is Godwin is only in the slot thirty one
Speaker 3: percent of the time, Evans twenty six percent of the time.
Speaker 3: The rest of the time, they're outside against Jeff Okuda,
Speaker 3: who's had a career resurgence in Atlanta, allowing only fifty
Speaker 3: one total yards in his coverage this year, or they
Speaker 3: face aj Terrell, who's always tough. So just C grades
Speaker 3: for those guys, and Rashad White better off on your
Speaker 3: bench too. He's only topped ten PPR points once this season,
Speaker 3: only touched the ball ten times and last week's lost
Speaker 3: to Detroit. Plus Atlanta has only allowed three point seven
Speaker 3: yards per carry and about three receptions per game to
Speaker 3: opposing backs, only two total running back scores on the season.
Speaker 3: They're a top five run defense right now. So you
Speaker 3: can't start Rashad White here, and we'll talk more about
Speaker 3: him later in the show.
Speaker 1: Or Rashad White breakdowns, yeah later, which is very very exciting.
Speaker 1: Back to Desmond Ritter for a second. I believe it's
Speaker 1: one career touchdown in road games.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 3: His home road splits are absolutely weird.
Speaker 1: They are very very and you know, I don't love
Speaker 1: playing the home road differential very often unless it's something
Speaker 1: that's really hyper lopsided. Desmond Ritters, that's it is hyper
Speaker 1: ltid in that way. So yeah, I think that's fair
Speaker 1: to mention it. Yeah, now, and they are in Tampa,
Speaker 1: by the way, he confirmed one touchdown pass on the road,
Speaker 1: yep for Desmond Ritter.
Speaker 5: And back to Kyle.
Speaker 4: Pitts really quick sixty of his snaps taking them slot
Speaker 4: out wide thirteen percent in line.
Speaker 5: He is a wide receiver.
Speaker 1: Does that that who is eligible at tight end he's
Speaker 1: even less valuable?
Speaker 5: Then no, absolutely not.
Speaker 3: He's he's still tight end in your league, and he's not.
Speaker 3: He's performing as well as you want to get tight
Speaker 3: end to two points.
Speaker 1: Ray lines up, I'm not getting any more fantasy points.
Speaker 3: Doesn't matter if he's lining up his running back, quarterback, kicker.
Speaker 3: I don't care. He's not getting the points.
Speaker 1: Buffalo taking on the New England Patriots. Brian, let's start
Speaker 1: on the Buffalo Bill's side.
Speaker 5: I'm not ready to move on, but I will.
Speaker 3: Brian's ears are smoking right now.
Speaker 1: I want to start the running game. Many people, including me,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to start Latavius Murray in a disturbing
Speaker 1: number of week. Damian Harris is not gonna play in
Speaker 1: this game. Murray's gonna have a chance. I want to
Speaker 1: know what you think about him and James Cook part
Speaker 1: of the rushing tandem for the Bills.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I've got to see on both Murray and Cook.
Speaker 4: I like Cook a little more. Still, he continues to
Speaker 4: lead the Bills backs in carries. Last week he had fourteen,
Speaker 4: but Latavius Murray had twelve. But Cook did far more
Speaker 4: with his chances, he averaged more than five yards per carry.
Speaker 4: Murray was good for just three point seven five yards
Speaker 4: per carry. New England only allowing three point five yards
Speaker 4: per carry to opposing backs, but they have yielded the
Speaker 4: seventh most rushing attempts and have allowed the fourth most
Speaker 4: rushing touchdowns to running backs. And it's really about the
Speaker 4: Patriots offense is just so bad, yeah, that they're never
Speaker 4: on the field, meaning the other teams their opponents are
Speaker 4: running the ball mercilessly against them. New England has allowed
Speaker 4: the fourth most rushing touchdowns to running back. So I
Speaker 4: see again on both Cook and Murray. If I had
Speaker 4: to pick one, I would still Cook. But they're both
Speaker 4: gonna be viable in this game. Stefan Diggs will certainly
Speaker 4: be viable. Not the best matchup for Buffalo's passing game,
Speaker 4: but that's because teams don't throw much on the Patriots,
Speaker 4: who on the fourth lowest opponent passing play percentage, and
Speaker 4: as a result, opposing wide receivers are averaging less than
Speaker 4: thirteen catches one hundred and forty five yards in a
Speaker 4: touchdown per game. That's not great, but the Patriots have
Speaker 4: surrendered a wide receiver touchdown in every game but one.
Speaker 5: And if I'm going to bet on.
Speaker 4: A Bill's wide receiver to score, it's Stefan Diggs, who
Speaker 4: had seven catches one hundred and four yards in a
Speaker 4: touchdown and then seven catches ninety two yards in a
Speaker 4: touchdown in his two games against the Patriots last season.
Speaker 5: So at a for Diggs.
Speaker 4: Just a see though for Gabe Davis, who has scored
Speaker 4: in three of his last four games against New England,
Speaker 4: but he has failed to top three catches or fifty
Speaker 4: yards in any of those games. He's touchdown dependent. In
Speaker 4: this matchup, he'll need he'll need a touchdown to payoff.
Speaker 4: You gotta like Digs more than Davis, but that's no
Speaker 4: shock to anybody.
Speaker 5: It's been a sh so far.
Speaker 4: As Dalton Kincaid, why isn't he getting the hate that
Speaker 4: Kyle Pitts has been getting the last two.
Speaker 3: Years because he's six games into his career.
Speaker 4: He was also well, it didn't take long for you
Speaker 4: guys to hate on Kyle Pits un to only take
Speaker 4: about six minutes in.
Speaker 1: The preseason before he'd even hit the field. Thought that
Speaker 1: Kyle Pitts was overrated that offense.
Speaker 4: But who's been overrated so far as Dalton Kincaid and no,
Speaker 4: shut that peacock, op.
Speaker 5: He doesn't even get that pea cocks.
Speaker 1: I thought I was right, No, you were not. We're
Speaker 1: two years into this experiment, two and a half years,
Speaker 1: two and a third years into this experiment.
Speaker 4: So you're just gonna discount the one thousand plus yards
Speaker 4: as a rookie that Kyle Pitts had allow me to answer,
Speaker 4: which only Mike did.
Speaker 6: Did.
Speaker 4: Yeah, that that peacock is then this he's I'm gonna
Speaker 4: be eating that thing for Thanksgiving dinner sooner than that. Anyway,
Speaker 4: back to Dalton Kincaid and Dawson Knox, they are both
Speaker 4: on the bench. Kincaid was out last week with the concussion.
Speaker 4: He should make his way back into the lineup this week.
Speaker 4: In fact, he's expected to be mean.
Speaker 3: Dalton can cuss.
Speaker 5: There you go out of that.
Speaker 4: Oh, Knox did play last week, but of course it
Speaker 4: was Quintin Morris, h quin tin Tin I like to
Speaker 4: call him, who caught the touchdown. You can't be excited
Speaker 4: about any of these guys though. In this game, Kincaid,
Speaker 4: Knox or Morris. The Patriots are allowing less than four
Speaker 4: catches and forty yards per game to tight ends and
Speaker 4: have allowed just one total touchdown to the position this season. Lastly,
Speaker 4: for the Bills, Josh Allen gets a b. New England
Speaker 4: has only surrendered six passing touchdowns all year, but again
Speaker 4: that's because no one really throws against them. But Allen
Speaker 4: did throw for multiple scores in both meetings with the
Speaker 4: Patriots last year, and as total thirteen passing touchdowns across
Speaker 4: his last four games against New England. And you're not
Speaker 4: sitting Josh Allen, so we're not going to go into
Speaker 4: that any further. You are going to sit basically everyone
Speaker 4: on the Patriots outside of Ramandre Stevenson and Ezekiel Elliot.
Speaker 5: Buffalo has allowed the.
Speaker 4: Fifth most rushing yards and the fifth most receiving running backs,
Speaker 4: which equates to one hundred and forty eight combo yards
Speaker 4: per game. So it's a nice matchup on paper. Stevenson
Speaker 4: out touched Zeke fifteen to eight last week. Both scored
Speaker 4: on the ground. Stevenson had five catches to the one
Speaker 4: from Zeke. Zeke had like an eighty plus yard touchdown
Speaker 4: reception called back on a holding penalty.
Speaker 5: He looked pretty good.
Speaker 4: But those are the only two starting grades I have
Speaker 4: on any Patriots, and you're gonna sit Kendrick Bourne, Juju Smith.
Speaker 1: Schuster, anybody.
Speaker 4: Jones, the Bonte Parker on hundred, sick a Hunter, Henry
Speaker 4: Mica Sicki yes, and Mac Jones the whole passing game
Speaker 4: on the bench for New England.
Speaker 1: When Tacon back Detroit Lions, Baltimore Ravens, we'll tell you
Speaker 1: what to do with this thorny Detroit backfield. Jamir Gibbs,
Speaker 1: Craig Reynolds. When we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly,
Speaker 1: nine players not normally in starting lineups. Many of these
Speaker 1: guys available on the waiver wire. It's take a chance
Speaker 1: on me. We begin at the quarterback position and Matt Harrison.
Speaker 3: I've got Josh Dobbs this week. He's put up average
Speaker 3: two above average numbers in every week but Week one,
Speaker 3: and he's faced some pretty tough defenses along the way Dallas,
Speaker 3: San Francisco, Cincinnati and the Rams. In the last four weeks,
Speaker 3: he's been buoyed by over forty rushing yards per game
Speaker 3: and four of his last five, and has had two
Speaker 3: passing touchdowns and two of his last three. This week,
Speaker 3: he faces a Seattle defense that's allowed multiple passing scores
Speaker 3: to three of the last four quarterbacks they've faced, and
Speaker 3: over three hundred yards passing in three of their five
Speaker 3: games so far the season. Plus they've only really faced
Speaker 3: one mobile quarterback. That was Daniel Jones. He finished the
Speaker 3: game with ten carries and sixty six yards on the ground.
Speaker 3: So kind of like Dobbs this week, in a weird
Speaker 3: week of quarterbacks, he's probably like a top twelve quarterback
Speaker 3: in this week.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's that's about where I've got him right.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 1: By the way, all my player rankings available for free
Speaker 1: at Caietinen Leagues.
Speaker 6: Doc.
Speaker 3: Oh, I've heard of that site.
Speaker 1: I've heard good things. Brian. You take a chance at
Speaker 1: me quarterback.
Speaker 4: Well, you probably have Brian Hoyer and Aiden O'Connell ranked
Speaker 4: in the same spot because as.
Speaker 5: Of right now, we're not sure who's going to be
Speaker 5: starting for the Raiders.
Speaker 1: A lot of mystery in Oh.
Speaker 4: It seems like it's going to be Brian Hoyer to
Speaker 4: prepare for we don't know who it's going to be.
Speaker 4: But whoever it is, I'm starting said Raiders quarterback at
Speaker 4: the Bears. I think it's going to be Brian Hoyer.
Speaker 4: But if it's not, then it's eight o' O'Connell. You
Speaker 4: shouldn't have a problem picking up either. But a great
Speaker 4: matchup for both quarterbacks. The Bears have allowed the third
Speaker 4: most passing yards and the second most passing touchdowns so
Speaker 4: far this season. The Raiders have a very frustrated DeVante Adams.
Speaker 5: Yea insert squeak key wheel.
Speaker 1: You know we don't have the squeaky wheels.
Speaker 3: Okay, horrible squeaky wheel.
Speaker 4: Vegas has Jakobe Myers, who was bawling out right now.
Speaker 4: Rookie tight end Michael Mayer has found his footing and
Speaker 4: this is also a very plus matchup for Josh Jacobs
Speaker 4: through the air. So Raiders quarterback tight d team quarterback
Speaker 4: LV Does.
Speaker 1: Anybody play team quarterback anymore?
Speaker 3: No, there's a part of me that kind of misses it.
Speaker 1: Not me, No, okay, not at all. I'm going Packers quarterback.
Speaker 1: By the way, Eddie Jackson ruled out for that Bear secondary.
Speaker 1: That's a big loss.
Speaker 5: Even let's go Bears.
Speaker 1: We're going Packers quarterback. Jordan Love taking on Denver. Anybody
Speaker 1: against Denver's viable anybody. Now we know the play is
Speaker 1: ugly for Jordan Love. Sometimes the super slow processing the
Speaker 1: horrible accuracies. He's just spraying balls around the field. But
Speaker 1: you know what, fantasy players don't care that much about
Speaker 1: that stuff because that stuff doesn't always cost us fantasy points.
