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Speaker 1: every game Fantasy style, give you a letter grade on
Speaker 1: every player, and our rationale for every grade, so you
Speaker 1: can decide for yourself if you think that we are
Speaker 1: on the right track. A few minutes from now, we'll
Speaker 1: give you nine guys upon whom you can take a chance.
Speaker 1: And um, we'll answer three tough questions later on with
Speaker 1: the the big topics that are haunting fantasy players before
Speaker 1: we dive into the matchups. Let's uh, let's cover this
Speaker 1: scenario that's all too painful for some of our listeners.
Speaker 1: You played against Lamar Jackson. I don't even need to
Speaker 1: talk to the Lamar Jackson owners. They're fine. You played
Speaker 1: against Lamar Jackson. Now what high ceiling players, all high
Speaker 1: ceiling got to do? All the high risk khigh reward types, right,
Speaker 1: I mean here, you're you're starting Giants against Miami. You're
Speaker 1: hoping guys like Will Fuller on your team. Yeah, that's
Speaker 1: another Yeah, a guy like a Will Fuller who's notorious
Speaker 1: for as a boom or bust player, right? Um? And
Speaker 1: if they even in Joeku against against Arizona, I mean
Speaker 1: you need lightning to strike to overcome that performance. And
Speaker 1: you're really zeroing in, not that you wouldn't do this anyways,
Speaker 1: but really zeroing in on the matchups. Right, You're you're
Speaker 1: not giving anybody the benefit of the doubt on your roster,
Speaker 1: even if they've been in your in your starting lineup
Speaker 1: all year, if they have a tough matchup this week,
Speaker 1: you are probably better off going with somebody with a
Speaker 1: better matchup. Totally agree. That's a that's a great point.
Speaker 1: And if you're down, if you're down to Lamar Jackson
Speaker 1: to a lesser extent, mark Ingram, who ended up with
Speaker 1: a the best night of any running back against the
Speaker 1: Jets all year. Um, you know I do. I think
Speaker 1: you're right. There are no there are no sacred cows
Speaker 1: on your roster. If you think pat Patrick Mahomes, who's
Speaker 1: thrown one touchdown in three straight games, has got it,
Speaker 1: doesn't have enough upside for you, you gotta look at
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill as one example. All right, let's dive into
Speaker 1: the matchups. We begin with Houston taking on Tennessee Scott
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson. To me, it feels like a great start.
Speaker 1: Dori Jackson cornerback for Tennessee's out. They put their other
Speaker 1: starting cornerback An I r a month ago, Malcolm Butler.
Speaker 1: Boy I I you want a guy with some upside,
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson. Absolutely, I have an a grade on Watson.
Speaker 1: The Titans d seems good when you watch them, but
Speaker 1: over the last six weeks only Nick Foles failed to
Speaker 1: throw for three yards or throw multiple touchdowns against them.
Speaker 1: The division is going to be on the title most
Speaker 1: likely here that the winner this is probably is probably
Speaker 1: gonna win the division. UM with seven rushing touchdowns and
Speaker 1: over thirty yards rushing per game in in the last
Speaker 1: eight games, it's it's a pretty nice floor there for
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson. So I have an A grade on him.
Speaker 1: Hopkins just a grade. He's unbenteable, especially with um will Fuller.
Speaker 1: If he goes, I'm gonna give a C grade. I
Speaker 1: think that entire offense and if you're against Lamar Jackson,
Speaker 1: definitely blame but fool Faller is the kind of guy
Speaker 1: you start when he's healthy and when he's playing no
Speaker 1: matter what, because he's got that hundred and fifty yard
Speaker 1: a couple touchdown upside. Uh. If he doesn't go or
Speaker 1: even if he does go, I would look to Kenny
Speaker 1: Stills in this slot logan. Ryan is allowing the most
Speaker 1: slot yards in the NFL. Right now, Um, it follows
Speaker 1: out that matchup becomes even better and QTE might even
Speaker 1: be interesting in that in that situation. But with both
Speaker 1: Skills and QT playing, QT is only outplayed Stills fantasy
Speaker 1: wise once this season and that was last week. So uh,
Speaker 1: other than that, Duke Johnson and Carlos Hyde, it's it's
Speaker 1: a really really decent matchup here that I did not
Speaker 1: expect to see that when I was going into the
Speaker 1: research here. Uh, Duke Johnson. Seven different running backs have
Speaker 1: had a five catch game against the Titans. A lot
Speaker 1: of pass catching backs like the great pass catcher Leo
Speaker 1: four Nette and Hug There's a lot of huge games
Speaker 1: there for pass catching backs. I gave Johnson a ce
Speaker 1: and hide another possible see because the Titans allowed six
Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns in the the last five games and he might
Speaker 1: get some of that. Yeah. I actually I think I
Speaker 1: like Johnson better than I do I do. I think
Speaker 1: it's upside his ceiling is higher for Duck Johnson. On
Speaker 1: the other side, I gave Ryan Tannehill a so I
Speaker 1: like the A grades on these quarterbacks here, multiple touchdowns
Speaker 1: in all seven games he started. He's QB three since
Speaker 1: he took over in Week seven, and Houston has allowed
Speaker 1: three hundred plus yards and three or more passing to
Speaker 1: our three passing touchdowns to both Brady and Lock in
Speaker 1: just the last two weeks. UH. They've allowed at least
Speaker 1: three passing touchdowns seven times this season, which is insane.
Speaker 1: His main guy is A. J. Brown. He's just looking
Speaker 1: amazing lately. A hundred thirty five yards and more in
Speaker 1: two of the last three, averaging twenty three point three
Speaker 1: yards per catch under Tannehill. Over the last five weeks,
Speaker 1: the Texans have held down wide receivers to the tune
Speaker 1: of the UH, to the tune of two fused receptions
Speaker 1: sorry bottom two in receptions in yards, which is really good.
Speaker 1: So I'm only given Brown a B otherwise it would
Speaker 1: probably be an A here. And the funny thing about A. J.
Speaker 1: Brown and the Tennessee passing attack is if I said
Speaker 1: Ryan tanney Hill was going to throw a touchdown to
Speaker 1: somebody other than A J. Brown, Okay, who is it exactly?
Speaker 1: It's uh, you know, nobody to kind of passing that
Speaker 1: offense other than A J. Brown. Did you know he
Speaker 1: has led the team and targets every single one of
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill's games. Wow, that's a lot. Yeah, it says
Speaker 1: a lot. There. I'm benching Davis, I'm bention John And
Speaker 1: just like you said, Derrick, Henry, he says he's gonna go.
Speaker 1: Rabel says he's gonna go. He hasn't practiced all week.
Speaker 1: He's questionable. I believe he's going to go, and I
Speaker 1: think he's unbenchable when he does go. I don't need
Speaker 1: to know that. I need to go more into it.
Speaker 1: But the Texans have a lot, a lot of the
Speaker 1: most receptions, most even yards to second most receiving touchdowns.
Speaker 1: So if he doesn't go, Dan Lewis can get a
Speaker 1: C grade, but it's all Henry with the A grade. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I've got some more than I got some worried that
Speaker 1: Henry he's either on a snap count or that the
Speaker 1: re injury could happen with that hamstring. And you know,
Speaker 1: I know they're being conscious with it, but strings. Do
Speaker 1: you think Lewis is startable either way? Even if he goes,
Speaker 1: then no, he does not look he I think he
Speaker 1: needs to start. Okay, Yeah, all right, let's go to
Speaker 1: our next matchup, Christian Chicago taking on Green Bay Mitch Truebinsky,
Speaker 1: and let's let's be honest, awesome games from Mitch Drabinsky
Speaker 1: in a row. And he rolls in to face Green Bay.
Speaker 1: Who's the hot the hotter quarterback in this game? And
Speaker 1: it's not close? Is Mitch Drabinsky. Absolutely let's start there. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we'll start. We'll start with Robinsky, who's had three straight
Speaker 1: Fantasy relevant games, in part because he's running against two
Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns in the last three games and then of
Speaker 1: course the three passing touchdowns each of the last two.
Speaker 1: He still has four interceptions, though he still looks I mean,
Speaker 1: he's just like right on the edge of disaster at
Speaker 1: all times. Well he was breaking right for him right now. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's coming back around. But the Packers have a
Speaker 1: good defense. They're top ten passing defense. They've held four
Speaker 1: of the last quarterbacks, four of the last six quarterbacks
Speaker 1: they faced to one touch down or less. Back in
Speaker 1: Week one, Turbinsky managed two hundred scoreless yards against them.
Speaker 1: So I don't love the matchup. Do I trust Trabisky
Speaker 1: Absolutely not. I gave him a sea level starting great,
Speaker 1: but maybe this is one of those situations where if
Speaker 1: you're if you're going up against Lamar Jackson, and we've
Speaker 1: seen the upside that Trubisky brings without only through the air,
Speaker 1: but also with his legs. So that's the type of
Speaker 1: start that this could be for Trabinsky. Allen Robinson is
Speaker 1: he's in for sure. Hundred two yards on thirteen targets
Speaker 1: in the Week one matchup against Green Bay. Thirty targets
Speaker 1: and four touchdowns over the last three weeks, of course,
Speaker 1: corresponding with Trabisky's little run here, so he I've got
Speaker 1: him as a an A. Let me put it this way,
Speaker 1: if you had a whole group of players that we're
Speaker 1: all ranked as an A, he would be at the
Speaker 1: very bottom of that group, Yes, all of them, ranked,
Speaker 1: all of them exactly a's, but near the bottom, near
Speaker 1: the bottom of that. Anthony Miller is a little interesting here.
Speaker 1: Thirty seven targets over the last four games, a hundred
Speaker 1: forty yards a couple of week ago on Thanksgiving, scored
Speaker 1: last week gets a matchup with slot corner Tremont Williams.
Speaker 1: He's really old but has been shocking the good allowed
Speaker 1: just sixteen receptions and two and fifty yards all year
Speaker 1: in his coverage per Pro Football Focus. So nothing more
Speaker 1: than a C on Anthony Miller here, and even then
Speaker 1: only in PPR leagues. Really nothing else to see in
Speaker 1: the receiving games, yes, per Horstead and JP Holts, it's
Speaker 1: a soft ja. Maybe it's the A P Holts as well. Those.
Speaker 1: I mean, Green Bay is actually pretty bad against tight ends.
Speaker 1: But I don't know who's going to get the get
Speaker 1: the looks between Horstead and Holds. David Montgomery and the
Speaker 1: running game. He is a B level starter here. The
Speaker 1: Packers are bottom five run defense. They've allowed the sixth
Speaker 1: most yards, second most touchdowns to opposing runners. Montgomery is
Speaker 1: a bell cow at this point, at least fifteen touches
Speaker 1: in seventh straight games, So he's a beat, maybe even
Speaker 1: an A now that I talk through this as the
Speaker 1: bell cow here Tarik Cohen, he's catching the ball, but
Speaker 1: he's not making any big plays. No more than thirty
Speaker 1: nine receiving yards since we Quan, so I've got him
Speaker 1: on the bench. That's like a two carry per game game.
Speaker 1: It's all the receiving game. So not enough there on
Speaker 1: the Packers side. Aaron Rodgers man, you can make an
Speaker 1: argument here that you put him on the bench back
Speaker 1: to his mediocre ways last week with just a hundred
Speaker 1: nine yards in a touchdown. There's nothing mediocre about Well, yeah,
Speaker 1: it's less sub mediocre. One or fewer touchdown passes in
Speaker 1: four of the last five and this is one of
Speaker 1: the best past defenses in the NFL. Hasn't allowed more
Speaker 1: than two touchdown passes in a game all year. Screw it.
Speaker 1: Let's put Aaron Rodgers on the bench. Same maybe with
Speaker 1: Davante Adams. I have written down here a C gray
Speaker 1: but he hasn't top sixty four yards since Week ten,
Speaker 1: just forty one yards last week against a bad Washington secondary.
Speaker 1: In Week one, he did nothing against Chicago. Four catches
Speaker 1: for thirty six yards. Here's another situation where if you're
Speaker 1: still alive and you just are thinking about automatically plugging
Speaker 1: Davanta Adams into your lineup, good, don't do it. I've
Speaker 1: got a C level grade, and that's uh, that's being generous.
Speaker 1: I think what what defense are doing and it's working.
Speaker 1: If you take away Davante Adams by doubling him, for example,
Speaker 1: bracket coverage, whatever you want to do to take Davante
Speaker 1: Adams away, then there's nobody. There's nobody else to beat you,
Speaker 1: you know, Marquez Velda Scantling has done virtually nothing. Geronimo
Speaker 1: Allison nothing good for one long catchup month. Yeah, it's
Speaker 1: Jimmy Graham is doing nothing. They can't find a second receiver.
