WEBVTT - Patriots Day! 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:03.920 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of iHeartRadio. 0:00:06.000 --> 0:00:11.000 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from iHeartRadio, your weekly 0:00:11.080 --> 0:00:15.720 source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and advice. Now 0:00:16.000 --> 0:00:19.480 along with the guys from gueteen leagues dot com. 0:00:19.640 --> 0:00:24.200 Here's your host, Paul jar Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly. 0:00:24.239 --> 0:00:26.840 It is week number nine. This is a tricky bye 0:00:26.880 --> 0:00:29.600 week for many of you. A lot of good teams 0:00:29.640 --> 0:00:32.440 on BUYE and I know you're scrambling to fine starters. 0:00:32.440 --> 0:00:33.120 We're gonna help you. 0:00:33.159 --> 0:00:36.800 And by weirre, I mean Matt Harrison and making his 0:00:36.920 --> 0:00:40.040 return after a month away from the show, Thorn Eistrom. 0:00:39.720 --> 0:00:40.280 Welcome back. 0:00:40.640 --> 0:00:41.640 Hey, thanks, good beer. 0:00:41.880 --> 0:00:42.760 Good to have you back. 0:00:43.200 --> 0:00:45.960 As always, we'll break down all the games Fantasy Football 0:00:45.960 --> 0:00:48.479 Weekly style, with letter grades on every player. We'll give 0:00:48.479 --> 0:00:50.320 you nine players upon whom you can take a chance. 0:00:50.360 --> 0:00:54.160 We'll answer three tough questions, and we've got a raucous 0:00:54.400 --> 0:00:56.440 premature speculation coming your way. 0:00:56.640 --> 0:00:57.760 Raucous. I'm Hackett. 0:00:57.800 --> 0:01:00.360 I'm very glad that you lifted the suspension on thor 0:01:00.440 --> 0:01:01.560 By the way, charge. 0:01:02.160 --> 0:01:06.920 Sexual misconduct suspensions are not supposed to be something that 0:01:06.959 --> 0:01:08.040 we discuss over the air. 0:01:08.120 --> 0:01:11.200 Oh Jr. Violence discuss the first part. 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:16.759 You know nothing about Hippa No, come on, guys. 0:01:15.800 --> 0:01:18.120 Let's begin with the Chargers taking on the Jets. Speaking 0:01:18.120 --> 0:01:20.040 of Thorn, you've got heavy duty, You've got the extra 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:23.600 matchup this week. Let's start here. Chargers offense has been 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:26.920 inconsistent and the tricky matchup with the Jets sure is. 0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:28.920 Yeah, Jeffson Herbert. We're gonna start out with him. 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:31.800 Gonna give him a B this week Fantasy's QB three, 0:01:31.959 --> 0:01:34.160 but he's going to be tested this week. Jets have 0:01:34.160 --> 0:01:37.120 an awesome pass defense, as you guys know, they allow 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:40.280 the third lowest yards per attempt and the fourth lowest 0:01:40.319 --> 0:01:42.560 passer rating, so we have to take Herbert from that 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:45.800 usual aid down to a B. Keenan Allen his favorite 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:49.320 target wide receiver six in Fantasy so far with a 0:01:49.440 --> 0:01:53.040 ludicrous thirty six point five first percent first red share 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:55.720 without Mike Williams in the lineup, but of course it's 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:57.280 a tough matchup for him as well. 0:01:57.600 --> 0:02:00.000 Jets have allowed the lowest PPR points. 0:01:59.720 --> 0:02:02.480 Per target to slot receivers this year, so I'm also 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:06.640 gonna give Keenan a B. Josh Palmer still statu is 0:02:06.680 --> 0:02:08.440 still up in the air. Limited role while he was 0:02:08.480 --> 0:02:10.919 dinged up last week, did not practice Thursday. 0:02:10.919 --> 0:02:12.359 That's always an ominous sign. 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:14.480 You're gonna have to check to see if he ends 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:18.280 up playing when this game goes. Quentin Johnston is a 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:21.280 bench if Palmer plays, if he's active, But if Palmer 0:02:21.360 --> 0:02:24.120 does not play, I think that Quintin Johnson is a 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:29.520 streamable option. Last week, Quintin Johnston five catches for sixty 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:32.679 yards on six targets, best game so far for him, 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:35.440 season high seventy percent of the snaps versus the Bears. 0:02:35.760 --> 0:02:37.800 So you just have to check on the Palmer status. 0:02:37.800 --> 0:02:40.760 With regards to Johnston, I'm keeping both the Chargers tight 0:02:40.840 --> 0:02:41.799 ends on the bench. 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:43.880 Gerald Everett didn't play last week. 0:02:43.919 --> 0:02:44.880 He's ify this week. 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:48.359 He did return to practice on Thursday, but is questionable. 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:51.640 If he plays, you get that committee thing again with 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:55.880 him and Donald Parum, which make both unstartable. However, if 0:02:55.919 --> 0:03:00.000 Everett does not play, I think that Donald Parum is startable. 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:02.400 I would give Parham a seat if ever it doesn't play, 0:03:02.520 --> 0:03:05.560 because then the committee it just becomes Donald Parum. Parum 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:07.919 four catches for forty three yards and a touchdown last 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:08.799 week against the Bears. 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:10.400 Fourth touchdown of the season. 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:14.040 Fifteen of Donald Parham's nineteen catches this year have either 0:03:14.080 --> 0:03:16.360 gone for a first down or a touchdown, so they 0:03:16.520 --> 0:03:18.160 like to use him in high leverage spots. 0:03:18.360 --> 0:03:20.120 Parum's just a beast, he sure is. 0:03:20.200 --> 0:03:20.600 I loved it. 0:03:21.200 --> 0:03:24.680 Six foot skyscraper, Yeah, I mean even taller, six. 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:25.480 To eight I think. Yeah. 0:03:26.000 --> 0:03:26.360 Huge. 0:03:26.600 --> 0:03:28.440 Last guy in the Charger is Austin Eckler. We're going 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:29.400 to give him a bee. 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:32.200 He has not cracked forty five rushing yards in his 0:03:32.280 --> 0:03:35.640 three games back, but last week against the Bears, Eckler 0:03:35.680 --> 0:03:38.400 had a seven catches for ninety four yards and a 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:41.720 one touchdown receiving line to retain his fantasy value. The 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:44.000 Jets do have a good pass defense, but they're a 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:47.440 bad run defense. Jets allow the eighth highest explosive run 0:03:47.520 --> 0:03:49.880 rate in the NFL, and the Jets have also allowed 0:03:49.880 --> 0:03:53.000 the six most reception yards and receiving yards two opposing 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:53.680 running backs. 0:03:53.760 --> 0:03:55.119 So I'm gonna give Eckler a bee. 0:03:55.600 --> 0:03:58.000 Move into the Jets, Garrett Wilson, you have to give 0:03:58.080 --> 0:04:00.000 him an a and this is a decent matchup. Of course, 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:03.960 the Chargers very generous defense. Garrett Wilson forty five point 0:04:04.000 --> 0:04:07.760 seven percent first reach year this year is ludicrous. Absolutely 0:04:07.800 --> 0:04:11.160 ludapros plus number ten in deep targets in the NFL, 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:13.920 number five in red zone targets, so you love all 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:16.839 that usage. Buddy's only wide receiver twenty three in fantasy 0:04:16.880 --> 0:04:19.560 because of the poor passing environment that he's in. However, 0:04:19.600 --> 0:04:22.120 the Chargers have allowed the six highest PPR points per 0:04:22.200 --> 0:04:25.200 target to boundary wide receivers this year, so of course 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:27.200 he's an A. You're gonna bench all your other Jets 0:04:27.240 --> 0:04:30.200 wide receivers. You're gonna bench the other tight ends as well. 0:04:30.440 --> 0:04:32.800 I'm keeping Zach Wilson on the bench as well. I 0:04:32.839 --> 0:04:34.960 know the Chargers have a terrible pass defense. 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:37.920 I'm streaming Wilson in one league. Oh are you okay? Yeah? 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:40.840 I mean desperation maybe, but that's a stinky cologne, as 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:43.240 you know it is. Wilson has reached two hundred passing 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:46.120 years only twice this season, so even with a favorable matchup, 0:04:46.160 --> 0:04:48.039 if you have better options, keep him on the bench. 0:04:48.279 --> 0:04:49.880 Brees Hall, however, must start. 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:52.839 He is an a last three games, Breeshall has averaged 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:55.359 twenty touches and one hundred and twenty six point seven 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:58.440 total yards per game. Charges have a good run defense, 0:04:58.480 --> 0:05:01.080 but they have that bad pass defense. All the last 0:05:01.080 --> 0:05:04.520 two games averaged five point five receptions and sixty five 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:07.200 receiving yards per game. The Bolts have allowed the fifth 0:05:07.279 --> 0:05:10.200 highest receiving yards to running backs this year. Love breeseall 0:05:10.240 --> 0:05:10.560 this week? 0:05:10.640 --> 0:05:13.080 Yeah, Brenshall seems to be just getting better with more 0:05:13.120 --> 0:05:16.080 confidence off that acl and just looked fantastic lately. 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:17.479 Matt, Yeah, I. 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:23.080 Mean Dolphins in Kansas City. Who's your favorite Frankfurter in 0:05:23.200 --> 0:05:23.839 this game? 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:27.920 What the games at Frankfurt? 0:05:28.000 --> 0:05:30.160 Well, I know, but it's your favorite Frankfurter? 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:32.640 Are you talking like hot dogs? Are you talking like 0:05:32.680 --> 0:05:37.560 people from Frankfurt. Dieter von Flurtzen got is my favorite. 0:05:37.680 --> 0:05:39.919 I think Frankfurter. I think he'll be here next week. 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:43.720 But this week, let's start with Raheem Mostard on the 0:05:43.760 --> 0:05:46.080 Dolphins side. There's a lot to like in this game, 0:05:46.120 --> 0:05:49.080 by the way, highest point total of the week, so 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:51.359 I really think that there's gonna be some good stuff. 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:53.560 But I'll talk about the offenses in a minute. Raheem 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:55.640 Moster has been limited in practice all week with an 0:05:55.680 --> 0:05:58.400 ankle injury, although he does not have an injury designation 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:01.039 as of now, but the Dolphins have taken some of 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:03.320 the workload off of him in the last two weeks, 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:07.200 specifically ten touches and thirteen touches over the last two 0:06:07.279 --> 0:06:09.960 as opposed to like the twenty ish prior to that. 0:06:10.400 --> 0:06:13.920 Jeff Wilson had seven touches last week, Salvin Achmed had six, 0:06:14.279 --> 0:06:16.440 and both of them are fully healthy. So I expect 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:18.719 a little bit more of a timeshare than we'd like here. 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:21.799 The Chiefs have only allowed four total touchdowns the running 0:06:21.839 --> 0:06:23.920 backs this year. That's the ninth fewest in the league, 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:26.760 but they are allowing four point five yards per carry 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:30.000 that's the seventh most. So with the split, I still 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:32.360 expect Moster to do well, but I can't get him 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:36.320 above a B right now. Tyreek Hill in a revenge game. 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:38.320 He's never played against the Chiefs before. 0:06:38.480 --> 0:06:39.040 First time. 0:06:39.440 --> 0:06:42.400 Oh man, he gets the fantasy Ardvark right off the bat. 0:06:42.839 --> 0:06:45.360 Oh my gosh, He's gonna just try to destroy the 0:06:45.440 --> 0:06:48.839 Chiefs right now. Jalen Wattle, he gets an A two. 0:06:48.920 --> 0:06:50.960 He scored in three of the last four even in 0:06:51.000 --> 0:06:54.120 tougher matchups, He's still seeing six or more targets per 0:06:54.160 --> 0:06:59.280 game and catching almost everything. Both Jalen Watson and Legerius Sneid. 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:03.320 They're the corner for the Chiefs. They're both positive matchups 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:07.960 along the outside for Waddle, specifically Jalen Watson. The other Jalen. 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:09.279 W He's really struggling lately. 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:12.280 He's already allowed five touchdowns in his coverage this year. 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:14.280 I like Waddle will get another one NFL. 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:17.560 Yeah, but let's talk a little bit about these two 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:20.320 offenses before I get to Tua and Patrick. Here, I 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:22.880 found a bunch of fun stats from rich Reebar on 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:27.440 this game. Miami averaging a league high forty yards per possession. 0:07:27.880 --> 0:07:30.560 Kansas City is at thirty six. That's fourth best in 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:33.400 the league. Seventy nine percent of the time Miami has 0:07:33.440 --> 0:07:36.000 a first down, they either get another first down or 0:07:36.000 --> 0:07:36.920 they score a touchdown. 0:07:37.440 --> 0:07:37.840 Wow. 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:41.680 The Dolphins are averaging sixteen point six place per game 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:44.160 that gained ten or more yards. That's best in the league. 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:47.680 Kansas City's third best at fourteen point three per game. 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:51.000 It's going to be just high explosive totals all over 0:07:51.040 --> 0:07:53.240 the place. By the way, Russell Wilson was able to 0:07:53.240 --> 0:07:55.960 throw three touchdown passes against this defense last week, and 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:58.560 even though the Chiefs d looks like a tough matchup. 0:07:58.960 --> 0:07:59.920 It's an A for two. 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:02.600 I also like Mahomes as an A grade and Travis 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:05.680 Kelce by the way, he's also an A. Kelsey has 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:08.320 played the Dolphins three times in his career. He scored 0:08:08.360 --> 0:08:11.880 in every game against him. Isaiah Pacheco's usage has been 0:08:11.920 --> 0:08:13.760 a bit down the last couple of weeks, but I'm 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:18.400 still giving a strong starting grade to him. Though well strong, 0:08:18.440 --> 0:08:22.440 maybe a little bit hefty. It's probably a sea yeah. 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:24.760 Dolphins defense is clamped down on the run as of 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:27.760 recent Over the last five weeks, the Fins are only 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:30.640 allowing seventy nine rushing yards per game and only two 0:08:30.680 --> 0:08:35.200 point four receptions to opposing backs. They held Remandre Stevenson 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:38.600 to fifty total yards, DeAndre Swift was held to seventy 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:41.640 five scoreless yards, and only one back has top sixty 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:45.040 two rushing yards against Miami since Week two. And then 0:08:45.040 --> 0:08:48.679 the wide receivers Rashie Rice has been trending in the 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:51.880 right way with snap counts and targets, but last week 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:54.560 it might have plateaued a little bit. Last week, he 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:57.160 was on the field for sixty one percent of the snaps. 0:08:57.520 --> 0:09:02.480 Compare that to Marquez Valdez Gantling at fifty seven, Skymore 0:09:02.559 --> 0:09:05.680 at fifty four percent, Justin Watson ed and m coole 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:09.840 Hardman both at thirty six percent, and Kadarius Tony at 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:13.600 twenty percent. That's six different wide receivers on the field. 