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Speaker 1: It is a championship edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. We're
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Speaker 1: today are Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson. As always, we
Speaker 1: will give you nine players upon whom you can take
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Speaker 1: break down every game Fantasy Football Weekly style with letter
Speaker 1: grades on every player, and we begin Brian in Annapolis
Speaker 1: Colts taking on the New York Giants. For the Colts,
Speaker 1: they come hobbling in at the end of a brutal
Speaker 1: season and now take on a Giant's team that's motivated
Speaker 1: to try to salvage its playoff aspirations. Any colts that
Speaker 1: you're willing to start here a couple, but most colts
Speaker 1: should be put out to pasture or set to the
Speaker 1: glue factory. By the long face, I get that that's
Speaker 1: a cult joke. Uh, not a long face for Zack
Speaker 1: Moss art face. Hey, I'm giving him a c I've
Speaker 1: stuck with Zack Moss was our boy charge for you
Speaker 1: gave up on him last week, so you can't. I
Speaker 1: can't come to this Donkey show, and I don't want
Speaker 1: to be at this Donkey show, Zack Moss, just to see.
Speaker 1: The Giants are allowing the third most rushing arts per
Speaker 1: game to opposing running backs nine team. That is a lot,
Speaker 1: and it looks like we'll also be handling the bulk
Speaker 1: of the Colts carries for the remainder of this dreadful
Speaker 1: season for them. Um Dion Jackson kind of put himself
Speaker 1: in the unfortunately not the boys house, but the doghouse
Speaker 1: last week, and I don't know why. So it's the
Speaker 1: Zach Moss show, so he just to see for him
Speaker 1: a temporary expectations, of course, and just to see for
Speaker 1: Michael Pittman. If cornerback Doory Jackson sits for the Giants,
Speaker 1: and if he does, it will be his sixth straight game.
Speaker 1: I'm benching Pittman if Jackson sits. If Jackson plays, excuse me.
Speaker 1: But if Jackson sits, it looks like it's going that way.
Speaker 1: I will give Pittman the seed despite Nick Foles at
Speaker 1: quarter quarterback where the Colts, who, by the way, is
Speaker 1: on the bench. That should be no shocker as his
Speaker 1: Alec Pierce looked awful. Paris Campbell, Yeah, give Sam Ellinger
Speaker 1: another shot. We know what Nick Foles is and he's
Speaker 1: I mean, and we know Matt Ryan's retiring one week
Speaker 1: from today. I would rather like start the statue of
Speaker 1: Nick Foles outside of the Eagle Will Stadium than the
Speaker 1: actual Nick Foles. But uh and Gelanni Woods. Lastly, for
Speaker 1: the Colts, he's on the bench, emerging as the team's
Speaker 1: top tight end. Hopefully next year he gets treated as such.
Speaker 1: But Kylan grantson moay Cox still stealing snaps and targets,
Speaker 1: so that's a mess. Woods is on the bench. Over
Speaker 1: to the giant side, Sae Kwon Barkley definitely not on
Speaker 1: the bench. Over their last four games, the Colts have
Speaker 1: allowed one hundred and seventy four combo yards and ten
Speaker 1: total touchdowns opposing running backs. Should be a smash spot
Speaker 1: for Sae Kwon. He gets an a who hasn't missed
Speaker 1: a game this year, by the way, nor has Christian McCaffrey.
Speaker 1: Knocks on where they don't get hurt like, these guys
Speaker 1: are gonna miss a collective ten games this year. They're
Speaker 1: so injury prune. So much for that a for Barkley,
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna give the throw a couple of sea
Speaker 1: darts at Darius Slayton and Isaiah Hodges. I like to
Speaker 1: call those harpoons where where's where are they? Where those
Speaker 1: harpoons hitting Matt with one for me? Thank you? Uh
Speaker 1: see for both of those guys. Over their last three games,
Speaker 1: the Colt steps surrendered six wide receiver touchdowns and three
Speaker 1: different receipt receivers have topped one yards during that same span.
Speaker 1: So Slayton and Hodges, if you're desperate, they get to
Speaker 1: see Daniel Bellinger was close to giving him to see
Speaker 1: the tight end of course for the Giants, but he
Speaker 1: is on the bench. But Daniel Jones is not give
Speaker 1: him a see. I mean, the Colts are beyond cooked.
Speaker 1: So unfortunately for Jones, it doesn't feel like it has
Speaker 1: the same shootout potential as the Vikings game did last week.
Speaker 1: But Jones always a threat on the ground. He's fifth
Speaker 1: in rushing yards and fourth in rushing touchdowns among quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: The Colts haven't faced many mobile quarterbacks with Jalen Hurts,
Speaker 1: Taylor heind He and Trevor Lawrence totaled four rushing touchdowns
Speaker 1: and they're collective three games. So I think Jones gets
Speaker 1: one through the air and hopefully gets one on the
Speaker 1: ground as well. He see one that makes him that
Speaker 1: makes him startable. I didn't know there was a Niit
Speaker 1: false statue. Yeah, they did it. It was the the
Speaker 1: Philly Special like when when Uh, No, it was. It's
Speaker 1: like Doug Peterson like telling Nick Foles round the Philly
Speaker 1: Special and they made a statue of that fall. It's
Speaker 1: Nick Foles and Doug Peterson talking, telling each other's secrets.
Speaker 1: That's so weird. It's a lesson here is do not
Speaker 1: get so caught up in the excitement of your championship
Speaker 1: that you put down a statue you can't really ever
Speaker 1: take down. Well, if the Vikings managed to win, one
Speaker 1: statue is going to go up all over the states everywhere.
Speaker 1: There's gonna be four statues in my driveway. I'm pretty
Speaker 1: sure New Orleans takes on the Philadelphia matt for the
Speaker 1: New Orleans defense is coming here on nicely. The offense, though,
Speaker 1: remains pretty inconsistent here. Is there anybody you like against
Speaker 1: a very tough Philadelphia defense. I don't like a lot.
Speaker 1: We'll start with Alvin Kamara, who missed practice on Wednesday
Speaker 1: and Thursday with a non injury related personal thing. Then
Speaker 1: he completely cleared his Instagram page of all Saints stuff,
Speaker 1: and head coach Dennis Allen said, I'll let Alvin explain himself.
Speaker 1: He didn't explain himself, propracticed and full on Friday. All
Speaker 1: this adds up to offseason stuff, but he's probably going
Speaker 1: this week. Uh. He's seen at least twenty rushing attempts
Speaker 1: in each of the last two weeks. He's facing a
Speaker 1: Philly defense that's kind of middle in the pack and
Speaker 1: every running back metrics, so that adds up to a
Speaker 1: B grade. If he's not active for some crazy reason,
Speaker 1: his backup is David Johnson. Yes, that David Johnson. Uh,
Speaker 1: and he's pretty much the only other healthy running back
Speaker 1: on that roster. So if Camara was inactive, David Johnson
Speaker 1: would get a C grade here. Yeah, the the catches Jordan.
Speaker 1: When Jordan Davis is in the game, the Philadelphia run
Speaker 1: defense is good. And now he's back and healthy, So
Speaker 1: I'm I remained very skeptical and I think at this
Speaker 1: point album Camara has earned all the skepticism absolutely. Crystal
Speaker 1: Lava has been limited this week with a hamstring injury
Speaker 1: after missing last week. I don't think I'd start a
Speaker 1: half healthy Olave in a tough matchup against Philly. The
Speaker 1: Eagles have allowed the fourth fewest yards to wide receivers
Speaker 1: this year. Rashid Shahid was the only Saints wide receiver
Speaker 1: to catch a pass last week, which means all the
Speaker 1: passing game is really on the bench. That includes taste
Speaker 1: him Hill and Andy Dalton. And why do I lump
Speaker 1: them together? Yeah? Why do you lump them together? Dalton
Speaker 1: was the only quarterback to play last week, but was
Speaker 1: on the field for the snaps. That's really weird. Brian
Speaker 1: correctly predicted a something once thought unpredictable thing that Taysom
Speaker 1: Hill would have a good game. Yeah, he's reverse Russian
Speaker 1: Roulette most weeks. Yeah, last week. Problem with playing any
Speaker 1: of these guys, though, Guard Andrew's Pete and tackle Ryan
Speaker 1: Ramcheck both look like they may miss this game too.
Speaker 1: On the Eagle side, Jalen Hurts limited and practice Thursday
Speaker 1: got first team reps ahead of Gardner Minshew then was
Speaker 1: downgraded to doubtful on Friday. But believe it or not,
Speaker 1: this is probably actually a good thing if you want
Speaker 1: to start an Eagle's quarterback, because I think there was
Speaker 1: a very good chance that if Hurts was active, he'd
Speaker 1: be the first half, they wouldn't run him, and Gardner
Speaker 1: Minshew would be in the second half, so we're probably
Speaker 1: seeing Minshew the whole game. I'll give Minshew a B
Speaker 1: grade here. Uh, downgraded a little bit because left tackle
Speaker 1: Lane Johnson out for the remainder of the regular season. Still,
Speaker 1: last week, Minshew managed three fifty five and two scores,
Speaker 1: plus a rushing touchdown against a much better Cowboys defense.
Speaker 1: If Hurts as a surprise active, I don't think we
Speaker 1: can trust him for more than a few series. Miles
Speaker 1: Sanders gets an A. Saints are allowing a hundred and
Speaker 1: thirty two combo yards to the position that almost all
Speaker 1: goes to Sanders, A J. Brown and DeVonta Smith. I'm
Speaker 1: going to give both of them A grades here. Uh,
Speaker 1: it doesn't even matter if it's Hurts or Minshew. Both
Speaker 1: the seat, targets and yards each have topped a hundred
Speaker 1: yards in three of the last four games. That includes
Speaker 1: last week with Minshew and the Saints are middle of
Speaker 1: the road against the wide receiver position and probably without
Speaker 1: Marshawn Lattimore this week, who's been limited all week with
Speaker 1: an abdomen injury. Last guy Dallas Goddard. He saw three
Speaker 1: targets last week, caught all three of them for sixty
Speaker 1: seven yards in his return. He was on the field
Speaker 1: for of the snaps. He's totally fine from a health standpoint.
Speaker 1: Problem is the Saints are the best tight end defense
Speaker 1: in the league. They've only allowed thirty one yards per
Speaker 1: game to the position and two total tight end touchdowns
Speaker 1: on the season. So it's just a c for Dallas Goddard,
Speaker 1: all right, You know those all through much of the
Speaker 1: get Dallas Goddard starts. Earlier in this season, DeVonta Smith
Speaker 1: was very, very inconsistent, but last week it was all
Speaker 1: DeVonta Smith. So we'll see all that plays out and
Speaker 1: give Ken Gardner Minshew feed three different players or not.
Speaker 1: The final matchup of this segment, Washington takes on Cleveland,
Speaker 1: will start on the Cleveland side, where Nick Chubb gets
Speaker 1: his lowest ranking of the year. In the four Deshaun
Speaker 1: Watson games, no Cleveland runner has scored a touchdown and
Speaker 1: none of top one hundred yards, and the Commanders are
Speaker 1: a brutal matchup, allowing the fifth fewest rushing yards. Only
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry's topped eighties seven rushing yards against Washington all
Speaker 1: year long, and he got the ball twenty eight times
Speaker 1: in that game. That's how Derrick Henry top to eighties
Speaker 1: seven rushing yards. I can only give you a C
Speaker 1: grade on Nick Chubb. Marie Coop bur is healthy enough
Speaker 1: to go here, and he has languished badly with Deshaun
Speaker 1: Watson as well. Cooper's matchup his sensational If Benjamin st Juice,
Speaker 1: starting cornerback for Washington, misses this game, because that would
Speaker 1: set him up against rookie Christian Holmes on the right side,
Speaker 1: who has given a perfect passer rating through three career games.
Speaker 1: But if st Juice goes, you may want to consider
Speaker 1: benching Amari Cooper outright. This is an away game and
Speaker 1: something that Brian picked up on around mid season. Cooper
Speaker 1: averaging just three catches for forty seven yards in road games,
Speaker 1: and he has scored in just one of seven road
Speaker 1: games this year, So a tricky spot for Marie Cooper
Speaker 1: C grade. If Benjamin st just goes and bench grade.
Speaker 1: If he doesn't all the non Cooper parts of the
Speaker 1: passing game, we're all dead. Because Deshaun Watson has murdered
Speaker 1: his receivers just two passing touchdowns in four games, which
Speaker 1: is awful. He has failed to top one hundred sixty
Speaker 1: one passing yards in three of his four start Kareem
Speaker 1: Hunts on the bench. He's been totally ineffective this year.
Speaker 1: And David and Joco, the only other Cleveland player you
Speaker 1: might think about playing, has also struggled under Watson, even
Speaker 1: with decent volume. The Commanders were just thrashed by George
Speaker 1: Kittle for a hundred and twenty yards and two scores.
Speaker 1: By Prior to that, they've only given up three tight
Speaker 1: end touchdowns all season. And I just don't I don't
Speaker 1: trust the Shawn Watson to write the ship here. Hopefully
Speaker 1: you don't have to rely on David and Joke. I'm
Speaker 1: giving him a bench grade. Let's go to the Washington side.
