WEBVTT - Climbing Up That Hill 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:03.880 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:05.960 --> 0:00:09.800 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 0:00:10.280 --> 0:00:14.080 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and 0:00:14.160 --> 0:00:22.920 advice League dot Com. Here's your host. Welcome to Fantasy 0:00:22.920 --> 0:00:25.680 Football Weekly. I'm Paul Charchy and my co host today 0:00:25.840 --> 0:00:30.319 are Scott Fish and Matt Harrison. Hello, gentlemen, let's go 0:00:30.320 --> 0:00:34.320 down charts treatings. We are near the playoffs, nearing the playoffs, 0:00:34.320 --> 0:00:38.800 and that means that every game means that much more. Yes, 0:00:39.200 --> 0:00:41.599 except for the people who are way out of playoff contention. 0:00:41.640 --> 0:00:44.600 They're not listening now, they're out, they're not listening anyway, 0:00:44.680 --> 0:00:46.519 so we're not even talking to them. So just to 0:00:46.600 --> 0:00:49.920 you guys who are listening, our stuff means a lot, 0:00:50.120 --> 0:00:52.199 that's right. You know, if you're a three win operation 0:00:52.280 --> 0:00:56.680 at this stage, you're not listening to this podcast. Maybe maybe, 0:00:56.680 --> 0:00:58.720 I mean they should, And you know, really, that's one 0:00:58.720 --> 0:01:00.760 of the beauties of the Guillotine League. When you get chopped, 0:01:01.040 --> 0:01:03.800 you don't have to pretend you care, like you know, 0:01:03.840 --> 0:01:06.240 you got a three win team right now in December, 0:01:06.720 --> 0:01:09.160 you don't care, but you have to go through the 0:01:09.319 --> 0:01:12.200 charade that you care. I should really make like a 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:15.720 waiver wire move because I've moved two guys on I 0:01:15.760 --> 0:01:18.039 try to put in a starting line up. Yeah, I 0:01:18.120 --> 0:01:20.640 was in two this year. One I'm still in and 0:01:20.720 --> 0:01:24.760 the other one cut in week one. Wow. The truth is, 0:01:24.959 --> 0:01:27.119 you cannot lose in the Gay Team League. I've talked 0:01:27.160 --> 0:01:29.120 about this for to three years? Are you kidding? You 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:32.679 cannot lose. You either win or you either win the 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:36.360 guille Team League or you win extra free times. It's 0:01:36.520 --> 0:01:39.120 a bonus win win. You can't lose. I love it. 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:41.240 Of the course of the show, we're gonna break down 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:43.920 all the matchups fantasy style with letter grades and all 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:46.240 the players that matter. Will take a chance on nine 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:49.200 different players. We'll answer three tough questions, and as we 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:52.920 usually do in December, we will retire premature speculation. But 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:55.840 we're gonna fill that time by giving you some of 0:01:55.960 --> 0:02:01.240 our favorite Dynasty Empire League stashes instead. There we go, 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:04.280 so we'll we'll you'll still get some good data out 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:06.160 of that. In the final segment of the show, we 0:02:06.200 --> 0:02:09.440 begin with the Cardinals taking on the Bears. Matt and 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:12.320 Kyler Murray expected to be back at the Helm for 0:02:12.360 --> 0:02:16.320 this one. Yeah, it's still a really weird gross game. Though. 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:19.160 Kyler Murray and DeAndre Hopkins I kind of lump them together. 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:22.320 Both have been limited in practice, Murray with the ankle, 0:02:22.360 --> 0:02:25.880 Hopkins with the hammy. Both are reported as moving around 0:02:26.000 --> 0:02:28.920 pretty well. Uh, Kyler, like you said, looks like he's 0:02:28.919 --> 0:02:31.280 going to play. Easier for him to overcome an ankle 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:34.520 injury than a hamstring for DeAndre Hopkins. So I'll give 0:02:34.600 --> 0:02:37.720 Kyler a B grade. Here is Chicago's past defense has 0:02:37.760 --> 0:02:41.560 actually been okay. If for some reason, Kyler does not go, 0:02:41.760 --> 0:02:46.320 we downgrade all of the receivers a full letter grade here. Conversely, 0:02:46.440 --> 0:02:50.600 if DeAndre Hopkins is active, I'm also going to downgrade 0:02:50.639 --> 0:02:53.280 all the wide receivers a full letter grade. So like 0:02:53.520 --> 0:02:55.680 if I gave Christian Kirk a B right now and 0:02:55.760 --> 0:02:58.440 both are and Hopkins was active and Kyler was not, 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:01.480 Christian Kirk would be on the bench. Here's how we 0:03:01.520 --> 0:03:05.480 do it. Christian Kirk gets a sea after after all that, 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:08.760 the Bears have bad corners, but the best dish has 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:11.720 been Xavier Crawford, who operates from the slot. That's where 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:14.720 Kirk spends three quarters of his time. A J green, 0:03:14.760 --> 0:03:16.520 I'll throw a se on as well, he'll mostly line 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:19.240 up against Artie Burns, who covered for the injured Duke 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:22.239 Shelley last week and allowed fifty five yards in a 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:24.480 score in his coverage. And I think they finally have 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:28.919 benched Kindle vildor. Yeah, he's a starter, which is too 0:03:28.919 --> 0:03:31.600 bad because we love picking on him every show. I 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:34.920 think we just love to say Kindle. Oh, yeah, he's 0:03:34.920 --> 0:03:36.880 an open and shut book. And you know we've had 0:03:37.080 --> 0:03:41.120 every every possible I think book reference. Yeah. Uh. A. J. 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:43.240 Green has seen at least five targets and four of 0:03:43.280 --> 0:03:45.440 his last five games as well. And ron Dale Moore 0:03:45.560 --> 0:03:48.720 he saw eleven targets in Week eleven with Hopkins out, 0:03:48.800 --> 0:03:51.520 but that was kind of the season outlier on him. 0:03:51.520 --> 0:03:53.360 I'll throw a C grade on him, seeing is how 0:03:53.360 --> 0:03:57.320 we can downgrade it to bench if Hopkins place zach Ertz, 0:03:57.320 --> 0:04:00.160 I'll give him a C grade as well. In san 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:02.560 zach Ertz played against the Bears and had one hundred 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:05.960 and three yards and a score. In twenty nineteen, Zackert's 0:04:05.960 --> 0:04:07.920 played against the Bears and had one hundred and three 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:10.840 yards and a score. It is an odd number years, 0:04:10.840 --> 0:04:14.280 so hundred and three yards of the score right here. Uh, 0:04:14.360 --> 0:04:17.479 so the Bears have been They've been okay against the 0:04:17.480 --> 0:04:20.479 tight end there, ranking in top ten interceptions, yards and 0:04:20.520 --> 0:04:23.760 touchdowns allowed to the tight end, so they've been pretty good. Uh. Finally, 0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:26.320 Chase Edmunds still on i R with the ankle injury. 0:04:26.440 --> 0:04:28.839 James Conner should see at least fifteen carries in this 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:30.960 game so we can safely put him on a touchdown to. 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:33.760 Since Week five, the Bears have allowed to touch down 0:04:33.800 --> 0:04:35.760 to every running back who has had at least fifteen 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:38.560 carries in a game, except for Jamal Williams and Thanksgiving 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:41.640 last week, so Connor gets a B on the Bear side. 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:45.240 It's really gross. Justin fields just downgraded to doubtful on Friday, 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:49.200 meaning that Andy Dalton is going to probably start in 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:52.839 this one. You should not start him against the Cardinals 0:04:52.880 --> 0:04:55.400 who are only allowing two hundred one yards and one 0:04:55.440 --> 0:04:59.080 touchdown a game to opposing quarterbacks and almost all of 0:04:59.120 --> 0:05:02.440 his wide receivers are hurt. Alan Robinson hasn't practiced this 0:05:02.480 --> 0:05:06.440 week with a hamstrings. Marquis Goodwin didn't practice Wednesday with 0:05:06.680 --> 0:05:09.320 rib and foot injuries. Cole Commett didn't go either with 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:12.919 a groin injury. Darnell