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Speaker 1: And uh so, yeah, by the way, that's the voice

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Speaker 1: of my co host Scott Fish and Christian Peterson. Hello guys,

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Speaker 1: Hello Church, and what happened to I want to mix

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Speaker 1: it up every once in a while. I want to

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Speaker 1: bring in a guy named Chip to give us. That

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Speaker 1: would be something that would only I would be interested

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Speaker 1: in that. I think, as always, we're gonna break down

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Speaker 1: every game Fantasy style, give you a letter grade on

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Speaker 1: every player, and our rationale for every grade, so you

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Speaker 1: can decide for yourself if you think that we are

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Speaker 1: on the right track. A few minutes from now, we'll

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Speaker 1: give you nine guys upon whom you can take a chance.

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Speaker 1: And um, we'll answer three tough questions later on with

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Speaker 1: the the big topics that are haunting fantasy players before

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Speaker 1: we dive into the matchups. Let's uh, let's cover this

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Speaker 1: scenario that's all too painful for some of our listeners.

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Speaker 1: You played against Lamar Jackson. I don't even need to

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Speaker 1: talk to the Lamar Jackson owners. They're fine. You played

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Speaker 1: against Lamar Jackson. Now what high ceiling players, all high

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Speaker 1: ceiling got to do? All the high risk khigh reward types, right,

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Speaker 1: I mean here, you're you're starting Giants against Miami. You're

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Speaker 1: hoping guys like Will Fuller on your team. Yeah, that's

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Speaker 1: another Yeah, a guy like a Will Fuller who's notorious

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Speaker 1: for as a boom or bust player, right? Um? And

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Speaker 1: if they even in Joeku against against Arizona, I mean

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Speaker 1: you're really zeroing in, not that you wouldn't do this anyways,

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Speaker 1: but really zeroing in on the matchups. Right, You're you're

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Speaker 1: not giving anybody the benefit of the doubt on your roster,

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Speaker 1: even if they've been in your in your starting lineup

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Speaker 1: all year, if they have a tough matchup this week,

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Speaker 1: you are probably better off going with somebody with a

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Speaker 1: better matchup. Totally agree. That's a that's a great point.

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Speaker 1: And if you're down, if you're down to Lamar Jackson

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Speaker 1: to a lesser extent, mark Ingram, who ended up with

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Speaker 1: a the best night of any running back against the

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Speaker 1: Jets all year. Um, you know I do. I think

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Speaker 1: you're right. There are no there are no sacred cows

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Speaker 1: on your roster. If you think pat Patrick Mahomes, who's

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Speaker 1: doesn't have enough upside for you, you gotta look at

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Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill as one example. All right, let's dive into

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Speaker 1: the matchups. We begin with Houston taking on Tennessee Scott

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Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson. To me, it feels like a great start.

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Speaker 1: Dori Jackson cornerback for Tennessee's out. They put their other

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Speaker 1: Boy I I you want a guy with some upside,

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Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson. Absolutely, I have an a grade on Watson.

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Speaker 1: The Titans d seems good when you watch them, but

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Speaker 1: The division is going to be on the title most

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Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson. So I have an A grade on him.

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Speaker 1: Hopkins just a grade. He's unbenteable, especially with um will Fuller.

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Speaker 1: think that entire offense and if you're against Lamar Jackson,

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Speaker 1: three passing touchdowns seven times this season, which is insane.

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Speaker 1: our next matchup, Christian Chicago taking on Green Bay Mitch Truebinsky,

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Speaker 1: Who's the hot the hotter quarterback in this game? And

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Speaker 1: Fantasy relevant games, in part because he's running against two

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Speaker 1: bell cow here Tarik Cohen, he's catching the ball, but

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Speaker 1: he's not making any big plays. No more than thirty

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Speaker 1: Davante Adams. I have written down here a C gray

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Speaker 1: Boston Scott of the Eagles against the Redskins. All Scott

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Speaker 1: did was kind of single handedly salvage the Philadelphia season

426
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Speaker 1: last year. Last last week, the second half of that game,

427
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Speaker 1: when he took over for Miles Sanders and went bonkers

428
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Speaker 1: a hundred and twenty eight combined rushing and receiving yards

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Speaker 1: in less than a half of work. He looked great.

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Speaker 1: He's basically a Darren Sprawls clone. He's all of I

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Speaker 1: think he's five eight or something like that, five seven,

432
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Speaker 1: tiny guy, but he can move. Uh. Sanders is healthy

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Speaker 1: again now, so he's certainly going to play and be

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Speaker 1: the number one guy, But Jordan Howard is going to

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Speaker 1: be out for another game here, so that leaves plenty

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Speaker 1: of change of pace, pace touches here for Boston Scott.

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Speaker 1: If he can get ten to fifteen touches like he

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Speaker 1: did last week against a Washington defense that allows averages

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Speaker 1: of nearly a hundred and sixty combined rushing and receiving

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Speaker 1: yards two opposing backs, there's some upside here with Boston Scott. Alight,

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Speaker 1: I like the Sprowls thing because Sprawls went from the

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Speaker 1: Saints to the Eagles, and so did Boston's. It's a

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Speaker 1: good point. That's a good point underutilized by both given

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Speaker 1: up on and by the Saints. Both guys too early.

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Speaker 1: All Right, who's gonna take a chance with me? Runners Sunday? Um,

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Speaker 1: it's the Laird's day. Oh, the Laird's day. Don't don't

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Speaker 1: take the Lairds, David Bade. Okay, I'm going to Patrick

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Speaker 1: lair to. I'll saying the la Yes, there you go.

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Speaker 1: Over the last three weeks, the Giants have allowed nine

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Speaker 1: receptions per game to running backs, and Patrick Laird's basically

451
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Speaker 1: the only one in town left still standings in that place.

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Speaker 1: He started. The last two games. He caught four balls

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Speaker 1: in each, averaging forty yards receiving in each. His rushing

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Speaker 1: numbers haven't been great, but he is getting sixteen to

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Speaker 1: seventeen touches per game. I think he gets it again

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Speaker 1: this week. Grade there all right, I've got DeAndre Washington

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Speaker 1: against the Jaguars. Now, I know Josh Jacobs is slated

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Speaker 1: to start, uh and it will probably will start this

459
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Speaker 1: game with a fractured shoulder. Anything could happen to Josh Jacobs,

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Speaker 1: including him playing the whole game. But even if he

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Speaker 1: does have his normal workload, there's enough to go around here,

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Speaker 1: because the Jaguars are just this bad. They are the

463
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Speaker 1: worst run defense in the league, and it's not close.

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Speaker 1: Over the past five games, they're giving up two hundred

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Speaker 1: twenty eight yards and two touchdowns per game, just two

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Speaker 1: running backs and two So let's assume even if Josh

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Speaker 1: Jacobs takes two thirds of the yards and one of

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Speaker 1: the two touchdowns, that puts Josh Jacobs on a very

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Speaker 1: good game. There's still enough for DeAndre Washington have a

470
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Speaker 1: very solid game. I think there's a there's a nice

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Speaker 1: chance here and and honestly, I think they will they

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Speaker 1: I don't think they will use Josh Jacobs nearly as

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Speaker 1: much as they would work he healthy. So DeAndre Washington,

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Speaker 1: regardless of whether or not just Jacobs goes, is a

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Speaker 1: starter for you. Let's go to the receivers now and

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Speaker 1: Christian Peterson. Yeah, I've got Cole Beasley here. I'll be honest.

477
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Speaker 1: He's not your high upside play if you're chasing Lamar.

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Speaker 1: If you have Lamar Jackson and you're just trying to

479
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Speaker 1: protect your lead, maybe you'll look at Cole Beasley, Who's

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Speaker 1: had at least seven targets in three straight games. He's

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Speaker 1: either scored top seventy four yards or both seven times

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Speaker 1: in his last eight games. He has six touchdowns in

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Speaker 1: those eight games. He's Josh Allen's go to receiver forget

484
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Speaker 1: John Brown, and the matchup is pretty tough here. Pittsburgh

485
00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:27,639
Speaker 1: is pretty solid against the past, but if they have

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Speaker 1: any weakness, it's against slot wide receivers. Tyler Boyd had

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Speaker 1: a hundred one yards and a touchdown a couple of

488
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Speaker 1: weeks ago. Jarvis Landry twice in the last four weeks

489
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Speaker 1: has gotten it done. Six catches and seventy six yards

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Speaker 1: in one of those games for forty three and a

491
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Speaker 1: touchdown in another. So it's boring, But five or six

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Speaker 1: catches and a chance that a touchdown, I'll take it,

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Speaker 1: all right. I'm going with Deebo Samuel A lot of times?

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Speaker 1: Do you think Manuel Sanders? Sometimes you think kidd Jamie

495
00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,840
Speaker 1: has been awesome? I know, and people aren't noticing. Over

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Speaker 1: the last five weeks yards unty four yards, fifty end,

497
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Speaker 1: a score, sixty one and a score and a hundred

498
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Speaker 1: nine total yards every week. I don't even know if

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Speaker 1: he qualifies for the segment take a chance. Maybe there's

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Speaker 1: like there's really any risk his star position, her star

501
00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:15,639
Speaker 1: percentage is way too low. Even his ownership percentage is

502
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Speaker 1: way too low for playing a bottom ten secondary like

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Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons. Breshad Perriman is one of your options

504
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Speaker 1: if you're down, if you are playing against Lamar Jackson

505
00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,800
Speaker 1: and all or nothing bloom er bust, play right here.

506
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Speaker 1: The one thing that Brashad Perriman can can do in

507
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Speaker 1: his monolithic skill set, run fast and run straight. That's it.

508
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Speaker 1: Long bombs, that's all he's got. Fortunately, it's a great

509
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Speaker 1: recipe against the Lions. The team that's giving up the

510
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Speaker 1: third most receptions of twenty or more yards. And even

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Speaker 1: if Darius Slay shadows him, Slay is giving up big

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Speaker 1: games all the time. Now, there's no sligh ride anymore.

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Speaker 1: Or maybe it's a good slate, right, I mean, it's

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Speaker 1: like he's been playing hurt all then. I'm sure that's

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Speaker 1: a factor, you know, if if he were Darius, if

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Speaker 1: you're listening right now, it's not that we don't respect you,

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Speaker 1: and we understand you're playing hurt and playing gallantly at that.

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Speaker 1: He's been knocked in and out of games still for

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Speaker 1: Shod Perriman. There you go. Let's go to let's work

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Speaker 1: in a matchup, Scott, Tampa Bay takes on the Detroit Lions.

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Speaker 1: For you already mentioned Jameis Winston. You like him in

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Speaker 1: this matchup, and you mentioned Perriman and I mentioned Perriman.

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Speaker 1: Chris Godwin is my number two ranked wide receiver this week,

524
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Speaker 1: probably should be one number one if it could be

525
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Speaker 1: in this slot. The lines are giving up a ton

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Speaker 1: of ton of slot numbers. I had an a grade

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Speaker 1: on Godwin. I don't think I need to go into that.

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Speaker 1: With Mike Evans out, I do like just I'll mention this,

529
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Speaker 1: Godwin goes up against Justin Coleman slot cornerback for the Lions.

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Speaker 1: He's given up the second most yards in his coverage

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Speaker 1: of any player in the NFL. Yeah, with with Mike

532
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Speaker 1: Evans out, I like, I like Justin Watson and Dynas Steve,

533
00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:55,000
Speaker 1: but if Scotty Miller comes back, and I'm passing on

534
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,520
Speaker 1: that situation. But I'm going straight to oj Howard, who

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Speaker 1: I think I could have a day here. He has

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Speaker 1: nine catches for a hunting thirty four yards in his

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Speaker 1: last two games. Mike Evans out give him, I guess

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Speaker 1: a B grade. In the landscape of tight ends Jones

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00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:13,800
Speaker 1: and Barber Uh, I hate picking this battle a week

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Speaker 1: to week good luck. Yeah, I think I'm gonna get

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Speaker 1: reiterated that Jones is the starter that doesn't always mean anything. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: That lasted exactly exactly one week the last time they

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Speaker 1: said that. Jones and Barber both given C grades on this.

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00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:32,119
Speaker 1: Neither is a good patch sketcher. They're they're splaying touchdowns.

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Speaker 1: I will say in the last two games, barbera has

546
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Speaker 1: out snapped Jones and has all four of those red

547
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Speaker 1: zone running back touches and Jones didn't get them. So

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Speaker 1: if you have to pick, if you have both, you

549
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Speaker 1: have to pick. It's Barber on the other side. The

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Speaker 1: only guys anybody have both in the semifinals. You're in

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Speaker 1: the semifinals. You're listening right now. You've got both Buck runners.

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00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:53,520
Speaker 1: You're probably not play Yeah. Blow and Golliday are the

553
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Speaker 1: only ones that gave starting grades too. I love Holiday.

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Speaker 1: I never ben In. I call him Nook of the North,

555
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Speaker 1: even though his nicknames baby On. I call him Nuke

556
00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:02,920
Speaker 1: of the North because he's unbenehable. He's got a similar,

557
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,840
Speaker 1: similar career arc to DeAndre Hopkins. Nook of the North

558
00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:09,840
Speaker 1: have to do with DeAndre Hopkins? Is Nook Nook? Like yeah,

559
00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:17,640
Speaker 1: Nook Hopkins Cokins? I heard nook, Yeah, alright, like a pacifier,

560
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:21,120
Speaker 1: Like that's what he was nicknamed after. But he calls

561
00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:25,040
Speaker 1: himself Nuke. Really he was named after the Nook. I

562
00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:28,320
Speaker 1: didn't know that, but but he calls himself a little

563
00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:30,440
Speaker 1: bit of trivia. I got a little bit DeAndre Hopkins.

564
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Speaker 1: Trivia worked into our Denver right matchup. The Bucks were

565
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:36,680
Speaker 1: giving it up left and right to quarterbacks for most

566
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Speaker 1: of the year, but they've been better decently. That's had

567
00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:43,520
Speaker 1: similar qbs to David Blow, like Kyle Allen, Matt Shop,

568
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Speaker 1: Jared Goff, Gardner didn't shoe. I'll put golf in there.

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Speaker 1: I don't care. I have had really good games, so

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Speaker 1: I'm giving Blow a see nobody else though that running game,

571
00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:56,160
Speaker 1: especially with with Scarborough out as well. No thanks, Yeah, no,

572
00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,440
Speaker 1: there's no part of it. Bucksndy is really good. Yeah,

573
00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:02,360
Speaker 1: the Bucks, it's been great also eason. One thing they

574
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Speaker 1: can that's probably the one thing they can do particularly well.

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Speaker 1: Coming up next on Fantasy Football Weekly, we'll break down

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Speaker 1: more matchups, including Philadelphia taking on Washington. Carson went with

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Speaker 1: a little bit of magic at the end of last

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Speaker 1: week's game. We'll tell you if that will continue against

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Speaker 1: the Redskins when we come back. You're listening to Fantasy

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Speaker 1: Back to the matchups, New England taking on Cincinnati, Christian,

593
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:31,320
Speaker 1: the running game for the Patriots has been a disaster.

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00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:36,040
Speaker 1: Passing game has been middling, but Cincinnati will yield, especially

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Speaker 1: on the ground. What do you think here, Yeah, they

596
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:40,240
Speaker 1: will yield on the On the ground. They've allowed four

597
00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:43,040
Speaker 1: point seven yards per carry to opposing running backs and

598
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:46,240
Speaker 1: ten rushing touchdowns this year. So you would think Sony

599
00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:48,480
Speaker 1: Michelle would be in line for a great game, But

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00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:52,920
Speaker 1: just five carries last week ten or fewer carries, and

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Speaker 1: four of his last five hasn't scored since Week seven.

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Speaker 1: There's no way that you can risk putting Sony Michelle

603
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Speaker 1: in your lineup. With that said, this is probably the

604
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:05,680
Speaker 1: game where they give it to him thirty times, but

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00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:07,720
Speaker 1: you can't risk that. So he's on the bench. James

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Speaker 1: White on the other hand, he is in your lineup

607
00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:12,720
Speaker 1: over the last couple of games thirteen catches on eight

608
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:16,640
Speaker 1: teen targets, thirty three total touches with two touchdowns. So

609
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:19,440
Speaker 1: they have turned to James White over Sony Michelle, which

610
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:22,480
Speaker 1: was a very wise move. He is in the lineup

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Speaker 1: there for with a B grade. Against the Cincinnati running defense,

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Speaker 1: Tom Brady, I've got to put him on the bench.