Speaker 1: I'm very enthusiastic about Brian Robinson in this matchup. I
Speaker 1: thought you're gonna say about Carson Wentz, but I am
Speaker 1: kind of excited about Carson Wentz and you know what,
Speaker 1: let's start with Carson Wentz. I am excited because here's
Speaker 1: the thing. We don't really care about the turnovers. Maybe
Speaker 1: it's minus two points in your league, don't care. Wentz
Speaker 1: gives you upside passing, upside point upside that Heineke never did.
Speaker 1: And I like that part of it. You'll recall Wentz
Speaker 1: played five full games to start the season. Three of
Speaker 1: them were monster games over three hundred yards and multiple touchdowns.
Speaker 1: His two bad games were against awesome pass rush defenses,
Speaker 1: the Eagles and the Cowboys. Cleveland is nothing like that.
Speaker 1: The Cleveland secondary looks a camp paper, but for most
Speaker 1: of the season they've played bad quarterbacks. In an arctic
Speaker 1: game last week, this is your championship underdog dart throw
Speaker 1: player is Carson Wentz. I mean, if you're looking at yourself,
Speaker 1: if you're looking at the projections and you're down by twenty,
Speaker 1: and you look at Carson Wentz, half his games with
Speaker 1: three hundred yards and multiple touchdowns, this is the guy try.
Speaker 1: You could try Carson Wentzon. And if you're in a
Speaker 1: desperation need at quarter Yeah, he doesn't even have a
Speaker 1: statue outside of the Eagles. It's a great point they
Speaker 1: never gave him. We've got a handful of desperation quarterbacks
Speaker 1: coming up in this show too. We'll talk more about
Speaker 1: those guys as we go on and people need quarterback helping.
Speaker 1: I think the number is around twelve starting quarterbacks not
Speaker 1: going this week, it's ridiculous or previously starting. Okay, so
Speaker 1: let's talk about into his receivers. If I like Wentz
Speaker 1: and by the way, be great on Wentz, uh, then
Speaker 1: I gotta have some reasonable expectations for his receivers. Let's
Speaker 1: start with Teary McLaurin, who has been super consistent no
Speaker 1: matter the quarterback, going all the way back to wins
Speaker 1: his start at the beginning of the year. Cornerbacks denzil
Speaker 1: Ward and Martin Emerson will have a negative impact, probably
Speaker 1: over the last five weeks. They've been very good, combining
Speaker 1: for four receptions in forty nine yards per game allowed.
Speaker 1: That's combined. Those are the outside cornerbacks that will be
Speaker 1: trying to guard Terry McLaurin, but they have given up
Speaker 1: some touchdowns. Um Also concerned is John Dotson eating into
Speaker 1: his target share. John Dotson, by the way, see grad
Speaker 1: and McLaren ce grade on Dotson as well. Who was
Speaker 1: scored in three straight games and his volume exploding on
Speaker 1: this one. He also is running on the outside He's
Speaker 1: got that's the same Ward Emerson combo of cornerbacks against him.
Speaker 1: It's a roughly neutral matchup, um, but still startable and
Speaker 1: pinch you could try him and again the upside Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz brings helps Hot Dotson as well. A C grade
Speaker 1: for him. Um, Curtis Samuel I've vacillated on, but ultimately
Speaker 1: I've left him on the bench incredibly low volume for
Speaker 1: two months. Some signs of sparks of life lately, including
Speaker 1: a touchdown reception from Carson Wentz at the end of
Speaker 1: last week's game and his Wentz games at the start
Speaker 1: of the season. We're promising he averaged sixty six yards
Speaker 1: per game in weeks one through five. But what got
Speaker 1: me ultimately on the bench grade for Curtis Samuel runs
Speaker 1: from the slot almost entirely. Cleveland is allowed the second
Speaker 1: fewest Fantasy points to slot receivers. So Curtis Samuel just
Speaker 1: a volatile dart throw player, and that is it. Let's
Speaker 1: go to the final guy to mention here, Brian Robinson.
Speaker 1: I was gonna start with him because I'm very excited
Speaker 1: about him here now, no back top sixty rushing yards
Speaker 1: in the six game Wentz six games. Wentz was under
Speaker 1: center to start the season, but Robinson only played two
Speaker 1: of those games, and he scored in one of them.
Speaker 1: In the last seven games, the Browns have allowed eleven
Speaker 1: running backs of at least fifty five yards and where
Speaker 1: a touchdown, and they ranked seven and rushing yards and
Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns allowed to running backs. And Antonio Gibson isn't going.
Speaker 1: I've got a strong B grade on by Brian Robinson.
Speaker 1: Almost gave him an A grade, but couldn't quite get there.
Speaker 1: B grade Brian Robinson. When we come back, nine players
Speaker 1: upon whom you can take a chance. It's our final
Speaker 1: take a chance on me of the entire NFL season,
Speaker 1: Stay tuned, chance, take a chance on me. Nine players
Speaker 1: not normally a new starting line enough. These are all
Speaker 1: guys that could potentially power you to the bacon inside
Speaker 1: of the hardware. We're gonna help you bring it home.
Speaker 1: We begin at the quarterback position. Matt Harrison. I'm uncomfortable
Speaker 1: with the bacon inside the hardware. Do you want the
Speaker 1: hardware inside the bacon? I mean, how does that work.
Speaker 1: Can't we just like line them up side by side.
Speaker 1: Let's just keep him separate. We can bring them both home.
Speaker 1: You can wrap hallapenos and have bacon wrapped palapenos with
Speaker 1: the cream cheese inside. But that's not hardware. Hardware. I
Speaker 1: mean you could wrap a hammer. I don't know. Um.
Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater looks set to start for Miami two US
Speaker 1: in the concussion protocol for the second time this year,
Speaker 1: which we all know means that he's had at least
Speaker 1: his third concussion now. And by the way, those three
Speaker 1: fourth quarter picks against Green Bay last week, that would
Speaker 1: really explain how bad those were. It looked like a
Speaker 1: guy who couldn't see straight. So if we get Bridgewater,
Speaker 1: I think we see an accurate dincin dunk style, not
Speaker 1: so dissimilar to to uh last time we saw Teddy,
Speaker 1: he threw for three twenty nine and two scores against
Speaker 1: the Vikings. Now, the pat are a little bit better
Speaker 1: against the past than the Vikings are, but they've been
Speaker 1: pretty weak against the past as of recent In the
Speaker 1: last five weeks, no team has allowed more passing scores
Speaker 1: than the New England Patriots eleven, and they've allowed the
Speaker 1: fifth most passing yards in that time, and he's got
Speaker 1: maybe the two fastest wide receivers in the NFL in
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill and Jalen Wattle. Teddy doesn't have to be special,
Speaker 1: just get the ball in the hands of his playmakers. Brian,
Speaker 1: you'll take a chance at me, quarterback. I'm going with
Speaker 1: slamming Sammy Donald at Tampa Bay sounds so good about
Speaker 1: I'll talk about this game a little. It's Sam Donald.
Speaker 1: But hey, Donald one touchdown at least one touchdown each
Speaker 1: of his four starts since taking his job back. He
Speaker 1: was basically given to anyone that owned a playbook, and
Speaker 1: he was the last guy standing, I think. But Donald
Speaker 1: has added two rushing scores on the ground as well
Speaker 1: during those last four games, and in the one game
Speaker 1: and one of the games he didn't score on the ground,
Speaker 1: he ran for thirty yards, so he's basically giving you
Speaker 1: two touchdowns a game. The Bucks blanked Trace McSorley last week,
Speaker 1: but that was to be expected. In their two games prior,
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow through for four scores. Brock Purty at two
Speaker 1: passing touchdowns a game before that, the Bucks could be
Speaker 1: without two starting corners, Carlton Davis and Jamal Dean. Two
Speaker 1: starting safety's Antoine Winfield and Mike Edwards fight Avea could
Speaker 1: miss this game. Carl nass I, their best linebacker, arguably
Speaker 1: the best linebacker, is doubtful to play. So I'm going
Speaker 1: with Sam Donald, who's he's looking dull? Right? And uh,
Speaker 1: it looked pretty good handing off the ball last week.
Speaker 1: He did, but again at least one passing touchdown every game.
Speaker 1: He had a rushing touchdown and a passing touchdown last game.
Speaker 1: And for what it's worth, I didn't play in the
Speaker 1: first meeting against Tampa this season, but he last saw
Speaker 1: them in Week eighteen through for two touchdowns last year.
Speaker 1: So Sam Donald, why not. Jared Goff had a quiet
Speaker 1: game against the Bears last time they played, but that
Speaker 1: was a while back, and since then, he's attempted at
Speaker 1: least thirty seven passes in every game, and that kind
Speaker 1: of volume has helped lead to multiple touchdowns in four
Speaker 1: of the past five games for Jared Goff. I love
Speaker 1: his matchup with A'man raw St Brown as the Bears
Speaker 1: are in a real pitch with Kindall Vildor and Jalen
Speaker 1: Johnson out, that means they've shifted their slot cornerback Kyler
Speaker 1: Gordon to play outside the whole secondaries of mess in Chicago,
Speaker 1: Jared Goff sitting on potentially a very nice game. We
Speaker 1: hit the over chart mentioned Kindle Vildor twenty two and
Speaker 1: a half times. Yeah, Yeah, let's go to the running
Speaker 1: back position. Matt. I'm bummed that we took off the
Speaker 1: Bam Bam button because I got Bam Bam Zonovan Night
Speaker 1: ready to go. Last week, the Jets couldn't get anything
Speaker 1: going against the Jaguars. Let's blame the up and coming
Speaker 1: Jags D and Zach Wilson. Michael Carter did out snap
Speaker 1: Night last week, but had zero touches and the Jets
Speaker 1: kind of packed it in early Mike White. Starting this week,
Speaker 1: the offense has fared much better with White. Zonovan hasn't
Speaker 1: been held under thirteen PPR points and games where Mike
Speaker 1: White starts and Night faces a struggling Seattle run D
Speaker 1: and Seattle gave up a hundred and twenty eight total
Speaker 1: yards to the Chiefs running backs last week, uh two
Speaker 1: oh two and one to the Niners the week before,
Speaker 1: to three and two to the Panthers backs the week before.
Speaker 1: Kazanovan Night fire him up. I love I love that angle. Brian,
Speaker 1: you take a chance of me running back. I've got
Speaker 1: Houston's Royce Freeman at home against the Jaguars. Dropped the piano.
Speaker 1: Freeman will be nice. He's looked okay. I mean as
Speaker 1: far as the Texans running, He's no Damien Pierce. He's
Speaker 1: the next guy up. It's not Dario Gunbawally or Rex
Speaker 1: uh t Rex extinct per head whatever the name, nickname
Speaker 1: I gave him many many years ago. He's like forty
Speaker 1: years old. But Freeman against the Jaguars. And we'll talk
Speaker 1: about this game a little more when we break it down.
Speaker 1: But there's reason to believe Jacksonville might not go full
Speaker 1: out on offense and defense. Here. Um So says he's
Speaker 1: gonna go with the starters. Well, he's gonna start them. Yeah,
Speaker 1: how long they go, we shall see. We'll talk about
Speaker 1: that a little more. But Freeman up against likely mainly
Speaker 1: j v Jacksonville squad. Uh. Freeman looking at at least
Speaker 1: fifteen touches in this game. The Jaguars are allowing nearly
Speaker 1: one thirty combo yards and a touchdown per game to
Speaker 1: opposing running backs, and as I've alluded, to I suspect
Speaker 1: they take some precautions on defense as they prepare for
Speaker 1: King Henry in week eighteen, as they they go for
Speaker 1: the a f C South Championships. So Royce Freeman roll
Speaker 1: them out. Tyler al Jere has my highest ranking of
Speaker 1: his entire career grantities only rookies. I mean, it's really
Speaker 1: all year. Um, in the two weeks since Atlanta's by,
Speaker 1: Algier has turned thirty five carries into two hundred thirteen
Speaker 1: yards in a score. It's pretty good. Two weeks. Top
Speaker 1: by the way, five receptions as well. Um, Atlanta get
Speaker 1: this and I never would have seen this coming here,
Speaker 1: We're at the end of the year. Atlanta has Pro
Speaker 1: Football Focus is number one ranked run blocking unit. Who
Speaker 1: did guest Algier has racked up five straight fifty yard performances,
Speaker 1: so we and feel confident about him going there. And
Speaker 1: for three straight weeks he's playing Arizona. For three straight weeks,
Speaker 1: Arizona has given up one hundred rushing yards to opposing
Speaker 1: running backs and they've given up four rushing scores in
Speaker 1: those three weeks. So, uh, this is a a very It's
Speaker 1: a great opportunity. By the way, the Atlanta's best run
Speaker 1: stuffer Zach Allen may not play this game, so another
Speaker 1: reason to like Tyler Elgier. Matt I believe you have
Speaker 1: a wide receiver this week, not tight end. No, you
Speaker 1: getting wrong everything. John Smith I pivoted to a tight
Speaker 1: end in the same game. Mike Gasicki on the other side, Yeah,
Speaker 1: Mike Kasicki, who has done nothing all year except for
Speaker 1: the game's Teddy Bridgewater has played u In the game
Speaker 1: against Minnesota, he was targeted a season high seven times,
Speaker 1: caught six balls for sixty nine yards and two scores.
