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We are 0:00:47.360 --> 0:00:51.000 podcasting fifty two weeks a year, first time in the 0:00:51.040 --> 0:00:53.400 history of this shot of weeks. It's a lot of weeks. 0:00:53.400 --> 0:00:57.760 It's a lot of it boring con that's honestly probably 0:00:57.760 --> 0:01:00.520 too much. It really is too much of me for me. 0:01:01.040 --> 0:01:03.400 And uh so, yeah, by the way, that's the voice 0:01:03.560 --> 0:01:06.600 of my co host Scott Fish and Christian Peterson. Hello guys, 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:12.160 Hello Church, and what happened to I want to mix 0:01:12.200 --> 0:01:13.960 it up every once in a while. I want to 0:01:14.000 --> 0:01:16.840 bring in a guy named Chip to give us. That 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:20.559 would be something that would only I would be interested 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:22.479 in that. I think, as always, we're gonna break down 0:01:22.480 --> 0:01:24.640 every game Fantasy style, give you a letter grade on 0:01:24.760 --> 0:01:27.000 every player, and our rationale for every grade, so you 0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:29.319 can decide for yourself if you think that we are 0:01:29.400 --> 0:01:31.679 on the right track. A few minutes from now, we'll 0:01:31.680 --> 0:01:33.800 give you nine guys upon whom you can take a chance. 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:37.280 And um, we'll answer three tough questions later on with 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:40.440 the the big topics that are haunting fantasy players before 0:01:40.440 --> 0:01:44.080 we dive into the matchups. Let's uh, let's cover this 0:01:44.319 --> 0:01:47.200 scenario that's all too painful for some of our listeners. 0:01:47.720 --> 0:01:50.480 You played against Lamar Jackson. I don't even need to 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:53.560 talk to the Lamar Jackson owners. They're fine. You played 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:59.560 against Lamar Jackson. Now what high ceiling players, all high 0:01:59.560 --> 0:02:02.600 ceiling got to do? All the high risk khigh reward types, right, 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:05.840 I mean here, you're you're starting Giants against Miami. You're 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:08.600 hoping guys like Will Fuller on your team. Yeah, that's 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:11.399 another Yeah, a guy like a Will Fuller who's notorious 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:15.560 for as a boom or bust player, right? Um? And 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:19.320 if they even in Joeku against against Arizona, I mean 0:02:19.400 --> 0:02:22.600 you need lightning to strike to overcome that performance. And 0:02:22.639 --> 0:02:25.440 you're really zeroing in, not that you wouldn't do this anyways, 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:27.840 but really zeroing in on the matchups. Right, You're you're 0:02:27.880 --> 0:02:30.440 not giving anybody the benefit of the doubt on your roster, 0:02:30.520 --> 0:02:32.480 even if they've been in your in your starting lineup 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:34.440 all year, if they have a tough matchup this week, 0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:37.200 you are probably better off going with somebody with a 0:02:37.200 --> 0:02:40.120 better matchup. Totally agree. That's a that's a great point. 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:42.560 And if you're down, if you're down to Lamar Jackson 0:02:42.560 --> 0:02:44.680 to a lesser extent, mark Ingram, who ended up with 0:02:44.720 --> 0:02:47.359 a the best night of any running back against the 0:02:47.440 --> 0:02:50.240 Jets all year. Um, you know I do. I think 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:52.600 you're right. There are no there are no sacred cows 0:02:52.680 --> 0:02:56.040 on your roster. If you think pat Patrick Mahomes, who's 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:58.960 thrown one touchdown in three straight games, has got it, 0:02:59.000 --> 0:03:01.800 doesn't have enough upside for you, you gotta look at 0:03:01.919 --> 0:03:05.079 Ryan Tannehill as one example. All right, let's dive into 0:03:05.120 --> 0:03:08.800 the matchups. We begin with Houston taking on Tennessee Scott 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:11.880 Deshaun Watson. To me, it feels like a great start. 