WEBVTT - Juicy Matchups for Week 2 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:03.920 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:06.040 --> 0:00:09.879 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 0:00:10.360 --> 0:00:14.760 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and advice, 0:00:15.400 --> 0:00:21.160 now along the leagues dot Com. Here's your host, Paul. 0:00:22.640 --> 0:00:25.320 It's a week two edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. I'm 0:00:25.320 --> 0:00:28.280 Paul Giarchy and from Guillotine Leagues dot Com by co 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:34.600 host Matt Harrison, Shocked Fantasy dot Com, Brian Johnson, Guillotine 0:00:34.720 --> 0:00:37.800 Leagues dot Com. Hey guys, Hi, if you went oh 0:00:37.800 --> 0:00:42.199 and one, you may feel inclined to panic. We a 0:00:42.200 --> 0:00:44.960 little later on, we are going to do a rare 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:51.800 diversion from three tough questions down to ten tough questions 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:56.360 anden tough questions, all centered around the appropriate level of 0:00:56.400 --> 0:00:59.800 panic for Week one under producers. And there were so 0:01:00.000 --> 0:01:02.760 any it could have been twenty guys easily not. This 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:06.600 reminds me of the old Fantasy Football almost daily Panic Room. 0:01:06.720 --> 0:01:09.720 It's very much like the old Panic Room segment. We're 0:01:09.720 --> 0:01:12.120 gonna break down all the game's fantasy style like we 0:01:12.160 --> 0:01:14.360 always do. We'll give you nine players upon whom you 0:01:14.400 --> 0:01:17.360 can take a chance, and we will offer some premature 0:01:17.400 --> 0:01:20.280 speculation at the end. Of the show about guys that 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:22.880 you will want to pick up. Let's roll right into 0:01:22.880 --> 0:01:28.400 our matchups, beginning with the Rams traveling to Indianapolis. Matthew 0:01:28.440 --> 0:01:32.280 Stafford and the Rams surgical in their dissection of the 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:35.720 Bears last week, and frankly, the Colts defense didn't make 0:01:35.760 --> 0:01:39.080 it look like it's gonna be much of an impediment either. Yeah, 0:01:39.120 --> 0:01:43.160 the Colts defense, uh, their secondary specifically was missing Xavia Roads. 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:47.000 He's been ruled out again. Cornerback, top cornerback arguably for 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:49.360 the Colts. So we'll start with the passing game. Let's 0:01:49.360 --> 0:01:50.800 start with Stafford. You gonna give him an A just 0:01:50.840 --> 0:01:52.760 because he looks so happy in l A, doesn't he 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:57.720 from roids released from the prison of the Detroit Lions, 0:01:57.760 --> 0:02:00.200 And speaking of the Lions, with the Lions last your 0:02:00.240 --> 0:02:03.240 Stafford had three thirty six yards and three passing touchdowns 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:06.440 against the Colt to again without Xavier Rhodes, and obviously 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:08.919 Stafford has more dangerous weapons with the Rams, so I'm 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:12.200 giving Stafford in a this week. Speaking of those weapons, 0:02:12.200 --> 0:02:14.760 will start with Cooper Cup can give him a B 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:17.760 by everyone. By now everyone knows that Cup and Stafford 0:02:17.760 --> 0:02:19.720 are breakfast buddies. Have you heard this? They eat breakfast 0:02:19.760 --> 0:02:21.960 together every day. Oh, I was not. I was not 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:24.560 aware of this. They're sharing fruit loops something like that. 0:02:24.800 --> 0:02:28.040 The chemistry showed in week one and week one Tyler 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:30.720 Lockett shredded the Cults from the slot. So you gotta 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:33.800 like Cup. This week, Robert Woods like him as well. 