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Speaker 1: break down every NFL matchup from the Week six slate.
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Speaker 1: own Scott, who is your premature speculation player? I am
Speaker 1: going there with that, that guy that had that toe
Speaker 1: tapping first catch in the NFL on the sidelines in
Speaker 1: week one, and then a week or two later you
Speaker 1: had that big a r touchdown. They call him maple
Speaker 1: Tron on the team because he's from Canada. That's a
Speaker 1: jujuice in the Shuster calls him. I'm going to Chase
Speaker 1: Claypool six ft four two thirty eight pounds four four
Speaker 1: to forty awesome matchup this weekend. People are going to
Speaker 1: see it. His snap percentage and routes run increased exponentially
Speaker 1: week after week. Come with him. He overtook James Washington
Speaker 1: in snaps last week. Uh, Deonte Johnson and Juduice Smith.
Speaker 1: Schuster aren't always the picture of health. I think Chase
Speaker 1: Claypool shows up this week and I think he's got
Speaker 1: a lot of weeks in him this year. Couldn't agree
Speaker 1: more love Chase Claypool like kid is going to be
Speaker 1: a ball or already is? We need happy trombones for
Speaker 1: him to double peacock. Did he double down on the
Speaker 1: take coming to Oh yeah, but he didn't happen take
Speaker 1: a chance on me. But he didn't have it in
Speaker 1: the notes originally in our in our little slack channel
Speaker 1: that he was going to use Chase Claypool and he
Speaker 1: backed off of it because he was already used calculation.
Speaker 1: It was. It was an awesome call by Scott Fish,
Speaker 1: one of the best calls in the history of fantasy football.
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Speaker 1: premature speculation. Oh and it's gonna be just as guarantee
Speaker 1: everywhere every time, just a different player to catch his yard.
Speaker 1: You will find out in short order what we're going
Speaker 1: to what we will be predicting for Cleveland and Pittsburgh
Speaker 1: and Chase Claypool for this week. Deante Johnson out, Let's
Speaker 1: turn our attention to the matchups, beginning with Denver taking
Speaker 1: on New England. It looks like Drew Lock will be
Speaker 1: back at the Helm for the Broncos. So some good
Speaker 1: news there, Yeah, because so we were going to have
Speaker 1: this game last week, but then I got pushed to
Speaker 1: this week. And last week the starters were set to
Speaker 1: be Brett Rippon versus Jarrett Stidham, and now we have
Speaker 1: Drew Lock versus Cam Newton. That's a lot better. Uh,
Speaker 1: Drew Lock expected to return, I'm still going to leave
Speaker 1: him on the bench. He only logged thirty three passing
Speaker 1: attempts in his only completed game this season, and the
Speaker 1: Patriots are allowing a league low twenty nine point eight
Speaker 1: passing attempts per game. In his first game back, you
Speaker 1: think Bronco is trying to stick to a run heavy
Speaker 1: ball control script in New England. Except Melvin Gordon's status
Speaker 1: is seriously in doubt. Was arrested for a d u
Speaker 1: I earlier this week and also has been sitting out
Speaker 1: with a illness. You can probably see the air quotes
Speaker 1: over the radio. Uh, still hung over from Tuesday. Maybe
Speaker 1: that puts his status severely in doubt for this game. Um. Also,
Speaker 1: Philip Lindsay was set to return last week but then
Speaker 1: got an extra week off, so he's a little bit
Speaker 1: Healthier and Scott Fish when doing this preview last week,
Speaker 1: this stat Gordon has eighteen touches in three games this year,
Speaker 1: all three running backs to top fourteen touches. Also topped
Speaker 1: eighty total yards against the Patriots. But there seems to
Speaker 1: be no way for Gordon to get to the eighteen
Speaker 1: touch mark with all these things working against him. So
Speaker 1: I'm giving him a see if if Melvin Gordon is inactive,
Speaker 1: I'm giving Philip Lindsay the sea um. That's it on
Speaker 1: the running game, how about the passing game? Jerry Judy,
Speaker 1: Tim Patrick, Noah Fantiffy is able to go. They're all
Speaker 1: on the bench, though fantas questionable with an ankle injury
Speaker 1: and still may not go at the extra week arrest. Also,
Speaker 1: kJ Hammler's in the same boat with a hamstring, although
Speaker 1: he's more doubtful than questionable. Uh. Jerry Judy has hit
Speaker 1: the fifty yard mark in every game, and Tim Patrick
Speaker 1: sure looked good against the Jets. But Stephan Gilmour isn't
Speaker 1: on the Jets and he returns to the lineup for
Speaker 1: the Pats. The Pats are middle of the pack against whiteouts,
Speaker 1: allowing about thirteen catches and a hundred and seventy yards
Speaker 1: per game. But consider that this offense is going about
Speaker 1: ten different directions right now, I'd leave all the Broncos
Speaker 1: you can on the bench on the Patriot side. Cam
Speaker 1: gets an a. This could be run of the rare
Speaker 1: Cam passing masterpieces, as the Broncos are allowing the second
Speaker 1: most passing attempts in the league this season, almost forty
Speaker 1: two per game, and in five of the six games,
Speaker 1: five of the last six games in which Cam has
Speaker 1: thrown the ball forty one times, he's topped three hundred
Speaker 1: yards and thrown for multiple scores and five of those six, man,
Speaker 1: it's hard of fine times when you can trust Cam
Speaker 1: Newton's arm. Yeah, but hey, he was just on the
Speaker 1: COVID list. Maybe his lungs aren't quite right. Maybe he
Speaker 1: just needs to sit back in the pocket and chuck
Speaker 1: a few this week. And and Denver is actually pretty
Speaker 1: good against the run um. But let's talk about the
Speaker 1: receivers before we get there. Julian Edelman, I'm giving a
Speaker 1: b Nikil Harry a see. Every slot receiver to face
Speaker 1: the Broncos this year has caught at least five receptions.
Speaker 1: Crowder and Godwin each had good fantasy days against this defense.
Speaker 1: And the good news is the Broncos are giving up
Speaker 1: the most receptions per game to the wide receiver and
Speaker 1: wide receivers at sixteen point eight this year. Uh, that
Speaker 1: puts Harry in play too. Now the running backs Damien Harris,
Speaker 1: James White, Rex Burkhead, I don't think you can start
Speaker 1: any of them unless there's an angle, and the angle
Speaker 1: isn't really there for this one. The broncos one defensive
Speaker 1: strength maybe against the running back. They're only allowing eighty
Speaker 1: five rushing yards per game to opposing backs and just
Speaker 1: one score through four games. And through the air it's
Speaker 1: not much better, only four reception for twenty six yards
Speaker 1: per game. They're all on the bench, and including James White,
Speaker 1: and including James receiving angle, there's just Rex Burke. Hads
Speaker 1: gonna eat a few of those receptions. I just don't
Speaker 1: think there's enough here to give him a confidence starting grade.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I think PPR leagues, you can kind
Speaker 1: of always start James White. You get your five six receptions,
Speaker 1: your seven targets, your fifty yards. Broncos are allowing a
Speaker 1: lot less than that, though. Church Let's see how it goes.
Speaker 1: He let's see Cincinnati takes on Indianapolis. Brian For Cincinnati,
Speaker 1: Joe Mixon has been a massive frustration for fantasy owners,
Speaker 1: and here comes a challenging matchup. Yeah, Mixing has been frustrating,
Speaker 1: but still probably the safest volume play out there has
Speaker 1: handled since he's running back touches over the last three weeks.
Speaker 1: But like you said, charge, the matchups have just been
Speaker 1: brutal all the year outside Relaxonville for Mixing, and that
Speaker 1: continues with the Colts this week. India is not allowed
Speaker 1: to starting running back to top seventy two rushing yards
Speaker 1: and only one back has scored on the ground all season.
Speaker 1: Butt Mixing has twelve catches over his last two games,
Speaker 1: and opposed running backs are averaging five receptions per game
Speaker 1: against the Colts over their last three. So you gotta
Speaker 1: give him Mixing a sort of safe be here. You're
Speaker 1: not benching him, that's for sure. Definitely not benching Tyler Boyd.
Speaker 1: Gonna give him a b top ten and targets among
Speaker 1: wide receivers, and that's not going to change anytime soon.
Speaker 1: The Colts are a good aren't a great matchup for whiteouts,
Speaker 1: but slot receivers have seen the most success against them.
Speaker 1: Jarvis Landry four catches for eight eight yards, Bractson Barrios
Speaker 1: four for sixty four and a touchdown, Keelan Cole five
Speaker 1: for forty seven in a touchdown. So Boyd is a safe.
Speaker 1: B who is not safe is a J. Green. Let's
Speaker 1: get this out of the way. He's on the bench,
Speaker 1: left last week with a hamstring injury. Just probably just
Speaker 1: drop you probably can sabotage drop him at this point,
Speaker 1: not even a sabotage at this point. Nobody's going to
Speaker 1: pick up here, right. I might stille still love a j.
Speaker 1: But anyway, it's so sad. Anyway you want to trade
Speaker 1: for him in the Empire League, Brian now exactly full
Speaker 1: on tanking man, Well maybe I do. Anyway, te Higgins
Speaker 1: can say that you're tanking. You just have to pretend
Speaker 1: you declared tankruptcy. He has to pretend he's I won
Speaker 1: five yes, by the way, declaring tankruptcy. That that that's
Speaker 1: got something. That's anyway, Uh, te Higgins gonna give him
Speaker 1: a ce. The Colts have allowed the fifth fewest receptions
Speaker 1: to wide receivers, but these they've allowed six touchdowns to
Speaker 1: wide receivers, so if you're desperate, I will give t
Speaker 1: a C. Drew sample. Though on the bench of posting
Speaker 1: tight ends are averaging three point four catches in twenty
Speaker 1: seven yards per game against the Colts was zero touchdowns
Speaker 1: bench for sample, and also a bench for Joe Burrow.
Speaker 1: Colts allowing less than eighteen points per game. That's second
Speaker 1: best in the league. The Bengals offensive line is one
Speaker 1: of the two worst in the league. The Colts have
Speaker 1: a top five pass rush. Burrow is actually second in
Speaker 1: end zone throws, but only has converted three of those
Speaker 1: to touchdowns. That's not all his fault, but yeah, just
Speaker 1: Burrow on the bench this week. Sadly, if you're the
Speaker 1: Bengals this next draft, all offensive line, all the time,
Speaker 1: and I know they've already put a bunch of picks
Speaker 1: into the offensive line. They need more. Over to the
Speaker 1: Colts side, Jonathan Taylor, I'm giving him an aid. I'm
Speaker 1: willing the monster breakout game here. Opposing running backs are
Speaker 1: averaging a hundred and fifty plus combo yards per game
Speaker 1: against the Bengals, who just lost another defensive player to
Speaker 1: I R defensive ends Sam Hubbard defensive tackle DJ Reader
Speaker 1: might not play in this game. Volume has been an
Speaker 1: issue for Taylor, but he has the fifth most red
Speaker 1: zone carries, fourth most goal line carries, and has scored
Speaker 1: in three of the last four games. I'm liking him
Speaker 1: here in a suspected blowout for the Colts. T Y
Speaker 1: Hilton Forest still gets a see though did see seven
Speaker 1: targets last week. But the problem is those targets are
Speaker 1: coming from Philip Rivers. We'll talk about him in a second.
Speaker 1: The Bengals have actually played wide receivers kind of tough
Speaker 1: they have, but no one. No one has topped hundred
Speaker 1: yards against him, but opposing number ones have had nice
Speaker 1: days against since Odell Beckham four catches seventy four yards
Speaker 1: in touchdown, Greg Ward at the time the number one
Speaker 1: receiver or Billy eight for seventy two and one. DJ
Speaker 1: Charks scored twice. Marquis Brown seventy seven yards in touchdown
Speaker 1: last week. So I'm giving Hilton a see and Philip
Speaker 1: Rivers still on the bench since he's bottom tenant opponent
Speaker 1: passing play percentage UH teams just passing fifty pcent of
Speaker 1: the time against them, And if you've watched him play,
Speaker 1: that's all you need to know. Yeah, for sure, so bad.
Speaker 1: It looks it does. It looks bad, looks cooked cooked.
Speaker 1: Baltimore is taking on Philadelphia will start on the Baltimore side.
