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Speaker 1: five Tough questions will break down all the matchups, the
Speaker 1: premature speculation, the lightning round. I want to open by
Speaker 1: addressing people who went up against some combination of Ben Roethlisberger,
Speaker 1: Antonio Brown, Chris Boswell, and or the Pittsburgh defense, because
Speaker 1: they all put up gigantic games, and in many cases
Speaker 1: people played against three of that combination. In some cases
Speaker 1: those people probably packed it in and aren't even listening
Speaker 1: right now. If your opponent did that, they are sleeping.
Speaker 1: They are sleeping. Um Still, what is the recommended course
Speaker 1: of action when you find yourself down by a bunch? Now,
Speaker 1: in the case of Antonio Brown, you're probably going to lose,
Speaker 1: but you might you know, if you only play one
Speaker 1: of those, you know you might be able to scrap
Speaker 1: your way back. What's the recommended course of action when
Speaker 1: you're down by a bunch? Well, I think when it's
Speaker 1: the choice between two players, you have to go with
Speaker 1: the high upside guy. You have to just go for
Speaker 1: every home run hitter you can. You don't go for
Speaker 1: the guy who's gonna get you eight yards and or
Speaker 1: eight catches and nine yeards. You don't go for Jarvis Landry.
Speaker 1: You go for a guy who has a chance at
Speaker 1: three touchdowns later. That's a good example right there. And
Speaker 1: then there's all the Landry has been scoring touchdowns, has
Speaker 1: been five of the last six games, so that might
Speaker 1: not have been the best example over traditionally over the
Speaker 1: course of his career. That's you're right, that's the guy
Speaker 1: you want to avoid. Seven am. The synapses aren't firing,
Speaker 1: you know, not yet. They The other thing I like
Speaker 1: to do. I like to put together quarterback wide receiver
Speaker 1: combos or quarterback tight end combos, so that if that
Speaker 1: wide receiver hits twice, I also get paid on the
Speaker 1: quarterback hitting twice. So I try to manufacture that matchup
Speaker 1: if I can do it as well. Stack as much
Speaker 1: as possible. Yeah, stack, stack as much as possibly. Throw
Speaker 1: the kicker into and let's get the extra point on
Speaker 1: that play. So you know, that's you know, that's that's
Speaker 1: the angle I think for a special to go for
Speaker 1: a defense and a guy. If you have Tyreek kill,
Speaker 1: of course you're gonna start him. But and you have
Speaker 1: Kansas City obviously do But that's an example, you know,
Speaker 1: where you go a turner and the defense you can
Speaker 1: double up there on points for special teams special teams
Speaker 1: that yeah, but um a lot all the stuffs, that's
Speaker 1: all you gotta do. That's yeah, it's you're gonna need help,
Speaker 1: But there are you know, there are handful things that
Speaker 1: you can do. Let's jump right into the matchups, guys.
Speaker 1: New England takes on Oakland. New England's offense starting to
Speaker 1: it's starting to all come together, even without Chris Hogan,
Speaker 1: Danny Am and Dola doing very little. But the New
Speaker 1: England offense has played very well lately and I don't
Speaker 1: see a lot here with the Oakland defenses suggests it's
Speaker 1: gonna stop. Well, it's worth noting that this game is
Speaker 1: being played in Mexico City. Not thank you very much.
Speaker 1: That is absolutely true. By the way, I'm going to
Speaker 1: make the rare kicker prediction. I believe goscows he's going
Speaker 1: to kick four field goals in this game. He's got
Speaker 1: the second most field goals on the year. Oakland gives
Speaker 1: up the second most field goals on the year, and
Speaker 1: they're playing in an altitude that's higher than mile high
Speaker 1: when they're in Mexico City. Gostkowski your ultimate kicker option
Speaker 1: this week. So it was interesting to note they played
Speaker 1: in Mile High the Patriots did last week. Yes, and
Speaker 1: they stayed in Denver to stay acclimated to the altitude.
Speaker 1: You know, I had not heard that. So smart. So
Speaker 1: they they've been out there and they're ready. So I
Speaker 1: also love legal weed too, That's why they stayed out there.
Speaker 1: That Belijack has been blazing straight to Mexico for him too.
Speaker 1: Tom Brady is the conquistador in this game. He gets
Speaker 1: the A grade. L Gronk also getting an A grade
Speaker 1: that the team or the Raiders have allowed four scores
Speaker 1: and the ninth most catches to tight ends this year.
Speaker 1: Brandon coasoneros uh. Brandon Cooks he gets an A grad.
Speaker 1: He was target at a season high eleven times last
Speaker 1: week against Denver, which was awesome. Cook Straw is a
Speaker 1: favorable match up against Sean Smith. He's the league sixty
Speaker 1: four ranked corner according to Pro Football Focus, and we
Speaker 1: probably won't see Chris Hogan this week. Senor Amundola has
Speaker 1: finished with forty or few yards and four consecutive weeks,
Speaker 1: but Raiders corner T. J. Kerry has a lot of
Speaker 1: touchdown to a slot receiver in two of the last
Speaker 1: three weeks. So he gets a C grade. That's a
Speaker 1: that's a yes grade. Bye, that's a good point. The
Speaker 1: C grade takes on all new meaning yes in Mexico City,
Speaker 1: uh Aribau, Rex Burkhead and Dion Lewis are both getting
Speaker 1: a B grade. I'm not sure which one of these
Speaker 1: backs will get the Goose Guavo this week, but the
Speaker 1: Raiders are giving up the fifth most receptions running backs,
Speaker 1: the seventh most receiving yards, and are tied for the
Speaker 1: second most receiving touchdowns. That means Burkheads a easy b
Speaker 1: uh Burkheads of the snaps this week. Last week, he's
Speaker 1: my favorite. The Raiders d has allowed the fourth most
Speaker 1: rushing yards in the league and Dion Lewis is suddenly
Speaker 1: the guy taking over as the every down running back.
Speaker 1: Uh he should be good for fifteen carries as he's
Speaker 1: averaged the last two weeks, and Lewis took four of
Speaker 1: the team's red zone carries last week. Let's flip on
Speaker 1: over to the geez. This is so weird. It's better
Speaker 1: than the ticking clocks. It is. Let's flip on over
Speaker 1: to the side the ticking clock owned you. Marshawn Lynch
Speaker 1: is gonna get a dose Eckys grade, which means he's
Speaker 1: on the bench. The Pats defense has allowed only two
Speaker 1: backs to go over seventy four yards. They've given up
Speaker 1: just three touchdowns to running back since the opener. New
Speaker 1: England does allow a league worst five point yards per carry,
Speaker 1: but Lynch is only averaging eleven carries per game. The
Speaker 1: passing game, however, Derek coach A he gets an A.
Speaker 1: Over their last three outings, they have not given up
Speaker 1: more than two three passing yards the Patriots that is
Speaker 1: or one touchdown. But coach A has gone over three
Speaker 1: hundred yards and each of his last three out Eric
Speaker 1: o Jmark Cooper is getting a B and Michael Congrejo
Speaker 1: Our Bowl is also getting a B. The Patriots defense
Speaker 1: is allowed the second most yards and the third most
Speaker 1: catches too receivers. Cooper seen more time in the slot
Speaker 1: in the last three games. His target his target load
Speaker 1: has gone up to about per game during that stretch,
Speaker 1: which is a lot yeah. And then finally, Uh also
Speaker 1: a co scenaro Jared co scenario, the different kind of cook.
Speaker 1: Uh his averaging ninety seven yards in his last three games.
Speaker 1: Going into the matchup with New England. The Patriots haven't
Speaker 1: allowed a tight end to catch more than two passes
Speaker 1: the last three weeks, but they were torched for five
Speaker 1: tight end touchdowns in the first six weeks of the season.
Speaker 1: So I still like Cook. He gets a B grade
Speaker 1: as well. Well done Senior Harrison undelay Trobajoick benigned per Lenard. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I spoke German in high school too. Very nice Jaguars
Speaker 1: taking on the Browns and quite the opposite match up here. Uh,
Speaker 1: I gotta believe there's there's gonna be very little to
Speaker 1: like about the Brown side. But so let's start with
Speaker 1: the Jaguar side. Like portals fifty one passes last week,
Speaker 1: do you think the aerial attack is maybe emphasized here,
Speaker 1: especially if Leonard Fournette isn't able to go. Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: the path of least resistance against Cleveland is through the era.
Speaker 1: They have a very legit run deep. I'm still putting
Speaker 1: Bortles on the bench though, even though Cleveland has allowed
Speaker 1: nineteen touchdown passes, which is the third most in the league.
Speaker 1: Bortles has one or zero passing touchdowns in every game
Speaker 1: but one this year, and the one game he didn't
Speaker 1: was that London game, which is a little flukey, So
Speaker 1: I still love them on the bench because I'm not
Speaker 1: a big fan of his pass catchers. Who will get
Speaker 1: into here, I'll starting with Mark Eastley, who I have
Speaker 1: on the bench. Might be surprised to hear that because
Speaker 1: he is my boy. We go way back, but he's
Speaker 1: likely to be shadowed by Jason mccordy. Pro Football focuses
Speaker 1: number two ranked cornerback. Quarterbacks have an average rating of
Speaker 1: fifty four point two when throwing into mccordy's coverage. Remember,
Speaker 1: Tennessee just cut him and like in the preseason, they
Speaker 1: didn't eat him against Antonio Brown. Certainly not. Yeah, that
Speaker 1: was a that was a tactical blunder. Uh. It doesn't
Speaker 1: get much better at wide receiver. Alan Hearns has been
Speaker 1: ruled out with the knee that brings Keenan Cole into play.
Speaker 1: I'm sorry healing Cole into play. I'm gonna give him
Speaker 1: a desperation. See uh. Cleveland has allowed five wide receiver
Speaker 1: touchdowns over the last four games, and Cole has averaged
Speaker 1: fifty plus yards over his last three, with a catch
Speaker 1: of twenty plus yards in each game. His targets have
Speaker 1: increased four straight weeks, so he could be a sneaky
Speaker 1: little uh play this week, as could Marcedes Lewis. Uh
Speaker 1: if Schmarrick Schmibron got it done. I didn't say his name,
Speaker 1: thank you. I do deserve a little peacock here, though,
Speaker 1: because I did say to play him on fan ball
Speaker 1: last week, and if he did, he made out all right.
Speaker 1: Marcedes Lewis. Marcedes Lewis could be another sneaky daily play
Speaker 1: on fan ball this week. It's just against the Browns. Uh,
Speaker 1: That's all you really have to say. A great matchup
Speaker 1: for tight ends. So I'm giving him to see, Yeah,
Speaker 1: this is the Browns. Were it not for the Giants,
Speaker 1: we would be talking about how you you deploy every
Speaker 1: tight end against against the Browns. Absolutely. Now, what about
Speaker 1: D D. Westbrook, which I've had a dozen people ask
Speaker 1: me about this way, he's not a lock to play
Speaker 1: this week the last time. The last I heard, it
Speaker 1: sounds like he will be active for the first time,
Speaker 1: but there's no knowing what the snap count is gonna be, like,
Speaker 1: what his role is going to be. Like I think
Speaker 1: you're you're, you're. That's a huge gamble, But don't play him.
Speaker 1: Don't play him this week Probay a bonus premature speculation there.
Speaker 1: And then finally, Leonard for Nett, you mentioned Church. I'll
Speaker 1: give him a B if he plays with a borderline
Speaker 1: see Um said. It is a very tough defense. Run
Speaker 1: defense for for Cleveland ranked number two against the run
Speaker 1: by Football Outsiders d v o A. Only one running
Speaker 1: back is top sixty rush sixty rushing yards against cit
Speaker 1: the Browns. And that was your boy, buck Allan Church.
