WEBVTT - Football! Finally! 0:00:01.160 --> 0:00:04.880 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:10.760 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 0:00:11.240 --> 0:00:15.040 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and 0:00:15.120 --> 0:00:25.279 advice Leagues dot Com. Here's your host. Welcome to the 0:00:25.400 --> 0:00:30.240 first regular season edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. I am 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:32.879 Paul Charchi and my co hosts are Brian Johnson and 0:00:32.920 --> 0:00:36.040 Matt Harrison. Hello, guys, Hello, is this really happening? I 0:00:36.159 --> 0:00:39.000 know we have real football. Well, we watched it last 0:00:39.159 --> 0:00:41.560 or the other night. Yeah, we watched the Thursday night. 0:00:41.720 --> 0:00:44.520 We will try to touch on some of the key 0:00:44.600 --> 0:00:46.720 elements from that game a little bit later on, but 0:00:46.760 --> 0:00:49.519 most of our time is focused on what we expect 0:00:49.560 --> 0:00:52.560 to happen on Sunday and Monday, breaking down those games 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:56.640 fantasy style. We'll also have three tough questions. Take a 0:00:56.720 --> 0:00:59.440 chance on me gives you nine players not normally and 0:00:59.440 --> 0:01:02.400 you're starting line up, and the way that the injuries 0:01:02.400 --> 0:01:04.800 have gone down here in week one, you're gonna need 0:01:04.880 --> 0:01:09.200 some of these guys. Also premature speculation near the end 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:12.640 of the show. That's the segment in which we identify 0:01:12.680 --> 0:01:15.080 the players everybody else is going to be trying to 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:20.400 pick up next week, but they're already on your squad 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:25.400 because you're working a week ahead with premature speculation. We 0:01:25.520 --> 0:01:29.160 begin with our first matchup of the day, which is 0:01:29.200 --> 0:01:33.840 Seattle in Atlanta. Matt, Yeah, this is a This is 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:37.760 a two teams that met each other last season, and 0:01:39.040 --> 0:01:41.080 I think that we're going to have a closer game 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:43.000 than people expect. What how do you see this game 0:01:43.040 --> 0:01:45.320 shaking out? Well, they know each other pretty well, Dan 0:01:45.440 --> 0:01:50.640 Quinn obviously former defensive coordinator for the Seahawks. Um, let's 0:01:50.680 --> 0:01:53.080 start on the Seattle side, and I'm gonna give Chris 0:01:53.120 --> 0:01:56.360 Carson an A grade right off the bat. Last year 0:01:56.360 --> 0:01:59.680 against the Falcons, Carson rushed twenty times for nine d 0:01:59.840 --> 0:02:02.200 R in a score. There's been a little talking camp 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:04.040 about the hip injury that knocked him out at the 0:02:04.120 --> 0:02:06.440 end of the season, but I think he's okay. It 0:02:06.880 --> 0:02:09.160 looks like he's ready to go. Uh and I'm not 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:12.000 afraid of DJ Dallas or Carlos Hide eating into his 0:02:12.040 --> 0:02:15.160 bell cow status. He had eight games of twenty plus 0:02:15.280 --> 0:02:18.639 carries in his final eleven games last year, so he's 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:21.840 ready to go. Russell Wilson giving him a solid A 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:26.000 grade as well. Former Seahawks defensive coordinator Dan Quinn has 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:28.240 held Russ somewhat in check in his time in Atlanta, 0:02:28.480 --> 0:02:31.200 as his high water mark against dan Quinn's Falcons has 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:34.240 been two seventy yards, but he's only and he's only 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:37.560 throwing six touchdown passes in four matchups against the Falcons. 0:02:37.800 --> 0:02:39.919 But last year in the Week eight matchup, Russ only 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:43.160 through the ball twenty times and still registered to scores. 