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Speaker 1: Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from my Heart Radio,

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Speaker 1: your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and advice. Now,

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Speaker 1: along with the guys from League dot com, here's your host.

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Speaker 1: It is a championship edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. We're

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Speaker 1: here to get you ready to bring home the hardware

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Speaker 1: or bring home the bacon, whichever is better to you.

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Speaker 1: I'd rather have bacon, hardware or any day. Really depends

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Speaker 1: on the hardware. Maybe one of those cool trophy smack

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Speaker 1: trophies that I might want the hardware. Would you rather

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Speaker 1: go to a hardware store or a bacon store. I

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Speaker 1: kind of like hardware, I'll be honest, I kind of

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Speaker 1: like I like hardware store trophy smack trophy filled with bacon.

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Speaker 1: Now we're talking, we're gonna bring home. Yeah, it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be us Fantasy Football Weekly. I'm Paul charging. My coad

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Speaker 1: today are Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson. As always, we

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Speaker 1: will give you nine players upon whom you can take

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Speaker 1: a chance because with all the injuries here at this

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Speaker 1: late stage of the season, you've got injury issues. We're

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Speaker 1: here to help you, and we will also have the

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Speaker 1: answer to three tough questions. Some of them forward looking

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Speaker 1: as we head into the off season. And as a

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Speaker 1: programming reminder, this is our last full over the air

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Speaker 1: break down every game Fantasy Football Weekly style with letter

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Speaker 1: grades on every player, and we begin Brian in Annapolis

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Speaker 1: Colts taking on the New York Giants. For the Colts,

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Speaker 1: they come hobbling in at the end of a brutal

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Speaker 1: to try to salvage its playoff aspirations. Any colts that

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Speaker 1: glue factory. By the long face, I get that that's

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Speaker 1: stuck with Zack Moss was our boy charge for you

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Speaker 1: to be at this Donkey show, Zack Moss, just to see.

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Speaker 1: The Giants are allowing the third most rushing arts per

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Speaker 1: and it looks like we'll also be handling the bulk

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Speaker 1: and if he does, it will be his sixth straight game.

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Speaker 1: I'm benching Pittman if Jackson sits. If Jackson plays, excuse me.

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Speaker 1: reason to like Tyler Elgier. Matt I believe you have

425
00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:22,600
Speaker 1: a wide receiver this week, not tight end. No, you

426
00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:26,120
Speaker 1: getting wrong everything. John Smith I pivoted to a tight

427
00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:29,920
Speaker 1: end in the same game. Mike Gasicki on the other side, Yeah,

428
00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,399
Speaker 1: Mike Kasicki, who has done nothing all year except for

429
00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:37,920
Speaker 1: the game's Teddy Bridgewater has played u In the game

430
00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:41,760
Speaker 1: against Minnesota, he was targeted a season high seven times,

431
00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,960
Speaker 1: caught six balls for sixty nine yards and two scores.

432
00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,840
Speaker 1: Gasicki's third highest target total came in Week four, when

433
00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:51,800
Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater came in for an injured to Uh and

434
00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:54,720
Speaker 1: played most of the game against Cincinnati. The Patriots have

435
00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:57,960
Speaker 1: actually allowed the fourth most touchdowns to the tight end position.

436
00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:01,240
Speaker 1: I mean the ghost of Darren Waller and Mitchell Wilcox

437
00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:03,600
Speaker 1: put up okay fantasy days against the Pats in the

438
00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:07,920
Speaker 1: last two weeks. It's a sneaky harpoon kind of seed.

439
00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:13,959
Speaker 1: Dart grade or mikesick O, Your take a chance on me, receiver, Brian,

440
00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,360
Speaker 1: I'm going tight end too, but I got a better one.

441
00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:22,840
Speaker 1: Jordan's Jordan Aikins against the Jaguars, it is doubt. Now

442
00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:26,159
Speaker 1: we all know about the tight end basketball player connections.

443
00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:30,679
Speaker 1: Antonio Gates, Jimmy Graham, Lonnie Woods, My guy, did you

444
00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:33,359
Speaker 1: know that Jordan Aggins was selected in the third round

445
00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:38,720
Speaker 1: of the MLB Draft by the Texas Rangers as an outfield.

446
00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,320
Speaker 1: There are things obviously didn't pan out for him too

447
00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:44,120
Speaker 1: well playing baseball. He he went back to college played

448
00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:46,359
Speaker 1: college football. But yeah, he was a minor league baseball

449
00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:48,480
Speaker 1: player for like three or four years. But anyway, he's

450
00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,400
Speaker 1: a pro football, pro football player now. And uh, going

451
00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:53,879
Speaker 1: up against the Jaguars, who over their last six games

452
00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:56,800
Speaker 1: opposing tight ends or averaging six and a half catches

453
00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:59,879
Speaker 1: and seventy nine yards per game. And they've also sur

454
00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:02,879
Speaker 1: entered Jacksonville. That is five scores of the tight end

455
00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,520
Speaker 1: position over those last six games. And again I think

456
00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,520
Speaker 1: we see some second or third stringers on defense. So

457
00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,560
Speaker 1: Jordan's Aitkins. If you need it all or nothing, Dart

458
00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:17,440
Speaker 1: throw D. J. Chark is your guy. He has scored

459
00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:20,520
Speaker 1: or topped ninety eight yards and four of the past

460
00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:22,800
Speaker 1: five games, I would like a score and or ninety

461
00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,600
Speaker 1: eight yards. So this is a chart throw a Chark

462
00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:28,280
Speaker 1: throw D j you don't have a button for that.

463
00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:30,920
Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm gonna like, how do I find

464
00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:34,000
Speaker 1: a shark dark combos. There's a splash right next to

465
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:37,440
Speaker 1: the dart. That's a good point. There's your harpoon right there. Yeah,

466
00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:40,080
Speaker 1: we could do that. You're gonna jump the jump the

467
00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:43,000
Speaker 1: chart and a matchup with Chicago very tempting here. I

468
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:46,760
Speaker 1: already mentioned the Bears are without starting cornerbacks Jalen Johnson

469
00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:49,359
Speaker 1: and Kendallville Door and Kyler Gordon's gonna move to the

470
00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:51,879
Speaker 1: twenty three and a half. Kyler Gordon's moved to the

471
00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:55,359
Speaker 1: outside last week. It was his first start on the outside.

472
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,560
Speaker 1: He gave up a one hundred percent completion rate and

473
00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:02,520
Speaker 1: a touchdown in his coverage. DJ Shark Our guy. Let's

474
00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,560
Speaker 1: go back to the matchups. Arizona takes on Atlanta. Brian

475
00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:09,679
Speaker 1: Arizona is going to be helmed by David Blow in

476
00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:13,480
Speaker 1: this game. And I can't believe there's much to like here. Yeah,

477
00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:15,840
Speaker 1: David Blow that I'm going to, by the way, coming

478
00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,600
Speaker 1: up lame on Friday. That's not good either. Yeah, there's

479
00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:20,080
Speaker 1: not a lot to talk about. I was gonna do

480
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:23,119
Speaker 1: a Mr Blow, Mr Plow Simpson's joke. But I'm not

481
00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,800
Speaker 1: gonna can you sing that? Can you sing? He's David Blow.

482
00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:29,640
Speaker 1: That's his name. That name again is David Blow. He's

483
00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:33,320
Speaker 1: on the bench. He's on the bench. Though, Uh, sadly

484
00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,480
Speaker 1: my notes are funny. It's like Colt McCoy x, Trace

485
00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:39,280
Speaker 1: mcslrely crossed out David Blow, Like who else is next?

486
00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:41,640
Speaker 1: Jake Plumber coming out of retirement, knows David Blow. He's

487
00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:45,000
Speaker 1: on the bench. Uh as his mark, He's Brown, Greg Dortche.

488
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,639
Speaker 1: They're on the bench because of Blow. As you mentioned,

489
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,520
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins added to the injury report on Friday with

490
00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:53,720
Speaker 1: a knee injury. If he goes, I'll give him a

491
00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:56,560
Speaker 1: see he'll he'll still see his volume. Just one catch

492
00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:59,199
Speaker 1: for four yards last week that was on ten targets.

493
00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:01,760
Speaker 1: He's still gonna get his like ten targets. So but

494
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,640
Speaker 1: temper your expectations, you're probably not can get elite level

495
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:06,920
Speaker 1: production from Hopkins. And it's not a great matchup either,

496
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,960
Speaker 1: especially because we'll be facing cornerback A. J. Terrell, who

497
00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:13,040
Speaker 1: has been outstanding over the last month or so, allowing

498
00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,159
Speaker 1: fewer than two games two catches per game in a

499
00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:18,879
Speaker 1: passer rating of sixty five. So, yeah, Hopkins is a dicey,

500
00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:21,760
Speaker 1: dicey start, but if you must he gets at the sea.

501
00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:24,399
Speaker 1: James Connor not so dicey. They're gonna give him a B.

502
00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:27,840
Speaker 1: Atlanta is allowing on thirty five combo yards per game.

503
00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,880
Speaker 1: They've only surrendered one total total touchdown over the last

504
00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,520
Speaker 1: four but during that same four game span, Connor has

505
00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:37,639
Speaker 1: been a workhorse with touch totals of nine and twenty two.

506
00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:40,080
Speaker 1: Even in the last season, the Cardinals are using them

507
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:41,840
Speaker 1: as a bell cow. So I like Connor with a B,

508
00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:45,040
Speaker 1: and I like Tray McBride enough to give him a C.

509
00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:48,359
Speaker 1: Over the last few games, opposing tight ends have total

510
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,040
Speaker 1: total at least fifty yards and at least one touchdown

511
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,720
Speaker 1: against Atlanta on each game. And you think Blow would

512
00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:55,439
Speaker 1: kind of lean on his tight end here. So if

513
00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:58,439
Speaker 1: you're super desperate, go with chick Tray mcbrin. If I

514
00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:00,200
Speaker 1: was super desperate, I was going with Jordan eight. It's

515
00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:03,280
Speaker 1: a minute not able if you're not able, If you're

516
00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:08,239
Speaker 1: not able to uh, because Jordans on all those rosters, right,

517
00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:10,879
Speaker 1: he used to play baseball, man, that's impressive. It's like

518
00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:14,000
Speaker 1: Dion Sanders going back to Atlanta there, Uh over to

519
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,680
Speaker 1: the Atlanta side. Speaking of Tyler Algier, you take a

520
00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 1: chance on me running back charts a great matchup for him.

521
00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:22,720
Speaker 1: For that reason, I'll throw another sea dart at Corderold

522
00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,679
Speaker 1: Patterson only nine touches last week, but he had double digit.

523
00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,560
Speaker 1: But he had double digit touches in his four games prior.

524
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:30,840
Speaker 1: And this just feels like a game where the quarterbacks

525
00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:32,560
Speaker 1: aren't gonna be asked to do much. So I'll give

526
00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:34,639
Speaker 1: Patterson a sea but it's really kind of like a

527
00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:38,120
Speaker 1: daily a daily dart, not a seasonal dart. Drake one

528
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,960
Speaker 1: in just to see for him as well. He's been

529
00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:44,880
Speaker 1: fed uh some spotted d over his last three games.

530
00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:50,360
Speaker 1: That was off shot of my head. Uh. With target

531
00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,520
Speaker 1: totals of twelve, eleven and nine, you just broke charge

532
00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,040
Speaker 1: King Ralph. That's the only reason I know what that

533
00:28:57,160 --> 00:29:02,000
Speaker 1: is because of King Ralph, classic classic John Goodman moving.

534
00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:04,440
Speaker 1: By the way, where was I with drank Drake London

535
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,600
Speaker 1: twelve eleven, nine targets. Yeah, he's got at least six

536
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:11,080
Speaker 1: balls in each game with at least seventy yards, but

537
00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:14,000
Speaker 1: the Cardinals have allowed just to seventy yards receivers over

538
00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:18,400
Speaker 1: the last seven games. So for just the Sea for London, Uh, Mike,

539
00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:21,200
Speaker 1: Mike Coal Brewett on the bench, I miss you, Kyle

540
00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:23,840
Speaker 1: Pitts Desmont on the bench. And that's it for this

541
00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:26,520
Speaker 1: awful We've just got a couple of minutes. Let's see

542
00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:29,640
Speaker 1: if we can quickly get through Miami at New England.

543
00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:32,560
Speaker 1: Matt Yeah, Teddy Bridgewater was might take a chance on

544
00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,040
Speaker 1: me thrower and Mike Gaski was, might take a chance

545
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:38,360
Speaker 1: on me catcher. Uh, Tyreek Hill, Jalen Waddle getting a

546
00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:41,080
Speaker 1: grades and this one. Jalen Waddle, by the way, hit

547
00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:43,640
Speaker 1: twenty one point six eight miles per hour last week

548
00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:46,600
Speaker 1: and it's a tight His touchdown catch fastest speed recorded

549
00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:49,560
Speaker 1: by any player this season and the sixth fastest speed

550
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:53,080
Speaker 1: clocked in NFL history. Dang. Yeah, and everybody assumes Tyrek

551
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:56,360
Speaker 1: Hills the fastest receiver on the team. He's not, no,

552
00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,520
Speaker 1: but but Hill caught up to him. But he did

553
00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:02,640
Speaker 1: and then probably didn't block anybody. Yeah, it's just ridiculous.

554
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,640
Speaker 1: Raheem Mostert and Jeff Wilson are both on the bench

555
00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:07,920
Speaker 1: for me. If you can figure out this South Florida

556
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,560
Speaker 1: time share, maybe you can help my grandparents get out

557
00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:14,320
Speaker 1: of their South Florida time share. Eight carries for one

558
00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:16,760
Speaker 1: last week, nine for the other. It doesn't even matter

559
00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:19,360
Speaker 1: who got what. Snap counts almost steven and the Patriots

560
00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:21,840
Speaker 1: defense has allowed four total touchdowns to the running back

561
00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:26,440
Speaker 1: position all year. Land, sea, air space, underground, mold, people, tunnels,

562
00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:30,200
Speaker 1: all that. Uh. If you're a Remandre Stevenson team manager,

563
00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:32,440
Speaker 1: you're probably not in a championship this week. And I'm

564
00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:35,800
Speaker 1: raising my hand to uh. Fifteen touches for thirty three

565
00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:38,400
Speaker 1: yards last week, that was a mess. This week, he's

566
00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:40,680
Speaker 1: been limited in practice with an ankle injury. But the

567
00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:42,880
Speaker 1: Pats need to win to keep their playoff hopes alive.

568
00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:47,240
Speaker 1: And this matchup is good for Stevenson because he's the

569
00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:50,440
Speaker 1: pass catcher. Uh. Stevenson is fourth in the league and

570
00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:53,360
Speaker 1: running back receptions and the Dolphins have allowed these seventh

571
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:56,840
Speaker 1: most receptions and receiving yards to opposing backs and the

572
00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:00,520
Speaker 1: most receiving touchdowns in the league. Two running backs. Damien

573
00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:02,840
Speaker 1: Harris is gonna be active. That's the that's the fly

574
00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,200
Speaker 1: in the oint. And he's totally off the injury report,

575
00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:07,720
Speaker 1: and I'm a little bit worried, like fresh legs Damien

576
00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,880
Speaker 1: Harris that they to him, So I'm I'm not gonna

577
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:14,520
Speaker 1: play Harris, not in a championship camp, but the effect

578
00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:18,600
Speaker 1: on Stevenson could be significant. Yeah, so I had Stevenson

579
00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:20,520
Speaker 1: as a B, but it's probably more of a C

580
00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:23,520
Speaker 1: grade in this one. Mac Jones also gets a C grade.

581
00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,320
Speaker 1: It's a great matchup. Last time Jones faced the bottom

582
00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:29,080
Speaker 1: five pass defense, he torched the Vikings for three two

583
00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:33,000
Speaker 1: and two. Miami's defense bottom five in every category against

584
00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:34,840
Speaker 1: the past, and I think this is a high scoring game,

585
00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:38,240
Speaker 1: so Jones is kind of startable. Jacoby Myers and Kendrick

586
00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:41,120
Speaker 1: Borne both gets C grades as well. It's worth noting

587
00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:44,400
Speaker 1: that both John hu Smith and Hunter Henry could miss

588
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:47,160
Speaker 1: this game with a concussion and a knee injury, respectively,

589
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:50,120
Speaker 1: and Tae Kwon Thornton, who was on the field of

590
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,880
Speaker 1: the Snaps last week, miss time in practice this week

591
00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:55,920
Speaker 1: with a knee injury as well. Kendrick Borne targeted nine

592
00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:59,080
Speaker 1: times last week for six catches a hundred yards in

593
00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:01,080
Speaker 1: a score, and Myers was back to form as well

594
00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:03,520
Speaker 1: with six sketches of his own for eighty three yards

595
00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,960
Speaker 1: in to score. Suky score. Yeah, I fail Mary, Yeah,

596
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:08,880
Speaker 1: I think, yeah, that was that was a fun score.