Speaker 1: Soh my guy over to Cleveland. This will be quick
Speaker 1: the past you leave that side of it. Only defense
Speaker 1: in the league that is not allowed a one yard
Speaker 1: rusher or a three yard passer Cleveland Browns. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: obviously if for Net does sit, Chris Ivory and even
Speaker 1: Corey Grant becomes so intriguing. But I'm not very compelled
Speaker 1: to start them in a very tough matchup. But Ivory
Speaker 1: sea level player for when it does sit. But don't
Speaker 1: get excited about his prospects. Cleveland passing bench, the passing game,
Speaker 1: that's pretty obvious. Even Corey Coleman, who should make his return,
Speaker 1: you don't want to start him. I'll get I say
Speaker 1: a crow l as see though, even though since the
Speaker 1: Jaguars have acquired Marcel Darius. They are average, are allowing
Speaker 1: under three yards per carry. The run defense wasn't very
Speaker 1: good before acquiring Darius, but crow Crow is turning back
Speaker 1: to back games with at least ninety five scrimmage yards
Speaker 1: and a touchdown. He's averaging five point seven yards per
Speaker 1: carry over the last two weeks, and Cleveland is gonna
Speaker 1: have to try and run the ball to have any
Speaker 1: hope in this game. And then I'm benching Duke Johnson,
Speaker 1: though that excuse me. The Jaguars are pretty tough against
Speaker 1: pass catching running backs and Browns or Duke's not can
Speaker 1: get enough carries to warrant to start. As we said
Speaker 1: at the time, all that those touchdowns that Duke Johnson
Speaker 1: was was manufacturing earlier in the season, that wasn't gonna
Speaker 1: keep going. And it hasn't. Nice little player, but he's
Speaker 1: not a touch down score. Final matchup of this segment,
Speaker 1: Lions taking on the Bears, will begin with Matthew Stafford.
Speaker 1: Bears ranked top ten and passing yards allowed and in
Speaker 1: the top five and passing touchdowns allowed. I don't love
Speaker 1: this matchup. Stafford barely crossed two hundred yards passing last
Speaker 1: time he played in Chicago. Didn't throw any touchdowns in
Speaker 1: that game, and that marked the second time in the
Speaker 1: last three seasons that he's failed to throw any touchdowns
Speaker 1: in Chicago. This has been a tough spot for him,
Speaker 1: so I'm nervous about Stafford, but he's been so hot.
Speaker 1: I'm still giving him a B grade here, but he'd
Speaker 1: be closer to a scene than in a UH Staying
Speaker 1: with the passing game, Golden take gets a C grade.
Speaker 1: Despite his one hundred yard game in Green Bay two
Speaker 1: weeks ago. He's been bad outdoors. Not one of his
Speaker 1: seventeen touchdowns since coming to Detroit has come in an
Speaker 1: outdoor stadium, and in three games in Chicago, he's totaled
Speaker 1: one hundred yards. That's it gross. Bears have only allowed
Speaker 1: one yard receiver all season, and that was Antonio Brown
Speaker 1: in Week three. Golden Tate's good, He's not Antonio Brown good.
Speaker 1: It goes back to last year, the Bears stifling number
Speaker 1: one wide receivers. They shut him down. They do UH
Speaker 1: C grade on on Golden Tate C grade and Marvin
Speaker 1: Jones hyper inconsistent. It's it feels like an exploitable match
Speaker 1: up with Chicago corner Kyle Fuller, who has ranked eighty
Speaker 1: nine by Pro Football Focus in two games of Chicago
Speaker 1: last year, though he posted sixty seven yards and seventy
Speaker 1: four yards, didn't score. I feel like that's about what
Speaker 1: you're gonna get from Marvin Jones this week. That puts
Speaker 1: him in the C grade as well. Eric Ebron, I
Speaker 1: feel like I have to mention because he scored last week.
Speaker 1: Chicago is an elite tight end defense. Do not chase
Speaker 1: last week's flukey touchdown. Kenny Golladay only eleven snaps last week.
Speaker 1: You can't start him until we start seeing more consistency
Speaker 1: in playing time. Let's talk about Amerabdula go to the
Speaker 1: running game suddenly getting gold line touches. Amir Abdula rushing
Speaker 1: touchdowns in consecutive games. Bears run defense very middle of
Speaker 1: the pack their fift in yards allowed. They're averaging ten
Speaker 1: rushing yards per game, but they're likely without their run
Speaker 1: stuffing linebacker Danny Trevathan in this game and the return
Speaker 1: of Detroit's left tackle Taylor Decker definitely helps. Chicago's allowed
Speaker 1: eight touchdowns via the ground tied for the second most,
Speaker 1: including three in just the last two weeks. So I
Speaker 1: like a Mirrorbdullah be grade on a mirrorb dula this week.
Speaker 1: Let to go to the Chicago side because this won't
Speaker 1: take long. There's only one startable player and that's Jordan Howard.
Speaker 1: Get this. He has not scored a touchdown since Mitch
Speaker 1: Trobinski took over. None and even John Fox, though, it's
Speaker 1: gotta know that his team's best chance to win goes
Speaker 1: through Jordan Howard. So I expect a lot of carries.
Speaker 1: Chicago's three wins of all cam and games that were
Speaker 1: big Howard carry games, and Fox's job is dangling by
Speaker 1: a threat. He has to manufacture wins, and all of
Speaker 1: his wins comes in games are he pounds Jordan how Ward.
Speaker 1: It hasn't happened much, but they haven't won when the
Speaker 1: Bears have been favored, right, they don't have a win
Speaker 1: never with John Fox's tenure in Chicago, they're owen six
Speaker 1: in games in which they've been favored. By the way,
Speaker 1: they've only been favored six times. As I meant by
Speaker 1: not happening, I think seven because last week they were
Speaker 1: favored to um against. You're right, you may be right
Speaker 1: that now they're owen seventh. That could be uh Detroit
Speaker 1: top ten run defense that that hasn't followed, that has
Speaker 1: not stopped the Lions from giving up ten rushing touchdowns,
Speaker 1: tied for second most in the league. So I think
Speaker 1: Jordan Howard does get a touchdown here and finds the
Speaker 1: end zone again. He um. He did not score against
Speaker 1: Detroit in his rookie year, but he did rush for
Speaker 1: almost two hundred yards in the two games against the lines,
Speaker 1: the average five yards per carry. He gets an A
Speaker 1: grade in this game, and you're benching the entire Chicago
Speaker 1: passing game. Rabinsky has thrown one touchdown in his past
Speaker 1: three games. He's failed the top one hundred sixty four
Speaker 1: yards and all but one of his NFL starts. And
Speaker 1: if you're thinking about looking at don trelle Inman because
Speaker 1: he's emerging as the go to receiver, yeah, well he
Speaker 1: gets Darius Slay and he's on the sleigh ride, so
Speaker 1: he's out to so nobody to go to their whatsoever.
Speaker 1: When we come back, nine players you can pick up
Speaker 1: off of the waiver wire. We call it take a
Speaker 1: chance on me on Fantasy Football Weekly. When we return. Ye, yes, yeah,
Speaker 1: we're maintaining our lavor. I love it. You can salta
Speaker 1: your way to the victory this week with these nine players,
Speaker 1: many of them are available on the waiver wire. Let's
Speaker 1: hear who we got for take a chance on me,
Speaker 1: beginning with our quarterback position and Brian Johnson, I got
Speaker 1: blame Gabert, who is now on the Arizona Cardinals if
Speaker 1: you were wondering they are at Houston. The Texans have
Speaker 1: allowed a league worst twenty one total touchdowns to quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: They have also surrendered three yards passing and multiple touchdowns
Speaker 1: to five of the last seven quarterbacks they have faced.
Speaker 1: The Texans also allowing five point five yards per carry
Speaker 1: to quarterbacks. And Gabett does have some wheels. And I
Speaker 1: know his resume is not stellar by any means, but
Speaker 1: please remember that he played for the Jaguars, the Jaguars
Speaker 1: back in the dark ages and the forty Niners last
Speaker 1: year who had no weapons whatsoever. He does have Larry Fitzgerald. Now,
Speaker 1: so Gabritte has a shot on Sunday, all right, Actually
Speaker 1: I'm kind of with you on that, all right, Matt,
Speaker 1: This kind of sounds stupid, but I'm gonna take Andy
Speaker 1: Dalton going against the Denver broncos Man. We only have
Speaker 1: two hours. If you're gonna preface all of your statements
Speaker 1: with this may sound stupid, then if we're look, we're
Speaker 1: gonna ride anyway. Denver is allowed a touchdown pass in
Speaker 1: every game this season, and multiple touchdowns to three of
Speaker 1: the last four quarterbacks they faced. They've also allowed the
Speaker 1: fourth most touchdown passes in the league this season, but
Speaker 1: the fourth least amount of receiving yard or passing yardage,
Speaker 1: So it's likely a low yardage game. But there's a
Speaker 1: good chance Dalton throw us two red zone touchdowns. So
Speaker 1: if you're in a two quarterback league, plug him in.
Speaker 1: He's gonna get to When we hear more about this matchup,
Speaker 1: I bet you're gonna tell me, like Tyler Croft, we'll
Speaker 1: find out I've got it's not it's not a fantasy
Speaker 1: football weekly season. If I haven't at least once gone
Speaker 1: to bat for my guy stew Beard. Yes, you mean
Speaker 1: ste Barba, Stu Barba. He's He's not. He's not playing
Speaker 1: in Mexico City. I'm just feeling it, right, I can
Speaker 1: tell stew Beard. Brian Fitzpatrick has at least one touchdown
Speaker 1: thrown in each of the three games that he has
Speaker 1: played in for the Buccaneers. The Dolphins are surrendering the
Speaker 1: sixth most passing touchdowns and four quarterbacks have thrown multiple
Speaker 1: touchdowns against them. The wildly inconsistent Cam Newton last week
Speaker 1: four touchdown passes against the Dolphins. I only need stew
Speaker 1: Beard to be half as good as new He can
Speaker 1: do that now. Fitzpatrick's note first turnovers, but the Miami
Speaker 1: passing ded has only had three interceptions all season. That's brutal,
Speaker 1: So maybe it doesn't even hurt you with any negatives
Speaker 1: here Stu Beard against Miami. Let's go to the running
Speaker 1: back position, Brian, I have Seattle's J. D. Mckissic at
Speaker 1: home against the Falcons. Mckissic is the clear cut pass
Speaker 1: catching back with C. J. Pro Stice back on I R,
Speaker 1: but he also appeared to take over is they featured
Speaker 1: back in the second half last week when Thomas rowlves
Speaker 1: only got one carry in the game that was still
Speaker 1: very much in question. Mckissic looked good, average more than
Speaker 1: five yards per touch on nine touches in Atlanta. It's
Speaker 1: all about the pass catching here though. For mckissic. Atlanta
Speaker 1: allows over six catches over eight targets per game to
Speaker 1: running back, So Mkissic is a nice of the lad agreed.
Speaker 1: I've got Austin Ekeler, and this is all about the
Speaker 1: Bill's defense just being terrible since Marcel Darius left. They're
Speaker 1: averaging over six yards per carry in those two games
Speaker 1: and giving up four seventy five rushing yards and seven
Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns in those twos. Unbelievable. It's it's insane. Ekeler
Speaker 1: had a season high fifteen touches last week. His snap
Speaker 1: percentage has gone up every week from the last in
Speaker 1: the last four weeks, from eleven percent to thirty three
Speaker 1: percent last week. And Melvin Gordon has been pretty inefficient,
Speaker 1: to say the least over the last couple of weeks.
Speaker 1: He's also battling knee and foot issues, so they could
Speaker 1: spell Gordon a little bit, give Eckler a little bit
Speaker 1: more time on the field. Kenyan Drake goes up against
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay and he's looked far better than Damian Williams.
Speaker 1: They say that they're going to do it continue and
Speaker 1: almost even time share, but you know, even if they do,
Speaker 1: Drake has been pretty good even in the time share.
Speaker 1: But I think in the reality and sooner or later,
Speaker 1: the cream rises to the top team. Coaches want to
Speaker 1: win their games, and they put their best guy in
Speaker 1: the field, and that's gonna be Kenyan Drake. He goes
Speaker 1: up against a Bucks defense that's allowed one hundred plus
Speaker 1: yards to opposing running backs in four of the last
Speaker 1: six games. Let's go to the wide receiver position and
Speaker 1: and or tight end of position. You could do either one, Bryan,
Speaker 1: I usually go tight end, but I'm gonna go wide
Speaker 1: receiver this week. Houston's Bruce Ellington at home versus Arizona.
Speaker 1: More specifically, Ellington's at home versus not Patrick Peterson coverage
Speaker 1: who he will likely or surely shadow DeAndre Hopkins in
Speaker 1: this game. Seven will be ten wide receiver touchdowns allowed
Speaker 1: by Arizona have come from number two wide receivers. Ellington
Speaker 1: stepped up last week with Will Fuller banged up. Will
Speaker 1: like the MRS game as well, caught four passes for
Speaker 1: forty one yards on eight targets. So I'm like an Ellington. Okay.
Speaker 1: It wouldn't be a fantasy football weekly if Charched didn't
Speaker 1: have Stu Beard, and it wouldn't be a fantasy football
Speaker 1: weekly if I didn't pick on the Giants defense versus
Speaker 1: a tight end. But Travis Kelsey is too easy. It
Speaker 1: is too easy. So let's go Demetrius Harris tight end
Speaker 1: against the Giants. I like the Giants have allowed top
Speaker 1: five totals in targets, catches, yards, and touchdowns to tight ends.