0:02:43.440 --> 0:02:45.920 And there's all this talking camp like they're gonna let 0:02:45.960 --> 0:02:48.919 him loose this year. Brian Schottenheimer wants to get him 0:02:48.919 --> 0:02:53.280 going right away. I I believe it there. They want 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:56.240 him to throw this year. That would be really great. Uh. 0:02:56.280 --> 0:02:59.280 For that reason, Tyler Lockett and DK Metcalf are both 0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:02.120 getting b gray. It's Lockett had six for one in 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:05.359 the matchup last year, only had three. D K only 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:08.440 had three catches and thirteen yards against Atlanta last year, 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:11.040 but two of them went for scores. So he's a 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:13.920 good red zone threat. Maybe showing Julio a little bit 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:17.040 of how to catch a ball in the end zone there. Uh, 0:03:17.080 --> 0:03:20.040 and Locket will draw darkeys Dinard in the slot, while 0:03:20.080 --> 0:03:22.919 Metcalf will see a combo of rookie A J. Terrell 0:03:23.240 --> 0:03:26.600 who is limited in practice with a hamstring, and Isaiah Oliver, 0:03:26.880 --> 0:03:30.360 who's like their fourth string corner because Kendall Sheffield looks 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:33.040 like he's out for the game, and Greg Olsen I 0:03:33.080 --> 0:03:34.680 have him on the bench. He has a lot of 0:03:34.760 --> 0:03:37.640 history against the Falcons, but it's not positive. His last 0:03:37.640 --> 0:03:41.320 touchdown reception was in two thousand sixteen. Before that, you 0:03:41.360 --> 0:03:43.880 have to go back to two thousand thirteen, and he 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:47.640 plays the Falcons twice a year, so, uh, that was Yeah, 0:03:48.000 --> 0:03:50.880 that's one scoreing eight games against the Falcons. So the 0:03:50.920 --> 0:03:53.360 Falcons are the most middle of the pack tight end 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:56.200 defense and they seem to have Olson's number. Will dis 0:03:56.320 --> 0:03:59.160 Lee was just added to the injury report on Friday, 0:03:59.160 --> 0:04:01.280 but he still may go. That kind of throws a 0:04:01.320 --> 0:04:05.880 wrench in greg Olsen's touchdown catching ability On the Atlanta side. 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:10.080 Todd Gurley, Uh, he gets a B. He's probably as 0:04:10.080 --> 0:04:12.400 healthy as he's going to be a not now when, 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:17.360 so you gotta start him. The Seahawks have some numbers 0:04:17.360 --> 0:04:19.680 that play in his favor. They allowed the second most 0:04:19.760 --> 0:04:22.200 rushing touchdowns in the league last year and the fourth 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:24.880 most receiving yards the running back position, both things that 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:27.240 Gurley excels at Yeah, and didn't do a lot to 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:30.400 change their front seven in the off season. Yeah, that's 0:04:30.440 --> 0:04:34.080 exactly true, Matt Ryan. I'm giving a solid B grade too. 0:04:34.520 --> 0:04:36.520 I think you probably have him a little bit higher 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:39.200 in your ranking. Start top five. Has thrown for three 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:42.359 yards in five of his last seven and eleven of 0:04:42.400 --> 0:04:45.560 his last sixteen. His problem is he through for multiple 0:04:45.600 --> 0:04:52.360 scores in a game only nine times the last season. Yeah. Wait, yeah, wait, yeah, 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:55.680 I should have signaled what am I doing here with 0:04:55.760 --> 0:04:58.800 the nine signals both hands. If you don't here, let 0:04:58.800 --> 0:05:00.800 me put all my hands up. In year, Uh, the 0:05:00.839 --> 0:05:03.960 front seven for Seattle certainly in question after losing most 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:06.880 of the members of those rooms. They did add Jamal Adams, 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:10.239 Quintin Dunbar to Shot Griffin, and Quandre Digs to form 0:05:10.279 --> 0:05:13.320 a very formidable secondary. But Ryan should have a ton 0:05:13.360 --> 0:05:15.159 of time to throw, and he's got the receivers to 0:05:15.200 --> 0:05:18.159 do it. Julio went ten for one fifty two against 0:05:18.160 --> 0:05:21.440 Seattle last year. He's in A grade. Calvin Ridley's A 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:24.479 B had four for seventy in the contest last year, 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:27.000 even though they only allowed a hundred and fifty five 0:05:27.080 --> 0:05:29.880 yards per game to the wide receiver position. Ryan's gonna 