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:35.760 I was gonna give him a C just because he's 0:02:35.800 --> 0:02:38.720 not part of the breakfast club with Cup and Stafford, 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:42.519 but with Xavier Rhods ruled out, I'm gonna give Woods 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:46.160 a B. Here um benching Van Jefferson into Sean Jackson. Uh, 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:48.359 they might go off for a long play, but they're 0:02:48.400 --> 0:02:51.040 just dart throws and daily at this point. They're bengeable 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:54.120 in seasonal formats, and uh, Tyler Higby can give him 0:02:54.120 --> 0:02:57.160 a B as well. Former teammate Gerald Everett scored against 0:02:57.200 --> 0:02:59.799 the Colts last week, and Higgbye was very involved against 0:02:59.800 --> 0:03:02.120 the Bays. Stafford looked at the ways a lot. He 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:06.560 gets a B, and so does Darryl Henderson. Darryl disc Man, 0:03:06.880 --> 0:03:11.120 Henderson Farley superior. He's no Walkman superior to the Walkerman. 0:03:11.240 --> 0:03:14.280 I like it's one up from the walk Now I've 0:03:14.280 --> 0:03:16.680 gotta h I gotta give some love to a fellow 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:22.760 Brian J. Brian Jerkison Guilloteen Leagues dot com writer Jerkison 0:03:23.560 --> 0:03:27.000 j U R C H I S I n J 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:31.679 shirt jerseys Brian Brian J another Brian Jay were the 0:03:31.760 --> 0:03:35.520 best Brian's with eyes. He said this about Darryl Henderson. UH. 0:03:35.560 --> 0:03:38.840 Indie's defense was league worst in tackling last week, which 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:41.839 adpaired nicely with Henderson rushing for thirty one yards after 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:45.760 contact against a vastly superior Bears defense. India was especially 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:48.040 juicy up the middle, allowing forty seven yards and only 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:51.760 six attempts to Seattle, mirroring Henderson's Week one up the 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:55.240 middle success forty four yards on eight attempts. So some 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:58.240 good numbers, and I think we may have a Brian J. 0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:00.480 Upgrade on our hands. Now come on, now, don't do 0:04:00.520 --> 0:04:02.880 that yet, but probably in the future, I would hope. 0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:05.400 So I would love a few more weeks off Brian Jerkinson, 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:08.360 if that is your real name, over to the Colts, 0:04:08.800 --> 0:04:11.880 Jonathan Taylor. I'll give him a b here. Even though 0:04:11.960 --> 0:04:14.880 right tackle Brandon Smith has been ruled out for Indie. 0:04:15.040 --> 0:04:20.039 H Taylor left tackle. Yeah, Eric Fisher could make his debut, 0:04:20.120 --> 0:04:22.680 but it's still very if he. Uh. Taylor played in 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:25.760 just fifty of the snaps last week, still had a 0:04:25.800 --> 0:04:28.719 hundred and sixteen combo yards against the Seahawks. The Rams 0:04:28.760 --> 0:04:32.480 did surrender on combo yards to the Bears in Chicago's 0:04:32.480 --> 0:04:35.279 old line still not nearly as good as Indies. Even 0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:37.720 if the whole Colts line was out there, probably still 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:39.960 better than the Bears offensive line. Uh, not much more 0:04:40.000 --> 0:04:42.200 to talk about with the With the Colts offense, I'll 0:04:42.200 --> 0:04:45.359 give Zach Pascal a see uh and Michael Pittman a 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:47.760 bench grade. The Colts will have to try and throw 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:49.800 in this game, and I'll go with Pascal. He scored 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:52.640 twice last week. Jalen Ramsey should be on Pittman for 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:55.760 the most part, so easy bench for Pittman, Jack Doyle 0:04:55.960 --> 0:04:58.600 and mo Alie Cox. Uh. This is kind of tough 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:00.880 because on paper it seems like a good matchup. Chicago 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:03.800 tight ends were targeted nine times for six catches and 0:05:03.839 --> 0:05:07.960 fifty plus yards last week. I had a pause there, 0:05:08.000 --> 0:05:10.360 but I feel like I'm running along on this matchup 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:13.560 and thank you for catching the nine times. But get 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:17.080 