WEBVTT - Week 16: Championship Week! 0:00:01.160 --> 0:00:04.880 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:06.720 --> 0:00:10.559 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 0:00:11.039 --> 0:00:14.840 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and 0:00:14.920 --> 0:00:23.360 advice now leagues dot com. Here's your host. Welcome to 0:00:23.480 --> 0:00:27.920 a championship edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. I am Paul 0:00:27.960 --> 0:00:30.560 Charchy and my co host today are Brian Johnson and 0:00:30.680 --> 0:00:33.920 Matt Harrison. Hello, guys, Hi church, play the sleigh bells? 0:00:33.960 --> 0:00:38.920 Come on? Um uh the season for Fantasy champions I 0:00:38.960 --> 0:00:41.199 don't know who who would bother to move all my 0:00:41.240 --> 0:00:47.519 button that is yes, that is more appropriate for the 0:00:47.920 --> 0:00:51.519 for the season championship edition. If you are still playing, 0:00:51.640 --> 0:00:55.520 and congratulations if you are you. I think if there's 0:00:55.520 --> 0:01:00.120 a word for the kind of fantasy managers who are 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:04.040 live in Championship week, it is resourceful. You are the 0:01:04.040 --> 0:01:09.480 people that have overcome so much adversity this year. There's 0:01:09.520 --> 0:01:13.760 no way anybody's fantasy team was unscathed by injury and 0:01:13.880 --> 0:01:18.120 illness and COVID. You pivoted, You made great calls at 0:01:18.120 --> 0:01:21.920 the last minute, the Saturday de activation of the player 0:01:22.040 --> 0:01:24.440 you thought you were starting, and you know you went 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:26.399 to the backup. All the things you had to do 0:01:26.480 --> 0:01:29.880 to get here. Well earned. You just kissing the butt 0:01:29.920 --> 0:01:31.840 of all the people who are still listening to the 0:01:31.840 --> 0:01:35.000 show right now, aren't you. Most importantly, they listen to 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:37.840 this show. How they got that? That's a great point, Um. 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:40.200 I want to acknowledge up front, because of the holidays, 0:01:40.640 --> 0:01:45.040 we are taping this show on Thursday, and that just 0:01:45.080 --> 0:01:47.000 means we've got less information to go on than we 0:01:47.040 --> 0:01:50.560 normally have, especially around injuries. We're gonna do our best, 0:01:50.640 --> 0:01:53.920 but you may have more current injury information than we've got. 0:01:53.960 --> 0:01:55.800 But the good thing is is you get to hear 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:59.960 the Friday matchups, the Saturday matchups, and the Sunday matchups. 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:03.080 We're gonna try to squeeze them all into this show. 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:07.200 We also risked our lives driving here in a blizzard. 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:09.440 We we all got here. I'm happy to say. All right, 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:12.840 let's begin with the Friday game. Brian, this is Minnesota 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:16.560 at New Orleans. Yeah, and this is probably the first 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:19.480 time anyone's on a Vikings matchup on this show other 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:21.440 than you charge that is true for this year. It 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:24.200 certainly is true. And not only that, I don't think 0:02:24.240 --> 0:02:27.520 we've ever We've never taped on a Thursday. History of 0:02:27.520 --> 0:02:29.639 the show. I don't think we've ever talked about a 0:02:29.680 --> 0:02:32.280 Friday game history of this show down a preview for 0:02:32.360 --> 0:02:34.760 Friday game. It's it's all all breaking stuff here we 0:02:34.840 --> 0:02:36.480 do in this twenty six years. You think there would 0:02:36.480 --> 0:02:39.840 be nothing you love to do, Well, there's nothing left, 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:41.839 nothing new left to do. With Dalvin Cook. You're gonna 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:43.799 start him still giving him an A on the season. 