WEBVTT - Feast or Famine 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:03.880 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:05.960 --> 0:00:09.799 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 0:00:10.280 --> 0:00:14.040 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and 0:00:14.120 --> 0:00:21.520 advice now leagues dot Com. Here's your host, Paul George. 0:00:24.120 --> 0:00:26.840 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly. I am Paul Giargie and 0:00:26.880 --> 0:00:31.280 my co host today are Scott Fish and Brian Johnson. Hello, guys, 0:00:31.520 --> 0:00:33.920 back again, back again, doing a row for you. In 0:00:33.960 --> 0:00:36.960 a row that's that's what an honor for us really 0:00:37.280 --> 0:00:41.760 and the listeners. It's a Feast or Famine edition Thanksgiving. 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:45.120 Did you feast with guys like Dak Prescott, Dawson Knox, 0:00:45.440 --> 0:00:50.720 Cedric Wilson, Cedric Wilson or Bragger? Or did you get 0:00:50.880 --> 0:00:56.520 famine on Thanksgiving? DeAndre Swift, Darren Waller? Did you fall 0:00:56.600 --> 0:00:59.680 for the Tony Jones hype right before gamesh I hope not. 0:01:00.240 --> 0:01:02.880 I hope not. That's that was a trap, right, there 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:06.120 was that offense broken. I stopped crying about Waller like 0:01:06.480 --> 0:01:08.560 two minutes ago, and you gotta bring that up. Yeah, 0:01:08.680 --> 0:01:11.640 sorry about that. We were here to help in either case. 0:01:11.680 --> 0:01:14.200 If you are if you feasted on Thursday, We're here 0:01:14.240 --> 0:01:17.759 to help you protect your lead. If you got famine 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:21.319 on Thursday and Thanksgiving Day, we're here you to help, 0:01:21.600 --> 0:01:25.000 here to help you make up ground on your opponents. 0:01:26.360 --> 0:01:28.640 We will do that over the course of the show 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:34.760 with take a chance on me, three tough questions, premature speculation, 0:01:35.319 --> 0:01:38.160 and we will break down all the remaining games for 0:01:38.200 --> 0:01:43.000 this weekend. Gentlemen, Let's start with the Falcons and the Jaguars. Scott, 0:01:43.080 --> 0:01:47.160 this was a Falcons offense that looked hopelessly broken last 0:01:47.200 --> 0:01:53.080 time we saw them. They face a surprisingly stout Jaguars defense. Yeah, 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:56.400 they do. The The Jack's defense has been really good lately. 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:58.880 In fact, they've helped three of their last four quarterbacks 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:02.200 they faced under two hundred yards. Josh Allen was the 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:04.360 one that got over, but he didn't even throw a touchdown. 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:07.520 So I have Matt Ryan and basically most of the 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:11.120 passing game on the bench. Gauge Wrestler. Gauge has a 0:02:11.440 --> 0:02:13.600 better forties and seventy yard guy three out of the 0:02:13.680 --> 0:02:16.200 last five games, but the two he didn't get in 0:02:16.200 --> 0:02:19.600 that range, he got complete goose eggs, not even a catch. 0:02:19.960 --> 0:02:21.760 How can you trust him here? And if you go 0:02:21.840 --> 0:02:23.760 by the rule of every other like we were with 0:02:23.880 --> 0:02:26.600 gasket last week. Then then we got a zero on 0:02:26.639 --> 0:02:30.360 our hands. Uh Zakias. He did have that nice two 0:02:30.400 --> 0:02:32.320 touchdong game a while back, but he hasn't had over 0:02:32.360 --> 0:02:34.600 thirty two yards in any game this season. He's on 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:40.079 the bench. Uh. Cordarrel Patterson is the question mark. He's questionable. 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:43.480 He's put in some limited practices this week. I do too. 0:02:43.520 --> 0:02:45.959 I think I think it's gameplays. The last week I 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:47.760 didn't think he was gonna play at all, and he did, 0:02:48.000 --> 0:02:50.760 and this week I'm I'm hesitant. I would give him 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:52.960 a C grade if he plays, because I feel like 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:55.200 he's the kind of guy like if they get ahead, 0:02:55.760 --> 0:02:57.640 he's going to run the ball. If they are behind, 0:02:57.680 --> 0:03:00.200 they're gonna throw the ball to him. So like he 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:02.000 stays in the game no matter what. I'd give him 0:03:02.000 --> 0:03:05.840 a C grade if he goes. Uh. The other running backs, however, 0:03:05.919 --> 0:03:09.280 Quadrea Allison and Mike Davis, I have them on the bench. 