0:09:13.679 --> 0:09:16.160 I really hope that the Watson injury wasn't the only 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:19.000 thing propelling Rice into extra playing time. So I want 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:20.800 to believe it's just Rice is really good, and so 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:23.240 he's earning more playing time. We'll learn a lot more 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:23.680 this week. 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:26.040 And so Rice has led the Chiefs wide receivers in 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:28.520 fantasy scoring for five of the last six weeks, so 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:30.280 he's the best of the group. I'll throw him a 0:09:30.320 --> 0:09:35.320 secret saying it's not it's like nine PPR points a 0:09:35.320 --> 0:09:37.839 lot of the time. But if you look at the fact, 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:40.120 oh hey, there we go. If you look at the 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:42.680 fact that it's six wide receivers getting shares of playing time, 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:44.679 it's going to be hard to vault him above a sea. 0:09:44.800 --> 0:09:46.520 And all the rest have to be on the bench 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:47.920 until the foreseeable future. 0:09:49.000 --> 0:09:51.800 Let's wrap up this segment with Vikings and Falcons. It's 0:09:51.840 --> 0:09:55.720 the Jared Hall era at least for one week. For Minnesota. 0:09:55.800 --> 0:09:56.600 We begin with TJ. 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:57.200 Howkinson. 0:09:57.320 --> 0:10:00.320 It's common for young quarterbacks to use their time end 0:10:00.400 --> 0:10:02.760 is a safety valve, and I expect a lot of 0:10:02.760 --> 0:10:06.319 targets for Hockinson from Jaren Hall. Volume is important here. 0:10:06.920 --> 0:10:09.520 The six tight ends who've seen at least five targets 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:14.040 against the Falcons average fifty three yards and they've scored 0:10:14.120 --> 0:10:18.200 all three of the touchdowns Atlanta has allowed to the position. 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:21.720 And Hockinson is a volume guy here. I expect him 0:10:21.760 --> 0:10:23.640 to do well, but I can't go back to the 0:10:23.640 --> 0:10:26.160 typical A grade on Hockinson because of the unknowns that 0:10:26.240 --> 0:10:28.880 Jaron Hall brings, so he comes in with a B grade. Now, 0:10:28.960 --> 0:10:32.480 Jordan Addison worries me a lot more. Addison's calling card 0:10:32.840 --> 0:10:37.400 is big down field plays. Among players with at least 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:41.080 one deep catch this year, Addison has the league's longest 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:45.000 day dot on deep passes. My worry is that Jaren 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:48.240 Hall's got middling arm strength and he's just not going 0:10:48.320 --> 0:10:51.319 to get those Cousins style lasers coming his way downfield. 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:55.000 The Falcons have one particularly good cornerback, it's AJ Terrell, 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:58.360 and he's been shadowing opponents best receiver, and that is 0:10:58.400 --> 0:10:59.600 clearly Jordan Addison. 0:11:00.320 --> 0:11:03.360 He's good, but Terrell's not in vulnerable. 0:11:03.559 --> 0:11:05.400 He has a lot of touchdowns in back to back games, 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:07.920 including one of the deep balls to d Hop last week. 0:11:08.040 --> 0:11:10.800 So I'm still hoping Addison can pull it together here 0:11:11.200 --> 0:11:14.240 see grade on Addison, but I am more worried about him. 0:11:15.400 --> 0:11:18.600 Acres and Madison is what I really agonized over this now. 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:22.640 Last week we told you beware of the forthcoming time 0:11:22.679 --> 0:11:26.280 share bench Madison because we saw that, we saw trouble 0:11:26.360 --> 0:11:31.119 coming here, and it played out that way. They basically 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:35.080 alternated series last week. The Vikings are going to run 0:11:35.120 --> 0:11:38.480 more to try to protect Jaren Hall. The problem is 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:40.800 neither of them's doing very well. We got a touchdown 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:43.040 out of Acres last week, but that was really just 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:45.679 because it was his series when they were alternating carries. 0:11:45.840 --> 0:11:48.840 I don't know that it means that much. Acres ranks 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:52.400 his next Gen stats worst overall running back in the league, 0:11:52.920 --> 0:11:57.280 averaging over one yard per carry less than expected on 0:11:57.440 --> 0:12:02.000 his runs. Madison isn't much better. He's tenth worst in 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:05.520 yards over expectation. The Falcons have not allowed a rushing 0:12:05.520 --> 0:12:08.640 touchdown all year, and they're only giving up three point 0:12:08.640 --> 0:12:11.040 eight yards per carry. Your only glimmer of hope for 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:14.679 cam Akers and Alexander Madison is that Falcons just put 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:17.760 two starting defensive linemen on injured reserve Lakeal London and 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:21.880 Grady Jackson. That's sizeable losses that should give some extra 0:12:21.920 --> 0:12:23.280 opportunity to the running backs. 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:25.120 But with them splitting. 0:12:24.640 --> 0:12:28.200 Carries, I gotta keep Akers and Madison on the bench. 0:12:28.840 --> 0:12:31.800 Let's go over to Atlanta. I want to start with 0:12:31.840 --> 0:12:34.280 the running game here, Bijon Robinson. The Vikings run defense 0:12:34.320 --> 0:12:37.480 has been very good, allowing just three yards per carry. 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:41.160 That's it to non DeAndre Swift runners and other than 0:12:41.160 --> 0:12:46.640 swift opposing lead runners averaging just forty rushing yards and 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:51.480 fifteen receiving yards. Bijon has only received more than fourteen 0:12:51.559 --> 0:12:57.000 carries one time this year. Tyler Algier Algier, you know 0:12:57.080 --> 0:13:00.600 by comparison his top fourteen carries four different and times. 0:13:01.400 --> 0:13:03.400 Your best hope here for Robinson is through the air. 0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:06.480 The Vikings have allowed twelve receptions for one hundred and 0:13:06.679 --> 0:13:09.440 nine yards and a score to running backs through the 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:12.440 air in just their last two games. So if we 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:15.640 can give half that six receptions fifty five yards half 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:18.920 a touchdown to b Jehn Robinson. That makes him eligible 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:22.000 for a reasonably good game through the air, and we'll 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:25.240 put a B grade on b John Robinson. Tyler Algiers 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:28.320 on the bench, even though he's out touched Robinson four 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:32.080 to one inside the five, converting twice. All three of 0:13:32.080 --> 0:13:34.400 the rushing touchdowns of Vikings have given up to running 0:13:34.400 --> 0:13:37.240 backs have come within three yards, and that's Tyler algier 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:40.840 dear territory. But overall Vikings are really good against the run. 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:43.080 You're only starting Algier in the hopes of getting a 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:46.920 goal line touchdown. Let's go to the passing game expected 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:50.120 to be led by Tyler Taylor Heineke. Although they haven't 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:52.040 come out and just flat out set it. I mean 0:13:52.040 --> 0:13:54.960 that just seems to be like the orientation they have 0:13:55.120 --> 0:13:58.480 is towards Taylor Heinike. He's on the bench. The only 0:13:58.520 --> 0:14:02.199 quarterback to that fantasy success against the Vikings are Patrick Mahomes, 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:04.880 Jalen Hurts and Justin Herbert. Those are three of the 0:14:05.040 --> 0:14:06.959 I don't know six best quarterbacks in the league and 0:14:07.000 --> 0:14:10.880 nowhere near Tyler Taylor Heineke's level. Needless to say, Honey, 0:14:10.920 --> 0:14:13.160 keep not in that category. And no Drake London in 0:14:13.200 --> 0:14:16.480 this game, which is a massive dagger for any thoughts 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:19.440 you might have had about streaming Taylor Heineke in this one. 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:21.760 So no London, So who do we care about? 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:24.000 The only guy the only receiver to talk about at 0:14:24.000 --> 0:14:26.920 this point is Kyle Pitts. With Drake London out, I 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:29.200 think we get some extra looks for Pitts. Pitts averaging 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:32.200 fifty nine yards per game over the last three that's good, 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:34.720 and in that span he's also averaged a healthy seven 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:38.320 targets per game. The only tight end to break thirty 0:14:38.520 --> 0:14:41.200 the thirty yard threshold against the Vikings, though Travis Kelce 0:14:41.320 --> 0:14:44.080 George Kittle obviously elite guys. Everybody else has been under 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:47.680 thirty yards, so it's just mixed bag here. For Kyle Pitts, 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:51.560 I'm giving him a Brian Johnson B grade, but if 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:53.360 it were a Paul Charchion grade, it would be. 0:14:53.360 --> 0:14:57.200 A C grade. But out of respect for Brian, I'm 0:14:57.200 --> 0:14:58.680 giving him a beak shout out to Brian. 0:14:59.080 --> 0:15:02.960 Is a Brian Johnson B grade A B minus though no, yeah, 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:03.480 I think it is. 0:15:03.640 --> 0:15:04.200 It's not a B. 0:15:04.520 --> 0:15:07.960 Huhta sounds like something between a B and a C. 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:10.240 When we come back, there is nothing between a B 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:12.040 and a C. Tell me the letter that's between B 0:15:12.120 --> 0:15:13.240 and a C and then we'll talk. 0:15:14.560 --> 0:15:18.400 Right on. Okay, so be minus take the chance on me. 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:21.360 Nine players not normally in your starting line It will 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:23.240 tell you who you can go to the waiver wire 0:15:23.400 --> 0:15:25.000 for when we come back. 0:15:58.760 --> 0:16:02.600 Nine players not nor in your starting lineup. It's a 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:03.360 tough bye week. 0:16:03.520 --> 0:16:05.840 You need players to pick up off the waiver wire 0:16:05.960 --> 0:16:09.360 to start. Let's begin with some quarterbacks, Matt. 0:16:10.040 --> 0:16:11.960 I'm going to begin with my wife, who took a 0:16:12.080 --> 0:16:15.560 chance on me twenty one years ago. Thank Happy anniversary, Melissa. 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:19.240 Oh oh yeah, she didn't do well there. I guess 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:22.240 settled somebody who I think is going to do well 0:16:22.240 --> 0:16:23.640 but hasn't looked so good so far. 0:16:23.680 --> 0:16:26.280 Maybe that's kind of like me. Uh. 0:16:26.400 --> 0:16:28.760 Bryce Young hasn't looked very good as a number one 0:16:28.800 --> 0:16:31.480 overall draft pick this year. He's never top two hundred 0:16:31.480 --> 0:16:34.840 and forty seven yards and only has seven touchdown passes 0:16:34.880 --> 0:16:35.760 in six games. 0:16:35.760 --> 0:16:36.560 So why him? 0:16:36.600 --> 0:16:36.880 Why? 0:16:36.920 --> 0:16:37.520 This week? 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:40.920 He's playing the Colts, and the Colts games are averaging 0:16:41.080 --> 0:16:45.320 fifty four combined points per game, that's the second most 0:16:45.320 --> 0:16:49.160 in the NFL. Shootouts are a coming, and the Colts 0:16:49.200 --> 0:16:53.640 are allowing a league high five point three scoring plays 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:56.880 per game. They're giving up six point five yards per 0:16:57.000 --> 0:17:00.000 passing play. That's seventh worst in the league. So score 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:02.720 should be up and pass the yards should be plentiful. 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:05.960 Let's call this the Bryce Young breakout game right. 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:08.560 Here, thor you take a chance at me? Quarterback? 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:10.879 Is Baker Mayfield playing the Texans? 0:17:10.960 --> 0:17:14.520 So Mayfield so far quarterback seventeen in Fantasy back, but 0:17:14.680 --> 0:17:17.040 he's been coming on three of the last four games. 0:17:17.080 --> 0:17:19.679 He's finished in the top twelve of fantasy quarterbacks, been 0:17:19.720 --> 0:17:20.840 startable in three or four. 0:17:20.880 --> 0:17:22.639 I think he started ball on this one as well. 0:17:22.680 --> 0:17:26.760 Some of us noted the easy schedule for Baker Mayfield 0:17:26.800 --> 0:17:28.760 in the preseason, the fact that he was going to 0:17:28.840 --> 0:17:32.040 have the two best wide receivers he'd ever had. 0:17:33.680 --> 0:17:36.000 Correct, and this is a good matchup for him. Again. 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:39.720 The Texans have allowed the fewest passing touchdowns the NFL, 0:17:39.760 --> 0:17:43.800 I will say, but a mediocre overall pass defense. The 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:46.760 Texans have allowed the thirteenth highest yards per attempt in 0:17:46.800 --> 0:17:47.320 the NFL. 0:17:47.440 --> 0:17:49.800 So far, I think Mayfield has another big game. 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:57.919 A rare startable grade for Mac JONESO. So there's no 0:17:58.200 --> 0:18:01.359 Chase Young or Montes sweat on the Washington defensive line 0:18:01.400 --> 0:18:06.439 that removes ten pressures per game away from Washington. And 0:18:06.560 --> 0:18:10.240 here's a complete list of quarterbacks who have failed to 0:18:10.400 --> 0:18:11.600 score multiple. 0:18:11.200 --> 0:18:12.560 Touchdowns against the Commanders. 0:18:13.760 --> 0:18:17.200 Josh Dobbs week one, when he had been on the 0:18:17.240 --> 0:18:18.159 team for two weeks. 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:20.159 Okay, that's it. That's it. 0:18:20.280 --> 0:18:23.960 Everybody else has scored at least twice. But Jorge mac 0:18:24.080 --> 0:18:24.719 Jones sucks. 0:18:24.880 --> 0:18:27.560 I know what you're thinking, right Well, yes he does, 0:18:27.640 --> 0:18:31.920 but so does Washington secondary. They've given up recent big 0:18:32.200 --> 0:18:36.760 fantasy games to other sucky quarterbacks like the sense benched 0:18:36.880 --> 0:18:41.960 Desmond Ritter backup Tyrod Taylor. Mac Jones startable this week. 0:18:42.200 --> 0:18:43.600 Love it, Matt. 0:18:43.640 --> 0:18:44.800 Let's go to the running back position. 0:18:44.800 --> 0:18:45.320 Who you got? 0:18:45.480 --> 0:18:48.960 Pierre Strong will take you on. Pierre Strong will take 0:18:49.000 --> 0:18:52.800 on anyone. Last week, Strong had eleven touches for eighty 0:18:52.840 --> 0:18:56.400 two yards, which included a big forty one yard reception 0:18:56.520 --> 0:18:59.000 for the Browns. And I'll talk a little bit more 0:18:59.040 --> 0:19:01.800 about the timeshare between the Browns backs and the matchup, 0:19:01.840 --> 0:19:04.159 but what I will talk about now is the matchup 0:19:04.160 --> 0:19:07.119 against the Cards and it's just ripe. The Cardinals are 0:19:07.160 --> 0:19:10.240 allowing twenty nine touches for one hundred and forty total 0:19:10.320 --> 0:19:13.639 yards and a score and a half to opposing running backs, 0:19:13.960 --> 0:19:16.480 all of which are bottom five ranks in the leagues. 0:19:16.760 --> 0:19:20.199 And with QB Browns returning from a shoulder injury again, 0:19:20.680 --> 0:19:23.080 Cleveland will likely want to take pressure off of him 0:19:23.400 --> 0:19:26.480 again and run the ball all day long. The Browns 0:19:26.480 --> 0:19:29.720 did account for thirty six running back touches last week. 0:19:29.920 --> 0:19:32.600 I expect that, if not more for the Browns this week. 0:19:33.000 --> 0:19:35.880 So that sounds like twelve thirteen touches and a good 0:19:35.880 --> 0:19:38.560 matchup for Pierre Strong QB Browns. 0:19:38.960 --> 0:19:39.200 Yeah. 0:19:39.880 --> 0:19:43.960 Okay, So if I said, like Joseph Stalin killed ten 0:19:44.080 --> 0:19:46.000 million of his own people, starved him to death. 0:19:46.080 --> 0:19:48.320 Sure, and you say Joseph Stalin. 0:19:48.080 --> 0:19:52.639 Let's go with Dictator Russia? Okay, okay, got it, all right? No, 0:19:52.960 --> 0:19:54.720 just consistency with that, all right? 0:19:54.760 --> 0:19:57.680 Are you looking forward to a lucky Pierre on Sunday? 0:19:58.520 --> 0:19:59.480 A lucky Pierre? 0:20:00.240 --> 0:20:01.479 What's lucky Pierre Strong? 