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Speaker 1: Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio,

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Speaker 1: your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and

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Speaker 1: advice Leagues dot Com. Here's your host. Welcome to the

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Speaker 1: first regular season edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. I am

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Speaker 1: Paul Charchi and my co hosts are Brian Johnson and

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Speaker 1: Matt Harrison. Hello, guys, Hello, is this really happening? I

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Speaker 1: know we have real football. Well, we watched it last

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Speaker 1: or the other night. Yeah, we watched the Thursday night.

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Speaker 1: We will try to touch on some of the key

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Speaker 1: elements from that game a little bit later on, but

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Speaker 1: most of our time is focused on what we expect

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Speaker 1: to happen on Sunday and Monday, breaking down those games

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Speaker 1: fantasy style. We'll also have three tough questions. Take a

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Speaker 1: chance on me gives you nine players not normally and

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Speaker 1: you're starting line up, and the way that the injuries

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Speaker 1: have gone down here in week one, you're gonna need

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Speaker 1: some of these guys. Also premature speculation near the end

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Speaker 1: of the show. That's the segment in which we identify

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Speaker 1: the players everybody else is going to be trying to

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Speaker 1: pick up next week, but they're already on your squad

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Speaker 1: because you're working a week ahead with premature speculation. We

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Speaker 1: begin with our first matchup of the day, which is

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Speaker 1: Seattle in Atlanta. Matt, Yeah, this is a This is

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Speaker 1: a two teams that met each other last season, and

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Speaker 1: I think that we're going to have a closer game

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Speaker 1: than people expect. What how do you see this game

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Speaker 1: shaking out? Well, they know each other pretty well, Dan

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Speaker 1: Quinn obviously former defensive coordinator for the Seahawks. Um, let's

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Speaker 1: start on the Seattle side, and I'm gonna give Chris

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Speaker 1: Carson an A grade right off the bat. Last year

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Speaker 1: against the Falcons, Carson rushed twenty times for nine d

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Speaker 1: end of the season, but I think he's okay. It

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Speaker 1: looks like he's ready to go. Uh and I'm not

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Speaker 1: afraid of DJ Dallas or Carlos Hide eating into his

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Speaker 1: bell cow status. He had eight games of twenty plus

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Speaker 1: ready to go. Russell Wilson giving him a solid A

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Speaker 1: grade as well. Former Seahawks defensive coordinator Dan Quinn has

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Speaker 1: held Russ somewhat in check in his time in Atlanta,

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Speaker 1: as his high water mark against dan Quinn's Falcons has

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Speaker 1: been two seventy yards, but he's only and he's only

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Speaker 1: throwing six touchdown passes in four matchups against the Falcons.

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Speaker 1: But last year in the Week eight matchup, Russ only

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Speaker 1: through the ball twenty times and still registered to scores.

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Speaker 1: And there's all this talking camp like they're gonna let

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Speaker 1: him loose this year. Brian Schottenheimer wants to get him

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Speaker 1: going right away. I I believe it there. They want

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Speaker 1: him to throw this year. That would be really great. Uh.

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Speaker 1: For that reason, Tyler Lockett and DK Metcalf are both

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Speaker 1: getting b gray. It's Lockett had six for one in

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Speaker 1: the matchup last year, only had three. D K only

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Speaker 1: had three catches and thirteen yards against Atlanta last year,

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Speaker 1: but two of them went for scores. So he's a

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Speaker 1: good red zone threat. Maybe showing Julio a little bit

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Speaker 1: of how to catch a ball in the end zone there. Uh,

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Speaker 1: and Locket will draw darkeys Dinard in the slot, while

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Speaker 1: Metcalf will see a combo of rookie A J. Terrell

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Speaker 1: who's like their fourth string corner because Kendall Sheffield looks

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Speaker 1: like he's out for the game, and Greg Olsen I

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Speaker 1: history against the Falcons, but it's not positive. His last

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Speaker 1: Lee was just added to the injury report on Friday,

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Speaker 1: but he still may go. That kind of throws a

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Speaker 1: wrench in greg Olsen's touchdown catching ability On the Atlanta side.

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Speaker 1: Todd Gurley, Uh, he gets a B. He's probably as

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Speaker 1: change their front seven in the off season. Yeah, that's

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Speaker 1: exactly true, Matt Ryan. I'm giving a solid B grade too.

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Speaker 1: I think you probably have him a little bit higher

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Speaker 1: scores in a game only nine times the last season. Yeah. Wait, yeah, wait, yeah,

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Speaker 1: of the members of those rooms. They did add Jamal Adams,

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Speaker 1: a very formidable secondary. But Ryan should have a ton

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Speaker 1: do it. Julio went ten for one fifty two against

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Speaker 1: And then finally, Hayden Hurst. Everybody seems to just think

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Speaker 1: I do. I do too. I've given him a solid

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Speaker 1: B grade. Uh. Seven and a half targets for Hooper

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Speaker 1: last year. Let's is that it? That's it? Okay, Let's

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Speaker 1: go to the Jets and the Buffalo Bills. This is

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Speaker 1: grudgingly give him a C. And that's because I don't

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Speaker 1: Because that's across two games, right Bell? He did total

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Speaker 1: I just don't want any part of it. I would

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Speaker 1: We're to everybody, I'm almost him to distart Franco over him.

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Speaker 1: In revenge game scenario, Frank your one of many to

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Speaker 1: come onto. Every week is a revenge game for Frank

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Speaker 1: game too, But anyway, onto the receiver's Rashad Perriman firmly

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Speaker 1: basically a deal breaker in the fantasy football community. He's

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Speaker 1: last year seventeen targets, fourteen catches for nine yards, seventeen

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Speaker 1: Chris Herndon, the one Denzel Mims by the way ruled out.

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Speaker 1: It might go on, I r you weren't gonna start

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Speaker 1: only allowed five tight end touchdowns last season. Only two

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Speaker 1: tight ends, not Chris Herndon, by the way, combined for

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Speaker 1: Now onto your boy charge and the Buffalo bill Zack

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Speaker 1: moss Y, Yes, what come on? You can't against the Jets.

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Speaker 1: it's coming this week. The Jets only allowed ten rushing

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Speaker 1: of the season they were very tough against the run. Um.

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Speaker 1: a hundred and thirty six rushing yards in two games.

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Speaker 1: The Jets did lose Jamal Adams, strong safety who graded

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Speaker 1: top twelve amongst safeties by ProFootball Focus in a rush coverage.

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Speaker 1: But it's just a rookie in his first game against

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Speaker 1: That's a joke. But I'll say, here's here's your angle, AAMA,

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Speaker 1: and it is. It's a tough matchup. The Jets are

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Speaker 1: wells run defense. Zack Moss. When when Buffalo gets ahead,

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Speaker 1: I think I'd rather start a guy like Tony Pollard

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Speaker 1: over Devin Singletary this week. Singletary only played in the

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Speaker 1: Week one matchup last season. He was serviceable totally ninety

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Speaker 1: where we identify nine players that you would not normally start.

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Speaker 1: plenty of time to find t Y Hilton Paris Campbell

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Speaker 1: I think we're gonna see a lot of Rex Burkhead

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Speaker 1: they're beginning with Brian. Now, no one ever wants to

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Speaker 1: Uh Now, I've read on rookie whiteouts all off season,

427
00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:36,080
Speaker 1: so this makes perfect sense that my first take on

428
00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,800
Speaker 1: wide receiver is a rookie. But needless to say, the

429
00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:40,880
Speaker 1: Colts are much tougher against the past than they are

430
00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:44,080
Speaker 1: the run. They allowed eighteen wide receiver touchdowns last season,

431
00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:47,200
Speaker 1: which was the fifth most secondary wide receivers were very

432
00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,520
Speaker 1: productive in both games. Uh for Jacksonville against the Colts,

433
00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:53,399
Speaker 1: holding fourteen catches for one thirty one yards, and d D.

434
00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:56,600
Speaker 1: Westbrook has fallen way out of favor in Jacksonville. So

435
00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:59,439
Speaker 1: it's Chennault and your guy charged Chris Connelly. But I

436
00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:02,200
Speaker 1: can't neither Chris Connelly tam not right now. So I'm

437
00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:04,359
Speaker 1: just going with a gut feeling in a point chasing

438
00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:06,479
Speaker 1: blow out leaviso Chnald, they're gonna try and get him

439
00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:08,200
Speaker 1: the ball as in many ways possible as they focused

440
00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:10,680
Speaker 1: on DJ Hark for the Colts. So there's my jag stack.

441
00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:12,520
Speaker 1: Al right, Matt, you take a chance to me wide receiver.

442
00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:15,720
Speaker 1: I've got Scotty Miller of the Tampa Bay Bucks because

443
00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:19,639
Speaker 1: Mike Evans has been downgraded too doubtful and Scotty Miller

444
00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:21,959
Speaker 1: has been a favorite of Tom Brady and camp. According

445
00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:25,040
Speaker 1: to Bucks beat writers, when Evans missed time at the

446
00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:27,040
Speaker 1: tail end of last season, it was Miller who got

447
00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:30,840
Speaker 1: the start alongside Brashad Perriman and Chris Godwin. And uh,

448
00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,600
Speaker 1: I think that uh Miller is going to be in

449
00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:36,639
Speaker 1: the game. He logged four catches for seventy one yards

450
00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:39,679
Speaker 1: in last year's Week eleven matchup against the Saints, and

451
00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:41,719
Speaker 1: it's a deep dart throw. But if you need an

452
00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:45,280
Speaker 1: emergency backup for Mike Evans, this is your guy right here.

453
00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:49,440
Speaker 1: Ellen Lazard is your number two wide receiver in Green Bay,

454
00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:52,480
Speaker 1: and he's all all, all preseason and training camp. He

455
00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:54,800
Speaker 1: took all the the reps of the first team. He's

456
00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:58,280
Speaker 1: locked into that role, and the Packers desperately need to

457
00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:02,560
Speaker 1: establish some receiving option outside of Davante Adams. They'd love

458
00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:07,560
Speaker 1: to put some early tape together of anybody who isn't

459
00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,400
Speaker 1: Davante Adams having an impact. It's gonna be Alan Lazard.

460
00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:13,879
Speaker 1: The Vikings lost last year's number one, number two, and

461
00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:17,119
Speaker 1: number three cornerbacks to free agency. In their place are

462
00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,200
Speaker 1: a rotation of four guys who have combined for eight

463
00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:23,840
Speaker 1: NFL starts. Lazard he's tall, he's big. He's a physical

464
00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:26,040
Speaker 1: mismatch for Mike use especially when he plays out of

465
00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:28,879
Speaker 1: the slot, although he plays really in all three positions

466
00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,800
Speaker 1: for the at the wide receiver spot and is sitting

467
00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:35,520
Speaker 1: on a nice game against the rebuilt Vikings. Let's continue

468
00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:39,800
Speaker 1: on with our fantasy matchups, including Miami taking on the Patriots.

469
00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:42,120
Speaker 1: Matt You've already touched on some elements of this game. Yeah,

470
00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:44,439
Speaker 1: and I'll keep with the Patriots side. I gave James

471
00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:46,879
Speaker 1: White an A grade in this game. Kind of a

472
00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:50,240
Speaker 1: bold call, but it's warranted. White has scored touchdowns in

473
00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:53,199
Speaker 1: four of his last five games against the Dolphins, and

474
00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:57,680
Speaker 1: Cam Newton averages nine point five running back targets per

475
00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:02,000
Speaker 1: game nine point nine and a half times, yeah, over

476
00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:05,240
Speaker 1: his last six starts. So Cam shifted to a high percentage,

477
00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:08,080
Speaker 1: low depth quarterback over the last three years of his career.

478
00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:10,240
Speaker 1: So I can expect a ton of dump offs to

479
00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:14,000
Speaker 1: James White in this game. And Sony Michelle still dinged up. Uh.

480
00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:17,160
Speaker 1: I also gave Julian Edelman a B grade. Edelman has

481
00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:20,359
Speaker 1: topped seventy five yards or scored in seven of his

482
00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:23,600
Speaker 1: last nine games against the Dolphins. The Dolphins top two

483
00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:28,359
Speaker 1: corners Xavian Howard and Byron Jones, won't follow Edelman into

484
00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:30,879
Speaker 1: the slot, where he led the league in targets from

485
00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:34,040
Speaker 1: the slot last season with a hundred and one, and

486
00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:36,919
Speaker 1: kill Harry is on the bench. He's listed as a

487
00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:40,920
Speaker 1: Patriots questionable, like he's gonna play, but they gave him

488
00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:44,399
Speaker 1: a questionable designation anyway. Uh, the zave Cave, as Brian

489
00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:46,800
Speaker 1: calls him, is not a welcoming place to go in

490
00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,040
Speaker 1: week one. I can't imagine a scenario where he'd want

491
00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:51,000
Speaker 1: to be starting Harry in week one. But you said

492
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,080
Speaker 1: you had to do it charge in one of my leagues.

493
00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:54,760
Speaker 1: I've got to I've got to pull the trigger on

494
00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:58,280
Speaker 1: nickil Harry. But it's a seventeen team guillotine league. So yeah, yeah,

495
00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,560
Speaker 1: um Rex, Burkhead and Cam and I just highlighted in

496
00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:03,199
Speaker 1: take a chance on me. So let's go to the

497
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:06,240
Speaker 1: Dolphins side. Shody Michelle not even graded. I mean, no,

498
00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:08,720
Speaker 1: I'm not great. He's he's he's gonna get He's gonna

499
00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:14,480
Speaker 1: get touches in this game. Maybe, boy, I don't know.

500
00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:17,719
Speaker 1: I'm not sure. I'm I'm writing the fact that everybody

501
00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:20,000
Speaker 1: is saying that he's not ready to play. He had

502
00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:23,600
Speaker 1: offseason foot surgery last year. He's not ready yet. I'm

503
00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:27,560
Speaker 1: honestly surprised he's not an I r a. Uh. Let's

504
00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:30,480
Speaker 1: go to the Miami side and Jordan Howard. I'm giving

505
00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:33,480
Speaker 1: him a bench grade. The Patriots allowed an average only

506
00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:37,240
Speaker 1: twenty carries per game last season and allowed two total

507
00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:40,679
Speaker 1: touchdowns to running backs all of last year, with Howard

508
00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:43,560
Speaker 1: averaging about eleven carries per game last year at the

509
00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:46,920
Speaker 1: Eagles and Matt Brita and play, I'd expect about eleven

510
00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:50,480
Speaker 1: twelve carries for Howard in this game. Uh So, I

511
00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:52,600
Speaker 1: think if you're going to go a running back for

512
00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:54,720
Speaker 1: the Dolphins, you go Matt Brita, who I gave a

513
00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:57,960
Speaker 1: C grade to. Uh He probably gets the remaining eight

514
00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,520
Speaker 1: to ten carries and should get about all the passing

515
00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:02,879
Speaker 1: game work out of the backfield. Uh. With and the

516
00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:06,159
Speaker 1: Pats allowed about five and a half receptions and forty

517
00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,400
Speaker 1: two yards to the position through the air last year,

518
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:13,480
Speaker 1: that all goes to Brita, Ryan Fitzpatrick Senor Stu Beard. Yes,

519
00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:17,200
Speaker 1: my guy, he's on the bench. In thirteen starts against

520
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:21,040
Speaker 1: New England, stew Beard has topped three hundred yards five times,

521
00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:23,600
Speaker 1: but he's only done it once in his last six

522
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:27,200
Speaker 1: games against Belichick. Although last December in New England, Stu

523
00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:29,600
Speaker 1: Bird did throw for three twenty and a score. That

524
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:33,280
Speaker 1: was the last Dolphins game year and he single handedly

525
00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:36,320
Speaker 1: knocked the Patriots out of a first round by That

526
00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:40,440
Speaker 1: was fantastic. We appreciate you for that, Mr Mr Fitzpatrick,

527
00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:43,920
Speaker 1: Mr Beard, do you Mr Beard? Uh? DeVante Parker, I'm

528
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,720
Speaker 1: giving a C grade two. He registered eight catches for

529
00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:50,120
Speaker 1: a hundred and thirty seven yards against Stefan Gilmore last year,

530
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:53,000
Speaker 1: so he's definitely not afraid of that matchup. He did

531
00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:55,480
Speaker 1: have a recent hamstring strain, though, so he's operating at

532
00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,520
Speaker 1: less than a percent, which always makes you nervous, especially

533
00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,919
Speaker 1: with a wide receiver. I'd prefer not to start Parker,

534
00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,680
Speaker 1: but if you have to do it, Preston Williams, I'm

535
00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:06,760
Speaker 1: leaving on the bench for this game. He's a guy

536
00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:09,000
Speaker 1: that I drafted a ton and I believe he'll end

537
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,040
Speaker 1: the year is the best receiver on the Dolphins, but

538
00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:13,000
Speaker 1: I want to see him succeed just a little bit

539
00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:16,000
Speaker 1: before I trust putting him in my starting lineup. And

540
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:19,320
Speaker 1: then finally, Mike Gisicki the tight end, he gets a B.

541
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:23,840
Speaker 1: The Patriots mostly deployed Patrick Chung on tight ends last season,

542
00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:27,159
Speaker 1: but he opted out this year, and maybe that's okay.