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Speaker 1: The Bengals are not as bad as you probably think

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Speaker 1: against the past. Only only two quarterbacks have thrown more

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Speaker 1: than one touchdown against them since Week four, And of

616
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,920
Speaker 1: course we know Brady struggles one or zero passing touchdowns

617
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Speaker 1: and six of his last eight he has nobody but

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00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 1: Julian Edelman to throw too, So I can't risk it

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Speaker 1: in the fantasy playoffs. I've got Brady on the bench.

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Speaker 1: Edelman is an obvious a double digit targets in each

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Speaker 1: of the last eight games, at least ninety three yards

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Speaker 1: and three straight scored in two straight. He's a target hog.

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Speaker 1: He's in your lineup with an A grade. No other

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Speaker 1: receivers are worth note On the Bengals side, almost nothing

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00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:05,760
Speaker 1: of note here. You're not starting anybody in the passing game.

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Speaker 1: Andy Dalton, Tyler, Boyd Tyler, Eifford, Alex Erics, and anybody

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00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:12,120
Speaker 1: else you can imagine are all on the bench. Only

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00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,280
Speaker 1: one quarterback has thrown more than one touchdown pass against

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Speaker 1: the Patriots all year. They've only allowed three wide receiver

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Speaker 1: touchdowns on the year. They're all on the bench. That

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Speaker 1: brings us to Joe Mixon's gotta hurt that Mixon saved

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Speaker 1: his best effort for the year last week a D

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Speaker 1: and forties six yards. He finally goes off in Week fourteen,

634
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Speaker 1: long after his fantasy owners were probably knocked out. But

635
00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:39,040
Speaker 1: I've got him just as a C grade here because

636
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:41,000
Speaker 1: of the matchup. The Patriots have allowed just two running

637
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:45,880
Speaker 1: back touchdowns all year. That severely caps mixings upside. Even

638
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,440
Speaker 1: if he's probably gonna get twenty to twenty five touches,

639
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:50,000
Speaker 1: it's just gonna be tough for him to do much

640
00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:52,840
Speaker 1: for with those C grade. And that is it for

641
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:55,480
Speaker 1: this crummy matchup. That is a crummy matchup. Let's go

642
00:33:55,480 --> 00:34:00,040
Speaker 1: to a It's another crummy matchup Eagles Redskins beat with

643
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,959
Speaker 1: Jordan Howard shaping us a game time decision. It's an

644
00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:05,680
Speaker 1: opportunity for him though over the past five games, Washington

645
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:09,160
Speaker 1: is allowing the fifth most rushing yards. Aaron Jones just

646
00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:12,439
Speaker 1: gashed the Redskins for eight yards per carry, and he'd

647
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:14,960
Speaker 1: likely get any goal line carries if the opportunity arises.

648
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:19,000
Speaker 1: If he does play here, I think he's a B grade,

649
00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:22,400
Speaker 1: not factoring in the injury and the chance of him

650
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:24,680
Speaker 1: having a setback, assuming that we're not going to happen

651
00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:27,319
Speaker 1: with the shoulder injury. UM, I would you know, I

652
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,160
Speaker 1: think it'd be great as a safe one for Jordan

653
00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:32,320
Speaker 1: Howard if he gets if he's gonna play, then Miles

654
00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:35,240
Speaker 1: Sanders goes back to being the guy that he was before.

655
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:37,480
Speaker 1: And that means all you're really getting is the past

656
00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:40,840
Speaker 1: catching from him, which is a bummer. Um. In the

657
00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:43,960
Speaker 1: past two weeks, Washington has allowed exactly fifty eight receiving

658
00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:46,360
Speaker 1: yards to Aaron Jones and fifty eight receiving yards and

659
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:49,280
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey. And I think that's the upside for Miles Sanders,

660
00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,960
Speaker 1: the absolute upside, just a C grade from him. Now,

661
00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 1: if Jordan Howard doesn't go, that will Miles Sanders up

662
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,799
Speaker 1: to a B. And Boston Scott, as another running back

663
00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:00,440
Speaker 1: was Christians take a chance on me run back. So

664
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:02,880
Speaker 1: now let's go to the passing game where Carson Wentz

665
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:04,680
Speaker 1: is on the bench. Now, I know he pulled off

666
00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:06,200
Speaker 1: some magic at the end of the Monday Night game,

667
00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:09,520
Speaker 1: but it's there's a much more difficult matchup than it

668
00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:14,040
Speaker 1: sounds like against an underrated Redskins past defense, particularly if

669
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:18,520
Speaker 1: Quentin Dunbar, their star cornerback plays. If he does not play,

670
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:20,120
Speaker 1: there's a lot of if things in this matchup, and

671
00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:22,680
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, if Quinn Dunbar does not play, you can

672
00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:25,080
Speaker 1: upgrade Carson Wentz to a seat and make him startable.

673
00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:28,239
Speaker 1: If he does play, then I'm benching Carson Wentz in

674
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,480
Speaker 1: part because look what he's got to do this without

675
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:34,560
Speaker 1: all Sean Jeffrey, probably without Nelson Agilars the game time decision,

676
00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:38,120
Speaker 1: probably without tackle Lane Johnson as well. Now in fact,

677
00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:40,319
Speaker 1: Lane Johnson has ruled out, so he's not gonna go.

678
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:44,120
Speaker 1: It's it's just not enough weapons for Carson Wentz left

679
00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:47,080
Speaker 1: here other than Zach Ertz, who gets an obvious A grade,

680
00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:49,200
Speaker 1: although I will not note that he had a modest

681
00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:52,440
Speaker 1: five catches for fifty four yards in the first matchup

682
00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:55,440
Speaker 1: between these teams. But there's just nobody left to throw too,

683
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:58,000
Speaker 1: and that's why you could also use Dallas Goddard as

684
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:01,080
Speaker 1: a dart throw because there's just not enough carbon based

685
00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:04,960
Speaker 1: life forms playing at a receiving eligible position for the

686
00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:07,359
Speaker 1: Eagles and then on the redskin side. Not a lot

687
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:08,920
Speaker 1: to talk about here. I've got C grades on a

688
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:12,719
Speaker 1: couple of guys. Adrian Peterson would get almost all the work,

689
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:15,279
Speaker 1: but the matchup is very tough. Philadelphia's top ten in

690
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,120
Speaker 1: yards and yards per carry allowed to opposing backs, only

691
00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:20,960
Speaker 1: two backs of top sixty six rushing yards against the Eagles,

692
00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:23,560
Speaker 1: and Peterson hasn't cracked four yards per carrying three of

693
00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:26,319
Speaker 1: his last four games, but he has scored him back

694
00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:29,480
Speaker 1: to back games, and Philly's allowing one rushing touchdown per

695
00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:32,359
Speaker 1: game over their last four games, so there's a chance

696
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,279
Speaker 1: for a touchdown for Adrian and that's why I'm giving

697
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:37,680
Speaker 1: him a wobbly C grade. And keeping of speaking of

698
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:39,719
Speaker 1: running backs, if you're in a pure PPR league and

699
00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:42,920
Speaker 1: you need a darthrow, Chris Thompson caught seven passes in

700
00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:45,560
Speaker 1: the first meeting. He caught seven passes last week. No

701
00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:48,279
Speaker 1: Darius guys, so maybe he can help you out with

702
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:53,000
Speaker 1: with a PPR effort from Chris Thompson. Lastly, receiver Terry McLaren.

703
00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:54,760
Speaker 1: I kind of like he went bonkers in the season

704
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:58,520
Speaker 1: opener between these two teams, catching five passes for five

705
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:00,920
Speaker 1: yards and a touchdown when nobody except Scott fish knew

706
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:04,400
Speaker 1: who Terry McLaren was. But that was under case. Keenum

707
00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:07,640
Speaker 1: was a far more functional quarterback than Dwayne Haskins. The

708
00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:10,000
Speaker 1: Eagles have been rocked by wide receivers in the past

709
00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:12,800
Speaker 1: couple of games, giving up mammoth games to another rookie,

710
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:15,800
Speaker 1: Darius Slayton and DeVante Parker, fifth year rookies. I like

711
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,120
Speaker 1: to think of him. Um, so maybe there's a little

712
00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:19,879
Speaker 1: something you can get done for Terry McLaren and I've

713
00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:23,160
Speaker 1: got a C grade on him in this matchup. Last

714
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:27,520
Speaker 1: matchup for this segment, Miami taking on the New Yorker Giants. Um,

715
00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:28,920
Speaker 1: I don't think there's a lot to like in the

716
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:32,280
Speaker 1: Miami side. And you are already identified Scott Patrick Laird.

717
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:34,520
Speaker 1: Did you answer me? Running back? Yeah, I would like

718
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:36,759
Speaker 1: in the passing game, i'd like Kasseki more if he

719
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:40,480
Speaker 1: didn't put up that one for six, If Hearns hasn't

720
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:43,319
Speaker 1: been battling knee and ankle issues like he's been. He's

721
00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:47,319
Speaker 1: been okay, like dartthroat, No, not into but Parker out

722
00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:50,760
Speaker 1: of protocol practicing. Looks like he's gonna play very helpful,

723
00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:55,960
Speaker 1: which made me bump. Everybody benched to UH Fitzpatrick getting

724
00:37:55,960 --> 00:38:00,440
Speaker 1: a see and and Parker getting a very strong beat. UH.

725
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:04,200
Speaker 1: The Giants have allowed UH ten wide receiver touchdowns last

726
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,839
Speaker 1: six games eighteen on the year, which really bad. And

727
00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:12,799
Speaker 1: UH for Fitzpatrick three hundred or more three three yards

728
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:16,040
Speaker 1: and or multiple touchdowns since Week seven when he took over,

729
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:19,880
Speaker 1: and the Giants sixth straight have scored a touchdown against

730
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:22,239
Speaker 1: them and averaged in the high two hundred. So a

731
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:26,320
Speaker 1: C grade on Fitzpatrick over on the other side, Eli Manning,

732
00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:29,120
Speaker 1: I gave a C grade because the matchup is amazing.

733
00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:32,359
Speaker 1: But he's also Eli Manning, so the floor is there.

734
00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:35,640
Speaker 1: Looked okay, he did? He looks fry I thought I

735
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:39,319
Speaker 1: think that was zero word. Looks bry Darius Slayton. I'm

736
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:41,760
Speaker 1: given an A grade too. He's just been really, really

737
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:44,520
Speaker 1: good and he had good chemistry with Eli on Monday night.

738
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,360
Speaker 1: Miami has allowed nine wide receiver touchdowns in just the

739
00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:50,720
Speaker 1: last four weeks. Including an average of nearly nine catches

740
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,399
Speaker 1: and over a hundred and thirty four yards per game

741
00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:56,600
Speaker 1: to the top receiver. UM. All four of those top

742
00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:59,759
Speaker 1: receivers in those four games they scored. Uh. Slayton also

743
00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:02,560
Speaker 1: three multi touchdown games this season, which is pretty good.

744
00:39:03,239 --> 00:39:06,520
Speaker 1: UM giving Shepherd a C grade. Uh, He's seen seven

745
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:09,799
Speaker 1: targets every game. He's the yardage isn't there. But with

746
00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:13,320
Speaker 1: last week with Eli Tate only got one catch Shepherd,

747
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:16,960
Speaker 1: Shepherd got the attention. Don't you think Shepherd is a

748
00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:20,480
Speaker 1: sneaky upside play this week? Yeah? The Dolphins have allowed

749
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:24,520
Speaker 1: two different wide receivers to score in six different games

750
00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:27,880
Speaker 1: seas right, so I have looking at Darius Slaton and

751
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:30,560
Speaker 1: I like Slaton bath than Shepherd two. But Shepherd gets

752
00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:33,240
Speaker 1: enough work to have the big game that's coming against

753
00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:35,440
Speaker 1: the Dolphins. He's a good amount of targets. Yeah, I

754
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:37,920
Speaker 1: do have Smith, Kitten Smith the tight end on the bench.

755
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:41,239
Speaker 1: Even though Evan Ingram is out and I am, I'm

756
00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:44,080
Speaker 1: still giving Barkley an a I trust in this matchup.

757
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:46,560
Speaker 1: I think this is a bounce back spot for Barkley.

758
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:48,600
Speaker 1: I know he hasn't tough to eighty five rushing yards

759
00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:51,160
Speaker 1: since week too. I know he's only averaging thirty one

760
00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:53,719
Speaker 1: receiving yards a game, which normally is good for running back,

761
00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:57,399
Speaker 1: but for Barkley it just seems bad. But every back

762
00:39:57,480 --> 00:39:59,880
Speaker 1: that is top thirteam touches had at least seventy f

763
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,400
Speaker 1: five total yards against the Dolphins, and Barkley is going

764
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:05,240
Speaker 1: to smash that out of the water. So a grade

765
00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:07,760
Speaker 1: on him now, I know that. I think I said

766
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:09,760
Speaker 1: that that was gonna be our last match of this segment.

767
00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:11,560
Speaker 1: I think we have time to sneak in one more

768
00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:16,240
Speaker 1: Seattle taking on Carolina Christian and with threw shot Penny

769
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:20,320
Speaker 1: out here comes Chris Harrison against I think the second

770
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,840
Speaker 1: worst run defense in the NFL Jaguar is the worst

771
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:25,920
Speaker 1: Panthers second worst. Do you love Chris Carson as much

772
00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:27,960
Speaker 1: as I do? Oh? Absolutely? I see you have him

773
00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:30,160
Speaker 1: as your number one running back of the weekend, and

774
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:33,960
Speaker 1: I don't disagree that Carolina has allowed twenty one running

775
00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:38,759
Speaker 1: back rushing scores. That's seven more than the next closest.

776
00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,880
Speaker 1: In the last nine games alone, they've given up nineteen

777
00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:45,800
Speaker 1: running back touchdowns, staggering, and they've allowed at least a

778
00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:48,160
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty two combined rushing and receiving yards to

779
00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:51,520
Speaker 1: opposing backfields and six six of their last seven you

780
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:54,200
Speaker 1: mentioned no Rashod Penny Carson is an easy A here.

781
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:57,520
Speaker 1: Let's go to the passing game. Russell Wilson man, he

782
00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:00,120
Speaker 1: has been struggling over the last month or so, but

783
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:02,759
Speaker 1: the Carolina is bad against the past as well. Six

784
00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:05,359
Speaker 1: of the last eight, last eight passers they've faced top

785
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:08,600
Speaker 1: three hundred yards. Five of those also accounted for at

786
00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:11,719
Speaker 1: least two touchdowns. So a big bounce back spot here

787
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:14,439
Speaker 1: for Russell Wilson, I've got him with an A. Let's

788
00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:18,280
Speaker 1: give Tyler Lockett and DK Metcalf both B grades. Locket

789
00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:20,680
Speaker 1: is the more interesting one. Of course, he's been struggling

790
00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:24,240
Speaker 1: over the last month or so. Pete Carroll said claims

791
00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:27,000
Speaker 1: that Locket is finally full strength. He battled the injury

792
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:30,600
Speaker 1: for a little while and then illness. They finally said

793
00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:33,040
Speaker 1: he's full strength, So I'm taking his word for it.

794
00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:35,879
Speaker 1: This is one of those high upside type plays where

795
00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:37,879
Speaker 1: if you're chasing a Lamar Jackson, I think you throw

796
00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:41,440
Speaker 1: Tyler Lockett into the lineup here. Um Panthers not very

797
00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:44,319
Speaker 1: good against opposing wide receivers. They've allowed the most receptions

798
00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:47,360
Speaker 1: and the third most yards to opposing receivers, so the

799
00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:50,120
Speaker 1: matchup is right. DK metcalf he is in as well.

800
00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:53,400
Speaker 1: He's emerged at will as Wilson's primary wide receiver at

801
00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:56,160
Speaker 1: least six targets in five straight at least six catches

802
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:58,640
Speaker 1: in four or five, so he's an easy start as well.

