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Speaker 1: over the course of the show. We will answer three
Speaker 1: tough questions. We will give you nine players upon whom
Speaker 1: you can take a chance, and we will unveil this
Speaker 1: week's premature speculation players. These are players who want to
Speaker 1: pick up this week that everybody else three trying to
Speaker 1: pick up next week. I misfired on my buttons that
Speaker 1: here's the time machine, now, can you use that to
Speaker 1: go back in time and fix fix that hitting the
Speaker 1: wrong button? I'd really I'd like to do that on
Speaker 1: the time machine sounder, and I'll brag about last week's
Speaker 1: premature speculation, although I will everybody racing to the waiver
Speaker 1: wire to pick up Curtis Samuel now because he's active.
Speaker 1: We told you it was going to go exactly this way,
Speaker 1: and sheared off last week. We have we urge you
Speaker 1: to pick him up days in advance. Hopefully you did.
Speaker 1: Let's begin with Arizona taking on the Los Angeles Rams. Jeff,
Speaker 1: we're gonna pull the band aid off, give you your
Speaker 1: first matchup right off the bat. I pull the band
Speaker 1: aid off right away. Okay, uh, We'll jump right into
Speaker 1: Kyler Merly. This is his toughest matchup of the year.
Speaker 1: He the Rams have allowed just two touchdown passes in
Speaker 1: three games, including taking Brady down last week. The Rams
Speaker 1: have great secondary depth, and you know he got Ramsey
Speaker 1: on a dingdap, Hopkins. I mean he hasn't run for
Speaker 1: more than twenty yards in any of the four games
Speaker 1: against him. We can't bench your start. I mean it's
Speaker 1: Kyler Merley, you can't. You can't bench him. But I
Speaker 1: mean this is his this is his toughest matchup for
Speaker 1: the year. So I mean I'd have to downgrade him
Speaker 1: to a b uh Chase Edmonds. I give him a
Speaker 1: sea only because he does what he does. He's gonna
Speaker 1: cobble together some kind of a ten point TPR game.
Speaker 1: I mean, the Rams of the second ranked rush defense. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, he doesn't get the ball to stripe. It's
Speaker 1: just you know, and that's and that goes to James Conner.
Speaker 1: I mean, well, you know who does James Conner might
Speaker 1: take a chance on me running back from last week
Speaker 1: to the touchdowns. Where's that peacock at charts? Come on?
Speaker 1: Uh this week? Yeah, don't take a chance on Connor
Speaker 1: this week. This this matchup just is awful for him. Uh, Hopkins,
Speaker 1: I'm going to give him a bee even though he's
Speaker 1: dinged up obviously, and his history with Jalen Ramsey, I
Speaker 1: mean even back to their days and the Texans and Jaguars,
Speaker 1: he I couldn't find more than eighty yards in any
Speaker 1: game that he played against with against Ramsey, so and
Speaker 1: obviously he's struggling with with the injury, so I wouldn't
Speaker 1: give him more than a B. The rest of Christian
Speaker 1: Kirk and Rondale Moore in a J. Green. We saw
Speaker 1: what happened last week rond Dale Morey when I picked
Speaker 1: up up and Kirk and Green with the guys who
Speaker 1: picked up a hundred yards. I mean, if I had
Speaker 1: to pick one of out out of there, I would
Speaker 1: pick kirk Um. But again the Ram's got great depth
Speaker 1: in the secondary, so you know, I maybe Kirk is
Speaker 1: the guy I would give a C too. If I
Speaker 1: had to pick one of them, well you do, it's your,
Speaker 1: this is yours, this is your and then do that
Speaker 1: that's the guy and pick it up. I take him
Speaker 1: Max Williams, he actually could be a streamer for you.
Speaker 1: This week. The Rams so far forty two yards allowed
Speaker 1: to Cole commit sixty four to Jack Doel, and they
Speaker 1: give up all over a hundred yards last week to
Speaker 1: the three Tampa tight ends. So if you're at a
Speaker 1: pinch for a tight end, Max Williams, maybe your guy here,
Speaker 1: he may pick up a little bit. I mean he's
Speaker 1: kind of come out of nowhere. Pretty much everyone's in
Speaker 1: a pinch of tight end outside of three people in
Speaker 1: your league. Matt Stafford, obviously he's an a. He's he's
Speaker 1: just been so good there. The Rams line ranked second
Speaker 1: class in past blocking by Pro Football Focus. They're just
Speaker 1: three sacks and five hits. And to him in the
Speaker 1: three games, Rob Alford, Byron Murphy and Marco Wilson, I
Speaker 1: don't think they're cousin him to lose a whole lot
Speaker 1: of sleep. So, I mean, he's a pretty obvious Cooper
Speaker 1: Cup to start him. There's no NFC player Offensive Player
Speaker 1: of the there's just start him, Robert Woods. And there
Speaker 1: may be some disagreement here, I'm gonna give him a
Speaker 1: I'm going to give him a B because is my
Speaker 1: thought is that after watching last week's Tampa game, the
Speaker 1: first thing out of Matthew Stafford's head was I need
Speaker 1: to get Robert Woods more involved in this game. And
Speaker 1: it seems to me that he just he's gonna look
Speaker 1: and see. Okay, well, this here's a guy who in
Speaker 1: his uh I believe he's played eight games against the Cardinals.
Speaker 1: He hasn't. He's in only one game. He's had less
Speaker 1: than five catches and fifty yards. He has a good
Speaker 1: history against them, so I I personally some people are
Speaker 1: thinking of getting rid of him. Now there are people
Speaker 1: dropping Robert. Well, they gotta get Robert Woods more involved
Speaker 1: in Breakfast because it's the Breakfast Club of Cooper Clubs
Speaker 1: and Matt Stafford and it's working out pretty well. Uh.
Speaker 1: First Cooper Tyler Higby, I I would give him at
Speaker 1: least a see here because he's played the snaps. I
Speaker 1: saw people dropping him after week to I'm like, what
Speaker 1: you know? And he came back last week. I said,
Speaker 1: you know, he's going to be involved here. Darrell Henderson,
Speaker 1: the interesting guy he's now in. I give him a be.
Speaker 1: The Cardinals defense is set up to foot to a
Speaker 1: rush the quarterback. They're not set up for the run.
Speaker 1: That they have the third worst ranked past run defense
Speaker 1: from Pro pro Football Focus. You know, the full fourth
Speaker 1: most rushing yards. Their their defense is built to stop
Speaker 1: the run. And yeah, he's got the rib injury, just
Speaker 1: like like like DeAndre Hopkins. But you know, and I
Speaker 1: don't know what you guys think of this. My personal
Speaker 1: belief is that I believe Sean McVeigh when he says
Speaker 1: that Darryl Henderson's guy. I know he gave Sony Mitchelly
Speaker 1: showed last week that he trusted him. I think Darrell
Speaker 1: Henderson's guy. So he's healthful, I think he I think
Speaker 1: he gives him most of the work. Sony Walkman repaid
Speaker 1: that trust with about two yards per carry, so you know,
Speaker 1: not worried about him, factory you personally. He had a
Speaker 1: hell of a pass block though. That that's always a
Speaker 1: good sign. I want to join that league, the past
Speaker 1: block league, all right, think that's everything for that matchup, right, Yep,
Speaker 1: that's it, all right, Brian, Let's go over to the Lions.
Speaker 1: Kind of a dud game last week, but another opportunity
Speaker 1: against the Bears defense that's not as good as recent versions. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and the Bears defense won't be very good at all,
Speaker 1: or definitely not as good without Kleil Mack, who is
Speaker 1: uh nursing a foot injury right now, very questionable practice
Speaker 1: on a limited basis on Friday, had not practiced throughout
Speaker 1: the week before that, so we'll go under the assumption
Speaker 1: he will play. So we'll start with DeAndre Swift. Give
Speaker 1: him a b U. Swift currently RB three in PPR
Speaker 1: right now, mostly because of the receiving averaging more than
Speaker 1: six receptions per game. Only eleven carries per game for Swift, though,
Speaker 1: but UH coach Dan Campbell recently said We're going to
Speaker 1: see a lot more of Swift. He also said something
Speaker 1: about like biting off kneecaps too. Haven't seen that yet,
Speaker 1: So to take of the grain of salt, we're gonna
Speaker 1: talk more about DeAndre Swift later in this year. We
Speaker 1: certainly will. Either way. It's a decent matchup for Swift.
Speaker 1: The Bears are allowing nearly one fifty combo yards per
Speaker 1: game to running backs. Cleveland running backs just totaled eight
Speaker 1: catches against Chicago last week, and for that reason, I'm
Speaker 1: still giving a starting grade to Jamal Williams. Gonna give
Speaker 1: him a CEE averaging fourteen opportunities per game. An opportunity
Speaker 1: is a rush or a target. UH to the eighteen
Speaker 1: opportunities from Swift, so nearly a timeshare. Again, we might
Speaker 1: see more DeAndre swift, But why would you run swift
Speaker 1: so much in a pretty much a lost season already
Speaker 1: for the Lions. So I'm still starting Jamal Williams this
Speaker 1: week against the Bears. Again said they are allowing more
Speaker 1: than fifty compley yards per game to running back, so
Speaker 1: I like both in this one. You gotta like t J.
Speaker 1: Hockinson even though he was arguably the biggest dud of
Speaker 1: all duds last week. The Bears have only allowed nine
Speaker 1: tight end catches on thirteen targets, but man, Hockinson is
Speaker 1: not really a tight end. He's running over sixty of
Speaker 1: his routes from the slot. He's essentially a wide receiver.
Speaker 1: The Bears have a very poor secondary, and Hockinson had
Speaker 1: two very good games against the Bears last year, five
Speaker 1: catches for fifty four yards in a touchdown in the
Speaker 1: first meeting than seven catches for eighty four yards in
Speaker 1: the second. So a safe b for t J. Hockenson.
Speaker 1: Uh Now, to the wide receiver is not very safe
Speaker 1: at all. It's really calif Raymond and Quintessis. So the
Speaker 1: Bears are top eight and yards and touchdowns allowed to
Speaker 1: receivers in terms of the most five touchdowns to the
Speaker 1: positions in three games, but deciphering which Lions wide receiver
Speaker 1: to use here is pretty tough. Seas had fourteen targets
Speaker 1: for the first through the first two games, but saw
Speaker 1: just one target last week. Cliff Raymond total just six
Speaker 1: targets for the first two weeks, but last week he
Speaker 1: saw ten targets and caught six of them. And I
Speaker 1: kind of like him because he runs out of the slot,
Speaker 1: and the slot has been a disaster position for the
Speaker 1: Bears all season, and so nobody's gonna start Cliff Raymond.
Speaker 1: But I'm telling you this, the opportunity is there for
Speaker 1: a decent game this week year. If I had to
Speaker 1: pick one, it is Raymond. I'm gonna give him a
Speaker 1: ce uh se fist. I guess the sea as well.
Speaker 1: But only one of these guys is probably gonna produce,
Speaker 1: And I like, I'm with you, charge it's a Cliff
Speaker 1: Raymond for me. As for Jared Goff, got to put
Speaker 1: him on the bench. Opposing quarterbacks are averaging less than
Speaker 1: thirty pass attempts per game against the Bears, and just
Speaker 1: at the thought of golf on the road in Chicago,
Speaker 1: I don't like it too much. In one quarterback League's
Speaker 1: easy bench. Now, when it comes to an easy bench
Speaker 1: or an easy start, it's certainly doesn't speak to the
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears quarterback situation, where it's going to be a
Speaker 1: game time decision by Matt Nagy's crafty. The Lions won't
Speaker 1: know what hit him. But when he unveils the smartest
Speaker 1: in the room, just as I mean, Andy Dalton has
Speaker 1: dinged up, Justin Fields has dinged up. It could be
Speaker 1: Nick Foles, whoever it is, I would, by the way,
Speaker 1: if Dawnon's not ready, I'd play Foles at this point.
Speaker 1: I'm all about preserving Justin Fields and keeping him as
Speaker 1: far from from Matt Nagy as possible. I'm worried is
Speaker 1: gonna wreck his career? Absolutely yeah, I mean you really
Speaker 1: doesn't need a game manager against the Lions, for for
Speaker 1: the most part, who are allowing more than passing yards
Speaker 1: and two passing touchdowns per game to opposing quarterbacks. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna give a C two whoever starts at quarterback for
Speaker 1: the for the Bears, if it's Justin Fields, uh, sadly,
Speaker 1: just to see for Allan Robinson as well a brutal
Speaker 1: start to the year, a healthy free target share percentage,
Speaker 1: but it is currently set in the second in receiving
Speaker 1: yards per game at eight point seven. But if there's
Speaker 1: a spot to get right, it's against Detroit. Opposing wide
Speaker 1: receivers are averaging a hundred and eighty yards per game
Speaker 1: as a whole. A. Rob had nearly identical games against
Speaker 1: the Lions last year, five catches for seventy four yards
Speaker 1: and then six catches for seventy five yards. Hopefully that
Speaker 1: is his floora here. If it's not, we might be
Speaker 1: talking about sabotage dropping Allen Robinson next week. So he
Speaker 1: better come through against the Lions. I'm not expecting Darnielle
Speaker 1: Mooney to come through, even he might not even play.