Speaker 1: They've allowed at least one tight end touchdown in every
Speaker 1: game dating back to Week seventeen of last year. There's
Speaker 1: enough for everybody to go around in this game. Demetrius
Speaker 1: Harris is gonna starre touchdown. It's gonna be great. What
Speaker 1: we talked on the podcast this day on Fanball, you
Speaker 1: can play three tight ends. You might play boys will
Speaker 1: play all three tight ends from our final take chance
Speaker 1: to be player is former Minnesota Viking now Raven Mike Wallace.
Speaker 1: Healthy for the first time and well basically all year
Speaker 1: uh running most of his place from the left side
Speaker 1: of the field. He's got a very winnable matchup against
Speaker 1: Green based corner Devon House, who ranks as cornerback by
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus. Packers secondary can be beaten a wide
Speaker 1: variety of ways, but downfield speed guys in particular hammering them.
Speaker 1: Josh Bellamy got loose deep for a touchdown against the
Speaker 1: Packers last week. Week before that, the speedy Marvin Jones
Speaker 1: hundred seven yards in two touchdowns. Week before that, Ted
Speaker 1: Gin hundred forty one yards. Speed guys burn the Packers.
Speaker 1: We know all about Mike Wallace. He's just cheap speed.
Speaker 1: Let's see if that can all come together. We'll take
Speaker 1: a break when we come back. More matchups, including Chiefs
Speaker 1: versus the Giants. Are there any Chiefs to play other
Speaker 1: than their three tight ends? Find out when we come back.
Speaker 1: Fantaist see Football Weekly on the Fan. Welcome back to
Speaker 1: the show. It is Fantasy Football Weekly on the Fan.
Speaker 1: Paul Charchi and Brian Johnson and Matt Harrison with you. Matt.
Speaker 1: Let's dive right into your matchup. Chiefs take on the Giants.
Speaker 1: We know we love all of our tight ends. It's
Speaker 1: the matchup of a millennia for Travis Kelsey. He could live.
Speaker 1: He's on pace for potentially a Hall of Fame career.
Speaker 1: He could play ten more years from now, get enshrined
Speaker 1: in Canton. He will never ever have a game that
Speaker 1: looks better on paper with higher expectations going into a
Speaker 1: game than Travis Kelsey has for this one. Yeah, he's
Speaker 1: uh the top receiver on fanball this week to the
Speaker 1: top the most expensive, most expensive receiver on and it
Speaker 1: makes sense. Yeah, um, you can start Travis Kelsey, obviously,
Speaker 1: you can start Demetrius Harris. Frankly, you can start Ross
Speaker 1: Travis the third string tight end. We've got two targets
Speaker 1: last week. How about this, Let's pull Tony Gonzalez out
Speaker 1: of retirement and maybe Keith Cash and Walter White start
Speaker 1: them to Tyree Hill. He gets an A grade. The
Speaker 1: Giants last two games, they've allowed twenty three yards to
Speaker 1: per reception to rams wide receivers and twenty six yards
Speaker 1: per catch to forty wide receivers. And that's three yards
Speaker 1: and three touchdowns on just sixteen completions, and Tyree Hill
Speaker 1: averages twenty two point seven yards per catch, So he's
Speaker 1: an easy A grade. Alex Smith getting an A grade.
Speaker 1: Giants defense has allowed nine passing scores in the last
Speaker 1: three games and uh multiple touchdown efforts in every road
Speaker 1: game this year for Alex Smith, so he gets the A.
Speaker 1: Kareem Hunt I'm getting in the bounce back game. I'm
Speaker 1: making him a time no shot, Yeah, sorry, go ahead,
Speaker 1: no Sean moreno moreno never mind, just keep going, Just
Speaker 1: ignore me. Hunt, it's no Snacks Harrison. That's what I
Speaker 1: was trying to go with. I was waiting. There was
Speaker 1: not even close. No Snacks Harrison. Who's the run stuffing
Speaker 1: the run stuffing lineman for the Giants in this game?
Speaker 1: And that's gonna make things a lot easier in Kareem Hunt. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Hunt hasn't hasn't done well. Really, he hasn't seen the
Speaker 1: end zone since week three and and he's it's been
Speaker 1: held under a hundred yards since Week seven. But he
Speaker 1: did lock twenty two and twenty five touches over the
Speaker 1: last two games. In the Giants defense is ranking twenty
Speaker 1: eight and rushing yards per game four different running backs
Speaker 1: have topped fifty yards and they've given up three running
Speaker 1: back touchdowns in the last two games. So everybody's an
Speaker 1: A on Kansas City. Let's go over to the Giant
Speaker 1: side where I do have some starters. Orleans dark Well
Speaker 1: gets a C grade. He's averaging five point one yards
Speaker 1: per carry. He's had seventeen touches per week over the
Speaker 1: last four weeks. The Chiefs run defen ranks dead last
Speaker 1: in d v O A, so this is kind of
Speaker 1: only see. I think he's more like a B, don't you.
Speaker 1: I mean, you're talking about a five yard per carry
Speaker 1: guy against the dead last run defense and just worried
Speaker 1: that the game flow manages him out of it and
Speaker 1: then he can only get get maybe fifteen carries in
Speaker 1: this I was just gonna say, you should have called
Speaker 1: them Kansas City. What you gave him all took me
Speaker 1: a while, Eli Manning, I'm giving a B. The Chiefs
Speaker 1: ranked twenty eight and passing yards allowed, and since the
Speaker 1: open or five different quarterbacks have thrown multiple touchdowns. They've
Speaker 1: also allowed twenty seven or more points than seven of
Speaker 1: their last eight away games. So he gets to be
Speaker 1: sterling Shepherd. He's a B, maybe even close to an A.
Speaker 1: He's coming off a season high thirteen targets last week.
Speaker 1: He gets a great matchup against Pro Football Focus is
Speaker 1: lowest rated cornerback Philip Gaines, and the other corner that
Speaker 1: rotates into the slot, who's Stephen Nelson. Got beat for
Speaker 1: both of Cole Beasley's touchdowns before the I, so Shepard
Speaker 1: won't see Marcus Peters at all. He's got a B too,
Speaker 1: and a grade I got him a strong. He's my
Speaker 1: number nine wide receiver this week. I love Sterling Shepherd, Well,
Speaker 1: thank you, um Evan Ingraham, I'm giving a C grade two.
Speaker 1: He's had touchdowns in four straight games. That could be
Speaker 1: in jeopardy this week against the Chiefs, who have only
Speaker 1: allowed one tight end touchdown all season, But they did
Speaker 1: allow Jared Cook to top a hundred yards just two
Speaker 1: weeks ago. So I still got Evan Ingraham as a CEE.
Speaker 1: He's the second best pass catcher that they have. This week. Agreed,
Speaker 1: Cardinals take on the Texans. Brian uh, It's been hot
Speaker 1: and cold games for Adrian Peterson. Is this the explosively
Speaker 1: good or explosively bad game for Adrian? We might be
Speaker 1: looking at a replica of his twenty one kerry twenty
Speaker 1: nine yard performance against Seattle last week. This matchup against
Speaker 1: the Texans is almost equally as tough for um A p.
Speaker 1: Houston ranks sixth against the run by Football Outsiders, and
Speaker 1: the Texans have allowed just one rushing touchdown all year,
Speaker 1: and that was the Wonard four net in Week one.
Speaker 1: So Peterson gets a C this week over the passing game.
Speaker 1: I love Larry Fitzgerald's gonna give him an a Houston
Speaker 1: slot corner. Cream Jackson has allowed the most yards and
Speaker 1: slot coverage despite being twenty in cover snaps. That means
Speaker 1: he gives up big plays. Uh. He also owns a
Speaker 1: hundred twenty nine point five quarterback raining rating when thrown
Speaker 1: into his coverage, So you gotta like fits who has
Speaker 1: seen plenty of volume even without Carson. Palmer has twenty
Speaker 1: twenty three targets over the last two weeks. UM. Now
Speaker 1: to the other receivers, it's a great matchup on paper.
Speaker 1: The Texans have allowed back to back a hundred and
Speaker 1: seventy yard receivers and four one hundred yard receivers in
Speaker 1: the last three weeks, so I don't let's break him down.
Speaker 1: Starting with John Brown very questionable with a back injury
Speaker 1: this week. I had him on the bench for that reason.
Speaker 1: He can't be trusted. Geron Brown is really the play here, man.
Speaker 1: I hate talking about John Brown and jern Brown. I
Speaker 1: need nothing worse. Geron Brown is the play here, especially
Speaker 1: if John Brown is ruled out. Geron averages twice as
Speaker 1: many targets without John, so he gets the sea here
Speaker 1: and I'm benching J. J. Nelson hasn't topped to catch
Speaker 1: is or forty yards since Week five. Another pass catcher.
Speaker 1: That's I'm liking Mori's Jermaine Gresham. I'm gonna give him
Speaker 1: a CE. Over the last two weeks, Gresham leads all
Speaker 1: tight ends and red zone targets with five and has
Speaker 1: scored in back to back games. The Texans are one
Speaker 1: of six teams that have allowed at least fifty receptions
Speaker 1: to tight ends this year. Uh. Blaine gabrat Was might
Speaker 1: take a chance on the quarterback, and that is it
Speaker 1: for Arizona going over to Houston. DeAndre Hopkins just to
Speaker 1: be here usually an auto a, but he will draw
Speaker 1: Pat Pete, who has allowed just twelve catches all season.
Speaker 1: That's one catch per every thirty cover snapsack. So Hopkins
Speaker 1: can still get it done, but it's gonna be a tough, tough,
Speaker 1: tough day for him. Uh. For that reason, Bruce Ellen
Speaker 1: to who's might take a chance to me? Wide receiver
Speaker 1: number two is I've had a lot of success against
Speaker 1: the Cardinals. I also like c. J. Fedorowitz. I gonna
Speaker 1: give him a C. He's averaging nearly eight targets in
Speaker 1: the three and a half games with Tom Savage at quarterback,
Speaker 1: and the Cardinals are allowing about five catches and fifty
Speaker 1: yards per game to tight ends. That's double digit PPR points,
Speaker 1: So that's a C grade for me. I am not
Speaker 1: starting Tom Savage though I'm not snapping into the slim Jim.
Speaker 1: I won't do the impersonation. Don't want he's on the bench.
Speaker 1: Even though I do think there's potential for his pass catchers,
Speaker 1: They're not all going to have a good game in
Speaker 1: this one, and Lamar Miller probably not gonna have a
Speaker 1: good game either. Was averaging nineteen and a half touches
Speaker 1: per game until the last two games. He's down to
Speaker 1: twelve and a half touches over that span in Arizona.
Speaker 1: Tough matchup. Ranked ninth against the run by Football Outsider. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he was a guy that was best suited when there
Speaker 1: was a quarterback to take some heat off him, and
Speaker 1: Lamar Miller is not that guy. Vikings take on the Rams.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about the ram side of this first. Todd
Speaker 1: Gurley straight up awesome this year, but that's been in
Speaker 1: no small part because of his pass catching prowess. But
Speaker 1: the Vikings can stop him both ways, on the ground
Speaker 1: and via the air. Vikings defense ranks number two in
Speaker 1: rushing yards per carry at only three point for their
Speaker 1: number three and rushing yards allowed at only seventy two,
Speaker 1: and the Vikings has seen a steady diet of elite
Speaker 1: pass catching backs, none of them have done anything. So
Speaker 1: I think this is a tough match for Todd Gurley
Speaker 1: with the one catch, I don't think. I don't think
Speaker 1: enders Todejo is gonna go. And we have seen some
Speaker 1: lapses from the Vikings run defense in games when Sendejo
Speaker 1: doesn't go, So that is the one asteris on what
Speaker 1: is otherwise a B grade for Todd Gurley. If Sandeo
Speaker 1: doesn't go, you could probably move him up to and
Speaker 1: eight grade. Let's go to the passing game where Jared
Speaker 1: Goff just gets a sea here. He's been great in
Speaker 1: four games with three hundred passing yards. Those four games
Speaker 1: we're against bottom six pass defenses, and that's not the Vikings.
Speaker 1: Vikings are top ten and passing yards allowed, they're averaging
Speaker 1: just one passing touchdown per game, and they haven't allowed
Speaker 1: multiple passing touchdowns in a game since way back in
Speaker 1: Week three. Four of the prior five Vikings opposing quarterbacks
Speaker 1: failed to even throw it for two hundred ten yards.
