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Speaker 1: and one, you may feel inclined to panic. We a
Speaker 1: little later on, we are going to do a rare
Speaker 1: diversion from three tough questions down to ten tough questions
Speaker 1: anden tough questions, all centered around the appropriate level of
Speaker 1: panic for Week one under producers. And there were so
Speaker 1: any it could have been twenty guys easily not. This
Speaker 1: reminds me of the old Fantasy Football almost daily Panic Room.
Speaker 1: It's very much like the old Panic Room segment. We're
Speaker 1: gonna break down all the game's fantasy style like we
Speaker 1: always do. We'll give you nine players upon whom you
Speaker 1: can take a chance, and we will offer some premature
Speaker 1: speculation at the end. Of the show about guys that
Speaker 1: you will want to pick up. Let's roll right into
Speaker 1: our matchups, beginning with the Rams traveling to Indianapolis. Matthew
Speaker 1: Stafford and the Rams surgical in their dissection of the
Speaker 1: Bears last week, and frankly, the Colts defense didn't make
Speaker 1: it look like it's gonna be much of an impediment either. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the Colts defense, uh, their secondary specifically was missing Xavia Roads.
Speaker 1: He's been ruled out again. Cornerback, top cornerback arguably for
Speaker 1: the Colts. So we'll start with the passing game. Let's
Speaker 1: start with Stafford. You gonna give him an A just
Speaker 1: because he looks so happy in l A, doesn't he
Speaker 1: from roids released from the prison of the Detroit Lions,
Speaker 1: And speaking of the Lions, with the Lions last your
Speaker 1: Stafford had three thirty six yards and three passing touchdowns
Speaker 1: against the Colt to again without Xavier Rhodes, and obviously
Speaker 1: Stafford has more dangerous weapons with the Rams, so I'm
Speaker 1: giving Stafford in a this week. Speaking of those weapons,
Speaker 1: will start with Cooper Cup can give him a B
Speaker 1: by everyone. By now everyone knows that Cup and Stafford
Speaker 1: are breakfast buddies. Have you heard this? They eat breakfast
Speaker 1: together every day. Oh, I was not. I was not
Speaker 1: aware of this. They're sharing fruit loops something like that.
Speaker 1: The chemistry showed in week one and week one Tyler
Speaker 1: Lockett shredded the Cults from the slot. So you gotta
Speaker 1: like Cup. This week, Robert Woods like him as well.
Speaker 1: I was gonna give him a C just because he's
Speaker 1: not part of the breakfast club with Cup and Stafford,
Speaker 1: but with Xavier Rhods ruled out, I'm gonna give Woods
Speaker 1: a B. Here um benching Van Jefferson into Sean Jackson. Uh,
Speaker 1: they might go off for a long play, but they're
Speaker 1: just dart throws and daily at this point. They're bengeable
Speaker 1: in seasonal formats, and uh, Tyler Higby can give him
Speaker 1: a B as well. Former teammate Gerald Everett scored against
Speaker 1: the Colts last week, and Higgbye was very involved against
Speaker 1: the Bays. Stafford looked at the ways a lot. He
Speaker 1: gets a B, and so does Darryl Henderson. Darryl disc Man,
Speaker 1: Henderson Farley superior. He's no Walkman superior to the Walkerman.
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Speaker 1: gotta h I gotta give some love to a fellow
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Speaker 1: best Brian's with eyes. He said this about Darryl Henderson. UH.
Speaker 1: Indie's defense was league worst in tackling last week, which
Speaker 1: adpaired nicely with Henderson rushing for thirty one yards after
Speaker 1: contact against a vastly superior Bears defense. India was especially
Speaker 1: juicy up the middle, allowing forty seven yards and only
Speaker 1: six attempts to Seattle, mirroring Henderson's Week one up the
Speaker 1: middle success forty four yards on eight attempts. So some
Speaker 1: good numbers, and I think we may have a Brian J.
Speaker 1: Upgrade on our hands. Now come on, now, don't do
Speaker 1: that yet, but probably in the future, I would hope.
Speaker 1: So I would love a few more weeks off Brian Jerkinson,
Speaker 1: if that is your real name, over to the Colts,
Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor. I'll give him a b here. Even though
Speaker 1: right tackle Brandon Smith has been ruled out for Indie.
Speaker 1: H Taylor left tackle. Yeah, Eric Fisher could make his debut,
Speaker 1: but it's still very if he. Uh. Taylor played in
Speaker 1: just fifty of the snaps last week, still had a
Speaker 1: hundred and sixteen combo yards against the Seahawks. The Rams
Speaker 1: did surrender on combo yards to the Bears in Chicago's
Speaker 1: old line still not nearly as good as Indies. Even
Speaker 1: if the whole Colts line was out there, probably still
Speaker 1: better than the Bears offensive line. Uh, not much more
Speaker 1: to talk about with the With the Colts offense, I'll
Speaker 1: give Zach Pascal a see uh and Michael Pittman a
Speaker 1: bench grade. The Colts will have to try and throw
Speaker 1: in this game, and I'll go with Pascal. He scored
Speaker 1: twice last week. Jalen Ramsey should be on Pittman for
Speaker 1: the most part, so easy bench for Pittman, Jack Doyle
Speaker 1: and mo Alie Cox. Uh. This is kind of tough
Speaker 1: because on paper it seems like a good matchup. Chicago
Speaker 1: tight ends were targeted nine times for six catches and
Speaker 1: fifty plus yards last week. I had a pause there,
Speaker 1: but I feel like I'm running along on this matchup
Speaker 1: and thank you for catching the nine times. But get
Speaker 1: the button bar button bar? Um these two really kill
Speaker 1: each other's value. Doyle and mo Ali Cox. But it's
Speaker 1: mo Ali's birthday on Sunday, so he gets he gets
Speaker 1: the edge he gets at the Sea and Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: gets the bench um. Tough matchup, but I want to
Speaker 1: stress that Carson Wentz, to my eyes, look shockingly good
Speaker 1: in that in the game last week and also might
Speaker 1: take a chance of me. Guy. Paris Campbell had always
Speaker 1: played the slot and identified this weakness against the slot
Speaker 1: cornerback for Seattle Ugo Amadi, and I'm like, this is
Speaker 1: a this is a burnable opportunity. Well, this year they've
Speaker 1: decided to kick Paris Campbell outside and let Zach Pascal
Speaker 1: play the slot and he scored twice. So I want
Speaker 1: parcel credit part. Can I get both A and I
Speaker 1: was not exactly right? Can I get both in one?
Speaker 1: I guess you just did. I just did the Raiders
Speaker 1: take on the Pittsburgh Steelers map. They'll be going without
Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs in this game. So what do you think
Speaker 1: about Kenyan Drake's possibilities as as a probable workhorse back. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give him the Old Testament grade. That's a BC.
Speaker 1: For those of you scoring at home right between there
Speaker 1: the BC. See what I did there with Jacob's out.
Speaker 1: Peyton Barber probably factors into the offense this week to
Speaker 1: probably five to ten touches or so. And Devin Singletary
Speaker 1: looked okay. He had eleven carries for seventy two yards
Speaker 1: against this vaunted Steelers defense last week. They have allowed
Speaker 1: over seventy rushing yards to each of the last four
Speaker 1: top running backs on the depth chart that they faced.
Speaker 1: So I like Kenyan Drake a little bit here. So
Speaker 1: you're saying Barber is gonna cut into Drake's productions a
Speaker 1: little just a little bit, thanks, just a little bit. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, he was not going to get their production
Speaker 1: cut too. That's Darren Waller who had nineteen targets last week.
Speaker 1: He gets the A grade even against the Steelers, who
Speaker 1: you know, only allowed four targets, four receptions and forty
Speaker 1: one yards the Dawson Knox last week. Derek Carr gets
Speaker 1: a c h. The Steelers came away with the second
Speaker 1: best pressure rate in the league last week against the
Speaker 1: nimble Josh Allen, who is pressured on thirty fent of
Speaker 1: his dropbacks, car put up good numbers in almost seventy
Speaker 1: minutes against the Ravens, but also had twenty two in completions.
Speaker 1: He gets the C grade only out of respect for
Speaker 1: Darren Waller. All the rest of the receivers are on
Speaker 1: the bench. Za Jones scored the touchdown, Brian Edwards leading
Speaker 1: yards with eight one, hunter renfro led in targets and receptions.
Speaker 1: Henry what Ruggs was the one that people drafted. And
Speaker 1: then Willie Sneed was in there, and I was like,
Speaker 1: Willie Sneed still a thing. He had critical drop by
Speaker 1: Willie Sneed too well, and I was like Willie Sneed
Speaker 1: on the Ravens because I remember Willie Sneed was on
Speaker 1: the Ravens. Whatever. Rather large. Benjamin Roethlisberger, he could say
Speaker 1: low end C grade from the eye test. He did
Speaker 1: not look good. Uh neither did his line, who allowed
Speaker 1: the shortest time to throw, only two point three seconds
Speaker 1: according to Next Gen Stats. And Lamar Jackson broke the
Speaker 1: streak of seven straight quarterbacks throwing for multiple scores against
Speaker 1: the Raiders. So that's why Roethlisberger still gets the C.
Speaker 1: I think he can get to two touchdowns here. I
Speaker 1: think the target distribution of the wide receivers worked out
Speaker 1: about how we thought it would. Deonta got ten targets,
Speaker 1: Juju got eight, Claypool got five. Claypool's number was a
Speaker 1: little bit lower than I think that uh we saw
Speaker 1: down the stretch last year. I would expect him to
Speaker 1: settle in around the eight range for most games. With
Speaker 1: each of these guys getting around eight targets per game,
Speaker 1: They're all startable, but the nervousness surrounding Ben in the
Speaker 1: line makes me not really want to all that much.
Speaker 1: I'll give Deontay the B since he appears to be
Speaker 1: the lead dog, with Juju and Chase just getting C grades.
Speaker 1: The matchups are middle of the road. Any guy could score.
Speaker 1: It's just been here that I'm worried about. And then finally,
Speaker 1: Naji Harris, I'm gonna give him a B grade. Here.
Speaker 1: The workload was there, sixteen rushing attempts, three targets, No
Speaker 1: other back had a touch. That's good. The production was
Speaker 1: dive bar bathroom levels of disgusting, though, Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 1: And the Raiders allowed a hundred and forty nine totally
Speaker 1: yards per game to the position last year and just
Speaker 1: one last week to the Ravens stable of backups just
Speaker 1: still a lot a lot. Since Harris gets um all
Speaker 1: of the running back touches, he should be fine here.
Speaker 1: Buffalo takes on Miami, a bounce back game coming for
Speaker 1: Josh Allen, and Alan has crushed the Dolphins in four
Speaker 1: straight games and especially last year, where he averaged three
Speaker 1: hundred twenty passing yards and three and a half touchdowns
Speaker 1: per game. The Dolphins allowed Mac Jones in his very
Speaker 1: first NFL start, to roll up two one yards last week,
Speaker 1: and as you'll hear, I like the matchup for Josh
Speaker 1: Allen's receivers as well, including stuff on Diggs, who gets
Speaker 1: an A grade. Miami cornerback Xavian Howard and Byron Jones
Speaker 1: allowed to combined eight six percent catch rate in the opener,
Speaker 1: and dig smoked the Dolphins in his two matchups last year,
Speaker 1: averaging a hundred fifteen yards per game with a touchdown
Speaker 1: in both of them. Digs one thirteen targets in the
Speaker 1: opening game, and if he gets another thirteen targets against
Speaker 1: this secondary, I love digs A grade for him. Cole
Speaker 1: Beasley comes in with a C grade with a whopping
Speaker 1: thirteen targets last week. Running from the slot. He faces
Speaker 1: the worst of the Miami cornerbacks, Nick need him. If
Speaker 1: you recall last year we had named him Nick Needless.
Speaker 1: Last year, Needless allowed a passer rating of a hundred
Speaker 1: nine on throws in his coverage. He has allowed twelve
Speaker 1: touchdowns in his coverage between this year and last year.
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders with a surprise C grade. He was on
Speaker 1: the field for percent of Buffalo snaps. He played all
Speaker 1: three receiver positions evenly, put up fifty two yards last week,
Speaker 1: and this matchup was far more favorable. So I think
Speaker 1: he increases the fifty two yards to a better number
Speaker 1: that puts him on C grade. And because Sanders got
Speaker 1: all this work, and Beasley did, and Diggs did. I
Speaker 1: know Gabriel Davis scored a touchdown last week, but I
Speaker 1: don't see it coming here because he's just not on
Speaker 1: the field nearly enough. The only running back you need
Speaker 1: to worry about Devin Singletary, who comes in with a
Speaker 1: B grade. With Zack Moss inactive, Singletary got seventy five
Speaker 1: of the snaps and a massed eighty total yards against
Speaker 1: a very good Steelers defense. The Dolphins just got shredded
Speaker 1: by the Patriots runners through the air and the ground,
Speaker 1: and so I expect another good dual threat game from Singletary,
Speaker 1: who can catch some His lack of scoring though always
Speaker 1: an issue for Singletary. His best season is a four
Speaker 1: touchdown season. I did see that they are planning on
Speaker 1: having Zack Moss be active this weekend though, yeah, and
Speaker 1: I you know, I'm still I'm not dropping Zack Moss.