0:02:43.800 --> 0:02:46.040 The Saints do allow the sixth fewest rushing yards and 0:02:46.080 --> 0:02:48.200 the fewest touchdowns for opposing running backs, but over the 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:50.639 last two weeks they've been tronounced by Miles Sanders in 0:02:50.639 --> 0:02:53.280 the Chiefs backfield, who have all combined to average h 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:56.840 rushing yards at one point five touchdowns per game. Uh well, 0:02:56.880 --> 0:03:00.280 Cook's usage get dialed back, though probably not the He's 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:04.040 are clinging to playoff and that's it's slim, but they're 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:06.040 they're clinging to it. And I don't think Zimmer can 0:03:06.080 --> 0:03:08.600 stop himself from running the ball anyway to his own 0:03:08.639 --> 0:03:10.760 detriment the past couple of weeks, and for what it's worth, 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:13.519 Cook trails Derrick Henry by a hundred yards for the 0:03:13.560 --> 0:03:15.800 rushing title. Probably not gonna make up that ground, but 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:18.040 maybe they let him try hopefully so, but because of 0:03:18.080 --> 0:03:21.799 that lost game, head Cook played, which certainly would have 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:24.640 helped over the receivers justin Jefferson going to give him 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:26.799 a B. There is a upside here. New Orleans is 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:29.520 allowing one sixty nine yards per game two receivers over 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:32.639 the past three well above their sea season average. They've 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:36.000 also surrendered four wide receiver touchdowns over that same three 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:39.360 games span. Jefferson will probably deal with Marshawn Ladder laddermore 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:41.280 and most, but he's not playing so great this year, 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:43.520 allowing a passer rating of a hundred and five in 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:45.960 his coverage and he's given up five touchdowns. So B 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:48.200 for Jefferson and a B for Adam Feeling. Even though 0:03:48.200 --> 0:03:50.680 he's total just fifty yards over the last two games, 0:03:51.000 --> 0:03:53.960 he has scored four touchdowns over his last five, and 0:03:54.040 --> 0:03:56.840 just mentioned, New Orleans has surrendered four wide receiver touchdowns 0:03:56.880 --> 0:03:59.520 over their last three. So I like feeling here, especially 0:03:59.480 --> 0:04:01.600 going go one up against your Norris Jenkins. He's on 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:04.120 the down slope for sure. Uh. The tight ends for 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:08.280 Minnesota Rudolph probably not gonna play. Tyler Conklin looked pretty 0:04:08.280 --> 0:04:10.880 good last week. IRBs Smith did not, but they're all 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:13.320 on the bench. Though New Orleans has allowed one tight 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:15.360 end touchdown over the last nine games, and that one 0:04:15.400 --> 0:04:19.080 to Travis Kelsey, He's not on the Vikings. Lastly, for Minnesota, 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:22.200 Kirk Cousins gonna give him a sea. Quarterbacks the Saints 0:04:22.200 --> 0:04:25.279 have faced started with the most recent have been Patrick Mahomes, 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:28.800 he shredded them. Jalen Hurts and his first start not impressive, 0:04:29.080 --> 0:04:32.360 Matt Ryan with no Julio Kendall Hilton, that Matt Ryan 0:04:32.360 --> 0:04:36.360 when Julio got hurt, Nick Mullins, Nick Foles, Teddy Bridgewater. 0:04:36.400 --> 0:04:38.920 These are all awful quarterbacks are Kirk Cousins is better 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:40.960 than those guys. Folds and Bridgewater were able to throw 0:04:41.080 --> 0:04:42.920 for two fifty and two. That should be a safe 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:44.560 floor for Cousins, So I'm gonna give him a sea. 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:47.640 Over to the New Orleans side, Alvin Kamara gets a B. 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:50.839 Over their last five games, Minnesota has allowed one nineteen 0:04:50.880 --> 0:04:53.559 rushing yards and a touchdown per game to opposing running backs. 