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:33.080 have so much time to get Ridley open in this game. Uh. 0:05:33.120 --> 0:05:36.440 And then finally, Hayden Hurst. Everybody seems to just think 0:05:36.440 --> 0:05:39.240 that he's going to fill into Austin Hooper's role. Mostly 0:05:39.279 --> 0:05:41.600 I do. I do too. I've given him a solid 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:44.320 B grade. Uh. Seven and a half targets for Hooper 0:05:44.400 --> 0:05:46.760 last year, I think those all go to Hurst, And 0:05:46.839 --> 0:05:49.000 if he gets seven and a half targets, he's got 0:05:49.000 --> 0:05:50.800 a great shot against one of the worst tight end 0:05:50.839 --> 0:05:53.560 defenses in the league last year. The Seahawks allowed six 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:57.160 receptions and sixty nine yards per game to the position 0:05:57.279 --> 0:06:00.600 last year. Let's is that it? That's it? Okay, Let's 0:06:00.600 --> 0:06:04.400 go to the Jets and the Buffalo Bills. This is 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:06.880 um The Jets one six of the last eight games 0:06:06.960 --> 0:06:09.640 last year, but they feel like decided underdogs here, and 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:12.359 it feels like these are two organizations going out in 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:15.200 opposite directions, and I'm pretty optimistic about my Buffalo Bells. 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:17.479 He had decided might be an understatement. We'll start with 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:19.920 the Jets and Levy on Bell, I'm going to be 0:06:19.960 --> 0:06:22.479 grudgingly give him a C. And that's because I don't 0:06:22.480 --> 0:06:24.080 want to give him a B. I don't want to 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:25.760 be in an E and an N and a C 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:28.920 and H. But I'm gonna say start uh Levon Bell 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:31.120 to see thirty three carries for a hundred and one 0:06:31.160 --> 0:06:34.000 yards against Buffalo last year, not too bad? Right wrong? 0:06:34.040 --> 0:06:38.640 Because that's across two games, right Bell? He did total 0:06:38.839 --> 0:06:42.800 webbing catches for six eight yards, just one shy matt 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:47.280 one touchdown receiving, and fantasy owners need levy On Bell 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:49.000 to catch the ball to live up to his a DP, 0:06:49.160 --> 0:06:51.800 which isn't very bloated to begin with. But Buffalo only 0:06:51.839 --> 0:06:55.320 allowed two receiving touchdowns to running backs last year. Only 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:58.080 two running backs were able to top fifty receiving yards 0:06:58.120 --> 0:07:01.840 against them, So very off seat for Levan Bell. If 0:07:02.200 --> 0:07:04.839 Yon Bell has a good game at all the season, 0:07:04.880 --> 0:07:06.719 are you just in cell mode? Because I feel like 0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:08.760 I just don't want any part of it. I would 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:10.040 love it if he has a good game here to 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:12.200 just well, I don't have I have zero shares me too, 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:13.640 But you know, if I had him in any league, 0:07:14.120 --> 0:07:18.120 this would be any Somehow, somehow pops off in one game, 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:22.520 We're to everybody, I'm almost him to distart Franco over him. 0:07:22.520 --> 0:07:26.640 In revenge game scenario, Frank your one of many to 0:07:26.720 --> 0:07:30.119 come onto. Every week is a revenge game for Frank 0:07:30.280 --> 0:07:33.200 or onto the and every day is probably a birthday 0:07:33.240 --> 0:07:38.239 game too, But anyway, onto the receiver's Rashad Perriman firmly 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:40.760 on the bench and this one some injury concerns earlier 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:42.320 in the week, but he will be good to go, 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:44.800 which I guess is good news for him, but not 0:07:44.840 --> 0:07:47.080 really because he'll be shadowed by trade Vious White. That's 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:50.120 basically a deal breaker in the fantasy football community. He's 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:52.920 on the bench, but Jamison Crowder is not. I'm giving 