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Speaker 1: today are Brian Johnson and Matt Harrison. I think it
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Speaker 1: take a chance on me with nine players not normally
Speaker 1: in your starting line up, many of whom are available
Speaker 1: on the waiver wire, which is extra important this week
Speaker 1: because we have a surprise bye week surprise with the
Speaker 1: Steelers and the Titans um and this looks like this
Speaker 1: will count as their one by week and you know
Speaker 1: we knew going into the season they're gonna be situations
Speaker 1: in which you just had to be a nimble, flexible
Speaker 1: owner and league, and it's already upon us. It only
Speaker 1: took four weeks, and now you get to we get
Speaker 1: to find out who's who's got a deep roster, who
Speaker 1: can work the waiver wire, who can find free agents?
Speaker 1: As a guy who just traded for Derrick Henry this
Speaker 1: week to the guy I'm playing against. From the guy
Speaker 1: playing against, he's laughing all the way at me. That's
Speaker 1: that's delicious. Right before the Titans obviously tested positive for covid, um,
Speaker 1: you know your your league is not going to be
Speaker 1: able to have rules in place for every possible scenario.
Speaker 1: But what we were looking at when we thought this
Speaker 1: was gonna be a Monday or Tuesday makeup, why is um,
Speaker 1: what do I do? If you know? Do I leave
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry my starting lineup and just hope that the
Speaker 1: Monday game happens or the Tuesday game happens? And you
Speaker 1: didn't know for sure? And one of the better ideas
Speaker 1: that I saw get floated around Twitter, and I think
Speaker 1: it was Ryan McDowell that I saw who did it
Speaker 1: said it first. Was have a provisional player designated in
Speaker 1: case that guy doesn't go. Um, and I think that
Speaker 1: would have made sense here where you would have said,
Speaker 1: all right, i'm starting Derrick Henry, but if he does
Speaker 1: not go, I'm rewinding it back to this guy who
Speaker 1: hasn't played yet. Yeah, and I think that you should
Speaker 1: stipulate it's if that game isn't played, it's not. It's
Speaker 1: not if Derrick Henry all of a sudden comes up
Speaker 1: lame and he's, oh, my hamstring hurts, I'm not playing today.
Speaker 1: It's the whole game is called off right. I thought
Speaker 1: that was a good way, a good way to handle it. Um,
Speaker 1: there's myriad different scenarios here. We just encourage you to
Speaker 1: be flexible, be fair, and don't be like I got
Speaker 1: a I got a guy in my league who's just
Speaker 1: trying to turn everything to his advantage and trying to
Speaker 1: wind his way into carrying a bunch extra play. Don't
Speaker 1: do that. Let's let's jump into the man you want
Speaker 1: to name names chart, Yes, I do want to name
Speaker 1: names calling out let's go, let's do it. I'm not
Speaker 1: doing it. Uh. Let's begin breaking down the matchups one
Speaker 1: game at a time. Beginning with a real barn burner
Speaker 1: Jacksonville at Cincinnati, which actually kind of is a barn
Speaker 1: burner in years passed. This was dreadful, but there's a
Speaker 1: lot of players from both sides you can go with here. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the battle of the Kitty Cats. Let's go James Robinson
Speaker 1: We're gonna start with for Jacksonville gets an A grade.
Speaker 1: I think so week one. I admittedly kind of called
Speaker 1: him a warm body as the starting running back for Jacksonville,
Speaker 1: but I've been way off. I apologize, James Robinson, you
Speaker 1: get the A. The Bengals have allowed these second most
Speaker 1: rushing yartists and running backs and have yielded the third
Speaker 1: most touches to the position in gold. You got scenarios.
Speaker 1: Love James Robinson here with three ground scorers already twelve
Speaker 1: in rushing yards among running backs, third and receiving yards.
Speaker 1: Just an absolute jackpot so far for anyone who has
Speaker 1: him on roster and who did the good times will
Speaker 1: keep rolling this week against the Bengals. D J. Chark
Speaker 1: likely to play this week, Yep, I'm gonna give him
Speaker 1: a CE here. He's been limited with the chest injury
Speaker 1: that held him out last week, but he should play.