Mooney is the only one you 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:16.719 can really play. He gets just a C grade. The 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:19.400 Cards are allowing the fifth fewest receptions and yards to 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:21.920 opposing wide receivers though, so it's just a C grade 0:05:21.920 --> 0:05:25.000 for Mooney. And finally David Montgomery, he gets the Scott 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:33.000 Fish volume C. Yeah, the only hope for the Bears 0:05:33.080 --> 0:05:35.320 is to hold the time of possession. The good news 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:38.520 the Cards are allowing four point seven yards per carry 0:05:38.560 --> 0:05:41.200 on the year. The bad news the Cards have only 0:05:41.240 --> 0:05:44.080 allowed four touchdowns all season two runners, and the game 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:46.880 scripts have not favored runners all years. The Cards are 0:05:46.960 --> 0:05:49.800 only seeing an average of seventeen rushing attempts per game. 0:05:51.080 --> 0:05:53.599 All right, let's go to the Giants taking on the Dolphins. 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:57.520 This is a brutal game with fel like I feel 0:05:57.520 --> 0:05:59.359 like every one of my matchups, by the way, I'm like, 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:03.760 oh god started until you get the Giants. Dolphins, start 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:09.200 the Dolphins defense, Well, you actually do start defense. Giants 0:06:09.200 --> 0:06:12.400 are gonna be without their starting quarterbacks and two receivers 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:14.920 in this game. And there's nobody in the passing game 0:06:14.960 --> 0:06:19.599 to play here, absolutely none, absolutely none. If if you 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:22.400 are really in a penchion, need to take a dart, 0:06:22.440 --> 0:06:24.960 throw it might be Tony because he got thirteen targets 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:27.280 from Glennon and the last one if he goes. If 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:31.080 he goes, he's it's not expected to play. So uh yeah, 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:34.400 and Shepherd's not expected to play. He had like Miami's terrible, 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:36.600 gets a slot and he's not gonna go. Like there 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:39.760 were options, just it just didn't come together for the Giants. 0:06:39.800 --> 0:06:42.880 Nothing in the passing game. Barkley, I am giving the 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:45.599 B grade too, though they they leaned on the run 0:06:45.680 --> 0:06:49.200 heavily in that other Glennon game, giving over twenty I 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:51.400 think it was twenty four touches to the running backs. 0:06:51.760 --> 0:06:53.880 Uh and Glennon only passed it twenty five times in 0:06:53.920 --> 0:06:56.680 that in that first the first Glenning game. So I'm 0:06:56.720 --> 0:06:59.480 giving Barkley a B grade here. He has ten catches 0:06:59.760 --> 0:07:03.280 in a two games back. Um, I saw this. I 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:05.400 saw the stat the other day. Barkley hasn't topped six 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:12.800 yards rushing since twenty nineteen, that by the way, and yes, 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:20.480 seven yards by the way. I tweeted it this week, 0:07:20.560 --> 0:07:22.840 so I thought he hasn't. It's been since Week four 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:26.320 since he scored a touchdown. It's been since since he's tapped. 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:30.160 I think with the volume plus the likelihood of four 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:32.080 to five catches, I gotta be great on him, though. 