the button bar button bar? Um these two really kill 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:19.440 each other's value. Doyle and mo Ali Cox. But it's 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:22.640 mo Ali's birthday on Sunday, so he gets he gets 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:24.920 the edge he gets at the Sea and Carson Wentz 0:05:25.040 --> 0:05:28.159 gets the bench um. Tough matchup, but I want to 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:31.400 stress that Carson Wentz, to my eyes, look shockingly good 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:34.560 in that in the game last week and also might 0:05:34.600 --> 0:05:36.719 take a chance of me. Guy. Paris Campbell had always 0:05:36.720 --> 0:05:41.039 played the slot and identified this weakness against the slot 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:44.800 cornerback for Seattle Ugo Amadi, and I'm like, this is 0:05:44.839 --> 0:05:48.720 a this is a burnable opportunity. Well, this year they've 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:51.839 decided to kick Paris Campbell outside and let Zach Pascal 0:05:51.920 --> 0:05:54.080 play the slot and he scored twice. So I want 0:05:54.160 --> 0:06:01.200 parcel credit part. Can I get both A and I 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:04.400 was not exactly right? Can I get both in one? 0:06:05.240 --> 0:06:07.719 I guess you just did. I just did the Raiders 0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:10.559 take on the Pittsburgh Steelers map. They'll be going without 0:06:10.720 --> 0:06:13.960 Josh Jacobs in this game. So what do you think 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:18.720 about Kenyan Drake's possibilities as as a probable workhorse back. Yeah, 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:22.680 I'm gonna give him the Old Testament grade. That's a BC. 0:06:23.000 --> 0:06:25.960 For those of you scoring at home right between there 0:06:26.279 --> 0:06:29.400 the BC. See what I did there with Jacob's out. 0:06:29.400 --> 0:06:31.880 Peyton Barber probably factors into the offense this week to 0:06:32.040 --> 0:06:35.360 probably five to ten touches or so. And Devin Singletary 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:38.320 looked okay. He had eleven carries for seventy two yards 0:06:38.360 --> 0:06:43.039 against this vaunted Steelers defense last week. They have allowed 0:06:43.120 --> 0:06:45.560 over seventy rushing yards to each of the last four 0:06:45.680 --> 0:06:48.400 top running backs on the depth chart that they faced. 0:06:48.440 --> 0:06:50.520 So I like Kenyan Drake a little bit here. So 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:53.840 you're saying Barber is gonna cut into Drake's productions a 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:57.920 little just a little bit, thanks, just a little bit. Uh, 0:06:58.000 --> 0:06:59.679 you know, he was not going to get their production 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:03.320 cut too. That's Darren Waller who had nineteen targets last week. 0:07:03.720 --> 0:07:06.479 He gets the A grade even against the Steelers, who 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:09.440 you know, only allowed four targets, four receptions and forty 0:07:09.440 --> 0:07:12.800 one yards the Dawson Knox last week. Derek Carr gets 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:15.400 a c h. The Steelers came away with the second 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:18.440 best pressure rate in the league last week against the 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:21.400 nimble Josh Allen, who is pressured on thirty fent of 0:07:21.400 --> 0:07:25.800 his dropbacks, car put up good numbers in almost seventy 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:29.280 minutes against the Ravens, but also had twenty two in completions. 0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:32.160 He gets the C grade only out of respect for 0:07:32.240 --> 0:07:35.480 Darren Waller. All the rest of the receivers are on 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:38.760 the bench. Za Jones scored the touchdown, Brian Edwards leading 0:07:38.880 --> 0:07:42.040 yards with eight one, hunter renfro led in targets and receptions. 