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Speaker 1: to a week to edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. I
Speaker 1: am Paul Giarchy and my co host today are Scott
Speaker 1: Fish and Brian Johnson. Hey, guys, it seems like I'd
Speaker 1: never leave now. I don't just always love having you here.
Speaker 1: It's fantastic. Brian, Um, not as much you, but you know,
Speaker 1: but you're here. There were that there were ones of
Speaker 1: people asking me if I was gonna be on the
Speaker 1: show today. I was missed by something. One was like
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Speaker 1: Mom's well and you and your new puppy very concerned.
Speaker 1: Your teams are either one in or oh and one.
Speaker 1: If you're only in one league, and the temptation is
Speaker 1: to feel like if you're want to know you nailed it.
Speaker 1: And if you're temptation is your temptation of your oh
Speaker 1: and one is to go, oh, my team is a disaster.
Speaker 1: Most likely you know you're gonna end up one and
Speaker 1: one at the end of this week, and you're somewhere
Speaker 1: in between those two spots, and it's probably not as
Speaker 1: good or bad as you think, and it'll all even
Speaker 1: out a little bit. Take um, as just one example,
Speaker 1: the Mike Williams game from week one to week two.
Speaker 1: You know, those are the kinds of things that happened
Speaker 1: that tend to level the playing field a little bit
Speaker 1: in fantasy football in week two. The only people who
Speaker 1: should truly be upset about Week one are those who
Speaker 1: were chopped in their Guillotine league. Those those people. But
Speaker 1: everyone else has calmed down. There's a lot of season left,
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Speaker 1: seventeen person leagues through this week out at least sixteen
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Speaker 1: carry the one. Yes, that's exactly right. We've got plenty
Speaker 1: to get to. Over the course of this show, we
Speaker 1: will break down all of the games Fantasy Football Weekly style,
Speaker 1: with letter grades on all of the players. We will
Speaker 1: go through our favorite players upon whom you can take
Speaker 1: a chance we will answer three tough questions, and we
Speaker 1: will go into the time machine to give you some
Speaker 1: preman speculation. Near the end of the show, we begin
Speaker 1: with our first matchup of the week, Cardinals taking on
Speaker 1: the Raiders. Cardinals basically couldn't have looked worse in all
Speaker 1: the first game. Boy, they that defense that the Chiefs
Speaker 1: will make a lot of defenses look bad, but I
Speaker 1: think they're legitimately bad by any standard. Yeah, yeah, it
Speaker 1: did not look good last week. Luckily for Murray, things
Speaker 1: should be maybe a little bit better this week. Las
Speaker 1: Vegas was the fifth worst against quarterbacks last week, but
Speaker 1: I mean you got to take into account that they
Speaker 1: played Justin Herbert, so maybe it was just a Justin
Speaker 1: Herbert thing. But Kyler Murray has been a pretty dang
Speaker 1: good fantasy quarterback or last few years. Uh. The offense
Speaker 1: was bad, as we've mentioned, and Murray's day and really
Speaker 1: Hollywood Brown and zach ERT's day were saved by being
Speaker 1: down thirty in the fourth. That's not even hyper hyperbole,
Speaker 1: Like it was thirty seven to seven and those two
Speaker 1: had forty total yards and no scores. They got two
Speaker 1: touchdowns right at the end to make it the sledding
Speaker 1: is gonna get a little easier here. Murray might need
Speaker 1: to get a couple on his a couple with his
Speaker 1: a couple of points with his legs, but I still
Speaker 1: have a B grade on him. In a matchup that
Speaker 1: has the second highest over under total of the week
Speaker 1: should still be a pretty decent shootout. Um. I have
Speaker 1: Greg Doorche on the bench of snaps, leading targets tied,
Speaker 1: and routes run. I almost want to give him a
Speaker 1: sea here. I just don't know that I can count
Speaker 1: on it yet. I just don't know that maybe a
Speaker 1: J Ground, a J Brown, a JA Green gets more involved. Uh,
Speaker 1: he's got the better matchup. Greg Dortch actually has one
Speaker 1: of the worst matchups in the NFL this week, going
Speaker 1: against one of the league's best up and coming slot corners,
Speaker 1: Nate Hobbs. Yeah, they're nickelback slot corner. He's just he
Speaker 1: might take Greg Dortch out. So you got the plus
Speaker 1: matchups on the sides with Green and Brown. I do
Speaker 1: have a bench grade on Green because he's almost a
Speaker 1: decaying corpse of AJ Green at this point. But I
Speaker 1: do have the C grade on Marquise Brown. I could
Speaker 1: see him being upped from that, but he's gonna get
Speaker 1: bench player now turned into starter. With Anthony Everett out,
Speaker 1: Meek Robinson or Rock you have seen, those guys will
Speaker 1: be on the outside covering Green and Brown in this one.
Speaker 1: Brown played on the outside last week, so that's where
Speaker 1: he'll be. Uh se grade on him. You could talk
Speaker 1: me into a B if you want to, but I
Speaker 1: think a C grade is fair. Zach Ertz, I'm given
Speaker 1: a B grade. Good matchup against the Vegas team who
Speaker 1: was bottom five by almost every metric against ted ends
Speaker 1: last year. They just allowed six six receptions for seventy
Speaker 1: eight yards and the score to tight ends last week
Speaker 1: and that Chargers game. He has been dealing with calf injury,
Speaker 1: but he played through it last week and he ran
Speaker 1: twenty seven routes. No other tight end even ran a
Speaker 1: route for them last week, so he gets everything. He
Speaker 1: gets everything. He he got all the red zone targets
Speaker 1: for tight ends. He got everything. So be in a
Speaker 1: good matchup for earths and just the scarcity at the position.
Speaker 1: James Conner also getting a B grade here, played ad
Speaker 1: percent of the Cardinals snaps inside the ten yard line,
Speaker 1: which you love to see with your fantasy running back
Speaker 1: inside the five is even better. I hear charge that's
Speaker 1: that's something like. Uh, he had fit he played fifteen
Speaker 1: of the two. He had fifteen of the twenty two
Speaker 1: running back touches. He's basically getting it all. The nice
Speaker 1: part is he had five catches on six targets. He's
Speaker 1: taking the pass game work, which we thought might go
Speaker 1: to Benjamin a little bit. It really didn't. Benjamin had
Speaker 1: some of it. He only had seven touches. I got
Speaker 1: Benjamin on the bench. I got Connor with a b
Speaker 1: as he seemingly and every down back. We'll see how
Speaker 1: much he gets out of it this but can expect
Speaker 1: fifteen plus touches. Uh. I just can't give him an
Speaker 1: A on this one yet. I need to see I
Speaker 1: need to see a little more um and he also
Speaker 1: he needs touchdowns on the other side. Derek Carr A grade.
Speaker 1: I'm sorry. I love this. I absolutely love this match up.
Speaker 1: I'm totally with you on this. Yeah, so adding Davantae
Speaker 1: Adams is pretty big. You could argue targets last week. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: you could argue, uh, you know, some of the best
Speaker 1: weapons in the NFL with there are a few better
Speaker 1: slot guys than than Hunter Renfrow, and he's got Waller
Speaker 1: and Adams Arizona. Let Herbert go. Hey, I'm last week
Speaker 1: the Vegas totals. I've already mentioned. Um, you know, I'm
Speaker 1: also giving Davantae Adams and A grade here, but I
Speaker 1: need a ruling from Brian. Brian, I need a ruling
Speaker 1: from you on this. On Davantae Adams obviously ton of targets,
Speaker 1: he's their number one receiver. It's going to be a shootout.
Speaker 1: It's an obvious A grade. But his grandparents are have
Speaker 1: never seen him play a professional game in the state, Like,
Speaker 1: they've never gone to the stadium for person in person,
Speaker 1: and they're coming this week for the first time. He's
Speaker 1: super excited about that. Is that enough for an ard Vark?
Speaker 1: Just like you've got you know me, I'm more of
Speaker 1: a Fonzie guy, but I will give him the A
Speaker 1: for that. The grandparents game, I love it. I love that. Okay,
Speaker 1: grandparents game. Uh, we're giving the art Vark. What happened?
Speaker 1: We used to have Fonzi A on the on the
Speaker 1: sound bar. I'm gonna have the fons N motorcycle. We
Speaker 1: need our Fonzie A back on the back on the
Speaker 1: sound bar. Speaking of as, it's an a for Darren
Speaker 1: Waller as well. The Cardinals got the fun draw this
Speaker 1: year of Kelsey exploding for ade yards and score last week.
Speaker 1: They weren't great against tight ends last year, and they
Speaker 1: get Darren Waller this week. It reminds me kind of
Speaker 1: the Ravens last year, didn't They started with Kelsey and
Speaker 1: Waller and Hawkinson and like so for the rest of
Speaker 1: the year, we're gonna think that the Cardinals are just
Speaker 1: bad against tight ends, when really they started out on
Speaker 1: this slope. Um Waller was actually really productive with his opportunities.
Speaker 1: He only had four catches, but he had seventy nine yards.
Speaker 1: He should actually get more work in this one eight
Speaker 1: grade on Waller B grade Josh Jacobs, It's hard not
Speaker 1: to like the usage we saw. Despite the totals. He
Speaker 1: didn't have a lot of yards, was almost six yards
Speaker 1: of carry, gave him the ball twelve times exactly. It's
Speaker 1: the usage I like, and I think he's going to
Speaker 1: get more volume in this higher scoring game. Here. He
Speaker 1: ran more more routes than all the other Vegas runners combined.
Speaker 1: He had eleven of the sixteen touches or twelve of
Speaker 1: the sixteen touches. Uh backups spelled him, but they didn't
Speaker 1: have an actual role, not a pass catching role, not
Speaker 1: a red zone role, not a two man role. He
Speaker 1: was the lead guy and he got the over seventy
Speaker 1: of the work. I got a B grade on Jacobs
Speaker 1: in a matchup. I think he surpasses that twelve from
Speaker 1: last week and he goes fifteen plus. All right, let's
Speaker 1: go to the Bucks at Saints and Brian for the Buccaneers.
Speaker 1: It's a disaster scenario for fantasy owners and the Bucks
Speaker 1: really across their wide receiver position. We gotta give a
Speaker 1: quick shout out to loyal listener Mark McNeil who dubbed
Speaker 1: them the questionnaires this week about that very considering we
Speaker 1: know that I believe they have five wide receivers that
Speaker 1: all have the questionable designation coming into this game, and
Speaker 1: Chris Godwin has been ruled out. Yeah, so we'll start
Speaker 1: with Mike Evans. He has he's dealing with the cap injury.
Speaker 1: He did practice on Friday, so we'll assume he's gonna
Speaker 1: play on Sunday just to see for him though he
Speaker 1: should see extra targets with Godwin out, but Evans will
Speaker 1: see a lot of Marshawn Lattimore in coverage, which is
Speaker 1: which is a tough matchup. Evans managed to score in
Speaker 1: one of two games against the Saints last year, pretty total,
Speaker 1: just three catches for sixty two yards across both contests,
Speaker 1: So not very high expectations for Evans and this one.
Speaker 1: Julio Jones questionable with a knee injury. He also practiced
Speaker 1: on Friday, though, so he should be good to go.
Speaker 1: He did not look washed last Sunday night at all
Speaker 1: and made a couple of highlight catches look great. Only
Speaker 1: saw five targets, but Tampa Bay was running all over
Speaker 1: Dallas in that game. The game script was not in
Speaker 1: his favor. That could change this week. He'll see a
Speaker 1: lot of Bradley Roby, who allowed a catch rate and
Speaker 1: a twenty one passer rating in his coverage last week.
Speaker 1: So I like Jones more than I do Evans this week,
Speaker 1: assuming both play, which we are going to assume that
Speaker 1: as of right now. Russell Gauge questionable with a hamstring injury.
Speaker 1: Gonna give him a see though I saw just two
Speaker 1: targets in Week one, only ran eighteen pass routes, but
Speaker 1: he should see a bump in those numbers with God
Speaker 1: went out, So I think he is startable in this
Speaker 1: one with the Sea and who is not startable are
Speaker 1: the tight ends. They're all on the bench unless Gronk
Speaker 1: somehow unretires before to kickoff. Think the ends had one
Speaker 1: catch in the in the last in last week's game. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's not a great matchup regardless, but yeah, you don't
Speaker 1: want to touch the tight ends on Tampa Bay and
Speaker 1: Tom Brady. You barely want to touch him, just to
Speaker 1: see for him. Opposing quarterbacks average just two hundred forty
Speaker 1: three passing yards at one point two touchdowns against New
Speaker 1: Orleans last season, and the Bucks offensive line is a
Speaker 1: major concern right now. The Saints have allowed a completion
Speaker 1: rate of just thirty four point six percent when the
Speaker 1: opposing quarterback was under pressure since the season. That is
Speaker 1: the best in the NFL. So Brady is gonna be
Speaker 1: under a lot of drest in this game, so just
Speaker 1: to see for him. And lastly for the Bucks, another
Speaker 1: questionable player, Leonard for Nette, dealing with a hamstring injury.