Speaker 1: The reality is Love's got a big arm and mobility,
Speaker 1: and those things generate fantasy points. He's got those traits
Speaker 1: that we like, and this is a perfect spot for
Speaker 1: a big hit for Jordan Love. Denver allowing the second
Speaker 1: most fantasy points to quarterbacks, the most passing yards, the
Speaker 1: most passing touchdowns, and coming out of the by the
Speaker 1: Packers are much much healthier team than they used to be.
Speaker 1: Jordan Love, we'll talk more about him later in this
Speaker 1: show as well, but particularly like him this week. Let's
Speaker 1: go to the running back position.
Speaker 3: As Charchs just said, anybody is viable against the Denver Broncos.
Speaker 3: That's why aj Dillon is might take a chance on
Speaker 3: me runner. The Broncos are the worst run defense in
Speaker 3: the league, and it's not particularly close. They're bottom three.
Speaker 3: They're at bottom three rank in every category, including five
Speaker 3: point eight yards per carry, the worst one hundred and
Speaker 3: forty eight rush yards per game, the worst two hundred
Speaker 3: and one combo yards to running backs, the worst thirty
Speaker 3: two running back touchdown touches per game, the worst. Twelve
Speaker 3: running back touchdowns allowed second worst. They've given up fifteen
Speaker 3: more PPR points to an opposing running backs six times
Speaker 3: in six games, and five of those six have been
Speaker 3: over twenty two PPR points. Aaron Jones still limited in
Speaker 3: practice with a hamstring injury. There's no need to rush
Speaker 3: him back for this game. AJ Dillon can handle it.
Speaker 3: He had twenty carries in the Vegas game in Week five,
Speaker 3: and I expect a similar workload for AJ Dillon this
Speaker 3: week now.
Speaker 1: I think Jones re injured his hamstring. They haven't said that,
Speaker 1: but I think it's clear that, just based on how
Speaker 1: much his time away from the game, that he must
Speaker 1: have had a set back on the hamstring. Cato at
Speaker 1: some point. AJ Dillons really has rarely put together big
Speaker 1: games when Aaron Jones has missed. But the opportunity is absurd,
Speaker 1: as you outline, absolutely, Brian, you taking a chance on
Speaker 1: mer running back.
Speaker 4: I'm sticking with this Bears Raiders game, but I'm on
Speaker 4: the other side for running back here with Travis Homer
Speaker 4: of Chicago at home against the said Raiders. The Raiders
Speaker 4: have surrendered three rushing scores to running backs over the
Speaker 4: last two weeks, and on the season, they are allowing
Speaker 4: nearly one hundred and thirty combo yards per game to
Speaker 4: the position. Danta Foreman will start for Chicago, but Roshan
Speaker 4: Johnson has.
Speaker 5: Been ruled out.
Speaker 4: Khalil Herbert is on IR so it's going to be
Speaker 4: Foreman and Travis Homer carrying the load for the Bears
Speaker 4: against the Raiders. And the Bears offensive line has been
Speaker 4: great when it comes to the run game. Chicago owns
Speaker 4: the second best run block win rate among every offensive
Speaker 4: line in the league. And again, the one hundred and
Speaker 4: thirty combo yards per game allowed by the Raiders will
Speaker 4: play into the favor of Homer, who should dominate the
Speaker 4: third down work at running back for Chicago.
Speaker 1: Matt outlined how bad the Broncos are against running backs.
Speaker 1: I told you, by the way, and I mentioned they've
Speaker 1: given up the most passing yards, they've given up the
Speaker 1: most rushing yards.
Speaker 3: Which is like the anti Cleveland.
Speaker 1: They are anti Cleveland.
Speaker 5: I like that.
Speaker 1: They'd probably like to hear that too. After the Broncos
Speaker 1: as the Panthers there and by after the Panthers allowing
Speaker 1: the third most rushing yards per game the New York Giants.
Speaker 1: Who can we go to for the New York Giants.
Speaker 1: How about Antonio Gibson averaging just refewer snaps than the
Speaker 1: starter Brian Robinson. Just the Giants defense so bad? Even
Speaker 1: backup running games are posting solid games against the Giants.
Speaker 1: Latavius Murray came in with forty five yards. Both of
Speaker 1: the Miami running backs got fed big time. Zach Charbonay
Speaker 1: posted a career game against the Giants. Elijah Mitchell went
Speaker 1: for forty two yards against the Giants. Look in this
Speaker 1: bye week, if we can get to forty fifty total
Speaker 1: yards for Antonio Gibson, that's a win in a tricky
Speaker 1: bye week with all the injuries. Antonio Gibson, he posted
Speaker 1: one good game one bad game against the Giants last year.
Speaker 1: Maybe this is the good one this year. Let's go
Speaker 1: to the wide receiver position.
Speaker 3: Matt I've got Jackson Smith and Jigba dk metcalf is
Speaker 3: not practiced all week with both rib and hip injuries.
Speaker 3: He's questionable, but you have to think he's unlikely to
Speaker 3: go if he hasn't practiced yet. Tyler Lockett nursing a
Speaker 3: hamstring injury. He was limited all week, but he's off
Speaker 3: the injury report as of now. But wide receivers and
Speaker 3: hamstring injuries just don't mix very well, and one wrong
Speaker 3: step he could be watching from the sidelines. So I
Speaker 3: think it's JSN time. Last week here was the Seahawks
Speaker 3: route counts. Metcalf ran thirty nine, Lockett ran thirty nine,
Speaker 3: JSN ran thirty nine. While Lockett and Metcalf each had
Speaker 3: eight targets, JSN only had five. But he's now learning
Speaker 3: the offense and he's on the field about the same
Speaker 3: amount as the other guys. He has the opportunity here,
Speaker 3: and the Cardinals are terrible against wide receivers. They're allowing
Speaker 3: the fourth most receptions and the second most yards to
Speaker 3: opposing wide receivers at one hundred and ninety nine yards
Speaker 3: per game. I like a lot of that to go
Speaker 3: to Smith Injigba in his coming out party.
Speaker 1: Not moving what by rankings. I think you've convinced me.
Speaker 6: Thank you.
Speaker 1: Let's go to Brian. You take a chance on your receiver.
Speaker 5: It's not a wide receiver.
Speaker 4: We're going tight end tight out with Las Vegas is
Speaker 4: Michael Mayer at Chicago.
Speaker 5: So I'm all in on this game.
Speaker 4: The rookie tight end Mayor broke out last week, and
Speaker 4: the Raiders continue to increase his usage as the season
Speaker 4: goes on. Mayor's snapshare over the last four weeks has
Speaker 4: gone from forty percent to fifty one percent, to sixty
Speaker 4: six percent, and then to eighty one percent last week.
Speaker 4: Chicago has only surrendered two tight end touchdowns so far,
Speaker 4: but they are allowing six and a half catches and
Speaker 4: fifty five yards per game to the position.
Speaker 5: Those are very healthy numbers. So Michael Mayer, who I
Speaker 5: believe it's Mayor, it's Mayor. It's not Meyer.
Speaker 4: But I know at an Order Dame when you'd make
Speaker 4: a catch, they would play the Michael Meyers Halloween music
Speaker 4: every time, which was pretty dope.
Speaker 5: They need to transfer that over to the NFL, but
Speaker 5: I like that. We'll hear that dun dun dun dun
Speaker 5: dun dun dum dund lots of times on Sunday.
Speaker 1: Yeah. When my uh, when my daughter was very young
Speaker 1: and we were doing animal sounds, you know, like cow
Speaker 1: goes move very good.
Speaker 5: That was like I got that.
Speaker 1: I got that.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Puzzy on Brian was like over there not things I.
Speaker 5: Had no idea.
Speaker 1: I taught her shark goes done, done, done, done, done,
Speaker 1: dune dune, dune, dune, dune, dune done. And you know
Speaker 1: she really believed. She buys it right me down. You
Speaker 1: know when your kids two, you know they buy all
Speaker 1: that stuff, So you can teach him anything.
Speaker 3: The more I get to know you charge, the more
Speaker 3: I know how much you lied to your daughter. That
Speaker 3: is like as a toddler.
Speaker 1: That is a fact and good parenting right There absolutely
Speaker 1: a lot of half truths. Washington wide receiver for Curtis
Speaker 1: Samuels scored in three straight games, and I don't think
Speaker 1: we're chasing box scores, and we highlight an opportunity against
Speaker 1: the Giants. Giants, he had good games against the Giants
Speaker 1: last year when he was very lightly used. He was
Speaker 1: averaging six targets per game in fifty four yards against
Speaker 1: the Giants in the two games last year. The Giants
Speaker 1: are a very leaky secondary, but what they don't give
Speaker 1: up a lot of his air yards, and that underneath
Speaker 1: stuff is where Curtis Samuel makes his money. So I
Speaker 1: think it's going to be a lot of underneath looks
Speaker 1: for him. Something called Cordell flat is your new starting
Speaker 1: slot safety with the Dory Jackson questionable for the Giants.
Speaker 1: Both of them, no matter who it is, they both
Speaker 1: allow passer ratings over one hundred eight team on the season.
Speaker 1: Clot in the slot lot allowed a touchdown last week
Speaker 1: in his first game as a starter this year. Curtis Samuel,
Speaker 1: your final take a chance at me player. As we
Speaker 1: go to the Lions taking on the Ravens, I want
Speaker 1: to start with the running game here. We know David
Speaker 1: Montgomery's out and Jamiir Gibbs has been proclaimed the starter
Speaker 1: by Dan Campbell and he says he's going to get
Speaker 1: the majority of the looks because Craig Reynolds is hurt.
Speaker 1: And we'll talk more about Craig in a second. Detroit
Speaker 1: leads the league in rushing attempts and his third in
Speaker 1: both rushing yards and score, so opportunities should be here
Speaker 1: for Jamiir Gibbs. Gibbs will get most to get most
Speaker 1: of that work. Montgomery was averaging three carries from inside
Speaker 1: the ten before going down. This team runs the ball
Speaker 1: a lot inside the ten. A lot of that could
Speaker 1: go to Gibbs, depending on whether or not Reynolds is
Speaker 1: healthy enough to get that kind of work. Baltimore's run
Speaker 1: defense has been elite in recent years, not as much
Speaker 1: this year. They ranked tenth in run defense by Pro
Speaker 1: Football Focus. They we ain't twentieth and run stuff win
Speaker 1: rate by Espienzo. I think Gibbs can get a little
Speaker 1: something done here. B grade on Jamiir Gibbs, and just
Speaker 1: a C grade on Craig Reynolds. You know, you know
Speaker 1: he's got the hamstring, he's got the toe injury. If
Speaker 1: he plays at all, we assume it's going to be
Speaker 1: in a diminished role here, but hopefully a touchdown opportunity
Speaker 1: as they run the ball inside the ten as I
Speaker 1: just talked about. We'll keep a C grade on Craig
Speaker 1: Reynolds if he happens to play. As for the passing game,
Speaker 1: this is a brutal matchup for everybody, including I'm on
Speaker 1: rass Saint Brown, possibly the toughest matchup of his year.
Speaker 1: Baltimore ranks number two in pass coverage by Pro Football Focus,
Speaker 1: sixth an overall DVOA. I'm on ross Saint Brown is
Speaker 1: a tricky matchup in the slot against Arthur Mallett, who
Speaker 1: has yet to allow a touchdown this year, and is
Speaker 1: giving up just twenty two yards per game in his coverage.
Speaker 1: The good news Baltimore's cornerbacks play more man than zone,
Speaker 1: and AARSB has been good against man coverage. So there's that.
Speaker 1: I got a passer rating of one hundred and one
Speaker 1: when targeted in man coverage, So that might be your
Speaker 1: opportunity for a'm on Ross Saint Brown. Who clocks in
Speaker 1: with a beeg? Right?
Speaker 4: Do you want to play the game? Did the Ravens
Speaker 4: pick a wide receiver over I'm on Ross Bronn.
Speaker 1: Bateman might have been over. I'm on Ross Saint Brown,
Speaker 1: Ding Ding Ding Correct? There we go well before I'm
Speaker 1: on Ross Saint Brown. By the way, yeah, there's that
Speaker 1: much more. We love it. We love I'm on Ross
Speaker 1: Saint Brown.
Speaker 2: So good.
Speaker 1: Josh Reynolds comes in with a sea grade. He's turning
Speaker 1: into a weekly fantasy play, but again, tough spot here.
Speaker 1: For many of the reasons I just described, Baltimore's outside
Speaker 1: cornerbacks have been outstanding over the last four weeks. Brandon
Speaker 1: Stevens and Ronald Darby are both allowing passer ratings below
Speaker 1: seventy one in catch rates below sixty five percent. Stevenson
Speaker 1: has been targeted a lot man Maybe that helps Reynolds,
Speaker 1: but mostly it's not turning into actual production. I can
Speaker 1: only get you to a C grade on Josh Reynolds.