Speaker 1: But even if he does, he's on the bench. He's
Speaker 1: just not a good fit with Andy Dalton or pretty
Speaker 1: much anyone at this point. He plays quarterback for the Bears.
Speaker 1: I do like Cole Commet. They're gonna give him a
Speaker 1: CE just two catches across his last two games. Kind
Speaker 1: of brutal. But the Lions are allowing eighty two yards
Speaker 1: per game to tight ends, which is the third most,
Speaker 1: and commit had five catches, thirty seven yards and and
Speaker 1: a touchdown in his last meeting with Detroit. So we
Speaker 1: see for commit and I men give David Montgomery and
Speaker 1: a looking like a true bell cow after playing of
Speaker 1: the Snaps last week, Monty had two rushing touchdowns at
Speaker 1: his last meeting with the Lions. Detroit has already surrendered
Speaker 1: six total touchdowns running back, So a safe a for
Speaker 1: David Montgomery based on volume alone. Chiefs take on the
Speaker 1: Eagles and you know what to do with Mahomes and
Speaker 1: Hill and Kelsey. Obvious a's against a secondary that was
Speaker 1: just dissected by Dak Prescott on Monday night, and in
Speaker 1: that game they ran at will against the Eagles. But
Speaker 1: Clyde Edwards Despair is a totally different back than the
Speaker 1: kind that just ran through the Eagles. Did have a
Speaker 1: fumble last week, but he also posted his strongest running
Speaker 1: game maybe ever, um, but that game did come across
Speaker 1: come against the league's lowest ranked run defense, giving up
Speaker 1: the most yards the Chargers, and stylistically, you know, ch
Speaker 1: is just a different kind of runner than the guys
Speaker 1: that have had success against the Eagles. So I'm not
Speaker 1: still not crazy about him here. And the other thing
Speaker 1: is Andy Read doesn't care about establishing momentum for Clyde
Speaker 1: Edwards a layer the game after getting one hundred yards
Speaker 1: throughout Clyde Edwards Hilaire's career, when he's had one yards
Speaker 1: the next game, he's averaged nine carries. That's it. You mean,
Speaker 1: if you're Andy Reid, you think you'd want to get
Speaker 1: your kid going, but he's never done that in the past.
Speaker 1: And obviously the rare coaching revenge game for Andy Reid
Speaker 1: going up kind of. I mean, you know, it's been
Speaker 1: twenty years or something. C grade for Clyde Edwards, despair
Speaker 1: HARTMTT Robinson, Pringle on the bench way to scatter shot
Speaker 1: for me and Josh Gordon. No dice, not yet, not ever.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Eagles side of this game. Miles Sanders,
Speaker 1: so the B grade he's gonna bounce back after basically
Speaker 1: being forgotten last week. Doug Peterson did he forget he
Speaker 1: was on roster last week? I mean, he averaged thirteen
Speaker 1: and a half yards per carry, so that was pretty good.
Speaker 1: It was pretty good through two carries. The Chiefs have
Speaker 1: given up at least nine d Combo yards to every
Speaker 1: lead back they've faced, and they've also allowed five touchdowns
Speaker 1: to running backs already. They are the worst run defense
Speaker 1: in the league by a wide margin according to Pro
Speaker 1: Football Focus, and the Eagles offensive line has provided Sanders
Speaker 1: with four point four yards per carry before contact. That's
Speaker 1: awfully impressed. When you get four and a half yards
Speaker 1: before everybody's touching you, you're sitting on a good game.
Speaker 1: Bounce back coming for Miles Sanders with a B grade here.
Speaker 1: I like him in this setup. Let's go to the
Speaker 1: passing game where Jalen Hurts bounces back as well. In
Speaker 1: the past two games, Kansas Cities allowed monster performances on
Speaker 1: the ground and through the air. Lamar Jackson h yard
Speaker 1: game against Casey, Justin Herbert four touchdown passing game against
Speaker 1: Casey one way or another or both. Justin Hurts is
Speaker 1: gonna get it done here, Jalen Hurt, Excuse me, Here's
Speaker 1: something I have not typed or uttered in years. The
Speaker 1: Eagles receivers are better than their defensive counterparts. Even with
Speaker 1: Josh Gordon now on Kansas City. I'm in defensive counterparts
Speaker 1: Jalen reagor Quez, Watkins and divide to Smith are playing
Speaker 1: at a higher level than the Chiefs. Cornerbacks cher Various Ward,
Speaker 1: Legarius Sneed, and Mike Hughes, who have Pro Football Focus
Speaker 1: rankings of and so that is overall a positive set
Speaker 1: of matchups for Hurts. Obviously, I like the receivers as well,
Speaker 1: A B grade by the way, it hurts a B
Speaker 1: grade on DeVonta Smith. Chiefs have allowed back to back
Speaker 1: one h yard receivers and four touchdowns two receivers in
Speaker 1: the past two games alone. Um Smith, where he runs
Speaker 1: is going to see a lot of cher various ward
Speaker 1: if he can even play, and it's an exploitable matchup.
Speaker 1: Smith averaging a healthy seven targets per game, and they're
Speaker 1: throwing to him downfield. He just needs one of these
Speaker 1: deep downfield ones that hit Jalen Reagor gets to see Ben.
Speaker 1: He started the season catching a lot of underneath balls
Speaker 1: that's expanded a little bit more downfield. I love his
Speaker 1: matchup against Mike Hughes when that one pops up, which
Speaker 1: it will from time to time. And then Quiz Watkins
Speaker 1: also a C grade. He's only averaging two point five
Speaker 1: targets per game, so there's a to of risk here,
Speaker 1: but he draws Legarius sneed second year player who has
Speaker 1: allowed one percent of the passes in his coverage to
Speaker 1: be completed. So we like Quez Watkins a lot in
Speaker 1: this game as well. And let's wrap up with the
Speaker 1: tight ends. Dallas Goddard has been a monster after the catch,
Speaker 1: ranking second best among tight ends at ten yards after
Speaker 1: the catch. He's got a positive matchup with the Chiefs,
Speaker 1: who are surrendering nearly eighty yards per game to the position.
Speaker 1: So I like Dallas Goddard here. Zachers used to be
Speaker 1: at something. Now he's nothing. He's uh good game last week,
Speaker 1: but the prior two weeks were one and two catch games.
Speaker 1: So we're we're gonna avoid zach Ertz when we come back.
Speaker 1: Nine players upon whom you can take a chance. We'll
Speaker 1: tell you who they are when we return Fantasy Football Weekly.
Speaker 1: Walcome back to Fantasy Football Weekly a segment we call
Speaker 1: take a chance on me. These are nine players not
Speaker 1: normally in your starting lineup. Many of these guys are
Speaker 1: available on the waiver wire right now. In fact, one
Speaker 1: of mine definitely is, and another one of mine maybe
Speaker 1: we started the quarterback position. Jeff, who have you got?
Speaker 1: I got Sam Donald? He we know the McCaffrey injury.
Speaker 1: Donald has been averaging two yards through the air and
Speaker 1: has three rushing touchdowns. Now, some of that threat could
Speaker 1: have come from McCaffrey. But one thing here, Dallas has
Speaker 1: allowed the fourth most fantasy points to quarterbacks. To all
Speaker 1: the talk of you know that the Tampa all these
Speaker 1: passing large yards they've allowed, Dallas has only allowed three
Speaker 1: fewer passing yards than Tampa. So you know, Brady and
Speaker 1: air Bear and Hurts, they all went for over three
Speaker 1: twenty six yards against him. Dallas has only had thirty
Speaker 1: running back carries against them in thirty games. And I
Speaker 1: don't think Chuba Hubbard. I don't think he gets more
Speaker 1: than fifteen touches. I don't think they're gonna try and
Speaker 1: grind it out with him like they might with McCaffrey,
Speaker 1: to try and get things going. Both Tampa and the
Speaker 1: Chargers had a pair of receivers have a huge games
Speaker 1: against him, and then last week we saw on the
Speaker 1: second half what they did with with with Jalen Hurts,
Speaker 1: all the points he put up in the second half.
Speaker 1: So Sam Donald's my guy. Yeah, I kind of like
Speaker 1: it that that Dallas defensive line a disaster right now.
Speaker 1: So Sam Donalds should have some extra time in the pocket. Brian,
Speaker 1: you'll take a chance I mean quarterback. No Dan Arnold
Speaker 1: for it hurts. I'll bring him up later. He's for
Speaker 1: Donald will be all right. I got Ben Roethlisberger at
Speaker 1: Green Bay unfortunately, also known as has been sauceless Burger. Um.
Speaker 1: I can't take credit for that. I just merged two
Speaker 1: nicknames together. Um, but big nobody was giving you credit. Alright, good? Uh,
Speaker 1: No one should give Ben Roethlisberger. He shouldn't be getting
Speaker 1: a paycheck for the Steelers. So as so far this
Speaker 1: year looked horrible. Twitter reminds Ben of that every day.
Speaker 1: But he gets his best wide receiver back this week
Speaker 1: in Deante Johnson. He might lose Chase Clay Claypool. We'll
Speaker 1: talk about that later. But the Packers have allowed the
Speaker 1: most passing touchdowns so far with nine Kevin King thank
Speaker 1: you know nine times? Button bar there. Yes, five went
Speaker 1: to Jamis Winston, but Jared Goff and Jimmy Garoppolo put
Speaker 1: up around two h fifty yards and two passing touchdowns,
Speaker 1: numbers that Roethlisberger should replicate against the Packers team that
Speaker 1: will presumably put up points at home. Taylor, Heineke goes
Speaker 1: up against the Falcons. Falcons are destroyed by Jalen Hurts
Speaker 1: and Tom Brady before stopping Daniel Jones last week. But
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones lost his number two and three receivers in
Speaker 1: that game, so that does not count. In total. Falcons
Speaker 1: are allowing two hundred seventy yards and two point seven
Speaker 1: passing touchdowns per game. I will take to seventy and
Speaker 1: two point seven out of Taylor. Heineke. Uh, Heineke has
Speaker 1: decent wheels. Jalen Hurts ran for sixty two rushing yards
Speaker 1: against these Falcons. Maybe he gets some part of that
Speaker 1: as well. Let's go to running back position. Jeff I
Speaker 1: got Naive Hines. Last week. He had twelve touches. First
Speaker 1: week he had fifteen. The second week he was un involved.
Speaker 1: But remember Marlon Mack was active that week. So uh,
Speaker 1: Seattle is the only team that has a lot more
Speaker 1: fantasy points to running backs. Uh. Their line is an
Speaker 1: absolute mass. To think Taylor is going to get a
Speaker 1: whole bunch of carries here, I you know, I don't
Speaker 1: think so. And so far. The just one other note, Miami,
Speaker 1: they've given up their second allowed in fantasy points. Like
Speaker 1: I said, Damien Harris, David Devin Single, Terry Zack Moss
Speaker 1: and Peyton Barber where the running backs they faced in
Speaker 1: that And just one other note, Hines last week he
Speaker 1: outtouched Taylor in red zone snaps four to one last week. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and so you look at this week and how this
Speaker 1: whole thing unfolds. I think that he is. I think
Speaker 1: he's a pretty good start. All right, Brian, You're take
Speaker 1: a chance of me running back. I got the Jets
Speaker 1: Michael Carter at home versus the Titans. Carter currently ranked
Speaker 1: second among all running backs and missed tackles forced per touch.
Speaker 1: He just needs more touches, but it appears those wheels
Speaker 1: were putting motion. Last week. Carter outtouched thy Johnson eleven
Speaker 1: to four. Uh Ti. Johnson did out target Carter five
Speaker 1: to three, but Johnson only had one catcher six yards.
Speaker 1: Carter finished with more catches too. But the Titans are
Speaker 1: a decent matchup, allowing nearly one thirty Combo yards per
Speaker 1: game to running backs and three rushing touchdowns to the
Speaker 1: position over their last two games. So it's Michael Carter time.
Speaker 1: I know. Zach Molls is pretty obvious now with three
Speaker 1: touchdowns in the last two games, but another juicy matchup
Speaker 1: on the slate. Here, Texans are allowing the eighth most
Speaker 1: rushing and receiving yards to opposing backs, good for one
Speaker 1: hundred fifty three total yards per game. So even if
Speaker 1: Zack mosson only gets half of a hundred fifty three yards,
Speaker 1: he's already sitting on a pretty good game. There should
Speaker 1: be plenty to go around here. I'll I'll give the
Speaker 1: upside of Moss because he gets touchdowns. Singletary has seen
Speaker 1: his snap share, his yards per carry, and his targets
Speaker 1: decrease in every game, while Moss has seen his increase
Speaker 1: in every game. So the friends here lead to a
Speaker 1: big game from Zack moss All right, let's go to
Speaker 1: the receivers. Jeff, I got Nelson Aghelor. I think he's
Speaker 1: on a big game here. Last week Mac Jones with
Speaker 1: what was going on? Thirty targets to Jacoby Myers, Kendrick Bourne,
Speaker 1: and him. He's played over the snaps every game. Tampa
Speaker 1: games have averaged sixty four points a game. So and
Speaker 1: last year when he was with the Raiders against Tampa,
Speaker 1: five catches a hundred and seven yards in a touchdown.