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:10.800 It was too much of a split. They said they 0:03:10.840 --> 0:03:13.080 want to get Allison more work, but they were really 0:03:13.120 --> 0:03:15.400 ineffective with that amount of work last week. I have 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:17.240 them both on the bench. It's a lot of bench 0:03:17.240 --> 0:03:23.639 grades so far. Now over to Kyle Pitts, Brian, It's 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:26.160 a nice spot in that seven tight ends have had 0:03:26.200 --> 0:03:29.680 fifty plus and or a score the Jacks. Here's the 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:32.880 problem with Pitts. He's being treated like an elite receiver. 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:36.040 The average PF grade of cornerbacks he's getting is facing 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:39.000 is in the top twelve of receivers I, meaning he's 0:03:39.040 --> 0:03:43.200 seen Deebo Samuel DeAndre Hopkins level seventy plus grades from 0:03:43.200 --> 0:03:45.920 the corners on on him a few weeks ago, stuff 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:48.960 on Gilmore shadowed him a week or two weeks ago. 0:03:49.040 --> 0:03:52.120 Lattimore covered him the majority of the time he sees 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:55.360 double coverage or help. On twenty of his routes against 0:03:55.360 --> 0:03:57.880 the Pats last week, thirty one percent of the time 0:03:57.920 --> 0:04:00.960 he saw double coverage or help. This is this is 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:03.200 why all the people that told you, oh, with Calvin 0:04:03.240 --> 0:04:06.720 Ridley out, Kyle pitch is gonna blow up. No, it doesn't. 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:09.200 You know, for the millionth time, it doesn't work that way. 0:04:09.720 --> 0:04:12.320 You know, when you take the best receiver off a team, 0:04:12.400 --> 0:04:16.160 it only hurts everybody and by the waiver, but yeah, 0:04:16.240 --> 0:04:18.279 still hurt. That kind of proves the point of Pelijack 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:20.520 taking away your best receiver if he threw doubles out 0:04:20.560 --> 0:04:24.440 of the time. That's right. Um. The Jags may take 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:27.080 a similar role with Shaquille Griffin and throw him on pits. 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:30.799 So I have merely a C grade despite an okay matchup. 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:33.200 It's just he's the top end talent and in some 0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:35.400 of those games he would go three for sixty, which 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:38.240 is a decent game even against that top coverage. But 0:04:38.560 --> 0:04:41.279 there's it's he's getting too much double coverage and top 0:04:41.680 --> 0:04:45.039 top cornerbacks will break down Kyle Pitts in more detail 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:47.560 later in this show. On the other side, I have 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:50.000 the whole passing game on the bench for the Jaguars. 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:53.400 Trevor Lawrence hasn't topped a hundred and sixty five yards 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:58.760 passing in three straight. That is nothing. That's nothing. That's 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:01.280 that's like half a deck press sky game. That's it's 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:05.000 basically nothing. Uh. He just lost Jamal Agnew for the year. 0:05:05.080 --> 0:05:07.640 The Falcons. I don't care that their bottom ten against 0:05:08.560 --> 0:05:13.040 against quarterbacks. Uh. Lawrence is similar to like the Zach Willis, Wilson, 0:05:13.120 --> 0:05:15.320 Sam Donald types who all through for under two hundred 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:17.560 against them as well. Um, So I had the whole 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:19.280 passing game on the bench. I don't care that they 0:05:19.320 --> 0:05:21.240 say they want to get Chanelt Moore in that agnew 0:05:21.360 --> 0:05:24.200 role and get him touches at running