Speaker 1: Sam Laporte has been a fantastic fine and like one
Speaker 1: of the only overachievers at the tight end position in
Speaker 1: the entire life. But this also brutal matchup for him too.
Speaker 1: Baltimore allowing the fewest points to tight ends, They're one
Speaker 1: of five teams not to allow a touchdown to the position,
Speaker 1: and they allow the second fewest yards per game to
Speaker 1: tight ends. Now, in fairness, Laporte is the best tight
Speaker 1: end they faced all year, So maybe a lot of
Speaker 1: perform the other guys that they face, but to this point,
Speaker 1: it's been a very tough matchup and I can only
Speaker 1: give you a C grade on Sam Laporta. Jamison Williams
Speaker 1: is on the bench until he's on the field much
Speaker 1: more often, I believe, just twelve snaps last week, So
Speaker 1: we need him on the field more before we can
Speaker 1: throw darts at Jamison Williams. And all of that leaves
Speaker 1: us with Jared Goff clocking in with a B grade.
Speaker 1: He's been great. This is again a very tough matchup, though,
Speaker 1: Baltimore ranks number two in coverage by Pro Football Focus
Speaker 1: and the return of cornerback Marlin Humphrey for the Ravens
Speaker 1: has been a big boost. He's allowing just thirty two
Speaker 1: yards per game in his coverage. Some extra volume may
Speaker 1: be coming because of the injuries to the running backs.
Speaker 1: Nobody's healthy here, and if either Gibbs or Craig Reynolds
Speaker 1: has a setback on their existing injuries, that would mean
Speaker 1: even more passing. And I factored that in too, gave
Speaker 1: him a B grade here. For Jared Goff it might
Speaker 1: have otherwise been a C grade. Let's go to the
Speaker 1: Ravens side. I want to start with the running game here.
Speaker 1: We're going to leave both Gus Edwards and Justice Hill
Speaker 1: on the bench. They're splitting work, which stinks. The Lions
Speaker 1: run defense has been shockingly good. They're ranking number one
Speaker 1: and run defense by Pro Football Focus. No back his
Speaker 1: top forty three yards against the Lions. That is a
Speaker 1: heck of a turnaround for them.
Speaker 4: I feel like I've seen Gus Edwards take like five
Speaker 4: carries at least from inside the five yard line and
Speaker 4: just nothing.
Speaker 5: Squad doosh, Yeah, I'm with you.
Speaker 1: I don't think he's left a lot of yards on
Speaker 1: the field, but it's there's still not much production to
Speaker 1: be had. There only one runners scored against the Lions
Speaker 1: all season long, so they're both on the bench. Let's
Speaker 1: go to the passing game. Zay Flowers finally scored last week,
Speaker 1: which I think helps fantasy managers realize just how good
Speaker 1: he's been now. Originally we'd worried that Flowers was going
Speaker 1: to run mostly from the slot and have some of
Speaker 1: the imitations that come from most slot receivers. But he's
Speaker 1: running in all parts of the field evenly, and if
Speaker 1: Detroit's rookie's safety Brian Branch can't go, that puts Will
Speaker 1: Harris on the field, and he's been getting killed by
Speaker 1: slot receivers. Detroit allows at least seventy yards to a
Speaker 1: receiver in four of their last five games, and Zay
Speaker 1: Flowers is the most likely guy to get that. So
Speaker 1: he comes in with a B grade on Zay Flowers
Speaker 1: and is really turning into an every week starter for
Speaker 1: your fantasy team. Mark Andrews is the only other receiver
Speaker 1: you care about from Baltimore. He's managed four or more
Speaker 1: receptions in every game He's top sixty five receiving yards
Speaker 1: in three straight games. Detroit's allowed the fourth most points
Speaker 1: and the second most receptions and the second most yards
Speaker 1: the tight ends this season. So it's a smash spot
Speaker 1: for Mark Andrews, who comes in with an A grade. Now,
Speaker 1: how about just not dropping any touchdowns? Mark Andrews, how
Speaker 1: about it? It's not too much trouble. And that leaves
Speaker 1: us with Lamar Jackson. For all the talk of Todd
Speaker 1: Munkin ushering in this pass heavy game script to the
Speaker 1: Ravens that is not materialized at all. There ranked thirtieth
Speaker 1: and pass attempts thirtieth.
Speaker 5: We need to start calling him Art Monkin. Now that's right.
Speaker 5: Well we said don't call him that, but now we're
Speaker 5: gonna call him this now.
Speaker 1: So it's kind of the same old, same old. I mean,
Speaker 1: low Volume's got Jackson ranking seventeenth in completions nineteenth and
Speaker 1: passing yards twenty third in passing touchdowns. It's a bummer, honestly.
Speaker 1: Baltimore's league average and pass blocking and contain and containing
Speaker 1: he's gonna have to contain. They're gonna have to contain.
Speaker 1: Defensive Player of the Year candidate Agent Aiden Hutchinson, who's
Speaker 1: been really, really good, and I don't know if they're
Speaker 1: gonna be up for that. But the rest of the
Speaker 1: Lions don't rush particularly well. That's a team Detroit ranks
Speaker 1: twenty seventh in pass rush win rate. So Jackson's legs
Speaker 1: will be the wild card here as it usually is.
Speaker 1: The Lions haven't faced a mobile quarterback this year, but
Speaker 1: last year, justin Fields, Jalen Hurts and Josh Allen absolutely
Speaker 1: hammered Detroit's defense. Get this, those three guys Fields, Jalen Hurts,
Speaker 1: Josh Allen against the Lions last year average how many
Speaker 1: rushing yards average?
Speaker 3: Let's say eighty because I want to be in the neighborhood.
Speaker 5: Sounds about right.
Speaker 1: One hundred and twelve.
Speaker 3: Wow. Wow, Yeah, So that's exciting.
Speaker 1: That is exciting, Labar Jackson be great. Let's take a break.
Speaker 1: When we come back, we got a big block of
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Speaker 4: And so many studs like Jamar Chase Adam Fiehlen top
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Speaker 5: How much of a discount do you get on those guys, it's.
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Speaker 1: Fascinating, absolute fascinating time to draft. You know what else
Speaker 1: is fascinating? If you got any Colts in your lineup?
Speaker 1: What are you going to do here against the best
Speaker 1: on a defense that is historically good? Right now? Opposing
Speaker 1: teams getting just fifty two plays per game against the Browns,
Speaker 1: it's been an incredible run for their defense. I don't
Speaker 1: think there's any Colts to play here other than maybe
Speaker 1: Michael Pittman. What do you think?
Speaker 3: It's pretty grim. The Browns are number one in the
Speaker 3: league in the following categories, passing completions allowed, passing yards allowed,
Speaker 3: passing touchdowns allowed, running back touches per game, receptions yards
Speaker 3: and touchdowns allowed to wide receivers, receptions and yards allowed
Speaker 3: to tight ends. Yeah, let's leave all the colts on
Speaker 3: the bench. Zach Taylor or Zach Taylor and Jonathan Moss
Speaker 3: how about Oh yeah, it doesn't matter. They're both on
Speaker 3: the bench. It was an almost even split last week
Speaker 3: and snaps thirty seven to thirty two in favor of Moss,
Speaker 3: completely tied in opportunities fourteen rushing attempts plus targets, A piece.
Speaker 3: If anything, it's trending the right way for Taylor in
Speaker 3: his third week back. But if you're splitting ninety four
Speaker 3: total yards and less than half of a score between
Speaker 3: Moss and Taylor, both of them have to be on
Speaker 3: the bench. Gardner Minshew has played a portion of every
Speaker 3: game this year for the Colts, and last week he
Speaker 3: did put up three hundred and twenty nine yards in
Speaker 3: a score plus three picks against his old team. Again.
Speaker 3: Problem is, the Browns are allowing one hundred and forty
Speaker 3: three passing yards and just under a touchdown per game.
Speaker 3: If you need to start a Colts wide receiver because
Speaker 3: you're in a weird league that has a requirement that
Speaker 3: you would start a Colts wide receiver, Michael Pittman's the
Speaker 3: only one you could consider. If the Colts do it right,
Speaker 3: they'll flex Pittman out to the left most often, where
Speaker 3: he'd face right cornerback Martin Emerson. That's the only soft
Speaker 3: spot in the Browns secondary. He's allowing only twenty He's
Speaker 3: allowing twenty three yards per reception in his coverage, but
Speaker 3: he's only allowed six receptions on the season, so I
Speaker 3: wouldn't start him. But if you have to in a pinch.
Speaker 3: Michael Pittman's somebody, I guess that you could get a
Speaker 3: low c on on the other side.
Speaker 1: Yeah, not a lot to love here.
Speaker 3: A lot to love here either. Will it be PJ. Walker?
Speaker 3: Will it be QB. Brown's? It sounds like it's going
Speaker 3: to be QB. Brown's. He was a full participant, still
Speaker 3: recovering from a rotator cuff strand on his throwing arm.
Speaker 3: That's not a great thing to have when you have
Speaker 3: to pass the ball. And it's a pretty good matchup too.
Speaker 3: The Colts are bottom ten and completions, pass yards and
Speaker 3: rushing yards allowed to the opposing quarterback, but with an
Speaker 3: unhealthy shoulder, it's just a C grade for the Browns.
Speaker 3: Qb Amari Cooper is the only Browns wide receiver you
Speaker 3: could consider starting, although it's worth noting that he missed
Speaker 3: Wednesday and Thursday practice for non injury related items. Cooper
Speaker 3: and Elijah Moore are getting similar target shares, but the
Speaker 3: average depth of target for Cooper is fifteen point six.
Speaker 3: That's good, and it's eight for Elijah Moore. More tends
Speaker 3: to run from the slot, where he'll face Kenny Moore
Speaker 3: most often. He has been the best of the Colts
Speaker 3: corners this year.
Speaker 1: Who gets more.
Speaker 3: In the midnight hour? We cried more and more and more.
Speaker 3: Yeah nice, I'll give Cooper a c here in an
Speaker 3: above average matchup. The Colts are allowing the eleventh most
Speaker 3: receptions and yards to opposing wide receivers. But still it's
Speaker 3: the shoulder of QB. Browns that's the difference. David and
Speaker 3: Joku A spots c start as well. Three different tight
Speaker 3: ends in the last three weeks have hit the ten
Speaker 3: PPR points mark. It's mostly been on volume. The Colts
Speaker 3: have allowed the fourth most receptions and the sixth most
Speaker 3: yards to the position this year, but only have given
Speaker 3: up one score to a tight end this year. And finally,
Speaker 3: the running backs Jerome Ford and Kareem Hunt worth noting
Speaker 3: the slight shift in Cleveland.
Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 3: In the last three weeks, Kareem Hunt snaps went fourteen fourteen,
Speaker 3: twenty six. Jerome Ford snap stayed pretty close to the
Speaker 3: same at around thirty seven per game, but the rushing
Speaker 3: attempts and targets were pretty close to a split. Last week,
Speaker 3: Hunt had fifteen opportunities, Ford had nineteen. It's clear both
Speaker 3: will be utilized and This could grow into almost an
Speaker 3: even split before long. Maybe it's already there. This week
Speaker 3: against the Colts, they face a team that's allowed seven
Speaker 3: rushing touchdowns to opposing backs already. That's the fourth most
Speaker 3: in the league. They've also allowed the ninth most receiving
Speaker 3: yards and are seeing about twenty eight total running back
Speaker 3: touches per game. That lines up for some good numbers
Speaker 3: for both of the runners. Even if it's a split.
Speaker 3: I'll give a pair of sees to both of them.
Speaker 3: But four it is closer to the b than Hunt.
Speaker 1: Las Vegas taking on the Bears. Now, Brian, you already
Speaker 1: told us about some elements of the Las Vegas passing
Speaker 1: game that you like, and take a chance on me.
Speaker 1: But let's go to Josh Jacobs with what feels like
Speaker 1: a pretty good opportunity. Vikings could not cash in against
Speaker 1: the Bears last week. I like Josh Jacobs to do better.
Speaker 5: Yeah, as do I I'm giving Jacobs an a.
Speaker 4: It's not the best matchup on the ground, as the
Speaker 4: Bears allowed the tenth fewest rushing yards per game to
Speaker 4: opposing running backs.
Speaker 5: The real angle here is through the air. For Jacobs.
Speaker 4: The Bears allowed the most receiving yards per game to
Speaker 4: opposing backs sixty one per game, and Jacobs leads all
Speaker 4: running backs with nearly in targets with nearly six per game.