Speaker 1: So I don't like golf, and part of the reason
Speaker 1: I like him is not like his matchups for his receivers.
Speaker 1: Robert Woods very likely is going to end up getting
Speaker 1: Xavier Roads in this one, and Xavier Rhads might be
Speaker 1: the best shutdown corner in the NFL right now. He
Speaker 1: has meant the statistical death of virtually every opposing receiver.
Speaker 1: I don't like Robert Woods much at all, but I'm
Speaker 1: giving him a C grade just based on how good
Speaker 1: he's been the last few weeks. Sammy Watkins probably gets
Speaker 1: inferior coverage from Trey Wayne's, but frankly, Trey Waynes has
Speaker 1: gotten a lot better over the course of this season,
Speaker 1: and the Vikings has only given up six wide receiver
Speaker 1: touchdowns all year, and only one wide out his top
Speaker 1: sixty yards since Week three. So I don't even love
Speaker 1: Sammy Watkins here, just a C grade for him. Cooper
Speaker 1: Cups on the bench, He's second on the team and targets.
Speaker 1: He's second in the NFL in red zone targets, which
Speaker 1: is good, but it doesn't translate into fantasy points because
Speaker 1: he scored only one time in the last five weeks.
Speaker 1: The Vikings have only allowed one slot receiver over thirty
Speaker 1: yards over the past six weeks, and they've shut down
Speaker 1: guys like Golden Tate and Randall Cobb and Juju Smith Schuster.
Speaker 1: Who are I think we're all at least as good
Speaker 1: as Cooper Cup. Let's go to the Viking side. Start
Speaker 1: with the running game. I've got S grades on Jerick
Speaker 1: McKinnon and Latavia's Murray here. Um. Now, the Rams do
Speaker 1: rank twenty nine and rushing yards allowed, which is great news.
Speaker 1: The bulk that has come against excuse me, straight ahead
Speaker 1: power rushers like Carlos Hyde and Zeke and Leonard four Nette.
Speaker 1: That's not Jerk McKinnon's kind of game. He's not a
Speaker 1: straight ahead power rusher, so maybe that means they're gonna
Speaker 1: get more of the mundane stylings of Loatavius Murray, who's
Speaker 1: averaging eighteen carries in his last three weeks. McKinnon is
Speaker 1: still averaging fourteen carries though five targets the last five weeks,
Speaker 1: so he gets his chances as well. If um, the
Speaker 1: matchup is well suited for them, but because they split
Speaker 1: everything pretty much down the middle, they both get C
Speaker 1: grades here, and that is it. Let's go to the
Speaker 1: passing game case Keenum gets a C grade in this one. Um,
Speaker 1: I'm cautious about his receivers. In fact, let me start
Speaker 1: with the receivers so that will help better explain why
Speaker 1: we've got to see in case, Adam Theeland is the
Speaker 1: only player in the league's at least five receptions in
Speaker 1: every game. But he goes up against ram slot corner
Speaker 1: Nicol Roby Coleman, who's allowed two touchdowns. The slot receivers
Speaker 1: all season they held in check Jamison Crowder and Doug
Speaker 1: Baldwin and Alan Hearns and Larry Fitzgerald. Only Sterling Shepherd
Speaker 1: has broken the fifty yard mark from the slot against
Speaker 1: Roby Coleman all year. I think we owe him an apology.
Speaker 1: I think we used to rag on him. There's ironically
Speaker 1: named well and he just wasn't very good, but he
Speaker 1: certainly has better. Not definitely funny what Wade Phillips will
Speaker 1: do for a career. Wasn't just Roby before? Maybe I
Speaker 1: don't know, Maybe he added a last name, maybe helped
Speaker 1: him out. Maybe he married a fine woman with the
Speaker 1: last name of Coleman and decided to take her name
Speaker 1: and hyphenate. Could not rule that out. Uh so, uh,
Speaker 1: Robie Coleman is a little He's a little on the
Speaker 1: slow side, and Adam Finland's game is all about burst
Speaker 1: and quickness, so he does have an opportunity here, and
Speaker 1: I still have be grade out him all right, Diggs
Speaker 1: Converging trends for Stefon Diggs, He's been awesome in the
Speaker 1: three home games yards hundred seventy three yards and ninety
Speaker 1: yards in the three he's played, um to two and
Speaker 1: zero touchdowns in those three games, but he draws excellent
Speaker 1: cornerback Trumaine Johnson on the left side of the defense,
Speaker 1: where he most often lines up, and fanball writer John
Speaker 1: Hollerd notes that Johnson has given up no touchdowns and
Speaker 1: an average of three catches per game. That's it so,
Speaker 1: and Diggs runs two thirds of his routes on his
Speaker 1: side of the field, So I've only got a C
Speaker 1: grade on Stefan Digs here. C grade. And Kyle Rudolph,
Speaker 1: who has caught at least five passes in five straight games,
Speaker 1: but hasn't gone over forty seven yards during that span,
Speaker 1: and he's not scoring. He's unlikely to start stretching the
Speaker 1: field against the Rams, who have shut down the likes
Speaker 1: of Jimmy Graham and Jordan Reed and Jason Witten here.
Speaker 1: So just to see grade on Kyle Rudolph's That lastly
Speaker 1: brings us to case Keenum with another C grade. That's
Speaker 1: the overwhelming grade I've got on his receiving options. I'm
Speaker 1: I'm hesitant to give a strong recommendation here they've got.
Speaker 1: The Rams have posted twenty eight sacks on the season,
Speaker 1: which is a lot, but case Keenum has only been
Speaker 1: zack five times, which is amazing. The Rams secondary is
Speaker 1: tough to Only three quarterbacks have thrown for more than
Speaker 1: two d twenty five yards against a the ninth ranked
Speaker 1: pass defense. Of the Rams, six quarterbacks have thrown zero
Speaker 1: or one touchdown pass and that is usually what you
Speaker 1: get in case Keen in most games, zero one touchdown pass.
Speaker 1: I am not chasing last week's four touchdown performance. Let's
Speaker 1: see if we can work in a phone caller too,
Speaker 1: Aaron Hello, Hello, Hi Aaron, Hey, how is it going good?
Speaker 1: Thanks your patience. I appreciate it. A couple of questions here.
Speaker 1: First one, quarterbacks, would you play car or Wilson this weekend?
Speaker 1: That's a that's a tough, tough call, and on paper,
Speaker 1: New England looks like the easier to match up, but
Speaker 1: that defense is starting to turn things around a little bit.
Speaker 1: I just Patriots a past defense over the last five
Speaker 1: weeks is tenth best in the NFL. So there's If
Speaker 1: you look at the season long rankings, they still look
Speaker 1: like they're dead last, but if you shorten it to
Speaker 1: the last ten weeks, they're actually quite good. Yeah, and uh,
Speaker 1: we'll talk about this game later, but I think it's
Speaker 1: fixing to be a shootout, and I think Wilson will
Speaker 1: be Uh. It was these teams met last year and
Speaker 1: it was a shootout, so I'm expecting to repeat performance.
Speaker 1: So I'll go with the dual threat quarterback here and
Speaker 1: say Wilson all right, and then run backs Birkhead, Abdullah
Speaker 1: or Collins from Baltimore. I still don't trust anything in
Speaker 1: the New England backfield when you think you have it pegged.
Speaker 1: And that's Birkhead this week, it Belichick flip flops on you.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with Abdulla, who charge to give a
Speaker 1: feed right on? I'm gonna go. I'm gonna agree with
Speaker 1: charge there and all right on Wood's Cooper or Sanders.
Speaker 1: I know what you said, Woods, is probably gonna get
Speaker 1: Roads closed. So it's for sure Cooper and Sanders. That's
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders. Yeah, guessing, yeah, I would go in Manuel Sanders.
Speaker 1: I will get the most volume. I would think not
Speaker 1: a great matchup. For you gave Sander's a starting grade.
Speaker 1: I got him as a C. It's not a great matchup,
Speaker 1: but I would still I like his chances better than
Speaker 1: any Rams receiver this week. Yeah, I from the Vikings. Yeah,
Speaker 1: thank you Aaron from the Vikings. I think we just
Speaker 1: set his whole lineup. If from the Vikings, I shot
Speaker 1: down Robert Woods, and I take my chances of Sammy Watkins. Ben, Hello,
Speaker 1: thank you for your patients almost an hour on hold him.
Speaker 1: Good morning guys. Let me do something really quick. Would
Speaker 1: you trade and try to trade Robert Woods for tree
Speaker 1: kill at all? Yeah, that's that's easy. Yes, absolutely, Uh,
Speaker 1: he's hot right now, and you you trade a guy
Speaker 1: while he's at his peak value. And I think Robert
Speaker 1: Woods is at his peak value right now, and your
Speaker 1: two cents medically standing, let's do Ryan or Hogan and Patriots.
Speaker 1: I'm trying to think of should I drop the guy
Speaker 1: to get Chargers defense. I have Seattle. I like Hogan
Speaker 1: quite a bit when he when he does return, and
Speaker 1: I think he's getting closer and closer. I'm not a
Speaker 1: real doctor, but I have consulted online doctors and I
Speaker 1: believe he will be back in a few weeks. Okay, thanks,
Speaker 1: Thanks Ben, We'll take a break when we come back.
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Speaker 1: Hot question number one, who is the best way for
Speaker 1: wire quarterback for the playoff run? Now, let me explain
Speaker 1: playoff run and waiver wire playoff run his week's fourteen,
Speaker 1: fifteen sixteen. If you play in week seventeen, you're doing
Speaker 1: it wrong and you're not gonna get support from the show.
Speaker 1: If and by waiver wire, this guy's got to be
Speaker 1: available in half of my fantasy league leagues. So again
Speaker 1: question number one, who is the best waiver wire quarterback
Speaker 1: for the playoffs? Brian, I'm going deep here and I'm
Speaker 1: gonna go Uh. Denver's Paxton Lynch, who won't be starting
Speaker 1: this week, but he is inching closer to starting, and
Speaker 1: uh starting week twelve. He has a great schedule. It's
Speaker 1: at Oakland in week twelve. I'm sorry, we're going only
Speaker 1: week fourteen. Week fourteen is the Jets and then at
Speaker 1: Indie and then at Washington. Those are all neutral, if
Speaker 1: not plus matchups. Or Lynch who is very mobile or
Speaker 1: was in college, so he has some excitement there. And hey,
Speaker 1: he's got two great receivers into Mary's Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders.
Speaker 1: So I do think he will start by the playoffs
Speaker 1: for sure, and he does have some entasting matchup. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I've got Blake Bortles. Yeah, Blake Bortles right there. Huh.
Speaker 1: Fantasy playoffs against Houston, San Francisco, and Tennessee, all three
Speaker 1: of which are bottom ten past defense. As we just
Speaker 1: saw Tennessee get lit up on Thursday Night. Dude through
Speaker 1: fifty one times last week. And it's worth noting that
Speaker 1: Blake Bortles has never once lost a playoff game or
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl. Sounds like there was more to that
Speaker 1: has never lost a Super Bowl. Blake portals very nice.
Speaker 1: The correct answer is Jake Cutler owned and only of
Speaker 1: leagues very improved, averaging two and a quarter touchdowns per
Speaker 1: game over his last month of play and his two
Speaker 1: main targets Jervis Landry Davante Parker healthy now and three
Speaker 1: favorable matchups in the playoffs. New England currently the bottom
Speaker 1: ranked past defense on the season. Buffalo the defense that's
Speaker 1: getting worse by the week. They recently gave up three
Speaker 1: straight three yard passing games, and Kansas City they ranked
Speaker 1: past defense on the season. Correct answer, Jay Cutler. Question
Speaker 1: number two, who is the best waiver wire running back
Speaker 1: for the playoffs? This was the hardest one. Oh, by
Speaker 1: the way, let me mention this, do you think you're
Speaker 1: gonna end up starting Jay Cutler? Well, hopefully not, but
Speaker 1: you know if you're added to the playoffs, anything bad
Speaker 1: could happen to your quarterback, and now you you need
Speaker 1: somebody serviceable. If you're powering your way into the playoffs,
Speaker 1: you want to make sure that whatever starter is getting
Speaker 1: you there. If anything happens that guy, you've got a backup.
Speaker 1: Or maybe that guy runs into the Jaguars in the playoffs,
Speaker 1: You've got somebody else you can scramble to. That's why
Speaker 1: we do this exercise. Who is the best waiver wire
Speaker 1: running back for the playoffs? Matt, I have Kenyan Drake
Speaker 1: like Like you said, the schedule for the Dolphins is
Speaker 1: very favorable in the playoffs, New England, Buffalo, Kansas City.