0:03:12.040 --> 0:03:14.880 Dori Jackson cornerback for Tennessee's out. They put their other 0:03:14.919 --> 0:03:17.240 starting cornerback An I r a month ago, Malcolm Butler. 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:20.400 Boy I I you want a guy with some upside, 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:23.720 Deshaun Watson. Absolutely, I have an a grade on Watson. 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:26.320 The Titans d seems good when you watch them, but 0:03:26.360 --> 0:03:28.720 over the last six weeks only Nick Foles failed to 0:03:28.720 --> 0:03:32.520 throw for three yards or throw multiple touchdowns against them. 0:03:33.080 --> 0:03:34.920 The division is going to be on the title most 0:03:34.920 --> 0:03:37.800 likely here that the winner this is probably is probably 0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:40.960 gonna win the division. UM with seven rushing touchdowns and 0:03:41.000 --> 0:03:45.000 over thirty yards rushing per game in in the last 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:47.400 eight games, it's it's a pretty nice floor there for 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:49.839 Deshaun Watson. So I have an A grade on him. 0:03:50.040 --> 0:03:56.080 Hopkins just a grade. He's unbenteable, especially with um will Fuller. 0:03:56.200 --> 0:03:58.080 If he goes, I'm gonna give a C grade. I 0:03:58.080 --> 0:04:00.960 think that entire offense and if you're against Lamar Jackson, 0:04:01.000 --> 0:04:03.800 definitely blame but fool Faller is the kind of guy 0:04:03.880 --> 0:04:05.760 you start when he's healthy and when he's playing no 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:07.680 matter what, because he's got that hundred and fifty yard 0:04:07.720 --> 0:04:10.720 a couple touchdown upside. Uh. If he doesn't go or 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:13.080 even if he does go, I would look to Kenny 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:15.520 Stills in this slot logan. Ryan is allowing the most 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:19.560 slot yards in the NFL. Right now, Um, it follows 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:22.039 out that matchup becomes even better and QTE might even 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:26.279 be interesting in that in that situation. But with both 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:29.520 Skills and QT playing, QT is only outplayed Stills fantasy 0:04:29.520 --> 0:04:33.359 wise once this season and that was last week. So uh, 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:36.719 other than that, Duke Johnson and Carlos Hyde, it's it's 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:39.919 a really really decent matchup here that I did not 0:04:40.040 --> 0:04:42.400 expect to see that when I was going into the 0:04:42.440 --> 0:04:45.880 research here. Uh, Duke Johnson. Seven different running backs have 0:04:45.960 --> 0:04:49.039 had a five catch game against the Titans. A lot 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:51.719 of pass catching backs like the great pass catcher Leo 0:04:51.760 --> 0:04:54.279 four Nette and Hug There's a lot of huge games 0:04:54.279 --> 0:04:57.080 there for pass catching backs. I gave Johnson a ce 0:04:57.240 --> 0:05:00.400 and hide another possible see because the Titans allowed six 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:02.360 rushing touchdowns in the the last five games and he might 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:04.359 get some of that. Yeah. I actually I think I 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:06.560 like Johnson better than I do I do. I think 0:05:06.560 --> 0:05:09.560 it's upside his ceiling is higher for Duck Johnson. On 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:12.040 the other side, I gave Ryan Tannehill a so I 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:15.279 like the A grades on these quarterbacks here, multiple touchdowns 0:05:15.279 --> 0:05:18.240 in all seven games he started. He's QB three since 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:20.880 he took over in Week seven, and Houston has allowed 0:05:20.880 --> 0:05:23.680 three hundred plus yards and three or more passing to 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:26.160 our three passing touchdowns to both Brady and Lock in 0:05:26.240 --> 0:05:29.240 just the last two weeks. UH. They've allowed at least 0:05:29.240 --> 0:05:33.200 three passing touchdowns seven times this season, which is insane. 