Speaker 1: Gasicki's third highest target total came in Week four, when
Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater came in for an injured to Uh and
Speaker 1: played most of the game against Cincinnati. The Patriots have
Speaker 1: actually allowed the fourth most touchdowns to the tight end position.
Speaker 1: I mean the ghost of Darren Waller and Mitchell Wilcox
Speaker 1: put up okay fantasy days against the Pats in the
Speaker 1: last two weeks. It's a sneaky harpoon kind of seed.
Speaker 1: Dart grade or mikesick O, Your take a chance on me, receiver, Brian,
Speaker 1: I'm going tight end too, but I got a better one.
Speaker 1: Jordan's Jordan Aikins against the Jaguars, it is doubt. Now
Speaker 1: we all know about the tight end basketball player connections.
Speaker 1: Antonio Gates, Jimmy Graham, Lonnie Woods, My guy, did you
Speaker 1: know that Jordan Aggins was selected in the third round
Speaker 1: of the MLB Draft by the Texas Rangers as an outfield.
Speaker 1: There are things obviously didn't pan out for him too
Speaker 1: well playing baseball. He he went back to college played
Speaker 1: college football. But yeah, he was a minor league baseball
Speaker 1: player for like three or four years. But anyway, he's
Speaker 1: a pro football, pro football player now. And uh, going
Speaker 1: up against the Jaguars, who over their last six games
Speaker 1: opposing tight ends or averaging six and a half catches
Speaker 1: and seventy nine yards per game. And they've also sur
Speaker 1: entered Jacksonville. That is five scores of the tight end
Speaker 1: position over those last six games. And again I think
Speaker 1: we see some second or third stringers on defense. So
Speaker 1: Jordan's Aitkins. If you need it all or nothing, Dart
Speaker 1: throw D. J. Chark is your guy. He has scored
Speaker 1: or topped ninety eight yards and four of the past
Speaker 1: five games, I would like a score and or ninety
Speaker 1: eight yards. So this is a chart throw a Chark
Speaker 1: throw D j you don't have a button for that.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm gonna like, how do I find
Speaker 1: a shark dark combos. There's a splash right next to
Speaker 1: the dart. That's a good point. There's your harpoon right there. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we could do that. You're gonna jump the jump the
Speaker 1: chart and a matchup with Chicago very tempting here. I
Speaker 1: already mentioned the Bears are without starting cornerbacks Jalen Johnson
Speaker 1: and Kendallville Door and Kyler Gordon's gonna move to the
Speaker 1: twenty three and a half. Kyler Gordon's moved to the
Speaker 1: outside last week. It was his first start on the outside.
Speaker 1: He gave up a one hundred percent completion rate and
Speaker 1: a touchdown in his coverage. DJ Shark Our guy. Let's
Speaker 1: go back to the matchups. Arizona takes on Atlanta. Brian
Speaker 1: Arizona is going to be helmed by David Blow in
Speaker 1: this game. And I can't believe there's much to like here. Yeah,
Speaker 1: David Blow that I'm going to, by the way, coming
Speaker 1: up lame on Friday. That's not good either. Yeah, there's
Speaker 1: not a lot to talk about. I was gonna do
Speaker 1: a Mr Blow, Mr Plow Simpson's joke. But I'm not
Speaker 1: gonna can you sing that? Can you sing? He's David Blow.
Speaker 1: That's his name. That name again is David Blow. He's
Speaker 1: on the bench. He's on the bench. Though, Uh, sadly
Speaker 1: my notes are funny. It's like Colt McCoy x, Trace
Speaker 1: mcslrely crossed out David Blow, Like who else is next?
Speaker 1: Jake Plumber coming out of retirement, knows David Blow. He's
Speaker 1: on the bench. Uh as his mark, He's Brown, Greg Dortche.
Speaker 1: They're on the bench because of Blow. As you mentioned,
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins added to the injury report on Friday with
Speaker 1: a knee injury. If he goes, I'll give him a
Speaker 1: see he'll he'll still see his volume. Just one catch
Speaker 1: for four yards last week that was on ten targets.
Speaker 1: He's still gonna get his like ten targets. So but
Speaker 1: temper your expectations, you're probably not can get elite level
Speaker 1: production from Hopkins. And it's not a great matchup either,
Speaker 1: especially because we'll be facing cornerback A. J. Terrell, who
Speaker 1: has been outstanding over the last month or so, allowing
Speaker 1: fewer than two games two catches per game in a
Speaker 1: passer rating of sixty five. So, yeah, Hopkins is a dicey,
Speaker 1: dicey start, but if you must he gets at the sea.
Speaker 1: James Connor not so dicey. They're gonna give him a B.
Speaker 1: Atlanta is allowing on thirty five combo yards per game.
Speaker 1: They've only surrendered one total total touchdown over the last
Speaker 1: four but during that same four game span, Connor has
Speaker 1: been a workhorse with touch totals of nine and twenty two.
Speaker 1: Even in the last season, the Cardinals are using them
Speaker 1: as a bell cow. So I like Connor with a B,
Speaker 1: and I like Tray McBride enough to give him a C.
Speaker 1: Over the last few games, opposing tight ends have total
Speaker 1: total at least fifty yards and at least one touchdown
Speaker 1: against Atlanta on each game. And you think Blow would
Speaker 1: kind of lean on his tight end here. So if
Speaker 1: you're super desperate, go with chick Tray mcbrin. If I
Speaker 1: was super desperate, I was going with Jordan eight. It's
Speaker 1: a minute not able if you're not able, If you're
Speaker 1: not able to uh, because Jordans on all those rosters, right,
Speaker 1: he used to play baseball, man, that's impressive. It's like
Speaker 1: Dion Sanders going back to Atlanta there, Uh over to
Speaker 1: the Atlanta side. Speaking of Tyler Algier, you take a
Speaker 1: chance on me running back charts a great matchup for him.
Speaker 1: For that reason, I'll throw another sea dart at Corderold
Speaker 1: Patterson only nine touches last week, but he had double digit.
Speaker 1: But he had double digit touches in his four games prior.
Speaker 1: And this just feels like a game where the quarterbacks
Speaker 1: aren't gonna be asked to do much. So I'll give
Speaker 1: Patterson a sea but it's really kind of like a
Speaker 1: daily a daily dart, not a seasonal dart. Drake one
Speaker 1: in just to see for him as well. He's been
Speaker 1: fed uh some spotted d over his last three games.
Speaker 1: That was off shot of my head. Uh. With target
Speaker 1: totals of twelve, eleven and nine, you just broke charge
Speaker 1: King Ralph. That's the only reason I know what that
Speaker 1: is because of King Ralph, classic classic John Goodman moving.
Speaker 1: By the way, where was I with drank Drake London
Speaker 1: twelve eleven, nine targets. Yeah, he's got at least six
Speaker 1: balls in each game with at least seventy yards, but
Speaker 1: the Cardinals have allowed just to seventy yards receivers over
Speaker 1: the last seven games. So for just the Sea for London, Uh, Mike,
Speaker 1: Mike Coal Brewett on the bench, I miss you, Kyle
Speaker 1: Pitts Desmont on the bench. And that's it for this
Speaker 1: awful We've just got a couple of minutes. Let's see
Speaker 1: if we can quickly get through Miami at New England.
Speaker 1: Matt Yeah, Teddy Bridgewater was might take a chance on
Speaker 1: me thrower and Mike Gaski was, might take a chance
Speaker 1: on me catcher. Uh, Tyreek Hill, Jalen Waddle getting a
Speaker 1: grades and this one. Jalen Waddle, by the way, hit
Speaker 1: twenty one point six eight miles per hour last week
Speaker 1: and it's a tight His touchdown catch fastest speed recorded
Speaker 1: by any player this season and the sixth fastest speed
Speaker 1: clocked in NFL history. Dang. Yeah, and everybody assumes Tyrek
Speaker 1: Hills the fastest receiver on the team. He's not, no,
Speaker 1: but but Hill caught up to him. But he did
Speaker 1: and then probably didn't block anybody. Yeah, it's just ridiculous.
Speaker 1: Raheem Mostert and Jeff Wilson are both on the bench
Speaker 1: for me. If you can figure out this South Florida
Speaker 1: time share, maybe you can help my grandparents get out
Speaker 1: of their South Florida time share. Eight carries for one
Speaker 1: last week, nine for the other. It doesn't even matter
Speaker 1: who got what. Snap counts almost steven and the Patriots
Speaker 1: defense has allowed four total touchdowns to the running back
Speaker 1: position all year. Land, sea, air space, underground, mold, people, tunnels,
Speaker 1: all that. Uh. If you're a Remandre Stevenson team manager,
Speaker 1: you're probably not in a championship this week. And I'm
Speaker 1: raising my hand to uh. Fifteen touches for thirty three
Speaker 1: yards last week, that was a mess. This week, he's
Speaker 1: been limited in practice with an ankle injury. But the
Speaker 1: Pats need to win to keep their playoff hopes alive.
Speaker 1: And this matchup is good for Stevenson because he's the
Speaker 1: pass catcher. Uh. Stevenson is fourth in the league and
Speaker 1: running back receptions and the Dolphins have allowed these seventh
Speaker 1: most receptions and receiving yards to opposing backs and the
Speaker 1: most receiving touchdowns in the league. Two running backs. Damien
Speaker 1: Harris is gonna be active. That's the that's the fly
Speaker 1: in the oint. And he's totally off the injury report,
Speaker 1: and I'm a little bit worried, like fresh legs Damien
Speaker 1: Harris that they to him, So I'm I'm not gonna
Speaker 1: play Harris, not in a championship camp, but the effect
Speaker 1: on Stevenson could be significant. Yeah, so I had Stevenson
Speaker 1: as a B, but it's probably more of a C
Speaker 1: grade in this one. Mac Jones also gets a C grade.
Speaker 1: It's a great matchup. Last time Jones faced the bottom
Speaker 1: five pass defense, he torched the Vikings for three two
Speaker 1: and two. Miami's defense bottom five in every category against
Speaker 1: the past, and I think this is a high scoring game,
Speaker 1: so Jones is kind of startable. Jacoby Myers and Kendrick
Speaker 1: Borne both gets C grades as well. It's worth noting
Speaker 1: that both John hu Smith and Hunter Henry could miss
Speaker 1: this game with a concussion and a knee injury, respectively,
Speaker 1: and Tae Kwon Thornton, who was on the field of
Speaker 1: the Snaps last week, miss time in practice this week
Speaker 1: with a knee injury as well. Kendrick Borne targeted nine
Speaker 1: times last week for six catches a hundred yards in
Speaker 1: a score, and Myers was back to form as well
Speaker 1: with six sketches of his own for eighty three yards
Speaker 1: in to score. Suky score. Yeah, I fail Mary, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think, yeah, that was that was a fun score.
Speaker 1: But they're both Sea grades. If you need some help.
Speaker 1: When we come back, Denver takes on Kansas City. Obviously
Speaker 1: you're starting Patrick Mahomes and you're starting Travis Kelsey. But
Speaker 1: which other Chiefs do you go with in the championship game?
Speaker 1: Including Jujuice Smith Schuster? Is this one of his rare
Speaker 1: games where you want to put him in your lineup?
Speaker 1: Just Jerick McKinnon, stay hot. Find out when we come
Speaker 1: back to Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly.
Speaker 1: Pul Archie and Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson with you.
Speaker 1: Denver takes on Kansas City and against all us, there's
Speaker 1: a couple of Denver promcos you can think about starting here.
Speaker 1: No way, I know, let's start with Otavias Murray, who
Speaker 1: did nothing in the Week four teen matchup with Kansas City.
Speaker 1: But you get volume with Murray, uh, you don't get
Speaker 1: a lot else. And this is a matchup with a
Speaker 1: good run defense. Chiefs a lot of the eighth fewest
Speaker 1: rushing yards, but they give up the most receptions and
Speaker 1: the fourth most receiving yards. So maybe Murray chips in
Speaker 1: a couple of receptions here, which is usually good for
Speaker 1: since Melvin Gordon's departures a couple of receptions, I just
Speaker 1: have the C grade on Murray. You're hoping for a
Speaker 1: touchdown and that's really a touchdown in like fifty rushing
Speaker 1: yards and twelve twenty yards through the air. That would
Speaker 1: be about it for Murray. Uh. Let's talk about Jerry
Speaker 1: Judy and Cortland Sutton both see by the way, see
Speaker 1: graad on Murray. See grade on Judy and Sutton as well.
Speaker 1: Judy scored three times against Kansas City when they met
Speaker 1: three weeks ago, and he'll face Lagarious Sneed in the slot.