Speaker 5: So I like Jacobs a lot and his usual bell
Speaker 5: cow role here.
Speaker 4: Speaking of liking a player a lot, you can't like
Speaker 4: Devonte Adams a whole lot over the last two weeks.
Speaker 4: Just six catches for seventy four scoreless yards across his
Speaker 4: last two still giving him a bee here, though, this
Speaker 4: feels like the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Speaker 1: I think kind of game if you were a good
Speaker 1: enough player. Squeaky wheel almost always works if you're a
Speaker 1: good enough player, and Adams is, and.
Speaker 4: Adams certainly has played his fair share of games against
Speaker 4: the Bears in his time with the Packers. The Bears
Speaker 4: are allowing one hundred and sixty yards at more than
Speaker 4: a touchdown per game to opposing wideout. So a B
Speaker 4: for Adams and a B for Jakobe Myers, who was
Speaker 4: just red hot right now. Meyers with twelve catches, one
Speaker 4: hundred and thirty six yards and two touchdowns across his
Speaker 4: last two games. Myers is now just one of nine
Speaker 4: wide receivers with at least four touchdowns this year. Only
Speaker 4: he and Keenan Allen have played five games. Among those
Speaker 4: nine wide receivers on that list, the other seven have
Speaker 4: played six. So Myers red hot safe b for him
Speaker 4: and Michael Mayer. Might take a chance on me pass catcher,
Speaker 4: and it's confirmed Brian Hoyer is Raiders quarterback this week
Speaker 4: against the Bears. He might take a chance on me quarterback.
Speaker 4: Over to the Bear side, Dante Foreman gets a see
Speaker 4: he will be starting will be the starting running back
Speaker 4: for Chicago and this one. The Raiders have surrendered three
Speaker 4: rushing touchdowns to running backs over the last two weeks,
Speaker 4: and on the season, the Raiders are allowing nearly one
Speaker 4: hundred and thirty compo yards per game to running back.
Speaker 4: So a safe sea for Foreman. And that's why I
Speaker 4: had Travis Homer. Its might take a chance on me
Speaker 4: running back and by Coop, excuse me by apocalypse part
Speaker 4: one by Pocalytpa, take a D three, take a shot
Speaker 4: on Travis Homer. If you're imedy at running back like
Speaker 4: most of us are, DJ Moore, just to see for
Speaker 4: him in this game. You have to downgrade more based
Speaker 4: on the Bears quarterback situation. Which we'll discuss in a minute,
Speaker 4: very briefly, we'll discuss it. But regardless of who is
Speaker 4: under cender, this is not a great matchup on paper
Speaker 4: for posing wide receivers. The Raiders have allowed the fifth
Speaker 4: fewest catches per game to opposing wide receivers, and no
Speaker 4: opposing wide out has topped one hundred yards against Las Vegas.
Speaker 4: For those reasons, Darnell Mooney is on the bench, but
Speaker 4: I will give cole kmet a c in the tight
Speaker 4: end waste land, the Raiders are allowing nearly six catches
Speaker 4: and fifty yards per game to tight ends.
Speaker 5: We will take that all day, every day if we.
Speaker 4: Can get eleven PPR points from our tight end in
Speaker 4: the waste land.
Speaker 5: And I alluded to.
Speaker 4: The the quarterback situation in Chicago, it's Tyler. I'm sorry,
Speaker 4: Tyson Bajant secret Bagient man, it's on the bench.
Speaker 5: I don't know that's the best.
Speaker 1: No, yeah, obviously he's on the bench.
Speaker 5: Secret.
Speaker 4: I don't know what else can we do with Bajient
Speaker 4: double O seven. He'll score zero zero point seven.
Speaker 1: Points something like that. Commander's taking on the Giants. We'll
Speaker 1: just move along here. I like a lot of Commanders
Speaker 1: in this game A grade four, Matty McLaurin.
Speaker 4: Oh the other way, Oh yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 5: That's all the sound effects from really Commanders.
Speaker 1: He's got a bunch. Terry mclaur in awesome history against
Speaker 1: the Giants, averaging seven receptions for ninety three yards and
Speaker 1: half a touchdown against his divisional rival. He's top seventy
Speaker 1: yards in every lifetime matchup against the Giants. Cornerback of
Speaker 1: Dory Jackson questionable with a neck injury. Jackson has allowed
Speaker 1: the fifth most yards of any cornerback to season, So
Speaker 1: even if he goes, it's a great matchup for McLaurin.
Speaker 1: And if he doesn't, replacement cornerback Trey Hawkins is even
Speaker 1: worse and he's giving up the deepest a out of
Speaker 1: any cornerback in the league. So game on, Terry McLaurin,
Speaker 1: love it a grade for him. Let's go to further receivers.
Speaker 1: Curtis Samuels might take a chance on my receiver, and
Speaker 1: even the much maligned and non producing Johan Dotson. We're
Speaker 1: gonna give him one last crack in this bipocalypse twenty three.
Speaker 4: Well, they vowed to get the ball in his hands
Speaker 4: more yea awesome, that is. But that's because now he
Speaker 4: is now the placeholder.
Speaker 5: Yeah. Just I'd say it's the holder of point per
Speaker 5: place holder.
Speaker 1: Yeah for laces out point per laces out. Dotson by
Speaker 1: week dart throw here, he leads all Commanders receivers and snaps.
Speaker 1: He's second in targets. He just never there's just no
Speaker 1: production to go with it. But the Giants secondary so bad,
Speaker 1: this could be Dotson's breakout game of the year. I
Speaker 1: already told you that the cornerback problems they're having. The
Speaker 1: probable starting cornerbacks for the Giants are going to roll
Speaker 1: into this game with these Pro Football Focus rankings ninety third,
Speaker 1: one hundred and thirteenth, and one hundred and twenty three.
Speaker 1: There's an opportunity for Johan Dotson for a breakout game
Speaker 1: right here, Logan Thomas, you'd expect the Giants are yielding
Speaker 1: against tight ends. Since the opener. The Giants are allowing
Speaker 1: sixty eight tight end receiving yards per game, which would
Speaker 1: be fourth worst across the full season. Thomas is very
Speaker 1: involved in the offense, averaging five targets and four catches
Speaker 1: per game, including a red zone target per game. Be
Speaker 1: great on Logan Thomas. If I didn't say a grade
Speaker 1: on Johan Dotson, it's a C grade for him, and
Speaker 1: so all of those receivers together. Obviously, I like the
Speaker 1: passing game here, and I like my guy Sam Howell
Speaker 1: on pace to shatter the single season sack record along
Speaker 1: with several Vertebrae's on pace for ninety six sacks. Ninety
Speaker 1: six Somewhere, David Carr is involuntarily wincing at Sam Howell
Speaker 1: Howell seeing pressure. I'm thirty four percent of his dropbacks.
Speaker 1: That's the league's worst number. Now, Worryingly, the Giants pass
Speaker 1: rush win rate is tenth best, and that's like the
Speaker 1: one thing the Giants are still good at. Dexter Lawrence
Speaker 1: getting at opposing quarterbacks. But still, Sam Howe has been good, impressively,
Speaker 1: sitting in the top ten among all quarterbacks in completions,
Speaker 1: completion percentage, and touchdown passes. For Sam Howell clocking in
Speaker 1: with a B grade, Let's go over to Brian Robinson.
Speaker 1: By the way, this sounds like a bunch of guys
Speaker 1: doing a wolf folel. It doesn't even sound like real wolves.
Speaker 1: It's it's me dot real wolves, not guys sounding like wolves.
Speaker 1: Thank you.
Speaker 3: Anything for you charge.
Speaker 1: Brian Robinson matchup starter and this is the right matchup.
Speaker 1: In six career games against the Giants, he's averaging seventy
Speaker 1: combined yards and nearly a score per game. Giants are
Speaker 1: bottom ten and run stuff win rate. The Giants have
Speaker 1: allowed six opposing running backs to rush for at least
Speaker 1: sixty five yards and a score. So a great opportunity
Speaker 1: for Brian Robinson, who comes in with a B grade
Speaker 1: and Antonio Gibson was my take a chance on me runner.
Speaker 1: Let's go over to the Giants side, where there's a
Speaker 1: lot less to like. Sakwon Barkley comes in with a
Speaker 1: B grade. Giants offensive line ranks dead last and run
Speaker 1: block win rate, and we know they're going to be
Speaker 1: missing three offensive linemen in this game, including Andrew Thomas
Speaker 1: and Senator John Michael Schmidts. Fortunately, Washington a middling run defense,
Speaker 1: so there's still opportunity for Barkley. Barkley's closest comparable, running
Speaker 1: back Jon Robinson, last week got steming on the ground
Speaker 1: but caught five passes. I like that here and then
Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor's a consideration you could have. He runs around
Speaker 1: a lot, very mobile commanders have allowed the second most
Speaker 1: quarterback rushing yards last year, Daniel Daniel Jones ran for
Speaker 1: one hundred and six and in the two matchups with Washington,
Speaker 1: if it is Taylor, if it's not, you could also
Speaker 1: consider a dart throw at Daniel Jones, mostly for what
Speaker 1: he could do on the ground. And then, lastly, Darren
Speaker 1: Waller startble in this matchup. Some signs of life lately
Speaker 1: with nineteen targets the past two weeks and he's caught
Speaker 1: eighty percent of his targets over the past three games.
Speaker 1: A healthy eight yard a dot here in Washington, a
Speaker 1: middle of the pack tight end defense in the bipocalypse,
Speaker 1: you probably have to start Darren Waller with a C grade,
Speaker 1: B grade on Barkley, C grade on Tyrod Taylor, and
Speaker 1: or Daniel Jones. When we come back, A game we
Speaker 1: like to call three tough questions, Stay tuned our number
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Speaker 1: three and oh with our panel of experts.
Speaker 6: Tough question number one.
Speaker 1: They tell me that they don't think you got it. Well,
Speaker 1: you guys are saying on the break, you don't think
Speaker 1: that our listeners can go three and oh.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I was saying that.
Speaker 5: Oh, I always like their chances more than mine, the listeners.
Speaker 1: That's true. But none of these are Abu Kyle Pitts.
Speaker 1: So you're not automatically going to lose.
Speaker 5: Oh, that's good.
Speaker 6: Tough. Question number one.
Speaker 1: For teams that are six and oh or five and one,
Speaker 1: is it too early to start molding your roster for
Speaker 1: the playoffs? We begin with Matt.
Speaker 3: If you go to week fourteen, you have eight weeks
Speaker 3: left and all you got to do is go five
Speaker 3: hundred to be ten and four, nine and five, and
Speaker 3: most of those leagues, that's good enough to make the playoffs.
Speaker 3: So not too early to start looking ahead at the playoffs.
Speaker 3: Maybe start targeting some of the league's worst defenses, making
Speaker 3: some even trades, like, for instance, look at Denver, who
Speaker 3: has the Lions, Patriots, and Chargers in the playoffs, Or
Speaker 3: look at Arizona who has the forty nine Ers, Bears,
Speaker 3: and Eagles in the playoffs. That's what you should kind
Speaker 3: of be looking at right now. So yes, yeah, go ahead, Okay,
Speaker 3: start molding. Not too early, yeah, you say, Brian.
Speaker 1: For teams that are six and zero or five and one,
Speaker 1: Is it too early to start molding your roster for
Speaker 1: the playoffs?
Speaker 4: No, definitely not too early. It's the perfect time and
Speaker 4: things you can be doing this week with so many
Speaker 4: teams on by look at the teams in your league
Speaker 4: that maybe have the ceed Lamb or Garrett Wilson, one
Speaker 4: of these studs on by your Higgens, Jammy mar Chaks
Speaker 4: who've been underperforming by low on those guys, and just
Speaker 4: you can afford to look ahead. As Matt Matt mentioned,
Speaker 4: you're essentially guaranteed to make the playoffs. You're not one
Speaker 4: hundred percent guaranteed, but very good chance you do. But yeah,
Speaker 4: start playing the matchups in the later weeks. Make sure
Speaker 4: you have sound backups. But yeah, this is the time
Speaker 4: to look at players who had a rough schedule. Damian
Speaker 4: Peters is definitely won on buy this week, had a
Speaker 4: brutal stretch to start at.
Speaker 1: All time low on. David, You're sorry that all.
Speaker 4: The time, Low, But the answer is no, it is
Speaker 4: definitely not too early to start molding your lineups.