back. I can't 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:26.960 trust it till I see it. James Robinson, No, I'm 0:05:26.960 --> 0:05:29.480 giving a C grade too. He's been pretty ineffective with 0:05:29.600 --> 0:05:32.880 his injured angle and knee despite lots of touches. Uh 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:36.279 in the two two weeks since returning from injury, those 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:39.880 thirty touches on total yards and scoring two games. But 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:41.720 he gets a seat here on the volume. I'm a 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:43.880 volume see guy. If you if you tell me you 0:05:43.920 --> 0:05:47.719 guys getting fifteen plus touches and it's a bottom ten rundee, 0:05:48.200 --> 0:05:49.880 I'm gonna give you. I'm gonna give you the C 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:52.120 grade that that's that's about all I can give you 0:05:52.160 --> 0:05:55.799 as long as you're still hurt. Bucks take on the Colts, Bryan. 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:59.880 This Bucks passing offense hasn't looked quite right without antone 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:02.520 Yo Brown. And so does that mean we're gonna get 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:05.840 a little more Leo four net in this game? I 0:06:05.880 --> 0:06:07.600 don't know if we'll get more of him, but uh, 0:06:07.880 --> 0:06:10.080 I don't love the matchup for for Net. I don't 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:12.400 have the matchup for running. We'll get to the most 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:14.720 elite running back in the NFL in a second on 0:06:14.839 --> 0:06:16.840 the cold side, but starting with four net just to 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:19.279 see for him, he's failed the top fifty rushing yards 0:06:19.320 --> 0:06:21.600 over his last three games. He's had some tough matchups 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:24.080 mixed in there. The Saints were one of them. Ronald 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:27.040 Jones did steal a touchdown from four net last week. 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:29.880 That didn't help matters much, but the Colts are ranked 0:06:29.920 --> 0:06:33.320 fifth against the run by Pro Football Focus. But receiving wise, 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:36.320 India is allowing four catches for yards per game to 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:39.120 running back, so that should provide some opportunities for for 0:06:39.240 --> 0:06:42.039 Net to produce through the air. Among running backs, he's 0:06:42.200 --> 0:06:44.960 fourth in targets, behind only DeAndre Swift, and that was 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:48.599 before Swift played on Thursday Night. Nag Harris and Austin 0:06:48.640 --> 0:06:50.880 Ekela then it's Leonard four NET. No one really would 0:06:50.880 --> 0:06:53.960 have predicted that going into the season, especially after Tampa 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:56.560 Bay signed Geo Bernard. So for Net, very active in 0:06:56.600 --> 0:06:59.320 the passing game. He's startable, but just a C grade 0:06:59.360 --> 0:07:02.280 for him, uh, not the opposite of the C but 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:05.440 in a for Mike Evans. The Colts are allowing one 0:07:05.480 --> 0:07:07.920 and a half touchdowns per game to wide receivers the 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:10.600 highest clip in the league. They've surrendered six scores to 0:07:10.640 --> 0:07:12.760 the position over the last four games. Not much more 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:14.880 to say here for Evans, he gets an A and 0:07:14.960 --> 0:07:17.920 so does Chris Godwin, especially now that Antonio Brown has 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:20.920 been ruled out yet again. Uh just mentioned the monster 0:07:21.080 --> 0:07:25.000 numbers posted by opposing wide receivers against the Colts, who 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:28.200 have also been smoked by slot guys like Tyler Lockett 0:07:28.480 --> 0:07:31.240 Cooper Cup. So love god when this week he gets 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:35.000 an A. Really like Gronk as well, be for him. 0:07:35.120 --> 0:07:38.760 In his four healthy full games this year, Gronk is 0:07:38.800 --> 0:07:41.800 averaging seven targets and has finished inside the top eight 0:07:41.840 --> 0:07:44.120 at the tight end position, and three of them. The 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:47.320 Colts are allowing the sixth most points Fantasy points per 0:07:47.440 --> 0:07:50.080 game two tight ends. So be for Gronk, and then 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:52.679 an A for Brady because all of the plus matchups 0:07:52.720 --> 0:07:55.880 for his past catchers. But just for fun now, all 0:07:55.920 --> 0:07:58.320 these games I'm gonna mention with the Patriots, of course, 0:07:58.480 --> 0:08:02.080 but the but Brady has thrown multiple touchdown passes in 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:08.040 nine of his last ten games, thank you, and he 0:08:08.080 --> 0:08:09.880 had a hat trick and more in more than half 0:08:09.920 --> 0:08:11.960 of those games against the Colts, so he's been kind 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:14.320 of slaying them over his career. So in A for Brady. 0:08:14.840 --> 0:08:17.600 Now over to the coult side and we'll start with 0:08:17.720 --> 0:08:20.320 Jonathan Taylor or not a lot we need to even 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:26.160 say here, right Jonathan hey Lord like that. With Vida 0:08:26.240 --> 0:08:29.200 Veya not potentially playing in this game, probably not playing 0:08:29.200 --> 0:08:32.720 in this game that opens he's likely to come back 0:08:32.760 --> 0:08:37.320 in this game. And Quentin Nelson aggrevated an angle injury 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:40.080 last week against the Bills. He was on the card 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:43.400 parted him off. He's looking unlikely to play. I'm still 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:46.200 going to give Taylord the A though has been going 0:08:46.280 --> 0:08:50.760 absolutely preserved since Week fourteen, totally fifteen touchdowns in eight games, 0:08:51.200 --> 0:08:53.760 scoring at least once in each of them. But Tampa 0:08:53.840 --> 0:08:56.719 Bay is an elite run defense, allowing just fifty five 0:08:56.800 --> 0:08:59.600 rushing yards per game, less than a hundred combo yards 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:02.720 per game the position. But you can't give Taylor anything 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:05.360 less than A at this point. He's gotta he's got 0:09:05.480 --> 0:09:07.319 to earn the B. I guess you can put it 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:10.240 that way. So and A for Taylor. I will give 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:13.760 Michael Pittman a B though I was posting big numbers 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:16.000 not long ago. But Taylor is totally stole in the 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:18.319 show in recent weeks, but this could be a bounce 0:09:18.360 --> 0:09:20.679 back spot that the Colts are unlikely to get back 0:09:20.720 --> 0:09:25.160 starting corner Carlton Davis and um. They haven't faced a 0:09:25.200 --> 0:09:27.560 ton of tough wide receivers over the last month. Terry 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:30.240 McLaurin is really the only good wide receiver they faced. 0:09:30.280 --> 0:09:32.640 He did have six catches for fifty nine yards. I'll 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:34.760 get Pittman that as a safe floor, but he does 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:38.280 have touchdown upside. He is a monster in the red zones. 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:41.720 Would be for Pittman. I so I don't. I wasn't 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:43.719 where that t Y Hilton made his like third or 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:47.439 fourth return from injury last Yes, he's back, uh, but 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:49.160 I still got him on the bench and every other 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:52.079 Colts wide receiver. I also have Moale Cox Jack Doyle 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:54.480 on the bench as well. It is a decent matchup 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:57.960 that they kind of vulture each other, whether it's at 0:09:58.000 --> 0:09:59.280 the goal or you know, in the red zone or 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:01.480 just out side of the twenties. So they're on the bench, 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:03.240 but Carson Wentz is not. I'll give him a see. 