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:35.960 That's you're way more optimistic than I am. I am. Actually, 0:07:36.000 --> 0:07:38.640 I OpEd it with I feel better about it with Glennon, 0:07:38.680 --> 0:07:42.640 and then I would have with Daniel Jones. Uh on 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:44.800 the two on the Miami side. On the two A side, 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:47.240 I'm given to a C grete. The Giants held out 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:50.480 Hurts last week, but he was hurt a little. And uh, 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:52.840 they've they've been more than more like middle of the 0:07:52.920 --> 0:07:55.520 road defense against quarterbacks over the last six two has 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:59.000 looked really solid. Uh. He's second in the NFL in 0:07:59.040 --> 0:08:02.040 a completion person manage over that span. UM. In those 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:04.280 six games, he has twelve touchdowns, so two per game, 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:07.120 averaging about two and fifty yards per game. Uh. If 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:10.000 Gaskin would stop taking wildcat snaps at the goal line, 0:08:10.400 --> 0:08:12.160 maybe two, it would get a few more points. But 0:08:12.200 --> 0:08:15.560 I gotta c grade on him a grade for Jalen Waddle, 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:17.920 it's hard not to give him his due at this point. 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:20.480 He's on pace to break An Kwon Bolden's rookie record 0:08:20.520 --> 0:08:24.120 for receptions. He's averaging about nine targets, six catches, seventy 0:08:24.120 --> 0:08:27.600 five yards per game. With Parker and Fuller unlikely to 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:29.640 play as well, he's still going to be just about 0:08:29.680 --> 0:08:31.920 the only guy in town. Uh So, I do have 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:34.240 an A grade on Waddle. I just think double digit targets. 0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:38.480 Waddle is entering Rookie of the Year conversations right now, 0:08:38.640 --> 0:08:43.920 and Jamaar Chase is handing that five games have not 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:48.280 been spectacular for Chase. Uh Gasicky, I have a C 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:51.360 grade on him. He had a quiet day against Carolina 0:08:51.440 --> 0:08:53.920 last week and what should have been a decent spot 0:08:54.240 --> 0:08:57.600 Becausecki basically plays jumper wide receiver a jumble wide receiver 0:08:57.720 --> 0:09:00.640 role and had forty eight plus yard in the five 0:09:00.760 --> 0:09:04.439 previous games to that, Giants just gave up really really 0:09:04.480 --> 0:09:07.480 good days to Gronk and waller Um and they're they're 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:11.080 mostly average against the position. Obviously grade there. In the 0:09:11.160 --> 0:09:13.880 running game, Philip Lindsay I actually kind of liked this 0:09:13.880 --> 0:09:16.000 week until now he's turned up with an injury and 0:09:16.040 --> 0:09:20.599 he's doubtful to play, So it's gonna be all x. 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:24.000 Lindsay had twelve carries last week. If he's not there, 0:09:24.320 --> 0:09:26.400 Gaskin is just gonna get more volume. What do you 0:09:26.400 --> 0:09:29.720 think it says about Miles Gaskin on but you know, 0:09:29.800 --> 0:09:32.600 on less than a week with the team, they gave 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:36.200 Philip Lindsay twelve touches. Yeah, the fact that they signed 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:40.000 him says something, and Lindsay responded with, Hey, I'm gonna 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:42.040 I'm gonna have a good game on an on an 0:09:42.040 --> 0:09:46.520 even numbered week this time, I'm gonna kick that. Uh. 0:09:46.640 --> 0:09:48.480 I have a B grade on Gaskin. The Giants d 0:09:48.840 --> 0:09:52.160 checks in at fifth worst against fantasy running backs. They've 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:55.040 allowed over a hundred fifty total yards per game. That's 0:09:55.040 --> 0:09:57.880 good for fourth most, seventh most rushing yards, fourth most 0:09:57.880 --> 0:09:59.720 passing yards. A lot of the position. As we know, 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:03.320 gasking can catch passes and those wildcat runs at the 0:10:03.320 --> 0:10:05.680 goal line. He's getting a lot of goal line opportunity. 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:07.920 I have a B grade on him, a much stronger 0:10:07.960 --> 0:10:11.200 than be grade than I do on Barkley. Go good. 0:10:11.520 --> 0:10:15.600 I think I'm with you on that. The time has come. 