Speaker 1: The Bengals are actually bottom seven and targets heeld to
Speaker 1: what targets he yielded to wide receivers, meeting not a
Speaker 1: lot of targets he looked to wide receivers and have
Speaker 1: only allowed two scores to the position. Secondary is pretty good,
Speaker 1: William Jackson, particular corner or just the running defense is
Speaker 1: so bad. They're finally to the past Noon Loan wide
Speaker 1: out is it seventy five receiving yards seventy five receiving
Speaker 1: yards against since the yet, but Chart could get there
Speaker 1: if healthy. Gonna give him the C. For the other receivers,
Speaker 1: Lavishka Chenult and Keelan Cole, I'll start with Keelan Cole,
Speaker 1: who's turning to a sneaky safe PPR play from the slot.
Speaker 1: Fellow seemster Greg Ward had eight catches, seventy two yards
Speaker 1: and a touchdown against the Bengals last week, So I'm
Speaker 1: giving Cole a C. Got a bench. Chenult though, super
Speaker 1: exciting player, but super dangerous to start and see them
Speaker 1: with formats. If Chark somehow doesn't go all up, all upgrade,
Speaker 1: he's gonna go. Yeah, So I got Chennault on the bench.
Speaker 1: Now that brings us to Tyler Eiffert. In the revenge game,
Speaker 1: opposing tight ends have blown up the box score against
Speaker 1: the Bengals. Chargers tight ends total ten targets for six
Speaker 1: catches eighty three yards. Eagles tight ends thirteen catches for
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, thirteen targets for ten catches and ninety two yards.
Speaker 1: That is Hunter, Henry and zach ERTs for the most part.
Speaker 1: Tyler Eiffert not those guys. But hey, since he let
Speaker 1: him walk and this is a supposed shootout, so I'm
Speaker 1: giving him a sea here and Gardner Minshew given him
Speaker 1: a b no chart killed him last week. His left
Speaker 1: tackle was also ejected early. Did not bode well for Minshew.
Speaker 1: But onward and upward with Gardner. Don't forget he has
Speaker 1: wheels as well. Carson Rent Carson Wentz ran for sixty
Speaker 1: five yards and a score against Since he last week,
Speaker 1: I think Minshew's a safe b uh in a high
Speaker 1: scoring affair or what or what should be a high
Speaker 1: scoring affair. Now over the Bengal side, Joe Mixing brutal
Speaker 1: beginning to the season for him, but I'm gonna go
Speaker 1: to bat for him. The Cincinnati offensive line is thirty
Speaker 1: in adjusted line yards, and those remove the ability of
Speaker 1: the running back basically, and what the opportunity that the
Speaker 1: line presents to the running back. Thirty in adjusted line yards,
Speaker 1: twenty eight and second level yards, and thirty first in
Speaker 1: open field yards. He's doing it all on his own.
Speaker 1: Still has touched to roles of and nineteen. Gotta keep
Speaker 1: rolling with Joe, especially against jackson Ville, who are allowing
Speaker 1: a hundred forty combo yards and a touchdown per game
Speaker 1: to end the running backs. Doesn't it feel like this
Speaker 1: is the breakout game for the season for Mixing, It's
Speaker 1: gonna come. This happened last year. It's basically the same script,
Speaker 1: very slow starting. Uh, he'll get it going and come on,
Speaker 1: he's got He's got Joe Burrow behind him or in
Speaker 1: front of him, I should say, but we'll talk about
Speaker 1: him in a minute. To the receivers, Tyler Boyd, he
Speaker 1: gets to be the Bengals, I'm sorry. The Jaguar is
Speaker 1: only allowing a hundred thirteen yards pretty game to wide
Speaker 1: receivers as a whole, but only one receiver has cracked
Speaker 1: seven yards against him. That was Paris Campbell running from
Speaker 1: the slot and Adam Humprey has had a good game
Speaker 1: from the slot as well, five catches for forty yards
Speaker 1: and a touchdown. So Tyler Boardy gets a b uh
Speaker 1: sees for Tee Higgins and a J. Green, and I
Speaker 1: like te Higgins more than a J. Green at this point.