Speaker 1: In fact, Aaron Jones I believe led them in receiving
Speaker 1: last week in addition to rushing, So he is an
Speaker 1: easy a here lad the lad the Packers in rushing
Speaker 1: and receiving nearly two hund combo yards last week. The
Speaker 1: Week one matchup was really bad for him against the Bears,
Speaker 1: thirteen carries for thirty nine yards. But the Bears have
Speaker 1: given up some big outputs to opposing running backs. Josh
Speaker 1: Jacob went one fokers against them, Latavius Murray two touchdowns,
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott two touchdowns, So they get they do get
Speaker 1: a hit back and that's a big change, which makes
Speaker 1: a big difference. But they're also now missing ro Kuwan
Speaker 1: Smith and linebacker Danny Vathan. Maybe those, you know, the
Speaker 1: return of Hicks maybe balances out the lots of those
Speaker 1: two guys. But I've got an a level starting grade
Speaker 1: on on Jones here. All right, let's go to our
Speaker 1: final matchup of this segment, which is Denver taking on
Speaker 1: Kansas City and a lot of intrigue for fantasy owners
Speaker 1: in this one, and some really tough decisions for many people.
Speaker 1: Let's start on the Denver side. Philip Lindsay Begins has
Speaker 1: been getting most of the work for the past month.
Speaker 1: Royce Freeman is solidly on the bench here, but let's
Speaker 1: talk about Lindsay, who gets a B grade. The Chiefs
Speaker 1: have allowed eight different backs to top one hundred rushing
Speaker 1: or receiving yards, and they've given up the fourth most
Speaker 1: rushing yards and second most receiving yards to running back.
Speaker 1: So it's a really nice opportunity for Lindsay. Although all
Speaker 1: note he did nothing in the earlier matchup, but he
Speaker 1: seems so much more usage now that I think this
Speaker 1: is a nice still a nice opportunity for Lindsay with
Speaker 1: a B grade. Let's move over to the passing game,
Speaker 1: where Drew Locke has looked really good through his two
Speaker 1: NFL starts, but I'm nervous about him here. The much
Speaker 1: improved Chief secondaries allowed exactly one touchdown pass in three
Speaker 1: straight games, and that was two far better passers, including
Speaker 1: Tom Brady and Philip Rivers. Also as an intangible. The
Speaker 1: Chiefs have two games of tape to study on Drew Lock,
Speaker 1: and we often see young quarterbacks will be successful in
Speaker 1: their first one game or first two games, and then
Speaker 1: defenses get the tape on and figure out his tendencies
Speaker 1: and then shut the kid down. That's not uncommon and
Speaker 1: that could be coming to Drew Lock here just to
Speaker 1: see grade for him. Courtland Sutton is a phenomenal receiver
Speaker 1: and he had an unexpected dud last week despite Lock
Speaker 1: looking really good, but was effective against the Chiefs in
Speaker 1: the earlier matchup. He caught six passes eighty seven yards
Speaker 1: from Joe Flacco first time these teams met. Since then,
Speaker 1: the chief secondaries found its group. It's surrendering the fourth
Speaker 1: fewest Fantasy points to opposing receivers over the last five weeks.
Speaker 1: Now working in Courtland Sutton's favor, he predominantly lines up
Speaker 1: on the left side of the field, refaces Brishot Breland
Speaker 1: easily the worst of Kansas Cities cornerbacks and that's why
Speaker 1: Courtland Sutton gets a B grade in this game. The
Speaker 1: only other receiver well, it's tight end that as a
Speaker 1: starting grade is no a fan whose usage is all
Speaker 1: over the board. But I like the upside this week.
Speaker 1: Over the last five games, the Chiefs have allowed an
Speaker 1: average of seven catches sixty nine yards to tight ends,
Speaker 1: including three touchdowns over those five games. If Jeff Hireman
Speaker 1: were to go down in a freak blimp accident between
Speaker 1: now and kickoff, I would move fant from a C
Speaker 1: all the way up to an A. But I think
Speaker 1: it's unlikely. Let's go over to the Kansas City side.
Speaker 1: By the way, Tim Patrick, some people are caught Rangerson,
Speaker 1: Tim Patrick, we'll talk. Let's talk more about Tim Patrick.
Speaker 1: We're not going to start him here. Let's go to
Speaker 1: the Kansas City side. I'm gonna begin with the passing game,
Speaker 1: because the running game is gross. The passing game, though,
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes with a B grade. Those are not words
Speaker 1: often heard on this show, and almost unheard of B grade.
Speaker 1: Mahomes has thrown one touchdown in three straight games. He's
Speaker 1: nursing hand injury, although he plans to play through it.
Speaker 1: I don't know if you saw this, but midweek he
Speaker 1: said when the injury happened, he was seriously worried, like
Speaker 1: you know, if this could be anything that you know,
Speaker 1: the end could be here amputate, he didn't use. That's
Speaker 1: more my words is on the amputation. It is a
Speaker 1: little aggressive. The average game against vic fangio secondary is
Speaker 1: just two d thirty yards and one point one touchdown.
Speaker 1: So here comes Patrick Mahomes with three straight one touchdown
Speaker 1: games vic Fangio's defense giving up one touchdown a game.
Speaker 1: This is this is not it's this is a tricky
Speaker 1: play for people, just the b grade. Last Sunday, Denver
Speaker 1: held to Shawn Watson too one passing touchdown. I'm just down.
Speaker 1: It's it's just it's not a lock for Mahomes. Here.
Speaker 1: Let's stow to his starting his best wide receiver, Tyreek Kill.
Speaker 1: He gashed Denver secondary for seventy four yards in a
Speaker 1: score in Week seven, snapped to four games scoreless drout
Speaker 1: against the Broncos. But the Broncos secondary has struggled a
Speaker 1: bit over the last month. They've given up five scores,
Speaker 1: the eighth most Fantasy points to opposing receivers over those
Speaker 1: last five games. He'll draw Chris Harris. Now, Chris Harris
Speaker 1: used to be a death sentence when he would shadow you,
Speaker 1: but not as much lately, the opposing number one outside receiver.
Speaker 1: The guys that Harris usually shadows have scored or top
Speaker 1: one yards or both in four straight games against Denver.
Speaker 1: So there is an opportunity for Hill here, and he
Speaker 1: does get an a grade as you'd expect for for him.
Speaker 1: I've got just a bench grade. And Sammy Watkins. Here's
Speaker 1: the frustrating part about Watkins, who, by the way, I
Speaker 1: believe just last week topped the fantasy points that he
Speaker 1: had scored in Week one through the rest of the season. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the last frustrating parts, Yeah, I think that's right. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the previous thirteen weeks of the frustrating part. They're still
Speaker 1: throwing to him eight times a game. How can Patrick
Speaker 1: Mahomes throwed you eight times a game and you suck?
Speaker 1: How does that happen? I think, by the way, I
Speaker 1: think he gets dropped. I think they cut him in
Speaker 1: the off season. I think this is the end for
Speaker 1: Sammy Watkins. Anyway, then you it's neither here nor there
Speaker 1: for this one. Um, he's he's only turning eight catches
Speaker 1: or eight targets into thirty seven yards per game. So
Speaker 1: he's do us. The last I want to talk about
Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey was just a minute who also gets an
Speaker 1: unusual B grade. It's a tough draw here as he
Speaker 1: answers his second matchup with the Broncos. They held him
Speaker 1: to the lowest yardage total of the season in in
Speaker 1: his season in the first matchup, and once more the
Speaker 1: Broncos of only three tight end touchdowns all season. No
Speaker 1: tight end is top seventy four seventy yards all season.
Speaker 1: So just the B grade on Travis Kelsey. And now
Speaker 1: we go to the running game. Gross Damian Williams a
Speaker 1: possible game time decision right now. He's got that the
Speaker 1: he's got the rib injury. He had posted back to
Speaker 1: back one hundred yard games when we last saw him healthy,
Speaker 1: but he killed fantasy owners in the earlier matchup with Denver,
Speaker 1: putting up just six yards six yards in the previous matchup.
Speaker 1: I'm giving him a C grade here only because Denver's
Speaker 1: run defense has slumped so badly. Uh and I do
Speaker 1: think there's an opportunity the Denver defense. I've given up
Speaker 1: hundred twenty one yards per game over the last three
Speaker 1: weeks and Lashawn McCoy straight up sucks, so there's nothing
Speaker 1: left to the tank who could have predicted. Well, everybody, well,
Speaker 1: that's entirely true. When he just he just screwed everything
Speaker 1: up in that in that Kansas City backfield. That's the
Speaker 1: only thing. All he did was muck up the works.
Speaker 1: That's right. And he's on the bench as well. All right.
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Speaker 1: are nine guys when we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly.
Speaker 1: Take a chance on me. Nine players not normally and
Speaker 1: you're starting the line up, many of whom are available
Speaker 1: on the waiver wire. Myself, Scot Fish, Christian Peterson will
Speaker 1: tell you three quarterbacks you're running back to the receivers.
Speaker 1: We believe are startable this week, beginning at the quarterback
Speaker 1: position in Christian Peterson. Yeah, I've got Kyle Allen this
Speaker 1: week going up against the Seahawks. Each of the last
Speaker 1: six quarterbacks to face Seattle have thrown for at least
Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty six yards on the season. Opposing
Speaker 1: pass There's average two hundred and eighty three yards per game,
Speaker 1: and every quarterback they've faced has accounted for at least
Speaker 1: one touchdown. So your floor here is about to sixty
Speaker 1: and one for Kyle Allen, who over the last three
Speaker 1: weeks has been considerably better than that. He's thrown for
Speaker 1: at least two hundred and fifty six yards sorry in
Speaker 1: five straight and has six touchdown passes and two rushing
Speaker 1: touchdowns in the last three weeks. He is a little
Speaker 1: bit fleet of foot. He is, He's on fire, and
Speaker 1: he faces the defense that's not as good as you think. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think that's a that's a safe assessment, Kyle Allen.
Speaker 1: All Right, let's go to Scott Fish. Who's gonna take
Speaker 1: a chance on the quarterback. I am going with a
Speaker 1: guy who leads the second in the NFL and touchdown passes,
Speaker 1: but leads the NFL in interceptions and has been throwing
Speaker 1: a tennis ball week instead of a football. What could
Speaker 1: go wrong? What could go wrong? Uh, there's a risk there,
Speaker 1: but I think he plays just fine. Tell people the
Speaker 1: name of the guy, Jamis wins. Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 1: He he played with it last week. He should be
Speaker 1: fine this week. He's thrown for over three hundred yards
Speaker 1: nine times this year, nine times, nine times. He's had
Speaker 1: multiple touchdowns and eight of the last ten and the
Speaker 1: Lions hit up allowed multiple touchdowns and seven to the
Speaker 1: last nine, including six three hundred yard games. And Bucks
Speaker 1: games this year average sixty eight point four points per game.
Speaker 1: There's a lot of scoring in I think the over
Speaker 1: the Vegas over his hit every single week for the Bucks,
Speaker 1: so so hammer that if I end start Jamis Winson,
Speaker 1: is it a coin flips chance? He throws an interception
Speaker 1: on the first drive. That's his signature move it is.
Speaker 1: It's a coin flip for That's right exactly, Mike take
Speaker 1: a chance to the quarterback is Baker Mayfield going up
Speaker 1: against the Cardinals. Opposing quarterbacks have finished in the top
Speaker 1: ten against Arizona. Jarvis Landry has a delicious matchup against
Speaker 1: horrible slot cornerback Byron Murphy, who has allowed a league
Speaker 1: worst eight touchdowns in his coverage. Jarvis Landry is a
Speaker 1: great start here. Mayfield got David and Joe Wu back
Speaker 1: last week. He kicked the rust off, as they say,
Speaker 1: and he faces the league's worst tight end defense. We'll
Speaker 1: talk more about in Joeku later. Both have great matchups here,
Speaker 1: and even Odell Beckham's got a solid matchup against Patrick
Speaker 1: Peterson got positive matchups all over the field for Baker Mayfield.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the running back position, Christian who is
Speaker 1: your take a chance of the runner? Let's go with
Speaker 1: Boston Scott of the Eagles against the Redskins. All Scott
Speaker 1: did was kind of single handedly salvage the Philadelphia season
Speaker 1: last year. Last last week, the second half of that game,
Speaker 1: when he took over for Miles Sanders and went bonkers
Speaker 1: a hundred and twenty eight combined rushing and receiving yards
Speaker 1: in less than a half of work. He looked great.
Speaker 1: He's basically a Darren Sprawls clone. He's all of I
Speaker 1: think he's five eight or something like that, five seven,
Speaker 1: tiny guy, but he can move. Uh. Sanders is healthy
Speaker 1: again now, so he's certainly going to play and be
Speaker 1: the number one guy, But Jordan Howard is going to
Speaker 1: be out for another game here, so that leaves plenty
Speaker 1: of change of pace, pace touches here for Boston Scott.