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:06.240 Indie might be forced to throw more against Tampa Bay, 0:10:06.240 --> 0:10:08.000 who have still a run defense. Like I said, they 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:12.120 own the highest opponent passing play percentage at six. So 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:15.520 I'll give wins the sea. Alright, Steelers take on the Bengals. 0:10:16.280 --> 0:10:20.040 Love this game for Nazi Harris. He destroyed the Bengals 0:10:20.080 --> 0:10:23.160 in the earlier matchup. He remember that was his fourteen 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:27.600 reception game earlier this year. That's they're not gonna let 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:31.240 that happen again because he's not gonna get nin targets. 0:10:31.440 --> 0:10:33.480 They're gonna watch the tape. They're gonna take that away 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:36.480 to some extent anyway, But the Bengals are allowing the 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:40.920 most receptions and fourth most receiving yards per game. That well, 0:10:41.000 --> 0:10:43.560 that that did pad some of those stats for sure. 0:10:44.160 --> 0:10:47.040 Um and just in general, they've struggled against running backs, 0:10:47.080 --> 0:10:51.400 allowing one five total yards to runners, second most over 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:53.840 the full over a full season here and and that's 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:56.120 just over the last three games. So Harris is an 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:58.079 obvious sight. Let's go to the passing game. I want 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:01.440 to start with Deante Johnson. Get is since Week six, 0:11:01.720 --> 0:11:03.400 which is a while ago now, says you know, over 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:06.800 the past five weeks, only Tyree Hill and Cooper Cup 0:11:07.200 --> 0:11:11.559 have more targets than Deonte Johnson. Now it's only scored 0:11:11.640 --> 0:11:14.440 once over that span, and it's touchdowns have never really 0:11:14.480 --> 0:11:16.040 been his game. But he gets you to a solid 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:19.160 eighty two gay average of eighty two yards per game, 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:22.120 and we'll take that. Um. He missed the first earlier 0:11:22.160 --> 0:11:23.880 matchup with the Bengals, he was out for that game, 0:11:23.920 --> 0:11:26.680 but last year crushed him went over one hundred yards 0:11:26.720 --> 0:11:28.719 and both of the games. So this is a good 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:31.360 opportunity for Deontae Johnson, who comes in with a B grade, 0:11:31.720 --> 0:11:35.520 just a C grade on Chase Claypool. Here Bengals start 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:39.000 Shadobe Awuzier and Eli Apple on the outside and they've 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:41.040 combined to allow two scores in the last three games, 0:11:41.080 --> 0:11:43.559 so there's a decent chance there. The best reason to 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:47.079 start Cha Pool Chase Claypool is just because he's so 0:11:47.200 --> 0:11:49.959 much bigger than those guys, four inches and thirty pounds 0:11:50.080 --> 0:11:53.160 on both of them. And perfect problem recently, even before 0:11:53.160 --> 0:11:55.719 the injury, is he's not getting separations, so it's a 0:11:55.800 --> 0:11:59.080 lot of contested catches. With that size advantage, you can 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:02.240 get those catches. Absolutely. I had a big game against 0:12:02.280 --> 0:12:05.200 the Bengals the previous meeting, but again, Deante Johnson wasn't 0:12:05.240 --> 0:12:08.079 on the field for that one. Pat Friar Muth I 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:10.280 like him here a lot. Eric Ebron has been ruled 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:13.360 out and over the last five weeks Firemouth averaging over 0:12:13.600 --> 0:12:17.440 seven targets per game, and over those last five weeks, 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:20.679 he's the third highest scoring fantasy tight end. And over 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:23.720 that same span, averaging five receptions per game, he scored 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:26.600 four times. And the last time these teams met he scored. 