Speaker 1: Higgins played the snaps last week, saw nine targets. He
Speaker 1: ran the most pass routes of any wide receiver on
Speaker 1: Burrows dropbacks. He gets the c i'lso give a J.
Speaker 1: Green one as well. Just thirteen catches for a hundred
Speaker 1: and sixteen yards across three games. But all those targets
Speaker 1: you just figures sooner or later Burrow, if he's gonna
Speaker 1: keep throwing that many passes to a J. Green sooner
Speaker 1: or later, they're gonna connect. Yeah, and then then the
Speaker 1: rust has to get knocked off at some point. Like
Speaker 1: you said, the target totals nine, thirteen and six. Those
Speaker 1: are healthy enough. Yeah, So a J. Green gets the start.
Speaker 1: Drew sample though everyone's favorite waiver wire wire Darling on
Speaker 1: a on the waiver wire last weekend from a tight
Speaker 1: end perspective, one target last week oops, he ran thirty
Speaker 1: four routes on fifty two of Burrows drop backs. Not
Speaker 1: looking like c j Uzoma in terms of reliable fantasy producer,
Speaker 1: he's on the bench, and then Joe Burrow lastly, but
Speaker 1: not leastly, an A. This is a real stat. Jacksonville
Speaker 1: owns an opponent completion percentage of as the next highest
Speaker 1: teams like seventy one big games by every quarterback to
Speaker 1: face Jacksonville. Ryan fits Pastrick, Ryan Fit's Patrick just through
Speaker 1: for two touchdowns and gash them on the ground. So
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow gets an A this week. Joe Burrow right
Speaker 1: now in most fantasy leagues roughly quarterback ten in fantasy
Speaker 1: points scoring. I mean, that's what do you guess? And
Speaker 1: this is first three NFL games. He's the real deal.
Speaker 1: Holy Field, what's what's the borough garbage time named? Brian?
Speaker 1: Are your workshopping that one yet? I'll go back to you,
Speaker 1: all right, Okay, Indianapolis takes on Chicago. I've got just
Speaker 1: a couple of starters on the Indianapolis side, and it's
Speaker 1: primarily Jonathan Taylor's. You could guess a heavy usage day
Speaker 1: coming here. Probably Taylor faces a Bears defense that has
Speaker 1: allowed running back to score against them in seven straight games. Taylor,
Speaker 1: of course getting heavy, heavy usage UM although in Chicago's
Speaker 1: defense in home games, they've allowed one one hundred yard
Speaker 1: rusher in their last twenties six Soldier field games. That's it,
Speaker 1: So I don't know if the Taylor gets to one
Speaker 1: hundred yards here, but a score is likely. The only
Speaker 1: other starting grade I've got is for emerging tight end
Speaker 1: mo Ali Cox with a see it's in part because
Speaker 1: Paris Campbell and Michael Pittman have been ruled out of
Speaker 1: this game, and that means Ali Cox is gonna get
Speaker 1: that many more looks. And he's posted Fantasy relevant games
Speaker 1: and back to back weeks, and he outsnapped Jack Doyle
Speaker 1: last week, and it looks like he's gonna be the
Speaker 1: designated pass catching tight end a little bit like Eric
Speaker 1: Ebron was a few years ago. So he'll be back
Speaker 1: in the mix. Here bears the middle of the packet
Speaker 1: defending tight ends. They're giving up five receptions for forty
Speaker 1: two yards per game. The rest of the the rest
Speaker 1: of the Colts are on the bench. Even t Y Hilton,
Speaker 1: aside from Calvin Ridley, receivers have been rendered useless against Chicago.
Speaker 1: They're the only secondary that has not given up a
Speaker 1: single touchdown to wide receivers. And this despite the fact
Speaker 1: that he's had these easy, easy matchups every week rolling
Speaker 1: into this game, he still hasn't scored. He's averaging forty
Speaker 1: four yards per game, and he's had all these plus matchups.