Speaker 1: If he can get ten to fifteen touches like he
Speaker 1: did last week against a Washington defense that allows averages
Speaker 1: of nearly a hundred and sixty combined rushing and receiving
Speaker 1: yards two opposing backs, there's some upside here with Boston Scott. Alight,
Speaker 1: I like the Sprowls thing because Sprawls went from the
Speaker 1: Saints to the Eagles, and so did Boston's. It's a
Speaker 1: good point. That's a good point underutilized by both given
Speaker 1: up on and by the Saints. Both guys too early.
Speaker 1: All Right, who's gonna take a chance with me? Runners Sunday? Um,
Speaker 1: it's the Laird's day. Oh, the Laird's day. Don't don't
Speaker 1: take the Lairds, David Bade. Okay, I'm going to Patrick
Speaker 1: lair to. I'll saying the la Yes, there you go.
Speaker 1: Over the last three weeks, the Giants have allowed nine
Speaker 1: receptions per game to running backs, and Patrick Laird's basically
Speaker 1: the only one in town left still standings in that place.
Speaker 1: He started. The last two games. He caught four balls
Speaker 1: in each, averaging forty yards receiving in each. His rushing
Speaker 1: numbers haven't been great, but he is getting sixteen to
Speaker 1: seventeen touches per game. I think he gets it again
Speaker 1: this week. Grade there all right, I've got DeAndre Washington
Speaker 1: against the Jaguars. Now, I know Josh Jacobs is slated
Speaker 1: to start, uh and it will probably will start this
Speaker 1: game with a fractured shoulder. Anything could happen to Josh Jacobs,
Speaker 1: including him playing the whole game. But even if he
Speaker 1: does have his normal workload, there's enough to go around here,
Speaker 1: because the Jaguars are just this bad. They are the
Speaker 1: worst run defense in the league, and it's not close.
Speaker 1: Over the past five games, they're giving up two hundred
Speaker 1: twenty eight yards and two touchdowns per game, just two
Speaker 1: running backs and two So let's assume even if Josh
Speaker 1: Jacobs takes two thirds of the yards and one of
Speaker 1: the two touchdowns, that puts Josh Jacobs on a very
Speaker 1: good game. There's still enough for DeAndre Washington have a
Speaker 1: very solid game. I think there's a there's a nice
Speaker 1: chance here and and honestly, I think they will they
Speaker 1: I don't think they will use Josh Jacobs nearly as
Speaker 1: much as they would work he healthy. So DeAndre Washington,
Speaker 1: regardless of whether or not just Jacobs goes, is a
Speaker 1: starter for you. Let's go to the receivers now and
Speaker 1: Christian Peterson. Yeah, I've got Cole Beasley here. I'll be honest.
Speaker 1: He's not your high upside play if you're chasing Lamar.
Speaker 1: If you have Lamar Jackson and you're just trying to
Speaker 1: protect your lead, maybe you'll look at Cole Beasley, Who's
Speaker 1: had at least seven targets in three straight games. He's
Speaker 1: either scored top seventy four yards or both seven times
Speaker 1: in his last eight games. He has six touchdowns in
Speaker 1: those eight games. He's Josh Allen's go to receiver forget
Speaker 1: John Brown, and the matchup is pretty tough here. Pittsburgh
Speaker 1: is pretty solid against the past, but if they have
Speaker 1: any weakness, it's against slot wide receivers. Tyler Boyd had
Speaker 1: a hundred one yards and a touchdown a couple of
Speaker 1: weeks ago. Jarvis Landry twice in the last four weeks
Speaker 1: has gotten it done. Six catches and seventy six yards
Speaker 1: in one of those games for forty three and a
Speaker 1: touchdown in another. So it's boring, But five or six
Speaker 1: catches and a chance that a touchdown, I'll take it,
Speaker 1: all right. I'm going with Deebo Samuel A lot of times?
Speaker 1: Do you think Manuel Sanders? Sometimes you think kidd Jamie
Speaker 1: has been awesome? I know, and people aren't noticing. Over
Speaker 1: the last five weeks yards unty four yards, fifty end,
Speaker 1: a score, sixty one and a score and a hundred
Speaker 1: nine total yards every week. I don't even know if
Speaker 1: he qualifies for the segment take a chance. Maybe there's
Speaker 1: like there's really any risk his star position, her star
Speaker 1: percentage is way too low. Even his ownership percentage is
Speaker 1: way too low for playing a bottom ten secondary like
Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons. Breshad Perriman is one of your options
Speaker 1: if you're down, if you are playing against Lamar Jackson
Speaker 1: and all or nothing bloom er bust, play right here.
Speaker 1: The one thing that Brashad Perriman can can do in
Speaker 1: his monolithic skill set, run fast and run straight. That's it.
Speaker 1: Long bombs, that's all he's got. Fortunately, it's a great
Speaker 1: recipe against the Lions. The team that's giving up the
Speaker 1: third most receptions of twenty or more yards. And even
Speaker 1: if Darius Slay shadows him, Slay is giving up big
Speaker 1: games all the time. Now, there's no sligh ride anymore.
Speaker 1: Or maybe it's a good slate, right, I mean, it's
Speaker 1: like he's been playing hurt all then. I'm sure that's
Speaker 1: a factor, you know, if if he were Darius, if
Speaker 1: you're listening right now, it's not that we don't respect you,
Speaker 1: and we understand you're playing hurt and playing gallantly at that.
Speaker 1: He's been knocked in and out of games still for
Speaker 1: Shod Perriman. There you go. Let's go to let's work
Speaker 1: in a matchup, Scott, Tampa Bay takes on the Detroit Lions.
Speaker 1: For you already mentioned Jameis Winston. You like him in
Speaker 1: this matchup, and you mentioned Perriman and I mentioned Perriman.
Speaker 1: Chris Godwin is my number two ranked wide receiver this week,
Speaker 1: probably should be one number one if it could be
Speaker 1: in this slot. The lines are giving up a ton
Speaker 1: of ton of slot numbers. I had an a grade
Speaker 1: on Godwin. I don't think I need to go into that.
Speaker 1: With Mike Evans out, I do like just I'll mention this,
Speaker 1: Godwin goes up against Justin Coleman slot cornerback for the Lions.
Speaker 1: He's given up the second most yards in his coverage
Speaker 1: of any player in the NFL. Yeah, with with Mike
Speaker 1: Evans out, I like, I like Justin Watson and Dynas Steve,
Speaker 1: but if Scotty Miller comes back, and I'm passing on
Speaker 1: that situation. But I'm going straight to oj Howard, who
Speaker 1: I think I could have a day here. He has
Speaker 1: nine catches for a hunting thirty four yards in his
Speaker 1: last two games. Mike Evans out give him, I guess
Speaker 1: a B grade. In the landscape of tight ends Jones
Speaker 1: and Barber Uh, I hate picking this battle a week
Speaker 1: to week good luck. Yeah, I think I'm gonna get
Speaker 1: reiterated that Jones is the starter that doesn't always mean anything. Yeah.
Speaker 1: That lasted exactly exactly one week the last time they
Speaker 1: said that. Jones and Barber both given C grades on this.
Speaker 1: Neither is a good patch sketcher. They're they're splaying touchdowns.
Speaker 1: I will say in the last two games, barbera has
Speaker 1: out snapped Jones and has all four of those red
Speaker 1: zone running back touches and Jones didn't get them. So
Speaker 1: if you have to pick, if you have both, you
Speaker 1: have to pick. It's Barber on the other side. The
Speaker 1: only guys anybody have both in the semifinals. You're in
Speaker 1: the semifinals. You're listening right now. You've got both Buck runners.
Speaker 1: You're probably not play Yeah. Blow and Golliday are the
Speaker 1: only ones that gave starting grades too. I love Holiday.
Speaker 1: I never ben In. I call him Nook of the North,
Speaker 1: even though his nicknames baby On. I call him Nuke
Speaker 1: of the North because he's unbenehable. He's got a similar,
Speaker 1: similar career arc to DeAndre Hopkins. Nook of the North
Speaker 1: have to do with DeAndre Hopkins? Is Nook Nook? Like yeah,
Speaker 1: Nook Hopkins Cokins? I heard nook, Yeah, alright, like a pacifier,
Speaker 1: Like that's what he was nicknamed after. But he calls
Speaker 1: himself Nuke. Really he was named after the Nook. I
Speaker 1: didn't know that, but but he calls himself a little
Speaker 1: bit of trivia. I got a little bit DeAndre Hopkins.
Speaker 1: Trivia worked into our Denver right matchup. The Bucks were
Speaker 1: giving it up left and right to quarterbacks for most
Speaker 1: of the year, but they've been better decently. That's had
Speaker 1: similar qbs to David Blow, like Kyle Allen, Matt Shop,
Speaker 1: Jared Goff, Gardner didn't shoe. I'll put golf in there.
Speaker 1: I don't care. I have had really good games, so
Speaker 1: I'm giving Blow a see nobody else though that running game,
Speaker 1: especially with with Scarborough out as well. No thanks, Yeah, no,
Speaker 1: there's no part of it. Bucksndy is really good. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the Bucks, it's been great also eason. One thing they
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: Back to the matchups, New England taking on Cincinnati, Christian,
Speaker 1: the running game for the Patriots has been a disaster.
Speaker 1: Passing game has been middling, but Cincinnati will yield, especially
Speaker 1: on the ground. What do you think here, Yeah, they
Speaker 1: will yield on the On the ground. They've allowed four
Speaker 1: point seven yards per carry to opposing running backs and
Speaker 1: ten rushing touchdowns this year. So you would think Sony
Speaker 1: Michelle would be in line for a great game, But
Speaker 1: just five carries last week ten or fewer carries, and
Speaker 1: four of his last five hasn't scored since Week seven.
Speaker 1: There's no way that you can risk putting Sony Michelle
Speaker 1: in your lineup. With that said, this is probably the
Speaker 1: game where they give it to him thirty times, but
Speaker 1: you can't risk that. So he's on the bench. James
Speaker 1: White on the other hand, he is in your lineup
Speaker 1: over the last couple of games thirteen catches on eight
Speaker 1: teen targets, thirty three total touches with two touchdowns. So
Speaker 1: they have turned to James White over Sony Michelle, which
Speaker 1: was a very wise move. He is in the lineup
Speaker 1: there for with a B grade. Against the Cincinnati running defense,
Speaker 1: Tom Brady, I've got to put him on the bench.
Speaker 1: The Bengals are not as bad as you probably think
Speaker 1: against the past. Only only two quarterbacks have thrown more
Speaker 1: than one touchdown against them since Week four, And of
Speaker 1: course we know Brady struggles one or zero passing touchdowns
Speaker 1: and six of his last eight he has nobody but
Speaker 1: Julian Edelman to throw too, So I can't risk it
Speaker 1: in the fantasy playoffs. I've got Brady on the bench.
Speaker 1: Edelman is an obvious a double digit targets in each
Speaker 1: of the last eight games, at least ninety three yards
Speaker 1: and three straight scored in two straight. He's a target hog.
Speaker 1: He's in your lineup with an A grade. No other
Speaker 1: receivers are worth note On the Bengals side, almost nothing
Speaker 1: of note here. You're not starting anybody in the passing game.
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton, Tyler, Boyd Tyler, Eifford, Alex Erics, and anybody
Speaker 1: else you can imagine are all on the bench. Only
Speaker 1: one quarterback has thrown more than one touchdown pass against
Speaker 1: the Patriots all year. They've only allowed three wide receiver
Speaker 1: touchdowns on the year. They're all on the bench. That
Speaker 1: brings us to Joe Mixon's gotta hurt that Mixon saved
Speaker 1: his best effort for the year last week a D
Speaker 1: and forties six yards. He finally goes off in Week fourteen,
Speaker 1: long after his fantasy owners were probably knocked out. But
Speaker 1: I've got him just as a C grade here because
Speaker 1: of the matchup. The Patriots have allowed just two running
Speaker 1: back touchdowns all year. That severely caps mixings upside. Even
Speaker 1: if he's probably gonna get twenty to twenty five touches,
Speaker 1: it's just gonna be tough for him to do much
Speaker 1: for with those C grade. And that is it for
Speaker 1: this crummy matchup. That is a crummy matchup. Let's go
Speaker 1: to a It's another crummy matchup Eagles Redskins beat with
Speaker 1: Jordan Howard shaping us a game time decision. It's an
Speaker 1: opportunity for him though over the past five games, Washington
Speaker 1: is allowing the fifth most rushing yards. Aaron Jones just
Speaker 1: gashed the Redskins for eight yards per carry, and he'd
Speaker 1: likely get any goal line carries if the opportunity arises.