Speaker 1: Assuming he's good to go, you still want to monitor
Speaker 1: his status of course, leave you know, to kick off,
Speaker 1: but if he does play, do not like the matchup
Speaker 1: at all. The Saints defense allowed successful plays on rush
Speaker 1: attempts on just thirty of them last season. That's best
Speaker 1: in the NFL. And if you're wondering what wondering what
Speaker 1: a successful rush play is, it's basically four yards at
Speaker 1: least four yards and situational. If it's fourth and one,
Speaker 1: A successful rush play is one. I could get more
Speaker 1: in the weeds until but no, we won't do that.
Speaker 1: UM Over to the New Orleans side. More questionable tags here,
Speaker 1: starting with Alvin Kamara, who did not practice on Friday
Speaker 1: with the rib injury. I'm just gonna give him a
Speaker 1: CEE even if he's good to go. Um, this is
Speaker 1: a bad matchup for Kamara the Saints. I'm sorry that
Speaker 1: the Bucks have a lot of troubling issues, but the
Speaker 1: run defense is not one of them. After stuffing Zeke
Speaker 1: last week, Jonathan Taylor is the only opposing running back
Speaker 1: to top eighty rushing yards against the Bucks over their
Speaker 1: last thirteen games, and kamaras struggled mightily in his last
Speaker 1: game against Tampa Bay that was last season, of course,
Speaker 1: totally just thirty one scoreless combo yards and if Kamara
Speaker 1: somehow SAIDs mark Ingram is the next guy up. But
Speaker 1: I don't even know if I started Ingram in this matchup.
Speaker 1: It's just the Bucks. You just don't want to start
Speaker 1: running back to pick the Bucks unless they're an elite talent. Thursday,
Speaker 1: Michael Thomas is practicing and is healthy as of right now.
Speaker 1: I saw healthy eight targets in Week one average the
Speaker 1: third most points per drop back among wide receivers. He's
Speaker 1: in a pretty good spot against the Bucks, who allowed
Speaker 1: the fourth most receptions to opposing wide receivers last season.
Speaker 1: That means I like the other two wide white outs
Speaker 1: for the Saints, starting with the Jarvis Landry and give
Speaker 1: him a c quite the Saints debut seven catches a
Speaker 1: hundred and fourteen yards, including a forty yard catch that
Speaker 1: was all airy yards. That's more air yards then Jarvis
Speaker 1: Landry is seen a tired that's coming to earth. Exactly
Speaker 1: were you wanting to say something? Your hand is raised? Okay?
Speaker 1: Uh jokes aside, Lander looks like a steal so far
Speaker 1: in reality and fantasy football, but he has a little
Speaker 1: tougher matchup against Tampa Bayed slot quarter in Antoine Winfield,
Speaker 1: probably the best corner on the team, Chris olav Lastly,
Speaker 1: for the wide Receiver's gonna give him a see led
Speaker 1: all Saints wide receivers and snaps last week, but only
Speaker 1: saw three targets. That said, he made the most of them,
Speaker 1: catching all three for forty one yards in a two
Speaker 1: point conversion. Just like the Bucks. You got all the
Speaker 1: tight ends on the bench for the Saints, but Jawan
Speaker 1: Johnson and guy you want to keep an eye on,
Speaker 1: I think we talk about more. Talk more about him
Speaker 1: later in the show. And lastly, Jamis Winston, he's on
Speaker 1: the bench. I gave all the pass catchers like middling grades.
Speaker 1: Doesn't mean they're all gonna come through. Going back to
Speaker 1: last year, Tampa Bay has held seven of its last
Speaker 1: eleven opposing quarterbacks to zero or one touchdowns. When we
Speaker 1: come back, take a chance on me. Nine players you
Speaker 1: can put in your starting lineup. Find out who they are.
Speaker 1: You may already have injury issues, you might have lineup deficiencies,
Speaker 1: were ready to help you unearthed some gems. Take a
Speaker 1: chance on me when we come back, Take a chance
Speaker 1: on me. Not nine, but ten players upon whom you
Speaker 1: can take a chance. Guys that are not normally in
Speaker 1: your starting lineup may be available on the waiver wire.
Speaker 1: We begin at the quarterback position. Scott, who is your
Speaker 1: take a chance on me quarterback? Sounds like we got
Speaker 1: a surprise coming ten players. I'm gonna I'm gonna add
Speaker 1: players now too. I'm going with Matt Ryan going against
Speaker 1: the Jags. That just allowed Carson Wentz to finish the
Speaker 1: week as a top three quarterback and throw four touchdown passes.
Speaker 1: Who's gonna throw those two? I wonder Ryan went for
Speaker 1: yards in a touch on last week and in a
Speaker 1: much more difficult matchup. Um was a couple of drops away,
Speaker 1: actually two drops away from a four hundred plus multi
Speaker 1: touchdown last week. That would have been nice. Yeah. Uh,
Speaker 1: let's go to Brian your take a chance at me quarterback.
Speaker 1: I have good friend of the show, Davis Mills at
Speaker 1: the Broncos this week. Last week, Geno Smith only threw
Speaker 1: for yards against Denver, but that was only pass attempts,
Speaker 1: twenty three of which went for completions. That's a completion maybe,
Speaker 1: and Gino also threw for two touchdowns no picks. So
Speaker 1: I like Mills this week. Going back to last season,
Speaker 1: the Broncos have allowed at least one touchdown pass in
Speaker 1: fourteen of their last fifteen games, with multiple touchdown passes allowed,
Speaker 1: and more than half of those games. I will continue
Speaker 1: to say Davis Mills. There is no player in fantasy
Speaker 1: football being more overlooked than Davis and fostered in most leagues.
Speaker 1: It will become offensive to use him as a take on.
Speaker 1: We're gonna get to that at some point this season.
Speaker 1: I hope you're right. Trey Lance faces Seattle. I like
Speaker 1: him this week in a bounce back game. Seattle just
Speaker 1: play their super Bowl. That was a nationally televised game
Speaker 1: against the quarterback who spurned them. They got an upset win,
Speaker 1: major letdown coming on the road for them, and all
Speaker 1: you know, Lance obviously had the monsoon. He had one
Speaker 1: bad pick last week, but otherwise I thought he looked fine.
Speaker 1: And the running is is clearly present there. And I
Speaker 1: don't think George Kittle is gonna go, but maybe gets
Speaker 1: George Kittle back, But even it does, it doesn't matter.
Speaker 1: Deevo Samuel Brandon Ike against the secondary of Sydney Jones
Speaker 1: and Justin Coleman and rookie Terreq Willen, and then safety
Speaker 1: Jamal Adams is out and his replacement, a guy named
Speaker 1: Josh Jones a loot four of five passes to be
Speaker 1: completed in his coverage. It's all great for Trey Lance,
Speaker 1: and I think we're gonna get the version of Lance
Speaker 1: that we wanted, the dual threat running and passing coming
Speaker 1: back this week. Let's go to the running back position. Scott,
Speaker 1: who is your take a chance on me runner? Yes?
Speaker 1: So the Indian Polis Colts talked about this all offseason,
Speaker 1: putting heinz he Hines that is in the slot wide
Speaker 1: receiver roll along with his running back role. What happened
Speaker 1: Week one? Hines ran twenty routes last week on twenty
Speaker 1: six steps, most of them out of the slot. The
Speaker 1: Jags were the third worst team against the slot last week.
Speaker 1: Last year there were ninth worst. Hines caught all six
Speaker 1: of those targets for fifty yards last week, a role
Speaker 1: they had talked about, and uh I projected that this
Speaker 1: week as well. Five plus catch game and some extra
Speaker 1: running work. Running back work, all right, I like it, Brian,
Speaker 1: you take a chance of me runner. We're gonna stick
Speaker 1: with the running back receiving angle and go with Tony
Speaker 1: Pollard at home against the Bengals, who were top five
Speaker 1: in the most catches and yards surrendered to running backs
Speaker 1: last season. Last week, not G Harris caught a touchdown
Speaker 1: against Since And let's be honest, it's quite plausible that
Speaker 1: Cooper Rush will be under constant pressure and looking to
Speaker 1: dump off to his running backs early and often in
Speaker 1: this game. Khalil Herbert's taking on Green Bay. And even
Speaker 1: though in last week's game David Montgomery had twice as
Speaker 1: many carries for half as much yards as Khalil Herbert,
Speaker 1: and you know, I'm sterned eye test here is starting
Speaker 1: to lean towards Khalil Herbert as the better of the
Speaker 1: running backs. Get this. Montgomery only averaged half a yard
Speaker 1: after contact per carry against San Francisco. That was second
Speaker 1: lowest among all running backs. Last week. The Packers run
Speaker 1: defense earned a PFF ranking of twenty seventh. Last week,
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook Alexander Madison rolled up hundred twenty eight yards.
Speaker 1: Even though Montgomery will get the probably continue to get
Speaker 1: more quite a bit more work than than Khalil Herbert,
Speaker 1: there might be enough there where Herbert becomes a plausible starter.
Speaker 1: This week. Let's go to the receivers. Scott, you'll take
Speaker 1: a chance on me wide out. No, it's not gonna
Speaker 1: be a wide out this time. It's gonna be a
Speaker 1: tight end because people need tight end help charge and
Speaker 1: I am here for it. I'm going with Evan Ingram.
Speaker 1: I know, I know it's gonna gross. But Evan Ingram uh.
Speaker 1: He played of snaps and was the only tight end
Speaker 1: in that offense to see any targets last week. His opponent,
Speaker 1: the Colts, were the fourth worst against tight ends last year,
Speaker 1: allowing the third most receptions and third most yards. The
Speaker 1: Colts continued that trend just last week, allowing O. J.
Speaker 1: Howard to somehow scored. He's on just six routes he ran. Uh.
Speaker 1: Shack Leonard is also out. You were, yet again making
Speaker 1: things a little bit easier in the middle of the
Speaker 1: field for having Ingram, Brian, you're take a chance at
Speaker 1: me wide out. I presumed wide out. I'm going wide out,
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna go wide out. That everyone seems to
Speaker 1: have forgotten about. And that's Buffalo. Buffalo's Jamison Crowder at
Speaker 1: home against the Titans. Yes, Isaiah Mackenzie scored the slot
Speaker 1: touchdown for the Bills last week, but Crowder had more
Speaker 1: targets catches and yards than Mackenzie and looking at the matchup,
Speaker 1: Tennessee was the worst team in defending the slot last season.
Speaker 1: And these stats come courtesy of Scott Fish kind enough
Speaker 1: to give them to me. The Titans gave up the
Speaker 1: most PPR points to the slot last year. Sixty of
Speaker 1: the points they surrendered to wide receivers were slot wide receivers,
Speaker 1: and twenty one or thirteen of the twenty one touchdown
Speaker 1: surrender to wide receivers went to slot receivers. Like, can
Speaker 1: I start Mackenzie and Crowder? You can, but I like
Speaker 1: Crowder more as the take on. Everyone's gonna start Mackenzie
Speaker 1: Basically he'll get a sea later on. Spoiler alert, spoiler alert,
Speaker 1: and real quick these teams met last year. Yeah cool,
Speaker 1: Beasley had seven catches for eighty eight yards in a
Speaker 1: touchdown and many Sanders had five catches for but don't
Speaker 1: but don't leave Jamison. Crowder unstarted speaking of slot receivers
Speaker 1: in a plot twist to Bizar for even Hollywood. Paris
Speaker 1: Campbell is the one healthy remaining receiver for Indianapolis. Alec
Speaker 1: Pierce is out. Michael Pittman didn't practice the week. He's
Speaker 1: presumed out and Paris Hilton faces at Jacksonville Secondary that
Speaker 1: just allowed four touchdowns to the modest Commander's passing attack.
Speaker 1: As Scott alluded to earlier, Jaguars slot cornerback is a
Speaker 1: guy named Darius Williams. Pro Football Focus is bottom ranked
Speaker 1: cornerback from last week, ranking as cornerback one hundred seventeen
Speaker 1: last week, allowing five of six passes in his coverage
Speaker 1: to be completed. Paris Campbell, take a chance on me,
Speaker 1: but wait, you may have added up a total of nine.
Speaker 1: Take a chance on me players, and I promise ten Scott.
Speaker 1: Do people need tight end sleepers? They do a wow
Speaker 1: Tyler Higbee. Shockingly, Higbie emerged from week one as the
Speaker 1: leader in targets among all tight ends with eleven, something
Speaker 1: I think most of us would not have guessed. Just
Speaker 1: need him to catch more this year. That would be
Speaker 1: better to catch more, caught like four or five out
Speaker 1: of the eleven. Um. It looks like if Allen Robinson
Speaker 1: is going to continue to be a confringe contributor for
Speaker 1: the Rams offense, Fan Jefferson's out for this game, this
Speaker 1: could be another very impactful spot for Tyler Higbee up
Speaker 1: against Atlanta Falcons allowed the anonymous tight end John Johnson
Speaker 1: to roll up forty three yards, suggesting a far better
Speaker 1: tight end Tyler Higbee can improve on that performance a lot,
Speaker 1: and last year Atlanta allowed the fourth most tight end scores.
Speaker 1: So a little a double a double header, take a
Speaker 1: chance on me, Paris Campbell, Tyler Higbee. Uh, let's return
Speaker 1: to the Let's return to the matchups, and oh you
Speaker 1: know what I'm up next? Commanders taking on Detroit, Let's
Speaker 1: begin with Antonio Gibson. For all of our worries in
Speaker 1: the preseason, Gibson basically shut us all up. He showed explosiveness.