Speaker 1: So I at that Tampa secondaries in such bad shape.
Speaker 1: There was dressing Richard Sherman off the street for this one. So,
Speaker 1: and you can't run on the box. No, that's that's
Speaker 1: just it. And so I like him out of that group.
Speaker 1: I like him to have a have a good game here, Brian,
Speaker 1: you take a chance of me receiver. Uh? Going back
Speaker 1: to the Jets and Braxton Barrios against the Titans. Now, yes,
Speaker 1: this is all about the revenge game for Corey Davis.
Speaker 1: We'll talk about that later. But Elijah Moore has been
Speaker 1: ruled out for New York. Jamison Crowder is supposed to
Speaker 1: make his debut, but he's nursing a groin injury. I'm
Speaker 1: not trusting the groin. I don't know what kind of
Speaker 1: shape he's gonna be in. So I'm all about Barrios
Speaker 1: here against the Titans, who are allowing more than fifteen
Speaker 1: catches and two hundred twenty yards per game to wide receivers.
Speaker 1: Tennessee has also yielded the second most red zone targets
Speaker 1: and the most goal to go touches to opposing wide receivers,
Speaker 1: so it's no surprise they have surrendered six touchdowns to
Speaker 1: the position already. Braxon Burrios, Let's do it, uh, same
Speaker 1: game might take a chance to me receiver Nick Westbrook.
Speaker 1: I hinna with w That's exactly what I thought when
Speaker 1: I thought, Yes, Julio Jones and A J. Green have
Speaker 1: been ruled out of this game and Nick Westbrook, I
Speaker 1: ken Hey will be the starter for Tennessee. He played
Speaker 1: seventy of the snaps last week filling in for Brown
Speaker 1: and led the team and targets receiving yards, and he
Speaker 1: succored a touchdown last week legitimate sleeper against a beatable
Speaker 1: but not terrible Jets secondary. Jets run defense has been shaky.
Speaker 1: We're gonna see a lot of Derrick Henry in this game.
Speaker 1: But ultimately that may just put the even position to
Speaker 1: help throw another short touchdown to Nick Westbrook. I can hey.
Speaker 1: Jets corners are a bland affair. Uh. Michael Carter, Bryce Hall,
Speaker 1: and Brandon eccles ranked seventy three at their positions by
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus. Now, one thing I will throw him
Speaker 1: though he had that he had that fumble after the touchdown.
Speaker 1: You know, a young guy like that, when he does
Speaker 1: something like that, you know next game. I I looked
Speaker 1: for him to bounce back just like you know, I'd
Speaker 1: like him as well. That would be we would take
Speaker 1: the bounce back game. That would be great. Here, Uh,
Speaker 1: let's work in a matchup into this segment, Colts taking
Speaker 1: on the Dolphins. Jeff, you already told us that you
Speaker 1: that you like Nihim Hinds. So let's flip this over
Speaker 1: and let's talk about Jonathan Taylor and what to expect
Speaker 1: from him in this matchup without two starting offensive lineman
Speaker 1: for the all offensive lineman. Yeah, and actually he popped
Speaker 1: up on the injury report too. Now, I don't you know,
Speaker 1: I didn't see anything about him not playing or being limited,
Speaker 1: but boy, you know he's he's tagged right now with
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones and and uh Derrick Henry the third team
Speaker 1: red zone touches. Like we said, but you know, in
Speaker 1: this game, with how this thing whole unfolds, it's hard
Speaker 1: to think that that he may not even eclipse what
Speaker 1: Hinz does in this game. My opinion is I'll still
Speaker 1: give him a bee because Miami is allowing so many
Speaker 1: points to running backs. But I just, you know, thinking
Speaker 1: that he's gonna come up with one of those games
Speaker 1: last year. I don't know, Carson Wentz, he's on the bench,
Speaker 1: just you should always be on the bench. He just
Speaker 1: he's no good. Michael Pittman though his his only one,
Speaker 1: only target, I'm going to give him a bee. The
Speaker 1: Dolphins just allowed three different raiders to come up with
Speaker 1: seventy seven yards last week. His last two games, he's
Speaker 1: averaged twelve targets, seven catches and ninety five yards. Yeah,
Speaker 1: as long as as long as they can keep them
Speaker 1: away from Xavian Howard. I think he puts up another
Speaker 1: good game here, I mean, and the rest of everybody.
Speaker 1: There's Zach Pascale, the tight ends whatever I mean know,
Speaker 1: Zach pascal scored the first game Pittman, Jack Doyle week
Speaker 1: two had sixty four yards. Other than that, no other
Speaker 1: receiver or tight end on their entire rosters had over
Speaker 1: forty three yards in any game. So it's just not
Speaker 1: good U from Miami, Jacoby Brissette, I have him on
Speaker 1: the bench. Although the Colts have allowed the fifth most
Speaker 1: fantasy points to wide receivers, including seven touchdowns that didn't
Speaker 1: even account for A. J. Brown and Julio Jones going out,
Speaker 1: He's not going to throw fifty passes again, But I
Speaker 1: still will give Jalen Waddle a b here. He's had
Speaker 1: three pretty good PPR games in a row and uh
Speaker 1: Mike is sicky. Well, you know I give him a
Speaker 1: B because he's even a more glorified uh tight end
Speaker 1: than uh T J. Hockenson if I read this correctly.
Speaker 1: He's run or nine of his routes in coverage, a
Speaker 1: percent of his snaps in coverage. He almost is never blocking,
Speaker 1: so he he Actually, you know these two guys, they
Speaker 1: they gave the old Reggie Bush last week. I mean,
Speaker 1: nobody could make a catches into thirty yards like Reggie Bush.
Speaker 1: But Davante Parker I actually put a sea on him.
Speaker 1: He's seen three targets in each game. So if you
Speaker 1: need somebody you know that's a fill in or something,
Speaker 1: it will follow. One of my favorite guys. But he's
Speaker 1: he's supposed to play this week. He well he played
Speaker 1: last week, but he's fully healthy now he's off. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he was often rock in is out at cornerback. I
Speaker 1: think I think Will Fuller is a sneak, and you
Speaker 1: know that I love Will Fuller. He's one of my guys.
Speaker 1: It just with this, you know, throw the ball three
Speaker 1: yards that they're doing. I you know, I'll give him
Speaker 1: a see because I just because I love him for
Speaker 1: the running game, Miles gask and I can only give
Speaker 1: him a scene. I want to give him more. He's
Speaker 1: averaged over five yards per carrying all three games. He's
Speaker 1: second and broken tackles per carry. Chris Carson, Darryl Henderson,
Speaker 1: and Derrick Henry all put up solid games on the Colts,
Speaker 1: but they did just lose their starting center Michael Dieter.
Speaker 1: And we saw Malcolm Brown last week and he got
Speaker 1: of the snapslast again was one who scored and in
Speaker 1: the red zone. Malcolm Brown is out touched Miles Gaskin
Speaker 1: four to one. I just wish they'd like Miles Gaskin more.
Speaker 1: He's a good football player, but I can only give
Speaker 1: him a see. And Malcolm Brown, who's speculative on the
Speaker 1: bench just because you don't know that we're not starting
Speaker 1: Malcolm Brown, Jason last week's touchdown. Let's to work in
Speaker 1: one more quick matchup if we ken Brian, because I
Speaker 1: don't think there's a lot to say about the Texans
Speaker 1: and a really tough matchup. No Bills, definitely not bench
Speaker 1: all the running backs for Houston. Opposing running backs were
Speaker 1: averaging just eighteen touches in ninety two combo yards per
Speaker 1: game against the Bills. An easy bench for any Texans
Speaker 1: running back. Brandon Cooks one of the better stories in
Speaker 1: the NFL, especially for the for the Texans so far.
Speaker 1: But just to see and this on this one with
Speaker 1: Davis Mills at quarterback, Cooks has a target share percentage
Speaker 1: of forty three point five per cent, which is sanely high.
Speaker 1: Very good, but what's smart of Davis Mills. By the way,
Speaker 1: if I'm Davis Mills, I'm throwing the ball constantly to
Speaker 1: my best receiver. What is also very good? Or I
Speaker 1: should say who is also very good as trade Davis White,
Speaker 1: cornerback for the Bills, who is all but guaranteed to
Speaker 1: shadow Brandon Cooks in this game. White has yet to
Speaker 1: allow a score or more than fifty two yards in
Speaker 1: its coverage this year. It could be a long day
Speaker 1: for Cooks, just to see for him. Everyone else on
Speaker 1: the Texans is on the bench. Anthony Miller, Chris Conney,
Speaker 1: Davis Mills. Easy bench for those guys over the Buffalo side.
Speaker 1: Zach Mills was your take a chance to me running
Speaker 1: back charge and understandably so I'll give Devin Singletary a
Speaker 1: see here as well. He has taken a back seat
Speaker 1: to Moss, but he should get a chance to produce
Speaker 1: against Houston, who was allowing more than one combo yards
Speaker 1: per game to running backs. A C for single arry.
Speaker 1: If you're needy at running back Stefon Diggs, gonna give
Speaker 1: him an A. Despite the slow start three strang together here,
Speaker 1: you would hope so three straight weeks below seventy yards,
Speaker 1: but he is still averaging more than ten targets per game.
Speaker 1: If Diggs gets that kind of volume against Houston, he'll
Speaker 1: be just fine. Notable wide receivers against the Texans this
Speaker 1: year d J Chark three for eight six and a touchdown,
Speaker 1: Marvin Jones five for seventy seven and a touch DJ
Speaker 1: Moore at eight for one six last week. All very
Speaker 1: comparable to Diggs, who was pretty much better than all
Speaker 1: those guys. Anyway, uh, Colt Beasley Emmanuel Sanders. Gonna give
Speaker 1: them both a B. Worried the game script could quickly
Speaker 1: favor the Bills run game in this one, though, but
Speaker 1: you gotta give both these guys a starting grade. Beasley
Speaker 1: is second and catches behind only Davante Adams and Cooper
Speaker 1: Cup so far value right now, big time undervalued. He
Speaker 1: also off five of the six red zone targreets among
Speaker 1: Bill's wide receivers last week, so a popular target in
Speaker 1: the red zone for Josh Allen. Love Beasy list this week.
Speaker 1: I do like Emmanuel Sanders, not as much as Beasley,
Speaker 1: but Sanders played the snaps last week certainly enough to
Speaker 1: make him startable in most formats. Unlike Gabriel Davis, remember
Speaker 1: him he's on the bench. But Dawson Knox tight end
Speaker 1: is not on the bench. Gonna give him a b here.
Speaker 1: Knox is blocking way less this year. Has past block
Speaker 1: rating or rate has dropped from six to just four percent.
Speaker 1: Houston has only allowed one touchdown to tight end so far,
Speaker 1: but they have allowed the fourth most fantasy points of
Speaker 1: the position. Makes Knocks a viable start and Josh Allen
Speaker 1: obvious A. I will throw in that Houston has allowed
Speaker 1: three rushing touchdowns to quarterbacks. Already love all the receivers
Speaker 1: so easy a Josh Allen, no doubt about it. The
Speaker 1: Vikings just handled the Seattle Seahawks, but a much tougher
Speaker 1: defense on the docket. We'll tell you what to expect
Speaker 1: from Kirk Husins Adam Theland justin Jefferson and our best
Speaker 1: speculation on Dalvin Cook's availability for this game. When we
Speaker 1: return to Fantasy Football Weekly, welcome back the final segment
Speaker 1: of our number one of Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Charchy
Speaker 1: and Jeff Moss Brian Johnson with you. If you have
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Speaker 1: got a block of matchups for you, beginning with Brown's
Speaker 1: taking on the Vikings. Let's start on the brown side.
Speaker 1: Nick Chubb is an obvious a against the Vikings team,
Speaker 1: giving up almost five yards per carry. Fellow workhorses Joe
Speaker 1: Mixon and Chris Carson have already found the end zone
Speaker 1: against the Vikings. Chubb will as well. Kareem Hunt gets
Speaker 1: a B grade. He's been very effective on the ground.
Speaker 1: He's averaging five and a half yards per carry and
Speaker 1: his seven targets last week was as most as a Brown,
Speaker 1: and he remains heavily involved in the passing game. Vikings
Speaker 1: have allowed a one hundred percent completion rate on throws
Speaker 1: two running backs. How about that, So it's gonna be
Speaker 1: a very nice game for Kareem Hunt. Let's go to
Speaker 1: the passing game. I like Baker Mayfield. Working against Mayfield
Speaker 1: as always is volume. Stefanski loves to run the ball, run,
Speaker 1: and he's throwing the third fewest pass plays just twenty
Speaker 1: six per game, and the second fewest pass play percentage.
Speaker 1: But when Baker throws, he's got plus matchups all over
Speaker 1: the field, and I'm gonna talk about him right now.
Speaker 1: He's got to be grade. Odell Beckham has a B grade.
Speaker 1: Return to last week, and I was at this time
Speaker 1: last week, I was telling people, let's just watch Odell
Speaker 1: Beckham and let's just see how involved he was. Well
Speaker 1: the answer was very involved. He had seven more targets
Speaker 1: than the next closest receiver on the team. He played
Speaker 1: fifty two snaps, so no hesitation on the knee here.