Speaker 1: If he does play here, I think he's a B grade,
Speaker 1: not factoring in the injury and the chance of him
Speaker 1: having a setback, assuming that we're not going to happen
Speaker 1: with the shoulder injury. UM, I would you know, I
Speaker 1: think it'd be great as a safe one for Jordan
Speaker 1: Howard if he gets if he's gonna play, then Miles
Speaker 1: Sanders goes back to being the guy that he was before.
Speaker 1: And that means all you're really getting is the past
Speaker 1: catching from him, which is a bummer. Um. In the
Speaker 1: past two weeks, Washington has allowed exactly fifty eight receiving
Speaker 1: yards to Aaron Jones and fifty eight receiving yards and
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey. And I think that's the upside for Miles Sanders,
Speaker 1: the absolute upside, just a C grade from him. Now,
Speaker 1: if Jordan Howard doesn't go, that will Miles Sanders up
Speaker 1: to a B. And Boston Scott, as another running back
Speaker 1: was Christians take a chance on me run back. So
Speaker 1: now let's go to the passing game where Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: is on the bench. Now, I know he pulled off
Speaker 1: some magic at the end of the Monday Night game,
Speaker 1: but it's there's a much more difficult matchup than it
Speaker 1: sounds like against an underrated Redskins past defense, particularly if
Speaker 1: Quentin Dunbar, their star cornerback plays. If he does not play,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of if things in this matchup, and
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, if Quinn Dunbar does not play, you can
Speaker 1: upgrade Carson Wentz to a seat and make him startable.
Speaker 1: If he does play, then I'm benching Carson Wentz in
Speaker 1: part because look what he's got to do this without
Speaker 1: all Sean Jeffrey, probably without Nelson Agilars the game time decision,
Speaker 1: probably without tackle Lane Johnson as well. Now in fact,
Speaker 1: Lane Johnson has ruled out, so he's not gonna go.
Speaker 1: It's it's just not enough weapons for Carson Wentz left
Speaker 1: here other than Zach Ertz, who gets an obvious A grade,
Speaker 1: although I will not note that he had a modest
Speaker 1: five catches for fifty four yards in the first matchup
Speaker 1: between these teams. But there's just nobody left to throw too,
Speaker 1: and that's why you could also use Dallas Goddard as
Speaker 1: a dart throw because there's just not enough carbon based
Speaker 1: life forms playing at a receiving eligible position for the
Speaker 1: Eagles and then on the redskin side. Not a lot
Speaker 1: to talk about here. I've got C grades on a
Speaker 1: couple of guys. Adrian Peterson would get almost all the work,
Speaker 1: but the matchup is very tough. Philadelphia's top ten in
Speaker 1: yards and yards per carry allowed to opposing backs, only
Speaker 1: two backs of top sixty six rushing yards against the Eagles,
Speaker 1: and Peterson hasn't cracked four yards per carrying three of
Speaker 1: his last four games, but he has scored him back
Speaker 1: to back games, and Philly's allowing one rushing touchdown per
Speaker 1: game over their last four games, so there's a chance
Speaker 1: for a touchdown for Adrian and that's why I'm giving
Speaker 1: him a wobbly C grade. And keeping of speaking of
Speaker 1: running backs, if you're in a pure PPR league and
Speaker 1: you need a darthrow, Chris Thompson caught seven passes in
Speaker 1: the first meeting. He caught seven passes last week. No
Speaker 1: Darius guys, so maybe he can help you out with
Speaker 1: with a PPR effort from Chris Thompson. Lastly, receiver Terry McLaren.
Speaker 1: I kind of like he went bonkers in the season
Speaker 1: opener between these two teams, catching five passes for five
Speaker 1: yards and a touchdown when nobody except Scott fish knew
Speaker 1: who Terry McLaren was. But that was under case. Keenum
Speaker 1: was a far more functional quarterback than Dwayne Haskins. The
Speaker 1: Eagles have been rocked by wide receivers in the past
Speaker 1: couple of games, giving up mammoth games to another rookie,
Speaker 1: Darius Slayton and DeVante Parker, fifth year rookies. I like
Speaker 1: to think of him. Um, so maybe there's a little
Speaker 1: something you can get done for Terry McLaren and I've
Speaker 1: got a C grade on him in this matchup. Last
Speaker 1: matchup for this segment, Miami taking on the New Yorker Giants. Um,
Speaker 1: I don't think there's a lot to like in the
Speaker 1: Miami side. And you are already identified Scott Patrick Laird.
Speaker 1: Did you answer me? Running back? Yeah, I would like
Speaker 1: in the passing game, i'd like Kasseki more if he
Speaker 1: didn't put up that one for six, If Hearns hasn't
Speaker 1: been battling knee and ankle issues like he's been. He's
Speaker 1: been okay, like dartthroat, No, not into but Parker out
Speaker 1: of protocol practicing. Looks like he's gonna play very helpful,
Speaker 1: which made me bump. Everybody benched to UH Fitzpatrick getting
Speaker 1: a see and and Parker getting a very strong beat. UH.
Speaker 1: The Giants have allowed UH ten wide receiver touchdowns last
Speaker 1: six games eighteen on the year, which really bad. And
Speaker 1: UH for Fitzpatrick three hundred or more three three yards
Speaker 1: and or multiple touchdowns since Week seven when he took over,
Speaker 1: and the Giants sixth straight have scored a touchdown against
Speaker 1: them and averaged in the high two hundred. So a
Speaker 1: C grade on Fitzpatrick over on the other side, Eli Manning,
Speaker 1: I gave a C grade because the matchup is amazing.
Speaker 1: But he's also Eli Manning, so the floor is there.
Speaker 1: Looked okay, he did? He looks fry I thought I
Speaker 1: think that was zero word. Looks bry Darius Slayton. I'm
Speaker 1: given an A grade too. He's just been really, really
Speaker 1: good and he had good chemistry with Eli on Monday night.
Speaker 1: Miami has allowed nine wide receiver touchdowns in just the
Speaker 1: last four weeks. Including an average of nearly nine catches
Speaker 1: and over a hundred and thirty four yards per game
Speaker 1: to the top receiver. UM. All four of those top
Speaker 1: receivers in those four games they scored. Uh. Slayton also
Speaker 1: three multi touchdown games this season, which is pretty good.
Speaker 1: UM giving Shepherd a C grade. Uh, He's seen seven
Speaker 1: targets every game. He's the yardage isn't there. But with
Speaker 1: last week with Eli Tate only got one catch Shepherd,
Speaker 1: Shepherd got the attention. Don't you think Shepherd is a
Speaker 1: sneaky upside play this week? Yeah? The Dolphins have allowed
Speaker 1: two different wide receivers to score in six different games
Speaker 1: seas right, so I have looking at Darius Slaton and
Speaker 1: I like Slaton bath than Shepherd two. But Shepherd gets
Speaker 1: enough work to have the big game that's coming against
Speaker 1: the Dolphins. He's a good amount of targets. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: do have Smith, Kitten Smith the tight end on the bench.
Speaker 1: Even though Evan Ingram is out and I am, I'm
Speaker 1: still giving Barkley an a I trust in this matchup.
Speaker 1: I think this is a bounce back spot for Barkley.
Speaker 1: I know he hasn't tough to eighty five rushing yards
Speaker 1: since week too. I know he's only averaging thirty one
Speaker 1: receiving yards a game, which normally is good for running back,
Speaker 1: but for Barkley it just seems bad. But every back
Speaker 1: that is top thirteam touches had at least seventy f
Speaker 1: five total yards against the Dolphins, and Barkley is going
Speaker 1: to smash that out of the water. So a grade
Speaker 1: on him now, I know that. I think I said
Speaker 1: that that was gonna be our last match of this segment.
Speaker 1: I think we have time to sneak in one more
Speaker 1: Seattle taking on Carolina Christian and with threw shot Penny
Speaker 1: out here comes Chris Harrison against I think the second
Speaker 1: worst run defense in the NFL Jaguar is the worst
Speaker 1: Panthers second worst. Do you love Chris Carson as much
Speaker 1: as I do? Oh? Absolutely? I see you have him
Speaker 1: as your number one running back of the weekend, and
Speaker 1: I don't disagree that Carolina has allowed twenty one running
Speaker 1: back rushing scores. That's seven more than the next closest.
Speaker 1: In the last nine games alone, they've given up nineteen
Speaker 1: running back touchdowns, staggering, and they've allowed at least a
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty two combined rushing and receiving yards to
Speaker 1: opposing backfields and six six of their last seven you
Speaker 1: mentioned no Rashod Penny Carson is an easy A here.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the passing game. Russell Wilson man, he
Speaker 1: has been struggling over the last month or so, but
Speaker 1: the Carolina is bad against the past as well. Six
Speaker 1: of the last eight, last eight passers they've faced top
Speaker 1: three hundred yards. Five of those also accounted for at
Speaker 1: least two touchdowns. So a big bounce back spot here
Speaker 1: for Russell Wilson, I've got him with an A. Let's
Speaker 1: give Tyler Lockett and DK Metcalf both B grades. Locket
Speaker 1: is the more interesting one. Of course, he's been struggling
Speaker 1: over the last month or so. Pete Carroll said claims
Speaker 1: that Locket is finally full strength. He battled the injury
Speaker 1: for a little while and then illness. They finally said
Speaker 1: he's full strength, So I'm taking his word for it.
Speaker 1: This is one of those high upside type plays where
Speaker 1: if you're chasing a Lamar Jackson, I think you throw
Speaker 1: Tyler Lockett into the lineup here. Um Panthers not very
Speaker 1: good against opposing wide receivers. They've allowed the most receptions
Speaker 1: and the third most yards to opposing receivers, so the
Speaker 1: matchup is right. DK metcalf he is in as well.
Speaker 1: He's emerged at will as Wilson's primary wide receiver at
Speaker 1: least six targets in five straight at least six catches
Speaker 1: in four or five, so he's an easy start as well.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the other side of this matchup where
Speaker 1: I've got a lot of starters here as well. Kyle
Speaker 1: Allen was mnna take a chance on me quarterback? That
Speaker 1: of course brings d J. Moore into play. In their
Speaker 1: last nine games, Seattle has let six different wide receivers
Speaker 1: go for at least ninety eight yards and they've allowed
Speaker 1: six wide receiver touchdowns in the last five games. And
Speaker 1: one of them might have been Lakwan Treadwell. That's right,
Speaker 1: and yeah, so d J. Moore, I've got an a
Speaker 1: grade on here. Curtis Samuel, He's on the bench, he
Speaker 1: has been for weeks. Nothing that, nothing changes that here,
Speaker 1: Ian Thomas, you might even think about this is a
Speaker 1: good matchup. Seattle has a lot of the second most
Speaker 1: tight end receptions and yards and the seventh most tight
Speaker 1: end touchdowns behind Arizona. They might be the easiest over
Speaker 1: the worst the last month. Yeah, so Ian Thomas. With
Speaker 1: Greg Olson ruled out again with the concussion, so Ian
Speaker 1: Thomas picked him up off the waiver wire. If you
Speaker 1: need a tight end, I've got a B grade here.
Speaker 1: And of course Christian McCaffrey is an A grade. He
Speaker 1: hasn't scored in two weeks. Wow, drought drought thirty eight
Speaker 1: receptions though four games. Yeah, don't need you don't need
Speaker 1: me to say anything more about Christian McCaffrey. An easy
Speaker 1: A grade there. It's becoming impossible to consider anybody else
Speaker 1: but Lamar Jackson with the first overall pick next year
Speaker 1: in your drafts, I think, I mean, you know, you
Speaker 1: can make you can go around and make a case
Speaker 1: for other guys. I think the only people that will
Speaker 1: ultimately not consider Lamar Jackson at the first is because
Speaker 1: they can't consider any reality that isn't a running back
Speaker 1: with the first overall pick, even though with Lamar Jackson
Speaker 1: you're getting half a running back. Yeah, he has seven
Speaker 1: games over thirty fantasy points. There's only about fifteen quarterbacks
Speaker 1: that have even done that in NFL history once or
Speaker 1: seven times. He's already got more there in their careers.
Speaker 1: He's done it. He's done it so far in his career.
Speaker 1: Two guys like Cunningham had eight, Marino had nine. He's
Speaker 1: got seven already. Yeah. The other reason he's gonna go
Speaker 1: first in his as often as he will. There's eleven
Speaker 1: owners in your league that are so bummed out that
Speaker 1: they don't have him. They're not gonna let him get
Speaker 1: by them at the first pick. That's why Lamar Jackson
Speaker 1: will go first. When we come back, we'll answer three
Speaker 1: tough questions. You can play along. See if you can
Speaker 1: go three and oh on Fantasy Football Weekly. It's Fantasy
Speaker 1: com Weekly. I am both Charchi from famble dot com,
Speaker 1: my co host Scott Fish and Christian Peterson. Hello, Hi,
Speaker 1: Let's roll up our sleeves with three tough questions. You're
Speaker 1: gonna have to uh pat your brow from the the
Speaker 1: sweat that's gonna come from these tough questions. Tough question
Speaker 1: number one, can we just drop Sony Walkman appreciate? I
Speaker 1: say yes. I mean I just talked about it in
Speaker 1: the in the previous segment in the Patriots matchup. If
Speaker 1: you were holding him on, holding on to him for anything.