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:37.520 His main guy is A. J. Brown. He's just looking 0:05:37.560 --> 0:05:40.000 amazing lately. A hundred thirty five yards and more in 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:42.920 two of the last three, averaging twenty three point three 0:05:43.000 --> 0:05:46.320 yards per catch under Tannehill. Over the last five weeks, 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:48.960 the Texans have held down wide receivers to the tune 0:05:49.000 --> 0:05:52.599 of the UH, to the tune of two fused receptions 0:05:53.000 --> 0:05:56.640 sorry bottom two in receptions in yards, which is really good. 0:05:56.680 --> 0:05:58.520 So I'm only given Brown a B otherwise it would 0:05:58.520 --> 0:06:00.560 probably be an A here. And the funny thing about A. J. 0:06:00.680 --> 0:06:02.960 Brown and the Tennessee passing attack is if I said 0:06:03.040 --> 0:06:04.720 Ryan tanney Hill was going to throw a touchdown to 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:08.120 somebody other than A J. Brown, Okay, who is it exactly? 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:13.000 It's uh, you know, nobody to kind of passing that 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:15.000 offense other than A J. Brown. Did you know he 0:06:15.040 --> 0:06:16.840 has led the team and targets every single one of 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:19.880 Ryan Tannehill's games. Wow, that's a lot. Yeah, it says 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:23.240 a lot. There. I'm benching Davis, I'm bention John And 0:06:23.320 --> 0:06:26.200 just like you said, Derrick, Henry, he says he's gonna go. 0:06:26.520 --> 0:06:29.039 Rabel says he's gonna go. He hasn't practiced all week. 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:32.200 He's questionable. I believe he's going to go, and I 0:06:32.200 --> 0:06:35.560 think he's unbenchable when he does go. I don't need 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:37.040 to know that. I need to go more into it. 0:06:37.080 --> 0:06:38.880 But the Texans have a lot, a lot of the 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:42.880 most receptions, most even yards to second most receiving touchdowns. 0:06:42.880 --> 0:06:45.080 So if he doesn't go, Dan Lewis can get a 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:48.000 C grade, but it's all Henry with the A grade. Yeah, 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:49.680 I've got some more than I got some worried that 0:06:49.800 --> 0:06:53.280 Henry he's either on a snap count or that the 0:06:53.320 --> 0:06:55.599 re injury could happen with that hamstring. And you know, 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:58.520 I know they're being conscious with it, but strings. Do 0:06:58.520 --> 0:07:01.000 you think Lewis is startable either way? Even if he goes, 0:07:01.120 --> 0:07:05.560 then no, he does not look he I think he 0:07:05.600 --> 0:07:08.200 needs to start. Okay, Yeah, all right, let's go to 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:13.160 our next matchup, Christian Chicago taking on Green Bay Mitch Truebinsky, 0:07:13.760 --> 0:07:20.200 and let's let's be honest, awesome games from Mitch Drabinsky 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:23.280 in a row. And he rolls in to face Green Bay. 0:07:23.520 --> 0:07:26.080 Who's the hot the hotter quarterback in this game? And 0:07:26.120 --> 0:07:30.040 it's not close? Is Mitch Drabinsky. Absolutely let's start there. Yeah, 0:07:30.080 --> 0:07:32.520 we'll start. We'll start with Robinsky, who's had three straight 0:07:32.560 --> 0:07:35.800 Fantasy relevant games, in part because he's running against two 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:37.920 rushing touchdowns in the last three games and then of 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:40.200 course the three passing touchdowns each of the last two. 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:44.560 He still has four interceptions, though he still looks I mean, 0:07:44.600 --> 0:07:46.840 he's just like right on the edge of disaster at 0:07:46.840 --> 0:07:50.640 all times. Well he was breaking right for him right now. Yeah, 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:53.200 it's it's coming back around. But the Packers have a 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:56.000 good defense. They're top ten passing defense. They've held four 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:58.520 of the last quarterbacks, four of the last six quarterbacks 0:07:58.520 --> 0:08:01.360 they faced to one touch down or less. Back in 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:05.400 Week one, Turbinsky managed two hundred scoreless yards against them. 