Speaker 1: He's allowed the fourth most receptions, eleventh most yards, and
Speaker 1: fifth most yards after the catch. It's such a powerfully
Speaker 1: positive matchup for Judy. I'm giving him. I'm giving him
Speaker 1: a starting grade here. As for Sutton, if you exclude
Speaker 1: his injury short and Week thirteen game against Baltimore Courtland,
Speaker 1: Sutton has produced at least five catches and sixty four
Speaker 1: yards in four straight games. So he's been active and
Speaker 1: he's been good, and he's got a favorable matchup against
Speaker 1: rookie Joshua Williams on the outside. This team is probably
Speaker 1: gonna have to pass a lot, so Judy and Courtland
Speaker 1: Sutton c grades now on the Broncos side, or sorry,
Speaker 1: on the chief side. You may be thinking the Broncos
Speaker 1: Chiefs just gave up fifty one points to the lowest
Speaker 1: scoring team in the NFL, and that everybody would be
Speaker 1: a plausible starter. But on the balance of the whole season,
Speaker 1: the Broncos defense has at least been pretty good and
Speaker 1: their secondary really good. Obviously, you're starting Patrick Mahomes and
Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey obvious eight grades and they're both my number
Speaker 1: one ranked players at their position this week. Um no
Speaker 1: other receivers get a starting grade here, including Juju Smith Schuster.
Speaker 1: His his past seven games, he's averaged fifty five yards
Speaker 1: and he's scored once in seven games for Juju. On
Speaker 1: the semi bright side, his lowe touchdown in that span
Speaker 1: did come against the Broncos in Week fourteen, but that's
Speaker 1: the only receiver score Denver has given up in their
Speaker 1: last month of games. And I don't think he's gonna
Speaker 1: do it back to back, and he's gonna get stuck
Speaker 1: a lot on Patrick Sirtan and that is a bad
Speaker 1: matchup against profobul focus. His third highest graded cornerback Jerick McKinnon,
Speaker 1: one of the great calls in recent recent history of
Speaker 1: this show, Mattnerson nailing him a month ago, urging people
Speaker 1: to pick up Jerick McKinnon, who was at that point
Speaker 1: available in like leagues and all these fantastic Since then,
Speaker 1: he has scored receiving touchdown in four straight games. He
Speaker 1: gets a B grade asked for Patcheco. Over his last
Speaker 1: seven games, Pocheco's averaging ninety one total yards per game,
Speaker 1: with at least sixty eight yards in each. The Broncos
Speaker 1: have been terrible against opposing running backs, which is why
Speaker 1: I like both McKinnon and Pacheco, allowing one hundred sixty
Speaker 1: nine total yards and two touchdowns per game to the
Speaker 1: position over the last three and um McKinnon responsible for
Speaker 1: a big junk of that damage with his breakout recess
Speaker 1: receiving game at two score game when these teams met
Speaker 1: three weeks ago, including that crazy that I don't know
Speaker 1: pass from Mahomes that was like, you know, practical behind
Speaker 1: his head. So there you go, be grades and Cannon
Speaker 1: and Pocheco. Let's go to our next matchup, which is
Speaker 1: Carolina taking on Tampa Bay Ran Yeah, for the essentially
Speaker 1: the NFC South title. These teams first met in Week seven,
Speaker 1: starting on the Carolina side. I don't give Dante Foreman
Speaker 1: and Cuba Hubbard both of Sea. So prior to last
Speaker 1: week we were singing the praises of the Lions run defense,
Speaker 1: to legit, to quit all that. Ben Foreman goes off
Speaker 1: for a hundred sixty five yards and a touchdown. Hubbard
Speaker 1: adds one five on twelve carries. There. I think they're
Speaker 1: both over a hundred and half. Yeah, it was like
Speaker 1: D'Angelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart are back here. So now
Speaker 1: the Bucks don't present the best matchup on paper, but
Speaker 1: over their last three games, opposing backs of average one
Speaker 1: forty Comboy yards in total three touchdowns, Foreman had over
Speaker 1: a hundred forty Comboy yards in the first meeting. I
Speaker 1: like him a little more than Hubbard. He seems to
Speaker 1: get a little a few more touches, But I'll give
Speaker 1: both the Sea here. If you're here in need of
Speaker 1: a running back. D J. Moore has become a very
Speaker 1: strong start since Sam Donald has been back at quarterback.
Speaker 1: Going to give him a b. He has at least
Speaker 1: seventy yards and a touchdown reception in three of Donald's
Speaker 1: four recent starts. I mentioned this earlier. The Bucks could
Speaker 1: be without starting corners of Jamal Dean and Carlton Davis.
Speaker 1: They could be without two starting safeties. Davis Carlton Davis
Speaker 1: would be a huge loss for Tampa Bay. And I
Speaker 1: would give d J. Moore and a Actually, if Carlton
Speaker 1: Davis sits More actually had a good game when these
Speaker 1: teams first met, when Davis and Dean were healthy. He
Speaker 1: had seven catches sixty nine yards in a touchdown. That
Speaker 1: almost feels like a floor for More. Here so a
Speaker 1: B and again in a of Carlton Davis and mrs
Speaker 1: this one and Sam Donald lastly for Carolina might take
Speaker 1: a chance to the quarterback. Let's go Sammy over to
Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay side. I got Leonard four Nette and
Speaker 1: Richard White on the bench for net. It's been playing
Speaker 1: hurt but still getting more touches than White. That that's
Speaker 1: not good. UM tackle Tristan Worth's reinjured his ankle last
Speaker 1: week for the Bucks. Tackle Josh Wells was put on
Speaker 1: I R. Tampa Bay won't be getting back starting center
Speaker 1: Ryan Jensen as they hoped they would be for this week,
Speaker 1: so that line remains a mess. And over the last
Speaker 1: six games, the Panthers have allowed just two backs surpassed
Speaker 1: fifty rushing yards, so both both Bucks backs on the bench.
Speaker 1: For me, Chris Godwin not on the bench, so he
Speaker 1: gets a B. Continues to have a safe floor with
Speaker 1: at least six catches in eight targets and all but
Speaker 1: two games this year. Saw a season high thirteen targets
Speaker 1: against Carolina back in Week seven, but only caught seven
Speaker 1: for forty three yards. But since then, every non Kendal
Speaker 1: Hinton receiver to see eight or more targets against Carolina
Speaker 1: has logged at least sixty yards, so a safe double
Speaker 1: digit PPR floor for Godwin. UH safe floor has not
Speaker 1: been anything that you can associate with Mike Evans this season.
Speaker 1: I can give him a see though only because Carolina
Speaker 1: corner standout Carolina corner J. C. Horne will miss this game.
Speaker 1: Only reason I'm giving Evans the starting grade here. When
Speaker 1: these teams didn't met in Week seven, Evans did have
Speaker 1: nine catches for ninety six yards, and that's also the
Speaker 1: game he dropped that like touchdown um and his downfall
Speaker 1: kind of started there this season, but uh, it's a
Speaker 1: better matchup with Horn out, and he had a good
Speaker 1: game last week, so see for him, kay dot and
Speaker 1: he is on the bench for me a tight end.
Speaker 1: There are better options. We've mentioned several and uh, lastly,
Speaker 1: Tom Brady, I will throw a Sea Adam just because J. C.
Speaker 1: Horn is out. Two nine scoreless yards in the first
Speaker 1: meeting should have been more like three fifty and one
Speaker 1: with that Evans drop, but that massive ceiling for Brady
Speaker 1: has vanished. You probably better options out there. Just to see.
Speaker 1: For the Jets taking on Seattle, Matt he already told
Speaker 1: us you like and I agree. He's on a ad night,
Speaker 1: very nice matchup. The passing games see had also much
Speaker 1: tougher past defense. They do get Mike White back, What
Speaker 1: do you make of this one? Kind of? I mean,
Speaker 1: Mike White's average three seventeen yards per game this year
Speaker 1: and it starts and finally found an online doctor who
Speaker 1: cleared him of his rim injury. The Seahawks have allowed
Speaker 1: multiple touchdown passes to six of the last eight quarterbacks
Speaker 1: they faced. The only two that didn't hit that Mark
Speaker 1: Sam Donald and John Wolford. So Mike White in my
Speaker 1: opinion gets a B and Garrett Wilson he's back to
Speaker 1: an A grade with me. With Mike White and even
Speaker 1: in what seems like a tough for matchup, so Tarik
Speaker 1: Woolan has been the Seahawks only like super great cover corner.
Speaker 1: He stays completely on the right side of the field,
Speaker 1: and even he has allowed five touchdowns in his coverage
Speaker 1: over the last eight games. Wilson moves everywhere about equally,
Speaker 1: so he'll find advantageous matchups against slot corner Kobe Bryant
Speaker 1: and left corner Michael Jackson, neither of which are as
Speaker 1: good as the Black Mamba or the King of Pop Jackson.
Speaker 1: Pro Football focuses number ninety six corner Bryant number one
Speaker 1: ten makes me feel I got Garrett Wilson in a
Speaker 1: few leagues. That makes me feel better about him going.
Speaker 1: Thank you. Kenneth Walker limited and practice Thursday and Friday
Speaker 1: with an ankle injury. Didn't practice at all last Uh.
Speaker 1: He did play last week after not practicing at all,
Speaker 1: and at twenty eight touches and a hundred and five
Speaker 1: total yards, He's gonna be fine. I'm gonna give him
Speaker 1: a solid be against the Jets defense. It's a little
Speaker 1: bit tougher than average, but Travis e. T N managed
Speaker 1: a hundred and twelve total yards last week, and the
Speaker 1: Detroit running backs they had a hundred and thirty nine
Speaker 1: combo yards the week four. So I think Walker gets
Speaker 1: almost all of it because all the other running backs
Speaker 1: are hurt. Theres Homer, d J. Dallas, it's probably all Walker,
Speaker 1: uh dk Metcalf and Tyler Lockett. Looks like Locket might
Speaker 1: go this week after having surgery on his fractured left
Speaker 1: index finger only eleven days ago. He still has stitches
Speaker 1: in the finger, but he's trending the right way. In
Speaker 1: the last month of games, each of them are averaging
Speaker 1: about nine targets per game and about six catches. Problem
Speaker 1: is Sauce Gardner in the Jets secondary have been awesome
Speaker 1: since week five. Here's the list of wide receivers who
Speaker 1: have scored. Alan Lazard, Jacoby Myers, Byron Pringle, Justin Jefferson.
Speaker 1: That's it in eleven games. I think Byron Pringle and
Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson, whatever they're they're always in the same circles.
Speaker 1: You know, they're everywhere together, and that spend. No wide
Speaker 1: receiver is top two hundred yards. So I'll give Metcalfe,
Speaker 1: Lockett and Gino Smith just to see in the Geno
Speaker 1: Smith revenge game. This is his first ever start against
Speaker 1: the team that drafted him. He has thrown for mult
Speaker 1: to pull touchdowns in eleven games this year. However, the
Speaker 1: Jets haven't allowed multiple passing score since Week three. Uh,
Speaker 1: last guy, I'll mention we got a ludicrous alert as
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give give Noah Fant a c. The Jets
Speaker 1: have allowed the seventh most receptions and yards to the
Speaker 1: tight end position, and Fant is healthy has scored in
Speaker 1: two straight So if you're in the tight end waste land,
Speaker 1: Noah Fant is way better than those dumb tight ends
Speaker 1: Brian mentioned. I'm just kidding, Brian. I'm sure they're not dumb.
Speaker 1: They one played baseball. I understand one did play BABA,
Speaker 1: which is very very important. Are you crying? I was
Speaker 1: yawning about boring those tight end recom I just noticed this. Sorry,
Speaker 1: back to the Panthers match up really quick. J C.
Speaker 1: Horne their best cornerback Nightline. They elevated Josh Norman from
Speaker 1: their practice on Caroline him on the practice squad. I
Speaker 1: hope he's got a baseball bat with him. They'll remember
Speaker 1: that baseball bat game against the Giants, Josh Norman and
Speaker 1: he brought a baseball bat out, Like we need more
Speaker 1: antics like that that happened. Yeah, everybody's very conservative now.
Speaker 1: Josh Norman was great in those days. But one more game, Josh,
Speaker 1: who's your Who's the starting quarterback next week for Tennessee.
Speaker 1: In our final moments of this hour four hour, number
Speaker 1: two starts. If you gotta hope they paced Ryan Tannehill
Speaker 1: together right now, he's on. It's done, He's done. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think it's Dobbs. I think you had to like
Speaker 1: absolutely wet the bed on Thursday night and he didn't. Right,
Speaker 1: they let him pass thirty nine times. Malick Willis doesn't
Speaker 1: get half that. I mean, it's it's gonna be forty
Speaker 1: carries or Derrick hen Ring in that game though, it's
Speaker 1: all all something. Maybe I don't Maybe I thought he
Speaker 1: looked all right, and that's you know, Malick Willis. You
Speaker 1: know there's a reason they never let him pass and
Speaker 1: that they elevated Dobbs here despite fact you only bet
Speaker 1: on the you went on the Lions like eight days
Speaker 1: before that. You think Malick Willis ends up going to
Speaker 1: Jamarca Russell route and becomes a wide receiver somewhere to
Speaker 1: Marcus Ross, to mars Who's who's the white? Or getting
Speaker 1: my Raiders quarterback babies meant to be a running back.
Speaker 1: Maybe that's it. When we come back, three tough questions,
Speaker 1: including some forward looking questions for next year. When we
Speaker 1: return to Fantasy Football Weekly, our number two Fantasy Football Weekly,
Speaker 1: Paul church In, Matt Harrison, and Brian Johnson with you.
Speaker 1: It's championship week again. This is our final long form,
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Speaker 1: be Championship Week? Great question. Let's find out question number one.