597
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:10,920
Speaker 1: But they're both Sea grades. If you need some help.

598
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:14,200
Speaker 1: When we come back, Denver takes on Kansas City. Obviously

599
00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:18,800
Speaker 1: you're starting Patrick Mahomes and you're starting Travis Kelsey. But

600
00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:22,800
Speaker 1: which other Chiefs do you go with in the championship game?

601
00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:25,640
Speaker 1: Including Jujuice Smith Schuster? Is this one of his rare

602
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:27,880
Speaker 1: games where you want to put him in your lineup?

603
00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:31,000
Speaker 1: Just Jerick McKinnon, stay hot. Find out when we come

604
00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 1: back to Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly.

605
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,480
Speaker 1: Pul Archie and Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson with you.

606
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:51,160
Speaker 1: Denver takes on Kansas City and against all us, there's

607
00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,960
Speaker 1: a couple of Denver promcos you can think about starting here.

608
00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:57,040
Speaker 1: No way, I know, let's start with Otavias Murray, who

609
00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:59,480
Speaker 1: did nothing in the Week four teen matchup with Kansas City.

610
00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:02,000
Speaker 1: But you get volume with Murray, uh, you don't get

611
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:03,320
Speaker 1: a lot else. And this is a matchup with a

612
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:05,440
Speaker 1: good run defense. Chiefs a lot of the eighth fewest

613
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:08,680
Speaker 1: rushing yards, but they give up the most receptions and

614
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:12,240
Speaker 1: the fourth most receiving yards. So maybe Murray chips in

615
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:14,680
Speaker 1: a couple of receptions here, which is usually good for

616
00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:18,040
Speaker 1: since Melvin Gordon's departures a couple of receptions, I just

617
00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:19,720
Speaker 1: have the C grade on Murray. You're hoping for a

618
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 1: touchdown and that's really a touchdown in like fifty rushing

619
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:29,040
Speaker 1: yards and twelve twenty yards through the air. That would

620
00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:31,720
Speaker 1: be about it for Murray. Uh. Let's talk about Jerry

621
00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:33,640
Speaker 1: Judy and Cortland Sutton both see by the way, see

622
00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:35,680
Speaker 1: graad on Murray. See grade on Judy and Sutton as well.

623
00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:38,560
Speaker 1: Judy scored three times against Kansas City when they met

624
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:42,400
Speaker 1: three weeks ago, and he'll face Lagarious Sneed in the slot.

625
00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:45,520
Speaker 1: He's allowed the fourth most receptions, eleventh most yards, and

626
00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:48,280
Speaker 1: fifth most yards after the catch. It's such a powerfully

627
00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:50,840
Speaker 1: positive matchup for Judy. I'm giving him. I'm giving him

628
00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:54,160
Speaker 1: a starting grade here. As for Sutton, if you exclude

629
00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:57,200
Speaker 1: his injury short and Week thirteen game against Baltimore Courtland,

630
00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:59,880
Speaker 1: Sutton has produced at least five catches and sixty four

631
00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:02,000
Speaker 1: yards in four straight games. So he's been active and

632
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:04,080
Speaker 1: he's been good, and he's got a favorable matchup against

633
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,840
Speaker 1: rookie Joshua Williams on the outside. This team is probably

634
00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:08,680
Speaker 1: gonna have to pass a lot, so Judy and Courtland

635
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:12,040
Speaker 1: Sutton c grades now on the Broncos side, or sorry,

636
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:14,120
Speaker 1: on the chief side. You may be thinking the Broncos

637
00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:16,720
Speaker 1: Chiefs just gave up fifty one points to the lowest

638
00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:20,239
Speaker 1: scoring team in the NFL, and that everybody would be

639
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:23,680
Speaker 1: a plausible starter. But on the balance of the whole season,

640
00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:26,600
Speaker 1: the Broncos defense has at least been pretty good and

641
00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:29,640
Speaker 1: their secondary really good. Obviously, you're starting Patrick Mahomes and

642
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey obvious eight grades and they're both my number

643
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:36,160
Speaker 1: one ranked players at their position this week. Um no

644
00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:39,400
Speaker 1: other receivers get a starting grade here, including Juju Smith Schuster.

645
00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:44,120
Speaker 1: His his past seven games, he's averaged fifty five yards

646
00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:47,600
Speaker 1: and he's scored once in seven games for Juju. On

647
00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:50,560
Speaker 1: the semi bright side, his lowe touchdown in that span

648
00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:53,960
Speaker 1: did come against the Broncos in Week fourteen, but that's

649
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,640
Speaker 1: the only receiver score Denver has given up in their

650
00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:59,160
Speaker 1: last month of games. And I don't think he's gonna

651
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,279
Speaker 1: do it back to back, and he's gonna get stuck

652
00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:03,680
Speaker 1: a lot on Patrick Sirtan and that is a bad

653
00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:08,840
Speaker 1: matchup against profobul focus. His third highest graded cornerback Jerick McKinnon,

654
00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:11,160
Speaker 1: one of the great calls in recent recent history of

655
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:15,600
Speaker 1: this show, Mattnerson nailing him a month ago, urging people

656
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:18,479
Speaker 1: to pick up Jerick McKinnon, who was at that point

657
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:22,040
Speaker 1: available in like leagues and all these fantastic Since then,

658
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:26,239
Speaker 1: he has scored receiving touchdown in four straight games. He

659
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:28,399
Speaker 1: gets a B grade asked for Patcheco. Over his last

660
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:31,160
Speaker 1: seven games, Pocheco's averaging ninety one total yards per game,

661
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:33,680
Speaker 1: with at least sixty eight yards in each. The Broncos

662
00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:36,080
Speaker 1: have been terrible against opposing running backs, which is why

663
00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:39,120
Speaker 1: I like both McKinnon and Pacheco, allowing one hundred sixty

664
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:42,040
Speaker 1: nine total yards and two touchdowns per game to the

665
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:46,400
Speaker 1: position over the last three and um McKinnon responsible for

666
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:48,800
Speaker 1: a big junk of that damage with his breakout recess

667
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:51,120
Speaker 1: receiving game at two score game when these teams met

668
00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:54,759
Speaker 1: three weeks ago, including that crazy that I don't know

669
00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:57,440
Speaker 1: pass from Mahomes that was like, you know, practical behind

670
00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:00,279
Speaker 1: his head. So there you go, be grades and Cannon

671
00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:02,719
Speaker 1: and Pocheco. Let's go to our next matchup, which is

672
00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:06,760
Speaker 1: Carolina taking on Tampa Bay Ran Yeah, for the essentially

673
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:09,880
Speaker 1: the NFC South title. These teams first met in Week seven,

674
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,240
Speaker 1: starting on the Carolina side. I don't give Dante Foreman

675
00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:15,120
Speaker 1: and Cuba Hubbard both of Sea. So prior to last

676
00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:17,960
Speaker 1: week we were singing the praises of the Lions run defense,

677
00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:22,440
Speaker 1: to legit, to quit all that. Ben Foreman goes off

678
00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:24,840
Speaker 1: for a hundred sixty five yards and a touchdown. Hubbard

679
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:28,160
Speaker 1: adds one five on twelve carries. There. I think they're

680
00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:29,840
Speaker 1: both over a hundred and half. Yeah, it was like

681
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:33,680
Speaker 1: D'Angelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart are back here. So now

682
00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:35,920
Speaker 1: the Bucks don't present the best matchup on paper, but

683
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,560
Speaker 1: over their last three games, opposing backs of average one

684
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:43,120
Speaker 1: forty Comboy yards in total three touchdowns, Foreman had over

685
00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:45,160
Speaker 1: a hundred forty Comboy yards in the first meeting. I

686
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:47,239
Speaker 1: like him a little more than Hubbard. He seems to

687
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:48,680
Speaker 1: get a little a few more touches, But I'll give

688
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:50,000
Speaker 1: both the Sea here. If you're here in need of

689
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,520
Speaker 1: a running back. D J. Moore has become a very

690
00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:55,080
Speaker 1: strong start since Sam Donald has been back at quarterback.

691
00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:57,200
Speaker 1: Going to give him a b. He has at least

692
00:36:57,239 --> 00:37:01,080
Speaker 1: seventy yards and a touchdown reception in three of Donald's

693
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:04,439
Speaker 1: four recent starts. I mentioned this earlier. The Bucks could

694
00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:07,160
Speaker 1: be without starting corners of Jamal Dean and Carlton Davis.

695
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:11,359
Speaker 1: They could be without two starting safeties. Davis Carlton Davis

696
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:13,040
Speaker 1: would be a huge loss for Tampa Bay. And I

697
00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:15,200
Speaker 1: would give d J. Moore and a Actually, if Carlton

698
00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:17,839
Speaker 1: Davis sits More actually had a good game when these

699
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:20,719
Speaker 1: teams first met, when Davis and Dean were healthy. He

700
00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:22,840
Speaker 1: had seven catches sixty nine yards in a touchdown. That

701
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,400
Speaker 1: almost feels like a floor for More. Here so a

702
00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:27,520
Speaker 1: B and again in a of Carlton Davis and mrs

703
00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:30,480
Speaker 1: this one and Sam Donald lastly for Carolina might take

704
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:33,200
Speaker 1: a chance to the quarterback. Let's go Sammy over to

705
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:35,279
Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay side. I got Leonard four Nette and

706
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:38,160
Speaker 1: Richard White on the bench for net. It's been playing

707
00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:41,520
Speaker 1: hurt but still getting more touches than White. That that's

708
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:45,680
Speaker 1: not good. UM tackle Tristan Worth's reinjured his ankle last

709
00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:48,080
Speaker 1: week for the Bucks. Tackle Josh Wells was put on

710
00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:51,480
Speaker 1: I R. Tampa Bay won't be getting back starting center

711
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:53,839
Speaker 1: Ryan Jensen as they hoped they would be for this week,

712
00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:56,719
Speaker 1: so that line remains a mess. And over the last

713
00:37:56,719 --> 00:38:00,560
Speaker 1: six games, the Panthers have allowed just two backs surpassed

714
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:03,479
Speaker 1: fifty rushing yards, so both both Bucks backs on the bench.

715
00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:05,840
Speaker 1: For me, Chris Godwin not on the bench, so he

716
00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:08,520
Speaker 1: gets a B. Continues to have a safe floor with

717
00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:10,759
Speaker 1: at least six catches in eight targets and all but

718
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:13,800
Speaker 1: two games this year. Saw a season high thirteen targets

719
00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:16,320
Speaker 1: against Carolina back in Week seven, but only caught seven

720
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:20,080
Speaker 1: for forty three yards. But since then, every non Kendal

721
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:23,280
Speaker 1: Hinton receiver to see eight or more targets against Carolina

722
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:25,840
Speaker 1: has logged at least sixty yards, so a safe double

723
00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:30,799
Speaker 1: digit PPR floor for Godwin. UH safe floor has not

724
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:34,920
Speaker 1: been anything that you can associate with Mike Evans this season.

725
00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:37,400
Speaker 1: I can give him a see though only because Carolina

726
00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:42,040
Speaker 1: corner standout Carolina corner J. C. Horne will miss this game.

727
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:45,359
Speaker 1: Only reason I'm giving Evans the starting grade here. When

728
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:47,840
Speaker 1: these teams didn't met in Week seven, Evans did have

729
00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:50,719
Speaker 1: nine catches for ninety six yards, and that's also the

730
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:57,080
Speaker 1: game he dropped that like touchdown um and his downfall

731
00:38:57,160 --> 00:39:00,200
Speaker 1: kind of started there this season, but uh, it's a

732
00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:02,080
Speaker 1: better matchup with Horn out, and he had a good

733
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:04,880
Speaker 1: game last week, so see for him, kay dot and

734
00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:06,319
Speaker 1: he is on the bench for me a tight end.

735
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:10,760
Speaker 1: There are better options. We've mentioned several and uh, lastly,

736
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:13,200
Speaker 1: Tom Brady, I will throw a Sea Adam just because J. C.

737
00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:16,479
Speaker 1: Horn is out. Two nine scoreless yards in the first

738
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:18,359
Speaker 1: meeting should have been more like three fifty and one

739
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:21,520
Speaker 1: with that Evans drop, but that massive ceiling for Brady

740
00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:24,439
Speaker 1: has vanished. You probably better options out there. Just to see.

741
00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 1: For the Jets taking on Seattle, Matt he already told

742
00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:29,279
Speaker 1: us you like and I agree. He's on a ad night,

743
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:32,719
Speaker 1: very nice matchup. The passing games see had also much

744
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:35,680
Speaker 1: tougher past defense. They do get Mike White back, What

745
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:37,480
Speaker 1: do you make of this one? Kind of? I mean,

746
00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:40,200
Speaker 1: Mike White's average three seventeen yards per game this year

747
00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:42,600
Speaker 1: and it starts and finally found an online doctor who

748
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:45,480
Speaker 1: cleared him of his rim injury. The Seahawks have allowed

749
00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:48,719
Speaker 1: multiple touchdown passes to six of the last eight quarterbacks

750
00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:50,960
Speaker 1: they faced. The only two that didn't hit that Mark

751
00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:54,160
Speaker 1: Sam Donald and John Wolford. So Mike White in my

752
00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:56,799
Speaker 1: opinion gets a B and Garrett Wilson he's back to

753
00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:58,759
Speaker 1: an A grade with me. With Mike White and even

754
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:01,560
Speaker 1: in what seems like a tough for matchup, so Tarik

755
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:04,840
Speaker 1: Woolan has been the Seahawks only like super great cover corner.

756
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:07,520
Speaker 1: He stays completely on the right side of the field,

757
00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:10,000
Speaker 1: and even he has allowed five touchdowns in his coverage

758
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:13,480
Speaker 1: over the last eight games. Wilson moves everywhere about equally,

759
00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:17,720
Speaker 1: so he'll find advantageous matchups against slot corner Kobe Bryant

760
00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:20,839
Speaker 1: and left corner Michael Jackson, neither of which are as

761
00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:24,120
Speaker 1: good as the Black Mamba or the King of Pop Jackson.

762
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:27,879
Speaker 1: Pro Football focuses number ninety six corner Bryant number one

763
00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:30,120
Speaker 1: ten makes me feel I got Garrett Wilson in a

764
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:32,279
Speaker 1: few leagues. That makes me feel better about him going.

765
00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:35,960
Speaker 1: Thank you. Kenneth Walker limited and practice Thursday and Friday

766
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:41,080
Speaker 1: with an ankle injury. Didn't practice at all last Uh.

767
00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:43,359
Speaker 1: He did play last week after not practicing at all,

768
00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:45,000
Speaker 1: and at twenty eight touches and a hundred and five

769
00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:47,359
Speaker 1: total yards, He's gonna be fine. I'm gonna give him

770
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:51,680
Speaker 1: a solid be against the Jets defense. It's a little

771
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:54,080
Speaker 1: bit tougher than average, but Travis e. T N managed

772
00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:56,200
Speaker 1: a hundred and twelve total yards last week, and the

773
00:40:56,239 --> 00:40:58,799
Speaker 1: Detroit running backs they had a hundred and thirty nine

774
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,759
Speaker 1: combo yards the week four. So I think Walker gets

775
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:03,879
Speaker 1: almost all of it because all the other running backs

776
00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:07,280
Speaker 1: are hurt. Theres Homer, d J. Dallas, it's probably all Walker,

777
00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:12,239
Speaker 1: uh dk Metcalf and Tyler Lockett. Looks like Locket might

778
00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:14,760
Speaker 1: go this week after having surgery on his fractured left

779
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:18,720
Speaker 1: index finger only eleven days ago. He still has stitches

780
00:41:18,719 --> 00:41:20,960
Speaker 1: in the finger, but he's trending the right way. In

781
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:23,640
Speaker 1: the last month of games, each of them are averaging

782
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:27,000
Speaker 1: about nine targets per game and about six catches. Problem

783
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:30,200
Speaker 1: is Sauce Gardner in the Jets secondary have been awesome

784
00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:32,839
Speaker 1: since week five. Here's the list of wide receivers who

785
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:38,200
Speaker 1: have scored. Alan Lazard, Jacoby Myers, Byron Pringle, Justin Jefferson.

786
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:41,640
Speaker 1: That's it in eleven games. I think Byron Pringle and

787
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:45,280
Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson, whatever they're they're always in the same circles.