0:12:26.960 --> 0:12:29.760 So Friar Muth b grade in that one. Roll all 0:12:29.800 --> 0:12:32.480 of that together and I've got a C grade on 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:35.640 Ben Roethlisberger with some B upside, But we're calling it 0:12:35.679 --> 0:12:38.200 a straight seat. This is not a We're not changing 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:41.120 anything here. This is still just a seat. Very good. 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:44.560 Over the last two games of multiple touchdowns for Ben Roethlisberger, 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:48.480 he rarely does that as one touchdown game guy. Prior 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:50.439 to that, he had thrown for exactly one score and 0:12:50.559 --> 0:12:53.800 six of the first seven games, including the earlier matchup here. 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:57.319 Bengals held Derek Carr in check last week, but in 0:12:57.400 --> 0:12:59.880 their two prior games, they've given up combined five touched 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:03.160 to Baker Mayfield and Mike White. So Roethlisberger has got 0:13:03.200 --> 0:13:05.040 some a little better upside than the Sea. But on 0:13:05.120 --> 0:13:07.000 the law on the whole, I still can't get in 0:13:07.080 --> 0:13:09.280 past that CE grade. Let's go to the Cincinnati side. 0:13:09.880 --> 0:13:12.240 Joe Mixon is an obvious A. He's arguably the second 0:13:12.320 --> 0:13:15.600 hottest running back behind only Jonathan Taylor, averaging a hundred 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:18.440 seven total yards and one and a half touchdowns per 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:21.079 game over the last five games. He's an obvious start here. 0:13:21.360 --> 0:13:24.120 Let's go to the passing game. Jamaar Chase gets a 0:13:24.320 --> 0:13:29.320 B grade. He's matchup proof, but he'll face two capable 0:13:29.440 --> 0:13:32.360 veterans in the form of Joe Hayden and Cameron Sutton. 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:34.760 Haydn missed the last game of the foot injury. Sutton 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:37.560 gives up a seventy percent catch rate, so Chase has 0:13:37.559 --> 0:13:40.439 got the upper hand on in those scenarios. Over the 0:13:40.520 --> 0:13:43.199 last three weeks, He's averaged just thirty seven yards, though, 0:13:43.240 --> 0:13:45.520 which is a bit of a worry. I don't think 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:47.480 he's hitting the rookie wall per se, but I think 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:49.960 there is a little bit of concern there. Fortunately, still 0:13:49.960 --> 0:13:52.280 getting lots of targets, and with enough volume he should 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:55.559 be able to overcome a capable but not great secondary 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:59.439 B grade on Jamaar Chase. C grade on tee Higgins 0:13:59.559 --> 0:14:03.800 with the assive dud last week. Prior to that, he 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:06.679 had notched at least fifty eight yards and or a 0:14:06.800 --> 0:14:09.719 score in five of the previous seven games. Uh He 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:12.439 was inactive for the earlier game against Pittsburgh, but his 0:14:12.640 --> 0:14:17.480 career best game came against Pittsburgh last year. Higgins has 0:14:17.559 --> 0:14:22.000 slightly positive matchups against the aforementioned Hayden and Sutton on 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:24.640 the outside. He's got to see Gray Tyler Boyd startable 0:14:24.680 --> 0:14:26.800 in this game. He runs from the slot, and he's 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:29.040 scored in two of the last three full games against 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:33.760 the Steelers and fellow slot receivers Keenan Allen thumped him 0:14:33.800 --> 0:14:36.680 for a season high one hundred twelve yards last week. 0:14:37.200 --> 0:14:42.400 The main slot defender is usually Train Norwood, who gave 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:45.560 up one hundred yards, a score and a perfect passer 0:14:45.680 --> 0:14:49.600 rating against the Chargers last week. Put all those receivers together, 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:53.400 and I've got a b ish grade for Joe Burrow. 