Speaker 1: With all the turmoil this week, should fantasy championship games
Speaker 1: be played in weeks sixteen, seventeen or eighteen? We begin
Speaker 1: with Matt Harrison, Well, not eighteen for sure, because that's
Speaker 1: just crazy talk. I'm still fine with Week seventeen. With
Speaker 1: the added seventh playoff team in the NFL, the top
Speaker 1: teams are usually still vying for the number one seed,
Speaker 1: like the Eagles are this week, like the Bills and
Speaker 1: the Chiefs and the Bengals kind of are this week. Uh.
Speaker 1: And with the seventh wild card or the third wild card,
Speaker 1: there's there's just extra spots for everybody, so there's tons
Speaker 1: of teams that are still relevant. So I'm fine with
Speaker 1: either sixteen or seventeen, but i prefer seventeen because we
Speaker 1: get one extra week of fantasy football, all right, Brian,
Speaker 1: with all the tumult this week, fantasy championship games, should
Speaker 1: they be played in weeks sixteen, seventeen or eight team Obviously,
Speaker 1: this is only the second season we've had this eighteen
Speaker 1: week season, so it made sense to say, okay, we'll
Speaker 1: play fantasy through week seventeens. In the past, we would
Speaker 1: always say, you know, Week sixteen should be the last
Speaker 1: week for fantasy football when there's seventeen weeks. But after
Speaker 1: this year, I'm going for let's go back to sixteen
Speaker 1: weeks and we'll sit out these last two weeks. When
Speaker 1: it comes to seasonal formats, we've got our daily fantasy
Speaker 1: daily drafts gambling in the last two weeks weeks seventeen
Speaker 1: and eighteen. There's enough shenanigans going on here in week seventeen,
Speaker 1: where we're almost throwing out what has happened in these
Speaker 1: previous sixteen weeks in a lot of leagues, and I
Speaker 1: know that's gonna happen in fantasy football. It's not the
Speaker 1: perfect game, but I'm good with sixteen weeks, so I'm
Speaker 1: gonna that's my answer. I don't like that so many
Speaker 1: players are hurt at this time of the year, and
Speaker 1: the DNFL never should have extended the season by a week.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know this, everybody, you know, all these
Speaker 1: quarterbacks all getting hurt. This was a it was a
Speaker 1: money grabbeded nothing to do with player safety. I don't
Speaker 1: like that they added the week the extra week, So
Speaker 1: just editorializing for a minute. Now. Last year, we didn't
Speaker 1: have any issues a week seventeen. Everybody's playing a week
Speaker 1: seventeen championship. We didn't have any issues. This year. We
Speaker 1: have one team, Tennessee that clearly and obviously tanked, although
Speaker 1: their team played shockingly well. Um and it was a
Speaker 1: team that entered the week completely battered by injury. That
Speaker 1: really and it had to take a confluence of events
Speaker 1: like the week a team matchup being for all the
Speaker 1: marbles and it was a short week for them too.
Speaker 1: That's a good point. Under made the factor that into
Speaker 1: my head. Um, you know we've got a finite amount
Speaker 1: of fantasy season, Matt. This is to your point. The
Speaker 1: NFL is shorter than the NBA, NHL, the MLB season,
Speaker 1: and people of fantasy football they want to play. I
Speaker 1: don't want to. I don't think Derrick Henry Resting is
Speaker 1: enough of a reason to make fifty million people play
Speaker 1: a week less of a game they love, at least
Speaker 1: not yet. But if this, you know, if we see this,
Speaker 1: if this is more than just a one off, I
Speaker 1: will reconsider this, and I will also consider a week
Speaker 1: sixteen seventeen combo do like the two week playoff matchup
Speaker 1: playoff matchup as a possibility as well. Tough Question number two.
Speaker 1: This is our last over the year two hour show
Speaker 1: for this year. Also, this is the best time to
Speaker 1: introduce rule changes for next year, when everybody's engaged and
Speaker 1: they're thinking about the league, When you're trying to get
Speaker 1: this done like next May, everybody's not really in a
Speaker 1: fantasy football frame of mind. What are the rule changes
Speaker 1: every league should consider for next year. We begin with
Speaker 1: Brian Well, this is kind of in the same vein
Speaker 1: as your combo your proposal for a combo week seventeen
Speaker 1: Week sixteen seventeen Championship. I think when you get to
Speaker 1: your final four uh in your league, whether you start
Speaker 1: with four teams in the playoffs or you start it
Speaker 1: with six, whatever, but when you get down to the
Speaker 1: final four in those last two weeks, you kind of
Speaker 1: go and all play method where either you're not head
Speaker 1: to head it's not too to head to head matchups,
Speaker 1: but either the top two scoring teams whether they're playing
Speaker 1: each other or not, to the championship, or you do
Speaker 1: accumulative score over those two week periods and then the
Speaker 1: highest scoring team among the final four wins your championship.
Speaker 1: Because to be the one seed and get knocked out
Speaker 1: by a four four seed we had a four better seed.
Speaker 1: I know that happens, and it sucks. I've been on
Speaker 1: both ends of that stick. We all have. That happens
Speaker 1: all the time. It happens all the time. But it's
Speaker 1: kind of like the all play scenario when you get
Speaker 1: down to your final four, whether the top to advance
Speaker 1: after the first week of the playoffs, where you go
Speaker 1: the the combined score of all the teams between that
Speaker 1: two week period and the top scoring time. So that's
Speaker 1: gonna have to be four teams. It could be any
Speaker 1: number of teams. You're saying, just advanced the with with
Speaker 1: four teams it's best. But yeah, I've got one that's
Speaker 1: right on that. Just a little tweak, just a little
Speaker 1: different and charge. Maybe you might feel this in your playoffs.
Speaker 1: Your number one seed should always get to pick their
Speaker 1: opponent of the available teams left. And in one league,
Speaker 1: I got to pick my opponent that that I run chart.
Speaker 1: You got to pick your opponent. One of my leagues
Speaker 1: like this too, And I know I lost that I
Speaker 1: did I pick wrong? Do you pick wrong? But it's
Speaker 1: kind of a fun. You don't get much of an advantage.
Speaker 1: There's no real home field for fantasy teams. I think
Speaker 1: that you should be able to pick your opponent as
Speaker 1: the number one seed, and if you have enough players
Speaker 1: or teams in your league, let's say have an eight
Speaker 1: team playoff, maybe your two seed gets to get the
Speaker 1: next pick of the teams. I love the idea of
Speaker 1: picking your poison and maybe having that come up and
Speaker 1: bite you in the butt during the fantasy play getting
Speaker 1: on a knock sam out of the playoffs. Right, didn't.
Speaker 1: I didn't choose Sam. He's just too nice of a guys. Right.
Speaker 1: So here's the Here are the rules every league should
Speaker 1: should have. First of all, if you have any veto
Speaker 1: process in your league, that's gotta go. Get rid of
Speaker 1: that now. Next, if you're not, and these are the rules,
Speaker 1: these next, these three, I will not play in leagues
Speaker 1: that don't have these things. Blind bidding for free agents.
Speaker 1: It's the only way to distribute free agents. If you're
Speaker 1: not doing it that way, you are doing it wrong.
Speaker 1: The last one, the next, well, next one. Super flexing,
Speaker 1: here's the way to go. I mean, it's just the
Speaker 1: quarterback position is almost worthless in non super flex leagues.
Speaker 1: You should be playing super flex. Most people still aren't.
Speaker 1: This is a mistake. Super Flex, where you can flex
Speaker 1: a quarterback, very very important, and it brings makes the
Speaker 1: quarterbacks as valuable as the rest of the positions, and
Speaker 1: it totally changes the whole way that that system marks.
Speaker 1: And if you want to just add super flex to
Speaker 1: your league, don't exchange your flex position, add a super
Speaker 1: flex position, just add another position to your lineup. And lastly,
Speaker 1: if you haven't dabbled with an auction it's the most
Speaker 1: fair way to distribute players, and you should be using
Speaker 1: an auction charge. I still think we should do that
Speaker 1: whiteboard auction that I came up with last year for
Speaker 1: a playoff league. We gotta do that. We'll talk about
Speaker 1: that on on one of our podcast episodes that may
Speaker 1: be coming up next week. Tough question number three, since
Speaker 1: once again this is our final over the year two
Speaker 1: hour show, Who's going to be the first overall pick?
Speaker 1: Who should be the first overall pick next year? Mat
Speaker 1: It's incredibly tough for me to get away from Travis Kelsey. Uh.
Speaker 1: He's proven to be the difference maker in fantasy football.
Speaker 1: The difference between Kelsey and Hockinson or Kittle, one of
Speaker 1: which is number two in most formats, is about six
Speaker 1: PPR points. That's an extra touchdown per week. Nobody else
Speaker 1: comes close to that difference. Yes, he's turning thirty four
Speaker 1: next October, but the Chiefs don't have somebody who's just
Speaker 1: gonna pop up and take that wide receiver one position
Speaker 1: like Tyreek Hill had. So it's very likely that Kelsey
Speaker 1: is Patrick Mahomes top target again next year. Brian who
Speaker 1: should be the number one player taken in next year's drafts. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we've always said we fear the cliff and a lot
Speaker 1: of instances you'd rather get out of your early with
Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey, I'm willing to go off again. Like basically,
Speaker 1: the only player I'll go with them film and Louise
Speaker 1: with is Travis Kelsey. I will throw this out there.
Speaker 1: That is my answer as well. But I think next
Speaker 1: year we see and in one quarterback leagues, we'll see
Speaker 1: Josh Allen and Jalen Hursts and maybe Patrick Mahomes go
Speaker 1: in the first round. We'll see a lot more people
Speaker 1: reverting to not zero running back but doing the opposite.
Speaker 1: It's charged finally coming in vogue. It's only taking me
Speaker 1: fifteen years. I think average a DP will only see
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey and Austin Ekela are going in the first
Speaker 1: rounds as running backs next year. I don't agree with that. Well,
Speaker 1: if you are people that are doing it wrong so
Speaker 1: blinded by running backs, they will there. There will be
Speaker 1: more than two that go in the first round. Those
Speaker 1: should be the only two. I should say Barkley borderline
Speaker 1: only because I couldn't get myself to do. Travis Kelsey,
Speaker 1: I think should go second. Because of the age, and
Speaker 1: I just I feel like I feel like the end
Speaker 1: is the end is Nie, So I'm going Justin Jefferson,
Speaker 1: I think will end up being the consensus first player
Speaker 1: off the board. By going wide receiver, you avoid the
Speaker 1: pitfalls that come with the running back position. Just asked
Speaker 1: the of people who took Jonathan Taylor first overall this
Speaker 1: past year but he was so safe, Or took Christian
Speaker 1: McCaffrey with the first pick the year before that, or
Speaker 1: the who put could picked Christian McCaffrey the year before
Speaker 1: that too, We could keep going by by the way
Speaker 1: we by the way it was sake Kawa Barkley the
Speaker 1: year before that. We could keep doing this. People are
Speaker 1: so locked into just taking last year's best running back
Speaker 1: first overall, but everybody's been burned, and I think they're
Speaker 1: finally gonna go to Justin Jefferson, a player not just
Speaker 1: on a Hall of Fame trajectory. He's literally on a
Speaker 1: trajectory to be the best wide receiver in the history
Speaker 1: of the league. He's never missed a game, and his
Speaker 1: quarterback has never missed a game. Fantasy players, I think
Speaker 1: I want to believe are going to make the right
Speaker 1: decision with the first pick next August and take Justin Jefferson.
Speaker 1: Can't blame you. Let's work in one more matchup, Chicago
Speaker 1: at Detroit. We begin with Justin Fields and a grade.
Speaker 1: Detroit to surrender the fourth most passing touchdowns in the
Speaker 1: third most passing yards per game, so Fields should be
Speaker 1: able to chip in one to two touchdowns with his
Speaker 1: arm here. And when these teams first met at week ten,
Speaker 1: Fields through for two touchdown. He ran for two touchdowns
Speaker 1: and piled up one d forty seven rushing yards in
Speaker 1: the game. I was gonna I thought you were gonna
Speaker 1: say he caught two touchdowns. It's worth noting that Jalen Hurts,
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones, and Josh Allen all rushed for at least
Speaker 1: fifty yards and a touchdown against the Lions this year.
Speaker 1: So every indication here is monster game coming from Justin Fields.
Speaker 1: So what about his receivers. I just said, I think
Speaker 1: he's gonna throw one or two. So to whom could
Speaker 1: they go? Let's talk Cole Commet, who finished with seventy
Speaker 1: four yards and two touchdowns in the first meeting with
Speaker 1: the Lions Week ten. Commet doesn't have any much competition
Speaker 1: for targets these days, and the Lions have surrendered to
Speaker 1: healthy three tight end touchdowns in the last four games.
Speaker 1: So I've gotta be grade Cole commet and a C
Speaker 1: grade on the previously mentioned Byron Pringle, Mooney's out, Claypool's hurt.
Speaker 1: Pettis is hurt when your chips are down. You turned
Speaker 1: to Pringle. Oh, yeah, I get it. I Oh, you're
Speaker 1: salty about his meager box scores, but he never lays
Speaker 1: down on the job. Pringle led all Chicago receivers and
Speaker 1: snaps last week, and he's got a tasty matchup against Detroit.