Speaker 1: We're actually we're gonna talk more about that later. Well,
Speaker 1: we'll get back to that one. Let's go over to
Speaker 1: the Miami side, where I've got a handful of C
Speaker 1: grades that you can go with. Um, we'll begin with
Speaker 1: the wide receiver position. Will Fuller is not going to
Speaker 1: play in this game. He's been ruled out for personal reasons.
Speaker 1: We won't speculate as to the nature of those. Let's
Speaker 1: talk about the other wide receivers. This is a problem.
Speaker 1: Will Fuller not playing hurts DeVante Parker because Parker looked
Speaker 1: very good in Week one, and part of it was
Speaker 1: because will Fuller wasn't there. So I think he got
Speaker 1: a little extra action and they threw to him deep
Speaker 1: a lot. But now against the Bills, as the go
Speaker 1: to veteran downfield presence, I think he gets the shadow
Speaker 1: coverage from trade As White, who shadowed last week. I
Speaker 1: think he shadows Parker here as well. And trade As
Speaker 1: White is oft any death sentence for opposing receivers, so
Speaker 1: I only have the C grade and DeVante Parker se
Speaker 1: grade and Jalen Waddle uh, he was he had He
Speaker 1: was just one target behind DeVante Parker for the the
Speaker 1: team lead, and he did score a touchdown for Miami
Speaker 1: last week. Now he runs from the slot, He's gonna
Speaker 1: face Arron Johnson, who seated just forty three scoreless yards
Speaker 1: last week, but could be susceptible two yards after catch,
Speaker 1: and Wattle has brings four three speed to the position.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I think there's a chance that Waddle breaks
Speaker 1: another one here. And I wouldn't be surprised to be
Speaker 1: scores a C grade on Jalen Waddle as well. Ta
Speaker 1: Tongo Violoa is on the bench. It's very early sample
Speaker 1: size for this year is just one game, but he
Speaker 1: looked like the same guy saw last year and was
Speaker 1: not terribly impressed with. I still am not seeing special
Speaker 1: arm traits from Tua, but I did like that he
Speaker 1: pressed the ball down field more. The problem is it's
Speaker 1: a good bill secondary. They just stimied Ben Roethlisberger last week.
Speaker 1: They've allowed zero or one touchdown pass in nine of
Speaker 1: their last twelve games, and that includes a Week seventeen
Speaker 1: matchup with Tua in which he put together three hundred
Speaker 1: sixty one yards. But he had to throw the ball
Speaker 1: fifty eight times to get to the three sixty one yards.
Speaker 1: And he's not gonna throw the ball fifty eight times
Speaker 1: in this game. In weeks seventeen last year, the Bills
Speaker 1: had everything locked up. I believe that may be correct
Speaker 1: as well. I don't really remember, to be honest, Let's
Speaker 1: talk about Miles Gaskin as we get away from the
Speaker 1: passing game. Here. For Miles Gaskin, the Bills running running
Speaker 1: back defense looked much better than their league average unit
Speaker 1: from last year. They only allowing only forty nine total
Speaker 1: yards to the Steelers, and it was all Naji Harris.
Speaker 1: As you mentioned, Matt Gascon average eighty total yards per
Speaker 1: game with a single score against the Steelers last year.
Speaker 1: He was only on the field for of the team snaps, though,
Speaker 1: and that really bothers me. Malcolm Brown and Salvan Akammed
Speaker 1: combined for nearly as many touches as Gascon had and
Speaker 1: that's why he only gets the C grade despite being
Speaker 1: a workhorse here. And as for Matt Gisicky, Mike, Mike,
Speaker 1: excuse me, invisible last week. Can't start him until we
Speaker 1: have some proof of life. Invisibility would be a good
Speaker 1: trait for a receiver. That would be a good drafter
Speaker 1: you catch the ball, yes, that would be That would
Speaker 1: be extremely well that you can still see the football
Speaker 1: though unless the invisibility transfers to the football. Well, but
Speaker 1: your quarterback can't see if we're talking, probably like Harry
Speaker 1: Potter's invisibility cloak. I think you could get it under
Speaker 1: the cloak. And oh I like that you get fined
Speaker 1: by the NFL for wearing a cloak on the field.
Speaker 1: That's true, unless it's an NFL branded cloak. I'm from Nike,
Speaker 1: right exactly. Uhh. That would probably have a hoodie like
Speaker 1: the kind you see on Bill Bell and all branded
Speaker 1: invisible hoodie visibility HOODI I like. I like that concept.
Speaker 1: When we come back, take a chance on me nine
Speaker 1: players not normally in your starting lineup. We'll tell you
Speaker 1: who they are when we return to Fantasy Football Weekly.
Speaker 1: It's a segment we called take a Chance on Me
Speaker 1: nine player not normally do. Starting line that many of
Speaker 1: these guys are available on the waiver wire will unveil
Speaker 1: some sleepers, beginning at the quarterback position and Matt Harrison.
Speaker 1: So evidently, when you're down by thirty every game, it
Speaker 1: has a little bit of an advantage to your yolo style,
Speaker 1: and that's what Jared Goff was last week. He through
Speaker 1: fifty seven times. Last week. Only Dak Prescott through the
Speaker 1: ball more at When you throw that many times in
Speaker 1: garbage mode, you can come up with three eight yards
Speaker 1: and three scores. And he faces an angry Packers team
Speaker 1: that got blown out by the Saints and Jamis Winston.
Speaker 1: So either the Packers are gonna show up be really
Speaker 1: mean and hungry and we're gonna look at a ton
Speaker 1: of Jared Goff garbage time again, or they'll be what
Speaker 1: they were last week and give up five touchdowns to
Speaker 1: Jared Goff. I also expect Golf to attack Kevin King,
Speaker 1: who is one of five corners to allow a perfect
Speaker 1: passerrating in his coverage last week. Let's go Jared Goff,
Speaker 1: um Brian your take a chance at the quarterback. Of course,
Speaker 1: I was tempted to go Andy Dalton in a revenge
Speaker 1: game against the Bengals. But it's Andy Dalton. He's awful.
Speaker 1: So I was tempted to take what I would imagine
Speaker 1: is the first backup quarterback and take on history in
Speaker 1: justin fields but outscored. I know he probably him this week, probably,
Speaker 1: but I'm gonna play it safe and do's go with
Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater at the Jacksonville Jaguars. Yes, Teddy just lost
Speaker 1: his top receiver and Jerry Judy, but who cares. It's
Speaker 1: the Jaguars to Rod Taylor just put up top twelve
Speaker 1: fantasy points against Jacksonville, and Denver has better weapons than
Speaker 1: Houston even without Jerry Judy. So Teddy Bridgewater easy play.
Speaker 1: Last week, I used Jimmy Garoppolo. He got us to
Speaker 1: three yards in a touchdown. This week, I'm going to
Speaker 1: use Jimmy Garoppolo. He doesn't have elite arm talent, and
Speaker 1: I think people hold that against him. But it doesn't
Speaker 1: matter when you've got awesome playmakers like Deebo Samuel who
Speaker 1: leads the NFL and yards after catch, or George Kittle,
Speaker 1: who leads all tight end and yards after catch. Just
Speaker 1: get the ball to those guys. We know Philly cornerbacks
Speaker 1: Savante Mattis, Darius Slay, Steven Nelson are beatable because we've
Speaker 1: seen it many times over. I will take the forty
Speaker 1: niners receiving unit over those guys every day, and Jimmy
Speaker 1: Garoppolo will be the benefactor. Let's go to the running
Speaker 1: back position. Who is your take a chance on me? Runner, Matt?
Speaker 1: I believe this guy was your premature speculation last week.
Speaker 1: It's Tony Jones Jr. He just took over the Latavius
Speaker 1: Murray role Levin Carrey's for fifty yards last week at two.
Speaker 1: Last year, Lottavius averaged eleven touches per game. Last year,
Speaker 1: the Panthers gave up five point two yards per every
Speaker 1: running back touch. So needless to say, you can count
Speaker 1: on about fifty six d for for Tony Jones, and
Speaker 1: that's a coin flips chance that a t D and
Speaker 1: he could get a ton of mop up duty in
Speaker 1: the second half as they're trying to keep some of
Speaker 1: the mileage off of Kmara. So kind of like Tony
Speaker 1: Jones Jr. Here, all right, I'm with you on that, Brian.
Speaker 1: Who's your take a chance of me? Runner? I got
Speaker 1: Tony Pollard at the Chargers with Tony's You're gonna go
Speaker 1: with a third Tony Now last week Tony Tony, I
Speaker 1: like that. Well, it's gotta be tone at the end
Speaker 1: of the third, Tony's gotta be just a tone. But uh.
Speaker 1: In week one, the Cowboys are missing right guard Zack
Speaker 1: Martin and a Zeke Ezekiel Elliott basically was forced to
Speaker 1: play offensive lineman, and now the Cowboys are missing right
Speaker 1: tackle le Collins against a vicious pass rush of the Chargers.
Speaker 1: So I don't like it. We can see a lot
Speaker 1: more blocking than rushing from Zeke and Pollard played the
Speaker 1: pass catching role for UM Dallas last week, and Washington
Speaker 1: backs were targets seven times against the Chargers in Week one.
Speaker 1: L A was also top six and targets and red
Speaker 1: zone targets yielded to running backs in we expect the
Speaker 1: Cowboys to be playing from behind in this one. So
Speaker 1: I like Pollard catching the ball out of the backfield,
Speaker 1: but he can run the ball to Tony Ken and
Speaker 1: the Chargers allowed four point six yards per carry last
Speaker 1: week to Washington. Pollard owns a four point eight yards
Speaker 1: per carry clip for his career. So Tony Pollard, He's
Speaker 1: at he's going to do outscores equal Elliott. I like it.
Speaker 1: That's ball and it's plausible. The way that you just
Speaker 1: set that up. Well, apparently I'm tone deaf because I
Speaker 1: am not using a Tony. I am using ah J.
Speaker 1: Dylan as he goes up again. But his first name
Speaker 1: is Anthony. No, not really, we don't know that. I
Speaker 1: don't know his first name. Let's find out that maybe
Speaker 1: it is. That would be awesome and angry, humiliated packard
Speaker 1: team is going to throttle the Lions, staking a big lead,
Speaker 1: and it's gonna use its second running back during the
Speaker 1: second half. Al Jeers, Neil William Dylan. It almost came together.
Speaker 1: So you just took atonement for that atonement singers today.
Speaker 1: Dry gave up what we think so Didry gave up
Speaker 1: one hundred thirty one rushing yards and two touchdowns last week,
Speaker 1: and we saw two different running backs score touchdowns against
Speaker 1: the Lions. Dylan look good in the small sample we
Speaker 1: got of him last week before he got yanked, with
Speaker 1: the rest of the starters averaging almost five yards per
Speaker 1: carry and three yards after contact. A J. Dillon might
Speaker 1: take a chance on the runner, Matt who is you
Speaker 1: take a chance for me receiver This week, it's Donovan
Speaker 1: People's Jones of the Cleveland Browns. Odell Beckham out again
Speaker 1: this week, still recovering from the a c L. D
Speaker 1: p J moved all around the field last week, so
Speaker 1: he'll get a taste of mostly the two outside corners
Speaker 1: for the Texans. On one side, it's Terence Mitchell, who
Speaker 1: allowed nine yards the third highest total for a corner
Speaker 1: last week. On the other side, it's Vernon Hargraves the
Speaker 1: third and is he bad? And we make fun of
Speaker 1: him every week because he's not very good at his job.
Speaker 1: So it's not surprising that both outside receivers for the
Speaker 1: Jaguars scored a touchdown last week. I like d p J.
Speaker 1: This week, I do too, and I just want to
Speaker 1: chime in on this, uh, you know, because he only
Speaker 1: had the one catch last week, and Anthony Schwartz had
Speaker 1: was targeted more and he's an exciting downfield player. But
Speaker 1: Donovan People Jones was on the field for of the snaps,
Speaker 1: only four snaps less than team leader Jarvis Landry. And
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, I want my receivers
Speaker 1: to be on the field, and so that's why I'm
Speaker 1: with you on d p J. Brian, who is your
Speaker 1: take a chance on me receiver? Speaking of one catch,
Speaker 1: zero catches is less than one catch and that's how
Speaker 1: many catches Russell Gauge head of the Atlanta Falcons at
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay this week. Now, it's not too often I'll
Speaker 1: take the third wide receiver on a team such as
Speaker 1: the Falcons, but Atlanta should start this game in garbage
Speaker 1: time against the Bucks. Gauge scored in both games against
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay last year with good yardage total, So I'll
Speaker 1: take a shot on Russell Gauge wide receiver three for Atlanta.