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:09.280 So I don't love the matchup. Do I trust Trabisky 0:08:09.360 --> 0:08:12.840 Absolutely not. I gave him a sea level starting great, 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:14.840 but maybe this is one of those situations where if 0:08:14.840 --> 0:08:17.440 you're if you're going up against Lamar Jackson, and we've 0:08:17.480 --> 0:08:20.600 seen the upside that Trubisky brings without only through the air, 0:08:20.640 --> 0:08:22.480 but also with his legs. So that's the type of 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:25.760 start that this could be for Trabinsky. Allen Robinson is 0:08:26.200 --> 0:08:29.280 he's in for sure. Hundred two yards on thirteen targets 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:32.520 in the Week one matchup against Green Bay. Thirty targets 0:08:32.520 --> 0:08:35.319 and four touchdowns over the last three weeks, of course, 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:38.680 corresponding with Trabisky's little run here, so he I've got 0:08:38.760 --> 0:08:42.000 him as a an A. Let me put it this way, 0:08:42.040 --> 0:08:44.319 if you had a whole group of players that we're 0:08:44.360 --> 0:08:46.640 all ranked as an A, he would be at the 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:49.319 very bottom of that group, Yes, all of them, ranked, 0:08:49.360 --> 0:08:53.320 all of them exactly a's, but near the bottom, near 0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:56.559 the bottom of that. Anthony Miller is a little interesting here. 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:58.959 Thirty seven targets over the last four games, a hundred 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:01.600 forty yards a couple of week ago on Thanksgiving, scored 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:05.559 last week gets a matchup with slot corner Tremont Williams. 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:08.960 He's really old but has been shocking the good allowed 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:11.800 just sixteen receptions and two and fifty yards all year 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:15.079 in his coverage per Pro Football Focus. So nothing more 0:09:15.120 --> 0:09:17.280 than a C on Anthony Miller here, and even then 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:20.040 only in PPR leagues. Really nothing else to see in 0:09:20.040 --> 0:09:24.720 the receiving games, yes, per Horstead and JP Holts, it's 0:09:24.720 --> 0:09:28.280 a soft ja. Maybe it's the A P Holts as well. Those. 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:31.360 I mean, Green Bay is actually pretty bad against tight ends. 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:33.480 But I don't know who's going to get the get 0:09:33.559 --> 0:09:37.319 the looks between Horstead and Holds. David Montgomery and the 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:39.719 running game. He is a B level starter here. The 0:09:39.720 --> 0:09:42.360 Packers are bottom five run defense. They've allowed the sixth 0:09:42.360 --> 0:09:46.439 most yards, second most touchdowns to opposing runners. Montgomery is 0:09:46.440 --> 0:09:48.520 a bell cow at this point, at least fifteen touches 0:09:48.520 --> 0:09:50.480 in seventh straight games, So he's a beat, maybe even 0:09:50.480 --> 0:09:53.240 an A now that I talk through this as the 0:09:53.240 --> 0:09:56.520 bell cow here Tarik Cohen, he's catching the ball, but 0:09:56.559 --> 0:09:58.840 he's not making any big plays. No more than thirty 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:00.800 nine receiving yards since we Quan, so I've got him 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:04.199 on the bench. That's like a two carry per game game. 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:06.880 It's all the receiving game. So not enough there on 0:10:06.920 --> 0:10:09.880 the Packers side. Aaron Rodgers man, you can make an 0:10:09.920 --> 0:10:11.840 argument here that you put him on the bench back 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:14.280 to his mediocre ways last week with just a hundred 0:10:14.400 --> 0:10:18.320 nine yards in a touchdown. There's nothing mediocre about Well, yeah, 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:22.679 it's less sub mediocre. One or fewer touchdown passes in 0:10:22.760 --> 0:10:24.280 four of the last five and this is one of 0:10:24.280 --> 0:10:27.200 the best past defenses in the NFL. Hasn't allowed more 0:10:27.240 --> 0:10:29.880 than two touchdown passes in a game all year. Screw it. 