Speaker 1: Could you stack him with Justin Fields? DFS players would
Speaker 1: be wise to consider Pringle in stacks with Justin Bale.
Speaker 1: There we go. You just let me finish. Oh sorry,
Speaker 1: no problem. Pringle won't get his feathers ruffled by a
Speaker 1: Lions defense allowing the second most yards to wide receivers.
Speaker 1: Including solid games for other inconsistent fantasy scores like Terris Marshall,
Speaker 1: Jeff Smith, Elijah Moore, kJ Osborne and Isaiah Mackenzie. If
Speaker 1: they can get it done against the Lions, why not,
Speaker 1: Byron Pringle, I thought you were gonna find some other
Speaker 1: like wide receivers who had chip names like Steve Derito
Speaker 1: or I don't think there aren't. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe
Speaker 1: they're out there somewhere. Can I give a quick shout
Speaker 1: out to Minnesota legend um Mitch Hedberg. Remember his joke
Speaker 1: where he goes uh he initially, I won't do the
Speaker 1: voice he's like initially thought. I think pringles initially meant
Speaker 1: to make tennis balls, but one day when the rubber
Speaker 1: was supposed to show up, it was a bunch of potatoes.
Speaker 1: If it will make chips instead, r I p Mitchend.
Speaker 1: David Montgomery gets a C grade. Khalil Herbert is going
Speaker 1: to be more involved than he was last week, and
Speaker 1: that's an issue since Montgomery averages about half of the
Speaker 1: stats and half the Fantasy points in Herbert games. Prior
Speaker 1: to getting destroyed by Carolina's runners last week. The lines
Speaker 1: have been a great run defense, no back at top
Speaker 1: to eighty three rushing yards, including David Montgomery, who only
Speaker 1: got thirty seven yards on nine attempts in the Week
Speaker 1: ten matchups. So I can only give him a C
Speaker 1: grade here. And for Herbert, I just not enough usage
Speaker 1: last week. I think he's more just a spoiler for
Speaker 1: Montgomery than somebody you're going to start in your championship game.
Speaker 1: On the Detroit side, Jared Goffins might take a chance
Speaker 1: on the quarterback. D J. Charcos may take a chance
Speaker 1: of me wide receiver. I'm on Ross st. Brown a
Speaker 1: grade he'll rebound from a couple of middling games. Chicago
Speaker 1: is just two weeks removed from allowing three hundred seven
Speaker 1: combined yards to the Eagles receivers, and they're missing their
Speaker 1: top two cornerbacks. As I mentioned earlier in the show,
Speaker 1: Undrafted Ricky. Free agent Josh Blackwell has played fifty three
Speaker 1: NFL snaps of coverage and he's gonna be on amand
Speaker 1: ross A. Brown. That is an extremely plus matchup for him.
Speaker 1: A grade for him, and then a C grade on
Speaker 1: DeAndre Swift and Jamal Williams. It's a pretty positive matchup
Speaker 1: against a bad run defense in Chicago. The Bears go
Speaker 1: up the seventh most rushing yards and the second most
Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns to running backs. The volume here is always
Speaker 1: a problem for these guys. They split the volume over
Speaker 1: the past three weeks, Swift averaging just nine touches, will
Speaker 1: Williams averaging thirteen touches and Williams has been bad over
Speaker 1: the last month, averaging two point two yards per carry.
Speaker 1: But the matchup is positive, so I'll give you a
Speaker 1: C grade on DeAndre Swift and Jamal Williams. Let's take
Speaker 1: a break. When we come back, Jacksonville will take on Houston.
Speaker 1: The worry here, how along is Jacksonville play their starters?
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson says, everybody's playing, but for how long? And
Speaker 1: Houston hasn't become the easiest matchup in the world either.
Speaker 1: Brian Johnson will helped figure out what to do with
Speaker 1: Travis E. T n among others among the Jacksonville Jaguars,
Speaker 1: maybe even Dan Arnold. Now that's the that's the championship
Speaker 1: question right there, that's the tight end we were looking for.
Speaker 1: Stay tuned Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly.
Speaker 1: A big block ole matchups coming your way, beginning with
Speaker 1: Jacksonville at Houston. Houston's played inspired ball so so good
Speaker 1: over the last month. They might find themselves out of
Speaker 1: the number one slot in the draft. But let's start
Speaker 1: in the jack Xonville's side. Yeah, for those who don't know,
Speaker 1: Jacksonville and Tennessee are gonna play in Week eighteen for
Speaker 1: the a f C South Championship. Now there's a small chance,
Speaker 1: two percent chance, if Jacksonville wins this game and loses
Speaker 1: next week, they'll get a wild card spot. But I
Speaker 1: don't think that's enough motivation to play your starters the
Speaker 1: entire game. Doug Peterson, as you said, charge Jacksonville head
Speaker 1: coach said, the starters will start. I don't know how
Speaker 1: long they're gonna finish. My gut tells me they played
Speaker 1: a halftime and that's it, regardless of they're winning, losing,
Speaker 1: or drawing against the Texans. So I'm proceeding with caution
Speaker 1: here with the Jacksonville players, starting with Travis e TN
Speaker 1: just to see for him. Despite the fact that Texans
Speaker 1: are allowing on seventy two combo yards and one point
Speaker 1: five total touchdowns per game to opposing running backs, e
Speaker 1: t N at a hundred and fourteen combo yards when
Speaker 1: these teams first met in Week five on just thirteen touches. Sadly,
Speaker 1: I think that's around his ceiling for touches, and this
Speaker 1: one as well. I think this is your hunch. This
Speaker 1: is my hunch. If you think if you think Jaguars
Speaker 1: are playing the whole game. If you're playing, Yeah, if
Speaker 1: you think they's gonna roll run each end to the
Speaker 1: ground in this game, yeah, he's in eighth grade. Again,
Speaker 1: I don't think he will. That's your call to make
Speaker 1: on paper, great great play, but uh, I think they
Speaker 1: show some caution here with e t N. So I
Speaker 1: give him just a see here, I do have Christian
Speaker 1: Kirk and Zay Jones on the bench here. Kirk had
Speaker 1: had just one catch for eleven scoreless yards in the
Speaker 1: first meeting. Say Jones had three catches for twelve scoreless yards.
Speaker 1: Now baking in the risk that they sit their stars
Speaker 1: starters in the second half, which a thing happens, It's
Speaker 1: still an awful matchup. Teams just don't throw on the Texans,
Speaker 1: who have surrendered the fewest wide receiver touchdowns this season,
Speaker 1: just five. Why, They've allowed just one score to the
Speaker 1: position over the last seven games. So I got Kirk
Speaker 1: and Jones on the bench. I will give Evan and
Speaker 1: Gram a c here that Texans are allowing five catches
Speaker 1: and fifty plus yards per game two tight ends, and
Speaker 1: Gram had six catches for sixty nine yards in the
Speaker 1: first meeting. Dan Arnold and Chris Man. Hurts also added
Speaker 1: three catches for thirty five yards in that game, so
Speaker 1: tight ends do well here. Again, it's a matter of
Speaker 1: how much Evan Anger will play in this one. I
Speaker 1: know I'll be using Dan Arnold in DFS that is
Speaker 1: this weekend. What well Yeah, yeah, stoop Connor engine, Michael Hasty.
Speaker 1: They could, I think hasty still, but they might choose
Speaker 1: to rest Hasty. Yeah. You know. This is why this
Speaker 1: is one of the reasons I don't want any more
Speaker 1: Week seventeen championships. I'm done with that. I want Week sixteen.
Speaker 1: It's only taken one year for me or to really anyway. Lastly,
Speaker 1: for the Jacks, Trevor Lawrence got him on the bench
Speaker 1: to the Texans are yielding only thirty pass attempts per game,
Speaker 1: and they're tied with the Jets for the fewest passing
Speaker 1: touchdowns allowed for very different reasons really, but the thirteen
Speaker 1: passing touchdowns allowed. Lawrence had two six yards in the
Speaker 1: first meeting, but no touchdowns. Again, I think Jacksonville is
Speaker 1: better served just saving themselves for the Week eighteen game,
Speaker 1: rather than the two percent chance they win this game
Speaker 1: and lose next week and get the wild card, which
Speaker 1: is a dead meats spot anyway, Like anyway, Yeah, Jacksonville,
Speaker 1: this game is weird anyway. Over the Houston side, Royce
Speaker 1: Freeman might take a chance to me running back. I
Speaker 1: think he's very viable this week. I think Brandon Cooks
Speaker 1: and Chris Moore are viable as well, taking out last
Speaker 1: week's game against Zack Wilson in the rain, which I
Speaker 1: think is fair to do. When it speaks to the
Speaker 1: Jacksonville defense. The Jaguars have allowed thirteen catches and one
Speaker 1: sixty yards per game to wide receivers over the last
Speaker 1: four five total touchdowns to wide to wide receivers during
Speaker 1: that same four game span, and those numbers are actually
Speaker 1: sapped by a game against the Ravens as well. Their
Speaker 1: wide receivers haven't got a touchdown since like week three.
Speaker 1: So I like Cooks and more here. I like Jordan Aikins,
Speaker 1: whose might take a chance of meat receiver. And you
Speaker 1: would think I would have a starting grade things And
Speaker 1: he just told me to start three receivers. They all
Speaker 1: have that potential sea level potential, mind you, but they're
Speaker 1: not all gonna get there. I just no one's gonna
Speaker 1: start Davis Mills, but he's another another you know a
Speaker 1: daily flyer you could row out there. San Francisco takes
Speaker 1: on Las Vegas. Matt brock Purty has thrown two touchdowns
Speaker 1: in four straight games. Are you calling a fifth two
Speaker 1: touchdown game? Yeah? I'm giving him a B grade and
Speaker 1: this it sounds like a two touchdown game. He's not
Speaker 1: gonna wow you with huge yard numbers minimum of one
Speaker 1: and a max of two thirty four so far, but
Speaker 1: this is the easiest secondary Purtty has started against so
Speaker 1: far this year. The Raiders allowed to fifty five per
Speaker 1: game through the air, seventh most in the league, and
Speaker 1: they have a league low four interceptions all season. So
Speaker 1: I think party can air it out here. Um, George Kittle,
Speaker 1: I have an A grade on. He scored twice in
Speaker 1: each of the last two weeks. Worth noting that Deebo
Speaker 1: Samuel was also out during that time and Deebo is
Speaker 1: not gonna play this week, and with brock Purty starting
Speaker 1: in debo out, George Kittle is suddenly the top receiver there.
Speaker 1: In those two games, hundred and twenty yards and he's
Speaker 1: averaging over twenty yards per reception during that time. The
Speaker 1: Raiders have allowed the eighth most receptions to tight ends
Speaker 1: this year. Brandon Iu started to see the debo absence
Speaker 1: uptick last week as well. Seven targets, five catches, eighty
Speaker 1: one yards. He was on the field for of the
Speaker 1: snaps over the last two weeks. The Raiders are an
Speaker 1: average defense against wide receivers, but have a glaring week
Speaker 1: spot in a Meek Robinson. Robertson Pro Football Focus is
Speaker 1: a hundred and twenty four ranked corner. Both Ayuk and
Speaker 1: Robertson move all over, but it looks like Robertson will
Speaker 1: match up with a Uk most often, so I'll give
Speaker 1: Auk a B here, and then there's not really that
Speaker 1: much of a need to talk Christian McCaffrey. He's an
Speaker 1: obvious a. I'm not gonna start Jordan Mason in a
Speaker 1: championship week after he missed last week due to injury.
Speaker 1: The matchups good, but it seems just too cute for
Speaker 1: me to get that one fired up. So I do
Speaker 1: think they're going to be cautious about how much they
Speaker 1: used Christian McCaffrey in these final two games against very
Speaker 1: bad opponents of backup quarterbacks. I agree, but the Vikings
Speaker 1: are playing at the same time. If the Vikings are
Speaker 1: staked to a big lead, the Niners could rest to
Speaker 1: their starters in the second half because they just might
Speaker 1: need not not naked still catch the Vikings in Week eighteen.
Speaker 1: I know, but yeah, I don't think the Raiders are
Speaker 1: gonna put up any points in this game. By the way,
Speaker 1: Jared nobody start Nobody pretty much. Jared stid him the
Speaker 1: other quarterback. He's not a B grade, He's a B
Speaker 1: H grade. Uh stid him taking over for Car. It
Speaker 1: looks like Car's time in Vegas is done. Uh stid
Speaker 1: him gets to face a top five past defense in
Speaker 1: the league in his first start ever. He has played
Speaker 1: in eight games, but he's never started a game. Um
Speaker 1: and no one's starting Jared stid him in the championship.
Speaker 1: So how does that affect Davante Adams and Hunter Renfro
Speaker 1: Quite a bit? Actually, I've downgraded Adams to a C
Speaker 1: grade and Renfro all the way to the bench. It
Speaker 1: was it was a good matchup when Car was the quarterback.