Speaker 1: All right now, I am. I am also attacking the
Speaker 1: Jacksonville secondary much like you gave us Teddy Bridgewater a
Speaker 1: few minutes ago, Brian, kJ Hamler is set up nicely
Speaker 1: with Jerry Judy out. That's a lot of extra passes
Speaker 1: to go around in Denver, and Hamdler's got a juicy
Speaker 1: matchup in the slot against cornerback Tyson Campbell, who allowed
Speaker 1: a completion rate of one eight passes, eight completions, eighty
Speaker 1: yards and a touchdown in his coverage last week. Hammler
Speaker 1: is always a boomberbus guy, and he dropped a touchdown
Speaker 1: last week. But I'm going boom here because you gotta
Speaker 1: pick your spots with kJ Hamler, and they don't get
Speaker 1: any easier than this. kJ Hamdler is our final take
Speaker 1: a chance on me player. I don't know why I
Speaker 1: noticed this, but each of you guys have said juicy
Speaker 1: on this program already. Today we're very juicy speaking of
Speaker 1: this Denver matchup. This is a perfect segue, Brian, Let's
Speaker 1: go to the Broncos and the Jaguars. You already told
Speaker 1: us a lot about the passing game. You love Teddy,
Speaker 1: I love kJ Hamler. Are there other receivers you'd like
Speaker 1: to talk about? Yeah, you gotta give Courtland Sutton in
Speaker 1: a You look at what Brandon Cooks did last week.
Speaker 1: You would think Sutton can repeat those numbers. And Tim Patrick,
Speaker 1: who's gonna step in for Jerry Judy. I mean, Jacksonville
Speaker 1: allowed thirteen catches, two hundred yards and a touchdown combined
Speaker 1: to Houston's receivers last week. Houston's receivers, So Tim Patrick
Speaker 1: he might be wide receiver one over Courtland Suton. We're
Speaker 1: not fully convinced Sutton is all the way back, but
Speaker 1: I'll give Patrick the b and Noah fense gets a
Speaker 1: very safe b saw the third most targets among tight
Speaker 1: ends last week, could be in line for more looks
Speaker 1: with Judy on the shelf, Houston's Faraoh Brown, who had
Speaker 1: four catches for sixty seven yards against the Jaguars, who
Speaker 1: also surrendered the second most touchdowns to tight ends last
Speaker 1: year with thirteen. And lastly for the Broncos, I'll give
Speaker 1: Javonte Williams and Melvin Gordon, both of b all three
Speaker 1: Texans running back scored last week against Jacksonville. Gordon and
Speaker 1: Williams split snaps fifty fifty right down the middle evenly,
Speaker 1: so they both couldn't produced juicy machup. It is a
Speaker 1: juicy matchup. Not too juicy for Jacksonville. I got James
Speaker 1: Robinson on the bench, played only of the snaps last week,
Speaker 1: limited to five carries against the awful Houston defense. But
Speaker 1: why will they not fall behind the Broncos even quicker
Speaker 1: who just limited say Kwan Barkley the twenty six rushing
Speaker 1: yards and the entire Giants backfield to forty six combo
Speaker 1: yards that we're also scoreless, the fewest total of any
Speaker 1: team last week. Denver also gets back Bradley Chubb, which
Speaker 1: makes that defense a whole lot better than it was
Speaker 1: last week. So I got Robinson on the bench. I
Speaker 1: do like the receivers, though, because you gotta love garbage
Speaker 1: time when it comes to the passing game. I got
Speaker 1: a B for DJ Shark. Twelve targets last week, but
Speaker 1: just three catches. That's hard to do. One was for
Speaker 1: a touchdown. The Giants wide receivers totaled a hardy seventeen catches,
Speaker 1: two forty six yards and a touchdown against the Broncos
Speaker 1: last week, and that was in a garbage timey game.
Speaker 1: Script likely what we're looking at with the Jags here,
Speaker 1: and for that reason, I have very positive sees for
Speaker 1: Marvin Jones and Lavishka Chano. Both were targeted nine times
Speaker 1: last week. Jacksonville again should be playing from behind. I
Speaker 1: gotta pause. You can just keep going, don't you really don't? Okay,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna stress this about Trevor Lawrence's game. Okay, give
Speaker 1: him a ce real quick thank you, sorry ahead, unless
Speaker 1: you're heavily penalized for interceptions. Because he had three very
Speaker 1: bad ones last week. There's probably enough garbage time for
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence to warrant a c create in this game.
Speaker 1: I think that may be the case. Overall, I think
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence looked quite good in that game. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: first ever start, you're gonna have some picks. But the
Speaker 1: box score I think is not a fair representation of
Speaker 1: how he looked. He has more special arm traits in
Speaker 1: one game of work than I saw all last season
Speaker 1: in Tua. That was his first regular season loss of
Speaker 1: his football career. Correct high school forward. And here's the
Speaker 1: other thing about Trevor Lawrence box I saw six drops
Speaker 1: in that game by his receivers. D J. Chark talking
Speaker 1: to you, So I'm telling you Trevor is gonna be fine.
Speaker 1: I thought he played a good game, especially for the
Speaker 1: standards of a first start rookie. When we come back,
Speaker 1: we'll continue breaking down games Fantasy style, including jam Swinston,
Speaker 1: fresh off a five touchdown explosion in Week one? Can
Speaker 1: you expect the same against Carolina? Will find out when
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Speaker 1: into our matchups. As we mentioned heading into the last break,
Speaker 1: Matt Jamis Winston blowing us all away with five touchdowns.
Speaker 1: I don't think anybody saw that coming nobody and only
Speaker 1: a handful of passes. Talk to me about his prospects
Speaker 1: to repeat anything close to that against Carolina. Yeah, obviously
Speaker 1: the five touchdown passes was the big story. But here's
Speaker 1: some things I don't like. He only threw twenty passes.
Speaker 1: Taysom Hill came in and did throw a pass. He
Speaker 1: also had two rushing attempts. It's good that we only
Speaker 1: saw three meaningful Taysom Hill plays, Yes, but they were
Speaker 1: only there and they were, but they were there, and
Speaker 1: Jamis only through twenty passes, and Kevin King is not
Speaker 1: a member of the Panthers defense, and this game sets
Speaker 1: up as a running game script for the Saints. So
Speaker 1: I got Jamis as a B grade in this one. Um,
Speaker 1: let's talk about the runners. Alvin Camara, he gets an
Speaker 1: A that's not much, but Tony Jones might take a
Speaker 1: chance on me. Like I mentioned, five point two yards
Speaker 1: per touch for running backs against Carolina, can we trust
Speaker 1: any receiver in this game? Adam Troutman led the team
Speaker 1: in targets with six. Juwan Johnson was next with three
Speaker 1: targets and two touchdowns. Deonte Harris and Marquez Callaway tied
Speaker 1: for the most wide receiver targets with two. The Panthers
Speaker 1: did allow four touchdowns to the tight end position in
Speaker 1: the last seven games, So if I had to start
Speaker 1: one guy, it's Juwan Johnson. And I don't know if
Speaker 1: you saw his two touchdown grabs, but he went up
Speaker 1: and high pointed both of those are the butches, by
Speaker 1: the way, the perfect way to throw him the ball. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and but and one was in heavy coverage. So I
Speaker 1: like Juwan Johnson. I'll give him A. See, I'm not
Speaker 1: giving anybody anybody else on that receiving crew a starting grade,
Speaker 1: though you can trust CMC though I'm still trusting him
Speaker 1: with an A grade even against the Saints. In his
Speaker 1: last two meetings with the Saints, he's them through the
Speaker 1: air for seven catches and seventy two yards and nine
Speaker 1: catches for sixty nine yards. And to score in just
Speaker 1: the pass game. Well, let's hope you can keep that going.
Speaker 1: Because you can't run on the Saints. The rushing stats
Speaker 1: are just gravy, though those are good enough numbers in
Speaker 1: the passing game to start him on that alone. Sam
Speaker 1: Donald is on your bench. Though the Saints were able
Speaker 1: to breaze by the buck tr e Les Packers last week,
Speaker 1: pressuring Rodgers on of his throws, while the Panthers makeshift
Speaker 1: O line only had to handle the Jets makeshift defense.
Speaker 1: If a team can put Aaron Rodgers on his worst
Speaker 1: game in four years, I don't think I want to
Speaker 1: start Sam Donald against that defense in the next week
Speaker 1: unless the inactives come out and there's some big question
Speaker 1: marks in the secondary here. Slot corner C J. Gardner
Speaker 1: Johnson questionable with a knee injury. Marshawn Lattimore is a
Speaker 1: game time decision with a hand injury. P J. Williams
Speaker 1: is dealing with a back injury, and it looks like
Speaker 1: that's good for Robby anders In and d J Moore,
Speaker 1: who I'm gonna give B grades too. It looks like
Speaker 1: when either of these guys go outside, they will match
Speaker 1: up against either third round rookie Paulson Adebo or on
Speaker 1: the other side. If Latimore or Williams can't go, they'll
Speaker 1: see Bradley Roby, who was just traded from the Texans
Speaker 1: last week. Four of d J. Moore's ten career touchdowns
Speaker 1: have come against the Saints, by the way, and he's
Speaker 1: averaging five catches for a hundred yards in his last
Speaker 1: four meetings with New Orleans. Robbie caught the fifty seven
Speaker 1: yards score and is always a big play threat, especially
Speaker 1: with the hobbled secondary. Terris Marshall is like a dart
Speaker 1: throw D grade in this one. With Gardner Johnson's status
Speaker 1: in doubt, and there are no other Panthers receivers that
Speaker 1: we need to talk about at all, because the last
Speaker 1: one that we might talk about barely did anything. Uh,
Speaker 1: he did more than Mike GISICKI and we talked about
Speaker 1: about how we're not starting him. Brian Um, I want
Speaker 1: to expand just for a second on this awesome Saints
Speaker 1: run defense and why I don't have an A grade
Speaker 1: on Christian McCaffrey. New Orleans is not allowed it one
Speaker 1: hundred yard rusher since twenty seventeen. But I just staggering.
Speaker 1: I don't care about the hundred yard rushing. It's Christian
Speaker 1: McCaffrey in the passing game and the rushing stuff, Like
Speaker 1: I said, it's gravy. I'm I'm quibbling with the A grade.
Speaker 1: He's not startable. McCaffrey has never topped sixty four rushing
Speaker 1: yards in his career against New Orleans. Sure he will
Speaker 1: almost certainly catch a bunch of passes. I just don't
Speaker 1: think you know the A grades to me or when
Speaker 1: he's facing opponents of what you can do both. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna quibble with your grades. I'm gonna quibble. Don't touch
Speaker 1: my quibbles. Instead of gravy, shouldn't the Russian stuff be dressing?
Speaker 1: M Russian dressing very good? Oh God, Bryan Man, God
Speaker 1: physically hurts New England, takes on the Jets and Let's
Speaker 1: start with the running game here with Damien Harris his
Speaker 1: twenty three rushing attempts for the most by a Patriot
Speaker 1: since how about that they've got their workhorse back. The
Speaker 1: Jets just allowed nine yards on almost five yards per
Speaker 1: carry to Christian McCaffrey and Harris managed five yards per
Speaker 1: carry on double digit volume in his loan game against
Speaker 1: the Jets last year, So it all rolls together for
Speaker 1: another solid workhorse game from Damien Harris. Yes, he's not
Speaker 1: gonna help you much through the air, but with that
Speaker 1: much success on the ground, he gets a B grade.
Speaker 1: I'm quibbling with that. It should be an A because
Speaker 1: you've almost locked down a hundred yards for him and
Speaker 1: probably a touchdown. So that's a quibble. Fine, quibble away.
Speaker 1: I don't even care anymore. Let's talk about mac Jones.
Speaker 1: You know it wasn't flashy last week, but Mac Jones
Speaker 1: had an efficient, effective, first NFL start, and I think
Speaker 1: he builds upon it here with an easier matchup against
Speaker 1: the Jets. Nelson Aglar pop nicely in the first game.
Speaker 1: We'll talk more about him, and he's got a good
Speaker 1: chance at a repeat performance. And John Smith and Hunter
Speaker 1: Henry combined for eight catches on eight targets. That was
Speaker 1: the most by a Patriots tight end since Rob Gronkowski
Speaker 1: left combined so um and last year, by the way,
Speaker 1: the Jets give up the most touchdowns two tight ends,
Speaker 1: and so I think mac Jones has got a lot
Speaker 1: of opportunities here to have a pretty darn good game.