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:33.480 Let's put Aaron Rodgers on the bench. Same maybe with 0:10:33.559 --> 0:10:36.160 Davante Adams. I have written down here a C gray 0:10:36.240 --> 0:10:38.520 but he hasn't top sixty four yards since Week ten, 0:10:39.120 --> 0:10:42.880 just forty one yards last week against a bad Washington secondary. 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:45.840 In Week one, he did nothing against Chicago. Four catches 0:10:45.880 --> 0:10:49.240 for thirty six yards. Here's another situation where if you're 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:52.240 still alive and you just are thinking about automatically plugging 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:55.679 Davanta Adams into your lineup, good, don't do it. I've 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:58.840 got a C level grade, and that's uh, that's being generous. 0:10:58.880 --> 0:11:01.040 I think what what defense are doing and it's working. 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:05.160 If you take away Davante Adams by doubling him, for example, 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:07.600 bracket coverage, whatever you want to do to take Davante 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:11.560 Adams away, then there's nobody. There's nobody else to beat you, 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:15.000 you know, Marquez Velda Scantling has done virtually nothing. Geronimo 0:11:15.080 --> 0:11:20.320 Allison nothing good for one long catchup month. Yeah, it's 0:11:20.440 --> 0:11:24.280 Jimmy Graham is doing nothing. They can't find a second receiver. 0:11:25.200 --> 0:11:28.120 In fact, Aaron Jones I believe led them in receiving 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:31.080 last week in addition to rushing, So he is an 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:33.520 easy a here lad the lad the Packers in rushing 0:11:33.520 --> 0:11:36.320 and receiving nearly two hund combo yards last week. The 0:11:36.360 --> 0:11:39.160 Week one matchup was really bad for him against the Bears, 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:42.440 thirteen carries for thirty nine yards. But the Bears have 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:45.600 given up some big outputs to opposing running backs. Josh 0:11:45.720 --> 0:11:49.240 Jacob went one fokers against them, Latavius Murray two touchdowns, 0:11:49.440 --> 0:11:53.240 Ezekiel Elliott two touchdowns, So they get they do get 0:11:53.280 --> 0:11:55.840 a hit back and that's a big change, which makes 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:58.080 a big difference. But they're also now missing ro Kuwan 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:02.160 Smith and linebacker Danny Vathan. Maybe those, you know, the 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:04.800 return of Hicks maybe balances out the lots of those 0:12:04.800 --> 0:12:07.080 two guys. But I've got an a level starting grade 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:09.679 on on Jones here. All right, let's go to our 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:12.280 final matchup of this segment, which is Denver taking on 0:12:12.400 --> 0:12:14.960 Kansas City and a lot of intrigue for fantasy owners 0:12:14.960 --> 0:12:17.800 in this one, and some really tough decisions for many people. 0:12:17.880 --> 0:12:20.760 Let's start on the Denver side. Philip Lindsay Begins has 0:12:20.800 --> 0:12:22.640 been getting most of the work for the past month. 