803
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:00,839
Speaker 1: Let's go to the other side of this matchup where

804
00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:03,280
Speaker 1: I've got a lot of starters here as well. Kyle

805
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:05,680
Speaker 1: Allen was mnna take a chance on me quarterback? That

806
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:08,799
Speaker 1: of course brings d J. Moore into play. In their

807
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:11,760
Speaker 1: last nine games, Seattle has let six different wide receivers

808
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:14,160
Speaker 1: go for at least ninety eight yards and they've allowed

809
00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:16,920
Speaker 1: six wide receiver touchdowns in the last five games. And

810
00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:19,359
Speaker 1: one of them might have been Lakwan Treadwell. That's right,

811
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:21,279
Speaker 1: and yeah, so d J. Moore, I've got an a

812
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:24,120
Speaker 1: grade on here. Curtis Samuel, He's on the bench, he

813
00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:26,839
Speaker 1: has been for weeks. Nothing that, nothing changes that here,

814
00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:29,520
Speaker 1: Ian Thomas, you might even think about this is a

815
00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:32,960
Speaker 1: good matchup. Seattle has a lot of the second most

816
00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:36,000
Speaker 1: tight end receptions and yards and the seventh most tight

817
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:39,399
Speaker 1: end touchdowns behind Arizona. They might be the easiest over

818
00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:43,080
Speaker 1: the worst the last month. Yeah, so Ian Thomas. With

819
00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:45,759
Speaker 1: Greg Olson ruled out again with the concussion, so Ian

820
00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:47,600
Speaker 1: Thomas picked him up off the waiver wire. If you

821
00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:49,520
Speaker 1: need a tight end, I've got a B grade here.

822
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:53,239
Speaker 1: And of course Christian McCaffrey is an A grade. He

823
00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:57,480
Speaker 1: hasn't scored in two weeks. Wow, drought drought thirty eight

824
00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:01,160
Speaker 1: receptions though four games. Yeah, don't need you don't need

825
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:03,680
Speaker 1: me to say anything more about Christian McCaffrey. An easy

826
00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:08,800
Speaker 1: A grade there. It's becoming impossible to consider anybody else

827
00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:12,239
Speaker 1: but Lamar Jackson with the first overall pick next year

828
00:43:12,239 --> 00:43:14,920
Speaker 1: in your drafts, I think, I mean, you know, you

829
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:16,359
Speaker 1: can make you can go around and make a case

830
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:18,920
Speaker 1: for other guys. I think the only people that will

831
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:22,960
Speaker 1: ultimately not consider Lamar Jackson at the first is because

832
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:27,279
Speaker 1: they can't consider any reality that isn't a running back

833
00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:30,880
Speaker 1: with the first overall pick, even though with Lamar Jackson

834
00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:34,720
Speaker 1: you're getting half a running back. Yeah, he has seven

835
00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:38,960
Speaker 1: games over thirty fantasy points. There's only about fifteen quarterbacks

836
00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:41,840
Speaker 1: that have even done that in NFL history once or

837
00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:48,680
Speaker 1: seven times. He's already got more there in their careers.

838
00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:52,120
Speaker 1: He's done it. He's done it so far in his career.

839
00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:56,239
Speaker 1: Two guys like Cunningham had eight, Marino had nine. He's

840
00:43:56,280 --> 00:43:58,840
Speaker 1: got seven already. Yeah. The other reason he's gonna go

841
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:02,160
Speaker 1: first in his as often as he will. There's eleven

842
00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:05,239
Speaker 1: owners in your league that are so bummed out that

843
00:44:05,320 --> 00:44:07,680
Speaker 1: they don't have him. They're not gonna let him get

844
00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:10,640
Speaker 1: by them at the first pick. That's why Lamar Jackson

845
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Speaker 1: will go first. When we come back, we'll answer three

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Speaker 1: tough questions. You can play along. See if you can

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

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Speaker 1: com Weekly. I am both Charchi from famble dot com,

849
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Speaker 1: my co host Scott Fish and Christian Peterson. Hello, Hi,

850
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Speaker 1: Let's roll up our sleeves with three tough questions. You're

851
00:44:51,160 --> 00:44:56,600
Speaker 1: gonna have to uh pat your brow from the the

852
00:44:56,840 --> 00:45:01,080
Speaker 1: sweat that's gonna come from these tough questions. Tough question

853
00:45:01,239 --> 00:45:07,680
Speaker 1: number one, can we just drop Sony Walkman appreciate? I

854
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:09,640
Speaker 1: say yes. I mean I just talked about it in

855
00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:12,239
Speaker 1: the in the previous segment in the Patriots matchup. If

856
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:15,080
Speaker 1: you were holding him on, holding on to him for anything.

857
00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:18,960
Speaker 1: It was the Cincinnati matchup this week. They get Buffalo

858
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:21,080
Speaker 1: next week, you're definitely not starting him there. And like

859
00:45:21,160 --> 00:45:23,440
Speaker 1: I mentioned, in that matchup, there's a chance they suddenly

860
00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:26,520
Speaker 1: turned back to him for carries in this game, but

861
00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:29,560
Speaker 1: you can't risk that. Over what's happened in the previous

862
00:45:29,640 --> 00:45:31,799
Speaker 1: five or six games, ten carries are less than four

863
00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:34,239
Speaker 1: of the last five, declining from twenty to ten to

864
00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:37,120
Speaker 1: five touches over the last three weeks. You can't risk

865
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:39,439
Speaker 1: him now. You're not playing him against Buffalo next week.

866
00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:43,120
Speaker 1: Drop him, all right, Scott correct I had basically the

867
00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:45,120
Speaker 1: same stuff. Do you know how many snaps he played,

868
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:47,319
Speaker 1: not touches snaps last week? Well, I know he only

869
00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:51,520
Speaker 1: had six touches nine snaps. Wait, how many here on

870
00:45:51,560 --> 00:45:55,920
Speaker 1: the field nine times? Nine time? You know it's you're

871
00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:59,000
Speaker 1: right that it's it's Belichick. So anything could happen. But

872
00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:03,240
Speaker 1: he's trended towards negative, fewer and fewer touches and snaps

873
00:46:03,239 --> 00:46:06,120
Speaker 1: in three straight weeks. Bill Plichick's finally figured out what

874
00:46:06,160 --> 00:46:10,359
Speaker 1: we've been telling you all year. Sony Michelle's awful at

875
00:46:10,360 --> 00:46:13,160
Speaker 1: the running back position. He didn't I don't even think

876
00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:16,279
Speaker 1: halfway through the season. You're right, I don't think he

877
00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:17,640
Speaker 1: did have but I don't think he had a registered

878
00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:20,839
Speaker 1: miss tackle three of his sidowns in one game. Yeah,

879
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:24,120
Speaker 1: it's it's a disaster for a touchdown dependent guy. He

880
00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:29,560
Speaker 1: hasn't scored in six games. His fantasy ranking in each

881
00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:32,560
Speaker 1: of the last six weeks he ranked as running back

882
00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:35,400
Speaker 1: thirty three, running back forty four, running back forty eight,

883
00:46:35,480 --> 00:46:37,840
Speaker 1: running back twenty one, running back forty three, and running

884
00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:43,120
Speaker 1: back sixty six. That's terrible. I mean, he has absolutely

885
00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:45,799
Speaker 1: harpooned your season and you can drop him out right.

886
00:46:47,600 --> 00:46:52,400
Speaker 1: That wasn't very tough. Two next year, will Austin Ekeler

887
00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:57,160
Speaker 1: be a top ten fantasy running back? Scott, Let's say

888
00:46:57,320 --> 00:46:59,919
Speaker 1: he leads the running backs in your in yards PERI

889
00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:03,080
Speaker 1: He's proven he's exceptional in the passing game. He was

890
00:47:03,239 --> 00:47:06,839
Speaker 1: RB two the first four weeks with Gordon out. He's

891
00:47:06,880 --> 00:47:12,320
Speaker 1: still RB seven since Gordon has been playing. His seventy

892
00:47:12,360 --> 00:47:15,560
Speaker 1: three receptions for eight hundred thirty yards and eight touchdowns

893
00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:19,840
Speaker 1: at receiver alone would put him at wide receiver thirteen,

894
00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:22,160
Speaker 1: not not coming his running back numbers. That's wide receiver.

895
00:47:23,120 --> 00:47:27,600
Speaker 1: With his receiving numbers, I say yes, all right, Christian, Yeah,

896
00:47:27,640 --> 00:47:30,279
Speaker 1: I agree to to pile onto the receiving numbers is

897
00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:32,719
Speaker 1: eight receiving touchdowns are as many as Mike Evans and

898
00:47:32,760 --> 00:47:35,640
Speaker 1: a Marii Cooper and more than DeAndre Hopkins and Michael Thomas.

899
00:47:35,640 --> 00:47:38,719
Speaker 1: So that's the rarefied air he's in. Just with his receiving.

900
00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:41,239
Speaker 1: We know Gordon is not coming back next year to

901
00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:45,279
Speaker 1: San Diego, right that that he'll be. So you look

902
00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:47,759
Speaker 1: at next year, you're you've got These are the These

903
00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:50,160
Speaker 1: are the ones I wrote down within the top ten

904
00:47:50,320 --> 00:47:54,440
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey, Dalvin Cook, Derrick Henry, Aaron Jones, Ezekiel Elliott,

905
00:47:54,480 --> 00:47:59,160
Speaker 1: Leonard forn At, Alvin Kamara, Josh Jacobs, Nick Chubb. Somewhere

906
00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:04,080
Speaker 1: in the four net Jones area here at like five

907
00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:06,200
Speaker 1: or six is where I start to think about Austin

908
00:48:06,239 --> 00:48:08,879
Speaker 1: Ekeler for next year. So yes, absolutely, I think he's

909
00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:11,040
Speaker 1: a top ten back next year. He's a top five

910
00:48:11,160 --> 00:48:13,919
Speaker 1: back next year, could be. I think there's only four

911
00:48:13,960 --> 00:48:17,120
Speaker 1: guys that right now I can safely say I believe

912
00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:20,680
Speaker 1: I will have ahead of Austin Ekeler in my preseason

913
00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:26,480
Speaker 1: cheat sheet, Christian McCaffrey, Dalvin Cook and The thing about

914
00:48:26,480 --> 00:48:29,680
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry is he doesn't catch anything. You know, in

915
00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:32,520
Speaker 1: pure PPR leagues, he might not be in the top five.

916
00:48:32,960 --> 00:48:36,160
Speaker 1: And then say Kwon Barkley, I'll grant those four ahead

917
00:48:36,160 --> 00:48:37,960
Speaker 1: of Austin Ekeler. I think everybody else is up for

918
00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:41,160
Speaker 1: debate based on what Zeke has done this year, based

919
00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:43,160
Speaker 1: on I like what Josh Jacobs has done, but I

920
00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:46,239
Speaker 1: don't know that he's inside there. Chubb modern four net.

921
00:48:47,320 --> 00:48:51,200
Speaker 1: I think it's Heckler top five. I really not that

922
00:48:51,239 --> 00:48:52,759
Speaker 1: top of a question either. I should have written a

923
00:48:52,800 --> 00:48:54,399
Speaker 1: harder I should have asked if he's the top five,

924
00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:59,680
Speaker 1: maybe a top seven road questions tough question making it

925
00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:02,640
Speaker 1: up here two weeks ago I asked it for shot

926
00:49:02,719 --> 00:49:04,759
Speaker 1: Penny was going to be this year's Ron Dane and

927
00:49:04,760 --> 00:49:07,319
Speaker 1: out of the blue player who powers teams through the playoffs?

928
00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:13,640
Speaker 1: Is that player actually where he mostered Christian Ultimately, I'm

929
00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:17,000
Speaker 1: gonna say no. Here. Uh it sure looks promising for

930
00:49:17,080 --> 00:49:19,080
Speaker 1: him over the last couple of games. He he has

931
00:49:19,200 --> 00:49:23,640
Speaker 1: emerged as the number one back in that backfield, But

932
00:49:23,680 --> 00:49:28,120
Speaker 1: Tevin Coleman and Matt Brada are still involved. And what

933
00:49:28,239 --> 00:49:30,200
Speaker 1: I came well and I looked at the next couple

934
00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:33,080
Speaker 1: of matchups Atlanta this week. They're not quite as bad

935
00:49:33,120 --> 00:49:35,120
Speaker 1: as you think. Against the run. They allow about four

936
00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:38,640
Speaker 1: yards per carry, ten running back touchdowns all year, the

937
00:49:38,800 --> 00:49:41,840
Speaker 1: Rams in Week sixteen, they're pretty similar, so the matchups

938
00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:45,160
Speaker 1: are not cupcake matchups. And then I looked back and

939
00:49:45,200 --> 00:49:48,960
Speaker 1: it felt like through various times throughout this year, we

940
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:51,200
Speaker 1: could have said the same thing about Tevin Coleman, like

941
00:49:51,520 --> 00:49:54,799
Speaker 1: Tevin Coleman has grabbed this backfield, he's you know, after

942
00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:56,560
Speaker 1: he had a couple of big games, or Matt Brada

943
00:49:56,640 --> 00:49:58,480
Speaker 1: early in the year had a couple of streaks just

944
00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:02,360
Speaker 1: like that. But in invitably, Kyle Shanahan just goes with

945
00:50:02,440 --> 00:50:05,560
Speaker 1: the hot hand. So I think that the the idea

946
00:50:05,680 --> 00:50:08,799
Speaker 1: that there's potential that one of these other guys could

947
00:50:08,800 --> 00:50:10,480
Speaker 1: get the hot hand in one of the next two

948
00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:13,360
Speaker 1: weeks means most Dirt is the guy that I would

949
00:50:13,360 --> 00:50:15,880
Speaker 1: bet on, but I don't think he's going to be

950
00:50:16,440 --> 00:50:20,560
Speaker 1: That makes sense, I know, is the answer? Okay, Scott,

951
00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:23,360
Speaker 1: I'll make it short and easy for is Raheem mostered

952
00:50:23,480 --> 00:50:26,040
Speaker 1: this year's Ron Dane. I like that you had to

953
00:50:26,080 --> 00:50:28,759
Speaker 1: rephrase the question after they've been a while so I

954
00:50:28,760 --> 00:50:34,239
Speaker 1: want to refresh people's memory question, I'm gonna go with yes. Uh.

955
00:50:34,840 --> 00:50:37,399
Speaker 1: Among running backs with at least a hundred touches, he's

956
00:50:37,480 --> 00:50:40,280
Speaker 1: top three in yards per carry, the yards per reception,

957
00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:44,479
Speaker 1: and obviously yards per touch. He's hyper efficient, averaging six

958
00:50:44,480 --> 00:50:48,000
Speaker 1: to seven yards per for each of those. Uh. If

959
00:50:48,040 --> 00:50:50,759
Speaker 1: the continue to feature him, which I think they will,

960
00:50:50,840 --> 00:50:53,279
Speaker 1: because he mentioned rising right in the hot hand, no

961
00:50:53,320 --> 00:50:56,520
Speaker 1: one's hotter right now for that backfield. Uh, it doesn't

962
00:50:56,520 --> 00:50:59,680
Speaker 1: matter who the match until the next games can drive

963
00:50:59,719 --> 00:51:02,600
Speaker 1: on anyone. So I don't even care who the matchup is.

964
00:51:02,840 --> 00:51:04,440
Speaker 1: I think it's more about usage, and I think he

965
00:51:04,480 --> 00:51:08,400
Speaker 1: gets it. Um last week, first round of the playoffs,

966
00:51:08,600 --> 00:51:12,319
Speaker 1: two touchdowns d nine yards for he mostered. So we'll

967
00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:14,440
Speaker 1: check one of our three weeks right. To be the

968
00:51:14,520 --> 00:51:16,960
Speaker 1: Ron Dane of the playoffs, you need to be able

969
00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:20,120
Speaker 1: to to house three games. That one we got one.

970
00:51:20,360 --> 00:51:23,319
Speaker 1: One's already in the bank. The past two weeks, he's

971
00:51:23,360 --> 00:51:28,399
Speaker 1: gotten seventy of the snaps and the snaps that's more

972
00:51:28,440 --> 00:51:31,800
Speaker 1: than anyone any other running back has had in consecutive weeks.

973
00:51:31,840 --> 00:51:34,799
Speaker 1: There is a shift happening with Kyle Shanahan where he

974
00:51:34,880 --> 00:51:38,200
Speaker 1: just can't take Whee Moasted off the field. This week,

975
00:51:38,680 --> 00:51:41,479
Speaker 1: he's inside my top ten in my rankings at running back.