Speaker 1: And I've got a B grade on mac Jones. I
Speaker 1: mentioned Nelson, Aglar and passing also a B grade. The
Speaker 1: Jets are starting second year cornerback Bryce Hall and rookie
Speaker 1: Brandon Ecles on the outside. While they combined to yield
Speaker 1: just thirty five scoreless yards last week, has a masked
Speaker 1: has a massive twenty five pound advantage on Echos and
Speaker 1: that coupled with his inexperience, should leave a lead Aglar
Speaker 1: to a solid performance. You would never associate size, advantage
Speaker 1: and Nelson are with anyone. It is a little scary
Speaker 1: the other receivers, Jacoby Myers, I've got a C grade
Speaker 1: on him, lead the team with nine targets but turned
Speaker 1: it into only forty four yards through one game. Jacoby
Speaker 1: Myers is a bottom ten wide receiver in average targeted
Speaker 1: air yards and it's hard to put up fantasy points
Speaker 1: when you're catching the ball at the line of scram
Speaker 1: So we're just gonna keep the C grade on Jacoby Myers.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about John U. Smith. We're gonna watch his
Speaker 1: hip injury, but assuming he's okay, he is startable here.
Speaker 1: The Jets suffered the loss of starting linebacker Jamie and Sherwood,
Speaker 1: leaving them to rely on delve Sean Phillips, who allowed
Speaker 1: a completion on all three targets that were sent his way,
Speaker 1: including a play of over twenty yards to an opposing
Speaker 1: tight end. If Smith gets ruled out of this game,
Speaker 1: then Hunter Henry vaults to a B grade. If not,
Speaker 1: Jon O. Smith gets the C grade. And the last
Speaker 1: guy I want to talk about is James White. Last week,
Speaker 1: the Jets allowed the Carolina backfield to catch all eleven
Speaker 1: of their targets eleven for eleven for ninety three yards.
Speaker 1: So I like James White here. Mac Jones seems to
Speaker 1: have some immediate chemistry with White. They connected on six
Speaker 1: of seven targets last week. So put that together, I've
Speaker 1: got a C grade on James White as well. No
Speaker 1: quibbles there, all right, fine? Thank you from the quip desk.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the jet side of this right. I've
Speaker 1: got um only one player with a starting grade, and
Speaker 1: that is Corey Davis. He scored twice last week, but
Speaker 1: a much tougher matchup this week. The most oftensive cornerback
Speaker 1: J C. Jackson. He's the Patriots best cornerback with Stephen
Speaker 1: Stephan Gilmore out. Jackson has allowed just one score in
Speaker 1: his past nine games. But for everybody else, I don't
Speaker 1: like it. Zack Wilson's on the bench. Although he played
Speaker 1: gallantly last week, I thought it was it was scraps time.
Speaker 1: It was scraps time. His offensive line horrible. God was
Speaker 1: under durest all the time, constantly, Harry he took. He
Speaker 1: absorbed six sacks and a mind bending twenty two pass
Speaker 1: plays with pressure, according to Pro Football Focus. If that
Speaker 1: weren't enough, his receivers dropped five of his passes, and
Speaker 1: he lost his left tackle, and he lost his great point.
Speaker 1: Patriots attack with Matthew Judean and Christian Barrymore and Kyle Vanoy.
Speaker 1: It's it's a total mismatch here. I don't like Zack
Speaker 1: Wilson in this one. I'd like any of the rest
Speaker 1: of the receivers particularly now that Jamison Crowder is back.
Speaker 1: He just muddies up the water and thins out the
Speaker 1: scoring opportunities for everybody else. And then the mismatch of
Speaker 1: lousy runners for the Jets, Coleman and Johnson and Carter.
Speaker 1: Patriots are good run defense. They shut down to Miami
Speaker 1: runners last week, holding them to four yards per carry,
Speaker 1: none of them scored, and these guys are splitting time.
Speaker 1: Are just gonna leave him on the bench. Cincinnati takes
Speaker 1: on Chicago. Cincinnati coming off a very good game against
Speaker 1: the rebuilt Vikings defense, and the Chicago secondary looks worse.
Speaker 1: I like a lot of Cincinnati players in this game, Bryant, Yeah,
Speaker 1: me as well. I'm gonna start with the running back
Speaker 1: Joe Mixon, giving him an a thirty three touches last
Speaker 1: week for Mixing, the only running back to top thirty
Speaker 1: across the league. Mixing nearly doubled the touch total of
Speaker 1: the Rams Darryl Henderson, who had eighty nine combo yards
Speaker 1: in a touchdown just eight teen touches against the Bears.
Speaker 1: So give Mixing that plus and we're looking at a
Speaker 1: monster stat line for Joe Over to the wide receivers.
Speaker 1: Tee Higgins Jamaar Chase both get bees from me. Both
Speaker 1: scored last week. Jamaar Chase scored from fifty plus yards.
Speaker 1: The Bears allowed two wide receiver touchdowns with fifty plus
Speaker 1: yards to the Rams last week. Three wide receiver touchdowns
Speaker 1: and all uh. And for that reason, I give Tyler
Speaker 1: Boyd a very strong B two. He was quiet and
Speaker 1: week one. Uh. But look for Burrow to get him
Speaker 1: involved against the Bears shoddy secondary. Chicago slot corner Marquis
Speaker 1: Christian looked absolutely lost last week. Brutal like Cooper Cup
Speaker 1: did to him. Is against the laws of nature. Now
Speaker 1: wait for it. Tyler Boyd is going to give Marquis
Speaker 1: the BIZ on Sunday. I got it. There we go.
Speaker 1: And for all those reasons, Joe Burrow gets a B too,
Speaker 1: just because I'm worried Joe Mixon might go off on
Speaker 1: the ground, uh like the triover receivers. For since the
Speaker 1: of course, Matt Stafford was airing it out against Chicago
Speaker 1: last week. He averaged twelve plus yards per attempt. That
Speaker 1: was the secon highest clip in the league in Week one.
Speaker 1: So we be for Joe Burrow. He who does Joe
Speaker 1: Burrow eat breakfast? With though all three okay, this week,
Speaker 1: I would think I would have I would invite all
Speaker 1: my wide receivers to break I think it's weird to
Speaker 1: like get up and call your friends to come to
Speaker 1: your house for breakfast. I think you guys, I think that.
Speaker 1: I think they go into the facility and have breakfast.
Speaker 1: That would be my guess. It's free. There as much
Speaker 1: money as they make the NFL players, but they still
Speaker 1: want the free food. Trust me, now, I love me
Speaker 1: A revenge game and there's no better revenge opportunity for
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton against the Bengals, But he's still on the
Speaker 1: bench for me if he does not come. By the way,
Speaker 1: Dalton did not the Bears as a team because Justin
Speaker 1: Fields did play a little bit. We're not going to
Speaker 1: fault in for this. The Bears not attempt a single
Speaker 1: pass longer than fifteen yards against the Rams last week.
Speaker 1: I don't even know how that's I'm not convinced he
Speaker 1: ken anymore. So he's on the bench for that reason.
Speaker 1: This should be the very the end of his very
Speaker 1: short era as the starting quarterback in hild Cargo. Hopefully
Speaker 1: we see Justin Fields at some point. Uh. A couple
Speaker 1: of starting grades though for some Bears receivers. Allen Robinson,
Speaker 1: no chance. He doesn't see ten plus targets in this game.
Speaker 1: Minnesota Whiteouts were targeted twenty nine times against the Bengals.
Speaker 1: Granted that was like five quarters of play, basically went
Speaker 1: all of overtime, but still you're not bending Allen Robinson.
Speaker 1: Don't do that. I will bench Darnielle Mooney though. Just
Speaker 1: can't trust Andy dalton Man. You just can't do it.
Speaker 1: Um Cole commit though, I'll give him a sea in
Speaker 1: the tight end Wasteland decent five catches forty two yards
Speaker 1: on seven targets. Less surprisingly active Jimmy Graham did steal
Speaker 1: two targets, one in the red zone. Absolutely gross. You
Speaker 1: hate to see that. Uh. Tyler Conklin had four catches
Speaker 1: for forty one yards uh last week against the Bengals,
Speaker 1: so feasible for commit to get to double digit PPR points.
Speaker 1: And lastly, David Montgomery gonna give him the b give
Speaker 1: him a B look good against the Rams, I think,
Speaker 1: and it's weird. Running backs almost never get better in
Speaker 1: like your three year four I I think I thought
Speaker 1: Montgomery just had his best game. I was I was
Speaker 1: gonna about to say he looks like he's getting better
Speaker 1: and literally every game he's playing. Uh. It is concerning
Speaker 1: that Damian Williams did steal ten touches out targeted Montgomery
Speaker 1: five to one. But Monty is still one of the
Speaker 1: safer plays when it comes to volume. So be for him.
Speaker 1: And we warned you about the Williams situation and previous shows.
Speaker 1: We we expected that to come up. Matt. Let's go
Speaker 1: over to Houston taking on Cleveland Tyrod Taylor. They had
Speaker 1: a big game, but it was against Jacksonville. What do
Speaker 1: you expect from this Houston offense in this one? Uh?
Speaker 1: Not much. Uh. I got Tarod Taylor on the bench.
Speaker 1: Last week's game against the Jags was his absolute ceiling
Speaker 1: one and two. Seven of the last ten quarterbacks to
Speaker 1: face the Browns have been held under two hundred and
Speaker 1: forty yards. Uh. The only receiver of his that you
Speaker 1: can even fathom starting as Brandon Cooks, who gets a
Speaker 1: C grade five catches for one thirty two is not
Speaker 1: terrible from last week. He's gonna keep getting looks this week.
Speaker 1: He matches up most see with Greg Newsome, who only
Speaker 1: allowed one catch for four yards in his coverage last
Speaker 1: week against Kansas City, but I think he was covering
Speaker 1: not yea, he did not have Tyreek Hill clearly. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Danny Amondola looks locked in as the second guy. But
Speaker 1: no thanks there. And you don't want to start any
Speaker 1: of the runners. You don't want to play these reindeer
Speaker 1: games with the Texans running backs mark Ingraham, David Johnson,
Speaker 1: Philip lindsay All on the bench. The Browns are really
Speaker 1: good against the run. Only one back is top sixty
Speaker 1: rushing yards against them since Week nine of last year,
Speaker 1: and the Chiefs backs only managed forty nine rushing yards
Speaker 1: last week. Let's go over to the Cleveland side where
Speaker 1: I'm gonna play this sound because Nick Chubb is this
Speaker 1: week's fantasy art vark uh So. Pro Football Focus does
Speaker 1: this thing where they rate the offensive line versus the
Speaker 1: defensive line and a matchup both for the run and
Speaker 1: the past. Now, normally anything with like a thirty percentage
Speaker 1: dedvantage is good for the offense. The run advantage for
Speaker 1: the brown this weekend is one hundred and thirty eight percent.
Speaker 1: I have a perfect ten out of ten grade on
Speaker 1: Nick Chubb this week. Only the Jaguars can make the
Speaker 1: Texans look human. And that's because they completely abandoned the run.
Speaker 1: Kareem Hunt gets a B grade in this game too.
Speaker 1: It's it's it's almost at a grade fit isn't Jarvis
Speaker 1: Landry He's getting an A grade as well. Since O'Dell
Speaker 1: went down in Week seven last year, Landry has put
Speaker 1: up some decently solid numbers, averaging eight targets, five and
Speaker 1: a half catches, sixty yards and half a score per game.
Speaker 1: He's a dependable C grade in tough matchups. But when
Speaker 1: you get Desmond King, who allowed seven receptions on eight
Speaker 1: targets in his coverage last week, that's great. Donovan People's
Speaker 1: jones was, might take a chance on me wide receiver.
Speaker 1: I'm still not starting any Cleveland tight end as Hooper
Speaker 1: had three targets in Joke who had five in Harrison
Speaker 1: Bryant had two, and then finally Baker Mayfield gets a B.
Speaker 1: I believe the Browns will win by more than a
Speaker 1: touchdown if you do too. Baker's in a good spot.
Speaker 1: In the last two years, in games where the Browns
Speaker 1: have one by eight points or more, Baker's average line
Speaker 1: was two hundred fifty yards and one point eight touchdowns,
Speaker 1: and in those ten wins. He's top three yards a
Speaker 1: few times, three touchdowns there it is Baker b When
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Speaker 1: of these, I want you to tell me the appropriate
Speaker 1: level of concern for the player? Is it none? Is
Speaker 1: it some? Or is it a bowel loosening level of
Speaker 1: existential dread also known as abbreviated. That would be blowed,
Speaker 1: So you can go non sum or blowed b L
Speaker 1: l O E D. I was gonna go bled. I like,
Speaker 1: I like absolutely, I can work with that. Our first player.