788
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:47,759
Speaker 1: You know, they're everywhere together, and that spend. No wide

789
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:50,360
Speaker 1: receiver is top two hundred yards. So I'll give Metcalfe,

790
00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:54,160
Speaker 1: Lockett and Gino Smith just to see in the Geno

791
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:57,280
Speaker 1: Smith revenge game. This is his first ever start against

792
00:41:57,320 --> 00:41:59,960
Speaker 1: the team that drafted him. He has thrown for mult

793
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:03,279
Speaker 1: to pull touchdowns in eleven games this year. However, the

794
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:07,880
Speaker 1: Jets haven't allowed multiple passing score since Week three. Uh,

795
00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:10,880
Speaker 1: last guy, I'll mention we got a ludicrous alert as

796
00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:14,960
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give give Noah Fant a c. The Jets

797
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:18,160
Speaker 1: have allowed the seventh most receptions and yards to the

798
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:21,360
Speaker 1: tight end position, and Fant is healthy has scored in

799
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:23,799
Speaker 1: two straight So if you're in the tight end waste land,

800
00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:26,520
Speaker 1: Noah Fant is way better than those dumb tight ends

801
00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:30,640
Speaker 1: Brian mentioned. I'm just kidding, Brian. I'm sure they're not dumb.

802
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:34,160
Speaker 1: They one played baseball. I understand one did play BABA,

803
00:42:34,239 --> 00:42:39,719
Speaker 1: which is very very important. Are you crying? I was

804
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:45,400
Speaker 1: yawning about boring those tight end recom I just noticed this. Sorry,

805
00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:47,759
Speaker 1: back to the Panthers match up really quick. J C.

806
00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:52,560
Speaker 1: Horne their best cornerback Nightline. They elevated Josh Norman from

807
00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:58,160
Speaker 1: their practice on Caroline him on the practice squad. I

808
00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:00,600
Speaker 1: hope he's got a baseball bat with him. They'll remember

809
00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:03,600
Speaker 1: that baseball bat game against the Giants, Josh Norman and

810
00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:09,799
Speaker 1: he brought a baseball bat out, Like we need more

811
00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:13,560
Speaker 1: antics like that that happened. Yeah, everybody's very conservative now.

812
00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:16,720
Speaker 1: Josh Norman was great in those days. But one more game, Josh,

813
00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:19,880
Speaker 1: who's your Who's the starting quarterback next week for Tennessee.

814
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:22,000
Speaker 1: In our final moments of this hour four hour, number

815
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:25,440
Speaker 1: two starts. If you gotta hope they paced Ryan Tannehill

816
00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:28,200
Speaker 1: together right now, he's on. It's done, He's done. Yeah,

817
00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:31,200
Speaker 1: I think it's Dobbs. I think you had to like

818
00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:35,279
Speaker 1: absolutely wet the bed on Thursday night and he didn't. Right,

819
00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:38,919
Speaker 1: they let him pass thirty nine times. Malick Willis doesn't

820
00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:41,200
Speaker 1: get half that. I mean, it's it's gonna be forty

821
00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:43,279
Speaker 1: carries or Derrick hen Ring in that game though, it's

822
00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:46,400
Speaker 1: all all something. Maybe I don't Maybe I thought he

823
00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:49,440
Speaker 1: looked all right, and that's you know, Malick Willis. You

824
00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:51,440
Speaker 1: know there's a reason they never let him pass and

825
00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:54,920
Speaker 1: that they elevated Dobbs here despite fact you only bet

826
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:56,719
Speaker 1: on the you went on the Lions like eight days

827
00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:59,360
Speaker 1: before that. You think Malick Willis ends up going to

828
00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:03,799
Speaker 1: Jamarca Russell route and becomes a wide receiver somewhere to

829
00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:08,560
Speaker 1: Marcus Ross, to mars Who's who's the white? Or getting

830
00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:11,560
Speaker 1: my Raiders quarterback babies meant to be a running back.

831
00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:13,640
Speaker 1: Maybe that's it. When we come back, three tough questions,

832
00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:17,440
Speaker 1: including some forward looking questions for next year. When we

833
00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:44,600
Speaker 1: return to Fantasy Football Weekly, our number two Fantasy Football Weekly,

834
00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:47,719
Speaker 1: Paul church In, Matt Harrison, and Brian Johnson with you.

835
00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:52,840
Speaker 1: It's championship week again. This is our final long form,

836
00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:56,200
Speaker 1: over the air version of Fantasy Football Weekly, but we

837
00:44:56,239 --> 00:45:00,480
Speaker 1: continue every week on your favorite podcasting platform. Encourage you

838
00:45:00,520 --> 00:45:03,319
Speaker 1: to subscribe it. This week seventeen chart, but should it

839
00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:09,720
Speaker 1: be Championship Week? Great question. Let's find out question number one.

840
00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:13,400
Speaker 1: With all the turmoil this week, should fantasy championship games

841
00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:19,319
Speaker 1: be played in weeks sixteen, seventeen or eighteen? We begin

842
00:45:19,400 --> 00:45:22,640
Speaker 1: with Matt Harrison, Well, not eighteen for sure, because that's

843
00:45:22,680 --> 00:45:26,960
Speaker 1: just crazy talk. I'm still fine with Week seventeen. With

844
00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:30,120
Speaker 1: the added seventh playoff team in the NFL, the top

845
00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:32,600
Speaker 1: teams are usually still vying for the number one seed,

846
00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:35,320
Speaker 1: like the Eagles are this week, like the Bills and

847
00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:38,320
Speaker 1: the Chiefs and the Bengals kind of are this week. Uh.

848
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:42,120
Speaker 1: And with the seventh wild card or the third wild card,

849
00:45:42,520 --> 00:45:45,680
Speaker 1: there's there's just extra spots for everybody, so there's tons

850
00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:47,960
Speaker 1: of teams that are still relevant. So I'm fine with

851
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:51,040
Speaker 1: either sixteen or seventeen, but i prefer seventeen because we

852
00:45:51,080 --> 00:45:53,520
Speaker 1: get one extra week of fantasy football, all right, Brian,

853
00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:57,479
Speaker 1: with all the tumult this week, fantasy championship games, should

854
00:45:57,480 --> 00:46:01,680
Speaker 1: they be played in weeks sixteen, seventeen or eight team Obviously,

855
00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:04,200
Speaker 1: this is only the second season we've had this eighteen

856
00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:07,239
Speaker 1: week season, so it made sense to say, okay, we'll

857
00:46:07,239 --> 00:46:09,919
Speaker 1: play fantasy through week seventeens. In the past, we would

858
00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:12,560
Speaker 1: always say, you know, Week sixteen should be the last

859
00:46:12,560 --> 00:46:16,560
Speaker 1: week for fantasy football when there's seventeen weeks. But after

860
00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:19,080
Speaker 1: this year, I'm going for let's go back to sixteen

861
00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:21,040
Speaker 1: weeks and we'll sit out these last two weeks. When

862
00:46:21,040 --> 00:46:24,680
Speaker 1: it comes to seasonal formats, we've got our daily fantasy

863
00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:28,760
Speaker 1: daily drafts gambling in the last two weeks weeks seventeen

864
00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:32,320
Speaker 1: and eighteen. There's enough shenanigans going on here in week seventeen,

865
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:36,239
Speaker 1: where we're almost throwing out what has happened in these

866
00:46:36,280 --> 00:46:38,759
Speaker 1: previous sixteen weeks in a lot of leagues, and I

867
00:46:38,760 --> 00:46:41,000
Speaker 1: know that's gonna happen in fantasy football. It's not the

868
00:46:41,040 --> 00:46:43,880
Speaker 1: perfect game, but I'm good with sixteen weeks, so I'm

869
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:46,399
Speaker 1: gonna that's my answer. I don't like that so many

870
00:46:46,440 --> 00:46:48,120
Speaker 1: players are hurt at this time of the year, and

871
00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:50,319
Speaker 1: the DNFL never should have extended the season by a week.

872
00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:52,440
Speaker 1: I mean, you know this, everybody, you know, all these

873
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:55,000
Speaker 1: quarterbacks all getting hurt. This was a it was a

874
00:46:55,680 --> 00:46:58,000
Speaker 1: money grabbeded nothing to do with player safety. I don't

875
00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:00,239
Speaker 1: like that they added the week the extra week, So

876
00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:03,399
Speaker 1: just editorializing for a minute. Now. Last year, we didn't

877
00:47:03,400 --> 00:47:05,440
Speaker 1: have any issues a week seventeen. Everybody's playing a week

878
00:47:05,480 --> 00:47:08,840
Speaker 1: seventeen championship. We didn't have any issues. This year. We

879
00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:13,480
Speaker 1: have one team, Tennessee that clearly and obviously tanked, although

880
00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:17,440
Speaker 1: their team played shockingly well. Um and it was a

881
00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:20,480
Speaker 1: team that entered the week completely battered by injury. That

882
00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:23,600
Speaker 1: really and it had to take a confluence of events

883
00:47:23,640 --> 00:47:25,880
Speaker 1: like the week a team matchup being for all the

884
00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:28,160
Speaker 1: marbles and it was a short week for them too.

885
00:47:28,520 --> 00:47:31,160
Speaker 1: That's a good point. Under made the factor that into

886
00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:33,360
Speaker 1: my head. Um, you know we've got a finite amount

887
00:47:33,440 --> 00:47:35,440
Speaker 1: of fantasy season, Matt. This is to your point. The

888
00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:38,760
Speaker 1: NFL is shorter than the NBA, NHL, the MLB season,

889
00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:40,759
Speaker 1: and people of fantasy football they want to play. I

890
00:47:40,760 --> 00:47:43,719
Speaker 1: don't want to. I don't think Derrick Henry Resting is

891
00:47:43,880 --> 00:47:46,440
Speaker 1: enough of a reason to make fifty million people play

892
00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:49,320
Speaker 1: a week less of a game they love, at least

893
00:47:49,320 --> 00:47:51,879
Speaker 1: not yet. But if this, you know, if we see this,

894
00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:53,759
Speaker 1: if this is more than just a one off, I

895
00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:56,959
Speaker 1: will reconsider this, and I will also consider a week

896
00:47:57,080 --> 00:48:01,440
Speaker 1: sixteen seventeen combo do like the two week playoff matchup

897
00:48:01,840 --> 00:48:06,080
Speaker 1: playoff matchup as a possibility as well. Tough Question number two.

898
00:48:06,560 --> 00:48:08,640
Speaker 1: This is our last over the year two hour show

899
00:48:08,920 --> 00:48:13,120
Speaker 1: for this year. Also, this is the best time to

900
00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:17,319
Speaker 1: introduce rule changes for next year, when everybody's engaged and

901
00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:19,120
Speaker 1: they're thinking about the league, When you're trying to get

902
00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:22,960
Speaker 1: this done like next May, everybody's not really in a

903
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:26,000
Speaker 1: fantasy football frame of mind. What are the rule changes

904
00:48:26,080 --> 00:48:29,160
Speaker 1: every league should consider for next year. We begin with

905
00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:31,759
Speaker 1: Brian Well, this is kind of in the same vein

906
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:36,160
Speaker 1: as your combo your proposal for a combo week seventeen

907
00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:39,080
Speaker 1: Week sixteen seventeen Championship. I think when you get to

908
00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:42,439
Speaker 1: your final four uh in your league, whether you start

909
00:48:42,440 --> 00:48:44,080
Speaker 1: with four teams in the playoffs or you start it

910
00:48:44,080 --> 00:48:45,719
Speaker 1: with six, whatever, but when you get down to the

911
00:48:45,760 --> 00:48:48,279
Speaker 1: final four in those last two weeks, you kind of

912
00:48:48,280 --> 00:48:52,799
Speaker 1: go and all play method where either you're not head

913
00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:55,799
Speaker 1: to head it's not too to head to head matchups,

914
00:48:55,840 --> 00:48:59,000
Speaker 1: but either the top two scoring teams whether they're playing

915
00:48:59,040 --> 00:49:01,200
Speaker 1: each other or not, to the championship, or you do

916
00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:04,960
Speaker 1: accumulative score over those two week periods and then the

917
00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:08,840
Speaker 1: highest scoring team among the final four wins your championship.

918
00:49:08,880 --> 00:49:11,399
Speaker 1: Because to be the one seed and get knocked out

919
00:49:11,400 --> 00:49:13,719
Speaker 1: by a four four seed we had a four better seed.

920
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:15,360
Speaker 1: I know that happens, and it sucks. I've been on

921
00:49:15,400 --> 00:49:17,600
Speaker 1: both ends of that stick. We all have. That happens

922
00:49:17,640 --> 00:49:19,000
Speaker 1: all the time. It happens all the time. But it's

923
00:49:19,080 --> 00:49:20,640
Speaker 1: kind of like the all play scenario when you get

924
00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:22,600
Speaker 1: down to your final four, whether the top to advance

925
00:49:22,680 --> 00:49:24,400
Speaker 1: after the first week of the playoffs, where you go

926
00:49:24,440 --> 00:49:27,719
Speaker 1: the the combined score of all the teams between that

927
00:49:27,760 --> 00:49:30,120
Speaker 1: two week period and the top scoring time. So that's

928
00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:31,359
Speaker 1: gonna have to be four teams. It could be any

929
00:49:31,440 --> 00:49:33,920
Speaker 1: number of teams. You're saying, just advanced the with with

930
00:49:33,960 --> 00:49:37,759
Speaker 1: four teams it's best. But yeah, I've got one that's

931
00:49:37,880 --> 00:49:40,600
Speaker 1: right on that. Just a little tweak, just a little

932
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:45,360
Speaker 1: different and charge. Maybe you might feel this in your playoffs.

933
00:49:45,719 --> 00:49:48,520
Speaker 1: Your number one seed should always get to pick their

934
00:49:48,520 --> 00:49:52,919
Speaker 1: opponent of the available teams left. And in one league,

935
00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:55,920
Speaker 1: I got to pick my opponent that that I run chart.

936
00:49:56,040 --> 00:49:58,440
Speaker 1: You got to pick your opponent. One of my leagues

937
00:49:58,480 --> 00:50:00,160
Speaker 1: like this too, And I know I lost that I

938
00:50:00,320 --> 00:50:03,279
Speaker 1: did I pick wrong? Do you pick wrong? But it's

939
00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:06,200
Speaker 1: kind of a fun. You don't get much of an advantage.

940
00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:09,560
Speaker 1: There's no real home field for fantasy teams. I think

941
00:50:09,560 --> 00:50:11,640
Speaker 1: that you should be able to pick your opponent as

942
00:50:11,680 --> 00:50:14,040
Speaker 1: the number one seed, and if you have enough players

943
00:50:14,200 --> 00:50:15,920
Speaker 1: or teams in your league, let's say have an eight

944
00:50:15,960 --> 00:50:18,440
Speaker 1: team playoff, maybe your two seed gets to get the

945
00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:21,200
Speaker 1: next pick of the teams. I love the idea of

946
00:50:21,239 --> 00:50:24,399
Speaker 1: picking your poison and maybe having that come up and

947
00:50:24,600 --> 00:50:27,280
Speaker 1: bite you in the butt during the fantasy play getting

948
00:50:27,320 --> 00:50:29,319
Speaker 1: on a knock sam out of the playoffs. Right, didn't.

949
00:50:29,320 --> 00:50:34,279
Speaker 1: I didn't choose Sam. He's just too nice of a guys. Right.

950
00:50:34,320 --> 00:50:36,200
Speaker 1: So here's the Here are the rules every league should

951
00:50:36,719 --> 00:50:39,480
Speaker 1: should have. First of all, if you have any veto

952
00:50:40,120 --> 00:50:42,560
Speaker 1: process in your league, that's gotta go. Get rid of

953
00:50:42,600 --> 00:50:45,280
Speaker 1: that now. Next, if you're not, and these are the rules,

954
00:50:45,600 --> 00:50:48,319
Speaker 1: these next, these three, I will not play in leagues

955
00:50:48,360 --> 00:50:51,400
Speaker 1: that don't have these things. Blind bidding for free agents.

956
00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:53,440
Speaker 1: It's the only way to distribute free agents. If you're

957
00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:55,480
Speaker 1: not doing it that way, you are doing it wrong.

958
00:50:56,280 --> 00:50:59,320
Speaker 1: The last one, the next, well, next one. Super flexing,

959
00:50:59,400 --> 00:51:01,160
Speaker 1: here's the way to go. I mean, it's just the

960
00:51:01,200 --> 00:51:05,120
Speaker 1: quarterback position is almost worthless in non super flex leagues.

961
00:51:05,160 --> 00:51:08,280
Speaker 1: You should be playing super flex. Most people still aren't.