0:07:42.200 --> 0:07:45.480 Henry what Ruggs was the one that people drafted. And 0:07:45.520 --> 0:07:47.240 then Willie Sneed was in there, and I was like, 0:07:47.240 --> 0:07:50.800 Willie Sneed still a thing. He had critical drop by 0:07:50.800 --> 0:07:53.640 Willie Sneed too well, and I was like Willie Sneed 0:07:53.640 --> 0:07:55.800 on the Ravens because I remember Willie Sneed was on 0:07:55.840 --> 0:08:00.000 the Ravens. Whatever. Rather large. Benjamin Roethlisberger, he could say 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:02.240 low end C grade from the eye test. He did 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:05.040 not look good. Uh neither did his line, who allowed 0:08:05.040 --> 0:08:07.520 the shortest time to throw, only two point three seconds 0:08:07.560 --> 0:08:10.960 according to Next Gen Stats. And Lamar Jackson broke the 0:08:11.000 --> 0:08:14.280 streak of seven straight quarterbacks throwing for multiple scores against 0:08:14.280 --> 0:08:17.360 the Raiders. So that's why Roethlisberger still gets the C. 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:19.800 I think he can get to two touchdowns here. I 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:22.320 think the target distribution of the wide receivers worked out 0:08:22.320 --> 0:08:25.280 about how we thought it would. Deonta got ten targets, 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:28.840 Juju got eight, Claypool got five. Claypool's number was a 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:31.280 little bit lower than I think that uh we saw 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:33.319 down the stretch last year. I would expect him to 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:36.200 settle in around the eight range for most games. With 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:38.199 each of these guys getting around eight targets per game, 0:08:38.200 --> 0:08:41.040 They're all startable, but the nervousness surrounding Ben in the 0:08:41.080 --> 0:08:43.839 line makes me not really want to all that much. 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:46.120 I'll give Deontay the B since he appears to be 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:48.720 the lead dog, with Juju and Chase just getting C grades. 0:08:48.920 --> 0:08:51.240 The matchups are middle of the road. Any guy could score. 0:08:51.240 --> 0:08:54.200 It's just been here that I'm worried about. And then finally, 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:56.920 Naji Harris, I'm gonna give him a B grade. Here. 0:08:57.000 --> 0:09:01.000 The workload was there, sixteen rushing attempts, three targets, No 0:09:01.200 --> 0:09:05.440 other back had a touch. That's good. The production was 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:09.880 dive bar bathroom levels of disgusting, though, Yeah, that's right. 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:13.160 And the Raiders allowed a hundred and forty nine totally 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:15.480 yards per game to the position last year and just 0:09:15.640 --> 0:09:19.840 one last week to the Ravens stable of backups just 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:23.920 still a lot a lot. Since Harris gets um all 0:09:23.960 --> 0:09:26.400 of the running back touches, he should be fine here. 0:09:27.880 --> 0:09:31.160 Buffalo takes on Miami, a bounce back game coming for 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:35.079 Josh Allen, and Alan has crushed the Dolphins in four 0:09:35.120 --> 0:09:38.080 straight games and especially last year, where he averaged three 0:09:38.160 --> 0:09:41.440 hundred twenty passing yards and three and a half touchdowns 0:09:41.480 --> 0:09:44.960 per game. The Dolphins allowed Mac Jones in his very 0:09:45.000 --> 0:09:48.680 first NFL start, to roll up two one yards last week, 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:51.600 and as you'll hear, I like the matchup for Josh 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:54.319 Allen's receivers as well, including stuff on Diggs, who gets 0:09:54.320 --> 0:09:58.000 an A grade. Miami cornerback Xavian Howard and Byron Jones 0:09:58.040 --> 0:10:01.960 allowed to combined eight six percent catch rate in the opener, 0:10:02.360 --> 0:10:05.280 and dig smoked the Dolphins in his two matchups last year, 0:10:05.360 --> 0:10:08.240 averaging a hundred fifteen yards per game with a touchdown 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:12.120 in both of them. Digs one thirteen targets in the 0:10:12.160 --> 0:10:14.959 opening game, and if he gets another thirteen targets against 0:10:15.080 --> 0:10:18.680 this secondary, I love digs A grade for him. Cole 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:21.079 Beasley comes in with a C grade with a whopping 0:10:21.160 --> 0:10:24.720 thirteen targets last week. Running from the slot. He faces 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:28.000 the worst of the Miami cornerbacks, Nick need him. If 0:10:28.040 --> 0:10:30.360 you recall last year we had named him Nick Needless. 