Speaker 1: What is the appropriate level of concern for Trey Sermon?
Speaker 1: Matt uh some concern? I'm worried that Shanahan is getting
Speaker 1: Belichick levels of grudginess here, although losing Raheem mostart for
Speaker 1: the season makes it much more likely that this will
Speaker 1: turn around quickly. There's a couple of backs who were
Speaker 1: active ahead of him last week. That's that's concerning. Yes,
Speaker 1: it is okay, Brian. Appropriate level of concern for Tray
Speaker 1: Sermon blowed level concern for me because most people drafted
Speaker 1: Tray Sermon to be the RB one, and that's counting
Speaker 1: and redraft leagues, and he didn't even see the field
Speaker 1: in week one. He was inactive. Certainly blowed last week
Speaker 1: and we all as we all know him raheem most
Speaker 1: out of the equation now for San Francisco, but who
Speaker 1: he's an unproven workhorse. He's a rookie out of college
Speaker 1: and he's in a three man platoon of hell full
Speaker 1: of Sheanana Shannahanigan so blowed level of concern for Tracer
Speaker 1: The correct answer is some level. I think he's just
Speaker 1: a lukewarm talent. But for all we know he starts
Speaker 1: like the next sixteen games. I mean, we just I
Speaker 1: think it's too early to get a read on it.
Speaker 1: Is it eyebrow raising that he was fourth on the
Speaker 1: depth chart coming into the season. Yes, it was, but
Speaker 1: we've seen stranger things happen in a Shanahan backfield before.
Speaker 1: Tough question. Tough question number two. Appropriate level of concern
Speaker 1: for Ronald Jones, Brian we Are are blowed again because
Speaker 1: again he was drafted as the supposed RB one for
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay. We'll talk about this matchup a little more.
Speaker 1: I guess he is going into week two, but again,
Speaker 1: you never know what Bruce arians is gonna do. Leo
Speaker 1: Fernette still in tow and Jio Bernard is the pass
Speaker 1: catching back um So Jones is basically never gonna catch
Speaker 1: a pass. But Bernard had chances to be the bell
Speaker 1: cow in cincinnat and he wasn't awful, then he could
Speaker 1: steal early downwards. A blowed level for Jones? All right,
Speaker 1: matt what's the appropriate level of concern for Ronald Jones
Speaker 1: in a non best ball format? It's poop your pants time.
Speaker 1: We covered it last season. You don't know when to
Speaker 1: start road, Joe Leo or g oh, it's it's even
Speaker 1: more messy now. Uh. The appropriate level concern for Ronald
Speaker 1: Jones is blowed levels of existential dread. And it always
Speaker 1: should have been this from the beginning. And it's the
Speaker 1: stuff we've told you about so many times. You just
Speaker 1: can't ever trust Bruce Arians. He says Jones will start
Speaker 1: this next game, but keep in mind, Bruce Arians is
Speaker 1: a liar. That just means will be on the field
Speaker 1: for the first snap and then it'll fumble and it
Speaker 1: won't matter. Tough question number three. Appropriate level of concern
Speaker 1: for sa Kwan Barkley matt Um after seeing that big
Speaker 1: forties something yard run on Thursday night, It's a little less,
Speaker 1: but it's still some. He's definitely not ready for a
Speaker 1: full workload as evidenced by eleven touches and fifteen tough
Speaker 1: is in his first two games. So it's just some
Speaker 1: but I think he's working his way back there alright.
Speaker 1: Appropriate level of concern for sake Kwon Barkley Brian, Yeah,
Speaker 1: Matt mentioned the good run, but then the rest of
Speaker 1: them are like to three yards and there's really nothing
Speaker 1: he can do about that. Behind that awful, awful offensive line,
Speaker 1: the quarterback not much better. I'm not it's not I'm
Speaker 1: not blowed on Barkley, but there is definitely some level
Speaker 1: of concern. But his his usage should ramp up. You
Speaker 1: guys had all my talking points here. He gets ten
Speaker 1: days off beginning right now. This is day one of ten,
Speaker 1: and that will help him. And I think next time
Speaker 1: we see that offense, Barkley is getting the majority of
Speaker 1: the work some correct is the correct answer? Tough question
Speaker 1: number four? What's the appropriate level of concern for Ben
Speaker 1: Rothless Burger Brian. It was a somewhat tough matchup with Buffalo,
Speaker 1: but he looked absolutely washed throwing the football. Uh, No
Speaker 1: mobility left for Big Ben. That offensive line is shaky.
Speaker 1: He's just gonna get killed back there. Okay, Matt, Appropriate
Speaker 1: level of concern for Big Ben. We saw this with
Speaker 1: pay and Manning. We saw this with Drew Brees. Their
Speaker 1: arms get to be toast at some point. Uh. The
Speaker 1: only saving grace for Ben is the schedule isn't terrible
Speaker 1: for him, but still, even a two quarterback league, I
Speaker 1: don't want him. It's blowed. It is blowed. Um. You
Speaker 1: guys hit most of my talking points, and you mentioned
Speaker 1: a key one earlier. Offensive line so bad. Ben had
Speaker 1: the league's lowest time to throw just two point three
Speaker 1: seconds in the pocket last week. He was the bottom
Speaker 1: ranked quarterback in time to throw last year as well.
Speaker 1: Next tough question number five. Appropriate level of concern for
Speaker 1: Julio Jones, Matt, Um, he doesn't score touchdowns, and I've
Speaker 1: been saying that for about five years now. That's why
Speaker 1: I don't have him on any of my teams at
Speaker 1: this stage in his career. HEP He's probably lost a
Speaker 1: step or two as well, but it's still just only
Speaker 1: some concern. And I want to see how he does
Speaker 1: this week because I really like the matchup against Tennessee. Brian,
Speaker 1: appropriate level of concern for Jones. We knew you'd play
Speaker 1: second fiddle to A. J. Brown in Tennessee. And now
Speaker 1: the sample size is just one week. It's pretty small,
Speaker 1: but he's already playing third fiddle behind A. J. Brown
Speaker 1: and Chester Rogers. But I'm not giving up on Julio
Speaker 1: just yet. Not like you should drop him or anything,
Speaker 1: but definitely some level of concern. No level of concern
Speaker 1: is the correct answer, aside from the ongoing injury. Concerned
Speaker 1: they always have had with him, and there's like no
Speaker 1: new level of concern anyway. The Titans offensive line look
Speaker 1: bad and that does worry me. Had can't be can't
Speaker 1: be any worse than it was last week, and the
Speaker 1: Titans just the fact they only have two real targets
Speaker 1: Jones and Brown, tells me volume and opportunity will ultimately
Speaker 1: be there and he will improve tough. Question number six
Speaker 1: is appropriate level of concern for Brandon Aiyuke Brian, Well,
Speaker 1: he had this hamstring thing going into week one, so
Speaker 1: everyone knows, no targets, no catches for Ayu in week
Speaker 1: one and maybe you, oh, the hamstring was the thing,
Speaker 1: but he was returning punts. He was a starting punt returner.
Speaker 1: You don't do that with the guy who that can
Speaker 1: be hamstring was not the problem. He's still ran the
Speaker 1: third most pass routes on the team behind Uh, Deebo,
Speaker 1: Samuel and George Kittle will still be top three. I
Speaker 1: think he gets healthier as the season goes on. So
Speaker 1: just some level of concern, uh, but not none, some, okay,
Speaker 1: appropriate level of concern for Brandon Aiyuk. His coach, Grudgy Grudgerton,
Speaker 1: had him running with the third team wide receivers this week.
Speaker 1: It was Deebo and Surefield with the first new and
Speaker 1: Joan Jennings with the second, and Auk alone as the
Speaker 1: fifth wide receiver on the depth chart. I think it's
Speaker 1: full blown panic time on Brandon Aiyuk. Shanahan's calling him
Speaker 1: out here. The correct answer is the bowel loosening levels
Speaker 1: of existential dread blowed two years ago. We saw Kyle
Speaker 1: Shanahan dispose of another high draft pick wide receiver, Dante
Speaker 1: Pettis and never looked back. A Yuk has gotta work
Speaker 1: his way back all the way from the bottom of
Speaker 1: the depth chart. I'm not sure that it happens here
Speaker 1: and how how long it might take to happen. So
Speaker 1: let's say it does. Does it take six games? Eight games.
Speaker 1: Am I supposed to burn a roster spot that whole time?
Speaker 1: Very worried about Brandon? Are you? Tough? Question number seven?
Speaker 1: Mike Evans? What's the appropriate level of concern? Matt None?
Speaker 1: He had six targets last week, and six targets is
Speaker 1: okay for a down week? All right? Brian? Uh? Some
Speaker 1: for me? For sure. He looks like the third option
Speaker 1: at wide receiver right now, and he could be the
Speaker 1: fourth passing option behind Gronk, who look great in Week one.
Speaker 1: So some level of concern for me from Mike Evans.
Speaker 1: No level of concern because he does this. He has
Speaker 1: disappearing games. You knew that when you drafted him, and
Speaker 1: you need to accept that nothing has changed and he'll
Speaker 1: He'll have other very good games as well as a
Speaker 1: high functioning passing offense, of which he is still an
Speaker 1: important part. Tough question number eight, Nasey Harris, what's the
Speaker 1: appropriate level of concern? Brian? We mentioned we don't like
Speaker 1: the quarterback or the offensive line in Pittsburgh that never
Speaker 1: really helps the running back. But Najy is young. He
Speaker 1: was on the field for of the snaps. The volume
Speaker 1: will be there, but he's gonna gonna have to work
Speaker 1: for it pretty hard. So some level of concern for me, Matt,
Speaker 1: appropriate level of concern for Naji Harris. Ditto what Brian said,
Speaker 1: So and I had all the same talking points to
Speaker 1: question number nine. What's the appropriate level of concern for
Speaker 1: Zack Moss? Matt pants pooping panic, he can't beat out
Speaker 1: Singletary for touches? He might just be a super ordinary
Speaker 1: runner ouch, Brian, what's the appropriate level of concern for
Speaker 1: Zack Moss? Like you charge, I'm a Zach Moss bobo,
Speaker 1: and I still believe he's the best running back on
Speaker 1: that team. Devin Singletary is so very ordinary this week
Speaker 1: Moss shows us he has something, but still some level
Speaker 1: of concern. I have some level of concern too, and
Speaker 1: especially when you can't beat out Matt Britta. I don't
Speaker 1: know what's going on with Zach Moss and what he
Speaker 1: did in college should translate to more than this, But
Speaker 1: I'm I'm very I'm I'm nervous right now to say
Speaker 1: the least, but I'm not ready to loosen my bowels.
Speaker 1: And finally, tough question number ten, Appropriate level of concerned
Speaker 1: Brian for Calvin Ridley. It all goes to the quarterback
Speaker 1: right now, another QB who's looking very washed. We'll talk
Speaker 1: about Matt Ryan very soon. But Ridley still an amazing talent.
Speaker 1: Very bad defense for Atlanta. They're gonna be throwing a lot.
Speaker 1: But some concern based on Matt Ryan, but nothing to
Speaker 1: do with Calvin Ridley. Uh, some concern for me. He's
Speaker 1: a really good player. If anyone can get him the
Speaker 1: ball on the team, that's good. However, he might have
Speaker 1: to go like steal it from Kyle Pitts, because Kyle
Speaker 1: Pitts is so good, you might have to just go
Speaker 1: run and jump in front of him and intercept it
Speaker 1: from Pits. You weren't here for the A grade Kyle
Speaker 1: Pitts last week, you know. I was, Oh you were?
Speaker 1: You weren't here for the as He should have gotten one,
Speaker 1: but it was all Matt Ryan. It was Matt Ryan's fault. Uh,
Speaker 1: some level of concern for the reasons you guys mentioned.
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan is not the same guy our first ever.