Speaker 1: And if your league go goes to Week seventeen, which
Speaker 1: we don't recommend, they get Buffalo again. So that's just
Speaker 1: fun times. Uh. Seven catches for eight two yards in
Speaker 1: a touchdown or seven runs for a t yards and
Speaker 1: touchdown last week, fifteen total touches and a hundred and
Speaker 1: four yards the week before. He looks like the best
Speaker 1: runner there. And that offense is really flowing a lot
Speaker 1: better since ja ja I left and Kenyan Drake showed up. Uh,
Speaker 1: he was my mature speculation last week on to go
Speaker 1: with Houston's Danta Foreman, who um his carry's have been
Speaker 1: going up in the last few games seen double digit
Speaker 1: carries as Lamara Miller's touches are going down. Foreman's basically
Speaker 1: a Miller injury away from being a fantasy factor. And uh,
Speaker 1: Miller got hurt last year. And starting in week fourteen,
Speaker 1: he has San Francisco that could be a that could
Speaker 1: be a very good matchup performan if you gets significant touches.
Speaker 1: And then in week fifteen he has Jacksonville. In week
Speaker 1: sixteen he has Pittsburgh. Those aren't great matchups, but those
Speaker 1: are certainly matchups where the Texans will be forced to
Speaker 1: run more than they aren't to pass. So I will
Speaker 1: go to Anta Foreman. Uh yeah, I like the duck
Speaker 1: anta Foreman angle as well, But that is not the
Speaker 1: correct answer. The correct answer is DeVante Booker. By the playoffs,
Speaker 1: Denver is gonna buy the playoffs. Denver will be out
Speaker 1: of the real life playoff hunt by the time the
Speaker 1: fantasy playoffs roll around. In it they that could be too.
Speaker 1: They may well want to give their rookie runner a
Speaker 1: long look to see if he's the answer for next
Speaker 1: year or not, and they they face a bunch of
Speaker 1: mediocre run defenses in the playoffs. The Jets, the Colts,
Speaker 1: and the Redskins all teams that are just sort of
Speaker 1: middle to pack run defenses. They all give up four
Speaker 1: or four point one yards per carry. DeVante Booker owned
Speaker 1: in of Fantasy league. See, I think Kenyan Drake is
Speaker 1: not even in I. I gotta believe Kenyan Drake's owned
Speaker 1: by way more than half of Fantasy league. So I
Speaker 1: don't think he's even eligible for this. Because if you were,
Speaker 1: I think I would have taken Kenyan Drake. But I
Speaker 1: don't think he's eligible. Zanki's rostered everywhere at this point.
Speaker 1: Devanny's hot question number three, Who is the best waiver
Speaker 1: wire wide receiver for the playoffs? Brian real Quick. Booker
Speaker 1: isn't really eligible either because he was my premature speculation
Speaker 1: a few weeks ago. So they all are listeners already
Speaker 1: have already, but he is. He is forty nine and
Speaker 1: change percent owned in my Fantasy league leagues. All right,
Speaker 1: wide receiver. Yeah, let's go to my New York Giants
Speaker 1: and to Varus, you weren't doing your savage thing this week?
Speaker 1: That was that wasn't That was awfully savage right there. Savage. Yeah,
Speaker 1: uh no, that's like the stomaching. I'm not trying to,
Speaker 1: you know, up chuck here when I talk about the Giants.
Speaker 1: But anyway, Tavarus King clearly as the clear cut number
Speaker 1: two receiver for the Giants. Opposing defenses will focus on
Speaker 1: Sterling Shepherd and Evan Ingram most likely. I'm gonna throw
Speaker 1: in a bonus Week thirteen matchup at Oakland, one of
Speaker 1: the sorry secondaries in the NFL. But in Week fourteen
Speaker 1: it goes Dallas Philly than at Arizona. Uh Patrick Peterson
Speaker 1: will certainly be on Sterling Shepherd in that Arizona matchup.
Speaker 1: So I let's go to Varus King because he is
Speaker 1: the second wide receiver on that team. Okay, I've got
Speaker 1: Mark Tavis Bryant because he's been just dropped outright in
Speaker 1: a lot of different places. And I didn't check the
Speaker 1: ownership percentage on you sprung this ownership per edge on
Speaker 1: me like late in this five tough questions things. So
Speaker 1: I got Martevis Bryant. He gets Baltimore, New England, and
Speaker 1: Houston in the last three weeks, New England and Houston
Speaker 1: are super plus matchups for for the Steelers, and frankly Martevis,
Speaker 1: Bryant's gotta get his head together and gotta get back
Speaker 1: in good graces with the Steelers coaching staff because this
Speaker 1: is really his maybe last shot in the league. He's
Speaker 1: already been suspended for a full season. He's got to
Speaker 1: get back in good graces so he can go into
Speaker 1: the playoffs and and be a difference maker for the Steelers.
Speaker 1: Correct answer is markis Goodwin owned and only forty three
Speaker 1: percent of leagues he will be. Now if if part
Speaker 1: of Brian's rationality he liked the number two receiver that
Speaker 1: you can go get, how about a number one receiver
Speaker 1: for a team. Now, granted it's not a good offense,
Speaker 1: but by the time the fantasy playoffs roll around, who's
Speaker 1: his quarterback going to be? Jimmy Garoppolo. That will be
Speaker 1: a massive upgrade quarterback. The first two weeks of the
Speaker 1: playoffs are delicious, Houston ranking twenty and passing yards allowed
Speaker 1: to receivers in passing touchdowns allowed to receivers. Tennessee is
Speaker 1: the week after that. No team has allowed more wide
Speaker 1: receivers scores than the Tennessee Titans. For those first two weeks,
Speaker 1: Marquis Goodwin genuinely startable and you watched they'll be he'll
Speaker 1: be take a chance on me guy. In those weeks.
Speaker 1: His nickname is Marquise to the Castle, by the Way
Speaker 1: to the Castle. It was also a premature speculation of
Speaker 1: mine a few weeks before Davante Booker, should Fantasy owners
Speaker 1: drop James White? Matt So in the last three weeks,
Speaker 1: his touch counts have gone from nine to seven to five.
Speaker 1: His snap percentage has gone from thirty one to twenty
Speaker 1: three to sixteen. That's all since Rex Burkhead came back.
Speaker 1: Rex Burkhead took over that job. And really, if you're
Speaker 1: playing fantasy, it's best not to have Patriots running backs
Speaker 1: and try to deal with that scenario Tony given time. So, yeah,
Speaker 1: I think you can dropped James White. Okay, that's where
Speaker 1: I was leaning. But well, obviously non PPR leagues, you
Speaker 1: can drop James Waite. He's totally worthless there. But in
Speaker 1: PPR I'm holding he's always always The overarching always assumption
Speaker 1: for the show is half point PPR. So every listener
Speaker 1: knows that, well, you should, but time clarifying every now
Speaker 1: and again we do that, okay, Anyway, he is a
Speaker 1: lot for four to five catches the game. Still, I
Speaker 1: think even with burke Head back in the mix, White
Speaker 1: is second among running backs and red zone targets, and
Speaker 1: over the last four weeks, Waite has seen more than
Speaker 1: of New England's red zone targets. That is a healthy share.
Speaker 1: So that's something I can't give up. I'm not saying
Speaker 1: you have to start him every week, but I am
Speaker 1: still holding onto James Waite. Correct answer is we're gonna
Speaker 1: kick him to the curb. He has scored in two
Speaker 1: of the last three weeks, but James White touchdowns are,
Speaker 1: let's face it, very flukey. And to Matt's point, he's
Speaker 1: down to five and a half touches per game over
Speaker 1: the last two weeks. Find you just can't be fantasy
Speaker 1: relevant on five and a half touches per aime Lewis
Speaker 1: is a better runner. Burkeheads a better runner for sure,
Speaker 1: um and the schedule only as one opponent in the
Speaker 1: bottom third. I went back. I went looked at the
Speaker 1: entire rest of the New England Patriots schedule against running
Speaker 1: backs through the air, and they only have one compelling
Speaker 1: matchup left this season For the rest of the way,
Speaker 1: and it's Oakland and it's Sunday. So if you don't
Speaker 1: play him here at Oakland, you're never gonna start. James
Speaker 1: White cue the Mariatchi music. Yeah, we should have exactly,
Speaker 1: We just referenced it. Yes, so we will drop James.
Speaker 1: Watch Hot question number five, which is the real Leonard Fournette,
Speaker 1: the consistent workhorse we saw in the first portion of
Speaker 1: the season or the flaky, injured and suspended version we've
Speaker 1: seen in the last month. Brian, Uh, I don't know
Speaker 1: if you recall about five or six weeks ago, you
Speaker 1: asked a hot question about Leo Fournette if you could
Speaker 1: sustain his ridiculous touchdown pre game pace. Back then, I
Speaker 1: was a little worried about his durability and I said no,
Speaker 1: because at that point in the season he was on
Speaker 1: pace for three plus carries. In his last year at
Speaker 1: l s U, we only had a hundred and twenty
Speaker 1: nine carries, So I was worried he you would hit
Speaker 1: the wall. He kind of has injury wise, with this
Speaker 1: ankle issue that won't go away, and now he appears
Speaker 1: to be a bit of a knucklehead breaking all these
Speaker 1: team rules. So right now, the real Leonard Fournett is
Speaker 1: the injured flakey version. I don't hopefully he's not that
Speaker 1: in the long term, but right now, people who just
Speaker 1: care about this year, so I will say injured slash flakey. Okay, yeah,
Speaker 1: Brian hit all of my salient points there. It just
Speaker 1: looks bad because of how Foreignet is already on the
Speaker 1: injury report again this week. I don't want to deal
Speaker 1: with it right now. Letting Fournet has been a workhorse
Speaker 1: back throughout his time at l s U. He's a
Speaker 1: free kish talent. We've already seen it. He's a three
Speaker 1: down back. We've seen that high first round pick. Those
Speaker 1: guys get every benefit of the doubt to stay on
Speaker 1: the field even when they do dumb stuff. He's a
Speaker 1: young kid who will probably not make the same mistakes
Speaker 1: that he's making now, in part because he's getting the
Speaker 1: discipline that he deserves. He is. He's in the middle
Speaker 1: of an utterly Monday an ankle injury that we will
Speaker 1: never remember. In a couple of weeks, he will be
Speaker 1: a top five ranked running back in everybody's preseason rankings
Speaker 1: next year, and we will never remember this bump in
Speaker 1: the road. Bonus question the rare six hot question from
Speaker 1: email or Tony who wants to know Tar tar Nowski?
Speaker 1: Who wants to know where is in the zone? Because
Speaker 1: this show sucks. Mattuh Gophers having a eleven AM start today,
Speaker 1: which means we go early, change the station, bro Bills
Speaker 1: take on the Chargers. Bills take out the Chargers. Matt
Speaker 1: and for the Bills, Leshawn McCoy. Awesome games, terrible games.
Speaker 1: You don't always know when they're coming. But this is
Speaker 1: a Charger's run defense that's been pretty bad for most
Speaker 1: of the year. What do you think about Lashawn McCoy
Speaker 1: this week? So I gave him a B grade. He's
Speaker 1: one of just five players averaging at least twenty two
Speaker 1: touches per game. Unfortunately, he's only averaging two points sven
Speaker 1: yards per carry on the road, and the Charger defense
Speaker 1: has allowed just one rushing touchdown and one one yard
Speaker 1: rusher in the last five weeks. And a lot of
Speaker 1: that coincides with Denzel Perriman, who came back from I R.
Speaker 1: He's a good run stuffer. Uh. The Chargers held the
Speaker 1: Jaguars running backs to twenty one carries for forty five
Speaker 1: yards when you exclude Corey Grant's fifty two yard fake
Speaker 1: punt gain. So it was it was it was two
Speaker 1: yards per carry last week. So uh, that's why he
Speaker 1: gets knocked down to a B. The the load of
Speaker 1: carries is still going to be there though. The passing game,
Speaker 1: on the other hand, Uh, everything changed because Nathan Peterman
Speaker 1: is now the starter. He and the rest of the
Speaker 1: passing game, including Calvin Benjamin, Jordan Matthews, and Charles Clay
Speaker 1: are on the bench. The Chargers have the number six
Speaker 1: d v O A pass rated defense and they ranked
Speaker 1: second in the NFL and sacks with twenty nine. Peterman
Speaker 1: is going to be under durest this whole game. Calvin
Speaker 1: Benjamin also has to deal with Casey Hayward. Chargers defense
Speaker 1: has only allowed opposing receivers to score one touchdown in
Speaker 1: their last three games, and they've only allowed one touchdown
Speaker 1: to opposing tight ends all year, yet to allow a
Speaker 1: hundred yards of the position. So Clays on the bench too.