Speaker 1: He played both sides of the field evenly, and he's
Speaker 1: got plus matchups against both Patrick Peterson on the left
Speaker 1: side of the field and especially but Shot Brelan on
Speaker 1: the right side of the field. And to drill down
Speaker 1: on that more, let's talk about the C grade on
Speaker 1: Donovan People's Jones. He hasn't got a lot of volume,
Speaker 1: but he's looked good with the throws he's gotten, and
Speaker 1: his snap counts really high is a very high snap count.
Speaker 1: But most importantly, he predominantly runs his routes on the
Speaker 1: right side of the field with springs back into play.
Speaker 1: But Shot, who has allowed the most receptions of any
Speaker 1: player in the NFL and the most passing touchdowns of
Speaker 1: any player in the NFL. His passer rating allowed in
Speaker 1: his coverage is one point shy of perfect. That's but Shot.
Speaker 1: So that's why Donovan People's Jones is a legitimate sleeper
Speaker 1: this week. Now. I also like all of the tight
Speaker 1: ends and totality for the Browns. The Vikings have allowed
Speaker 1: the six most yards the position. But the problem is
Speaker 1: they use them interchangeably, and you're never gonna know which
Speaker 1: guy to start between Hooper and and Joku or Bryant.
Speaker 1: So I've got them all on the bench unless you're
Speaker 1: playing team tight end, and if you are, you're playing wrong.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Viking side. Dalvin Cook has a
Speaker 1: tricky matchup here. It's not clear if he will be
Speaker 1: the starter or if he will be available, and if
Speaker 1: he is, you have to sweat re injury to his ankle.
Speaker 1: And it's a tough matchup. The brown to allowing the
Speaker 1: fifth fewest rushing yards and the fourth fewest yards per carry.
Speaker 1: They've yet to allow rushing touchdown all year. They drafted
Speaker 1: in the second round linebacker Jeremiah Owusu Corey MAA, and
Speaker 1: he has been awesome. He has Pro Football Focus his
Speaker 1: second highest run defending grade among all linebackers, not just rookies.
Speaker 1: And when I roll all that together, the most I
Speaker 1: can muster for a letter grade on Dalvin Cook is
Speaker 1: a B, and I nearly moved him to a C.
Speaker 1: I'm very worried about all of those elements working against
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook in this game. Alexander Madison gets a C
Speaker 1: because I think there's a scenario here where Cook either
Speaker 1: gets hurt or Madison starts or um that they just
Speaker 1: give more work to Madison because he's healthy and effective
Speaker 1: and he looked great last week. Tough matchup though, so
Speaker 1: all all the highest I can give him is a
Speaker 1: C grade. Let's go to the passing game. Kirk Cousins
Speaker 1: has finished as a Kirk Kirk Cousins has finished as
Speaker 1: a top ten fantasy quarterback in nine of his last
Speaker 1: eleven games, the quarterback nobody wanted to draft to draft,
Speaker 1: including all three of his games this year. UM. I
Speaker 1: am nervous about backup right guard turned left tackle Rashad
Speaker 1: Hill trying to contain Miles Garrett fresh off a four
Speaker 1: and a half sack game. And the Browns improved their
Speaker 1: secondary in the off season with free agent Troy Hill.
Speaker 1: First round picked Greg Newsom may not play in this game,
Speaker 1: and if he doesn't that helps a lot. We sure
Speaker 1: to watch his status, but I think he goes uh.
Speaker 1: They also got Denzel Ward back from last year's last season.
Speaker 1: There's a good secondary, and obviously they've completely throttled Justin
Speaker 1: Fields and Davis Mills, and this Cleveland defense held Patrick
Speaker 1: Mahomes in check for three of four quarters. I'm nervous
Speaker 1: about Kirk Cousins and I've only got a C grade
Speaker 1: on him for this game. They just remember just the
Speaker 1: Clint Kobeac told us Rashod Hill quote is our guy.
Speaker 1: They don't have a choice. Adam Theland and Justin Jefferson
Speaker 1: get b grays here. Browns have seen three really good
Speaker 1: receivers Tyree Hill, Brandon Cooks, and Allen Robinson. Hill and
Speaker 1: Cooks posted monster games. First round cornerback Greg Newsome may
Speaker 1: miss this game, as I mentioned, that will push Greedy
Speaker 1: Williams into a starting role. Um and Williams okay back up,
Speaker 1: But the advantage here would go to Theland and Jefferson
Speaker 1: if he's on the field. Both both Theland Jefferson elite
Speaker 1: route runners, probably two of the five or six best
Speaker 1: in the league, and they earned separation. But I'm just
Speaker 1: not sure that Kirk Cousins is gonna have time to
Speaker 1: do more than throw dump offs and short passes to
Speaker 1: those guys, and it's hard to turn that into fantasy relevancy.
Speaker 1: So just to be grade for them, Tyler Conklin's coming
Speaker 1: off a seven catch game, and you might be inclined
Speaker 1: to start him here, but he's got gluten and elbow injuries,
Speaker 1: and he's gonna be asked to block and chip on
Speaker 1: Miles Garrett. So I'm nervous about him here, and I've
Speaker 1: got a bench grade on him as well. Next matchup,
Speaker 1: Carolina taking on Dallas and Cuba. Hubbard make his big
Speaker 1: debut as a starter. I thought he looked very good
Speaker 1: last week, Jeff, what do you think about him against
Speaker 1: a banged up but to this point effective Dallas run defense.
Speaker 1: I agree with you when when he got into the
Speaker 1: game right after mccaffee got hurt, he looked a little
Speaker 1: bit shaky because the game went along, he looked pretty comfortable.
Speaker 1: And then I actually am going I I first thought
Speaker 1: to see, but I'm actually going to move him up
Speaker 1: to a B. I think he touches the ball at
Speaker 1: least fifteen times. Like you said, Dallas's defensive line is
Speaker 1: having problems. Now. Dallas has only had UH team's average
Speaker 1: carrying the ball ten times a game against them, so
Speaker 1: there's not really a very good baseline. But but keep
Speaker 1: in mind the last two games. Austin Nekelar nine carries
Speaker 1: for seventy for sixty one yards and Miles Sanders his
Speaker 1: two carries were twenty seven yards, so established the run
Speaker 1: so exactly. So I I think they're going to use him,
Speaker 1: and I I don't worry at all about Royce Freeman.
Speaker 1: Actually you know he was dragged the piano. He actually
Speaker 1: wasn't bad, but you know he's there for I don't
Speaker 1: think they're going to use him very much. I think
Speaker 1: they go with over. I give him a b, uh Sam,
Speaker 1: and I'll give him a b. He was gona take
Speaker 1: a chance guy. You hear me talk about him. D
Speaker 1: J Moore, I'm still giving him an a. And I
Speaker 1: don't I don't care if it's Trayvon Digs, Stephen Diggs,
Speaker 1: Tay Diggs, I don't care who it is. After the
Speaker 1: trade of Dan Arnold, Sam Donald has targets, has sixty
Speaker 1: five targets to pass catchers, thirty one of them and
Speaker 1: went to DJ Moore and the other thing. Like I
Speaker 1: had mentioned, didn't take a chance. Dallas has given up
Speaker 1: the fourth most passing yards. So yeah, dig Digs has
Speaker 1: three interceptions, they have six as a team. I don't
Speaker 1: shy away from DJ Moore in this one. Robbie Anderson,
Speaker 1: I'm going to I'm actually not. I've seen people dropping him.
Speaker 1: He's the same as Robert Woods to me. I think
Speaker 1: they watched game film there and said, we gotta get
Speaker 1: this guy the ball. I mean with Teddy Bridgewater, he
Speaker 1: showed he was a really good possession receivers. So I
Speaker 1: would give him a cee. Terrence Mitchell, he's going to
Speaker 1: be involved. I wouldn't start him thirty catches uh, and
Speaker 1: the tight ends after Dan Arnold was gone, they had
Speaker 1: a three combined catches Uh. Nothing Titans or nothing at
Speaker 1: uh for Dallas Dak Prescott, I give him a B.
Speaker 1: I think I think this game turns more into the
Speaker 1: Tampa game the first week he uh uh. We have
Speaker 1: the one caveat here. Carolina has had fourteen sacks already,
Speaker 1: and we know we're gonna talk more about that next segment. Actually,
Speaker 1: and you know with Dallas is what they have going
Speaker 1: off the offensive line now, Justin Burris and j. C. Harmon,
Speaker 1: they're they're both gone, So Carolina secondary will be a
Speaker 1: little challenge here. Zeke, I'm giving Elliott. I'm giving him
Speaker 1: a B here. I know the Pathers have him up
Speaker 1: ninety four rushing yards in three games total total exactly,
Speaker 1: And like you said, we'll get to that. I don't
Speaker 1: think he's gonna get to a hundred came yards. But
Speaker 1: remember last week they really tried to get him involved
Speaker 1: in in scoring touchdowns. Tony Pollard is. He's had some
Speaker 1: good games, but here with this defense, it's hard to
Speaker 1: say that you could actually start him. Uh ceedee lamb.
Speaker 1: I'm still going to give him a B. The two
Speaker 1: competitive games they've had twenty four targets and fifteen catches.
Speaker 1: Now he's gonna have to contend with Dante Johnson. Um.
Speaker 1: But again moving him around, I still like him in
Speaker 1: the spot Mariy Cooper. It's it's all about the ribs
Speaker 1: with him. First game spectacular gets the ribs. Two games, um,
Speaker 1: I still am going to give him a B. His
Speaker 1: I think he's always volume dependent. So if you so,
Speaker 1: depending on who you think this game is gonna go.
Speaker 1: If you think Dad's gonna throw a lot of passes,
Speaker 1: he's your guy. Cedric Wilson's you know, on the bench,
Speaker 1: Although he did scarl like who don't know, don't the Schultz?
Speaker 1: I give him a B. He's a top he obviously
Speaker 1: has had a good game, but he was also involved
Speaker 1: week one, remember, so he's he's obviously jumped Blake Jarwin.
Speaker 1: He's taken roughly seventy of the snaps, so I would
Speaker 1: start him. Blake Jarwin obviously on the bench, Okay, Brian.
Speaker 1: Our final matchup of this segment, Giants take on the
Speaker 1: Saints and two offenses that have had a lot of
Speaker 1: struggles this year and two pretty good defenses will start
Speaker 1: on the Giant side. Just to see for sake, Kawan,
Speaker 1: Barkley last week saw season highs and carries, targets, and
Speaker 1: snapp percentage. That is good, as predicted by some people
Speaker 1: on this very show, all of us, all right, good,
Speaker 1: I didn't say a person, So that was good. But
Speaker 1: what is bad the matchup for sake, Kwan. The Saints
Speaker 1: are allowing less than fifty rushing yards per game to
Speaker 1: opposing running backs just thirty six receiving yards per game.
Speaker 1: So just to see for Barkley behind that offense, awful
Speaker 1: offensive line and an awful quarterback we'll talk about for
Speaker 1: about a second pretty soon. Over the receivers for the Giants,
Speaker 1: Kenny Golladay gets to sea Sterling Shepherd and Darius Slayton
Speaker 1: have been ruled out, which makes Golliday the top option
Speaker 1: at wide receiver, which also means he'll draw plenty of
Speaker 1: coverage from Marshawn Lattimore, who owns a forty two point
Speaker 1: six passer rating in his coverage. So just to see
Speaker 1: for Kenny Golladay, temper your expectations there now, Colin to
Speaker 1: l Johnson UH will start on the outside. UH most
Speaker 1: likely opposite Kenny Golladay with Kadarius Tonian slot. Got them
Speaker 1: both on the bench though. We just got to see
Speaker 1: what we got with both of those guys and not
Speaker 1: a great matchup, So they're on the bench, as is
Speaker 1: Evan Engram. The Saints are top ten and fewest receptions
Speaker 1: and yards allowed to tight ends and have yet to
Speaker 1: surrender a score to the position. So Angram is on
Speaker 1: the bench, and of course so is Daniel Jones. That's
Speaker 1: a huge bench for Daniel Jones. Over to the New
Speaker 1: Orleans side, Alvin Comerican and give him an a. The
Speaker 1: Giants are allowing more than five yards per carry and
Speaker 1: one thirty combo yards per game to opposing running backs.
Speaker 1: They'll continue to be without star linebacker Blake Martinez as well.
Speaker 1: This game will run and throw through Kamara. Love him
Speaker 1: here he gets an a Marquez callaway, Deante Harris, Kenny Stills,
Speaker 1: Chris Hogan. These are guys getting targeted at wide receiver
Speaker 1: for the Saints. They're all on the bench. I'm not
Speaker 1: even gonna go into this anymore. The Giants who have
Speaker 1: decent corners and James Bradberry and Dorry Jackson. This is
Speaker 1: gonna be all about Kamara. I will throw a dart
Speaker 1: at Adam Troutman though he gets to see Juwan Johnson
Speaker 1: is a threat, but Troutman seems to be the top
Speaker 1: option at tight end. The Giants have strengder touchdowns to
Speaker 1: the likes of Albert I'm gonna just Albert, Albert, oh
Speaker 1: Ricky Seals Jones, and Lee Smith. Lee Smith is a
Speaker 1: retired Major League baseball pitcher Lee Smith, and lastly Jamis Winston.