Speaker 1: So now here's a bad matchup. So putting him on
Speaker 1: the bench more like t Y Wilton. I like it.
Speaker 1: I will, by the way, I'm going with Burbish times
Speaker 1: so bad alright, last thing on hilt and he's gonna
Speaker 1: face an elite cornerback and Kyle Fuller, who's yielding just
Speaker 1: passer rating of forty two in his coverage, is playing
Speaker 1: very well as he often does. Nahem, heines way to random.
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers is playing this sort of safe non fantasy
Speaker 1: ball where he's completing a high percentage of his passes
Speaker 1: without challenging downfield. Is our average yards per paths for
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers six point nine, the same as Teddy Bridgewater.
Speaker 1: That's it. As a result, he's thrown just one touchdown
Speaker 1: in every game and provides basically no upside. Let's go
Speaker 1: to the Chicago side, where we've got a handful of
Speaker 1: starting grades, and that is it. David Montgomery clocks in
Speaker 1: with the c Tariko and his out so he's gonna
Speaker 1: get almost all the work, but the matchup is difficult.
Speaker 1: The Colts have allowed the eighth fewest rushing yards and
Speaker 1: the fewest total touchdowns to opposing running backs. Just one
Speaker 1: no posing back his top sixty three yards and that
Speaker 1: includes Dalvin Cook, who is way better than David Montgomery.
Speaker 1: So just to see grade on Montgomery here. The only
Speaker 1: receiver I like is Allen Robinson. I think the quarterback
Speaker 1: upgrade to Nick Foles will certainly help get this. Only
Speaker 1: forty seven percent of Allen Robinson's targets from from I
Speaker 1: was about to say, what are we gonna do with this?
Speaker 1: I need to do a trombone like. I gotta trombone Ski,
Speaker 1: I really do. I'm just find ways to work him
Speaker 1: into the matchups going forward. Of Allen Robinson's targets from
Speaker 1: sad Trombone Ski were deemed catchable by Pro Football Focus.
Speaker 1: That's it can't even give you a coin flips chance
Speaker 1: at a catchable pass. So the upgrade to Nick Foles
Speaker 1: should certainly help here. Colts have allowed the third fewest
Speaker 1: yards to receivers um and Robinson plays from all over
Speaker 1: the field, which usually helps, but the Colts have got
Speaker 1: solid cornerbacks at every spot, including the resurgent Xavier Rhodes,
Speaker 1: just the b on Allen Robinson. Nick Foles is on
Speaker 1: the bench. I know he was heroic last week, but
Speaker 1: he's been very inconsistent over his career and this is
Speaker 1: a tough matchup against Pro Football focuses number one ranked
Speaker 1: path defense. They've allowed the fewest passing yards by a mile,
Speaker 1: and I don't like any of his receiving matchups other
Speaker 1: than Alan Robinson, Anthony Miller, Darnell Moody. That was our
Speaker 1: spot starter guys against bad defense, as we are not
Speaker 1: going up against the Colts solid secondary here with them,
Speaker 1: and Jimmy Graham is also on the bench. The Colts
Speaker 1: have allowed the fewest yards to tight ends. It was
Speaker 1: just picturing Trubisky trying to flip a coin and edicine
Speaker 1: envision struggle. I think he I think he'd managed to
Speaker 1: have the coin not hit the ground. That's I think
Speaker 1: that's that would be the problem, no doubt. Up anti
Speaker 1: gravity coins. An anti gravity coin. There you go. Me's
Speaker 1: a Fantasy football weekly coin. When we come back, we'll
Speaker 1: talk about the Chargers in a tough matchup against the
Speaker 1: Buccaneers and the Bucks shorthanded in this game. What to
Speaker 1: expect from those players? And nine players upon whom you
Speaker 1: can take a chance. These are players not normally and
Speaker 1: you're starting lineup, many of whom are available on the
Speaker 1: waiver wire. We will tell you who they are. For
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Speaker 1: on Me by Odell Beckham. Let's begin at the quarterback position.