543
00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:29,560
Speaker 1: As the Pats allowed six touchdowns to the tight end

544
00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:33,119
Speaker 1: position over their final eight games last season. They against

545
00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:35,919
Speaker 1: tight ends, then they were against wide receivers and that

546
00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:39,040
Speaker 1: includes one to Ghisicky in weeks seventeen, and according to

547
00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:42,960
Speaker 1: Evan Silva, Gisicky ran more slot routes than any tight

548
00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:46,320
Speaker 1: end in the league last season. New offensive coordinator Chan

549
00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:50,680
Speaker 1: Gaily runs a ton of two slot formations. So Mike

550
00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:52,200
Speaker 1: Gasiki is going to see a little bit of time

551
00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:54,880
Speaker 1: a wide receiver too. I could see him lining up

552
00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:57,480
Speaker 1: in the slot. That's that is a possibility for sure.

553
00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:01,600
Speaker 1: When we come back, we'll keep grinding through matchups Fantasy Style,

554
00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:05,320
Speaker 1: including Indianapolis and Jacksonville, which you've already touched on a lot,

555
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:09,800
Speaker 1: but also Green Bay in Minnesota, Dalvin Cook Aaron Jones,

556
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:13,400
Speaker 1: two running backs taken in the first round. Both the

557
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,640
Speaker 1: tricky matchups will tell you what to expect from those

558
00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:40,040
Speaker 1: guys when we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome

559
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,840
Speaker 1: back to Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Church and Bryan Johnson

560
00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:47,160
Speaker 1: and Matt Harrison with you. We're breaking down every game

561
00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:51,120
Speaker 1: in the NFL slate this week, Fantasy Style letter grades

562
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 1: for all the players you care about. Next game up,

563
00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 1: Indianapolis traveling to Jacksonville. Brian, you've already hit on a

564
00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,840
Speaker 1: lot of the Jaguars. What about out Indianapolis? Including might

565
00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:04,200
Speaker 1: take a chance. I mean quarterback Philip Rivers, who I like.

566
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:08,160
Speaker 1: What do you think about the rest of the Indianapolis Colts. Well,

567
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:10,400
Speaker 1: we'll stick with the passing game then, And really is

568
00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,680
Speaker 1: all about t Y Hilton, who gets an A here,

569
00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:16,080
Speaker 1: looks to be going into the season, walks into the

570
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:19,400
Speaker 1: ripest of matchups. And the Jaguars who yielded the fifth

571
00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:23,360
Speaker 1: fewist pass attempts last year but surrendered the seventh most

572
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:26,920
Speaker 1: completions of twenty plus yards, and this defense will be

573
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:30,560
Speaker 1: even worse than it was last year. So t Y Hilton,

574
00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,360
Speaker 1: he is healthy, fired him up with confidence in any

575
00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:35,920
Speaker 1: format you can think of, Hilton is an A grade.

576
00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:38,400
Speaker 1: All other wide receivers are on the bench. Though we

577
00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:40,720
Speaker 1: like Paris Campbell here a lot, but he missed time

578
00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:45,240
Speaker 1: late with a concussion and preseason Michael Kittman, Michael Pittman

579
00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:48,760
Speaker 1: had a very quiet camp. Zach Pascal might start this game,

580
00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:50,480
Speaker 1: So I'm not I'm not going there. They're on the bench.

581
00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:54,960
Speaker 1: They're taking a mistake on Paris Campbell this week. This week, okay,

582
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:57,440
Speaker 1: we'll see about that. Why wasn't your take on wide receiver?

583
00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:00,280
Speaker 1: Then he's coming up later. I'm gonna talk Marbo Paris

584
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:03,520
Speaker 1: Cambell later in the show. Seems like you're speculating a

585
00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:08,560
Speaker 1: bit prematurely, don't sing. The one other pass catcher I'll

586
00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:10,520
Speaker 1: talk about for the Colts is Jack Doyle. I'll give

587
00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:13,360
Speaker 1: him a c caught just one pass across two games

588
00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:15,840
Speaker 1: against Jacksonville last year. Didn't even see a target in

589
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:18,160
Speaker 1: the first game. But of course Eric Ebron was in town.

590
00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:21,080
Speaker 1: Then he has gone. Now Trey Burton is on i R.

591
00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:24,200
Speaker 1: It's not a plus matchup on paper for Doyle, but again,

592
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:28,000
Speaker 1: the Jacks lost everyone on defense, including Yannick and Gockway

593
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:31,600
Speaker 1: safety Ronnie Harrison. So Doyle is certainly stortable with the sea,

594
00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:34,960
Speaker 1: and more than stortable are Marlon Mack and Jonathan Taylor.

595
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:37,320
Speaker 1: You can start them both in the same lineup as

596
00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:39,040
Speaker 1: far as I'm concerned. Again, and by the way, this

597
00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:40,640
Speaker 1: is not gonna be the last time we say this. No,

598
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:44,640
Speaker 1: and that's daily seasonal anything. I'll give them both a B. Here,

599
00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,080
Speaker 1: I'll give you'll love this charge. Mac gets the plus,

600
00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:50,200
Speaker 1: Taylor gets the minus. He should see more work Jacksonville

601
00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:52,280
Speaker 1: was like that. He should You'll you'll learn to love it.

602
00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:54,640
Speaker 1: Jacksonville was one of ten teams to allow at least

603
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:58,240
Speaker 1: three point five red zone scoring attention per game. Last year,

604
00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:01,360
Speaker 1: they allowed the second most rushing touchdowns per game. And

605
00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:05,000
Speaker 1: oh yeah, opposing running backs averaged one hundred and sixties

606
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:10,160
Speaker 1: six point six combo yards against last year. Split that up.

607
00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,320
Speaker 1: There's plenty enough to go around for both Mac and

608
00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:15,040
Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor and then Rivers. You mentioned Charcher take a

609
00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:17,560
Speaker 1: chance of the quarterback over to the jacksonvill side. Not

610
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:19,720
Speaker 1: a lot to talk about. We have to talk about

611
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:23,440
Speaker 1: James Robinson though everyone's waiver wire waiver wire Darling right now.

612
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:25,600
Speaker 1: I got him on the bench though. I know he's

613
00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:28,920
Speaker 1: the quote unquote starter, but most of his carries are

614
00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,600
Speaker 1: likely to end at the line of scrimmage. One running

615
00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:34,560
Speaker 1: back managed to top ninety yards against the Colts last year.

616
00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:37,240
Speaker 1: That was Derrick Henry with a hundred and forty nine yards.

617
00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:40,200
Speaker 1: Take those yards out of the box score. They allowed

618
00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:42,520
Speaker 1: less than four yards per carry to opposing running backs.

619
00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:46,560
Speaker 1: They added DeForest DeForest Buckner, all world depensive tackle from

620
00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:50,240
Speaker 1: the forty niners, So Robinson bench him, do not put

621
00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:52,440
Speaker 1: him in any daily lineups. I don't care how cheap

622
00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:56,040
Speaker 1: he is, completely Moonwalk from this talk. He's bad news

623
00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:58,440
Speaker 1: this week. Chris Thompson, though is not might take a

624
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:01,720
Speaker 1: chance to me running back. I mentioned Lavio Chenault, Gardner

625
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:03,840
Speaker 1: Minshew also might take a chance of many players, and

626
00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:06,320
Speaker 1: we have to mention DJ Chark. Of course, I'll give

627
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:09,600
Speaker 1: him a B based on volume and talent alone. He

628
00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:11,320
Speaker 1: was up and down in the two meetings with India

629
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,480
Speaker 1: last year. A hundred plus yards in a touchdown in one,

630
00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:16,280
Speaker 1: like forty yards in the other. They're gonna focus on

631
00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:19,280
Speaker 1: Chark big time in their game plan. The gold Stevens

632
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:21,960
Speaker 1: is but there's no way Chark doesn't see ten targets

633
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 1: in this game, so you have to start them. Great

634
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:27,840
Speaker 1: bait takes on the Minnesota Vikings in Minnesota and Aaron

635
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:30,760
Speaker 1: Rodgers had a bad string of years against the Vikings,

636
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:32,600
Speaker 1: but I think it changes here and he's got an

637
00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:36,000
Speaker 1: A grade along with Davante Adams. I referenced this earlier

638
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:37,880
Speaker 1: in the show, but I'll repeat it again. The top

639
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:41,040
Speaker 1: three starting cornerbacks from Minnesota gone in free agency, replaced

640
00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:44,840
Speaker 1: by a very green combination of Holden Hill, Cameron Danzler,

641
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:48,320
Speaker 1: Jeff Gladney, Mike Hughes. Four players who combined for eight

642
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:51,520
Speaker 1: NFL starts in their career, and the Vikings without their

643
00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:54,680
Speaker 1: star defensive end Dneil Hunter. All of that, he gives

644
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:57,000
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers the best chance he's had a long time

645
00:33:57,080 --> 00:34:00,800
Speaker 1: to make a big impact against Minnesota, and Alan Lozard

646
00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:03,200
Speaker 1: was might take a chance of me wide receiver, Absolutely startable.

647
00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:05,640
Speaker 1: He's got a B grade in this game. Staying with

648
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:07,800
Speaker 1: the passing game, I know there's a fair amount of

649
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:10,239
Speaker 1: hype from Green Bay about Robert Tonyan. They're starting tight

650
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,400
Speaker 1: end and we'll watch his development, but he's super raw

651
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:15,799
Speaker 1: and the Vikings only allowed one tight end score all

652
00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:18,279
Speaker 1: of last year, so he is on the bench. Let's

653
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,759
Speaker 1: go to the running game. Aaron Jones gets an a.

654
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:25,439
Speaker 1: The Vikings once vaunted defensive line in shambles. Danil Hunter

655
00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:27,400
Speaker 1: out as they mentioned, and that means all four of

656
00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:30,760
Speaker 1: last year's starters are gone. The loss of run stuffer

657
00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:34,200
Speaker 1: Michael Pierce, who opted out, as particularly notable here for

658
00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:37,160
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones, and they could be susceptible up the middle.

659
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:40,200
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones has had the Vikings number, including last year

660
00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:42,759
Speaker 1: when he averaged one hundred thirty five rushing yards and

661
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:45,799
Speaker 1: scored three touchdowns in the two games, so he's an

662
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:48,760
Speaker 1: a start. We're gonna watch A. J. Dillon and Jamal Williams,

663
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:51,120
Speaker 1: you know. I think they will play roles in this game,

664
00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:54,680
Speaker 1: but they probably cannibalize each other more than they cannibalize

665
00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:57,680
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones, and they are on the bench for Minnesota

666
00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:00,160
Speaker 1: only a couple of starters here, including Dalvin Cook. It's

667
00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:03,920
Speaker 1: an a really mostly an unchanged run defense for the Packers,

668
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:07,160
Speaker 1: and they were bad last year, allowing the sixth highest

669
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:10,200
Speaker 1: yards per carry, the seventh most rushing yards, the fifth

670
00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:13,640
Speaker 1: most rushing touchdowns. The Vikings best chance of winning this

671
00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:16,840
Speaker 1: game is to run Cook throughout and control the clock,

672
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,279
Speaker 1: but I do worry about a pass heavy script in

673
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:23,240
Speaker 1: the second half if the Packers jump on the Vikings,

674
00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:25,719
Speaker 1: which could happen, although the Vikings are favorite in the game,

675
00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:29,040
Speaker 1: which I do not fully understand. Adam Feeling gets a

676
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:31,960
Speaker 1: B grade and Week one Kirk Cousins may significantly lean

677
00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:34,480
Speaker 1: on Feeling given the lack of other proven options. Old B. C.

678
00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:37,000
Speaker 1: Johnson probably not much of a threat here. Feeling is

679
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:40,800
Speaker 1: gonna draw extra coverage, though he topped seventy five yards

680
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,360
Speaker 1: and five of his last seven meetings against the Packers.

681
00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:44,880
Speaker 1: He can light up all over the field and that

682
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:47,560
Speaker 1: might help him shake JR. Alexander, who usually plays on

683
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:49,360
Speaker 1: the left side of the field. They might put Feeling

684
00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:51,360
Speaker 1: more on the right side and in the slot for

685
00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:54,520
Speaker 1: better coverage options. He is a B grade. I've got

686
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:57,520
Speaker 1: everybody else on the bench, including Kirk Cousins. Packers defense

687
00:35:57,680 --> 00:36:00,360
Speaker 1: is mostly unchanged from last year when they had a

688
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:03,640
Speaker 1: good pass defense, and Cousins put up middling numbers against

689
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:06,359
Speaker 1: green Bay last year, averaging just one d seventy eight

690
00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:10,160
Speaker 1: yards and one score per game, and now no Stefan digs.

691
00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:12,520
Speaker 1: Of course, R Smith and cal Rudolf a tight end.

692
00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:14,560
Speaker 1: I just worry that they eat into each other's production.

693
00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:17,759
Speaker 1: Minnesota tight ends were invisible against Green Bay last year,

694
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:22,080
Speaker 1: totaling nineteen yards across both games for their tight ends. Yikes,

695
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:25,800
Speaker 1: that's it. So they are both on the bench as well.

696
00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:28,960
Speaker 1: Let's go to Tampa Bay taking on the Saints in

697
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:32,640
Speaker 1: a game that's changed its dynamic a little bit. Here, Matt,

698
00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:34,960
Speaker 1: because Mike Evans is not expected to play. Yeah, but

699
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:38,440
Speaker 1: I'm starting just about everybody else in this game. Evans

700
00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:41,279
Speaker 1: downgraded the doubtful keeping on Scottie Miller who I mentioned

701
00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:43,560
Speaker 1: and take a chance on me, and Justin Watson is

702
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:47,399
Speaker 1: also in play. Marshawn Lattimore will cover one of them,

703
00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:49,920
Speaker 1: and if Evans does go, Lattimore has done pretty well

704
00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:52,399
Speaker 1: against Evans lately, holding him out of the end zone

705
00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:55,560
Speaker 1: in three straight. Uh Tom Brady's getting an A grade.

706
00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:58,680
Speaker 1: The Saints allowed the eleventh most passing yards and eleventh

707
00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:02,040
Speaker 1: most passing scores last season and multiple touchdowns to six

708
00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:05,680
Speaker 1: of the last eight quarterbacks they faced. Chris Godwin, of course,

709
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:08,560
Speaker 1: is an A. Uh. It seems like he loves Bourbon Street,

710
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:11,200
Speaker 1: as he logged seven catches for a hundred and twenty

711
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:15,200
Speaker 1: five yards and two scores. Who in his trip it's great.

712
00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:19,239
Speaker 1: It's called have you been in July? I wouldn't love

713
00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:23,640
Speaker 1: it a sweat factory at that point. The food is

714
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:27,600
Speaker 1: so excellent down there, man, Gronk give him a C grade.

715
00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:30,200
Speaker 1: Hasn't played in over a year. Uh plus, the Saints

716
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:33,120
Speaker 1: are well above average against the tight end last year,

717
00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:36,800
Speaker 1: although we do remember the last play that the Saints

718
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:40,720
Speaker 1: had was a Kyle Rudolph touchdown pass in the end zone.

719
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:43,720
Speaker 1: No push off there at all, and uh so Gronk

720
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:47,000
Speaker 1: has always got a chance to score. The Bucks backs

721
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:50,239
Speaker 1: Leonard four Nett and Ronald Jones, I'm leaving both of

722
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:54,560
Speaker 1: them on the bench. Honestly, who knows which Tampa running

723
00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:56,920
Speaker 1: back is going to get the most carries. No Tampa

724
00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:01,359
Speaker 1: running back had consecutive games with five team touches last year.

725
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:04,680
Speaker 1: Super Bruce arians is the new Mike Shanahan, and it

726
00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:07,640
Speaker 1: would not surprise me. If Lashawn McCoy gets the most

727
00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:10,680
Speaker 1: touches in this game, it would surprise me. UM. On

728
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:13,279
Speaker 1: the saint side, Alvin Kamara gets a B. I hate

729
00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:16,120
Speaker 1: that he had an injection in his back two weeks ago,

730
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:18,560
Speaker 1: but he has topped a hundred combo yards in each

731
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:21,000
Speaker 1: of his last two meetings with the Bucks, and that's

732
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:25,320
Speaker 1: pretty impressive defense. And the Bucks run defense is great.

733
00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:27,920
Speaker 1: They only allowed fifty six rushing yards per game to

734
00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:31,279
Speaker 1: the position last year. And get this weird stat. No

735
00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:35,040
Speaker 1: running back who scored a touchdown against Tampa last year

736
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:40,320
Speaker 1: topped thirty eight yards. Geez, isn't that crazy. I'm nervous.

737
00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:43,040
Speaker 1: I'm more nervous about camera than I'm giving him a

738
00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:45,839
Speaker 1: B just because he's so involved in the passing game.