Speaker 1: Over on the San Diego it's not San Diego anymore,
Speaker 1: it's Los Angeles the Chargers side. Uh, Melvin Gordon's getting
Speaker 1: an a. New Orleans has twenty four straight second half.
Speaker 1: New Orleans last week had twenty four straight second half
Speaker 1: rush running plans. They scored six touchdowns on the ground
Speaker 1: against the Bills last week, and I mentioned a lot
Speaker 1: of the Marcel Darius stats when I when I talked
Speaker 1: about Austin Eckler, who might take a chance on me runner.
Speaker 1: That's why Melvin Gordon's getting in a There's enough to
Speaker 1: go around here. The passing game, however, it's not as
Speaker 1: easy Philip Rivers is getting to see. The Bills have
Speaker 1: only allowed one multiple touchdown game, and the rush defense
Speaker 1: is just so bad that nobody's throwing on them at all.
Speaker 1: Cam Newton, Derek Carr, and Drew Brees combined for one
Speaker 1: touchdown pass against the Bills. They don't need to They
Speaker 1: don't need to throw. That's why Keenan Allen's only getting
Speaker 1: a c He's had with just one fifty yard showing
Speaker 1: in the last four weeks. Hasn't scored a touchdown since
Speaker 1: Week one. The Bills have allowed just four receiving touchdowns
Speaker 1: all year, but they've given up a couple of big
Speaker 1: games to wide receivers A J. Green, Michael Thomas, de
Speaker 1: Marius Thomas, and Mike Evans all had great games. That's
Speaker 1: why Allen's frankly not on the bench right here, and
Speaker 1: he's still getting a C. Hunter Henry is on the
Speaker 1: bench though. Two targets in consecutive games so frustrating, and
Speaker 1: the matchups just not there. So Hunter Henry's on the bench.
Speaker 1: It's so hard to know when the Hunter Henry good
Speaker 1: game is coming, very difficult to decide for that fucking
Speaker 1: Here's take on the Dolphins, Brian I I had Ryan Fitzpatrick,
Speaker 1: Stu Beard has might take a chance and the quarterback
Speaker 1: he gets Mike Evans back. What do you think of
Speaker 1: their elements of the passing game here? Like DeShawn Jackson, Yeah,
Speaker 1: Evans will give him an easy he's pretty angry too,
Speaker 1: so I kind of like that factor. Deshaun Jackson, though,
Speaker 1: still is a boomer bus candidate. Give him a C
Speaker 1: grade with a potential though, that's boomer bust right there right.
Speaker 1: Miamis allowed seven wide receiver touch hounds in their last
Speaker 1: five games. Hey, if Johnny Holton and Marvin Hall can
Speaker 1: score on Miami, why not Deshan jockson Johnson Jackson? Uh,
Speaker 1: can you guess what teams Johnny Holton and Marvin Hall
Speaker 1: play for by the way, no question seven Oakland in Atlanta.
Speaker 1: There you go. We all learned something today. Ms Jockson
Speaker 1: already miss Jockson Cameron break and give him a c
Speaker 1: to uh just one catch in each of his last
Speaker 1: few games. But my Miami has allowed these second most
Speaker 1: catches and tenth most yards to tight ends. I cannot
Speaker 1: talk today. And Matt you did you did? Didn't you
Speaker 1: have some great great stat last week? When McCown throws
Speaker 1: the tight ends, he's like better than Uncle Rico throwing
Speaker 1: that football over the mountain. It was it was Fitzpatrick
Speaker 1: throwing too tight ends. He had just this insane look.
Speaker 1: Uh hopefully propefully does that break and charges take a
Speaker 1: chance on the quarterback. Was Fitzpatrick, as he said, I'll
Speaker 1: give over the running game. Give Doug Martin to be
Speaker 1: averaging a solid fifteen and a half carries per game.
Speaker 1: Not posting great numbers, but that's kind of auto start
Speaker 1: volume for me. Muscle hamster has gone catchless and each
Speaker 1: of the last two games he's been a bad Hamster
Speaker 1: in that regard. But the good news is at Miami's
Speaker 1: bottom ten in rushing yards allowed and has given up
Speaker 1: the third most rushing touchdown, so Martin is startable over
Speaker 1: to Miami chart. You're gonna hate this, but I'm giving
Speaker 1: Jarvis Landry and a plus in PPR and an A
Speaker 1: minus and standard a lot. Now this is justified. You
Speaker 1: can't go the plus and minus park in PPR. You
Speaker 1: can't because Landry, aside from Antonio Brown, already played this week,
Speaker 1: so he has an extra game. And actually Andry has
Speaker 1: two less games in Brown. But Landry's first and catches
Speaker 1: among wide receivers thirty third in yards. That's hard to
Speaker 1: think about, and you should see the players above him.
Speaker 1: It's pretty ugly, but he has touchdowns in five of
Speaker 1: six and uh five of his last six, and Tampa
Speaker 1: is just getting shredded by wide receivers. That's why I'm
Speaker 1: also giving Davante Parker and a The Bucks have surrendered
Speaker 1: at least one wide received wide receiver touchdown in seven
Speaker 1: of nine games. And Parker is very consistent when healthy,
Speaker 1: as he pretty much is right now and has a
Speaker 1: very high ceiling. Kenny Stills, I didn't give him a
Speaker 1: CEE basically a bonus take a chance on me player
Speaker 1: averaging nearly eight targets per game over the last four
Speaker 1: has at least five catches and sixty five yards and
Speaker 1: three of those four games, and there have been six
Speaker 1: secondary outside wide receivers who have at least ninety five
Speaker 1: yards or score a touchdown against Tampa Bay this year.
Speaker 1: So Stills is startable. Julius Thomas, she's just barely out
Speaker 1: of ce territory for me. Has scored in back to
Speaker 1: back weeks, but just two catches last week. Opposing tight
Speaker 1: ends are averaging less than four catches and forty five
Speaker 1: yards per game against the Bucks, so I have Thomas
Speaker 1: on the bench. Jay Cutler is startable, though he gets
Speaker 1: a C. Does certainly as be potential in this matchup,
Speaker 1: averaging two plus touchdowns over his last four starts. Tampa
Speaker 1: Bay has given up at least two hundred sixty passing
Speaker 1: yards and one touchdown in eight of nine games this year.
Speaker 1: That's probably a safe floor for Cutler and Damian Williams.
Speaker 1: I will give a C because he's technically of the starter.
Speaker 1: Has seen ten plus touches and two games post j
Speaker 1: j I E, but has been far less productive than
Speaker 1: Kenyan Drake. You're take a chance to be running back charge.
Speaker 1: I agree, he is much better play all right. When
Speaker 1: we come back, we'll continue with our matchups, including Redskins
Speaker 1: at the Saints. Any of you picked up Soma J.
Speaker 1: P Ryan, will you start him right off the back
Speaker 1: this week? We'll tell you when we come back. Your
Speaker 1: distinct of Fantasy Football Weekly on the Fan, Welcome back
Speaker 1: to the show is Fantasy Football Weekly on the Fan.
Speaker 1: They get a segment filled with matchups coming right now,
Speaker 1: but next segment premature Speculation and Lightning Round with a
Speaker 1: special a special dedication in Lightning Round, Let's jump into
Speaker 1: the matchups, beginning with Redskins taking on the Saints. Start
Speaker 1: with the Redskin side in the running game, Chris Thompson
Speaker 1: to be here. He will get a few more carries
Speaker 1: with Rob Kelly now and I are, but the bulk
Speaker 1: of his value will still come through the air like always.
Speaker 1: Thompson averaging five receptions and the Saints owned bottom ten
Speaker 1: rankings in completions, receptions and receiving yards to running backs
Speaker 1: Kirkhuz Kirkhovs Cousins averaging thirty eight pass attempts in the
Speaker 1: last five weeks, and the Saints should stick with the
Speaker 1: pass as they try to keep pace with the Saints.
Speaker 1: So I like Thompson here. Staying with the running game,
Speaker 1: what about Somer g p Ride. Many people were scrambling
Speaker 1: to the waiver wire to go get him this week.
Speaker 1: Only a C start here though, Yeah, he will get
Speaker 1: the majority of the carries with Rob Kelly on I
Speaker 1: R last week average four yards per carry against Minnesota,
Speaker 1: which doesn't sound good, But the Vikings only give up
Speaker 1: three point four yards per carry, so we actually outperformed
Speaker 1: what most runners do against the Vikings. Um. I can
Speaker 1: see Washington just giving up on running the ball game.
Speaker 1: Flow is definitely working against Perryn for sure in this one,
Speaker 1: and and I alluded to that earlier with the Cousins
Speaker 1: thirty eight pass attempts. Now, the Saints shut down La
Speaker 1: Shawn McCoy last week. They shut down Doug Martin the
Speaker 1: week before that. Prior to that, they were gouged though
Speaker 1: by Jordan Howard and Aaron Jones, straight ahead power runners
Speaker 1: like Parne. So maybe maybe there's an angle here, but
Speaker 1: only a C grade and you're hoping for a touchdown
Speaker 1: out of paren Let's go to the passing game. Kirk
Speaker 1: Cousins only a see. I do think he throws a
Speaker 1: lot here. Um, but Washington's Saints. The Saints have a
Speaker 1: really good past defense, their number one over during their
Speaker 1: seven game winning streak, They've got the number one ranked
Speaker 1: past defense, only giving up one hundred sixties seven passing
Speaker 1: yards per game. That's it. But they haven't played anybody
Speaker 1: that Matthew Stafford was the only one they played that
Speaker 1: was any good, zero or one touchdown passes in six
Speaker 1: of the seven games that they have played during the
Speaker 1: seven game winning streaks. So I Scott say Cousins with
Speaker 1: the sea here and part of it, because you know,
Speaker 1: try to find whose great target is. I mean, who's
Speaker 1: the target that's gonna blow up with the big game.
Speaker 1: I told you I like Chris Thompson through the air,
Speaker 1: but I don't know that he's going to be explosive.
Speaker 1: Jamison Crowder maybe over the past two weeks he's averaged
Speaker 1: eight catches in one yards per game, but over the
Speaker 1: past five games, New Orleans owns top five rankings and catches, targets,
Speaker 1: receiving yards, and touchdowns allowed to opposing whiteouts. Crowder does
Speaker 1: draw the easiest cornerback matchup though, slock eyed P. J. Williams,
Speaker 1: and so he gets a startable grade here. Uh. Jordan
Speaker 1: reads out. But Vernon Davis is on the bench anyway.
Speaker 1: Because the Saints have yielded the fewest catches and receiving
Speaker 1: yards to opposing tight ends among all teams this season,
Speaker 1: he's out. Josh Dockson's volume remains too low. We can't
Speaker 1: trust him either, and he probably hooks up with Rookie
Speaker 1: of the Year candidate Marshawn Lattimore. Pro Football focuses highest
Speaker 1: rated cornerback, so a bench grade for Josh Dockson as well.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the New Orleans side. Uh, Mark Ingram
Speaker 1: has become a guy that we can just now say
Speaker 1: obvious a start and move on to because he's become
Speaker 1: that good in that bankable. Alvin Kamara meanwhile, leads the
Speaker 1: NFL and yards per carry at six and a half
Speaker 1: and a ppr juggernaut averaging six receptions for fifty yards
Speaker 1: through the air since week number three. We're getting close
Speaker 1: to giving him an obviously, he is getting close, right,
Speaker 1: So the six catches for fifty yards, you're getting ted
Speaker 1: gain for free with Alvin Camara's receiving yards, and then
Speaker 1: all those rushing yards is on top of that. At
Speaker 1: by the way, six and a half yards per carry
Speaker 1: for Kimara. This one stat from the rb Scout on
Speaker 1: Twitter of Alvin Kamara's touches the resulting a gain of
Speaker 1: ten or more yards. It's ridiculous. He's so good, it
Speaker 1: really is. He faces a Washington defense that's allowed the
Speaker 1: fourth most running back receptions and the sixth most running
Speaker 1: back yards through the air. So an a grade for
Speaker 1: Camara as well a grade. And as we turn to
Speaker 1: the passing game for Michael Thomas, he runs uh less
Speaker 1: than his routes from the right hand side. That means
Speaker 1: he's mostly gonna avoid Josh Norman, and that's the key
Speaker 1: anytime you can avoid Norman. And really, actually the Vikings
Speaker 1: went at Norman and had plenty of success, but avoiding
Speaker 1: him makes it even easier. He's mostly going to see
Speaker 1: but Shot Brelan Profo Ball focuses one ranked cornerback. Over
Speaker 1: the past five weeks, no team has allowed more wide
Speaker 1: receiver touchdowns than the Redskins have. Thomas a grade. Ted
Speaker 1: Gin gets a C grade. He lines up on the um.