0:10:31.000 --> 0:10:34.440 Last year, Needless allowed a passer rating of a hundred 0:10:34.520 --> 0:10:37.960 nine on throws in his coverage. He has allowed twelve 0:10:38.280 --> 0:10:41.840 touchdowns in his coverage between this year and last year. 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:46.400 Emmanuel Sanders with a surprise C grade. He was on 0:10:46.440 --> 0:10:51.160 the field for percent of Buffalo snaps. He played all 0:10:51.200 --> 0:10:54.720 three receiver positions evenly, put up fifty two yards last week, 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:56.839 and this matchup was far more favorable. So I think 0:10:56.880 --> 0:10:59.600 he increases the fifty two yards to a better number 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:02.400 that puts him on C grade. And because Sanders got 0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:04.760 all this work, and Beasley did, and Diggs did. I 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:07.360 know Gabriel Davis scored a touchdown last week, but I 0:11:07.360 --> 0:11:09.400 don't see it coming here because he's just not on 0:11:09.480 --> 0:11:12.160 the field nearly enough. The only running back you need 0:11:12.200 --> 0:11:14.280 to worry about Devin Singletary, who comes in with a 0:11:14.320 --> 0:11:18.480 B grade. With Zack Moss inactive, Singletary got seventy five 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:21.720 of the snaps and a massed eighty total yards against 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:24.959 a very good Steelers defense. The Dolphins just got shredded 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:28.040 by the Patriots runners through the air and the ground, 0:11:28.160 --> 0:11:31.720 and so I expect another good dual threat game from Singletary, 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:35.440 who can catch some His lack of scoring though always 0:11:35.440 --> 0:11:39.000 an issue for Singletary. His best season is a four 0:11:39.120 --> 0:11:42.160 touchdown season. I did see that they are planning on 0:11:42.280 --> 0:11:45.240 having Zack Moss be active this weekend though, yeah, and 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:47.680 I you know, I'm still I'm not dropping Zack Moss. 0:11:47.679 --> 0:11:49.720 We're actually we're gonna talk more about that later. Well, 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:51.679 we'll get back to that one. Let's go over to 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:53.599 the Miami side, where I've got a handful of C 0:11:53.880 --> 0:11:57.400 grades that you can go with. Um, we'll begin with 0:11:57.440 --> 0:11:59.280 the wide receiver position. Will Fuller is not going to 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:01.520 play in this game. He's been ruled out for personal reasons. 0:12:01.520 --> 0:12:04.240 We won't speculate as to the nature of those. Let's 0:12:04.280 --> 0:12:07.479 talk about the other wide receivers. This is a problem. 0:12:07.480 --> 0:12:12.959 Will Fuller not playing hurts DeVante Parker because Parker looked 0:12:13.160 --> 0:12:14.719 very good in Week one, and part of it was 0:12:14.760 --> 0:12:16.640 because will Fuller wasn't there. So I think he got 0:12:16.679 --> 0:12:18.520 a little extra action and they threw to him deep 0:12:18.520 --> 0:12:22.520 a lot. But now against the Bills, as the go 0:12:22.679 --> 0:12:25.800 to veteran downfield presence, I think he gets the shadow 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:29.360 coverage from trade As White, who shadowed last week. I 0:12:29.400 --> 0:12:32.400 think he shadows Parker here as well. And trade As 0:12:32.400 --> 0:12:35.960 White is oft any death sentence for opposing receivers, so 0:12:36.000 --> 0:12:38.520 I only have the C grade and DeVante Parker se 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:41.880 grade and Jalen Waddle uh, he was he had He 0:12:41.960 --> 0:12:44.840 was just one target behind DeVante Parker for the the 0:12:44.960 --> 0:12:48.480 team lead, and he did score a touchdown for Miami 0:12:48.559 --> 0:12:51.000 last week. Now he runs from the slot, He's gonna 0:12:51.040 --> 0:12:55.000 face Arron Johnson, who seated just forty three scoreless yards 0:12:55.200 --> 0:12:59.160 last week, but could be susceptible two yards after catch, 0:12:59.440 --> 0:13:02.680 and Wattle has brings four three speed to the position. 