739
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:48,880
Speaker 1: Um Drew Brees gets an A. The last time Breeze

740
00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:51,080
Speaker 1: faced the Bucks in New Orleans, four under thirty eight

741
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:54,919
Speaker 1: yards and three scores. Michael Thomas gets the fantasy Fonzie

742
00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:59,880
Speaker 1: A plus plus plus plus plus plus plus. Emmanuel Sander

743
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:03,600
Speaker 1: he gets a SEA. He's averaged only forty yards per

744
00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:06,879
Speaker 1: game over his last sixteen games. And get this, He's

745
00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:09,040
Speaker 1: had two games of a hundred yards in that span,

746
00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:15,719
Speaker 1: two games of nine yards nine times nine, and two

747
00:39:15,719 --> 00:39:20,759
Speaker 1: games where he was healthy with zero yards. That's the

748
00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:25,719
Speaker 1: high and the low of Manuel Sanders right there. Jared Cook,

749
00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:27,920
Speaker 1: I'm giving a C grade two as well. Cook scored

750
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:30,520
Speaker 1: in both games against Tampa last year, but only managed

751
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:33,520
Speaker 1: six total catches and seventy four total yards in those contests.

752
00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:36,600
Speaker 1: And he's touchdown dependent, but he was targeted more in

753
00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:38,520
Speaker 1: the end zone than any tight end in the league

754
00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:41,680
Speaker 1: last season, so he's always in play for an emergency

755
00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:45,960
Speaker 1: tight end touchdown. Right there. Let's go to the Chargers

756
00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 1: and the Bengals. Brian Enough the Chargers, UM, it's it's

757
00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:51,880
Speaker 1: not great news. Their offensive line is in tatters right now.

758
00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:53,600
Speaker 1: Mike Palncey the centers out. They got two of the

759
00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:57,360
Speaker 1: linemen who are questionable for this game, and I'm nervous.

760
00:39:57,360 --> 00:39:59,960
Speaker 1: I actually moved Austin Neckler down my rankings a little bit,

761
00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:03,319
Speaker 1: and I'm I'm nervous about this game. If I told

762
00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:04,800
Speaker 1: you there was a running back with a hundred and

763
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:08,480
Speaker 1: thirty four catches, two hundred plus combo yards, and twenty

764
00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:11,560
Speaker 1: total touchdowns that was going the late first round, I'd

765
00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:13,360
Speaker 1: be interested in that guy. It's not entirely true, but

766
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:19,080
Speaker 1: that's Melvin Gordon's and Austin Nels combined, and Gordon has gone.

767
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:21,840
Speaker 1: I'm still giving Austin Ekeler in a Yes, Mike Pounds

768
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:25,320
Speaker 1: he is out, but so is Geno Atkins run stuffer

769
00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:27,719
Speaker 1: for the Bengals. And this is a great stat from

770
00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:30,240
Speaker 1: Evan Silva regarding Ekeler. When he played at least sixty

771
00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:32,560
Speaker 1: percent of the Chargers snaps last year, you have your

772
00:40:32,719 --> 00:40:36,320
Speaker 1: nineteen touches for ninety nine yards, zero point nine touchdowns

773
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:38,840
Speaker 1: and six and a half catches per game. That's his

774
00:40:39,239 --> 00:40:42,160
Speaker 1: foar in this one. You mentioned Poundsy out. I'm a

775
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:44,400
Speaker 1: little worried about the line, but I'm stiven still giving

776
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:47,120
Speaker 1: Ekeler in a Here Keenan Allen no just to be

777
00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:50,280
Speaker 1: will probably play the boundaries a lot more than usual

778
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:54,040
Speaker 1: because he's pretty much only wide receiver on the team. Um.

779
00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:56,319
Speaker 1: The Bengals did hold the posing wide receivers who under

780
00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:58,640
Speaker 1: one touchdown per game last year, but allowed a healthy

781
00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:01,440
Speaker 1: st plus yards per game to the position. So I'm

782
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:03,920
Speaker 1: liking Keatan Allen with a B. I'm liking Hunter Henry

783
00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:06,200
Speaker 1: as well. He'll likely serve as a slot receiver for

784
00:41:06,239 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 1: the charge from this one, meaning he never and then

785
00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:11,560
Speaker 1: we'll never leave the field. And Tyrod Taylor is used

786
00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:15,120
Speaker 1: to throwing to tight ends like Charles Clay, Hunter Henry

787
00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:18,880
Speaker 1: massive upgrade there. Uh, Linebacker is a very soft spot

788
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:22,040
Speaker 1: for since they allowed big games to fantasy relevant tight

789
00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:25,200
Speaker 1: ends last season, Mark Andrews twice, Darren Waller, Mike as Sicky,

790
00:41:25,239 --> 00:41:28,200
Speaker 1: even Dawson Knox the rest they face for scrubs. So

791
00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:30,480
Speaker 1: Hunter is Hunter Henry in a good spot, and so

792
00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:33,040
Speaker 1: was Tyrod Taylor almost made him my take on quarterback.

793
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:36,440
Speaker 1: Nobody allowed more rushing yards opposing quarterbacks in the Bengals

794
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:38,880
Speaker 1: last season, and this is the best spot Tyrod Taylor

795
00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:41,880
Speaker 1: has been on and from an offensive perspective, he might be.

796
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:45,880
Speaker 1: He might be, but I'll pay I'll call my chances

797
00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:49,080
Speaker 1: there and going over to the cinc side Joe Mixon

798
00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:52,000
Speaker 1: just to be here. It is a tough matchup. Despite

799
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:55,160
Speaker 1: the loss of All Pro safety Derwin James for the Chargers,

800
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:58,440
Speaker 1: this defense is still very stacked for l A volume

801
00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:00,520
Speaker 1: all but a guarantee for Mixing, who had the most

802
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:03,440
Speaker 1: carries among among running backs in the second half last season,

803
00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:06,239
Speaker 1: and the Chargers did allow more than five and a

804
00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:08,719
Speaker 1: half catches per game to the position, so Mixing in

805
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:11,200
Speaker 1: a very safe spot here, not a smash spot though

806
00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:13,600
Speaker 1: not a smash spot for a J. Green even though

807
00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:16,680
Speaker 1: fully healthy, likely to draw Casey Hayward on the outside,

808
00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:19,920
Speaker 1: ranked fifth in coverage among cornerbacks by Pro Football Focus

809
00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:23,000
Speaker 1: last year. I'm still starting him, but tempering tempering my

810
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:26,279
Speaker 1: expectations for a J. And Tyler Boyd too, he gets

811
00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:28,960
Speaker 1: a C as well, a very tough matchup in Chris Harris,

812
00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:31,080
Speaker 1: new addition from the Denver Broncos, as we all know

813
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:33,680
Speaker 1: from the show, one of the standout corners in the league.

814
00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:36,840
Speaker 1: So just to see for Boyd and C. J Uzoma

815
00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:41,480
Speaker 1: the Oozy my boy like him some weeks in the future,

816
00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:44,640
Speaker 1: but not this one. Even without Derwin James, the Chargers

817
00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:47,600
Speaker 1: linebackers are very scary and tight ends will be needed

818
00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:50,279
Speaker 1: to protect Burrow. Joe Burrow more than ever from the

819
00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:53,560
Speaker 1: likes of Joey Bosa, Melvin Ingram flying off the edges.

820
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:57,000
Speaker 1: So Usuma on the bench and I know this will

821
00:42:57,040 --> 00:42:59,799
Speaker 1: not make a lot of people happy. Joe Burrow on

822
00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:02,200
Speaker 1: the bench as well. In his debut, It's going to

823
00:43:02,239 --> 00:43:04,680
Speaker 1: be a tricky one. I'm even reluctant, reluctant to start

824
00:43:04,719 --> 00:43:07,080
Speaker 1: him in Super Flex. It's it's it's it's a great

825
00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:09,160
Speaker 1: defense for l An without Derwin James. So it's a

826
00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:11,800
Speaker 1: wait and see approach with Burrow. We've got about a

827
00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:16,719
Speaker 1: minute left in this segment. Clyde Edwards a layer and

828
00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:20,280
Speaker 1: did exactly what we told you he would do last

829
00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:22,960
Speaker 1: week when we broke down that game. You're still not

830
00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:26,600
Speaker 1: wearing pants. No, it was weird when you walked into

831
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:30,400
Speaker 1: the the studio without the pants on. Oh god, it's great.

832
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:34,000
Speaker 1: He's put a mask on. Down there's Clyde Edwards a layer,

833
00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:37,560
Speaker 1: going to be the highest scoring running back in fantasy football. Well,

834
00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:40,640
Speaker 1: he's gotta get a target for us before I get one,

835
00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:43,239
Speaker 1: does he? Though? He does? He really need to get

836
00:43:43,239 --> 00:43:46,040
Speaker 1: a target. Just well, I don't know, maybe not he

837
00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:49,279
Speaker 1: won't be the highest scoring running back, but I think

838
00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:53,759
Speaker 1: we're already in the spot where next year he's like

839
00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:56,080
Speaker 1: a top three guy. Well he was, he was my

840
00:43:56,160 --> 00:43:58,240
Speaker 1: number three running back in my g this year. David

841
00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:01,719
Speaker 1: Johnson could be as well. Fantastic. Oh he looked great.

842
00:44:01,760 --> 00:44:04,319
Speaker 1: Oh he didn't. He looks. Are you watching the same

843
00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:06,120
Speaker 1: game he looked? He just looked. He could just look

844
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:08,440
Speaker 1: like an average NFL starting running back, which is just

845
00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:12,160
Speaker 1: a big upgrade this last That's all I think. You're not.

846
00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:16,279
Speaker 1: I thought Duke Johnson looked more spry until he got

847
00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:20,000
Speaker 1: knocked out of the game drunk. Alright, we might be drunk,

848
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Speaker 1: would we come back? We're going to answer three tough questions.

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Speaker 1: You can play along see if you can go three

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Speaker 1: and oh on Fantasy Football Weekly. It's Fantasy Football Weekly Pulse.

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Speaker 1: Shar chi In guilloteen Leagues dot Com, Brian Johnson Guillotine

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Speaker 1: Leagues dot Com, and Matt Harrison Shock Fantasy dot Com.

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Speaker 1: This is a segment we like to call three tough questions.

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Speaker 1: We encourage you to play along see if you can

855
00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:02,800
Speaker 1: go three and oh with my co host tough question

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00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:06,799
Speaker 1: Number one. The Jaguars starting running back James Robinson will

857
00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:11,640
Speaker 1: finish the season as a running back to a flex

858
00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:16,000
Speaker 1: or a bench player. Predominantly running back to flex or

859
00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:21,200
Speaker 1: bench player. We begin with Matt Harrison. Um, I have

860
00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:23,520
Speaker 1: to say, if he's any good at all, the Jaguars

861
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:27,719
Speaker 1: will either cut him or trade him immediately. But right well,

862
00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:30,839
Speaker 1: Armstead is still in play. Chris Thompson is definitely going

863
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:34,160
Speaker 1: to be in play all year. They just signed Dariogun

864
00:45:34,239 --> 00:45:37,640
Speaker 1: Bo Wally divine A Zigbo is also a guy on

865
00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:41,279
Speaker 1: the roster who they like. But yes, yeah, there's a

866
00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:44,040
Speaker 1: good chance that we see three or four different lead

867
00:45:44,120 --> 00:45:46,760
Speaker 1: running backs on this roster this year. The game scripts

868
00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:49,279
Speaker 1: are all going to be super pass heavy. He's not

869
00:45:49,360 --> 00:45:51,680
Speaker 1: even a bench player. In my mind, He's a not

870
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:55,080
Speaker 1: on my roster player. So you're going you're going off

871
00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:57,520
Speaker 1: the board. I won't pick a different answer all together.

872
00:45:57,560 --> 00:45:59,360
Speaker 1: I like that that's brave because you're not likely to

873
00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:01,760
Speaker 1: get it. I'm gonna get it wrong, all right, Brian.

874
00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:05,680
Speaker 1: I'll only add that uh, new offensive coordinator Jay Gruden

875
00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:09,000
Speaker 1: recently said that he uh Robinson can handle the touches.

876
00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:11,359
Speaker 1: He's ready for the work worklue at all that. If

877
00:46:11,360 --> 00:46:14,399
Speaker 1: he said that right after they waived Leonard four Net,

878
00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:18,600
Speaker 1: then I might believe him. But Sigbo got hurt and

879
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:21,600
Speaker 1: this is just pumping off a scrub that is going

880
00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:24,800
Speaker 1: to break your hearts. Get him out of your lineups bench,

881
00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:27,920
Speaker 1: James Robinson, it's Chris Thompson. That's the running back you

882
00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:30,960
Speaker 1: want on Jacksonville. All right, So who is James Robinson?

883
00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:33,640
Speaker 1: I decided to start. I decided to watch some tape

884
00:46:33,840 --> 00:46:36,920
Speaker 1: some Illinois an NBA player from like back in the

885
00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:41,040
Speaker 1: nineties to I think Gwen Robinson Robins. I think, yeah,

886
00:46:41,080 --> 00:46:43,040
Speaker 1: that's right who you're thinking of. I think his son

887
00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:46,000
Speaker 1: was in the NBA. Uh. He was a workhorse back

888
00:46:46,040 --> 00:46:50,000
Speaker 1: at Illinois State, destroyed the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Whoever

889
00:46:50,080 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 1: that's worth. I watched him. I'm like, guy, he's got

890
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:55,799
Speaker 1: he's got a little bit of vision, some instinct, but

891
00:46:55,960 --> 00:46:58,239
Speaker 1: pretty slow for the NFL game and that. I looked

892
00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:01,560
Speaker 1: up his forty and he ran a four six five. No,

893
00:47:01,640 --> 00:47:06,280
Speaker 1: it was Hollywood Robinson. James Hollywood Robinson, you remember that guy. Uh.

894
00:47:06,320 --> 00:47:09,839
Speaker 1: The positives on James Robins James Robinson are not many here.

895
00:47:09,880 --> 00:47:12,239
Speaker 1: There's nobody really left on the roster to challenge him

896
00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:14,640
Speaker 1: at this point, and he can stay on the field

897
00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:16,440
Speaker 1: for third downs. He can catch a little bit, and

898
00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:17,799
Speaker 1: I don't know, but I have no idea of his

899
00:47:17,840 --> 00:47:20,160
Speaker 1: past catching and past blocking is good enough, though. We'll

900
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:23,640
Speaker 1: find out. I guess, and and I guess mostly James Robinson.

901
00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:25,840
Speaker 1: The only other positive is he has a carbon based

902
00:47:25,880 --> 00:47:28,040
Speaker 1: life form at the starting running back on one of

903
00:47:28,080 --> 00:47:32,800
Speaker 1: thirty two teams. The negatives are many, including a terrible

904
00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:36,480
Speaker 1: offensive line, the massive jump from the Missouri Valley Conference

905
00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:40,279
Speaker 1: to the NFL, and pretty much every defender, including some

906
00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:46,680
Speaker 1: defensive linemen, are faster than he is. He I think

907
00:47:46,719 --> 00:47:49,479
Speaker 1: the only redeeming value for James Washington is, at least

908
00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:51,279
Speaker 1: here in the short term, he is your goal line

909
00:47:51,320 --> 00:47:53,319
Speaker 1: back because he's big enough to carry the ball at

910
00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:57,239
Speaker 1: the stripe he is on the bench. Gardner Minshew will

911
00:47:57,280 --> 00:47:59,480
Speaker 1: lead that team in rushing this year. It could be

912
00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:02,520
Speaker 1: he might go Fitzpatrick on this team. You know, the

913
00:48:02,640 --> 00:48:06,000
Speaker 1: Dolphins tried to tank last year and Fitzpatrick willed them

914
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:09,160
Speaker 1: to victories and running them, running the team better than

915
00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:11,000
Speaker 1: any of the running backs. That could be Gardner Minshew.

916
00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:16,279
Speaker 1: Tough question number two Patriots running back Damien Harris went

917
00:48:16,360 --> 00:48:20,680
Speaker 1: on went on, I r this week, should you drop him?

918
00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:23,600
Speaker 1: Hold or hold him for the three weeks it's going

919
00:48:23,640 --> 00:48:27,799
Speaker 1: to take to get him to be eligible to return? Brian, Well,

920
00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:32,799
Speaker 1: this is easy because Rex Burkhead is going all the time.

921
00:48:32,840 --> 00:48:34,759
Speaker 1: Can I Can I drop him after two weeks? What's

922
00:48:34,760 --> 00:48:38,720
Speaker 1: this weird league in right to hold for three? Yes?

923
00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:43,120
Speaker 1: But I've had been off Patriots running backs virtually forever.

924
00:48:43,280 --> 00:48:46,000
Speaker 1: And Okay, so let's look at week four. If Harris returns,

925
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:48,759
Speaker 1: he draws the Broncos brutal matchup in the past, not

926
00:48:48,880 --> 00:48:53,920
Speaker 1: so bad, but then it's forty Niners, Bills, Jets, Ravens. No,

927
00:48:54,120 --> 00:48:59,000
Speaker 1: thank you drop him now? Okay? I would also add

928
00:48:59,040 --> 00:49:02,719
Speaker 1: in he has no history, so nobody's going to pick

929
00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:06,640
Speaker 1: him up on passages. Yeah, so I think you can

930
00:49:06,719 --> 00:49:11,640
Speaker 1: drop him, and I think that Bill Belichick hates fantasy players,

931
00:49:12,120 --> 00:49:15,600
Speaker 1: so he's gonna totally come back, and we can prematurely

932
00:49:15,680 --> 00:49:18,000
Speaker 1: speculate that you can pick him up right before the

933
00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:21,759
Speaker 1: Week three games begin, and he probably belongs on your

934
00:49:21,760 --> 00:49:23,520
Speaker 1: bench in Week four and we'll see how it goes.