Speaker 1: He lines up on the side for Josh Norman, so
Speaker 1: I think he's got a much tougher draw here, but
Speaker 1: they've started shifting him into the slot, and that means
Speaker 1: he could draw Kendall Fuller affair amount and Fuller just
Speaker 1: got roasted by Adam Feeling, who is a a speed
Speaker 1: guy of sorts as well a quickness guy, and so
Speaker 1: Gain could have some success from the slot that way.
Speaker 1: Drew Breese gets a B grade thanks the league's best
Speaker 1: rushing attack. Drew Brees languishing in terms of passing attempts.
Speaker 1: To get this guy's over the last three games, He's
Speaker 1: thrown and twenty five passes, and I was thinking to myself, man,
Speaker 1: that's crazy low output for Drew Brees. So I went
Speaker 1: back through his all of his career game logs. It's
Speaker 1: been thirteen years since he went three games without topping
Speaker 1: twenty eight pass attempts. A what a guess per Due, Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: well I had to go to two thousand five. It's
Speaker 1: been that long, and that will probably be the case
Speaker 1: here as well. As we continue to love uh Ingram
Speaker 1: and camera. All right, let's move on to our next matchup,
Speaker 1: and that is Baltimore taking on the Green Bay. Bob
Speaker 1: Baltimore is gonna win this game. By the way, This
Speaker 1: is going Baltimore defense. Very unexciting game for reality fantasy.
Speaker 1: Let's start here. I want to hear your thoughts on
Speaker 1: Danny Woodhead week number one of availability. By the way,
Speaker 1: they're expected to activate him today, so technically he hasn't
Speaker 1: even been activated, but we'll find out. So it's your
Speaker 1: last chance at a premature speculation of Danny Woodhead. Uh.
Speaker 1: He's going to return. Terence West is also going to return.
Speaker 1: We still have Buck Allen, and we still have Alex Collins.
Speaker 1: This backfield is just muddy. I don't want any part
Speaker 1: of it. This week, the Packers have actually allowed the
Speaker 1: ninth fewest receiving yards to opposing running backs. So I
Speaker 1: have Wouldhead, Allen, and West on the bench. I'm giving
Speaker 1: Alex Collins just a tepid ce. Uh. West looks like
Speaker 1: he's returning. Collins averages two yards more per carry than
Speaker 1: West does, and six backs have gone over a hundred
Speaker 1: yards or scored a touchdown against the Packers this season.
Speaker 1: Joe Flacco, I'm giving a C minus minus minus. Uh.
Speaker 1: He hasn't passed for two D seventy yards all year.
Speaker 1: He only hit the two touchdown mark once, but his
Speaker 1: top two receivers, Mike Wallace and Jeremy Macklin are both
Speaker 1: going to be healthy and on the field at the
Speaker 1: same time. And prior to the gimme last week at Chicago,
Speaker 1: green Bay's defense had allowed an average of three nine
Speaker 1: passing yards over the last three games. Charch already talked
Speaker 1: about how he liked Mike Wallace. As they take a
Speaker 1: chance on a wide receiver, I go. I gave Jeremy
Speaker 1: Maclin a C as well. Maclin's shoulder is as healthy
Speaker 1: as it's been since the beginning of the year, and
Speaker 1: the two games prior to the bye, he scored in
Speaker 1: one and hit ninety eight yards and the other. The
Speaker 1: past defense for green Bay's bad. They've allowed the fourth
Speaker 1: most receptions and six most yards to wide receivers and
Speaker 1: slot corner to Marius Randall should be facing Macklin. He's
Speaker 1: Pro football focuses one covers grade among hundred and sixteen cornerbacks.
Speaker 1: So Macklin gets a CE, maybe even a b um.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Packers side where Jamal Williams I'm
Speaker 1: giving him a C grade. Aaron Jones is out. It
Speaker 1: looks like Ty Montgomery is trending that way as well.
Speaker 1: But the Ravens run defense is really good. And they've
Speaker 1: been dominating us since Brandon Williams returned to defensive tackle.
Speaker 1: In two games prior to the by, Baltimore allowed forty
Speaker 1: five rushing yards and forty five rushing yards to the
Speaker 1: Dolphins and Titans running backs combine. But Jamal Williams is
Speaker 1: going to get all the work because there's just nobody else,
Speaker 1: So uh, he gets a C grade. Brett Hunley is
Speaker 1: on the bench. Though the Ravens have held seven of
Speaker 1: nine quarterbacks they faced to one touchdown or less and
Speaker 1: seven of nine to twenty passing yards are less. Brett
Speaker 1: Huntley has got a growing injury that he's been kind
Speaker 1: of limping through this week as well, and Baltimore has
Speaker 1: more interceptions thirteen than touchdowns allowed this year. That kind
Speaker 1: of works into Brett Hunley's game right there. That does.
Speaker 1: That's perfect. Uh. Davante Adams is the only receiver I
Speaker 1: can give a C grade seed I wouldn't start anybody else.
Speaker 1: He faces Jimmy Smith, who doesn't leave the right size.
Speaker 1: Adams plays roughly half of his snaps from that position,
Speaker 1: but he has thirty three targets to Jordy's twenty four
Speaker 1: from Hunley this season. That's why Jordy's on the bench.
Speaker 1: His average game without Aaron Rodgers two point six catches
Speaker 1: and twenty two yards. You no touchdowns? Gross? That is gross.
Speaker 1: We'll take a break when we come back. Falcons take
Speaker 1: on the Seahawks in a game in which the Seahawks
Speaker 1: are gonna be very, very shorthanded offensively and defensively. We'll
Speaker 1: talk about that matchup plus lightning round in premature speculation
Speaker 1: when we return Distinct Fantasy Football Weekly on the Fan
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly. We're gonna dive right into the matchups
Speaker 1: because we are behind time right now. Falcons take on
Speaker 1: the Seahawks. Brian the Seahawks deeply shorthanded on defense. Cam
Speaker 1: Chancellor just went on, I are. Richard Sherman on I
Speaker 1: are and what I mean? I'm just went on I
Speaker 1: are like an hour ago. Luke Joke Will not expected
Speaker 1: to go from their offensive line. Dwayne Brown not expected
Speaker 1: to go from their offensive line. Seattle comes into this
Speaker 1: game deeply shorthanded. I like a lot of Falcons. What
Speaker 1: do you how about you? Yeah, you gotta like the
Speaker 1: Falcons pass game. Uh. They actually thrived last year with
Speaker 1: a healthy Seattle secondary when they played in Seattle. I'll
Speaker 1: start with Matt Ryan. He had three thirty five yards
Speaker 1: and three touchdowns in that meeting last year. Seattle secondary
Speaker 1: is obviously ailing. As you just mentioned. Ryan has thrown
Speaker 1: for multiple scores and three straight games. Also been very
Speaker 1: good on the road, averaging two eighty seven passing yards
Speaker 1: and throwing for two touchdowns and every away game this year.
Speaker 1: So I had him as a BE but I'm bumping
Speaker 1: up to an A with this leacred secondary even though safe.
Speaker 1: You're earl Thomas might make his return, but he's not
Speaker 1: at a hundred percent if he does by any means um.
Speaker 1: So yeah, Julio Jones, who I had as a b U.
Speaker 1: He had a good game last year in this matchup,
Speaker 1: seven catches for a hundred three nine yards in a touchdown,
Speaker 1: and if you recall, he was jobbed on a non
Speaker 1: pass interference call late in the game that cost him
Speaker 1: to win where he had Sherman beat for another big game,
Speaker 1: So he was pushing two hundred yards in that game.
Speaker 1: So I'm bumping him up from a B D and
Speaker 1: A now now with this banged up secondary, So you're
Speaker 1: obviously starting Julio. You can start Muhammed Sanu as well,
Speaker 1: UH and giving him a C. Sanno runs mainly from
Speaker 1: the slot, which should put him in justin Coleman's territory.
Speaker 1: He was plus and coverage. But without Sherman they might
Speaker 1: kick Coleman to the outside now, so who knows? Who
Speaker 1: knows how that secondary is gonna shake up? So Snow
Speaker 1: is startable with the C grade. UH, so is Austin Hooper. Uh.
Speaker 1: Seattle has allowed four the last five tight ends they
Speaker 1: faced to catch at least four passes and and hit
Speaker 1: sixty yards. So I like Hooper in this matchup too.
Speaker 1: And you gotta like Tepn Coleman with no Davante Freeman
Speaker 1: who's at with a concussion, and give Coleman a B.
Speaker 1: He's in for an expanded role here. It is a
Speaker 1: tough matchup. The Seahawks are allowing just one d one
Speaker 1: rushing yards per game and have allowed the second fewest
Speaker 1: receptions to run backs, but they have allowed eight total
Speaker 1: touchdowns to the position, including five in the past three games.
Speaker 1: So Coleman is a pretty solid start over to the Seattle.
Speaker 1: You mentioned the woes on the offensive line. That's causing
Speaker 1: me to to bump a few of these guys down.
Speaker 1: I had Russell Wilson as an A. I'm gonna put
Speaker 1: him down to a B. And that caller who I
Speaker 1: told told to start Wilson over car I'm kind of
Speaker 1: flip flopping there with this old line revelation. So yeah,
Speaker 1: it's bad. And other than Aaron Rodgers, no quarterback has
Speaker 1: topped two and sixty five yards against Atlanta or two
Speaker 1: total touchdowns. They have given up good numbers on the ground.
Speaker 1: Two guys like Cam Newton and Dak Prescott both scored.
Speaker 1: So Wilson's definitely startable, but he's gonna be running for
Speaker 1: his life in this one. Um, Doug Baldwin, he did
Speaker 1: not have a good game when these teams met last year.
Speaker 1: I'm gonnave him just to be he's a borderline. See
Speaker 1: Atlanta has allowed just one one dred yard game to
Speaker 1: wider a wide receiver, and uh only one wide receiver
Speaker 1: as scored multiple touchdowns against against them. This year, Baldwin
Speaker 1: will see a heavy dose of Brian Pool though, who
Speaker 1: is the second who allows the second highest catch percentage
Speaker 1: among quarterbacks per Pro Football Focus. So you're still starting him.
Speaker 1: I'm Benjing, Tyler Lockett, and Paul Richardson, though, uh, Jimmy Graham,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give him a C. I had him as
Speaker 1: a B. But he might be doing a lot of
Speaker 1: blocking in this game. That's the worry. Six touchdowns in
Speaker 1: his last five games, though multiple touchdowns in two of
Speaker 1: his last three. Gotta start him. But he's going to
Speaker 1: be in line for some old line duty in this one, unfortunately.
Speaker 1: And Thomas Rawls I have on the bench with this
Speaker 1: this banged up old line. Only one carry in the
Speaker 1: second half last last week, so he is certainly on
Speaker 1: the decline. I don't think he was ever on the
Speaker 1: incline this season, so that is why J. D. McKissick
Speaker 1: was might take a chance on me running back. He
Speaker 1: should get a lot done through the air, and he
Speaker 1: was basically the featured back last week in the second half.
Speaker 1: Injuries play a big factor in the Eagles at Cowboys
Speaker 1: as well, because Dak Prescott once again will be without
Speaker 1: his left tackle, Tyron Smith. Prescott sacked eight times last
Speaker 1: week without him there six from that side, and Smith
Speaker 1: is gonna miss another game, and that means Eagles defense.
Speaker 1: Event Vinny Curry gets to just tee off on him,
Speaker 1: and Curry is way better. Uh than was it Clayborn? Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's Claiborne who notch the the six sacks last week.
Speaker 1: So Curry Currier ranks sixteenth the month defensive ends by
Speaker 1: Profo Ball Focus. So I'm nervous about Dak. He's all
Speaker 1: the way down to a C grade here because of
Speaker 1: this matter and seeing how it all worked out last week.
Speaker 1: After a shaky start to the season, the Eagles secondary
Speaker 1: has improved dramatically over the last month, the Eagles giving
Speaker 1: up two nine passing yards and barely one touchdown pass
Speaker 1: per game. So Dad's just a C grade here. Dez
Speaker 1: Bryant just a C grade as well. He hasn't top
Speaker 1: fifty yards in three games, and I worry about Dak
Speaker 1: having enough time in the pocket to find downfield. The
Speaker 1: good news, you're your glimmer hope for Dez Brian is
Speaker 1: that big bodied receivers have tended to do the best
Speaker 1: against Philadelphia, and obviously Dez is a big, physical receiver.