962
00:51:08,600 --> 00:51:11,520
Speaker 1: This is a mistake. Super Flex, where you can flex

963
00:51:11,520 --> 00:51:14,719
Speaker 1: a quarterback, very very important, and it brings makes the

964
00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:17,839
Speaker 1: quarterbacks as valuable as the rest of the positions, and

965
00:51:17,920 --> 00:51:20,839
Speaker 1: it totally changes the whole way that that system marks.

966
00:51:20,920 --> 00:51:23,200
Speaker 1: And if you want to just add super flex to

967
00:51:23,200 --> 00:51:27,360
Speaker 1: your league, don't exchange your flex position, add a super

968
00:51:27,360 --> 00:51:30,920
Speaker 1: flex position, just add another position to your lineup. And lastly,

969
00:51:30,960 --> 00:51:33,400
Speaker 1: if you haven't dabbled with an auction it's the most

970
00:51:33,440 --> 00:51:35,759
Speaker 1: fair way to distribute players, and you should be using

971
00:51:35,760 --> 00:51:37,640
Speaker 1: an auction charge. I still think we should do that

972
00:51:37,680 --> 00:51:39,960
Speaker 1: whiteboard auction that I came up with last year for

973
00:51:39,960 --> 00:51:42,320
Speaker 1: a playoff league. We gotta do that. We'll talk about

974
00:51:42,360 --> 00:51:44,880
Speaker 1: that on on one of our podcast episodes that may

975
00:51:44,880 --> 00:51:48,640
Speaker 1: be coming up next week. Tough question number three, since

976
00:51:48,719 --> 00:51:50,560
Speaker 1: once again this is our final over the year two

977
00:51:50,600 --> 00:51:52,839
Speaker 1: hour show, Who's going to be the first overall pick?

978
00:51:52,920 --> 00:51:55,719
Speaker 1: Who should be the first overall pick next year? Mat

979
00:51:56,360 --> 00:51:59,799
Speaker 1: It's incredibly tough for me to get away from Travis Kelsey. Uh.

980
00:51:59,840 --> 00:52:02,960
Speaker 1: He's proven to be the difference maker in fantasy football.

981
00:52:03,520 --> 00:52:06,560
Speaker 1: The difference between Kelsey and Hockinson or Kittle, one of

982
00:52:06,560 --> 00:52:09,640
Speaker 1: which is number two in most formats, is about six

983
00:52:09,680 --> 00:52:13,560
Speaker 1: PPR points. That's an extra touchdown per week. Nobody else

984
00:52:13,600 --> 00:52:16,480
Speaker 1: comes close to that difference. Yes, he's turning thirty four

985
00:52:16,560 --> 00:52:20,600
Speaker 1: next October, but the Chiefs don't have somebody who's just

986
00:52:20,640 --> 00:52:23,440
Speaker 1: gonna pop up and take that wide receiver one position

987
00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:26,600
Speaker 1: like Tyreek Hill had. So it's very likely that Kelsey

988
00:52:26,640 --> 00:52:30,120
Speaker 1: is Patrick Mahomes top target again next year. Brian who

989
00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:34,239
Speaker 1: should be the number one player taken in next year's drafts. Yeah,

990
00:52:34,320 --> 00:52:36,919
Speaker 1: we've always said we fear the cliff and a lot

991
00:52:36,920 --> 00:52:39,120
Speaker 1: of instances you'd rather get out of your early with

992
00:52:39,160 --> 00:52:46,520
Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey, I'm willing to go off again. Like basically,

993
00:52:46,520 --> 00:52:48,600
Speaker 1: the only player I'll go with them film and Louise

994
00:52:48,640 --> 00:52:50,759
Speaker 1: with is Travis Kelsey. I will throw this out there.

995
00:52:50,960 --> 00:52:52,759
Speaker 1: That is my answer as well. But I think next

996
00:52:52,840 --> 00:52:55,960
Speaker 1: year we see and in one quarterback leagues, we'll see

997
00:52:56,040 --> 00:53:00,560
Speaker 1: Josh Allen and Jalen Hursts and maybe Patrick Mahomes go

998
00:53:00,640 --> 00:53:02,720
Speaker 1: in the first round. We'll see a lot more people

999
00:53:02,760 --> 00:53:05,960
Speaker 1: reverting to not zero running back but doing the opposite.

1000
00:53:06,160 --> 00:53:08,520
Speaker 1: It's charged finally coming in vogue. It's only taking me

1001
00:53:08,560 --> 00:53:11,160
Speaker 1: fifteen years. I think average a DP will only see

1002
00:53:11,200 --> 00:53:13,439
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey and Austin Ekela are going in the first

1003
00:53:13,520 --> 00:53:16,120
Speaker 1: rounds as running backs next year. I don't agree with that. Well,

1004
00:53:16,440 --> 00:53:18,719
Speaker 1: if you are people that are doing it wrong so

1005
00:53:18,840 --> 00:53:21,520
Speaker 1: blinded by running backs, they will there. There will be

1006
00:53:21,560 --> 00:53:23,279
Speaker 1: more than two that go in the first round. Those

1007
00:53:23,320 --> 00:53:26,560
Speaker 1: should be the only two. I should say Barkley borderline

1008
00:53:26,719 --> 00:53:29,680
Speaker 1: only because I couldn't get myself to do. Travis Kelsey,

1009
00:53:29,760 --> 00:53:31,680
Speaker 1: I think should go second. Because of the age, and

1010
00:53:31,719 --> 00:53:33,920
Speaker 1: I just I feel like I feel like the end

1011
00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:36,760
Speaker 1: is the end is Nie, So I'm going Justin Jefferson,

1012
00:53:36,920 --> 00:53:39,720
Speaker 1: I think will end up being the consensus first player

1013
00:53:39,800 --> 00:53:42,400
Speaker 1: off the board. By going wide receiver, you avoid the

1014
00:53:42,400 --> 00:53:45,720
Speaker 1: pitfalls that come with the running back position. Just asked

1015
00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:50,719
Speaker 1: the of people who took Jonathan Taylor first overall this

1016
00:53:50,760 --> 00:53:55,200
Speaker 1: past year but he was so safe, Or took Christian

1017
00:53:55,280 --> 00:53:58,399
Speaker 1: McCaffrey with the first pick the year before that, or

1018
00:53:58,640 --> 00:54:02,520
Speaker 1: the who put could picked Christian McCaffrey the year before

1019
00:54:02,560 --> 00:54:04,839
Speaker 1: that too, We could keep going by by the way

1020
00:54:04,840 --> 00:54:06,400
Speaker 1: we by the way it was sake Kawa Barkley the

1021
00:54:06,440 --> 00:54:09,040
Speaker 1: year before that. We could keep doing this. People are

1022
00:54:09,080 --> 00:54:11,719
Speaker 1: so locked into just taking last year's best running back

1023
00:54:11,760 --> 00:54:15,399
Speaker 1: first overall, but everybody's been burned, and I think they're

1024
00:54:15,440 --> 00:54:18,799
Speaker 1: finally gonna go to Justin Jefferson, a player not just

1025
00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:23,160
Speaker 1: on a Hall of Fame trajectory. He's literally on a

1026
00:54:23,280 --> 00:54:25,840
Speaker 1: trajectory to be the best wide receiver in the history

1027
00:54:25,840 --> 00:54:28,520
Speaker 1: of the league. He's never missed a game, and his

1028
00:54:28,719 --> 00:54:33,280
Speaker 1: quarterback has never missed a game. Fantasy players, I think

1029
00:54:33,560 --> 00:54:35,759
Speaker 1: I want to believe are going to make the right

1030
00:54:35,800 --> 00:54:39,040
Speaker 1: decision with the first pick next August and take Justin Jefferson.

1031
00:54:39,120 --> 00:54:42,800
Speaker 1: Can't blame you. Let's work in one more matchup, Chicago

1032
00:54:43,080 --> 00:54:47,280
Speaker 1: at Detroit. We begin with Justin Fields and a grade.

1033
00:54:47,440 --> 00:54:49,960
Speaker 1: Detroit to surrender the fourth most passing touchdowns in the

1034
00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:52,320
Speaker 1: third most passing yards per game, so Fields should be

1035
00:54:52,360 --> 00:54:54,400
Speaker 1: able to chip in one to two touchdowns with his

1036
00:54:54,520 --> 00:54:57,200
Speaker 1: arm here. And when these teams first met at week ten,

1037
00:54:57,880 --> 00:55:02,080
Speaker 1: Fields through for two touchdown. He ran for two touchdowns

1038
00:55:02,239 --> 00:55:06,200
Speaker 1: and piled up one d forty seven rushing yards in

1039
00:55:06,239 --> 00:55:07,919
Speaker 1: the game. I was gonna I thought you were gonna

1040
00:55:07,960 --> 00:55:13,279
Speaker 1: say he caught two touchdowns. It's worth noting that Jalen Hurts,

1041
00:55:13,360 --> 00:55:15,600
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones, and Josh Allen all rushed for at least

1042
00:55:15,600 --> 00:55:18,560
Speaker 1: fifty yards and a touchdown against the Lions this year.

1043
00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:23,720
Speaker 1: So every indication here is monster game coming from Justin Fields.

1044
00:55:23,760 --> 00:55:25,560
Speaker 1: So what about his receivers. I just said, I think

1045
00:55:25,560 --> 00:55:28,120
Speaker 1: he's gonna throw one or two. So to whom could

1046
00:55:28,120 --> 00:55:31,600
Speaker 1: they go? Let's talk Cole Commet, who finished with seventy

1047
00:55:31,600 --> 00:55:33,960
Speaker 1: four yards and two touchdowns in the first meeting with

1048
00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:37,400
Speaker 1: the Lions Week ten. Commet doesn't have any much competition

1049
00:55:37,440 --> 00:55:39,640
Speaker 1: for targets these days, and the Lions have surrendered to

1050
00:55:39,680 --> 00:55:42,480
Speaker 1: healthy three tight end touchdowns in the last four games.

1051
00:55:42,480 --> 00:55:47,080
Speaker 1: So I've gotta be grade Cole commet and a C

1052
00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:54,319
Speaker 1: grade on the previously mentioned Byron Pringle, Mooney's out, Claypool's hurt.

1053
00:55:54,400 --> 00:55:57,920
Speaker 1: Pettis is hurt when your chips are down. You turned

1054
00:55:57,920 --> 00:56:00,520
Speaker 1: to Pringle. Oh, yeah, I get it. I Oh, you're

1055
00:56:00,560 --> 00:56:04,200
Speaker 1: salty about his meager box scores, but he never lays

1056
00:56:04,320 --> 00:56:07,600
Speaker 1: down on the job. Pringle led all Chicago receivers and

1057
00:56:07,680 --> 00:56:10,840
Speaker 1: snaps last week, and he's got a tasty matchup against Detroit.

1058
00:56:11,120 --> 00:56:15,560
Speaker 1: Could you stack him with Justin Fields? DFS players would

1059
00:56:15,560 --> 00:56:19,160
Speaker 1: be wise to consider Pringle in stacks with Justin Bale.

1060
00:56:19,200 --> 00:56:21,680
Speaker 1: There we go. You just let me finish. Oh sorry,

1061
00:56:21,719 --> 00:56:24,759
Speaker 1: no problem. Pringle won't get his feathers ruffled by a

1062
00:56:24,840 --> 00:56:28,200
Speaker 1: Lions defense allowing the second most yards to wide receivers.

1063
00:56:28,200 --> 00:56:34,800
Speaker 1: Including solid games for other inconsistent fantasy scores like Terris Marshall,

1064
00:56:35,239 --> 00:56:40,440
Speaker 1: Jeff Smith, Elijah Moore, kJ Osborne and Isaiah Mackenzie. If

1065
00:56:40,480 --> 00:56:43,080
Speaker 1: they can get it done against the Lions, why not,

1066
00:56:43,640 --> 00:56:45,919
Speaker 1: Byron Pringle, I thought you were gonna find some other

1067
00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:49,040
Speaker 1: like wide receivers who had chip names like Steve Derito

1068
00:56:49,320 --> 00:56:51,759
Speaker 1: or I don't think there aren't. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe

1069
00:56:51,760 --> 00:56:53,919
Speaker 1: they're out there somewhere. Can I give a quick shout

1070
00:56:53,960 --> 00:56:59,080
Speaker 1: out to Minnesota legend um Mitch Hedberg. Remember his joke

1071
00:56:59,120 --> 00:57:02,640
Speaker 1: where he goes uh he initially, I won't do the

1072
00:57:02,719 --> 00:57:05,919
Speaker 1: voice he's like initially thought. I think pringles initially meant

1073
00:57:05,960 --> 00:57:07,839
Speaker 1: to make tennis balls, but one day when the rubber

1074
00:57:07,920 --> 00:57:09,880
Speaker 1: was supposed to show up, it was a bunch of potatoes.

1075
00:57:11,239 --> 00:57:15,480
Speaker 1: If it will make chips instead, r I p Mitchend.

1076
00:57:16,160 --> 00:57:18,560
Speaker 1: David Montgomery gets a C grade. Khalil Herbert is going

1077
00:57:18,600 --> 00:57:20,120
Speaker 1: to be more involved than he was last week, and

1078
00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:23,360
Speaker 1: that's an issue since Montgomery averages about half of the

1079
00:57:23,400 --> 00:57:26,600
Speaker 1: stats and half the Fantasy points in Herbert games. Prior

1080
00:57:26,600 --> 00:57:29,680
Speaker 1: to getting destroyed by Carolina's runners last week. The lines

1081
00:57:29,720 --> 00:57:32,400
Speaker 1: have been a great run defense, no back at top

1082
00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:35,720
Speaker 1: to eighty three rushing yards, including David Montgomery, who only

1083
00:57:35,760 --> 00:57:37,640
Speaker 1: got thirty seven yards on nine attempts in the Week

1084
00:57:37,640 --> 00:57:39,160
Speaker 1: ten matchups. So I can only give him a C

1085
00:57:39,280 --> 00:57:42,960
Speaker 1: grade here. And for Herbert, I just not enough usage

1086
00:57:43,080 --> 00:57:45,560
Speaker 1: last week. I think he's more just a spoiler for

1087
00:57:45,640 --> 00:57:48,000
Speaker 1: Montgomery than somebody you're going to start in your championship game.

1088
00:57:48,280 --> 00:57:50,880
Speaker 1: On the Detroit side, Jared Goffins might take a chance

1089
00:57:50,880 --> 00:57:52,840
Speaker 1: on the quarterback. D J. Charcos may take a chance

1090
00:57:52,840 --> 00:57:55,000
Speaker 1: of me wide receiver. I'm on Ross st. Brown a

1091
00:57:55,320 --> 00:57:59,400
Speaker 1: grade he'll rebound from a couple of middling games. Chicago

1092
00:57:59,560 --> 00:58:03,200
Speaker 1: is just two weeks removed from allowing three hundred seven

1093
00:58:03,240 --> 00:58:06,280
Speaker 1: combined yards to the Eagles receivers, and they're missing their

1094
00:58:06,280 --> 00:58:08,479
Speaker 1: top two cornerbacks. As I mentioned earlier in the show,

1095
00:58:08,920 --> 00:58:13,040
Speaker 1: Undrafted Ricky. Free agent Josh Blackwell has played fifty three

1096
00:58:13,160 --> 00:58:15,840
Speaker 1: NFL snaps of coverage and he's gonna be on amand

1097
00:58:15,880 --> 00:58:18,360
Speaker 1: ross A. Brown. That is an extremely plus matchup for him.

1098
00:58:18,400 --> 00:58:21,040
Speaker 1: A grade for him, and then a C grade on

1099
00:58:21,120 --> 00:58:24,880
Speaker 1: DeAndre Swift and Jamal Williams. It's a pretty positive matchup

1100
00:58:24,920 --> 00:58:27,360
Speaker 1: against a bad run defense in Chicago. The Bears go

1101
00:58:27,520 --> 00:58:30,000
Speaker 1: up the seventh most rushing yards and the second most

1102
00:58:30,080 --> 00:58:34,040
Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns to running backs. The volume here is always

1103
00:58:34,040 --> 00:58:36,640
Speaker 1: a problem for these guys. They split the volume over

1104
00:58:36,680 --> 00:58:39,840
Speaker 1: the past three weeks, Swift averaging just nine touches, will

1105
00:58:39,960 --> 00:58:43,960
Speaker 1: Williams averaging thirteen touches and Williams has been bad over

1106
00:58:43,960 --> 00:58:47,560
Speaker 1: the last month, averaging two point two yards per carry.

1107
00:58:47,600 --> 00:58:50,000
Speaker 1: But the matchup is positive, so I'll give you a

1108
00:58:50,040 --> 00:58:54,480
Speaker 1: C grade on DeAndre Swift and Jamal Williams. Let's take

1109
00:58:54,520 --> 00:58:57,760
Speaker 1: a break. When we come back, Jacksonville will take on Houston.