0:04:53.839 --> 0:04:56.760 But Minnesota has only allowed one running back receiving touchdown 0:04:56.880 --> 0:04:59.520 all year, and no back has even hit forty receiving 0:04:59.560 --> 0:05:02.160 yards into the Vikes, so don't expect him much from 0:05:02.160 --> 0:05:05.159 Camaro with Eric Kendricks out, I think that's a huge 0:05:05.240 --> 0:05:08.040 difference in Eric Kendricks is arguably in the NFL, is 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:10.480 one of the one of, if not the best pass 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:14.159 coverage linebackers. No Kendricks, I think it's going to be. Uh, 0:05:14.160 --> 0:05:16.640 it's green light for Camara, definitely. Uh, it's not a 0:05:16.640 --> 0:05:18.680 green light for Michael Thomas. He's on I R, so 0:05:18.720 --> 0:05:20.760 you definitely don't want to start him. But that gives 0:05:20.800 --> 0:05:23.800 a b to Emmanuel Sanders, who has produced at least 0:05:23.800 --> 0:05:26.520 seventy six yards or a touchdown in six of seven games. 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:29.479 With Breeze at quarterback. The Viking secondary has played better 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:31.640 as of late. Only one opposing wide receiver as top 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:34.160 sixty five yards over the last three games, but Sanders 0:05:34.160 --> 0:05:37.160 will see enough volume to warrn a start on Friday. 0:05:37.640 --> 0:05:40.000 Trey Kuan Smith might as well, but he's very If 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:42.000 he with an ankle injury, I'll give him a see 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:44.920 if he plays. But if Smith sits, you might be 0:05:44.960 --> 0:05:48.160 able to throw a dart at Lill Jordan Humphrey tiny 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:52.239 Little Jordan's scored last week, or Jalan Johnson bow software targets, 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:54.560 but Little Jordan is way more appealing for obvious reasons. 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:56.880 I don't give little Jordan's see if tray Kwan smith 0:05:56.920 --> 0:05:59.839 sits why not? And you mentioned charge Eric Kendricks is 0:05:59.839 --> 0:06:01.960 out that puts Jared Cook into play with the Sea 0:06:02.279 --> 0:06:04.320 didn't do much last week, but the five targets were 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:06.680 encouraging uh tight end as a soft spot against the 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:08.520 Vikings with Kendricks out without a doubt, so it Cook 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:10.480 gets a Sea with Breeze at quarterback, who also gets 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:13.680 to see the concerns with breeze or age, slash ability, health, 0:06:13.760 --> 0:06:16.760 Taysom Hill, no Michael Thomas. The list goes on, and 0:06:16.800 --> 0:06:19.160 the Viking secondary has been much improved of the last month, 0:06:19.200 --> 0:06:21.599 allowing just two three six passing yards at one point 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:24.480 to one point to five passing touchdowns per games. So 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:27.760 just the softest of seas for Drew Brees. Okay, not 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:29.440 to be confused as a C minus. It is a 0:06:29.520 --> 0:06:32.520 straight sea right there. Tampa Bay takes on Detroit mat 0:06:32.520 --> 0:06:34.719 and Detroit is gonna be without their head coach and 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:37.560 offensive play caller Darryl Bevel Or it appears he's going 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:40.240 to be that way. I saw that he's in tracing. 0:06:40.240 --> 0:06:43.359 He's an isolation right now. So it's possible that he 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:46.880 could maybe be calling it from a booth up in isolation. 0:06:46.960 --> 0:06:50.840 They got him in like a sealed John Travolta in 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:53.640 that seventies movie Boy in the Bubble. That would be 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:57.400 so awesome to have Darryl Bevel in a bubble on 0:06:57.640 --> 0:07:00.840 the field call and play. Maybe they heart him in 0:07:01.080 --> 0:07:05.160 like Hannibal lecter On like a two wheeler. Yeah, that'd 0:07:05.160 --> 0:07:09.920 be fantastic fun. Uh, let's let's start on the Lions side. Um, 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:12.680 I'm gonna talk about Stafford in the next segment, but 0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:15.760 I want to talk about Marvin Jones Jr. Who in 0:07:15.800 --> 0:07:19.280 your Fantasy Championship. I'm giving an a grade two and 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:21.840 it's kind of worth it. Since week eleven, the Bucks 0:07:21.840 --> 0:07:24.760 have allowed wide receivers to hit yardage totals of two 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:29.400 