0:12:22.720 --> 0:12:25.120 Royce Freeman is solidly on the bench here, but let's 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:27.120 talk about Lindsay, who gets a B grade. The Chiefs 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:30.400 have allowed eight different backs to top one hundred rushing 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:33.320 or receiving yards, and they've given up the fourth most 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:36.160 rushing yards and second most receiving yards to running back. 0:12:36.240 --> 0:12:39.040 So it's a really nice opportunity for Lindsay. Although all 0:12:39.040 --> 0:12:41.319 note he did nothing in the earlier matchup, but he 0:12:41.400 --> 0:12:45.360 seems so much more usage now that I think this 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:47.680 is a nice still a nice opportunity for Lindsay with 0:12:47.720 --> 0:12:49.880 a B grade. Let's move over to the passing game, 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:52.600 where Drew Locke has looked really good through his two 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:56.040 NFL starts, but I'm nervous about him here. The much 0:12:56.080 --> 0:12:59.600 improved Chief secondaries allowed exactly one touchdown pass in three 0:12:59.640 --> 0:13:01.920 straight games, and that was two far better passers, including 0:13:01.960 --> 0:13:05.079 Tom Brady and Philip Rivers. Also as an intangible. The 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:08.600 Chiefs have two games of tape to study on Drew Lock, 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:13.080 and we often see young quarterbacks will be successful in 0:13:13.120 --> 0:13:15.720 their first one game or first two games, and then 0:13:15.760 --> 0:13:18.160 defenses get the tape on and figure out his tendencies 0:13:18.440 --> 0:13:21.000 and then shut the kid down. That's not uncommon and 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:22.839 that could be coming to Drew Lock here just to 0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:26.280 see grade for him. Courtland Sutton is a phenomenal receiver 0:13:26.480 --> 0:13:30.120 and he had an unexpected dud last week despite Lock 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:32.920 looking really good, but was effective against the Chiefs in 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:36.040 the earlier matchup. He caught six passes eighty seven yards 0:13:36.040 --> 0:13:39.400 from Joe Flacco first time these teams met. Since then, 0:13:39.960 --> 0:13:42.600 the chief secondaries found its group. It's surrendering the fourth 0:13:42.640 --> 0:13:45.920 fewest Fantasy points to opposing receivers over the last five weeks. 0:13:46.240 --> 0:13:49.160 Now working in Courtland Sutton's favor, he predominantly lines up 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:51.360 on the left side of the field, refaces Brishot Breland 0:13:51.400 --> 0:13:54.079 easily the worst of Kansas Cities cornerbacks and that's why 0:13:54.120 --> 0:13:57.160 Courtland Sutton gets a B grade in this game. The 0:13:57.200 --> 0:14:00.199 only other receiver well, it's tight end that as a 0:14:00.200 --> 0:14:02.559 starting grade is no a fan whose usage is all 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:04.960 over the board. But I like the upside this week. 0:14:05.520 --> 0:14:07.720 Over the last five games, the Chiefs have allowed an 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:10.680 average of seven catches sixty nine yards to tight ends, 0:14:10.840 --> 0:14:14.680 including three touchdowns over those five games. If Jeff Hireman 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:16.800 were to go down in a freak blimp accident between 0:14:16.840 --> 0:14:18.760 now and kickoff, I would move fant from a C 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:20.880 all the way up to an A. But I think 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:23.640 it's unlikely. Let's go over to the Kansas City side. 0:14:23.640 --> 0:14:25.720 By the way, Tim Patrick, some people are caught Rangerson, 0:14:25.800 --> 0:14:28.080 Tim Patrick, we'll talk. Let's talk more about Tim Patrick. 0:14:29.080 --> 0:14:30.520 We're not going to start him here. Let's go to 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:33.720 the Kansas City side. I'm gonna begin with the passing game, 0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:37.840 because the running game is gross. The passing game, though, 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:42.520 Patrick Mahomes with a B grade. Those are not words 0:14:42.720 --> 0:14:45.840 often heard on this show, and almost unheard of B grade. 0:14:46.400 --> 0:14:49.360 Mahomes has thrown one touchdown in three straight games. He's 0:14:49.440 --> 0:14:51.760 nursing hand injury, although he plans to play through it. 0:14:51.800 --> 0:14:53.600 I don't know if you saw this, but midweek he 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:57.680 said when the injury happened, he was seriously worried, like 0:14:57.800 --> 0:14:59.320 you know, if this could be anything that you know, 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:02.600 the end could be here amputate, he didn't use. That's 0:15:02.640 --> 0:15:05.280 more my words is on the amputation. It is a 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:09.400 little aggressive. The average game against vic fangio secondary is 0:15:09.480 --> 0:15:12.320 just two d thirty yards and one point one touchdown. 