Speaker 1: He ran for uh ten or more yards on a
Speaker 1: third of his attempts against Jacksonville topped it off of
Speaker 1: a career high seven receptions for seventy two yards. Detroit
Speaker 1: allowed Philadelphia to drive the ball in them all game long.
Speaker 1: Four different Eagles scored rushing touchdowns. They ran for over
Speaker 1: two yards on thirty nine combined carries. That was five
Speaker 1: and a half yards per attempt, and the Lions only
Speaker 1: held opposing running backs under ninety yards four times in
Speaker 1: the last twenty four games. So we like Antonio Gibson
Speaker 1: with an A grade boy, I'm putting mckissic on the
Speaker 1: bench because mckissic thrives on negative game scripts, something that
Speaker 1: Washington generally has but did not have last week and
Speaker 1: probably will not have this week as well. Detroit. I
Speaker 1: don't see the big deficit coming against Detroit's possible, but
Speaker 1: I don't see it coming here. So we're gonna keep
Speaker 1: j D. McKissick on the bench and wait for an
Speaker 1: opportunity for the Commanders to get blown out. And you
Speaker 1: love putting mc kissick on the bench. It gives you
Speaker 1: great jolie. I do for some for some reason, I do.
Speaker 1: I admitted j D mc suck it. Let's go to Washington,
Speaker 1: where Terry McLaurin gets a B grade and mains a
Speaker 1: terrific option for Wentz and operating on the outside, He's
Speaker 1: got a very favorable match up against Jeff Foukuda anytime
Speaker 1: he lines up on the right side of the field.
Speaker 1: Kudas trying to salvage his young career after a variety
Speaker 1: of injuries have really unfortunately put his career in peril.
Speaker 1: Last week, a Kuda allowed four of five targets in
Speaker 1: his coverage to be completed. I like Terry McLaurin. Curtis
Speaker 1: Samuel came out of the gates with a really strong
Speaker 1: game early in the first half. They didn't go back
Speaker 1: to him as much as they thought they should, and
Speaker 1: I thought he looked great. Um he looked like his
Speaker 1: slippery twenty version when Curtis Samuel was a very viable
Speaker 1: fantasy producer. He'll go up in the slide against Mike
Speaker 1: Hughes now in his third team in three years. Hughes
Speaker 1: was only targeted one time last week, but he did
Speaker 1: allow that catch and then he allowed twenty five yards
Speaker 1: after that catch. So we'll try Curtis Samuel here with
Speaker 1: a C grade as well, and Logan Thomas six targets
Speaker 1: in his first game back from a C l Great
Speaker 1: news for him and as savvy waiver wire pick up
Speaker 1: for anybody struggling at tight end. By the way, last
Speaker 1: year the Lions gave up the second most yards to
Speaker 1: tight ends and then probably gave up sixty yards to Dallas.
Speaker 1: God heard last week. I like Logan Thomas here, C
Speaker 1: grade on him, and that leaves us with Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: if I like his receivers. McLaurin, Samuel Thomas, all starting
Speaker 1: grades there I've got a B grade on him. He
Speaker 1: flung at forty one times last week, and even though
Speaker 1: there were some mistakes, he had two pretty ugly interceptions.
Speaker 1: The Commander's passing attack looked pretty refreshed this year, so
Speaker 1: I'm giving him a B grade. For Carson Wentz and
Speaker 1: let's go over to the Lions side on this Beginning
Speaker 1: with the running game, you're gonna have to monitor DeAndre Swift.
Speaker 1: He's got an ankle injury. He swears he's gonna play,
Speaker 1: But running backs and ankle injuries, no bueno. You need
Speaker 1: to be careful here. Cut is a huge part of
Speaker 1: his game. Got great example, Um Barkley at the high
Speaker 1: ankle sprain. We can just you know, we can. We
Speaker 1: don't have any reasonably that's the case for Swift, who
Speaker 1: probably would not be playing. But show a little bit
Speaker 1: more caution here, and I've downgraded him to a B
Speaker 1: grade despite the phenomenal game he had last week, posting
Speaker 1: a hundred forty four rushing yards um had by the
Speaker 1: way five yards of ten or more. Washington allowed five
Speaker 1: point four yards per carry between the tackles last week,
Speaker 1: and they babe maybe without defensive lineman Jonathan Allen and
Speaker 1: Fedarian mathis due to injury. So we're gonna keep a
Speaker 1: B grade on DeAndre Swift and we're gonna keep watching
Speaker 1: this goal line situation because last week Jamal Williams turned
Speaker 1: two goal line carries into two touchdowns. Now, if you're
Speaker 1: the coaching staff of the lines, you're going, well, he
Speaker 1: converted those carries to touchdowns. We're gonna keep doing this,
Speaker 1: and with Swift gimpy, Williams could see an upticking usage
Speaker 1: and will probably continue to get goal line use. So
Speaker 1: we'll have a C grade on Jamal Williams in this
Speaker 1: grade A game, and we'll upgrade him to a B
Speaker 1: if it turns out that DeAndre Swift does not go.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the receivers for the Lions. I'm on
Speaker 1: raw St Brown saw career high twelve targets last week,
Speaker 1: which pretty much vaporized the narrative that he got all
Speaker 1: those targets last year because everybody else was hurt. Um
Speaker 1: Washington's defense allowed an average depth of target of eight
Speaker 1: point six yards per reception last season. That was third most.
Speaker 1: I'm on ras St Brown will face Ben st Juice
Speaker 1: in the slot. Well, he kind of is he ranks
Speaker 1: his cornerback by Pro Football Focus through one week, so
Speaker 1: strong advantage to I'm on ros st Brown with an
Speaker 1: A grade. DJ Chark saw whopping eight targets and looks
Speaker 1: like a legit deep ball threat. Last week, the Commanders
Speaker 1: gave Robby Anderson and d J. Moore and average of
Speaker 1: almost eight yards of Cookshion, second worst of any receiver tandem.
Speaker 1: Big play possibilities here for DJ Chark with a B
Speaker 1: grade in this game, and if I like it, I've
Speaker 1: had a B grades on the receivers, I gotta put
Speaker 1: a B great on. Jared Goff played a solid game
Speaker 1: last week, almost rallied his team to a massive come
Speaker 1: from behind win and put up plenty of points in
Speaker 1: that game. And I like his receivers, so I like
Speaker 1: golf as well. T J. Hockenson ce grade. He's seen
Speaker 1: seven or more targets in nine of his last thirteen
Speaker 1: healthy games, and he's averaged over sixty yards per game
Speaker 1: when he gets that kind of volume. Hopefully that holds here.
Speaker 1: Washington gives up seven targets per game to tight ends
Speaker 1: and did last year eighth most yards as well, so
Speaker 1: the opportunity should be there for Hockinson. Just need to
Speaker 1: see more overall productivity before we put a stronger grade
Speaker 1: than a se Alright, our next matchup, in final matchup
Speaker 1: of this segment, Jets taking on the Browns Scott for
Speaker 1: New York. They threw the ball fifty nine times last week. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's that's not gonna happen. Not that should not ever happen. No, No,
Speaker 1: Flecko hasn't thrown it more than forty four times in
Speaker 1: like four years. That's that's not gonna happen. I do
Speaker 1: think this is gonna be a high volume passing offense
Speaker 1: this year. I think they'll have negative game scripts a lot.
Speaker 1: No that that will be a thing. But no, the
Speaker 1: Browns allowed thirty three attempts per game to quarterbacks last year,
Speaker 1: twenty seven in the opener to Mayfield. I think you're
Speaker 1: looking more at that, and that goes for the wide receivers.
Speaker 1: When you look at those guys, Corey Davis and Garrett
Speaker 1: Wilson what they did in week one. Don't live off
Speaker 1: week one stats because you're getting twenty extra pass attempts
Speaker 1: that you're not gonna see most weeks fifteen to twenty.
Speaker 1: I actually do have Davis and Wilson on the bench
Speaker 1: in this one. UM, I need to see it more
Speaker 1: out of them and see their role with Flacco when
Speaker 1: Flacco is not spreading. That's the other problem, when Flacco
Speaker 1: is not spreading around seven different players tallied seven or
Speaker 1: more targets. Uh. The only guy I truly truly trust
Speaker 1: in this which is a a really good match up,
Speaker 1: a really tough matchup against the Brown's team that was
Speaker 1: top ten in a lot of categories last year. They
Speaker 1: only allowed sixteen wide receiver touchdowns over seven in teen
Speaker 1: weeks last year, they and and even last even last week,
Speaker 1: the one touchdown they allowed was a seventy five yard
Speaker 1: broken coverage play, right, Uh so they did not allow
Speaker 1: a lot I do. I'm giving Elijah Moore the C
Speaker 1: grade though he's gonna line up on the opposite side
Speaker 1: of Denzel Award for most of the game against rookie
Speaker 1: Martin Anderson. If he does that, he gets a C grade.
Speaker 1: You can you know a factor in the ward blew
Speaker 1: a fifty yard played Ian Thomas last week. He did
Speaker 1: blow a coverage last week. He's not the Denzel Award
Speaker 1: of three years ago. But uh, I have a C
Speaker 1: grade on more bench grades on Davison Wilson, bench grade
Speaker 1: on Flacco, bench grade on Tyler Cochlin. His his results
Speaker 1: last week were very very uh, you know, volume based.
Speaker 1: He's gonna need a touchdown to score in the running game.
Speaker 1: This is where it gets. It gets tricky sometimes with
Speaker 1: these two. This year, it's gonna be tricky all year.
Speaker 1: I think we're looking at the next Jones, Dillon Gordon
Speaker 1: Javonte type of situation here with Carter and Bruce Hall.
Speaker 1: Carter was the starter and the main back, and they
Speaker 1: said that going going in. Uh, they're both they both
Speaker 1: seem like they're going to be start worthy in spots
Speaker 1: this week. Nineteen of theft Flacco targets went to running backs,
Speaker 1: which is really nice to see, but Carter was clearly
Speaker 1: the one a higher snaps, better usage. Hall saw the
Speaker 1: only running back touch inside the ten. Uh, he saw
Speaker 1: the two minute work um against the Browns team that
Speaker 1: held McCaffrey in check. Though Carter is only gonna get
Speaker 1: a C grade for me, and because Hall is the
Speaker 1: one b and only had twelve twelve touches in a
Speaker 1: game where they ran eighty four offensive plays. Just you know,
Speaker 1: they average sixty nine plays a game. Last year, he
Speaker 1: only got twelve touches last week, I have him on
Speaker 1: the bench. Over on the other side, you're not starting,
Speaker 1: Jacoby per said. He was fairly he looked, he looked
Speaker 1: absolutely terrible. Jets. Jets are a great matchup. You know,
Speaker 1: their bottom twelve allowing the more yards and than than
Speaker 1: most of the teams in the league. But he should
Speaker 1: be on the bench. Uh, People's Jones and Cooper I
Speaker 1: have C grades on them. I think they're the only
Speaker 1: really two startable wide receivers on this team and barely Uh.
Speaker 1: People's Jones leave the team and routes, run targets yards,
Speaker 1: all while being shadowed by Donte Johnson. If you remember
Speaker 1: back to last year we talked about this teams CB
Speaker 1: ones were shadowing and covering Donovan People's Jones over Landry
Speaker 1: like he was the one. And this year they're doing
Speaker 1: it again with Cooper. Uh they're they're they're on People's
Speaker 1: Jones as if he's the one. Uh So, Cooper, I'm
Speaker 1: giving the C grade. He was second most targeted, didn't
Speaker 1: do a lot, but he might see the second dB
Speaker 1: in this People's Jones seems to have a vibe with
Speaker 1: pre sent and he's getting the volume. I do have
Speaker 1: a C grade there in a in a game in
Speaker 1: a decent matchup for wide receivers against the Jets, najok
Speaker 1: Wu I have on the bench. The Jets allowed of
Speaker 1: five for fifty two days Andrews, which is okay. Joker's
Speaker 1: day was terrible and Brissette cannot support three different pass catchers.
Speaker 1: I was hesitant even giving two Sea grades in that
Speaker 1: receiving corps. I don't blame and for Chubb and Hunt.
Speaker 1: Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt last year win together. Chub
Speaker 1: average twenty touches per game, Hunt fifteen per games to
Speaker 1: fan Sky giving this running backs thirty to thirty five. Wait,
Speaker 1: this is what I said last week, and it's the
Speaker 1: same thing this week. A grade for Chubb. Be great
Speaker 1: for Hunt because he gets all the past game work. Yes, uh,
Speaker 1: Kareem got the two touchdowns last week, but it could
Speaker 1: just as easily be uh, just easily Nick Chubb this
Speaker 1: week for sure. And a good matchup against the Jets
Speaker 1: that were last against running backs last year. Yeah, it's
Speaker 1: a It's a juicy matchup, no doubt about it. Love
Speaker 1: both guys this week. You already know a gun team,
Speaker 1: league's work, seventeen teams left start at this point, you
Speaker 1: can start a new league with seventeen teams or seventeen
Speaker 1: weeks left in the season. Low scoring team gets cut
Speaker 1: every week players go to the waiver wire. It's pandemonium.
Speaker 1: We had um in one of my leagues. Jonathan Taylor
Speaker 1: got cut and how much how much bad do you
Speaker 1: put on him? One guy put his entire year's budget.