Speaker 1: You are both correct. Really, we're trading October wins for
Speaker 1: December wins, and that's fine. And as Matt I did,
Speaker 1: the exact same math that Matt did. If I played
Speaker 1: just five hundred balls, apparently I've got a very good
Speaker 1: team if I'm six and OHM five and one. If
Speaker 1: I just if that drops down to five hundred, I'm
Speaker 1: still making the playoffs one hundred percent if I play
Speaker 1: five hundred ball the rest of the way. So now
Speaker 1: we're looking at acquiring players who can help us later
Speaker 1: that you can get now. How about injured players David Montgomery,
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones, Justin Jefferson. Go get these guys that are
Speaker 1: likely to be healthy by then and aren't healthy right
Speaker 1: now because you can take those losses. How About backups
Speaker 1: that could be in lead spots by December for whatever reason.
Speaker 1: What if Alexander Madison doesn't get any better and they
Speaker 1: go to cam Akers. What if Derrick Henry gets hurt
Speaker 1: and they go to Taja Spears or they trade them.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about trading Derrick Henry. What if Jeff What
Speaker 1: if Marhem Moster gets hurt, which he always does. What
Speaker 1: if it's Jeff Wilson's job by then? These are the
Speaker 1: kinds of moves that you could take speculatively now to
Speaker 1: help your team in December.
Speaker 6: Tough question number two for Dynasty.
Speaker 1: And Empire leagues. Specifically, are you buying low on Jordan Love?
Speaker 1: M We discussed Love a little bit earlier, easy matchup
Speaker 1: this week, but obviously our vision here on this question
Speaker 1: is years down the road, not just week seven. Brian,
Speaker 1: what do you think.
Speaker 4: I was going to initially compartmentalize this into one quarterback
Speaker 4: and then super flex leagues when I answered, but I'm
Speaker 4: going to love them together and say yes, I am
Speaker 4: going to buy low on Jordan Love.
Speaker 5: He's had is ups and downs so far. This year.
Speaker 4: Was a Gangbusters to start look great, but he's had
Speaker 4: his down games. But in all reality, the Packers haven't
Speaker 4: had their full offense on the field altogether at once.
Speaker 4: Christian Watson was injured to start the season. Then Aaron
Speaker 4: Jones went down, so they just haven't.
Speaker 1: Had Dobbs was injured.
Speaker 4: Dubbs was injured, so they haven't had their full arsenal.
Speaker 4: And Love does lead the league right now in average
Speaker 4: depth of target at nine point eight yards, So let's
Speaker 4: see what he can do with Watson healthy, which will
Speaker 4: be this week.
Speaker 5: You broke the matchup down early.
Speaker 4: We don't know if Aaron Jones will be back, but
Speaker 4: I want to see this whole Packers offense with everyone
Speaker 4: healthy before I give a final verdict on Jordan Love's.
Speaker 5: Outlook, But as of right now, I will buy low.
Speaker 1: All right, So you're a yes on that, Matt. For
Speaker 1: Dynasty and Empire League specifically, are you buying low on
Speaker 1: Jordan Love Well?
Speaker 3: First off? In a Dynasty League, I'm not really sure
Speaker 3: that it's a by low moment on Jordan Love because
Speaker 3: chances are whoever has him either has had him on
Speaker 3: roster for three years or they traded to go get
Speaker 3: him before this, and they really like him. So I
Speaker 3: don't think that there's too much of a by low opportunity.
Speaker 3: But if the question is do I believe better days
Speaker 3: are ahead for him than the last three weeks, yes,
Speaker 3: I do. His passing still needs more seasoning, but that
Speaker 3: grows with reps. And he does add a very decent
Speaker 3: rushing element that's going underrated. He's put up twenty rushing
Speaker 3: yards or more in three of four games and scored
Speaker 3: twice on the ground in the last three weeks. I
Speaker 3: think that he's a very solid contributor there too.
Speaker 1: Agree with many of the points you already said, and
Speaker 1: I'm on yes and this I disagree with your assertion
Speaker 1: that whoever Scott Jordan Love is not worried right now.
Speaker 1: The play has not been great, super inconsistent. If you
Speaker 1: have held him for years, you're not getting the payoff
Speaker 1: you expect.
Speaker 3: I just don't think that in a dynasty league people
Speaker 3: are like, oh, five weeks in, I'm ditching him after
Speaker 3: holding them for two and a half years.
Speaker 1: I don't think you know anything about fantasy players. You
Speaker 1: think they don't get nervous through six weeks.
Speaker 3: Dynasty players are a little bit of a different breed
Speaker 3: in my opinion.
Speaker 1: But uh huh, okay, all right, So we're seven games
Speaker 1: into his NFL career and there are troubling traits like
Speaker 1: the processing speed and the accuracy, but we love the
Speaker 1: big arm, we love the mobility, and Brian, I think
Speaker 1: hit on the biggest thing we haven't seen this offense.
Speaker 1: The offensive line decimated by injuries, the running back position
Speaker 1: decimated by injury, and then the wide receivers all all
Speaker 1: been injured at various times. So I'm still I'm not
Speaker 1: ready to say that Jordan Love's not going to end
Speaker 1: up being a pretty significant fantasy factor. And I'm trying
Speaker 1: to find out what I can get Jordan love for
Speaker 1: right now.
Speaker 6: Tough question number three.
Speaker 1: What is the appropriate level of concern for Reshad White?
Speaker 1: Is it none? Is it some? Or is it a
Speaker 1: bowel loosening level of existential dread?
Speaker 3: We begin with Matt So I looked this up and
Speaker 3: it was on the internet, so it has to be true.
Speaker 3: On May sixteenth of this year, in Burnsville, Minnesota, mother
Speaker 3: was in a Caribou coffee drive through when mysteriously it
Speaker 3: started raining poop on their car. The incident was unsolved
Speaker 3: until right now. It was due to Rashad White fantasy
Speaker 3: owners in nearby apartment complexes. He's on the field for
Speaker 3: eighty percent of the Bucks snaps this year, and he's
Speaker 3: done almost nothing. I mentioned in the matchup that he's
Speaker 3: top ten PPR points only once this season. He's seventy
Speaker 3: fourth in the league in rushing yards per attempt at
Speaker 3: three point three. He has one rushing score in his
Speaker 3: last nineteen games, and he's topped sixty rushing yards twice
Speaker 3: in his twenty two career games. He's not good. He's blowed.
Speaker 1: He's blowed, and you're blowed thinking about Yeah, he blew
Speaker 1: on a Caribou drive Throo. Yeah, in midsomb not specifically him,
Speaker 1: but oh his fantasy owners are nearby bowa loosening levels
Speaker 1: of existential dread obviously, Yeah, absolutely, Brian. Appropriate level of
Speaker 1: concern for Rashad White none, some or blowed.
Speaker 4: I was close to blow, but I'm at some right now,
Speaker 4: even though I'm a Sean Tucker bobo. But he's taken
Speaker 4: the back seat to Keishaan Vaughan as the what is
Speaker 4: that backup running back? So that says there's not a
Speaker 4: ton of talents in that backfield and that includes White.
Speaker 4: But it's been a tough start for White in terms
Speaker 4: of matchups. I have to attribute a lot of these
Speaker 4: stats to Graham Barfield. I read this on Twitter. So
Speaker 4: the Bucks have generated zero point six y' eight adjusted
Speaker 4: yards before contact for their running backs. That is the
Speaker 4: third fewest. Now you couple that with their gauntlet of
Speaker 4: a start. When it comes to matchups four opposing running backs,
Speaker 4: They've had the Vikings, who have allowed the eleventh fewest
Speaker 4: yards per carry, then Chicago third fewest, Philadelphia fourth fewest,
Speaker 4: New Orleans ninth fewest, Detroit. Last week for Tampa Bay
Speaker 4: second fewest, and this week they get the Falcons allowing
Speaker 4: just three point three yards per carry, So it's not
Speaker 4: all his fault. So that's why I'm at some. But
Speaker 4: hopefully the schedule softens up a little bit for White.
Speaker 4: But you're not gonna get any reprieve.
Speaker 5: This week, it sounds like, but I'm at some, not blowed.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you guys are. You've hit on a lot of
Speaker 1: my talking points already, and you've backed it up with
Speaker 1: a lot of salient data. Let me add this one.
Speaker 1: In third worst rushing yards over expectation, where shot White
Speaker 1: at negative one yards over expectation, So that's technically under expectation.
Speaker 3: Over expectation.
Speaker 1: He's negatively negative over Yes, So now I thought he
Speaker 1: was going to be a more capable receiver than he
Speaker 1: has been. Just seventeen catches to this point of the season,
Speaker 1: he's averaging three catches for twenty yards. I went into
Speaker 1: this question assuming the answer was going to be blowed.
Speaker 1: But in fantasy football, opportunity means more than ability does.
Speaker 1: The ability isn't there, the offensive line's not there, but
Speaker 1: there's nobody pushing him for touches, and in with all
Speaker 1: of the injuries and everything else at the running back position,
Speaker 1: I got bigger problems. Honestly, then we're Shot White clocking
Speaker 1: in for nine to ten Fantasy points a game. I
Speaker 1: got bigger fish to fry. The answer is some Let's
Speaker 1: go back to the matchups. Matt Arizona Cardinals taking the
Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks. He already talked a little bit about Josh
Speaker 1: Dobbs is a take a chance for me quarterback. How
Speaker 1: about his primary receiver in this game, Marquise Hollywood Brown.
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's the only one I'd start out of the
Speaker 3: wide receivers. He'll line up most open with Tarik Woolan,
Speaker 3: who has a one twenty passer rating in coverage this year,
Speaker 3: and he's already allowed two scores. Brown has double digit
Speaker 3: targets in four of the last five weeks, so he
Speaker 3: is a solid B grade here. Michael Wilson's two to
Speaker 3: four targets in the last two weeks aren't enough to
Speaker 3: warrant consideration, and Ronde al Moore's average depth of target
Speaker 3: is two point four. That's a complete disaster. So those
Speaker 3: two are on the bench. Zach Ertz is on the
Speaker 3: bench too. Seattle's been very good against tight ends this year.
Speaker 3: They haven't allowed a tight end score since week fifteen
Speaker 3: of last season, and Ertz has only seen four targets
Speaker 3: per game in each of the last two weeks. Seattle's
Speaker 3: only seen one tight end top the fifty yard mark
Speaker 3: in their last six games. The running back situation is
Speaker 3: absolutely gross and you should stay away from it. Imari
Speaker 3: de Marcado at the most snaps last week at thirty three,
Speaker 3: but only had three touches. Keyante Ingram had twenty six
Speaker 3: snaps and twelve touches but did almost nothing with them.
Speaker 3: And then they activated Damian Williams from the practice squad.
Speaker 3: He got nine touches on twelve snaps, and then they
Speaker 3: sent him back to the practice squad this week, which
Speaker 3: I don't understand.
Speaker 1: Just eye test. He ran the hardest of the three
Speaker 1: by a mile. I'm like, well, he looks like the best.
Speaker 3: I mean, nine touches on twelve snaps says something. They
Speaker 3: trusted him more than anybody else.
Speaker 1: And then they sent him back to practice squad.
Speaker 3: Exactly. No, I mean they could elevate him again, I suppose,
Speaker 3: but Seattle's only allowing two point six yards per carry.
Speaker 3: That's the best mark in the league, so everybody's on
Speaker 3: the bench. Kenneth Walker on the other side, he gets
Speaker 3: my fantasy Ardvark. This week, you get the fantasy yard
Speaker 3: var He's a double A grade For those keeping count
Speaker 3: at home, the cards are allowing one hundred and forty
Speaker 3: four combo yards and a score and a half per
Speaker 3: game to the running back position. Walker's still getting almost
Speaker 3: all the war He's averaging nineteen touches per game and
Speaker 3: a scored six times in the last four weeks. He's
Speaker 3: a solid double A start this week. Gino Smith, He's
Speaker 3: a B grade here. He's hit at least two hundred
Speaker 3: ninety six yards and three of his last four and
Speaker 3: he faces a Cardinals defense that's allowing the fourth most
Speaker 3: passing yards in the league at two hundred sixty six
Speaker 3: per game. But the issue is, and I mentioned it
Speaker 3: on take a chance on me. Dk Metcalf and Tyler
Speaker 3: Lockett both kind of working with some nagging injuries. Lockett's
Speaker 3: trending the right way, Metcalf the wrong way. Jackson Smith
Speaker 3: and Jigbo was might take a chance on me wide
Speaker 3: receiver with a B grade, and I like him. There's
Speaker 3: definitely no tight ends that I want to start for
Speaker 3: the Seattle Seahawks.
Speaker 1: Hey, speaking of tight ends. Let's keep an eye on
Speaker 1: this emerging Trey McBride Zach zach Ertz thing, because sure
Speaker 1: Bride's usage is going up.