hundred sixty nine, one sixty three, and one thirty and 0:07:29.400 --> 0:07:31.640 then Russell Gage even chipped in sixty eight in a 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:34.800 score last week. Jones had twelve targets last week, which 0:07:34.800 --> 0:07:37.680 is equal to what the other three Lions wide receivers 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:41.080 had combined. By the way, Kenny Golladay not practicing again 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:44.360 this week, so Marvin Jones is the lead dog in 0:07:44.440 --> 0:07:47.600 the Lions wide receiver room t J. Hockenson. I'm giving 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:50.320 a B grade to the Bucks. Defense has softened against 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:53.200 the tight end recently, allowing nine catches for one oh 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:57.480 three and a score to the Vikings tight ends yes, 0:07:58.120 --> 0:08:00.440 and six catches for forty two yards in a score 0:08:00.440 --> 0:08:03.200 to the Falcons height ends just last week. Hockinson coming 0:08:03.200 --> 0:08:06.360 off a disappointing week, but prior to last week's stinking, 0:08:06.880 --> 0:08:09.840 very disappointing week, he put up sixty yards are scored 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:13.040 in four straight Prior to that. Uh DeAndre Swift, I'm 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:15.760 gonna give him a C grade. He's on field for 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:18.080 two thirds of the snaps. They've definitely been easing him 0:08:18.120 --> 0:08:21.600 back in as returning from the injury. Eighty two totally 0:08:21.640 --> 0:08:23.560 yards and two scores last week was enough to keep 0:08:23.600 --> 0:08:26.440 many fantasy owners moving through to the finals. But outside 0:08:26.440 --> 0:08:29.440 of Dalvin Cook, no running back has topped fifty rushing 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:32.400 yards against Tampa Bay since Week two. They've allowed one 0:08:32.480 --> 0:08:35.240 rushing touchdown to a back over the last five weeks. Again, 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:38.319 that was Dalvin. That's a tough tough matchup for Swift 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:40.040 who was trending all the right way. And then here 0:08:40.040 --> 0:08:42.400 in the championship game, you get the best run defense 0:08:42.440 --> 0:08:45.480 in the NFL. Yeah, that's not good. There's another running 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:48.160 back that I'm going to talk about in the next 0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:51.160 segment for Tampa as well. But let's talk about the 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:53.760 passing game there as Tom Brady. He gets a B 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:56.480 grade in this one. The Lions have allowed at least 0:08:56.480 --> 0:08:59.200 two hundred sixty five passing yards in four straight and 0:08:59.320 --> 0:09:03.000 three of those four quarterbacks tossed a trio of touchdowns 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:05.839 or more. The only worry is the Bucks start blowing 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:08.160 out the Lions and Brady just stops throwing. But at 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:10.640 that point, Brady's got his numbers, let's hope. So although 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:14.440 the running the running situation is pretty tasty, it is 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:17.480 Rob Gronkowski. I'm giving him a C grade. Gronk had 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:20.720 seven targets last week, but Cameron brad had more receptions 0:09:21.000 --> 0:09:23.800 and yards. In fact, grons yardage totals over his past 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:29.200 four have been twenty five, one oh two, two and nine. 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:32.960 He's a little touchdown dependent. Yeah, I just don't know 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:35.440 if I feel super confident about playing Gronk in a 0:09:35.480 --> 0:09:39.120 Fantasy championship week. The wide receivers Mike Evans gets the A, 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:42.760 Chris Godwin gets the B. Antonio Brown gets the Sea 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:46.000 Evans seems like he's the only guarantee for targets, as 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:47.640 he's led the team in targets in four of the 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:50.280 last five and he's topped a hundred yards or scored 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:53.439 in four of the last five. Godwin played percent of 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:56.280 the snaps last week, Brown was only on the field 0:09:56.280 --> 0:10:00.200 forty seven, but Brown had seven targets and Godwin only 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:03.280 have five. And Godwin had the great matchup last week two. 