Speaker 1: He's on the bench five touchdowns in Week one, but
Speaker 1: his past attempts have gone from twenty twenty one. Shawn Hill,
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Sean Payton seriously mitigating risk for Winston so
Speaker 1: he's on the bench. Yeah, totally agree with with all
Speaker 1: of that with Winston. Unfortunately, it hasn't come together like
Speaker 1: we had hope through week one. Well we'll come together
Speaker 1: as this whole second hour of Fantasy Football Weekly coming
Speaker 1: back to you in moments, including three top questions. Find
Speaker 1: out if you can go three and oh against our
Speaker 1: panel of experts when we returned Fantasy Football Weekly, Pour
Speaker 1: number two Fantasy Football Weekly. I'm Paul Charchion Guillotine Leagues
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Speaker 1: Chop Podcast. This is a game we call three tough questions.
Speaker 1: I will pepper my co host, with three tough questions.
Speaker 1: Play along see if you can go three and oh.
Speaker 1: Tough Question number one, do fantasy owners need to duck
Speaker 1: the Carolina defense? Jeff, I'm I'm gonna go with no
Speaker 1: with an asterisk and in the big reason is that
Speaker 1: they're three games, not just where they against this the Jets, Saints,
Speaker 1: and Titans. In both the Jets and the Titans games,
Speaker 1: they were playing answer quarterback making their first NFL start
Speaker 1: Texans right, and the only two real enself fantasy receivers
Speaker 1: that they've been gone against. Corey Davis had ninety four
Speaker 1: yards and two touchdowns, Brandon cook At nine and a
Speaker 1: hundred and twelve. UM. Now, I will say this though,
Speaker 1: from when Matt Rule has coming and brought Phil Snow
Speaker 1: with them, they really have made improvements. But they I
Speaker 1: really need to see them against Dallas here, all right, Brian,
Speaker 1: Do fantasy owners need to duck the Carolina defense. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm at no to. Like Jeff said that the competition
Speaker 1: has not been that great. Jets and Saints at home
Speaker 1: and then at the Texans. As Jeff said, Corey Davis
Speaker 1: and Brandon Cooks both had good games that they're basically
Speaker 1: only good player offensive players on both of those teams,
Speaker 1: and they still came through. So no, I'm not ducking
Speaker 1: the Carolina defense justesse yet. When it comes to starting
Speaker 1: my guys for all but the best of guys. Uh.
Speaker 1: The answers, Yes, this is a good defense, and we
Speaker 1: need to shake the the temptation too of everything we've
Speaker 1: learned about the Carolina defense in the past. Remember, over
Speaker 1: the past two seasons, Carolina dedicated all of last year's
Speaker 1: draft to defense and half of this year's draft to defense,
Speaker 1: and it's paying off. Carolina ranks. They're giving up ten
Speaker 1: points per game, so even if they regress a lot
Speaker 1: from that, it's still great. They're Noumber one in yards allowed,
Speaker 1: their number one in first downs allowed, their number one
Speaker 1: in rushing yards allowed, their number one in passing yards allowed.
Speaker 1: And sure the Jets, Saints, and Texans aren't great, but
Speaker 1: this level of domination is remarkable. Sure you're not gonna
Speaker 1: ben your studs against Carolina, but everybody else you have
Speaker 1: to start with care Tough question Number two. Detroit running
Speaker 1: back DeAndre Swift is currently running back three in points
Speaker 1: scored in PPR leagues, Brian, is that a trend or mirage?
Speaker 1: It's definitely a trend. He looks fantastic easily. The I
Speaker 1: test tells you he's the best running back from last
Speaker 1: year's class. He should be on the Chiefs right now,
Speaker 1: but they went with ce agent said, but Swift looks incredible.
Speaker 1: He's third and yards created per touch through the first
Speaker 1: three weeks, an amazing receiver and runner of the ball.
Speaker 1: My only concern is the season goes gets so lost
Speaker 1: for Detroit as the time moves on that they try
Speaker 1: to press him for the future, not just like run
Speaker 1: him into a wall for no reason, but fantasy playoffs,
Speaker 1: fantasy playoffs, but full on trend. For me, Swift looks
Speaker 1: like the real deal. Is DeAndre Swift a trend or mirage?
Speaker 1: Jeff Well, I don't want to agree, but I have
Speaker 1: don't have to agree, but I am going to agree.
Speaker 1: And the reason is when I look at this list,
Speaker 1: Jamal Williams, who was tenth on this list, so clearly
Speaker 1: from Dan Campbell and Anthony Lynne, this is what we're
Speaker 1: getting for their offense. And now he's had more receiving
Speaker 1: yards and rushing yards in all three games. But as
Speaker 1: we just as Brian mentioned earlier, they want to see
Speaker 1: more of him, and I with Jamal Williams getting that
Speaker 1: much volume, I just don't see them going away from
Speaker 1: what they're doing. I mean, they have Hockinson and and
Speaker 1: Jamal Williams and Swift. I think that I think we
Speaker 1: keep seeing him there. The correct answer is mirage at
Speaker 1: least as a top three runner. I believe he's going
Speaker 1: to be closer to a top twelve runner. And let
Speaker 1: me explain why. Purely as a runner, I don't think
Speaker 1: he's even better than Jamal Williams. Pro Football Focus grades
Speaker 1: the two identically as runners. He's fiftie in yards after contact.
Speaker 1: If you watch his running plays, Swift looks like a
Speaker 1: guy now. The PPR production gives him a sustainable floor,
Speaker 1: especially on a bad team. The Lions will see a
Speaker 1: lot of negative game scripts and that's gonna cut down
Speaker 1: on swifts carries. But the receptions are always going to
Speaker 1: be there, and I love that part of his game
Speaker 1: and that's why he's going to remain a viable every
Speaker 1: week fantasy starter. But at a top three level, it
Speaker 1: is a mirage. Tough question number three, what is the
Speaker 1: appropriate level of panic for Atlanta running back Mike Davis
Speaker 1: owners Is it none? Some or a bowl loosening level
Speaker 1: of existential dread what we call blowed Jeff Well For
Speaker 1: me and a Chop podcast, as we did earlier, I
Speaker 1: was a big Mike Davis guy now the balls are out,
Speaker 1: and and it's not even just because of Cordell Patterson.
Speaker 1: For me, it's how the schedule fits together. Next four
Speaker 1: weeks they have to buy and they have Washington this week,
Speaker 1: they have Miami and the Jets two decent games. The
Speaker 1: seven weeks after that, Carolina twice, the Saints, Tampa Bay,
Speaker 1: and Dallas brutal, brutal. Where do you so you look
Speaker 1: at that's basically the rest of the regular season. You've
Speaker 1: got maybe four spots in a flex spot that you're
Speaker 1: gonna play him. Alright, So you're taking You're I'm alright,
Speaker 1: what's the appropriate level of panic for Mike Davis owners.
Speaker 1: I'm full on bloat about Mike Davis, especially based on
Speaker 1: him being drafted as an RB two essentially in the summer.
Speaker 1: Quarduille Cordarrel Patterson is the running back you want for
Speaker 1: the Falcons. He's number one in yards created per touch
Speaker 1: among running backs. Uh, He's RB ten in PPR. He's
Speaker 1: also wide receiver sixty BPR. So I don't want to
Speaker 1: hear about what site you haven't designated at as wide
Speaker 1: received running back. But Patterson is steel on the show
Speaker 1: in that backfield. So blowed all the way. Uh, the
Speaker 1: correct answer is a bowl loosening level of existential dread.
Speaker 1: I like that he's been thrown to seventeen times, but
Speaker 1: Mike Davis has turned it into twenty two passing yards
Speaker 1: per game. That's it. The entire Falcon's offense looks bad.
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan looks like he's on his last legs, and
Speaker 1: Davis is just a guy. He ranks twenty yards after contact,
Speaker 1: he ranks nine enforced miss tackles. He doesn't have a
Speaker 1: run longer than twelve yards. There's no explosiveness there, and
Speaker 1: just two carries inside the six yard line and he
Speaker 1: didn't score on either one of them. But cor Daryl
Speaker 1: Patterson has If when you're losing carries at the stripe
Speaker 1: to Cor Daryl Patterson, that is a bad sign. And
Speaker 1: then we're gonna add in complicating factors for Mike Davis,
Speaker 1: like a bad defense that leads to negative game scripts
Speaker 1: and Pro Football focuses twenty first ranked run blocking line
Speaker 1: that just doesn't give Mike Davis much to work with. Blowed. Yeah,
Speaker 1: let's go back to a couple of matchups. Well, one
Speaker 1: in particular, the Washington football team taking on the Atlanta Falcons,
Speaker 1: and let's start with the Let's start with the passing game.
Speaker 1: Already told you earlier, Taylor Heineke was my take a
Speaker 1: chance of me quarterback with a B grade. Terry McLaurin
Speaker 1: with an A grade. In fact, let's give him a
Speaker 1: little fantasy ard vark here. He survived a tough matchup
Speaker 1: with for Davious White last week, and now this should
Speaker 1: be much easier as he toys with former teammate teammate
Speaker 1: Fabian Moreau in this game. He's allowing eight six percent
Speaker 1: of the passes in his coverage to be completed, and
Speaker 1: Fabian row has already given up two touchdowns. He's only
Speaker 1: had two red zone targets all year, and that's a
Speaker 1: little bit troubling for McLaurin. By can score from distance,
Speaker 1: Opposing number one receivers are averaging seventy receiving yards and
Speaker 1: a full touchdown per game against the Falcons. A grade
Speaker 1: for Terry McLaurin in this one. Staying with the passing game,
Speaker 1: Logan Thomas with an A grade. It's touchdown time here.
Speaker 1: Atlantis yielded the most red zone targets, the most red
Speaker 1: zone touches, and the most goal to go touches two
Speaker 1: tight ends, so it's no surprise they've surrendered the most
Speaker 1: touchdowns of the position already. Logan Thomas leads Washington with
Speaker 1: three red zone targets and he caught all of them,
Speaker 1: converting two of those three in two touchdowns. It is
Speaker 1: touchdown time for Thomas. And how about a starting grade
Speaker 1: for Adam Humphries. Nobody, Nobody's gonna start him, but if
Speaker 1: you're in a pinch, he's actually a sneaky play against
Speaker 1: slot cornerback Isaiah Oliver, who allowed a whopping seven touchdowns
Speaker 1: last year and there was already given up a touchdown
Speaker 1: this year. Humphrey's on the field enough. He's on the
Speaker 1: field about sixty eight percent of Washington snap so he's
Speaker 1: on the field enough that you could make a difference here.
Speaker 1: So I've got to see great on him. Curtis Samuel's
Speaker 1: gonna come back for this game, um, and he was
Speaker 1: my premature speculation player last week. Now he's going to
Speaker 1: be active. But his groin injury, you'll remember, he suffered
Speaker 1: this groin injury in O T A S, So he
Speaker 1: missed a good chunk of O T A S. He
Speaker 1: missed the entire training camp. Then he suffered the relapse
Speaker 1: to the groin injury right before the start of the
Speaker 1: regular season, missed three games there. Dude hasn't played football
Speaker 1: in three months, so I don't think we're starting Curtis
Speaker 1: Samuel yet. But let's watch and see what happens even
Speaker 1: if he's active as expected for this game. JD. Mckissic
Speaker 1: is a bench grade. The Falcons haven't allowed to touch
Speaker 1: down through the air to a runner in over one
Speaker 1: year of games, and over that year of games, the
Speaker 1: average team total team receiving numbers two running backs is
Speaker 1: just twenty nine yards. So I don't think mckiss it
Speaker 1: gets anything done in this one. Let's go over to
Speaker 1: the Atlanta side and let's start with your guys do this.
Speaker 1: Let's oh Kyle Pitts right off the bat. Now, you
Speaker 1: have been Kyle Pitts first overall player in the draft
Speaker 1: position one grades in your matchups. I have been the
Speaker 1: rationalist on Kyle Pitts all along, and I'm giving him
Speaker 1: a B grade this week. It's not a bad grade,
Speaker 1: it's a B grade. He has garnered the seventh most
Speaker 1: targets among tight ends and he draws a very positive matchup,
Speaker 1: in particular with linebacker John Bostick this week, who has
Speaker 1: allowed one nineties seven receiving yards on fifteen catches, most
Speaker 1: of it too tight ends. So far, already he's the
Speaker 1: second worst graded coverage linebacker by Pro Football Focus. I
Speaker 1: love the matchup for Kyle Pitts. Tight Ends have seen
Speaker 1: the third most red zone targets against Washington, so I
Speaker 1: think Kyle Pitts breaks his touchdown maiden this week. Again,
Speaker 1: he is essentially playing wide receiver. The only percent of
Speaker 1: the snaps taken in line, as opposed to a guy
Speaker 1: like Darren Waller, was over fifty. He's in the slattery's
Speaker 1: outside all the time. But let's talk Calvin Ridley, who
Speaker 1: this game's got slump buster written all over it. For Ridley,
Speaker 1: He's been very involved in the offense. He's averaging ten
Speaker 1: targets a game, which is great. And the football team secondary,
Speaker 1: which I thought was gonna be good, just isn't so far,
Speaker 1: giving up two hundred forty seven yards per game to
Speaker 1: the receiver position, second worst in the league, and they've
Speaker 1: allowed at least one receiver to hit ninety four yards
Speaker 1: every week. If one receiver is gonna get ninety four yards.