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:05.000 So yeah, I think there's a chance that Waddle breaks 0:13:05.000 --> 0:13:06.640 another one here. And I wouldn't be surprised to be 0:13:06.679 --> 0:13:11.679 scores a C grade on Jalen Waddle as well. Ta 0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:15.560 Tongo Violoa is on the bench. It's very early sample 0:13:15.600 --> 0:13:17.800 size for this year is just one game, but he 0:13:17.840 --> 0:13:19.599 looked like the same guy saw last year and was 0:13:19.640 --> 0:13:22.360 not terribly impressed with. I still am not seeing special 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:25.400 arm traits from Tua, but I did like that he 0:13:25.480 --> 0:13:28.920 pressed the ball down field more. The problem is it's 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:32.440 a good bill secondary. They just stimied Ben Roethlisberger last week. 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:36.160 They've allowed zero or one touchdown pass in nine of 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:40.120 their last twelve games, and that includes a Week seventeen 0:13:40.160 --> 0:13:44.600 matchup with Tua in which he put together three hundred 0:13:44.640 --> 0:13:46.640 sixty one yards. But he had to throw the ball 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:50.120 fifty eight times to get to the three sixty one yards. 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:52.400 And he's not gonna throw the ball fifty eight times 0:13:52.400 --> 0:13:54.680 in this game. In weeks seventeen last year, the Bills 0:13:54.679 --> 0:13:57.319 had everything locked up. I believe that may be correct 0:13:57.600 --> 0:13:59.640 as well. I don't really remember, to be honest, Let's 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:02.280 talk about Miles Gaskin as we get away from the 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:05.520 passing game. Here. For Miles Gaskin, the Bills running running 0:14:05.520 --> 0:14:08.640 back defense looked much better than their league average unit 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:11.720 from last year. They only allowing only forty nine total 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:14.400 yards to the Steelers, and it was all Naji Harris. 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:17.559 As you mentioned, Matt Gascon average eighty total yards per 0:14:17.600 --> 0:14:20.560 game with a single score against the Steelers last year. 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:24.600 He was only on the field for of the team snaps, though, 0:14:24.640 --> 0:14:28.640 and that really bothers me. Malcolm Brown and Salvan Akammed 0:14:29.040 --> 0:14:32.360 combined for nearly as many touches as Gascon had and 0:14:32.360 --> 0:14:34.480 that's why he only gets the C grade despite being 0:14:34.480 --> 0:14:38.800 a workhorse here. And as for Matt Gisicky, Mike, Mike, 0:14:38.840 --> 0:14:42.840 excuse me, invisible last week. Can't start him until we 0:14:42.880 --> 0:14:45.800 have some proof of life. Invisibility would be a good 0:14:45.880 --> 0:14:48.560 trait for a receiver. That would be a good drafter 0:14:48.720 --> 0:14:50.840 you catch the ball, yes, that would be That would 0:14:50.840 --> 0:14:53.320 be extremely well that you can still see the football 0:14:53.320 --> 0:14:57.360 though unless the invisibility transfers to the football. Well, but 0:14:57.440 --> 0:14:59.920 your quarterback can't see if we're talking, probably like Harry 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:02.800 Potter's invisibility cloak. I think you could get it under 0:15:02.880 --> 0:15:06.560 the cloak. And oh I like that you get fined 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:08.760 by the NFL for wearing a cloak on the field. 0:15:09.240 --> 0:15:12.400 That's true, unless it's an NFL branded cloak. I'm from Nike, 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:15.800 right exactly. Uhh. That would probably have a hoodie like 0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:18.080 the kind you see on Bill Bell and all branded 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:21.200 invisible hoodie visibility HOODI I like. I like that concept. 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:23.360 When we come back, take a chance on me nine 0:15:23.400 --> 0:15:25.720 players not normally in your starting lineup. We'll tell you 0:15:25.760 --> 0:15:28.080 who they are when we return to Fantasy Football Weekly. 