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson's an obviously, and I'm not going to spend
Speaker 1: a lot more time on that, although we'll note that
Speaker 1: the Baltimore offense really hasn't seemingly hit its rhythm quite
Speaker 1: yet where it's been really explosive, although a good game
Speaker 1: last week, the explosion could be coming here. Mark Andrews
Speaker 1: also gets an A. The Eagles are one of four
Speaker 1: teams to allow at least five touchdowns to tight ends,
Speaker 1: and the very comparable George Kittle just shredded them for
Speaker 1: fifteen catches, three yards and a touchdown last week. Mark
Speaker 1: Chi's Brown gets a c A grade here. The Eagles
Speaker 1: secondaries yielded the six most fantasy points to opposing receivers,
Speaker 1: and Brown has notched at least seventy seven yards in
Speaker 1: three of their first five games. He'll get shadow covered
Speaker 1: from Darius Slay, which worries me, and that's part of
Speaker 1: why he's only a C grade here. Through five games,
Speaker 1: Darius Slay has yet to allow a score or more
Speaker 1: than sixty six yards in his coverage in any game.
Speaker 1: So just the C grade from Mark keys Brown. And
Speaker 1: here's the real frustration point with the Ravens. It's the
Speaker 1: running backs and they're all on the bench. It's come
Speaker 1: to this. You could try mark Ingram, but be aware
Speaker 1: that you're getting a holy touchdown dependent back with mark
Speaker 1: Ingram at this point. He just doesn't carry the ball enough.
Speaker 1: Now he is the only back who's regularly getting red
Speaker 1: zone carries. So again, you could roll the dice on
Speaker 1: a touchdown here, but that's what you're doing with mark Ingram.
Speaker 1: If he doesn't score, he's gonna hurt your team. He's
Speaker 1: Jordan Howard. Now he is Jordan Howard. Only Darryl Henderson
Speaker 1: has top fifty four rushing yards against Philadelphia this season.
Speaker 1: It's a tough matchup anyway. Only four backs have beaten
Speaker 1: them for more more than sixty six yards in their
Speaker 1: last twenty four outings. So it's hard to run on
Speaker 1: the Eagles anyway. So all the all the all of
Speaker 1: the Baltimore running backs are on the bench. The rushing
Speaker 1: yards are gonna come through Lamar Jackson. Now let's get
Speaker 1: to the Philly c Where is it? It is a
Speaker 1: disaster great offensive line. The latest loss left tackle Lane
Speaker 1: Johnson ruled out, and then on Friday important utility guard
Speaker 1: who had been filling in Matt Pryor got put on
Speaker 1: the COVID list. It's just been horrible for this offensive
Speaker 1: line that will have one of five starters in it.
Speaker 1: It's gone to the point where other NFC teams are
Speaker 1: gonna start jockeying for position to play the NFC East.
Speaker 1: Maybe in the playoffs. Everybody's gonna try to be the
Speaker 1: five seed exactly. Let's talk about some of the few
Speaker 1: players that I think you can find a way to start,
Speaker 1: and it certainly is in Carson Wentz, who's on the
Speaker 1: on the bench. His protection has been horrible, his receivers
Speaker 1: are free agent quality, his running game takes no heat
Speaker 1: off him, and he's playing badly. And then there's the
Speaker 1: Baltimore defense. So all of that together, Carson Wentz is
Speaker 1: on the bench, the old nut. I'm not starting any
Speaker 1: of his receivers, including last week's star Travis Fulgum. They're
Speaker 1: all out for this week against the Steelers, sorry against
Speaker 1: against Baltimore. And then the one guy you you may
Speaker 1: want to play is Zach Ertz. Now, I know zach
Speaker 1: Ertz has been a disaster, but get this, the one
Speaker 1: weakness with Baltimore is the tight end position. They've given
Speaker 1: up good fantasy games already this year to David and Joku,
Speaker 1: Jordan's Aikens, Darren Fells, and of course Travis Kelsey. Arch
Speaker 1: is better than three of those four guys, and if
Speaker 1: they're gonna get anything done through the air, it'll go
Speaker 1: through zach ert The one difference is is all those
Speaker 1: teams that you mentioned have wide receivers. That's a good point,
Speaker 1: you know, and er Erch is gonna have to block
Speaker 1: as well in this game. So I'm not expecting a
Speaker 1: throwback to the great days of zach Ertz. But I
Speaker 1: am giving him a C grade in this game. Miles Sanders.
Speaker 1: I almost put him on the bench, and it's just
Speaker 1: the C grade because of the state of the offensive
Speaker 1: line so bad last week. He you probably saw his
Speaker 1: highlights seventy four yard touchdown run. What you didn't see
Speaker 1: if you didn't watch the game, or his other ten
Speaker 1: rush is for six yards. And you know, it's not
Speaker 1: really fair to just throw out his one good play.
Speaker 1: But if he didn't make that one good play, it
Speaker 1: would have been a disaster game for him, and he
Speaker 1: could have another disaster one against a good Ravens team
Speaker 1: allowing the ninth fewest rushing yards in the NFL. When
Speaker 1: we come back take a chance on Me, these are
Speaker 1: nine players not normally in your starting lineup. You'll be
Speaker 1: able to pick many of these players up off the
Speaker 1: waiver wire in this a tricky by week. When we
Speaker 1: come back to Fantasy Football Weekly, welcome back to a
Speaker 1: royalty free version of take a chance on me. We
Speaker 1: will give you three quarterbacks, three running backs, and three receivers,
Speaker 1: many of whom are available off the aver wire, that
Speaker 1: you can pick up and start this week, beginning with
Speaker 1: the quarterback position and Brian Johnson. Not the first time
Speaker 1: I'm going to recommend Gardner Minshew this time. At last
Speaker 1: time I did that was probably two weeks ago, three
Speaker 1: weeks ago. But anyway, Minshew at home against the Lions,
Speaker 1: who have allowed multiple passing touchdowns in every game, including
Speaker 1: three two even said on it right now, look at
Speaker 1: you go, mind melding. Yes, the Lions might get cornerback
Speaker 1: Desmond Trufont back in uniform, but he is still iffy
Speaker 1: with the growing injury Detroit might be without slot corner
Speaker 1: Darryl Roberts as well, And yes, d J. Chark will
Speaker 1: probably miss this game. But I'm still rolling out Gardner Minshew,
Speaker 1: who can move mobile quarterback to lake. Sad Trombonesy and
Speaker 1: Kyle Allen combined for fifty five rushing yards and a
Speaker 1: touchdown and just eight carries against Detroit. Minsho's gonna throw
Speaker 1: for at LEAs two touchdowns in the scheme. Really, I
Speaker 1: should have been playing happy he played the Lions. He
Speaker 1: three three touchdowns in that game. If I'm going to
Speaker 1: extrapolate Sad Trombone Ski SATs, it's at least seven touchdowns
Speaker 1: from Minshew in this game. At the talent extrapolator, exactly,
Speaker 1: we need a talent extrapolator sound bite. Bang, it's not
Speaker 1: the art ark. No, that's not a talent extrapolating sound whatsoever?
Speaker 1: That you found an art fork? Yeah, like week Giant
Speaker 1: Cricket found. Well, Brianne found what of course she did. Honestly,
Speaker 1: it could be anything. She says it's an art ark.
Speaker 1: I don't know. She's just whistling and right, who knows.
Speaker 1: We're just trusting Brianna. Give me a platypus so I
Speaker 1: don't know. That sounds like a ring tone that no
Speaker 1: one wants to use on the iPhone. That's that's the
Speaker 1: ring tone when you're bitter ex girlfriend calls you. I
Speaker 1: would imagine more to something like a hard yard R
Speaker 1: says its own name. It's like Scooby doo. I'm pretty
Speaker 1: sure we're off the rails. Okay, anyway, let's get back
Speaker 1: to the take a chance and me quarterbacks Matt Ryan
Speaker 1: Tannehill is might take a chance on me QB. So far,
Speaker 1: through four games, Tannel has their own touchdown passes nine times,
Speaker 1: nine times nine He's only thrown one interception in that span.
Speaker 1: So far through five games, the Texans have you given
Speaker 1: up a touchdown pass nine times? What we're really off
Speaker 1: the rails? The Texans have yet to force an interception
Speaker 1: this year. Uh In their two meetings last year, he
Speaker 1: threw from multiple scores in both games and added a
Speaker 1: rushing touchdown. This is a good matchup for Tannehill. Andy
Speaker 1: Dalton will drop back to pass. He looks left, there's
Speaker 1: Amari Cooper. He looks right, there's Michael Gallup. Crossing across
Speaker 1: the middle of the field. Here's CD Lamb or dump
Speaker 1: off to Dalton Schultz or coming out of the backfield.
Speaker 1: One of the best past catching running backs Ezekiel elliott
Speaker 1: I thought you were gonna say Tony Pollard and or
Speaker 1: Tony Pollard Adalton to a Dalton connection. They will stretch
Speaker 1: a thin secondary for at the Arizona that is outmatched
Speaker 1: at every spot. And if you're under the misconception that
Speaker 1: Patrick Peterson is still a shutdown cornerback. Closier, clamshell, flip phone,
Speaker 1: go to the shelf, pick up a world book, Encyclopedia,
Speaker 1: leave through the pages until you get to you will
Speaker 1: not see a picture. Patrick Peterson, in particular, Dallas is
Speaker 1: most reliable receiver. Ceedee Lamb's got an awesome matchup in
Speaker 1: the slot. Every quarterback to face the Cardinals has thrown
Speaker 1: a touchdown. Most of them have thrown more than one.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the running back position, Brian Uh, we
Speaker 1: didn't think it would be this deep at this point,
Speaker 1: but DeAndre Swift is a deep pull but I'm going there.
Speaker 1: He's at at Jacksonville. Uh not getting medin carries. DeAndre
Speaker 1: Swift is, but he has been active in the passing
Speaker 1: game at least four catches and two of his last
Speaker 1: three games with the received touchdown during that span, and
Speaker 1: he's been seeing usage as a slot receiver and that
Speaker 1: should ramp up um and Swift ranks third among all
Speaker 1: running backs and yards per route run on non screenplays,
Speaker 1: only behind Alvin Kamara and Green Bay's Aaron Jones. Opposing
Speaker 1: running backs are averaging more than six catches per game
Speaker 1: against the Jags, who are also yielding the second most
Speaker 1: red zone targets to running backs and elite g p
Speaker 1: P play in daily is DeAndre Swift. I got Leonard
Speaker 1: four Net, who did not practice at all in Week
Speaker 1: five leading up to their Thursday night game against the Bears.
Speaker 1: He was active in that game though, and he played
Speaker 1: one snap now this week, one whole snap. Hey, they
Speaker 1: put him on the field. That means something, right, It
Speaker 1: means a little bit of health. Um. This week he's
Speaker 1: been limited and practice still at that ankle injury, but
Speaker 1: it's all but assumed he's gonna play. And because we've
Speaker 1: seen two straight weeks of one yard output from Ronald Jones,
Speaker 1: it's time for Bruce arians to be Bruce arians, mess
Speaker 1: with our minds and put four Net up to for
Speaker 1: another big game for an has caught seven of his
Speaker 1: eight targets out of the backfield this year, and this
Speaker 1: week he gets a Packers team that is allowing almost
Speaker 1: eight catches and seventy yards per game to opposing backs
Speaker 1: out of the backfield. If this game turns into a
Speaker 1: shootout and Brady is forced to throw, it seems like
Speaker 1: the Bucks trust for Net to be the back on
Speaker 1: the field to help protect Brady and passing situations and
Speaker 1: get a few dump offs here and there. So I
Speaker 1: like him to be the top scoring back in Tampa
Speaker 1: this week. I'm gonna build off of Brian's case for
Speaker 1: a Lions running back, and that's Adrian Peterson. His usage
Speaker 1: is tied directly to the team's success. When the Lions
Speaker 1: are winning, he gets used. When they're louing losing, he
Speaker 1: does not. He gets double the amount of snaps when
Speaker 1: the Lions are leading. That brings in this week's opponent
Speaker 1: for Adrian Peterson the Jaguars, who have held a lead
Speaker 1: for eight percent of their plays this year. That's it.
Speaker 1: So Lions get out to a lead, they run Adrian Peterson,
Speaker 1: you get victory. It's rare that we see competing take
Speaker 1: a chance on me runners that they are complementary. Take
Speaker 1: their complementary. Take a chance on me players, Let's go
Speaker 1: to the receivers. Bryan, call me coronavirus because I'm staying
Speaker 1: in Florida. Not I'm not going anywhere with this Jacksonville
Speaker 1: Detroit matchup. I got Keelan Cole of the Jaguars going
Speaker 1: up against the Lions. Cole has at least five targets
Speaker 1: in every game and should see an increase with d J.
Speaker 1: Chark very iffy to play in this one. Cole has
Speaker 1: also scored in three of five games. The Lions have
Speaker 1: yielded the fourth most red zone touches to wide receivers.