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:55.120 him a be like I've been banging the drum for 0:07:55.360 --> 0:07:58.800 since March, one of the most trusted commodities based on 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:01.440 his a DP in my opinion, Week one versus Buffalo 0:08:01.560 --> 0:08:05.720 last year seventeen targets, fourteen catches for nine yards, seventeen 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:08.680 targets in one game and week seventeen ten targets for 0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:12.760 eight sixty six and a touchdown. Just get the average 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:14.760 of those two and that's a safe four for Crowder 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:16.440 and this one he's gonna be a safety blanket for 0:08:16.480 --> 0:08:18.760 Sam donald Um, who will get to in a minute. 0:08:18.840 --> 0:08:21.800 Chris Herndon, the one Denzel Mims by the way ruled out. 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:23.880 It might go on, I r you weren't gonna start 0:08:23.920 --> 0:08:27.320 him anyway. You might have started Chris Herndon, but Buffalo 0:08:27.440 --> 0:08:30.360 only allowed five tight end touchdowns last season. Only two 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:33.640 tight ends were able to crack sixty yards. The Jets 0:08:33.640 --> 0:08:36.679 tight ends, not Chris Herndon, by the way, combined for 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:39.960 six catches forty two yards across two games. So benching 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:43.360 Herndon this week, but keep him on your roster. Uh, don't, 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:45.160 don't drop him. Kee him on your bench. And then 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:47.679 Sam Donald easily on the bench toss a touchdown in 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:49.720 each game last year, but failed the top two yards 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:52.800 against Buffalo. I think it's my bottom rated quarterback this week. 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:56.040 Now onto your boy charge and the Buffalo bill Zack 0:08:56.120 --> 0:09:04.520 moss Y, Yes, what come on? You can't against the Jets. 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:07.280 I'm giving him a C. You're really give him an 0:09:07.280 --> 0:09:11.360 A B B sounds. Jets were tough against the run 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:14.160 last year, only allowing ten rushing touchdown. You guys can't 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:17.600 see churches face right now. It literally went from so 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:20.720 happy too so sad. I wanted I wanted a big 0:09:20.720 --> 0:09:22.360 coming out party for moss but I don't know if 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:24.520 it's coming this week. The Jets only allowed ten rushing 0:09:24.559 --> 0:09:27.120 touchdowns and running backs last year. Eight of those ten 0:09:27.200 --> 0:09:29.920 came in the first seven games, so the second half 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:32.640 of the season they were very tough against the run. Um. 0:09:32.840 --> 0:09:35.760 Buffalo backs did nothing against the Jets last year, totally 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:38.000 a hundred and thirty six rushing yards in two games. 0:09:38.320 --> 0:09:41.520 The Jets did lose Jamal Adams, strong safety who graded 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:45.920 top twelve amongst safeties by ProFootball Focus in a rush coverage. 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:49.000 But it's just a rookie in his first game against 0:09:49.080 --> 0:09:51.960 tough run defense. Lamarin Miller now on board as well. 0:09:52.360 --> 0:09:56.079 That's a joke. But I'll say, here's here's your angle, AAMA, 0:09:56.120 --> 0:09:57.960 and it is. It's a tough matchup. The Jets are 0:09:58.040 --> 0:09:59.920 really good run. It's the one thing the Jets do 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:03.920 wells run defense. Zack Moss. When when Buffalo gets ahead, 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:06.199 buy a bunch of half and they are running out 0:10:06.240 --> 0:10:09.360 the game in the second half through sheer repetition, Zack Moss, 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:12.480 I think ultimately ends up with a decent line and 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:15.120 any of the goal line carries going to Zack Moss 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:18.000 almost definitely. And that's why I have Devin Singletary on 0:10:18.040 --> 0:10:19.960 the bench for this one. He has had an awful 0:10:20.120 --> 0:10:23.000 awful preseason or a training camp. I should say, we'll 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:25.280 not see work in the red zone where it counts. 