Speaker 1: It was the Cincinnati matchup this week. They get Buffalo
Speaker 1: next week, you're definitely not starting him there. And like
Speaker 1: I mentioned, in that matchup, there's a chance they suddenly
Speaker 1: turned back to him for carries in this game, but
Speaker 1: you can't risk that. Over what's happened in the previous
Speaker 1: five or six games, ten carries are less than four
Speaker 1: of the last five, declining from twenty to ten to
Speaker 1: five touches over the last three weeks. You can't risk
Speaker 1: him now. You're not playing him against Buffalo next week.
Speaker 1: Drop him, all right, Scott correct I had basically the
Speaker 1: same stuff. Do you know how many snaps he played,
Speaker 1: not touches snaps last week? Well, I know he only
Speaker 1: had six touches nine snaps. Wait, how many here on
Speaker 1: the field nine times? Nine time? You know it's you're
Speaker 1: right that it's it's Belichick. So anything could happen. But
Speaker 1: he's trended towards negative, fewer and fewer touches and snaps
Speaker 1: in three straight weeks. Bill Plichick's finally figured out what
Speaker 1: we've been telling you all year. Sony Michelle's awful at
Speaker 1: the running back position. He didn't I don't even think
Speaker 1: halfway through the season. You're right, I don't think he
Speaker 1: did have but I don't think he had a registered
Speaker 1: miss tackle three of his sidowns in one game. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's a disaster for a touchdown dependent guy. He
Speaker 1: hasn't scored in six games. His fantasy ranking in each
Speaker 1: of the last six weeks he ranked as running back
Speaker 1: thirty three, running back forty four, running back forty eight,
Speaker 1: running back twenty one, running back forty three, and running
Speaker 1: back sixty six. That's terrible. I mean, he has absolutely
Speaker 1: harpooned your season and you can drop him out right.
Speaker 1: That wasn't very tough. Two next year, will Austin Ekeler
Speaker 1: be a top ten fantasy running back? Scott, Let's say
Speaker 1: he leads the running backs in your in yards PERI
Speaker 1: He's proven he's exceptional in the passing game. He was
Speaker 1: RB two the first four weeks with Gordon out. He's
Speaker 1: still RB seven since Gordon has been playing. His seventy
Speaker 1: three receptions for eight hundred thirty yards and eight touchdowns
Speaker 1: at receiver alone would put him at wide receiver thirteen,
Speaker 1: not not coming his running back numbers. That's wide receiver.
Speaker 1: With his receiving numbers, I say yes, all right, Christian, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I agree to to pile onto the receiving numbers is
Speaker 1: eight receiving touchdowns are as many as Mike Evans and
Speaker 1: a Marii Cooper and more than DeAndre Hopkins and Michael Thomas.
Speaker 1: So that's the rarefied air he's in. Just with his receiving.
Speaker 1: We know Gordon is not coming back next year to
Speaker 1: San Diego, right that that he'll be. So you look
Speaker 1: at next year, you're you've got These are the These
Speaker 1: are the ones I wrote down within the top ten
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey, Dalvin Cook, Derrick Henry, Aaron Jones, Ezekiel Elliott,
Speaker 1: Leonard forn At, Alvin Kamara, Josh Jacobs, Nick Chubb. Somewhere
Speaker 1: in the four net Jones area here at like five
Speaker 1: or six is where I start to think about Austin
Speaker 1: Ekeler for next year. So yes, absolutely, I think he's
Speaker 1: a top ten back next year. He's a top five
Speaker 1: back next year, could be. I think there's only four
Speaker 1: guys that right now I can safely say I believe
Speaker 1: I will have ahead of Austin Ekeler in my preseason
Speaker 1: cheat sheet, Christian McCaffrey, Dalvin Cook and The thing about
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry is he doesn't catch anything. You know, in
Speaker 1: pure PPR leagues, he might not be in the top five.
Speaker 1: And then say Kwon Barkley, I'll grant those four ahead
Speaker 1: of Austin Ekeler. I think everybody else is up for
Speaker 1: debate based on what Zeke has done this year, based
Speaker 1: on I like what Josh Jacobs has done, but I
Speaker 1: don't know that he's inside there. Chubb modern four net.
Speaker 1: I think it's Heckler top five. I really not that
Speaker 1: top of a question either. I should have written a
Speaker 1: harder I should have asked if he's the top five,
Speaker 1: maybe a top seven road questions tough question making it
Speaker 1: up here two weeks ago I asked it for shot
Speaker 1: Penny was going to be this year's Ron Dane and
Speaker 1: out of the blue player who powers teams through the playoffs?
Speaker 1: Is that player actually where he mostered Christian Ultimately, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna say no. Here. Uh it sure looks promising for
Speaker 1: him over the last couple of games. He he has
Speaker 1: emerged as the number one back in that backfield, But
Speaker 1: Tevin Coleman and Matt Brada are still involved. And what
Speaker 1: I came well and I looked at the next couple
Speaker 1: of matchups Atlanta this week. They're not quite as bad
Speaker 1: as you think. Against the run. They allow about four
Speaker 1: yards per carry, ten running back touchdowns all year, the
Speaker 1: Rams in Week sixteen, they're pretty similar, so the matchups
Speaker 1: are not cupcake matchups. And then I looked back and
Speaker 1: it felt like through various times throughout this year, we
Speaker 1: could have said the same thing about Tevin Coleman, like
Speaker 1: Tevin Coleman has grabbed this backfield, he's you know, after
Speaker 1: he had a couple of big games, or Matt Brada
Speaker 1: early in the year had a couple of streaks just
Speaker 1: like that. But in invitably, Kyle Shanahan just goes with
Speaker 1: the hot hand. So I think that the the idea
Speaker 1: that there's potential that one of these other guys could
Speaker 1: get the hot hand in one of the next two
Speaker 1: weeks means most Dirt is the guy that I would
Speaker 1: bet on, but I don't think he's going to be
Speaker 1: That makes sense, I know, is the answer? Okay, Scott,
Speaker 1: I'll make it short and easy for is Raheem mostered
Speaker 1: this year's Ron Dane. I like that you had to
Speaker 1: rephrase the question after they've been a while so I
Speaker 1: want to refresh people's memory question, I'm gonna go with yes. Uh.
Speaker 1: Among running backs with at least a hundred touches, he's
Speaker 1: top three in yards per carry, the yards per reception,
Speaker 1: and obviously yards per touch. He's hyper efficient, averaging six
Speaker 1: to seven yards per for each of those. Uh. If
Speaker 1: the continue to feature him, which I think they will,
Speaker 1: because he mentioned rising right in the hot hand, no
Speaker 1: one's hotter right now for that backfield. Uh, it doesn't
Speaker 1: matter who the match until the next games can drive
Speaker 1: on anyone. So I don't even care who the matchup is.
Speaker 1: I think it's more about usage, and I think he
Speaker 1: gets it. Um last week, first round of the playoffs,
Speaker 1: two touchdowns d nine yards for he mostered. So we'll
Speaker 1: check one of our three weeks right. To be the
Speaker 1: Ron Dane of the playoffs, you need to be able
Speaker 1: to to house three games. That one we got one.
Speaker 1: One's already in the bank. The past two weeks, he's
Speaker 1: gotten seventy of the snaps and the snaps that's more
Speaker 1: than anyone any other running back has had in consecutive weeks.
Speaker 1: There is a shift happening with Kyle Shanahan where he
Speaker 1: just can't take Whee Moasted off the field. This week,
Speaker 1: he's inside my top ten in my rankings at running back.
Speaker 1: It's a it's he's got an A grade for me.
Speaker 1: Against Atlanta next week, it's a tougher matchup with the Rams.
Speaker 1: But to Scott's point, he's really good and this team
Speaker 1: still runs the ball the second most of any team
Speaker 1: in the NFL, so he's going to get his work.
Speaker 1: He's averaging six yards per carry over the last three games.
Speaker 1: He's every seven and a half yards per carry. Where
Speaker 1: he mostard is. In fact, here's Ron Dane, just with
Speaker 1: a different jersey. That's all it is. And also he's functional.
Speaker 1: There really isn't. There's only one Ron Dame rolling down
Speaker 1: the field. We're gonna work in a matchup maybe two
Speaker 1: into this segment, beginning with Minnesota taking on the Los
Speaker 1: Angeles Chargers. I want to start with Dalvin Cook here.
Speaker 1: He's still scoring touchdowns, which is great, but he hasn't
Speaker 1: topped four yards per carry in five straight games. He
Speaker 1: hasn't had a run go longer than nine yards in
Speaker 1: three weeks. Dalvin Cook, what happened after a shaky start
Speaker 1: to the season. The Chargers run defense has been great
Speaker 1: over the last month. They locked down Leo Fournette, Philip Lindsay,
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones. There is a chance Alexander Madison does not
Speaker 1: play in this game. In fact, I think it's a
Speaker 1: probability that he does not play in this game. So
Speaker 1: that had an extra five, maybe more touches to Dalvin
Speaker 1: Cook's total. So I've just gotta be great and Dalvin Cook,
Speaker 1: I am a little bit nervous about him here now,
Speaker 1: Adam Theland is expected back, Let's talk about the effect
Speaker 1: there now. He said he would not return unless he
Speaker 1: was on, So I'm gonna presume he's one. If he's playing,
Speaker 1: he's completely He's off the injury port, right, So I
Speaker 1: don't should not have to sweat him having a relapse here.
Speaker 1: I better not sweat rust getting kicked off. I hope not.
Speaker 1: In the six full game steal And has played this year,
Speaker 1: he has scored six times. He's got a difficult matchup
Speaker 1: in the slot against cornerback Desmond King. King is very
Speaker 1: very fast, but he doesn't have precision footwork. He can
Speaker 1: just be and he does periodically give up some cushion
Speaker 1: which he makes up with his speed. But I think
Speaker 1: there's an opportunity for Theland here. That said, do they
Speaker 1: immediately go back to the full workload for Theland in
Speaker 1: his first game back. I don't know. So I just
Speaker 1: got the Sea great and Adam Theland. I'm nervous about it.
Speaker 1: Let's go to Stefan Diggs. He gets a bad matchup
Speaker 1: with Casey Hayward, one of the best cornerbacks in the league.
Speaker 1: That's generally a death sentence for most receivers. In recent weeks,
Speaker 1: Hayward is neutralized Tyree Hill, Tyrone Williams, Davante Adams, and
Speaker 1: Allen Robinson. Those are some good receivers. Hayward has allowed
Speaker 1: forty five yards or less in his coverage in every
Speaker 1: game but one. Only court in Sutland. Sutton all year
Speaker 1: long has hit him hard, who had a two touchdown
Speaker 1: game against him. That's it now the upside for Diggs, though,
Speaker 1: His two best performances of the year came against very
Speaker 1: good cornerbacks Chris Harris and Darius Slay. So yeah, maybe
Speaker 1: maybe there's something here for Diggs. But I've just got
Speaker 1: to see grade on him. And if I've got Sea
Speaker 1: grades on Diggs and Theland, you can imagine I've got
Speaker 1: to see Grade and Kirk Cousins with this secondary which
Speaker 1: now has its safeties back there when James and Adrian
Speaker 1: Phillips Chargers just playing looked very tough. And the last
Speaker 1: three quarterbacks to face the Chargers have thrown for one
Speaker 1: hundred sixty two yards, one hundred thirty four yards and
Speaker 1: one two yards. That's it. So just the C grade
Speaker 1: on Kirk Cousins in this game and staying with the
Speaker 1: past offense. Uh, Kyle Rudolph's on the bench because he
Speaker 1: was invisible before Adam Feelan's injury. So assuming Theeeland does
Speaker 1: in fact come back as expected, I gotta worry that
Speaker 1: that Kyle Rudolph goes back to being invisible like he
Speaker 1: was before. So that's uh. That wraps up the Viking side.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about the Chargers side. Earlier we heard is
Speaker 1: talking about our my our collective love of Austin Ekeler.
Speaker 1: He's got an A grade in this one. He was
Speaker 1: supposed to wither and die once Melvin Gordon came back.