0:20:02.119 --> 0:20:02.880 Are you sure? Yeah? 0:20:02.920 --> 0:20:05.359 Okay, Well I just want to verify that. Let's go 0:20:05.359 --> 0:20:06.080 to your running back. 0:20:06.200 --> 0:20:09.320 I'm gonna go with Seahawks running back Zach Charbonet against 0:20:09.359 --> 0:20:12.400 the Ravens. I think Sharboney could easily do what he 0:20:12.440 --> 0:20:14.720 did last week when he had sixty four yards on 0:20:14.920 --> 0:20:18.680 seven touches against a very good Browns defense. Charboney played 0:20:18.680 --> 0:20:20.800 a season high fifty nine percent of the snaps in 0:20:20.840 --> 0:20:24.639 that game. Reason why Kenneth Walker isn't healthy now the Seahawks. 0:20:24.840 --> 0:20:26.919 They don't have him on the practice or the injury 0:20:26.960 --> 0:20:29.040 report this week. Yeah, but they had some of that 0:20:29.080 --> 0:20:31.200 going on last week too. They've been playing really coy. 0:20:31.440 --> 0:20:35.280 Kenneth Walker only had ten touches last week. Sharbonnet getting 0:20:35.280 --> 0:20:37.920 back to him number twenty two in PFF grade among 0:20:38.040 --> 0:20:39.320 qualifying running backs so far. 0:20:39.440 --> 0:20:40.080 Yeah, he's not bad. 0:20:40.160 --> 0:20:42.560 He's also number five in pass blocking grade, which you're 0:20:42.560 --> 0:20:43.959 gonna get you on the field and keep you on 0:20:44.000 --> 0:20:46.640 the field. I think sharbon is a huge breakout candidate 0:20:46.680 --> 0:20:49.439 down the stretch. If Walker is going to play in 0:20:49.440 --> 0:20:51.720 this one, but if he misses any time going forward, 0:20:51.920 --> 0:20:54.240 Sharbonnet would be an absolute smash. But I think he's 0:20:54.240 --> 0:20:56.840 streamable in this matchup against the Ravens either way. 0:20:57.119 --> 0:20:58.919 I'm giving you a two for one in my running 0:20:58.920 --> 0:21:03.840 back position. Speaking Lucky Pierre, Ramandre Stevenson and Ezekiel Elliott, 0:21:04.160 --> 0:21:07.080 both of them together who. But honestly, they both look 0:21:07.119 --> 0:21:09.520 pretty bad this year, but it's a tough bye week. 0:21:09.520 --> 0:21:12.200 I think they're startable here. The last three opposing running 0:21:12.240 --> 0:21:15.920 backs against the Commanders have either topped eighty total yards 0:21:16.000 --> 0:21:18.399 or they've scored. Zeke has scored touchdowns in two of 0:21:18.400 --> 0:21:21.200 the past three games I mentioned earlier. No Chase Young, 0:21:21.240 --> 0:21:23.320 no Montes Sweat. And by the way, Montes Sweat was 0:21:23.320 --> 0:21:27.440 a great run stuffing lineman. He ranked number three by 0:21:27.480 --> 0:21:30.399 Pro Football Focus among all defensive ends and run defense. 0:21:30.440 --> 0:21:32.159 So this is a real loss for the run defense, 0:21:32.240 --> 0:21:35.080 and Washington was already bad, ranking twenty eighth in run 0:21:35.200 --> 0:21:39.560 stuff win rate. Let's go to the wide receiver slash 0:21:39.600 --> 0:21:41.360 tight end. I think your wide receiver this week. 0:21:41.200 --> 0:21:41.680 Right, I am? 0:21:42.400 --> 0:21:44.439 I got DJ Chark wiki wiki. 0:21:44.960 --> 0:21:48.280 He will face off most often against Tony Brown, who 0:21:49.119 --> 0:21:52.639 when I looked up his photo on his thing, he 0:21:52.680 --> 0:21:56.200 has the exact facial hair of a guy fox mask 0:21:56.600 --> 0:22:00.399 that long upturned mustache in the little triangle beard. He 0:22:00.440 --> 0:22:04.200 looks quite distinguished, and he also holds the distinguished honor 0:22:04.240 --> 0:22:06.720 of giving up a perfect passer rating in his coverage 0:22:06.760 --> 0:22:10.879 last week. He allowed just last week seven catches on 0:22:11.000 --> 0:22:13.879 seven targets for one hundred and eighty seven yards in 0:22:13.920 --> 0:22:14.800 a touchdown. 0:22:14.480 --> 0:22:15.040 In one game. 0:22:15.080 --> 0:22:15.840 In one game. 0:22:15.880 --> 0:22:19.920 What's this guy's name again, Tony Brown, Tony Brown. That's 0:22:20.040 --> 0:22:20.760 really really bad. 0:22:20.920 --> 0:22:22.560 Fire up some DJ shark. 0:22:22.359 --> 0:22:25.440 All right, DJ Shark, all right, let's go to thor. 0:22:25.520 --> 0:22:26.680 You take a chance with your receiver. 0:22:26.800 --> 0:22:29.719 I'm gonna go with Darnell Mooney against the Saints. Mooney 0:22:29.960 --> 0:22:33.639 is Tyson Beagent's aired ELK guy. With Beagent under center, 0:22:33.680 --> 0:22:36.480 Mooney has twenty eight point five percent air yard share 0:22:36.600 --> 0:22:39.000 for the Bears. The Saints this year have allowed the 0:22:39.040 --> 0:22:42.600 fourth most receiving yards to opposing slot receivers. I think 0:22:42.640 --> 0:22:45.280 this could be a sneaky solid game for Darnell Mooney. 0:22:45.920 --> 0:22:48.800 Elijah Moore goes up against Arizona. Arizona's got the worst 0:22:48.840 --> 0:22:51.560 set of cornerbacks in the league. The trade for Donovan 0:22:51.560 --> 0:22:53.680 Peoples Jones frees up at least a handful of targets, 0:22:53.680 --> 0:22:55.560 some of which are going to go to Elijah Moore, 0:22:55.680 --> 0:22:58.080 who runs almost entirely from the slot, where he'll line 0:22:58.160 --> 0:23:02.960 up against rookie cornerback Garrett Williams, who has seen six 0:23:03.280 --> 0:23:08.680 NFL passes in his coverage in his life. Advantage Elijah Moore. 0:23:09.000 --> 0:23:12.760 Cardinals have allowed the most Fantasy points to opposing slot 0:23:12.800 --> 0:23:16.720 receivers like Elijah Moore. Let's go back to the matchups, Thore, 0:23:17.240 --> 0:23:20.080 you just mentioned Darnell Mooney. Who else do you like 0:23:20.160 --> 0:23:22.440 from this passing game against the Saints, And the correct 0:23:22.480 --> 0:23:25.000 answer might be nobody, although I'm sure you gotta start 0:23:25.000 --> 0:23:26.359 a great on Dj Moore. 0:23:26.480 --> 0:23:29.000 Yeah, at least him. We'll start out with Tyson Bagent. 0:23:29.040 --> 0:23:32.280 The aforementioned Tyson Beaijent only number twenty four right now 0:23:32.359 --> 0:23:35.160 in Fantasy points per dropback, but I will say number 0:23:35.200 --> 0:23:38.359 five and adjust a completion percentage. Yeah, pretty impressive for 0:23:38.400 --> 0:23:41.919 the UDFA coming out, But this is a very tough matchup, 0:23:41.920 --> 0:23:45.040 which is why I can't advocate anyone starting Tyson Beagent 0:23:45.119 --> 0:23:48.720 this week. Saints pass defense has allowed the lowest passer 0:23:48.800 --> 0:23:51.440 rating in the entire NFL, so I keep Beaijing on 0:23:51.480 --> 0:23:51.919 the bench. 0:23:52.280 --> 0:23:54.159 Dj Moore, I'll give him a C. 0:23:54.520 --> 0:23:57.400 I can't go higher than that because of the matchup. 0:23:57.720 --> 0:24:00.800 But Moore has been a target hond for Beijing thirty 0:24:00.800 --> 0:24:04.600 one point eight percent first read share playing with Tyson Baigent. 0:24:05.000 --> 0:24:07.800 But of course the Saints have Marshawn Latimore. They have 0:24:07.840 --> 0:24:11.439 Paulson Adebo. Very tough matchup. The Saints have allowed the 0:24:11.480 --> 0:24:15.119 lowest receiving yards per game to perimeter wide receivers, so 0:24:15.160 --> 0:24:17.720 we had to downgrade DJ More a little bit. Darnel 0:24:17.800 --> 0:24:19.919 Moodey of Courses might take a chance wide receiver. The 0:24:19.920 --> 0:24:21.520 one place you can get the Saints is in the 0:24:21.520 --> 0:24:23.159 sat at the exactly right moony likes. 0:24:23.160 --> 0:24:25.880 Remember Kristen Kirk a couple of weeks ago, right exactly 0:24:26.000 --> 0:24:28.520 Ridley got nothing and they just pounded the ball inside 0:24:28.520 --> 0:24:29.280 to Christian Kirk. 0:24:29.320 --> 0:24:30.960 It's the one way you can beat them. Yeah, you 0:24:31.000 --> 0:24:34.880 stay away from those boundary cornerbacks. Cole Commett, I'll give 0:24:34.920 --> 0:24:37.600 him a ceed this week. He was awesome last week 0:24:37.640 --> 0:24:40.480 ten for ten on receiving targets against the Chargers for 0:24:40.520 --> 0:24:43.920 seventy nine yards. Kamett has a sterling eighteen point two 0:24:43.960 --> 0:24:47.120 percent first read share playing with Tyson Beayjent, but this 0:24:47.160 --> 0:24:49.280 is not a good matchup for him either. Saints are 0:24:49.400 --> 0:24:51.119 very good against tight ends, not only this year, but 0:24:51.160 --> 0:24:53.199 going back years and years and years. The Saints have 0:24:53.200 --> 0:24:56.320 allowed the second lowest yards per game to opposing tight 0:24:56.440 --> 0:24:59.760 ends this year. Then we have our Bears running back. 0:25:00.800 --> 0:25:03.000 I don't know how much I want of this. Deontay 0:25:03.000 --> 0:25:07.119 Foreman and Rowshawn Johnson would normally be a bench unless 0:25:07.160 --> 0:25:09.399 you're desperate, in which case you could bump them up 0:25:09.440 --> 0:25:11.640 to a CE. But we got a three man committee, 0:25:11.640 --> 0:25:14.960 the dreaded three man committee. Darrington Evans is also involved, 0:25:15.040 --> 0:25:18.720 especially in the passing game. Foreman played a season i fifty 0:25:18.720 --> 0:25:22.640 nine percent of snaps. Johnson had nine touches. But neither 0:25:22.680 --> 0:25:24.720 of those two guys ranks in the top thirty of 0:25:24.760 --> 0:25:27.560 the NFL in yards after contact per attempt, even though 0:25:27.560 --> 0:25:31.720 they're both purported strong tackle breakers, et cetera among sixty 0:25:31.760 --> 0:25:34.880 five qualifiers, and the Saints run defense allows the six 0:25:34.960 --> 0:25:37.720 lowest fantasy points per game to opposing running backs. So 0:25:37.760 --> 0:25:39.800 if you have any better options at all, keep both 0:25:39.840 --> 0:25:42.600 those guys a fixed to your bench. Moving over to 0:25:42.640 --> 0:25:45.639 the Saints, I like this matchup obviously quite a bit 0:25:45.680 --> 0:25:46.680 more for the Saints. 0:25:46.760 --> 0:25:47.359 Derek Carr. 0:25:47.440 --> 0:25:51.640 I'm giving an A grade this He is number eleven. 0:25:51.760 --> 0:25:53.760 He wasn't your take a chance in me quarterback? With 0:25:53.800 --> 0:25:57.320 an A grade. I'm a little bit. 0:25:57.119 --> 0:25:57.719 Deeper than that. 0:25:57.920 --> 0:25:59.720 Yeah, I did go a little bit deeper. 0:26:00.080 --> 0:26:03.119 Car's been number eleven in fantasy points per game among 0:26:03.200 --> 0:26:06.959 quarterbacks this year last three games, number two in passing 0:26:07.040 --> 0:26:09.360 yards per game for mister Carr, and this is an 0:26:09.359 --> 0:26:12.119 awesome matchup. To keep the good times rolling, the Bears 0:26:12.160 --> 0:26:15.199 have cop copped up the second most passing touchdowns in 0:26:15.240 --> 0:26:18.160 the NFL this year. That's why I also think we're 0:26:18.200 --> 0:26:21.040 gonna get our breakthrough game from Chris o'lavey this week. 0:26:21.119 --> 0:26:23.320 See, I'm worried about a matching up with Jalen Johnson. 0:26:23.440 --> 0:26:26.960 Jalen Johnson's great, and I'm worried he's just gonna shadow Olava. 0:26:27.440 --> 0:26:29.720 I think he's gonna be on Michael Thomas a bit more, 0:26:29.760 --> 0:26:31.159 which we'll get to in one second. 0:26:31.200 --> 0:26:33.080 Okay, so Olave, we're giving the A two. 0:26:33.160 --> 0:26:35.960 He is a disappointing wide receiver thirty three and fantasy 0:26:35.960 --> 0:26:39.200 points per game, but remains number one in deep targets 0:26:39.280 --> 0:26:42.639 in the NFL. He's also top twenty in red zone targets. 0:26:42.800 --> 0:26:45.080 So you're you're close to a breakthrough there. I think 0:26:45.080 --> 0:26:48.840 he gets it here. Olave eats up zone coverage. Bears 0:26:49.080 --> 0:26:53.400 super duper zone coverage, heavy secondary. Olave's air yard share 0:26:53.600 --> 0:26:57.360 versus zone coverage are ridiculous forty two point six percent. 0:26:57.600 --> 0:27:01.000 We give him an a charge, our boy, Rashid Shahed, 0:27:01.480 --> 0:27:02.359 I'm giving him up. 0:27:02.560 --> 0:27:03.359 Last week was great. 0:27:03.440 --> 0:27:04.840 I'm giving him a be this week. 0:27:04.920 --> 0:27:05.240 Right. 0:27:05.400 --> 0:27:08.719 The Saints use his wheels to get him running against 0:27:08.800 --> 0:27:11.400 zone to try to push those safeties back and get 0:27:11.440 --> 0:27:13.800 him into one on one coverage with safeties in the 0:27:13.800 --> 0:27:14.960 deep sector of the field. 0:27:15.240 --> 0:27:15.760 As I just. 0:27:15.760 --> 0:27:18.240 Mentioned, the Bears run a ton of zone coverage. Yeah, 0:27:18.280 --> 0:27:20.880 they also struggle against the deep ball. So we got 0:27:20.880 --> 0:27:23.440 two checks here for the Rashid Shaheed checklist. 0:27:23.800 --> 0:27:24.480 Shahi does a. 0:27:24.480 --> 0:27:27.600 Twenty five point two percent air yard share versus his 0:27:27.680 --> 0:27:30.399 own coverage this year, and he's gonna spend most of 0:27:30.440 --> 0:27:33.879 the afternoon matched up against Kyler Gordon, who is allowed 0:27:33.880 --> 0:27:36.800 in eighty five point seven percent catch rate. This they 0:27:36.880 --> 0:27:39.800 take it, this is a smash matchup for mister Shahid. 0:27:40.400 --> 0:27:43.440 Michael Thomas, I'm giving him a bench s grade, okay, 0:27:43.600 --> 0:27:45.879 because I expect him to spend most of his day 0:27:46.040 --> 0:27:49.080 matchup against Johnson to the point before I think the 0:27:49.119 --> 0:27:51.359 Bears are going to try to stick him on Thomas. 0:27:51.600 --> 0:27:54.560 Jalen Johnson thirty seven point three passer rating. 0:27:54.359 --> 0:27:56.440 Allowed this year. What a great depress. 0:27:56.560 --> 0:27:59.560 Yeah, he's been great, and he's shaken the injury concerns 0:27:59.600 --> 0:28:01.400 that we had, and he was coming out of Utah 0:28:01.440 --> 0:28:03.120 the reason that he fell down to the second round. 0:28:03.160 --> 0:28:05.200 But that kid's been fabulous whenever he's been on the field. 0:28:05.600 --> 0:28:09.240 Going back to college, Thomas's usage drops against zone team 0:28:09.280 --> 0:28:11.199 so it's sort of the opposite matchup for him as 0:28:11.240 --> 0:28:14.520 the other two Saints wide receivers because the Saints typically 0:28:14.600 --> 0:28:18.320 get more aggressive against zone coverage. Thomas has a fourteen 0:28:18.440 --> 0:28:22.119 point eight percent target share versus zone, way down from 0:28:22.160 --> 0:28:24.720 the man stuff. And of course I think he's gonna 0:28:24.720 --> 0:28:27.480 get a percentage of snaps against Johnson, So I'm gonna 0:28:27.560 --> 0:28:30.720 keep Michael Thomas on the bench. Taysom Hill at tight end, 0:28:30.920 --> 0:28:32.800 we have to give him an a. He has become 0:28:32.800 --> 0:28:36.480 a weekly must start. Yeah, since Week set in a 0:28:36.840 --> 0:28:40.320 Taysom Hill averaging nine touches for sixty five total yards 0:28:40.600 --> 0:28:42.720 and sixteen yards passing per game. 0:28:42.840 --> 0:28:43.640 Since Week six. 0:28:44.280 --> 0:28:48.160 During that span, he's tight end two in Fantasy, behind 0:28:48.200 --> 0:28:49.320 only Travis Kelcey. 0:28:49.640 --> 0:28:53.360 This is stupid, It is done. What a dumb game 0:28:53.440 --> 0:28:55.360 we play here? Good lord? 0:28:55.720 --> 0:28:58.520 The Bears are an average matchup for him. Though, but 0:28:58.840 --> 0:29:01.000 you know, the middle of the road aginst opposing tight ends, 0:29:01.000 --> 0:29:03.680 but Hills, Swiss Army usage and the heavy usage that 0:29:03.720 --> 0:29:06.280 he gets in that role demands starting at this point 0:29:06.280 --> 0:29:09.400 in fantasy every single week Elvin Kamara, same thing for him. 0:29:09.400 --> 0:29:10.400 He's getting an a. 0:29:10.400 --> 0:29:13.000 Alvin Kamara leads all running backs in the NFL in 0:29:13.120 --> 0:29:15.320 targets despite only playing five games. 0:29:15.400 --> 0:29:17.120 How about that. That's a ridiculous stat. 0:29:17.360 --> 0:29:20.120 He is also number one in the NFL in expected 0:29:20.520 --> 0:29:23.840 fantasy points per game, so that's that's ridiculous as well. 0:29:23.960 --> 0:29:26.040 The Bears do have a good run defense and should 0:29:26.080 --> 0:29:28.640 contain Kamara on the ground, but I expect Kamara to 0:29:28.800 --> 0:29:31.560 shred them through the air. The Bears have given up 0:29:31.600 --> 0:29:34.600 the most receiving yards to opposing running backs in the 0:29:34.760 --> 0:29:37.680 NFL this year. I mentioned that the Bears run a 0:29:37.680 --> 0:29:41.560 lot of zone coverage. Kamara against zone coverage twenty seven 0:29:41.600 --> 0:29:44.680 percent target share and two yards per route run. He 0:29:44.800 --> 0:29:47.280 eats up zone coverage, he finds the soft spots, then 0:29:47.280 --> 0:29:49.240 he gets into space and now you got a corralum 0:29:49.240 --> 0:29:50.120 becomes an issue. 0:29:50.280 --> 0:29:51.680 Love Kamara's matchup this week. 0:29:51.720 --> 0:29:54.840 All right, let's let's take a break. When we come back, 0:29:56.520 --> 0:30:00.400 Cardinals taking on the Browns. Is there any Cardinals to like? 0:30:00.680 --> 0:30:02.760 Is there anybody that you want to start from the 0:30:03.200 --> 0:30:05.880 Deshaun Watson led Cleveland Browns. 0:30:06.000 --> 0:30:07.840 Oh man, you're gonna have to wait till after the 0:30:07.840 --> 0:30:08.600 break to find out. 0:30:08.640 --> 0:30:09.560 Wait till after the break. 0:30:09.600 --> 0:30:13.080 And I don't think it's necessarily an upgrade with Deshaun 0:30:13.080 --> 0:30:13.920 Watson over PJ. 0:30:14.080 --> 0:30:14.400 Walker. 0:30:15.320 --> 0:30:18.800 Who exactly We'll find out when we come back. Fantasy 0:30:18.800 --> 0:30:46.720 Football Weekly. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly. New leagues starting 0:30:47.160 --> 0:30:51.000 every day Guillotine leagues dot com. Well not Sunday this 0:30:51.160 --> 0:30:54.200 week because we've got that early Frankfurt game. 0:30:54.280 --> 0:30:55.080 I'm so upset. 0:30:55.440 --> 0:30:59.160 I don't know who benefits from a kickoff that is 0:30:59.200 --> 0:31:00.920 at six in the more morning Pacific time. 0:31:01.120 --> 0:31:02.080 I'm not upset about that. 0:31:02.160 --> 0:31:04.840 I'm upset that I lost in my Guillotine league because 0:31:04.840 --> 0:31:06.560 of Jacoby Myers last week. 0:31:06.640 --> 0:31:07.840 Oh, you weren't alone. 0:31:07.920 --> 0:31:10.600 I needed two catches for thirty five yards. 0:31:10.600 --> 0:31:13.800 Oh for me, it was DeVante Adam. He got me, 0:31:13.960 --> 0:31:15.400 asked Jimmy. 