Speaker 1: And then when we played in four games Detroit. By
Speaker 1: the way, and mentioned earlier that Detroit could be without
Speaker 1: slot corner Darryl Roberts, but he wasn't much help against
Speaker 1: the I guess comparable Andy Isabella, who torched Roberts for
Speaker 1: a hundred plus yards and two touchdowns. Cole has the
Speaker 1: same upside, all right, Matt, I've got Brandon Cooks, and
Speaker 1: according to Josh Hermsmeyer of Established the Run, Cooks is
Speaker 1: leading the team with twenty eight percent of the Texans
Speaker 1: are yards. It just hasn't amounted to the big play
Speaker 1: as of yet, well until last week. I gain he
Speaker 1: had a touchdown. Last week. He's averaging almost seven targets
Speaker 1: per game, and this week he gets the Titans defense
Speaker 1: that's allowing sixteen catches in a hundred ninety seven yards
Speaker 1: per game to the wide receiver position. So even after
Speaker 1: will Fuller gets his six for eight and a score,
Speaker 1: there's enough left for Cooks. Well, I'm going we're going
Speaker 1: all just piggybacking off of Brian. I have another Jaguars receiver,
Speaker 1: lavish Ka Chenalt. I look, as you mentioned, d J. Chark,
Speaker 1: not gonna go in there by the way I put
Speaker 1: out my guys first, where is Chris Conley? Though normally
Speaker 1: this is you watch It's gonna be a christ right here.
Speaker 1: We've done it now we have I love chin Alt,
Speaker 1: though he was already trending towards more and more usage,
Speaker 1: with rising targets and receptions in every game in Nault's
Speaker 1: last two games eighty six yards and seventy nine yards.
Speaker 1: And even with the bye week, the Lions are gonna
Speaker 1: be without Desmond Trufant, Justin Coleman Praying playing predominantly from
Speaker 1: the right side, Laviska. Shealt will face rookie Jeff Okuda,
Speaker 1: who has failed his trial by are ranking one hundred
Speaker 1: fifteenth among cornerbacks. By is an offensive lineman's name too,
Speaker 1: isn't it? But that's not a cornerback. Yeah, I know
Speaker 1: he starts, so we're starting. Carry on Johnson and Chris. Yeah,
Speaker 1: here's how he watched. Who wants to be a millionaire?
Speaker 1: Let's get back to some matchups, including Houston taking well,
Speaker 1: they we're just talking about Houston and Tennessee. Sure, let's
Speaker 1: go to the Let's go to the Houston side. I
Speaker 1: liked to Shawn Watson a lot in this game. How
Speaker 1: do you feel? Yeah? Game and A grade. Watson has
Speaker 1: four career games against the Titans and four career multi
Speaker 1: touchdown passing days. He's also added a rushing touchdown and
Speaker 1: two of his four meetings with the Titans, so that's good.
Speaker 1: He shouldn't fear them this year either, as the Titans
Speaker 1: are allowing to seventy three and two to opposing ball
Speaker 1: schuckers this year. Will Fuller, his favorite wide receiver, gets
Speaker 1: an A, has played the Titans five times and somewhat expectedly,
Speaker 1: has scored four touchdowns against them because when Will pull
Speaker 1: Fuller plays, he usually scores. We established that the Titans
Speaker 1: are giving up a lot through the air, but most
Speaker 1: of that is going to the wide receiver position seven
Speaker 1: for on seventy five to Justin Jefferson and a hundred
Speaker 1: and six yards to Steph Digs in the last two games.
Speaker 1: That's why Brandon Cooks was also might take a chance
Speaker 1: on me wide receiver. I am going to leave Randall
Speaker 1: Cobb on the bench though, same with Jordan Aikins, who's
Speaker 1: still dealing with the concussion in Week four. Lastly, on
Speaker 1: the Houston side, David Johnson, I'm giving him a B grade,
Speaker 1: and I don't want to pretend like David Johnson is
Speaker 1: good anymore. No, thank you, because I'm tired of people
Speaker 1: trying to tell me that David Johnson is a great back.
Speaker 1: He's not like what he was. He's taking high teams
Speaker 1: worth of workload and turning it into like sixty yards
Speaker 1: per game. But fortunately the Titans run defense has been
Speaker 1: gouged to the tune of a hundred and twenty four
Speaker 1: yards per game to opposing backs. That includes five point
Speaker 1: six yards per carry on the season. And if you
Speaker 1: can't start David Johnson this week. He does not deserve
Speaker 1: to be on your roster. Agreed. On the other side,
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry is this week's fantasy art Vark. Oh, you
Speaker 1: don't say last week's fantasy art Vark broke his ankle severely,
Speaker 1: so I hope this isn't the curse of the yard mark.
Speaker 1: So he gets the double A grade. Last time he
Speaker 1: faced the Texans two eleven yards and three scores, and
Speaker 1: the Texans are allowing five point two yards per carry.
Speaker 1: Ryan Tanhill was of course might take a chance and
Speaker 1: me quarterback. Uh. The other two guys, we need to
Speaker 1: mention A. J. Brown. I'm giving him a B grade.
Speaker 1: Just came off the injury report the game a little
Speaker 1: extra rest this week after playing on Tuesday. The Texans
Speaker 1: allowed big days to both Adam Theelan and Justin Jefferson,
Speaker 1: but have basically kept the other wide receivers in check
Speaker 1: this year. However, they do give up over a touchdown
Speaker 1: per game to the position, and with Corey Davis still
Speaker 1: on the COVID list as of right now, it's likely
Speaker 1: Brown who sees the additional targets, and Brown did score
Speaker 1: in both meetings last year and top two hundred yards
Speaker 1: in each of the meetings. Finally, John U. Smith. Yes,
Speaker 1: I didn't even write anything down for John NU Smith.
Speaker 1: I just wrote a grade charge. Do you want to
Speaker 1: take some time to talk about John Why? Yes, I would.
Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, I love to talk about
Speaker 1: Johnny Smith, who is the number one the tight end
Speaker 1: in Fantasy points per game. John U. Smith, who's number
Speaker 1: two in yards after the catch among tight ends. John U. Smith,
Speaker 1: who's Pro Football focus is highest rated tight end, John
Speaker 1: new Smith. It's all, it's all come up, John U. Smith.
Speaker 1: I'm not going to do any John new Smith matchups
Speaker 1: the rest of the year. I'm just going to be
Speaker 1: like and and Church, go yeah and don't tap me.
Speaker 1: I could break it down much further than that, but
Speaker 1: at this point, all you have to say is John U.
Speaker 1: Smith and obvious a grade. There's nothing we want the
Speaker 1: best tight end in football. There's nothing we would say
Speaker 1: that would stop you from starting him anyway, powering teams
Speaker 1: through and into the fantasy playoffs. John U. Smith. When
Speaker 1: we come back, we will talk about Washington taking on
Speaker 1: the Giants. Do we get a bounce back game from
Speaker 1: a Washington offense and only put up one hundred and
Speaker 1: eight yards in a game. Terry, What happened to Terry McClaren.
Speaker 1: What could he come back in this one? We'll tell
Speaker 1: you when when we come back. Also a little later
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Speaker 1: and Brian Johnson and Matt Harrison with you. We returned
Speaker 1: to matchups Detroit taking on Jacksonville. We've already talked about
Speaker 1: most of the Detroit notables in this game, except and
Speaker 1: the Jacksonville. Yeah, and Jacksonville, with the exception of my
Speaker 1: highest rated wide receiver of the week, Kenny Golliday. But
Speaker 1: are we allowed to use Fonzie? Like somebody's gonna threaten this?
Speaker 1: Henry Winkler on the studios really nice. But anyway, the
Speaker 1: fantasy Fonzie for Kenny Golladay Jacksonville. By the way, Kenny
Speaker 1: Gollady like a hundred and eighty percent healthy right now,
Speaker 1: which he's like the healthiest he's ever been. Jacksonville has
Speaker 1: surrendered at least one wide receiver score in three of
Speaker 1: their past four games. Golliday should see plenty of rookie
Speaker 1: corner seventh round rookie corner Chris Claybrooks, who was flamed
Speaker 1: by Brandon Cooks by the way, Matt, Yeah, Cooks have
Speaker 1: like a hundred fifty yards and the touchdown you really
Speaker 1: really poop pood on him. But anyway, Cooks conceded two
Speaker 1: inches to clay Brooks. Right, Dolliday has five inches and
Speaker 1: forty pounds on clay Brooks. So the Fonzie for Galladay
Speaker 1: easy a. I'm gonna give Marvin Jones to see. The
Speaker 1: Jags are one of nine teams to allow least eight
Speaker 1: hundred fifty yards to wide receivers. That's a hundred and
Speaker 1: seventy yards a game. Yeah, Jones had one catch on
Speaker 1: two targets last week, putting his three games prior he
Speaker 1: topped fifty yards or scored a touchdown, so he gets
Speaker 1: to see I think he's a B. I'd like I
Speaker 1: like him. I like Danny Amendola too so and I
Speaker 1: like DeAndre Swift. So see for Jones, see for Almondola.
Speaker 1: Slot receivers at Farewell against Jacksonville easily have cleared ten
Speaker 1: plus PPR points. Paris Campbell, Adam Humphreys, Tyler Boyd, Randall Cobb,
Speaker 1: all of them and T. J. Hockenson can give him
Speaker 1: a B. Positive is how I feel about this matchup.
Speaker 1: Hockinson has at least top fifty yards and door scored
Speaker 1: a touchdown in every game. The Jaguars have allowed the
Speaker 1: third most yards to tight ends and have also allowed
Speaker 1: at least one scored to the position in three of
Speaker 1: their last four games. So a B for t. J. Hockenson.
Speaker 1: Matt Stafford gets an easy A here to every quarterback
Speaker 1: face the Jags has thrown for three yards and oring
Speaker 1: multiple touchdowns. Everyone is healthy for the Lions. Stafford is
Speaker 1: on point right now, multiple multiple multiple touchdowns and three
Speaker 1: or four games and six of the past seven going
Speaker 1: back to last year and then to the running backs charge,
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson was your take a chance. Let me running
Speaker 1: back DeAndre Swift was mine. Uh, they both should produce
Speaker 1: and what should be a shootout here. We'll take the
Speaker 1: rushing yards, you take the passing yards. Deal all right
Speaker 1: over to the Jacksonville side. Not a lot to talk
Speaker 1: about here. James Robinson does get to be Aaron Jones.
Speaker 1: Kind of inflated the opposing running back numbers against Detroit,
Speaker 1: but even David Montgomery and Kenyan Drake average more than
Speaker 1: five yards per carry against Detroit. The Saints just total
Speaker 1: three rushing touchdowns against them. By the way, I was
Speaker 1: off last week. Lottavism had two touchdowns and might take
Speaker 1: a chance on me running back in a week four.
Speaker 1: By the way, so from two weeks ago, Well I
Speaker 1: wasn't here last week. What else am I supposed to do? Anyway?
Speaker 1: J rob should bounce back five catches over his last
Speaker 1: three games. He is, so I don't need this, thank you.
Speaker 1: It's just obvious. Two touchdowns from a running back, Come on, now,
Speaker 1: he's still a bell cow. J rob has a safe floor,
Speaker 1: as was every starting running back against Detroit. They've at
Speaker 1: least total seventy four combo yards and four or five catches,
Speaker 1: So double PPR points in the books for Robinson, then
Speaker 1: DJ Shark probably he's on the bench, unlikely to play.
Speaker 1: Even if he does, you're looking at a decoy role.
Speaker 1: Levis les Chanalt. You take a chance to me wide receiver,
Speaker 1: chart Keeling Cole was might take a chance to me
Speaker 1: wide receiver. And Gardner Minshew might take a chance to
Speaker 1: me quarterback. All right, what about Chris Conley, he should
Speaker 1: be he's a listeners. Take a chance to me. We
Speaker 1: are ultimately jinxing Cole and Chanald into bad games. And
Speaker 1: Chris Connolly maybe I'm going to it could be Washington
Speaker 1: takes on the Giants, and man, these are too bad
Speaker 1: bad offenses. As I mentioned last segment, Washington with one
Speaker 1: hundred eight total yards of offense last year last week
Speaker 1: and negative six yards of offense in the second half,
Speaker 1: ruining what was a try an amazing return for Alex
Speaker 1: Smith didn't work out that way. Unfortunately. Now the offensive
Speaker 1: line does get guard Brandon Sheriff back, and that's huge,
Speaker 1: and God that they need him because that offensive line
Speaker 1: was brutal last week. I still like Antonio Gibson. In fact,
Speaker 1: I think this is a perfect time to trade for
Speaker 1: Antonio Gibson coming off a bad game. Each running back
Speaker 1: with at least ten touches against the Giants has averaged
Speaker 1: yards and one point two touchdowns per game. I don't
Speaker 1: know if there will be enough gibbage time in this one,
Speaker 1: though I don't think he even needs the gibbage time.