Speaker 1: That didn't work out at all. He's been great basically
Speaker 1: in every game Turkey match up here in this respect,
Speaker 1: though no back has caught more than four balls against Minnesota,
Speaker 1: and only one is top thirty four receiving yards against
Speaker 1: the Vikings. They've been arguably the NFL's best defense against
Speaker 1: past catching backs. Minnesota's run defense notably worse on the ground.
Speaker 1: They're giving up one hundred eleven rushing yards in road games.
Speaker 1: So maybe echo chips in you know some good decent
Speaker 1: percentage of help on the ground as well. And I've
Speaker 1: still got an A grade on Austin Neckliks. He seems
Speaker 1: to be good every week. Melvin Gordon just the B grade.
Speaker 1: As mentioned, Vikings are worse on the ground on the road.
Speaker 1: They're big rushing games the Vikings have allowed have all
Speaker 1: been on the road. Aaron Jones on the road, Damian
Speaker 1: Williams on the road, the Seattle Seahawks backs on the road,
Speaker 1: all with big games against the Vikings and about the
Speaker 1: only ones with big games against the Vikings. And Melvin
Speaker 1: Gordon rock solid lately over his past five games, averaging
Speaker 1: twenty touches for a hundred five yards and almost a
Speaker 1: touchdown per game. Let's go to the passing offense. Philip
Speaker 1: Rivers gets a B grade. He toyed with the Jacksonville
Speaker 1: Secondary last week, posting his best fantasy game of the year.
Speaker 1: Now the Vikings should offer another strong game for Rivers.
Speaker 1: The only the touchdown resistant Redskins have failed to throw
Speaker 1: a passing touchdown against Minnesota. And I like his wide
Speaker 1: receivers matchups, and let's talk about them right now. Keenan Allen,
Speaker 1: with a B grade, has scored twice in his last
Speaker 1: three games. He's got a seventy four yard average over
Speaker 1: those three games, and I think he gets about that
Speaker 1: against the sagging Vikings secondary over the last five weeks,
Speaker 1: they've surrendered the fifth most fantasy points to wide receivers.
Speaker 1: Allen lines up against Mackenzie Alexander in the slot, who
Speaker 1: yielded has yielded two scores in his last four games,
Speaker 1: and the Vikings have given up big games to other
Speaker 1: slot receivers like Danny Amondola and Tyreek Hill and Randall
Speaker 1: cop So be great for Keenan Allen and lastly, well
Speaker 1: actually second second to lastly, uh Mike Williams penultimately, penultimately
Speaker 1: Mike Williams, who will face cornerback Trey Wayne's in coverage,
Speaker 1: whos yielded four scores in his last seven starts. Williams
Speaker 1: also has four inches and thirty pounds on waynes, which
Speaker 1: is an advantage. As always, Mike Williams is always a
Speaker 1: boom or bust guy. So we're back to Lamar Jackson card.
Speaker 1: You could play him if you're if you're playing against
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson and hope that this is one of the
Speaker 1: boom games for Mike Williams. Hunter Henry's You're gonna start
Speaker 1: every week anyway, but a B grade here. I'll note
Speaker 1: the Vikings have given up a lot of receptions and
Speaker 1: yards to running backs, but only one touchdown all year. Um,
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Speaker 1: Jacksonville takes on Oakland Scott and no DJ Chark in
Speaker 1: this game. What do you think about the other receivers
Speaker 1: for the Jaguars? Sure, I'll start with their leading receiver
Speaker 1: Leo Fournette, who has sixty eight receptions, one more than
Speaker 1: DJ Chark on the season, unbelievable nine in the NFL
Speaker 1: and receptions at all positions. Yeah, yeah, it's inside. I
Speaker 1: never saw that coming. But I also didn't see him
Speaker 1: playing fourteen straight games. Yeah, I have an a grade
Speaker 1: on four Nette because he's healthy. We thought being the
Speaker 1: preseason Bell cow. He if he stays healthy, he's a
Speaker 1: three touch a game guy. Now he gets a defense
Speaker 1: in the Oakland Raiders, who have allowed five running back
Speaker 1: touchdowns in just the last two weeks. You've teased it
Speaker 1: before the break. Maybe he gets that elusive touchdown. That
Speaker 1: would be nice. A grade for Leonard Fournette in the
Speaker 1: passing game without Shark. I love D D Westbrook this week.
Speaker 1: I have a B grade on him. He's getting a
Speaker 1: juicy matchup with Marcus Joyner in the slot. He's averaging
Speaker 1: nearly seven catches per game over the last three and
Speaker 1: DJ Chark's eight targets per game. They're available. Yeah, for sure,
Speaker 1: D you can get some of those. Uh. What do
Speaker 1: you think of Chris Connley. You're the Chris Connley expert
Speaker 1: in the I am the Chris Connley expert. We have
Speaker 1: correctly predicted all five times you should play Chris Connley.
Speaker 1: You gotta pick your spots. This is one of them.
Speaker 1: This is one of them. Now Bradbury will not bother
Speaker 1: to take Chris Conley. That gives him the easiest matchup
Speaker 1: on the field. Connley is all about the cheap, deep
Speaker 1: speed and that's a possibility here. I like, I like
Speaker 1: the prospects of of of a decent game here. Uh
Speaker 1: for Chris Conley, So I'm gonna give him a C grade,
Speaker 1: starting C grade. Think he's my thirty four ranked wide
Speaker 1: receiver this week. Very nice, very nice. He's the kind
Speaker 1: of guy you recommend for someone going up against Lamar Jackson.
Speaker 1: Perhaps I don't know that he's I don't think he's
Speaker 1: got like a two touchdown hundre yard game. Conley Connolly's
Speaker 1: floor is like underground. His floor is so extremely problem now.
Speaker 1: Robby Anderson was built a little bit like him. Against
Speaker 1: Oakland to three games ago, had a very big game.
Speaker 1: So maybe there's you know, there might be a little something.
Speaker 1: That's a lot of Chris Conney talk. That's a lot
Speaker 1: that's too much. Gardner Minshew. Raiders are bottom six against
Speaker 1: every position in Fantasy this year. So that's good for
Speaker 1: four net. That's good for the passing game. Minshew has
Speaker 1: failed to throw for more than two fifteen yards and
Speaker 1: five of his nine complete games, but he's got some
Speaker 1: opportunity here, as Ryan Finley is the only QB to
Speaker 1: fail to throw a touchdown pass against the Raiders nine
Speaker 1: of the ten had multiple touchdowns, so I like Minshew
Speaker 1: with a B. Here. On the other side, Jacobs, I'm
Speaker 1: giving an if he goes because he's just in a
Speaker 1: smash spot. As you mentioned with your take a Chance
Speaker 1: on me, player Washington can even be really decent in
Speaker 1: this matchup. Even if Jacobs goes. H the Jags have
Speaker 1: allowed five backs. Well, you mentioned it in the take up.
Speaker 1: I don't need to go over it. The passing game,
Speaker 1: I don't love it, though I'm starting. I'm starting Waller.
Speaker 1: I'm giving him a B grade because the Jags are
Speaker 1: giving up tight end touchdowns left and right, including two
Speaker 1: last week. But the other guys know. The Jags are
Speaker 1: allowing the fourth fewest passing the attempts. Car has only
Speaker 1: thrown more than thirty four passing attempts once this year. Um,
Speaker 1: I expect a low volume, lots of running games, so
Speaker 1: the rest of the passing games on the bench. Yeah,
Speaker 1: i'd watched Moreau's gonna steal a time. Moreau has five
Speaker 1: touchdowns on the season. Waller has two. I believe the
Speaker 1: top of my head, guess right, I'm pretty sure that's
Speaker 1: I bet that's very close. Cleveland takes on Arizona. Christian
Speaker 1: already talked about Baker Mayfields might take a chance on
Speaker 1: the quarterback. I in in that discussion earlier, I mentioned
Speaker 1: the great matchups, and I think he's got all around
Speaker 1: the field. This is your chance to elucidate those matchups. Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: I mean you you mentioned Jarvis Landry in particular against
Speaker 1: slot receivers against Arizona, it's pretty ridiculous. I mean, any
Speaker 1: slot receiver you can go back at look at their
Speaker 1: game log. They've all erupted against them. Tyler Boy a
Speaker 1: hundred twenty three yards in a touchdown, Chris Godwin six
Speaker 1: for seventy four, Cooper Cup sixty five yards and a touchdown.
Speaker 1: Michael Thomas spends quite a bit of time in the slot,
Speaker 1: a hundred and twelve yards in a touchdown. I've got
Speaker 1: an a grade on Jarvis Landry here in this matchup,
Speaker 1: specifically out of the slot. Odell Beckham Junior is a
Speaker 1: little bit of a tougher call here. Well or maybe not.
Speaker 1: He might just he might just be a bench I
Speaker 1: gave him a sea level starting grade, but things have
Speaker 1: not gone well for him. We learned, of course, a
Speaker 1: week ago that it's he's been battling through an injury,
Speaker 1: so maybe that explains part of it. He'll drop Patrick
Speaker 1: Peterson in this matchup, who hasn't been the Patrick Peterson
Speaker 1: of old. But I don't know how you trust Odell
Speaker 1: Beckham at this point, even even in a cupcake matchup
Speaker 1: against a bad secondary. So right just to sea level
Speaker 1: starting rate on him. Of course, we all know by
Speaker 1: this point that whatever tight end you have facing the
Speaker 1: Cardinals is in the lineup, So that brings David to
Speaker 1: Joko into focus here. I gave him just a B
Speaker 1: level grade because he'd been on i R all year
Speaker 1: until last week, but I was turned and did almost
Speaker 1: nothing right. But that was not the rustoff game for
Speaker 1: David and Joko. This is gonna be the rustless game
Speaker 1: for David. I think you're right. I think you gotta
Speaker 1: put him. You gotta put him in your line up.
Speaker 1: The massive matchup can't possibly get any better. So I
Speaker 1: gave him a B grade, maybe maybe even an A.
Speaker 1: Here and the Russian game, Nick Chubb just to be
Speaker 1: now because he's giving up too much, too much attention
Speaker 1: to Kareem Hunt. Kareem Hunt has stolen three touchdowns in
Speaker 1: the last three weeks. He's taking all the receptions. So
Speaker 1: Chubb is gonna get fifteen to twenty carries and probably
Speaker 1: close to a hundred yards, but the receptions are not
Speaker 1: going to be there. The touchdown may not be there.
Speaker 1: So just to b for Chubb Kareem Hunt, I gave
Speaker 1: a C grade. He's in the ten twelve touch range
Speaker 1: and he needs so he kind of needs the touchdown
Speaker 1: in order to be relevant. He's been getting the touchdown
Speaker 1: he's been getting. Let's call it a B. Let's call
Speaker 1: it a B and and the matchup is Arizona is
Speaker 1: not nearly as bad against the run as they are
Speaker 1: against the past, but they're nothing special. So bs to
Speaker 1: both members of the of the backfield. There on the
Speaker 1: Cardinals side, Kyler Murray has been really struggling. Just a
Speaker 1: hundred and nine passing yards are less in three straight games.
Speaker 1: He's stayed afloat with rushing rushing scores and two of
Speaker 1: the last three. That's a good thing against Cleveland because
Speaker 1: they've yielded three rushing touchdowns this year. There's their secondary
Speaker 1: is pretty decent though, so it's it's gonna be another
Speaker 1: limited day in the passing games, so you're gonna need
Speaker 1: to count on that rushing touchdown. I have a B
Speaker 1: grade on Murray. Christian Kirk is just barely in here
Speaker 1: with a C grade. Heavily targeted but doing nothing with those.
Speaker 1: He scored in only one game all year, despite eight
Speaker 1: eight and a half targets per game over the last month.
Speaker 1: So he's going to get the attention, just I, just
Speaker 1: I can't count on him to do much with it.
Speaker 1: Larry Fitzgerald hasn't top fifty six yards since weeks six
Speaker 1: and just one touchdown in that span, so he's on
Speaker 1: the bench. Scott No, alright, Uh, let's move to the
Speaker 1: running game. Kenyan Drake has taken over this backfield fourteen
Speaker 1: touches last week to just five for David Johnson, but
Speaker 1: he hasn't scored since Week nine. The Browns just gave
Speaker 1: up a hundred and eighty six combined rushing and receiving
Speaker 1: yards to Joe Mixon last week, so there is some
Speaker 1: upside here, but you never know, you know, they could
Speaker 1: turn back to David Johnson at any time because Drake
Speaker 1: really hasn't been that good. He's getting the touches and
Speaker 1: David Johnson is on your bench. Yeah, receiving touchdown last week,
Speaker 1: but just eleven touches in the last two games. He's
Speaker 1: on the bench alright. Final matchup of the segment Rams
Speaker 1: taking on the Cowboys with twenty touches and back to
Speaker 1: back games. Look who's turned into a ball cow it's
Speaker 1: Todd Gurley. Now. They were saving Gurley for the end
Speaker 1: of the year. Well they're trying to make the playoffs
Speaker 1: in December. They're not in. They gotta use him now.