0:31:15.120 --> 0:31:16.800 Cap over throw it overthrow? 0:31:16.960 --> 0:31:19.120 Come on, yeah, brutal. Yeah, you weren't the only and 0:31:19.160 --> 0:31:20.640 you went into the Monday night and you're just like, oh, 0:31:20.640 --> 0:31:21.000 I need is. 0:31:21.480 --> 0:31:25.240 Two but two catches five points. Cardinals taking on the Browns. 0:31:25.240 --> 0:31:27.720 We have a change of quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals. 0:31:27.800 --> 0:31:29.960 Yeah, Church, But I'd like to start with a personal 0:31:30.040 --> 0:31:30.760 question for you. 0:31:30.960 --> 0:31:33.640 Oh are you suffering from ed Why? 0:31:33.720 --> 0:31:34.240 Yes, I am. 0:31:34.320 --> 0:31:37.360 That's Amari de Marcato, who did not practice this week 0:31:37.440 --> 0:31:40.479 with a toe injury. The Cardinals just signed Tony Jones 0:31:40.520 --> 0:31:44.120 off the practice squad. It's gonna be Keyante Ingram and 0:31:44.160 --> 0:31:47.200 Tony Jones this week going against the best run defense 0:31:47.240 --> 0:31:49.880 in the league. Let's just leave all the Cardinals runners 0:31:49.880 --> 0:31:51.880 on the bench this week. Jonathan Taylor is the only 0:31:51.880 --> 0:31:54.680 one to top seventy rushing yards against the Browns this year. 0:31:54.800 --> 0:31:57.760 And let's note I believe James Connor back next week. 0:31:57.880 --> 0:31:59.200 I think that's correct. 0:32:00.040 --> 0:32:02.400 Clayton Tune, by the way you mentioned, takes over for 0:32:02.480 --> 0:32:05.400 the trade of Josh Dobbs this week, So tune in 0:32:05.440 --> 0:32:09.160 for his first career start, maybe his last career started with. 0:32:08.920 --> 0:32:10.800 What this kid in a position for his first start 0:32:10.840 --> 0:32:12.440 is against the Browns. 0:32:12.080 --> 0:32:15.200 And is basically his last start too, with Kyler Murray 0:32:15.240 --> 0:32:19.000 coming back next week. See the Browns have allowed multiple 0:32:19.000 --> 0:32:21.920 scores to three of the last four quarterbacks they faced, 0:32:22.320 --> 0:32:25.000 but all of them have a lot more experience than Tune, 0:32:25.920 --> 0:32:28.560 and the Browns have only allowed one quarterback to top 0:32:28.600 --> 0:32:30.640 the two hundred and fifty five yard mark this season, 0:32:30.720 --> 0:32:35.240 with four opposing quarterbacks held under two hundred yards Toon 0:32:35.360 --> 0:32:37.560 is on the bench. But I'll throw a C grade 0:32:37.600 --> 0:32:41.320 on Marquise Brown. By the way, Michael Wilson hasn't practice 0:32:41.360 --> 0:32:45.400 with a shoulder injury, which could funnel more targets his way. 0:32:45.440 --> 0:32:48.280 Plus it's possible that Clayton Tune won't be able to 0:32:48.320 --> 0:32:50.640 progress through several reads and it's just going to be 0:32:50.680 --> 0:32:54.160 a first look chuck for him, which is likely Marquise 0:32:54.160 --> 0:32:56.840 Brown or Trey McBride. By the way, Brown has seen 0:32:57.200 --> 0:33:01.360 nine or more targets in five the last seven games. 0:33:02.160 --> 0:33:05.880 He's gonna face off against Denzel Ward most often. He's 0:33:05.920 --> 0:33:09.360 allowed three touchdowns in his coverage this year. The Cardinals 0:33:09.600 --> 0:33:12.640 score a touchdown a week, that's probably all they're gonna get, 0:33:12.720 --> 0:33:14.360 and it's probably gonna be Marquise Brown. 0:33:14.840 --> 0:33:15.280 By the way. 0:33:15.320 --> 0:33:19.720 Trey McBride, he saw fourteen targets its last week, caught 0:33:19.760 --> 0:33:22.520 ten of them for ninety five yards in a score, 0:33:22.600 --> 0:33:25.720 and that was Scott Fish's premature speculation that week, By 0:33:25.720 --> 0:33:30.400 the way, a peacock for the Fish. The Browns have 0:33:30.680 --> 0:33:33.520 been the best tight end defense in the league this year, though, 0:33:33.560 --> 0:33:37.880 allowing two catches for nineteen yards per game to the position. 0:33:38.480 --> 0:33:42.400 I'm gonna see, Yeah, it's bad, amazing. I'm going to 0:33:42.400 --> 0:33:45.200 give him a C grade here. Just on the volume side. 0:33:45.200 --> 0:33:48.520 The patent did Scott fish volume see, but it's definitely 0:33:48.720 --> 0:33:51.720 a grade of C minus a lot of confidence in 0:33:51.760 --> 0:33:52.360 the matchup. 0:33:52.560 --> 0:33:54.960 See what I did there, very nicely done. How about 0:33:54.960 --> 0:33:55.680 the Cleveland side. 0:33:56.040 --> 0:33:58.840 Jerome Ford still limited with an ankle. He did play 0:33:58.920 --> 0:34:01.960 last week but only saw ten touches against Seattle was 0:34:02.040 --> 0:34:05.520 almost an equal three way snap split between four who 0:34:05.560 --> 0:34:08.560 had twenty three, Hunt who had twenty seven snaps, and 0:34:08.640 --> 0:34:11.359 Pierre Strong who might take a chance on me he 0:34:11.480 --> 0:34:14.640 had twenty four snaps. Frankly, it was kind of trending 0:34:14.680 --> 0:34:16.759 that way in Week eight as well. I expect this 0:34:16.880 --> 0:34:19.440 to be nearly a three way split again, which is 0:34:19.440 --> 0:34:21.080 why Pierre Strong was might take a chance on me 0:34:21.160 --> 0:34:23.840 Runner and I outlined the matchup. It's so strong that 0:34:23.920 --> 0:34:26.000 even with the three way split, all three of these 0:34:26.000 --> 0:34:27.040 guys get C grades. 0:34:28.560 --> 0:34:28.799 QB. 0:34:28.920 --> 0:34:31.480 Brown's taking over for PJ. Walker this week. He came 0:34:31.520 --> 0:34:34.200 back a little bit too early on that shoulder injury. 0:34:34.200 --> 0:34:36.600 In Week seven, he threw five horrible passes and then 0:34:36.680 --> 0:34:37.520 was yanked for PJ. 0:34:37.640 --> 0:34:38.000 Walker. 0:34:38.680 --> 0:34:40.960 Now, he missed Week eight and was limited all week 0:34:40.960 --> 0:34:44.400 in practice, but they named him the starter against Arizona. 0:34:44.520 --> 0:34:46.680 If you're starting him, I think you're playing with fire. 0:34:46.840 --> 0:34:49.040 The matchup is good. But he hasn't started and finished 0:34:49.040 --> 0:34:51.479 a game since Week three. And when he did start 0:34:51.480 --> 0:34:54.319 in finish games, he was averaging He was averaging two 0:34:54.400 --> 0:34:57.640 hundred twenty six yards and one score per game. That's 0:34:57.800 --> 0:35:02.279 Desmond Ritter's numbers almost exactly. And Desmond Ridders on the 0:35:02.280 --> 0:35:03.240 bench now, and. 0:35:03.120 --> 0:35:06.880 You're not getting the rushing numbers that some foolhardy people 0:35:06.960 --> 0:35:08.839 thought you were gonna get out of Uh. 0:35:09.239 --> 0:35:11.759 He did average like twenty rushing yards per game and 0:35:11.800 --> 0:35:14.239 he scored once in those three games. So there's a 0:35:14.239 --> 0:35:16.919 little bit of rushing upside, but it's it's Desmond Ridder 0:35:17.000 --> 0:35:17.920 rushing upside, right. 0:35:18.040 --> 0:35:19.240 That's a great analogy. 0:35:20.000 --> 0:35:21.920 Elijah Moore was charged to take a chance on me 0:35:22.000 --> 0:35:26.120 wide receiver and Amari Cooper. According to Pro Football Focus, 0:35:26.120 --> 0:35:29.200 Amari Cooper will face off most often against Marco Polo. 0:35:29.360 --> 0:35:32.400 Oh boy, I mean Marco Wilson, allowing the most yards 0:35:32.400 --> 0:35:33.920 and most receptions in the NFL. 0:35:34.040 --> 0:35:36.640 I have in a passer rating of one thirty three. 0:35:36.760 --> 0:35:39.439 So Mark Cooper gets a B grade even with QB. 0:35:39.560 --> 0:35:42.680 Brown says, hey grade, No, it's it's just a B grade. 0:35:43.280 --> 0:35:46.280 His shoulder could fall off mid game, and then it's PJ. 0:35:46.400 --> 0:35:48.239 Walker again, and PJ Walker. 0:35:47.920 --> 0:35:50.080 Isn't that Walker might be an upgrade? 0:35:50.200 --> 0:35:54.279 Maybe all right, No, I'm sticking with the B. I'm 0:35:54.280 --> 0:35:56.560 sticking with the B. More gets a C. By the way, 0:35:56.760 --> 0:35:59.239 I'm not starting another Browns wide receiver yet, but I 0:35:59.320 --> 0:36:01.600 do have one that I'll give you as a stash 0:36:01.600 --> 0:36:04.960 in premature speculation. David and Joku. By the way, he 0:36:05.000 --> 0:36:08.240 didn't practice Wednesday. He did practice Thursday on a limited basis. 0:36:08.239 --> 0:36:11.359 He's got an ankle issue. The Cardinals have been surprisingly 0:36:11.400 --> 0:36:13.839 good against the tight end with the injury. I don't 0:36:13.880 --> 0:36:15.640 think i'd start in Joku this week. 0:36:15.920 --> 0:36:17.680 But you weren't kidding that you were going to challenge 0:36:17.680 --> 0:36:21.279 the clock on that one Washington Commander's taking on the Patriots. 0:36:21.320 --> 0:36:23.759 I want to start with the running game here. Brian 0:36:23.880 --> 0:36:26.600 Robinson is just not startable New England, giving up only 0:36:26.640 --> 0:36:29.200 three point four yards per carry this season. That's the 0:36:29.239 --> 0:36:32.240 second lowest rate and ranks third best in run defense 0:36:32.280 --> 0:36:35.200 by Pro Football Focus, seventh best in ESPN's run stuff 0:36:35.200 --> 0:36:37.280 win rate. It's a brutal matchup and he's been terrible, 0:36:37.320 --> 0:36:40.000 and he hasn't had more than ten carries since Week four. 0:36:40.600 --> 0:36:42.680 His own team doesn't trust him. Washington runs the ball 0:36:42.680 --> 0:36:43.840 at the lowest rate. 0:36:43.719 --> 0:36:44.440 In the NFL. 0:36:44.960 --> 0:36:51.880 Robinson's on the bench, and honestly, why not just drop him? 0:36:52.080 --> 0:36:52.839 Let's go by the time. 0:36:53.000 --> 0:36:55.680 I would wait until next week, so it could be 0:36:55.719 --> 0:36:57.680 a little bit of a sabotage drop so you can 0:36:57.719 --> 0:36:59.520 maybe suck some fab out of your league. 0:37:00.000 --> 0:37:02.920 Could wait till Tuesday. Yeahp on Monday, Tuesday morning, something 0:37:02.960 --> 0:37:05.239 like that. Maybe that's it, all right. Terry McLaurin comes 0:37:05.280 --> 0:37:08.719 in with an A grade mcclaury chance to explode this 0:37:08.760 --> 0:37:12.800 week against cornerback JC Jackson, ranked his Pro Football Focuses 0:37:12.920 --> 0:37:17.000 second worst cornerback in the league. Jackson's been targeted nineteen 0:37:17.160 --> 0:37:18.440 times the last two. 0:37:18.239 --> 0:37:20.440 Weeks, nineteen times, and in those. 0:37:20.360 --> 0:37:23.400 Nineteen times, he's given up three touchdowns and one hundred 0:37:23.440 --> 0:37:25.719 and fifty five yards, so we'll try. 0:37:25.800 --> 0:37:28.440 We'll give an eight to Terry McLaurin, and I like 0:37:28.480 --> 0:37:30.719 some of the other receivers here too. Let me mention Curtis. 0:37:30.520 --> 0:37:33.600 Samuel has been ruled out on Friday with his toe injury. 0:37:33.880 --> 0:37:37.720 So that means Jamison Crowder who showed up mid game 0:37:37.880 --> 0:37:39.840 last week and all I did was put up seven 0:37:39.920 --> 0:37:42.560 receptions ninety five yards and a touchdown in one half 0:37:42.560 --> 0:37:42.839 of work. 0:37:42.920 --> 0:37:44.880 Did he forget to like set his alarm and showed 0:37:44.960 --> 0:37:47.719 up midgame? Oh no, to the stage up to the 0:37:47.760 --> 0:37:52.680 stadium midgame. Yes, so they're gonna rest Samuel here. Promising 0:37:52.719 --> 0:37:56.160 matchup versus slot cornerback Miles Bryant, who's allowing a massive 0:37:56.280 --> 0:38:00.120 eighty six percent completion percentage and opposer passer rating of 0:38:00.120 --> 0:38:02.960 one hundred and twenty five in his coverage, Jamison Crowder 0:38:03.000 --> 0:38:05.040 clocks in with a seat nice sneaky start in a 0:38:05.080 --> 0:38:09.040 bye week. John Dotson finally broke out last week after everybody, 0:38:09.080 --> 0:38:10.640 including me, had given up on him and I was 0:38:10.680 --> 0:38:14.320 the staunchest preseason supporter. I like him this week because 0:38:14.360 --> 0:38:17.040 the matchup and the nagging toe injury for Samuel, He's 0:38:17.239 --> 0:38:19.120 likely to get some more of JC Jackson too. 0:38:19.520 --> 0:38:21.320 Like McLaurin, it's a smash spot. 0:38:21.719 --> 0:38:25.719 And the other cornerback opposite Jac Jackson, Jack Jones, good 0:38:25.800 --> 0:38:28.400 last year, not good this year. Through two games played 0:38:28.400 --> 0:38:31.760 this year, Jones allowing a one hundred and fifty six 0:38:31.920 --> 0:38:36.520 passer rating. So Dotson startable here and also Logan Thomas 0:38:36.800 --> 0:38:39.120 by the way, C grade for Dotson, Logan Thomas with 0:38:39.200 --> 0:38:42.080 a B grade. Patriot's been vulnerable to big games from 0:38:42.080 --> 0:38:44.800 opposing tight ends, with three of them finishing over seventy 0:38:44.800 --> 0:38:47.360 five yards. All three tight ends with more than five 0:38:47.400 --> 0:38:50.680 targets against the Patriots have topped seventy five yards, and 0:38:50.760 --> 0:38:53.120 Thomas is averaging seven targets, so he should be in 0:38:53.120 --> 0:38:55.640 that seventy five yard range. I like him here, B 0:38:55.800 --> 0:38:59.279 grade for him. And then Sam Howell sacked just one 0:38:59.400 --> 0:39:03.600 time last week week against Philly, down from his average. 0:39:04.040 --> 0:39:07.920 There we go, down from his average of six sacks 0:39:07.960 --> 0:39:08.520 per game. 0:39:09.800 --> 0:39:12.080 Howel con Troy and I don't know why that howl 0:39:12.160 --> 0:39:12.799 cracks me up. 0:39:12.880 --> 0:39:15.040 I like this because I love Sam Howell. 0:39:15.560 --> 0:39:19.920 Uh, since the Patriots lost their star rusher Matthew that's 0:39:19.920 --> 0:39:21.320 a it gets so high. 0:39:21.640 --> 0:39:24.560 It's a bad that's like some kind of deceased wolf. 0:39:25.440 --> 0:39:26.160 I need we need it. 0:39:26.280 --> 0:39:27.960 We need a better howl sounds. 0:39:28.080 --> 0:39:30.280 It sounds like it's in distress. It does. 0:39:30.520 --> 0:39:31.600 I think it's in a trapper. 0:39:31.760 --> 0:39:35.040 No, I like that Robbie keeps finding us new howls. 0:39:35.120 --> 0:39:38.360 I'm no, No, I want them to be bad because 0:39:38.640 --> 0:39:42.560 the Washington commanders are bad. Robbie, find the worst howls 0:39:42.600 --> 0:39:44.480 you can and just surprise us every week with a 0:39:44.520 --> 0:39:45.800 new horrible howl as. 0:39:45.680 --> 0:39:50.120 I screen dances with a horrible hour. Uh anyway, where 0:39:50.120 --> 0:39:50.879 am I going? Oh? 0:39:51.040 --> 0:39:54.279 Since the Patriots lost Judon and defensive Rookie the Year 0:39:54.280 --> 0:39:56.880 candidate Christian Zalez, they're giving up two hundred and sixty 0:39:56.960 --> 0:40:00.280 yards two scores per game. That feels right for Sam 0:40:00.280 --> 0:40:03.080 Howeled Here. New England ranks twenty eighth in coverage by 0:40:03.080 --> 0:40:05.480 Pro Football Focus. All right, it's a lot simpler for 0:40:05.520 --> 0:40:07.960 New England. We already gave out Mac Jones. This might 0:40:07.960 --> 0:40:10.080 take a chance on me quarterback. We gave out Ramondre 0:40:10.160 --> 0:40:12.880 Stevenson and Ezekiel Elliotts. Might take a chance on me runners. 0:40:13.400 --> 0:40:18.800 How about new starting wide receiver to Mario Douglas thor 0:40:19.440 --> 0:40:22.840 I'm looking at you maybe Kendrick Bourne's on ir. Devonte 0:40:22.920 --> 0:40:26.160 Parker is in the concussion protocol. Sixth round rookie to 0:40:26.280 --> 0:40:29.200 Mario Douglas is your new wide receiver one in New England, 0:40:29.480 --> 0:40:32.120 and he leads all the Patriots receivers and targets, receptions 0:40:32.120 --> 0:40:35.719 and a dot this year Washington. Of the available receivers, 0:40:36.120 --> 0:40:39.279 Washington allows the third most wide receiver yards. They allow 0:40:39.360 --> 0:40:44.160 the most wide receiver touchdowns. They've given up eighteen touchdowns 0:40:44.160 --> 0:40:45.680 to wide receivers already. 0:40:45.920 --> 0:40:47.080 That is insane. 0:40:47.440 --> 0:40:51.399 Emmanuel Forbes has been a huge bust, yes Washington. He's 0:40:51.400 --> 0:40:53.960 got a small frame Douglas has. He's not physical, but 0:40:54.000 --> 0:40:56.239 he plays bigger than his size would suggest, and he's 0:40:56.280 --> 0:40:59.440 got legit burst and some elusiveness to Mario Douglas coming 0:40:59.480 --> 0:41:03.160 in with a C grade. And lastly Hunter Henry. The 0:41:03.239 --> 0:41:05.839 loss of Bourne and Parker, who I mentioned, frees up 0:41:05.920 --> 0:41:08.120 ten targets and almost certainly some of those are going 0:41:08.160 --> 0:41:10.560 to go to Henry. The Commanders have allowed four tight 0:41:10.680 --> 0:41:13.120 end touchdowns in the last four games, including a massive 0:41:13.160 --> 0:41:15.319 game to Darren Waller two weeks ago. I think if 0:41:15.320 --> 0:41:16.600 you're really in a pinch, you could even go to 0:41:16.640 --> 0:41:20.080 Mike Kiseki or if Hunter Henry has a late downgrade 0:41:20.080 --> 0:41:23.760 in injury status, then you could consider Kiseki as well. 0:41:24.200 --> 0:41:25.960 With only two minutes, guys, I don't think we want 0:41:26.000 --> 0:41:29.279 to jump into the next matchup. I don't think we 0:41:29.320 --> 0:41:31.839 can get through it here. So there's too many good 0:41:31.880 --> 0:41:34.759 players with Dallas and Philadelphia, So why don't we take 0:41:34.800 --> 0:41:37.239 a pause on that one. I want to go to 0:41:37.280 --> 0:41:41.480 the Thursday night game. Will Levis. What are your short 0:41:41.600 --> 0:41:43.680 term thoughts. They haven't named him the starter for next 0:41:43.719 --> 0:41:45.719 week yet, but they will. What are your short term 0:41:45.760 --> 0:41:48.520 thoughts on him for this year and your long term 0:41:48.520 --> 0:41:50.759 thoughts of Will Levis and Dynasty base what you've seen 0:41:50.840 --> 0:41:51.560 through two games. 0:41:51.719 --> 0:41:52.560 I think he's a stash. 0:41:52.640 --> 0:41:54.560 He's certainly going to be their quarterback of the future. 0:41:54.640 --> 0:41:57.400 The one thing that I'm interested to see is Levis 0:41:57.440 --> 0:42:01.200 really struggle with pressure in college, and he was struggling 0:42:01.200 --> 0:42:04.160 with pressure against the Steelers. I was wanting the Steelers 0:42:04.160 --> 0:42:06.359 to send a little bit more heat on him. That's 0:42:06.360 --> 0:42:08.120 where you start to see the mistakes from him and 0:42:08.120 --> 0:42:10.160 putting the ball and you know, up for grab stuff 0:42:10.160 --> 0:42:12.200 like that. The Steelers had a couple dropped interceptions in 0:42:12.200 --> 0:42:12.560 that game. 0:42:12.800 --> 0:42:15.879 Yeah, the accuracy remains a bit of an issue, yep, 0:42:16.040 --> 0:42:18.280 not for him, And even some of them he's completing, 0:42:18.360 --> 0:42:20.560 some receivers are having to contort themselves to get. 0:42:20.440 --> 0:42:22.040 The ball because of the mechanics. 