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:07.080 Over the last five weeks, no team has allowed more receptions, yards, 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:10.080 and scores to the wide receiver position than the Lions. 0:10:10.320 --> 0:10:13.400 Although the Bucks are close and they've played one fewer game. 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:16.200 It doesn't help that the top two corners, Jeff Okuda 0:10:16.280 --> 0:10:18.840 and Desmond true Font, are now both on I R. 0:10:19.120 --> 0:10:21.360 So you can fire up your Bucks wide receivers in 0:10:21.400 --> 0:10:24.920 this one, San Francisco takes on Arizona. These are all Saturday. Well, 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:27.200 we've had a Friday, Saturday Saturday. We're gonna have another 0:10:27.240 --> 0:10:31.160 Saturday game for you tomorrow on the next segment. Triple Saturday. Yeah, 0:10:31.240 --> 0:10:34.800 Triple Saturday. This is San Francisco Arizona Saturday. C J 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:37.760 bet Third is your starting quarterback for the and this one, 0:10:37.800 --> 0:10:43.160 and it's not pronounced beat hard. Yeah. I'm pretty sure, yeah, 0:10:43.200 --> 0:10:46.160 but I guess it could be like and be tard 0:10:46.640 --> 0:10:49.800 something like that. T hard. Uh. Let's start with the 0:10:49.880 --> 0:10:53.240 Let's start with the running game here. Jeff Wilson gets 0:10:53.280 --> 0:10:57.480 a C grade. He aggravated his ongoing ankle injury last 0:10:57.480 --> 0:10:59.559 week but hopes to play in this one. And I'm 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:01.560 the reason name giving him into the C gradies because 0:11:01.559 --> 0:11:03.640 he does have this ankle injury, and so I'm factoring 0:11:03.800 --> 0:11:06.520 in this a little bit of risk that he doesn't 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:09.040 finish the game. Otherwise he would be a B grade 0:11:09.080 --> 0:11:11.199 in this game. And I do like elements of this matchup. 0:11:11.640 --> 0:11:14.760 Over the past two seasons, in games in which Jeff 0:11:14.800 --> 0:11:18.240 Wilson gets at least eight eight touches, his average game 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:21.400 is fifty six total yards, which is good, and one 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:24.440 and a half touchdowns, which is really good. So Wilson's 0:11:24.480 --> 0:11:26.719 a pretty good start here. Cardinals have been middle of 0:11:26.720 --> 0:11:29.439 the pack and most running back defensive metrics, but they 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:32.439 were obliterated by the forty niners backs in Week one. 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:34.360 I'll note that Jeff Wilson was not a part of 0:11:34.400 --> 0:11:36.840 that back to the passing game now, Oh and by 0:11:36.840 --> 0:11:39.360 the way, Jerick McKinnon, Tevin Coleman dead to us for 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:41.520 a wide variety of reasons, and there's no reason we 0:11:41.520 --> 0:11:44.400 should even spend time on why those guys are not 0:11:44.440 --> 0:11:47.200 going here where he mosted his out. Don't pivot to 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:49.240 Jerick McKinnon thinking he's going to get more work with 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:52.960 McKinnon out with the mostart out. McKinnon's proven that he's 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:56.000 not a factor. And don't tweet at raheem mostart about 0:11:56.040 --> 0:11:57.600 your fantasy team now. He doesn't want to hear that. 0:11:57.760 --> 0:11:59.640 Very angry about it. He does not want to hear 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:02.719 that stuff. Okay, let's go to the only element of 0:12:02.760 --> 0:12:04.760 the passing game that you should be caring about now, 0:12:04.800 --> 0:12:09.640 and that's Brandon Ayuk, who's finishing with probably the second 0:12:09.760 --> 0:12:14.160 best rookie wide receiver season outside of Justin Jefferson, and 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:17.199 maybe better than Justin Jefferson depending on on how these 