Speaker 1: And that's exactly what Sean McVeigh is doing. They used
Speaker 1: him so lightly all seasons so they could use them
Speaker 1: and they had to have him at the end of
Speaker 1: the year. They've got to have him now, so I
Speaker 1: think he continues to have a lot of carries. Tough
Speaker 1: matchup though, Dallas has allowed just four scores and no
Speaker 1: one hundred yard games to opposing backs in their last
Speaker 1: half season of games last eight only four scores and
Speaker 1: no one hundred yard games. Now, if Layton vander Esh
Speaker 1: misses his fourth consecutive game, I like him a lot more,
Speaker 1: and you know we he's I've got a B grade
Speaker 1: on him right now. I'll move Todd Gurley to an
Speaker 1: A grade. If Layton vander Esh is out, let's talk
Speaker 1: about the passing game. Jared Goff go a B grade here.
Speaker 1: He's playing the best ball of his season, and I
Speaker 1: think that's in part because Todd Gurley is getting a
Speaker 1: lot of work. They're back to the formula that has
Speaker 1: proven successful for Jared Goff in the past, which is, frankly,
Speaker 1: keep being the ball in Todd Gurley's hands as much
Speaker 1: as possible. Now, Golf looks strong, he looks confident. He's
Speaker 1: had two touchdowns and back to back games, which for
Speaker 1: him is very good. He's got some decent matchups out there.
Speaker 1: Cooper Cup faces off. It's Jordan Lewis who's allowed touchdowns
Speaker 1: in consecutive games. I like that part, and Cooper Cup
Speaker 1: gets a B grade in this game. Now he the
Speaker 1: worry on Cup has He only played ont of the
Speaker 1: snaps last week and I have no idea why his
Speaker 1: snapcount would have been so low. But over the last
Speaker 1: five games, Cup is averaging four catches forty yards per game.
Speaker 1: Those aren't great numbers either. It's a favorable matchup against Lewis,
Speaker 1: who I mentioned. Cole Beasley just put up a good
Speaker 1: game on him a couple of weeks ago. So it's
Speaker 1: a B grade. On Cooper Cup B grade and Robert Woods,
Speaker 1: who's surging lately. Over the last four games, He's got
Speaker 1: at least six catches and ninety five yards. He's averaging
Speaker 1: nearly twelve targets per game. Woods may be able to
Speaker 1: keep his hot streak intact against the Cowboys secondary that
Speaker 1: over the last four games has allowed seven receiver scores
Speaker 1: and Brandon Cooks totally dead. To us. It's a remarkable
Speaker 1: fall for Brandon Cooks. The concussions is one topic. But
Speaker 1: how you can be back for three weeks and get
Speaker 1: thrown to like once a game after that, I don't understand.
Speaker 1: So Brandon Cooks, he's not even star to most leagues
Speaker 1: at this point. Let's go to the Dallas side. Dak
Speaker 1: Prescott gets a C grade. The best thing going for
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott and this one is volume, and he's thrown
Speaker 1: the ball forty six times or more in four of
Speaker 1: the past five games. But since the Jalen Ramsey trade,
Speaker 1: the Rams secondary has been excellent, allowing just two twenty
Speaker 1: three yards per game, just one point three touchdowns per game.
Speaker 1: That's it. And if you throw out Lamar Jackson's insane game,
Speaker 1: the Rams are down to allowing just a zero point
Speaker 1: six passing touchdowns in the Ramsey era. Those are very,
Speaker 1: very daunting numbers for Dak Prescott and that's why he's
Speaker 1: only a seat and that's why Amari Cooper is just
Speaker 1: to be He's posted over eight yards and back to
Speaker 1: back games despite his knee injury, and he's had difficult
Speaker 1: matchups against Tradavious White and Kyle Fuller. Uh. Now Cooper
Speaker 1: Cooper's gotta deal with Jalen Ramsey. Uh. He's averaging less
Speaker 1: than thirty yards per game in his coverage, hasn't given
Speaker 1: up a touchdown since the trade to l A. So
Speaker 1: just to be grade on Cooper, and honestly, I could
Speaker 1: we could call him a C grade. Really, Michael Gallop
Speaker 1: also a B grade. In the flast four games, Gallops
Speaker 1: actually outproducing Amari Cooper, averaging ninety four yards and nine
Speaker 1: targets per game, in part because Cooper keeps drawing these
Speaker 1: great number one cornerbacks in the path of least resistance.
Speaker 1: Is just playing through Gallop. We could see, we could
Speaker 1: see it go that way here, and I think Gallop
Speaker 1: is is potentially the more startable of the two of them,
Speaker 1: and a B grade on Michael Gallop. That only leaves
Speaker 1: us with Ezekiel Elliott B grade. He's almost always finds
Speaker 1: his way to a good game. Um, he's had just
Speaker 1: one done all year. But this matchup is incredibly tricky
Speaker 1: and I do not see explosive output coming for him
Speaker 1: against the Rams. Only one back is top seventy six
Speaker 1: yards since way back in Week five against l A.
Speaker 1: The Rams have allowed one rushing touchdown since Week six.
Speaker 1: Zeke usually salvages his floor a little bit through his
Speaker 1: receiving work, but the Rams having allowed of back the
Speaker 1: top thirty five receiving yards since the opener. You know,
Speaker 1: and not only that, but there is some quit to
Speaker 1: these cowboys. Just as an intangible aside for all of
Speaker 1: these cowboys, there's some quit to this team. And I
Speaker 1: have some worried that this thing could be a great
Speaker 1: a dud and the Rams could roll this team just
Speaker 1: like they did last week. I could do We'll take
Speaker 1: a break, final break of the show on our final
Speaker 1: set of matchups, and that includes the Monday nighter Indianapolis
Speaker 1: coming up against New Orleans will tell you what to
Speaker 1: do with all of your Saints that if you dare
Speaker 1: start um uh Alvin Kamara. What a disaster season it's been.
Speaker 1: If you've still hobbled your way into the semifinals, can
Speaker 1: you start Alvin Kamara here? We'll tell you in our
Speaker 1: final set of matchups in Fantasy Football Weekly, coming up
Speaker 1: next final thing in Fantasy Football Weekly. Got plenty of
Speaker 1: matchups to get to, including the Sunday Night er and
Speaker 1: the Monday night here. But first Atlanta taking on San
Speaker 1: Francisco Scott last week at this time, and take a chance.
Speaker 1: I mean we told you to start DeVonta Freeman. We
Speaker 1: called his first rushing touchdown in two years. How about that?
Speaker 1: We got it right? Pretty impressive? Any chance he makes
Speaker 1: it two in a row for rushing touchdowns for DeVonta
Speaker 1: Freeman here against the Niners. I don't think so. Against
Speaker 1: the forty Niners. Over the last five weeks, teams are
Speaker 1: running the ball fewer than fifteen total times per game
Speaker 1: against uh. They've also only allowed three running back touchdowns
Speaker 1: all year. I think this is a game where Atlanta
Speaker 1: falls behind and they let Ryan throw it forty plus
Speaker 1: times with a feat he's done most of his games.
Speaker 1: Seven of his ten full games, he's thrown it over
Speaker 1: forty times. I think this is another one, by the way,
Speaker 1: DeVonta Freeman three point six yards per Gary. I think
Speaker 1: he's done. Yeah, he might be done. Matt Ryan, though,
Speaker 1: man super crazy consistent year for him. He's played ten
Speaker 1: full complete games, ten fall games. He has gone for
Speaker 1: three d plus yards, and nine of them the one
Speaker 1: he didn't he threw from multiple scores. In fact, he
Speaker 1: had multiple scores in eight of the ten fall games. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the most passing yards the point I have allowed at
Speaker 1: home is two D thirty two yards um. But in
Speaker 1: the last ten games, only one QB has hit three
Speaker 1: hundred and only three have had multiple touchdowns. So that's
Speaker 1: the bad side on Ryan. That's his floor. Like I said,
Speaker 1: I think he throws at forty times plus times, which
Speaker 1: he's been doing a lot this season, so I still
Speaker 1: give him a buh. Julio Jones, I'm given a b.
Speaker 1: I think he'll see added coverage, but Ryan will still
Speaker 1: keep chucking him the ball. The last three wide receivers
Speaker 1: to get double digit targets, which I think Julio gets,
Speaker 1: averaged eight catches and all three had at least seventy
Speaker 1: yards are scored. I think that's well within the range
Speaker 1: for Julio here, and we should mention Richard Sherman. There's
Speaker 1: a good chance he does not play this hamstring injury.
Speaker 1: That's a huge loss pass rusher d Ford. We don't
Speaker 1: know if he's gonna go another cornerback Jan Alexander's run
Speaker 1: Williams Kwan Williams is yeah, I don't have they actually
Speaker 1: ruled him out already. It's got that he's trying to
Speaker 1: work through the concussion protocols. Maybe maybe there's all kinds
Speaker 1: of moving parts in the San Francisco defense that does
Speaker 1: give Matt Ryan and Julio Jones an opportunity even with
Speaker 1: Calvin Ridley out. Yep, So Rustler Gauge. I'm a fan
Speaker 1: of Rustler Gauge, but his yards per catchers so low
Speaker 1: that if he doesn't score, he's nothing. And with Hooper
Speaker 1: probably back here, I'm giving I'm giving Hooper the grade.
Speaker 1: Engauge is sitting on my bench. I'm giving Hooper a
Speaker 1: grade because he was a stud before the injury, and
Speaker 1: since Week ten, four different tight ends have scored a
Speaker 1: total of five touchdowns and three top fifty yards against
Speaker 1: the forty niners. On the other side, Jimmy Garoppolo, Uh,
Speaker 1: he's still efficiently has multiple touchdowns in five of his
Speaker 1: last seven in the in that span, and this is crazy.
Speaker 1: In that span, he has averaging twun in seventy five
Speaker 1: yards per It's really weird, but that lines up perfectly
Speaker 1: when Emmanuel Sanders joined the funny how that goes. Yes,
Speaker 1: it's just crazy. Before that he was averaging two yards
Speaker 1: per game and at six touchdowns in six games. Only
Speaker 1: one QB since the Falcons Week nine. By his thrown
Speaker 1: from multiple touchdowns against the Falcons, however, four or six
Speaker 1: did throw for two, seven or more. They may not
Speaker 1: lean to need to lean on Garoppolo as much this week,
Speaker 1: so I'm giving him a B grade instead of an A.
Speaker 1: You know, I think there's a temptation for most of
Speaker 1: us to think that a great quarterback should be able
Speaker 1: to instill greatness in his receivers, and we never think
Speaker 1: about it the other way around. Like you can put
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders on the forty niners and suddenly Jimmy Garoppolo
Speaker 1: goes from a middling fantasy producer into a very good
Speaker 1: one and a pretty reliable one, and that's really what's happened.
Speaker 1: You know, you can only do so much when your
Speaker 1: receiver stink. Look at Carson Wentz so I think it's
Speaker 1: still a very good quarterback and just there's just no
Speaker 1: help with the receiver position. There is a great point.
Speaker 1: It was a great trade for the Niners. Think about that.
Speaker 1: He had six touchdowns in the first six games and
Speaker 1: eighteen in the last seven since Sanders amazing change. Uh,
Speaker 1: they may not. Emmanuel Sanders two straight games leading the
Speaker 1: team and targets back to full health. I gotta B
Speaker 1: grade on him. I did my take a chance on
Speaker 1: mean player with Deebo Samuel. I think this offense is
Speaker 1: going to roll pretty well. Kittle is an obvious A grade.
Speaker 1: It's not just obvious, but it's a good matchup. Most
Speaker 1: of it. We've talked about most of a lot here.
Speaker 1: He must start. I don't think i'll go through the
Speaker 1: stats again, except for eleven backs have eleven backs have
Speaker 1: had fifteen touches against the Falcons. They averaged nine yards,
Speaker 1: and eleven of the are in eleven scores. All right,
Speaker 1: we'll take that. That's the yards in a score. He's
Speaker 1: Churches number one running back each of the next two weeks. Uh. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so most of it's gonna hit that fifteen touches. I
Speaker 1: love him in this game, and you can't start any
Speaker 1: of the other runners all they're all just sort of
Speaker 1: makes a little bit. The Sunday night game is Buffalo
Speaker 1: taking on Pittsburgh Christian. You know, it's in a nice
Speaker 1: run for Josh Allen. While he was playing a bunch
Speaker 1: of really easy defenses, this is not one of them.
Speaker 1: And for all of the talk about Mike Tomlin winning
Speaker 1: Coach of the Year, which I think it's it's it's
Speaker 1: correct to have him in that conversation, most of its
Speaker 1: centers on him making do with a fourth string quarterback.