976
00:51:41,840 --> 00:51:43,799
Speaker 1: It's a it's he's got an A grade for me.

977
00:51:43,880 --> 00:51:47,560
Speaker 1: Against Atlanta next week, it's a tougher matchup with the Rams.

978
00:51:47,680 --> 00:51:50,840
Speaker 1: But to Scott's point, he's really good and this team

979
00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:54,480
Speaker 1: still runs the ball the second most of any team

980
00:51:54,640 --> 00:51:57,520
Speaker 1: in the NFL, so he's going to get his work.

981
00:51:57,520 --> 00:52:00,200
Speaker 1: He's averaging six yards per carry over the last three games.

982
00:52:00,200 --> 00:52:02,719
Speaker 1: He's every seven and a half yards per carry. Where

983
00:52:02,719 --> 00:52:07,279
Speaker 1: he mostard is. In fact, here's Ron Dane, just with

984
00:52:07,320 --> 00:52:12,080
Speaker 1: a different jersey. That's all it is. And also he's functional.

985
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:18,120
Speaker 1: There really isn't. There's only one Ron Dame rolling down

986
00:52:18,120 --> 00:52:20,959
Speaker 1: the field. We're gonna work in a matchup maybe two

987
00:52:21,600 --> 00:52:24,760
Speaker 1: into this segment, beginning with Minnesota taking on the Los

988
00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:27,399
Speaker 1: Angeles Chargers. I want to start with Dalvin Cook here.

989
00:52:27,480 --> 00:52:30,240
Speaker 1: He's still scoring touchdowns, which is great, but he hasn't

990
00:52:30,239 --> 00:52:34,960
Speaker 1: topped four yards per carry in five straight games. He

991
00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:37,239
Speaker 1: hasn't had a run go longer than nine yards in

992
00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:41,479
Speaker 1: three weeks. Dalvin Cook, what happened after a shaky start

993
00:52:41,520 --> 00:52:43,520
Speaker 1: to the season. The Chargers run defense has been great

994
00:52:43,520 --> 00:52:46,320
Speaker 1: over the last month. They locked down Leo Fournette, Philip Lindsay,

995
00:52:46,360 --> 00:52:49,520
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones. There is a chance Alexander Madison does not

996
00:52:49,520 --> 00:52:50,880
Speaker 1: play in this game. In fact, I think it's a

997
00:52:50,920 --> 00:52:53,360
Speaker 1: probability that he does not play in this game. So

998
00:52:53,560 --> 00:52:57,840
Speaker 1: that had an extra five, maybe more touches to Dalvin

999
00:52:57,840 --> 00:53:00,719
Speaker 1: Cook's total. So I've just gotta be great and Dalvin Cook,

1000
00:53:01,080 --> 00:53:03,239
Speaker 1: I am a little bit nervous about him here now,

1001
00:53:04,200 --> 00:53:07,240
Speaker 1: Adam Theland is expected back, Let's talk about the effect

1002
00:53:07,320 --> 00:53:09,800
Speaker 1: there now. He said he would not return unless he

1003
00:53:09,840 --> 00:53:12,600
Speaker 1: was on, So I'm gonna presume he's one. If he's playing,

1004
00:53:12,640 --> 00:53:15,680
Speaker 1: he's completely He's off the injury port, right, So I

1005
00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:18,920
Speaker 1: don't should not have to sweat him having a relapse here.

1006
00:53:19,040 --> 00:53:24,480
Speaker 1: I better not sweat rust getting kicked off. I hope not.

1007
00:53:24,920 --> 00:53:27,200
Speaker 1: In the six full game steal And has played this year,

1008
00:53:27,400 --> 00:53:30,080
Speaker 1: he has scored six times. He's got a difficult matchup

1009
00:53:30,120 --> 00:53:32,839
Speaker 1: in the slot against cornerback Desmond King. King is very

1010
00:53:32,960 --> 00:53:36,920
Speaker 1: very fast, but he doesn't have precision footwork. He can

1011
00:53:36,960 --> 00:53:39,560
Speaker 1: just be and he does periodically give up some cushion

1012
00:53:39,560 --> 00:53:41,560
Speaker 1: which he makes up with his speed. But I think

1013
00:53:41,560 --> 00:53:45,359
Speaker 1: there's an opportunity for Theland here. That said, do they

1014
00:53:45,400 --> 00:53:47,759
Speaker 1: immediately go back to the full workload for Theland in

1015
00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:49,279
Speaker 1: his first game back. I don't know. So I just

1016
00:53:49,320 --> 00:53:51,360
Speaker 1: got the Sea great and Adam Theland. I'm nervous about it.

1017
00:53:51,440 --> 00:53:54,200
Speaker 1: Let's go to Stefan Diggs. He gets a bad matchup

1018
00:53:54,200 --> 00:53:57,160
Speaker 1: with Casey Hayward, one of the best cornerbacks in the league.

1019
00:53:57,160 --> 00:54:01,239
Speaker 1: That's generally a death sentence for most receivers. In recent weeks,

1020
00:54:01,239 --> 00:54:06,279
Speaker 1: Hayward is neutralized Tyree Hill, Tyrone Williams, Davante Adams, and

1021
00:54:06,320 --> 00:54:12,600
Speaker 1: Allen Robinson. Those are some good receivers. Hayward has allowed

1022
00:54:12,719 --> 00:54:15,640
Speaker 1: forty five yards or less in his coverage in every

1023
00:54:15,719 --> 00:54:19,160
Speaker 1: game but one. Only court in Sutland. Sutton all year

1024
00:54:19,280 --> 00:54:21,240
Speaker 1: long has hit him hard, who had a two touchdown

1025
00:54:21,280 --> 00:54:25,279
Speaker 1: game against him. That's it now the upside for Diggs, though,

1026
00:54:25,400 --> 00:54:27,879
Speaker 1: His two best performances of the year came against very

1027
00:54:27,880 --> 00:54:32,160
Speaker 1: good cornerbacks Chris Harris and Darius Slay. So yeah, maybe

1028
00:54:32,600 --> 00:54:34,359
Speaker 1: maybe there's something here for Diggs. But I've just got

1029
00:54:34,360 --> 00:54:35,839
Speaker 1: to see grade on him. And if I've got Sea

1030
00:54:35,840 --> 00:54:37,600
Speaker 1: grades on Diggs and Theland, you can imagine I've got

1031
00:54:37,640 --> 00:54:40,799
Speaker 1: to see Grade and Kirk Cousins with this secondary which

1032
00:54:40,840 --> 00:54:43,880
Speaker 1: now has its safeties back there when James and Adrian

1033
00:54:43,920 --> 00:54:46,640
Speaker 1: Phillips Chargers just playing looked very tough. And the last

1034
00:54:46,680 --> 00:54:49,879
Speaker 1: three quarterbacks to face the Chargers have thrown for one

1035
00:54:49,960 --> 00:54:53,880
Speaker 1: hundred sixty two yards, one hundred thirty four yards and

1036
00:54:54,000 --> 00:54:57,720
Speaker 1: one two yards. That's it. So just the C grade

1037
00:54:57,840 --> 00:54:59,640
Speaker 1: on Kirk Cousins in this game and staying with the

1038
00:54:59,640 --> 00:55:02,759
Speaker 1: past offense. Uh, Kyle Rudolph's on the bench because he

1039
00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:07,200
Speaker 1: was invisible before Adam Feelan's injury. So assuming Theeeland does

1040
00:55:07,200 --> 00:55:09,560
Speaker 1: in fact come back as expected, I gotta worry that

1041
00:55:09,560 --> 00:55:12,680
Speaker 1: that Kyle Rudolph goes back to being invisible like he

1042
00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:16,279
Speaker 1: was before. So that's uh. That wraps up the Viking side.

1043
00:55:16,360 --> 00:55:20,400
Speaker 1: Let's talk about the Chargers side. Earlier we heard is

1044
00:55:20,480 --> 00:55:24,320
Speaker 1: talking about our my our collective love of Austin Ekeler.

1045
00:55:24,640 --> 00:55:26,480
Speaker 1: He's got an A grade in this one. He was

1046
00:55:26,520 --> 00:55:28,759
Speaker 1: supposed to wither and die once Melvin Gordon came back.

1047
00:55:28,840 --> 00:55:30,800
Speaker 1: That didn't work out at all. He's been great basically

1048
00:55:30,800 --> 00:55:33,240
Speaker 1: in every game Turkey match up here in this respect,

1049
00:55:33,280 --> 00:55:35,960
Speaker 1: though no back has caught more than four balls against Minnesota,

1050
00:55:36,120 --> 00:55:38,840
Speaker 1: and only one is top thirty four receiving yards against

1051
00:55:38,840 --> 00:55:41,960
Speaker 1: the Vikings. They've been arguably the NFL's best defense against

1052
00:55:41,960 --> 00:55:45,680
Speaker 1: past catching backs. Minnesota's run defense notably worse on the ground.

1053
00:55:45,680 --> 00:55:50,640
Speaker 1: They're giving up one hundred eleven rushing yards in road games.

1054
00:55:50,719 --> 00:55:53,720
Speaker 1: So maybe echo chips in you know some good decent

1055
00:55:53,719 --> 00:55:55,919
Speaker 1: percentage of help on the ground as well. And I've

1056
00:55:55,920 --> 00:55:58,200
Speaker 1: still got an A grade on Austin Neckliks. He seems

1057
00:55:58,239 --> 00:56:01,240
Speaker 1: to be good every week. Melvin Gordon just the B grade.

1058
00:56:01,280 --> 00:56:04,959
Speaker 1: As mentioned, Vikings are worse on the ground on the road.

1059
00:56:05,080 --> 00:56:07,520
Speaker 1: They're big rushing games the Vikings have allowed have all

1060
00:56:07,520 --> 00:56:09,880
Speaker 1: been on the road. Aaron Jones on the road, Damian

1061
00:56:09,920 --> 00:56:12,959
Speaker 1: Williams on the road, the Seattle Seahawks backs on the road,

1062
00:56:13,400 --> 00:56:15,600
Speaker 1: all with big games against the Vikings and about the

1063
00:56:15,600 --> 00:56:18,280
Speaker 1: only ones with big games against the Vikings. And Melvin

1064
00:56:18,360 --> 00:56:20,800
Speaker 1: Gordon rock solid lately over his past five games, averaging

1065
00:56:20,840 --> 00:56:23,799
Speaker 1: twenty touches for a hundred five yards and almost a

1066
00:56:23,840 --> 00:56:26,960
Speaker 1: touchdown per game. Let's go to the passing offense. Philip

1067
00:56:27,040 --> 00:56:30,400
Speaker 1: Rivers gets a B grade. He toyed with the Jacksonville

1068
00:56:30,520 --> 00:56:33,600
Speaker 1: Secondary last week, posting his best fantasy game of the year.

1069
00:56:33,920 --> 00:56:36,560
Speaker 1: Now the Vikings should offer another strong game for Rivers.

1070
00:56:36,880 --> 00:56:40,040
Speaker 1: The only the touchdown resistant Redskins have failed to throw

1071
00:56:40,080 --> 00:56:42,680
Speaker 1: a passing touchdown against Minnesota. And I like his wide

1072
00:56:42,719 --> 00:56:45,919
Speaker 1: receivers matchups, and let's talk about them right now. Keenan Allen,

1073
00:56:45,960 --> 00:56:47,920
Speaker 1: with a B grade, has scored twice in his last

1074
00:56:47,920 --> 00:56:51,000
Speaker 1: three games. He's got a seventy four yard average over

1075
00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:53,600
Speaker 1: those three games, and I think he gets about that

1076
00:56:53,719 --> 00:56:56,959
Speaker 1: against the sagging Vikings secondary over the last five weeks,

1077
00:56:56,960 --> 00:56:59,719
Speaker 1: they've surrendered the fifth most fantasy points to wide receivers.

1078
00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:03,160
Speaker 1: Allen lines up against Mackenzie Alexander in the slot, who

1079
00:57:03,239 --> 00:57:06,240
Speaker 1: yielded has yielded two scores in his last four games,

1080
00:57:06,280 --> 00:57:08,080
Speaker 1: and the Vikings have given up big games to other

1081
00:57:08,120 --> 00:57:11,440
Speaker 1: slot receivers like Danny Amondola and Tyreek Hill and Randall

1082
00:57:11,480 --> 00:57:15,120
Speaker 1: cop So be great for Keenan Allen and lastly, well

1083
00:57:15,160 --> 00:57:20,960
Speaker 1: actually second second to lastly, uh Mike Williams penultimately, penultimately

1084
00:57:21,120 --> 00:57:23,920
Speaker 1: Mike Williams, who will face cornerback Trey Wayne's in coverage,

1085
00:57:23,920 --> 00:57:26,840
Speaker 1: whos yielded four scores in his last seven starts. Williams

1086
00:57:26,880 --> 00:57:29,600
Speaker 1: also has four inches and thirty pounds on waynes, which

1087
00:57:29,600 --> 00:57:31,840
Speaker 1: is an advantage. As always, Mike Williams is always a

1088
00:57:31,840 --> 00:57:34,360
Speaker 1: boom or bust guy. So we're back to Lamar Jackson card.

1089
00:57:34,720 --> 00:57:37,000
Speaker 1: You could play him if you're if you're playing against

1090
00:57:37,080 --> 00:57:38,960
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson and hope that this is one of the

1091
00:57:38,960 --> 00:57:42,040
Speaker 1: boom games for Mike Williams. Hunter Henry's You're gonna start

1092
00:57:42,040 --> 00:57:44,360
Speaker 1: every week anyway, but a B grade here. I'll note

1093
00:57:44,360 --> 00:57:46,440
Speaker 1: the Vikings have given up a lot of receptions and

1094
00:57:46,520 --> 00:57:51,840
Speaker 1: yards to running backs, but only one touchdown all year. Um,

1095
00:57:52,200 --> 00:57:55,200
Speaker 1: let's let's take a break. When when we come back,

1096
00:57:55,440 --> 00:57:58,760
Speaker 1: I want to talk about the Jacksonville Oakland match up.

1097
00:57:59,280 --> 00:58:04,840
Speaker 1: Leonard four has been a factor, to say, one of

1098
00:58:04,880 --> 00:58:07,280
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1110
00:58:59,240 --> 00:59:01,080
Speaker 1: into the matchups. But first, did you know you can

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1116
00:59:24,400 --> 00:59:27,760
Speaker 1: Jacksonville takes on Oakland Scott and no DJ Chark in

1117
00:59:27,760 --> 00:59:30,720
Speaker 1: this game. What do you think about the other receivers

1118
00:59:30,800 --> 00:59:34,080
Speaker 1: for the Jaguars? Sure, I'll start with their leading receiver

1119
00:59:34,200 --> 00:59:38,440
Speaker 1: Leo Fournette, who has sixty eight receptions, one more than

1120
00:59:38,560 --> 00:59:42,120
Speaker 1: DJ Chark on the season, unbelievable nine in the NFL

1121
00:59:42,160 --> 00:59:46,680
Speaker 1: and receptions at all positions. Yeah, yeah, it's inside. I

1122
00:59:46,760 --> 00:59:48,560
Speaker 1: never saw that coming. But I also didn't see him

1123
00:59:48,560 --> 00:59:50,720
Speaker 1: playing fourteen straight games. Yeah, I have an a grade

1124
00:59:50,720 --> 00:59:52,720
Speaker 1: on four Nette because he's healthy. We thought being the

1125
00:59:52,720 --> 00:59:55,000
Speaker 1: preseason Bell cow. He if he stays healthy, he's a

1126
00:59:56,040 --> 00:59:58,600
Speaker 1: three touch a game guy. Now he gets a defense

1127
00:59:58,640 --> 01:00:00,960
Speaker 1: in the Oakland Raiders, who have allowed five running back

1128
01:00:01,000 --> 01:00:03,480
Speaker 1: touchdowns in just the last two weeks. You've teased it

1129
01:00:03,520 --> 01:00:06,520
Speaker 1: before the break. Maybe he gets that elusive touchdown. That

1130
01:00:06,560 --> 01:00:09,640
Speaker 1: would be nice. A grade for Leonard Fournette in the

1131
01:00:09,680 --> 01:00:13,280
Speaker 1: passing game without Shark. I love D D Westbrook this week.