Speaker 1: I'm Jonathan Taylor. He's gonna learn his lessons the hard way.
Speaker 1: That that is a week seven out right there, exactly exactly.
Speaker 1: See you next year. We'll be back next segment. Fantasy
Speaker 1: Football Weekly Coming up next, Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly.
Speaker 1: Paul Church and Scott Fish and Brian Johnson with you.
Speaker 1: Our next matchup is the Patriots at the Steelers. Brian,
Speaker 1: the Patriots offense looked bad last week. We'll talk a
Speaker 1: little bit more about this later in the show, but
Speaker 1: your thoughts on this particular match up against the Steelers. Yeah,
Speaker 1: this one feels all about the running game for New England.
Speaker 1: So I'll give Damien Harris Harrison be here the law.
Speaker 1: The season ending loss of time Montgomery bodes well for
Speaker 1: Harris and Raumandre Stephenson, but as of right now, Harris
Speaker 1: looks like the lead back yet again. He managed five
Speaker 1: point three yards per carry last week, compared to the
Speaker 1: three point one for Stevenson. Harris was also targeted twice
Speaker 1: in the red zone, and last year Pittsburgh out these
Speaker 1: second most rushing yards after contact per attempt. In this week,
Speaker 1: they will be without t J. Watt upfront, so I
Speaker 1: like Harris with the B I will still give m
Speaker 1: Andre Stevenson a c not giving up on him just yet.
Speaker 1: He should still see around twelve of the fifteen opportunities
Speaker 1: in this game. And again, this feels like a game
Speaker 1: where New England's is gonna lean heavily on their running backs.
Speaker 1: For that reason, I have Jacoby Myers, Nelson Aghilar, DeVante
Speaker 1: Parker and Kedrick Bourne all on the bench. Not one
Speaker 1: single one of them scored double digit PPR points last week.
Speaker 1: So not touching the wide receivers from New England this week,
Speaker 1: and not touching the tight ends although they are led
Speaker 1: by John new Smith and not Hunter Hendy, but they're
Speaker 1: both on the bench. It's a bad matchup. The Steelers
Speaker 1: have allowed a tight end touchdown in just three of
Speaker 1: their last eighteen games, and I hate the pass catchers
Speaker 1: a lot, so I clearly hate Mac Jones in this matchup.
Speaker 1: He's on the bench as well. Over the Pittsburgh side,
Speaker 1: Nag Harris looks like he will play with the foot
Speaker 1: injury he's dealing with. He turned to practice in full
Speaker 1: on Thursday, but just to see for him. Miami running
Speaker 1: backs total just one hundred and seven combo yards against
Speaker 1: New England last week, and we're held to under two
Speaker 1: point five yards per carry, So just to see for
Speaker 1: no g Harris. Jalen Warren would have been interesting in
Speaker 1: Paris is out. He's on the bench, but a guy
Speaker 1: I am stashing anywhere I can. I recommend you do
Speaker 1: the same. Over to the wide receivers for the Steelers,
Speaker 1: Deonte Johnson, and give him a b If you didn't
Speaker 1: see the one handed sideline catch he made last week,
Speaker 1: go ask Jeeves about that right now, because it's it's
Speaker 1: worth a watch. Um, I'm glad you guys got that one.
Speaker 1: We're old enough to know to Jeeves is a lot
Speaker 1: of people probably don't anyways. Johnson resumed his hogging of
Speaker 1: targets in Week one, as his twelve targets are more
Speaker 1: than every other Pittsburgh wide receiver combined. So I love
Speaker 1: Deonte and Listene with a B. I kind of like
Speaker 1: Chase Claypool, so I'll give him a CEE. He was
Speaker 1: second among Pittsburgh wide receivers with six targets, but we
Speaker 1: only turned them into four catches for eighteen scoreless yards.
Speaker 1: But he had six carries he go him out of
Speaker 1: carries the yards for thirty six yards, so very interesting usage.
Speaker 1: And he played almost entirely from the slot, which means
Speaker 1: he's likely to see a lot of New England slot
Speaker 1: corner Miles Bryant, who checks in it five ft nine
Speaker 1: and so a little bit of a mismatch for Briant
Speaker 1: up against Claypool. Claypole should exploit that matchup George Pickens
Speaker 1: the Priests. Darling won one catch for three yards on
Speaker 1: three targets. He's on the bench right now until he
Speaker 1: proves he can produce in the regular season and Pat
Speaker 1: fire Mouth close to the bench, but I'm gonna give
Speaker 1: him a CEE. He led Pittsburgh in receiving yards and
Speaker 1: was second on the team with ten targets last week,
Speaker 1: but a tough match up here last year, New England
Speaker 1: allowed the fewest receptions and yards to tight ends, just
Speaker 1: two point seven catches and twenty six yards per game.
Speaker 1: That trend continued in Yeah and Hunter Long. Neither the
Speaker 1: Miami tight ends combined for two catches or fifteen yards
Speaker 1: against New England last week. So just a very soft
Speaker 1: sea for Fry Muthin. Mitch Drubiskie was almost might take
Speaker 1: a chance of the quarterback, but not yet this he's
Speaker 1: on the bench. Cant to it. Dolphins take on the Ravens. Obviously,
Speaker 1: grades for Tyreek Kill and Jalen Waddle was strong Week
Speaker 1: one performances, and that brings us to to a tonguo Violoa.
Speaker 1: I loved the start of the year for him getting
Speaker 1: the ball to his playmakers Hill and Waddle. That's all
Speaker 1: he's gotta do. He goes up against the Ravens last
Speaker 1: year one of only five teams to allow more than
Speaker 1: thirty passing touchdowns, and to address that issue, Baltimore signed
Speaker 1: cornerback Kyle Fuller in the off season. Andy promptly tours
Speaker 1: a c L. So now they're getting Marcus Peters possibly
Speaker 1: back for this game, but if he starts, it's gonna
Speaker 1: be his first game since the end of the twenty
Speaker 1: twenty season, and the other corner back, Marlin Humphrey's got
Speaker 1: a groin injury. It's all good for the Miami passing game.
Speaker 1: I've got a B grade onto a Toungo Violoa and
Speaker 1: a B grade on Chase Edmonds. I know the matchup
Speaker 1: against Baltimore doesn't field grand and paper, but the Jets
Speaker 1: backs just ripped the Ravens for a hundred sixty one
Speaker 1: total yards and the Ravens ranked thirty and run defense
Speaker 1: by Old Football Focus through one week. Edmonds saw sixty
Speaker 1: of the running back snaps for Miami last week. He
Speaker 1: barely managed two yards per carry on the ground, which
Speaker 1: was not good and so the efficiency was not there,
Speaker 1: but the opportunity to get better definitely is and he
Speaker 1: could catch the ball fair amount. Ravens just allowed the
Speaker 1: Jets backs to catch thirteen passes on nineteen targets in
Speaker 1: that game. So I like Chase Edmonds as a dual
Speaker 1: threat and to be grade over to Baltimore side Mark
Speaker 1: Andrews obvious a let's go to the other receivers. Rashad Bateman.
Speaker 1: Great to see the fifty five yard touchdown, but other
Speaker 1: than that catch, Bateman had one catch for four yards.
Speaker 1: That's it. Volume figures to be an ongoing worry for
Speaker 1: the Ravens receivers and a run heavy offense. Bateman likely
Speaker 1: draws the dolphins best coverage corner Xavian Howard, who travels
Speaker 1: with number one. Howard is not allowed to touch down
Speaker 1: is coverage since Week eight of last year. I've got
Speaker 1: just a C grade on Rashad Bateman. Devin DuVernay scored
Speaker 1: twice last week, emerges a waiver wire darling this week.
Speaker 1: With Xavian Howard on Bateman, that puts Nick excuse me, Nick,
Speaker 1: need him on DuVernay and that is a positive matchup.
Speaker 1: Need Him is a middling coverage corner who ranked his
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focuses forty four best cornerback last year. So
Speaker 1: I like Devin Duvernet enough to get him a C
Speaker 1: grade on this one. And uh for Lamar Jackson, if
Speaker 1: you can blend in the Mark Andrews a couple of
Speaker 1: season his receivers, I've got to be on Jackson. Dolphins
Speaker 1: held Mac Jones in check last week, but Lamar Jackson
Speaker 1: obviously totally different beast um. That's it. Miami has got
Speaker 1: a pretty solid past defense top six and passing touchdowns
Speaker 1: allowed last year. They blanked the Patriots last week. Um
Speaker 1: Jackson faced the Dolphins last year. Two passing yards in
Speaker 1: one touchdown and he only ran for thirty nine yards.
Speaker 1: That wasn't great, It's just okay. So that's the B
Speaker 1: grade on Lamar Jackson. And for the running backs, I
Speaker 1: got them all on the bench. J K Dobbins expected
Speaker 1: to make his first appearance in over a year, but
Speaker 1: I got a figure. He gets the modest workload in
Speaker 1: his first game back off the a c L. Six
Speaker 1: touches guys, eight touches for j K. Dobbins. This is
Speaker 1: his pro debut. If I'm not mistaken right Dobbins, j
Speaker 1: K Dobbins did we get injured in preseason last year,
Speaker 1: but the far back in time, that's okay. Miami's rundefensil good.
Speaker 1: In Week one. They held Damien Harris to forty eight
Speaker 1: yards and Romandre Stevenson to five. So I don't I
Speaker 1: don't like Dobbins and all the other runners look terrible
Speaker 1: last week, so they're all they are all out. Let's
Speaker 1: go to our final matchup of this segment, Panthers taking
Speaker 1: on the Giant Scott. Yeah, so I have an obvious
Speaker 1: eight grade on Christie McCaffrey. You might say, why is
Speaker 1: it obvious? He wasn't that great last week. He had
Speaker 1: to be saved by a touchdown with literally eight seconds
Speaker 1: left in the fourth quarter. Uh, but it was one
Speaker 1: of the tougher RB matchups of the weekend and McCaffrey
Speaker 1: still scored. Still got it. Uh, it was this week.
Speaker 1: You can look for him to get a combination of
Speaker 1: what Derrick, Henry and Hillier did against the Giants. Hilliard
Speaker 1: destroyed them through the past game. He had, uh, you
Speaker 1: know Henriette a decent amount of rushing yards. I think
Speaker 1: that this is a fifty plus rushing fifty plus receiving
Speaker 1: game for McCaffrey at minimum. Probably some scores a grade
Speaker 1: on McCaffrey in the passing game. I only have one
Speaker 1: starting game grade here. Baker mayfields on the bench. If
Speaker 1: it weren't for those two blown coverages we we talked about,
Speaker 1: his day would have been a hundred and ten yards
Speaker 1: and no touchdowns an interception. He barely threw a fifty
Speaker 1: pc completion rate. Robby Anderson hundred yards hundred two yards
Speaker 1: seventy five on the blown play. He topped fifty yards
Speaker 1: three times last year. D J. Moore is where I'm
Speaker 1: giving the C grade. I still trust him. I'm still
Speaker 1: gonna believe in even though week one was lackluster. He'll
Speaker 1: get a Dory Jackson shadow treatment who took Robert Wood's
Speaker 1: out last week. But he should get the volume in
Speaker 1: this one to find enough opportunity to get a C grade.
Speaker 1: On the other side, the only grade I have is
Speaker 1: say Kwon Barkley with eight grade. He's back to match
Speaker 1: up proof life he had a couple of years ago.
Speaker 1: He had twenty four touches, but a big deal with
Speaker 1: six catches. He came back in the in the passing game.
Speaker 1: The Panthers just let Kareem Hunt loose in the receiving game.
Speaker 1: That's gonna be all Barkley in this one. Um, it's
Speaker 1: a tougher matchup than last week was. It's a slightly
Speaker 1: tougher match up than last week was. But Chubb and
Speaker 1: Hunt did it, so I think Barkley ken with Daniel
Speaker 1: Jones Sterling Shephard. Sixty five of shepherds seventy one yards
Speaker 1: were on that blown coverage sixty five yarder you mentioned earlier. Uh,
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones. You're not starting Daniel Jones against the top
Speaker 1: five Panthers defense. No one. Still, that's no out of here, No,
Speaker 1: that's ridiculous. Um, we've got about one minute left. Let
Speaker 1: me ask you this, Well, why don't we just fire
Speaker 1: up the peacock for me saying s Juan Barkley finishes
Speaker 1: at the season as everyone is it too early, It's
Speaker 1: way too early. I just jack, it's very premature peak cocking. Well,
Speaker 1: we're willing to do that around premature pea calculation. Let
Speaker 1: me ask this about the the Thursday night game. Patrick
Speaker 1: Mahomes is now completed passes in both games to ten
Speaker 1: different receivers. Do you believe that that's going to be
Speaker 1: an ongoing tread that he's just spreads the ball around
Speaker 1: so thinly literally sad that's what he was going to
Speaker 1: do before the season. He also said the sky is
Speaker 1: the limit, referring to sky will replate zero snaps. I
Speaker 1: don't even know if he's a real person. I know
Speaker 1: at this point, I know Scott, Well, he's playing special teams.
Speaker 1: That's it. Justin Herbert by the way, Yeah, yeah, that's
Speaker 1: like and you know what those that you get you
Speaker 1: get the broken rib. That's your season. You gotta play
Speaker 1: with that all year. He's wearing the flat jacket season. Absolutely.