935
00:49:23,840 --> 00:49:28,640
Speaker 1: What doesn't Bill Belichick hate his dog? Yeah? That do

936
00:49:28,840 --> 00:49:30,640
Speaker 1: the draft draft. I think that might be it. That

937
00:49:30,719 --> 00:49:32,279
Speaker 1: might be the beginning and the end of the things

938
00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:38,359
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick does hates or actually likes. Um. So I'm

939
00:49:38,360 --> 00:49:41,040
Speaker 1: trying to imagine it's okay, So let's let's time machine. Wait,

940
00:49:41,080 --> 00:49:43,040
Speaker 1: let's time machine a little bit. We're gonna go four

941
00:49:44,320 --> 00:49:48,560
Speaker 1: with the fantasy football machine. This is super premature speculation

942
00:49:48,719 --> 00:49:52,600
Speaker 1: four weeks from now, and where are we sitting. Well,

943
00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:55,600
Speaker 1: at that point, they will played the Dolphins, the Seahawks,

944
00:49:55,719 --> 00:49:59,680
Speaker 1: and the Raiders. All three are middling to bad run defenses,

945
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:01,640
Speaker 1: and that means the guys that are going to be

946
00:50:01,640 --> 00:50:03,279
Speaker 1: carrying the ball over the next three weeks are probably

947
00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:08,200
Speaker 1: gonna be pretty effective Sony Michelle or apparently new favorite

948
00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:10,960
Speaker 1: Rex Burkhead. So those guys are gonna be sitting in

949
00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:13,719
Speaker 1: a fine position. They will likely not have struggled. The

950
00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:16,760
Speaker 1: running game will be okay, and Damian Harris is probably

951
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:20,759
Speaker 1: back to the bench, and then you've got one game

952
00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:23,640
Speaker 1: against Kansas City and then they go by, and so

953
00:50:23,719 --> 00:50:25,319
Speaker 1: you have to hold him through the by as well.

954
00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:28,239
Speaker 1: So talk to me in the bye We'll see if

955
00:50:28,280 --> 00:50:31,359
Speaker 1: our premature speculation in weeks seven is to go get

956
00:50:31,400 --> 00:50:34,680
Speaker 1: Damian Harris etative with that. In the meantime, we're gonna

957
00:50:34,760 --> 00:50:40,200
Speaker 1: kick him to the curb. Tough question number three. The

958
00:50:40,360 --> 00:50:43,240
Speaker 1: record holder for the most passing touchdowns by a rookie

959
00:50:43,320 --> 00:50:48,520
Speaker 1: quarterback in one season is Baker Mayfield with twenty seven

960
00:50:49,040 --> 00:50:54,400
Speaker 1: passing touchdowns. Will Joe Burrow break his record this year? Matt,

961
00:50:55,200 --> 00:50:58,560
Speaker 1: I think he will. That defense is terrible, which should

962
00:50:58,560 --> 00:51:02,719
Speaker 1: create a lot of garbage time all season. Um, a

963
00:51:02,719 --> 00:51:05,120
Speaker 1: lot of times when the Bengals really need to burrow

964
00:51:05,160 --> 00:51:08,080
Speaker 1: out of a hole. Huh. Hey, yeah, I did it.

965
00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:11,200
Speaker 1: I did it right there. Uh. He had really good weapons.

966
00:51:11,239 --> 00:51:13,800
Speaker 1: He has really good weapons around him, which most rookie

967
00:51:13,880 --> 00:51:17,640
Speaker 1: quarterbacks don't have. The offensive line has improved with players

968
00:51:17,640 --> 00:51:20,439
Speaker 1: coming back. Uh. And he has an offensive head coach

969
00:51:20,440 --> 00:51:24,160
Speaker 1: who learned under Sean McVeigh. He's cool, he's fun. I

970
00:51:24,200 --> 00:51:25,680
Speaker 1: just want to cheer for him, and I think Burrow

971
00:51:25,719 --> 00:51:28,680
Speaker 1: is gonna do it. Okay, Brian, So, Baker Mayfield set

972
00:51:28,719 --> 00:51:31,880
Speaker 1: that record playing in only fourteen games, and he didn't

973
00:51:31,880 --> 00:51:34,160
Speaker 1: start one of them. We all know Burrow. Burrow is

974
00:51:34,280 --> 00:51:37,400
Speaker 1: coming out of the gates as a starter and Mayfield's

975
00:51:37,440 --> 00:51:40,160
Speaker 1: top skill guys in were a rookie Nick Chubb who

976
00:51:40,200 --> 00:51:44,360
Speaker 1: wasn't used like a bell cow, du Kaid, Duke Johnson,

977
00:51:44,400 --> 00:51:48,560
Speaker 1: Carlos side running back, then Jarvis Landry, Antonio, Callaway, Brashad

978
00:51:48,680 --> 00:51:53,480
Speaker 1: Berriman about that, and David and Joeku is clearly a

979
00:51:53,520 --> 00:51:56,920
Speaker 1: bust uh As Matt mentioned that the Bengals weapons, I

980
00:51:56,960 --> 00:51:59,680
Speaker 1: will take a healthy A j Green, Tyler Boyd and

981
00:51:59,760 --> 00:52:03,200
Speaker 1: Joe Mixing all day. It's not a great schedule for Burrow.

982
00:52:03,719 --> 00:52:06,840
Speaker 1: Playing Baltimore in Pittsburgh twice doesn't help, but hey, Baker

983
00:52:06,880 --> 00:52:11,040
Speaker 1: Mayfield had to play Baltimore in Pittsburgh twice. So yes,

984
00:52:11,280 --> 00:52:15,080
Speaker 1: Burrow will break the record with passing touchdowns. He did

985
00:52:15,120 --> 00:52:17,920
Speaker 1: market down he would need to throw one point seven

986
00:52:17,960 --> 00:52:21,560
Speaker 1: passing touchdowns per game to break the record. I went

987
00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:24,120
Speaker 1: through his schedule this year and looked at what every

988
00:52:24,160 --> 00:52:26,239
Speaker 1: one of those teams gave up on a per game

989
00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:30,799
Speaker 1: basis one point six. It's almost dead on what he

990
00:52:30,840 --> 00:52:34,000
Speaker 1: needs to get. So can he just be a hair

991
00:52:34,360 --> 00:52:37,160
Speaker 1: better than the average quarterback to face all those teams

992
00:52:37,239 --> 00:52:41,120
Speaker 1: last year? I think he can. The volume is probably there.

993
00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:44,600
Speaker 1: Zach Taylor had Cincinnati through the fifth most passes last year,

994
00:52:44,960 --> 00:52:49,120
Speaker 1: and that was with Ryan Finley at quarterback gross. Will

995
00:52:49,200 --> 00:52:53,800
Speaker 1: the defense in Cincinnati be adequately bad to give Burrow

996
00:52:53,880 --> 00:52:58,080
Speaker 1: plenty of garbage time? Yes, they wish. Will the Bengals

997
00:52:58,160 --> 00:53:02,680
Speaker 1: defense Uh, I think only modestly improved from the bottom

998
00:53:02,800 --> 00:53:05,359
Speaker 1: dredges that they were last year. They finished twenty nine

999
00:53:05,520 --> 00:53:09,160
Speaker 1: yards allowed, twenty five points allowed, and rush defense past

1000
00:53:09,200 --> 00:53:12,319
Speaker 1: defense last year. They're not going to suddenly vault into

1001
00:53:12,320 --> 00:53:16,960
Speaker 1: competency this season. Also working in the favor of Joe

1002
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:20,880
Speaker 1: Burrow to set the record the deep set of wide receivers, right,

1003
00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:24,520
Speaker 1: you got Boyd and Green and Ross and uh Tate

1004
00:53:24,760 --> 00:53:28,040
Speaker 1: and Higgins maybe a factor in at some point as well.

1005
00:53:28,120 --> 00:53:29,680
Speaker 1: And so even if one of those guys gets knocked

1006
00:53:29,719 --> 00:53:32,319
Speaker 1: out by injury, you've got all options there. I may

1007
00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:36,439
Speaker 1: he projects to be the most pro ready quarterback we've

1008
00:53:36,480 --> 00:53:41,279
Speaker 1: seen since Andrew Luck which agree a lot correct answer. Yes,

1009
00:53:41,600 --> 00:53:47,160
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow will set the rookie record todowns and then

1010
00:53:47,200 --> 00:53:49,839
Speaker 1: smoke a cigar afterwards the fine at that point you've

1011
00:53:49,880 --> 00:53:53,520
Speaker 1: earned it. I hope he doesn't break Baker Mayfield's record

1012
00:53:53,560 --> 00:53:57,920
Speaker 1: of god awful commercials that you have Uh oh kidding.

1013
00:53:58,040 --> 00:54:00,759
Speaker 1: They've already started the new slate of Baker eight fields.

1014
00:54:01,160 --> 00:54:03,000
Speaker 1: He should be banned for commercials for a year after

1015
00:54:03,080 --> 00:54:05,239
Speaker 1: last year. Right, it's terrible what we got, what we

1016
00:54:05,239 --> 00:54:08,480
Speaker 1: were subjected to. Let's go to Philadelphia taking on Washington

1017
00:54:08,960 --> 00:54:12,080
Speaker 1: and will begin in the passing game. Carson Wentz first

1018
00:54:12,160 --> 00:54:15,000
Speaker 1: round pick Jalen Reagor probably plays in this game, and

1019
00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:16,759
Speaker 1: he was taken off the injury part on Friday, so

1020
00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:19,320
Speaker 1: that's good news all Sean Jeffrey will not be ready

1021
00:54:19,360 --> 00:54:22,799
Speaker 1: to play. Still, Reagor missed a big chunk of the

1022
00:54:22,840 --> 00:54:25,759
Speaker 1: preseason and that's gonna hurt a rookie. And so I

1023
00:54:25,800 --> 00:54:27,640
Speaker 1: think this game, like a lot of them last year,

1024
00:54:27,680 --> 00:54:29,480
Speaker 1: go through his tight ends and his running backs through

1025
00:54:29,520 --> 00:54:32,320
Speaker 1: the air. Zach Ertz and Dallas Goddard rolled up almost

1026
00:54:32,320 --> 00:54:36,520
Speaker 1: two hundred receiving yards in the two matchups with Washington

1027
00:54:36,760 --> 00:54:40,439
Speaker 1: last year. In the Week fifteen matchup last season, while

1028
00:54:40,440 --> 00:54:43,560
Speaker 1: missing his starting receivers, Miles Sanders and Boston Scott rolled

1029
00:54:43,600 --> 00:54:45,520
Speaker 1: up ninety receiving yards in a touchdown through the air

1030
00:54:45,520 --> 00:54:48,160
Speaker 1: in that game. So I expect those guys all to

1031
00:54:48,200 --> 00:54:51,480
Speaker 1: be heavily involved for sure. So Carson Wentz gets a

1032
00:54:51,560 --> 00:54:54,520
Speaker 1: B grade here. Zach Ertz is an obvious A and

1033
00:54:54,560 --> 00:54:58,160
Speaker 1: even Dallas Goddard clocks in with a C grade. Again

1034
00:54:58,320 --> 00:55:01,879
Speaker 1: with Jeffrey maybe limited on snaps, he gets Jeffrey out

1035
00:55:01,880 --> 00:55:04,719
Speaker 1: and Reagor limited. I think Goddor gets some extra playing time.

1036
00:55:05,040 --> 00:55:07,360
Speaker 1: And again in December when the Eagles are really stricken

1037
00:55:07,360 --> 00:55:10,160
Speaker 1: at the wide receiver spot, he taught fifty five yards

1038
00:55:10,239 --> 00:55:12,839
Speaker 1: in every game in December god Or did so. He's

1039
00:55:12,840 --> 00:55:15,760
Speaker 1: a sneaky depth play here as well, and a C grade.

1040
00:55:16,239 --> 00:55:19,280
Speaker 1: Sticking with the passing game, who's the one healthy receiver.

1041
00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:21,759
Speaker 1: It's a revenge game. I can tell you it's a

1042
00:55:21,840 --> 00:55:27,600
Speaker 1: revenge game. That's right. It's the revenge duck playable. By

1043
00:55:27,680 --> 00:55:34,719
Speaker 1: the way, I won't say longtime co host Jay Clemens,

1044
00:55:34,800 --> 00:55:38,719
Speaker 1: but Shawn Jackson a great Week one history, by the way,

1045
00:55:39,560 --> 00:55:43,080
Speaker 1: unstoppable one. Well he was last year. He had the

1046
00:55:43,080 --> 00:55:46,000
Speaker 1: big Week one and then promptly was never seen, never

1047
00:55:46,000 --> 00:55:49,799
Speaker 1: seen again. Jackson tantalized us in this spot last year.

1048
00:55:49,840 --> 00:55:52,440
Speaker 1: Eight catches hundred fifty four yards and two touchdowns in

1049
00:55:52,520 --> 00:55:56,000
Speaker 1: Week one. So there you go. Cornerback Fabians onto something

1050
00:55:56,080 --> 00:55:59,920
Speaker 1: that's right. Cornerback Fabian Moreau has the four three speed

1051
00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:02,560
Speaker 1: to keep up with him, but Moreau is otherwise not

1052
00:56:02,719 --> 00:56:05,120
Speaker 1: good and allowed nearly eight percent of his past is

1053
00:56:05,160 --> 00:56:08,440
Speaker 1: thrown in his direction to be completed. So that is

1054
00:56:08,600 --> 00:56:12,000
Speaker 1: why DeShawn Jackson a sneaky a great DFS play and

1055
00:56:12,040 --> 00:56:14,560
Speaker 1: a sneaky play and be great. I like him a lot.

1056
00:56:14,600 --> 00:56:16,320
Speaker 1: Here Boston Scott was gonna take a chance on me

1057
00:56:16,400 --> 00:56:18,200
Speaker 1: running back, and they told you, I think he will

1058
00:56:18,239 --> 00:56:22,560
Speaker 1: outscore Miles Sanders in this game. Um Sanders is dealing

1059
00:56:22,600 --> 00:56:25,400
Speaker 1: with a lingering hamstring injury that will keep him on

1060
00:56:25,480 --> 00:56:29,160
Speaker 1: a snap count. Washington surrendered the second most rushing attempts,

1061
00:56:29,160 --> 00:56:32,080
Speaker 1: second most rushing yards, fifth most receptions, fifth most receiving yards.

1062
00:56:32,080 --> 00:56:34,279
Speaker 1: Opposing backs of Sanders can still get it done, and

1063
00:56:34,320 --> 00:56:36,200
Speaker 1: he still gets a B grade. Here in Sanders at

1064
00:56:36,239 --> 00:56:39,440
Speaker 1: his best game of the year last year against Washington,

1065
00:56:39,560 --> 00:56:41,640
Speaker 1: when you put up a hundred seventy two total yards

1066
00:56:41,680 --> 00:56:45,800
Speaker 1: and two scores. Sough tissue injuries in preseason, I hate it.

1067
00:56:45,880 --> 00:56:48,000
Speaker 1: Just they just don't mix. We don't have a preseason

1068
00:56:48,040 --> 00:56:50,080
Speaker 1: to see these guys. Let's go to Washington side with

1069
00:56:50,160 --> 00:56:52,480
Speaker 1: a lot of guys to talk about. Terry mclaurin's great,

1070
00:56:52,480 --> 00:56:56,919
Speaker 1: he gets a B great. Wait who Terry mcla mc

1071
00:56:57,640 --> 00:57:01,920
Speaker 1: noted irishman Terry McLaren. The Eagles finally decided to address

1072
00:57:02,200 --> 00:57:05,440
Speaker 1: their year long secondary issues this offseason by trading for

1073
00:57:05,800 --> 00:57:08,720
Speaker 1: cornerback Daries Slagh. But Slay was bad for the Lions

1074
00:57:08,760 --> 00:57:10,400
Speaker 1: last year and they're happy to let him go. And

1075
00:57:10,640 --> 00:57:13,759
Speaker 1: I don't think he makes their their their secondary anywhere

1076
00:57:13,800 --> 00:57:18,480
Speaker 1: really that much better. McLaurin met Sleigh last year put

1077
00:57:18,560 --> 00:57:20,520
Speaker 1: up seventy two yards on him, but he was held

1078
00:57:20,560 --> 00:57:23,880
Speaker 1: scoreless in Detroit. McLaren won't win with speed against Slay,

1079
00:57:24,320 --> 00:57:27,240
Speaker 1: but I think he will end up being winning with

1080
00:57:27,280 --> 00:57:29,240
Speaker 1: savvy and could bring in some deep balls here. Will

1081
00:57:29,240 --> 00:57:32,800
Speaker 1: give him a B grade. The only other Washington player

1082
00:57:32,880 --> 00:57:37,040
Speaker 1: you may want to start is Antonio Gibson. Presumably they'll

1083
00:57:37,080 --> 00:57:39,600
Speaker 1: get the most carries, but this is a tough spot

1084
00:57:39,600 --> 00:57:41,680
Speaker 1: for Gibson as he faces an Eagles team that allowed

1085
00:57:41,720 --> 00:57:45,200
Speaker 1: the third fewest rushing attempts, the fourth fewest rushing yards,

1086
00:57:45,360 --> 00:57:47,680
Speaker 1: and just three point seven yards per carry. We don't

1087
00:57:47,720 --> 00:57:48,920
Speaker 1: even know for sure if he's going to get the

1088
00:57:48,960 --> 00:57:51,640
Speaker 1: majority of the work or not, so I better you're

1089
00:57:51,680 --> 00:57:54,480
Speaker 1: better off just watching this one and we'll see how

1090
00:57:54,520 --> 00:57:57,560
Speaker 1: it ends up. Playing out f Antonio Gibson, Antonio Gibson,

1091
00:57:57,720 --> 00:58:02,200
Speaker 1: James Robinson fool's gold this week. Ye, they're starting running backs,

1092
00:58:02,200 --> 00:58:06,680
Speaker 1: but just don't let's watch it now. Running back Gibson.