Speaker 1: That could be just alright winning. You never know. Despite
Speaker 1: these sputtering offense around him and splitting some of the
Speaker 1: backfield duties with J. D. McKissick, uh Antonio, Gibson still
Speaker 1: commanding fourteen touches a game. Most importantly, he just passes
Speaker 1: the eye test. He looks good when he's given anything
Speaker 1: to work with. I'm convinced that Gibson is a good
Speaker 1: back who has had some bad run find a bad
Speaker 1: offensive line that hopefully is getting better. I think this
Speaker 1: is a Bylow moment on Gibson and he gets a
Speaker 1: B grade for this game. U J D. Mcsuck it
Speaker 1: gets a C grade. PPR option is as a possibility
Speaker 1: here as I think he does get some get some receptions.
Speaker 1: He's seeing about half the running back snaps, the other
Speaker 1: half going to Gibson. Giants have a lot of big
Speaker 1: games through the air. To David Montgomery and Jeff Wilson
Speaker 1: out of the blue, So there's no reason mckiss i
Speaker 1: can't succeed here as well. So C grade for J. D.
Speaker 1: Mcsuckett in PPR leagues only, and that brings us to
Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin, the only other might attempted. Here's the problem.
Speaker 1: Normally McLaren finds his way to a good game no
Speaker 1: matter what, no matter the opponent, no matter how mad
Speaker 1: his quarterbacking is. And by the way, should have mentioned
Speaker 1: Kyle Allen returns to the helm here, but he's gonna
Speaker 1: get shadow covered from James Bradberry, who struggled a little
Speaker 1: bit in the opener and then since then has been awesome.
Speaker 1: Since the opener, he's allowing an average of twenty three
Speaker 1: scoreless yards. And speaking of twenty three yards, that's what
Speaker 1: he just held a Marie Cooper to twenty three yards
Speaker 1: in shadow coverage. So I only have the C grade
Speaker 1: on Terry McLaurin, and honestly, I wouldn't blame you if
Speaker 1: you benched him if you've got other good options. Let's
Speaker 1: go to the giant side. Only two players to talk about.
Speaker 1: The first is Darius Slayton in the passing game. The
Speaker 1: Giants offense has generated two passing touchdowns through five games.
Speaker 1: That's horrible. He's facing a Washington secondary that has allowed
Speaker 1: two receivers to top seventy yards and two receivers to
Speaker 1: find the end zone all year, and he's got a
Speaker 1: tough matchup against Kendall Fuller who's played very well and
Speaker 1: has three interceptions in his last three games. So slight
Speaker 1: and just to see grade. And then the only other
Speaker 1: player that you would uh even consider starting is running
Speaker 1: back DeVonta Freeman, seeing over half the running back snaps
Speaker 1: and back to back weeks he's seeing an increase in
Speaker 1: rushing attempts, rushing yards, and rushing yards per carry, which
Speaker 1: is good. Since shutting down the Miles Sanders list Eagles,
Speaker 1: Washington has allowed one hundred fifteen rushing yards per game,
Speaker 1: which is six most, and one point five touchdowns per
Speaker 1: game to opposing running backs. So I think you can
Speaker 1: use Devanta Semen Freeman Freeman at how do you know
Speaker 1: he hasn't been in the Navy. He could have been
Speaker 1: in the Navy. We don't know that. I was just
Speaker 1: about to say no, Evan Ingram and now I'm all,
Speaker 1: I'm all grade freeman, which makes him a seman. It's
Speaker 1: a ce man, a c man. That's exactly right, Evan Ingram.
Speaker 1: At this point, I'm just gonna stop talking, and that
Speaker 1: will tell you about Cleveland. At Pittsburgh. Kareem Hunt is
Speaker 1: also a seaman, but I think it's an elevated seaman.
Speaker 1: Let's call it a sea extreme. Uh. He's going to
Speaker 1: get all of the work in the backfield that loves
Speaker 1: to run. The problem is the Steelers are only allowing
Speaker 1: fifty one yards per game to opposing backs. Now, Miles
Speaker 1: Sanders did score twice last week and had that one
Speaker 1: huge drawn against the Steelers, but that was the best
Speaker 1: fantasy day for running back against the Steelers since Week
Speaker 1: sixteen of two thousand eighteen, when Alvin Kamara scored twice
Speaker 1: and tallied over a hundred yards. That was like an
Speaker 1: eclipse last week. They don't happen often. Baker Mayfield, he's
Speaker 1: on your bench. Mayfield his face the Steelers three times
Speaker 1: in his career, and while he did throw for two
Speaker 1: touchdown passes in two of those games, he's still never
Speaker 1: topped two hundred yards against a Mike Tomlin defense, and
Speaker 1: he's only averaging per game on the air, good for
Speaker 1: twenty six in the league. That's not good enough for
Speaker 1: him to get a starting grade. Odell Beckham and Jarvis Landry,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give them both, you know, C grades. They're
Speaker 1: both seamen as well. Uh. The Steelers are allowing two
Speaker 1: hundred three yards per game to the wide receiver position,
Speaker 1: and Travis Fulgum roughed them up a little bit last week.
Speaker 1: Odell couldn't topped sixty yards in his two games against
Speaker 1: the Steelers last year, and he's only topped sixty yards
Speaker 1: four times in his last ten total outings and he
Speaker 1: hasn't topped eighty one yards in one of those. So uh.
Speaker 1: He's just to see Landry at season highs in targets
Speaker 1: and yards last week, but only converted those nine targets
Speaker 1: to forty four yards. He still hasn't scored on the year,
Speaker 1: and he has one touchdown in his last ten games.
Speaker 1: Austin Hooper's on the bench. It's just a matchup based
Speaker 1: thing for Hooper and this isn't the matchup for it.
Speaker 1: Over on the Steeler side, Big Ben, He's getting an
Speaker 1: a he's fourth in the league and touchdown passes facing
Speaker 1: a defense that has allowed the third most touchdowns through
Speaker 1: the air this season and three fourteen yards per game.
Speaker 1: Chase Claypool and Juju Smith Schuster. I'm giving them both
Speaker 1: B grades in this game, and it's closer to A grades. Actually,
Speaker 1: it's like a high B. It's a B extreme. There
Speaker 1: is no such thing, but there is a grade. Uh.
Speaker 1: Deonte Johnson still out this week, so Chase Claypool and
Speaker 1: his world tour continues. UH. He's currently leading the Steelers
Speaker 1: in air yards and touchdowns. Juju is running strictly from
Speaker 1: the slot but getting about six targets per game. The
Speaker 1: Browns just put starting cornerback Greedy Williams on i R.
Speaker 1: And Denzel Ward has been beaten for three touchdowns so
Speaker 1: far this year. He's been bad. And oh, by the way,
Speaker 1: the Browns are allowing over two hundred yards and a
Speaker 1: score and a half to the wide receiver position every game.
Speaker 1: Eric Ebron, it's a B. He's averaging five targets per
Speaker 1: game and has had five receptions in each of his
Speaker 1: last two outings. The Browns are allowing almost seven catches
Speaker 1: and sixty two yards to the position and allowed four
Speaker 1: tight end touchdowns in five games. Finally, James Connor. He
Speaker 1: gets a B grade as well. After laying an egg
Speaker 1: in Week one. Connor has scored in three straight and
Speaker 1: top two hundred and two of three. The Browns have
Speaker 1: been pretty good against the yardage this season, though is
Speaker 1: no back has top to fifty seven yards against them,
Speaker 1: but they have allowed five rushing touchdowns in five games,
Speaker 1: and that probably goes to Connor in this one. And
Speaker 1: I think that I think the Steelers are just gonna
Speaker 1: absolutely roll the Browns in this one. I kind of
Speaker 1: hope you're wrong. It would be fun to have Cleveland relevant,
Speaker 1: would be fun. This is This is the kind of
Speaker 1: statement game that would bring absolute Cleveland franchise relevancy they
Speaker 1: have not had since they left Cleveland. One of my
Speaker 1: kids gave up on the Vikings and he's now a
Speaker 1: Browns fan for no good reason. Followed Kevin followed, He's
Speaker 1: he's on me every week. Yeah, Browns are four and
Speaker 1: one wearing his Odell jersey. It's like, Okay, I got you.
Speaker 1: He's got a brown Zo deal Jersey's got a brown
Speaker 1: Zo del jersey. He's got a giant Motel hat. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's ja. Chicago takes on Carolina Briant. Now, if you're
Speaker 1: a David Montgomery owner, you've had this game circled all year,
Speaker 1: every year. Every week, you're just like, who's got the
Speaker 1: Who's got the Panthers? This is the perfect week for
Speaker 1: that running back David Montgomery sitting at a big game.
Speaker 1: There's nothing I hate more than it's player X week.
Speaker 1: But it is David Montgomery week. The Panthers are allowing
Speaker 1: a hundred and seventy plus combo yards per game to
Speaker 1: running backs, third most, one point eight touchdowns per game
Speaker 1: to running backs the most, and Montgomery has seen a
Speaker 1: bump in the passing game with three cohen On I r.
Speaker 1: Monty is averaging seven targets per game, and Carolina has
Speaker 1: yielded the third most targets and the second most red
Speaker 1: zone targets too opposing running back. So put it on
Speaker 1: the fridge and a for David Montgomery. Over to the
Speaker 1: receiving game for Chicago, Allen Robinson gonna give him an
Speaker 1: a too. Over the last four weeks, Mike Evans, Keenan Allen,
Speaker 1: and Calvin Ridley have all topped the hundred yards against
Speaker 1: the Panthers. A rob is certainly cut from the same
Speaker 1: cloth He's averaging thirteen targets for a hundred plus yards
Speaker 1: over his last two games. Double digit targets uh, certainly
Speaker 1: in the cards for Allen Robinson. I got Anthony Miller
Speaker 1: and Darnell Mooney on the bench. They cannot be trusted
Speaker 1: at this point. But can Jimmy Graham be trusted as
Speaker 1: an every week starter? The answer is no. I got
Speaker 1: him on the bench this week. Graham is tied for
Speaker 1: the most end zone targets in the NFL among all players,
Speaker 1: has four touchdowns already, but the Panthers have allowed just
Speaker 1: one touchdown to a tight end this year, and they
Speaker 1: gave up just four touchdowns to tight ends last year.
Speaker 1: Carolina ranks third best in yards allowed to the position
Speaker 1: in terms of least amount, and no tight end his
Speaker 1: top fifty yards in ten games against Carolina going back
Speaker 1: to last year. So Graham on the bench this week,
Speaker 1: as is Nick Foles. You can basically bank on a
Speaker 1: rob stats and that's about it makes polls, It's all
Speaker 1: David Monk. I'm ringing this one over to the Carolina side.
Speaker 1: Not a lot of love here, starting with Robby Anderson,
Speaker 1: who is third in catches overall. Right now, if that's
Speaker 1: it's shocking wide receiver fifties six in August and arguably
Speaker 1: the biggest steel in fantasy football. Yeah, he probably is
Speaker 1: the biggest steel other than maybe John new Smith. Maybe
Speaker 1: maybe John. By the way he's daggering DJ Moore, He
Speaker 1: certainly is, But I think uh Anderson and Morgan get
Speaker 1: daggered and this one it's a rough, rough matchup for both.
Speaker 1: In the last four games, Chicago secondary has only allowed
Speaker 1: more than sixty one yards to one receiver, that was
Speaker 1: Calvin Ridley. The Bears have also only allowed one touchdown
Speaker 1: to receiver a wide receiver all season. Anderson and Anderson
Speaker 1: is a tough matchup against Kyle Kyle Kyle Buhler, who
Speaker 1: is allowing just passes to be completed in his coverage.
Speaker 1: That said, the Bears have allowed the third most red
Speaker 1: zone targets to wide receivers, and Anderson his fifth in
Speaker 1: red zone targets among all players. I'll still give him
Speaker 1: a sea, But I got DJ more on the bench
Speaker 1: averaging just five targets per game over the last three weeks.