0:10:25.960 --> 0:10:27.760 I think I'd rather start a guy like Tony Pollard 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:30.480 over Devin Singletary this week. Singletary only played in the 0:10:30.480 --> 0:10:33.480 Week one matchup last season. He was serviceable totally ninety 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:37.280 eight combo yards with five catches, but that's likely his 0:10:37.360 --> 0:10:39.719 ceiling in this one. I think humok elsewhere running back 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:42.199 he's on the bench. Stefon Digs is not though by 0:10:42.240 --> 0:10:45.200 far the best Buffalo wide receiver they have had in 0:10:45.240 --> 0:10:48.720 a long time, especially during Josh Allen's tenure. The loss 0:10:48.760 --> 0:10:52.000 of the aforementioned Jamal Adams is huge for the Jet secondary, 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:56.199 who allowed twenty wide receiver touchdowns last season. Brian Pool 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:57.920 is a good corner for the Jets, but he's not 0:10:58.000 --> 0:11:00.920 a blocker. To start Diggs this week, do it with confidence, 0:11:00.960 --> 0:11:03.079 and I'd say the Stanford John Brown, but only at 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:07.240 a B level. Brown had seven catches for yards and 0:11:07.280 --> 0:11:09.560 a touchdown in the first meeting between these two. He 0:11:09.600 --> 0:11:13.160 didn't miss the Week seventeen meeting, but again, this feels 0:11:13.160 --> 0:11:14.960 like a Josh Allen game. Will talk to him in 0:11:14.960 --> 0:11:17.160 the second, but Brown and Digs fire him at big 0:11:17.200 --> 0:11:20.600 time cold cold Beasley and Dawson Knox can't go there yet. 0:11:20.640 --> 0:11:22.439 We'll talk about them in future weeks, I'm sure, but 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:24.880 they're on the bench. And then Josh Allen just mentioned 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:27.400 him wasn't needed in the Week seventeen matchup, but he 0:11:27.440 --> 0:11:30.079 had two fifty four and one passing and thirty eight 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:31.680 rushing yards and a touch it on the ground in 0:11:31.720 --> 0:11:34.840 Week one. But this is this is an all new 0:11:34.920 --> 0:11:37.120 Buffalo team and I'm excited to watch this game and 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:39.560 Josh Allen fire him up. He's the top five quarterback 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:41.760 potential this week. Yeah, that's about where I've got him 0:11:41.800 --> 0:11:44.840 ranked as well. My first game in Chicago taking on 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:48.640 Detroit in Detroit for Chicago, David Montgomery looks like he's 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:52.520 gonna go, but there is danger here. Groin injuries and 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:58.079 running backs are a bad combo where backwards maybe um 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:01.439 joe straight over to the sideline and that down limp 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:03.800 over to the sideline and sit down. You know, it's 0:12:03.880 --> 0:12:06.600 all the cutting and everything. It's those are tricky injuries. 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:10.120 They're easy to aggravate. So just no, even though he's 0:12:10.200 --> 0:12:12.720 likely to start here, you are incurring some risk if 0:12:12.760 --> 0:12:15.560 you put him in your starting lineup. Jet. The Lions 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:17.679 were a middle of the pack run defense last year 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:20.440 and added a handful of new pieces of the defense 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:23.360 like Jamie Collins and Julian Akwara. But they don't figure 0:12:23.400 --> 0:12:25.480 to change that much. And I just have a C 0:12:25.679 --> 0:12:27.840 grade on David Montgomery and know that you've got some 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:30.360 danger built into that as well. But Tarikoh and I 0:12:30.440 --> 0:12:33.280 like a lot better. Be great for Tariko and regardless 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:36.319 of David Montgomery, who figures to have a little extra workload. 