1093
00:58:06,800 --> 00:58:10,160
Speaker 1: Gibson's got some NFL caliber talent. I just don't think

1094
00:58:10,200 --> 00:58:12,120
Speaker 1: it all comes together here in Week one and add

1095
00:58:12,120 --> 00:58:14,160
Speaker 1: against a good run defense. Hey, if you want to

1096
00:58:14,200 --> 00:58:16,360
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Speaker 1: free Guillotine leagues dot com. When we come back Dallas

1101
00:58:29,680 --> 00:58:32,200
Speaker 1: taking on the Rams they played to sixty five points

1102
00:58:32,320 --> 00:58:36,280
Speaker 1: last year, will we see similar offensive production in that

1103
00:58:36,320 --> 00:59:03,320
Speaker 1: game this year? Stay tuned, Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly.

1104
00:59:03,320 --> 00:59:05,680
Speaker 1: Paul Giarchie and Brian Johnson and Matt Harrison with you.

1105
00:59:07,880 --> 00:59:10,520
Speaker 1: This next game is a little bit peculiar because as

1106
00:59:10,600 --> 00:59:13,640
Speaker 1: we're talking right now, we don't know if Arizona San

1107
00:59:13,640 --> 00:59:16,439
Speaker 1: Francisco is going to be played, going to be played

1108
00:59:16,440 --> 00:59:19,640
Speaker 1: in San Francisco, or Santa Clara going to be played

1109
00:59:20,360 --> 00:59:23,760
Speaker 1: at a neutral site. This is all because of the

1110
00:59:23,840 --> 00:59:25,600
Speaker 1: gender reveal, and we don't even know if it was

1111
00:59:25,600 --> 00:59:28,840
Speaker 1: a girl. No, it's a good point. It's good it

1112
00:59:28,880 --> 00:59:31,160
Speaker 1: was a boy. Was it a boy? Only a boy

1113
00:59:31,200 --> 00:59:34,280
Speaker 1: would set fire to you know, several hundred thousands of

1114
00:59:35,040 --> 00:59:38,440
Speaker 1: forest ladies would never do that. No, never, absolutely not.

1115
00:59:38,960 --> 00:59:42,320
Speaker 1: So Brian will assume the game is on. You know,

1116
00:59:42,400 --> 00:59:45,120
Speaker 1: although in theory you could move you know, these games though, fans,

1117
00:59:45,160 --> 00:59:47,120
Speaker 1: it's a lot easier to move these games now than

1118
00:59:47,160 --> 00:59:50,240
Speaker 1: they ever used to be. Metro Doome collapsed on the Vikings,

1119
00:59:50,800 --> 00:59:53,360
Speaker 1: they had to pivot and go to go to Detroit

1120
00:59:53,400 --> 00:59:56,640
Speaker 1: and play Katrina came through New Orleans, they had to

1121
00:59:56,640 --> 00:59:58,760
Speaker 1: play a game in the in the meadowlands. So, I mean,

1122
00:59:58,800 --> 01:00:01,280
Speaker 1: this thing could flip air Zona and b be another

1123
01:00:01,280 --> 01:00:04,880
Speaker 1: home game for Arizona potentially. But let's break down the game.

1124
01:00:05,120 --> 01:00:07,640
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray tough, this is a it is a This

1125
01:00:07,720 --> 01:00:11,160
Speaker 1: is not an easy game for Kyler Murray. I wouldn't

1126
01:00:11,200 --> 01:00:14,120
Speaker 1: really say that this forty Niners defense is going to

1127
01:00:14,200 --> 01:00:16,680
Speaker 1: take a step back at least early on Nick Bosa

1128
01:00:16,840 --> 01:00:19,439
Speaker 1: d Ford on the front. Yeah, they're pretty good. Miss

1129
01:00:19,640 --> 01:00:23,480
Speaker 1: most of camp with injury. Uh, All Pro inside linebacker

1130
01:00:23,560 --> 01:00:26,760
Speaker 1: Fred Warner just came off the COVID list on Wednesday,

1131
01:00:26,840 --> 01:00:29,960
Speaker 1: doesn't have his legs under him. All Pro defensive tackle

1132
01:00:30,040 --> 01:00:33,040
Speaker 1: DeForrest Buckner now in India. As I just mentioned that

1133
01:00:33,600 --> 01:00:35,320
Speaker 1: von kinl on that spot. To put a first round

1134
01:00:35,320 --> 01:00:37,160
Speaker 1: pick into that spot, that's tell a rookie. I like

1135
01:00:37,200 --> 01:00:39,000
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray charge. I know you hit him in the

1136
01:00:39,000 --> 01:00:42,160
Speaker 1: two games against the forty Niners last year, one to

1137
01:00:42,440 --> 01:00:45,040
Speaker 1: passing and thirty four rushing yards in one, then only

1138
01:00:45,120 --> 01:00:48,160
Speaker 1: on fifty passing yards but two passing touchdowns, and then

1139
01:00:48,200 --> 01:00:50,200
Speaker 1: sixty seven rushing yards and a touch shown on the

1140
01:00:50,240 --> 01:00:53,360
Speaker 1: ground in the second, meaning the forty Niners allowed the

1141
01:00:53,440 --> 01:00:56,680
Speaker 1: third most rushing yards per game to quarterbacks. And again,

1142
01:00:56,720 --> 01:00:59,720
Speaker 1: I think this defense takes a small, if not significant

1143
01:00:59,720 --> 01:01:02,040
Speaker 1: step back, at least in the early weeks. And look,

1144
01:01:02,040 --> 01:01:04,480
Speaker 1: you drafted Kyler Murray's a top five quarterback, you treat

1145
01:01:04,520 --> 01:01:06,520
Speaker 1: him as such in this matchup. I'm giving him a

1146
01:01:06,520 --> 01:01:10,760
Speaker 1: b um staying with the passing game. DeAndre Hopkins just

1147
01:01:10,760 --> 01:01:12,960
Speaker 1: gonna give him a b here as well. He missed

1148
01:01:12,960 --> 01:01:14,960
Speaker 1: most of camp as well with a hamstring issue, but

1149
01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:17,360
Speaker 1: should get the green light if the game gets played,

1150
01:01:17,400 --> 01:01:21,440
Speaker 1: of course. Uh San Francisco hasn't locked down their second cornerback. Really,

1151
01:01:21,760 --> 01:01:24,320
Speaker 1: it's just Richard Sherman, but he has planned on one

1152
01:01:24,360 --> 01:01:26,440
Speaker 1: side of the field a year older, so it's not

1153
01:01:26,520 --> 01:01:29,000
Speaker 1: hard to keep Hopkins out of that coverage. I don't

1154
01:01:29,000 --> 01:01:31,240
Speaker 1: have much more to say other than you're also not

1155
01:01:31,320 --> 01:01:33,800
Speaker 1: benching DeAndre Hopkins this week, but he only gets a B.

1156
01:01:35,280 --> 01:01:37,840
Speaker 1: So Sherman on one side might be bad news for

1157
01:01:37,960 --> 01:01:41,040
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk if he just gets stuck on Sherman or

1158
01:01:41,200 --> 01:01:44,160
Speaker 1: vice versa all all game. But Cliff Kingsbury is a

1159
01:01:44,160 --> 01:01:46,520
Speaker 1: pretty creative guy. I think it's hard to imagine he

1160
01:01:46,560 --> 01:01:49,120
Speaker 1: just plants Kirk opo Sherman all game. So I'm gonna

1161
01:01:49,160 --> 01:01:51,320
Speaker 1: give him a c here, even though only had two

1162
01:01:51,360 --> 01:01:54,360
Speaker 1: catches for eight yards and then six forty one in

1163
01:01:54,400 --> 01:01:57,000
Speaker 1: the two meetings with San Francisco last year. But again,

1164
01:01:57,040 --> 01:01:59,880
Speaker 1: those are very different times for the Cardinals. DeAndre Hopkins

1165
01:02:00,160 --> 01:02:03,520
Speaker 1: and a year under Cayler Mary's Built changes everything. Um,

1166
01:02:03,640 --> 01:02:06,120
Speaker 1: Larry fitz Gerald, I'm gonna give him a bench, but

1167
01:02:06,160 --> 01:02:07,960
Speaker 1: I really hope he burns me on this one. I

1168
01:02:08,000 --> 01:02:12,360
Speaker 1: got I gotta bench him for now. You cannot four

1169
01:02:12,400 --> 01:02:14,440
Speaker 1: for thirty eight, then five for thirty seven. One in

1170
01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:17,160
Speaker 1: the two games against San Francisco last year. But you

1171
01:02:17,160 --> 01:02:19,880
Speaker 1: gotta think DeAndre Hopkins eats into his target. So Larry

1172
01:02:19,960 --> 01:02:23,720
Speaker 1: Fitzgerald is on the bench, and I'm starting to priority

1173
01:02:23,760 --> 01:02:25,840
Speaker 1: so is my boy Dan Arnold. He's on the bench

1174
01:02:25,920 --> 01:02:28,480
Speaker 1: this way. This is really painful. But we'll get there

1175
01:02:28,520 --> 01:02:30,640
Speaker 1: next week with Dan. But he's on the bench. But

1176
01:02:30,720 --> 01:02:38,600
Speaker 1: hey daily and then uh, lastly for Arizona, Kenyan Drake

1177
01:02:39,280 --> 01:02:42,160
Speaker 1: very solid b Chase Edmunds a guy we all need

1178
01:02:42,200 --> 01:02:44,320
Speaker 1: to keep our eye on. But right now Drake is

1179
01:02:44,360 --> 01:02:47,280
Speaker 1: the bell cow. He did play both games against San

1180
01:02:47,360 --> 01:02:50,080
Speaker 1: Fran last year. By the way, they hate when you

1181
01:02:50,120 --> 01:02:52,560
Speaker 1: call it San Fran and San Francisco, so they like

1182
01:02:52,600 --> 01:02:54,880
Speaker 1: it better when you call it Frisco, san France and

1183
01:02:54,920 --> 01:02:58,160
Speaker 1: France and France and France. Against San Fran, Kenyan Drake

1184
01:02:58,200 --> 01:03:00,960
Speaker 1: at a hundred sixty two combo yards and touchdown than

1185
01:03:01,040 --> 01:03:03,280
Speaker 1: just eighty combo yards in the second game. He did

1186
01:03:03,320 --> 01:03:06,240
Speaker 1: have six catches. But again Nick bos A, d Ford

1187
01:03:06,280 --> 01:03:10,040
Speaker 1: not percent neither. It's Fred Warner, Kenyan, Drake solid b

1188
01:03:10,560 --> 01:03:12,320
Speaker 1: over to the San Francisco side. I'll be a little

1189
01:03:12,400 --> 01:03:15,800
Speaker 1: quicker here, raheem most just to see Arizona allowed the

1190
01:03:15,920 --> 01:03:18,880
Speaker 1: second most red zone scoring or tip story attempts per

1191
01:03:18,880 --> 01:03:21,320
Speaker 1: game last year at three point nine, but they only

1192
01:03:21,360 --> 01:03:24,880
Speaker 1: allowed nine rushing touchdowns running backs all season. That was

1193
01:03:24,960 --> 01:03:28,240
Speaker 1: bottom of the barrel. Niners did nothing on the ground

1194
01:03:28,240 --> 01:03:32,400
Speaker 1: against the Cardinals last year, totally rushing yards on forty

1195
01:03:32,480 --> 01:03:36,160
Speaker 1: six carries across two games. Most are will likely start.

1196
01:03:36,600 --> 01:03:38,640
Speaker 1: But Tevin Coleman, who will talk to talk about in

1197
01:03:38,640 --> 01:03:40,800
Speaker 1: a minute. We'll lean to his snaps. We're getting him

1198
01:03:40,800 --> 01:03:45,800
Speaker 1: on the phone. Most never saw more than two targets

1199
01:03:46,040 --> 01:03:48,680
Speaker 1: at San Francisco starting running back last season, so he

1200
01:03:48,760 --> 01:03:51,360
Speaker 1: is a easy C grade this week. Charch I am

1201
01:03:51,360 --> 01:03:54,560
Speaker 1: sorry Kevin Coleman, not so much. He might miss this

1202
01:03:54,600 --> 01:03:57,680
Speaker 1: game even if it's played. If the air quality index

1203
01:03:57,880 --> 01:04:02,080
Speaker 1: is I can't remember if it's above or under, if

1204
01:04:02,080 --> 01:04:04,760
Speaker 1: it's something, If it's something. If the SNY is the

1205
01:04:04,800 --> 01:04:07,800
Speaker 1: color of the Niners uniforms, we're not playing. You might

1206
01:04:07,840 --> 01:04:12,160
Speaker 1: not see Tevin Coleman. I wasn't too excited about. On

1207
01:04:12,240 --> 01:04:15,280
Speaker 1: the field. You can't see them because the air quality

1208
01:04:15,320 --> 01:04:18,320
Speaker 1: is the exact same color as the universe. Coleman probably

1209
01:04:18,400 --> 01:04:21,479
Speaker 1: would would see some carries, probably more targets than usual,

1210
01:04:21,520 --> 01:04:23,320
Speaker 1: but I'm putting him on the bench either way now

1211
01:04:23,360 --> 01:04:26,960
Speaker 1: with this wildfire issue, and Jered McKinnon to Jered jettmckinnon

1212
01:04:27,000 --> 01:04:28,360
Speaker 1: on the bench right now. We see what we have

1213
01:04:28,480 --> 01:04:30,480
Speaker 1: with them, and we'll also see what we have with

1214
01:04:30,520 --> 01:04:34,440
Speaker 1: the forty Niners wide receivers. It's like Dante Pettis, Kendrick Bourne,

1215
01:04:35,000 --> 01:04:38,360
Speaker 1: Jordans Reid might be the leading wide receiver for the

1216
01:04:38,400 --> 01:04:43,520
Speaker 1: forty Niners outside of George Kittle. Who gets the fantasy

1217
01:04:43,520 --> 01:04:47,400
Speaker 1: FONZI met this week? Not it's George Kittle, baby, and

1218
01:04:47,440 --> 01:04:53,160
Speaker 1: I only Tampa, I only Baby, I give the Fonzis

1219
01:04:53,280 --> 01:04:57,600
Speaker 1: and Arizona just posted the worst tight end defense in

1220
01:04:57,640 --> 01:05:01,640
Speaker 1: the history of the NFL. Twenty one targets were yielded

1221
01:05:01,680 --> 01:05:04,240
Speaker 1: to tight ends in gold to ghost scenarios by Arizona.

1222
01:05:04,320 --> 01:05:07,320
Speaker 1: Last year, the next highest total was twelve. Only two

1223
01:05:07,360 --> 01:05:11,120
Speaker 1: other teams got to ten such targets. Unsurprisingly, the Cardinals

1224
01:05:11,120 --> 01:05:14,320
Speaker 1: allowed a whopping sixteen touchdowns to the tight end position.

1225
01:05:14,520 --> 01:05:16,960
Speaker 1: George Kittle caught one of those scores in the first meeting.