Speaker 1: The all time record holder for most correct tough questions
Speaker 1: is John Tuby, who got six out of five, which
Speaker 1: is pretty good. I don't think any of you guys
Speaker 1: got did you. I doubt it? I never keep track. No, well,
Speaker 1: maybe you should. San Francisco takes on Philadelphia next. Let's
Speaker 1: talk through our situation with the Niners. Jimmy Garoppolo was
Speaker 1: might take a chance on me quarterback, and I've got
Speaker 1: a B grade on him. You had already heard me
Speaker 1: talk about him. Let's talk about Deebo Samuel. Last week
Speaker 1: he played eight percent of the snaps and saw twelve targets,
Speaker 1: which was seven more than any other forty nine. No
Speaker 1: other forty Niner receiver even played half the snaps. He
Speaker 1: leads the league and yards after catch. One season after
Speaker 1: having the league's lowest shortest average throw distance with Nick
Speaker 1: Mollins and C. J. Bethard, now Deebo Samuel he was
Speaker 1: he was at two yards last year for average depth
Speaker 1: of target through one game is at eight yards. What
Speaker 1: a difference it makes when you get the ball to
Speaker 1: Depost Samuel downfield. And now he's got the trigger man
Speaker 1: for that in Jimmy Garoppolo. A grade for Deebo Samuel,
Speaker 1: A grade for George Kittle, and it goes without saying
Speaker 1: he leads all tight ends and yards after the catch
Speaker 1: right now obvious A grade for him as well, and
Speaker 1: sticking with the past catchers, the whole a uk Shurefield
Speaker 1: thing with Mohammed Sanu. I'm laying off all these guys.
Speaker 1: I need we just none of them got enough playing time.
Speaker 1: We need to watch the situation shake out. They all
Speaker 1: split snaps last week and they were all on the
Speaker 1: field for less than half of the game. I can't
Speaker 1: trust any of them. Jamichael Hasty needs a goal line
Speaker 1: opportunity and he might get it. We've seen Jeff Wilson
Speaker 1: get gold line carries in the past for Kyle Shanahan
Speaker 1: and it looks like ja Michael Hasy is that guy now.
Speaker 1: But you never know if there's going to be an
Speaker 1: opportunity to run the ball from the one, or the
Speaker 1: two or the three yard line. So I don't want
Speaker 1: to start Jamichael Hasty here either. So now the big
Speaker 1: question is what are you doing with Elijah Mitchell. He's
Speaker 1: third in yards after contact in the NFL at seventy three.
Speaker 1: Right now, Yeah, you're kicking yourself for what you've been
Speaker 1: on him. That speaks basically anyone out there who won.
Speaker 1: He had almost all of his consistent success running to
Speaker 1: the left side of the field, except for his thirty
Speaker 1: eight yard touchdown, which was on a wide right toss.
Speaker 1: The Eagles trot out some of their strongest defensive lineman
Speaker 1: on that side of the field, Josh Sweat, Derek Barnett,
Speaker 1: Javon hard hard Grave, and those guys are very good
Speaker 1: run stuffers. So this might be an uphill battle. And
Speaker 1: we know Tray Sermon is gonna be active for this
Speaker 1: game because where he most turns out. So I just
Speaker 1: have the C grade on Mitchell. I think Mitchell starts
Speaker 1: this game. He did nothing to warrant him not starting
Speaker 1: this game. But I do expect Tray Sermon to play
Speaker 1: a part in this game as well, and so I
Speaker 1: don't think he's going to get the overwhelming majority of
Speaker 1: carries that Elijah Mitchell got last week. So just to
Speaker 1: C grade for Tray Sermon, I think we gotta wait
Speaker 1: and see how this thing plays out. It's not a
Speaker 1: great it's not a great matchup to begin with. He's
Speaker 1: a week ago he was fourth string and deactivated, and
Speaker 1: I got fantasy analysts all over my Twitter account urging
Speaker 1: you to start Tray Sermon. I think that's because they
Speaker 1: love Tray Sermon in the preseason and they have an
Speaker 1: emotional investment to not looking like an ass with their
Speaker 1: grades in the preseason. Push all your chips in the
Speaker 1: middle on to Michael Hasty. That's all I know. We
Speaker 1: might talk about him a little later in the show.
Speaker 1: All Right, we'll find out. Let's go to the eagle side,
Speaker 1: which was very compelling. Jalen Hurts is coming off his
Speaker 1: best ever game, a dissection of the Falcons that yielded
Speaker 1: just four in completions, three passing touchdowns, and sixty two
Speaker 1: rushing yards. Now, it was a lot of short passes,
Speaker 1: but I don't care because that was It was a
Speaker 1: great way to build confidence for Jalen Hurts. A fourign
Speaker 1: completion game. He was last year's lowest completion percent quarterback.
Speaker 1: So this new coaching step did exactly the right thing.
Speaker 1: High percentage passes and let your playmakers run with the ball.
Speaker 1: I loved it. Lost cornerback Jason Varette, and that pushes
Speaker 1: safety Dante Johnson to cornerback and pushes rookie Thomas a
Speaker 1: Ambree or street free agents Drake Kirkpatrick or Josh Norman
Speaker 1: onto the field. This is a major downgrade at cornerback
Speaker 1: for them. What's the difference between a street free agent
Speaker 1: and on a couch is on the couch, I don't
Speaker 1: know literal home. It's got Hobo on it. Maybe that's like,
Speaker 1: let's talk about the targets here. For for Jalen heard
Speaker 1: who gets an A grade. If I didn't give his grade,
Speaker 1: it's an A grade. So I want to start with
Speaker 1: Davante smith Man. Did he looked like a natural? Oh?
Speaker 1: He looked. You'd never know he was not a veteran.
Speaker 1: He's so smooth. I loved what I saw. And without
Speaker 1: Jason Varette, I think his chances of having a second
Speaker 1: straight very good game are very good. And the forty
Speaker 1: secondary sure they shut down Detroit's wide receivers last week.
Speaker 1: Name name their receivers. I say to that B grade
Speaker 1: on DeVante Smith Jalen Reagor only a C grade because
Speaker 1: he's got the league's shortest average target at just one
Speaker 1: point one yards, which is basically he falls forward, stands up,
Speaker 1: and then they throw him the ball because we've established
Speaker 1: you can fall basically a run play. It is basically
Speaker 1: a running play. Um he matches up against really each
Speaker 1: of the Niners cornerbacks because he plays all across the field,
Speaker 1: but most commonly he's going to see something called Domador Lenore, which,
Speaker 1: honest to God, I didn't know that was a player
Speaker 1: in the NFL until earlier this week. I think fifth
Speaker 1: round rookie making his first ever start coming this week.
Speaker 1: C grade on Jalen Reagor. Let's talk about those tight ends.
Speaker 1: We don't know if zach Ertz is going to play. Um,
Speaker 1: if you were fully healthy, I would be giving zach
Speaker 1: Or it's a B grade in this game. But if
Speaker 1: he doesn't go, that faults Dallas Goddard up to an
Speaker 1: A grade. San Francisco just give up ninety nine yards
Speaker 1: on a score to Detroit's tight ends, mostly t J.
Speaker 1: Hockenson and with zach Ertz if he I think this
Speaker 1: is a very nice opportunity for Dallas Goddard. You know,
Speaker 1: for for Arts, that's a hamstring injury, so even if
Speaker 1: he plays, he may not finish the game. People aggravate
Speaker 1: their hamstring injuries all the time. Hurts completed twelve of
Speaker 1: thirteen passes to his tight ends last year. What do
Speaker 1: you think of that? I really like it. I do
Speaker 1: like that to Jalen Hurts. If that game is not
Speaker 1: a mirage, Jalen Hurts is gonna be a top five,
Speaker 1: Top six fantasy quarterback was Atlanta Atlanta. It wasn't just
Speaker 1: we don't but we don't know. Look, I want to
Speaker 1: believe trust me. You know, you go four incompletions against
Speaker 1: any NFL team. I'm pretty impressed Atlanta's picking first. Speaking
Speaker 1: of Atlanta, we will talk about that team in a
Speaker 1: brutal matchup with the Buccaneers. Is there anybody you're going
Speaker 1: to start? Even Calvin Ridley will find out when we
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Speaker 1: of matchups, beginning with Atlanta taking on Tampa Bay. Brian
Speaker 1: it was a lousy showing for the Atlanta offense in
Speaker 1: the first game, and now they have a tougher match
Speaker 1: up with Tampa Bay. What do you expect here? Yeah,
Speaker 1: the lousiness was really Matt Ryan's faults. But I'm gonna
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give him a sea here. Did not look
Speaker 1: good against Philly, but in his two games against the
Speaker 1: Bucks last year passing yards and two touchdowns, also ran
Speaker 1: for a score in that game. I'm sure that'll happen again.
Speaker 1: But then he had three fifty six and three in
Speaker 1: the other meetings. So Atlanta're gonna be playing from behind,
Speaker 1: They're gonna be throwing a lot. This might be the
Speaker 1: last chance, uh for Matt Ryan to save his job,
Speaker 1: even though he's getting paid for the next like six
Speaker 1: years or something like that. I don't know, but uh,
Speaker 1: his receivers are gonna have to do all the heavy lifting.
Speaker 1: Will start with Calvin Ridley. I guess give him a B.
Speaker 1: He has scored in three of his last four game
Speaker 1: aimes against Tampa Bay. Amari Cooper and Ceedee Lamb just
Speaker 1: combined for ridiculous numbers against the Bucks. So Ridley should rebound,
Speaker 1: as should his receiving mate, not running mate, receiving mate
Speaker 1: Kyle Pitts, who also gets a B. Pits took twenty
Speaker 1: three snaps from the slot last week fourteen from the
Speaker 1: outside just twelve in line ran a pass route on
Speaker 1: eight percent of his snaps, highest among any quote unquote
Speaker 1: tight end in Week one b for Kyle Pitts. And
Speaker 1: just because I want to will this game into a shootout,
Speaker 1: I took Russell Gages and might take a chance on
Speaker 1: me wide receiver. But the actual tight end for the
Speaker 1: Hawks Falcons Hawks uh is Hayden Hurst, and he is
Speaker 1: on the bench, and so is running back Mike Davis,
Speaker 1: who did not get bell Cow usage his managers wanted
Speaker 1: to see last week Atlanta was getting blown out. But
Speaker 1: that said, this is a brutal matchup. The Bucks shut
Speaker 1: down virtually every running back they saw last year, and
Speaker 1: they did the same to Dallas last week. So I
Speaker 1: got Davis on the bench. Start him now. Speaking of
Speaker 1: wanting to bench running backs, let's go over to the
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay side. All right, that's a good right there.
Speaker 1: I I honestly don't know what to tell you, guys,
Speaker 1: or anyone else listening right now, but I'm gonna give
Speaker 1: every Bucks back a CEE just because they all have
Speaker 1: the potential to give you. So you're gonna be wrong
Speaker 1: on two of that canna be wrong on two of them. Again.
Speaker 1: Ronald Jones is going to be the starter according to
Speaker 1: Bruce Arians and he lies and he gets them all starters,
Speaker 1: by the way, So don't even buy into that. You
Speaker 1: really have to have no other options. If you got
Speaker 1: to start a Bucks back, you can start any one
Speaker 1: of these guys and hope for ce production. But I'm
Speaker 1: not gonna go to bad for any of them. It's
Speaker 1: all about the past game for Tampa Bay, starting with
Speaker 1: Chris god when he gets an A. Fourteen targets led
Speaker 1: the way for the Bucks. Last week, Davanta Smith and
Speaker 1: Jalen Reagor both scored against Atlanta. Godwin has eight touchdowns
Speaker 1: over his last five games against Atlanta, scoring in every
Speaker 1: single one, three in his two games with Brady last year.
Speaker 1: And speaking of three touchdowns across to Atlanta games with Brady,
Speaker 1: that's what Tonio Brown did last year two, including eleven catches,
Speaker 1: one thirty eight yards and two touchdowns. In the most
Speaker 1: recent game he gets an A as well. And just
Speaker 1: for fun, I'll throw in the fact that when with
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh in eighteen, Antonio Brown had six catches, a hundred
Speaker 1: and one yards and two touchdowns against the Falcons, so
Speaker 1: very good touchdown scoring history for Brown against Atlanta. Not
Speaker 1: a good touchdown scoring history for Mike Evans just to
Speaker 1: see for him. Only two touchdowns across his last five
Speaker 1: games against Atlanta, and both of those touchdowns came in
Speaker 1: Week seventeen of eighteen, So Evans on a dry spell
Speaker 1: against the Falcons, just to see for him. I'll give
Speaker 1: Gronk a B though he appears ahead of the pecking
Speaker 1: order h than Evans m receiving receiving depth chart six
Speaker 1: catches seventy six yards and a touchdown surrendered by the
Speaker 1: Falcons to Phillies tight ends last week. Gronk looked great
Speaker 1: in Week one, So getting up Gronk. And lastly, Tom
Speaker 1: Brady gets a unless he takes too much botox over
Speaker 1: the weekend or something that I don't know. Do you
Speaker 1: ever I had to take take he takes botox, absolutely,
Speaker 1: you don't. I don't. I don't know. Work has been
Speaker 1: done and now we're not talking offseason conditioning. There has
Speaker 1: been something. You know, when Gazelle goes in, do you
Speaker 1: think they bo go that? Like? You know, why not?