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Speaker 1: This is a game we call three tough questions. Tough
Speaker 1: question Number one, what is the appropriate level of panic
Speaker 1: for New England running back Ramandre Stevenson. Is it none,
Speaker 1: some or a bowl loose sending level of existential dread Scott. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so this is the part where I apologize to the
Speaker 1: listeners for being so in on Romandre Stevenson and you guys.
Speaker 1: I thought he'd get all the pass catching work time
Speaker 1: at Coomery. I thought would be out longer he came back.
Speaker 1: But the bad thing is I went to Canton for
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Exco Expo, went back and forth from the
Speaker 1: airport with a Patriots guy that knows people there, and
Speaker 1: he said, the offense is going to be anemic. They
Speaker 1: changed to his zone running and an outside zone running scheme,
Speaker 1: and they're running into the line and it is going
Speaker 1: to be bad. A week later, I go on Christopher
Speaker 1: Harris's show ESPN guy Patriots fan Connections with the Pats
Speaker 1: told me the same thing. But I refused to believe
Speaker 1: all the inside info because I'm like, no, he they're
Speaker 1: talking to me, he's gonna be the pass catcher. I
Speaker 1: screwed up. I did not take that in. They were
Speaker 1: all right by week one account. They were all right
Speaker 1: that offense is not going to move and they're going
Speaker 1: to run, and Romandre only at thirty three percent of snaps.
Speaker 1: I'm I'm a little bit of I think it's blowed
Speaker 1: here until Bill Belichick figures it out. So you're going
Speaker 1: with bobel loosening left existential dread. I think I said
Speaker 1: to trust Scott here and his and his insiders. The
Speaker 1: only my New England insiders, a bunch of drunk idiots.
Speaker 1: You do this thing. I think they're part of the
Speaker 1: Patriots organization. They were avoiding all Patriots. So okay, I'm blowed.
Speaker 1: I'm I'm blowed now. I was gonna say something, but
Speaker 1: I'm convinced unblowd. The correct answer is some on the
Speaker 1: positive side. Time Montgomery's out and that's a big consideration here.
Speaker 1: Stevenson figures to get more past catching work, and I
Speaker 1: think this this offense is gonna be playing from behind
Speaker 1: a lot. Montgomery had almost twice as many snaps as
Speaker 1: Stevenson did last week. But now he's out of the
Speaker 1: He's out of the picture for a week a month. Uh.
Speaker 1: The bigger issue here, though, Patriots offense just looks bad.
Speaker 1: They only had fifty seven plays last week, only two
Speaker 1: seventy one yards of offense. That was fourth worst behind
Speaker 1: offenses led by Geno Smith, Cooper Rush and a team
Speaker 1: that played in a monsoon and not even both of
Speaker 1: the teams that played in a month. Soon. You gotta
Speaker 1: have faith that Bill Belichick turns it around, he figures
Speaker 1: it out. We gotta hope that the bounceback starts this week. Right,
Speaker 1: they play Pittsburgh a team Joe Mixon just ran through
Speaker 1: and getting Stevenson up, getting Stevenson going. He's arguably the
Speaker 1: most explosive playmaker they've got on the whole team. Well,
Speaker 1: that in John neu Smith. Oh and by the way,
Speaker 1: don't sell on the on the dip here, keep him. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we don't like to sell talented players low. To question
Speaker 1: number two, what is the appropriate level of panic on
Speaker 1: Dallas wide receiver C D. Lamb? Is it none? Some
Speaker 1: or a bowl loosening level of existential dread? We begin
Speaker 1: this time with Brian Johnson. Oh, you gotta be blowed
Speaker 1: on Ceedee Lamb based on his preseason a DP and
Speaker 1: the expectations that we had for him basically as a
Speaker 1: top five wide receiver. Um And it's not his fault,
Speaker 1: it's it's the circumstances that now surround him. Of course,
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott, he's gonna miss more time than Ray Jones
Speaker 1: is hinting at it's gonna be six to eight weeks. Uh,
Speaker 1: the offensive line kind of a wreck, and he's just
Speaker 1: got no help at receiver other than his tight end
Speaker 1: Dalton Schultz. I just think defenses are gonna be keyed
Speaker 1: in on him when when that even when Dad comes back,
Speaker 1: he's got Cooper Cooper rushed for the next six weeks.
Speaker 1: So it's gonna be a very slow start, a very
Speaker 1: slow middle for Ceedee Lamb. So based on where he
Speaker 1: was going in our expectations, we had on blowed. You're
Speaker 1: blowed al right, Scott for Ceedee Lamb, what's the appropriate
Speaker 1: level of panic? Yeah, I'm still on the Patriots. They
Speaker 1: only ran to two personnel groupings last week. That is ridiculous.
Speaker 1: Two groups side tracking or we're gonna side track back
Speaker 1: to the page. The problem is their head coach. It'smatic.
Speaker 1: He is. He thinks that he's the hubrist is so
Speaker 1: high with Bill Belichick, probably the best coach in the
Speaker 1: history of the game. But he's a He is the
Speaker 1: de facto head coach. Well, he is the head coach,
Speaker 1: de facto general manager, offensive coordinator, and defensive coordinator. No
Speaker 1: one person can do all these things well. And he's
Speaker 1: trying to do it all and he can't. And it's
Speaker 1: this The mistake he's making is thinking that he's so
Speaker 1: much better, that he doesn't need any help around him,
Speaker 1: and that he's so much smarter than everybody else. That's
Speaker 1: the problem with the Patriots right now. Back to the
Speaker 1: question at hand, the appropriate level panic on Ceedee Lamb Scott.
Speaker 1: I have some on this. One. Last time Prescott and
Speaker 1: missed extended time, the Cowboys still averaged about thirty six
Speaker 1: past attempts per game, and that was with uh Dalton
Speaker 1: and Denucci. Sounds like a seventies band or something. Dalton
Speaker 1: and I think, I think it sounds like a post
Speaker 1: but but the old line was light years better. Honestly,
Speaker 1: I could bring the panic line down to blow it
Speaker 1: on this one, but it is Ceedee Lamb. I do
Speaker 1: like the eleven target eleven twelve targets he got with
Speaker 1: the two catches. Yeah, and I think that's I think
Speaker 1: he's gonna get major volume a lot of these weeks
Speaker 1: as they fight to stay in it um. And if
Speaker 1: it's only four to six weeks, I mean we're still
Speaker 1: looking at maybe eight weeks to end the season of Prescott.
Speaker 1: That that might still be the case, so I'm only
Speaker 1: some at the moment. The major volume in Dallas is
Speaker 1: this gonna be the booze that. The correct answer for
Speaker 1: the appropriate level of panic on Dallas wide receiver Ceedee
Speaker 1: Lamb is a bowel loosening level of existential. The left
Speaker 1: tackle Tyrann Smith is out, left guard economic governess hurt.
Speaker 1: The rush is going to get to the Dallas quarterback
Speaker 1: whose name is Rush. I mean talk about metaphysically tipping
Speaker 1: your hand. He is going to get destroyed back there.
Speaker 1: And the r as you mentioned, the other receivers are
Speaker 1: so anonymous. I watched that entire Dallas game and the
Speaker 1: only guy I can even remember is the guy who
Speaker 1: is ironically called Houston playing in Dallas. There's nobody else
Speaker 1: to catch a path in Dallas. They're gonna take defenses
Speaker 1: are gonna take away Ceedee Lamb just like Tampa did
Speaker 1: last week and make Cooper Rush win throwing to something
Speaker 1: called Houston playing in Dallas tough. Question number three, what
Speaker 1: is the appropriate level of panic for Houston running back
Speaker 1: Damian Pierce? Is it none, some or a Bobi loosening
Speaker 1: level of existential dread Scott, This one is some they want,
Speaker 1: they want Damian Pierce to get more involved this week,
Speaker 1: But the problem is Burkehead appears to be soaking up
Speaker 1: all that past game work that we kind of half
Speaker 1: expected but really hoped against. Um, the level of panic
Speaker 1: is really based on where you got him. If you
Speaker 1: got him as your RB three, like almost all of us,
Speaker 1: did you know before the last week or so of
Speaker 1: the preseason, You're fine, You're just you're just a little frustrated.
Speaker 1: But those people who grabb him as a r B two,
Speaker 1: they might feel blowed, but it's really just some. It's some,
Speaker 1: all right, Brian, What is the appropriate level of concern
Speaker 1: for Houston running back Damian Pierce? Yeah, I'm at some too.
Speaker 1: Last week Burkehead saw over the snaps, was only one
Speaker 1: of three running backs with more than ten carries and
Speaker 1: more than seven targets. But there's no way in hell
Speaker 1: Burkehead becomes a bell cow running back this year. He's
Speaker 1: thirty two years old. He's only top seventy rush attempts
Speaker 1: in his season once. That was the last year and
Speaker 1: he had a hundred twenty two yards. The averaged three
Speaker 1: point five yards per carry. Then at some point he's
Speaker 1: gonna break down or get hurt. I hate to say it,
Speaker 1: but it's happened throughout his career. Um, he's never started
Speaker 1: more than five games. I mean, look at his career
Speaker 1: starts five zero, one, four three one. You know Damian
Speaker 1: Pierce will be okay, don't freak out too much. Uh.
Speaker 1: The correct answer is none. And that's not just confirmation bias,
Speaker 1: because we loved Damian Piers all preseason and we talked
Speaker 1: about him a million times. It's for all the reasons
Speaker 1: you mentioned. No chance thirty two year old Rex burkehead
Speaker 1: holds the strangle the stranglehold on that job for very long.
Speaker 1: Damian Pierce well eclipse him. It's just a matter of when. Granted,
Speaker 1: the timeline is longer than we thought it was gonna
Speaker 1: be the reason it's gonna be a slowest art. It's
Speaker 1: gonna be like it's gonna take us a little longer
Speaker 1: than we thought it was gonna unfortunately, and I wish
Speaker 1: it weren't that way, but the reality is it is,
Speaker 1: and we're just gonna We're just gonna deal with that.
Speaker 1: Let's go to our next matchup, Bengals taking on the Cowboys. Brian,
Speaker 1: I gotta believe the Bengals. Joe Burrow is not gonna
Speaker 1: have five turnovers in one game. Yeah, I would hope not,
Speaker 1: or get sacked seven times like he did a last
Speaker 1: week against UM Pittsburgh. So we'll start with Burrow. Give
Speaker 1: him a b um. It sounds like te Higgins will
Speaker 1: play in this game. Should clear concussion protocol that helps
Speaker 1: burrows uh prospects this week. My main concern is this
Speaker 1: feels like a game or the Bengals just dominate and
Speaker 1: it aren't forced to throw a ton. So we'll run
Speaker 1: through his receiver's real quick. Jamar Chase gets an a.
Speaker 1: We'll likely see a lot of Trayvon Diggs in coverage.
Speaker 1: It was a very good cornerback, but Mike Evans very comparable.
Speaker 1: Mike Evans had a touchdown and seventy one yards against
Speaker 1: Diggs last week. So in a for Chase, te Higgins
Speaker 1: just mentioned him. Sounds like he'll go give him a
Speaker 1: b here. He should see a lot of coverage from
Speaker 1: Anthony Brown, who surrendered six received being touchdowns last year.
Speaker 1: That is a fair amount. But Tyler Boyd, I gotta
Speaker 1: put him on the bench. Only he saw a thirteen
Speaker 1: percent target chair last week and that was with Tee
Speaker 1: Higgins out for most of the game, UM Boyd will again,
Speaker 1: this feels like a game where the Bengals aren't gonna
Speaker 1: throw it don So Boyd not seeing a ton of
Speaker 1: snaps last week. I don't think that he's a main
Speaker 1: main factor in this game, so he's on the bench.
Speaker 1: Hayden Hurst is not, though, gonna give him a See
Speaker 1: Hearst rand fifty one pass routes last week, which is
Speaker 1: a lot. In fact, it was the fifth most among
Speaker 1: all players, not just tight ends, but it's it's kind
Speaker 1: of a tough matchup on paper. Last season, only five
Speaker 1: tight ends game to more than fifty yards fifty yards
Speaker 1: against the Cowboys, and none reached the hundred yard marks
Speaker 1: of just a sea For Hearst and lastly, Joe Mixon,
Speaker 1: he gets an A despite trailing pretty much the entire
Speaker 1: game last week against Pittsburgh, Mixing saw thirty four touches,
Speaker 1: a career high. Granted that game went to overtime, but
Speaker 1: I would be shocked if the Bengals trail in this game.
Speaker 1: So game script should be in Mixon's favor here he
Speaker 1: gets the A over to the Dallas side. Definitely no
Speaker 1: a's here. Starting with Ezekiel Elliott just to see for
Speaker 1: him and eleven career games that Deck has missed with injury.
Speaker 1: Zeke average and easily three point eight yards per carry
Speaker 1: and only scored twice in those eleven games. The Bengals
Speaker 1: have been stout against the run for quite some time,
Speaker 1: only allowing four running backs to top eighty yards over
Speaker 1: their last twenty two games, So rough spot for Zeke.