Speaker 1: This week it's gonna be Calvin Ridley, cornerbacks William Jackson
Speaker 1: and Kendall Fuller and no match here, So I like
Speaker 1: Ridley a B grade. Also with the quasi passing game
Speaker 1: core Darrell Patterson, the Falcons utility player, continues to get
Speaker 1: increasing workload and he's delivering on it. The Washington defense
Speaker 1: has been a major disappointment so far, although they are
Speaker 1: ranked number one in tackling by Pro Football Focus, so
Speaker 1: maybe they get a little better there. Um they especially
Speaker 1: lockdown pass catching running backs like Patterson. They're giving up
Speaker 1: a league low uh eight receptions on the season two
Speaker 1: running backs and just forty seven receiving yards to running back,
Speaker 1: So I don't think Cordarrell Patterson keeps the mojo going
Speaker 1: this week, and I've got just a C grade on him.
Speaker 1: And as for Matt Ryan, his playsman better lately with
Speaker 1: multiple touchdowns and back to back efficient games. The Washington
Speaker 1: secondary isn't nearly as good as expected, and Ryan's got
Speaker 1: favorable matchups on the field, which I do like and
Speaker 1: I've already outlined for you, So I like him here, okay,
Speaker 1: And I've got a C grade on Matt Ryan and
Speaker 1: then lastly Mike Davis, who we just talked about a
Speaker 1: minute ago. No runners top sixty yards against Washington and
Speaker 1: they're allowing just three and a half yards per carry.
Speaker 1: Davis is locked into this improbable time share with cor
Speaker 1: Darryl Patterson, and I don't see that changing here. And
Speaker 1: just the two carries inside the six yard line that
Speaker 1: I mentioned and neither scored, so I can't even tell
Speaker 1: you there's much of a touchdown opportunity for Davis in
Speaker 1: this game. So probably ought to be a bench grade,
Speaker 1: but I'm still giving him a C on the prospect
Speaker 1: of him getting to fifty total yards again. Patterson RB
Speaker 1: ten right now. If he finishes the year as a
Speaker 1: top twelve running back, that's one of the biggest that's
Speaker 1: the biggest surprise in the history of Fantasy Green Carnation unbelievable.
Speaker 1: When we come back, Seahawks take on the forty Niners.
Speaker 1: It's a battered forty Niners secondary and it could be
Speaker 1: a gigantic game for the receivers and quarterback for the
Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks, Russell Wilson. We'll talk more about that when
Speaker 1: we come back. Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly.
Speaker 1: We've got a block of matchups to get to. We'll
Speaker 1: break down these games fantasy style with letter grades on
Speaker 1: every player. We begin with the Seahawks taking on the
Speaker 1: forty Niners and Jeff this is a forty nine secondary
Speaker 1: in disarray. Kwan Williams is out. They may be starting
Speaker 1: off the street buster screen, the undead corpse of Josh
Speaker 1: Norman and Drake Kirkpatrick at cornerback. Um, they've got rookie
Speaker 1: Diamadoor Lamore Leonore, who has been actually okay, and he's
Speaker 1: in the mix as well. But this secondary is a
Speaker 1: mess right now. And here comes Russell Wilson and it
Speaker 1: looks like he's gonna have all his weapons for this game.
Speaker 1: And here's one interesting stat. One running he is nine
Speaker 1: games in San Francisco over Russell Wilson's career, he's never
Speaker 1: thrown for over two it and fifty eight passing yards
Speaker 1: and he's never thrown for more than two touchdowns. A
Speaker 1: game that's going out the window this week, Like you mentioned,
Speaker 1: you had to go to the remains of Josh Norman
Speaker 1: and now you're going to bust your screen doors door exactly.
Speaker 1: So I mean Russell Wilson's inn a he has he
Speaker 1: has to be, which of course then leads to dk
Speaker 1: Metcalf and Tyler Locke at both as uh Metcalf over
Speaker 1: a eleven and a half targets per game in his
Speaker 1: four games again San Francisco. Now, last year season Family
Speaker 1: only had twenty one yards against. Throw that out the window.
Speaker 1: He had three three touchdowns in the two games there.
Speaker 1: He's going to see all kinds of stuff. Tyler Locket
Speaker 1: at the same way. Last year's season finale one of
Speaker 1: his best fantasy games. That he said, twelve catches, ninety
Speaker 1: yards and two touchdowns the first in the first two
Speaker 1: games this year over a hundred yards. Last week the
Speaker 1: off game he did get danged and he got the
Speaker 1: bulk of Patrick Peterson. But obviously he's an a as well.
Speaker 1: I'm going to give a be to Chris Carson. He's
Speaker 1: averaged over six yards per carrying his two road starts.
Speaker 1: We he's gonna get sixteen touches. That's just what he gets.
Speaker 1: And uh last year and he didn't do much in
Speaker 1: San Francisco, but I mean he has he's going to
Speaker 1: make hay out of his But that's you had him
Speaker 1: last year have him this year. He's gonna touch the
Speaker 1: ball sixteen times. He's gonna make something now, So I
Speaker 1: still give him a B. And the only other guy
Speaker 1: that I would have recommended that here was Gerald Everett.
Speaker 1: He just went on the COVID list. So those three
Speaker 1: guys really could have come for a lot A deep sleeper. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and if making him as well, Bluster Screen is the
Speaker 1: starting slot receiver off the street, if he's starting. Freddie
Speaker 1: Swain is a nice saw that. Yeah, I saw that
Speaker 1: name you throw out there. Yeah we can. We'll definitely
Speaker 1: throw him in here. Uh. San Francisco Jimmy Garoppolo on
Speaker 1: the last on the bench the last three games against
Speaker 1: San Francisco has one touchdown passed. But he should put
Speaker 1: up better numbers. Why because Seattle's defense is awful. Oh
Speaker 1: there there. Their cornerbacks might be the highlight of their defense,
Speaker 1: and none is in Pro Football Focus is top fifty,
Speaker 1: So Deebo Samuel isn't obvious? Are Julio Jones and Justin
Speaker 1: Jefferson just each went over for a hundred yards over them.
Speaker 1: Deebo Samuel had over a hundred yards in both games
Speaker 1: against Seattle last year. The only I mean the only
Speaker 1: thing with him is that he doesn't get into the
Speaker 1: end zone. He scored twice in his last nine games.
Speaker 1: But really it doesn't It doesn't make a whole lot
Speaker 1: of difference here. Brandon Nyuk. I've moved him up to
Speaker 1: a B because he's now obviously reinvolved in the offense.
Speaker 1: Last week he had the one touchdown, and he had
Speaker 1: another one just got kind of got tipped the way
Speaker 1: and dropped. Last year against Seattle, he had eight catches
Speaker 1: for ninety one yards and a touchdown in the game.
Speaker 1: He's trending in the right direction. He's obviously now back
Speaker 1: in part of the offense. Trey Sermon could have a
Speaker 1: big game this week. Elijah Mitchell as we as we've seen,
Speaker 1: he has not had contact yet. I don't think he's
Speaker 1: gonna play this week. Usually if you don't his his
Speaker 1: his practice was so light that he was wearing the
Speaker 1: red contactors he normally quarterbacks have. He's had no That's
Speaker 1: a bad sign for his availability here in Seattle against
Speaker 1: running backs. Oh Boy dead last in fantasy points so far.
Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor hundred sixteen Comboy yards, Travis Humby two d
Speaker 1: and thirty seven. Alexander Madison A hundred and seventy one.
Speaker 1: And I think last week now, Trey Sermon, I think
Speaker 1: game script got him a little bit last week. One
Speaker 1: thing I really was impressed with was his move at
Speaker 1: the goal line. Yeah, and so if he's if Mitchell
Speaker 1: is out and Trey Sermon is your guy this week,
Speaker 1: I give him. I give him a beef for sure,
Speaker 1: and he may be an A because Seattle's defense just awful.
Speaker 1: George Kittle hasn't practiced all week. Now, I I still
Speaker 1: you know, with him, I'd still give him a B
Speaker 1: because he uh week one, end weeks seven, we saw
Speaker 1: with him really good. But he hasn't scored in seven
Speaker 1: career games against Seattle. That's weird. It is weird. And
Speaker 1: he actually has only scored twice in his last eleven games.
Speaker 1: So and with the calf injury, I would only give
Speaker 1: him a B. One thing to note here, the last
Speaker 1: six games between these two teams have had at least
Speaker 1: forty seven points scored. So offense, plenty of offense here.
Speaker 1: If you're on the defensive, you know a couple of
Speaker 1: these fringe guys, Remember there's gonna be points scored here.
Speaker 1: Titans take on the Jets Brian no A, j Brown,
Speaker 1: no Julio Jones. So Derrick Henry is gonna have like
Speaker 1: forty carries in this game. Yeah, fantasy Fonzie for Henry A.
Speaker 1: The Jets are allowing nearly one and sixty combo yards
Speaker 1: per game and have yielded the most red zone touches
Speaker 1: to running backs. No surprise, They've allowed four rushing touchdowns
Speaker 1: and running backs over the last two weeks. And I
Speaker 1: would like to mention twelve catches for Henry so far,
Speaker 1: his career high for a full season, and of course
Speaker 1: is nineteen. Might break his career record in this game.
Speaker 1: As you mentioned, A J Brown and Julio Jones have
Speaker 1: both been ruled out. That made Nick Westbrook I believe
Speaker 1: it is again. It's n w I around here. H
Speaker 1: he used your to take a chance on me wide
Speaker 1: receiver charge. I like that call. I'm gonna put Chester
Speaker 1: Rogers and Racy McMath. You're just six three rookie at
Speaker 1: l s U. He was drafted I never knew existed.
Speaker 1: I'm keeping my eye on him, but I got Rogers
Speaker 1: and McMath on the bench. The Jets are allowing only
Speaker 1: yards per game to wide receivers you just don't have
Speaker 1: to throw against the Jets, really, and for that reason,
Speaker 1: I've got tight end Anthony Brooks around the bench as well.
Speaker 1: He should make his return from injury. But the Jets
Speaker 1: not allowing any production to tight ends because no one
Speaker 1: needs to throw on them, basically a butt. I will
Speaker 1: give Ryan tannehillisy even though I just poo poo the
Speaker 1: passing game or the lack of the need for a
Speaker 1: passing him against the Jets. The Jets have been given
Speaker 1: up much to opposing quarterbacks, but they faced Sam Donald,
Speaker 1: mac Jones, Teddy Bridgewater. They also haven't had to throw much.
Speaker 1: But I will give Tannehill a C grade in this one.
Speaker 1: Over to the Jet side, Michael Carter was might take
Speaker 1: a chance on me running back. He is the only
Speaker 1: running backwards starting in this game, and that's for sure.
Speaker 1: Corey Davis, I would give him a b uh. In
Speaker 1: a bona fide revenge game narrative here he stated he
Speaker 1: was hurt that the Titans let him walk in free agency. Alright,
Speaker 1: so there is a little bit more than just the
Speaker 1: money he left. There's some sour feelings. I like that
Speaker 1: there is a chip on the shoulder, and again I
Speaker 1: mentioned this in takeom Tennessee is allowing more than fifteen
Speaker 1: catches and two yards per game to opposing wide receivers.
Speaker 1: He have yielded the second most red zone targets and
Speaker 1: the most gold through goat touches to opposing wide receivers.
Speaker 1: So a b for Corey Davis. That made Braxton Barrios
Speaker 1: might take a chance on me wide receiver. Uh, Jameson
Speaker 1: Crowder is making his return from the growing injury his
Speaker 1: season debut. I should say, I gotta see what we
Speaker 1: get at a Crowder. We're not so sure he'll finish
Speaker 1: the game, so I got him on the bench for now.
Speaker 1: And uh, guess where's at Wilson is on the bench. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's unfortunate. Really, the Jets made a mistake in not
Speaker 1: keeping Donald and then they had that number two pick
Speaker 1: in the draft and trading that number two pick for
Speaker 1: you know, you know, they could have gotten three first
Speaker 1: rounders or something right and just moved down and just
Speaker 1: piled up picks, and they could have they could have
Speaker 1: kept Sam Donald, and you know, figured to just Donner
Speaker 1: will be better without Adam Gates, which he already is
Speaker 1: better without Adam Gates. So I think they made a
Speaker 1: tactical blunder there, Ravens take on the Broncos. Let's talk
Speaker 1: this one through. Lamar Jackson returned to practice on Friday,
Speaker 1: and he looks like a full go for this game,
Speaker 1: and he gets a B grade from me. He has
Speaker 1: thrown zero or one touchdown in half of his games
Speaker 1: going back to the middle of last year, and exactly
Speaker 1: one touchdown in all three of his games this year.