0:15:57.040 --> 0:15:59.160 It's a segment we called take a Chance on Me 0:15:59.360 --> 0:16:01.760 nine player not normally do. Starting line that many of 0:16:01.840 --> 0:16:05.000 these guys are available on the waiver wire will unveil 0:16:05.160 --> 0:16:08.280 some sleepers, beginning at the quarterback position and Matt Harrison. 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:12.720 So evidently, when you're down by thirty every game, it 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:15.840 has a little bit of an advantage to your yolo style, 0:16:16.560 --> 0:16:19.320 and that's what Jared Goff was last week. He through 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:23.040 fifty seven times. Last week. Only Dak Prescott through the 0:16:23.080 --> 0:16:26.440 ball more at When you throw that many times in 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:29.200 garbage mode, you can come up with three eight yards 0:16:29.200 --> 0:16:32.200 and three scores. And he faces an angry Packers team 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:34.560 that got blown out by the Saints and Jamis Winston. 0:16:35.040 --> 0:16:37.320 So either the Packers are gonna show up be really 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:39.840 mean and hungry and we're gonna look at a ton 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:42.720 of Jared Goff garbage time again, or they'll be what 0:16:42.760 --> 0:16:44.880 they were last week and give up five touchdowns to 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:48.800 Jared Goff. I also expect Golf to attack Kevin King, 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:51.520 who is one of five corners to allow a perfect 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:55.560 passerrating in his coverage last week. Let's go Jared Goff, 0:16:56.560 --> 0:16:59.960 um Brian your take a chance at the quarterback. Of course, 0:17:00.040 --> 0:17:02.280 I was tempted to go Andy Dalton in a revenge 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:05.399 game against the Bengals. But it's Andy Dalton. He's awful. 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:07.400 So I was tempted to take what I would imagine 0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:10.040 is the first backup quarterback and take on history in 0:17:10.160 --> 0:17:18.639 justin fields but outscored. I know he probably him this week, probably, 0:17:19.920 --> 0:17:21.480 but I'm gonna play it safe and do's go with 0:17:21.520 --> 0:17:25.240 Teddy Bridgewater at the Jacksonville Jaguars. Yes, Teddy just lost 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:27.680 his top receiver and Jerry Judy, but who cares. It's 0:17:27.720 --> 0:17:31.080 the Jaguars to Rod Taylor just put up top twelve 0:17:31.119 --> 0:17:34.840 fantasy points against Jacksonville, and Denver has better weapons than 0:17:34.880 --> 0:17:39.280 Houston even without Jerry Judy. So Teddy Bridgewater easy play. 0:17:39.400 --> 0:17:42.080 Last week, I used Jimmy Garoppolo. He got us to 0:17:42.200 --> 0:17:45.000 three yards in a touchdown. This week, I'm going to 0:17:45.119 --> 0:17:49.399 use Jimmy Garoppolo. He doesn't have elite arm talent, and 0:17:49.400 --> 0:17:51.000 I think people hold that against him. But it doesn't 0:17:51.040 --> 0:17:54.640 matter when you've got awesome playmakers like Deebo Samuel who 0:17:54.720 --> 0:17:58.679 leads the NFL and yards after catch, or George Kittle, 0:17:58.720 --> 0:18:01.679 who leads all tight end and yards after catch. Just 0:18:01.760 --> 0:18:05.080 get the ball to those guys. We know Philly cornerbacks 0:18:05.080 --> 0:18:09.680 Savante Mattis, Darius Slay, Steven Nelson are beatable because we've 0:18:09.680 --> 0:18:13.159 seen it many times over. I will take the forty 0:18:13.240 --> 0:18:16.439 niners receiving unit over those guys every day, and Jimmy 0:18:16.440 --> 0:18:19.920 Garoppolo will be the benefactor. Let's go to the running 0:18:19.920 --> 0:18:22.160 back position. Who is your take a chance on me? Runner, Matt? 0:18:22.200 --> 0:18:24.920 I believe this guy was your premature speculation last week. 0:18:24.960 --> 0:18:29.520 It's Tony Jones Jr. He just took over the Latavius 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:33.320 Murray role Levin Carrey's for fifty yards last week at two. 0:18:34.119 --> 0:18:38.000 Last year, Lottavius averaged eleven touches per game. Last year, 0:18:38.080 --> 0:18:41.440 the Panthers gave up five point two yards per every 0:18:41.520 --> 0:18:44.360 running back touch. So needless to say, you can count 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:48.600 on about fifty six d for for Tony Jones, and 0:18:48.760 --> 0:18:50.680 that's a coin flips chance that a t D and 0:18:50.720 --> 0:18:52.240 he could get a ton of mop up duty in 0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:54.199 the second half as they're trying to keep some of 0:18:54.200 --> 0:18:56.840 the mileage off of Kmara. So kind of like Tony 0:18:56.920 --> 0:18:59.840 Jones Jr. Here, all right, I'm with you on that, Brian. 