Speaker 1: I do like Tony Pollard though, while with with the
Speaker 1: receiving angle that's why he was might take a chance
Speaker 1: on me running back and the aforementioned Ceedee Lamb just
Speaker 1: to see for him. It's more like cassette tape Lamb
Speaker 1: at this point. Um he saw. I saw leven targets
Speaker 1: last week, only caught the two. That's gross. He also
Speaker 1: has Cooper Rush as his quarterback, now that's more gross.
Speaker 1: Lamb will see Mike Hilton when lined up in the
Speaker 1: slot in a combination of Eli Apple and Shadobe Ouse
Speaker 1: on the edges. Those three corners have combined to allow
Speaker 1: just one touchdown over their last six games played together,
Speaker 1: and it's really just well factory I Apple out of
Speaker 1: that because he's not very good. Anyway. Back to the
Speaker 1: other wide receivers. It's really Noah Brown who's wide receiver too,
Speaker 1: but he's on the bench. Despite seeing nine targets in
Speaker 1: Week one that resulted in five catches for sixty eight yards,
Speaker 1: I just can't give him a starting grade. I will
Speaker 1: give Dalton Schultz a B though, despite Cooper Rush as
Speaker 1: his quarterback. On paper, a great matchup for Schultz, who
Speaker 1: ran the second most pass routes for Dallas in Week one.
Speaker 1: Last season, the Bengals were top five in the most catches,
Speaker 1: yards and touchdowns allowed to tight ends. Last week, they
Speaker 1: surrendered five catches for seven five yards to Pat Firemouth,
Speaker 1: who's also tackled on the one yard line almost scored
Speaker 1: a touchdown. So I do like Schultz this week, and
Speaker 1: I Cooper Rush. Can it get the bench gright out
Speaker 1: of the way this week? No, but I want to
Speaker 1: just get him out of future weeks, always on the bench,
Speaker 1: Cooper Rush. Well, what if you play Vikings again? Fair? Fair? Yeah,
Speaker 1: Seahawks take on the forty nine. This is gonna be
Speaker 1: quick light rain in the forecast. Again. By the way,
Speaker 1: let me mention that so forty nine just could go
Speaker 1: from a monsoon to another rain game, but nothing like
Speaker 1: last week's game. And I already mentioned my bias in
Speaker 1: this is that Seattle just played their Super Bowl. They're
Speaker 1: gonna hit the road here and have a huge letdown
Speaker 1: game coming, and you'll hear that in my grades, I
Speaker 1: believe we start with Rashad Penny, who handled every Seahawks
Speaker 1: carry but one average five yards per carry against a
Speaker 1: stout Denver front seven last week. He was also active
Speaker 1: in the passing game. He saw all three of Geno
Speaker 1: Smith's running back targets here. Uh forty nine is completely
Speaker 1: bottled up David Montgomery in the monsoon, but Penny's a
Speaker 1: tougher tackler average three point five yards after contact going
Speaker 1: back to last year, the NFL's best over that stretch.
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna I'm gonna give him a B grade,
Speaker 1: and I'm barely giving a B grade a DK Metcalf
Speaker 1: because get this, for as you know, the big body
Speaker 1: guy that is just four point six air yards on
Speaker 1: his targets last week, which is a criminal misuse of
Speaker 1: Metcalf's body type and talent. Hopefully they'll air the ball
Speaker 1: out a little bit more in this one. Metcalf is
Speaker 1: top four receptions and sixty yards in five of six
Speaker 1: attempts against the Niners, and he clearly is the preferred
Speaker 1: target for Gino Smith. So I've got to be grade
Speaker 1: on him, C grade on Tyler Lockett. All of our
Speaker 1: fears are realized with Lockett last week. Gino Smith did
Speaker 1: not look lock Its way at all last year when
Speaker 1: he started. He didn't look his way at all last
Speaker 1: week when he started either. And the short passes that
Speaker 1: Gino Smith is throwing are the anticipthis of what Tyler
Speaker 1: Lockett is all about. I think I may have mispronounced
Speaker 1: that I don't. Uh. Gino Smith indisputably looked in command
Speaker 1: of that offense last week. Loved a lot of what
Speaker 1: we saw there, but again throwing all mostly entirely dink
Speaker 1: and dunk under short stuff. He he scored touchdowns in
Speaker 1: each of his four starts going back to last year,
Speaker 1: and two touchdowns and back to back starts. Uh, last
Speaker 1: two starts, he's throwing fifty one passes and just nine
Speaker 1: in completions, just nine in completion. It's against So it's
Speaker 1: all just safe work for Gino Smith, and that's enough
Speaker 1: to give him a C grade. And that's it. Uh,
Speaker 1: don't anything with the Seattle various tight ends because they
Speaker 1: split it all up between Will Disley no offense and
Speaker 1: Colby Parkinson out of nowhere last week side Deebo, Samuel
Speaker 1: obvious a and a phenomenal matchup. Love him here and
Speaker 1: he's probably gonna get a few extra carries with Eliza Mitchell.
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna expend any more time on that um.
Speaker 1: But for other members of the passing game and tray Lance,
Speaker 1: by the way, it was might take a chance on
Speaker 1: me quarterback that you may have heard earlier in the show,
Speaker 1: Brandon aou with a B grade. We're gonna throw out
Speaker 1: last week's monsoon game. Are you gaverage six point two
Speaker 1: yards after the catch last season? That was six the
Speaker 1: most Seahawks allowed five point eight yards after the catch
Speaker 1: last season, fourth worst, So a great opportunity for Brandon
Speaker 1: Ay after the catch. And cornerbacks Justin Coleman and Michael
Speaker 1: Jackson posted uh sub forty PFF tackling grades last week,
Speaker 1: so I can see how you getting free for a
Speaker 1: long one here. I like his prospects and I've got
Speaker 1: a B grade on him. And then lastly, Jeff Wilson,
Speaker 1: by the way, I I'm under the assumption George Kittle
Speaker 1: is not going to go in this game, although Tyler
Speaker 1: Croft is a sneaky sleeper against the defense that just
Speaker 1: allowed seven catches and eighty five yards to a tight end.
Speaker 1: If you're really in a pinch at tight end and
Speaker 1: Kittle gets ruled out, Tyler Croft might be a good
Speaker 1: way to go. Let's talk about Jeff Wilson, your new
Speaker 1: lead running back, not nude, your new lead running back
Speaker 1: to the forty nine years, although if you were nwed
Speaker 1: it would add an interesting element to the game. In
Speaker 1: games in which Wilson has had more than fifteen carries
Speaker 1: throughout his career, and there's eight to those and the
Speaker 1: lead carrier carrier for the Niners always gets at least
Speaker 1: fifteen carries, he has averaged nine two rushing yards and
Speaker 1: eighteen receiving yards. That's a total of it's a hundred
Speaker 1: and ten yards and a full touchdown per game. Jeff Wilson,
Speaker 1: when he gets fifteen carries, that is massive productivity. He
Speaker 1: gets the Seahawks this week. If Gordon and Williams hadn't
Speaker 1: both fumbled at the one yard line against the Seahawks,
Speaker 1: would be talking about how the Seattle run defense has
Speaker 1: already given up a hundred yard rushing game and two touchdowns,
Speaker 1: So Jeff Wilson a grade for him. We'll take a
Speaker 1: break when we come back. More matchups to break down,
Speaker 1: including the Texans taking on the Broncos. Might be love Texans.
Speaker 1: That Texans offense. We already talked about Davis Mills, who
Speaker 1: we like. What about Eco Collins didn't doo much last week?
Speaker 1: What about Brandon Cooks who did? We'll tell you what
Speaker 1: we think about those guys when we returned to Fantasy
Speaker 1: Football Weekly. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Churchi and
Speaker 1: Scott Fish, Brian Johnson with you. Scott Falcons take on
Speaker 1: the Rams. Falcons, Ruddy packs were really far are more
Speaker 1: effective than the Rams were. Rams with a big opportunity
Speaker 1: to bounce back. But let's start with court Darryl Patterson's
Speaker 1: the best stories of week one and and early last year.
Speaker 1: It's a two year in a row thing here. Well
Speaker 1: this this week, alright, last week, at least Patterson Patterson's
Speaker 1: role was basically a full role because Damian Williams went
Speaker 1: out and their only active backup was Avery Williams, a
Speaker 1: converted defensive back who mostly plays special teams this week.
Speaker 1: Williams will be out again, but they're prepared for it,
Speaker 1: and Tyler l Geer, who I play in the league with,
Speaker 1: will also get some work. But indications are Patterson will
Speaker 1: once again get that workhouse workhorse role fifteen plus touches.
Speaker 1: My problem is it's a very tough match up against
Speaker 1: the ramsdy that was top ten in a lot of
Speaker 1: categories against the run last year. So I only have
Speaker 1: a B grade on Cordell Patterson. I'm gonna have Algie
Speaker 1: on the bench. I'm not gonna trust him in this
Speaker 1: very first game, sorry, Tyler. As for the passing game, yeah,
Speaker 1: I surprisingly have starting grades somehow on Mariotta, London, and Pits.
Speaker 1: In a game, I think they'll be behind a lot
Speaker 1: and need to pass to even try to attempt anything
Speaker 1: to sts defense. But how about Mariota's rushing from last week? Yes,
Speaker 1: that's exactly the point. Mariotta is not going to get
Speaker 1: you a ton through the year air, but he had
Speaker 1: a third of their running back rush carries last week.
Speaker 1: Ten plus rush attempts is easily within the range of
Speaker 1: outcomes for him. That's gonna give him a C grade.
Speaker 1: It's kind of like Jalen Hurts only not quite as
Speaker 1: much passing volume, so he gets the C grade on
Speaker 1: that alone. Um again a tougher matchup, but I feel
Speaker 1: like they'll fall behind. The rush attempts plus falling behind
Speaker 1: give him the C grade here. Drake London also gets
Speaker 1: a C grade. It's hard not to like what we
Speaker 1: saw in Week one. He missed all a preseason done,
Speaker 1: goes on to lead the team in target share, receptions, yards, everything.
Speaker 1: Basically Jalen Ramsey's gonna try to lock him up. And
Speaker 1: he had some trouble ls week, and he had to
Speaker 1: trouble some trouble at the D last season too, so
Speaker 1: you know, maybe maybe just on pure volume alone and
Speaker 1: again game script, Drake London gets a C grade. For me,
Speaker 1: I have a B grade on Kyle Pitts and I'm
Speaker 1: getting frustrated charge and Brian. Brian especially, I'm getting frustrated.
Speaker 1: He's consistently top five in so many superfluous categories, not
Speaker 1: anything that but not phantasy points. Like last week he
Speaker 1: had what like I think third or fourth fifth most
Speaker 1: unrealized air yards that just didn't happen for him. Once
Speaker 1: those start happening, he's going to be like a solid
Speaker 1: A most weeks, but they're just not happening. So I'm
Speaker 1: giving him a B in it once again, a tough matchup,
Speaker 1: trailing B grade until he until he can show it.
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna give him an until he shows me it.
Speaker 1: That's fair for Kyle Pitts right now. On the other side,
Speaker 1: Matt Stafford is getting an A grade. Cooper Cup is
Speaker 1: getting a grade. I don't think I need to talk
Speaker 1: much about it. It's night and day from last week,
Speaker 1: last year's top past defense, last week this year or
Speaker 1: this week they get a bottom five pasty. So Stafford
Speaker 1: and Cup easy a's. But what are we gonna do
Speaker 1: with Alan Robinson. I'm gonna keep my eye on it,
Speaker 1: but I'm half throwing out Week one. He played percent
Speaker 1: of snaps, he had half the red zone wide receiver targets,
Speaker 1: and we just watched Jarvis Landry and Michael Thomas torched
Speaker 1: the Falcons for a hundred fifty plus yards and two scores.
Speaker 1: So I have a C grade hesitantly, but a C
Speaker 1: grade on A on Allen Robinson, a wide receiver in
Speaker 1: that good offense. Tyler Higbee was one of your way
Speaker 1: too many, too many Chicks. He's a good streaming option
Speaker 1: in the run game. We need to buy into Henderson.
Speaker 1: We we do. They want cam more involved, they say it,
Speaker 1: but they didn't show it on the field, and even
Speaker 1: the stuff after last week wasn't super out of optimistic
Speaker 1: and he had some pretty bad plays, pretty bad plays
Speaker 1: in that game. So Cama's on the bench while Henderson
Speaker 1: gets a B because he was one of only six
Speaker 1: backs had a full work work work, workhorse role, and
Speaker 1: one of only six backs to play every single red
Speaker 1: zone snap for that team last week. The B is
Speaker 1: kind of due to how competent the Falcons Rundy was.
Speaker 1: It actually seemed pretty good outside of the one Taystom
Speaker 1: Hill run run. They shut everything else down. So just
Speaker 1: a B B grade for Henderson in case cam Akers
Speaker 1: does make his way. I think they'd like to get
Speaker 1: Acres going. I think it would chance too, because they
Speaker 1: know from they know Henderson after watching him all of
Speaker 1: last year. Henderson's not a special running back. He's just
Speaker 1: the lead running back for the Rams. They'd like to
Speaker 1: get Acres going. He'll give They'll give him more chances.
Speaker 1: I don't know they'll make good on it, but it'll
Speaker 1: get more chances Brian Texans take on the Broncos. We
Speaker 1: love the Texans in general. We've already talked about Davis Mills.