0:15:12.560 --> 0:15:15.760 So here comes Patrick Mahomes with three straight one touchdown 0:15:15.800 --> 0:15:19.320 games vic Fangio's defense giving up one touchdown a game. 0:15:21.560 --> 0:15:25.560 This is this is not it's this is a tricky 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:30.360 play for people, just the b grade. Last Sunday, Denver 0:15:30.480 --> 0:15:34.160 held to Shawn Watson too one passing touchdown. I'm just down. 0:15:34.280 --> 0:15:36.560 It's it's just it's not a lock for Mahomes. Here. 0:15:37.080 --> 0:15:39.960 Let's stow to his starting his best wide receiver, Tyreek Kill. 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:42.280 He gashed Denver secondary for seventy four yards in a 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:45.000 score in Week seven, snapped to four games scoreless drout 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:48.320 against the Broncos. But the Broncos secondary has struggled a 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:50.480 bit over the last month. They've given up five scores, 0:15:50.640 --> 0:15:53.080 the eighth most Fantasy points to opposing receivers over those 0:15:53.160 --> 0:15:56.960 last five games. He'll draw Chris Harris. Now, Chris Harris 0:15:57.000 --> 0:15:59.280 used to be a death sentence when he would shadow you, 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:04.560 but not as much lately, the opposing number one outside receiver. 0:16:04.640 --> 0:16:07.440 The guys that Harris usually shadows have scored or top 0:16:07.480 --> 0:16:10.560 one yards or both in four straight games against Denver. 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:12.640 So there is an opportunity for Hill here, and he 0:16:12.680 --> 0:16:15.200 does get an a grade as you'd expect for for him. 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:17.880 I've got just a bench grade. And Sammy Watkins. Here's 0:16:17.880 --> 0:16:20.720 the frustrating part about Watkins, who, by the way, I 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:27.000 believe just last week topped the fantasy points that he 0:16:27.000 --> 0:16:30.280 had scored in Week one through the rest of the season. Yeah, 0:16:30.560 --> 0:16:34.880 the last frustrating parts, Yeah, I think that's right. Yeah, 0:16:35.000 --> 0:16:37.800 the previous thirteen weeks of the frustrating part. They're still 0:16:37.800 --> 0:16:40.840 throwing to him eight times a game. How can Patrick 0:16:40.920 --> 0:16:44.640 Mahomes throwed you eight times a game and you suck? 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:48.240 How does that happen? I think, by the way, I 0:16:48.240 --> 0:16:49.720 think he gets dropped. I think they cut him in 0:16:49.760 --> 0:16:51.080 the off season. I think this is the end for 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:53.800 Sammy Watkins. Anyway, then you it's neither here nor there 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:57.240 for this one. Um, he's he's only turning eight catches 0:16:57.360 --> 0:16:59.640 or eight targets into thirty seven yards per game. So 0:16:59.720 --> 0:17:02.240 he's do us. The last I want to talk about 0:17:02.280 --> 0:17:04.119 Travis Kelsey was just a minute who also gets an 0:17:04.160 --> 0:17:08.040 unusual B grade. It's a tough draw here as he 0:17:08.160 --> 0:17:10.399 answers his second matchup with the Broncos. They held him 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:12.959 to the lowest yardage total of the season in in 0:17:13.040 --> 0:17:15.240 his season in the first matchup, and once more the 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:18.320 Broncos of only three tight end touchdowns all season. No 0:17:18.480 --> 0:17:21.280 tight end is top seventy four seventy yards all season. 0:17:21.560 --> 0:17:23.800 So just the B grade on Travis Kelsey. And now 0:17:23.800 --> 0:17:27.520 we go to the running game. Gross Damian Williams a 0:17:27.600 --> 0:17:30.359 possible game time decision right now. He's got that the 0:17:30.760 --> 0:17:33.679 he's got the rib injury. He had posted back to 0:17:33.680 --> 0:17:37.760 back one hundred yard games when we last saw him healthy, 0:17:37.800 --> 0:17:40.520 but he killed fantasy owners in the earlier matchup with Denver, 0:17:40.640 --> 0:17:44.720 putting up just six yards six yards in the previous matchup. 