Speaker 1: That's not cool. And if you remove his fifty seven
Speaker 1: yard catching run touchdown from last week against Atlanta, which
Speaker 1: was kind of flukey, averaging three catches, thirty six yards
Speaker 1: and zero touchdowns per game. Is DJ Moore. He is
Speaker 1: on the bench as his Teddy Bridgewater another amazing bargain
Speaker 1: in draft this year. I hate to bench Bridgewater, but
Speaker 1: the Bears d is pretty much back to elite. They
Speaker 1: are allowing the fourth view as points per game. Uh
Speaker 1: that's at twenty points per game, and no opposing quarterback
Speaker 1: has thrown for more than one touchdown and the very
Speaker 1: comparable Bucks defense Health Caroline is seventeen points in Week two. Yes,
Speaker 1: Bridgewater had three d sixties seven passing yards, but he
Speaker 1: had two picks and no touchdowns. And lastly, at running back,
Speaker 1: McCaffrey probably not gonna play you gonna play him. I'm
Speaker 1: giving him Mike Davis and a Only Alvin Kamara has
Speaker 1: seen more targets at running back than Mike Davis, and
Speaker 1: Davis has missed like a third of the season. The
Speaker 1: Bears have been decent against opposing backs, but they are
Speaker 1: allowing a hundred thirty four comvo yards per game to
Speaker 1: the position. So Davis in play with the b All right,
Speaker 1: that was a that was a lot to talk about,
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Speaker 1: call three Tough Questions. We encourage you to play along
Speaker 1: see if you can go three n O with the
Speaker 1: panel of experts, namely Brian and Matt. Tough. Question number
Speaker 1: one New Kansas City chief running back levy On Bell
Speaker 1: certainly hurts Clyde Edwards Alayer's already wobbly fantasy value, but
Speaker 1: let's focus on him for a minute going forward. Once
Speaker 1: he joins the team next week, will he be an
Speaker 1: RB one and RB two, a flex or a bench player? Brian, So,
Speaker 1: the Chiefs running back hasn't been the most lucrative spot
Speaker 1: so far. Chiefs are averaging just twenty rush attempts per
Speaker 1: game and under five catches per game when it comes
Speaker 1: to running backs, and assuming best case scenario, Bell gets
Speaker 1: sevent of those touch totals, it's not a very impressive amount.
Speaker 1: I don't see Clyde Edwards E Layer Ball getting less
Speaker 1: than of the touches moving forward. Of course, the offense
Speaker 1: is electric in Kansas City and Bell could be the
Speaker 1: missing piece to get it fully. Clicking the schedule wasn't
Speaker 1: great moving forward. He's got the Broncos twice, the Bucks,
Speaker 1: the Saints, but there are some cupcakes in the mix
Speaker 1: with the Jets revenge game next week, Panthers, Dolphins, and
Speaker 1: the Falcons in week sixteen, so it's an up and
Speaker 1: down bag. But Bell is going to be the lead
Speaker 1: back RB two moving forward with ease. Okay, I don't
Speaker 1: have much to add from what Brian said, but does
Speaker 1: he have a lot more in the tank than Lashawn
Speaker 1: McCoy did last year when he joined the club. And
Speaker 1: I think that yes. Plus he's leaving Adam Gaze, and
Speaker 1: every player who leaves Adam Gaze ends up having a
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl season. The rest of the way, I only
Speaker 1: have him as a flex though. All right, well, let's
Speaker 1: dig into this. The presumed role for laby On Bell's
Speaker 1: a one two hunch with Clyde Edwards Hilaire. You know,
Speaker 1: is he the one or is either two in this punch?
Speaker 1: Is really I think a lot of the question here.
Speaker 1: We know that Bell is the probable goal line back
Speaker 1: because Clyde Edwards Alaire hasn't been able to get anything
Speaker 1: going inside the five yard line, although they basically stopped
Speaker 1: trying with him inside the five yard line. Bell has
Speaker 1: good hands. He'll chisel into Clyde Edwards a layers already
Speaker 1: modest role as a receiver that in fact, Bell might
Speaker 1: have better hands, and Bell will be on the field
Speaker 1: and third downs because and this is a I think
Speaker 1: this is the sneaky reason they made this move. Clyde
Speaker 1: Edwards a layer is the NFL's bottom ranked pass blocking
Speaker 1: running back. If you are the bottom ranked pass blocking
Speaker 1: running back and you are a liability to Patrick Mahomes,
Speaker 1: you're not on the field much. And that's what worries me.
Speaker 1: And that's why I believe that at least on passing downs,
Speaker 1: and there are a lot of passing down to this offense,
Speaker 1: Clyde Edwards Laire is not going to be on the field. Now.
Speaker 1: Everybody's gonna struggle behind this run blocking unit that's been bad,
Speaker 1: and they just lost Collecchio, assimilate their starting guard who
Speaker 1: was the backup behind the the starting guard who decided
Speaker 1: to go be a doctor all season. So I think
Speaker 1: there's going to be struggles here many weeks. But nevertheless,
Speaker 1: I think that Bell has more total upside between pass catching,
Speaker 1: pass blocking, goal line use than Clyde Edwards a layer,
Speaker 1: and he will be a running back to the rest
Speaker 1: of the way. Tough question number two. The last time
Speaker 1: Davante Adams was healthy back in Week one, Robert Tanyan
Speaker 1: didn't have a catch with Adam's back. Is Tanyan a
Speaker 1: sure fire every week starting tight end Matt uh So,
Speaker 1: Robert Tanyan has caught eleven passes in the last two
Speaker 1: weeks for a hundred and forty eight yards and four touchdowns.
Speaker 1: Those are very good numbers, but let's consider the entirety
Speaker 1: of his three year career, much of which has been
Speaker 1: played with Davanta Adams. His eleven just over those two games,
Speaker 1: where forty one percent of his career receptions, fifty two
Speaker 1: percent of his career yardage, and fifty sent of his
Speaker 1: career touchdowns. But maybe Aaron Rodgers just figured out something
Speaker 1: was finally there, figured out how to use a tight end,
Speaker 1: something he barely has done at any point in his career.
Speaker 1: That's why I think that realistically we can expect Jimmy
Speaker 1: Graham numbers out of Robert Tonyan once Davanta Adams comes back.
Speaker 1: And Jimmy Graham averaged three catches for thirty four yards
Speaker 1: throughout his two year packer career. So I do not
Speaker 1: think he's an every week's starting tight end, Brian, it's
Speaker 1: Robert Tannian and every week's starting tight end. I have
Speaker 1: sort of the same things to say, but with a
Speaker 1: different answer. So tight ends having factored into Green Bay's offense,
Speaker 1: it's like the days of Bubba Frank's or like that
Speaker 1: Michael Finley had like a cup of coffee for a minute.
Speaker 1: As an elite tight end, Packers tight end finishes as
Speaker 1: a whole in catches starting from last year, ten six
Speaker 1: and twenty sixteen. So the eighteen year Jimmy Graham at
Speaker 1: fifty five catches and nearly seven hundred yards, he was
Speaker 1: the second leading receiver for the Packers. There was Davante
Speaker 1: Adams had a monster year, played fifteen games, almost fourteen
Speaker 1: hundred yards and three touchdowns. No other wide receiver outside
Speaker 1: of Adams on that team. Jimmy Graham the second leading receiver.
Speaker 1: Virtually the same situation for the Packers this year. Tanyan
Speaker 1: looks better than a cook to Jimmy Graham from so,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say, yes, he's in every week starting tight ends.
Speaker 1: He isn't every week starting tight end. And there's another
Speaker 1: way to answer this question. Is he a top twelve
Speaker 1: tight end? The answers yes, I mean they're only in
Speaker 1: my the way I look at it. Their eight reliable
Speaker 1: tight ends in a draft. We thought going into the
Speaker 1: draft was a deep year for tight end, but a
Speaker 1: lot of the bubble guys haven't panned out, Hayden Hurst,
Speaker 1: Austin Cooper, Evan Ingram, Bold, Cook, Dan Arnold, all all
Speaker 1: of these guys disasters, So there aren't twelve good tight
Speaker 1: ends to go around. I'm certainly not going to be
Speaker 1: not I'm certainly not gonna be benching Robert Tonyan with
Speaker 1: all of the touchdown so far. And I think maybe
Speaker 1: most importantly, Tanyan just passes the eye test. He looks athletic,
Speaker 1: he can catch, He's got the passes that have gone
Speaker 1: Tanyan's way. He has zero drops on the season, and
Speaker 1: you can make a pretty strong case that after Davante Adams,
Speaker 1: Tanyan is Aaron rodgers second best target. Maybe, especially with
Speaker 1: Alan Lazard out Aaron Jones, maybe is two A and
Speaker 1: two B. So yes, you can start Robert Tanyan the
Speaker 1: rest of the year. Every week. Tough question number three,
Speaker 1: Ceedee Lamb or Marie Cooper teammates for the rest of
Speaker 1: the year. Who you got Brian Michael Gallop would like
Speaker 1: a word with you, But anyway, she assuming nobody would
Speaker 1: have taken Gallop and I was tip dude, But anyway,
Speaker 1: over the last three weeks, Cooper has out targeted Lamb
Speaker 1: thirty two to four, but Lamb has compiled more catches, yards,
Speaker 1: and touchdowns during that three expand, of course we can
Speaker 1: throw out most of the season stats because Doc is
Speaker 1: on I are now. But last week Lamb saw leven
Speaker 1: targets to Cooper's for Dalton rarely looked Cooper's way, and
Speaker 1: Cede Lamb has been very consistent in his rookie year,
Speaker 1: with at least five catches in every game. He also
Speaker 1: leads the Cowboys and end zone targets so far. Consistent
Speaker 1: is something that Mary Cooper has never been throughout his career. Yes,
Speaker 1: the first four weeks he was more than consistent, was
Speaker 1: blowing up, but he wet the bed last week. He's
Speaker 1: wet the bed in like fifty percent of his career games.
Speaker 1: UH failed to reach five catches at nearly half of
Speaker 1: his games last year. I just see the up and
Speaker 1: down for Cooper too much, and I see c D
Speaker 1: as a consistently safe floor with a massive ceiling. The
Speaker 1: best wide receiver on that team right now is Ceedee Lamb.
Speaker 1: I'll take both, by the way. UH Cooper is top
Speaker 1: three and targets and receptions, Lamb is top thirteen in
Speaker 1: both of those categories. They're both averaging about eighty five
Speaker 1: yards per game, and I like Cooper a lot more
Speaker 1: this year in the Mike McCarthy more free flowing offense.
Speaker 1: But the one thing is Lamb plays out of the slot,
Speaker 1: so he's going to consistently get slot corners covering him,
Speaker 1: who generally aren't as good as outside corners, while Cooper
Speaker 1: will likely face top cover corners for the rest of
Speaker 1: the year, like James Bradberry last week, who made his
Speaker 1: day very difficult. And that's the tiebreaker. So I'll take Lamb.
Speaker 1: But it's pretty close to even. You get did a
Speaker 1: great job with this question. You know, after Dallas drafted
Speaker 1: Ceedee Lamb, I proclaimed that he'd be the Cowboys best
Speaker 1: receiver by the end of the year. I was wrong.
Speaker 1: It took four weeks. Oh, it's he's all you know,
Speaker 1: he's already the best receiver. You're still, well, that's true,
Speaker 1: I'm it's yeah, it's it's a humble brag. Really can
Speaker 1: get right down to it. Um. I think for all
Speaker 1: the reasons that you've mentioned here, he's immune to the
Speaker 1: bust game. I love that he runs from the slot.
Speaker 1: I love all the usage they've given him. And in
Speaker 1: a historic draft class, or what is shaping up to
Speaker 1: be a historic draft class for wide receivers, Ceedee Lamb
Speaker 1: might be the best out of all of them. I mean,
Speaker 1: Ceede Lamb is gonna be the best every week. No,
Speaker 1: but I think in totality of the season, Ceedee Lamb
Speaker 1: will be the best. Denver in Las Vegas are going
Speaker 1: to be kicking themselves for years and years. I think,
Speaker 1: taking and Judy and Jefferson for that matter, well maybe yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean yeah, they could add Jefferson, I know, but
Speaker 1: Jefferson was right. Yeah, Atlanta takes on Minnesota and let's
Speaker 1: let's begin with the passing game. Julio Jones removed from
Speaker 1: the injury report on Friday, given and barring a last
Speaker 1: minute set back on his hamstring, he will he will
Speaker 1: go now. He would be in a grade were it
Speaker 1: not for the threat of re injury that we all
Speaker 1: experienced two weeks ago. Jones runs from all over the field,
Speaker 1: and he has a deeply positive matchup at every stop
Speaker 1: against Minnesota's green secondary of Cameron Danceler, Mike Hughes, and
Speaker 1: Jeff Gladney. I will note this, though Mike Zimmer has
Speaker 1: owned Julio Jones his average career game against Minnesota thirty
Speaker 1: eight yards and zero point two touchdowns. That's it. I'm
Speaker 1: just picturing Zimmer shadowing Julio personally out it's been It
Speaker 1: is shocking when Zimmer has done to Julio Jones. Julio
Speaker 1: need a dollar. I don't even know what that means.