Speaker 1: You're take a chance on me quarterback will tell me
Speaker 1: about his receivers. Who else do you like in this one?
Speaker 1: I basically only like Brandon Cook's gonna give him a B.
Speaker 1: He saw twelve targets in Week one, while the rest
Speaker 1: of Houston's wide receivers total just nine. It's not the
Speaker 1: best matchup for Cooks, but the volume should be there. Uh,
Speaker 1: Davis Mills loves looking his way, so a safe B
Speaker 1: for Cooks. I got the rest of the wide receivers
Speaker 1: on the bench for Houston. Hopefully Nico Collins steps up soon,
Speaker 1: but I'm not gonna put him in my story hand
Speaker 1: I had to drop in a couple of leagues. Now,
Speaker 1: that's what the tight ends. So O. J. Howard ran
Speaker 1: six pass routes last week. I saw two targets, scored
Speaker 1: two touchdowns. Now, if I were to extrapolate numbers across
Speaker 1: a full season with an average of about thirty routes
Speaker 1: per game, my calculator would blow up. But I've got
Speaker 1: him on the bench in Brevin Jordan's We had to
Speaker 1: need some more clarity there. Well, it'll be interesting to
Speaker 1: see if Howard gets ramped up more runs, more pass routes,
Speaker 1: but for now they're both on the bench. As you mentioned,
Speaker 1: Davis Mills might take a chance of me quarterback. And lastly,
Speaker 1: the running backs, t Rex Burkhead. I call him t
Speaker 1: Rex because he too soon will be extinct. Like, Gonna
Speaker 1: give him a c As mentioned, he ran or saw
Speaker 1: more than seven percent of the snaps, was only one
Speaker 1: of three running backs with more than ten carries and
Speaker 1: more than seven targets, so for now he is the starter,
Speaker 1: so based on expected volume alone, gonna give him a see.
Speaker 1: And Damian Pierce on the bench until he sees more
Speaker 1: playing time, but that should come sooner than later, hopefully.
Speaker 1: Over the Denver side, Javante Williams easy a here, still
Speaker 1: in a time share, but this is a great matchup.
Speaker 1: Last year, Texans were thirty second in red zone rushing
Speaker 1: defense and thirty in explosive run rate. Last week, Williams
Speaker 1: ran twenty eight pass routes and was targeted forty of
Speaker 1: them for twelve targets. That's like Alvin Kamara type receiving work.
Speaker 1: They're pretty exciting. So in A for Williams and a
Speaker 1: B for Melvin. Gordon played in forty percent on the
Speaker 1: snaps last week, total seventy two combo yards on fourteen touchdown,
Speaker 1: so he still is a major factor. He also saw
Speaker 1: more touches in the red zone than Williams did, so
Speaker 1: he's a strong start in this plus matchup. So a
Speaker 1: B for Gordon. I'm gonna give Courtland Sutton and Jerry
Speaker 1: Judy both of B I like pretty much. I like
Speaker 1: both of them pretty much the same. Yes, the Texans
Speaker 1: went into overtime last week, but still the Colts whiteouts
Speaker 1: total seventeen catches, two d and forty yards and one touchdown,
Speaker 1: So Sutton and Judy could both get something done in
Speaker 1: this game. And now over to Albert hold hold on, fish,
Speaker 1: I got this Albert o'quebu nom job. Get the Q
Speaker 1: in there. He gets a se uh. Andrew Beck stole
Speaker 1: some early work from oh Quabunam, but he still let
Speaker 1: Denver tight ends and targets and catches in Week one.
Speaker 1: Houston allowed the twelve most yards to tight ends last year,
Speaker 1: and the Colts tight ends are just targeted nine times
Speaker 1: against the Texans last week. So I like Albert Oh
Speaker 1: and lastly, Russell Wilson. I don't like him too much.
Speaker 1: He really annoys me, but I'm gonna give him a b.
Speaker 1: Wilson didn't get his revenge in the Seattle, but he
Speaker 1: still posted strong numbers and his debut with Denver. Last season,
Speaker 1: the Texans finished bottom ten in passing yards, touchdowns, and
Speaker 1: yards per attempt, and that's bottom ten in a bad way.
Speaker 1: When it comes to their defense, the Texas overhauled their secondary,
Speaker 1: including both safeties, but they are both rookies. As a
Speaker 1: starting cornerback at Derek Stingley, who was a first round
Speaker 1: pick but still a work in progress, Wilson should have
Speaker 1: a good game here. I think he should have a
Speaker 1: good game. To calculator items, number one is eight zero
Speaker 1: zero eight five, You know what I mean? And the
Speaker 1: second is what the heck is? M plus M minus
Speaker 1: M S M R M C. What does that even do?
Speaker 1: Does anybody know? I mean? I do? I do? I
Speaker 1: who knows what those buttons on a calculator does? If
Speaker 1: you do, at Paul Charchi in X, explain what all
Speaker 1: of those ms mean on a calculator, because I don't
Speaker 1: know I don't want Bears taking on the Packers. We
Speaker 1: begin as a reminder my the ground Bears might take
Speaker 1: a chance to me running back. Let's let's stick with
Speaker 1: the running backs and go to um. David Montgomery averaged
Speaker 1: three point five yards per carry against uh the Packers
Speaker 1: last year. He's gonna yield some of the carries to Herbert,
Speaker 1: as I discussed earlier. And the Packers run defense, well,
Speaker 1: it did not great out well against Minnesota, graded up
Speaker 1: very well last season. I don't necessarily trust him here.
Speaker 1: Only one running back top to one yards rushing against
Speaker 1: the Packers since the since elite run stuffing linebacker Davantre
Speaker 1: Campbell arrived in Green Bay, but Montgomery did in Week
Speaker 1: twelve of the season two years ago. If that means anything,
Speaker 1: I don't think it does. C grade on David Montgomery,
Speaker 1: that's it. I don't. I don't love him here, justin
Speaker 1: Fields only gets a C. Gray passing last week was bad,
Speaker 1: but it was a monsoon. I'm worried about him passing
Speaker 1: in perfect conditions against a very good Packers secondary. And yes,
Speaker 1: Minnesota humbled the Packers last week, but Cousins to Jefferson
Speaker 1: is a far cry from Justin Fields to Darnell Mooney
Speaker 1: just to see grade here, and only a C grade
Speaker 1: because of the rushing threat that Fields provides. He had
Speaker 1: rushing totals of seventy four and forty three yards against
Speaker 1: the Packers last year, so we'll hope that he can
Speaker 1: rush for some yardage here. And a C grade for
Speaker 1: Justin Fields. A begrudging C grade on Darnel Darnell Mooney
Speaker 1: who likely gets shadow covered from elite coverage corner Jaire Alexander,
Speaker 1: who is smarting from his zone use against Justin Jefferson
Speaker 1: last week. But even if it's others, Mooney, if he sees,
Speaker 1: whether it's Jaire Alexander, Russul Douglas or Eric States, it's
Speaker 1: all a challenge. None of them have given it more
Speaker 1: than thirty five yards in their coverage since Week fourteen
Speaker 1: of last season. There's a good Packers secondary, and I
Speaker 1: don't think Mooney's gonna change at We're gonna bench Cole
Speaker 1: Commet one target on zero catches last week and two
Speaker 1: mundane games against the Packers last year, and the Vikings
Speaker 1: tight ends did nothing against the Packers last week. I
Speaker 1: know comments gonna do better than last week. But have
Speaker 1: zero catches last week, so better doesn't necessarily mean much.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Packers side. Aaron Rodgers has a
Speaker 1: bounce back coming if Lazard plays in this game. Rogers
Speaker 1: history against the Packers is just torturous, with four to
Speaker 1: four and four touchdowns thrown over the past four meetings.
Speaker 1: Chicago starts two rookie second rounders in its secondary, Tyler
Speaker 1: Gordon and Jakwon Brisker. Sure they held up last week
Speaker 1: in the slop, but they've got a far tougher test
Speaker 1: coming against Aaron Rodgers in perfect weather. And even if
Speaker 1: the receivers are pretty pretty middling here, So be great
Speaker 1: on Aaron Rodgers, be great on Almizart if he goes.
Speaker 1: I like him a lot. He scored in both games
Speaker 1: against the Packers last year and three of the last
Speaker 1: four against Chicago, and the other receivers proved themselves. The
Speaker 1: other Packers receivers proved themselves to be no help. Lazard's
Speaker 1: return is gonna be very welcomed by Aaron Rodgers. And
Speaker 1: I see a lot of volume coming for Lazard, and
Speaker 1: let me mention this as I probably should have started
Speaker 1: with the Packers of this. They may get three offensive
Speaker 1: linemen back in this game. That would be huge Runyon
Speaker 1: and Jenkins and back tr If they all come back,
Speaker 1: or even like two of the three come back, that
Speaker 1: is a that is a huge help for this line.
Speaker 1: I like both the running backs a lot. Aaron Jones
Speaker 1: and A J. Dillon both get bes here for Aaron
Speaker 1: Jones three touchdowns in the two games last year, and
Speaker 1: after last week's game, head coach Mela Fleur said he
Speaker 1: vowed basically vowed to get Jones more carries. The Bears
Speaker 1: were the league's worst graded run defense last week. Elijah
Speaker 1: Mitchell and Deebo Samuel ran for almost seven yards a
Speaker 1: carry against them. It was in the monsoon, but still
Speaker 1: that's if anything, that almost makes it worse for Chicago.
Speaker 1: They've allowed five straight backfields the top one d yards
Speaker 1: rushing and that includes Aaron Jones and A J. Dillon
Speaker 1: from last year. Like them both a Lot A J.
Speaker 1: Dillon got lead the team in rushing attempts, receptions and
Speaker 1: receiving yards and touchdowns last week. You're certainly going to
Speaker 1: start A J. Dillon again. Both B grades for those
Speaker 1: runners and lastly, Robert Tonyan the Packers tight end C
Speaker 1: grade here look shockingly Spry in his first game back
Speaker 1: from the a c L Again, nobody else to throw too.
Speaker 1: I just think that there's just not a lot of
Speaker 1: sure targets for Aaron Rodgers. We'll try Tony and last
Speaker 1: year Chicago was a pretty good tight end defense, but
Speaker 1: I still don't trust him much here and I think
Speaker 1: there's a chance for Tony and if you need to
Speaker 1: throw darts at the tight end position when we come back.
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Speaker 1: get players other others will be trying to pick up
Speaker 1: next week, but are already going to be on your
Speaker 1: roster because you listen to this show. Scott, who is
Speaker 1: your premature speculation player this week? I am gonna go
Speaker 1: with Van Jefferson, who is close to being back for
Speaker 1: the Rams this week but could quite get there. He'll
Speaker 1: probably be back next week. Uh, he was really starting
Speaker 1: to flash and show things at the end of last year.
Speaker 1: And there's a small chance Allen Robinson is actually washed
Speaker 1: and Van Jefferson becomes the number two in a very
Speaker 1: highly explosive offense. And for my second prespect because apparently
Speaker 1: we're doing things like that now, Donovan Peoples Jones could
Speaker 1: legit be that wide receiver one for that team. He's
Speaker 1: seventeen percent rostered. He should be on a roster. I
Speaker 1: picked him up in a few leagues last week. Brian,
Speaker 1: your premature speculation player, speaking of potential team wide receiver ones.
Speaker 1: I got New York's Richie James. M rich James five
Speaker 1: catches last week. That's the same amount as of catches
Speaker 1: as Sterling Shepherd, Darius Tony, Kenny Galady, and wan Dale
Speaker 1: Robinson combined. And listen, we know Sterling Shepherd is injury prone,
Speaker 1: Gadarius Tony's kind of looking like he's injury prone. He's cooked,
Speaker 1: and then there's wan Dale Robinson. So Richie James, Rich
Speaker 1: James could be uh the number one wide receiver for
Speaker 1: the Jihnts this season. Bill grab him? Why not? How
Speaker 1: about Gus Edwards? By this time next week, Gus Edwards
Speaker 1: is going to be through three of his four weeks
Speaker 1: of of the populist that he's on, the injured reserve
Speaker 1: that he's on, and so he'll be looking at coming back.
Speaker 1: Kenyan Drake and Mike Davis for Baltimore are totally washed up,
Speaker 1: and Edwards should reaffirm his position is the backup behind
Speaker 1: Dobbins in a time share that we believe it is
Speaker 1: going to be like sixty forty Dobbins to Edwards. I'll
Speaker 1: take a running rate uh for a team that runs
Speaker 1: the ball as much as the Ravens do. And as
Speaker 1: a reminder about Gus Edwards. His last healthy year he
Speaker 1: was Pro Football Focus is fifth ranked running back and
Speaker 1: he's never averaged less than five yards per carry in
Speaker 1: any season. Gus Edwards a good running back who's gonna
Speaker 1: come back and be an impact player for the Ravens,
Speaker 1: and you'll want to pick him up, I believe. Let's
Speaker 1: get back to our matchups. The next matchup up is
Speaker 1: the Colts taking on the Jaguar Scott. For the Colts,
Speaker 1: it's no Alec Pierce and this one and it looks
Speaker 1: like Michael Pittman is not going to go. But he
Speaker 1: said earlier you still like Matt Ryan at the quarterback position. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm not. I'm still not sure about Michael Pittman. But yeah,
Speaker 1: it's looking looking like practice. I know, well he got
Speaker 1: he got hurt on Wednesday, um, and then he didn't
Speaker 1: practice on Thursday, and then they skipped the team skipped
Speaker 1: their Friday practice. So the B reporters, the B reporters
Speaker 1: actually say it's on the optimistic side of questions. Okay, so,
Speaker 1: but for the Colts, Jonathan Taylor's and obviously pretty much
Speaker 1: every week Matt Ryan was my take a chance on
Speaker 1: me quarterback and he hines was my take a chance
Speaker 1: on me running back Paris Campbell was one of your
Speaker 1: many take a chance on the players over there in charge.