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:56.040 What's that mean? It means a B. He's the ice 0:14:56.120 --> 0:14:58.200 cold with back to back duds, and the Steelers don't 0:14:58.240 --> 0:15:00.200 really feel you know what I'm going see grade, see 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:02.600 grade on Joe Burrow. Steelers are not a get right 0:15:02.640 --> 0:15:07.280 spot especially with makeup. Fitzpatrick coming back for this game, 0:15:07.320 --> 0:15:10.200 and he will for this one. Burrow posted three touchdowns 0:15:10.240 --> 0:15:12.440 in the earlier meeting, but he was way hotter than that. 0:15:12.920 --> 0:15:14.920 Given how cold he's been and how luke warm I 0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:16.920 am on his receivers, I'm just going with a C 0:15:17.520 --> 0:15:23.440 grade on Joe. Speaking of sea grades, Scott Fish really 0:15:23.480 --> 0:15:25.200 should have given one to Dan Arnold. Them a little 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:29.680 pod right now, but I guess I should have. I 0:15:29.720 --> 0:15:32.480 should have given him a sea grade. All right, great, 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:35.720 all right, there you go. Thanks, Okay, if you that's 0:15:35.760 --> 0:15:39.880 what you wanted. The bench dan Arnold have last week 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:42.680 zero targets wasn't his fault, but three the five tight 0:15:42.800 --> 0:15:45.080 ends to see at least five targets against the Falcons 0:15:45.120 --> 0:15:47.360 have finished top six, and Arnold's gonna see is at 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:52.840 least at least week. I'm fine with it. I had 0:15:52.880 --> 0:15:55.080 a bench grade. I'm fine with you. But Jaguars didn't 0:15:55.080 --> 0:15:56.520 get the ball until like a minute left in the 0:15:56.560 --> 0:15:58.920 first quarter. Then we come back, take a chance on me. 0:15:59.080 --> 0:16:00.960 Nine players not in really and you're starting lineup will 0:16:01.000 --> 0:16:31.240 tell you who they are when we return. Take a 0:16:31.360 --> 0:16:34.840 chance on me. Nine players not normally in your starting lineup. 0:16:35.720 --> 0:16:37.880 We'll give your quarterbacks running back to receivers you can 0:16:37.920 --> 0:16:41.240 pick up off the waiver wire in many cases and 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:43.200 give a start. This week, we begin at the quarterback 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:49.160 position and Scott Fish. Yeah, I'm gonna start with Tyrod Taylor. 0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:52.680 Trod Taylor. Excuse me? It gets a Jets matchup. The 0:16:52.760 --> 0:16:55.480 Jets of allowed two fifty plus yards and multiple scores 0:16:55.680 --> 0:17:00.280 to six straight quarterbacks. Taylor has multiple scores in all 0:17:00.360 --> 0:17:02.440 four of his fall games this year. Actually, even the 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:04.480 game that it wasn't full game, he had multiple scores 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:07.840 uh six passing and three rushing. He's also averaging twenty 0:17:07.880 --> 0:17:10.399 to thirty rushing yards per game and a score per 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:13.959 game four touchdowns rushing. Give me to Taylor, all right, 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:17.280 I like it your quarterback, Brian. I got big mac 0:17:17.400 --> 0:17:19.520 Jones at home against the Titans. Now, I'm a little 0:17:19.520 --> 0:17:21.960 worried about how this game script might turn out for 0:17:22.000 --> 0:17:25.280 the New England pass attack. We'll talk about this game later. 0:17:25.400 --> 0:17:27.240 They're not going to need to pass much, but still, 0:17:27.359 --> 0:17:30.159 mac Jones has looked great over his last two games, 0:17:30.400 --> 0:17:33.639 has completed eighty four percent of his past attempts, and 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:35.160 he didn't get a chance to light up the box 0:17:35.200 --> 0:17:38.359 score in last week's spanking of the Falcons. H Jones 0:17:38.440 --> 0:17:40.360 did have a hat trick in Week ten against Cleveland. 0:17:40.359 --> 0:17:42.760 Would have had four touchdown passes, but Brian Hoyer came 0:17:42.800 --> 0:17:45.840 in for in for relief. It wasn't really relief. He 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:47.399 threw a touchdown pass, so it should have been a 0:17:47.400 --> 0:17:50.119 four touchdown game for mac Jones. Tennessee does own the 0:17:50.160 --> 0:17:55.720 third highest opponent passing play percentage at sixty that this well, well, 0:17:56.280 --> 0:17:58.960 the Patriots jumped out ahead and they will. It could 0:17:59.119 --> 0:18:02.560 be through the air from mac Jones. Uhlons have allowed 0:18:02.560 --> 0:18:06.320 at least two passing yards indoor, multiple passing touchdowns and 0:18:06.359 --> 0:18:08.120 three of the last four games, So I'm going mac 0:18:08.200 --> 0:18:10.040 Jones where he could get paid off. They might run 0:18:10.200 --> 0:18:12.560 up to the goal line, let mac Jones throw. You know, 0:18:12.760 --> 0:18:15.640 he could get a three touchdown game on eight yard, 0:18:15.760 --> 0:18:19.320 five yard and four yard touchdowns. Jacks might let him 0:18:19.320 --> 0:18:21.040 have some fun in this one. They might know, they might. 