Speaker 1: Calvin Ridley gets an a. He has succeeded despite Matt
Speaker 1: ryan struggles, and we'll talk about that in a minute.
Speaker 1: Posting over one hundred yards and all four of his
Speaker 1: healthy games in the last three games without Julio Jones,
Speaker 1: Ridley's averaging twelve targets per game. That probably comes down
Speaker 1: a bit here with Julio Jones back, but the Vikings
Speaker 1: also can't centralize their coverage on Julio Jones, so probably
Speaker 1: evens out. The Vikings are giving up one hundred ninety
Speaker 1: three yards per game to receivers, that is the fourth most.
Speaker 1: They've also allowed multiple touchdowns to receivers and back to
Speaker 1: back weeks, So a grade for Calvin Ridley. Let's get
Speaker 1: to Matt Ryan, who is just playing bad right now.
Speaker 1: His game last week is the worst game I've ever seen.
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan play. He has thrown one touchdown in his
Speaker 1: last three games. The last time Matt Ryan threw one
Speaker 1: touchdown over a span of three games were his second,
Speaker 1: third and fourth ever NFL games back in tooth and
Speaker 1: you're gonna say, like fifth grade football, it could have been,
Speaker 1: but he was probably torching, you know, Billy Jenkins in
Speaker 1: the backyard, so that I think he was probably good
Speaker 1: there too. Minnesota's a lot of five touchdown passes over
Speaker 1: the past two weeks, and I think you keep starting
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan here. As bad as he was last week,
Speaker 1: I'm still giving him a sea here, just because the
Speaker 1: Vikings are so mallegable and Julio Jones is coming back.
Speaker 1: Russell Gauge is on the bench. I thought he was
Speaker 1: possibly startable when Julio Jones was out, but not anymore.
Speaker 1: And hayden Hurst is a tough star because Zimmer has
Speaker 1: been brutally tough on tight ends. Over Minnesota's last thirty games.
Speaker 1: The Vikings have given up two tight end scores and
Speaker 1: to yard games to tight ends. That's it. So hayden
Speaker 1: Hurst is on the bench. That brings us to Todd Gurley,
Speaker 1: fresh off his first one hundred yard rushing performance, Since
Speaker 1: twenty eight the Vikings are allowing the seventh most rushing attempts,
Speaker 1: the seventh most rushing yards to opposing running backs, and
Speaker 1: starters are averaging eight yards and a score per game.
Speaker 1: Eight yards and a score per game puts Todd Gurley
Speaker 1: on a B grade. Let's go to the Viking side.
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook is out Alexander Madison inherits. Dalvin's twenty one
Speaker 1: touches per game. Get this Madison last week, even though
Speaker 1: Dalvin got knocked out at what about the one third
Speaker 1: mark of the game, get twenty three touches in that game.
Speaker 1: It's a great opportunity for him. The Falcons are average
Speaker 1: against the run, but they've been a disaster through the air,
Speaker 1: as they have been for five straight seasons. They're giving
Speaker 1: up nine receptions to running backs on a per game basis,
Speaker 1: and the second most receiving yards sixty three through the air.
Speaker 1: If Madison is going to get most of those nine
Speaker 1: receptions in sixty three yards and then he chips in
Speaker 1: another sixty yards through the ground, Alexander Madison's in my
Speaker 1: top five. I think Moon is almost to take a
Speaker 1: chance on me, right. You could go with with Mike
Speaker 1: Boone here, just like you might have gone with Alexander Madison.
Speaker 1: To take a chance of the player in this matchup,
Speaker 1: Let's go to the passing game, where kirk Cousin gets
Speaker 1: a B. The average passing game against the Falcons is
Speaker 1: a staggering three forty five yards and three touchdowns. This
Speaker 1: is the most favorable quarterback matchup of any team, So
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins gets to be here, and considering there without
Speaker 1: d Alvin Cook, I do expect a few more pass
Speaker 1: It's not a lot. It'll still be run heavy for
Speaker 1: the Vikings, but there will be a few more passes
Speaker 1: to be had. And we saw Cousins throw fourteen more
Speaker 1: passes than usual on Sunday night when Cook got knocked
Speaker 1: out of that game. I'm not saying he's gonna get
Speaker 1: another fourteen here, but he might get half that. He
Speaker 1: might get a spare seven. And that makes kirk Cousins
Speaker 1: highly relevant in this game, so are his receivers. Adam
Speaker 1: Feelings absolutely in play here, with an A grade. In
Speaker 1: each of the past two games, Theland has seen double
Speaker 1: digit targets and tallied at least eighty yards. Atlanta's allowing
Speaker 1: a whopping two d fifteen yards per game to receivers.
Speaker 1: That's second most, and they've allowed a receiver to find
Speaker 1: the end zone in four of five games. Justin Jefferson
Speaker 1: gets a B grade Atlanta's secondary giving up two hundred
Speaker 1: fifteen yards to receivers. That gives him an opportunity to
Speaker 1: have a nice game here as well. It's no coincidence
Speaker 1: that Adam Feeling is surging since Justin Jefferson started to
Speaker 1: come Alive's good for the offense. It's good for the offense.
Speaker 1: You've got it. Irv Smith got more attention last week.
Speaker 1: I just I need to see more than one game.
Speaker 1: I'm not ready to but Falcons have been bad against
Speaker 1: tight ends. If you're in a pinch, you could go
Speaker 1: with IRV Smith here, but Kyle Rudolph. You could try
Speaker 1: Kyle Rudolph. But IRV Smith was the guy last week.
Speaker 1: I don't know if it's gonna be two in a
Speaker 1: row or not. I'm not ready to say that Hitness
Speaker 1: necessarily will be when we come back. We'll continue through matchups,
Speaker 1: including Arizona at Dallas. Kenyan Drake, who looked at least
Speaker 1: okay last week, and he'd stay on track. We'll tell
Speaker 1: you a little bit about that matchup. Plus, if you
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Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly continues Bull Charge in Matt Harrison, Bryan
Speaker 1: Johnson with you. As I mentioned going into the break,
Speaker 1: Arizona takes on Dallas and Drake how maybe the most
Speaker 1: frustrating fantasy player this year that doesn't have an injury
Speaker 1: excuse that's been built in. It's been bad for him.
Speaker 1: Many people believe he's not the best starting running back
Speaker 1: in Arizona. Well, his excuses, I'm just not very good.
Speaker 1: Maybe that might be true. I've been harping on it
Speaker 1: all off season. He has an excuse, his excuses that
Speaker 1: you've been harping on exactly. He's very upset at me.
Speaker 1: But thirty three percent of his fantasy points last year
Speaker 1: came in two games. That's that's not good. That's not good.
Speaker 1: That's Spike weeks Um. I am giving both Chase Edmonds
Speaker 1: and Kenyan Drake c grades this week because it's lightly
Speaker 1: likely going to be pretty close to an even split,
Speaker 1: and Edmonds is closing that gap pretty quickly. Last week,
Speaker 1: Edmonds was on the field for forty of the plays
Speaker 1: and for the Cowboys since middle linebacker Layton vander Ash
Speaker 1: went down, the Cowboys are allowing five point three yards
Speaker 1: per carry two enemy backs. There's plenty to go around here.
Speaker 1: Drake isn't involved nearly at all in the passing game,
Speaker 1: so Edmonds would be the guy getting the plus added
Speaker 1: to the sea if we did those sorts of things
Speaker 1: that He's a c okay um Kyler, a Hopkins, a
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk. He gets a b uh. He seems fully
Speaker 1: healthy after notching seven targets five receptions in seventy eight
Speaker 1: yards last week in New York. Plus five boundary receivers
Speaker 1: have topped a hundred yards against the Cowboys this year,
Speaker 1: and O'Dell's eighty one yards and two scores don't count
Speaker 1: in that that list. I told you to pick up
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk two weeks ago. This is the start of
Speaker 1: the payoff right here. Let's go to the other side
Speaker 1: in the Dallas Way before you get away from Kyler Murray.
Speaker 1: Total number of players with more rushing touchdowns than Kyler Murray, Well,
Speaker 1: I remember last week I mentioned that he had the
Speaker 1: same amount as Alvin Kamara. One. Dalvin Cook is the
Speaker 1: only player with more rushing touchdowns than He's a top
Speaker 1: twelve running back. Now, that's probably right. I think he's
Speaker 1: sixty three yards on a touchdown per game. Ground sounds
Speaker 1: about right, uh, Ezekiel Elliott, I'm giving him an A grade. Honestly.
Speaker 1: This offense probably just goes through Zeke even more now
Speaker 1: and the Cards are allowing a hundred and fifty eight
Speaker 1: Comboy yards per game plus a touchdown to opposing backs,
Speaker 1: I think that all goes to Zeke. Here. Andy Dalton,
Speaker 1: he's the new dude. I'm gonna give him a be
Speaker 1: This offense is still very solid and sound, and he
Speaker 1: was here to take a chance on me quarterback, wasn't
Speaker 1: He charge was awesome? Umari Cooper, He's getting an A
Speaker 1: grade in this one. Giants corner James Bradberry shut him
Speaker 1: down last week. But Pat Pete is not the Pat
Speaker 1: Pete of old. He's allowed some huge games already this year.
Speaker 1: Is Terry McLaurin had the most notable one, where he
Speaker 1: went for seven and one in Peterson's coverage. Michael Gallop
Speaker 1: and Ceedee Lamb both solid Bees in this game. Gallop
Speaker 1: looked like Dalton's favorite target at the tail end of
Speaker 1: the Giants game with two acrobatic catches. Uh. The two
Speaker 1: hooked up for three catches and sixty five yards in
Speaker 1: the second half, and Lamb has between five and eight
Speaker 1: receptions in every game. He's just super solid. And Jamison
Speaker 1: Crowder just dinged up the secondary from the slot to
Speaker 1: the tune of eight catches for one sixteen and a score.
Speaker 1: You know what, Ceedee Lambs in a grade too, all right,
Speaker 1: Dalton Schultz. But but if he's an A grade, then
Speaker 1: we can't give the A, B, two C D. That's
Speaker 1: the sad making an A grade. I'm sorry, um, Dalton Schultz,
Speaker 1: he gets a C grade. I'm a little bit nervous
Speaker 1: that Schultz's production will go down a little bit under
Speaker 1: a new quarterback. He's currently eight in both targets and
Speaker 1: receptions among tight ends. But the Cards have been very
Speaker 1: good against the tight end this year, unlike last year. UH,
Speaker 1: they're only allowing four catches for forty three yards in
Speaker 1: one score on the year. Remember when the Cardinals were
Speaker 1: in the NFC East. This was an old NFC that
Speaker 1: kindled rivalry from the NFC East. You know, they were St.
Speaker 1: Loui Cardinals at that point. To Ram, no, they weren't.
Speaker 1: And then they moved. There were the Chicago Cardinals. Well yeah,
Speaker 1: but I'm talking about Arizona. But they had just moved.
Speaker 1: They didn't realign at that point. When I was a kid,
Speaker 1: I collected Ricky Prole. Oh yeah, yeah, he was some
Speaker 1: Ricky Prole cards. He was really good. I was convinced
Speaker 1: he was going to be like a notable player, head
Speaker 1: up for a big career, and I was gonna cash you.
Speaker 1: David Boston was going to be that guy. Oh one.
Speaker 1: The only thing I really remember about him is him
Speaker 1: complaining because defenders were tearing his nipple rings out. Poor guy,
Speaker 1: Valid Valid complain, Maybe you don't play with your nipple
Speaker 1: rings in just just an idea. Don't the shoulder pads
Speaker 1: protect your nipple rings? Apparently not, I don't nipple pads.
Speaker 1: Ram ram rams take on the San Francisco Los Angeles
Speaker 1: has added cam Acres to the league's most befuddling backfield.
Speaker 1: What do you do now, Brian, Yeah it Darryl Henderson
Speaker 1: still the lead back. Just gonna give him the see
Speaker 1: he gets the only starting grade. He led the l
Speaker 1: a backfield and snaps last week. Scored twice, but we
Speaker 1: still saw a fair amount of Malcolm Brown and like
Speaker 1: you said, charge was worked into the mix even more.
Speaker 1: And despite injuries to Nick Bosa and Solomon Thomas, the
Speaker 1: forty Niners are still suffocating opposing backs, allowing only sixty
Speaker 1: three rushing yards per game to the position. That's third fewest.