1132
01:00:13,320 --> 01:00:15,040
Speaker 1: I have a B grade on him. He's getting a

1133
01:00:15,120 --> 01:00:18,400
Speaker 1: juicy matchup with Marcus Joyner in the slot. He's averaging

1134
01:00:18,480 --> 01:00:22,440
Speaker 1: nearly seven catches per game over the last three and

1135
01:00:22,520 --> 01:00:26,160
Speaker 1: DJ Chark's eight targets per game. They're available. Yeah, for sure,

1136
01:00:26,320 --> 01:00:29,000
Speaker 1: D you can get some of those. Uh. What do

1137
01:00:29,040 --> 01:00:31,320
Speaker 1: you think of Chris Connley. You're the Chris Connley expert

1138
01:00:31,320 --> 01:00:34,080
Speaker 1: in the I am the Chris Connley expert. We have

1139
01:00:34,360 --> 01:00:38,160
Speaker 1: correctly predicted all five times you should play Chris Connley.

1140
01:00:38,360 --> 01:00:40,840
Speaker 1: You gotta pick your spots. This is one of them.

1141
01:00:40,840 --> 01:00:43,280
Speaker 1: This is one of them. Now Bradbury will not bother

1142
01:00:43,440 --> 01:00:46,040
Speaker 1: to take Chris Conley. That gives him the easiest matchup

1143
01:00:46,040 --> 01:00:48,400
Speaker 1: on the field. Connley is all about the cheap, deep

1144
01:00:48,400 --> 01:00:51,080
Speaker 1: speed and that's a possibility here. I like, I like

1145
01:00:51,200 --> 01:00:55,760
Speaker 1: the prospects of of of a decent game here. Uh

1146
01:00:55,800 --> 01:00:58,640
Speaker 1: for Chris Conley, So I'm gonna give him a C grade,

1147
01:00:58,960 --> 01:01:02,120
Speaker 1: starting C grade. Think he's my thirty four ranked wide

1148
01:01:02,120 --> 01:01:04,960
Speaker 1: receiver this week. Very nice, very nice. He's the kind

1149
01:01:04,960 --> 01:01:07,800
Speaker 1: of guy you recommend for someone going up against Lamar Jackson.

1150
01:01:07,840 --> 01:01:11,320
Speaker 1: Perhaps I don't know that he's I don't think he's

1151
01:01:11,360 --> 01:01:15,320
Speaker 1: got like a two touchdown hundre yard game. Conley Connolly's

1152
01:01:15,360 --> 01:01:20,520
Speaker 1: floor is like underground. His floor is so extremely problem now.

1153
01:01:20,600 --> 01:01:23,360
Speaker 1: Robby Anderson was built a little bit like him. Against

1154
01:01:23,360 --> 01:01:27,520
Speaker 1: Oakland to three games ago, had a very big game.

1155
01:01:27,600 --> 01:01:29,640
Speaker 1: So maybe there's you know, there might be a little something.

1156
01:01:29,680 --> 01:01:31,600
Speaker 1: That's a lot of Chris Conney talk. That's a lot

1157
01:01:31,640 --> 01:01:34,800
Speaker 1: that's too much. Gardner Minshew. Raiders are bottom six against

1158
01:01:34,920 --> 01:01:37,520
Speaker 1: every position in Fantasy this year. So that's good for

1159
01:01:37,520 --> 01:01:40,920
Speaker 1: four net. That's good for the passing game. Minshew has

1160
01:01:40,960 --> 01:01:43,320
Speaker 1: failed to throw for more than two fifteen yards and

1161
01:01:43,480 --> 01:01:46,280
Speaker 1: five of his nine complete games, but he's got some

1162
01:01:46,320 --> 01:01:49,280
Speaker 1: opportunity here, as Ryan Finley is the only QB to

1163
01:01:49,480 --> 01:01:52,479
Speaker 1: fail to throw a touchdown pass against the Raiders nine

1164
01:01:52,520 --> 01:01:55,880
Speaker 1: of the ten had multiple touchdowns, so I like Minshew

1165
01:01:55,920 --> 01:01:59,520
Speaker 1: with a B. Here. On the other side, Jacobs, I'm

1166
01:01:59,560 --> 01:02:01,720
Speaker 1: giving an if he goes because he's just in a

1167
01:02:01,760 --> 01:02:04,040
Speaker 1: smash spot. As you mentioned with your take a Chance

1168
01:02:04,080 --> 01:02:07,960
Speaker 1: on me, player Washington can even be really decent in

1169
01:02:08,000 --> 01:02:11,520
Speaker 1: this matchup. Even if Jacobs goes. H the Jags have

1170
01:02:11,560 --> 01:02:14,160
Speaker 1: allowed five backs. Well, you mentioned it in the take up.

1171
01:02:14,240 --> 01:02:16,640
Speaker 1: I don't need to go over it. The passing game,

1172
01:02:16,680 --> 01:02:19,000
Speaker 1: I don't love it, though I'm starting. I'm starting Waller.

1173
01:02:19,040 --> 01:02:21,000
Speaker 1: I'm giving him a B grade because the Jags are

1174
01:02:21,000 --> 01:02:23,800
Speaker 1: giving up tight end touchdowns left and right, including two

1175
01:02:23,880 --> 01:02:27,480
Speaker 1: last week. But the other guys know. The Jags are

1176
01:02:27,480 --> 01:02:30,240
Speaker 1: allowing the fourth fewest passing the attempts. Car has only

1177
01:02:30,280 --> 01:02:34,000
Speaker 1: thrown more than thirty four passing attempts once this year. Um,

1178
01:02:34,200 --> 01:02:36,360
Speaker 1: I expect a low volume, lots of running games, so

1179
01:02:36,480 --> 01:02:38,280
Speaker 1: the rest of the passing games on the bench. Yeah,

1180
01:02:38,360 --> 01:02:41,680
Speaker 1: i'd watched Moreau's gonna steal a time. Moreau has five

1181
01:02:41,720 --> 01:02:44,840
Speaker 1: touchdowns on the season. Waller has two. I believe the

1182
01:02:44,840 --> 01:02:47,160
Speaker 1: top of my head, guess right, I'm pretty sure that's

1183
01:02:47,360 --> 01:02:50,200
Speaker 1: I bet that's very close. Cleveland takes on Arizona. Christian

1184
01:02:50,200 --> 01:02:52,520
Speaker 1: already talked about Baker Mayfields might take a chance on

1185
01:02:52,600 --> 01:02:57,280
Speaker 1: the quarterback. I in in that discussion earlier, I mentioned

1186
01:02:57,320 --> 01:02:59,560
Speaker 1: the great matchups, and I think he's got all around

1187
01:02:59,600 --> 01:03:03,760
Speaker 1: the field. This is your chance to elucidate those matchups. Yeah, well,

1188
01:03:04,040 --> 01:03:07,360
Speaker 1: I mean you you mentioned Jarvis Landry in particular against

1189
01:03:07,360 --> 01:03:11,160
Speaker 1: slot receivers against Arizona, it's pretty ridiculous. I mean, any

1190
01:03:11,200 --> 01:03:13,160
Speaker 1: slot receiver you can go back at look at their

1191
01:03:13,200 --> 01:03:15,840
Speaker 1: game log. They've all erupted against them. Tyler Boy a

1192
01:03:15,920 --> 01:03:18,800
Speaker 1: hundred twenty three yards in a touchdown, Chris Godwin six

1193
01:03:18,840 --> 01:03:22,360
Speaker 1: for seventy four, Cooper Cup sixty five yards and a touchdown.

1194
01:03:22,440 --> 01:03:24,360
Speaker 1: Michael Thomas spends quite a bit of time in the slot,

1195
01:03:24,440 --> 01:03:26,720
Speaker 1: a hundred and twelve yards in a touchdown. I've got

1196
01:03:26,720 --> 01:03:29,480
Speaker 1: an a grade on Jarvis Landry here in this matchup,

1197
01:03:29,720 --> 01:03:32,640
Speaker 1: specifically out of the slot. Odell Beckham Junior is a

1198
01:03:32,680 --> 01:03:35,800
Speaker 1: little bit of a tougher call here. Well or maybe not.

1199
01:03:35,920 --> 01:03:37,680
Speaker 1: He might just he might just be a bench I

1200
01:03:37,720 --> 01:03:39,920
Speaker 1: gave him a sea level starting grade, but things have

1201
01:03:40,000 --> 01:03:42,120
Speaker 1: not gone well for him. We learned, of course, a

1202
01:03:42,160 --> 01:03:44,480
Speaker 1: week ago that it's he's been battling through an injury,

1203
01:03:44,520 --> 01:03:46,960
Speaker 1: so maybe that explains part of it. He'll drop Patrick

1204
01:03:47,000 --> 01:03:49,960
Speaker 1: Peterson in this matchup, who hasn't been the Patrick Peterson

1205
01:03:50,000 --> 01:03:53,560
Speaker 1: of old. But I don't know how you trust Odell

1206
01:03:53,640 --> 01:03:57,200
Speaker 1: Beckham at this point, even even in a cupcake matchup

1207
01:03:57,240 --> 01:03:59,600
Speaker 1: against a bad secondary. So right just to sea level

1208
01:03:59,640 --> 01:04:02,080
Speaker 1: starting rate on him. Of course, we all know by

1209
01:04:02,120 --> 01:04:05,000
Speaker 1: this point that whatever tight end you have facing the

1210
01:04:05,040 --> 01:04:07,760
Speaker 1: Cardinals is in the lineup, So that brings David to

1211
01:04:07,840 --> 01:04:10,080
Speaker 1: Joko into focus here. I gave him just a B

1212
01:04:10,280 --> 01:04:13,120
Speaker 1: level grade because he'd been on i R all year

1213
01:04:13,160 --> 01:04:16,320
Speaker 1: until last week, but I was turned and did almost

1214
01:04:16,360 --> 01:04:18,360
Speaker 1: nothing right. But that was not the rustoff game for

1215
01:04:18,440 --> 01:04:21,440
Speaker 1: David and Joko. This is gonna be the rustless game

1216
01:04:21,760 --> 01:04:23,760
Speaker 1: for David. I think you're right. I think you gotta

1217
01:04:23,760 --> 01:04:25,240
Speaker 1: put him. You gotta put him in your line up.

1218
01:04:25,280 --> 01:04:27,960
Speaker 1: The massive matchup can't possibly get any better. So I

1219
01:04:27,960 --> 01:04:30,880
Speaker 1: gave him a B grade, maybe maybe even an A.

1220
01:04:30,960 --> 01:04:33,480
Speaker 1: Here and the Russian game, Nick Chubb just to be

1221
01:04:33,680 --> 01:04:36,560
Speaker 1: now because he's giving up too much, too much attention

1222
01:04:36,600 --> 01:04:39,200
Speaker 1: to Kareem Hunt. Kareem Hunt has stolen three touchdowns in

1223
01:04:39,240 --> 01:04:41,760
Speaker 1: the last three weeks. He's taking all the receptions. So

1224
01:04:42,120 --> 01:04:44,680
Speaker 1: Chubb is gonna get fifteen to twenty carries and probably

1225
01:04:44,680 --> 01:04:47,360
Speaker 1: close to a hundred yards, but the receptions are not

1226
01:04:47,400 --> 01:04:49,880
Speaker 1: going to be there. The touchdown may not be there.

1227
01:04:49,920 --> 01:04:52,360
Speaker 1: So just to b for Chubb Kareem Hunt, I gave

1228
01:04:52,400 --> 01:04:56,480
Speaker 1: a C grade. He's in the ten twelve touch range

1229
01:04:56,480 --> 01:04:58,400
Speaker 1: and he needs so he kind of needs the touchdown

1230
01:04:59,000 --> 01:05:01,080
Speaker 1: in order to be relevant. He's been getting the touchdown

1231
01:05:01,080 --> 01:05:04,240
Speaker 1: he's been getting. Let's call it a B. Let's call

1232
01:05:04,240 --> 01:05:06,360
Speaker 1: it a B and and the matchup is Arizona is

1233
01:05:06,640 --> 01:05:08,240
Speaker 1: not nearly as bad against the run as they are

1234
01:05:08,240 --> 01:05:10,640
Speaker 1: against the past, but they're nothing special. So bs to

1235
01:05:11,320 --> 01:05:13,800
Speaker 1: both members of the of the backfield. There on the

1236
01:05:13,840 --> 01:05:17,600
Speaker 1: Cardinals side, Kyler Murray has been really struggling. Just a

1237
01:05:17,640 --> 01:05:20,800
Speaker 1: hundred and nine passing yards are less in three straight games.

1238
01:05:20,800 --> 01:05:23,720
Speaker 1: He's stayed afloat with rushing rushing scores and two of

1239
01:05:23,760 --> 01:05:27,520
Speaker 1: the last three. That's a good thing against Cleveland because

1240
01:05:27,560 --> 01:05:32,640
Speaker 1: they've yielded three rushing touchdowns this year. There's their secondary

1241
01:05:32,720 --> 01:05:35,160
Speaker 1: is pretty decent though, so it's it's gonna be another

1242
01:05:35,200 --> 01:05:37,120
Speaker 1: limited day in the passing games, so you're gonna need

1243
01:05:37,160 --> 01:05:39,080
Speaker 1: to count on that rushing touchdown. I have a B

1244
01:05:39,200 --> 01:05:42,400
Speaker 1: grade on Murray. Christian Kirk is just barely in here

1245
01:05:42,480 --> 01:05:45,680
Speaker 1: with a C grade. Heavily targeted but doing nothing with those.

1246
01:05:45,680 --> 01:05:48,440
Speaker 1: He scored in only one game all year, despite eight

1247
01:05:48,720 --> 01:05:52,120
Speaker 1: eight and a half targets per game over the last month.

1248
01:05:52,160 --> 01:05:54,960
Speaker 1: So he's going to get the attention, just I, just

1249
01:05:55,080 --> 01:05:56,880
Speaker 1: I can't count on him to do much with it.

1250
01:05:57,160 --> 01:06:00,240
Speaker 1: Larry Fitzgerald hasn't top fifty six yards since weeks six

1251
01:06:00,240 --> 01:06:02,320
Speaker 1: and just one touchdown in that span, so he's on

1252
01:06:02,360 --> 01:06:05,960
Speaker 1: the bench. Scott No, alright, Uh, let's move to the

1253
01:06:06,080 --> 01:06:09,280
Speaker 1: running game. Kenyan Drake has taken over this backfield fourteen

1254
01:06:09,360 --> 01:06:12,360
Speaker 1: touches last week to just five for David Johnson, but

1255
01:06:12,400 --> 01:06:15,720
Speaker 1: he hasn't scored since Week nine. The Browns just gave

1256
01:06:15,760 --> 01:06:17,960
Speaker 1: up a hundred and eighty six combined rushing and receiving

1257
01:06:18,040 --> 01:06:21,320
Speaker 1: yards to Joe Mixon last week, so there is some

1258
01:06:21,440 --> 01:06:23,919
Speaker 1: upside here, but you never know, you know, they could

1259
01:06:23,960 --> 01:06:26,200
Speaker 1: turn back to David Johnson at any time because Drake

1260
01:06:26,240 --> 01:06:30,160
Speaker 1: really hasn't been that good. He's getting the touches and

1261
01:06:30,240 --> 01:06:33,360
Speaker 1: David Johnson is on your bench. Yeah, receiving touchdown last week,

1262
01:06:33,360 --> 01:06:35,840
Speaker 1: but just eleven touches in the last two games. He's

1263
01:06:35,880 --> 01:06:38,440
Speaker 1: on the bench alright. Final matchup of the segment Rams

1264
01:06:38,520 --> 01:06:43,000
Speaker 1: taking on the Cowboys with twenty touches and back to

1265
01:06:43,080 --> 01:06:47,760
Speaker 1: back games. Look who's turned into a ball cow it's

1266
01:06:47,840 --> 01:06:51,600
Speaker 1: Todd Gurley. Now. They were saving Gurley for the end

1267
01:06:51,640 --> 01:06:53,840
Speaker 1: of the year. Well they're trying to make the playoffs

1268
01:06:53,880 --> 01:06:56,720
Speaker 1: in December. They're not in. They gotta use him now.