0:42:22.120 --> 0:42:24.560 He's never been able to set his lower half and 0:42:24.600 --> 0:42:27.239 even in clean pockets, he'll be super nonchalant with it. 0:42:27.280 --> 0:42:29.480 And that's where you see the worm burners in front 0:42:29.480 --> 0:42:30.200 of the receivers. 0:42:30.280 --> 0:42:30.600 Yeah. 0:42:30.680 --> 0:42:32.719 Yeah, the aeron c and stuff like that. He's got 0:42:32.760 --> 0:42:34.760 to do a better job with that. Obviously, Titans coaches 0:42:34.760 --> 0:42:35.640 are working on him with it. 0:42:35.960 --> 0:42:37.920 I do like Levis a lot more when he is 0:42:38.000 --> 0:42:42.480 being chalant, But salt yeah worth noting. By the way, 0:42:42.560 --> 0:42:45.880 started against Atlanta in his first game last week, Atlanta's 0:42:45.880 --> 0:42:48.359 pretty good defense. Threw for four touchdowns in that game. 0:42:48.440 --> 0:42:51.120 When was the last time a Titans quarterback through for 0:42:51.200 --> 0:42:54.520 four touchdowns in a game. It seems like McNair maybe 0:42:54.560 --> 0:42:55.279 it was only the. 0:42:55.280 --> 0:42:58.360 Second quarterback in his debut to throw for four touchdowns 0:42:58.440 --> 0:43:00.560 since nineteen seventy. 0:43:00.880 --> 0:43:01.160 Wow. 0:43:01.560 --> 0:43:04.600 I mean, you know that's leather helmet era. Practically, you 0:43:04.600 --> 0:43:05.919 know what, We're going way back. 0:43:06.000 --> 0:43:08.480 So, by the way, Falcons getting two straight weeks of 0:43:08.760 --> 0:43:12.160 quarterbacks in their first career start. Maybe Jaron All goes 0:43:12.200 --> 0:43:13.239 for four touchout. 0:43:13.320 --> 0:43:14.280 Wouldn't that be something? 0:43:14.320 --> 0:43:14.440 Now? 0:43:14.520 --> 0:43:15.920 You know it's all about the Falcons. 0:43:16.000 --> 0:43:18.640 Yeah, that ends up happening here when we come back 0:43:19.560 --> 0:43:21.800 three tough questions, you can play along see if you 0:43:21.800 --> 0:43:24.200 can go three and oher with our panel of experts. Also, 0:43:24.600 --> 0:43:26.279 you can join a fresh new Guante league. You know 0:43:26.280 --> 0:43:29.080 how the format works, No head to head play. Instead, 0:43:29.360 --> 0:43:31.839 every week the low scoring team gets cut and all 0:43:31.840 --> 0:43:34.239 their players go to the waiver wire where the rest 0:43:34.239 --> 0:43:38.919 of us build super star rosters to battle each other. 0:43:38.960 --> 0:43:41.160 All you have to do is not finish last, and 0:43:41.239 --> 0:43:43.200 the last team standing wins the whole thing. 0:43:43.320 --> 0:43:46.359 Can you see my tears over here? It does hurt. 0:43:46.400 --> 0:43:49.000 I had a monster team too, Really, how much fab 0:43:49.080 --> 0:43:51.600 did you have? Like five to seventy left? I was 0:43:51.640 --> 0:43:52.320 sitting pretty. 0:43:52.360 --> 0:43:53.439 You were in a really good spun. 0:43:53.520 --> 0:43:55.920 Needed Jacobe Myers to show up, and he had and 0:43:55.960 --> 0:43:56.239 he had. 0:43:56.200 --> 0:43:58.840 Been so good this year too, and the matchup was 0:43:58.880 --> 0:44:03.480 pretty favorable. I know, Jimmy garoppolo killing killing fantasy owners, 0:44:03.480 --> 0:44:05.920 and it's not the last. Never forgive Jimmy g all 0:44:06.000 --> 0:44:23.520 right back for hour number two in moments Welcome back 0:44:23.560 --> 0:44:26.400 our number two Fantasy Football Weekly, Paul Charchi and Matt 0:44:26.400 --> 0:44:28.640 Harrison and Thor Nystrom with you. 0:44:28.960 --> 0:44:30.440 You can follow us on Twitter. 0:44:31.200 --> 0:44:34.000 I am at Paul Charchion, Matt is at Explosive Output, 0:44:34.200 --> 0:44:36.840 and thor. 0:44:36.080 --> 0:44:41.399 At at thor K. You rock Chalk, jay Hawk, jay 0:44:41.480 --> 0:44:43.399 hawk got it. This is a game we call three 0:44:43.440 --> 0:44:44.040 tough questions. 0:44:44.080 --> 0:44:45.719 Tough question number one? 0:44:45.880 --> 0:44:46.400 Should I just. 0:44:46.480 --> 0:44:50.120 Drop every single Panther who isn't Adam Thielen Matt. 0:44:50.760 --> 0:44:53.120 I highlighted Bryce Young and DJ shark As might take 0:44:53.160 --> 0:44:54.960 a chance on many players, but that's about where they 0:44:54.960 --> 0:44:57.040 should be. Guys you would pick up in bye weeks 0:44:57.040 --> 0:44:59.840 and advantageous matchups. The only other guy you'd consider is 0:44:59.880 --> 0:45:02.720 my Sanders, but he'd look horrible over the last few weeks, 0:45:02.920 --> 0:45:05.960 basically given his job away to Chewba Hubbard. The Panthers 0:45:05.960 --> 0:45:08.200 are usually on negative game scripts and now it's a split. 0:45:08.200 --> 0:45:11.279 It best for these runners, so they're off rosters in 0:45:11.320 --> 0:45:14.719 most cases. So drop all your Panthers except dealing all right? 0:45:15.239 --> 0:45:17.960 Thor should I drop all my Panthers other than Adam Feeling? 0:45:18.040 --> 0:45:20.960 I'll keep my comment short. In standard leagues, yes. 0:45:21.520 --> 0:45:25.640 That's very short. Mostly I think we're really just talking 0:45:25.640 --> 0:45:28.680 about the two running backs, Hubbard Sanders. Correct now, Hubbard 0:45:28.760 --> 0:45:31.319 was officially named the starter this week. Sanders only got 0:45:31.360 --> 0:45:35.080 two carries last week, Sanders averaging three yards per carry 0:45:35.360 --> 0:45:36.560 thirty three yards per game. 0:45:36.680 --> 0:45:38.200 That's a total disaster. 0:45:38.320 --> 0:45:40.920 Hubbard hasn't looked really much better three point nine yards 0:45:40.920 --> 0:45:43.439 per carry. Offensive line is a major problem, ranking thirty 0:45:43.440 --> 0:45:45.160 first in run block win rate. They're not going to 0:45:45.239 --> 0:45:50.320 get much better. This week is the last positive matchup 0:45:50.680 --> 0:45:56.240 for the entire year for the running game for the Panthers, Indianapolis. 0:45:56.480 --> 0:46:00.800 If you're not starting Chewba Hubbard this week, HM drop 0:46:00.960 --> 0:46:04.120 everybody except Adam feeling tough. 0:46:04.239 --> 0:46:06.560 Question number two, The firing of. 0:46:06.600 --> 0:46:09.759 Josh McDaniels and the subsequent switch to quarterback Aid and 0:46:09.760 --> 0:46:15.200 O'Donnell will spark. How much more fantasy production for the 0:46:15.480 --> 0:46:21.839 DeVante Adams? Is it none? Some or a lot? Let's 0:46:21.880 --> 0:46:22.520 go to thor. 0:46:22.760 --> 0:46:25.319 Speaking of tears, I still can't believe I got cut 0:46:25.360 --> 0:46:26.000 in that I. 0:46:25.960 --> 0:46:29.839 Only needed one even one catch for stupid got me there? 0:46:29.920 --> 0:46:33.160 Yeah, so tick to watching that game. Yeah, my answer 0:46:33.200 --> 0:46:35.799 to this question is a lot. I believe he will 0:46:35.840 --> 0:46:38.279 be fed and one piece of context that I would 0:46:38.280 --> 0:46:40.440 give for people out there. Aidan O'Connell, who coming in 0:46:41.040 --> 0:46:43.919 pure pocket passer coming out of Purdue, played for Jeff Brohm, 0:46:43.960 --> 0:46:46.120 who is a former NFL quarterback, different stuff like that. 0:46:46.520 --> 0:46:50.320 In that system, they force fed wide receiver ones Rondelle 0:46:50.400 --> 0:46:53.560 Moore before David Bell. Those guys got an enormous share 0:46:53.600 --> 0:46:56.760 of the usage. Aidan O'Connell knows where his bread is buttered. 0:46:56.920 --> 0:46:59.080 He is going to be getting the ball to Davante Adams. 0:46:59.120 --> 0:47:01.120 I believe Davante Adam will be a wide receiver one 0:47:01.160 --> 0:47:02.799 for the rest of the Seasonince. 0:47:02.239 --> 0:47:05.280 You're saying a lot, a lot, Okay, Matt, the firing 0:47:05.320 --> 0:47:08.440 of Josh McDaniels and the subsequent switch to quarterback Aiden 0:47:08.520 --> 0:47:11.560 O'Connor will spark how much more fantasy production for Devonte 0:47:11.560 --> 0:47:12.480 Adams None. 0:47:12.400 --> 0:47:13.720 Some or a lot. 0:47:13.880 --> 0:47:16.719 O'Connell did start once this season in Week four. He 0:47:16.800 --> 0:47:19.600 targeted Adams a ton in that game thirteen times in 0:47:19.600 --> 0:47:22.560 that game eight catches seventy five yards. By the way, 0:47:22.560 --> 0:47:25.600 you only targeted Jacoby Myers four times in that game. 0:47:26.160 --> 0:47:28.319 O'Connell is a one read guy at this stage in 0:47:28.360 --> 0:47:30.760 his career. He's just going to be staring down Adams 0:47:30.760 --> 0:47:33.040 a ton. He can't be worse what what Jimmy g 0:47:33.239 --> 0:47:35.080 looked like over the past few weeks. I do think 0:47:35.120 --> 0:47:38.680 it'll be some improvement, but I'm a little worried about. 0:47:38.440 --> 0:47:41.520 The accuracy of his throws. Right now, I. 0:47:41.440 --> 0:47:45.320 Am new head coach Antonio Pierce the Raiders. I'm looking around. 0:47:45.760 --> 0:47:48.960 The guy who hired me, Josh McDaniels, is now gone. 0:47:49.440 --> 0:47:52.280 The offensive coordinator that I used to work with also fired. 0:47:52.560 --> 0:47:55.640 Why because they didn't get the ball to DeVonta Adams. 0:47:56.440 --> 0:47:59.520 I think I'm gonna get the ball to Devonte Adams. 0:48:00.239 --> 0:48:03.520 At DeVonta Adams level of ability, the squeaky wheel almost 0:48:03.640 --> 0:48:07.160 always gets greased because if you're a terrible player, you 0:48:07.160 --> 0:48:08.520 can squeak all you want, doesn't matter. 0:48:08.520 --> 0:48:09.560 You're not gonna get greased. 0:48:09.680 --> 0:48:13.040 Squeak away, that's right, the squeaky wheel's gonna get greased here. 0:48:13.680 --> 0:48:18.279 O'conno's passing can't really even be worse than Garoppolos was right, 0:48:18.719 --> 0:48:21.840 and O'Connell didn't look great in his one start, but 0:48:21.880 --> 0:48:23.480 it was mostly fumbled three times. 0:48:23.480 --> 0:48:24.800 It wasn't even so much the passing. 0:48:24.800 --> 0:48:26.040 It was he was given the ball away on the 0:48:26.040 --> 0:48:30.080 ground only a couple of tricky matchups left on the 0:48:30.120 --> 0:48:33.879 schedule for Devonte Adams. They get the Jets once and 0:48:34.239 --> 0:48:36.640 then they get Kansas City twice. Kansas City's a middle 0:48:36.680 --> 0:48:39.040 of the road pass defense, but actually Adams lit them 0:48:39.120 --> 0:48:42.080 up last year, so tonight it's really just the Jets 0:48:42.120 --> 0:48:45.480 game as a tricky spot. I think we're buying low 0:48:45.480 --> 0:48:47.640 on DeVonta Adams. Who's gonna get a lot better? 0:48:48.600 --> 0:48:51.360 Tough question number three. 0:48:51.200 --> 0:48:54.720 In a typical redraft league? Can I just drop Green 0:48:54.760 --> 0:48:56.640 Bay wide receiver Christian Watson? 0:48:57.200 --> 0:48:57.439 Man? 0:48:57.560 --> 0:48:58.480 Aha charge? 0:48:58.520 --> 0:49:00.880 I knew this was a sneaky Joy and Love question, 0:49:00.960 --> 0:49:03.200 but you did a Jordan Love three. 0:49:03.000 --> 0:49:04.480 Tough question a few weeks back. 0:49:04.560 --> 0:49:08.200 I did, Yes, Jordan Love looks terrible and at five 0:49:08.239 --> 0:49:11.200 of his last seven games he's had under sixty percent 0:49:11.239 --> 0:49:12.320 completion percentage. 0:49:12.360 --> 0:49:13.960 That's not good for wide receivers. 0:49:13.960 --> 0:49:17.040 By the way, the Packers have a positive matchup against 0:49:17.040 --> 0:49:19.239 the pass this week against the Rams and another one 0:49:19.239 --> 0:49:22.200 in two weeks against the Chargers, but after that, it's 0:49:22.239 --> 0:49:25.439 a bunch of above average to good pass defenses they're 0:49:25.440 --> 0:49:28.680 facing from here on out. Yeah, Christian Watson can be dropped, 0:49:28.680 --> 0:49:31.720 and really, frankly, I think every part of the Packers 0:49:31.800 --> 0:49:33.399 passing game can be dropped right now. 0:49:33.680 --> 0:49:37.960 Oh that's pretty strong words, all right, Thor? In typical 0:49:38.000 --> 0:49:41.360 redraft leagues, can I just drop Green Bay wide receiver 0:49:41.440 --> 0:49:42.160 Christian Watson? 0:49:42.400 --> 0:49:44.359 Now for me, I would actually think he's a by 0:49:44.480 --> 0:49:47.319 low if your your league's trade deadline hasn't gone past yet. 0:49:47.440 --> 0:49:51.160 Watson wide receiver forty seven and fantasy points per route run, 0:49:51.440 --> 0:49:54.720 but in expected fantasy points per route run, he's wide 0:49:54.719 --> 0:49:55.480 receiver twenty. 0:49:55.719 --> 0:49:55.879 Yeah. 0:49:56.000 --> 0:49:57.520 Well, Jordan Love's not getting. 0:49:57.280 --> 0:49:59.800 Him to expect it, you know what, Thor, we expected 0:49:59.840 --> 0:50:02.719 some fantasy points last week in our guillotine matchups and 0:50:02.760 --> 0:50:03.919 we didn't get those either. 0:50:04.000 --> 0:50:07.160 I should not interrupt. I try not. I'm sorry I 0:50:07.160 --> 0:50:08.879 did that, though. I like to let you guys answer 0:50:08.880 --> 0:50:09.640 any sort questions. 0:50:09.640 --> 0:50:10.759 So you have well, I. 0:50:10.680 --> 0:50:12.480 Think you also have to give then, not only the 0:50:12.560 --> 0:50:14.880 Jordan Love thing, but obviously Watson started out this season 0:50:14.920 --> 0:50:17.480 with the hamstring injury, so there's been a tough acclamation. 0:50:17.800 --> 0:50:21.680 He's of course underperforming his usage so far, I believe, 0:50:21.800 --> 0:50:23.680 and maybe I'm just crossing my fingers because I have 0:50:23.760 --> 0:50:26.600 some ownership shares of him that that will improve going forward. 0:50:26.719 --> 0:50:29.680 He's a long bomb guy trying to catch passes from 0:50:29.719 --> 0:50:34.240 the quarterback with the worst passer rating on deep passes. 0:50:34.800 --> 0:50:35.280 That's good. 0:50:35.360 --> 0:50:39.080 Love is completing just twenty five percent of his deep passes, 0:50:39.360 --> 0:50:42.759 a percentage that's so bad he ranks thirty second in 0:50:42.800 --> 0:50:45.520 the league on deep balls well, heaving a league worst 0:50:45.719 --> 0:50:50.200 four picks on those throws. Watson might be a good player, 0:50:50.360 --> 0:50:53.240 but Love's not gonna unlock it unless he gets way better. 0:50:53.680 --> 0:50:56.520 Now that said, so that's redrafts. The answer is yes, 0:50:56.640 --> 0:51:00.720 go ahead and drop them in dynasty. I think ahead 0:51:00.719 --> 0:51:04.120 to twenty twenty four. The Packers are powering to the 0:51:04.160 --> 0:51:07.880 top four to five pick in the NFL draft. 0:51:08.160 --> 0:51:09.320 That's going to be a quarterback. 0:51:09.760 --> 0:51:11.520 It could be what definitely, you know. 0:51:11.800 --> 0:51:13.719 Because I don't think they're going to run this thing 0:51:13.719 --> 0:51:15.840 back with Jordan Love if it stays anything close to 0:51:15.880 --> 0:51:16.560 what it is right. 0:51:16.480 --> 0:51:19.640 Now, you're in Mayor Caleb Williams, Drake Mayor Caleb Williams territory. 0:51:19.760 --> 0:51:23.600 You are right, So okay, Now, Christian Watson gets a 0:51:23.600 --> 0:51:26.120 lot more interesting with the qualified quarterback. He's sure what 0:51:26.280 --> 0:51:29.560 I'm buying in dynasty leagues for next year, and both 0:51:29.560 --> 0:51:32.360 those guys can throw deep by the way Hell gall. 0:51:32.360 --> 0:51:37.040 And Aaron Rodgers just sitting there laughing, pointing with one foot. 0:51:37.400 --> 0:51:40.200 Dallas Cowboys taking on the Philadelphia Eagles. Let's start in 0:51:40.200 --> 0:51:44.320 the Dallas Cowboys side. CD Lamb coming off a crazy game, 0:51:44.440 --> 0:51:46.280 I assume he's an obvious A this week. 0:51:46.080 --> 0:51:48.400 He of course says, and Dak Prescott I'm also going 0:51:48.480 --> 0:51:49.719 to give him an A as well. 0:51:49.960 --> 0:51:51.120 In addition to Ceedee Lamb. 0:51:51.200 --> 0:51:53.799 Last four games for DAK number two in passing grade 0:51:53.840 --> 0:51:57.120 in the NFL, last two games quarterback one and quarterback 0:51:57.160 --> 0:52:00.359 three in Fantasy. The Eagles allow the ninth highest yards 0:52:00.360 --> 0:52:03.000 per game in the seventh most passing touchdowns, so I 0:52:03.000 --> 0:52:05.000 feel like this is pretty good matchup for Dak as well. 0:52:05.600 --> 0:52:08.200 Keep the other Dallas wide receivers on your bench. I 0:52:08.280 --> 0:52:11.040 do give a B grade to Jake Ferguson. He is 0:52:11.040 --> 0:52:13.560 one of Dak's favorite toys in the red zone. Ferguson 0:52:13.640 --> 0:52:16.600 ranks number two in red zone targets among tight ends 0:52:16.640 --> 0:52:17.280 in the NFL. 0:52:17.600 --> 0:52:19.480 This is an average matchup. I would say. 0:52:19.520 --> 0:52:22.719 Philly ranks sixteenth in Fantasy points per game allowed to 0:52:22.760 --> 0:52:26.279 opposing tight ends. Tony Pollard rounding out with him can 0:52:26.320 --> 0:52:29.080 only give him a grade C here Pollard is running 0:52:29.080 --> 0:52:32.200 back sixteen in Fantasy so far this year. Despite being 0:52:32.320 --> 0:52:35.200 number two in red zone touches in the entire NFL, 0:52:35.600 --> 0:52:38.720 He's sake to number forty seven in yards after contact 0:52:38.760 --> 0:52:41.319 per attempt. Was not expecting that coming into the year. 0:52:41.560 --> 0:52:43.839 This is also a brutal matchup. The Eagles are number 0:52:43.840 --> 0:52:46.800 four and stuff rate in the NFL. Moving over to 0:52:46.880 --> 0:52:50.280 the Eagles side, Jalen Hurts, AJ Brown, Dallas Goddard obvious 0:52:50.440 --> 0:52:51.520 must start weekly. 0:52:52.040 --> 0:52:54.120 DeVonta Smith I'm going to give him a grade B. 0:52:54.880 --> 0:52:57.319 He is wide receiver twenty nine to AJ Brown's wide 0:52:57.360 --> 0:53:00.360 receiver two in fantasy, but DeVonta leads the team in 0:53:00.440 --> 0:53:03.280 play action target rate with twenty five point three percent, 0:53:04.120 --> 0:53:07.440 and Dallas is very bad at defending play action passes 0:53:07.440 --> 0:53:10.040 their bottom eight and play action yards per attempt allout 0:53:10.080 --> 0:53:13.400 and passing touchdowns allowed the last one. DeAndre Swift I'm 0:53:13.400 --> 0:53:15.560 gonna give him an A in this matchup as well. 0:53:15.840 --> 0:53:18.799 He's averaging twenty point five touches and one hundred point 0:53:18.840 --> 0:53:22.400 four total yards since Week two, number seven among all 0:53:22.480 --> 0:53:25.000 running backs in the NFL in targets. This is a 0:53:25.040 --> 0:53:27.680 solid matchup for him as well. Dallas has a middle 0:53:27.680 --> 0:53:29.920 of the road run defense. They give up some catches 0:53:29.920 --> 0:53:32.399 as well to the running backs smash spot for most 0:53:32.440 --> 0:53:34.040 of the Eagles, the key guys on offense. 