1226
01:05:17,240 --> 01:05:20,960
Speaker 1: He missed the second game, but Ross Dwelly only scored

1227
01:05:21,000 --> 01:05:25,520
Speaker 1: twice in accents, so George Kittle I might be wide

1228
01:05:25,560 --> 01:05:28,680
Speaker 1: receiver one this week. Screw Michael Thomas. I feel like

1229
01:05:28,720 --> 01:05:31,000
Speaker 1: I have to bring up I just gave Thomas the

1230
01:05:31,040 --> 01:05:33,680
Speaker 1: A so we could move through it. But now eleven

1231
01:05:37,480 --> 01:05:40,200
Speaker 1: plus eight for one fourteen and one and his two

1232
01:05:40,200 --> 01:05:45,040
Speaker 1: games against Tampa. Alright, do two and two? Kittle won't

1233
01:05:45,040 --> 01:05:47,960
Speaker 1: get that? I think I think I'm on the Kittle side. Actually,

1234
01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:49,880
Speaker 1: you know who might be the FALSI this week is

1235
01:05:49,960 --> 01:05:53,840
Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo. How many touchdowns do you think Garoppolo total

1236
01:05:53,880 --> 01:05:56,680
Speaker 1: against Arizona last year? It was a lot he killed

1237
01:05:56,920 --> 01:06:00,919
Speaker 1: last year air and ground, yes, but he didn't sound

1238
01:06:01,040 --> 01:06:04,560
Speaker 1: on the ground close eight geez three, seventeen and four

1239
01:06:04,680 --> 01:06:07,880
Speaker 1: and four and four for Garoppolo. Yes, he's got no

1240
01:06:07,920 --> 01:06:11,160
Speaker 1: wide receivers right now, but he's got George Kittle. Arizona

1241
01:06:11,160 --> 01:06:13,920
Speaker 1: allowed the most passing touchdowns last season, and despite the

1242
01:06:13,960 --> 01:06:16,040
Speaker 1: lack of wide receivers, like I just said, two fifty

1243
01:06:16,040 --> 01:06:18,680
Speaker 1: and two is a safe floor for Jimmy g who

1244
01:06:18,720 --> 01:06:20,880
Speaker 1: can scramble if he needs to, and buy that, I

1245
01:06:20,920 --> 01:06:25,200
Speaker 1: mean scramble eggs for his date in the morning. Jeez.

1246
01:06:26,160 --> 01:06:28,880
Speaker 1: All right, let's go to Dallas taking on the Rams

1247
01:06:29,000 --> 01:06:32,800
Speaker 1: and when this these teams played. Last year, Dallas destroyed

1248
01:06:32,840 --> 01:06:34,880
Speaker 1: the Rams to the point that Dak Prescott even have

1249
01:06:34,920 --> 01:06:37,760
Speaker 1: to pass. Is Zekiel Elliott had a monster game. What

1250
01:06:37,800 --> 01:06:40,280
Speaker 1: do you expect this time around? Me? Has Zeke had

1251
01:06:40,280 --> 01:06:43,480
Speaker 1: one sixty and two scores in the game last year,

1252
01:06:43,520 --> 01:06:46,920
Speaker 1: so he's an a uh chart. Not yet on Tony Pollard,

1253
01:06:47,040 --> 01:06:50,320
Speaker 1: just not yet. The Rams didn't quite give up enough

1254
01:06:50,480 --> 01:06:52,120
Speaker 1: to the running game. I agree. I just want to

1255
01:06:52,120 --> 01:06:53,880
Speaker 1: watch and I want to take a week to watch

1256
01:06:53,880 --> 01:06:56,200
Speaker 1: and see what Tony Pollard does. Yeah, I agree. Um

1257
01:06:56,280 --> 01:06:58,840
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott given him a b wasn't asked to do

1258
01:06:58,880 --> 01:07:00,680
Speaker 1: a lot in the win last year. Is Zeke ran

1259
01:07:00,760 --> 01:07:03,560
Speaker 1: up the score, although he did manage two touchdown passes.

1260
01:07:03,760 --> 01:07:07,360
Speaker 1: Two players no longer on the Cowboys roster, and it's

1261
01:07:07,360 --> 01:07:10,040
Speaker 1: worth noting that it's a completely new Rams defense. No

1262
01:07:10,240 --> 01:07:15,400
Speaker 1: Dante Fowler, Corey Littleton, Eric Wettle, Nickel, Robie Coleman all gone.

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Speaker 1: Aaron Donald is still a force, though, and so has

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Speaker 1: newly minted Jalen Ramsey, who's going to be shadowing Amari

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Speaker 1: Cooper who also has a hamstring injury. Par for the course,

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Speaker 1: Amari Cooper, thank you very much. In the game last

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Speaker 1: year one catch for nineteen yards against Jalen Ramsey. I'm

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01:07:34,000 --> 01:07:38,200
Speaker 1: only given Cooper a C. I'm nervous. I will give

1269
01:07:38,440 --> 01:07:42,400
Speaker 1: B grades to Michael Gallup and Ceedee Lamb in this game, though,

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Speaker 1: I think Gallup is the top target in this game.

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01:07:45,120 --> 01:07:48,080
Speaker 1: He won't face Ramsey, and he averaged eight yards per

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Speaker 1: game last season. That's a solid floor. Plus. I think

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Speaker 1: Ceedee Lamb, who they're talking about being maybe the best

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01:07:54,160 --> 01:07:57,920
Speaker 1: player in Cowboys camp, He's gonna go off. He's gonna

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01:07:57,960 --> 01:08:00,200
Speaker 1: be so good. But has it all come to other

1276
01:08:00,200 --> 01:08:04,200
Speaker 1: in week one? Oh yeah, it's totally gonna do it. Hey,

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Speaker 1: you know who Ceedee Lambs playing against this week? Tell

1278
01:08:06,480 --> 01:08:11,080
Speaker 1: me special teamer David Long is their slot corner. He

1279
01:08:11,160 --> 01:08:14,040
Speaker 1: played special teams all of last year, and he gets

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Speaker 1: Ceedee Lamb, Coleman, absolutely um, Blake Jarwin, Brian Yeah, I

1281
01:08:19,560 --> 01:08:21,720
Speaker 1: know him, Yeah, you know him. He gets a B two.

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01:08:22,280 --> 01:08:24,479
Speaker 1: He's an interesting play with the Rams trotting out a

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01:08:24,600 --> 01:08:28,080
Speaker 1: completely new linebacker corps. Plus there's no Jason Witten to

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01:08:28,120 --> 01:08:31,000
Speaker 1: hold him back. Whitten average just over five targets per

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01:08:31,000 --> 01:08:33,559
Speaker 1: game last season. Jarwin had another two and a half

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01:08:33,640 --> 01:08:36,479
Speaker 1: of his own, so I'd imagine seven or eight targets

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01:08:36,479 --> 01:08:38,800
Speaker 1: going Jarwin's direction, and that's good enough for a b

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01:08:39,000 --> 01:08:42,360
Speaker 1: start for a tight end. On the Rams side, the

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01:08:42,520 --> 01:08:46,080
Speaker 1: running game is on the bench cam Akers, Malcolm Brown

1290
01:08:46,200 --> 01:08:49,479
Speaker 1: and Darryl Henderson. Henderson spent time on the injury report

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01:08:49,560 --> 01:08:52,760
Speaker 1: this week. He has cleared that now, so mcveigh's plan

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01:08:52,840 --> 01:08:57,040
Speaker 1: of using a three back rotation back in play. I

1293
01:08:57,080 --> 01:08:59,000
Speaker 1: don't trust this backfield at all. I've been saying it

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01:08:59,080 --> 01:09:01,800
Speaker 1: all preseason and the Cowboys were amongst the best in

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01:09:01,840 --> 01:09:05,320
Speaker 1: the league at limiting running back receptions and yards last year,

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01:09:05,479 --> 01:09:08,679
Speaker 1: with opposing backs averaging only four catches for thirty one yards.

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01:09:09,479 --> 01:09:11,479
Speaker 1: The guy who's the best starter out of this, I

1298
01:09:11,520 --> 01:09:13,600
Speaker 1: think is still Malcolm Brown, who I think it's the

1299
01:09:13,640 --> 01:09:17,840
Speaker 1: goal line work, but he might be the most car

1300
01:09:18,200 --> 01:09:19,880
Speaker 1: But I think here's a lot of people who are

1301
01:09:19,920 --> 01:09:21,920
Speaker 1: lie on cam Akers and they want him to be

1302
01:09:22,160 --> 01:09:24,680
Speaker 1: a success. I do too, I just don't want to

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01:09:24,720 --> 01:09:27,840
Speaker 1: do it this week. Jared Goof, he's not very good

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01:09:27,840 --> 01:09:30,720
Speaker 1: at quarterback. I keep saying it. The problem is he's

1305
01:09:30,720 --> 01:09:33,080
Speaker 1: one of the worst quarterbacks in the league when pressured,

1306
01:09:33,400 --> 01:09:37,559
Speaker 1: according to establish the runs. Evan Silva, Goff's passerrating dips

1307
01:09:37,600 --> 01:09:40,200
Speaker 1: from n and a half in a clean pocket to

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01:09:40,479 --> 01:09:44,439
Speaker 1: sixty point four when under pressure. Take into account that

1309
01:09:44,520 --> 01:09:48,040
Speaker 1: Dallas just added Everson Griffin to DeMarcus Lawrence on the outside.

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01:09:48,280 --> 01:09:52,240
Speaker 1: I don't like Goff's chances of keeping those hideous bone

1311
01:09:52,400 --> 01:09:56,720
Speaker 1: white uniforms clean. Oh my god, they're such bad uniforms.

1312
01:09:56,800 --> 01:09:59,360
Speaker 1: Who's ever gotten a worst uniform change in the Rams?

1313
01:09:59,720 --> 01:10:02,200
Speaker 1: Coop ber Cups getting an A grade though Golf doesn't

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01:10:02,240 --> 01:10:04,479
Speaker 1: throw deep, Cup doesn't run deep, with an A dot

1315
01:10:04,479 --> 01:10:06,760
Speaker 1: of six point six, but he's got a yack of

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01:10:06,840 --> 01:10:10,599
Speaker 1: five point seven. Uh. He figures to do well against

1317
01:10:10,640 --> 01:10:14,840
Speaker 1: backup slot corner Daryl Worley, who allowed over nine yards

1318
01:10:14,880 --> 01:10:19,160
Speaker 1: per past attempt in his coverage last season. Robert Woods,

1319
01:10:19,200 --> 01:10:22,040
Speaker 1: Bobby Trees, He's getting a B. Woods will run along

1320
01:10:22,040 --> 01:10:25,320
Speaker 1: the outside against rookie Trevon dig So he's worth a

1321
01:10:25,360 --> 01:10:27,040
Speaker 1: flyer in a game where I think the Rams will

1322
01:10:27,080 --> 01:10:31,040
Speaker 1: be playing catchup. Uh, not Van Jefferson or Josh Reynolds

1323
01:10:31,120 --> 01:10:33,719
Speaker 1: quite yet. But Tyler Higbee, I'm giving a B grade

1324
01:10:33,720 --> 01:10:36,600
Speaker 1: to twelve for one eleven and last year's match up

1325
01:10:36,680 --> 01:10:39,760
Speaker 1: with the Cowboys that was without Gerald Everett though, who

1326
01:10:39,880 --> 01:10:42,880
Speaker 1: is now back. Still, there were fewer tight ends in

1327
01:10:42,920 --> 01:10:45,639
Speaker 1: the league who finished hotter than Higbee, and you likely

1328
01:10:45,720 --> 01:10:48,080
Speaker 1: drafted him to start. There's no reason to sit him here.

1329
01:10:48,400 --> 01:10:51,160
Speaker 1: Next time you give Lamb a B, all you need

1330
01:10:51,240 --> 01:10:55,400
Speaker 1: to say is a B C D. Oh, I got

1331
01:10:55,439 --> 01:11:01,840
Speaker 1: you a B four CD. Before a B C D

1332
01:11:02,640 --> 01:11:05,880
Speaker 1: C D, I thought you were gonna go lamb by. Yeah,

1333
01:11:05,920 --> 01:11:07,560
Speaker 1: that's where I thought he was going to A B

1334
01:11:07,840 --> 01:11:09,639
Speaker 1: for C D is I think a little bit better?

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01:11:10,000 --> 01:11:12,599
Speaker 1: That's it for years? Right, you're done? Yeah, alright, good. Um.

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Speaker 1: I've only got about two minutes left in this segment,

1337
01:11:14,280 --> 01:11:16,360
Speaker 1: but I'm gonna try to squeeze in Las Vegas and

1338
01:11:16,400 --> 01:11:20,040
Speaker 1: Carolina because is not like guys talk about McCaffrey stardom. Well, yeah,

1339
01:11:20,040 --> 01:11:23,719
Speaker 1: oddly enough, yes, Josh Jacobs, though sitting out a better

1340
01:11:23,760 --> 01:11:28,479
Speaker 1: game that Christian McCaffrey and obvious a start against a

1341
01:11:28,560 --> 01:11:34,640
Speaker 1: historically bad last year, allowed a staggering twenties seven rushing touchdowns,

1342
01:11:35,360 --> 01:11:39,200
Speaker 1: almost two a game, by far, the worst in the league.

1343
01:11:39,800 --> 01:11:42,120
Speaker 1: And so he is a He's a fantastic Storry's my

1344
01:11:42,200 --> 01:11:44,839
Speaker 1: number two ranked running back for this week. Derek Carr

1345
01:11:45,080 --> 01:11:47,120
Speaker 1: really the biggest hindrance for him having a good game

1346
01:11:47,160 --> 01:11:50,960
Speaker 1: here is Josh Jacobs. Still opportunities will be there against

1347
01:11:50,960 --> 01:11:54,719
Speaker 1: a rebuilt, incredibly young defense, and the secondary for Caroline

1348
01:11:54,800 --> 01:11:58,120
Speaker 1: is bad. Cornerback James Bradberry left in free agency, and

1349
01:11:58,160 --> 01:12:02,120
Speaker 1: the team will start rookie Troy Ey'd an incredibly brunable

1350
01:12:02,160 --> 01:12:05,639
Speaker 1: cornerback Dante Jackson. He allowed of passer rating a hundred

1351
01:12:05,680 --> 01:12:08,519
Speaker 1: seventeen on throws in his coverage. Derek Carr gets a

1352
01:12:08,600 --> 01:12:11,960
Speaker 1: C grade, so does both Henry Ruggs and Brian Edwards,

1353
01:12:12,040 --> 01:12:16,040
Speaker 1: both startable dart throws against this rebuilt secondary. By all accounts,

1354
01:12:16,120 --> 01:12:19,639
Speaker 1: Edwards had a better training camp than Rugs, but Ruggs

1355
01:12:19,640 --> 01:12:21,160
Speaker 1: would be your home run play. If you want to

1356
01:12:21,160 --> 01:12:25,000
Speaker 1: go with the speedster, then there's Derris Darren Waller, who

1357
01:12:25,040 --> 01:12:28,400
Speaker 1: also gets a C grade. Carolina's defense was bad at

1358
01:12:28,400 --> 01:12:31,840
Speaker 1: everything last year except guarding tight ends. Only three guys

1359
01:12:32,040 --> 01:12:35,519
Speaker 1: top forty seven yards against Carolina. Only three tight ends

1360
01:12:35,600 --> 01:12:39,400
Speaker 1: top forty seven yards against Carolina all year, but Luke

1361
01:12:39,479 --> 01:12:42,000
Speaker 1: Kickley retired. That'll that'll be a factor at the linebacker

1362
01:12:42,080 --> 01:12:43,760
Speaker 1: level for Waller, and I think he could get a

1363
01:12:43,760 --> 01:12:46,160
Speaker 1: little something done here. So a C grade for Darren

1364
01:12:46,200 --> 01:12:49,320
Speaker 1: Waller as well. Let's flip over to the Carolina side

1365
01:12:49,320 --> 01:12:52,360
Speaker 1: where Christian McCaffrey's and obvious a let's go to the

1366
01:12:52,360 --> 01:12:56,080
Speaker 1: passing game. Teddy Bridgewater gets a C grade the ultimate

1367
01:12:56,160 --> 01:13:01,679
Speaker 1: game manager startable against the always rebuilding Ray secondary. Other

1368
01:13:01,800 --> 01:13:05,160
Speaker 1: middling quarterbacks who managed multiple touchdown games against the Raiders

1369
01:13:05,240 --> 01:13:09,879
Speaker 1: last year include Jacoby Brissette, Chase Daniel sam Donald Gardner, Minshew.

1370
01:13:10,439 --> 01:13:13,000
Speaker 1: Those guys put up who's who have quarterbacks? Right? That

1371
01:13:13,160 --> 01:13:16,320
Speaker 1: really is so Teddy's got two two touchdown upside in

1372
01:13:16,360 --> 01:13:19,559
Speaker 1: his arm, I think, and DJ Moore gets an A grade.

1373
01:13:19,720 --> 01:13:22,120
Speaker 1: Last year he was able to post over eleven hundred

1374
01:13:22,200 --> 01:13:25,840
Speaker 1: yards with Kyle Allen at quarterback, so he's a good

1375
01:13:25,880 --> 01:13:28,759
Speaker 1: a good bet here to row second year cornerback Trayvon Mullin,

1376
01:13:28,800 --> 01:13:31,720
Speaker 1: who struggled against outside receivers last year. And and then

1377
01:13:31,720 --> 01:13:35,559
Speaker 1: they also have to start surprising first round rookie Damon Arnette,

1378
01:13:35,720 --> 01:13:37,760
Speaker 1: who will be playing in his first ever NFL game

1379
01:13:37,800 --> 01:13:40,280
Speaker 1: and with a fractured thumb. So we like DJ Moore

1380
01:13:40,320 --> 01:13:43,040
Speaker 1: and Curtis Samuel, he'll go up against arguably the worst

1381
01:13:43,040 --> 01:13:47,960
Speaker 1: slot cornerback in the NFL, LaMarcus Joiner, without of the

1382
01:13:48,000 --> 01:13:50,360
Speaker 1: passes in his coverage to be completed last year in

1383
01:13:50,400 --> 01:13:52,320
Speaker 1: a passer rating a Huddard eight in his coverage, so

1384
01:13:52,800 --> 01:13:55,200
Speaker 1: we like Curtis Samuel is a dart throw here as well.