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:20.480 games finished out. Despite missing several games, Auk has posted 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:24.959 over one yards or a touchdown in seven straight games, 0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:28.760 and with this quarterbacking and is averaging ninety six yards 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:31.480 over the last three games, Arizona is allowing a hundred 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:33.480 fifty yards per game to oppose and receivers over the 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:35.000 past month. That's kind of right in the middle of 0:12:35.040 --> 0:12:37.120 the back. But they've kept receivers out of the end 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:39.000 zone in three of the past four. B grade on 0:12:39.040 --> 0:12:41.360 Brandon Ayuk, who comes in hot and c J a 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:45.640 bet thirds by third string quarterbacks. He's he's highly capable 0:12:45.679 --> 0:12:48.240 by third string quarterback standards. But that's it. You're not 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:51.280 starting anybody else there of the third stringers, king of 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:54.960 the third stringers, best third string I like it. Let's 0:12:54.960 --> 0:12:57.120 go to the Arizona side where we'll begin with the 0:12:57.200 --> 0:13:00.240 running backs. Kennan Drake got dinged up in last week's game, 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:02.400 didn't get a lot of action. Chase Edmonds came in, 0:13:02.559 --> 0:13:05.560 looked really good. But this thing could be flipped because 0:13:05.640 --> 0:13:10.240 Chase Edmonds has not practiced, did not practice Tuesday or Wednesday. Um, 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:12.760 we don't know about Thursday at this moment. Then his 0:13:12.760 --> 0:13:15.400 status for this game is unclear. It's not trending well, 0:13:15.480 --> 0:13:18.640 it's not trending the right direction. Kenyan Drake is is 0:13:18.679 --> 0:13:20.640 practicing and full, so we're gonna assume he's going to 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:22.440 be the starter. Get most of the work that gives 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:26.720 him a B grade. Have been gutted by some unimposing 0:13:26.800 --> 0:13:30.760 running backs lately. Over their last five games, these guys 0:13:31.280 --> 0:13:34.960 have averaged total yards and over a touchdown per game. 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:40.880 Tony Pollard, J D. McKissick, Devin's singletary, Cam Acres and 0:13:40.920 --> 0:13:43.520 that was before Cam had his breakouts, and Alvin Kamara. 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:46.160 That's you know, those guys are getting about a hundred 0:13:46.160 --> 0:13:48.480 total yards and when I have touchdowns almost that's uh. 0:13:48.679 --> 0:13:51.079 That brings Kenyan Drake into play with a B grade 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:53.520 with Chase Edmonds dinged up and for Chase, if you 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:59.199 get a full day of practice on Friday or Thursday, 0:13:59.360 --> 0:14:01.520 then I could see where you might want to go 0:14:01.600 --> 0:14:04.400 with Chase Edmonds on C grade because he did look 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:06.160 really good, but you want to feel a little more 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:09.840 confident before about his health status. Let's go to Kyler 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:12.360 Murray face the Niners in the season opener, and in 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:14.559 that game we got a glimpse of what was to 0:14:14.679 --> 0:14:18.880 come for Kyler Murray. He had an efficient passing day, 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:21.480 but an explosive running day with almost one hundred rushing 0:14:21.520 --> 0:14:24.560 yards in a touchdown. Niners past defense has been pretty 0:14:24.600 --> 0:14:27.200 solid over the last five weeks. Over that span, only 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:29.760 Josh Allen has has really touched them. In a meaningful way. 0:14:29.800 --> 0:14:32.680 Everybody else averaging whoa, whoa, whoa. We're just gonna go 0:14:32.840 --> 0:14:37.520 buy that. Well, okay, not everything. Every single time you 0:14:37.680 --> 0:14:40.640 use the word much, it's a bad touch. There is 0:14:40.680 --> 0:14:42.200 such a thing as a good touch. I'll have you 0:14:42.320 --> 0:14:48.040 touched them in a meaningful way. Yes, sorry