1110
00:58:58,960 --> 00:59:01,680
Speaker 1: The worry here, how along is Jacksonville play their starters?

1111
00:59:01,720 --> 00:59:05,960
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson says, everybody's playing, but for how long? And

1112
00:59:06,280 --> 00:59:09,800
Speaker 1: Houston hasn't become the easiest matchup in the world either.

1113
00:59:10,800 --> 00:59:13,000
Speaker 1: Brian Johnson will helped figure out what to do with

1114
00:59:13,040 --> 00:59:17,480
Speaker 1: Travis E. T n among others among the Jacksonville Jaguars,

1115
00:59:17,520 --> 00:59:21,960
Speaker 1: maybe even Dan Arnold. Now that's the that's the championship

1116
00:59:22,080 --> 00:59:24,520
Speaker 1: question right there, that's the tight end we were looking for.

1117
00:59:24,720 --> 00:59:46,760
Speaker 1: Stay tuned Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly.

1118
00:59:47,120 --> 00:59:51,080
Speaker 1: A big block ole matchups coming your way, beginning with

1119
00:59:51,200 --> 00:59:54,760
Speaker 1: Jacksonville at Houston. Houston's played inspired ball so so good

1120
00:59:54,800 --> 00:59:57,080
Speaker 1: over the last month. They might find themselves out of

1121
00:59:57,120 --> 00:59:59,560
Speaker 1: the number one slot in the draft. But let's start

1122
00:59:59,560 --> 01:00:02,920
Speaker 1: in the jack Xonville's side. Yeah, for those who don't know,

1123
01:00:03,120 --> 01:00:06,720
Speaker 1: Jacksonville and Tennessee are gonna play in Week eighteen for

1124
01:00:06,800 --> 01:00:09,560
Speaker 1: the a f C South Championship. Now there's a small chance,

1125
01:00:09,560 --> 01:00:13,840
Speaker 1: two percent chance, if Jacksonville wins this game and loses

1126
01:00:13,880 --> 01:00:16,880
Speaker 1: next week, they'll get a wild card spot. But I

1127
01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:19,400
Speaker 1: don't think that's enough motivation to play your starters the

1128
01:00:19,520 --> 01:00:22,720
Speaker 1: entire game. Doug Peterson, as you said, charge Jacksonville head

1129
01:00:22,720 --> 01:00:25,440
Speaker 1: coach said, the starters will start. I don't know how

1130
01:00:25,440 --> 01:00:28,000
Speaker 1: long they're gonna finish. My gut tells me they played

1131
01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:30,360
Speaker 1: a halftime and that's it, regardless of they're winning, losing,

1132
01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:34,320
Speaker 1: or drawing against the Texans. So I'm proceeding with caution

1133
01:00:34,400 --> 01:00:36,600
Speaker 1: here with the Jacksonville players, starting with Travis e TN

1134
01:00:36,680 --> 01:00:39,320
Speaker 1: just to see for him. Despite the fact that Texans

1135
01:00:39,320 --> 01:00:42,640
Speaker 1: are allowing on seventy two combo yards and one point

1136
01:00:42,680 --> 01:00:46,040
Speaker 1: five total touchdowns per game to opposing running backs, e

1137
01:00:46,160 --> 01:00:48,080
Speaker 1: t N at a hundred and fourteen combo yards when

1138
01:00:48,080 --> 01:00:52,640
Speaker 1: these teams first met in Week five on just thirteen touches. Sadly,

1139
01:00:52,680 --> 01:00:54,800
Speaker 1: I think that's around his ceiling for touches, and this

1140
01:00:54,840 --> 01:00:58,400
Speaker 1: one as well. I think this is your hunch. This

1141
01:00:58,520 --> 01:01:00,480
Speaker 1: is my hunch. If you think if you think Jaguars

1142
01:01:00,520 --> 01:01:03,560
Speaker 1: are playing the whole game. If you're playing, Yeah, if

1143
01:01:03,560 --> 01:01:05,480
Speaker 1: you think they's gonna roll run each end to the

1144
01:01:05,480 --> 01:01:08,080
Speaker 1: ground in this game, yeah, he's in eighth grade. Again,

1145
01:01:08,120 --> 01:01:10,560
Speaker 1: I don't think he will. That's your call to make

1146
01:01:10,640 --> 01:01:13,840
Speaker 1: on paper, great great play, but uh, I think they

1147
01:01:13,840 --> 01:01:15,440
Speaker 1: show some caution here with e t N. So I

1148
01:01:15,680 --> 01:01:17,960
Speaker 1: give him just a see here, I do have Christian

1149
01:01:18,000 --> 01:01:20,920
Speaker 1: Kirk and Zay Jones on the bench here. Kirk had

1150
01:01:21,000 --> 01:01:23,520
Speaker 1: had just one catch for eleven scoreless yards in the

1151
01:01:23,560 --> 01:01:27,360
Speaker 1: first meeting. Say Jones had three catches for twelve scoreless yards.

1152
01:01:27,360 --> 01:01:30,000
Speaker 1: Now baking in the risk that they sit their stars

1153
01:01:30,160 --> 01:01:32,520
Speaker 1: starters in the second half, which a thing happens, It's

1154
01:01:32,520 --> 01:01:35,720
Speaker 1: still an awful matchup. Teams just don't throw on the Texans,

1155
01:01:35,720 --> 01:01:39,280
Speaker 1: who have surrendered the fewest wide receiver touchdowns this season,

1156
01:01:39,680 --> 01:01:44,240
Speaker 1: just five. Why, They've allowed just one score to the

1157
01:01:44,280 --> 01:01:46,439
Speaker 1: position over the last seven games. So I got Kirk

1158
01:01:46,520 --> 01:01:49,000
Speaker 1: and Jones on the bench. I will give Evan and

1159
01:01:49,120 --> 01:01:51,720
Speaker 1: Gram a c here that Texans are allowing five catches

1160
01:01:51,760 --> 01:01:54,800
Speaker 1: and fifty plus yards per game two tight ends, and

1161
01:01:55,240 --> 01:01:58,080
Speaker 1: Gram had six catches for sixty nine yards in the

1162
01:01:58,120 --> 01:02:01,520
Speaker 1: first meeting. Dan Arnold and Chris Man. Hurts also added

1163
01:02:01,560 --> 01:02:03,840
Speaker 1: three catches for thirty five yards in that game, so

1164
01:02:04,280 --> 01:02:06,160
Speaker 1: tight ends do well here. Again, it's a matter of

1165
01:02:06,160 --> 01:02:08,800
Speaker 1: how much Evan Anger will play in this one. I

1166
01:02:08,840 --> 01:02:11,120
Speaker 1: know I'll be using Dan Arnold in DFS that is

1167
01:02:12,120 --> 01:02:16,840
Speaker 1: this weekend. What well Yeah, yeah, stoop Connor engine, Michael Hasty.

1168
01:02:16,880 --> 01:02:19,920
Speaker 1: They could, I think hasty still, but they might choose

1169
01:02:19,960 --> 01:02:23,920
Speaker 1: to rest Hasty. Yeah. You know. This is why this

1170
01:02:24,000 --> 01:02:25,680
Speaker 1: is one of the reasons I don't want any more

1171
01:02:25,680 --> 01:02:28,320
Speaker 1: Week seventeen championships. I'm done with that. I want Week sixteen.

1172
01:02:28,400 --> 01:02:31,880
Speaker 1: It's only taken one year for me or to really anyway. Lastly,

1173
01:02:31,960 --> 01:02:34,040
Speaker 1: for the Jacks, Trevor Lawrence got him on the bench

1174
01:02:34,080 --> 01:02:37,600
Speaker 1: to the Texans are yielding only thirty pass attempts per game,

1175
01:02:38,000 --> 01:02:40,360
Speaker 1: and they're tied with the Jets for the fewest passing

1176
01:02:40,360 --> 01:02:44,560
Speaker 1: touchdowns allowed for very different reasons really, but the thirteen

1177
01:02:44,600 --> 01:02:48,080
Speaker 1: passing touchdowns allowed. Lawrence had two six yards in the

1178
01:02:48,080 --> 01:02:51,080
Speaker 1: first meeting, but no touchdowns. Again, I think Jacksonville is

1179
01:02:51,120 --> 01:02:54,439
Speaker 1: better served just saving themselves for the Week eighteen game,

1180
01:02:54,560 --> 01:02:56,840
Speaker 1: rather than the two percent chance they win this game

1181
01:02:56,880 --> 01:02:58,520
Speaker 1: and lose next week and get the wild card, which

1182
01:02:58,560 --> 01:03:03,280
Speaker 1: is a dead meats spot anyway, Like anyway, Yeah, Jacksonville,

1183
01:03:03,680 --> 01:03:06,400
Speaker 1: this game is weird anyway. Over the Houston side, Royce

1184
01:03:06,440 --> 01:03:08,200
Speaker 1: Freeman might take a chance to me running back. I

1185
01:03:08,240 --> 01:03:11,040
Speaker 1: think he's very viable this week. I think Brandon Cooks

1186
01:03:11,480 --> 01:03:14,520
Speaker 1: and Chris Moore are viable as well, taking out last

1187
01:03:14,520 --> 01:03:16,920
Speaker 1: week's game against Zack Wilson in the rain, which I

1188
01:03:16,920 --> 01:03:19,800
Speaker 1: think is fair to do. When it speaks to the

1189
01:03:19,840 --> 01:03:23,240
Speaker 1: Jacksonville defense. The Jaguars have allowed thirteen catches and one

1190
01:03:23,640 --> 01:03:26,280
Speaker 1: sixty yards per game to wide receivers over the last

1191
01:03:26,320 --> 01:03:30,160
Speaker 1: four five total touchdowns to wide to wide receivers during

1192
01:03:30,160 --> 01:03:32,920
Speaker 1: that same four game span, and those numbers are actually

1193
01:03:32,960 --> 01:03:36,000
Speaker 1: sapped by a game against the Ravens as well. Their

1194
01:03:36,000 --> 01:03:38,520
Speaker 1: wide receivers haven't got a touchdown since like week three.

1195
01:03:38,600 --> 01:03:41,600
Speaker 1: So I like Cooks and more here. I like Jordan Aikins,

1196
01:03:41,640 --> 01:03:44,160
Speaker 1: whose might take a chance of meat receiver. And you

1197
01:03:44,160 --> 01:03:46,160
Speaker 1: would think I would have a starting grade things And

1198
01:03:46,320 --> 01:03:49,240
Speaker 1: he just told me to start three receivers. They all

1199
01:03:49,240 --> 01:03:53,040
Speaker 1: have that potential sea level potential, mind you, but they're

1200
01:03:53,080 --> 01:03:56,040
Speaker 1: not all gonna get there. I just no one's gonna

1201
01:03:56,040 --> 01:03:58,480
Speaker 1: start Davis Mills, but he's another another you know a

1202
01:03:58,560 --> 01:04:01,800
Speaker 1: daily flyer you could row out there. San Francisco takes

1203
01:04:01,840 --> 01:04:04,840
Speaker 1: on Las Vegas. Matt brock Purty has thrown two touchdowns

1204
01:04:04,840 --> 01:04:07,439
Speaker 1: in four straight games. Are you calling a fifth two

1205
01:04:07,440 --> 01:04:11,320
Speaker 1: touchdown game? Yeah? I'm giving him a B grade and

1206
01:04:11,360 --> 01:04:13,800
Speaker 1: this it sounds like a two touchdown game. He's not

1207
01:04:13,840 --> 01:04:16,280
Speaker 1: gonna wow you with huge yard numbers minimum of one

1208
01:04:16,880 --> 01:04:18,880
Speaker 1: and a max of two thirty four so far, but

1209
01:04:18,920 --> 01:04:21,640
Speaker 1: this is the easiest secondary Purtty has started against so

1210
01:04:21,680 --> 01:04:24,760
Speaker 1: far this year. The Raiders allowed to fifty five per

1211
01:04:24,800 --> 01:04:27,040
Speaker 1: game through the air, seventh most in the league, and

1212
01:04:27,040 --> 01:04:29,880
Speaker 1: they have a league low four interceptions all season. So

1213
01:04:30,240 --> 01:04:34,120
Speaker 1: I think party can air it out here. Um, George Kittle,

1214
01:04:34,120 --> 01:04:36,320
Speaker 1: I have an A grade on. He scored twice in

1215
01:04:36,360 --> 01:04:39,120
Speaker 1: each of the last two weeks. Worth noting that Deebo

1216
01:04:39,240 --> 01:04:41,480
Speaker 1: Samuel was also out during that time and Deebo is

1217
01:04:41,520 --> 01:04:44,360
Speaker 1: not gonna play this week, and with brock Purty starting

1218
01:04:44,360 --> 01:04:48,320
Speaker 1: in debo out, George Kittle is suddenly the top receiver there.

1219
01:04:48,480 --> 01:04:51,440
Speaker 1: In those two games, hundred and twenty yards and he's

1220
01:04:51,480 --> 01:04:54,720
Speaker 1: averaging over twenty yards per reception during that time. The

1221
01:04:54,800 --> 01:04:57,400
Speaker 1: Raiders have allowed the eighth most receptions to tight ends

1222
01:04:57,440 --> 01:05:01,000
Speaker 1: this year. Brandon Iu started to see the debo absence

1223
01:05:01,080 --> 01:05:04,360
Speaker 1: uptick last week as well. Seven targets, five catches, eighty

1224
01:05:04,400 --> 01:05:07,280
Speaker 1: one yards. He was on the field for of the

1225
01:05:07,280 --> 01:05:10,160
Speaker 1: snaps over the last two weeks. The Raiders are an

1226
01:05:10,160 --> 01:05:13,160
Speaker 1: average defense against wide receivers, but have a glaring week

1227
01:05:13,200 --> 01:05:17,560
Speaker 1: spot in a Meek Robinson. Robertson Pro Football Focus is

1228
01:05:17,600 --> 01:05:20,680
Speaker 1: a hundred and twenty four ranked corner. Both Ayuk and

1229
01:05:20,760 --> 01:05:23,960
Speaker 1: Robertson move all over, but it looks like Robertson will

1230
01:05:24,000 --> 01:05:26,240
Speaker 1: match up with a Uk most often, so I'll give

1231
01:05:26,280 --> 01:05:30,200
Speaker 1: Auk a B here, and then there's not really that

1232
01:05:30,320 --> 01:05:32,400
Speaker 1: much of a need to talk Christian McCaffrey. He's an

1233
01:05:32,400 --> 01:05:35,680
Speaker 1: obvious a. I'm not gonna start Jordan Mason in a

1234
01:05:35,760 --> 01:05:38,800
Speaker 1: championship week after he missed last week due to injury.

1235
01:05:39,120 --> 01:05:41,760
Speaker 1: The matchups good, but it seems just too cute for

1236
01:05:41,800 --> 01:05:44,240
Speaker 1: me to get that one fired up. So I do

1237
01:05:44,280 --> 01:05:46,000
Speaker 1: think they're going to be cautious about how much they

1238
01:05:46,080 --> 01:05:48,880
Speaker 1: used Christian McCaffrey in these final two games against very

1239
01:05:48,880 --> 01:05:52,600
Speaker 1: bad opponents of backup quarterbacks. I agree, but the Vikings

1240
01:05:52,640 --> 01:05:54,640
Speaker 1: are playing at the same time. If the Vikings are

1241
01:05:54,680 --> 01:05:57,600
Speaker 1: staked to a big lead, the Niners could rest to

1242
01:05:57,640 --> 01:06:01,200
Speaker 1: their starters in the second half because they just might

1243
01:06:01,280 --> 01:06:04,480
Speaker 1: need not not naked still catch the Vikings in Week eighteen.

1244
01:06:04,600 --> 01:06:06,800
Speaker 1: I know, but yeah, I don't think the Raiders are

1245
01:06:06,800 --> 01:06:08,640
Speaker 1: gonna put up any points in this game. By the way,

1246
01:06:09,480 --> 01:06:12,360
Speaker 1: Jared nobody start Nobody pretty much. Jared stid him the

1247
01:06:12,360 --> 01:06:14,560
Speaker 1: other quarterback. He's not a B grade, He's a B

1248
01:06:15,000 --> 01:06:18,240
Speaker 1: H grade. Uh stid him taking over for Car. It

1249
01:06:18,240 --> 01:06:21,560
Speaker 1: looks like Car's time in Vegas is done. Uh stid

1250
01:06:21,600 --> 01:06:24,520
Speaker 1: him gets to face a top five past defense in

1251
01:06:24,520 --> 01:06:27,200
Speaker 1: the league in his first start ever. He has played

1252
01:06:27,200 --> 01:06:30,360
Speaker 1: in eight games, but he's never started a game. Um

1253
01:06:30,400 --> 01:06:32,760
Speaker 1: and no one's starting Jared stid him in the championship.