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:39.200 No wait, Montgomery's workhorse in this game. Lions allowed the 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:42.839 most receiving touchdowns two runners last year and the third 0:12:42.880 --> 0:12:46.160 most receiving yards two runners. Cohen scored in one of 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:48.640 the matchups last week last year. Or so, we like 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:53.360 Tarik Cohen at a B level. Here um for our 0:12:53.679 --> 0:13:00.760 for our passing game, let's start with this guy. Are 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:07.280 you sure he's not happy, because why yes, we've got 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:10.760 happy trombone. Give it to us. Come on, it's a 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:18.400 starting B grade four this this can't be right. I 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:22.800 gave Matt Ryan a B. You mistakenly gave him a 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:26.839 B he mistakenly gave said, Trombones, you probably right, three 0:13:27.200 --> 0:13:31.680 straight games against the Lions with three touchdowns. I would 0:13:31.840 --> 0:13:35.040 never have guessed that if I had picked it up twice, like, 0:13:35.120 --> 0:13:38.840 you've got to be kidding me. Um, he cited two sources. 0:13:39.160 --> 0:13:41.560 I had to like, this can't be right. There's no 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:45.200 team that Sad tromboon Sky has scored three touchdowns against 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:48.880 in three consecutive games. This is it. No Darius Slay 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:51.880 any longer. Allen Robinson gets a B grade. You can 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:54.320 expect similar volume to last year, when he saw at 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:57.920 least seven targets in fourteen of sixteen games. And he's 0:13:57.920 --> 0:14:00.319 had a good track record here at eight six yards 0:14:00.440 --> 0:14:03.120 in both games against the Lions last year, scored in 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:06.920 one of them. Darius Slays gone free agent Desma trufont 0:14:07.080 --> 0:14:10.640 is most often going to get. Robinson's coverage is just okay, 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:13.040 and he gave up some monster games last year in Atlanta. 0:14:13.080 --> 0:14:15.079 He plays one side of the fields. Robinson could just 0:14:15.080 --> 0:14:17.679 flipped to the other side and there he'll get rookie 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:20.800 cornerback Jeffrey Okuda in his first ever NFL start. So 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:23.400 be great, and Allen Robinson a C grade on Anthony 0:14:23.440 --> 0:14:25.960 Miller running from the slot. He's got a positive matchup 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:31.080 against Justin Coleman. In his most recent Lions game, Anthony 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:34.040 Miller blew up for career best numbers nine catches, one 0:14:34.120 --> 0:14:37.760 hundred forty yards. Let's go to the Lions side of this. 0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:41.640 I like the Lions a lot more when we thought 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:44.600 Kenny Golladay was gonna start, But now it looks very 0:14:44.640 --> 0:14:47.520 unlikely that that's gonna happen. We're gonna look at his monitor, 0:14:47.640 --> 0:14:51.200 We're gonna monitor his hamstring injury here. But unless something changes, 0:14:51.200 --> 0:14:54.600 he has not expected to play, and quint has Sefat 0:14:54.920 --> 0:14:58.280 is your probable starter in his place, but you're not 0:14:58.280 --> 0:15:01.800 going to start him against a very Bears secondary and 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:04.760 their pass rushes great when Matthew you know, when Matthew 0:15:04.800 --> 0:15:08.480 Stafford has time, he can poke some holes into the Bears. 