for your wife. 0:14:49.360 --> 0:14:52.360 Niners past defense has been pretty solid over the past 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:55.640 five weeks, as I mentioned, averaging just one d sixty 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:58.960 three passing yards and zero point eight passing touchdowns to 0:14:59.520 --> 0:15:03.480 non Josh Allen quarterbacks the toucher as I guess maybe 0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:06.160 we'll now call him. What's more, no quarterback has scored 0:15:06.200 --> 0:15:09.320 on the ground against San Francisco since Week four, and 0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:11.560 Taysom Hill is the only quarterback the top twenty three 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:14.440 rushing yards against the fort since Week three, So I've 0:15:14.480 --> 0:15:17.160 got to be great and Kyler Murray against a good defense. 0:15:17.480 --> 0:15:19.760 DeAndre Hopkins gets an a comes in red hot with 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:22.280 over one five yards and back to back games and 0:15:22.360 --> 0:15:24.400 touchdowns in two of the past three. And he's had 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:27.320 some tough matchups over those last three games too that 0:15:27.400 --> 0:15:31.040 he's overcome. Forty. Niners are allowing an un characteristic one 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:34.360 hundred sixty seven yards per game to opposing receivers over 0:15:34.400 --> 0:15:36.800 the last three weeks. They have allowed four touchdowns to 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:40.200 receivers over the past three weeks. DeAndre Hopkins likely gets 0:15:40.360 --> 0:15:48.360 that touchdown. Last guy to mention Dan Arnold, I'm listening. 0:15:48.880 --> 0:15:52.760 I was. I was worried. He's been fantasy relevant in 0:15:52.840 --> 0:15:56.120 three straight games and four of the past five. Low 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:59.480 volume dard throw against the Niners defense that has allowed 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:02.880 fantasy relevant games to tight ends in three straight ce 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:08.000 grade on Dan Arnold. It took weeks, but you finally 0:16:08.040 --> 0:16:10.880 got it right. So Josh Allen is the toucher. He's 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:13.840 the toucher, So we need a sounder for the toucher. 0:16:14.160 --> 0:16:16.880 What does that sound like? Brand does not want any 0:16:16.960 --> 0:16:22.440 part of your touching sound, No kidding. When we come back, 0:16:23.080 --> 0:16:25.440 take a chance on me. Nine players not normally in 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:27.680 your starting lineup will tell you who they are, and 0:16:27.720 --> 0:16:30.680 we've already alluded to three of them. When we come back. 0:17:10.960 --> 0:17:16.520 This is it's so much better. It sucks less. It's 0:17:16.520 --> 0:17:20.920 a legitimate song. It's unlike our previous Take a chance 0:17:21.000 --> 0:17:25.040 on me. This is that that had a full band piano, 0:17:25.200 --> 0:17:28.600 it had guitars. That was good. It was good. That's 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:34.320 a song the band Nickelback's a billion times better than 0:17:34.400 --> 0:17:36.560 what we had no know. This is a song like 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:39.760 Back conjected, I feel like it's good. Though you're on 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:42.520 the wrong side of this. I'm grateful too. I believe 0:17:42.560 --> 0:17:46.040 it's called Soap Soap, so the band is called soap 0:17:46.680 --> 0:17:50.560 um that sent this song to me. It's original work. 0:17:50.680 --> 0:17:53.639 They clear they made. We are in the clear, no 0:17:53.880 --> 0:17:58.040 royalty issues. This is until somebody comes up with something better. 0:17:58.160 --> 0:18:00.760 This is our new taking chant song, which is it's 0:18:00.760 --> 0:18:02.159 the last week of the year for to take a 0:18:02.240 --> 0:18:04.439 chance on me. So we got We've got the mantle 0:18:04.680 --> 0:18:08.040 at least for the next year. Absolutely, thank you again, 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:10.280 soapd the band. Let's go through our nine players that 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:11.920 we would not normally start, but we are this week 0:18:11.960 --> 0:18:14.640 at the quarterback position, and that is Brian Johnson. We're 0:18:14.680 --> 0:18:17.359 going with the red rifle, Andy Dalton at home versus 0:18:17.480 --> 0:18:20.200 the Biggles. Over the last three weeks, supposing quarterbacks have 0:18:20.240 --> 0:18:23.920 average one passing yards and two point seven passing touchdowns 0:18:24.040 --> 0:18:26.520 versus Philly. Those are that was Aaron Rodgers, Taysom Hill 0:18:26.560 --> 0:18:29.240 and Kyler Murray. Dalton pretty much deserves to be in 0:18:29.320 --> 0:18:32.440 that conversation. Uh, Andy might be without Michael Gallup in 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:34.879 this one, but he still has two top tier receivers. 