Speaker 3: Zachson. Mc bride's a sneaky good play and if he's
Speaker 3: available in a dynasty league that you're in, he's a
Speaker 3: good stash.
Speaker 4: Right now, let me throw out real quick, if Metcalf
Speaker 4: were to sit for those daily players out there, Jake
Speaker 4: Bobo baby probably bare minimum just sitting out there waiting
Speaker 4: for your.
Speaker 5: I can't think of it.
Speaker 3: Wait for the.
Speaker 5: Bobo Bobo sla.
Speaker 3: I'm a Bobo Bobo.
Speaker 5: I've said it a long time. I just loved the name.
Speaker 5: Jake Bobo.
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers taking on the Los Angeles Rams Brian and
Speaker 1: for Pittsburgh, Uh, it's been a very rough go. But
Speaker 1: they may get back Deontay Johnson in this game. Off
Speaker 1: I are has the opportunity to get elevated for this one.
Speaker 1: Could come back. Maybe that's a spark this offense needs.
Speaker 5: Yeah, Deontay A.
Speaker 4: Johnson not listed on the injury report, so he sounds
Speaker 4: like he will return from that hamsterring injury. So we'll
Speaker 4: start with him and George Pickens, but just to see
Speaker 4: for both Pickens and Johnson. The Rams are allowing a
Speaker 4: meager eleven catches and one hundred and thirty one yards
Speaker 4: per game to opposing wide receivers and just one total
Speaker 4: touchdown to the position all year. LA's outside corners are
Speaker 4: Legit Darien Kendrick and a with the It's been both
Speaker 4: on a forty five percent catch rate and their coverage combined,
Speaker 4: they've only allowed eleven receptions on the season. That's one
Speaker 4: every twenty coverage snaps.
Speaker 5: Yikes.
Speaker 4: So softest of seeds for Pickens and Deontay Johnson and
Speaker 4: Pat Firemouth No C, no D. He's on the bench,
Speaker 4: not expected to play with the hamstring injury, and it's
Speaker 4: unfortunate because this is a good matchup for tight ends.
Speaker 4: The Rams are allowing five catches, sixty nine yards and
Speaker 4: half a touchdown per game to tight ends. But you're
Speaker 4: flipping a coin now between Connor Hayward and Darnell Washington,
Speaker 4: Who's an exciting rookie, but Hayward's been seeing more targets
Speaker 4: than Washington when they both see snaps. If I had
Speaker 4: to pick one would be Hayward. But they're both on
Speaker 4: the bench in this game, as is Kenny Pickett. He'll
Speaker 4: be sitting on the bench next to Hayward and Darnell Washington.
Speaker 4: The Ram sep surrendered four passing touchdowns and six games
Speaker 4: this year.
Speaker 5: That is not a lot. And also on the bench.
Speaker 4: For the Steelers are running backs Jalen Warren and Najie Harris.
Speaker 4: I list Warren first because he is the better running
Speaker 4: back between the two. Warren has outscored Najie Harris and
Speaker 4: Fantasy points in every game this season, all five that
Speaker 4: Brig has played. I didn't realize it was that lopside.
Speaker 4: It is, and he has only seen fifty five touches,
Speaker 4: twenty one being catches. Harris has sixty eight touches, just
Speaker 4: five being catches. But more touches for Harris, but he's
Speaker 4: getting outscored by Warren. But a bad matchup for both.
Speaker 4: The Rams are yielding less than twenty four touches per
Speaker 4: game to running backs for just one hundred and four
Speaker 4: combo yards, So Warren and Harris on the bench in
Speaker 4: this one. Now over to the running backs for the Rams.
Speaker 4: This is about as ugly as it gets with my
Speaker 4: boy Kyra and Williams already ruled out his backup Ronnie
Speaker 4: Rivers ruled out, So now we're looking at Zach Evans,
Speaker 4: Royce Freeman mile.
Speaker 1: Okay, go ahead, Royce Royce, drop the piano, Freeman, let's go,
Speaker 1: let's kill. Let's go with the official signed FFW name.
Speaker 4: Well, how many pianos does Darryl Henderson carry on?
Speaker 5: He's back on the.
Speaker 3: Baby grand I think it is about how many pianos
Speaker 3: does Royce Freeman have?
Speaker 1: Three?
Speaker 3: Okay?
Speaker 1: It does the Steinways full on Steinways that he's dragging
Speaker 1: behind him.
Speaker 3: That's a nice piano.
Speaker 4: I can't give a starting grade to anyone in this backfield.
Speaker 4: I'm still in shock over Kyen Williams and his ankle sprain.
Speaker 4: I'm very sad over this. But not a great matchup.
Speaker 4: Can't start any of these running backs for the Rams.
Speaker 4: The Steelers allowing less than a touchdown per game to
Speaker 4: opposing running backs, and this is going to be the
Speaker 4: platoon of all platoons, and that's.
Speaker 1: What worries me. So it's going to be stupid Darryl
Speaker 1: Henderson getting the most garried.
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's a four headed coin flip.
Speaker 1: And was I wanted to be Zach Evans, who had
Speaker 1: some really good traits at ole Miss and I feel
Speaker 1: like he has he could be special, and all these
Speaker 1: other running backs stink, but just the NFL doesn't work
Speaker 1: that way. And the fact that Zach Evans hadn't gotten
Speaker 1: himself into position to get really any work before now
Speaker 1: tells me that John McVay didn't trust him and didn't
Speaker 1: want him on the field.
Speaker 5: Yeah, a lot of.
Speaker 4: Nervous, A lot of mystery in that backfield. We don't
Speaker 4: want to mess with that. Not a lot of mystery
Speaker 4: at wide receiver for the Ramso Cooper Cup easy a
Speaker 4: Pittsburgh has allowed some big name receivers to pop off
Speaker 4: against them. Brandon Ayuk eight for one twenty nine and
Speaker 4: two touchdowns, DeVante Adams thirteen catches, one hundred and seventy
Speaker 4: two yards two touchdowns against the Rams, Nico Collins seven
Speaker 4: catch I'm sorry against the Steelers. Nico Collins seven catches
Speaker 4: one sixty eight and two against the Steelers. Cooper Cup
Speaker 4: can certainly reproduce those numbers, as could Pooka Nakua. He's
Speaker 4: become the robin to Cooper Cup, who is clearly batman.
Speaker 4: Nowady is healthy, but again a great matchup. The Steelers
Speaker 4: are top ten and the most catches and touchdowns allowed
Speaker 4: to opposing wide receivers in a starting grade for tight
Speaker 4: end Tyler Higbee. The Steelers don't give up a lot
Speaker 4: of production to tight ends on paper, but those numbers
Speaker 4: are suppressed by the zero catches the Raiders tight ends
Speaker 4: head against him in Week three. Outside of that game,
Speaker 4: tight ends at faredwell against Pittsburgh, Mark Andrews, Dalton Schultz
Speaker 4: and the Browns tight ends all combined for good games
Speaker 4: against Pittsburgh and so A. See on Higbee, B on Nakua,
Speaker 4: A on cup Easy, b on Matt.
Speaker 1: Stafford when we come back justin air pair coming off
Speaker 1: a bad game. Whatever his prospects for a rebound in
Speaker 1: Kansas City, find out when we come back to Fantasy
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Speaker 3: Ooh, charg Can I give a shout out really quick?
Speaker 1: Sure?
Speaker 3: Hey? My soccer team that I'm the assistant coach on
Speaker 3: we made the state tournament last night. We won in
Speaker 3: Super Section eight Double A. Congrats to the Saint Michael
Speaker 3: Albertville Knights boys soccer team. Let's go win a few
Speaker 3: games and take down State. Now that's awesome.
Speaker 1: Congratulations, that's super cool. Chargers take on the Kansas City Chiefs.
Speaker 1: Austin Eckler came back and immediately went right back to
Speaker 1: being the workhorse role that we were hoping he would
Speaker 1: get and came up one yard short twice. Otherwise would
Speaker 1: have had really a pretty monstrous game last week. Tricky
Speaker 1: matchup here against Kansas City worse.
Speaker 3: Sorry, well I like it.
Speaker 1: That's why this season we forget the horses even on here.
Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, so many so many animal noises on here.
Speaker 1: Odd animal noises. So obviously for Austin Eckler, let's go
Speaker 1: to the passing game here. I want to start with
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen. Now this temptation is just autumn adally plug
Speaker 1: him in as an A grade, but not this week
Speaker 1: into Wait, I got some individual matchups that worry me.
Speaker 1: Here on Allen, he runs from the slot on two
Speaker 1: thirds of his routes. The Chiefs have slot cornerback Trent
Speaker 1: mcduffey was last year's first round pick. Right now ranking
Speaker 1: his Pro Football Focus is thirteenth best cornerback overall. He's
Speaker 1: allowing a mere three receptions per game under thirty yards
Speaker 1: per game, and when Allen goes outside, the Chiefs outside
Speaker 1: cornerback Lajerius Snead is also only allowing three receptions and
Speaker 1: thirty yards. So there's nowhere to go for an easy
Speaker 1: matchups for Keenan Allen. So I'm just putting the B
Speaker 1: grade on Keenan Allen this week. Josh Palmer comes in
Speaker 1: with a C grade. He's averaged six sketches seventy two
Speaker 1: yards with two touchdowns in the games that Mike Williams
Speaker 1: has missed since last season. He led the teams in
Speaker 1: routes last week he had even more than Keenan Allen
Speaker 1: and the second most targets, had the second most receptions
Speaker 1: in yards. Tricky matchup again for him too. Gets all
Speaker 1: three cornerbacks, including the aforementioned Snead and mcduffy who I mentioned.
Speaker 1: Chargers allowing the fifth fewest yards sorry, Chiefs allowing the
Speaker 1: fifth fewest yards to wide outs and over the last month,
Speaker 1: no opposing receiver has top sixty four yards against the
Speaker 1: Chiefs and that includes Justin Jefferson, Garrett Wilson, DJ Moore,
Speaker 1: some good receivers, so Josh Palmer, just to see grade here.
Speaker 1: Gerald Everett's on the bench. I'm not chasing. Last week's
Speaker 1: touchdown tight ends are having some success against Kansas City.
Speaker 1: Three tight ends of top fifty yards, only one is scored.
Speaker 1: And the worry is that even with Mike Williams out,
Speaker 1: everage is still mostly an afterthought in this offense. In
Speaker 1: two games without Mike Williams, Everett averaging two catches for
Speaker 1: thirteen yards. Bench grade for Gerald Everett.
Speaker 3: So where does that.
Speaker 1: Leave Justin air Bear? Coming off the lousy game, he
Speaker 1: faces this good secondary that I've already talked about. I've
Speaker 1: got BC's and bench grades on everybody else. Chiefs allowing
Speaker 1: less than two hundred passing yards and a very modest
Speaker 1: one point two asking touchdowns per game, now working in
Speaker 1: Herbert's favor, a terrific history against Kansas City. Last year's
Speaker 1: two games against the Chiefs combined for six hundred and
Speaker 1: fourteen yards and five touchdowns.
Speaker 3: That's pretty good.
Speaker 1: It's pretty good. Maybe a bounce back game coming for
Speaker 1: Justin air Bear. B grade for Justin Airbear, which I
Speaker 1: almost went C grade, but just too much upside to
Speaker 1: be had here. All, let's go to the Kansas City side.
Speaker 1: I get the easy assignment every week of telling you
Speaker 1: the Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelcey, your obvious a's. Mahomes
Speaker 1: has obliterated the Chargers, averaging three touchdowns per game in
Speaker 1: his career against the division rival. Only two other Chiefs
Speaker 1: that I want to talk about. Rashid Rice coming off
Speaker 1: his biggest game career highs and routes run and receiving yards.
Speaker 1: The rookie could be emerging out of the quagmire of
Speaker 1: Chiefs wide receivers.
Speaker 3: That got even murkier this week.
Speaker 1: It did the me cole Hartman thing to me, says
Speaker 1: plenty about sky more, I mean sky less, more is less.
Speaker 1: That is absolutely sky more is less.
Speaker 4: There's no reason not to just play Rice like I'm
Speaker 4: ninety percent of the snaps at this point for them.
Speaker 1: Yeah, if you're the Chiefs, why not just yeah, let
Speaker 1: that kid run and see what happens. He runs two
Speaker 1: thirds of his routes from the slot where he's going
Speaker 1: to face cornerback Josh, Sir.
Speaker 3: Taylor, you're making that name up.
Speaker 1: I pause just for you, Yeah, he ranks his Pro
Speaker 1: Football Focus is coverage corner one hundred and sixty six.