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:21.160 Javante Williams is going to be the starting running back 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:24.719 for the Broncos. Man. I'm glad that you brought this 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:27.200 up right after Myles Gaskin, because I got a choice 0:10:27.200 --> 0:10:30.280 between those two in the league this week. Chart what 0:10:31.120 --> 0:10:33.480 Charter gonna do. What is the fantasy community gonna do? 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:38.320 If Mike Boon that's the is he might, it would 0:10:38.360 --> 0:10:42.680 be very frustrating. Uh. Javonte Williams Melvin Gordon not expected 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:45.400 to play in this game. He's officially doubtful. Let's you know, 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:48.280 and the people who are doubtful do not play. So 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:53.360 Javonte Williams as the starter. He's been really I Popping 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:56.080 Lee good to this point. But Melvin Gordon has been 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:59.439 good enough to make sure that Williams isn't getting requisite 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:01.360 work to make can a safe start on a weekend 0:11:01.360 --> 0:11:06.559 and week out basis. Until now, catch is this has 0:11:06.600 --> 0:11:11.240 turned into a really good Chiefs run defense. They're allowing 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:15.240 the sixth fewest rushing yards on the third fewest carries, 0:11:15.600 --> 0:11:19.760 and they haven't given up a touchdown by land Sea 0:11:19.960 --> 0:11:23.679 or Air in seven games to a running back. How 0:11:23.679 --> 0:11:28.320 did they get one by c touchdowns? You're gonna find 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:31.120 out a Monday night. With the Weather game coming on 0:11:31.280 --> 0:11:33.280 Monday night. I'm excited to talk to you about that 0:11:33.320 --> 0:11:35.800 game when we get there later on. So I've got 0:11:35.800 --> 0:11:38.240 to be grade on Williams. In an easier matchup, I 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:40.480 would love to give him an A grade. What's gonna 0:11:40.520 --> 0:11:46.480 be fun is think of all of next year's preseason 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:50.640 prediction articles that are going to talk about Javonte Williams. 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:52.640 They're all gonna reference this one game as a starter 0:11:53.120 --> 0:11:57.079 that he had, you know, in the one game to six. 0:11:57.600 --> 0:12:02.120 That's right in that one when yards a year, right, 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:07.559 So be great on Javonte Williams. Hoping for greatness, but 0:12:07.640 --> 0:12:11.040 I'm subduing my expectations a little bit. The entire passing 0:12:11.080 --> 0:12:13.840 games on the bench, Teddy Bridgewater is thrown zero or 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:18.319 one touchdown in four straight games. The return of Jerry Judy, 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:21.439 you would think that that would help the passing game, 0:12:21.480 --> 0:12:24.280 but all that's done is take a meager number of 0:12:24.320 --> 0:12:28.800 completions and divide them by another set. It's destroyed everybody, 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:32.800 including Tim Patrick, who had been as totally bankable, totally 0:12:32.880 --> 0:12:37.280 dried up. Sutton's no good, Judy's killed us. So Judy 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:39.200 hasn't scored all year, and Grantity missed a bunch of 0:12:39.200 --> 0:12:42.760 the season, but still um Patrick's last two games fourteen 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:46.360 and twenty six yards no offense has devolved into a 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:49.560 spot starter and this is not the spot Kansas City 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:52.240 secondaries red hot over the past six games, Kansas City 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:54.800 is allowing just two three passing yards and one touchdown 0:12:54.800 --> 0:12:57.280 per game. So that's it for the passing game on 0:12:57.400 --> 0:13:00.240 the bench. Let's go over to Kansas City. I am 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:02.640 excited for what I believe will be a very big 0:13:02.679 --> 0:13:07.360 game from Clyde Edwards Hilaire. The Brocos are clearly feeling 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:10.120 the absence of Von Miller and L and A. J. Johnson. 