1385
01:13:55,240 --> 01:13:59,040
Speaker 1: And then lastly, tight end Ian Thomas also a dart

1386
01:13:59,040 --> 01:14:00,840
Speaker 1: throw and you probably don't need in a tight end already,

1387
01:14:00,880 --> 01:14:03,120
Speaker 1: but if you do, Thomas is plausible against the defense

1388
01:14:03,160 --> 01:14:08,280
Speaker 1: that allowed the second most tight end touchdowns. If you

1389
01:14:08,320 --> 01:14:10,800
Speaker 1: want to check it. All of my player ratings you

1390
01:14:10,840 --> 01:14:14,080
Speaker 1: can get them for free four week one at Guillotine

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Speaker 1: Leagues dot com. You can also still join a guillotine

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Speaker 1: league at Guillotine Leagues dot com. And if not, now

1393
01:14:20,200 --> 01:14:23,519
Speaker 1: we're actually gonna keep building guillotine leagues all the way

1394
01:14:23,560 --> 01:14:25,880
Speaker 1: through the halfway point of the season. Who are those

1395
01:14:25,920 --> 01:14:32,000
Speaker 1: guillotine ees guillotinees, that's right. Instead of seventeen teams, next week,

1396
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Speaker 1: it will be sixteen teams. Week after that'll be fifteen

1397
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Speaker 1: teams Guillotine Leagues dot com. When we come back, premature speculation, guys,

1398
01:14:39,920 --> 01:14:42,240
Speaker 1: you can pick up now that everybody's going to be

1399
01:14:42,320 --> 01:15:05,519
Speaker 1: looking for on the waiver wire next week. Welcome back,

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01:15:05,600 --> 01:15:09,040
Speaker 1: final segment of Fantasy Football Weekly. This is a segment

1401
01:15:09,160 --> 01:15:13,800
Speaker 1: week call premature speculation. The idea is, we're going to

1402
01:15:13,920 --> 01:15:15,920
Speaker 1: give you three players you'll want to pick up this

1403
01:15:16,160 --> 01:15:19,000
Speaker 1: week that we believe will be hot waiver wire pickups

1404
01:15:19,439 --> 01:15:24,920
Speaker 1: next week, but they're already on your team. Hat We

1405
01:15:25,000 --> 01:15:27,720
Speaker 1: begin with Brian Johnson, who you got? All right, I'm

1406
01:15:27,720 --> 01:15:31,240
Speaker 1: gonna talk to my Dynasty, Empire and super flex players

1407
01:15:31,320 --> 01:15:33,720
Speaker 1: out there. And this is a quarterback I did not

1408
01:15:33,960 --> 01:15:37,519
Speaker 1: leave a rookie draft this past summer without. And that's

1409
01:15:37,600 --> 01:15:40,320
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts of the Philadelphia Eagles. Yes, I know Carson

1410
01:15:40,400 --> 01:15:42,640
Speaker 1: Wentz is the starter right now, but Wentz has a

1411
01:15:42,720 --> 01:15:47,400
Speaker 1: little bit of a checkered injury past. H Jalen Hurts

1412
01:15:47,560 --> 01:15:50,200
Speaker 1: already sounds like he'll be deployed in a Taysom Hill

1413
01:15:50,360 --> 01:15:53,200
Speaker 1: type role this season. So in a pinch in super

1414
01:15:53,240 --> 01:15:55,479
Speaker 1: flex or Dynasty, you couldn't plug in a warm body

1415
01:15:55,920 --> 01:15:57,800
Speaker 1: who might score some points if you're if you're short

1416
01:15:57,840 --> 01:16:01,120
Speaker 1: on quarterbacks. But in the long run, Allen Hurts is

1417
01:16:01,160 --> 01:16:03,679
Speaker 1: going to be in the mold of Lamar Jackson, Deshaun Watson,

1418
01:16:03,800 --> 01:16:06,559
Speaker 1: josh Alan Kyler Murray. He has that kind of skill set.

1419
01:16:06,640 --> 01:16:08,880
Speaker 1: It was a shocking pick by the Eagles who already

1420
01:16:08,880 --> 01:16:11,000
Speaker 1: at Carson Wentz, but they could not pass on him.

1421
01:16:11,040 --> 01:16:12,519
Speaker 1: And this is a guy you don't want to be

1422
01:16:12,600 --> 01:16:15,000
Speaker 1: getting on just Adam Now, well, you know you're gonna

1423
01:16:15,000 --> 01:16:18,320
Speaker 1: Addam next week. You'd had Jalen hurt wat for one buck, right,

1424
01:16:18,960 --> 01:16:20,800
Speaker 1: do it now? Okay, let's get it over with Matt.

1425
01:16:21,000 --> 01:16:23,479
Speaker 1: This one's just a stupid gut call and it's Lashawn

1426
01:16:23,560 --> 01:16:26,439
Speaker 1: McCoy because the Buck, the Bucks don't make sense at

1427
01:16:26,439 --> 01:16:29,439
Speaker 1: the running back position. Bruce Arian gave Ronald Jones the

1428
01:16:29,479 --> 01:16:32,640
Speaker 1: vote of confidence and the Bucks signed for net. You

1429
01:16:32,720 --> 01:16:35,240
Speaker 1: know what they're gonna do. They're gonna give Leshawn McCoy

1430
01:16:35,840 --> 01:16:38,599
Speaker 1: three carries from inside the five this week, and you're

1431
01:16:38,600 --> 01:16:40,160
Speaker 1: gonna have him on your roster and you can trade

1432
01:16:40,240 --> 01:16:42,760
Speaker 1: him away. Paris Campbell is gonna have a big game

1433
01:16:42,880 --> 01:16:45,360
Speaker 1: this week against a terrible Jaguars team, and you're gonna

1434
01:16:45,400 --> 01:16:48,200
Speaker 1: want him on your team. Remember, he was the He

1435
01:16:48,360 --> 01:16:51,920
Speaker 1: was a standout in college at the Combine, second year

1436
01:16:51,960 --> 01:16:54,200
Speaker 1: draft choice by the Colts last year, then had a

1437
01:16:54,280 --> 01:16:57,479
Speaker 1: gruesome hand injury that derailed most of last season. He's

1438
01:16:57,520 --> 01:17:00,200
Speaker 1: come back healthy. He's been a star of training camp

1439
01:17:00,520 --> 01:17:04,480
Speaker 1: and after the Jaguars game, he gets the Vikings rebuilt secondary,

1440
01:17:04,840 --> 01:17:07,840
Speaker 1: then he gets the Jets rebuilt secondary. We might pause

1441
01:17:07,880 --> 01:17:10,400
Speaker 1: against the Bears, but then he gets the Browns of

1442
01:17:10,479 --> 01:17:13,920
Speaker 1: secondary influx, the Bengals and the Lions. He's gonna have

1443
01:17:13,960 --> 01:17:17,679
Speaker 1: a starting grade in six of the last seven weeks.

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01:17:18,000 --> 01:17:20,000
Speaker 1: Paris Campbell's a guy you're gonna want on your team,

1445
01:17:20,160 --> 01:17:23,160
Speaker 1: and you want to pick him up. Now, let's wrap

1446
01:17:23,280 --> 01:17:26,240
Speaker 1: up our final set of matchups, and we moved to

1447
01:17:26,280 --> 01:17:30,600
Speaker 1: the Monday night games. Tennessee takes on the Denver Broncos

1448
01:17:30,720 --> 01:17:34,360
Speaker 1: Matt One of the unique things about this game Tennessee

1449
01:17:34,400 --> 01:17:36,519
Speaker 1: and Denver played each other last year. Derrick Henry had

1450
01:17:36,560 --> 01:17:40,200
Speaker 1: his worst game of the year. Twenty eight yards. That's it.

1451
01:17:40,760 --> 01:17:43,639
Speaker 1: I'm still giving him an a. There's no Von Miller,

1452
01:17:43,680 --> 01:17:46,240
Speaker 1: and it looks like defensive end Bradley Chub is not

1453
01:17:46,400 --> 01:17:49,040
Speaker 1: quite ready to go yet. I just don't see how

1454
01:17:49,120 --> 01:17:51,160
Speaker 1: the Broncos can generate a pass rush, and I think

1455
01:17:51,200 --> 01:17:55,160
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry is just gonna go. Plus Ryan Tannehill, he

1456
01:17:55,320 --> 01:17:57,320
Speaker 1: just doesn't throw enough to make it worth your while.

1457
01:17:57,439 --> 01:18:00,680
Speaker 1: The only top twenty seven pass attempts twice in his

1458
01:18:00,800 --> 01:18:04,160
Speaker 1: final ten games of they run the ball. They're a

1459
01:18:04,240 --> 01:18:07,680
Speaker 1: running team, so I'm only given Ryan Tannehill is see uh.

1460
01:18:07,840 --> 01:18:10,200
Speaker 1: He did throw for multiple scores in all but two

1461
01:18:10,280 --> 01:18:13,639
Speaker 1: games last year, and the Titans won seven games where

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01:18:13,680 --> 01:18:16,320
Speaker 1: Tannehill passed for less than two hundred yards. They don't

1463
01:18:16,320 --> 01:18:19,160
Speaker 1: need him to pass, but it's a good matchup against

1464
01:18:19,200 --> 01:18:21,439
Speaker 1: a lack of a pass rush. I'm giving a J.

1465
01:18:21,640 --> 01:18:24,960
Speaker 1: Brown a B. He only had thirty four targets from

1466
01:18:25,000 --> 01:18:27,320
Speaker 1: the slot last year, but he had the second highest

1467
01:18:27,439 --> 01:18:30,320
Speaker 1: d v o A score according to Football Outsiders and

1468
01:18:30,439 --> 01:18:33,519
Speaker 1: Denver slot corners no longer Chris Harris, it's the very

1469
01:18:33,600 --> 01:18:36,599
Speaker 1: beatable Bryce Callahan. So I think they're gonna start rolling

1470
01:18:36,640 --> 01:18:38,439
Speaker 1: a J. Brown in the slot a little bit more.

1471
01:18:38,800 --> 01:18:41,599
Speaker 1: Corey Davis obviously on the bench, average just over four

1472
01:18:41,640 --> 01:18:44,720
Speaker 1: targets per game in Tannehill starts last year. That's not good.

1473
01:18:45,080 --> 01:18:48,120
Speaker 1: And your guy John new Smith charts, I'm giving him

1474
01:18:48,160 --> 01:18:50,280
Speaker 1: a C grade in this game. We don't have a

1475
01:18:50,360 --> 01:18:52,840
Speaker 1: ton of positive stats to go on here from the past,

1476
01:18:53,040 --> 01:18:55,320
Speaker 1: but there's a lot of good tape. The main positive

1477
01:18:55,400 --> 01:18:59,000
Speaker 1: is that Smith averaged ten yards per target last year

1478
01:18:59,320 --> 01:19:01,920
Speaker 1: wide receiver numbers. That's very high for a tight end

1479
01:19:02,120 --> 01:19:05,720
Speaker 1: and that means they need to target him more, right, hope. So,

1480
01:19:05,960 --> 01:19:08,280
Speaker 1: in my mighty is the number two targe receiver in

1481
01:19:08,400 --> 01:19:10,880
Speaker 1: this in the past game for Tennessee Jonna Smith he

1482
01:19:10,920 --> 01:19:13,000
Speaker 1: should be. He just didn't get targeted last year. And

1483
01:19:13,080 --> 01:19:15,680
Speaker 1: I know that we like him and we see it.

1484
01:19:16,320 --> 01:19:20,000
Speaker 1: Does Tennessee see it? They do? Melvin Gordon and Philip

1485
01:19:20,040 --> 01:19:22,679
Speaker 1: Lindsay on the Broncos side, they're both getting Sea grades.

1486
01:19:22,760 --> 01:19:24,800
Speaker 1: It was pass catching backs that were the ones that

1487
01:19:24,880 --> 01:19:28,160
Speaker 1: got it done against the Titans last year. Duke Johnson,

1488
01:19:28,240 --> 01:19:31,719
Speaker 1: Alvin Kamarra, DeAndre Washington, Leonard four Net, Christian McCaffrey, Austin

1489
01:19:31,800 --> 01:19:34,679
Speaker 1: Ekeler all had huge games in the receiving game against

1490
01:19:34,720 --> 01:19:38,120
Speaker 1: the Titans last year. Both had both backs have a

1491
01:19:38,200 --> 01:19:41,639
Speaker 1: similar issue receiving numbers. I think it's an even split there,

1492
01:19:42,520 --> 01:19:46,080
Speaker 1: more even than most people realize. Definitely Lindsay's probably he

1493
01:19:46,200 --> 01:19:48,360
Speaker 1: might even get more touches than Gordon in his game.

1494
01:19:49,000 --> 01:19:51,679
Speaker 1: Drew lock Is on the bench locks numbers from last

1495
01:19:51,760 --> 01:19:55,680
Speaker 1: year over his five games a thousand, twenty yards, seven touchdowns,

1496
01:19:55,760 --> 01:19:59,880
Speaker 1: three picks almost exactly mirrored the numbers of Eli man

1497
01:20:00,080 --> 01:20:03,360
Speaker 1: Ning and Marcus Mariotta, who were both replaced in the

1498
01:20:03,439 --> 01:20:06,000
Speaker 1: middle of the season. The Titans did allow two d

1499
01:20:06,160 --> 01:20:08,519
Speaker 1: seventy three yards per game through the air last year,

1500
01:20:08,920 --> 01:20:11,240
Speaker 1: so there's a good chance that Lock breaks two and

1501
01:20:11,320 --> 01:20:15,080
Speaker 1: throws a score. Courtland Sutton injured his shoulder as an

1502
01:20:15,120 --> 01:20:17,880
Speaker 1: a C joint injury during practice this weekend m R

1503
01:20:18,880 --> 01:20:23,400
Speaker 1: game late Monday night game, so if you need Sutton,

1504
01:20:23,720 --> 01:20:26,280
Speaker 1: you need to pick up Tim Patrick or maybe the

1505
01:20:26,360 --> 01:20:29,320
Speaker 1: Broncos Corey Davis, but that's not a good option. In

1506
01:20:29,439 --> 01:20:33,080
Speaker 1: Locks five starts, Sutton did not top eight yards and

1507
01:20:33,160 --> 01:20:35,080
Speaker 1: he but he did score twice in the first game

1508
01:20:35,120 --> 01:20:38,639
Speaker 1: that Lock played with him. So Jerry Judy, if Sutton

1509
01:20:38,720 --> 01:20:40,640
Speaker 1: doesn't play, gets to see if he does, he's on

1510
01:20:40,680 --> 01:20:43,320
Speaker 1: the bench. Reports out of camp that he didn't play

1511
01:20:43,479 --> 01:20:46,400
Speaker 1: very well and had trouble separating. So I'd rather have

1512
01:20:46,520 --> 01:20:49,000
Speaker 1: Tim Patrick in my lineup, I think, than Jerry Judy.

1513
01:20:49,760 --> 01:20:52,479
Speaker 1: And finally, Noah fant Uh he gets a B grade.

1514
01:20:52,520 --> 01:20:55,040
Speaker 1: The Titans allowed six touchdowns to tight ends over the

1515
01:20:55,120 --> 01:20:58,160
Speaker 1: final seven games of the season, and fans trajectory is

1516
01:20:58,240 --> 01:21:00,600
Speaker 1: that of George Kittle, and I think he's gonna have

1517
01:21:00,640 --> 01:21:03,800
Speaker 1: a big year this year. I think you're right about that,

1518
01:21:04,200 --> 01:21:07,080
Speaker 1: let's go to Pittsburgh taking on the Giants. Ben Roethlisberger,

1519
01:21:07,120 --> 01:21:09,360
Speaker 1: by all accounts, the armis look good in training camp.

1520
01:21:09,439 --> 01:21:11,760
Speaker 1: Now he gets to test it out against one of

1521
01:21:11,800 --> 01:21:14,880
Speaker 1: the worst secondaries in the NFL. Yeah, Big Ben gonna

1522
01:21:14,880 --> 01:21:16,840
Speaker 1: give him a be only because I'm not so sure

1523
01:21:16,880 --> 01:21:18,880
Speaker 1: how much Pittsburgh is gonna need to throw in this one.

1524
01:21:18,960 --> 01:21:22,320
Speaker 1: But totally recovered from Tommy John, Roethlisberger is might be

1525
01:21:22,360 --> 01:21:24,800
Speaker 1: in the best shape of his life as well. We'll

1526
01:21:24,800 --> 01:21:27,240
Speaker 1: get into how bad this Giant secondary is in a minute.