0:53:34.200 --> 0:53:34.680 I like it. 0:53:35.239 --> 0:53:37.680 Let's uh, by the way, let's just mention what aj 0:53:37.800 --> 0:53:39.880 Brown has done the last crazy weeks. 0:53:39.920 --> 0:53:43.240 I mean it is crazy nuts. When your bad game 0:53:43.840 --> 0:53:47.560 is one hundred and thirty one yards, it's it's this. 0:53:47.760 --> 0:53:51.440 This span is almost unprecedented. Ludacris, absolutely ludicrous. 0:53:51.520 --> 0:53:55.040 Yep, Matt in Dapolis Colts Carolina Panthers. You've already alluded 0:53:55.080 --> 0:53:57.560 to this a couple of different ways. This game could have. 0:53:57.520 --> 0:54:00.600 Some sneaky points in it. Yeah, Cuz Panthers doesn't sound 0:54:00.719 --> 0:54:01.320 like a thriller. 0:54:01.400 --> 0:54:02.560 It might be, it could be. 0:54:03.200 --> 0:54:05.040 Let's start with the running backs on the Colt side. 0:54:05.040 --> 0:54:08.040 That's Jonathan Taylor and Zach Moss. They're facing a Panthers 0:54:08.080 --> 0:54:11.239 defense that's bad. They've allowed five point one yards per 0:54:11.320 --> 0:54:13.080 carry on the year and one hundred and fifty four 0:54:13.120 --> 0:54:15.960 combo yards to opposing backs, and they've given up the 0:54:15.960 --> 0:54:18.000 most running back touchdowns in the league this year, at 0:54:18.080 --> 0:54:22.160 almost two per game. Zach Moss randomly missed Friday's practice 0:54:22.160 --> 0:54:24.160 this week, but he's had some maintenance days and some 0:54:24.239 --> 0:54:27.040 lingering elbow and hip injuries, but I expect him to 0:54:27.080 --> 0:54:28.279 go with that. 0:54:28.440 --> 0:54:29.239 Taylor gets the A. 0:54:29.360 --> 0:54:30.879 I think he gets a little bit more than half 0:54:30.920 --> 0:54:33.120 of the touches, and Moss gets a B grade as 0:54:33.160 --> 0:54:35.960 long as he's active in this one. Nobody really passes 0:54:36.000 --> 0:54:37.760 on the Panthers though. They're kind of like the Texans 0:54:37.840 --> 0:54:39.759 last year, so easy to run against that no one 0:54:39.800 --> 0:54:42.759 bothers throwing the ball. They're only seeing twenty seven pass 0:54:42.760 --> 0:54:45.279 attempts per game. That's the lowest in the league. I'll 0:54:45.280 --> 0:54:47.480 give Minshew a C grade this week, but he's definitely 0:54:47.520 --> 0:54:51.640 suffering from low C. Speaking of the Texan CJ Stroud, 0:54:51.640 --> 0:54:55.400 who's a heavy passer, only managed sixteen completions on twenty 0:54:55.400 --> 0:54:58.760 four attempts last week for only one hundred and forty yards. 0:54:58.880 --> 0:55:02.000 That's just the effect running it so much. Minshew does 0:55:02.040 --> 0:55:04.520 like to chuck the ball a lot, though this doesn't 0:55:04.520 --> 0:55:06.680 seem like the matchup. I'm guessing he throws the ball 0:55:06.719 --> 0:55:08.720 around twenty five times in this game, which is about 0:55:08.920 --> 0:55:11.520 two thirds of his normal volume, hence the C grade. 0:55:11.719 --> 0:55:14.719 Michael Pittman and Josh Downs have become his favorite receivers 0:55:15.400 --> 0:55:18.320 Downs dinged up and it looks like a game time decision, 0:55:18.640 --> 0:55:20.799 But he usually travels from the slot, where he'll face 0:55:20.880 --> 0:55:24.720 Panther's best cornerback, Troy Hill, who's only allowing a passer 0:55:24.760 --> 0:55:27.400 rating of fifty six in his coverage. So either way, 0:55:27.440 --> 0:55:30.120 I'm keeping downs on the bench, and if Minshew throws 0:55:30.160 --> 0:55:32.200 twenty five times, at least ten of them are going 0:55:32.200 --> 0:55:35.840 to Pittman in four of six. In four of Minshew's 0:55:35.880 --> 0:55:39.360 six nearly full games, Pittman's seen at least eleven targets 0:55:39.400 --> 0:55:41.359 in those games, and he scored or top to one 0:55:41.400 --> 0:55:43.080 hundred yards in each of the last three weeks. So 0:55:43.120 --> 0:55:45.840 he gets a B grade because he's the focal point. 0:55:46.080 --> 0:55:48.400 Speaking of focal points, Adam Thielan is a lot like 0:55:48.440 --> 0:55:50.680 Michael Pittman. I'll rocket theel him up up to a 0:55:50.680 --> 0:55:54.000 A grade here. He's had at least fifteen PPR points 0:55:54.560 --> 0:55:57.880 in six straight games, including at least seventy receiving yards 0:55:57.880 --> 0:56:00.200 in five straight. The Colts are allowing the six the 0:56:00.280 --> 0:56:03.720 most receiving yards to opposing wide receivers, and Thieland travels 0:56:03.719 --> 0:56:06.640 mostly from the slot. Last week, this Colts team played 0:56:06.719 --> 0:56:10.040 Rashid Shahed, who travels mostly from the slot. By the way, 0:56:10.320 --> 0:56:12.279 three catches one hundred and fifty three yards in a 0:56:12.320 --> 0:56:15.839 score for Shaheed last week. Yeah, that's why Bryce young 0:56:15.880 --> 0:56:17.800 was might take a chance on me quarterback, and dj 0:56:17.920 --> 0:56:20.239 Chuk might take a chance on me wide receiver. And 0:56:20.280 --> 0:56:24.000 then finally it's Chewba Hubbard and Miles Sanders and it's 0:56:24.160 --> 0:56:27.400 it's bad. The snap count was in favor of Hubbard 0:56:27.440 --> 0:56:30.600 last week forty to twelve. Sanders ran twice last week 0:56:30.640 --> 0:56:34.480 for zero point zero yards. Finally off the injury report 0:56:34.480 --> 0:56:36.640 and practice in full all week. I'll give Hubbard the 0:56:36.680 --> 0:56:39.840 C grade. I think it's it's a good matchup. I 0:56:39.920 --> 0:56:43.200 expect it to be at this Yeah, the Colts are 0:56:43.239 --> 0:56:45.279 allowing one hundred and thirty two conbo yards and a 0:56:45.320 --> 0:56:48.279 touchdown and a half to opposing backs this year. If 0:56:48.320 --> 0:56:50.200 it was one back, if we knew it was just 0:56:50.280 --> 0:56:52.880 gonna be Hubbard, for sure, it's probably a B grade. Yeah, 0:56:53.440 --> 0:56:56.040 but I still think it's a sixty to forty split. 0:56:56.400 --> 0:56:58.160 And Miles Sanders is involved in this. 0:56:58.560 --> 0:57:00.960 I'm gonna try to zip through rams Ackers pretty quickly 0:57:01.000 --> 0:57:03.920 here into this segment. We don't know if Matthew Stafford's 0:57:03.920 --> 0:57:05.359 going to go. They told us that he wasn't going 0:57:05.400 --> 0:57:07.120 to practice all week, and that was the case. He's 0:57:07.160 --> 0:57:09.719 a game time decision. So what I'm really doing is 0:57:09.760 --> 0:57:12.279 copping out on the grade I'm giving to Cooper Cup 0:57:12.280 --> 0:57:15.240 and Puka Nukua. I'm gonna upgrade them both to a's 0:57:15.239 --> 0:57:18.480 if Matthew Stafford plays, and I'm downgrading him to seize 0:57:18.520 --> 0:57:20.840 if it's Brett Rippons. So by giving them a B 0:57:21.000 --> 0:57:23.760 I'm really covering my bases here for Cup. 0:57:24.360 --> 0:57:25.440 So what great is this? 0:57:25.600 --> 0:57:28.960 Well, I be grades right now. That's what I'm going with. 0:57:29.480 --> 0:57:29.840 For Cup. 0:57:29.880 --> 0:57:31.840 It's back to back down games, but he's still getting 0:57:31.840 --> 0:57:35.280 plenty of usage. Cup's got a terrific matchup against Keishawn Nixon, 0:57:35.280 --> 0:57:37.840 who's allowed over eighty percent of his targets to be caught. Now, 0:57:37.920 --> 0:57:41.160 Nuka Nuka, Sorry, I've done this twice. 0:57:40.880 --> 0:57:43.280 He's gonna Nuka your fantasy team. 0:57:43.320 --> 0:57:47.439 And Kola benefits immediately by that Rasul Douglass trade, which 0:57:47.480 --> 0:57:50.680 by the way, just ripping the heart out of that secondary, 0:57:51.000 --> 0:57:53.280 and the remaining guys in the secondary are like what 0:57:53.680 --> 0:57:57.480 just happened? Anyway, he was the Packers' best coverage cornerback 0:57:57.600 --> 0:58:00.360 and the struggling j R. Alexander's allowed an eight one 0:58:00.400 --> 0:58:04.000 percent pass completion rate in his coverage and a passer 0:58:04.080 --> 0:58:05.640 rating of one hundred and fifty four. 0:58:06.080 --> 0:58:07.120 This is almost perfect. 0:58:07.120 --> 0:58:09.440 It is almost perfect. This Pro football focus is number 0:58:09.440 --> 0:58:12.240 one cornerback last year and he's getting roasted this year. 0:58:12.680 --> 0:58:13.040 All right. 0:58:13.120 --> 0:58:15.720 The only other guys to talk about, obviously, if Stafford goes, 0:58:15.720 --> 0:58:18.680 I'm gonna give him a C grade, But just beware that. 0:58:18.840 --> 0:58:21.240 You know, he this thumb injuries on his passing hand. 0:58:21.360 --> 0:58:24.080 He could reinjure it, or maybe that limits the volume 0:58:24.120 --> 0:58:26.640 that's gonna go here, or what if he starts the 0:58:26.680 --> 0:58:28.960 game but he throws errant early in with the thumb 0:58:29.000 --> 0:58:30.200 and they just ben him. So, I mean, there's a 0:58:30.200 --> 0:58:32.680 lot of danger with Stafford. So I'm only giving him 0:58:32.680 --> 0:58:34.920 the SEA grade in what would otherwise be a very 0:58:35.000 --> 0:58:38.360 juicy matchup and the only run for the running game 0:58:38.760 --> 0:58:43.760 Royce Freeman Darryl Henderson with Stafford ailing they're gonna run more. 0:58:43.840 --> 0:58:46.240 It's an almost even split between these guys. The though 0:58:46.240 --> 0:58:48.640 Freeman's looked a little bit better. He's averaging about a 0:58:48.720 --> 0:58:50.120 yard and a half more per carry. 0:58:50.560 --> 0:58:52.280 He must have dropped the pano. 0:58:52.080 --> 0:58:55.640 He you know what, it's not. I'm changing his name. 0:58:55.760 --> 0:58:57.120 He is now Royce. 0:58:57.440 --> 0:59:01.960 Dropped the organ Freeman because I think he doesn't look 0:59:02.000 --> 0:59:03.880 like he's carrying a full baby grand anymore. 0:59:05.400 --> 0:59:08.200 An organ is smaller rop the organ it is. 0:59:08.240 --> 0:59:09.760 The organ is smaller than a piano. 0:59:09.800 --> 0:59:11.200 Okay, look a jazz organ out that. 0:59:11.280 --> 0:59:13.920 Okay, Green baysed keyboard seven in rushing yards and rushing 0:59:13.960 --> 0:59:16.040 touchdowns allowed on the green Bay side. 0:59:16.040 --> 0:59:18.400 There's not much to like here. AJ Let's start with 0:59:18.400 --> 0:59:19.080 Aaron Jones. 0:59:19.320 --> 0:59:21.800 Head coach Matt Lafleur says that Jones is ready to 0:59:21.880 --> 0:59:22.560 be cut loose. 0:59:22.760 --> 0:59:23.400 That's quote. 0:59:23.720 --> 0:59:25.760 I'm tempted to believe him, because Jones. The only good 0:59:25.800 --> 0:59:28.520 thing happening is entire offense. The Rams are good, but 0:59:28.600 --> 0:59:31.440 not great run defense if they are elite versus running 0:59:31.440 --> 0:59:33.919 back receptions, which is normally something we like out of Jones, 0:59:33.960 --> 0:59:35.440 I can only get him to a C grade, But 0:59:35.480 --> 0:59:38.080 I am giving him the C grade here. Everybody else 0:59:38.120 --> 0:59:41.480 is on the bench. You could consider loose Luke Musk grade. 0:59:41.440 --> 0:59:42.240 With loose Mutton. 0:59:42.320 --> 0:59:46.480 You almost did it again. Dang it. Loose Mutton. 0:59:48.200 --> 0:59:51.480 Zero touchdowns so far, averaging just twenty eight yards per game, 0:59:51.520 --> 0:59:54.040 but the Rams have allowed the second most receiving yards 0:59:54.040 --> 0:59:56.520 and tight ends, so you could give him a try 0:59:56.560 --> 0:59:58.520 if you want to. Everybody else I got to put 0:59:58.560 --> 1:00:00.400 on the bench. We already talked about Chris and Watson 1:00:00.440 --> 1:00:02.880 and why we're not starting him earlier in the show. 1:00:03.120 --> 1:00:05.720 And Romeo Dobbs has got these a handful of touchdowns 1:00:05.760 --> 1:00:10.200 that have masked otherwise very very little production. I can't 1:00:10.240 --> 1:00:12.439 think that those touchdowns are going to keep going here. 1:00:12.560 --> 1:00:15.040 So yeah, I got Dobs on the bench too. It's 1:00:15.080 --> 1:00:17.800 all bad for the Packers right now. When we come back. 1:00:18.840 --> 1:00:23.400 Tampa Bay Buccaneers taking on the Houston Texans. Thor already 1:00:23.480 --> 1:00:26.760 gave us Baker Mayfield as has taken chance on me quarterback. 1:00:26.880 --> 1:00:29.160 Who does he want to throw? To find out when 1:00:29.160 --> 1:00:57.800 we come back. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly, Thorn Eistrom 1:00:57.840 --> 1:01:01.960 Tampa's taking on the Houston Texas. Well rested Houston Texans team, 1:01:02.320 --> 1:01:05.240 they sure are. Yeah, Tampa Bay, you've mentioned you liked 1:01:05.400 --> 1:01:08.720 Baker Mayfield earlier. I assume you like Mike Evans Chris Godwin. 1:01:08.800 --> 1:01:10.600 Godwin sparked to life last week. 1:01:10.800 --> 1:01:11.720 Yeah, yeah, he did. 1:01:12.080 --> 1:01:15.440 Mike Evans Weekly muz star wide receiver for fourteen, and 1:01:16.040 --> 1:01:18.720 I would also say Texans zone heavy team that stink 1:01:18.840 --> 1:01:21.840 versus deep balls, that's Evans this whole game. Evans' air 1:01:21.960 --> 1:01:25.120 yard share balloons to forty point eight percent versus zone. 1:01:25.280 --> 1:01:27.000 He's gonna feast. That's part of the reason why I 1:01:27.040 --> 1:01:29.520 like Baker as well. You mentioned Chris Godwin. I give 1:01:29.560 --> 1:01:32.480 him a seat god because of the matchup. Godwin's less 1:01:32.520 --> 1:01:36.120 effective against zone than he is against man. Again, the 1:01:36.160 --> 1:01:40.320 Texans zone heavy team versus zone, Godwin's target share drops 1:01:40.320 --> 1:01:43.640 to twenty point three percent with less than two yards 1:01:43.680 --> 1:01:46.640 per route run. He should have a workman like day, 1:01:46.920 --> 1:01:49.480 a little bit of volume there, but not much fireworks. 1:01:49.520 --> 1:01:51.560 That's why I'll give him a SEA A volume C. 1:01:52.480 --> 1:01:54.600 Kate Otton, I'm gonna give him a C as well. 1:01:55.000 --> 1:01:58.200 He's a mid tier fantasy option weekly mister Rotten, but 1:01:58.280 --> 1:02:01.000 the Texans stink against opposing so I think this is 1:02:01.040 --> 1:02:03.680 a pretty good matchup for him, and he's streamable if 1:02:03.680 --> 1:02:06.520 you need the bye week help. Rashad White, I'm gonna 1:02:06.520 --> 1:02:09.320 give him a Bee. Playing seventy percent or more of 1:02:09.360 --> 1:02:12.720 the snaps weekly, but he's only running back twenty four 1:02:12.760 --> 1:02:16.560 in fantasy on seventy seven total yards per game average. 1:02:16.840 --> 1:02:20.000 He is number ten amongst running backs in receiving targets 1:02:20.040 --> 1:02:22.680 and it's a solid matchup for that. The Texans have 1:02:22.720 --> 1:02:25.400 a better run defense than people think. I think, but 1:02:25.480 --> 1:02:27.439 they have a lot of the tenth most receiving yards 1:02:27.480 --> 1:02:30.120 to opposing running backs, so White could get loose in 1:02:30.440 --> 1:02:31.400 that phase of the game. 1:02:31.520 --> 1:02:34.600 The run blocking. I believe the Buccaneers are dead last 1:02:34.640 --> 1:02:35.880 in run block win rate. 1:02:36.000 --> 1:02:38.240 Yeah, so White's got to win through the air. 1:02:38.360 --> 1:02:38.560 Yeah. 1:02:39.160 --> 1:02:41.320 Moving over to the text and CJ. Stroud, I'm gonna 1:02:41.320 --> 1:02:41.960 give him a bee. 1:02:42.160 --> 1:02:44.360 I think this is a really good bounce back opportunity 1:02:44.400 --> 1:02:47.600 for him against a Buccaneers defense that's number twenty five 1:02:47.680 --> 1:02:50.400 in pressure rate. Stroud has looked much better in clean 1:02:50.440 --> 1:02:53.120 pockets this year than he has in muddy pockets, which 1:02:53.160 --> 1:02:55.320 is typical for rookie quarterbacks. 1:02:54.800 --> 1:02:57.440 And mundy pockets is one of my favorite Blues guys. 1:02:59.160 --> 1:02:59.840 You're very deep. 1:03:01.000 --> 1:03:03.800 Even after the down week, Strouds still rings sixteenth in 1:03:03.840 --> 1:03:06.400 passing grade in the NFL, and the Bucks have allowed 1:03:06.400 --> 1:03:09.560 the ninth highest yards per attempt in addition to having 1:03:09.600 --> 1:03:14.760 that feeble pass rush. Nico Collins He's almost becoming a 1:03:14.800 --> 1:03:17.360 weekly must start. Not quite there yet, but I am 1:03:17.400 --> 1:03:19.840 giving him an A in this one. He's Fantasy's wide 1:03:19.840 --> 1:03:23.760 receiver seventeen on a ridiculous four point one yards per 1:03:23.840 --> 1:03:27.040 route run bucks Outside cornerbacks have struggled a little bit 1:03:27.080 --> 1:03:29.480 this year. Jamel Dean one hundred and sixteen point eight 1:03:29.520 --> 1:03:32.640 passer rating allowed, Carlton Davis one oh six point eight 1:03:32.680 --> 1:03:33.760 passer rating allowed. 1:03:34.360 --> 1:03:35.680 So not as tough as a matchup there as. 1:03:35.680 --> 1:03:38.680 Maybe you'll think Robert Woods is ruled out in this game, 1:03:38.720 --> 1:03:40.560 which might give a little bit more targets to the 1:03:40.600 --> 1:03:42.000 next two guys I'm going to talk about. 1:03:42.160 --> 1:03:43.440 I'm gonna give Tank Della C. 1:03:44.080 --> 1:03:47.880 Houston uses Tank between the twenties, unfortunately not yet in 1:03:47.920 --> 1:03:49.240 the red zone and maybe never in. 1:03:49.200 --> 1:03:50.080 The rest of his size. 1:03:50.720 --> 1:03:52.840 It might be never, considering how small he is. 1:03:52.920 --> 1:03:55.360 Della is twenty seventh in the NFL in yards after 1:03:56.040 --> 1:03:59.200 catch per reception, but only one target in the red 1:03:59.280 --> 1:04:01.520 zone all see he's in Dalton Schultz. 1:04:01.560 --> 1:04:02.440 I'm gonna give him a C. 1:04:03.040 --> 1:04:05.760 He's tight end eleven this year, largely because he's number 1:04:05.760 --> 1:04:08.280 four in the NFL in red zone targets among tight ends. 1:04:08.280 --> 1:04:10.600 That's where Tank Dell's red zone targets are going. But 1:04:10.680 --> 1:04:12.919 this isn't a great matchup for Dalton Schultz. The Bucks 1:04:12.960 --> 1:04:15.320 are number four DVOA against. 1:04:15.000 --> 1:04:16.080 Opposing tight ends. 1:04:16.360 --> 1:04:19.080 Speaking of being ruled out, Damian Pierce was ruled out 1:04:19.120 --> 1:04:21.920 on Friday, which brings us to Devin Singletary. 