Speaker 1: Minners give up a lot of receptions and yards the
Speaker 1: wide receiver position. But Stid him and the fact that
Speaker 1: we don't really know about how he'll play. Who he'll
Speaker 1: target makes them if he in a championship week, and
Speaker 1: if you have Adams, you're not in the championship because
Speaker 1: he had four and two for fifteen in the last
Speaker 1: two playoff weeks to get you there. So he's probably
Speaker 1: not in many championship rosters at track record is horrifying. Yeah,
Speaker 1: two touchdowns to four interceptions in his career and just
Speaker 1: over fifty completions. It's pretty bad. It's extremely bad. He's
Speaker 1: never been involved in a game in which he has
Speaker 1: thrown for more than seventy two yards. Yeah, but those
Speaker 1: have all been backup roles. He's never started a game
Speaker 1: in his in his four year NFL career, so this
Speaker 1: is his first. He'll probably eclipse seventy two yards. You
Speaker 1: call him, I think so, set the biggest line. Uh,
Speaker 1: and then finally Josh Jacobs. He only gets a C
Speaker 1: grade here. The Niners are the best run defense in
Speaker 1: the league. No running back has hit the sixty rushing
Speaker 1: yard mark against San Francisco this year, and during their
Speaker 1: eight game win streak, they've allowed one total touchdown to
Speaker 1: the running back position with stidhaman why would the why
Speaker 1: would the Niners respect the pass at all? They could
Speaker 1: just load the box against Jacobs just to see for him. Alright,
Speaker 1: final matchup of this segment Vikings and Packers. Justin Jefferson's
Speaker 1: an obvious a but there are other receivers you can
Speaker 1: start as well, including Adam Feeland. You know, not a
Speaker 1: guy that's posting explosive box scores at this stage of
Speaker 1: his career. But and the volume hasn't been great unfortunately,
Speaker 1: theme and Theelands really become touchdown dependent. He has scored
Speaker 1: in three of the past five games, though, so the
Speaker 1: touchdowns have been there. Now. J Alexander is not star
Speaker 1: cornerback Jayre. Alexander is not going to just shadow Justin Jefferson.
Speaker 1: But I think he's gonna get Jefferson more often than not.
Speaker 1: And that puts Theland on a much easier matchup against
Speaker 1: Russeul Douglas's not easy, but easier. Douglas has a lot
Speaker 1: of four touchdowns in his last seven games, so there
Speaker 1: is the hope for a touchdown for Theland and that's
Speaker 1: why he gets a C grade. T J. Hockenson averaging
Speaker 1: Now he's up to nine targets per game. Since coming
Speaker 1: to Minnesota, He's become the second most reliable receiver on
Speaker 1: the Vikings and probably the second most reliable tight end
Speaker 1: in fantasy foot ball. Will t J. Hockenson be among
Speaker 1: your top five tight ends next season in draft season?
Speaker 1: Probably yes, I think so. Kirk Cousins coming back, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think that's probably where. Where do you think he'll
Speaker 1: rank him above Andrews, above Pitts, above Kids? Yes? Probably
Speaker 1: because Kidle gets hurt, so he's probably number two. I
Speaker 1: don't know. Uh No, I think dallascutably too. We'll see, Okay,
Speaker 1: um Let's Packers have only allotted one score to tight
Speaker 1: ends in the last seven games. That is a worry
Speaker 1: for Hockinson. Um and their rookie Kay Walker has been
Speaker 1: actually very good in coverage of late, and that's a
Speaker 1: bit of a worry here too, But still a solid
Speaker 1: B grade on t J. Hockenson. And then lastly, I'll
Speaker 1: mention Dalvin Cook, who I really liken this one, and
Speaker 1: I know last week I said he should be a
Speaker 1: focal point for the Vikings against the Giants. Didn't really
Speaker 1: work out that way, but he really should this time.
Speaker 1: Over the last six games, the Packers have given up
Speaker 1: seven rushing touchdowns and over five yards per carry. The
Speaker 1: Vikings have been throwing Kirk Cousin's arm out of socket.
Speaker 1: They should really be trying to establish the run here.
Speaker 1: I want to see him get twenty carries in this game,
Speaker 1: and I've got an A grade and a very favorable
Speaker 1: matchup for Dalvin Cook. All right, let's go to the
Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers. I'm gonna start with the running game.
Speaker 1: A J. Dillon clocks in with a B grade in
Speaker 1: this one because Aaron Jones just isn't healthy with this ankle,
Speaker 1: and Dylan's getting most of the work, including five touchdowns
Speaker 1: in his last four games, and he's getting almost all
Speaker 1: the goal line work. Jones um. With Jones and the ankle,
Speaker 1: Dylan's just healthier and safer. Vikings have a good run
Speaker 1: defense all year, but they have given up almost one
Speaker 1: rushing touchdown per game, so I think Dylan finds the
Speaker 1: end zone here. Aaron Jones just the C grade, even
Speaker 1: though I love him and I think he's way more
Speaker 1: talented than A J. Dylon, But the ankle is just
Speaker 1: a total wild card, and this is a good Vikings
Speaker 1: run defense. Now. Jones is a very good receiver and
Speaker 1: the Vikings ranked thirty one in receptions and twenty eight
Speaker 1: and receiving yards to running backs. So Jones could chip
Speaker 1: in some help through the air here, and that's why
Speaker 1: he stays viable with a C grade. Let's go to
Speaker 1: the receivers here, the or the passing game, at least
Speaker 1: starting with Aaron Rodgers. Vikings have allowed three hundred or
Speaker 1: more passing yards and or multiple touchdowns and eight of
Speaker 1: their last nine games era Aaron Rodgers has posted three
Speaker 1: straight multiple touchdown games at home against Minnesota. UM. Rodgers
Speaker 1: receivers here aren't great, particularly if Christian Watson does not plays,
Speaker 1: and he's trending towards not playing. But Daniel Jones just
Speaker 1: put up three or three or four yards with Richie James,
Speaker 1: Isaiah Hodgens, and Darius Slayton, So you know, I still
Speaker 1: think it's a very safe start for Aaron Rodgers. B
Speaker 1: grade for Aaron Rodgers that gets upgraded to an A
Speaker 1: grade if Christian Watson is able to go, and if
Speaker 1: Watson does go, it's a fantastic opportunity. The Vikings allowed
Speaker 1: the most air yards the second most yards after the
Speaker 1: catch to wide receivers, and Watson, of course is a
Speaker 1: serious deep ball threat. And if Watson goes, I think
Speaker 1: they let him run the exact same route that they
Speaker 1: run play of scrimmage of this season when Christian Watson
Speaker 1: dropped a wide open seventy yard touchdown. I think they
Speaker 1: give a redemption if Christian Watson goes, and if he plays.
Speaker 1: He is a B grade in this game. He would
Speaker 1: have been an A grade if you were fully healthy.
Speaker 1: What a difference a week makes starting this green Bay game.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be forty degrees in green Bay. That is
Speaker 1: tropical factor on the East Goats like sixty degrees. It's
Speaker 1: like a fifty degree difference minimum from last week. What
Speaker 1: a different Allen. Allen Lazard's viable here, particularly with Watson
Speaker 1: unlikely to play now. He's been almost invisible since what
Speaker 1: Watson came back. But again, I don't think he's gonna
Speaker 1: go here. Pre Watson, Lazard was averaging a healthy sixty
Speaker 1: one yards and almost a touchdown per game. That's gonna
Speaker 1: be the case here. He comes in with a B
Speaker 1: grade against the shaky secondary and then uh last guy
Speaker 1: that bears mentioning, Romeo. Romeo Dobbs startable if Watson does
Speaker 1: not go. He said, two decent games since returning from injury,
Speaker 1: and again every viable receivers started against the Vikings secondary,
Speaker 1: including Romeo Dubs and this one, Dobbs in this one,
Speaker 1: and you know, even Randall Cobb if you want to
Speaker 1: try to play a little revenge against former Packer slot
Speaker 1: cornerback Chandon Sullivan. Richie James just worked Sullivan for seventy yards,
Speaker 1: so you know there's an opportunity for Randall Cobb in
Speaker 1: a pinch as well with a c. Gray. When we
Speaker 1: come back our final set of matchups for the whole year,
Speaker 1: including the epic Monday nighter Buffalo taking on Cincinnati. We'll
Speaker 1: talk you through that game and more when we come back.
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly, final segment of the full slate of
Speaker 1: two hour Fantasy Football weeklies, and we've got three big
Speaker 1: games left. It's l A versus l A. Matt. Now,
Speaker 1: what happens when normally when l A play is either
Speaker 1: l A team In so far it's all filled with
Speaker 1: opposing teams, fans, third party team. So what happens when
Speaker 1: it's Rams Chargers and nobody cares about either team? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be an empty stadium. By the way,
Speaker 1: in Major League Soccer, when the two l A teams play.
Speaker 1: They call it l traffic. Oh what's the name of
Speaker 1: the rivalry there? Uh? This one just you know, an
Speaker 1: underrated rage against the Machine album The Battle of Los Angeles.
Speaker 1: Right Uh? Fire up Cam Akers with a solid B
Speaker 1: grade one eight teen and three on the ground last
Speaker 1: week against Denver and faces a Chargers run defense that's
Speaker 1: allowed five point five yards per carry workst in the
Speaker 1: league and a hundred and twenty four rushing yards to
Speaker 1: running backs per game, second worst in the league. I
Speaker 1: did mention this about a month and a half ago
Speaker 1: to Stash Acres and Kirrien Williams to see which one
Speaker 1: emerged just for this matchup right here? Uh, fire up
Speaker 1: Tyler Higbee with a hig B grade. Uh. Derwin James
Speaker 1: was concussed and ejected on the same play on Monday night,
Speaker 1: and it's still in concussion protocol. He might not go,
Speaker 1: and Baker's favorite target so far has been Higbee. Scored
Speaker 1: three times in the last two weeks, including nine catches
Speaker 1: ninety four yards and two scores last week against the Broncos.
Speaker 1: I would not go so far as to start Baker Mayfield,
Speaker 1: though he's got a pair of two hundred thirty yard
Speaker 1: outings in a one eleven in his three games as
Speaker 1: a Ram. In fact, the Rams abandoned passing the ball
Speaker 1: a long time ago. The last Rams quarterback to throw
Speaker 1: over just two D fifty yards was Matthew Stafford in
Speaker 1: Week six against Baker Mayfield and the Panthers. So Baker
Speaker 1: Mayfield was there to see it. That was fun. The
Speaker 1: Chargers see the sixth fewest attempts passing attempts against them
Speaker 1: because they've been so easy to run on. Plus Joey
Speaker 1: Bosa returning to the field this week to apply some
Speaker 1: extra pressure on Mayfield over on the other side. Justin
Speaker 1: air bear he gets an A grade, especially there he is. Uh,
Speaker 1: it looks like the Rams will be without Aaron Donald
Speaker 1: this week. He was, He's doubtful. Uh. Similar good offenses
Speaker 1: have been able to get it done against the Rams
Speaker 1: even when they do have Aaron Donald. Gino Smith and
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes each top three twenty yards in just the
Speaker 1: last month. So I gotta like his wide receivers Keenan
Speaker 1: Allen and Mike Williams. They both get B grades. I'm
Speaker 1: throwing Josh Palmer back to the bench, though Alan should
Speaker 1: mostly line up in the slot against Kobe Durant. Durant
Speaker 1: has allowed to touchdown in his coverage and back to
Speaker 1: back weeks. Williams likely gets most of the Jalen Ramsey treatment,
Speaker 1: but Ramsey's not nearly as scary as he used to be. Uh.
Speaker 1: He allowed five catches for seventy eight yards in his
Speaker 1: coverage last week against the Broncos wide receivers, and he's
Speaker 1: allowed seven touchdowns in his coverage this year. Seventy five
Speaker 1: yards in a coin flips chance that a touchdown sounds
Speaker 1: like a B grade. That's fair for Mike Williams. Gerald
Speaker 1: Everett saw the most snaps last week, but did not
Speaker 1: see a target, So don't start a Charger's tight end.
Speaker 1: And finally, Austin Ekeler. He's been nursing a knee injury
Speaker 1: this week, but I think he's gonna go and I
Speaker 1: think he'll be fine. I'm still giving him an A
Speaker 1: grade here. He has as many receptions this year as
Speaker 1: Nina has red balloons that he has sixteen scores through
Speaker 1: fifteen games. Middle of the pack run defense without Aaron Donald. Hey,
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald starts with two a's, so does Ard Vark,
Speaker 1: and that's what I'll give Austin Ekeler how many Nina balloons?
Speaker 1: Noin anoints issue balloons. That's two nines, right. I bet
Speaker 1: Dieter von Fortson goat would really like that reference. Probably,
Speaker 1: So uh, let's see next. Hey, that's me Pittsburgh taking
Speaker 1: on Baltimore. This is the Sunday night game. Nazi Harris
Speaker 1: has been very good lately, topping ninety yards and or
Speaker 1: scoring in the last seven games, but there's a brutal matchup.
Speaker 1: Since the Rowe Kwan Smith acquisition, Baltimore arguably the least
Speaker 1: best run defense, allowing just three point one's per carry,
Speaker 1: with leadbacks averaging just forty four yards, and they've allowed
Speaker 1: just one rushing touchdown again since Week nine. So it's
Speaker 1: a terrible matchup for Harris, and he doesn't catch much.