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:23.640 I've got Jimmy Garoppolo going up against the Vikings. Vikings 0:18:23.720 --> 0:18:26.840 will be missing all four of their starting defensive linemen 0:18:27.000 --> 0:18:29.440 in this game. Garoppolo is gonna have plenty of time 0:18:29.640 --> 0:18:34.359 and over the last three games with Garoppolo healthy, Samuel healthy, 0:18:34.520 --> 0:18:38.080 are you healthy? And George Kittle healthy. He's throwing multiple 0:18:38.119 --> 0:18:40.719 touchdowns in every game, and he's top three hundred twenty 0:18:40.840 --> 0:18:44.840 two yards in two of the three games. He's proving 0:18:44.880 --> 0:18:48.359 to be, begrudgingly too many, proving to be a serviceable 0:18:48.480 --> 0:18:50.399 fantasy quarterback. There a lot of people who do not 0:18:50.520 --> 0:18:52.920 like to think of Jimmy Garoppolo that way. Uh, this 0:18:53.119 --> 0:18:56.480 is a very good opportunity. Minnesota just got eviscerated by 0:18:56.640 --> 0:18:58.840 Aaron Rodgers last week. I don't think we're gonna see 0:18:58.880 --> 0:19:01.000 like four hundred yards and four downs here, but a 0:19:01.080 --> 0:19:04.960 solid game from Jimmy Garoppolo coming up. Scott, Let's go 0:19:05.080 --> 0:19:08.040 to the running back position. Who you got? I have 0:19:08.400 --> 0:19:12.560 Ty Johnson in that same game the Jets the Jets 0:19:12.640 --> 0:19:15.680 Texans game. Uh, Michael Carter is going to be out 0:19:15.760 --> 0:19:17.600 for a few weeks. Here. The Texans are allowing over 0:19:17.720 --> 0:19:19.639 four point eight yards per carry, which is good for 0:19:19.760 --> 0:19:22.840 most in the league. They've allowed the second most rushing yards. 0:19:23.160 --> 0:19:26.400 It's Coleman might get some work, but even before Carter 0:19:26.520 --> 0:19:29.120 went out, Ty Johnson was stealing not just receiving work, 0:19:29.160 --> 0:19:31.320 but goal line work. He was sharing the goal line 0:19:31.359 --> 0:19:34.159 carries with Michael Carter, so I think he takes that 0:19:34.280 --> 0:19:37.159 on now. Mike White is the only quarterback that was 0:19:37.240 --> 0:19:41.000 targeting running backs in that offense. Like their games were 0:19:41.040 --> 0:19:43.800 like two catches, two catches, three catches, two catches total 0:19:43.920 --> 0:19:46.120 for the running backs except for Mike White, who threw 0:19:46.400 --> 0:19:49.200 you know, four completions per game to the running back. 0:19:49.800 --> 0:19:51.760 But he he gets that work, he gets the goal 0:19:51.760 --> 0:19:54.359 line work. I've c grade on him. So he's Johnson 0:19:54.480 --> 0:19:56.280 makes sense. All right, Brian, you take a chance of 0:19:56.320 --> 0:19:59.119 me running back. I got Dontrelle Hilliard. Who a lot 0:19:59.160 --> 0:20:02.480 of people are you saying Tennis Clinton's running back at 0:20:02.600 --> 0:20:05.800 the Patriots the game I just mentioned, Jeremy Jeremy McNichols 0:20:05.880 --> 0:20:09.200 has been ruled out. Uh McNichols was out last week. 0:20:09.280 --> 0:20:11.480 Hilli had played more than six of the snaps in 0:20:11.520 --> 0:20:13.680 his first game with Tennessee. In that game, he was 0:20:13.720 --> 0:20:16.240 also very active in the passing game, catching eight of 0:20:16.359 --> 0:20:20.080 eight targets uh we mentioned I mentioned earlier. The Titans 0:20:20.119 --> 0:20:21.520 likely to fall behind in this one will be a 0:20:21.560 --> 0:20:24.760 positive game script for Hilliard. The Patriots have allowed the 0:20:24.800 --> 0:20:27.639 seventh most receptions and third most receiving arts of opposing 0:20:27.720 --> 0:20:30.720 running backs this year, So Dontrelle Hilliard and PPR. Of course, 0:20:30.800 --> 0:20:33.360 in standard leagues maybe not so much, but most people 0:20:33.400 --> 0:20:35.360 play some form with PPR these days. So I think 0:20:35.400 --> 0:20:38.120 we've put a different Titans running back into this spot 0:20:38.200 --> 0:20:42.399 three straight weeks. We might not be done either. I 0:20:42.520 --> 0:20:45.840 have not. Lamar Miller is still out there waiting in 0:20:45.880 --> 0:20:48.159 the wind, and if anybody's gonna do it, it'll be you. 0:20:48.400 --> 0:20:50.880