Speaker 1: If Giselle is getting work done, why not get a
Speaker 1: little tom They have their own plastic surgeon like caged
Speaker 1: up in their basement. For on the me, you live
Speaker 1: in a suburban neighborhood, do they have botox parties in
Speaker 1: your neighborhood? You're doing My wife and I were just
Speaker 1: talking about this. This has turned into a thing that
Speaker 1: almost entirely women do. I've never heard of any guys
Speaker 1: having a botox party, but women are doing that now. Bradies.
Speaker 1: Ears are burning right now, Minnesota. I can take my
Speaker 1: jet there. Tennessee takes on Seattle matt And for Tennessee,
Speaker 1: the opening game could not have gone worse. And this
Speaker 1: is not a layoup matchup either. What do you think?
Speaker 1: It's not a layoup matchup? But I got a lot
Speaker 1: of good grades for the Titans here. Um. The worst
Speaker 1: of them goes to Derrick Henry, who I'm only giving
Speaker 1: a B grade to disappointing week for Henry where the
Speaker 1: only tallied fifty eight rushing yards on three point four
Speaker 1: yards per carry and was stuffed at the goal line twice.
Speaker 1: That's not offensive line was so bad? Last week? Uh?
Speaker 1: This week he faces a Seattle team that held Jonathan
Speaker 1: Taylor and Nahem Hines to a very respectable three point
Speaker 1: five yards per carry. So I think this is gonna
Speaker 1: be a shootout though, and uh, there's an over under
Speaker 1: a fifty four on this game. I got Julio and
Speaker 1: A J. Brown both at A grades. Both both are
Speaker 1: physical mismatches for Seattle's five eight starting corner DJ Reid.
Speaker 1: A J. Brown ran more of his routes from that
Speaker 1: side of the field, while Julio lined up on the
Speaker 1: left side of the of the field sixty percent of
Speaker 1: the time. So he'll get Trey Flowers, who gave up
Speaker 1: a passer rating of one oh six last year. I
Speaker 1: got a grades on both of them, and I got
Speaker 1: a grade on Ryan Tannehill as well. Uh, Seattle does
Speaker 1: not deploy Chandler Jones, I have reason to believe. So
Speaker 1: I imagined Tannehill doesn't get sacked five times by him
Speaker 1: this week. Uh, he probably will get a little more
Speaker 1: time in the pocket. By the way, I mentioned this
Speaker 1: last week, Tan Hill ran in another touchdown, his seventh
Speaker 1: rushing score in his last eight. With Derrick Henry on roster, right,
Speaker 1: you wouldn't think and Henry got stuff twice. This is
Speaker 1: becoming a trend. Do you think they have a new
Speaker 1: goal line back. No, but Henry is a perfect decoy.
Speaker 1: Everybody gears up to stop Derrick Henry and then Tannehill
Speaker 1: could just squeeze through. So a grade on Daniel. He's
Speaker 1: gonna get into the rushing score. That offensive line has
Speaker 1: to play way better. These grades are gonna be nuts. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it might be Russell Wilson. I'm giving him an a grade,
Speaker 1: so is dk Metcalf. Russ is doing some early season
Speaker 1: cooking head an eighty five percent adjusted completion percentage last
Speaker 1: week and an average depth of target that was ten
Speaker 1: point nine, second highest in the league. The Titans just
Speaker 1: allowed Kyler Murray to go for two eighty nine and four,
Speaker 1: but also spent December of last year giving up three
Speaker 1: or more touchdown passes to Deshaun Watson, Aaron Rodgers, and
Speaker 1: Baker may Field. They're a bad secondary. The alpha wide
Speaker 1: receiver always eats against the Titans. Five of the last
Speaker 1: six of the top wide receivers they faced have gone
Speaker 1: for at least ninety yards and to score. I'm not
Speaker 1: even I'm even going to give Tyler Lockett an a
Speaker 1: grade here because he gets Titan slot cornerback Elijah Molden.
Speaker 1: He came in one place out of a hundred and
Speaker 1: twenty eight corners in Pro Football Focus Week one grading,
Speaker 1: and he gets Tyler Lockett. For the most part, you
Speaker 1: gotta pick your spot to lock it. But obviously when
Speaker 1: he goes Bersark like last week, Gerald Everett, he's on
Speaker 1: the bench. The Titans did not allow a tight end
Speaker 1: reception last week, but the Cardinals don't have a tight
Speaker 1: end since Dan Arnold left, so that's something. Ever, only
Speaker 1: caught two passes last week, but no tight end has
Speaker 1: topped fifty yards and only two have scored on the
Speaker 1: Titans since Week twelve. Of Finally, Chris Carson, I'm giving
Speaker 1: him a B grade. Nineteen touches last week. That was
Speaker 1: the twelfth most in the league. Surprisingly, the cards runners
Speaker 1: to Old thirty two touches last week for a hundred
Speaker 1: and fifty nine total yards, and well, Car's got out
Speaker 1: by the huge leads. Well Carson won't get that many.
Speaker 1: D J. Dallas and Rashad Penny only had two touches
Speaker 1: and Penny's hurt. Now he's it's Chris Carson's backfield. Minnesota
Speaker 1: takes on Arizona. Let's talk Kirk Cousins for a minute.
Speaker 1: After seeing what Chandler Jones did to Ryan Tannehill, and
Speaker 1: knowing the Vikings have a replacement left tackle, I'm worried
Speaker 1: that Kirk Cousins will need spleen replacement surgery before this
Speaker 1: game is over. And in case it comes to that,
Speaker 1: by the way, let it be known that I am
Speaker 1: not a qualified spleen donor due to my history of
Speaker 1: leprosy and oral herpies. Minnesota will need to find creative
Speaker 1: ways what just happened to get the ball well, because
Speaker 1: I would normally give my spleen to Kirk uh Minnesota
Speaker 1: will need to find creative ways to get the ball
Speaker 1: out of Kirk Kirk's hands very quickly. And I'm envisioning
Speaker 1: a lot of quick timing routes, dump off passes, and
Speaker 1: I'm worried that they're not going to be able to
Speaker 1: strike down feet in this game. And that's why I've
Speaker 1: got modest B grades on Justin Jefferson and Adam Thelan
Speaker 1: similar stories really for both guys. Again, short passes could
Speaker 1: be an issue here, and they both line up all
Speaker 1: over the field and they go up against three lousy cornerbacks,
Speaker 1: you get disappointing second round pick Byron Murphy and the
Speaker 1: slot diminutive Robert Alford who's played one game since the season,
Speaker 1: and fourth round rookie Marco Wilson manning the UH as well.
Speaker 1: That put all those guys together, then there isn't a
Speaker 1: lot of talent there. But a j Green and Julio
Speaker 1: Jones couldn't exploit that matchup because their quarterback then any time,
Speaker 1: and that could be the whole same scenario here. So
Speaker 1: just to be great on Jefferson and theland, Dalvin Cook
Speaker 1: just a B grade if you're you know, obviously you're
Speaker 1: starting Dalvin every week, obviously, but look what Derrick Henry
Speaker 1: did last week. Not much. And you know this was
Speaker 1: a good run defense last year. They were good run
Speaker 1: defense last week. Arizona only allowed one hundred combo yards
Speaker 1: to a running back two times last year. Fortunately, they
Speaker 1: did allow the ninth most touchdowns. And we know that
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook's going to get the ball near the stripe,
Speaker 1: so we'll hope for a touchdown here and that keeps
Speaker 1: him at the B grade level. By the way, are
Speaker 1: the Titans and the Vikings the most mirror imaged teams
Speaker 1: and so much so similar agreed Arizona's Kyler Murray and
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins are obvious A grades, and Hopkins has a
Speaker 1: ten out of ten in my grading system and Kyler
Speaker 1: Murray has a nine point seven five out of ten.
Speaker 1: So I love both guys this week. Let's quibble with
Speaker 1: that nine point seven five, okay, um, Let's talk about
Speaker 1: some of the other receivers. Get this. A J. Green
Speaker 1: played from the right side of the field one percent
Speaker 1: of his snaps last week, and he was overwhelmingly on
Speaker 1: the field. That puts him against Vikings cornerback Bishot Brelan,
Speaker 1: who got roasted last week, allowing two scores in a
Speaker 1: hundred seven yards in his coverage. A J. Green gets
Speaker 1: a sneaky C grade here. And I know I posted
Speaker 1: this stat mid week and it was like, oh, A J.
Speaker 1: Green's cooked, But did you see purshot Brelan Green should
Speaker 1: have scored last week? It was one of the one
Speaker 1: of the bad throws Kyler Murray made was an end
Speaker 1: zone target to A J. Green. Better ball place and
Speaker 1: he would have scored a touchdown. I was watching rooting
Speaker 1: for it actively, trust me now, like I had any
Speaker 1: money on it or anything. No, certainly not. Christian Kirk
Speaker 1: has has replaced Larry Fitzgerald in the slot and he
Speaker 1: faces off against solid cornerback McKenzie Alexander. Alexander is only
Speaker 1: allowed three touchdowns in the past five seasons, so we
Speaker 1: will will put just a seagret in Christian Kirk even
Speaker 1: after the two touchdown game last week. Uh. Then the
Speaker 1: running backs Chase Edmonds fifteen touches last week, which is
Speaker 1: gonna be pretty common enough work to start in, but
Speaker 1: not enough work for explosive output. Thank you, Matt. I
Speaker 1: thought he ran the ball pretty well most five yards
Speaker 1: per carrying. The opener run defense was supposed to be
Speaker 1: better than it was last week, and it probably does
Speaker 1: get a little bit better here, but still an opportunity
Speaker 1: to start Chase Edmonds for a C grade. James Conner
Speaker 1: actually had more rushes rushes than ed Men's last week,
Speaker 1: but a lot of that was in a blowout and
Speaker 1: the Colonels could have a blow out victory here too,
Speaker 1: but probably not if you believe the Vegas line of
Speaker 1: only three and a half, so I'm pretty lukewarm and
Speaker 1: Connor and just a C grade on him. Rondel Moore
Speaker 1: running from the slot almost exclusively behind Christian Kirk Kirk
Speaker 1: and fourth among wide receivers and only ran fourteen routes
Speaker 1: last week, so he is on the bench when we
Speaker 1: come back. Premature speculation. Three guys who want to pick
Speaker 1: up this week that everybody else will be trying to
Speaker 1: pick up next week. Glamor final segment Fantasy Football Weekly.
Speaker 1: Paul Charge, Matt Harrison, and Brian Johnson with you. This
Speaker 1: is a segment we call premature speculation. We're gonna give
Speaker 1: you three guys to pick up this week that everybody
Speaker 1: else is gonna try to pick up next week. But
Speaker 1: they're already on your team because you're winded the time machine.
Speaker 1: That's what that sounds was a time machine. There is
Speaker 1: Matt who should people pick up? Jim Michael Hasty because
Speaker 1: Shanahanigans everyone drafted Trace Sermon, then he made him in
Speaker 1: active in week one because Hasty was out playing him
Speaker 1: in practice, and then everybody picked up Ali Jam Mitchell
Speaker 1: to start him this week. But what player has one
Speaker 1: of the rushing attempts from inside the ten yard line.
Speaker 1: That's Jim Michael Hasty. He's gonna have a role all
Speaker 1: year now with Raheem Mostar had gone to so pick
Speaker 1: him up at LEAs until Jeff Wilson comes back. It's
Speaker 1: just a long way off. Brian, I have the Jets,
Speaker 1: Jamison crowd are only owned and y'ah who leaves all
Speaker 1: of a sudden off the COVID list. He has a
Speaker 1: groin issue he's dealing with, but should make his debut
Speaker 1: this week. And hey, the Jets through the ball over
Speaker 1: seventy percent of the time last week. That could be uh,
Speaker 1: that's probably gonna be a trend all year long. And
Speaker 1: Crowder could be the most desirable receiver on the Jets
Speaker 1: in a week or two, So go get him now.
Speaker 1: Chargers rookie running back Larry Roundtree played twenty one snap
Speaker 1: on offense. That is double who what everybody that presumed
Speaker 1: backup Justin Jackson, He ain't the backup. It's Larry Rountree
Speaker 1: and Josh Kelly got no snaps last week none. Round
Speaker 1: Tree ran the ball eight times. That is a lot
Speaker 1: for a first start rookie. With Austin Ekeler's on the team,
Speaker 1: he's big, he could end up being in some getting
Speaker 1: some goal line carries at some point. And here's the
Speaker 1: real key to the game we just saw with Larry Rountree,
Speaker 1: despite playing one third of the snaps of Eckler. He
Speaker 1: had more pass blocking assignments than Eckler did, and he
Speaker 1: finished his Pro Football Focus is top ranked running back
Speaker 1: in pass blocking. Larry Roundtree may phase out some third
Speaker 1: down work from Austin Ekeler, who caught no passes last week. Interesting. Ha,
Speaker 1: you don't say Larry Rountree backing up a player who
Speaker 1: gets hurt often. Let's go back to the matchups, beginning
Speaker 1: with Dallas taking on the Chargers. Brian starting with Zeke
Speaker 1: for the Cowboys. Another very tough matchup for Zeke, who
Speaker 1: will probably be forc into more blocking duty again with
Speaker 1: Lyle Collins right tackle. Uh to miss this game in
Speaker 1: multiple weeks. Washington backs UH, mainly Antonio Gibson did go
Speaker 1: for one seven rushing yards on twenty three carries against
Speaker 1: the Chargers. UH, so there is some hope for Zeke.