Speaker 1: He's averaging just one target over the last month. So
Speaker 1: I can only give you a C grade on Nasey Harris,
Speaker 1: even though he comes in hot in this game. The
Speaker 1: passing game, you've got all the limitations that Kenny Pickett brings,
Speaker 1: so I can only come up with C grades for
Speaker 1: George Pickens, Deante Johnson and Pat Friarmouth will zip through
Speaker 1: these guys quickly. Hopefully you don't need him in a
Speaker 1: championship week. Pickens hit Baltimore Secondary for an impressive seventy
Speaker 1: eight yards in Week fourteen, and he's currently in a
Speaker 1: six game stretch in which he's top fifty two yards
Speaker 1: five times and crossed the stripe twice, which is a
Speaker 1: lot for Pittsburgh's receivers. He's gonna face Marcus Peters if
Speaker 1: he can go through his calf injury, and he's not
Speaker 1: playing that well anyway, giving up a career high hundred
Speaker 1: and sixteen passer rating in his coverage C grade for
Speaker 1: George Pickens. Deante Johnson still doesn't scored a touchdown, but
Speaker 1: he has collected seventy eight yards per game across the
Speaker 1: last four outings, averaging nine targets in that span. Oh hey,
Speaker 1: it's my own nine times right there. We missed a
Speaker 1: few nine times. We're a little off here. I think
Speaker 1: I'm not tired. It's our last one of the season,
Speaker 1: that's part of it. Marlon Humphrey is his matchup most
Speaker 1: often on the outside. He's a whole held opponents scoreless
Speaker 1: all seasons, so Deante Johnson is not going to suddenly
Speaker 1: score in this game. He's allowing also allowing to sixty
Speaker 1: five yards per game. That's all you're gonna get from
Speaker 1: Deonta Johnson. See great pat friar Mouth. Since Week twelve,
Speaker 1: he's averaged the fifth most yards per game among tight ends,
Speaker 1: but he's only scored twice all season. One of those
Speaker 1: scores did come against the Ravens though week fourteen. So
Speaker 1: and Baltimore is not isn't the toughest match up on paper?
Speaker 1: Um so just to see great on friar Mouth, maybe
Speaker 1: get a little something done here, and you wouldn't start
Speaker 1: Kenny Pickens anyway. And then a couple of guys talking
Speaker 1: about for Baltimore, but not many. J K. Dobbins gets
Speaker 1: a B grade. Steelers defense has surrendered only thirty three
Speaker 1: rushing yards per game to the Panthers and Raiders backfields
Speaker 1: over the last two weeks, and those are two teams
Speaker 1: that can run the ball. Since returning from injury, though
Speaker 1: Dobbins seeing an edge of snaps over Edwards Gus Edwards,
Speaker 1: he's averaging thirteen carries for one hundred one rushing yards
Speaker 1: per game, good for almost eight yards per carry. Dobbins
Speaker 1: has over one rushing yards in both career games against
Speaker 1: the Steelers as well, So we'll put a B grade
Speaker 1: on JK. Dobbins. C grade on Gus Edwards. Solid showings
Speaker 1: over the last three weeks, including running for seven yards
Speaker 1: per carry himself, but Gus hasn't gotten a goal line
Speaker 1: touch since Dobbins return and the Steelers run defense as
Speaker 1: good as I mentioned earlier, So just the C grade
Speaker 1: on Gus Edwards. And the only part of the passing
Speaker 1: game that you care about is Mark Andrews, who has
Speaker 1: now gone eight games without a touchdown and in Tyler
Speaker 1: Huntley games, Mark Andrews averaging just forty yards per game.
Speaker 1: It'll be hard for him to break out of his
Speaker 1: scoreless funk against the Steelers, who have allowed only three
Speaker 1: touchdowns to tight ends all year. Or uh, Andrews played
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh in Week fourteen and he caught two catches for
Speaker 1: seventeen yards. So I've only got the C grade on
Speaker 1: a deflating end of season for Mark Andrews. The Monday
Speaker 1: Night er, Brian is this is the This is an
Speaker 1: awesome matchup filled with fantasy implications. Buffalo taking on Cincinnati. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we couldn't asked for a better game to close out
Speaker 1: a championship weekend. Buffalo highly motivated going for the number
Speaker 1: one seed. Cincinnati wants to lock up their dead so
Speaker 1: that they'll be potentially get a number one seed themselves.
Speaker 1: They're still alive in that regard as well, so they'll
Speaker 1: both be going at this one hard. Starting on the
Speaker 1: Buffalo side, I got Devin Singletary and James Cook on
Speaker 1: the bench. They're going to be eating into each other's
Speaker 1: workload in a pretty bad matchup. Over the last five weeks,
Speaker 1: the Bengals are allowing just on one combo yards to
Speaker 1: opposing running backs who have total just two touchdowns during
Speaker 1: that five game span. So I cut Singletary and Cook
Speaker 1: on the bench. If you're desperate, go ahead and start one.
Speaker 1: But I don't see a path to UH success for
Speaker 1: either Stefan Digso I do see a path to success.
Speaker 1: Here're gonna give him an A. Despite slumping UH recently
Speaker 1: in some pretty good matchups, Dick hasn't scored in three
Speaker 1: straight games when he could end that drought against the Bengals,
Speaker 1: who have surrendered five wide receiver touchdowns over their last
Speaker 1: two games. For that reason, I'll give Gabe Davis a C.
Speaker 1: Davis has scored in two of his last four and
Speaker 1: based on the fact the Bengals have allowed five wide
Speaker 1: receiver touchdowns over the last two games, I'll give Davis
Speaker 1: better than a coin flips chance here to score. So
Speaker 1: C for him, uh A C for Dawson Knox as well.
Speaker 1: Middle of the road matchup for Knox. The Bengals are
Speaker 1: allowing just over five catches and fifty yards per game
Speaker 1: to opposing tight ends. That is good. What is bad
Speaker 1: as they've only surrendered three touchdowns two tight ends all seasons.
Speaker 1: Or just a C for Knox. Josh Allen though definitely
Speaker 1: not a C, definitely not a B. Just gonna give
Speaker 1: him an A. I don't think there's any quarterback you'd
Speaker 1: start over Josh Allen this week despite it not being
Speaker 1: the best matchup. Josh Allen is a easy auto A
Speaker 1: auto start over to the Bengal side. Joe Mixing not
Speaker 1: an auto A, but I'll give him an auto B here.
Speaker 1: Last week is twenty three touches were the most Mixing
Speaker 1: has seen since Week nine. But it's a tough matchup.
Speaker 1: The Bills have allowed the ninth fewest combo yards to
Speaker 1: opposing running backs, but again, Mixing appears to be back
Speaker 1: in the bell cow role. Yeah, but he just doesn't
Speaker 1: look good. I mean the thing with Mixing the eye test,
Speaker 1: he looks plodding. They're giving him the touches. So I
Speaker 1: thought it'd be much more of a split since he
Speaker 1: came back with p Ryan, But they're kind of phasing
Speaker 1: p Ryan out. It's kind of like you just want
Speaker 1: to save one, you know, in emergency break glass, Like, Okay,
Speaker 1: wonder if they're not thinking about running Mixing into the
Speaker 1: ground and then cutting him in the off season. I'm
Speaker 1: with you there, and it's been a long two years
Speaker 1: from Mixing. You know, the Bengals played extra quarter of
Speaker 1: the season last year going to the Super Bowl. But yeah,
Speaker 1: I think they run him into the ground and in
Speaker 1: this one. So the b for Mixing. I got an
Speaker 1: a on Jomar Chase. Not going to bore you with
Speaker 1: stats proving the chases elite. That is an own fact.
Speaker 1: All that really matters here is a trade as White
Speaker 1: shadows Chase or not. White has allowed just one score
Speaker 1: and owns a fifty two percent catch rate that is
Speaker 1: elite for a cornerback. In his five games since returning
Speaker 1: from injury, White did have a bad outing against Miami
Speaker 1: and Week fifteen when we surrendered sixty seven yards and
Speaker 1: that touchdown I referenced Uh since his offense arguably more
Speaker 1: electric than Miami's. So either way, UH in A for
Speaker 1: Jamaar Chase. But the less trade Avious White's easy better.
Speaker 1: The less trade as White he sees, the better. I
Speaker 1: think White could uh cover t Higgins as well, But
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give Higgins and A here there's only one
Speaker 1: White and there's two elite wide receivers. For the Bengals.
Speaker 1: The Bills have surrendered the tenth most yards per game
Speaker 1: and fifteen touchdowns to wide receivers. That is the fifth
Speaker 1: most on the season. I I do expect, like I said, what,
Speaker 1: White to cover Higgins at times. But Buffalo's other corner,
Speaker 1: Dane Jackson, is very beautibul. Jackson has ranked eighties second
Speaker 1: among corners by Pro Football Focus and has surrendered three
Speaker 1: touchdowns over his last seven games. So in A for
Speaker 1: both Higgins and Jamaar Chase. And I will give Tyler
Speaker 1: Boyd to see even though like Tyler, when I give
Speaker 1: him a starting grade he has scored, the yard isn't there.
Speaker 1: I'm I'll only give him the c because the Bill's
Speaker 1: slot corner Toron Johnson has allowed the most touchdowns of
Speaker 1: any slot corner in the league. So in a suspected shootout,
Speaker 1: I will give Boyd a see here if you're desperate
Speaker 1: for wide receiver. And lastly, Joe Burrow gonna give him
Speaker 1: an a. I just love Higgins and Chase too much.
Speaker 1: I should mention Hayden Hurst expected to make his return
Speaker 1: to tight end, So no more Mitchell Wilcox sadly, but
Speaker 1: no Hayden Hurst either. They're both on the bench here,
Speaker 1: but Joe Burrow is not. He gets in a even
Speaker 1: though they have lost right tackle Lyle Collins, that is
Speaker 1: a huge loss for the Bengals, but they're really only
Speaker 1: three year four quarterbacks that would start over Joe Burrow
Speaker 1: this week, and uh odds are you don't have both
Speaker 1: on roster in one quarterback week. So in a for
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow, I think the Bengals win this game. What
Speaker 1: do you think it's gonna be a great game him?
Speaker 1: But I think the better lately than the Bills have honestly,
Speaker 1: So yeah, and I hope so that keeps things a
Speaker 1: lot more interesting and fresh, doesn't it? Home team? We
Speaker 1: were talking before about running backs who might go in
Speaker 1: the first round. I'm gonna just give me a yes. No,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give you some names next year. Will this
Speaker 1: guy go in the first round? Derrick Henry, No, Matt,
Speaker 1: I think he's a tail into the first round guy
Speaker 1: to Austin Ekeler, Yes, yes for sure. Christian McCaffrey, Yes,
Speaker 1: yes for sure. Nick Chubb No, same avenue as Henry.
Speaker 1: Late first round guy. I think he's not going to
Speaker 1: go in the first round, say Kwan Barkley, Yeah, he's
Speaker 1: the for me, that the only there's three. It's McCaffrey, Ekeler,
Speaker 1: and maybe Barkeley. That's just seven or eight wide Barkley.
Speaker 1: I believe Barkley is hitting free agency, didn't pick up
Speaker 1: his fifth year option. It would be interesting thing to
Speaker 1: see his landing place. And I think that that depends
Speaker 1: on a lot, like if he ends up in Kansas
Speaker 1: City or something along those lines. Oh my gosh, all
Speaker 1: of a sudden he's a top three player. Maybe all right,
Speaker 1: what about the highest scoring fantasy running back this year,
Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs also had a free agency landing spot means
Speaker 1: a lot obviously, Yeah, I don't think so. I I
Speaker 1: just feel like there's a lot of skepticism on how
Speaker 1: he could do this again. And we've seen this movie
Speaker 1: before with um who got ground up in the last year,
Speaker 1: And yeah, yeah, Jacobs is going to be somewhat protected
Speaker 1: wherever he lands up and not gonna be like, Okay,
Speaker 1: go touch the ball. I'm gonna give you one more
Speaker 1: running back that could possibly go in the first round.
Speaker 1: Yes or no? On Dalvin Cook, No, I think he's
Speaker 1: a second round kind of a guy. But I think
Speaker 1: one that you didn't mention. What about Miles Sanders. I've
Speaker 1: got a guy that I've been negative on for forever.
Speaker 1: Dude has a let even touchdowns this year. He's got
Speaker 1: more rushing yards than Dalvin Cook on fewer carries. Like
Speaker 1: he's right there. I think I think everybody's wised up
Speaker 1: to the rushing quarterback. I think Justin Fields is going
Speaker 1: to be a first rounder, Jalen Hurts is going to
Speaker 1: be a first rounder, and Josh Allen is gonna be
Speaker 1: Are there gonna be first rounders this next August? And
Speaker 1: there's least seven wide receivers that can have We talked
Speaker 1: about it. It's it's it's gonna We're gonna have seventeen
Speaker 1: guys in the first round sound way, many thanks to
Speaker 1: my co host Matt Brian Scott Fish who is not here.
Speaker 1: This is a very difficult show to pull off. You
Speaker 1: guys have done it for a long time and at
Speaker 1: a very high level, and I never take it for granted,
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Speaker 1: you very much. Robbie Rosenhouse, who is our usual producer,
Speaker 1: Max Fuller filling in today, Thank you Max, but Robbie
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