Speaker 1: Who's you take a chance to me? Quarterback Brian Matt
Speaker 1: Stafford at home against the Saints who are now going
Speaker 1: to be without starting corners Genores Jenkins and Marshawn Lattimore.
Speaker 1: You gotta love Stafford even more the healthy Kenny Golladay
Speaker 1: back in the lineup, and unlike last season, you gotta
Speaker 1: love the matchup against the Saints, who have surrendered passing
Speaker 1: touchdown totals of two, three and three to start the season.
Speaker 1: They are bottom nine and passer rating allowed, with a
Speaker 1: one oh eight passer rating allowed to opposing quarterbacks. And really,
Speaker 1: when you think about it, there haven't been many games
Speaker 1: with a healthy Stafford, Golladay, Marvin Jones and t J. Hockenson.
Speaker 1: Hockinson was injured early last year, like in Week two,
Speaker 1: and uh Stafford got hurt mid season. So not Stafford.
Speaker 1: I might give him an a grade in this matchup
Speaker 1: might number ten ranked quarterback this week? Matt, who is
Speaker 1: your take a chance of me? Quarterback? I mean in
Speaker 1: a week where you have a surprise bye week for
Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger and Ryan Tannehill. You might need to pick
Speaker 1: up a guy like Teddy Bridgewater and start him. Uh.
Speaker 1: The Cardinals is his opponent this week, and they faced
Speaker 1: off against Garoppolo, Stafford, and Haskins, who all put up
Speaker 1: eerily similar numbers all right around thirty three passing attempts,
Speaker 1: two hundred fifty yards and two scores. Well, Bridgewater, he's
Speaker 1: averaging two nine passing yards this year. Yes, it was
Speaker 1: gonna throw for that eight yards at a time. To
Speaker 1: fifty and two seems very doable for Teddy Bridgewater. I
Speaker 1: think you can bank on that in this matchup. Might
Speaker 1: take a chance to me. Quarterback is stew Beard. Yes,
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick, you may remember last week when I recommended
Speaker 1: that you start him, and because we got you, you
Speaker 1: gotta pick your spots with him right when you've got
Speaker 1: these when you know he's gonna throw a lot. Love
Speaker 1: the yolo stylings of Ryan Fitzpatrick, and this is one
Speaker 1: of those spots. The Seattle defense ranks dead last in
Speaker 1: completions allowed, dead last in passing yards allowed, dead last
Speaker 1: and pass rush by Pro Football Focus. Meanwhile, the run
Speaker 1: defense ranks. Second, May's not gonna run the ball. They're
Speaker 1: just gonna throw stew Beard's arm out of socket. And
Speaker 1: you want a part of that. Isaiah Ford, by the way,
Speaker 1: sneaky deep play in this in this why wouldn't you
Speaker 1: use them and take a chance to me later in
Speaker 1: this N one comment? Wow, but he is a sneaky
Speaker 1: deep play, all right, Brian, who's you take a chance
Speaker 1: of Mere? Running back? Yeah, we're not done picking on
Speaker 1: the Seattle secondary just yet in this segment. But not
Speaker 1: yet running back Latavius Murray, I'm staying in Motown. On
Speaker 1: the other side, though, for the Saints going up against
Speaker 1: the Lions, the Lions once stout run defense has gone
Speaker 1: from proud to cowardly. They're allowing six plus yards per
Speaker 1: carry and am good. Yes, Alvin Kamara is in god
Speaker 1: mode right now. But Murray has at least twelve carries
Speaker 1: in two of three games and has caught a pass
Speaker 1: in back to back week so he will be serviceable
Speaker 1: in Detroit this weekend. Matt, who's your take a chance
Speaker 1: of Mere? Running back? Well, there's death, there's taxes, and
Speaker 1: there's running backs against Carolina. Three things. I'm not going there.