Speaker 1: Uh No back has top sixty rushing yards against San Francisco.
Speaker 1: Henderson his fourth and red zone carries among all backs,
Speaker 1: so hopefully he'd get the goal line plunge. I will
Speaker 1: give him a seat here, but there's a lot to
Speaker 1: be worried about when it comes to Darryl Henderson over
Speaker 1: the receiving game for the Rams Cooper Cup. Gonna give
Speaker 1: him a be has at least seven targets and sixty
Speaker 1: five yards in each of his past three games. He's
Speaker 1: basically the safest ram there is. He's also scored in
Speaker 1: two of the last three games. His history against the
Speaker 1: Niners kind of sucks though has never top thirty one yards,
Speaker 1: but he end the forty Niners secondary ravage by injuries.
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick just feasted on them for three and fifty
Speaker 1: yards and three scores. So Cup gets a B and
Speaker 1: I'm still gonna give Robert Woods the starting game with
Speaker 1: the seed despite seeing just six targets per game over
Speaker 1: his last four. He needs more volume, but he has
Speaker 1: a favorable matchup against a Kello Witherspoon who is allowing
Speaker 1: a passer rating of a hundred forty eight in his coverage.
Speaker 1: And for what it's worth, Woods had eight catches for
Speaker 1: a hundred and seventeen yards when these teams last met
Speaker 1: in Week sixteen last season. Over to Tyler Higbee, man,
Speaker 1: I'm close to a bench here. I will give him
Speaker 1: a seed just because it's a bye week and there's
Speaker 1: not a lot to work with the tight end. If
Speaker 1: you take out his three touchdown game in Week two
Speaker 1: against the Eagles disaster, he's averaging two point five catches
Speaker 1: and twenty eight yards with no touchdowns. I can't do it,
Speaker 1: I know. And the matchup is not great against the
Speaker 1: forty Niners. They're one of ten teams to surrender less
Speaker 1: than two hundred yards to a posting tight ends so far.
Speaker 1: That said, San Francisco just surrendered six catches ninety four
Speaker 1: yards and his score to Miami's tight ends last week.
Speaker 1: He could be had nine catches for one oh four
Speaker 1: in that week sixteen games. So if you have a
Speaker 1: better option, Ben Jacob, but I'll still give him a
Speaker 1: very very very soft sea here. And Jared Goff, I'm
Speaker 1: just gonna give him a C as well. He did
Speaker 1: go off for three twenty three and two when these
Speaker 1: teams last met in late December. Already mentioned that Stu
Speaker 1: Beard smacked him down um forty that is last week,
Speaker 1: and San Francisco is prior three games that were shutting
Speaker 1: down opposing quarterbacks, but they were playing the NFC East
Speaker 1: in those three games. That's the j V of the
Speaker 1: NFL over to the San Francisco side. Not a ton
Speaker 1: to talk about here, George Kiddle will give him a B.
Speaker 1: The Ram seven only allowed the eighth most yards at
Speaker 1: tight ends, but they have yielded the sixth most targets
Speaker 1: to the position, so a player of Kittle's caliber should
Speaker 1: be able to capitalize on his opportunities. Uh. He played
Speaker 1: in both games against the Rams last year logged two
Speaker 1: solid stat lines eight catches for a hundred and three
Speaker 1: yards and then five catches for seventy nine yards and
Speaker 1: a touchdown. Pretty safe floor for Kittle if he's on
Speaker 1: the field, no matter who he plays. Deebo, Samuel and
Speaker 1: Brandon I look both on the bench. Opposing wide receivers
Speaker 1: are averaging less than twelve catches and a hundred and
Speaker 1: thirty five yards per game has a whole against the
Speaker 1: Rams this year. Only two wide receivers have managed to
Speaker 1: top eighty yards. Only one wide receiver has scored against
Speaker 1: the Rams. That was Stefon Diggs. So Samuel and a
Speaker 1: Yuk on the bench, and so is Jimmy g uh.
Speaker 1: He should make his return this week. I expected to
Speaker 1: start only totally one passing touchdown across two games against
Speaker 1: the Rams last year. And the last time he played,
Speaker 1: he looked like dog s he he did. Yeah, not
Speaker 1: because of injury. You looked alf So you know. They
Speaker 1: claimed that the ankle wasn't right, but there was a
Speaker 1: lot not going right with Jimmy Garoppolo. And lastly, let
Speaker 1: me mention raheem most real quick, I'm gonna put him
Speaker 1: on the bench. He did take over lead back duties
Speaker 1: uh last week, but it's a tough matchup. Since Week three,
Speaker 1: l A has held opposing running backs to sixty nine
Speaker 1: rushing yards per game, and no back has scored via
Speaker 1: ground or aired during that span. Oh okay, when we
Speaker 1: come back, I was trying to decide if I wanted
Speaker 1: to get Kansas City Buffalo into this one or the
Speaker 1: next one. I think we got time. We got time.
Speaker 1: We'll do it. We'll do it next, We'll do it
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Speaker 1: Technical X ray Corp. Yeah, your operation, we'll go with that.
Speaker 1: Prematures Avaculation. These are three players we believe you want
Speaker 1: to pick up this week that will end up being
Speaker 1: in high demand next week. But they're already going to
Speaker 1: be on your team because we've used we've used the
Speaker 1: time machine obviously, because I've used that, reached an example
Speaker 1: of success with this segment. Um, Yeah, that would be
Speaker 1: Chase Claypool. Good job, Scott Fish. Tip of the hat
Speaker 1: to Scott Fish. All right, Brian, who is your premature
Speaker 1: speculation player. All Right, I don't have a ton of
Speaker 1: fancy stats to throw at you here about Philip Rivers,
Speaker 1: other than so far he has four passing touchdowns and
Speaker 1: five interceptions. I'm not saying to pick up Philip Rivers,
Speaker 1: but leading into my prespect. Okay, alright, okay, good, I've
Speaker 1: watched dodged a bullet there, thought I need a new
Speaker 1: co host. I've watched more Colts than I would have
Speaker 1: liked you. So far. They are a good team, but
Speaker 1: it's not because of Philip Rivers. He essentially throws the
Speaker 1: ball into the ground or away from the receiver. Imagine
Speaker 1: like Magneto from the X Men with anti magnetic powers,
Speaker 1: and you throw a magnet at him. That's like Philip
Speaker 1: Rivers trying to hit t Y Hilton downfield. Who who
Speaker 1: is your who is your premature? Took Kobe Brissette because
Speaker 1: if the Colts want to get serious about making a
Speaker 1: deep playoff run him being a real contender, they have
Speaker 1: to get geriatric Philip Rivers out from under center. Put
Speaker 1: in Jegobi Brissette, who has proven he is able NFL
Speaker 1: quarterback with well, have you watched Philip whatever he has
Speaker 1: been bad? He beyond bad and they're trying to save
Speaker 1: egg on their face and indie. So in super flex leagues,
Speaker 1: if you're media quarterback, just stashed Brissette now because he
Speaker 1: deserves a shot because the Rivers. It's awful. It's a
Speaker 1: it's a sign when the head coach has to spend
Speaker 1: his week explaining who his quarterback is going to be
Speaker 1: in the next game. So I actually think you're right
Speaker 1: if you're in a two quarterback league or QB flex
Speaker 1: lead league where these guys are at a premium and
Speaker 1: you're just trying to find a warm body playing quarterback
Speaker 1: the next the next quarterback, the next backup who probably
Speaker 1: gets about non injury. Yeah, good chances, right, Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 1: How about some fantasy trades in real life since the
Speaker 1: trade deadlines not for a couple of weeks. Still, what
Speaker 1: about Matt Ryan to the Colts? That would be kind
Speaker 1: of interesting for a rebuild. And Falcons lose this week,
Speaker 1: they are absolutely they're going quarterback. They're going Trevor Lawrence.
Speaker 1: You're gonna go Trevor Lawrence. So they're checked out. How
Speaker 1: about this the reunition reunition, I can dig it. Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz and Frank Reich. The Eagles love to trade their quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: It could happen. It could. I'm not I wouldn't rule
Speaker 1: anything out right now. Uh, Matt, you're premature speculation player.
Speaker 1: Mike Williams is my guy, and it might be slightly
Speaker 1: late to premature speculate as Italian a hundred nine yards
Speaker 1: and two scores last Monday in New Orleans. However, the
Speaker 1: Chargers are on a bye this week, which kind of
Speaker 1: depressed the pickups in many leagues. Um in ESPN, he
Speaker 1: went from thirty four percent owned before Waivers ran to
Speaker 1: only owned, so there's still some room here. Out of
Speaker 1: there by they get Jacksonville, Denver, and Vegas, all of
Speaker 1: which are really good matchups for the wide receiver. By
Speaker 1: the way, the Chargers do not have a difficult passing
Speaker 1: matchup on their schedule the rest of the fantasy year.
Speaker 1: Their next difficult matchup is Week seventeen against Kansas City.
Speaker 1: We're not playing and that includes a playoff run of Atlanta, Vegas,
Speaker 1: and Denver again. Pick up Chargers passing game right now. Foolishly,
Speaker 1: many fantasy owners have given up on Zack Moss. You're
Speaker 1: going to regret the man decision. He is being dropped
Speaker 1: outright in many, many fantasy leagues. I'd like to remind
Speaker 1: you of how Zach Moss this season is gone. Week one,
Speaker 1: his very first NFL experience, he scored a touchdown. Week two,
Speaker 1: he suffered a turftoe injury. Hasn't seen the field since.
Speaker 1: He comes back now to an offense that has tried
Speaker 1: to run with Devin Singletary, and as he proved on
Speaker 1: Tuesday Night, Devin Singletary is not meant to be a
Speaker 1: workhorse back. Ain't happen. He is a change of pace back, period,
Speaker 1: end of story. The reason they drafted Zack Moss was
Speaker 1: for him to be the lead back and single to
Speaker 1: Singletary to be the change of pace guy. So Zack
Speaker 1: Moss being dropped all those places, he is available now.
Speaker 1: And for people who think he's not good because you
Speaker 1: really haven't seen him yet, I'll remind you that last
Speaker 1: year alone, at a college season, he put up fifteen
Speaker 1: hundred yards and fifteen touchdowns and was named the Pack
Speaker 1: twelve Offensive Player of the Year. He is really good.
Speaker 1: He can catch, he can run inside, and he would
Speaker 1: be the goal line running back for the Buffalo Bills.
Speaker 1: Zack Moss now chart I know your favorite kid is
Speaker 1: Jono Smith, but Zack Moss has got to be pretty
Speaker 1: close to second. And and you're you're just you've just
Speaker 1: had him in the in the hospital for a while.
Speaker 1: And that Matt tried to lowball me on Zack Moss
Speaker 1: the other day and ried to you, you have the
Speaker 1: explosive output name. Well, I can't help him. See, That's
Speaker 1: why he always thinks my trade things are terrible. Trade
Speaker 1: with you anymore. All right, let's get to our final
Speaker 1: set of matchups, including Kansas City taking on Buffalo for
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes, Tyreek Hill, and Travis Kelsey A grades across
Speaker 1: the board, but let me tell you, I get very
Speaker 1: close to giving Patrick Mahomes the rare B grade for him.
Speaker 1: This offensive line has not played well and starting guard
Speaker 1: Collecchio smile tore tendons in both knees. He's out, Sammy
Speaker 1: Watkins is out. And the Bills should have star cornerback
Speaker 1: tradevious White back. I mean this is this does not
Speaker 1: bode well for this Kansas City passing attack. Fortunately for Mahomes,
Speaker 1: his most important wide receiver, Tyreek Hill, works out of
Speaker 1: the slot a lot, and the one place trade Avious
Speaker 1: White doesn't go is he does not play the slot,
Speaker 1: So Hill is going to face a far easier matchup
Speaker 1: against Terron Johnson, who allows a passer rating of one
Speaker 1: hundred four in his coverage. But mahomes Is most exploitable
Speaker 1: matchup is with Travis Kelsey against the league's worst tight
Speaker 1: end defense. The Bills rank dead last in tight end
Speaker 1: receptions allowed, dead last in tight end yards allowed. Monster
Speaker 1: game coming from Travis Kelsey, and that is why Patrick
Speaker 1: Mahomes retains an A grade. Nicole Hardman is a potential
Speaker 1: starter here with Sammy Watkins out, he should see an
Speaker 1: uptick in usage. Last week with Watkins missing much of
Speaker 1: the game, Nicole Hardman posted season highs and snap count
Speaker 1: and play percentage. Where Hardman gets tricky is he'll thout
Speaker 1: draw Tradavius White on the outside. It's not a matchup.