Speaker 1: Denver has absolutely hammered the wobbly quarterbacks they've seen so far,
Speaker 1: holding them to an averager just one two yards and
Speaker 1: less than one touchdown pass per game. So I don't
Speaker 1: think you're gonna get much through the air from Lamar
Speaker 1: Jackson in this one. So will you get fantasy points
Speaker 1: on the ground while he's topping fifty eight rushing yards
Speaker 1: in every game this year, and Denver allowed Daniel Jones
Speaker 1: a rushing touchdown in Week one and they gave up
Speaker 1: a league worst eight quarterback rushing touchdowns last year, although
Speaker 1: that the defense was all banged up last year. So
Speaker 1: I think Lamar Jackson does enough on the ground here
Speaker 1: to keep him with the B grade. But there is
Speaker 1: clunker potential in Lamar Jackson this week let's talk about
Speaker 1: his receivers. Marquis Brown might get some extra looks to
Speaker 1: rebuild his confidence after he dropped two absolute touchdowns and
Speaker 1: a third one that was probably going to be a touchdown,
Speaker 1: So maybe they go back to him a few extra
Speaker 1: times to rebuild him a little bit. It's a tough
Speaker 1: matchup with the Denver secondary that currently ranks ninth in
Speaker 1: yards per game two receivers and tied for second with
Speaker 1: just two scores allowed two wide outs. Brown could still
Speaker 1: find success on the outside against Kyle Fuller, who his
Speaker 1: coverage grades out at forty second among fifty two cornerbacks
Speaker 1: by Pro Football Focus, So there's still something to like there.
Speaker 1: But I've just got a C grade on Marquis Brown
Speaker 1: in this game. CE grade on Mark Andrews because the
Speaker 1: Broncos have been very stout against tight ends, and that's
Speaker 1: not saying much when they've seen Tyler Craft, James O'Shaughnessy,
Speaker 1: and Kyle Rudolph, so maybe they're more vulnerable than we know.
Speaker 1: Uh Andrew's returned to form last week with the win
Speaker 1: hundred yard game, but he has yet to see a
Speaker 1: red zone target, which is very troubling. And as for
Speaker 1: the Baltimore Runners. For the love of God, who knows right?
Speaker 1: I mean, this thing is so messed up right now.
Speaker 1: Between Williams and Murray and Freeman collectively, they all did
Speaker 1: nothing in a juicy matchup with the Lions last week,
Speaker 1: and here comes a brutal matchup. Denver ranks number two
Speaker 1: in rushing yards allowed, number two and fewest rushing attempts,
Speaker 1: and is allowing just three point two yards per carry.
Speaker 1: So they're all on the bench. Lastly, Rishad Bateman could
Speaker 1: make his debut here. We don't know yet. Might be
Speaker 1: a game time decision, but we're gonna sit and watch
Speaker 1: and see what his usage is before we try him
Speaker 1: in a very tough matchup. All right, let's go over
Speaker 1: to the Denver side. I want to start with the
Speaker 1: running backs. Melvin Gordon and Javante Williams just get C
Speaker 1: grades each. The Ravens are allowing the ninth fewest rushing
Speaker 1: yards per game, and no back has topped forty seven
Speaker 1: rushing yards. That's it. And despite that success, they are
Speaker 1: giving up some touchdowns. So maybe one of the other
Speaker 1: finds the end zone here. Gordon's a little thing up
Speaker 1: coming into this game, so Javanta Williams might get the
Speaker 1: slight edge. They wouldn't that be nice? Every week? I'm like,
Speaker 1: can we just unleash Javonte Williams. Are we gonna take
Speaker 1: away Melvin Gordon's seventy yard touchdown running again? Um? They
Speaker 1: did that last week? That's enough. Uh, there's also but
Speaker 1: oh they're giving up the second most receiving yards and
Speaker 1: they've let opposing running backs catch twenty one of twenty
Speaker 1: two targets on the year. So I think Williams and
Speaker 1: Gordon can help you a little bit more through the
Speaker 1: air than they normally do. And a C grade for
Speaker 1: those guys. Let's let's sorry about the passing game. Teddy
Speaker 1: Bridgewater with a C grade. He's one of last year
Speaker 1: was one of last year's bottom ten passers in average distance.
Speaker 1: This year, he is a top ten passer in average
Speaker 1: distance and he hasn't skipped a beat without Jerry Judy
Speaker 1: because Tim Patrick is stepped in nicely. The Raven secondary
Speaker 1: was shredded in weeks one and two, and only the
Speaker 1: only team they've held down was the Lion. So I
Speaker 1: could see Teddy cobbling his way to a decent game here.
Speaker 1: And I've got a C grade on him. Courtland Sutton
Speaker 1: gets an A. He leads up the league an average
Speaker 1: depth of target at sixteen and a half yards, which
Speaker 1: is great, and Teddy throwing these long balls as I
Speaker 1: mentioned it could all you need is one connection there.
Speaker 1: The raven secondary is prone to allowing big plays from receivers.
Speaker 1: They've given up a thirty one yard touchdown, a thirty
Speaker 1: three yard touchdown, and a forty yard touchdown, So I
Speaker 1: like the deep ball to Courtland Sutton a grade. Tim
Speaker 1: Patrick gets a B grade. The Ravens coverage is a
Speaker 1: mixed bag for Patrick, who normally plays the boundaries. Patrick
Speaker 1: will want to avoid Anthony Avereite on the side of
Speaker 1: the field, as he surrendered just thirty seven scoreless yards
Speaker 1: per game. He will fare better on the right side though,
Speaker 1: against Marlon Humphrey, who was good but isn't playing well
Speaker 1: this year. He's given up two scores already in a
Speaker 1: hundred one passer ratings so far. And then lastly, Noah Fan.
Speaker 1: The Ravens have been very exploitable here. They're giving up
Speaker 1: the most targets, the most receptions, and the most yards
Speaker 1: to tight ends. So Noah Fan potentially sitting on a
Speaker 1: big game here, even though they did just hold T. J.
Speaker 1: Hockenson to a nothing game a week ago. Patrick Queen
Speaker 1: has been getting destroyed by tight ends to this point
Speaker 1: of the season, and with kJ Hamler out maybe the
Speaker 1: middle of the field. A few extra throws to Noah
Speaker 1: fanse in this game and he gets a B grade.
Speaker 1: When we come back. Final segment, including premature speculation, We'll
Speaker 1: give you the names of three guys you want to
Speaker 1: pick up this week that everybody else will be trying
Speaker 1: to pick up next week when we come back to
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Speaker 1: is a segment we call premature speculation. We give you
Speaker 1: the opportunity to jump into this time machine right here,
Speaker 1: that one right there, and to pick up a bunch
Speaker 1: of guys this week that we think everybody else is
Speaker 1: gonna be trying to pick up next week. But they're
Speaker 1: already on your team. Jeff, you got I have. Well,
Speaker 1: Actually he's not premature, and he's just a guy. I'm
Speaker 1: not sure why everybody has missed it's Hunter Renfro. With
Speaker 1: all the chaos and different things going on on this
Speaker 1: Raiders offense. Three weeks, his targets nine, seven and six,
Speaker 1: his games six for seventy, five for fifty seven and
Speaker 1: five for fifty seven, solid numbers, especially in PPR, and
Speaker 1: so people I think have started to catch on to him.
Speaker 1: But he's been a very consistent in this offense. So
Speaker 1: if if he's if he's there in your league, that's
Speaker 1: a guy that I'm looking at, especially you know in
Speaker 1: these Guillotine leagues where it's still early enough in the season,
Speaker 1: a guy like that as a fill in as your
Speaker 1: second receiver, want to consistent outputting these Guillotine League exactly.
Speaker 1: That's a guy who could do it, Hunter Renfro, All right,
Speaker 1: who's your premature speculation player, Brian? I got Patriots running
Speaker 1: back j J. Taylor. James White lost for the year
Speaker 1: with the hip injury. That opens up that third down
Speaker 1: role for j. J. Taylor, who has shown he has
Speaker 1: the skill set to fill in admirable, admirably and it's
Speaker 1: been a productive role for the Patriots, the third down
Speaker 1: pass catching uh role at running back, and the Patriots
Speaker 1: at the Bucks this week impossible to run on them,
Speaker 1: and we're not expecting Taylor to do much running. But
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay was the only team to allow more than
Speaker 1: one catches to running backs last year, so I think
Speaker 1: Taylor could be sitting on a pretty big game catching
Speaker 1: the ball. So go get him now, because after Sunday
Speaker 1: or I'm sorry, Monday, people are gonna be looking at
Speaker 1: him on the waper wire. Alright, let's uh, let's go
Speaker 1: to my premature speculation player, Rashad Bateman. Savvy fantasy players
Speaker 1: are already on Bateman when he started practicing on Wednesday,
Speaker 1: but he's still only rostered for whatever reason. Twenty one
Speaker 1: of Yahoo leagues and eight percent of ESPN leagues. He
Speaker 1: was a first rounder on a team that needs help.
Speaker 1: But receiver. He is a fluid, hyper competitive receiver who
Speaker 1: will win almost all contested catches. Great hands, good ball tracking,
Speaker 1: giant catch radius. There's a lot to like about this kid,
Speaker 1: and all he has to do is passed by Sammy
Speaker 1: Watkins and Devin DuVernay in the slot to get some runs.
Speaker 1: So and to me, Markus Brown has always felt like
Speaker 1: a number two receiver, not a number one. His drops
Speaker 1: almost a spasualist. No this this late in the season.
Speaker 1: You know, when you're talking about a guy like Bateman, who, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I get he's a rookie, but I mean you look
Speaker 1: around there and Lamar Jackson, the struggles they're having in
Speaker 1: their past game. This guy, I mean, we got to
Speaker 1: see him up close. He's he's the real deal for sure.
Speaker 1: Bucks take on the Patriots. As you may be aware,
Speaker 1: there's a certain amount of intrigue in this game, um
Speaker 1: and some storylines, but we're gonna break it down fantasy style,
Speaker 1: starting on the Buck side and Tom Brady, you know
Speaker 1: all the you know, all the other stuff aside. Let's
Speaker 1: just let's just focus on fantasy What do you expect
Speaker 1: from Tom Brady in this game? Well, I don't, you know,
Speaker 1: being the new guy, I don't want to. I don't
Speaker 1: want to break any tradition, but an aid and seem right.
Speaker 1: I thought maybe alpha was the right grade for him.
Speaker 1: He's mythical. He just he you know, maybe don't say
Speaker 1: a plus. That's what I was. That's why that's why
Speaker 1: I want to like, I didn't want to put the
Speaker 1: plus in there for me. Is he going to throw
Speaker 1: for five and six or is he gonna have like
Speaker 1: a first half like five had when his dad died. No,
Speaker 1: I don't think he's going to do that. But this
Speaker 1: is about as high a floor as you're gonna ever
Speaker 1: have for for a fantasy quarterback. To me, it seems
Speaker 1: like it boils down to public Brady. This is the team.
Speaker 1: Private Brady go went into Arian's office, closed the door
Speaker 1: and said, hey, could you give ron Leal the week off?
Speaker 1: This week? I just you know, the Patriots corners on
Speaker 1: paper have done really well. They're they're like I think seventh,
Speaker 1: I believe in fantasy points allowed. Tom Brady is he's
Speaker 1: a your But that goes to the what's interesting gioe
Speaker 1: Bernard was ruled out Ronald Jones at five touches per week,
Speaker 1: I moved Leonard for an end up to a B
Speaker 1: this week. Barry Bruce arians has made mention of the
Speaker 1: fact he wants to use for net more on third down,
Speaker 1: and he's already averaging four catches a game, so there
Speaker 1: could be he could be sitting here on a pretty
Speaker 1: decent game. Uh as far as as far as the
Speaker 1: receiver's goes Evans and Godwen, obviously, as Evans after the
Speaker 1: first week of being a little bit lost, has been
Speaker 1: way involved the last two weeks. Godwin has scored in
Speaker 1: sixth straight regular season games. But he's not the only
Speaker 1: revenge guy. Antonio Brown, he's one game with the Patriots.
Speaker 1: He's off the COVID list now he's supposed to be active.
Speaker 1: He's actually scored in five of his last six games
Speaker 1: before last week, with the last week in the landing
Speaker 1: before he went on the COVID list, so I used
Speaker 1: to I would give him a B as well, especially
Speaker 1: with the news now that Gronk is doubtful for this game.
Speaker 1: Cameron break could be a fascinating pickup for those and
Speaker 1: if you've got Gronk, you need to go get Cameron break. Yeah,
Speaker 1: make sure you've got the starting tight end. Now for me,
Speaker 1: the the you know, the fantasy guy thinks the willis
Speaker 1: read things because I mean Brady to Gronk in the
Speaker 1: end zone. Man. But yeah, like you said, Cameron, braid
Speaker 1: the guy. This is a very strange game for New
Speaker 1: England because this doesn't happen very often. They're playing the
Speaker 1: same game this week that they did last week. You've
Speaker 1: got you had New Orleans at home. The only difference
Speaker 1: is Marchant and Latimore is not there. But it's the
Speaker 1: same thing and that's why for me, Damian Harris is
Speaker 1: on the bench again. His snap count last week went
Speaker 1: down to he doesn't catch passes. He only scored three
Speaker 1: in his last thirteen starts. He did nothing last week.