1:04:22.080 --> 1:04:23.919 Yeah, I'm gonna give I'm thinking about this. 1:04:24.240 --> 1:04:27.640 Yeah, Devin Singletary is definitely startable this week. I settled 1:04:27.640 --> 1:04:29.320 on a C grade for him, but I thought about 1:04:29.320 --> 1:04:32.280 even bumping into a B. Last week was typical for 1:04:32.320 --> 1:04:36.160 Singletary with Pierce playing anyway, twelve touches for forty three yards. 1:04:36.280 --> 1:04:39.040 But Singletary's usage is going to spike this week with 1:04:39.160 --> 1:04:43.400 Pierce out. Pierce has eighteen touches per game over the 1:04:43.440 --> 1:04:46.320 last four or five games. I do expect Mike Boone 1:04:46.360 --> 1:04:49.959 to siphon Vulture thirty percent of the Snapsters, all right, 1:04:50.040 --> 1:04:53.840 but Singletary. That leaves the remaining seventy percent for him. 1:04:54.200 --> 1:04:56.320 Devin Singletary, I don't know people out there realize this. 1:04:56.360 --> 1:04:59.640 He's number ten in the NFL in misstackles force per attempt. 1:05:00.080 --> 1:05:03.120 Bucks have an average run defense, so you can definitely 1:05:03.240 --> 1:05:05.680 start singletary with some confidence if you need to. 1:05:05.840 --> 1:05:08.840 Damian Pierce stopped at the one inch line. In fact, 1:05:08.840 --> 1:05:11.080 they ruled it a touchdown, and then on review they 1:05:11.080 --> 1:05:12.959 put it at the one inch line, and then later 1:05:13.000 --> 1:05:15.439 in the game he got stopped inside the one yard 1:05:15.480 --> 1:05:18.600 line again. Tough times it would have been for those 1:05:18.640 --> 1:05:21.160 of us that were had banked on Damian Pierce. And 1:05:21.240 --> 1:05:23.479 I love the matchup, and I'm like, this is finally going. 1:05:23.400 --> 1:05:25.920 To be it that happened tough times. 1:05:26.360 --> 1:05:29.640 Daniel Jones returns to the quarterback position for the Giants. 1:05:29.720 --> 1:05:33.760 Does that give you any extra any extra juice for 1:05:33.800 --> 1:05:34.560 this passing game? 1:05:35.640 --> 1:05:38.680 Well, this is a matchup between the Giants who've scored 1:05:38.800 --> 1:05:41.440 ninety five points in eight games. 1:05:41.480 --> 1:05:42.880 Bad that's less. 1:05:42.560 --> 1:05:44.840 Than twelve per game, and then the Raiders who've only 1:05:44.840 --> 1:05:46.640 scored one hundred and twenty six points in eight games, 1:05:46.640 --> 1:05:49.360 which is about fifteen per game, So about twenty seven 1:05:49.400 --> 1:05:52.400 total points over unders thirty seven and a half, by 1:05:52.440 --> 1:05:53.840 the way, and that's super low. 1:05:54.200 --> 1:05:57.480 Iowa Minnesota's pointing in last this is gross. 1:05:58.440 --> 1:06:01.520 Daniel Jones does look like he's gonna start this week 1:06:01.600 --> 1:06:04.360 after his neck injury. The last time we saw Jones 1:06:04.400 --> 1:06:07.040 was Week five. Through his four and a half games, 1:06:07.040 --> 1:06:09.680 he was averaging one hundred and ninety six passing yards 1:06:09.680 --> 1:06:12.400 per game, and he had two touchdown passes on the season. 1:06:12.440 --> 1:06:14.000 It's so bad now. 1:06:14.200 --> 1:06:16.840 He did play a tough bunch of defenses in there, 1:06:16.880 --> 1:06:19.040 but the Raiders haven't really had that much of a 1:06:19.080 --> 1:06:21.960 defensive issue. They're only allowing two hundred and six passing 1:06:22.000 --> 1:06:24.440 yards per game. That's ninth best in the league. I'm 1:06:24.440 --> 1:06:27.440 gonna still leave Danny Dimes on the bench here, but 1:06:27.560 --> 1:06:30.040 I will give Darren Waller a B grade and his 1:06:30.160 --> 1:06:33.880 revenge trip to Las Vegas. I'm a bit nervous that 1:06:34.000 --> 1:06:37.400 in Waller's best production games this year and his only 1:06:37.440 --> 1:06:40.840 touchdown of the season, they came with Tyrod Taylor under center. 1:06:40.880 --> 1:06:45.320 But it's revenge and it's science. The Raiders have faced 1:06:45.360 --> 1:06:48.560 really three Fantasy relevant tight ends this year. Sam Laporta 1:06:48.640 --> 1:06:51.280 had eight catches for fifty seven and a score last week, 1:06:51.640 --> 1:06:54.760 Pat Fryermouth scored in Week three, and then the Bills 1:06:54.800 --> 1:06:57.680 combo of tight ends that I smushed together had eight 1:06:57.760 --> 1:06:59.840 catches fifty three yards in a score in Week two. 1:07:00.000 --> 1:07:02.440 Other than that, they faced anonymous dudes at the tight 1:07:02.520 --> 1:07:04.080 end position. So a bee for Waller. 1:07:04.120 --> 1:07:07.120 Now, I'm just going to jump in because literally, like 1:07:07.200 --> 1:07:09.720 as you're talking, Giants just ruled out Darren Waller with 1:07:09.720 --> 1:07:11.840 a hamste What oh gosh. 1:07:11.600 --> 1:07:12.200 Give him a bench? 1:07:12.200 --> 1:07:15.600 Great, Let's give Darren Waller a bee for bench. Well, 1:07:15.600 --> 1:07:17.560 then nobody in the passing game is what you want 1:07:17.600 --> 1:07:20.520 to start there? It makes Daniel Jones even worse. However, 1:07:20.600 --> 1:07:22.760 Saquon Barkley, I'm gonna give him an a grade because 1:07:22.760 --> 1:07:25.480 the Raiders suck against the run. Jamiir Gibbs roasted the 1:07:25.560 --> 1:07:29.480 Raiders last week, Deonta Foreman the week before, Ramandre Stevenson 1:07:29.480 --> 1:07:32.280 looked good the week before that, even aj Dillon looked 1:07:32.320 --> 1:07:34.880 like irrelevant back the week before that. And Barkley's on 1:07:34.920 --> 1:07:36.480 the field for ninety percent of the snaps. 1:07:36.520 --> 1:07:39.440 How about the thirty six carries they gave him last week? 1:07:40.240 --> 1:07:42.200 They're going to run him into the ground and let 1:07:42.280 --> 1:07:45.640 him go in free agency this year. Sad eight and 1:07:45.640 --> 1:07:48.880 O'Connell is the new starter again. He started in Week 1:07:48.920 --> 1:07:51.920 four against the Chargers, who are a worse pass defense 1:07:51.960 --> 1:07:54.120 than the Giants, and he managed two hundred thirty eight 1:07:54.240 --> 1:07:58.480 yards no touchdowns in one interception on thirty nine throws, 1:07:58.960 --> 1:08:01.000 so the Raiders won't be afraid to let him chuck 1:08:01.040 --> 1:08:03.200 the ball. But he only completed sixty one percent of 1:08:03.200 --> 1:08:06.520 the passes in that game. When you bake in that, 1:08:06.560 --> 1:08:09.320 the Giants are only allowing nineteen completions per game. 1:08:09.800 --> 1:08:12.240 That's like the eighth fewest in the league. He's on 1:08:12.280 --> 1:08:12.760 the bench. 1:08:13.080 --> 1:08:16.200 I do like DeVonta Adams to get the squeaky Wheel treatment, 1:08:16.240 --> 1:08:19.160 and we talked about him a little bit before. I 1:08:19.200 --> 1:08:21.800 had thirteen targets in the Week four matchup. He gets 1:08:21.840 --> 1:08:25.479 the B grade. And like I said, Meyers only saw 1:08:25.479 --> 1:08:28.120 four targets in that Week four start and I'm super 1:08:28.200 --> 1:08:31.679 ticked at him personally right now from my guillotine league. Okay, 1:08:31.760 --> 1:08:33.880 so I'm giving him a bench grade based on that. 1:08:34.040 --> 1:08:38.120 It's a SPIKEE bench. Michael Mayer gets a bench grade 1:08:38.120 --> 1:08:40.160 as well. I like the player, but I'm nervous about 1:08:40.160 --> 1:08:42.160 this one. First, it's O'Connell's first start. 1:08:43.520 --> 1:08:43.840 Sorry. 1:08:43.920 --> 1:08:47.040 In O'Connell's first start, he did not get targeted once. 1:08:47.520 --> 1:08:50.360 And Second, the Giants have only allowed three receptions per 1:08:50.360 --> 1:08:52.479 game to opposing tight ends and have only allowed one 1:08:52.560 --> 1:08:56.919 touchdown to the position to position all year. Finally, Josh Jacobs. 1:08:56.920 --> 1:08:59.320 He gets a B and this might be the last 1:08:59.360 --> 1:09:01.920 B for Josh Jacobs. His O line looks horrible. They're 1:09:01.960 --> 1:09:04.479 not opening holes for him at all. He's only averaging 1:09:04.520 --> 1:09:08.840 one point eight yards per carry before contact and then 1:09:08.880 --> 1:09:11.639 not doing much after contact, only one point three yards 1:09:11.680 --> 1:09:15.400 after contact. Giants are a great matchup, though, They're alowing 1:09:15.400 --> 1:09:18.599 four point seven yards per carry, so something's got to give. 1:09:19.080 --> 1:09:21.040 It's the fourth most per carry in the league. So 1:09:21.200 --> 1:09:23.840 Jacobs gets the B and if he doesn't perform here, 1:09:24.439 --> 1:09:26.280 it's gonna be a mere white time. 1:09:26.320 --> 1:09:29.799 I'm pretty sure the Raiders are the bottom ranked rushing 1:09:29.840 --> 1:09:30.920 offense in the NFL. 1:09:31.120 --> 1:09:34.240 That's not surprised Jacobs. Yeah wow, who was the top 1:09:34.320 --> 1:09:35.640 running back in the league last year? 1:09:35.720 --> 1:09:35.960 Yeah? 1:09:36.040 --> 1:09:39.479 Go figure, Go figure when we come back. Final segment 1:09:39.560 --> 1:09:44.920 including some of this that's right, the Fantasy Football Weekly 1:09:45.040 --> 1:09:49.120 time Machine, premature speculation. Players you can pick up this 1:09:49.160 --> 1:09:51.639 week that elder people be trying to pick up next week. 1:09:51.680 --> 1:10:09.719 Find out who they are when we come back. Final 1:10:09.760 --> 1:10:14.320 segment of Fantasy Football Weekly. If you missed any part 1:10:14.320 --> 1:10:16.959 of the show, you can get all my play rankings 1:10:17.240 --> 1:10:23.240 available for free at getine leagues dot com. Let's jump 1:10:23.240 --> 1:10:27.160 into the Fantasy Football weekly time machine. Guys, I want 1:10:27.800 --> 1:10:30.160 a player from each of you, so you'll want to 1:10:30.160 --> 1:10:32.240 pick up this week that other people will be trying 1:10:32.280 --> 1:10:35.439 to pick up later on. But there's already on your team. 1:10:35.600 --> 1:10:38.160 Matt, where is this time machine? Last week? They could 1:10:38.160 --> 1:10:42.360 have told me about Jacobe Myers. It's a good still kicked. 1:10:43.880 --> 1:10:47.439 I got Cedric Tillman, and Thor love Cedric Tillman. He's 1:10:47.479 --> 1:10:52.680 a Browns wide receiver. Thor, who's noted draft Nick? I 1:10:52.800 --> 1:10:54.920 go a walker, Nick, Yeah, I'll go. 1:10:55.000 --> 1:10:56.800 I'll go with Nick. Nick. 1:10:57.360 --> 1:10:59.960 Thor gave him the comp of Courtland Sutton coming out 1:11:00.120 --> 1:11:05.880 of Tennessee last year eighty seven percent size adjusted athleticism grade. 1:11:05.880 --> 1:11:09.839 That's great, especially at six foot three. He was injured 1:11:09.880 --> 1:11:12.120 almost all last year at Tennessee, which is why he 1:11:12.160 --> 1:11:14.759 fell from like a second round draft spot into the third. 1:11:15.600 --> 1:11:17.519 Of his one hundred and one catches in his final 1:11:17.560 --> 1:11:20.360 two years of college, nineteen of them were contested. He 1:11:20.439 --> 1:11:23.400 caught eighteen of those. Wow, he's big, he's athletic, he 1:11:23.439 --> 1:11:25.639 can catch. Plus a spot opened up in Cleveland. 1:11:25.640 --> 1:11:27.479 Why has he been inactive for this whole season? 1:11:27.560 --> 1:11:29.960 Well, Donovan Peoples Jones was in his way, and now 1:11:30.000 --> 1:11:30.720 much is he really? 1:11:30.760 --> 1:11:32.640 How much was he in his way when he was 1:11:32.680 --> 1:11:34.960 getting no action? And they traded him for a six 1:11:35.040 --> 1:11:35.479 round pick. 1:11:36.040 --> 1:11:38.519 Well, they traded him away for a six round pick. 1:11:38.560 --> 1:11:41.240 And now Cedric Tillman's time is here. He's been a 1:11:41.240 --> 1:11:44.200 healthy scratch the last few weeks. I expect that to change. 1:11:44.200 --> 1:11:46.439 The Browns need a wide receiver too, and a deep threat. 1:11:46.760 --> 1:11:48.080 Let's try Cedric Tillman. 1:11:48.640 --> 1:11:54.000 All right, let's go over to thor your premature speculation player. 1:11:54.360 --> 1:11:56.799 I will also be going with a rookie wide receiver 1:11:57.160 --> 1:12:01.759 Hatriots wide receiver de Mario Pop Douglas. Alright, mister charging 1:12:01.880 --> 1:12:05.160 was talking about earlier, Douglas five eight, one seventy nine 1:12:05.200 --> 1:12:07.839 coming out of Liberty five eight but with a ninety 1:12:07.920 --> 1:12:10.759 six percentile burst score. You were talking about how burst 1:12:10.800 --> 1:12:12.880 he is, and you can make you missy. He was 1:12:12.920 --> 1:12:15.479 the Patriots six round pick in April at number two 1:12:15.560 --> 1:12:18.439 ten overall, but the Patriots coaches started raving about him 1:12:18.479 --> 1:12:21.320 immediately when he got into the building. Douglas ends up 1:12:21.360 --> 1:12:24.719 winning the starting slot gig right now, Damerio Douglas number 1:12:24.760 --> 1:12:27.240 twenty five PFF graded wide receiver. 1:12:26.960 --> 1:12:28.439 In the NFL, the entire NFL. 1:12:28.760 --> 1:12:30.880 The two guys Sandwich on the outside of him, Deebo 1:12:31.000 --> 1:12:33.160 Samuel and DK Metcalf to show you the kind of 1:12:33.160 --> 1:12:37.080 neighborhood he's in. Damia Douglas is out, awesome opportunity for 1:12:37.160 --> 1:12:40.800 him going forward. Pat Patriots wide receiver won Kendrick Bourne 1:12:40.840 --> 1:12:42.360 tore his ACL last week. 1:12:42.800 --> 1:12:45.200 Like you were mentioning before charge, Bourne had. 1:12:45.080 --> 1:12:47.240 Fifty five targets, which was by far the most for 1:12:47.240 --> 1:12:50.559 any Patriots wide receiver. Number two amongst Patriots wide receivers 1:12:50.560 --> 1:12:52.040 and targets to Mario. 1:12:51.760 --> 1:12:55.200 Douglas with thirty. But that's not all, folks. Stay with 1:12:55.240 --> 1:12:55.559 me here. 1:12:55.720 --> 1:12:58.679 DeVante Parker likely out with the concussion this week. Juju 1:12:58.760 --> 1:13:02.040 Smith Schuster twenty eight receiving yards since September twenty fourth, 1:13:02.360 --> 1:13:05.839 Taekwon Thornton was a healthy scratch last week, Jalen Regor 1:13:05.960 --> 1:13:09.439 is terrible, Kaishawn Butte has not been active since Week one, 1:13:09.800 --> 1:13:12.720 and Hunter Henry is not fully healthy right now. So 1:13:12.840 --> 1:13:15.559 this is a great, great situation. Plus people out there, 1:13:15.560 --> 1:13:18.120 I don't think realize this. The Patriots are top twelve 1:13:18.120 --> 1:13:21.439 in the NFL in both neutral pace and pass rate 1:13:21.479 --> 1:13:24.960 in neutral game scripts, so pretty good if you're going 1:13:24.960 --> 1:13:27.599 to lead the team in wide receiver targets. Last week, 1:13:27.640 --> 1:13:30.840 Douglas had a twenty eight point six percent first read share, 1:13:31.200 --> 1:13:33.920 even though Bourne played sixty percent of this snap. 1:13:33.880 --> 1:13:34.920 Was on the field for a bunch of that. 1:13:35.200 --> 1:13:38.800 So Douglas has been he's been ascending, ascending, and now 1:13:38.840 --> 1:13:40.480 here comes this huge opportunity. 1:13:40.680 --> 1:13:42.519 He is the Patriots new wide receiver one. 1:13:42.600 --> 1:13:45.719 As charge had mentioned before, but as of Friday morning, 1:13:45.960 --> 1:13:48.720 Douglas is still only owned in twenty six percent of 1:13:48.840 --> 1:13:52.280 Yahoo leagues, even though an awesome matchup is on deck 1:13:52.320 --> 1:13:55.719 for him, sign him ahead of the Washington game since 1:13:55.760 --> 1:13:58.639 week six, Chargs went into this a bit before. Since 1:13:58.680 --> 1:14:01.960 week six, Washington has allowed the fourth highest points per 1:14:02.000 --> 1:14:05.280 game per target and the third most receiving yards to 1:14:05.479 --> 1:14:08.920 opposing slots. And like Churchard's mentioning before, they don't have 1:14:08.960 --> 1:14:11.000 a pass rusher anymore because they traded both. 1:14:10.840 --> 1:14:11.679 Their stud edges. 1:14:11.840 --> 1:14:14.200 Yes, go and pick up to Mario pop Douglas. 1:14:14.400 --> 1:14:18.400 His nickname's pop, but you called him bursty. Now if 1:14:18.920 --> 1:14:22.240 he's bursty, should his nickname be pop or polop? 1:14:22.800 --> 1:14:23.720 Oh? 1:14:23.720 --> 1:14:28.800 Wow, that snows, that's very gross, gross, Robb. 1:14:28.840 --> 1:14:32.320 He's not happy, though, sticking more along the lines of 1:14:32.400 --> 1:14:34.800 like popcorn and you went the gross way. 1:14:34.880 --> 1:14:35.840 We went pull up on that. 1:14:36.640 --> 1:14:39.839 If I asked you to name the top five rookie 1:14:39.880 --> 1:14:44.240 wide receivers in yards, I don't think anybody would guess. 1:14:45.120 --> 1:14:47.080 Arizona Cardinal rookie. 1:14:46.840 --> 1:14:51.679 Michael Wilson is in that top five. Grannity's fifth. Still 1:14:51.880 --> 1:14:55.400 fifty yards per game, very solid on the field constantly, 1:14:55.439 --> 1:14:58.240 he has almost as many snaps and routes run as 1:14:58.320 --> 1:14:59.040 Marquise Brown. 1:14:59.080 --> 1:14:59.960 He's learning on the job. 1:15:00.560 --> 1:15:03.360 Wilson's got room for improvement as he continues to get experience. 1:15:03.400 --> 1:15:06.320 But also you get the upgraded quarterback Kyle Murrays. Kyler 1:15:06.360 --> 1:15:10.200 Murrays coming back not this week, maybe next week, and 1:15:10.479 --> 1:15:12.720 he's and Michael Wilson's dealing with a shoulder injury. So 1:15:12.720 --> 1:15:14.600 this is not a move for like next You know 1:15:14.640 --> 1:15:17.599 you don't have to do that today, but I think 1:15:17.600 --> 1:15:19.719 you're gonna want him on your roster down the stretch. 1:15:19.720 --> 1:15:21.719 If you haven't watched Cardinals football, and I hope you haven't, 1:15:23.080 --> 1:15:27.559 you've missed a bigger, physical receiver with excellent body control 1:15:27.840 --> 1:15:31.479 in Michael Wilson. And he earned his master's degree from 1:15:31.560 --> 1:15:35.360 Stanford from Stanford before entering the draft, and his aunt 1:15:35.400 --> 1:15:37.879 Marine played soccer for the New England World. 1:15:37.680 --> 1:15:40.200 Cup, Smart kitting a very good route runner as well. 1:15:40.520 --> 1:15:44.599 Coming out at six two sixteen. Michael Wilson had ninety 1:15:44.680 --> 1:15:48.680 fourth percentile size adjusted athleticism and the really cool thing 1:15:48.680 --> 1:15:50.519 about him that caught my eye when I was down 1:15:50.520 --> 1:15:54.679 a mobile for the Senior Bowl last January, regardless of position, 1:15:54.800 --> 1:15:56.960 every player that was there they have this Zebra tracking 1:15:57.040 --> 1:15:58.880 on them so they can get all this advanced testing 1:15:58.920 --> 1:15:59.559 metrics on him. 1:15:59.600 --> 1:16:01.959 Ye, only two players out of the entire. 