1254
01:06:32,800 --> 01:06:35,200
Speaker 1: So how does that affect Davante Adams and Hunter Renfro

1255
01:06:36,040 --> 01:06:38,520
Speaker 1: Quite a bit? Actually, I've downgraded Adams to a C

1256
01:06:38,760 --> 01:06:40,960
Speaker 1: grade and Renfro all the way to the bench. It

1257
01:06:41,000 --> 01:06:43,560
Speaker 1: was it was a good matchup when Car was the quarterback.

1258
01:06:43,640 --> 01:06:46,360
Speaker 1: Minners give up a lot of receptions and yards the

1259
01:06:46,360 --> 01:06:49,160
Speaker 1: wide receiver position. But Stid him and the fact that

1260
01:06:49,200 --> 01:06:51,480
Speaker 1: we don't really know about how he'll play. Who he'll

1261
01:06:51,520 --> 01:06:54,240
Speaker 1: target makes them if he in a championship week, and

1262
01:06:54,560 --> 01:06:57,160
Speaker 1: if you have Adams, you're not in the championship because

1263
01:06:57,160 --> 01:07:00,640
Speaker 1: he had four and two for fifteen in the last

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01:07:00,640 --> 01:07:03,480
Speaker 1: two playoff weeks to get you there. So he's probably

1265
01:07:03,560 --> 01:07:09,800
Speaker 1: not in many championship rosters at track record is horrifying. Yeah,

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01:07:09,840 --> 01:07:13,000
Speaker 1: two touchdowns to four interceptions in his career and just

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01:07:13,120 --> 01:07:16,480
Speaker 1: over fifty completions. It's pretty bad. It's extremely bad. He's

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01:07:16,520 --> 01:07:18,640
Speaker 1: never been involved in a game in which he has

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01:07:18,680 --> 01:07:22,439
Speaker 1: thrown for more than seventy two yards. Yeah, but those

1270
01:07:22,480 --> 01:07:25,000
Speaker 1: have all been backup roles. He's never started a game

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01:07:25,000 --> 01:07:27,480
Speaker 1: in his in his four year NFL career, so this

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01:07:27,520 --> 01:07:31,360
Speaker 1: is his first. He'll probably eclipse seventy two yards. You

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01:07:31,480 --> 01:07:35,840
Speaker 1: call him, I think so, set the biggest line. Uh,

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01:07:35,840 --> 01:07:38,680
Speaker 1: and then finally Josh Jacobs. He only gets a C

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01:07:38,960 --> 01:07:41,320
Speaker 1: grade here. The Niners are the best run defense in

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01:07:41,360 --> 01:07:44,280
Speaker 1: the league. No running back has hit the sixty rushing

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01:07:44,360 --> 01:07:47,480
Speaker 1: yard mark against San Francisco this year, and during their

1278
01:07:47,520 --> 01:07:51,080
Speaker 1: eight game win streak, they've allowed one total touchdown to

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01:07:51,120 --> 01:07:55,720
Speaker 1: the running back position with stidhaman why would the why

1280
01:07:55,720 --> 01:07:58,080
Speaker 1: would the Niners respect the pass at all? They could

1281
01:07:58,080 --> 01:08:02,160
Speaker 1: just load the box against Jacobs just to see for him. Alright,

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01:08:02,240 --> 01:08:06,040
Speaker 1: final matchup of this segment Vikings and Packers. Justin Jefferson's

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01:08:06,040 --> 01:08:08,400
Speaker 1: an obvious a but there are other receivers you can

1284
01:08:08,440 --> 01:08:10,960
Speaker 1: start as well, including Adam Feeland. You know, not a

1285
01:08:10,960 --> 01:08:13,880
Speaker 1: guy that's posting explosive box scores at this stage of

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01:08:13,920 --> 01:08:17,880
Speaker 1: his career. But and the volume hasn't been great unfortunately,

1287
01:08:17,960 --> 01:08:21,360
Speaker 1: theme and Theelands really become touchdown dependent. He has scored

1288
01:08:21,400 --> 01:08:23,680
Speaker 1: in three of the past five games, though, so the

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01:08:23,680 --> 01:08:27,720
Speaker 1: touchdowns have been there. Now. J Alexander is not star

1290
01:08:27,840 --> 01:08:31,720
Speaker 1: cornerback Jayre. Alexander is not going to just shadow Justin Jefferson.

1291
01:08:32,280 --> 01:08:36,000
Speaker 1: But I think he's gonna get Jefferson more often than not.

1292
01:08:36,760 --> 01:08:39,759
Speaker 1: And that puts Theland on a much easier matchup against

1293
01:08:39,800 --> 01:08:42,800
Speaker 1: Russeul Douglas's not easy, but easier. Douglas has a lot

1294
01:08:42,800 --> 01:08:44,840
Speaker 1: of four touchdowns in his last seven games, so there

1295
01:08:44,960 --> 01:08:46,760
Speaker 1: is the hope for a touchdown for Theland and that's

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01:08:46,760 --> 01:08:49,840
Speaker 1: why he gets a C grade. T J. Hockenson averaging

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01:08:50,000 --> 01:08:52,679
Speaker 1: Now he's up to nine targets per game. Since coming

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01:08:52,680 --> 01:08:56,320
Speaker 1: to Minnesota, He's become the second most reliable receiver on

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01:08:56,360 --> 01:08:59,240
Speaker 1: the Vikings and probably the second most reliable tight end

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01:08:59,280 --> 01:09:02,559
Speaker 1: in fantasy foot ball. Will t J. Hockenson be among

1301
01:09:02,800 --> 01:09:07,599
Speaker 1: your top five tight ends next season in draft season?

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01:09:07,760 --> 01:09:11,599
Speaker 1: Probably yes, I think so. Kirk Cousins coming back, Yeah,

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01:09:11,640 --> 01:09:13,240
Speaker 1: I think that's probably where. Where do you think he'll

1304
01:09:13,280 --> 01:09:18,120
Speaker 1: rank him above Andrews, above Pitts, above Kids? Yes? Probably

1305
01:09:18,160 --> 01:09:20,640
Speaker 1: because Kidle gets hurt, so he's probably number two. I

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01:09:20,680 --> 01:09:24,280
Speaker 1: don't know. Uh No, I think dallascutably too. We'll see, Okay,

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01:09:24,520 --> 01:09:26,840
Speaker 1: um Let's Packers have only allotted one score to tight

1308
01:09:26,960 --> 01:09:29,120
Speaker 1: ends in the last seven games. That is a worry

1309
01:09:29,160 --> 01:09:32,439
Speaker 1: for Hockinson. Um and their rookie Kay Walker has been

1310
01:09:32,479 --> 01:09:34,400
Speaker 1: actually very good in coverage of late, and that's a

1311
01:09:34,400 --> 01:09:36,559
Speaker 1: bit of a worry here too, But still a solid

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01:09:36,600 --> 01:09:39,320
Speaker 1: B grade on t J. Hockenson. And then lastly, I'll

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01:09:39,320 --> 01:09:41,760
Speaker 1: mention Dalvin Cook, who I really liken this one, and

1314
01:09:42,280 --> 01:09:43,680
Speaker 1: I know last week I said he should be a

1315
01:09:43,720 --> 01:09:46,479
Speaker 1: focal point for the Vikings against the Giants. Didn't really

1316
01:09:46,520 --> 01:09:49,120
Speaker 1: work out that way, but he really should this time.

1317
01:09:50,880 --> 01:09:53,080
Speaker 1: Over the last six games, the Packers have given up

1318
01:09:53,120 --> 01:09:56,360
Speaker 1: seven rushing touchdowns and over five yards per carry. The

1319
01:09:56,520 --> 01:09:59,759
Speaker 1: Vikings have been throwing Kirk Cousin's arm out of socket.

1320
01:09:59,760 --> 01:10:02,120
Speaker 1: They should really be trying to establish the run here.

1321
01:10:02,240 --> 01:10:04,240
Speaker 1: I want to see him get twenty carries in this game,

1322
01:10:04,280 --> 01:10:06,479
Speaker 1: and I've got an A grade and a very favorable

1323
01:10:06,520 --> 01:10:08,560
Speaker 1: matchup for Dalvin Cook. All right, let's go to the

1324
01:10:08,600 --> 01:10:11,120
Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers. I'm gonna start with the running game.

1325
01:10:11,160 --> 01:10:13,200
Speaker 1: A J. Dillon clocks in with a B grade in

1326
01:10:13,200 --> 01:10:16,920
Speaker 1: this one because Aaron Jones just isn't healthy with this ankle,

1327
01:10:17,200 --> 01:10:19,720
Speaker 1: and Dylan's getting most of the work, including five touchdowns

1328
01:10:19,720 --> 01:10:21,840
Speaker 1: in his last four games, and he's getting almost all

1329
01:10:21,840 --> 01:10:25,479
Speaker 1: the goal line work. Jones um. With Jones and the ankle,

1330
01:10:25,600 --> 01:10:28,439
Speaker 1: Dylan's just healthier and safer. Vikings have a good run

1331
01:10:28,479 --> 01:10:30,559
Speaker 1: defense all year, but they have given up almost one

1332
01:10:30,800 --> 01:10:33,600
Speaker 1: rushing touchdown per game, so I think Dylan finds the

1333
01:10:33,640 --> 01:10:36,160
Speaker 1: end zone here. Aaron Jones just the C grade, even

1334
01:10:36,160 --> 01:10:38,519
Speaker 1: though I love him and I think he's way more

1335
01:10:38,560 --> 01:10:41,400
Speaker 1: talented than A J. Dylon, But the ankle is just

1336
01:10:41,439 --> 01:10:43,799
Speaker 1: a total wild card, and this is a good Vikings

1337
01:10:43,920 --> 01:10:46,720
Speaker 1: run defense. Now. Jones is a very good receiver and

1338
01:10:46,760 --> 01:10:49,680
Speaker 1: the Vikings ranked thirty one in receptions and twenty eight

1339
01:10:49,800 --> 01:10:52,559
Speaker 1: and receiving yards to running backs. So Jones could chip

1340
01:10:52,560 --> 01:10:54,599
Speaker 1: in some help through the air here, and that's why

1341
01:10:54,640 --> 01:10:58,040
Speaker 1: he stays viable with a C grade. Let's go to

1342
01:10:58,080 --> 01:11:01,200
Speaker 1: the receivers here, the or the passing game, at least

1343
01:11:01,200 --> 01:11:04,640
Speaker 1: starting with Aaron Rodgers. Vikings have allowed three hundred or

1344
01:11:04,720 --> 01:11:08,479
Speaker 1: more passing yards and or multiple touchdowns and eight of

1345
01:11:08,520 --> 01:11:13,880
Speaker 1: their last nine games era Aaron Rodgers has posted three

1346
01:11:13,920 --> 01:11:17,799
Speaker 1: straight multiple touchdown games at home against Minnesota. UM. Rodgers

1347
01:11:17,920 --> 01:11:21,000
Speaker 1: receivers here aren't great, particularly if Christian Watson does not plays,

1348
01:11:21,000 --> 01:11:23,920
Speaker 1: and he's trending towards not playing. But Daniel Jones just

1349
01:11:23,920 --> 01:11:26,160
Speaker 1: put up three or three or four yards with Richie James,

1350
01:11:26,160 --> 01:11:29,679
Speaker 1: Isaiah Hodgens, and Darius Slayton, So you know, I still

1351
01:11:29,680 --> 01:11:31,800
Speaker 1: think it's a very safe start for Aaron Rodgers. B

1352
01:11:31,920 --> 01:11:34,800
Speaker 1: grade for Aaron Rodgers that gets upgraded to an A

1353
01:11:35,000 --> 01:11:38,160
Speaker 1: grade if Christian Watson is able to go, and if

1354
01:11:38,200 --> 01:11:42,599
Speaker 1: Watson does go, it's a fantastic opportunity. The Vikings allowed

1355
01:11:42,640 --> 01:11:45,559
Speaker 1: the most air yards the second most yards after the

1356
01:11:45,600 --> 01:11:48,080
Speaker 1: catch to wide receivers, and Watson, of course is a

1357
01:11:48,160 --> 01:11:52,840
Speaker 1: serious deep ball threat. And if Watson goes, I think

1358
01:11:52,880 --> 01:11:56,559
Speaker 1: they let him run the exact same route that they

1359
01:11:56,600 --> 01:12:00,799
Speaker 1: run play of scrimmage of this season when Christian Watson

1360
01:12:00,920 --> 01:12:04,360
Speaker 1: dropped a wide open seventy yard touchdown. I think they

1361
01:12:04,360 --> 01:12:07,840
Speaker 1: give a redemption if Christian Watson goes, and if he plays.

1362
01:12:07,880 --> 01:12:10,080
Speaker 1: He is a B grade in this game. He would

1363
01:12:10,080 --> 01:12:11,519
Speaker 1: have been an A grade if you were fully healthy.

1364
01:12:11,680 --> 01:12:15,160
Speaker 1: What a difference a week makes starting this green Bay game.

1365
01:12:15,160 --> 01:12:17,240
Speaker 1: It's gonna be forty degrees in green Bay. That is

1366
01:12:17,600 --> 01:12:21,760
Speaker 1: tropical factor on the East Goats like sixty degrees. It's

1367
01:12:21,760 --> 01:12:25,280
Speaker 1: like a fifty degree difference minimum from last week. What

1368
01:12:25,400 --> 01:12:29,679
Speaker 1: a different Allen. Allen Lazard's viable here, particularly with Watson

1369
01:12:29,880 --> 01:12:32,519
Speaker 1: unlikely to play now. He's been almost invisible since what

1370
01:12:33,080 --> 01:12:35,439
Speaker 1: Watson came back. But again, I don't think he's gonna

1371
01:12:35,479 --> 01:12:39,400
Speaker 1: go here. Pre Watson, Lazard was averaging a healthy sixty

1372
01:12:39,400 --> 01:12:42,599
Speaker 1: one yards and almost a touchdown per game. That's gonna

1373
01:12:42,640 --> 01:12:44,200
Speaker 1: be the case here. He comes in with a B

1374
01:12:44,320 --> 01:12:47,880
Speaker 1: grade against the shaky secondary and then uh last guy

1375
01:12:47,960 --> 01:12:53,240
Speaker 1: that bears mentioning, Romeo. Romeo Dobbs startable if Watson does

1376
01:12:53,280 --> 01:12:56,719
Speaker 1: not go. He said, two decent games since returning from injury,

1377
01:12:57,280 --> 01:13:01,400
Speaker 1: and again every viable receivers started against the Vikings secondary,

1378
01:13:01,439 --> 01:13:04,000
Speaker 1: including Romeo Dubs and this one, Dobbs in this one,

1379
01:13:04,040 --> 01:13:06,280
Speaker 1: and you know, even Randall Cobb if you want to

1380
01:13:06,280 --> 01:13:10,200
Speaker 1: try to play a little revenge against former Packer slot

1381
01:13:10,240 --> 01:13:15,400
Speaker 1: cornerback Chandon Sullivan. Richie James just worked Sullivan for seventy yards,

1382
01:13:15,400 --> 01:13:17,600
Speaker 1: so you know there's an opportunity for Randall Cobb in

1383
01:13:17,640 --> 01:13:19,680
Speaker 1: a pinch as well with a c. Gray. When we

1384
01:13:19,760 --> 01:13:22,280
Speaker 1: come back our final set of matchups for the whole year,

1385
01:13:22,520 --> 01:13:27,320
Speaker 1: including the epic Monday nighter Buffalo taking on Cincinnati. We'll

1386
01:13:27,320 --> 01:13:29,760
Speaker 1: talk you through that game and more when we come back.

1387
01:13:30,200 --> 01:13:50,400
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly, final segment of the full slate of

1388
01:13:50,520 --> 01:13:53,960
Speaker 1: two hour Fantasy Football weeklies, and we've got three big

1389
01:13:54,040 --> 01:13:57,760
Speaker 1: games left. It's l A versus l A. Matt. Now,

1390
01:13:57,800 --> 01:14:00,400
Speaker 1: what happens when normally when l A play is either

1391
01:14:00,520 --> 01:14:03,400
Speaker 1: l A team In so far it's all filled with

1392
01:14:03,439 --> 01:14:07,920
Speaker 1: opposing teams, fans, third party team. So what happens when

1393
01:14:07,960 --> 01:14:10,960
Speaker 1: it's Rams Chargers and nobody cares about either team? Yeah,

1394
01:14:10,960 --> 01:14:13,000
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be an empty stadium. By the way,

1395
01:14:13,520 --> 01:14:16,400
Speaker 1: in Major League Soccer, when the two l A teams play.