Speaker 1: But the real story is the Pittsburgh defense that's been
Speaker 1: winning all these games. Yeah, that's right, I mean, and
Speaker 1: a bummer for the Josh Allen fantasy owners that were
Speaker 1: riding high with him all year long, only for him
Speaker 1: to fall flat last week with that hundred and forty
Speaker 1: six yards in one touchdown. And you mentioned it's not
Speaker 1: going to get any easier here against Pittsburgh, a top
Speaker 1: ten past defense that's held eight of the last ten
Speaker 1: quarterbacks they've faced under two hundred passing yards. They lead
Speaker 1: the NFL with forty eight sacks. So I've got a
Speaker 1: just a barely sea level starting grade on Josh Allen here,
Speaker 1: and that's really only because of the threat that he
Speaker 1: poses on the ground. He's always a threat for a
Speaker 1: rushing touchdown. But you almost certainly have a better option
Speaker 1: than Josh Allen this week. I've got John Brown on
Speaker 1: the bench. He hasn't caught more than three passes in
Speaker 1: the last three games held under forty yards and each
Speaker 1: one of those. Only one wide receiver has topped a
Speaker 1: hundred yards against the Steelers all year, and only three
Speaker 1: have registered more than six catches. So Brown is on
Speaker 1: the bench. Cole Beasley, I think is the one way
Speaker 1: they're gonna be able to move the ball through the
Speaker 1: air here. He was might take a chance on me
Speaker 1: wide receiver. Nothing to see at tight end with Dawson Knox.
Speaker 1: He is not fantasy relevant on the ground. Devin Singletary,
Speaker 1: he has really emerged here. He's been the running back
Speaker 1: sixteen nine and thirteen in the last three weeks. He's
Speaker 1: playing over seventy of the snaps. He's put Frank Gore
Speaker 1: in the rear view mirror. Pittsburgh is pretty solid against
Speaker 1: the run, though they've held opposing running back to three
Speaker 1: point nine yards per carry. They're having a lot of
Speaker 1: rushing touchdown since Week five. Scott, you want an interesting
Speaker 1: stat I'm a boy, Devin singletony. Absolutely, he leads the
Speaker 1: NFL in a rate of runs over ten yards and
Speaker 1: over twenty yards. So the percentage over all, right, I've
Speaker 1: got to be level starting grade on Singletary, just because
Speaker 1: it is a tough matchup on the Steelers side. Man,
Speaker 1: I searched hie and wide for a starter in the
Speaker 1: passing game, and I couldn't find one duck hot on
Speaker 1: the bench. He's an easy bench. Juju Smith Schuster is
Speaker 1: officially out with that knee injury. Still, James Washington, Deonte Johnson,
Speaker 1: don't chase what he did last week in a very
Speaker 1: tough matchup. Only one wide receiver is top two hundred
Speaker 1: yards against the Bills this year, and only six have scored.
Speaker 1: The entire passing game is on the bench. That brings
Speaker 1: us to the running game, where James Conner is expected
Speaker 1: to return. This is a tricky start for owners right here.
Speaker 1: It kind of is because you don't know exactly how
Speaker 1: much run they're gonna give him. You can run on
Speaker 1: the Bills, however, they allow nearly four point six yards
Speaker 1: per carry, however, kind of a bend but don't break style.
Speaker 1: They've yielded just one running back touchdown in their last
Speaker 1: six games. Again, you would think Connor is going to
Speaker 1: be the bell cow here because Benny Snell has been
Speaker 1: pretty bad over the last couple of games. Jalen Samuel's
Speaker 1: is injured. But can you make can you really make
Speaker 1: James Conner a bell cow anymore? Well, I mean by that,
Speaker 1: I mean he's probably you know, he gets twelve to
Speaker 1: fifteen Russias and then is highly involved in the receiving game.
Speaker 1: That's been the formula for him when he's had his
Speaker 1: big games this year. It has, but those are the
Speaker 1: games he gets hurt in. That's the problem. I just
Speaker 1: don't know that the Steelers can. They've got to know
Speaker 1: by now that James Conner just isn't a workhorse. He
Speaker 1: just can't hold up to be. I mean, he's he's
Speaker 1: all they've got to move the ball. So I'm sure
Speaker 1: they're attempted to give it to him twenty plus times,
Speaker 1: but like you mentioned, you just you just can't trust
Speaker 1: him to stay healthy with that kind of workload. I've
Speaker 1: got to be starting grade on here again. Just because
Speaker 1: I think he's going to be the only show in town.
Speaker 1: It's the only way they're gonna be able to move
Speaker 1: the ball. Alright. The Monday night game is Indianapolis taking
Speaker 1: on New Orleans. There's not a lot to talk about
Speaker 1: on the Indie side. Frankly, let's start with the running game.
Speaker 1: Marlon Mack just gets a c um. The good news
Speaker 1: is over the last three games, the Saints have allowed
Speaker 1: one forty six total yards and one point three touchdowns
Speaker 1: per game. To oppose a unning backs, I would take
Speaker 1: hundred forty six yards and one point three touchdowns from
Speaker 1: Marla Max. The problem is Marlon Max and I gonna
Speaker 1: get all that work. In fact, he probably won't get
Speaker 1: even a fraction of that work. Last week he was
Speaker 1: on the field of the snaps. That's it. Jordan Wilkins
Speaker 1: and nineteen Hines and Jonathan Williams just pick at his
Speaker 1: usage to the point that I think Mac is just
Speaker 1: a C grade start here next. Jack Doyle is the
Speaker 1: only other starter starting grade here. He bombed last week
Speaker 1: in an easy matchup. He's a boom er bust option
Speaker 1: this week because the Saints have conceded the third most
Speaker 1: red zone touches to tight ends, and they've surrendered three
Speaker 1: tight end touchdowns over the past five weeks alone, So
Speaker 1: I like Jack Doyle to bounce back with a B
Speaker 1: grade in this game. Jacoby Brissette though an early season Cinderella,
Speaker 1: remember at one point like Week six, for the most
Speaker 1: passing touchdowns in the NFL. Then Hilton got hurt and
Speaker 1: he has been brutal since then, to the point that
Speaker 1: Colts don't even know that he's going to be their
Speaker 1: starter next year. This thing is very much up in
Speaker 1: the air. Uh. Total he was if he was a
Speaker 1: Cinderella earlier, He's a pumpkin now. Um. No t Y
Speaker 1: Hilton in this game either, so he's not startable. Zach
Speaker 1: Pascal was a start last week in a very easy matchup.
Speaker 1: This isn't one of them. He probably draws Marshall Latimer
Speaker 1: game over for Zach Pascal. Let's go to the Saint
Speaker 1: side first. A quick a quick uh discussion of Alvin
Speaker 1: Kamara went off the board at position roughly two or three,
Speaker 1: depending on what part of the season you're looking at
Speaker 1: in fantasy drafts in August. In how many games has
Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara scored a touchdown on one game in how
Speaker 1: many games has he had a one yard receiving game zero? Zero?
Speaker 1: And how many games has Alvin Kamara had a one
Speaker 1: hundred yard rushing game zero? Last week, the Saints put
Speaker 1: up forty six points four hundred sixty five yards of offense.
Speaker 1: They generated twenty eight first downs and scored six touchdowns,
Speaker 1: and Alvin Kamara had twenty five rushing yards and eighteen
Speaker 1: receiving yards total. Disaster injury related p F did some
Speaker 1: nice analysis on his elusiveness and acceleration before and after
Speaker 1: the high ankle sprain. He's not the same guy, you know.
Speaker 1: That's just what his game was, and the ankle sprain
Speaker 1: has sapped that from him. They brought him back too soon,
Speaker 1: I believe, and he should arrest it longer. So Alvin
Speaker 1: Camara just gets a c greight here. Indianapolis has allowed
Speaker 1: the third fewest touchdowns to opposing backs, just four to
Speaker 1: non Derrick Henry named runners all season. Uh. Camara probably
Speaker 1: doesn't help through the air either, Colts having allowed to
Speaker 1: receiving touchdown to a runner since the opener and only
Speaker 1: two backs of top thirty four receiving yards since that time.
Speaker 1: So just to see great and Camaron, And honestly, it's
Speaker 1: out of respect for his resume more than anything else.
Speaker 1: I mean, if I took the name off of his
Speaker 1: stats and box scred probably be somebody. It'd probably a
Speaker 1: bench grade Patrick Paty, probably Patrick Layard. Yeah, good point.
Speaker 1: All right, let's go and by the way, let Tavius
Speaker 1: Murray's on the bench just four to ten touches his
Speaker 1: touches per game. That's not enough. Let's go to Drew Brees.
Speaker 1: Aside from his inexplicable duds against the Falcons, Breeze has
Speaker 1: been great over the last five games, producing three downright
Speaker 1: explosive box scores. The cold secondary is a middle of
Speaker 1: the pack unit that has struggled with good receivers including
Speaker 1: Chris Godwin and d J. Chark and DeAndre Hopkins and
Speaker 1: Will Fuller. The funny thing is, aside from Michael Thomas,
Speaker 1: how are these explosive games even happening? Who else is
Speaker 1: even throwing too? Right? It's just this mismatch of randomly
Speaker 1: Josh Hill today, and then it's a and that right,
Speaker 1: then it's a trade Kuan Smith, and you know it's
Speaker 1: it's so much Michael Thomas. Then there is no real
Speaker 1: number two receiving threading used to be Alvin Camarat, it's
Speaker 1: not even him anymore. So Michael Thomas and obvious a
Speaker 1: and actually Pierre to Sayer's back, and he's been brutal subtraction.
Speaker 1: By addition, Michael Thomas is gonna have a fine game here.
Speaker 1: The only other receiver I can give a starting grade
Speaker 1: two is Jared Cook, who has now scored or topped
Speaker 1: five yards in four straight games. If Cook can play,
Speaker 1: and by the way, he's in the concussion protocol here,
Speaker 1: but I think he's gonna go. He draws an average
Speaker 1: match up against the Colts, who have only allowed two
Speaker 1: tight end touchdown since Week five. But one of those
Speaker 1: scores did come last week when Tampa's tight ends combined
Speaker 1: for one hundred yards and a touchdown. So Jared Cook
Speaker 1: could get it done here. Dropped a touchdown last week,
Speaker 1: which would have made a big game even bigger. I
Speaker 1: believe a couple of topics for you guys at the end.
Speaker 1: Earlier in the show, we talked about how Lamar Jackson
Speaker 1: we believe is going to go first overall pick next year.
Speaker 1: What about this for the second overall pick and if
Speaker 1: it kills you with the notion that a running back
Speaker 1: didn't go number one. This will kill you double Michael Thomas.
Speaker 1: Why not Michael Thomas second overall? Because he is so
Speaker 1: much better than every other wide fantasy wide receiver out there.
Speaker 1: He's gonna break Marvin Harrison's reception record this year. Yes,
Speaker 1: and most of us playing PPR leagues, and I think
Speaker 1: more so than anything else, he's he has the rare
Speaker 1: combination of an incredibly high ceiling and a ridiculously high floor.
Speaker 1: He he's as safe as a pick as you can
Speaker 1: possibly make, and you don't but you don't sacrifice any
Speaker 1: of the anything. Yeah, you know, the guy that people
Speaker 1: will take if they don't take him number one, that
Speaker 1: they will at number two is Christian McCaffrey because his
Speaker 1: season has just been ridiculous and he's leaps and bounds
Speaker 1: better than any other running back. But we just talked
Speaker 1: about Alvin Kamara, and you know Ezekiel Elliott has had
Speaker 1: a bad year Like those are those are the problems
Speaker 1: with these with the running backs that you you know,
Speaker 1: you've been talking about it for decades, Charch. There's so
Speaker 1: much risk with those running backs. You take that mostly
Speaker 1: out of the equation with a guy like Michael Thomas
Speaker 1: who gets so many targets, so many receptions. Assuming Drew
Speaker 1: Brees is back again next year, I agree he should
Speaker 1: be in the mix at second overall, I'd have to check,
Speaker 1: but I do believe the gap between McCaffrey and the
Speaker 1: number two running back is wider than Thomas and the
Speaker 1: number two wide receiver. But it's running back, and I
Speaker 1: don't know how you feel. It's not even obviously the
Speaker 1: number two receiver is next. That's true. I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: it's that the gap is so big that I can't
Speaker 1: tell you for sure that it's you know, DeAndre Hopkins's
Speaker 1: going to be the number two next year. Uh, so
Speaker 1: you know Chris Godwin, well maybe yeah, we don't know.
Speaker 1: I don't even know if Jameis Winston is gonna be
Speaker 1: on the box next Year's totally up in the air.
Speaker 1: Plenty of questions around those guys as we look ahead
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