1:16:01.760 --> 1:16:05.400 Group again regardless of position, finished top fifteen in max 1:16:05.439 --> 1:16:08.599 speed by the Zebra system and top five in max 1:16:08.720 --> 1:16:12.880 deceleration amongst the whole group. Trey Palmer, which makes sense, 1:16:12.920 --> 1:16:16.960 Trey Palmer black water lax ball scales, but he's extremely athletic. 1:16:17.200 --> 1:16:20.200 The second one was Michael Wilson, who weighed almost two 1:16:20.240 --> 1:16:23.719 hundred and twenty pounds right utter disregard for human life. 1:16:23.760 --> 1:16:27.800 Going into roundbreaks, you constantly see the cornerback trying to 1:16:27.800 --> 1:16:29.759 stop with him and then they just like skid. 1:16:29.880 --> 1:16:32.800 It becomes like a cartoon or whatever. I really like 1:16:32.840 --> 1:16:33.240 his game. 1:16:33.320 --> 1:16:35.320 The only reason he fell down to the third round 1:16:35.400 --> 1:16:38.400 was because he ran a four to five to eight forty. 1:16:38.680 --> 1:16:41.400 Some of that is mitigated by the others up the deceleration, 1:16:41.560 --> 1:16:43.880 the agility, the footwork, different stuff like that. And he 1:16:43.920 --> 1:16:46.879 only played fourteen games over his last three seasons at Stanford, 1:16:46.960 --> 1:16:49.320 but whenever he was on the field, he did absolute 1:16:49.400 --> 1:16:51.240 damage to some of the Pac twelve's best teams. 1:16:51.400 --> 1:16:52.719 Really like that call, charge. 1:16:52.680 --> 1:16:54.920 Michael will This is like your all time low right 1:16:54.920 --> 1:16:59.439 now to buy on Michael Wilson, especially Dynasty leagues, Empire leagues. Yeah, 1:17:00.160 --> 1:17:03.720 great time to buy on Michael Wilson. Buffalo takes on 1:17:03.760 --> 1:17:06.040 the Cincinnati Bengals. This is the rematch of last year's 1:17:06.040 --> 1:17:10.400 playoff game, which was decided by Cincinnati. Stefan Digg's obvious a, 1:17:10.720 --> 1:17:12.519 but let's talry about some of the other receivers. Gabe 1:17:12.600 --> 1:17:15.400 Davis coming off a huge game and he's always a 1:17:15.439 --> 1:17:18.519 deep threat now. Fortunately, Cincinnati is allowing the third most 1:17:18.640 --> 1:17:22.720 yards per reception fifteen yards per reception running on the outside. 1:17:22.880 --> 1:17:26.160 He's going to face rookie corner DJ Turner and Cam 1:17:26.280 --> 1:17:30.400 Taylor Britt. Turner has only seen seventeen NFL passes in 1:17:30.439 --> 1:17:34.200 his life. Taylor BRIT's giving up a whopping eighteen yards 1:17:34.560 --> 1:17:38.920 per reception in his coverage. Gabe Davis the Boomer Bust Guide, 1:17:38.920 --> 1:17:40.800 this feels a lot more like Boom and a B 1:17:40.960 --> 1:17:44.840 grade on Gabe Davis. Dalton Kincaid comes in with a 1:17:44.880 --> 1:17:47.680 B grade. Everything we hope for with Dawson knocks out 1:17:47.720 --> 1:17:51.080 came to fruition last week, vaulting volume. Now, the last 1:17:51.120 --> 1:17:53.719 two weeks were his biggest target weeks of his career. 1:17:53.960 --> 1:17:57.160 Scored his first touchdown last week. He leads the position 1:17:57.320 --> 1:18:02.000 in reliability. Dalton Kincaid has a ninety percent catch rate 1:18:02.160 --> 1:18:06.680 on the season. Only George Kittle's top fifty yards against Cincinnati, 1:18:06.720 --> 1:18:09.120 but they have allowed the second most tight end scores. 1:18:09.560 --> 1:18:13.400 Dalton Kincaid B. Great love, Dalton kad. Yeah, this is 1:18:13.439 --> 1:18:15.960 gonna be a nice beginning of a very nice career 1:18:15.960 --> 1:18:18.519 for Dalton Kinkame. Yes, So I've given you an A 1:18:18.680 --> 1:18:21.760 and two b's for the receiving options for Josh Allen, 1:18:21.800 --> 1:18:23.360 so obviously I like him a lot. He's an A 1:18:23.439 --> 1:18:26.120 grade here you would expect as much. I've already talked 1:18:26.160 --> 1:18:28.759 about the passing. Let me mention this about the rushing. 1:18:28.800 --> 1:18:32.040 Opposing quarterbacks have had a lot of success on the 1:18:32.040 --> 1:18:36.759 ground against the Bengals, Deshaun Watson, Lamar Jackson, Brock Purdy 1:18:37.080 --> 1:18:40.519 all topped forty five rushing yards, So Josh Allen should 1:18:40.520 --> 1:18:42.559 be able to help you on the air, through the air, 1:18:42.600 --> 1:18:45.000 and on the ground. James Cook comes out of the 1:18:45.080 --> 1:18:47.800 C grade. The Bills have the third best run block 1:18:47.840 --> 1:18:50.519 win rate, which is great. The Bengals allow the ninth 1:18:50.600 --> 1:18:52.960 most rushing yards per game to opposing backs. That's also 1:18:52.960 --> 1:18:57.040 good news. On the sixth highest per carry average of 1:18:57.040 --> 1:18:59.880 four and a half yards per carry against. And the 1:19:00.120 --> 1:19:02.080 great thing about James Cook he never gets eight men 1:19:02.120 --> 1:19:03.800 in the box because teams can't afford to do that. 1:19:04.000 --> 1:19:07.000 Only eleven percent of his rushing attempts have eight men 1:19:07.040 --> 1:19:10.120 in the box. The problem with Cook and what always 1:19:10.240 --> 1:19:13.400 limits his upside is the touchdowns. This is exactly what 1:19:13.479 --> 1:19:16.559 we talked about in the preseason and that's the concern here. 1:19:16.760 --> 1:19:20.000 Just three carries from inside the five yard line all year, 1:19:20.520 --> 1:19:24.800 while other players on the Bills have sixteen carries from 1:19:24.800 --> 1:19:27.680 inside the five yard line. That's why James Cook can 1:19:27.720 --> 1:19:30.160 only get up to a C grade. Here, Latavius Murray's 1:19:30.160 --> 1:19:32.120 on the bench, He's seen five or fewer carries in 1:19:32.160 --> 1:19:34.439 five of the last six games. Not enough usage and 1:19:34.840 --> 1:19:40.280 Leo Fournette is donez. Let's go to the Cincinnati side. 1:19:41.520 --> 1:19:42.880 I want to start with the running game and Joe 1:19:42.960 --> 1:19:45.400 Mixon with a B grade, one of the more favorable 1:19:45.400 --> 1:19:48.680 opportunities of his entire year. Mixon had one hundred and 1:19:48.680 --> 1:19:51.519 twenty three total yards in the playoff win last year 1:19:51.520 --> 1:19:54.200 when these teams met. The Bills have the tenth worst 1:19:54.439 --> 1:19:57.200 run defense grade per Pro Football Focus, and that bite 1:19:57.280 --> 1:20:00.080 might be why they signed lynbal Joseph this week. The 1:20:00.080 --> 1:20:02.960 Bills allow one hundred and forty two total yards per 1:20:03.040 --> 1:20:06.360 game to opposing running backs. That is sixth most, mixing 1:20:06.400 --> 1:20:08.400 facing eight or more defenders in the box and only 1:20:08.400 --> 1:20:10.639 ten percent of his rushing attempts. That's also good news 1:20:10.640 --> 1:20:13.200 for Mixon, so B grade here. Let's go to the 1:20:13.200 --> 1:20:16.200 passing game, where Jamar Chase is an obvious a T. 1:20:16.400 --> 1:20:19.559 Higgins comes in with a C grade. So for Higgins season, 1:20:19.880 --> 1:20:22.519 first he was injured and then Burrow is also injured 1:20:22.680 --> 1:20:25.360 a lot of that overlap and then lately suffering from 1:20:25.400 --> 1:20:29.320 a case of Jamar Chase itis because Chase is getting 1:20:29.320 --> 1:20:32.160 all the work and huge target loads, so that means 1:20:32.240 --> 1:20:35.000 Higgins only seeing six targets per game over the last month. 1:20:35.720 --> 1:20:38.920 But the good news is kyer Elam is out to 1:20:39.080 --> 1:20:42.640 Davius White is out from the secondary for Buffalo. That 1:20:42.680 --> 1:20:45.120 means Higgins's going to see a lot of backup grade 1:20:45.200 --> 1:20:48.240 coverage and that includes Dan Jackson allowing an opposing passer 1:20:48.320 --> 1:20:50.280 rating of one hundred and seventeen. So we're gonna keep 1:20:50.320 --> 1:20:52.400 starting t Higgins hope for better times than a C 1:20:52.560 --> 1:20:56.360 grade for him. Tyler Boyd comes in with a C 1:20:56.560 --> 1:20:59.439 grade after a very slow start to the season. He's 1:20:59.479 --> 1:21:03.360 got touchdowns and back to back games. Buffalo's slot corner 1:21:03.400 --> 1:21:06.759 tarn Johnson used to be good, but he's really slumped badly. 1:21:07.080 --> 1:21:09.599 He's allowed three scores in the past two games. He's 1:21:09.640 --> 1:21:12.760 also giving up a whopping eighty seven percent catch rate 1:21:12.800 --> 1:21:16.000 in his coverage. I like Tyler Boyd here, so I've 1:21:16.040 --> 1:21:18.439 given you positive grades on all these receivers, so I 1:21:18.479 --> 1:21:22.040 must like Joe Burrow. His last three games three touchdowns, 1:21:22.120 --> 1:21:25.080 two touchdowns and three touchdowns, and I think multiple touchdowns 1:21:25.080 --> 1:21:27.400 are coming here as well. The Bills have not allowed 1:21:27.479 --> 1:21:30.559 multiple touchdown passes in their last six but over the 1:21:30.600 --> 1:21:34.639 last two weeks They've surrendered multiple scores to mac Jones 1:21:34.680 --> 1:21:39.280 and Baker Mayfield. The Bills are now short the two 1:21:39.320 --> 1:21:40.679 starting quarterbacks that I mentioned. 1:21:40.720 --> 1:21:43.200 All of that roll together. Joe Burrow comes in with 1:21:43.240 --> 1:21:43.800 an A grade here. 1:21:43.840 --> 1:21:45.800 A little bit worried about a good Bill's pass rush, 1:21:45.840 --> 1:21:49.280 but other than that, I like Joe Burrow and his opportunities. 1:21:49.400 --> 1:21:54.879 This week our final matchup Thoor Seattle taking on Baltimore. 1:21:54.960 --> 1:21:56.760 Is that the Sunday or is that the Monday night game? 1:21:56.880 --> 1:21:59.280 I'm trying to remember, not the Monday. It's the Monday. 1:22:00.160 --> 1:22:02.280 Must be the Sunday night game. Usually we have Sunday 1:22:02.360 --> 1:22:05.120 or Monday as the last game. Seattle Seahawks Baltimore Ravens. 1:22:05.120 --> 1:22:08.479 He already talked about Zach Sharbonay. Why don't we pivot 1:22:08.520 --> 1:22:11.160 to Let's pivot to Kenneth Walker. Let's go to the 1:22:11.200 --> 1:22:12.559 other side of that running back line. 1:22:12.640 --> 1:22:14.720 Yeah, Kenneth Walker, I'm gonna give him a grade A 1:22:14.840 --> 1:22:18.160 B was not on the injury report this week, but 1:22:18.280 --> 1:22:21.120 last week's calf injury does concern me. It led to 1:22:21.160 --> 1:22:24.760 a season low snapshare for Kenneth Walker, which allowed Zach 1:22:24.800 --> 1:22:27.559 Sharbonay to lead the backfield with fifty nine percent of 1:22:27.560 --> 1:22:29.960 the snap season high for him. Like we were talking about before, 1:22:30.360 --> 1:22:33.040 Walker is a B greade for me in this one 1:22:33.120 --> 1:22:35.800 versus the middle of the road Ravens run defense. But 1:22:35.840 --> 1:22:38.479 again you have to keep in mind that the last 1:22:38.479 --> 1:22:40.479 week thing could happen again. We'll have to see on that, 1:22:40.560 --> 1:22:43.600 but I am bullish about it. If he does. But 1:22:43.840 --> 1:22:47.000 if yeah, so both both those guys I think are 1:22:47.040 --> 1:22:49.760 startable the passing game for Seattle Gino Smith, I'm gonna 1:22:49.760 --> 1:22:52.519 give him a CE quarterback twenty one in fantasy points 1:22:52.520 --> 1:22:54.680 per game this year, but not a great matchup. The 1:22:54.760 --> 1:22:57.200 Ravens have allowed the lowest yards per attempt and the 1:22:57.240 --> 1:23:00.760 second fewest passing touchdowns to oppose quarterbacks. 1:23:01.520 --> 1:23:02.840 Good news for Gino Smith though. 1:23:02.880 --> 1:23:06.040 Today Tyler Lockett and DK Metcalf both cleared off the 1:23:06.040 --> 1:23:09.799 injury report. I'm gonna give a beat to Tyler Lockett. 1:23:10.200 --> 1:23:12.599 Tyler Lockett is a guy who cooks against zone coverage. 1:23:12.600 --> 1:23:15.400 Like we talked about some this fall. Baltimore is his 1:23:15.520 --> 1:23:18.760 zone heavy team. Lockett leads Seattle with a twenty point 1:23:18.840 --> 1:23:22.280 seven percent target share thirty five percent air yard share 1:23:22.400 --> 1:23:25.679 against zone. DK Metcalf is the guy whose usage goes 1:23:25.720 --> 1:23:26.519 down against zone. 1:23:26.560 --> 1:23:28.040 He's more the man beaters. 1:23:28.080 --> 1:23:30.479 So in this game, we're gonna give dk ac wide 1:23:30.520 --> 1:23:33.120 receiver twenty seven so far this year. But again not 1:23:33.200 --> 1:23:35.240 the best matchup because of the type of coverage that 1:23:35.280 --> 1:23:39.000 the Ravens like to use. Versus zone, dk Metcalf's target 1:23:39.040 --> 1:23:42.000 share shrinks all the way down to eighteen percent. It's 1:23:42.200 --> 1:23:45.320 over twenty two percent in the aggregate and even way 1:23:45.400 --> 1:23:48.320 higher than that. When he's going against man coverage, you're 1:23:48.320 --> 1:23:50.519 gonna bench Jackson Smith and Jig Bute. You're gonna bench 1:23:50.560 --> 1:23:55.600 Seattle's tight ends. Moving over to the Ravens, Zay Flowers 1:23:55.600 --> 1:23:58.960 disappointing game last week, but could could potentially get a 1:23:58.960 --> 1:24:01.240 bounce back here. But it is a tough matchup For 1:24:01.280 --> 1:24:03.719 that reason, I have to give him a c. Flowers 1:24:03.840 --> 1:24:06.439 is top twenty in deep targets and also red zone 1:24:06.439 --> 1:24:07.959 targets so far this year. 1:24:07.800 --> 1:24:08.439 And I did. 1:24:08.479 --> 1:24:11.479 I was worried he was going to be slot guy, 1:24:11.720 --> 1:24:15.200 middle of the field stuff Dell type use there used 1:24:15.400 --> 1:24:17.240 all over the field all over, not having that big 1:24:17.280 --> 1:24:18.000 body type. 1:24:17.880 --> 1:24:20.639 Including the deep stuff. Yeah, so kind of crazy. Seattle 1:24:20.680 --> 1:24:23.400 runs more zone coverage than any team in the NFL, 1:24:23.439 --> 1:24:26.599 eighty five percent of the snap Seattle's coverages, Flowers has 1:24:26.720 --> 1:24:28.840 killed zone so far this year. He has over a 1:24:28.880 --> 1:24:32.000 thirty percent air yard share with two with more than 1:24:32.040 --> 1:24:35.080 two yards per route run against zone. But he does 1:24:35.120 --> 1:24:38.479 have to face off against the young stud outside Seattle 1:24:38.520 --> 1:24:41.400 cornerbacks Devin Witherspoon and Tarik Wallen. So that's why I 1:24:41.439 --> 1:24:44.200 downgraded him to a sea. I'm benching all the Ravens 1:24:44.240 --> 1:24:47.080 other wide receivers because the other passing usage is going 1:24:47.120 --> 1:24:49.839 to mister Mark Andrews. I'm gonna give him a bee. 1:24:50.280 --> 1:24:54.439 He's tight enders Mark Andrews. Yeah, he tight end two 1:24:54.479 --> 1:24:58.559 in fantasy. Yeah. Seattle is generous to opposing tight ends. 1:24:58.560 --> 1:25:01.040 They've allowed the six highest yards reception to tight ends 1:25:01.080 --> 1:25:05.360 despite the fifth fewest targets. Face the Ravens, I think 1:25:05.400 --> 1:25:08.120 will try to avoid Seattle's boundary quarterbacks, leading to some 1:25:08.160 --> 1:25:09.280 more Andrews targets. 1:25:09.280 --> 1:25:11.479 So why only the be here not the A Andrews 1:25:11.560 --> 1:25:12.280 is red hot. 1:25:12.400 --> 1:25:15.360 Yeah, I'm a little concerned about the Seattle the way 1:25:15.400 --> 1:25:18.360 that they match up against the Ravens offense, So I 1:25:18.600 --> 1:25:20.760 think that could depreciate some of the passing yards for 1:25:20.840 --> 1:25:21.519 Lamar Jackson. 1:25:21.520 --> 1:25:21.640 Here. 1:25:21.720 --> 1:25:23.800 Lamar Jackson, who's been great. That's why I give Lamar 1:25:23.920 --> 1:25:26.640 only a B in this game. Enters quarterback five and 1:25:26.760 --> 1:25:29.400 Fantasy number two in Fantasy points per dropback. 1:25:29.439 --> 1:25:30.759 But like I mentioned, tough matchup. 1:25:30.920 --> 1:25:34.519 Seattle allows the second fewest Fantasy points passing since Week 1:25:34.560 --> 1:25:35.479 four of this season. 1:25:35.880 --> 1:25:36.880 Last guy here for you guys. 1:25:36.880 --> 1:25:39.040 Gus Edwards given him a great to see the Gus 1:25:39.040 --> 1:25:41.960 buss last week twenty one touches ninety four total yes, 1:25:42.280 --> 1:25:46.840 five tuddies, three tons in the breakout game. He's averaging 1:25:47.000 --> 1:25:49.959 almost seventy two total yards per game since Week two. 1:25:50.040 --> 1:25:52.280 But of course he does split work with Justice Hill. 1:25:52.800 --> 1:25:55.200 But then again, Gus gets all the red zone work, 1:25:55.320 --> 1:25:58.200 and when the Ravens offense is human, obviously that pays 1:25:58.240 --> 1:26:01.760 fantasy dividends. Like we saw last week, thirteen red zone 1:26:01.800 --> 1:26:04.360 touches the last three games for Gus Edwards and again 1:26:04.479 --> 1:26:07.120 you're seeing that starting to flower out and manifest like 1:26:07.240 --> 1:26:10.360 last week. But not the best matchup here. Seattle has 1:26:10.400 --> 1:26:12.320 been solid in the trenches so far this year with 1:26:12.360 --> 1:26:14.280 the eighth highest stuff rate. They did a good job 1:26:14.320 --> 1:26:16.800 trying to rebuild that defensive line over the offseason and 1:26:16.840 --> 1:26:18.360 that's paying some dividends for Seattle. 1:26:18.880 --> 1:26:21.400 By the way, the Monday night game was the Chargers Jets, 1:26:21.400 --> 1:26:22.679 and that was the first one we did. 1:26:22.800 --> 1:26:23.439 Wow, that was. 1:26:25.439 --> 1:26:28.200 Weird how that worked out. We don't normally do that 1:26:28.280 --> 1:26:28.800 around here. 1:26:28.880 --> 1:26:30.400 Maybe we should maybe. 1:26:30.200 --> 1:26:34.120 Yeah, reverse order, yeah, reverse chronolog So we went the 1:26:34.120 --> 1:26:34.760 Monday night or. 1:26:34.800 --> 1:26:38.800 In Seattle Baltimore is a one pm kickoff Eastern time. 1:26:39.400 --> 1:26:41.400 We started with the Monday night and then the next 1:26:41.400 --> 1:26:45.280 one was the six am Pacific time start Frankfurt. 1:26:45.960 --> 1:26:47.960 Keeping them on their Yeah, where are we going to 1:26:48.040 --> 1:26:49.280 go next? Yeah? 1:26:49.400 --> 1:26:49.760 Never know. 1:26:49.920 --> 1:26:52.240 Thank you for listening Fantasy Football Weekly. We encourage you 1:26:52.240 --> 1:26:54.200 to check out all my player rankings SKIA teen leagues 1:26:54.240 --> 1:26:55.519 dot com, and at least for a few more weeks, 1:26:55.560 --> 1:26:57.360 we're still creating brand new leagues. 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