1269
01:06:56,880 --> 01:06:59,600
Speaker 1: And that's exactly what Sean McVeigh is doing. They used

1270
01:06:59,640 --> 01:07:01,960
Speaker 1: him so lightly all seasons so they could use them

1271
01:07:02,000 --> 01:07:03,120
Speaker 1: and they had to have him at the end of

1272
01:07:03,120 --> 01:07:05,280
Speaker 1: the year. They've got to have him now, so I

1273
01:07:05,320 --> 01:07:08,760
Speaker 1: think he continues to have a lot of carries. Tough

1274
01:07:08,800 --> 01:07:11,640
Speaker 1: matchup though, Dallas has allowed just four scores and no

1275
01:07:11,760 --> 01:07:14,520
Speaker 1: one hundred yard games to opposing backs in their last

1276
01:07:14,600 --> 01:07:17,440
Speaker 1: half season of games last eight only four scores and

1277
01:07:17,480 --> 01:07:20,680
Speaker 1: no one hundred yard games. Now, if Layton vander Esh

1278
01:07:21,000 --> 01:07:23,480
Speaker 1: misses his fourth consecutive game, I like him a lot more,

1279
01:07:23,600 --> 01:07:25,360
Speaker 1: and you know we he's I've got a B grade

1280
01:07:25,360 --> 01:07:27,160
Speaker 1: on him right now. I'll move Todd Gurley to an

1281
01:07:27,160 --> 01:07:30,480
Speaker 1: A grade. If Layton vander Esh is out, let's talk

1282
01:07:30,480 --> 01:07:33,480
Speaker 1: about the passing game. Jared Goff go a B grade here.

1283
01:07:33,520 --> 01:07:36,200
Speaker 1: He's playing the best ball of his season, and I

1284
01:07:36,240 --> 01:07:38,760
Speaker 1: think that's in part because Todd Gurley is getting a

1285
01:07:38,760 --> 01:07:41,880
Speaker 1: lot of work. They're back to the formula that has

1286
01:07:41,920 --> 01:07:45,400
Speaker 1: proven successful for Jared Goff in the past, which is, frankly,

1287
01:07:46,080 --> 01:07:48,240
Speaker 1: keep being the ball in Todd Gurley's hands as much

1288
01:07:48,280 --> 01:07:53,720
Speaker 1: as possible. Now, Golf looks strong, he looks confident. He's

1289
01:07:53,720 --> 01:07:55,920
Speaker 1: had two touchdowns and back to back games, which for

1290
01:07:55,960 --> 01:07:58,400
Speaker 1: him is very good. He's got some decent matchups out there.

1291
01:07:58,400 --> 01:08:02,160
Speaker 1: Cooper Cup faces off. It's Jordan Lewis who's allowed touchdowns

1292
01:08:02,200 --> 01:08:05,320
Speaker 1: in consecutive games. I like that part, and Cooper Cup

1293
01:08:05,360 --> 01:08:08,280
Speaker 1: gets a B grade in this game. Now he the

1294
01:08:08,400 --> 01:08:10,600
Speaker 1: worry on Cup has He only played ont of the

1295
01:08:10,600 --> 01:08:12,280
Speaker 1: snaps last week and I have no idea why his

1296
01:08:12,320 --> 01:08:15,000
Speaker 1: snapcount would have been so low. But over the last

1297
01:08:15,040 --> 01:08:18,000
Speaker 1: five games, Cup is averaging four catches forty yards per game.

1298
01:08:18,040 --> 01:08:21,320
Speaker 1: Those aren't great numbers either. It's a favorable matchup against Lewis,

1299
01:08:21,320 --> 01:08:23,320
Speaker 1: who I mentioned. Cole Beasley just put up a good

1300
01:08:23,360 --> 01:08:25,400
Speaker 1: game on him a couple of weeks ago. So it's

1301
01:08:25,400 --> 01:08:28,040
Speaker 1: a B grade. On Cooper Cup B grade and Robert Woods,

1302
01:08:28,040 --> 01:08:30,479
Speaker 1: who's surging lately. Over the last four games, He's got

1303
01:08:30,520 --> 01:08:32,599
Speaker 1: at least six catches and ninety five yards. He's averaging

1304
01:08:32,600 --> 01:08:35,000
Speaker 1: nearly twelve targets per game. Woods may be able to

1305
01:08:35,080 --> 01:08:37,760
Speaker 1: keep his hot streak intact against the Cowboys secondary that

1306
01:08:37,840 --> 01:08:41,280
Speaker 1: over the last four games has allowed seven receiver scores

1307
01:08:41,960 --> 01:08:47,439
Speaker 1: and Brandon Cooks totally dead. To us. It's a remarkable

1308
01:08:47,520 --> 01:08:52,160
Speaker 1: fall for Brandon Cooks. The concussions is one topic. But

1309
01:08:52,320 --> 01:08:54,519
Speaker 1: how you can be back for three weeks and get

1310
01:08:54,520 --> 01:08:57,960
Speaker 1: thrown to like once a game after that, I don't understand.

1311
01:08:58,400 --> 01:09:00,760
Speaker 1: So Brandon Cooks, he's not even star to most leagues

1312
01:09:00,760 --> 01:09:04,679
Speaker 1: at this point. Let's go to the Dallas side. Dak

1313
01:09:04,680 --> 01:09:07,000
Speaker 1: Prescott gets a C grade. The best thing going for

1314
01:09:07,080 --> 01:09:09,200
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott and this one is volume, and he's thrown

1315
01:09:09,200 --> 01:09:12,360
Speaker 1: the ball forty six times or more in four of

1316
01:09:12,400 --> 01:09:16,479
Speaker 1: the past five games. But since the Jalen Ramsey trade,

1317
01:09:16,479 --> 01:09:20,000
Speaker 1: the Rams secondary has been excellent, allowing just two twenty

1318
01:09:20,080 --> 01:09:23,439
Speaker 1: three yards per game, just one point three touchdowns per game.

1319
01:09:23,520 --> 01:09:26,599
Speaker 1: That's it. And if you throw out Lamar Jackson's insane game,

1320
01:09:26,680 --> 01:09:28,960
Speaker 1: the Rams are down to allowing just a zero point

1321
01:09:29,040 --> 01:09:33,320
Speaker 1: six passing touchdowns in the Ramsey era. Those are very,

1322
01:09:33,439 --> 01:09:35,960
Speaker 1: very daunting numbers for Dak Prescott and that's why he's

1323
01:09:36,000 --> 01:09:37,840
Speaker 1: only a seat and that's why Amari Cooper is just

1324
01:09:37,880 --> 01:09:40,240
Speaker 1: to be He's posted over eight yards and back to

1325
01:09:40,280 --> 01:09:42,599
Speaker 1: back games despite his knee injury, and he's had difficult

1326
01:09:42,640 --> 01:09:46,719
Speaker 1: matchups against Tradavious White and Kyle Fuller. Uh. Now Cooper

1327
01:09:46,720 --> 01:09:49,400
Speaker 1: Cooper's gotta deal with Jalen Ramsey. Uh. He's averaging less

1328
01:09:49,400 --> 01:09:51,599
Speaker 1: than thirty yards per game in his coverage, hasn't given

1329
01:09:51,680 --> 01:09:54,000
Speaker 1: up a touchdown since the trade to l A. So

1330
01:09:54,439 --> 01:09:57,639
Speaker 1: just to be grade on Cooper, and honestly, I could

1331
01:09:57,760 --> 01:10:00,839
Speaker 1: we could call him a C grade. Really, Michael Gallop

1332
01:10:00,920 --> 01:10:04,160
Speaker 1: also a B grade. In the flast four games, Gallops

1333
01:10:04,160 --> 01:10:08,280
Speaker 1: actually outproducing Amari Cooper, averaging ninety four yards and nine

1334
01:10:08,320 --> 01:10:11,479
Speaker 1: targets per game, in part because Cooper keeps drawing these

1335
01:10:11,479 --> 01:10:14,640
Speaker 1: great number one cornerbacks in the path of least resistance.

1336
01:10:14,800 --> 01:10:18,040
Speaker 1: Is just playing through Gallop. We could see, we could

1337
01:10:18,040 --> 01:10:20,080
Speaker 1: see it go that way here, and I think Gallop

1338
01:10:20,200 --> 01:10:23,160
Speaker 1: is is potentially the more startable of the two of them,

1339
01:10:23,320 --> 01:10:25,920
Speaker 1: and a B grade on Michael Gallop. That only leaves

1340
01:10:25,960 --> 01:10:30,080
Speaker 1: us with Ezekiel Elliott B grade. He's almost always finds

1341
01:10:30,080 --> 01:10:31,640
Speaker 1: his way to a good game. Um, he's had just

1342
01:10:31,680 --> 01:10:34,360
Speaker 1: one done all year. But this matchup is incredibly tricky

1343
01:10:34,360 --> 01:10:37,400
Speaker 1: and I do not see explosive output coming for him

1344
01:10:37,400 --> 01:10:40,080
Speaker 1: against the Rams. Only one back is top seventy six

1345
01:10:40,160 --> 01:10:42,400
Speaker 1: yards since way back in Week five against l A.

1346
01:10:42,720 --> 01:10:45,519
Speaker 1: The Rams have allowed one rushing touchdown since Week six.

1347
01:10:46,400 --> 01:10:48,840
Speaker 1: Zeke usually salvages his floor a little bit through his

1348
01:10:48,960 --> 01:10:51,280
Speaker 1: receiving work, but the Rams having allowed of back the

1349
01:10:51,280 --> 01:10:54,200
Speaker 1: top thirty five receiving yards since the opener. You know,

1350
01:10:54,320 --> 01:10:56,519
Speaker 1: and not only that, but there is some quit to

1351
01:10:56,600 --> 01:10:59,920
Speaker 1: these cowboys. Just as an intangible aside for all of

1352
01:11:00,040 --> 01:11:03,240
Speaker 1: these cowboys, there's some quit to this team. And I

1353
01:11:03,320 --> 01:11:05,240
Speaker 1: have some worried that this thing could be a great

1354
01:11:05,400 --> 01:11:07,680
Speaker 1: a dud and the Rams could roll this team just

1355
01:11:07,720 --> 01:11:10,840
Speaker 1: like they did last week. I could do We'll take

1356
01:11:10,880 --> 01:11:14,599
Speaker 1: a break, final break of the show on our final

1357
01:11:14,680 --> 01:11:18,240
Speaker 1: set of matchups, and that includes the Monday nighter Indianapolis

1358
01:11:18,280 --> 01:11:20,439
Speaker 1: coming up against New Orleans will tell you what to

1359
01:11:20,479 --> 01:11:22,280
Speaker 1: do with all of your Saints that if you dare

1360
01:11:22,320 --> 01:11:27,920
Speaker 1: start um uh Alvin Kamara. What a disaster season it's been.

1361
01:11:28,040 --> 01:11:31,080
Speaker 1: If you've still hobbled your way into the semifinals, can

1362
01:11:31,160 --> 01:11:34,000
Speaker 1: you start Alvin Kamara here? We'll tell you in our

1363
01:11:34,040 --> 01:11:38,080
Speaker 1: final set of matchups in Fantasy Football Weekly, coming up

1364
01:11:38,080 --> 01:12:02,200
Speaker 1: next final thing in Fantasy Football Weekly. Got plenty of

1365
01:12:02,240 --> 01:12:05,320
Speaker 1: matchups to get to, including the Sunday Night er and

1366
01:12:05,320 --> 01:12:08,719
Speaker 1: the Monday night here. But first Atlanta taking on San

1367
01:12:08,800 --> 01:12:14,479
Speaker 1: Francisco Scott last week at this time, and take a chance.

1368
01:12:14,520 --> 01:12:17,640
Speaker 1: I mean we told you to start DeVonta Freeman. We

1369
01:12:17,800 --> 01:12:21,519
Speaker 1: called his first rushing touchdown in two years. How about that?

1370
01:12:21,560 --> 01:12:24,040
Speaker 1: We got it right? Pretty impressive? Any chance he makes

1371
01:12:24,080 --> 01:12:26,599
Speaker 1: it two in a row for rushing touchdowns for DeVonta

1372
01:12:26,640 --> 01:12:29,599
Speaker 1: Freeman here against the Niners. I don't think so. Against

1373
01:12:29,640 --> 01:12:32,680
Speaker 1: the forty Niners. Over the last five weeks, teams are

1374
01:12:32,760 --> 01:12:36,559
Speaker 1: running the ball fewer than fifteen total times per game

1375
01:12:36,680 --> 01:12:41,680
Speaker 1: against uh. They've also only allowed three running back touchdowns

1376
01:12:41,720 --> 01:12:43,599
Speaker 1: all year. I think this is a game where Atlanta

1377
01:12:43,600 --> 01:12:46,559
Speaker 1: falls behind and they let Ryan throw it forty plus

1378
01:12:46,640 --> 01:12:50,639
Speaker 1: times with a feat he's done most of his games.

1379
01:12:50,960 --> 01:12:52,960
Speaker 1: Seven of his ten full games, he's thrown it over

1380
01:12:53,000 --> 01:12:54,760
Speaker 1: forty times. I think this is another one, by the way,

1381
01:12:54,760 --> 01:12:58,200
Speaker 1: DeVonta Freeman three point six yards per Gary. I think

1382
01:12:58,200 --> 01:13:01,800
Speaker 1: he's done. Yeah, he might be done. Matt Ryan, though,

1383
01:13:02,720 --> 01:13:06,320
Speaker 1: man super crazy consistent year for him. He's played ten

1384
01:13:06,479 --> 01:13:10,720
Speaker 1: full complete games, ten fall games. He has gone for

1385
01:13:10,760 --> 01:13:13,320
Speaker 1: three d plus yards, and nine of them the one

1386
01:13:13,400 --> 01:13:16,400
Speaker 1: he didn't he threw from multiple scores. In fact, he

1387
01:13:16,400 --> 01:13:21,320
Speaker 1: had multiple scores in eight of the ten fall games. Yeah,

1388
01:13:21,320 --> 01:13:23,840
Speaker 1: the most passing yards the point I have allowed at

1389
01:13:23,880 --> 01:13:27,400
Speaker 1: home is two D thirty two yards um. But in

1390
01:13:27,439 --> 01:13:30,040
Speaker 1: the last ten games, only one QB has hit three

1391
01:13:30,120 --> 01:13:32,840
Speaker 1: hundred and only three have had multiple touchdowns. So that's

1392
01:13:32,880 --> 01:13:35,519
Speaker 1: the bad side on Ryan. That's his floor. Like I said,

1393
01:13:35,560 --> 01:13:37,479
Speaker 1: I think he throws at forty times plus times, which

1394
01:13:37,479 --> 01:13:38,840
Speaker 1: he's been doing a lot this season, so I still

1395
01:13:38,840 --> 01:13:41,760
Speaker 1: give him a buh. Julio Jones, I'm given a b.

1396
01:13:42,200 --> 01:13:45,160
Speaker 1: I think he'll see added coverage, but Ryan will still

1397
01:13:45,240 --> 01:13:47,879
Speaker 1: keep chucking him the ball. The last three wide receivers

1398
01:13:47,920 --> 01:13:50,519
Speaker 1: to get double digit targets, which I think Julio gets,

1399
01:13:50,880 --> 01:13:53,639
Speaker 1: averaged eight catches and all three had at least seventy

1400
01:13:53,720 --> 01:13:56,320
Speaker 1: yards are scored. I think that's well within the range

1401
01:13:56,320 --> 01:13:58,679
Speaker 1: for Julio here, and we should mention Richard Sherman. There's

1402
01:13:58,680 --> 01:14:01,080
Speaker 1: a good chance he does not play this hamstring injury.

1403
01:14:01,120 --> 01:14:04,040
Speaker 1: That's a huge loss pass rusher d Ford. We don't

1404
01:14:04,040 --> 01:14:08,200
Speaker 1: know if he's gonna go another cornerback Jan Alexander's run

1405
01:14:08,280 --> 01:14:11,840
Speaker 1: Williams Kwan Williams is yeah, I don't have they actually

1406
01:14:11,880 --> 01:14:13,400
Speaker 1: ruled him out already. It's got that he's trying to

1407
01:14:13,400 --> 01:14:16,639
Speaker 1: work through the concussion protocols. Maybe maybe there's all kinds

1408
01:14:16,680 --> 01:14:19,320
Speaker 1: of moving parts in the San Francisco defense that does

1409
01:14:19,360 --> 01:14:21,840
Speaker 1: give Matt Ryan and Julio Jones an opportunity even with

1410
01:14:21,880 --> 01:14:26,840
Speaker 1: Calvin Ridley out. Yep, So Rustler Gauge. I'm a fan

1411
01:14:26,880 --> 01:14:29,400
Speaker 1: of Rustler Gauge, but his yards per catchers so low

1412
01:14:29,439 --> 01:14:31,599
Speaker 1: that if he doesn't score, he's nothing. And with Hooper

1413
01:14:31,640 --> 01:14:35,360
Speaker 1: probably back here, I'm giving I'm giving Hooper the grade.