1527
01:21:27,360 --> 01:21:29,080
Speaker 1: Uh And if you haven't caught on or if you

1528
01:21:29,120 --> 01:21:31,960
Speaker 1: didn't know the Giants drafted, well, then you have to

1529
01:21:32,000 --> 01:21:35,560
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers technically and Eli Manning over Ben Roethlisberger. He

1530
01:21:35,640 --> 01:21:37,560
Speaker 1: still hasn't forgot. So this is a revenge game for

1531
01:21:37,640 --> 01:21:43,080
Speaker 1: Big Ben. He be to his pass catchers Juju Smith Schuster.

1532
01:21:43,439 --> 01:21:46,800
Speaker 1: I'm giving him an a I am with it. He

1533
01:21:47,000 --> 01:21:50,000
Speaker 1: is healthy. Big Ben is healthy about a week ago.

1534
01:21:50,360 --> 01:21:52,920
Speaker 1: By the way, Giants are losing first and second round picks,

1535
01:21:53,040 --> 01:21:56,559
Speaker 1: not only injury but armed robbery. Right, that's right, because

1536
01:21:56,600 --> 01:22:03,320
Speaker 1: who doesn't gentleman and the barbecue. So I do about

1537
01:22:03,479 --> 01:22:07,160
Speaker 1: like somebody's backyard barbecue or like a barbecue restaurant. So

1538
01:22:07,520 --> 01:22:10,519
Speaker 1: this is this is last year's first round pick DeAndre

1539
01:22:10,640 --> 01:22:14,760
Speaker 1: Baker is suspended for armed robbery. They lost their second

1540
01:22:14,880 --> 01:22:18,560
Speaker 1: round safety, Xavier McKinney to a broken foot. So what

1541
01:22:18,680 --> 01:22:20,519
Speaker 1: does New York do. They go out and sign Logan

1542
01:22:20,560 --> 01:22:23,960
Speaker 1: Thomas this week to man the slot. Thomas only allowed

1543
01:22:24,040 --> 01:22:28,120
Speaker 1: the most catches, yards and touchdowns from the slot last year.

1544
01:22:28,680 --> 01:22:32,080
Speaker 1: Signed on Wednesday. Juju Smith Schuster are gonna come roaring

1545
01:22:32,160 --> 01:22:36,080
Speaker 1: back in this game. I'm giving um and then over

1546
01:22:36,120 --> 01:22:39,160
Speaker 1: the wide receivers, it's only Deonte Johnson, James Washington, Chase

1547
01:22:39,240 --> 01:22:41,280
Speaker 1: Claypool are kind of battling each other for the number

1548
01:22:41,320 --> 01:22:43,840
Speaker 1: three role. I'll give Deonte Johnson a see. New York

1549
01:22:43,880 --> 01:22:46,479
Speaker 1: allowed these second most wide receiver touchdowns last season, so

1550
01:22:46,560 --> 01:22:49,200
Speaker 1: he is a safe sea here. And then James Conner

1551
01:22:49,240 --> 01:22:51,599
Speaker 1: the last one. I'll also mentioned Eric Ebron really quick,

1552
01:22:51,640 --> 01:22:53,519
Speaker 1: I got him on the bench. Good reports for you,

1553
01:22:53,600 --> 01:22:56,320
Speaker 1: Bron out of calp The New York allowed four and

1554
01:22:56,320 --> 01:22:58,720
Speaker 1: a half catches, fifty two yards and about a half

1555
01:22:58,800 --> 01:23:01,000
Speaker 1: touchdown per game to tight end. That's pretty good. It's

1556
01:23:01,000 --> 01:23:03,479
Speaker 1: pretty good, but iron is still so touchdown dependent. I

1557
01:23:03,560 --> 01:23:05,760
Speaker 1: just can't roll out a touchdown dependent tight end in

1558
01:23:05,800 --> 01:23:08,040
Speaker 1: Week one, especially named Eric Ebron. So he's on the

1559
01:23:08,080 --> 01:23:10,439
Speaker 1: bench for me. James Conner not though he gets an

1560
01:23:10,479 --> 01:23:13,559
Speaker 1: a as well. Mike Tomlin confirmed Monday that Connor will

1561
01:23:13,640 --> 01:23:17,040
Speaker 1: maintain bell Cow duties. Yeah, yeah, whatever, they're not no

1562
01:23:17,200 --> 01:23:20,559
Speaker 1: way bell You can't bell cow. James Conner. Tomlin ran

1563
01:23:20,720 --> 01:23:24,240
Speaker 1: down every Tomlin can't not not bell cow. He's started

1564
01:23:24,320 --> 01:23:26,640
Speaker 1: running back though, So it's James Conner now. When the

1565
01:23:26,680 --> 01:23:29,200
Speaker 1: wheels fall off, will revisit it then. But New York

1566
01:23:29,240 --> 01:23:31,320
Speaker 1: allowed a hundred and forty five combo yards per game

1567
01:23:31,360 --> 01:23:33,400
Speaker 1: to running backs last year. Yes, they and it added

1568
01:23:33,520 --> 01:23:36,200
Speaker 1: Leonard Williams at defensive tackle, which helped things. But just

1569
01:23:36,360 --> 01:23:38,960
Speaker 1: an absolute dumpster fire on the defensive side for New York.

1570
01:23:39,240 --> 01:23:42,080
Speaker 1: James Conner gets an all you can give dumpster fires.

1571
01:23:42,160 --> 01:23:45,920
Speaker 1: Let's just stay with New York. Hold on Benny Snell. Okay,

1572
01:23:46,000 --> 01:23:48,080
Speaker 1: and this thing get This is a blowout win for

1573
01:23:48,160 --> 01:23:50,760
Speaker 1: the Stadlers. Benny. They don't want to. They don't want

1574
01:23:50,800 --> 01:23:55,800
Speaker 1: to work horse James Connor bonus premature speculation with a

1575
01:23:56,240 --> 01:23:59,120
Speaker 1: big second half. I think I think he could be

1576
01:23:59,240 --> 01:24:01,080
Speaker 1: a dart throw he is the backup you want to

1577
01:24:01,160 --> 01:24:03,240
Speaker 1: keep your eye on. It's not Anthony McFarland, the book

1578
01:24:03,280 --> 01:24:05,240
Speaker 1: he out of Maryland. It is Benny Snell. You're definitely

1579
01:24:05,360 --> 01:24:07,400
Speaker 1: right there, and he could see five to ten twelve

1580
01:24:07,479 --> 01:24:11,000
Speaker 1: touches and as Pittsburgh blows out the Giants, but you

1581
01:24:11,080 --> 01:24:13,280
Speaker 1: still gotta start, Say Kwon Barkley, I'm gonna give him

1582
01:24:13,280 --> 01:24:15,439
Speaker 1: a b. He's gonna have to fight for every fantasy

1583
01:24:15,520 --> 01:24:18,479
Speaker 1: point on Monday Night. The Steelers limited to posing back

1584
01:24:18,520 --> 01:24:20,800
Speaker 1: to under four yards per carry last year, third best

1585
01:24:20,880 --> 01:24:23,519
Speaker 1: in the league. They're even they're even tougher against running

1586
01:24:23,520 --> 01:24:26,639
Speaker 1: backs through the air, surrendering the eighth fewist receptions, seventh

1587
01:24:26,680 --> 01:24:29,879
Speaker 1: fewest yards, and third fewest receiving touchdowns to the position.

1588
01:24:30,240 --> 01:24:32,240
Speaker 1: But you can't bench sa Kwon Barkley. He does have

1589
01:24:32,640 --> 01:24:35,479
Speaker 1: fourth overall pick Andrew Thomas to help pave the way now,

1590
01:24:35,600 --> 01:24:39,799
Speaker 1: but temperator expectations for Barkley, He's not gonna perform like overall,

1591
01:24:40,920 --> 01:24:42,720
Speaker 1: this might be his worst game of the year. Well,

1592
01:24:42,840 --> 01:24:45,600
Speaker 1: he's gonna got about four bad matchups coming over, so

1593
01:24:45,760 --> 01:24:49,160
Speaker 1: we'll see about that. Basically, everyone else on the bench

1594
01:24:49,280 --> 01:24:51,120
Speaker 1: from New York other than Evan and Graham and giving

1595
01:24:51,200 --> 01:24:53,639
Speaker 1: him a ce. Only one tight end top three catches

1596
01:24:53,640 --> 01:24:55,679
Speaker 1: against the Steelers in the second half of this season

1597
01:24:55,800 --> 01:24:58,120
Speaker 1: last year, so not a great matchup, but you gotta

1598
01:24:58,160 --> 01:25:00,400
Speaker 1: play him when he's healthy. Tight end is not very

1599
01:25:00,520 --> 01:25:03,439
Speaker 1: deep this week from it. Take a chance on the perspective,

1600
01:25:03,520 --> 01:25:05,720
Speaker 1: so Ingram is inside the top twelve will give him

1601
01:25:05,760 --> 01:25:08,320
Speaker 1: a see all the wide receivers are on the bench.

1602
01:25:08,560 --> 01:25:11,240
Speaker 1: The Steelers allowed these six US catches and yards to

1603
01:25:11,280 --> 01:25:14,360
Speaker 1: opposing wide receivers last year. Too many mouths to feed

1604
01:25:14,400 --> 01:25:17,080
Speaker 1: out of Golden Tate Darious lay Sterling Shepard. So their

1605
01:25:17,160 --> 01:25:20,600
Speaker 1: benched this week, and so is Daniel Jones. Pittsburgh was

1606
01:25:20,680 --> 01:25:23,040
Speaker 1: torched for six passing touchdowns in the first two games

1607
01:25:23,160 --> 01:25:26,559
Speaker 1: last year, but after acquiring Minca Fitzpatrick before Week three,

1608
01:25:26,800 --> 01:25:29,360
Speaker 1: they only allowed seventeen passing touchdowns from Week three to

1609
01:25:29,400 --> 01:25:31,800
Speaker 1: Week seventeen. It's gonna be a bad, bad day for

1610
01:25:31,920 --> 01:25:34,120
Speaker 1: Danny Jones. I think you're right about that. Our final

1611
01:25:34,360 --> 01:25:36,880
Speaker 1: game is not one of the Monday nighters, just the

1612
01:25:36,920 --> 01:25:38,920
Speaker 1: way it worked out that we we do these. It's

1613
01:25:38,960 --> 01:25:41,479
Speaker 1: Cleveland and Baltimore. This might be Cleveland's toughest matchup of

1614
01:25:41,479 --> 01:25:42,760
Speaker 1: the year. In fact, it is. I think it's at

1615
01:25:42,800 --> 01:25:46,040
Speaker 1: Baltimore's as hard as it's gonna be until they played Baltimore. Well,

1616
01:25:46,120 --> 01:25:48,840
Speaker 1: at least we'll be at home. Yeah, So you're not

1617
01:25:48,880 --> 01:25:51,240
Speaker 1: gonna get a little bit like se Kwon Barkley. Don't panic,

1618
01:25:51,560 --> 01:25:53,400
Speaker 1: you know, it's get It will get better at some point.

1619
01:25:53,760 --> 01:25:55,920
Speaker 1: Nick Chubb is just to be great here. Uh. He

1620
01:25:56,080 --> 01:25:58,599
Speaker 1: actually had a great game in Baltimore last year, hundred

1621
01:25:58,640 --> 01:26:01,559
Speaker 1: sixty five yards in three touch ounds. But it doesn't

1622
01:26:01,560 --> 01:26:04,360
Speaker 1: seem likely to happen again. Although down the stretch last

1623
01:26:04,400 --> 01:26:06,719
Speaker 1: year they did struggle. They gave up almost six yards

1624
01:26:06,800 --> 01:26:10,360
Speaker 1: per carry in their in their final four home games,

1625
01:26:10,439 --> 01:26:14,519
Speaker 1: for whatever that's worth. But they brought in Calais Campbell

1626
01:26:14,560 --> 01:26:16,960
Speaker 1: from the Jaguars on the cheap two, and they drafted

1627
01:26:17,000 --> 01:26:19,280
Speaker 1: rookie Patrick Queen as a middle linebacker, and I think

1628
01:26:19,320 --> 01:26:20,880
Speaker 1: that's going to help the run defense. So just to

1629
01:26:20,920 --> 01:26:23,960
Speaker 1: be great on Chub, I've got a bench grade on

1630
01:26:24,080 --> 01:26:27,080
Speaker 1: Kareem Hunt. Chub's gonna get most of the carries, especially

1631
01:26:27,160 --> 01:26:29,519
Speaker 1: considering the success he had last year against the Ravens.

1632
01:26:29,640 --> 01:26:32,600
Speaker 1: And Hunt can't be counted on for receptions because the

1633
01:26:32,680 --> 01:26:35,559
Speaker 1: Ravens do an amazing job against runners through the air.

1634
01:26:35,720 --> 01:26:38,320
Speaker 1: They only allowed one running back receiving touchdown in their

1635
01:26:38,400 --> 01:26:43,600
Speaker 1: last nineteen games. That's it. They allowed the fewest receptions

1636
01:26:43,640 --> 01:26:46,400
Speaker 1: to running backs last year, the third fewest yards to

1637
01:26:46,520 --> 01:26:48,679
Speaker 1: running backs. So Hunt sna can help on the ground

1638
01:26:48,840 --> 01:26:50,400
Speaker 1: or through the air, and he did nothing in his

1639
01:26:50,479 --> 01:26:52,600
Speaker 1: one game against the Ravens last year. He's on the

1640
01:26:52,640 --> 01:26:56,280
Speaker 1: bench Baker Mayfield. Just to see grade here. Ravens allowed

1641
01:26:56,360 --> 01:27:00,200
Speaker 1: less than one passing touchdown per game last year year,

1642
01:27:00,800 --> 01:27:03,360
Speaker 1: but make Baker Mayfield is credit. Threw three touchdowns in

1643
01:27:03,360 --> 01:27:04,880
Speaker 1: the two games, which is a little better than that,

1644
01:27:05,040 --> 01:27:08,840
Speaker 1: but his wide receivers have difficult individual matchups and complicating matters.

1645
01:27:08,920 --> 01:27:11,559
Speaker 1: Baltimore was an elite tight end defense, so Austin Hooper

1646
01:27:11,680 --> 01:27:13,760
Speaker 1: is not gonna be able to help. So just to

1647
01:27:13,800 --> 01:27:16,719
Speaker 1: see grade on Baker Mayfield. To see grade on Odell Beckham.

1648
01:27:17,439 --> 01:27:21,120
Speaker 1: Um Beckham has a tough match up against Jimmy Smith

1649
01:27:21,280 --> 01:27:23,360
Speaker 1: yielded just one score in ten games. And then there's

1650
01:27:23,400 --> 01:27:25,400
Speaker 1: Marcus Peters on the other side of the field, who

1651
01:27:25,479 --> 01:27:28,240
Speaker 1: gave up more than seventy five yards just once as

1652
01:27:28,360 --> 01:27:30,200
Speaker 1: when he came over to Baltimore in Week seven of

1653
01:27:30,320 --> 01:27:32,320
Speaker 1: last year, so there's nowhere to go for him either.

1654
01:27:32,920 --> 01:27:35,200
Speaker 1: Jarvis Landry says he's still not fully recovered from his

1655
01:27:35,280 --> 01:27:37,960
Speaker 1: offseason hip surgery, and he's going to see one of

1656
01:27:37,960 --> 01:27:41,360
Speaker 1: the better cornerbacks in this lot, Marlon Humphrey. Humphrey held

1657
01:27:41,560 --> 01:27:44,960
Speaker 1: Cleveland receivers to thirteen yards and twenty yards in his

1658
01:27:45,040 --> 01:27:48,200
Speaker 1: coverage last year. So Jarvis Landry is on the bench

1659
01:27:48,520 --> 01:27:50,640
Speaker 1: just to see for Beckham. Huh, just to see for

1660
01:27:50,720 --> 01:27:55,360
Speaker 1: Odell Beckham again. This is uh, this is a. This

1661
01:27:55,479 --> 01:27:57,160
Speaker 1: is tough matchup as they're going to see for a

1662
01:27:57,240 --> 01:28:01,559
Speaker 1: long time. Lamar Jackson is an obvious A and we'll

1663
01:28:01,600 --> 01:28:04,240
Speaker 1: just move on to more salient guys. I guess you'll

1664
01:28:04,280 --> 01:28:07,639
Speaker 1: want to definitely start Marquis Brown. We'll get his first

1665
01:28:07,720 --> 01:28:11,559
Speaker 1: look at his new beefy physique, and most receivers struggled

1666
01:28:11,560 --> 01:28:13,600
Speaker 1: against the Brown secondary last year, but they're gonna be

1667
01:28:13,680 --> 01:28:16,840
Speaker 1: without Greedy Williams, Kevin Johnson, and possibly m J. Stewart,

1668
01:28:17,080 --> 01:28:19,320
Speaker 1: so he's startable with a B grade. Miles Boykin a

1669
01:28:19,400 --> 01:28:21,760
Speaker 1: dart throw with a C grade. Mark Ingram gets a

1670
01:28:21,840 --> 01:28:24,960
Speaker 1: B grade as the starter in this committee. He averaged

1671
01:28:24,960 --> 01:28:27,519
Speaker 1: a robust six yards per carry in the meetings last year,

1672
01:28:27,920 --> 01:28:31,040
Speaker 1: and J. K. Dobbins a C grade as he should

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