1396
01:14:16,439 --> 01:14:18,920
Speaker 1: They call it l traffic. Oh what's the name of

1397
01:14:18,960 --> 01:14:21,720
Speaker 1: the rivalry there? Uh? This one just you know, an

1398
01:14:21,800 --> 01:14:24,719
Speaker 1: underrated rage against the Machine album The Battle of Los Angeles.

1399
01:14:24,840 --> 01:14:27,720
Speaker 1: Right Uh? Fire up Cam Akers with a solid B

1400
01:14:27,840 --> 01:14:29,960
Speaker 1: grade one eight teen and three on the ground last

1401
01:14:29,960 --> 01:14:32,679
Speaker 1: week against Denver and faces a Chargers run defense that's

1402
01:14:32,720 --> 01:14:36,000
Speaker 1: allowed five point five yards per carry workst in the

1403
01:14:36,080 --> 01:14:38,280
Speaker 1: league and a hundred and twenty four rushing yards to

1404
01:14:38,360 --> 01:14:41,240
Speaker 1: running backs per game, second worst in the league. I

1405
01:14:41,280 --> 01:14:43,400
Speaker 1: did mention this about a month and a half ago

1406
01:14:43,479 --> 01:14:47,200
Speaker 1: to Stash Acres and Kirrien Williams to see which one

1407
01:14:47,360 --> 01:14:51,320
Speaker 1: emerged just for this matchup right here? Uh, fire up

1408
01:14:51,360 --> 01:14:55,000
Speaker 1: Tyler Higbee with a hig B grade. Uh. Derwin James

1409
01:14:55,040 --> 01:14:58,120
Speaker 1: was concussed and ejected on the same play on Monday night,

1410
01:14:58,400 --> 01:15:00,840
Speaker 1: and it's still in concussion protocol. He might not go,

1411
01:15:01,680 --> 01:15:04,439
Speaker 1: and Baker's favorite target so far has been Higbee. Scored

1412
01:15:04,479 --> 01:15:07,839
Speaker 1: three times in the last two weeks, including nine catches

1413
01:15:07,920 --> 01:15:11,200
Speaker 1: ninety four yards and two scores last week against the Broncos.

1414
01:15:11,840 --> 01:15:14,639
Speaker 1: I would not go so far as to start Baker Mayfield,

1415
01:15:14,640 --> 01:15:16,639
Speaker 1: though he's got a pair of two hundred thirty yard

1416
01:15:16,680 --> 01:15:19,519
Speaker 1: outings in a one eleven in his three games as

1417
01:15:19,560 --> 01:15:22,960
Speaker 1: a Ram. In fact, the Rams abandoned passing the ball

1418
01:15:23,200 --> 01:15:26,559
Speaker 1: a long time ago. The last Rams quarterback to throw

1419
01:15:26,680 --> 01:15:31,120
Speaker 1: over just two D fifty yards was Matthew Stafford in

1420
01:15:31,200 --> 01:15:36,320
Speaker 1: Week six against Baker Mayfield and the Panthers. So Baker

1421
01:15:36,320 --> 01:15:38,640
Speaker 1: Mayfield was there to see it. That was fun. The

1422
01:15:38,760 --> 01:15:42,559
Speaker 1: Chargers see the sixth fewest attempts passing attempts against them

1423
01:15:42,760 --> 01:15:45,719
Speaker 1: because they've been so easy to run on. Plus Joey

1424
01:15:45,760 --> 01:15:48,040
Speaker 1: Bosa returning to the field this week to apply some

1425
01:15:48,120 --> 01:15:52,000
Speaker 1: extra pressure on Mayfield over on the other side. Justin

1426
01:15:52,200 --> 01:15:57,599
Speaker 1: air bear he gets an A grade, especially there he is. Uh,

1427
01:15:57,680 --> 01:16:00,439
Speaker 1: it looks like the Rams will be without Aaron Donald

1428
01:16:00,479 --> 01:16:04,480
Speaker 1: this week. He was, He's doubtful. Uh. Similar good offenses

1429
01:16:04,560 --> 01:16:06,559
Speaker 1: have been able to get it done against the Rams

1430
01:16:06,560 --> 01:16:09,760
Speaker 1: even when they do have Aaron Donald. Gino Smith and

1431
01:16:09,800 --> 01:16:12,560
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes each top three twenty yards in just the

1432
01:16:12,680 --> 01:16:15,960
Speaker 1: last month. So I gotta like his wide receivers Keenan

1433
01:16:16,000 --> 01:16:18,519
Speaker 1: Allen and Mike Williams. They both get B grades. I'm

1434
01:16:18,520 --> 01:16:21,639
Speaker 1: throwing Josh Palmer back to the bench, though Alan should

1435
01:16:21,720 --> 01:16:25,320
Speaker 1: mostly line up in the slot against Kobe Durant. Durant

1436
01:16:25,320 --> 01:16:27,439
Speaker 1: has allowed to touchdown in his coverage and back to

1437
01:16:27,479 --> 01:16:31,919
Speaker 1: back weeks. Williams likely gets most of the Jalen Ramsey treatment,

1438
01:16:32,000 --> 01:16:35,400
Speaker 1: but Ramsey's not nearly as scary as he used to be. Uh.

1439
01:16:35,439 --> 01:16:37,760
Speaker 1: He allowed five catches for seventy eight yards in his

1440
01:16:37,840 --> 01:16:41,200
Speaker 1: coverage last week against the Broncos wide receivers, and he's

1441
01:16:41,240 --> 01:16:44,559
Speaker 1: allowed seven touchdowns in his coverage this year. Seventy five

1442
01:16:44,640 --> 01:16:47,240
Speaker 1: yards in a coin flips chance that a touchdown sounds

1443
01:16:47,240 --> 01:16:50,639
Speaker 1: like a B grade. That's fair for Mike Williams. Gerald

1444
01:16:50,680 --> 01:16:53,439
Speaker 1: Everett saw the most snaps last week, but did not

1445
01:16:53,520 --> 01:16:57,080
Speaker 1: see a target, So don't start a Charger's tight end.

1446
01:16:57,720 --> 01:17:01,880
Speaker 1: And finally, Austin Ekeler. He's been nursing a knee injury

1447
01:17:01,920 --> 01:17:04,000
Speaker 1: this week, but I think he's gonna go and I

1448
01:17:04,040 --> 01:17:06,200
Speaker 1: think he'll be fine. I'm still giving him an A

1449
01:17:06,360 --> 01:17:09,519
Speaker 1: grade here. He has as many receptions this year as

1450
01:17:09,640 --> 01:17:15,280
Speaker 1: Nina has red balloons that he has sixteen scores through

1451
01:17:15,280 --> 01:17:19,840
Speaker 1: fifteen games. Middle of the pack run defense without Aaron Donald. Hey,

1452
01:17:20,000 --> 01:17:22,960
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald starts with two a's, so does Ard Vark,

1453
01:17:23,439 --> 01:17:28,000
Speaker 1: and that's what I'll give Austin Ekeler how many Nina balloons?

1454
01:17:28,479 --> 01:17:33,360
Speaker 1: Noin anoints issue balloons. That's two nines, right. I bet

1455
01:17:33,400 --> 01:17:37,200
Speaker 1: Dieter von Fortson goat would really like that reference. Probably,

1456
01:17:37,240 --> 01:17:41,000
Speaker 1: So uh, let's see next. Hey, that's me Pittsburgh taking

1457
01:17:41,000 --> 01:17:44,240
Speaker 1: on Baltimore. This is the Sunday night game. Nazi Harris

1458
01:17:44,320 --> 01:17:47,800
Speaker 1: has been very good lately, topping ninety yards and or

1459
01:17:47,880 --> 01:17:52,519
Speaker 1: scoring in the last seven games, but there's a brutal matchup.

1460
01:17:52,920 --> 01:17:57,240
Speaker 1: Since the Rowe Kwan Smith acquisition, Baltimore arguably the least

1461
01:17:57,320 --> 01:18:01,120
Speaker 1: best run defense, allowing just three point one's per carry,

1462
01:18:01,160 --> 01:18:06,799
Speaker 1: with leadbacks averaging just forty four yards, and they've allowed

1463
01:18:06,840 --> 01:18:10,639
Speaker 1: just one rushing touchdown again since Week nine. So it's

1464
01:18:10,640 --> 01:18:14,599
Speaker 1: a terrible matchup for Harris, and he doesn't catch much.

1465
01:18:14,600 --> 01:18:17,200
Speaker 1: He's averaging just one target over the last month. So

1466
01:18:17,240 --> 01:18:19,439
Speaker 1: I can only give you a C grade on Nasey Harris,

1467
01:18:19,439 --> 01:18:21,559
Speaker 1: even though he comes in hot in this game. The

1468
01:18:21,600 --> 01:18:24,759
Speaker 1: passing game, you've got all the limitations that Kenny Pickett brings,

1469
01:18:24,760 --> 01:18:27,000
Speaker 1: so I can only come up with C grades for

1470
01:18:27,080 --> 01:18:30,400
Speaker 1: George Pickens, Deante Johnson and Pat Friarmouth will zip through

1471
01:18:30,439 --> 01:18:32,200
Speaker 1: these guys quickly. Hopefully you don't need him in a

1472
01:18:32,280 --> 01:18:36,400
Speaker 1: championship week. Pickens hit Baltimore Secondary for an impressive seventy

1473
01:18:36,400 --> 01:18:38,800
Speaker 1: eight yards in Week fourteen, and he's currently in a

1474
01:18:38,840 --> 01:18:41,679
Speaker 1: six game stretch in which he's top fifty two yards

1475
01:18:41,720 --> 01:18:43,920
Speaker 1: five times and crossed the stripe twice, which is a

1476
01:18:43,960 --> 01:18:48,360
Speaker 1: lot for Pittsburgh's receivers. He's gonna face Marcus Peters if

1477
01:18:48,400 --> 01:18:51,280
Speaker 1: he can go through his calf injury, and he's not

1478
01:18:51,320 --> 01:18:53,479
Speaker 1: playing that well anyway, giving up a career high hundred

1479
01:18:53,479 --> 01:18:56,080
Speaker 1: and sixteen passer rating in his coverage C grade for

1480
01:18:56,120 --> 01:18:59,800
Speaker 1: George Pickens. Deante Johnson still doesn't scored a touchdown, but

1481
01:19:00,200 --> 01:19:03,240
Speaker 1: he has collected seventy eight yards per game across the

1482
01:19:03,320 --> 01:19:07,559
Speaker 1: last four outings, averaging nine targets in that span. Oh hey,

1483
01:19:07,600 --> 01:19:09,760
Speaker 1: it's my own nine times right there. We missed a

1484
01:19:09,760 --> 01:19:11,639
Speaker 1: few nine times. We're a little off here. I think

1485
01:19:11,760 --> 01:19:13,759
Speaker 1: I'm not tired. It's our last one of the season,

1486
01:19:14,120 --> 01:19:17,320
Speaker 1: that's part of it. Marlon Humphrey is his matchup most

1487
01:19:17,360 --> 01:19:21,200
Speaker 1: often on the outside. He's a whole held opponents scoreless

1488
01:19:21,200 --> 01:19:23,400
Speaker 1: all seasons, so Deante Johnson is not going to suddenly

1489
01:19:23,439 --> 01:19:27,320
Speaker 1: score in this game. He's allowing also allowing to sixty

1490
01:19:27,320 --> 01:19:28,960
Speaker 1: five yards per game. That's all you're gonna get from

1491
01:19:29,000 --> 01:19:32,160
Speaker 1: Deonta Johnson. See great pat friar Mouth. Since Week twelve,

1492
01:19:32,400 --> 01:19:35,840
Speaker 1: he's averaged the fifth most yards per game among tight ends,

1493
01:19:36,080 --> 01:19:38,720
Speaker 1: but he's only scored twice all season. One of those

1494
01:19:38,760 --> 01:19:41,160
Speaker 1: scores did come against the Ravens though week fourteen. So

1495
01:19:41,600 --> 01:19:44,759
Speaker 1: and Baltimore is not isn't the toughest match up on paper?

1496
01:19:45,360 --> 01:19:47,880
Speaker 1: Um so just to see great on friar Mouth, maybe

1497
01:19:47,880 --> 01:19:49,559
Speaker 1: get a little something done here, and you wouldn't start

1498
01:19:49,600 --> 01:19:52,160
Speaker 1: Kenny Pickens anyway. And then a couple of guys talking

1499
01:19:52,160 --> 01:19:55,760
Speaker 1: about for Baltimore, but not many. J K. Dobbins gets

1500
01:19:55,760 --> 01:19:59,120
Speaker 1: a B grade. Steelers defense has surrendered only thirty three

1501
01:19:59,200 --> 01:20:02,600
Speaker 1: rushing yards per game to the Panthers and Raiders backfields

1502
01:20:02,600 --> 01:20:04,080
Speaker 1: over the last two weeks, and those are two teams

1503
01:20:04,120 --> 01:20:06,800
Speaker 1: that can run the ball. Since returning from injury, though

1504
01:20:07,000 --> 01:20:11,000
Speaker 1: Dobbins seeing an edge of snaps over Edwards Gus Edwards,

1505
01:20:11,000 --> 01:20:14,679
Speaker 1: he's averaging thirteen carries for one hundred one rushing yards

1506
01:20:14,680 --> 01:20:17,959
Speaker 1: per game, good for almost eight yards per carry. Dobbins

1507
01:20:18,360 --> 01:20:21,519
Speaker 1: has over one rushing yards in both career games against

1508
01:20:21,560 --> 01:20:24,040
Speaker 1: the Steelers as well, So we'll put a B grade

1509
01:20:24,040 --> 01:20:27,879
Speaker 1: on JK. Dobbins. C grade on Gus Edwards. Solid showings

1510
01:20:27,920 --> 01:20:30,400
Speaker 1: over the last three weeks, including running for seven yards

1511
01:20:30,400 --> 01:20:33,920
Speaker 1: per carry himself, but Gus hasn't gotten a goal line

1512
01:20:33,960 --> 01:20:37,720
Speaker 1: touch since Dobbins return and the Steelers run defense as

1513
01:20:37,720 --> 01:20:39,920
Speaker 1: good as I mentioned earlier, So just the C grade

1514
01:20:39,960 --> 01:20:43,120
Speaker 1: on Gus Edwards. And the only part of the passing

1515
01:20:43,160 --> 01:20:46,479
Speaker 1: game that you care about is Mark Andrews, who has

1516
01:20:46,520 --> 01:20:50,360
Speaker 1: now gone eight games without a touchdown and in Tyler

1517
01:20:50,439 --> 01:20:53,840
Speaker 1: Huntley games, Mark Andrews averaging just forty yards per game.

1518
01:20:54,320 --> 01:20:55,760
Speaker 1: It'll be hard for him to break out of his

1519
01:20:55,760 --> 01:20:58,160
Speaker 1: scoreless funk against the Steelers, who have allowed only three

1520
01:20:58,200 --> 01:21:01,960
Speaker 1: touchdowns to tight ends all year. Or uh, Andrews played

1521
01:21:01,960 --> 01:21:04,880
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh in Week fourteen and he caught two catches for

1522
01:21:05,040 --> 01:21:07,519
Speaker 1: seventeen yards. So I've only got the C grade on

1523
01:21:07,600 --> 01:21:11,799
Speaker 1: a deflating end of season for Mark Andrews. The Monday

1524
01:21:11,880 --> 01:21:14,960
Speaker 1: Night er, Brian is this is the This is an

1525
01:21:14,960 --> 01:21:20,360
Speaker 1: awesome matchup filled with fantasy implications. Buffalo taking on Cincinnati. Yeah,

1526
01:21:20,400 --> 01:21:22,280
Speaker 1: we couldn't asked for a better game to close out

1527
01:21:22,320 --> 01:21:26,360
Speaker 1: a championship weekend. Buffalo highly motivated going for the number

1528
01:21:26,360 --> 01:21:28,960
Speaker 1: one seed. Cincinnati wants to lock up their dead so

1529
01:21:29,000 --> 01:21:31,160
Speaker 1: that they'll be potentially get a number one seed themselves.