Speaker 1: The football team also targeted their back seven times against
Speaker 1: the Chargers. But that's why I'm going with Tony Pollard.
Speaker 1: It's might take a chance on me running back over
Speaker 1: to the Dallas wide receivers of Marii Cooper and Ceedee Lamb.
Speaker 1: Gonna give them both a b. Even though the return
Speaker 1: of safety Durwin James has been huge for l A.
Speaker 1: They held Washington's wide outs to eighties seven total scoreless
Speaker 1: yards last week. But Dak and his wide receiver weapons
Speaker 1: will be a bigger test than the football team was.
Speaker 1: Michael Gallup, if you didn't know already is on I
Speaker 1: R so Cedric Wilson could sneak in some production if
Speaker 1: this game goes to shootout mode. I almost used Cedric
Speaker 1: Wilson as my premature speculation. I'm gonna give him an
Speaker 1: official bench grade, but he is a daily dart throw
Speaker 1: candidate for sure. And Blake Darwin and Dalton Schultz. If
Speaker 1: we could combine these guys into one person that maybe
Speaker 1: a top ten tight end, but they are both playing,
Speaker 1: so they are both on the bench for me this week.
Speaker 1: And lastly, Dak Prescott getting give him an a even
Speaker 1: though it wait, well, well you did, even though you
Speaker 1: didn't love the receivers so much. He's I think he's
Speaker 1: gonna throw the ball. Well he gets all of them right.
Speaker 1: I don't know. If I'm Cooper and Lamb, could DA's
Speaker 1: gonna throw the ball forty times get in this game?
Speaker 1: They should probably not even attempt to run the ball.
Speaker 1: If they do that after making him throw fifty eight
Speaker 1: times in the opener. That's malpractice, But uh, we'll give
Speaker 1: it up a soft A. But speaking of a's over
Speaker 1: to the Chargers side. Keenan Allen gets an A plus.
Speaker 1: Mike Williams also gets an A. See what I did there? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I thought you're gonna give out a Fonzie. Maybe I
Speaker 1: should have given out a funds if you give out
Speaker 1: the art Park and well you get the Fonzie. Fonzi
Speaker 1: is superior to the art Park. Anyway. You know we
Speaker 1: don't have enough. Why is it that I have? Well,
Speaker 1: wouldn't Winkler come after us legally? If A for Keenan Allen,
Speaker 1: but again in A for Mike Williams as well, no
Speaker 1: reason not you think these two can't replicate the spanking
Speaker 1: Chris Godwin Antonio Brown gave the Cowboys last week. Both
Speaker 1: Allen and william saw ten plus targets against Washington. Jared
Speaker 1: Cook gets a B two. Gronk scored twice against Dallas.
Speaker 1: Cook had two red zone receptions against Washington. Also average
Speaker 1: eleven yards after the catch. Love Jared Cook this week,
Speaker 1: and that's available in a lot of leaks. He should
Speaker 1: not be because tight end is slowly becoming a waste
Speaker 1: land again or quickly, I should say. And justin air
Speaker 1: Bear guessing a all he need is the soundbar to
Speaker 1: justify this play. There you go, air Bear, and now
Speaker 1: charge you were just poo pooing all over Austin Ekeler.
Speaker 1: I'm still gonna give him an a despite not being
Speaker 1: targeted like you said, but uh, that's a scary thing.
Speaker 1: But Eckler did have the hamstring issue that hasn't popped
Speaker 1: up all week so far, knock on wood, so I
Speaker 1: expect the usage to ramp up a little bit. He
Speaker 1: did have the goal line touchdown and the Bucks did Uh.
Speaker 1: The Bucks backs did total seven catches against Dallas last week,
Speaker 1: so I'm calling a target and at least one catch.
Speaker 1: Very very bold prediction for Rawson. Give him an though
Speaker 1: I hope they overcorrect and give Austin Neckler like fourteen
Speaker 1: targets in each. That would be fantastic. Detroit takes on
Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers. Detroit's offense ultimately was pretty good
Speaker 1: in garbage time and we already did you give. I
Speaker 1: gave Jared Goffs might take a chance and the passer
Speaker 1: h T J. Hockenson is the only receiver I would
Speaker 1: start here. He gets an a actually might get Waller
Speaker 1: level targets this year, and the Packers did did give
Speaker 1: up two scores to Jawan Johnson in the end zone
Speaker 1: last week. Five different wide receivers had two catches for
Speaker 1: the Lions. No one wide receiver top three catches for
Speaker 1: the Lions. And then finally on the on the Lions side,
Speaker 1: Dan Campbell did not lie. Jamal Williams and DeAndre Swift
Speaker 1: were used almost equally, although Swift lad the snap count
Speaker 1: total almost two to on. Williams touched the ball on
Speaker 1: over half of his snaps last week and Swift only
Speaker 1: led the touch count by two. Each had eight receptions.
Speaker 1: By the way, that's big, that's and I think that's
Speaker 1: gonna hold up. I think it will to The Saints.
Speaker 1: Runners combined for thirty five touches in a hundred and
Speaker 1: forty four yards against this defense last week, and that's
Speaker 1: not outlandish for this week based on the usage of
Speaker 1: these runners as receivers. So I will give Swift a
Speaker 1: B grade and Williams a solid C grade in the
Speaker 1: revenge game on the Packers side, so Jeff Okuda tore
Speaker 1: his achilles last week, which means Davante Adams gets Pro
Speaker 1: Football focuses number one, number two, or number nine wide
Speaker 1: receiver cornerback matchup based on which corner he's going against,
Speaker 1: whether that's A. J. Parker, if At melafon Wu or
Speaker 1: Armani or ru Wame I went phonetically on that one.
Speaker 1: Adams gets an A. I think you can roll with
Speaker 1: Marcus Valdez scantling with a B rade as well. MVS
Speaker 1: led all packers and targets last week with eight. Notably,
Speaker 1: Randall Cobb had one target, as did Mario Rodgers. Bob
Speaker 1: Tanyan scored in both of the meetings last year against
Speaker 1: the Lions. He gets a solid B as well. If
Speaker 1: I like all the receivers, I like Aaron Rodgers as
Speaker 1: an A grade. In his last ten games against the Lions,
Speaker 1: where he started and finished, Rodgers has thrown for multiple
Speaker 1: scores in ten of those ten games. A J. Dillon
Speaker 1: was charged just take a chance on me runner, and
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones gets an A grade in this one. The
Speaker 1: Lions are the worst run defense in the league since
Speaker 1: the beginning of and it didn't change last week with
Speaker 1: the Niners backs totaling fifty one total yards and two
Speaker 1: scores on twenty four touches. That's six point three yards
Speaker 1: per touch for opposing runners. Will take it, Aaron Jones
Speaker 1: gonna both the whole team's bouncing back with a great
Speaker 1: game for the Green Bay Packers. The last time that
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers had a bad game was last year Tampa Bay.
Speaker 1: His third worst career passer rating game was Tampa Bay
Speaker 1: last year. Doesn't like playing in Florida. The next week,
Speaker 1: he threw four touchdowns. Kansas City takes on Baltimore. You
Speaker 1: already know that Patrick Mahomes, a, Tyree Kill and Travis
Speaker 1: Kelsey are automatic A grades and this matchup will does
Speaker 1: changes nothing that it so juicy, so juicy. Let's talk
Speaker 1: about some of the players that you actually have to
Speaker 1: give some consideration to, including Clyde Edwards a laire. If
Speaker 1: you take away c E. H is two explosive games
Speaker 1: he's had in his career. One was Houston, one is Buffalo.
Speaker 1: The rest of his games, he averages forty five rushing
Speaker 1: yards and has scored three touchdowns. That sounds just like
Speaker 1: his forty three yard three yard per Carrie stinker that
Speaker 1: he gave us last week, you're hoping for receptions from
Speaker 1: Clyde Edwards a laire and he had seventy receiving yards
Speaker 1: last year against Balti More and they're in their matchup
Speaker 1: and the Ravens just allowed eighty seven yards to the
Speaker 1: Raiders backs through the air. So he might help us
Speaker 1: out that way. And that's why I've got a C
Speaker 1: grade on Clyde Edwards, a layer in the hopes that
Speaker 1: he does help us out from a PPR pass reception standpoint.
Speaker 1: Um the other wide receivers, DeMarcus Robinson and Nicole Hardman,
Speaker 1: it just they're on the field enough, the snap count
Speaker 1: is there, they should contribute something. But even say it's
Speaker 1: for years, they never do. So we're just gonna move on.
Speaker 1: And they've never been reliable fantasy producers and I can't
Speaker 1: expect it here. Let's go over to the Baltimore side,
Speaker 1: where it's a little bit more intriguing. Let's start with
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson. Get this, he has not reached two hundred
Speaker 1: fifty passing yards, which is not that much, by the way,
Speaker 1: Like Matt Jones just hit it in his first NFL start,
Speaker 1: Jackson has not reached two d fifty passing yards in
Speaker 1: nineteen straight games, and I'm not terribly optimistic about his
Speaker 1: chances of rebounding against a far superior defense. If the
Speaker 1: Ravens could not handle Max Crosby, what happens when they
Speaker 1: face Chris Jones and All Pro left tackle Ronnie Staley
Speaker 1: is gonna miss this game? And I top all that.
Speaker 1: Jackson's two performances against the Chiefs over the past two
Speaker 1: years have been abysmal, averaging a hundred eighty two passing
Speaker 1: yards one half a passing touchdown. That's it. You're gonna
Speaker 1: need Lamar Jackson to rush you to relevance, and he
Speaker 1: probably will, and his wife still gotta be grade on him.
Speaker 1: But everything through the air here says to expect very
Speaker 1: little from Lamar Jackson. Let's go do his receivers. Marcys
Speaker 1: Brown is going to be a game time decision with
Speaker 1: an ankle injury. He has scored in six of his
Speaker 1: past seven games, but Kansas City secondaries really it's actually
Speaker 1: very good. They didn't allow his score last week, and
Speaker 1: ankle injuries are super dicey for receivers, and even if
Speaker 1: they try to play through it, a lot of times
Speaker 1: you can't cut on the ankle, and so they can't separate.
Speaker 1: And that's why I'm not crazy about Markis Brown, and
Speaker 1: I've got a bench grade on him. I've got a
Speaker 1: C grade on Sammy Watkins, who continued his Week one
Speaker 1: domination with a big game last week. And with Marquise
Speaker 1: Brown ailing and very little other talent at the wide
Speaker 1: receiver position, he becomes the de facto go to receiver
Speaker 1: and he'll need volume against two good cornerbacks, chart Various
Speaker 1: Ward and Legarius sneed you already know Watkins is a
Speaker 1: perennial underperformance, so I can only give him a C
Speaker 1: grade here because it's not Week one, even in the
Speaker 1: revenge game. Even in the revenge game, Mark Andrews strangely
Speaker 1: quiet last week. He ran thirty seven pass routes, which
Speaker 1: were more routes than he ran in any game last season,
Speaker 1: but he didn't almost nothing with it was very was
Speaker 1: hardly targeted. But a plus match up here against the Chiefs,
Speaker 1: who were just flamed by Cleveland's tight ends for a
Speaker 1: hundred twenty yards. Kansas City should get Tyrone Matthew back
Speaker 1: for this game and that should help a bit, but
Speaker 1: still a B grade in a bounce back performance. For
Speaker 1: Mark Andrews, and lastly, the running back situation Tyson Williams
Speaker 1: and Lottavius Murray. If you believe John Harbaugh, this is
Speaker 1: a running back by committee and both will be used.
Speaker 1: I thought Williams look pretty good last week, but he
Speaker 1: still got benched for Murray in the second half of
Speaker 1: the game. Missed the key block that was a factor.
Speaker 1: Chiefs were bad against backs last year. They were bad
Speaker 1: last week with Chubb and Hunt just running through them.
Speaker 1: So I've got starting grades on Tyson Williams and Lottavias
Speaker 1: Murray even if it turns out they're gonna split time
Speaker 1: roughly evenly see grades. Thank you for listening to the show, everybody.
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