0:15:08.480 --> 0:15:11.280 But getting time is not easy against the Bears. The 0:15:11.320 --> 0:15:14.960 Bears likely start second round rookie cornerback Jalen Johnson and 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:17.680 free agents. I need to Shaun Gibson. Those are He's 0:15:17.720 --> 0:15:20.880 a middling journeyman. So there are some holes in this 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:24.240 secondary for Stafford. But without Kenny Golladay, I dropped them 0:15:24.240 --> 0:15:26.440 all the way down to a sea level in this game. 0:15:26.560 --> 0:15:29.120 He'll stellve Marvin Jones. Over the past three years when 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:31.840 Stafford has been under center, Jones has averaged over six 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:35.800 targets and top fifty yards and seventy of those games 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:38.200 with Stafford, and Stafford's way better when Jones is on 0:15:38.200 --> 0:15:41.080 the field too. Jones has at least fifty yards or 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:45.440 a touchdown in the Lion's last seven meetings with the Bears, 0:15:45.480 --> 0:15:47.840 so he's startable. Let's go to t J. Hockenson, who 0:15:47.880 --> 0:15:50.720 I think it's a few extra passes his way with 0:15:50.800 --> 0:15:53.680 holiday out, and everybody expects a big improvement in the 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:56.680 second year from t J. Hockenson. I think everybody does. 0:15:56.720 --> 0:15:59.240 The Bears allowed the fifth most receptions and tenth most 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:01.680 yards the tight ends last year, and you may recall 0:16:01.800 --> 0:16:04.680 t J. Hockenson blew up in Week one last year, 0:16:05.240 --> 0:16:07.480 whatever that might be worth. Now, let's go to the 0:16:07.520 --> 0:16:09.320 running game, which for the Lions, which is gonna be 0:16:09.400 --> 0:16:12.200 very frustrating, and I'm putting him all on the bench. 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:16.720 Kerry On Johnson, DeAndre Swift, Adrian Peterson. DeAndre Swift is 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:19.040 healthy enough that he's going to be active for this game, 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:20.920 but he missed so much, he missed so much time 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:22.880 in the preseason. I don't know that you can count 0:16:22.920 --> 0:16:26.440 on DeAndre Swift. Adrian Peterson's there, he tells reporters he's 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:28.440 got a big role in the game plan already. Carrie 0:16:28.440 --> 0:16:31.120 On Johnson's your probably starter, But when you get the 0:16:31.120 --> 0:16:33.680 ball near the stripe, probably not. Now it is a 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:36.040 easier to run on the Bearson is to pass. But 0:16:36.600 --> 0:16:39.200 I just think the timeshare here doesn't bode very well. 0:16:39.280 --> 0:16:41.440 If you had to pick one, I'd take carry On Johnson, 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:46.000 but they're all on the bench as a bench grade. 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:50.440 A lot of stains in the Detroit franchise history. But 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:57.920 is that true? Bisky track record? How embarrassing forcing Barry 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:01.840 Sanders and Kelvin Johnson and literally retirements. I don't know 0:17:02.000 --> 0:17:05.560 if three three touchdown games by r Whisky that that 0:17:05.640 --> 0:17:09.160 that rivals? It really does. Nobody in the right mind 0:17:09.200 --> 0:17:11.679 is starting Mitch dr Whisky. But the track records pretty good, 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:17.600 and I don't like that little something there, little something. 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:20.000 When we come back, take a chance on me. Nine 0:17:20.080 --> 0:17:22.240 players not normally in your starting line up, many of 0:17:22.240 --> 0:17:25.000 them are available on the waiver wire right now. We'll 0:17:25.000 --> 0:17:26.880 tell you who they are and who you can start 0:17:26.960 --> 0:17:55.720 when we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome to 0:17:55.800 --> 0:17:59.639 Fantasy Football Weekly. Is time for take a Chance on Me, 0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:02.800 where we identify nine players that you would not normally start. 0:18:03.119 --> 0:18:06.760 I did not miss that song, now, really, I really 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:11.400 did not either. It's such a sad version of our 0:18:11.440 --> 0:18:13.760 old take a chance I mean song. I forgot it 0:18:13.840 --> 0:18:17.320 exist for the worst spot. Now now I remember a 0:18:17.440 --> 0:18:20.680 sad reminder of what once was. Let's begin at the 0:18:20.720 --> 0:18:23.000 quarterback position. Brian, who's your taking a chance at me? Quarterback? 