0:18:34.920 --> 0:18:36.480 And let's not forget he's in a contract here. He 0:18:36.520 --> 0:18:38.720 only signed a one year deal with Dallas and he 0:18:38.800 --> 0:18:41.080 could still be a starter in this league. I'm quite convinced. 0:18:41.119 --> 0:18:43.800 So he's Dallas is alive for the playoffs too. So 0:18:44.080 --> 0:18:48.359 there's a motivation here is motivation. That's it. That's it. Okay, 0:18:48.760 --> 0:18:52.600 let's go to your quarterback, matt Matthew Stafford. Three of 0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:55.160 the last four quarterbacks to face the Bucks have topped 0:18:55.240 --> 0:18:58.840 three D fifty passing yards, and as an added bonus, 0:18:59.000 --> 0:19:02.040 if you throw for three fitty against the Bucks, you 0:19:02.200 --> 0:19:05.480 also get to throw exactly three touchdown passes against the Bucks. 0:19:05.960 --> 0:19:09.200 Each one of them has its science. Stafford was treated 0:19:09.240 --> 0:19:11.600 with kid gloves and practice again this week, especially with 0:19:11.640 --> 0:19:13.640 the Saturday game. The part that worries me. I don't 0:19:13.680 --> 0:19:15.840 know if he's gonna play. He's gonna play, he'll go. 0:19:16.080 --> 0:19:18.880 He's only two weeks removed from a four yard, three 0:19:18.920 --> 0:19:22.680 touchdown performance with that same injured thumb, and maybe maybe 0:19:22.720 --> 0:19:24.680 he gets to call his own plays in the huddle 0:19:24.720 --> 0:19:28.320 this week. With Darryl Pebbles in the bubble. They should 0:19:28.359 --> 0:19:31.159 let him. You know, in the old days, when I 0:19:31.400 --> 0:19:35.840 was a kid quarterback a night that ried, we walked 0:19:35.920 --> 0:19:39.800 up hill both ways. Quarter Veteran quarterbacks called all their 0:19:39.800 --> 0:19:42.280 own plays all the time. Now Tom Prady doesn't get 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:45.000 to calls on plays. It's bizarre how things have changed. 0:19:46.280 --> 0:19:50.640 For the fourth straight week, I think you're still doing. 0:19:50.800 --> 0:19:58.359 I'm going back to Happy Trombone Ski. That's right. In 0:19:58.480 --> 0:20:02.600 the past four weeks as a starter, Happy Trombone Ski 0:20:03.400 --> 0:20:07.920 is a top twelve Fantasy quarterback and this matchup is 0:20:07.960 --> 0:20:11.160 so juicy with Jacksonville, a team that has allowed multiple 0:20:11.200 --> 0:20:15.399 passing touchdowns in eight straight games. Mitch loves to target 0:20:15.440 --> 0:20:17.520 Allen Robinson runs all over the field and he's got 0:20:17.600 --> 0:20:23.879 great matchups at every stop going Greg cornerbacks, Greg Mabon, 0:20:24.359 --> 0:20:28.280 Chris Clay Brooks is awful, and Trey Herndon. It's it's 0:20:28.320 --> 0:20:36.080 a glorious matchup. Four. Brian, you'll take a chance to 0:20:36.119 --> 0:20:39.159 me running back. I got Lynn Bowden at the Raiders. 0:20:39.320 --> 0:20:41.520 Got any music for Lynn Bowden? How would I know? 0:20:42.240 --> 0:20:44.800 Lynn Bowden is really a wide receiver, but he does. 0:20:45.040 --> 0:20:47.840 He's averaging eight yards per carry on on just three carries. 0:20:47.880 --> 0:20:50.760 But more important, he's running back eligible on all major platforms. 0:20:51.400 --> 0:20:53.560 But I like I like him. Play him as running back. 0:20:53.560 --> 0:20:55.200 But he's a great wide receiver. He's a safe play. 0:20:55.240 --> 0:20:57.560 The Raiders have yielded the third most red zone targets 0:20:57.600 --> 0:21:00.280 to wide receivers over the last four weeks and the 0:21:00.400 --> 0:21:03.840 most touchdowns during that span. Bowden has sixteen targets over 0:21:03.920 --> 0:21:06.600 his last two games. And if you weren't aware, the 0:21:06.720 --> 0:21:09.639 Raiders drafted Lynn Bowden and essentially kicked him to the 0:21:10.119 --> 0:21:13.520 They did it. They revenge. They took like a third 0:21:13.600 --> 0:21:18.160 round pick four and traded him for like Ach. Yes, 0:21:19.480 --> 0:21:22.280 it's a revenge game for Lynn Bowden. You take a 0:21:22.359 --> 0:21:25.520 chance to be runner Matt Uh It's gonna be Leonard 0:21:25.600 --> 0:21:27.720 four net because Ronald Jones is going to miss the 0:21:27.760 --> 0:21:30.359 week on the COVID list according to Bruce Arians, So 0:21:31.200 --> 0:21:33.359