Speaker 3: You're making that number up it and yeah, if you're.
Speaker 1: Thinking what I'm thinking, like, is there one hundred and
Speaker 1: sixty six cornerbacks in the NFL? Apparently, yes there are.
Speaker 1: I think he was like fourth from the bottom. So
Speaker 1: are Shea Rice comes in with the Sea Grade. We'll
Speaker 1: give him the opportunity here. And then lastly, Isaiah Pacheco.
Speaker 1: He's looked terrific, running hard in every game. Kansas City
Speaker 1: a middle of the pack run blocking offensive line, but
Speaker 1: fortunately the Chargers aren't great in run defense. It's ranking
Speaker 1: twenty sixth in run stuff win rate, twenty fourth in
Speaker 1: run defense by Pro Football Focus. Los Angeles allows the
Speaker 1: second most receiving yards and the third most receptions to
Speaker 1: opposing backs, and Pacheco quietly averaging over three targets per game,
Speaker 1: and he's seen more targets than Jeric McKinnon has this year.
Speaker 1: B Grade, Isaiah Pacheco, let's go back to the matchups,
Speaker 1: Green Bay taking on the Denver Broncos. Matt We've already
Speaker 1: talked about a number of different players we like in
Speaker 1: this one. I gave Jordan Loves. May take a chance
Speaker 1: on me quarterback. You gave aj Dillons, You take a
Speaker 1: chance on me running back? Who else do you like
Speaker 1: from the Packers?
Speaker 3: If Aaron Jones actually does play coming off the bye
Speaker 3: week in the hamstring injury, I don't think the Packers
Speaker 3: would need to play him a lot, but I'd give
Speaker 3: him a C because the matchup is just so good.
Speaker 3: He could be a change of pace guy gets six
Speaker 3: touches and it might be fantasy relevant this week. I'm
Speaker 3: not sure quite what to think of the combo of
Speaker 3: Romeo Dobbs, Jayden Reid and Christian Watson. Since Watson returned
Speaker 3: from injury in week four, the waters have been muddy
Speaker 3: at best. Reid's routes dropped from thirty six in week
Speaker 3: three to only twenty in week two. You're in week five,
Speaker 3: and then targets went from seven to two. Dobbs saw
Speaker 3: a similar downturn from forty three routes run and eleven
Speaker 3: targets in week three to thirty three routes run and
Speaker 3: three targets in week five, while Watson's numbers are climbing
Speaker 3: from his first week back to the second. I'm going
Speaker 3: to give all three starting grades, though, with Watson getting
Speaker 3: a B and Dubs and Reid getting a C, simply
Speaker 3: because Damari Mathis and Jakwan McMillan have been so bad
Speaker 3: in Denver secondary Mathis has allowed four scores and a
Speaker 3: one forty three passer rating, McMillan two touchdowns and a
Speaker 3: one thirty eight passer rating, and Mathis is the worst one.
Speaker 3: He plays the right side of the field most often.
Speaker 3: That's where Christian Watson runs from the most, so that's
Speaker 3: why Watson gets the B. Loose Mutton or Luke Musgraves
Speaker 3: as the squares call him. He gets a C grade
Speaker 3: as well.
Speaker 1: I don't have a cheap we still have a sep sound.
Speaker 6: Man.
Speaker 1: If we're gonna run with this, I need cheap sound
Speaker 1: on this sport.
Speaker 3: He hasn't done a ton this year, but this is
Speaker 3: a purely great matchup for him. The Broncos are the
Speaker 3: league's worst tight end defenses, allowing six catches in seventy
Speaker 3: six yards per game to the position and half a
Speaker 3: score per game. Considering amongst all the tight end targets
Speaker 3: in Green Bay, they're all going toward Loose Mutton, So
Speaker 3: I definitely take those numbers. Russell Wilson has to be
Speaker 3: on the hot seat in Denver considering the losses he's taken,
Speaker 3: but outside of last week's disaster against Kansas City, his
Speaker 3: fantasy numbers have actually been pretty good. He's a top
Speaker 3: twelve quarterback in most scoring systems, multiple scores in four
Speaker 3: of six, three hundred passing yards twice, thirty or more
Speaker 3: rushing yards in half of his games. The problem is
Speaker 3: they're not winning, and the franchise is in total upheaval
Speaker 3: right now, and they're facing a pretty good Packers pass defense.
Speaker 3: Green Bay has allowed the second fewest completions and yards
Speaker 3: to opposing quarterbacks, with an average stat line of two
Speaker 3: hundred and fifteen yards and just one passing score per game.
Speaker 3: Plus he could get the hook at any moment. For
Speaker 3: Jared Stidham, I think that there's a real possibility there.
Speaker 6: Ye.
Speaker 3: I'll still give him a C grade, but it's much
Speaker 3: closer to a bench grade. Courtland Sutton and Jerry Judy
Speaker 3: are both on the bench for me. The Packers have
Speaker 3: allowed one opposing wide receiver to top seventy five yards this season.
Speaker 3: They're along the third fewest receptions and the second fewest
Speaker 3: yards to wide receivers overall. If you have to pick one,
Speaker 3: Sutton has three wide receiver scorers on the year. I'd
Speaker 3: lean his direction over Judy, but both are on the bench,
Speaker 3: and the Denver running back situation it's very tricky. First off,
Speaker 3: it's a good matchup. Green Bay is bottom twelve in
Speaker 3: rushing yards, rushing touchdowns, receptions, receiving yards, and combo touchdowns
Speaker 3: allowed to opposing running backs, So if they had one
Speaker 3: guy getting most of the work, he'd be very startable
Speaker 3: in this game. But problem is that's not the case.
Speaker 3: Jalil McLoughlin had the most snaps last week with twenty
Speaker 3: and got nine touches. Javonte Williams had seventeen snaps and
Speaker 3: ten touches, and then samaj p Erin got two touches
Speaker 3: on eight snaps. So McLoughlin is the guy I'd start
Speaker 3: out of these three for a couple of reasons.
Speaker 1: First, Oh, he's averaging like six and a half yards
Speaker 1: per carry.
Speaker 3: That's pretty good. Yeah, but he's also getting quality work
Speaker 3: in the passing game, including two receiving touchdowns in the
Speaker 3: last three weeks. Second, he's had more inside the five
Speaker 3: carries than the other two backs. Granted that surprises me.
Speaker 3: It's only two to one, okay, but it's more a third.
Speaker 3: Even with Williams returning for Week six, McLoughlin was on
Speaker 3: the field more. So I'll give McLoughlin a C grade.
Speaker 3: It could be like, could be closer to be output
Speaker 3: if they just leave him on the field more. But
Speaker 3: the other two I think are on the bench.
Speaker 1: For me, I thought Javonte Williams looked downright plotting in
Speaker 1: every game until last week, and then it looked like
Speaker 1: he just it finally looked like we got some the
Speaker 1: old Javante Williams back.
Speaker 3: Maybe he's finally getting healthy.
Speaker 1: I hope so. But that doesn't take anything away from
Speaker 1: Julian McLoughlin, who's got a spark to him that none
Speaker 1: of the other runners have.
Speaker 3: He's been the one bright spot on that team this year.
Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure, for sure. When we come back, we've
Speaker 1: got more matchups and a trip in the Fantasy Football
Speaker 1: Weekly Time Machine. We're gonna give you some players to
Speaker 1: pick up this week that everybody else is going to
Speaker 1: try to pick up next week. But already on your.
Speaker 5: Roster, I used Julia McLaughlin.
Speaker 1: You're four weeks ago. Yeah, what do you are you
Speaker 1: trying to say this?
Speaker 3: Now he likes the peacock.
Speaker 1: Suddenly you're not eating our peacock.
Speaker 3: I'm glad you you slowed down on saying that.
Speaker 1: We come back. Premature speculation, final segment Fantasy Football Weekly,
Speaker 1: not like forever, just for this week. We'll be back
Speaker 1: next week, week number eight. Get you ready. This is
Speaker 1: a segment we like to call premature speculation. We give
Speaker 1: you a player that you'll want to pick up now
Speaker 1: that I'll just be trying to pick up after they've
Speaker 1: already seen what happens this week. These guys will hopefully
Speaker 1: already be on your roster. We begin with Matt Harrison.
Speaker 3: Kyler Murray returned to practice this week for the Cardinals,
Speaker 3: which means his twenty one day window to return to
Speaker 3: the active roster has opened. By the way, he's only
Speaker 3: rostered in about forty seven percent of sleeper leagues right now.
Speaker 3: They're going to give him every start as soon as
Speaker 3: he's able to get back on the field from a
Speaker 3: torn acl last December.
Speaker 1: Do you think they showcase Kyler Murray so they can
Speaker 1: try to trade him. I think absolutely, And they hope
Speaker 1: he plays well enough that he Garners trade interests. They
Speaker 1: can unload that awful contract without him actually winning games
Speaker 1: because they want to be at the top of the
Speaker 1: draft so they can replace Kyler Murray with somebody this
Speaker 1: year's draft.
Speaker 5: And you don't have to open the window all the
Speaker 5: way for him to fit through, which.
Speaker 3: Is he's tiny. Yeah, well, Church, you stole all my
Speaker 3: thunder there. But he does have a Week sixteen matchup
Speaker 3: with the Bears, by the way, which he could be
Speaker 3: playing for his job in your fantasy playoffs. And oh,
Speaker 3: by the way, that's against Justin Fields, who could also
Speaker 3: be playing for his job. That's going to be a
Speaker 3: super intriguing game in Week sixteen between these two quarterbacks
Speaker 3: who have a rookie looking over their shoulder in the draft.
Speaker 1: All right, Brian, you'll take a chance with me player.
Speaker 4: Not a lot of thunder to steal here. I'm going
Speaker 4: I'm going very deep here with Miami wide receiver Cedric Wilson.
Speaker 4: And this is more like the rare wide receiver handcuff
Speaker 4: play if you roster either Tyreek hill End or jayl Waddle.
Speaker 4: But really, if something were to happen to those guys,
Speaker 4: Cedric Wilson would step in. Granted he's not Tyreek Hill
Speaker 4: or Jalen Waddle, but he'll be a starting wide receiver
Speaker 4: in one of the most high flying offensive offenses in
Speaker 4: the NFL. Just five catches so far for Cedric Wilson,
Speaker 4: but averaging thirteen point six yards per catch, and again,
Speaker 4: if you were to get starter snaps, he would be
Speaker 4: fantasy viable. So if you got a roster spot to
Speaker 4: burn Cedric Wilson, why not?
Speaker 1: All right? I had originally said I was going to
Speaker 1: do Latavius Murray here, but that feels too obvious. Now
Speaker 1: set that up middle earlier in the week. So I'm
Speaker 1: gonna pivot Latavius Murray. Assuming he's gone, let's go back
Speaker 1: to Roshawn Johnson, who I think a lot of fantasy
Speaker 1: nors have gotten tired of at this point and aren't
Speaker 1: going to wait him out. Khalil Herbert went on IR
Speaker 1: he's going to miss another four games. Roshawan Johnson comes
Speaker 1: back off injured reserve. Not in Drear Surrey. It comes
Speaker 1: out of the concussion protocol. He could walk into the
Speaker 1: starting job because thatther foreman's.
Speaker 5: Not that good.
Speaker 1: Travis Homer is a lifelong backup in Darrington Evans has
Speaker 1: never been a meaningful contributor, so opportunities. There is a
Speaker 1: big big thor Nystrom guy Roachan Johnson. You get a
Speaker 1: big power back who could get the ball to goal
Speaker 1: line in Roshan Johnson. Let's go to our final two matchups.
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins have the toughest matchup of their year. It's
Speaker 1: been up I think the toughest matchup of the year
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles. Brian, what do you think of the
Speaker 1: high flying Miami offense in a trickier spot in Philadelphia.
Speaker 4: Yeah, we got a fun game on TAPS Sunday night,
Speaker 4: but like you said, the toughest matchup of the season
Speaker 4: so far for the Dolphins. But a lot of starting
Speaker 4: grades nonetheless, starting with Raheem Moster, It's gonna give him
Speaker 4: a bee. Despite the fact the Eagles have the second
Speaker 4: best run defense grade per Pro Football Focus, and they're
Speaker 4: allowing a meager forty nine rushing yards per game to
Speaker 4: running backs on just three point one yards per carry,
Speaker 4: that's the third lowest. Philly has also just surrendered two
Speaker 4: total scores for running backs, so this will surely be
Speaker 4: a tough test for Mostert. Jeff Wilson has been practicing
Speaker 4: in fullest, he will likely steal some touches. Wilson is
Speaker 4: on the bench, but I'm still gonna roll with mostert
Speaker 4: with the b This is the toughest matchup for the
Speaker 4: Dolphins when it comes to the Eagles in defense, but
Speaker 4: arguably be the toughest matchup for the Eagles on the
Speaker 4: other side against the offense are facing specifically Tyreek Hill,
Speaker 4: who is out of this world right now on pace
Speaker 4: for one hundred and twenty catches, twenty three hundred plus
Speaker 4: yards and seventeen touchdowns. Hill is one hundred and eighty
Speaker 4: six yards shy of a thousand, and he could hit
Speaker 4: that mark by week seven. It's He's insane, Yes, absolutely insane.