1414
01:14:35,400 --> 01:14:37,880
Speaker 1: Engauge is sitting on my bench. I'm giving Hooper a

1415
01:14:37,960 --> 01:14:40,120
Speaker 1: grade because he was a stud before the injury, and

1416
01:14:40,160 --> 01:14:42,479
Speaker 1: since Week ten, four different tight ends have scored a

1417
01:14:42,520 --> 01:14:45,839
Speaker 1: total of five touchdowns and three top fifty yards against

1418
01:14:45,840 --> 01:14:49,880
Speaker 1: the forty niners. On the other side, Jimmy Garoppolo, Uh,

1419
01:14:49,960 --> 01:14:53,120
Speaker 1: he's still efficiently has multiple touchdowns in five of his

1420
01:14:53,240 --> 01:14:57,080
Speaker 1: last seven in the in that span, and this is crazy.

1421
01:14:57,080 --> 01:14:59,400
Speaker 1: In that span, he has averaging twun in seventy five

1422
01:14:59,479 --> 01:15:02,120
Speaker 1: yards per It's really weird, but that lines up perfectly

1423
01:15:02,160 --> 01:15:05,519
Speaker 1: when Emmanuel Sanders joined the funny how that goes. Yes,

1424
01:15:05,640 --> 01:15:09,040
Speaker 1: it's just crazy. Before that he was averaging two yards

1425
01:15:09,040 --> 01:15:12,280
Speaker 1: per game and at six touchdowns in six games. Only

1426
01:15:12,360 --> 01:15:15,080
Speaker 1: one QB since the Falcons Week nine. By his thrown

1427
01:15:15,120 --> 01:15:18,200
Speaker 1: from multiple touchdowns against the Falcons, however, four or six

1428
01:15:18,439 --> 01:15:20,960
Speaker 1: did throw for two, seven or more. They may not

1429
01:15:21,120 --> 01:15:24,000
Speaker 1: lean to need to lean on Garoppolo as much this week,

1430
01:15:24,040 --> 01:15:26,120
Speaker 1: so I'm giving him a B grade instead of an A.

1431
01:15:26,479 --> 01:15:28,720
Speaker 1: You know, I think there's a temptation for most of

1432
01:15:28,800 --> 01:15:31,760
Speaker 1: us to think that a great quarterback should be able

1433
01:15:31,800 --> 01:15:35,360
Speaker 1: to instill greatness in his receivers, and we never think

1434
01:15:35,360 --> 01:15:37,160
Speaker 1: about it the other way around. Like you can put

1435
01:15:37,160 --> 01:15:41,200
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders on the forty niners and suddenly Jimmy Garoppolo

1436
01:15:41,200 --> 01:15:44,320
Speaker 1: goes from a middling fantasy producer into a very good

1437
01:15:44,320 --> 01:15:46,880
Speaker 1: one and a pretty reliable one, and that's really what's happened.

1438
01:15:47,160 --> 01:15:49,559
Speaker 1: You know, you can only do so much when your

1439
01:15:49,600 --> 01:15:52,240
Speaker 1: receiver stink. Look at Carson Wentz so I think it's

1440
01:15:52,280 --> 01:15:54,840
Speaker 1: still a very good quarterback and just there's just no

1441
01:15:54,920 --> 01:15:57,200
Speaker 1: help with the receiver position. There is a great point.

1442
01:15:57,200 --> 01:15:59,040
Speaker 1: It was a great trade for the Niners. Think about that.

1443
01:15:59,080 --> 01:16:01,080
Speaker 1: He had six touchdowns in the first six games and

1444
01:16:01,240 --> 01:16:05,280
Speaker 1: eighteen in the last seven since Sanders amazing change. Uh,

1445
01:16:05,400 --> 01:16:09,800
Speaker 1: they may not. Emmanuel Sanders two straight games leading the

1446
01:16:09,840 --> 01:16:12,200
Speaker 1: team and targets back to full health. I gotta B

1447
01:16:12,320 --> 01:16:14,720
Speaker 1: grade on him. I did my take a chance on

1448
01:16:14,800 --> 01:16:16,840
Speaker 1: mean player with Deebo Samuel. I think this offense is

1449
01:16:16,840 --> 01:16:20,759
Speaker 1: going to roll pretty well. Kittle is an obvious A grade.

1450
01:16:20,760 --> 01:16:23,920
Speaker 1: It's not just obvious, but it's a good matchup. Most

1451
01:16:23,920 --> 01:16:26,200
Speaker 1: of it. We've talked about most of a lot here.

1452
01:16:26,760 --> 01:16:29,240
Speaker 1: He must start. I don't think i'll go through the

1453
01:16:29,280 --> 01:16:34,320
Speaker 1: stats again, except for eleven backs have eleven backs have

1454
01:16:35,160 --> 01:16:39,800
Speaker 1: had fifteen touches against the Falcons. They averaged nine yards,

1455
01:16:39,840 --> 01:16:42,760
Speaker 1: and eleven of the are in eleven scores. All right,

1456
01:16:42,800 --> 01:16:44,639
Speaker 1: we'll take that. That's the yards in a score. He's

1457
01:16:44,760 --> 01:16:48,240
Speaker 1: Churches number one running back each of the next two weeks. Uh. Yeah,

1458
01:16:48,520 --> 01:16:50,720
Speaker 1: so most of it's gonna hit that fifteen touches. I

1459
01:16:51,040 --> 01:16:53,000
Speaker 1: love him in this game, and you can't start any

1460
01:16:53,040 --> 01:16:54,880
Speaker 1: of the other runners all they're all just sort of

1461
01:16:55,200 --> 01:16:57,599
Speaker 1: makes a little bit. The Sunday night game is Buffalo

1462
01:16:57,680 --> 01:17:00,479
Speaker 1: taking on Pittsburgh Christian. You know, it's in a nice

1463
01:17:00,600 --> 01:17:03,080
Speaker 1: run for Josh Allen. While he was playing a bunch

1464
01:17:03,160 --> 01:17:06,920
Speaker 1: of really easy defenses, this is not one of them.

1465
01:17:07,000 --> 01:17:09,920
Speaker 1: And for all of the talk about Mike Tomlin winning

1466
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Speaker 1: Coach of the Year, which I think it's it's it's

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01:17:11,680 --> 01:17:14,040
Speaker 1: correct to have him in that conversation, most of its

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01:17:14,080 --> 01:17:17,160
Speaker 1: centers on him making do with a fourth string quarterback.

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01:17:17,520 --> 01:17:20,960
Speaker 1: But the real story is the Pittsburgh defense that's been

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01:17:20,960 --> 01:17:24,400
Speaker 1: winning all these games. Yeah, that's right, I mean, and

1471
01:17:24,439 --> 01:17:27,479
Speaker 1: a bummer for the Josh Allen fantasy owners that were

1472
01:17:27,600 --> 01:17:30,080
Speaker 1: riding high with him all year long, only for him

1473
01:17:30,080 --> 01:17:32,200
Speaker 1: to fall flat last week with that hundred and forty

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01:17:32,280 --> 01:17:34,840
Speaker 1: six yards in one touchdown. And you mentioned it's not

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01:17:34,840 --> 01:17:37,000
Speaker 1: going to get any easier here against Pittsburgh, a top

1476
01:17:37,000 --> 01:17:39,720
Speaker 1: ten past defense that's held eight of the last ten

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01:17:39,800 --> 01:17:43,479
Speaker 1: quarterbacks they've faced under two hundred passing yards. They lead

1478
01:17:43,560 --> 01:17:46,720
Speaker 1: the NFL with forty eight sacks. So I've got a

1479
01:17:46,920 --> 01:17:50,680
Speaker 1: just a barely sea level starting grade on Josh Allen here,

1480
01:17:50,680 --> 01:17:53,320
Speaker 1: and that's really only because of the threat that he

1481
01:17:53,360 --> 01:17:55,200
Speaker 1: poses on the ground. He's always a threat for a

1482
01:17:55,280 --> 01:17:58,280
Speaker 1: rushing touchdown. But you almost certainly have a better option

1483
01:17:58,280 --> 01:18:01,080
Speaker 1: than Josh Allen this week. I've got John Brown on

1484
01:18:01,120 --> 01:18:03,880
Speaker 1: the bench. He hasn't caught more than three passes in

1485
01:18:03,880 --> 01:18:06,519
Speaker 1: the last three games held under forty yards and each

1486
01:18:06,880 --> 01:18:09,720
Speaker 1: one of those. Only one wide receiver has topped a

1487
01:18:09,760 --> 01:18:13,000
Speaker 1: hundred yards against the Steelers all year, and only three

1488
01:18:13,000 --> 01:18:15,800
Speaker 1: have registered more than six catches. So Brown is on

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01:18:15,840 --> 01:18:17,840
Speaker 1: the bench. Cole Beasley, I think is the one way

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01:18:17,880 --> 01:18:19,479
Speaker 1: they're gonna be able to move the ball through the

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01:18:19,479 --> 01:18:21,200
Speaker 1: air here. He was might take a chance on me

1492
01:18:21,680 --> 01:18:24,960
Speaker 1: wide receiver. Nothing to see at tight end with Dawson Knox.

1493
01:18:25,000 --> 01:18:28,280
Speaker 1: He is not fantasy relevant on the ground. Devin Singletary,

1494
01:18:28,439 --> 01:18:31,200
Speaker 1: he has really emerged here. He's been the running back

1495
01:18:31,240 --> 01:18:34,120
Speaker 1: sixteen nine and thirteen in the last three weeks. He's

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01:18:34,120 --> 01:18:37,160
Speaker 1: playing over seventy of the snaps. He's put Frank Gore

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01:18:37,320 --> 01:18:40,880
Speaker 1: in the rear view mirror. Pittsburgh is pretty solid against

1498
01:18:40,880 --> 01:18:42,880
Speaker 1: the run, though they've held opposing running back to three

1499
01:18:42,880 --> 01:18:45,560
Speaker 1: point nine yards per carry. They're having a lot of

1500
01:18:45,640 --> 01:18:49,000
Speaker 1: rushing touchdown since Week five. Scott, you want an interesting

1501
01:18:49,040 --> 01:18:52,479
Speaker 1: stat I'm a boy, Devin singletony. Absolutely, he leads the

1502
01:18:52,560 --> 01:18:55,559
Speaker 1: NFL in a rate of runs over ten yards and

1503
01:18:55,640 --> 01:19:00,680
Speaker 1: over twenty yards. So the percentage over all, right, I've

1504
01:19:00,680 --> 01:19:03,400
Speaker 1: got to be level starting grade on Singletary, just because

1505
01:19:03,400 --> 01:19:06,880
Speaker 1: it is a tough matchup on the Steelers side. Man,

1506
01:19:07,000 --> 01:19:09,280
Speaker 1: I searched hie and wide for a starter in the

1507
01:19:09,280 --> 01:19:11,680
Speaker 1: passing game, and I couldn't find one duck hot on

1508
01:19:11,720 --> 01:19:14,880
Speaker 1: the bench. He's an easy bench. Juju Smith Schuster is

1509
01:19:14,920 --> 01:19:18,920
Speaker 1: officially out with that knee injury. Still, James Washington, Deonte Johnson,

1510
01:19:18,960 --> 01:19:21,720
Speaker 1: don't chase what he did last week in a very

1511
01:19:21,760 --> 01:19:24,160
Speaker 1: tough matchup. Only one wide receiver is top two hundred

1512
01:19:24,240 --> 01:19:27,479
Speaker 1: yards against the Bills this year, and only six have scored.

1513
01:19:27,880 --> 01:19:30,400
Speaker 1: The entire passing game is on the bench. That brings

1514
01:19:30,520 --> 01:19:34,400
Speaker 1: us to the running game, where James Conner is expected

1515
01:19:34,439 --> 01:19:37,599
Speaker 1: to return. This is a tricky start for owners right here.

1516
01:19:37,800 --> 01:19:40,320
Speaker 1: It kind of is because you don't know exactly how

1517
01:19:40,400 --> 01:19:43,200
Speaker 1: much run they're gonna give him. You can run on

1518
01:19:43,200 --> 01:19:45,960
Speaker 1: the Bills, however, they allow nearly four point six yards

1519
01:19:46,000 --> 01:19:49,240
Speaker 1: per carry, however, kind of a bend but don't break style.

1520
01:19:49,280 --> 01:19:52,519
Speaker 1: They've yielded just one running back touchdown in their last

1521
01:19:52,560 --> 01:19:56,000
Speaker 1: six games. Again, you would think Connor is going to

1522
01:19:56,120 --> 01:19:59,000
Speaker 1: be the bell cow here because Benny Snell has been

1523
01:19:59,120 --> 01:20:01,880
Speaker 1: pretty bad over the last couple of games. Jalen Samuel's

1524
01:20:01,920 --> 01:20:04,439
Speaker 1: is injured. But can you make can you really make

1525
01:20:04,600 --> 01:20:07,800
Speaker 1: James Conner a bell cow anymore? Well, I mean by that,

1526
01:20:07,920 --> 01:20:09,800
Speaker 1: I mean he's probably you know, he gets twelve to

1527
01:20:09,840 --> 01:20:13,000
Speaker 1: fifteen Russias and then is highly involved in the receiving game.

1528
01:20:13,080 --> 01:20:14,800
Speaker 1: That's been the formula for him when he's had his

1529
01:20:14,840 --> 01:20:16,760
Speaker 1: big games this year. It has, but those are the

1530
01:20:16,760 --> 01:20:19,360
Speaker 1: games he gets hurt in. That's the problem. I just

1531
01:20:19,360 --> 01:20:22,000
Speaker 1: don't know that the Steelers can. They've got to know

1532
01:20:22,120 --> 01:20:25,559
Speaker 1: by now that James Conner just isn't a workhorse. He

1533
01:20:25,680 --> 01:20:27,840
Speaker 1: just can't hold up to be. I mean, he's he's

1534
01:20:27,840 --> 01:20:29,559
Speaker 1: all they've got to move the ball. So I'm sure

1535
01:20:29,560 --> 01:20:31,679
Speaker 1: they're attempted to give it to him twenty plus times,

1536
01:20:31,680 --> 01:20:33,559
Speaker 1: but like you mentioned, you just you just can't trust

1537
01:20:33,600 --> 01:20:35,880
Speaker 1: him to stay healthy with that kind of workload. I've

1538
01:20:35,880 --> 01:20:38,439
Speaker 1: got to be starting grade on here again. Just because

1539
01:20:38,439 --> 01:20:40,080
Speaker 1: I think he's going to be the only show in town.

1540
01:20:40,080 --> 01:20:41,439
Speaker 1: It's the only way they're gonna be able to move

1541
01:20:41,479 --> 01:20:44,920
Speaker 1: the ball. Alright. The Monday night game is Indianapolis taking

1542
01:20:44,920 --> 01:20:46,960
Speaker 1: on New Orleans. There's not a lot to talk about

1543
01:20:46,960 --> 01:20:49,640
Speaker 1: on the Indie side. Frankly, let's start with the running game.