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:13.559 Over the past four games. They're allowing the most rushing 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:17.480 yards at a league high five point six yards per 0:13:17.520 --> 0:13:20.840 carry to opposing backs. And it'll get even worse if 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:23.839 Shelby Harris misses this game. He's Pro Football Focus his 0:13:23.920 --> 0:13:27.800 seventh best run defending interior alignement, and he's questionable to 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:30.720 go in this one. And remember, in Clyde Edwards Hilayer's 0:13:31.320 --> 0:13:36.360 last three full games, he's averaging one hundred total yards 0:13:36.400 --> 0:13:38.840 and he scored twice in those three games. A grade 0:13:38.880 --> 0:13:41.600 for Clyde Edwards Hilaiyer. I just want to mention he's 0:13:41.720 --> 0:13:44.560 he's had the flu this week. You do not expect 0:13:44.600 --> 0:13:46.880 that to be a problem by Sunday's expected to be 0:13:46.920 --> 0:13:51.480 past that. Just for uh Patrick mahomes Man, I I 0:13:51.600 --> 0:13:54.280 really struggled with the letter grade on Patrick Mahomes. Let's 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:57.920 talk it through together. Dud games and four of the 0:13:58.000 --> 0:14:01.920 last five games for Mahomes. And when I say dud, 0:14:01.960 --> 0:14:06.800 I mean dud other than that Raiders game with four 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:11.720 hundred yards and four touchdowns. Going back since Week six, 0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:16.800 October sevente was a long time ago, he's had one 0:14:16.880 --> 0:14:20.920 good game since them. In all the others, Patrick Mahomes 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:25.320 is averaging two twenty six yards and half of one 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:33.000 touchdown per game. God, that's I just traded Mahomes for 0:14:33.080 --> 0:14:38.920 a J. Brown in the league. Man it wow, that's amazing. Um. 0:14:38.960 --> 0:14:41.960 He threw just one touchdown in both of the Denver 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:44.800 meetings last year, and that was when Denver's defense was 0:14:44.920 --> 0:14:49.720 reeling with injury. Defense is better. Denver hasn't surrendered more 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:52.760 than two touchdown passes to any quarterback this year. They 0:14:52.760 --> 0:14:57.240 on the second best opponent completion percent. It's just C 0:14:57.760 --> 0:15:04.680 grade on Patrick. Would anybody be surprised if he threw three? No? No, 0:15:04.800 --> 0:15:08.240 it's Patrick Mahomes. But we now have so much data 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:11.280 on this that you just can't feel like that's something 0:15:11.280 --> 0:15:14.480 that's bankable anymore. Let's talk about his receivers and I 0:15:14.480 --> 0:15:17.600 want to begin with Travis Kelsey. This is a tricky 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:20.920 matchup Denvers allowing the fourth fewest Fantasy points to tight ends. 0:15:21.160 --> 0:15:23.760 No opposing tight end is finished in the top twelve 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:27.800 in any game against Denver this year, and that includes 0:15:28.280 --> 0:15:32.720 Darren Waller Mark Andrews. They did not crack the top twelve. 0:15:33.400 --> 0:15:37.680 And Travis Kelsey has dropped six passes in the past 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:40.960 four games. That is the most over the last four 0:15:41.000 --> 0:15:45.720 games in the NFL. BE grade for Travis Kelsey. If 0:15:45.760 --> 0:15:47.840 you played a different position, it probably a C grade. 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:50.800 I'm still maintaining an A grade on Tyreek Hill. In 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:54.400 the last four meetings, He'll scored four times, which is 0:15:54.440 --> 0:15:57.080 pretty good considering Patrick Mahomes has only scored five touchdowns 0:15:57.120 --> 0:15:59.840 in those four games. He'll commanded a league high forty 0:16:00.000 --> 0:16:02.920 eight targets over his last four games. Because that volume 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:06.200 is there, I'm keeping the A grade on Tyreek Hill. 0:16:06.240 --> 0:16:08.960 You'll go up against rookie cornerback Patrick Certain for the 0:16:09.000 --> 0:16:12.840 first time. Uh in Certain it's actually stam sur Tan's career. 0:16:13.640 --> 0:16:16.520 But guarding Hill for the first time is a daunting task. 