Speaker 1: I want so watch trads White's injury status. If White
Speaker 1: doesn't go, will bump Hardman up to a B. If
Speaker 1: Tredavius White is going, then I think Nicole Hardman is
Speaker 1: nothing more than a dart throw CE grade and you're
Speaker 1: probably best off leaving him on the bench because Tradevias
Speaker 1: White is awesome. Let's go to the Buffalo side of
Speaker 1: this matchup. We'll begin with Josh Allen. Until last Tuesday,
Speaker 1: well really up and through this week, Alan has faced
Speaker 1: arguably the league's easiest passing schedule, so it's a little
Speaker 1: concerning that he regrets against the Titans, and he now
Speaker 1: faces the best past defense you've seen this year Kansas City.
Speaker 1: The chief secondaries at full strength with the return of
Speaker 1: Brashad Breland will talk about more in a minute, and
Speaker 1: Allen's receivers will face solid coverage at all points of
Speaker 1: the field. The Chiefs are allowing only two hundred thirty
Speaker 1: nine passing yards per game. That's six best, and prior
Speaker 1: to their laps against Derek Carr last week, inexplicable laps.
Speaker 1: Might I add, no quarterback had thrown for more than
Speaker 1: one touchdown in a game against the Chiefs, So I
Speaker 1: have just a B grade on Josh Allen in this game.
Speaker 1: Be great on Steph Diggs. Through five games, he ranks
Speaker 1: fourth in reception, second in yards, and likely won't slow
Speaker 1: down this week, especially if John Brown continues to miss games.
Speaker 1: And we think John Brown is going to go into
Speaker 1: this one. He's off the injury report. Kansas City has
Speaker 1: surrendered the seventh fewest fantasy points to opposing receivers, and
Speaker 1: dig should face chart various West most oftening coverage. He's
Speaker 1: been mostly good, but he did yield ninety two yards
Speaker 1: in his score last week against Oakland. But mostly he's
Speaker 1: been a lot better than that. Be great on Steph Diggs.
Speaker 1: Let's go to John Brown off the injury report, but
Speaker 1: you do want to just stay alert here because calf
Speaker 1: injuries do tend to flare up at the last minute. Now.
Speaker 1: Prior to his injuries, Brown was great in weeks one
Speaker 1: and two. As a reminder, he scored in both games.
Speaker 1: He runs predominantly from the outside, where he'll most often
Speaker 1: match up against bad Brian, probably the best coverage corner
Speaker 1: that the Chiefs have. In Briland's one game back from suspension,
Speaker 1: you may remember Bishad Brian Marian self described marijuana enthusiasm
Speaker 1: missed four games due to suspension for marijuana. Yeah, oddly enough, UM,
Speaker 1: in his one game back, he was great. UM he
Speaker 1: allowed he is allowed bhot Brian three touchdowns in his
Speaker 1: coverage over the past three seasons, including this season, which
Speaker 1: really is only one game, so really it's three touchdowns
Speaker 1: in two seasons. That's still awfully good. So John Brown,
Speaker 1: just the C grade. Let's talk about the running backs,
Speaker 1: Dev Singletary. It was mostly invisible on Tuesday night, which
Speaker 1: is worrisome, and here's Zack Moss lurking. As I mentioned earlier,
Speaker 1: Fortunately a very positive matchup for Singletary. Four of the
Speaker 1: five starting running backs Kansas City has faced have either
Speaker 1: posted one hundred Combo yards or scored or done both.
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus ranks the Chiefs run defense twenty four
Speaker 1: and their five yards per carry ranks twenty in the league.
Speaker 1: But is Devin Singletary the lead back? I think t J.
Speaker 1: Yelden should have been the lead back after Yelden did
Speaker 1: look better than Devin Singletary. Or is it Zack Moss
Speaker 1: and Singletary? By the way, C grade, Zack Moss, You're
Speaker 1: gonna have to speculate. I as much as I like
Speaker 1: Zack Moss, I can't tell you how much his workload
Speaker 1: is going to be. But I can tell you that
Speaker 1: he was full partisanate in practice all week. Presumably this
Speaker 1: turf toe is finally behind him and he's ready for
Speaker 1: a decent workload for really what would be the first
Speaker 1: time in his career I'm hoping that he gets to
Speaker 1: ten to twelve ish touches, and if that happens that
Speaker 1: I think he will earn the C grade I'm giving
Speaker 1: Zack Moss, but I don't know that that's going to
Speaker 1: be the case. Again, this Chief's run defense is bad,
Speaker 1: and if Zack Moss is gonna get ten to twelve
Speaker 1: touches at five yards per carry, we're sitting at a
Speaker 1: C grade and a possible touchdown for the guy who
Speaker 1: should be the goal line back if Josh Allen does
Speaker 1: not run one hand. So you're saying this week, Zack
Speaker 1: Moss has to earn your S grade. I'm saying I'm
Speaker 1: giving him a C grade because we don't equivocate with
Speaker 1: our grades. Final segment, Our final matchup of this show,
Speaker 1: Green Bay taking on Tampa Bay. This is a star
Speaker 1: laden game with the return of Davante Adams, Mike Evans,
Speaker 1: Chris Godwin, both of these offenses fully healthy, all the
Speaker 1: stars on the field. Who do you like, Well, don't
Speaker 1: you like? I like Aaron Jones. I'm giving him an
Speaker 1: A grade even in a scenario where defense is really
Speaker 1: good against the run as Tampa Tampa is awesome against
Speaker 1: the Ron Jones is matchup proof right now. The Bucks
Speaker 1: are allowing almost eight receptions in fifty seven yards to
Speaker 1: the running back position through the air. Those are both
Speaker 1: bottom seven in the league, and Jones is third amongst
Speaker 1: runners and targets per game, fifth in receptions and sixth
Speaker 1: and receiving yards per game, So that keeps him in
Speaker 1: play with an A Aaron Rodgers, he gets an A.
Speaker 1: He's basically the top quarterback in the league right now,
Speaker 1: third in yards per game, first and touchdown basses per game.
Speaker 1: Tampa stats against the past look improved, but when you
Speaker 1: have the ghost of Drew Brees, Jeff Driscoll, Brett Rippon,
Speaker 1: and Nick Foles on the schedule, it's not super difficult
Speaker 1: to look above average. By the way, Teddy Bridgewater and
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert each torch to this defense, and I expect
Speaker 1: Rogers to do the same, especially with Davante Adams back.
Speaker 1: And of course he's getting an A grade eight and
Speaker 1: a half receptions for ninety six yards per game before
Speaker 1: getting hurt. He's healthy, and to me, that means the
Speaker 1: rest of the passing game probably goes back to the bench.
Speaker 1: I'm not, to Robert tanyan believer quite yet when Davante
Speaker 1: Adams and Allen Lazard are both out of the lineup.
Speaker 1: Shre Tanyan is averaging three touchdowns per game, but he
Speaker 1: has scored in the other two games played this year.
Speaker 1: But he was barely targeted in the game against the
Speaker 1: Lions when Adam was still playing, only had two targets
Speaker 1: in that game. I've bagged on him enough. I'd like
Speaker 1: to see him perform in a game where Rogers was
Speaker 1: healthy and had some receivers before I give him a
Speaker 1: starting grade. Tampa's injury report going into Friday morning had
Speaker 1: Evans for net Godwin, Gronk McCoy, and Scottie Miller all
Speaker 1: on it. A couple of those guys dropped off. It's weird,
Speaker 1: so it seems like they needed extra rest. I guess,
Speaker 1: so Tom Brady, let's start with him on a per
Speaker 1: game basis. Brady is top ten in the league in
Speaker 1: yards and touchdowns. Since the Packers seemed to score, it
Speaker 1: will it's likely going to be a shootout, and the
Speaker 1: pack have obliged to allow some decent numbers on the
Speaker 1: season to opposing quarterbacks. Every quarterback who who has faced
Speaker 1: them has top two hundred forty yards three of the
Speaker 1: four have thrown for multiple scores, So I'm giving Brady
Speaker 1: a B. Mike Evans is getting a B grade. Uh
Speaker 1: he scored a touchdown in every game this season and
Speaker 1: the Packers are giving up almost a touchdown and a
Speaker 1: half per game to wide receivers. His ankle injury is
Speaker 1: not believed to be serious now. Chris Godwin, on the
Speaker 1: other hand, I'm only going to give him a C
Speaker 1: grade in this one. I'm still nervous that the hamstring
Speaker 1: injury that has taken him out of games twice now
Speaker 1: this year, that's one that lingers and I know that
Speaker 1: he can report, and I want to believe he's fully healthy.
Speaker 1: He's practicing, he practicing full on Friday, he did practice
Speaker 1: in full on Friday. I'm just still nervous that that
Speaker 1: that those hamstring injuries are tricky and and and they
Speaker 1: can come back, and I just want to yeah, it
Speaker 1: really is. So I'm going to give him a C grade.
Speaker 1: You can upgrade it to a B if you're feeling better.
Speaker 1: But uh, yeah, I'm just a little nervous there. And
Speaker 1: I'm not going to contest or be on Evans. But
Speaker 1: Jiro Alexander slowly becoming arguably the top shutdown corner in
Speaker 1: the NFL. So here he really is. It's just Evans
Speaker 1: scores in every game, even if they're one catch for
Speaker 1: one yard and one touchdown. That's how Evans roll. I
Speaker 1: wouldn't bend Evans. But would you see Gyr Alexander on
Speaker 1: the other side. Yeah, take caution not going as far
Speaker 1: as Scotty Miller or Tyler Johnson. The Packer only allowing
Speaker 1: twelve receptions per game to wide receivers this year. And
Speaker 1: then Gronk and Cameron bred I have them both on
Speaker 1: the bench. I think Bright outscores Gronk for the rest
Speaker 1: of the year, by the way, but neither of them
Speaker 1: will score in this game. The Packers haven't allowed a
Speaker 1: tight end touchdown in their past nine games. Here's why.
Speaker 1: Here's why I disagree with you on both Godwin and Evans.
Speaker 1: I would upgrade both of them. I have Godwin as
Speaker 1: an A grade. You know, the Packers defense on paper,
Speaker 1: I think looks better than it is. They've managed to
Speaker 1: dodge Kenny Golladay who they missed, Michael Thomas who they missed.
Speaker 1: They played, Julio Jones and Calvin ridd and Jones left
Speaker 1: immediately and really limped through the game. I just think
Speaker 1: this is a more other than Jay are Alexander. I
Speaker 1: think this is a much more susceptible. Uh. I can
Speaker 1: hear that argument we read then we realize right now
Speaker 1: and you know, if if god one has removed from
Speaker 1: the injury part, I want to believe that I don't
Speaker 1: have to sweat that that hamstring popping back up again.
Speaker 1: So I've actually got him inside my top ten receivers
Speaker 1: and I've got an A grade on him. But that's
Speaker 1: just me. I got a We've got a couple of
Speaker 1: minutes left, and I want to shoot a couple of
Speaker 1: questions of you guys. You're Clyde Edwards, a layer owner.
Speaker 1: Are you selling now for fifty cents on the dollar
Speaker 1: or you're gonna hold and just hope things shake out
Speaker 1: in your favor. In Redraft, I think I would sell
Speaker 1: for fifty cents on the dollar and try to get
Speaker 1: something back because I don't think he's going to be
Speaker 1: a league winner unless Bell gets hurt. And granted Bill
Speaker 1: might not be all that great, but he still as
Speaker 1: gas in the tank. But in Dynasty, I think you
Speaker 1: got to hold and to see what you got moving
Speaker 1: for next year. It was alarming that they didn't get
Speaker 1: a lot of press leading up to the draft, but
Speaker 1: supposedly at l s U they had like a rotation
Speaker 1: at the goal line among the running backs just because
Speaker 1: c h wasn't getting it done and he's not getting
Speaker 1: it done in the pros. So draft I was ready
Speaker 1: to assume Clyde Edwards Hilaire would not get a lot
Speaker 1: of goal line use. Didn't necessarily care. I'd like to
Speaker 1: buy at fifty cents on the dollar right now on
Speaker 1: Clyde Edwards Hilaire, mostly because let's just stash him on
Speaker 1: the bench. Levan Bell has a has a real injury history,
Speaker 1: plus not that good. We're looking at a Week sixteen
Speaker 1: matchup with the Atlanta Falcons, and I'm adding as many
Speaker 1: Chiefs as I can and I'll stash him on the
Speaker 1: Big three weeks. They also have a Miami Week four
Speaker 1: teen game, which is another good playoff matchup. I like
Speaker 1: that too. All right, Uh, If you'd like to get
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