1544
01:20:49,640 --> 01:20:54,240
Speaker 1: Marlon Mack just gets a c um. The good news

1545
01:20:54,439 --> 01:20:56,519
Speaker 1: is over the last three games, the Saints have allowed

1546
01:20:56,520 --> 01:20:59,240
Speaker 1: one forty six total yards and one point three touchdowns

1547
01:20:59,240 --> 01:21:00,800
Speaker 1: per game. To oppose a unning backs, I would take

1548
01:21:00,840 --> 01:21:02,760
Speaker 1: hundred forty six yards and one point three touchdowns from

1549
01:21:02,760 --> 01:21:04,720
Speaker 1: Marla Max. The problem is Marlon Max and I gonna

1550
01:21:04,720 --> 01:21:06,680
Speaker 1: get all that work. In fact, he probably won't get

1551
01:21:06,680 --> 01:21:09,240
Speaker 1: even a fraction of that work. Last week he was

1552
01:21:09,280 --> 01:21:13,160
Speaker 1: on the field of the snaps. That's it. Jordan Wilkins

1553
01:21:13,160 --> 01:21:16,120
Speaker 1: and nineteen Hines and Jonathan Williams just pick at his

1554
01:21:16,280 --> 01:21:18,400
Speaker 1: usage to the point that I think Mac is just

1555
01:21:18,479 --> 01:21:22,720
Speaker 1: a C grade start here next. Jack Doyle is the

1556
01:21:22,760 --> 01:21:26,080
Speaker 1: only other starter starting grade here. He bombed last week

1557
01:21:26,120 --> 01:21:28,679
Speaker 1: in an easy matchup. He's a boom er bust option

1558
01:21:28,720 --> 01:21:31,240
Speaker 1: this week because the Saints have conceded the third most

1559
01:21:31,280 --> 01:21:34,240
Speaker 1: red zone touches to tight ends, and they've surrendered three

1560
01:21:34,280 --> 01:21:37,080
Speaker 1: tight end touchdowns over the past five weeks alone, So

1561
01:21:37,439 --> 01:21:39,479
Speaker 1: I like Jack Doyle to bounce back with a B

1562
01:21:39,760 --> 01:21:44,320
Speaker 1: grade in this game. Jacoby Brissette though an early season Cinderella,

1563
01:21:44,360 --> 01:21:47,439
Speaker 1: remember at one point like Week six, for the most

1564
01:21:47,760 --> 01:21:51,639
Speaker 1: passing touchdowns in the NFL. Then Hilton got hurt and

1565
01:21:51,680 --> 01:21:54,320
Speaker 1: he has been brutal since then, to the point that

1566
01:21:54,600 --> 01:21:56,120
Speaker 1: Colts don't even know that he's going to be their

1567
01:21:56,160 --> 01:21:58,200
Speaker 1: starter next year. This thing is very much up in

1568
01:21:58,240 --> 01:22:00,519
Speaker 1: the air. Uh. Total he was if he was a

1569
01:22:00,520 --> 01:22:04,000
Speaker 1: Cinderella earlier, He's a pumpkin now. Um. No t Y

1570
01:22:04,080 --> 01:22:06,240
Speaker 1: Hilton in this game either, so he's not startable. Zach

1571
01:22:06,280 --> 01:22:08,880
Speaker 1: Pascal was a start last week in a very easy matchup.

1572
01:22:08,960 --> 01:22:11,080
Speaker 1: This isn't one of them. He probably draws Marshall Latimer

1573
01:22:11,160 --> 01:22:13,559
Speaker 1: game over for Zach Pascal. Let's go to the Saint

1574
01:22:13,640 --> 01:22:19,639
Speaker 1: side first. A quick a quick uh discussion of Alvin

1575
01:22:19,720 --> 01:22:24,599
Speaker 1: Kamara went off the board at position roughly two or three,

1576
01:22:24,840 --> 01:22:26,960
Speaker 1: depending on what part of the season you're looking at

1577
01:22:27,240 --> 01:22:32,479
Speaker 1: in fantasy drafts in August. In how many games has

1578
01:22:32,520 --> 01:22:39,040
Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara scored a touchdown on one game in how

1579
01:22:39,040 --> 01:22:42,960
Speaker 1: many games has he had a one yard receiving game zero? Zero?

1580
01:22:43,200 --> 01:22:45,320
Speaker 1: And how many games has Alvin Kamara had a one

1581
01:22:45,400 --> 01:22:49,639
Speaker 1: hundred yard rushing game zero? Last week, the Saints put

1582
01:22:49,720 --> 01:22:53,839
Speaker 1: up forty six points four hundred sixty five yards of offense.

1583
01:22:54,040 --> 01:22:57,880
Speaker 1: They generated twenty eight first downs and scored six touchdowns,

1584
01:22:58,040 --> 01:23:03,759
Speaker 1: and Alvin Kamara had twenty five rushing yards and eighteen

1585
01:23:03,840 --> 01:23:12,680
Speaker 1: receiving yards total. Disaster injury related p F did some

1586
01:23:13,080 --> 01:23:16,760
Speaker 1: nice analysis on his elusiveness and acceleration before and after

1587
01:23:16,800 --> 01:23:19,360
Speaker 1: the high ankle sprain. He's not the same guy, you know.

1588
01:23:19,520 --> 01:23:22,200
Speaker 1: That's just what his game was, and the ankle sprain

1589
01:23:22,280 --> 01:23:24,479
Speaker 1: has sapped that from him. They brought him back too soon,

1590
01:23:24,600 --> 01:23:28,080
Speaker 1: I believe, and he should arrest it longer. So Alvin

1591
01:23:28,120 --> 01:23:30,519
Speaker 1: Camara just gets a c greight here. Indianapolis has allowed

1592
01:23:30,560 --> 01:23:33,720
Speaker 1: the third fewest touchdowns to opposing backs, just four to

1593
01:23:33,880 --> 01:23:38,000
Speaker 1: non Derrick Henry named runners all season. Uh. Camara probably

1594
01:23:38,000 --> 01:23:39,880
Speaker 1: doesn't help through the air either, Colts having allowed to

1595
01:23:39,920 --> 01:23:42,679
Speaker 1: receiving touchdown to a runner since the opener and only

1596
01:23:42,680 --> 01:23:45,759
Speaker 1: two backs of top thirty four receiving yards since that time.

1597
01:23:46,080 --> 01:23:49,200
Speaker 1: So just to see great and Camaron, And honestly, it's

1598
01:23:49,240 --> 01:23:51,639
Speaker 1: out of respect for his resume more than anything else.

1599
01:23:51,680 --> 01:23:53,559
Speaker 1: I mean, if I took the name off of his

1600
01:23:53,640 --> 01:23:56,400
Speaker 1: stats and box scred probably be somebody. It'd probably a

1601
01:23:56,439 --> 01:23:59,720
Speaker 1: bench grade Patrick Paty, probably Patrick Layard. Yeah, good point.

1602
01:23:59,720 --> 01:24:01,479
Speaker 1: All right, let's go and by the way, let Tavius

1603
01:24:01,520 --> 01:24:03,160
Speaker 1: Murray's on the bench just four to ten touches his

1604
01:24:03,240 --> 01:24:06,040
Speaker 1: touches per game. That's not enough. Let's go to Drew Brees.

1605
01:24:06,800 --> 01:24:10,120
Speaker 1: Aside from his inexplicable duds against the Falcons, Breeze has

1606
01:24:10,160 --> 01:24:13,040
Speaker 1: been great over the last five games, producing three downright

1607
01:24:13,120 --> 01:24:16,400
Speaker 1: explosive box scores. The cold secondary is a middle of

1608
01:24:16,439 --> 01:24:19,240
Speaker 1: the pack unit that has struggled with good receivers including

1609
01:24:19,320 --> 01:24:22,040
Speaker 1: Chris Godwin and d J. Chark and DeAndre Hopkins and

1610
01:24:22,040 --> 01:24:25,919
Speaker 1: Will Fuller. The funny thing is, aside from Michael Thomas,

1611
01:24:26,760 --> 01:24:29,360
Speaker 1: how are these explosive games even happening? Who else is

1612
01:24:29,400 --> 01:24:33,160
Speaker 1: even throwing too? Right? It's just this mismatch of randomly

1613
01:24:33,760 --> 01:24:37,720
Speaker 1: Josh Hill today, and then it's a and that right,

1614
01:24:37,760 --> 01:24:39,920
Speaker 1: then it's a trade Kuan Smith, and you know it's

1615
01:24:40,040 --> 01:24:42,920
Speaker 1: it's so much Michael Thomas. Then there is no real

1616
01:24:43,120 --> 01:24:45,360
Speaker 1: number two receiving threading used to be Alvin Camarat, it's

1617
01:24:45,400 --> 01:24:48,479
Speaker 1: not even him anymore. So Michael Thomas and obvious a

1618
01:24:48,800 --> 01:24:51,920
Speaker 1: and actually Pierre to Sayer's back, and he's been brutal subtraction.

1619
01:24:51,960 --> 01:24:54,639
Speaker 1: By addition, Michael Thomas is gonna have a fine game here.

1620
01:24:55,200 --> 01:24:57,360
Speaker 1: The only other receiver I can give a starting grade

1621
01:24:57,400 --> 01:24:59,880
Speaker 1: two is Jared Cook, who has now scored or topped

1622
01:25:00,320 --> 01:25:03,880
Speaker 1: five yards in four straight games. If Cook can play,

1623
01:25:03,920 --> 01:25:05,880
Speaker 1: and by the way, he's in the concussion protocol here,

1624
01:25:05,920 --> 01:25:08,040
Speaker 1: but I think he's gonna go. He draws an average

1625
01:25:08,080 --> 01:25:09,960
Speaker 1: match up against the Colts, who have only allowed two

1626
01:25:10,000 --> 01:25:12,320
Speaker 1: tight end touchdown since Week five. But one of those

1627
01:25:12,360 --> 01:25:15,160
Speaker 1: scores did come last week when Tampa's tight ends combined

1628
01:25:15,240 --> 01:25:18,559
Speaker 1: for one hundred yards and a touchdown. So Jared Cook

1629
01:25:18,640 --> 01:25:20,599
Speaker 1: could get it done here. Dropped a touchdown last week,

1630
01:25:20,600 --> 01:25:22,559
Speaker 1: which would have made a big game even bigger. I

1631
01:25:22,600 --> 01:25:25,599
Speaker 1: believe a couple of topics for you guys at the end.

1632
01:25:25,640 --> 01:25:28,320
Speaker 1: Earlier in the show, we talked about how Lamar Jackson

1633
01:25:28,360 --> 01:25:31,679
Speaker 1: we believe is going to go first overall pick next year.

1634
01:25:32,920 --> 01:25:36,360
Speaker 1: What about this for the second overall pick and if

1635
01:25:36,400 --> 01:25:38,680
Speaker 1: it kills you with the notion that a running back

1636
01:25:38,720 --> 01:25:43,520
Speaker 1: didn't go number one. This will kill you double Michael Thomas.

1637
01:25:44,280 --> 01:25:47,000
Speaker 1: Why not Michael Thomas second overall? Because he is so

1638
01:25:47,200 --> 01:25:50,800
Speaker 1: much better than every other wide fantasy wide receiver out there.

1639
01:25:50,840 --> 01:25:54,080
Speaker 1: He's gonna break Marvin Harrison's reception record this year. Yes,

1640
01:25:54,120 --> 01:25:55,960
Speaker 1: and most of us playing PPR leagues, and I think

1641
01:25:56,240 --> 01:25:59,840
Speaker 1: more so than anything else, he's he has the rare

1642
01:26:00,000 --> 01:26:03,800
Speaker 1: combination of an incredibly high ceiling and a ridiculously high floor.

1643
01:26:03,920 --> 01:26:05,920
Speaker 1: He he's as safe as a pick as you can

1644
01:26:05,960 --> 01:26:08,920
Speaker 1: possibly make, and you don't but you don't sacrifice any

1645
01:26:08,960 --> 01:26:11,880
Speaker 1: of the anything. Yeah, you know, the guy that people

1646
01:26:11,880 --> 01:26:14,519
Speaker 1: will take if they don't take him number one, that

1647
01:26:14,560 --> 01:26:17,880
Speaker 1: they will at number two is Christian McCaffrey because his

1648
01:26:17,960 --> 01:26:20,960
Speaker 1: season has just been ridiculous and he's leaps and bounds

1649
01:26:21,000 --> 01:26:23,280
Speaker 1: better than any other running back. But we just talked

1650
01:26:23,320 --> 01:26:26,920
Speaker 1: about Alvin Kamara, and you know Ezekiel Elliott has had

1651
01:26:26,920 --> 01:26:29,000
Speaker 1: a bad year Like those are those are the problems

1652
01:26:29,000 --> 01:26:30,800
Speaker 1: with these with the running backs that you you know,

1653
01:26:30,800 --> 01:26:32,840
Speaker 1: you've been talking about it for decades, Charch. There's so

1654
01:26:32,920 --> 01:26:35,639
Speaker 1: much risk with those running backs. You take that mostly

1655
01:26:35,640 --> 01:26:37,599
Speaker 1: out of the equation with a guy like Michael Thomas

1656
01:26:37,640 --> 01:26:40,880
Speaker 1: who gets so many targets, so many receptions. Assuming Drew

1657
01:26:40,880 --> 01:26:43,479
Speaker 1: Brees is back again next year, I agree he should

1658
01:26:43,479 --> 01:26:46,160
Speaker 1: be in the mix at second overall, I'd have to check,

1659
01:26:46,200 --> 01:26:48,240
Speaker 1: but I do believe the gap between McCaffrey and the

1660
01:26:48,320 --> 01:26:51,360
Speaker 1: number two running back is wider than Thomas and the

1661
01:26:51,439 --> 01:26:54,280
Speaker 1: number two wide receiver. But it's running back, and I

1662
01:26:54,320 --> 01:26:55,840
Speaker 1: don't know how you feel. It's not even obviously the

1663
01:26:55,880 --> 01:26:58,880
Speaker 1: number two receiver is next. That's true. I mean, you know,

1664
01:26:58,920 --> 01:27:00,840
Speaker 1: it's that the gap is so big that I can't

1665
01:27:00,880 --> 01:27:03,320
Speaker 1: tell you for sure that it's you know, DeAndre Hopkins's

1666
01:27:03,320 --> 01:27:05,519
Speaker 1: going to be the number two next year. Uh, so

1667
01:27:05,640 --> 01:27:09,160
Speaker 1: you know Chris Godwin, well maybe yeah, we don't know.

1668
01:27:09,439 --> 01:27:10,960
Speaker 1: I don't even know if Jameis Winston is gonna be

1669
01:27:11,000 --> 01:27:14,360
Speaker 1: on the box next Year's totally up in the air.

1670
01:27:14,680 --> 01:27:16,920
Speaker 1: Plenty of questions around those guys as we look ahead

1671
01:27:16,920 --> 01:27:19,920
Speaker 1: the next year. UM Early in the preseason, we sold

1672
01:27:19,960 --> 01:27:24,439
Speaker 1: twenty fifth Anniversary Fantasy Football Weekly commemorative coins to uh

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Speaker 1: celebrate the twenty five anniversary and also to generate some

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Speaker 1: funds for Fantasy Cares. It's the charity you started, Scott

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Speaker 1: Tell people a little bit of many listeners bought these coins.

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Speaker 1: Tell people a little about the money we generated. What

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Speaker 1: you just did for toys for Tots in our final

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Speaker 1: minute or so the show. Sure, Yeah, so Fantasy Cares

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Speaker 1: buys toys for kids around Christmas time, and uh with

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Speaker 1: these coins, I believe we raised over three thousand dollars.

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Speaker 1: And the main thing that those went to was we

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Speaker 1: were told by the Marines that they service a terminal

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Speaker 1: Kids Award that they wanted some game systems, and a

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Speaker 1: lot of places don't They don't get donations of high

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Speaker 1: ticket items, like people don't donate a three hundred dollar

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Speaker 1: four exactly. And because of your donations through those coins,

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Speaker 1: we were able to get them those high ticket items

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Speaker 1: to that Terminal Kids Award. Yeah, that's fantastic. So again,

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Speaker 1: many thanks to everybody in August who chipped in got

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Speaker 1: the Fantasy Football Weekly twenty five anniversary Commemorative bench start coin.

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Speaker 1: It was. It all went to a good cause and

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Speaker 1: Uh Scott ultimately ended up bringing in sixty dollars through

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Speaker 1: Fantasy Cares. Unbelievable and all of that going for Toys

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Speaker 1: for Tots and other charities we love the show go

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Speaker 1: to famble dot com slash charts for my free player rankings,

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Speaker 1: my free one thousand dollar contests, are auctions, are podcasts,

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Speaker 1: and everything else. And please take a moment to rate

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Speaker 1: and review this show, especially if you love it on

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Speaker 1: your podcasting platform of choice. Talk to you next week

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Speaker 1: for the finals. Everybody, Bye Bye. Fantasy Football Weekly is

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