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:19.480 And so I'm gonna go advantage Tyreek Hill and I'm 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:22.440 gonna keep the A grade on him sitting on the bench, 0:16:22.960 --> 0:16:27.520 Darryl Williams, because once Clyde Edwards comes back, we're gonna 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:29.920 see Williams go right back to the low usage he 0:16:29.960 --> 0:16:33.840 had before when Clyde Edwards a layer was healthy earlier 0:16:33.920 --> 0:16:39.360 in the season. It's yet another bye week. You need 0:16:39.400 --> 0:16:41.920 help with a couple of pivotal positions, maybe even the 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:45.160 tight end. We will tell you nine guides upon whom 0:16:45.200 --> 0:16:47.840 you can take a chance. Many of these players available 0:16:47.880 --> 0:16:50.160 on the waiver wire, and at least one tight end 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:54.160 to give you when we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly. 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:21.920 Take a chance on me nine players not normally a 0:17:22.000 --> 0:17:23.960 new starting lineup. Any of these guys are available on 0:17:24.000 --> 0:17:27.480 the waiver wire. We begin at the quarterback position and 0:17:27.640 --> 0:17:31.840 Scott Fish. I'm going with Carson Wentz. He's had multiple 0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:34.639 touchdowns in seven of his last nine. The two he 0:17:34.680 --> 0:17:38.119 didn't were against the Bills Pasty and the recently really 0:17:38.119 --> 0:17:42.199 really stout Jags past defense. Uh So, the Texans are 0:17:42.240 --> 0:17:45.320 middle of the road against quarterbacks, but went went to 0:17:45.480 --> 0:17:48.480 twenty three and two last time, which kicked off a 0:17:48.520 --> 0:17:51.920 stretch of qbs going for three or more multiple scores 0:17:52.440 --> 0:17:56.120 uh like four times against the Texans after that, So 0:17:56.680 --> 0:17:59.040 Carson wentz al Right, I like it, Matt, you'll take 0:17:59.040 --> 0:18:01.080 a chance to be quarterback. My all might take a 0:18:01.160 --> 0:18:03.320 chance of me. Players will be on the spelling test 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:07.679 this week. We start with Jimmy Garoppolo two two peas. 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:10.280 I was surprised when I looked it up. He's only 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:14.600 thrown three career touchdown passes against the Seahawks in five games. 0:18:15.600 --> 0:18:18.560 Seattle's defense is looking absolutely brutal right now, and Deebo 0:18:18.720 --> 0:18:21.400 Samuel is out, So why Jimmy G here? Yes, I'm 0:18:21.440 --> 0:18:24.359 curious about that. The Niners did figure out something in 0:18:24.359 --> 0:18:26.600 the first meeting. Is the combo platter of Jimmy G 0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:29.439 and Trey Lance managed to throw for three, two and 0:18:29.600 --> 0:18:33.000 three against Seattle earlier this year. Garoppolo was injured in 0:18:33.040 --> 0:18:35.199 that game and missed the next two weeks. In the 0:18:35.240 --> 0:18:38.640 six games since returning, Jimmy G has posted to yard 0:18:38.680 --> 0:18:41.399 games and multiple touchdown passes and three of his last four. 0:18:41.720 --> 0:18:44.600 And with Deebo out, I think it forces the Niners 0:18:44.600 --> 0:18:47.399 and to be more of a traditional offense. Run the 0:18:47.400 --> 0:18:50.120 ball with Mitchell, passed the ball with Jimmy. I'm gonna 0:18:50.119 --> 0:18:54.159 go with him this week, Tyrod Taylor d it depending 0:18:54.200 --> 0:18:56.919 on who you ask. Taylor takes on the Colts and 0:18:57.800 --> 0:18:59.560 while granted they haven't had there buy yet, but the 0:18:59.600 --> 0:19:03.120 Colts are surrendered the most passing touchdowns while allowing opposing 0:19:03.160 --> 0:19:06.640 quarterbacks for multiple touchdowns in eight different games this year. 0:19:06.880 --> 0:19:08.800 So Taylor may help you through the air here, but 0:19:08.880 --> 0:19:14.600 also on the ground. We've seen other comparable mobile quarterbacks 0:19:14.640 --> 0:19:19.400 like Lamar Jackson, Ryan Tannehill, Josh Allen, Trevor Lawrence average 0:19:19.480 --> 0:19:23.560 seven yards per carry against the Colts. If Taylor is 0:19:23.600 --> 0:19:26.719 gonna get seven yards per carry and he gets seven 0:19:27.200 --> 0:19:31.159 nine eleven carries, you know suddenly we're looking at a 0:19:31.359 --> 0:19:35.200 easy fifty yard game for Taylor. I'm just on the ground. 