0:17:45.000 --> 0:17:47.439 I'm giving him a C grade here only because Denver's 0:17:47.520 --> 0:17:50.199 run defense has slumped so badly. Uh and I do 0:17:50.280 --> 0:17:52.359 think there's an opportunity the Denver defense. I've given up 0:17:52.440 --> 0:17:54.280 hundred twenty one yards per game over the last three 0:17:54.320 --> 0:17:58.440 weeks and Lashawn McCoy straight up sucks, so there's nothing 0:17:58.520 --> 0:18:02.000 left to the tank who could have predicted. Well, everybody, well, 0:18:02.080 --> 0:18:04.960 that's entirely true. When he just he just screwed everything 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:07.200 up in that in that Kansas City backfield. That's the 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:09.800 only thing. All he did was muck up the works. 0:18:09.920 --> 0:18:13.040 That's right. And he's on the bench as well. All right. 0:18:13.520 --> 0:18:18.680 Everything related to me chart available at fanball dot com. 0:18:18.680 --> 0:18:20.640 By going to fanmball dot com slash charts, you get 0:18:20.640 --> 0:18:23.120 instant access to my free weekly rankings, my free one 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:27.080 thousand dollar weekly contest, are super flex salary cap contests, 0:18:27.080 --> 0:18:29.840 are podcasts, and have plenty more stuff beyond that again 0:18:29.880 --> 0:18:32.760 famball dot com slash chart. Come me up next a 0:18:32.840 --> 0:18:36.399 segment called take a chance on Me Nine players you 0:18:36.480 --> 0:18:38.520 do not normally start, many of whom are available on 0:18:38.560 --> 0:18:41.879 the waiver wire. These are guys even in the fantasy playoffs. 0:18:42.480 --> 0:18:46.239 They can help you. Don't get complacent. We'll tell you 0:18:46.280 --> 0:18:48.840 are nine guys when we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly. 0:19:07.680 --> 0:19:12.399 Take a chance on me. Nine players not normally and 0:19:12.400 --> 0:19:14.040 you're starting the line up, many of whom are available 0:19:14.080 --> 0:19:18.480 on the waiver wire. Myself, Scot Fish, Christian Peterson will 0:19:18.520 --> 0:19:20.960 tell you three quarterbacks you're running back to the receivers. 0:19:21.040 --> 0:19:23.840 We believe are startable this week, beginning at the quarterback 0:19:23.880 --> 0:19:26.879 position in Christian Peterson. Yeah, I've got Kyle Allen this 0:19:26.920 --> 0:19:29.160 week going up against the Seahawks. Each of the last 0:19:29.160 --> 0:19:31.600 six quarterbacks to face Seattle have thrown for at least 0:19:31.600 --> 0:19:34.920 two hundred and fifty six yards on the season. Opposing 0:19:34.920 --> 0:19:38.240 pass There's average two hundred and eighty three yards per game, 0:19:38.600 --> 0:19:41.320 and every quarterback they've faced has accounted for at least 0:19:41.320 --> 0:19:44.639 one touchdown. So your floor here is about to sixty 0:19:44.720 --> 0:19:48.000 and one for Kyle Allen, who over the last three 0:19:48.080 --> 0:19:50.720 weeks has been considerably better than that. He's thrown for 0:19:50.720 --> 0:19:52.720 at least two hundred and fifty six yards sorry in 0:19:52.840 --> 0:19:56.720 five straight and has six touchdown passes and two rushing 0:19:56.760 --> 0:19:59.000 touchdowns in the last three weeks. He is a little 0:19:59.000 --> 0:20:01.480 bit fleet of foot. He is, He's on fire, and 0:20:01.480 --> 0:20:04.080 he faces the defense that's not as good as you think. Yeah, 0:20:04.240 --> 0:20:06.760 I think that's a that's a safe assessment, Kyle Allen. 0:20:06.760 --> 0:20:08.720 All Right, let's go to Scott Fish. Who's gonna take 0:20:08.720 --> 0:20:10.520 a chance on the quarterback. I am going with a 0:20:10.520 --> 0:20:13.920 guy who leads the second in the NFL and touchdown passes, 0:20:13.960 --> 0:20:16.760 but leads the NFL in interceptions and has been throwing 0:20:16.800 --> 0:20:20.640 a tennis ball week instead of a football. What could 0:20:20.640 --> 0:20:24.360 go wrong? What could go wrong? Uh, there's a risk there, 0:20:24.359 --> 0:20:26.879 but I think he plays just fine. Tell people the 0:20:26.960 --> 0:20:29.320 name of the guy, Jamis wins. Thank you, thank you. 0:20:30.040 --> 0:20:32.480 He he played with it last week. He should be 0:20:32.520 --> 0:20:35.160 fine this week. He's thrown for over three hundred yards 0:20:35.400 --> 0:20:42.000 nine times this year, nine times, nine times. He's had 0:20:42.080 --> 0:20:44.679