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:25.080 Short and sweet, the guy we've been banging the drum 0:18:25.119 --> 0:18:28.280 for all preseason, especially me, Gardner Minshew at home against 0:18:28.280 --> 0:18:31.680 the Colts. Minshew had twine and three against Indian week 0:18:31.800 --> 0:18:34.600 seventeen last season. He missed the first meeting, but even 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:38.199 Nick Foles managed to post two yards and two passing 0:18:38.240 --> 0:18:41.280 touchdowns against the Colts as a Jaguar. Indie held the 0:18:41.400 --> 0:18:44.560 sixth highest opponent passing played percentage last year, allowed the 0:18:44.640 --> 0:18:49.240 fifth most passing touchdowns, and passing is all the Jaguars 0:18:49.240 --> 0:18:51.520 are going to do on Sunday. I love Gardner, alright, 0:18:51.560 --> 0:18:56.000 everyone loves Gardner. It's been nine games since Cam Newton 0:18:56.080 --> 0:18:58.680 ran in a touchdown. It's been eight games since Cam 0:18:58.720 --> 0:19:01.640 Newton won a game. It's been four games since Cam 0:19:01.720 --> 0:19:05.439 Newton threw a touchdown. Yes, yeah, what's the roll with 0:19:05.480 --> 0:19:07.440 him now? The Dolphins had the worst d v o 0:19:07.560 --> 0:19:09.720 A in the league last year for a past defense 0:19:10.000 --> 0:19:12.479 and the fourth worst d v o as a run defense. 0:19:12.480 --> 0:19:14.960 And I mentioned run defense because Cam Newton might be 0:19:15.000 --> 0:19:17.320 the best runner on the field for New England this weekend. 0:19:17.840 --> 0:19:20.080 Uh So the matchup is good and it wouldn't it 0:19:20.119 --> 0:19:22.399 just be like Bill Belichick to run up the score 0:19:22.840 --> 0:19:26.280 with his new toy against a former coordinator. Oh yeah, 0:19:26.359 --> 0:19:30.680 Cam Newton. I'm taking Philip Rivers against Jacksonville. With Klais 0:19:30.840 --> 0:19:35.359 Campbell and Junique Gockway gone, the Jaguars pass rush is 0:19:35.359 --> 0:19:39.000 going to be a joke, and worried that their secondary 0:19:39.119 --> 0:19:41.600 might be quasi competent in the off season, they traded 0:19:41.600 --> 0:19:43.840 away a j Blue Ya just to make sure their 0:19:43.880 --> 0:19:46.600 quest for Trevor Lawrence Is does not hit his speed 0:19:46.600 --> 0:19:49.760 bump here. Rivers is going to enjoy the best pass 0:19:49.800 --> 0:19:52.520 blocking of his career in this game, and he'll have 0:19:52.520 --> 0:19:55.159 plenty of time to find t Y Hilton Paris Campbell 0:19:55.200 --> 0:19:58.520 and newcomer Michael Pittman. They all have positive matchups against 0:19:58.560 --> 0:20:01.240 their respective cornerbacks. Let's go to the running back position. 0:20:01.240 --> 0:20:04.960 Brian James Robinson is he running back everyone is talking 0:20:05.000 --> 0:20:10.199 about in Jackson and I'm talking about Chris Thompson. The 0:20:10.240 --> 0:20:13.880 Colts surrendered the most running back receptions last season. Jack 0:20:13.920 --> 0:20:17.240 wars Jaguars backs total twenty three targets for seventeen catches, 0:20:17.240 --> 0:20:19.160 and their two meetings against the Colts that was mainly 0:20:19.240 --> 0:20:22.040 Leonard four Nette, who was obviously gone. Chris Thompson is 0:20:22.080 --> 0:20:25.040 a Jay Gruden guy. We're gonna talk about how bad 0:20:25.119 --> 0:20:28.040 this matchup is for James Robinson soon. So Chris Thompson 0:20:28.080 --> 0:20:32.159 in PPR and Daily, Alright, he like, I think, I 0:20:32.240 --> 0:20:33.760 think the Pats are gonna keep the ball on the 0:20:33.760 --> 0:20:35.560 ground a lot in this game. So I got Rex 0:20:35.600 --> 0:20:37.720 burkehead as might take a chance on me runner. Don't 0:20:37.720 --> 0:20:41.000 get any wrong, Um, I think James White is gonna 0:20:41.040 --> 0:20:42.679 have a great game. But there's room for more than 0:20:42.680 --> 0:20:45.040 one runner in this game. No team was run on 0:20:45.119 --> 0:20:48.080 more last season than the Miami Dolphins, with an average 0:20:48.080 --> 0:20:51.440 of twenty seven point run one rushing attempts per game. 0:20:51.680 --> 0:20:54.840 And opposing backs averaged just over a hundred and twenty 0:20:54.840 --> 0:20:57.960 one yards on the ground. James White only had six 0:20:58.040 --> 0:21:01.439 rushing attempts in a game twice last season. So who 0:21:01.480 --> 0:21:03.760 are the other twenty one rushing attempts gonna go to? 0:21:03.840 --> 0:21:07.320 Sony Michelle. No, he's injured, They're gonna ease him back. 0:21:07.359 --> 0:21:11.560 According to uh According to Mike Reese, who's the New 0:21:11.600 --> 0:21:14.800 England Patriots beat writer who's really on all this stuff, 0:21:15.000 --> 0:21:17.400