Speaker 1: Jason Witten just to see here as well. Um a
Speaker 1: little bit like Jimmy Graham worried he's gonna have to
Speaker 1: spend a lot of time blocking unfortunately, and that may
Speaker 1: be the case for Jason Witten as well. We're gonna
Speaker 1: keep the whole running game on the bench, though. Alfred
Speaker 1: Morris difficult task this week. He goes up against the
Speaker 1: number one ranked run defense in the NFL, Philadelphia, giving
Speaker 1: up just sixties six rushing yards per game and an
Speaker 1: NFL low twenty nine first downs on the ground. Morris
Speaker 1: is also going to be on the wrong side of
Speaker 1: a game script in which probably the Eagles get ahead
Speaker 1: in this game and then the they need to throw,
Speaker 1: and alf doesn't catch passes, and so I don't think
Speaker 1: that works in his favor either. So let's keep him
Speaker 1: on the bench. Now. If they're gonna throw a lot
Speaker 1: of passes, potentially to running backs Rod Smith, maybe we
Speaker 1: know that his deal is going to be your change
Speaker 1: of pace back, you're passing down back. But I just
Speaker 1: don't know he gets he cobbles together enough work here
Speaker 1: to make him a reliable starter. So I've got him
Speaker 1: on the bench as well. Now let's talk about the
Speaker 1: Eagle side. Carson Wentz obvious a start, we don't even
Speaker 1: need to elaborate. Same with Zach Ertz, who has been
Speaker 1: an ELEAD Fantasy tight end all year long, and a
Speaker 1: nice matchup here, let's spend more time on all Sean Jeffrey,
Speaker 1: who was nursing an ankle injury but should play. But
Speaker 1: let's note the risk here that he really is a
Speaker 1: game time decision for all Sean Jeffrey. Um, he's been
Speaker 1: read out of late. But Dallas secondary has only a
Speaker 1: lot two receivers the top eighty yards all year, and
Speaker 1: Jefferies scored a touchdown two of his last three meetings
Speaker 1: with the Cowboys, so would be great for him. Nelson Aguilar,
Speaker 1: you may remember that five seconds ago I said that
Speaker 1: only two receivers of top to eighty yards against the Cowboys.
Speaker 1: Both of those receivers ran from the slot. And that's
Speaker 1: why I still like Nelson Algar. In this game, I
Speaker 1: thought you can say both were Nelson No, not actually yes,
Speaker 1: although it could have been. He goes up against Orlando Scander,
Speaker 1: who ranks his quarterback sixty three by Pro Football Focus
Speaker 1: ce grad and al All right, now, the backfield, and
Speaker 1: we touched on this last week during their bye week.
Speaker 1: This thing is always going to be confounding between a
Speaker 1: giant and Blunt and Clement and to a lesser extent
Speaker 1: um what smallwood, thank you, Dallas has been a good
Speaker 1: run defense. Remember they just held Kareem Hunt to thirty
Speaker 1: seven rushing yards two weeks ago, but now they're without
Speaker 1: Shawn Lee, and without him last week they let the
Speaker 1: Falcons are all hundred seventeen rushing yards. Sean No Sean Lee,
Speaker 1: No Sean Lee. I like that Blunt and a Giant
Speaker 1: likely to share carries almost evenly. But Clement got the
Speaker 1: most carries two weeks ago, so I think probably two
Speaker 1: out of the three get paid in some fashion here
Speaker 1: between a Giant, Blunt and Clement, and good luck figuring
Speaker 1: out which one is because I don't think I don't
Speaker 1: even know that the Eagles could tell you who it's
Speaker 1: going to be right now. Um, I got C grades
Speaker 1: on them all because I think they're gonna split carries
Speaker 1: almost three ways, and that's gonna mean something in the
Speaker 1: ballpark of eight nine ten touches, eight nine ten touches,
Speaker 1: eight nine ten touches, hopefully a couple of them turn
Speaker 1: into touchdowns. I'm calling fifteen carries for a giant. I
Speaker 1: know you love you love that bit. I'm not as
Speaker 1: confident that a Giant is just going to turn into
Speaker 1: a workhorse as others are Bengals take on the Broncos.
Speaker 1: That will be our final matchup of this of the show.
Speaker 1: Let's see if we can zip through this one quickly.
Speaker 1: Matt Yeah, Andy Dalton was might take a chance on
Speaker 1: the quarterback. He gets a C grade. A J. Green.
Speaker 1: I'm giving a B too knock down from an A.
Speaker 1: A usual A for a J. Green because he's going
Speaker 1: up against Key to Leave and Chris Harris both rank
Speaker 1: them on the top fifteen corners in the league by
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus. But there's a lot of touchdown potential
Speaker 1: there because the Broncos are giving up touchdowns to the
Speaker 1: wide receiver position. So like a J. Green in the
Speaker 1: red zone. Tyler Craft, I'm gonna give a C grade
Speaker 1: to the Broncos. Past defense ranks bottom three and catches, targets,
Speaker 1: receiving yards and touchdowns allowed to tight ends. They're almost
Speaker 1: like the Giants West right now to tight ends league
Speaker 1: high seven forty six yards to the position. So that's
Speaker 1: a lot. That is a lot. Joe Mixing, he's getting
Speaker 1: a C grade, scoring two straight, but Mixing has total
Speaker 1: seventy yards from scrimmage only twice this year. Denver's run
Speaker 1: defense had a great start to the season, but over
Speaker 1: the last three weeks they're giving up four yards per carry.
Speaker 1: They've also given up four running back touchdowns in that span.
Speaker 1: So mixing gets the Sea Broncos side running game on
Speaker 1: the bench Anderson and Booker. Anderson barely seeing over ten
Speaker 1: carries per game in his last five outings and uh
Speaker 1: the split on the snaps last week was thirty eight
Speaker 1: percent for c J thirty eight percent for Booker. For Charles,
Speaker 1: this is gross. Let's just stay out of it. And
Speaker 1: and frankly, since he's got a good run defense as well,
Speaker 1: Brick Osweilers on the bench, only Aaron Rodgers is top
Speaker 1: two sixty four yards passing or two total touchdowns against
Speaker 1: the Bengals this year. Just c grades for Damarius Thomas
Speaker 1: and Emmanuel Sanders, despite some good play in the last
Speaker 1: few weeks. Thomas has caught seven touchdown passes in ten
Speaker 1: career games with Osweidler. Sanders is top ninety nine yards
Speaker 1: and half of his career games with Osweiler, but just
Speaker 1: one opposing wide receiver and that was Marquis Lee his
Speaker 1: top sixty five yards against Cincinnati since Week three. I
Speaker 1: don't like the matchup all that much, so it's just
Speaker 1: c grades for those Broncos wide receivers. Alright, premature speculation.
Speaker 1: We only have a few minutes here, so let's be
Speaker 1: be super brief on these guys. Brian, who you got.
Speaker 1: I'm going back to Paxston Lynch. I mentioned his week
Speaker 1: fourteen through sixteen schedule. Let me start with next week
Speaker 1: where he could or should make his debut at Oakland
Speaker 1: at Miami Jets, Colts, Redskins, all very good matchups. He
Speaker 1: could be an exciting town. Okay, I've got Corey Coleman
Speaker 1: who's returning from i R this week. He had a
Speaker 1: hand injury just like he did last year. Uh coming back.
Speaker 1: He's the Brown's number one wide receiver easily and by talent.
Speaker 1: For pick up a number one wide receiver this late
Speaker 1: in the season, you do it, especially for Dynasty and
Speaker 1: Empire League ers. Mac Hollands is the rookie fourth round
Speaker 1: receiver from the Eagles whose snap count keeps going up
Speaker 1: week after week. Tori Smith sucks and mac Hollins is
Speaker 1: going to take his job. If not this year, then
Speaker 1: definitely next year. Mac Hollins, you're starting wide. They're gonna
Speaker 1: kick Tory Smith to the curb. In the offseason. Mac
Speaker 1: hollins is your starting wide receiver and a Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: offense for the foreseeable future. He is a great Dynasty
Speaker 1: and Empire league stash. I bet in Canada they call
Speaker 1: him Sory Smith. Yeah, I gotta chuckle at him. Thank you.
Speaker 1: Don't forget that. Al Shan also a free agent after
Speaker 1: this year, so they don't They just signed him on
Speaker 1: his big deal. It wasn't a one year deal. It
Speaker 1: was a one year deal. Are you sure. I don't
Speaker 1: know about that. I'm not saying you're wrong, but that
Speaker 1: doesn't jive with my memory. But that'd be mcollins is
Speaker 1: number one maybe go to receiver at that point. UH
Speaker 1: memorial moment for a c d C founder Malcolm Young
Speaker 1: the t the band has just announced his passing. He
Speaker 1: has been battling cancer, I believe for like three years, unfortunately,
Speaker 1: and has finally succumb We've been playing lightning round here
Speaker 1: for the over ten years. UM, so a moment we'll
Speaker 1: we'll both dispense fantasy advice and keep Malcolm Young's UH
Speaker 1: family in mind as we go to the phones, and
Speaker 1: we begin with Craig Hi. Craig all right, Paul tell
Speaker 1: wonder why you don't rank defenses and you take Collins
Speaker 1: or Jamal Williams this week, Sure you can take the
Speaker 1: I'll go with Jamal Williams. Baltimore's backfield way too crowded
Speaker 1: for me right now. And we just don't have time,
Speaker 1: is the answer. On kickers and defense. We just we
Speaker 1: just don't have time in two hours. Andy, you're next
Speaker 1: full point PPR J. D mckissic or Danny Woodhead. Uh.
Speaker 1: Mckissic is the guy who's got a starting grade for
Speaker 1: many of us this week, So I'd stick with him.
Speaker 1: By the way, I like, I actually like what had
Speaker 1: Bean one year? Nine point five outstanding? Mac Hall. I'm
Speaker 1: telling you, Empire leaguers, Dynasty leaguers, Mac Collins, Rich your next,
Speaker 1: Jamison Crowder or Doug Martin. Crowder or Martin. Yeah, I'll
Speaker 1: take Martin with the guaranteed touches. I think I will um, Well,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm going Crowder, he's been he's averaged
Speaker 1: eight catches a game the last two weeks. And we
Speaker 1: think they're gonna throw, they think they're gonna we think
Speaker 1: they're gonna throw through that whole game. I'm switching it
Speaker 1: to Crowder Jason, you're next, Hey, guys, Fitzgerald or Shepherd. Wow, man,
Speaker 1: I would almost bench anyone else other than those two,
Speaker 1: but I I gotta go Fits, gotta go Fits. Look
Speaker 1: at the quarterback DIFFERNI I know Kareem Jackson just gets
Speaker 1: roasted from the slot. I don't know. Fits is just
Speaker 1: Fits is the man Shepherds. Stirling Shepherd's matchup is awesome
Speaker 1: as well. I don't know. I'm going with the Hall
Speaker 1: of Famer. All right, Ben, you're next, Hey, guys, um
Speaker 1: sitting good automatically playoffs and change for five week And
Speaker 1: now with Seattle's conundrum, I'm thinking dropping them. Would you
Speaker 1: drop them for like a Chargers or Bears defense or
Speaker 1: some hot ten If you're gonna drop them, I just
Speaker 1: say you play the matchups the rest of the way out.
Speaker 1: See who's playing Cleveland everywhere in Houston. Stream that stream
Speaker 1: against the bad quarterbacks, and I would drop the Seattle defense. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think that's a good move. Bryan, you're next on
Speaker 1: the fan. Yeah, Marshawn Lynch for Birkhead pr because it's PPR.
Speaker 1: We're gonna take Birkhead. Pete you are next, Kenyan Drake
Speaker 1: or p Ryan, Alright, I gotta go Drake. Charges take
Speaker 1: a chance of me running back like Drake this week. Mark,
Speaker 1: you're on the fan, Yeah for Net can't go Chris
Speaker 1: Thompson or Sterling Shepherd again, Sterling Shepherd, Folks, this is
Speaker 1: a number wide receiver and absolutely love him. Our final
Speaker 1: call of the day will be Grover. Hello, Grover, good morning,
Speaker 1: great program guys, PPR, Kevin Coleman or Mike Evans. Mike Evans,
Speaker 1: I mean we can't bench Evans. I realized Coleman is
Speaker 1: going to get the vast majority of the work and
Speaker 1: that counts for something. But no, we can't. We can't
Speaker 1: go that far. Gophers versus Northwestern. I think it's Northwestern
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