0:19:00.000 --> 0:19:01.680 Who's your take a chance of me? Runner? I got 0:19:01.680 --> 0:19:04.800 Tony Pollard at the Chargers with Tony's You're gonna go 0:19:04.800 --> 0:19:09.040 with a third Tony Now last week Tony Tony, I 0:19:09.080 --> 0:19:11.320 like that. Well, it's gotta be tone at the end 0:19:11.320 --> 0:19:14.240 of the third, Tony's gotta be just a tone. But uh. 0:19:14.280 --> 0:19:17.000 In week one, the Cowboys are missing right guard Zack 0:19:17.040 --> 0:19:20.000 Martin and a Zeke Ezekiel Elliott basically was forced to 0:19:20.040 --> 0:19:22.560 play offensive lineman, and now the Cowboys are missing right 0:19:22.600 --> 0:19:26.600 tackle le Collins against a vicious pass rush of the Chargers. 0:19:26.600 --> 0:19:28.199 So I don't like it. We can see a lot 0:19:28.280 --> 0:19:30.920 more blocking than rushing from Zeke and Pollard played the 0:19:30.920 --> 0:19:34.960 pass catching role for UM Dallas last week, and Washington 0:19:35.040 --> 0:19:37.880 backs were targets seven times against the Chargers in Week one. 0:19:38.320 --> 0:19:40.880 L A was also top six and targets and red 0:19:41.000 --> 0:19:44.879 zone targets yielded to running backs in we expect the 0:19:44.920 --> 0:19:47.040 Cowboys to be playing from behind in this one. So 0:19:47.080 --> 0:19:49.159 I like Pollard catching the ball out of the backfield, 0:19:49.320 --> 0:19:51.399 but he can run the ball to Tony Ken and 0:19:51.440 --> 0:19:53.800 the Chargers allowed four point six yards per carry last 0:19:53.840 --> 0:19:56.680 week to Washington. Pollard owns a four point eight yards 0:19:56.680 --> 0:19:59.600 per carry clip for his career. So Tony Pollard, He's 0:19:59.720 --> 0:20:02.639 at he's going to do outscores equal Elliott. I like it. 0:20:02.680 --> 0:20:04.959 That's ball and it's plausible. The way that you just 0:20:05.000 --> 0:20:09.560 set that up. Well, apparently I'm tone deaf because I 0:20:09.600 --> 0:20:12.600 am not using a Tony. I am using ah J. 0:20:12.880 --> 0:20:15.960 Dylan as he goes up again. But his first name 0:20:16.040 --> 0:20:19.720 is Anthony. No, not really, we don't know that. I 0:20:19.720 --> 0:20:22.040 don't know his first name. Let's find out that maybe 0:20:22.040 --> 0:20:25.880 it is. That would be awesome and angry, humiliated packard 0:20:25.880 --> 0:20:29.240 team is going to throttle the Lions, staking a big lead, 0:20:29.640 --> 0:20:32.040 and it's gonna use its second running back during the 0:20:32.080 --> 0:20:38.720 second half. Al Jeers, Neil William Dylan. It almost came together. 0:20:38.760 --> 0:20:43.560 So you just took atonement for that atonement singers today. 0:20:43.800 --> 0:20:46.359 Dry gave up what we think so Didry gave up 0:20:46.400 --> 0:20:50.200 one hundred thirty one rushing yards and two touchdowns last week, 0:20:50.680 --> 0:20:53.320 and we saw two different running backs score touchdowns against 0:20:53.359 --> 0:20:55.760 the Lions. Dylan look good in the small sample we 0:20:55.760 --> 0:20:57.359 got of him last week before he got yanked, with 0:20:57.400 --> 0:20:59.640 the rest of the starters averaging almost five yards per 0:20:59.680 --> 0:21:03.000 carry and three yards after contact. A J. Dillon might 0:21:03.040 --> 0:21:06.800 take a chance on the runner, Matt who is you 0:21:06.920 --> 0:21:09.640 take a chance for me receiver This week, it's Donovan 0:21:09.720 --> 0:21:13.080 People's Jones of the Cleveland Browns. Odell Beckham out again 0:21:13.080 --> 0:21:15.560 this week, still recovering from the a c L. D 0:21:15.800 --> 0:21:18.480 p J moved all around the field last week, so 0:21:18.560 --> 0:21:21.000 he'll get a taste of mostly the two outside corners 0:21:21.000 --> 0:21:24.480 for the Texans. On one side, it's Terence Mitchell, who 0:21:24.480 --> 0:21:27.439 allowed nine yards the third highest total for a corner 0:21:27.520 --> 0:21:30.919 last week. On the other side, it's Vernon Hargraves the 0:21:31.040 --> 0:21:33.159 third and is he bad? And we make fun of 0:21:33.240 --> 0:21:35.400 him every week because he's not very good at his job. 0:21:35.840 --> 0:21:38.800 So it's not surprising that both outside receivers for the 0:21:38.880 --> 0:21:41.879 Jaguars scored a touchdown last week. I like d p J. 0:21:42.119 --> 0:21:43.840