1530
01:21:31,160 --> 01:21:33,840
Speaker 1: They're still alive in that regard as well, so they'll

1531
01:21:33,880 --> 01:21:36,200
Speaker 1: both be going at this one hard. Starting on the

1532
01:21:36,200 --> 01:21:40,000
Speaker 1: Buffalo side, I got Devin Singletary and James Cook on

1533
01:21:40,080 --> 01:21:43,439
Speaker 1: the bench. They're going to be eating into each other's

1534
01:21:43,439 --> 01:21:46,599
Speaker 1: workload in a pretty bad matchup. Over the last five weeks,

1535
01:21:46,640 --> 01:21:50,280
Speaker 1: the Bengals are allowing just on one combo yards to

1536
01:21:50,400 --> 01:21:54,000
Speaker 1: opposing running backs who have total just two touchdowns during

1537
01:21:54,040 --> 01:21:57,400
Speaker 1: that five game span. So I cut Singletary and Cook

1538
01:21:57,479 --> 01:22:00,200
Speaker 1: on the bench. If you're desperate, go ahead and start one.

1539
01:22:00,240 --> 01:22:02,760
Speaker 1: But I don't see a path to UH success for

1540
01:22:02,840 --> 01:22:05,799
Speaker 1: either Stefan Digso I do see a path to success.

1541
01:22:05,760 --> 01:22:09,440
Speaker 1: Here're gonna give him an A. Despite slumping UH recently

1542
01:22:09,560 --> 01:22:13,320
Speaker 1: in some pretty good matchups, Dick hasn't scored in three

1543
01:22:13,360 --> 01:22:15,960
Speaker 1: straight games when he could end that drought against the Bengals,

1544
01:22:16,000 --> 01:22:19,479
Speaker 1: who have surrendered five wide receiver touchdowns over their last

1545
01:22:19,520 --> 01:22:22,160
Speaker 1: two games. For that reason, I'll give Gabe Davis a C.

1546
01:22:22,840 --> 01:22:25,280
Speaker 1: Davis has scored in two of his last four and

1547
01:22:25,280 --> 01:22:27,280
Speaker 1: based on the fact the Bengals have allowed five wide

1548
01:22:27,280 --> 01:22:30,200
Speaker 1: receiver touchdowns over the last two games, I'll give Davis

1549
01:22:30,240 --> 01:22:32,479
Speaker 1: better than a coin flips chance here to score. So

1550
01:22:32,640 --> 01:22:37,240
Speaker 1: C for him, uh A C for Dawson Knox as well.

1551
01:22:37,760 --> 01:22:40,040
Speaker 1: Middle of the road matchup for Knox. The Bengals are

1552
01:22:40,040 --> 01:22:42,760
Speaker 1: allowing just over five catches and fifty yards per game

1553
01:22:43,080 --> 01:22:45,800
Speaker 1: to opposing tight ends. That is good. What is bad

1554
01:22:45,800 --> 01:22:49,160
Speaker 1: as they've only surrendered three touchdowns two tight ends all seasons.

1555
01:22:49,240 --> 01:22:51,880
Speaker 1: Or just a C for Knox. Josh Allen though definitely

1556
01:22:51,920 --> 01:22:53,479
Speaker 1: not a C, definitely not a B. Just gonna give

1557
01:22:53,560 --> 01:22:55,920
Speaker 1: him an A. I don't think there's any quarterback you'd

1558
01:22:55,920 --> 01:22:58,000
Speaker 1: start over Josh Allen this week despite it not being

1559
01:22:58,040 --> 01:23:01,719
Speaker 1: the best matchup. Josh Allen is a easy auto A

1560
01:23:01,720 --> 01:23:04,760
Speaker 1: auto start over to the Bengal side. Joe Mixing not

1561
01:23:04,840 --> 01:23:07,679
Speaker 1: an auto A, but I'll give him an auto B here.

1562
01:23:08,160 --> 01:23:11,120
Speaker 1: Last week is twenty three touches were the most Mixing

1563
01:23:11,200 --> 01:23:14,719
Speaker 1: has seen since Week nine. But it's a tough matchup.

1564
01:23:14,720 --> 01:23:16,920
Speaker 1: The Bills have allowed the ninth fewest combo yards to

1565
01:23:17,000 --> 01:23:20,040
Speaker 1: opposing running backs, but again, Mixing appears to be back

1566
01:23:20,080 --> 01:23:22,280
Speaker 1: in the bell cow role. Yeah, but he just doesn't

1567
01:23:22,280 --> 01:23:24,439
Speaker 1: look good. I mean the thing with Mixing the eye test,

1568
01:23:24,560 --> 01:23:27,800
Speaker 1: he looks plodding. They're giving him the touches. So I

1569
01:23:27,840 --> 01:23:29,640
Speaker 1: thought it'd be much more of a split since he

1570
01:23:29,720 --> 01:23:31,759
Speaker 1: came back with p Ryan, But they're kind of phasing

1571
01:23:31,760 --> 01:23:33,160
Speaker 1: p Ryan out. It's kind of like you just want

1572
01:23:33,160 --> 01:23:36,800
Speaker 1: to save one, you know, in emergency break glass, Like, Okay,

1573
01:23:37,640 --> 01:23:40,600
Speaker 1: wonder if they're not thinking about running Mixing into the

1574
01:23:40,600 --> 01:23:43,080
Speaker 1: ground and then cutting him in the off season. I'm

1575
01:23:43,160 --> 01:23:45,679
Speaker 1: with you there, and it's been a long two years

1576
01:23:45,680 --> 01:23:48,120
Speaker 1: from Mixing. You know, the Bengals played extra quarter of

1577
01:23:48,160 --> 01:23:50,920
Speaker 1: the season last year going to the Super Bowl. But yeah,

1578
01:23:50,960 --> 01:23:52,479
Speaker 1: I think they run him into the ground and in

1579
01:23:52,520 --> 01:23:55,080
Speaker 1: this one. So the b for Mixing. I got an

1580
01:23:55,080 --> 01:23:57,800
Speaker 1: a on Jomar Chase. Not going to bore you with

1581
01:23:57,960 --> 01:24:00,519
Speaker 1: stats proving the chases elite. That is an own fact.

1582
01:24:00,960 --> 01:24:03,439
Speaker 1: All that really matters here is a trade as White

1583
01:24:03,479 --> 01:24:06,679
Speaker 1: shadows Chase or not. White has allowed just one score

1584
01:24:06,720 --> 01:24:09,160
Speaker 1: and owns a fifty two percent catch rate that is

1585
01:24:09,200 --> 01:24:12,000
Speaker 1: elite for a cornerback. In his five games since returning

1586
01:24:12,000 --> 01:24:16,000
Speaker 1: from injury, White did have a bad outing against Miami

1587
01:24:16,040 --> 01:24:18,640
Speaker 1: and Week fifteen when we surrendered sixty seven yards and

1588
01:24:18,800 --> 01:24:22,840
Speaker 1: that touchdown I referenced Uh since his offense arguably more

1589
01:24:22,880 --> 01:24:25,519
Speaker 1: electric than Miami's. So either way, UH in A for

1590
01:24:25,560 --> 01:24:28,240
Speaker 1: Jamaar Chase. But the less trade Avious White's easy better.

1591
01:24:28,400 --> 01:24:32,240
Speaker 1: The less trade as White he sees, the better. I

1592
01:24:32,240 --> 01:24:34,439
Speaker 1: think White could uh cover t Higgins as well, But

1593
01:24:34,439 --> 01:24:36,720
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give Higgins and A here there's only one

1594
01:24:37,320 --> 01:24:40,240
Speaker 1: White and there's two elite wide receivers. For the Bengals.

1595
01:24:40,240 --> 01:24:42,840
Speaker 1: The Bills have surrendered the tenth most yards per game

1596
01:24:43,240 --> 01:24:45,960
Speaker 1: and fifteen touchdowns to wide receivers. That is the fifth

1597
01:24:45,960 --> 01:24:49,320
Speaker 1: most on the season. I I do expect, like I said, what,

1598
01:24:49,360 --> 01:24:51,960
Speaker 1: White to cover Higgins at times. But Buffalo's other corner,

1599
01:24:52,439 --> 01:24:55,759
Speaker 1: Dane Jackson, is very beautibul. Jackson has ranked eighties second

1600
01:24:55,880 --> 01:24:59,240
Speaker 1: among corners by Pro Football Focus and has surrendered three

1601
01:24:59,240 --> 01:25:01,920
Speaker 1: touchdowns over his last seven games. So in A for

1602
01:25:02,000 --> 01:25:04,639
Speaker 1: both Higgins and Jamaar Chase. And I will give Tyler

1603
01:25:04,680 --> 01:25:08,880
Speaker 1: Boyd to see even though like Tyler, when I give

1604
01:25:08,960 --> 01:25:11,639
Speaker 1: him a starting grade he has scored, the yard isn't there.

1605
01:25:11,760 --> 01:25:13,879
Speaker 1: I'm I'll only give him the c because the Bill's

1606
01:25:14,040 --> 01:25:16,920
Speaker 1: slot corner Toron Johnson has allowed the most touchdowns of

1607
01:25:17,000 --> 01:25:21,559
Speaker 1: any slot corner in the league. So in a suspected shootout,

1608
01:25:21,600 --> 01:25:24,080
Speaker 1: I will give Boyd a see here if you're desperate

1609
01:25:24,120 --> 01:25:27,160
Speaker 1: for wide receiver. And lastly, Joe Burrow gonna give him

1610
01:25:27,160 --> 01:25:30,200
Speaker 1: an a. I just love Higgins and Chase too much.

1611
01:25:30,640 --> 01:25:33,240
Speaker 1: I should mention Hayden Hurst expected to make his return

1612
01:25:33,240 --> 01:25:36,280
Speaker 1: to tight end, So no more Mitchell Wilcox sadly, but

1613
01:25:36,320 --> 01:25:38,240
Speaker 1: no Hayden Hurst either. They're both on the bench here,

1614
01:25:38,400 --> 01:25:40,160
Speaker 1: but Joe Burrow is not. He gets in a even

1615
01:25:40,200 --> 01:25:43,200
Speaker 1: though they have lost right tackle Lyle Collins, that is

1616
01:25:43,240 --> 01:25:45,960
Speaker 1: a huge loss for the Bengals, but they're really only

1617
01:25:47,000 --> 01:25:49,719
Speaker 1: three year four quarterbacks that would start over Joe Burrow

1618
01:25:49,760 --> 01:25:52,519
Speaker 1: this week, and uh odds are you don't have both

1619
01:25:52,560 --> 01:25:55,680
Speaker 1: on roster in one quarterback week. So in a for

1620
01:25:55,800 --> 01:25:58,400
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow, I think the Bengals win this game. What

1621
01:25:58,439 --> 01:26:00,160
Speaker 1: do you think it's gonna be a great game him?

1622
01:26:00,160 --> 01:26:04,360
Speaker 1: But I think the better lately than the Bills have honestly,

1623
01:26:04,600 --> 01:26:06,560
Speaker 1: So yeah, and I hope so that keeps things a

1624
01:26:06,600 --> 01:26:09,920
Speaker 1: lot more interesting and fresh, doesn't it? Home team? We

1625
01:26:09,920 --> 01:26:12,400
Speaker 1: were talking before about running backs who might go in

1626
01:26:12,439 --> 01:26:14,439
Speaker 1: the first round. I'm gonna just give me a yes. No,

1627
01:26:14,479 --> 01:26:18,080
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give you some names next year. Will this

1628
01:26:18,160 --> 01:26:21,719
Speaker 1: guy go in the first round? Derrick Henry, No, Matt,

1629
01:26:22,200 --> 01:26:24,960
Speaker 1: I think he's a tail into the first round guy

1630
01:26:24,439 --> 01:26:31,360
Speaker 1: to Austin Ekeler, Yes, yes for sure. Christian McCaffrey, Yes,

1631
01:26:31,479 --> 01:26:37,879
Speaker 1: yes for sure. Nick Chubb No, same avenue as Henry.

1632
01:26:38,000 --> 01:26:40,519
Speaker 1: Late first round guy. I think he's not going to

1633
01:26:40,640 --> 01:26:45,080
Speaker 1: go in the first round, say Kwan Barkley, Yeah, he's

1634
01:26:45,120 --> 01:26:49,479
Speaker 1: the for me, that the only there's three. It's McCaffrey, Ekeler,

1635
01:26:49,560 --> 01:26:53,759
Speaker 1: and maybe Barkeley. That's just seven or eight wide Barkley.

1636
01:26:54,400 --> 01:26:58,240
Speaker 1: I believe Barkley is hitting free agency, didn't pick up

1637
01:26:58,240 --> 01:27:00,280
Speaker 1: his fifth year option. It would be interesting thing to

1638
01:27:00,320 --> 01:27:02,679
Speaker 1: see his landing place. And I think that that depends

1639
01:27:02,680 --> 01:27:04,519
Speaker 1: on a lot, like if he ends up in Kansas

1640
01:27:04,560 --> 01:27:07,160
Speaker 1: City or something along those lines. Oh my gosh, all

1641
01:27:07,160 --> 01:27:10,200
Speaker 1: of a sudden he's a top three player. Maybe all right,

1642
01:27:10,240 --> 01:27:13,479
Speaker 1: what about the highest scoring fantasy running back this year,

1643
01:27:13,960 --> 01:27:16,920
Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs also had a free agency landing spot means

1644
01:27:16,920 --> 01:27:20,599
Speaker 1: a lot obviously, Yeah, I don't think so. I I

1645
01:27:20,640 --> 01:27:22,720
Speaker 1: just feel like there's a lot of skepticism on how

1646
01:27:22,760 --> 01:27:25,200
Speaker 1: he could do this again. And we've seen this movie

1647
01:27:25,240 --> 01:27:32,559
Speaker 1: before with um who got ground up in the last year,

1648
01:27:32,720 --> 01:27:36,880
Speaker 1: And yeah, yeah, Jacobs is going to be somewhat protected

1649
01:27:36,960 --> 01:27:38,759
Speaker 1: wherever he lands up and not gonna be like, Okay,

1650
01:27:38,760 --> 01:27:41,320
Speaker 1: go touch the ball. I'm gonna give you one more

1651
01:27:41,360 --> 01:27:43,360
Speaker 1: running back that could possibly go in the first round.

1652
01:27:44,280 --> 01:27:49,519
Speaker 1: Yes or no? On Dalvin Cook, No, I think he's

1653
01:27:49,520 --> 01:27:51,880
Speaker 1: a second round kind of a guy. But I think

1654
01:27:51,880 --> 01:27:55,920
Speaker 1: one that you didn't mention. What about Miles Sanders. I've

1655
01:27:55,960 --> 01:27:58,639
Speaker 1: got a guy that I've been negative on for forever.

1656
01:27:58,920 --> 01:28:01,800
Speaker 1: Dude has a let even touchdowns this year. He's got

1657
01:28:01,880 --> 01:28:05,280
Speaker 1: more rushing yards than Dalvin Cook on fewer carries. Like

1658
01:28:05,680 --> 01:28:09,160
Speaker 1: he's right there. I think I think everybody's wised up

1659
01:28:09,200 --> 01:28:13,320
Speaker 1: to the rushing quarterback. I think Justin Fields is going

1660
01:28:13,360 --> 01:28:15,479
Speaker 1: to be a first rounder, Jalen Hurts is going to

1661
01:28:15,560 --> 01:28:17,880
Speaker 1: be a first rounder, and Josh Allen is gonna be

1662
01:28:17,960 --> 01:28:22,320
Speaker 1: Are there gonna be first rounders this next August? And

1663
01:28:22,320 --> 01:28:26,080
Speaker 1: there's least seven wide receivers that can have We talked

1664
01:28:26,080 --> 01:28:29,000
Speaker 1: about it. It's it's it's gonna We're gonna have seventeen

1665
01:28:29,000 --> 01:28:32,080
Speaker 1: guys in the first round sound way, many thanks to

1666
01:28:32,120 --> 01:28:36,160
Speaker 1: my co host Matt Brian Scott Fish who is not here.

1667
01:28:36,240 --> 01:28:39,240
Speaker 1: This is a very difficult show to pull off. You

1668
01:28:39,240 --> 01:28:40,639
Speaker 1: guys have done it for a long time and at

1669
01:28:40,680 --> 01:28:42,679
Speaker 1: a very high level, and I never take it for granted,

1670
01:28:42,680 --> 01:28:44,800
Speaker 1: and I know our listeners do not. Thank you. Thank

1671
01:28:44,840 --> 01:28:48,360
Speaker 1: you very much. Robbie Rosenhouse, who is our usual producer,

1672
01:28:48,439 --> 01:28:51,559
Speaker 1: Max Fuller filling in today, Thank you Max, but Robbie

1673
01:28:51,640 --> 01:28:53,559
Speaker 1: for all of the all of the help throughout of

1674
01:28:53,600 --> 01:28:56,200
Speaker 1: course of the season. Thank you very much. And a reminder,

1675
01:28:56,560 --> 01:29:00,160
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly continues every week of the Sea sent