Speaker 1: I see the same thing from him this week. I
Speaker 1: don't see it any better. Brutal matchup. And on the
Speaker 1: reverse side of that, Mac Jones, I wouldn't necessar really
Speaker 1: start him. But Trent Brown has been practicing this week
Speaker 1: and he's said two passing yards and his two home
Speaker 1: starts last week, as I mentioned, uh Nelson Aglar was
Speaker 1: my take a chance of your guy. But between Myers
Speaker 1: born and uh als I mentioned thirty targets last week
Speaker 1: between these three guys, and that was with Marshawn Lattimore.
Speaker 1: I have I have a certain C and a B
Speaker 1: for PPR for Jacoby Myers because he said at least
Speaker 1: five targets and nine games. He's a really good PPR producer.
Speaker 1: Uh And even Kendrick Borne, he's he scored last week,
Speaker 1: had a nice game. Uh. All three of these guys
Speaker 1: really could be in for a decent game because Tampa's
Speaker 1: corners are awful. They just signed Richard Sherman off the
Speaker 1: street and they said we're going to suit him up.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, they might actually see him. Uh. And just
Speaker 1: for the Titans, Hunter Henry seemed to jump past your guy,
Speaker 1: John Nu Smith. I would give him a CEE because
Speaker 1: over the last two weeks he's gotten more. John NW Smith,
Speaker 1: I just I wanted to throw this in for you.
Speaker 1: Though his one career game against Tampa John Nu Smith
Speaker 1: six catches, seventy one touchdown has nothing to do with
Speaker 1: this matchup ended up signing. I wanted to throw him
Speaker 1: that in thank you appreciate that. Uh, Brian Steelers take
Speaker 1: on the Packers. You've already alluded to the undead corpse
Speaker 1: of Ben Roethlisberger, who was stuck around one year too many. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he was going take a chance, I mean quarterback because
Speaker 1: I liked the receiving options for Pittsburgh and this one.
Speaker 1: Uh Naji Harris is a receiving option, by the way,
Speaker 1: him in a minute. But I will start with at
Speaker 1: wide receiver and give Deontay Johnson and B should make
Speaker 1: his return from a knee injury missed last week. The
Speaker 1: matchup doesn't look great on paper for Deontay. The Packers
Speaker 1: have only allowed twenty six total catches to wide receivers,
Speaker 1: but they've also faced the Saints, Lions and forty Niners. Now,
Speaker 1: outside of Deebo Samuel, there aren't any actual wide receivers
Speaker 1: on those teams, so uh and and despite that, the
Speaker 1: Packers have surrendered four touchdowns to wide receivers. So a
Speaker 1: B for Deonta Johnson. Uh. Now, we gotta go over
Speaker 1: to Chase Claypool, who now is looking very ippy for
Speaker 1: this game with a hamstring injury. Did not practice on Friday.
Speaker 1: I don't think it's happening. Yeah, we're gonna go under
Speaker 1: the assumption he is out on Sunday night. So that
Speaker 1: bumps Juju Smith Schuster from I had him as a
Speaker 1: bench grade just because he does not look good. He
Speaker 1: hurt his Rik's Washington is a sneaky play here. He
Speaker 1: and Juju get a sea here just because I do
Speaker 1: think there will be points put up in this game.
Speaker 1: But of course if Chase Claypool plays at bumps Washington
Speaker 1: to the bench and almost Juju. But I'll give Juju
Speaker 1: in Washington the sea here, and tight end Pat friar
Speaker 1: Muth can give him a sea. Packers are allowing seven
Speaker 1: catches sixty six yards per game to opposing tight ends,
Speaker 1: three total touchdowns surrendered to the position. So far, fryar
Speaker 1: Muth has seemingly used to Eric Ebron is the Steeler's
Speaker 1: top tight end. So a guy who's we're starting now
Speaker 1: on the tight end wasteland and last, and certainly not least,
Speaker 1: Naji Harris can give him a b Nineteen targets last week,
Speaker 1: second highest running back targets history of the league, and
Speaker 1: he's he right now. He's second in target share percentage
Speaker 1: among running backs, behind only Alvin Kamara. Harris is also
Speaker 1: first among running backs and broken tackles on receptions. He
Speaker 1: clearly can run the ball a true bell cow uh.
Speaker 1: It's just that offensive line is pretty garbage. But a
Speaker 1: very safe volume play and give him a B here.
Speaker 1: The Packers not a great matchup, allowing less than twenty
Speaker 1: combo yards per game to running backs, but they've surrendered
Speaker 1: three scores to the positions of a B for Harris.
Speaker 1: Over to the Green Bay side, We'll start with Aaron Jones,
Speaker 1: who's nursing an ankle injury right now but should play,
Speaker 1: and I will mention t J Watt will make his
Speaker 1: return for Pittsburgh. That's a huge deal when Elkin Jenkins
Speaker 1: is not gonna play. Jones probably would have gotten a
Speaker 1: if there is no t J. But since t J
Speaker 1: will be back and give Jones a B, tough matchup
Speaker 1: for Aaron. Pittsburgh is allowing the ninth fewest combo yards
Speaker 1: end yards per carry to opposing running backs and are
Speaker 1: one of five teams yet to allow a running back
Speaker 1: touchdown this season. Jones does lead all running backs in
Speaker 1: red zone touches, so he certainly has a chance to
Speaker 1: score even against the Steelers, But just to be for
Speaker 1: Jones and this one, Davante Adams gets an a though
Speaker 1: twenty seven targets over the last two weeks. Uh, Pittsburgh
Speaker 1: allowing plus yards per game to wide receivers five total touchdowns.
Speaker 1: Easy a for Davante is out to you like any
Speaker 1: of the other receivers. Yeah, because MVS is out with
Speaker 1: the hamstring injury. I'll give Alan Lazar to see just
Speaker 1: based on the stats I just read off, he'll see uh,
Speaker 1: plenty of single coverage in this game. But the Steelers
Speaker 1: focused in on Davante Adams for sure. And Robert Tonyan
Speaker 1: off to an awful start this year, but it's gonna
Speaker 1: give him a c here. Uh. The Steelers are allowing
Speaker 1: a little over four catches and fifty yards per game
Speaker 1: to tight ends. Not great, but it's been a mixed
Speaker 1: bag of results for the opposition. So last week the
Speaker 1: Bengals tight ends combined for zero catches on one target.
Speaker 1: But in week two, the Raiders tight ends Darren Waller,
Speaker 1: Foster Moreau, and Derek Carrier conbind for nine catches, hundred
Speaker 1: and twelve yards in a touchdown. So I'm gonna get
Speaker 1: Tony in to see here. But he really needs to score.
Speaker 1: They go, I know, they really do. I think I
Speaker 1: think with mvs out that this a lot of that
Speaker 1: passing offense is gonna go through Tony, and I think
Speaker 1: the bounce back game is coming right here. I do
Speaker 1: as well in speaking of getting going after that awful
Speaker 1: start to the season in week when Aaron Rodgers has
Speaker 1: certainly gotten going. But just to be for him here again,
Speaker 1: it would have been an a f T. J. Watt
Speaker 1: was not going to play for Pittsburgh. But the Steelers
Speaker 1: have faced three quality quarterbacks and Josh Allen, Joe Burrow,
Speaker 1: and Derek Carr and have allowed an average of two
Speaker 1: seventy four yards and two touchdowns per game. Two opposing quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: Feels about right for Aaron Rodgers floor in this game,
Speaker 1: with a certainly a chance to score higher than that.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Monday night game is our final game,
Speaker 1: and there's a real problem for fantasy owners because we
Speaker 1: don't know who the starting running back is going to
Speaker 1: be for the Raiders against the bottom ranked run defense
Speaker 1: in the league. So an ideal scenario, you have Jacobs
Speaker 1: and Barber, Josh Jacobs and Peyton Barber, and you can
Speaker 1: pivot to whichever one you need to. But for most
Speaker 1: of us that's not the case. You're gonna have to
Speaker 1: set your line up on Sunday, and makes some kind
Speaker 1: of an educated guest, and I don't believe we're gonna
Speaker 1: have final word on whether it's Jacobs or Barber before
Speaker 1: Sunday for this Monday night game. So you're gonna have
Speaker 1: to You're kind of stuck. You can roll the dice
Speaker 1: if you want. In a very positive matchup against the
Speaker 1: team allowing the most rushing yards in five and a
Speaker 1: half yards per carry, four different runners of top one
Speaker 1: total yards against the Chargers already, let's go to the
Speaker 1: passing game where Derek Carr slumps to a C in
Speaker 1: his toughest matchup of the year. He goes up against
Speaker 1: a rebuilt Chargers past defense that has already shut out
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott and mortalized Patrick Mahomes and back to back weeks,
Speaker 1: they've got that impressive rookie Asante Samuel Jr. Who was
Speaker 1: defensive Rookie of the Year, sorry, Rookie of the Month
Speaker 1: for September, and um they got back elite safety Derwin James.
Speaker 1: And so you're all that together, and I can't assure
Speaker 1: you that Derek Carr keeps his momentum going here All
Speaker 1: of his receivers have difficult individual matchups, which I'll discuss
Speaker 1: in just a minute. But I do love and Waller,
Speaker 1: so Carr remains startable with the C grade. Waller obvious
Speaker 1: A charges are allowed the seventh most catches too tight ends,
Speaker 1: and have had no answer for Waller's closest comparable, Travis
Speaker 1: Kelsey last week he rolled up seven catches for a
Speaker 1: hundred four yards. As for the receivers, Renfro, Rugs Edwards,
Speaker 1: just too many tough matchups against a very good Charger
Speaker 1: secondary that's already humbled Tyree hill, A, Marii Cooper, and
Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin. So I don't like Renfro, Rugs and Edwards,
Speaker 1: I can tell you that much. Los Angeles Franks number
Speaker 1: two and wide receiver yards allowed, number one and wide
Speaker 1: receiver touchdowns allowed and number seven in wide receiver receptions allowed.
Speaker 1: Brutal matchups for those guys. All right, now, let's go
Speaker 1: over to the l A side of this game. Austin
Speaker 1: Ekeler A grade. I feel really good about him here,
Speaker 1: and maybe I've going going to this weekend feeling as
Speaker 1: good about Eler in this one as any of them
Speaker 1: he's seen an increase in snaps in every game. He's
Speaker 1: hall in fifteen of the fifteen throws that have come
Speaker 1: his direction over the past two weeks. The Raiders have
Speaker 1: been in the better half of the league in most
Speaker 1: running back defensive metrics so far, but five separate running
Speaker 1: backs have already topped seventy four total yards or found
Speaker 1: the end zone. If five of those guys have, I
Speaker 1: can't see Eckler not hitting seventy four total yards and
Speaker 1: or the end zone. He probably does both. Moving over
Speaker 1: to the passing game, justin Air Bear gets an A grade.
Speaker 1: The Raiders secondary clearly improved from last year, but after
Speaker 1: slowing the modest passing attacks of Baltimore Pittsburgh in Miami,
Speaker 1: I don't believe Las Vegas can stop Justin Air Bear
Speaker 1: at all. He has looked great. He's completing seventy percent
Speaker 1: of his passes despite playing better defenses than the Raiders
Speaker 1: can put on the field. As a rookie against this team,
Speaker 1: he topped three hundred yards and two touchdowns in both
Speaker 1: meetings with the Raiders. He will do it again. Here.
Speaker 1: A grade for Justin Air Bear keenan Allen A grade.
Speaker 1: He's not at least one hundred total yards and or
Speaker 1: a score and eleven of the last thirteen games, and
Speaker 1: has done so in all three games this year. He'll
Speaker 1: primarily go up against rookie slot cornerback Nate Hobbs, who
Speaker 1: has looked fine, but he's not Keenan Allen, and he's
Speaker 1: gonna get torched by Allen in this game. So I
Speaker 1: got an A grade on Keenan Allen, a B grade
Speaker 1: on Mike Williams, who draws a tough matchup with the
Speaker 1: one good member of this Las Vegas secondary, Casey Hayward,
Speaker 1: who ranks second among fifty two cornerbacks who have played
Speaker 1: at least one hundred snaps according to ProFootball Focus. In
Speaker 1: coverage grade, Hayward travels with the opponent's best outside receiver,
Speaker 1: and of course Keenan Allen, largely placed from the slot
Speaker 1: the best outside receivers Mike Williams, who's gonna get a
Speaker 1: lot of Casey Hayward, and that's gonna it's gonna take
Speaker 1: some creativity for the Chargers to get Williams free of Hayward.
Speaker 1: And I've just got the B on Williams, even though
Speaker 1: he's been one of the hottest receivers in Fantasy Football,
Speaker 1: Jared Cook gets a sea. There's been middling totals in
Speaker 1: every game so far for Cook it Mikekasecki just went
Speaker 1: off for ten catches and eighty six yards against Las Vegas,
Speaker 1: so we're gonna in this tight end wasteland. We'll give
Speaker 1: Jared Cook a C grade in this game. It's a
Speaker 1: lot to get through, you guys. We did it. We
Speaker 1: did it, Jeff, How did it feel? First one? But
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