Speaker 1: Michael Pittman does get the C grade for me if
Speaker 1: he goes. The hesitancy is on the injury. I mentioned
Speaker 1: what the practices were this week, but he may play
Speaker 1: limited naps if he goes, so I don't want to
Speaker 1: give him an A grade, assuming he'll be healthy and
Speaker 1: get his alpha rollback. I'm only given him a segrade.
Speaker 1: On the Jags side, Uh, Trevor Lawrence did his usual
Speaker 1: throw the ball into the ground or throw it too high,
Speaker 1: thinking his wide receivers are yell ming or something. Uh.
Speaker 1: You aren't starting him unless he becomes more efficient with
Speaker 1: those attempts. But a bright spot was Christian Kirk. He's
Speaker 1: the clear wide receiver one there. They paid him like that,
Speaker 1: and he's the clear wide receiver one. He hauled in
Speaker 1: six of his twelve targets. Twelve targets. That's awesome, awesome volume. Uh,
Speaker 1: topping a hundred yards. He'll get his because he'll be
Speaker 1: playing the same role that Brandon Cooks played last week
Speaker 1: in a similar workload. UH. And he had eighty two
Speaker 1: yards against that defense. Uh So, I think Christian Kirk
Speaker 1: is getting a B grade for me here. I kind
Speaker 1: of want to say, see, but it's the volumes just
Speaker 1: too high, and he's the main guy. I have both
Speaker 1: Za Jones and Marvin Jones on the bench. The Jags
Speaker 1: do play a ton of three wide receivers sets. They
Speaker 1: had pretty even numbers, but this has the fuel of
Speaker 1: an offense where the twomate might flip week to week.
Speaker 1: The indicators are a little in Za's favor. If you're
Speaker 1: really in a pinch. It's a matt hip against the
Speaker 1: bottom ten d from a year ago. But this the
Speaker 1: Vegas over under his thirty seven on this game, the
Speaker 1: lowest of the week. There's not going to be a
Speaker 1: lot going on. I saw one of these next gen
Speaker 1: stats um bits the fastest timed receiver last week Jones,
Speaker 1: And remember he that guy is a little bit of
Speaker 1: an athletic freak. He he had that hovering stand back
Speaker 1: up thing from a couple of years ago and that
Speaker 1: was weird. Yeah. Yeah, Over to the running game, Travis
Speaker 1: C t N and James Robinson might be annoying this season.
Speaker 1: I have a C grade on E. T N here
Speaker 1: in a bench grade on Robinson, and I know it's
Speaker 1: super weird, but E t N played a hundred percent
Speaker 1: of the short yard of snaps, a hundred percent of
Speaker 1: the minute two minute drill snaps, seventy five percent of
Speaker 1: the long down and distance snaps, and if Lawrence was
Speaker 1: more accurate, he would have had two touchdowns. One was
Speaker 1: completely thrown over or thrown yeah, thrown over. The other
Speaker 1: one he had barely reached up and tipped and could
Speaker 1: barely get ahold of. He was wide open for one
Speaker 1: of the touchdowns that we probably could have caught. You
Speaker 1: and I think both tweeted within about sixty seconds of
Speaker 1: each other in the middle of Sunday. Trevor Lawrence still
Speaker 1: can't pack. He can't. Everybody just just was like, Oh,
Speaker 1: it's not his fault. Urban Meyer, I will say, had
Speaker 1: pass so far. I hope it changes. Et N did
Speaker 1: have a lot of bad places, and that's why Robinson
Speaker 1: got a lot of looks. But I have the secret
Speaker 1: on E t N. The reason the grads are so
Speaker 1: low is the the Colts were the third best against
Speaker 1: running backs last year top ten last week, allowing a
Speaker 1: paltry two point nine yards per carry, and that's why
Speaker 1: Damian Pierce is going to have a bounce back right there.
Speaker 1: Titans take on the Bills. Brian Um Derrick Henry a
Speaker 1: pretty sizable disappointment in week one. What do you think
Speaker 1: in Week two? And arguably a tougher matchup. Yeah, it's
Speaker 1: a it's a brutal matchup. That's why he gets the
Speaker 1: lower case B for Derrick Henry. He'll probably get fifteen carries. Sorry,
Speaker 1: but it's a brutal matchup. That data said Buffalo allowed
Speaker 1: less than ninety rushing yards in a touchdown per game
Speaker 1: to opposing running backs last year. Henry did have a
Speaker 1: monster game against Buffalo, but that they're old line in
Speaker 1: Tennessee has taken a step back from last year. So
Speaker 1: just the lower case little B for Henry. Dontrell Hilliard
Speaker 1: on the bench, but he should be rostered. But not
Speaker 1: a good week for him this week to start on
Speaker 1: the Bill surrendered the third fewest receptions running back running
Speaker 1: backs last year. So Hilliard is on the bench, by
Speaker 1: the way, is he well that makes it further on
Speaker 1: the bench. Kyle Phillips, I'm gonna give him a seat.
Speaker 1: He led the team and targets, catches, and yards last week.
Speaker 1: He was targeted on targeted on seven percent of Ryan
Speaker 1: Tannehill's dropbacks. Hate the matchup, but Tannon has to throw
Speaker 1: to somebody, and Philip seems like the guy. It certainly
Speaker 1: doesn't seem like Treylon Burke's and where Robert Woods who
Speaker 1: combined for four catches and six eight yards last week.
Speaker 1: They're both on the bench in a tough matchup, as
Speaker 1: is Austin Hooper. Jeff Swain led Tennessee's tight end to targets, receptions,
Speaker 1: and yards last week, so I can't advocate starting Hooper,
Speaker 1: even though the Bills yielded eleven targets to Tyler Higgy
Speaker 1: Higby last week. Hooper is on the bench, as is
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill. That shouldn't be h too hard to decipher
Speaker 1: considering I hate all the past catchers. Basically over to
Speaker 1: the Buffalo side, Devin Singletarry and Zack Moss. Canna give
Speaker 1: them both the sea. The Titans were stout against the
Speaker 1: run last season, but so far that hasn't carried over
Speaker 1: to two. Just ask Sae Kwon Barkley about that. Who
Speaker 1: shredded the Titans run defense single Arry saw of the
Speaker 1: snaps last week. So he still has a lead back,
Speaker 1: but I see both he and Moss topping ten touches
Speaker 1: in this game, and James Cook dead to us for now.
Speaker 1: He's on the bench. Of course, Stefon Diggs monster game
Speaker 1: in week one. He's an easy abuse. Jalen Ramsey basically
Speaker 1: matchup proof digs. No no need to go any further
Speaker 1: into that. Gabriel Davis can give him a bet. He
Speaker 1: didn't see a ton of targets last week, but he
Speaker 1: made the most of them. He played in nine of
Speaker 1: the snaps and ran a pass route on every single
Speaker 1: one of Josh Allen's drop backs. He remains a must
Speaker 1: start in almost any matchup. And we talked about how
Speaker 1: bad Tennessey was against slot receivers last year. I'll reiterate um,
Speaker 1: they gave up the most PPR points to slot wide receivers.
Speaker 1: Of the wide receiver points they gave up went to
Speaker 1: slot receivers thirteen and wide receiver touchdowns surrendered went to
Speaker 1: slot receivers. So I give Isaiah Mackenzie the sea, and
Speaker 1: I also like Jamison Crowder. That's why I used my
Speaker 1: take a chance on me wide receiver fired that bullet
Speaker 1: at Jamison Crowder both Cole Beasley and Manny Sanders had
Speaker 1: great games when these teams met last year or so.
Speaker 1: I like Mackenzie and crowder Dawson Knox, I do not
Speaker 1: like him again this week. I got him on the bench.
Speaker 1: The Titans allowed the Giants tight ends to combine for
Speaker 1: just one target, one catch, one yard last week. It's
Speaker 1: not like anyone who was expecting anything from New York's
Speaker 1: Chris Maya Rick to have a breakout game, but this
Speaker 1: looks like a continuation of last season, where Tennessee allowed
Speaker 1: the fifth fewest yards, sixth fewest receptions, and just three
Speaker 1: touchdowns to tight ends. So Knox on the bench for
Speaker 1: one more week, and Josh Allen quite the opposite. He's
Speaker 1: in a obviously, he's basically always in a su the
Speaker 1: other Monday nighter, and for some reason, we have two
Speaker 1: Monday nighters, but they're both on the East Coast. If
Speaker 1: you're gonna have two Monday nighters, you gotta stagger him
Speaker 1: so people can watch one or the other. Right, watch
Speaker 1: both rather, I mean, instead of having to choose, I
Speaker 1: got to bring both. It's a little weird. I don't
Speaker 1: get that Vikings Eagles is the other Monday night game. Uh,
Speaker 1: we'll start with the Viking side justin Jefferson's obviously grade.
Speaker 1: We're not going to spend time on that, but let's
Speaker 1: talk about some of the other receivers. Adam Theland after
Speaker 1: a quiet game gets a B grade here should see
Speaker 1: more opportunities in this game, even in a matchup with
Speaker 1: another another challenging secondary. The outside cornerbacks Darius Slay and
Speaker 1: James Bradberry have combined to allow just one score over
Speaker 1: their last six games, which creates a contrast to Theland's
Speaker 1: touchdown scoring prowess. But the Eagles are very susceptible in
Speaker 1: the slot, at least moderate. You're susceptible in the slot,
Speaker 1: and we saw I'm on ros st Brown's big game
Speaker 1: from the slot last week, and Theland runs from the
Speaker 1: slot regularly, and I think we get up an uptick
Speaker 1: here and a very possible touchdown B grade for Theland.
Speaker 1: He's always a possible touchdown. I feel like he is
Speaker 1: h J. J. Osbourne very quiet last week, but he
Speaker 1: runs from the slot, as you just mentioned of Ante Mattos,
Speaker 1: all of that same stuff. I like Osborne with a
Speaker 1: C grade here with a bigger role in the in
Speaker 1: the greatest weakness coming from the slot. Uh Kirk Cousins
Speaker 1: five got A B and C grades on his receivers.
Speaker 1: I've got to like Cousins as well. Uh Bradberry very good.
Speaker 1: James Bradberry cornerback was very good last Sunday, allowing thirteen
Speaker 1: yards on six targets. But every part of the Vikings
Speaker 1: passing game is far stronger than with the Lions would
Speaker 1: have allowed last week. So I still like Cousins here.
Speaker 1: Probably not a gigantic game, but a good enough game
Speaker 1: for a B grade for him. And then Dalvin Cook. Um,
Speaker 1: Cook's value took took a hit at the goal line.
Speaker 1: Kevin O'Connell ran five plays from inside the ten yard line.
Speaker 1: Just one was a Cook run, and I think we're
Speaker 1: gonna see so different and I know I think this
Speaker 1: mayor this mirrors the past heavy usage of the Rams
Speaker 1: last year, um, and so that's probably gonna be something
Speaker 1: that continues here. Still, Leagles just gave up one hundred
Speaker 1: seventy two yards and three scores DeAndre Swift and Jamal Williams.
Speaker 1: So you're certainly starting Dalvin Cook a B grade for him.
Speaker 1: On the Philadelphia side, A J. Browns and obvious A,
Speaker 1: you know, to start him after the Giant game last week.
Speaker 1: And Jalen Hurts also an A. And I think we're
Speaker 1: getting to the point where we just say that he's
Speaker 1: in every week A, right and just obvious A. And
Speaker 1: that's it to top twelve quarterback and eighteen how about that? Yeah,
Speaker 1: he didn't throw a touchdown last week and he was
Speaker 1: QB five with no touchdown passes. And if the Vikings
Speaker 1: get pressure on Hurts, he's got the elusiveness to extend
Speaker 1: plays and that pressure also, you know, he could offen
Speaker 1: essentially make it harder for Patrick Peterson and Cam Danceler
Speaker 1: to hang with A. J. Brown and the other receivers there,
Speaker 1: like Dallas Goddard as well. The Packers have a hodgepodge
Speaker 1: of tight ends that combined for six catches, sixty seven
Speaker 1: yards and no touchdowns, and Dallas Goddard figures would better
Speaker 1: than all of those that the Vikings gave up last week.
Speaker 1: Miles Sanders B greade on Dallas Gollard, B grade on
Speaker 1: Miles Sanders, who was great last week's seven point six
Speaker 1: yards per carry that was a very strong play. Vikings
Speaker 1: run defense looked really good but went largely on challenge
Speaker 1: there Kenneth Gainewell on the bench last week. Just the
Speaker 1: twenty three snaps seven touches not enough work, and Boston
Speaker 1: Scott needs a goal line run for any relevance that
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