Speaker 4: He is a matchup proof. He gets the A.
Speaker 5: Jalen Wattle not matchup hitch.
Speaker 1: A because you're on your last matchup and we haven't
Speaker 1: heard from Fantasy FONSI.
Speaker 4: Yet, not yet, but I'm gonna I might save that
Speaker 4: for the other side. Wattle, Jalen Wattle does not get
Speaker 4: the FANSI just to see for him. That's because the
Speaker 4: Eagles play a lot of man coverage, which isn't great
Speaker 4: for Waddle, who only has a thirteen percent target share
Speaker 4: when facing man coverage, so.
Speaker 5: Just the sea for Wattle.
Speaker 4: It does bode well for both Waddle and Tyreek Kill
Speaker 4: though that starting cornerback Bradley Roby and starting safety Read
Speaker 4: Blank and Ship have been ruled out for the Dolph
Speaker 4: I'm sorry for the Eagles, and last and sadly, we're
Speaker 4: not going to talk about Durnham smythe my boy Smith Tyston.
Speaker 4: He's on the bench, but Tua Tungo Viola is not.
Speaker 4: He gets an A. Tua's currently ranked first and passing touchdowns,
Speaker 4: passing yards yards per pass attempt, and quarterback raiding. The
Speaker 4: Eagles did just blank Zach Wilson, but that is not
Speaker 4: a big deal. Before that, they had surrendered multiple touchdown
Speaker 4: passes in three of their first five games. Philly also
Speaker 4: yielding the fourth most pass attempts per game at thirty nine,
Speaker 4: So I'm going to stick with an A grade for Tua.
Speaker 5: He's on an MVP.
Speaker 4: Pace right now over to the Eagle side, starting with
Speaker 4: DeAndre Swift, he gets a B. Philly is ESPN's top
Speaker 4: offensive line per their run block win rate metric, and
Speaker 4: they are also Pro Football Focus's top run blocking unit,
Speaker 4: and Miami is twenty seventh in run stuff win race.
Speaker 5: So Lake Swift here with the B.
Speaker 4: The Dolphins have also yielded the second fewest running back
Speaker 4: targets this season. Not great, but they have allowed the
Speaker 4: second highest yards per reception to the position, so that
Speaker 4: those numbers are a little skewed. Like Swift a lot
Speaker 4: in the bellcow role. He gets a B and you
Speaker 4: gotta love AJ Brown. He gets this week's fantasy fonsie.
Speaker 3: That's so exciting.
Speaker 4: Brown's last four games nine for one thirty one, nine
Speaker 4: for one seventy five and two six for one to
Speaker 4: twenty seven seven for one hundred and thirty one yards.
Speaker 4: He is searing hot right now. Miami's quarterbacks xaviing Howard
Speaker 4: and Ela Apple major liabilities for their secondary. They rank
Speaker 4: as Pro Football focuses cornerbacks one for nine and one
Speaker 4: fifty five, respectively. That is not good. The Dolphins have
Speaker 4: allowed the fourth most catches and touchdowns to opposing wide receivers.
Speaker 4: So easy a the fonsie for AJ Brown, But just
Speaker 4: to see for Devonte Smith, who has taken a clear
Speaker 4: back seat to Brown this season. His first read target
Speaker 4: share has dropped from twenty eight percent in twenty twenty
Speaker 4: two for Davante Smith to nineteen percent in twenty twenty three.
Speaker 4: This year, AJ Browns has gone up. AJ's a alpha
Speaker 4: Smith is just he's the second option now at wide receiver.
Speaker 4: He gets the C but B for Dallas Goddard in
Speaker 4: a spike game, because in twenty eighteen, the Miami Dolphins
Speaker 4: selected Mikeasicki seven picks before Dallas Goddard in that draft,
Speaker 4: and the Dolphins also allowing more than five and a
Speaker 4: half catches and fifty yards per game. Two tight ends
Speaker 4: safe bey on Goddard and an A for Jalen Hurts.
Speaker 4: I mean, you're you're not sitting Jalen Hurts ever, so for.
Speaker 1: Him, yeah, it'll coming off a bad game.
Speaker 3: Do you think spike games work a lot better for
Speaker 3: wide receivers? White wide receivers seem to really really dig
Speaker 3: the spike games and Harry tight ends are like whatever.
Speaker 4: And speaking of spike games, really quick, the Dolphins did
Speaker 4: take two over Jalen Hurts in the twenty twenty draft.
Speaker 5: I'm just saying, well, they were like neck and.
Speaker 1: Neck, but it's separated by round or two.
Speaker 5: Hurts We'll remember, Yeah, Hurts was the second round, all right, the.
Speaker 1: Monday nighter is really muddy here. We have unknowns going
Speaker 1: into it with Christian McCaffrey and Deebo Samuel, you both
Speaker 1: feel like coin flips. I think Deebo doesn't go, is
Speaker 1: my guess. But obviously, if Christian mccafrey goes, you're gonna
Speaker 1: play him. And so if that goes, without saying, I'm
Speaker 1: not going to spend a lot of time elaborating on that,
Speaker 1: but let's talk about what happens if he doesn't go,
Speaker 1: because then Jordan Mason becomes a viable player, and I'd
Speaker 1: put him in as a B grade. If he does
Speaker 1: not go, he's the expected starter even if Elijah Mitchell's available.
Speaker 1: Mitchell's got a knee injury, and we've seen Mason get
Speaker 1: more work in recent games. San Francisco has Pro Football Focus'
Speaker 1: third highest run block grade and Minnesota ranks fifth and
Speaker 1: ESPN's run stuff win rates, so Viken's actually been quite
Speaker 1: good against the run. The fifteen non DeAndre Swift runners
Speaker 1: who have faced Minnesota have averaged just three yards per carry.
Speaker 1: So I can get you to a B grade on
Speaker 1: Jordan Mason. If Christian McCaffrey goes and he's probably out entirely.
Speaker 1: If Christian McCaffrey does go'd be great. If he doesn't go,
Speaker 1: all right, so then let's go into the passing game.
Speaker 1: So let's start with the Deebo Samuel Juwan Jennings thing.
Speaker 1: I would only start Debo if he's basically completely off
Speaker 1: the injury port you hear that he's absolutely in great
Speaker 1: shape for this. And then if he does not go,
Speaker 1: the pivot guy that you want, and I think a
Speaker 1: really sneaky bye week starter Juwan Jennings. J Jennings is
Speaker 1: fascinating to me. He gets a ton of run when
Speaker 1: Deebo misses. He's a big body guy who can stylistically
Speaker 1: match a lot of what Deebo does. And all the
Speaker 1: Vikings cornerbacks are really struggling, especially coveted offseason free agent
Speaker 1: acquisition Byron Murphy, who's already allowed three touchdowns in his coverage,
Speaker 1: tied for fifth most Minnesota cornerbacks own Pro Football Focus
Speaker 1: covered ranks of thirty, ninth, eighty third, and ninety ninth.
Speaker 1: Juwan Jennings C grade and a possible pickup. And if
Speaker 1: you've got Deebo Samuel and you don't know what's gonna
Speaker 1: happen till Monday night. Go roster Juwan Jennings, so you
Speaker 1: can make that switch if you need to, and Brevard
Speaker 1: put Samuel in your flex so you'd have even more
Speaker 1: opportunities to make changes later. Sticking with the receivers, Brandon
Speaker 1: Ayuk A grade, Minnesota allows the second most receptions per
Speaker 1: game to wide receivers and Minnesota leans zone heavy. Ayuk
Speaker 1: leads San Francisco receivers in receiving yards against zone coverage
Speaker 1: and as I mentioned, primo matchups against all the Vikings cornerbacks.
Speaker 1: He's been playing great this year. Brandon Ayuk A grade.
Speaker 1: George Kittle comes into the C grade. He's had two
Speaker 1: huge games this year and four absolute duds with three
Speaker 1: or fewer catches and less than thirty receiving yards.
Speaker 5: Now.
Speaker 1: In theory he would get more looks if Deebo misses,
Speaker 1: but that did not manifest itself last week and Deebo
Speaker 1: only played eight snaps last week. Minnesota and above average
Speaker 1: tight end defense so far, allowing the fifth fewest yards
Speaker 1: to tight ends despite facing Travis Kelce Dallas Goddard, so
Speaker 1: they're right defense C grade on George Kittle. We need him,
Speaker 1: we need a boom game. Those down games have really
Speaker 1: hurt his owners, and Brock Purty comes into the B
Speaker 1: grade i've given out as i've given out c's and c's,
Speaker 1: I think pretty fits in grade fits right in the
Speaker 1: middle here, But let's upgrade party. If CMC and deebo play,
Speaker 1: I'd bump them up to an A grade. In this game,
Speaker 1: good passers generally emerging with solid box scores against the Vikings,
Speaker 1: and only bottom tier passers getting stymied. Brock's a good passer.
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be okay here. Let's go to
Speaker 1: the Viking side. We'll start with the running game. Alexander
Speaker 1: Madison clocks in with a C grade, a really dispiriting
Speaker 1: performance last week against a pretty bad Bears defense, and
Speaker 1: now he faces obviously a vastly superior Niners run defense.
Speaker 1: San Francisco's only allowed one running back to top fifty
Speaker 1: two rushing yards all season, only one is top seventy
Speaker 1: in their last twenty nine regular season games, which is amazing. Wow,
Speaker 1: Niers are a top ten run stuff win rate. It's
Speaker 1: tough now the Vikings have a top five run blocking unit,
Speaker 1: but still this is a tricky spot and Alexander Madison's
Speaker 1: dropped five passes this year to lead the NFL and
Speaker 1: drops which is also very disappointing.
Speaker 4: A couple for touchdowns. Two they would have gone for touchdowns, and.
Speaker 1: So it's also I can't so I can't talk to
Speaker 1: you about Alexander Madison maybe winning that way. So just
Speaker 1: a C grade there. Jordan Addison comes into the sea grade.
Speaker 1: Outside cornerbacks Chavarius Ward Diamador Lenore both allows sub zero
Speaker 1: seventy passer ratings and they've combined for three interceptions, five
Speaker 1: pass blocks and zero touchdowns allowed. So is a tricky
Speaker 1: spot for Addison. I can only get him to a
Speaker 1: C grade in this one. kJ Osbourne's on the bench
Speaker 1: despite taking over for Justin Jefferson last week. He only
Speaker 1: got a slight upticking snaps and targets and routes and
Speaker 1: not the big spike that we wanted from a guy
Speaker 1: who inherited all of Justin Jefferson's coveted route tree. And yeah,
Speaker 1: he's gonna be sitting on the outside. And as I mentioned,
Speaker 1: these are really good corners on the outside. So I
Speaker 1: can't put a bench starting grade on kJ Osbourne or
Speaker 1: Brandon Powell either. And that leaves us with TJ. Hockinson
Speaker 1: to discuss. He has seen eight or more targets in
Speaker 1: five of six games this season, and with Justin Jefferson out,
Speaker 1: you know the volume is going to stay high for Hockinson.
Speaker 5: Be nice.
Speaker 1: We caught a few more contested catches. He's only scored
Speaker 1: in one game. He needs to come up with more
Speaker 1: of those catches that are more meaningful. Now they could
Speaker 1: be missing. I just can be missing a coverage linebacker
Speaker 1: Dray Greenlaw and that could be a big help for him.
Speaker 1: B grade and Hockinson and if you're all that together,
Speaker 1: I can only get to a C grade on Kirk
Speaker 1: Cousins in a very tough matchup against the defense at
Speaker 1: ranks number one in coverage, number one in pass rush.
Speaker 1: Viking's pass blocking is improved, but still this is a
Speaker 1: really tricky spot for any quarterback. Only Matthew Stafford has
Speaker 1: managed a solid game against the Niners three hundred and
Speaker 1: seven yards in a score for him. That is your
Speaker 1: upside for Kirk Cousins in this matchup. Thank you for listening, everybody.
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