0:19:35.440 --> 0:19:39.840 So combine that together, there's your starter. It's fun fact 0:19:39.840 --> 0:19:42.879 on Taylor multiple touchdowns in every game he's played this 0:19:42.960 --> 0:19:47.200 year between ground and air. I think not by sea. 0:19:48.359 --> 0:19:53.360 You didn't put the scooping touchdowns. Speaking of touchdowns, let's 0:19:53.359 --> 0:19:55.280 go to here take a chance, I mean running back 0:19:55.400 --> 0:19:59.000 Scott I'm going with Sony Michelle up against the Jaguars defense. 0:19:59.080 --> 0:20:01.480 It's not the best the matchups. It's the middle of 0:20:01.480 --> 0:20:04.359 the road matchup that's gotten better over over recent weeks. 0:20:04.640 --> 0:20:06.720 But Darryl Henderson is dealing with a hip injury, and 0:20:06.760 --> 0:20:09.160 it sounds like there's a lot of concern he'll play, 0:20:09.240 --> 0:20:15.600 and if he does play, concern that a lot of 0:20:15.640 --> 0:20:17.760 concern he won't play. But if he does go, he 0:20:17.840 --> 0:20:19.720 might be on a little bit of a snap count. 0:20:19.920 --> 0:20:22.920 And the Jaguars are allowing nearly thirty touches per game 0:20:22.920 --> 0:20:24.760 to running backs. This is a game where the Rams 0:20:24.800 --> 0:20:26.880 might get ahead to and run the ball with Sony 0:20:26.960 --> 0:20:29.240 Michelle to run out that clock. I see Sony with 0:20:29.280 --> 0:20:33.720 ten plus touches. Whether whether Henderson goes or not, I 0:20:33.800 --> 0:20:36.080 like see Gray there. Let's go to Matt and you're 0:20:36.119 --> 0:20:38.879 take a chance of me running back. The second word 0:20:39.000 --> 0:20:42.439 in the spelling test is use check, as in Kyle 0:20:42.760 --> 0:20:45.880 use check. This is probably my boldest take a chance 0:20:45.880 --> 0:20:47.560 in me call of the year. If he scores once, 0:20:47.600 --> 0:20:50.280 I'm golden in this one. If he scores twice, I 0:20:50.359 --> 0:20:52.520 get to go into the John t V. Take a 0:20:52.600 --> 0:20:54.480 chance on me Hall of Fame. You I don't know, 0:20:54.680 --> 0:20:58.280 yeah from file use check corse four times. You definitely 0:20:58.280 --> 0:21:01.399 catch h Kyle J has caught a pass in every 0:21:01.480 --> 0:21:04.920 game this year. Uh deebo. Samuel will miss this game. 0:21:04.960 --> 0:21:07.800 As I mentioned that vacates about nine targets per game, 0:21:08.359 --> 0:21:11.680 but in a sneaky way, it's also vacating rushing attempts 0:21:11.680 --> 0:21:13.679 as he comes out of the backfield a ton, and 0:21:13.720 --> 0:21:16.719 Samuel's last three games he's ran the ball nineteen times. 0:21:17.080 --> 0:21:18.840 They need to not only replace him as a wide 0:21:18.840 --> 0:21:21.359 receiver but a weapon out of the backfield. So why not, Kyle? 0:21:21.720 --> 0:21:24.800 The Seahawks are allowing the most receptions to running backs, 0:21:25.280 --> 0:21:27.800 the most receiving yards to running backs, and the most 0:21:27.840 --> 0:21:30.440 total touches per game to the position. They can't give 0:21:30.480 --> 0:21:33.359 Elijah Mitchell thirty two carries again, Kyle use Check is 0:21:33.359 --> 0:21:37.520 gonna get some use in this game. Check that yep, 0:21:38.080 --> 0:21:40.520 Miles Sanders is back, but that doesn't mean Boston South 0:21:40.600 --> 0:21:42.919 suddenly not gonna get carries. And they've give him plenty 0:21:42.920 --> 0:21:45.639 of work even in Sanders games. And they're going up 0:21:45.640 --> 0:21:48.520 against the Jets. They ranked last in rush defense, last 0:21:48.560 --> 0:21:51.560 in rushing touchdowns allowed, twenty six yards per carry, and 0:21:51.600 --> 0:21:53.720 no team is running the ball more than the Eagles 0:21:53.720 --> 0:21:57.640 since Week seven. Granted a lot of that's Jalen Hurts 0:21:57.680 --> 0:22:00.359 every time Boston Scott is mentioned on this show. I 0:22:00.359 --> 0:22:04.080 want Scott to do a Boston accent from now on. 0:22:04.600 --> 0:22:10.080 Can you say Chowder? Okay, let's go. Let's let's go 0:22:10.160 --> 0:22:13.480 over to the receivers that could be wide receivers and 0:22:13.600 --> 0:22:18.080 or tight ends. Scott, who you got chowder? Russell Gauge 0:22:18.240 --> 0:22:20.600 going up against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which was an 0:22:20.640 --> 0:22:22.480 easier matchup earlier in the year, but they're still not 0:22:22.560 --> 0:22:25.520 great against wide receivers. Over the less two weeks, Gage 0:22:25.600 --> 0:22:29.159 has fifteen targets, leading the team the leading the team's 0:22:29.200 --> 0:22:31.800 wide receivers in targets, catches, and yards. I say wide 0:22:31.800 --> 0:22:34.560