Speaker 1: There are also death taxes. That's true. They will tax
Speaker 1: you into the grave. Uh, well, you can run away
Speaker 1: from this because Chase Edmonds is the guy that you
Speaker 1: want to start. Last year, the Panthers allowed almost two
Speaker 1: running back touchdowns per game. This year, they've allowed seven
Speaker 1: running back touchdowns in three weeks. So if we carried
Speaker 1: the nine, that's more than two. Oh my god, there
Speaker 1: worse somehow. Kenyan Drake is still the bell cow, but
Speaker 1: hasn't been totally amazing yet, averaging only four point one
Speaker 1: yards per carry. Edmonds is averaging about six touches per game.
Speaker 1: But at five point four yards per carry that the
Speaker 1: Panthers are giving up, that's still thirty yards right there
Speaker 1: to start, and we're gonna get more because there's no
Speaker 1: reason to pass against the Panthers when you can run.
Speaker 1: So I think, I think, actually Kenyan Drake is just
Speaker 1: gonna get tired in this game, and Chase Edmonds is
Speaker 1: gonna have to hop in. Uh. You guys, remember Zack Moss,
Speaker 1: one of my favorite sleepers from the preseason. No, this
Speaker 1: is your chance, this is your last chance to buy
Speaker 1: him on the cheap. Right here. Last week we saw
Speaker 1: a rookie breakout performance is from Justin Jefferson, Brandon I U. P. Higgins.
Speaker 1: These rookies that are now a month in that's this
Speaker 1: is like their preseason has just happened. Now they're ready
Speaker 1: to hit the ground running. Zack Moss, as you may recall,
Speaker 1: Week one, scored a touchdown, Week two, got hurt, Week
Speaker 1: three didn't play. Here we were into week four and
Speaker 1: he faces Las Vegas, the team that has allowed the
Speaker 1: most fantasy points to running backs. They ranked thirty first
Speaker 1: in yards per carry at six yards per carry. Mosses
Speaker 1: in line to get goal line carries ahead of Devin Singletary,
Speaker 1: and the Raiders have allowed multiple rushing touchdowns to every
Speaker 1: opponent Moss can catch, and the Raiders have allowed the
Speaker 1: most receiving yards and the second most receptions to running backs.
Speaker 1: Both he and Devin Singletary sitting on nice games. Ryan,
Speaker 1: who's gonna take a chance of your receiver. Let's get
Speaker 1: Let's get back to the aforementioned Seattle secondary. This is
Speaker 1: not a drill. These are real statistics. That Seattle has
Speaker 1: allowed two wide receivers so far this season seven the
Speaker 1: six catches. The next highest total among teams who have
Speaker 1: played three games is forty seven. Cheez. The Jets have
Speaker 1: allowed the third most the next worst team with fifty
Speaker 1: and they played on Thursday night, So that's four games.
Speaker 1: Next yards allowed to wide receivers by the Seahawks one thousand,
Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty six in three games. Yes, Denver
Speaker 1: is the next highest, who played four games with seven
Speaker 1: hundred and nine four. I'm gonna pick on the secondary
Speaker 1: way more when we get into the matchup. That's all
Speaker 1: you need to know about Preston Williams. Get him in
Speaker 1: your lineup, and probably Isaiah Ford like you mentioned as well, Matt.
Speaker 1: Your take a chance of me receiver is Marquez Valdez scantling,
Speaker 1: excellent pronunciation. Alan Lazard suddenly out indefinitely after undergoing core
Speaker 1: muscle surgery on Thursday. Uh Davante Adams is still very
Speaker 1: questionable at the hamstring injury. They're saying that he practiced
Speaker 1: in a limited fashion. But it's a it's a Monday
Speaker 1: nighter right before their bye week. Why wouldn't they save him?
Speaker 1: Which means m VS is the number one wide receiver
Speaker 1: in Green Bay and he's playing against Atlanta, that same
Speaker 1: Atlanta team that has allowed five different wide receivers. To
Speaker 1: top ninety yards already this year. Yep, I will pick
Speaker 1: him up and start him all right. I am going
Speaker 1: with Randall Cobb. He plays the slot receiver position for
Speaker 1: Houston and they go up against Minnesota. Cobb coming off,
Speaker 1: by the way, an impressive game against these Steelers, a
Speaker 1: much better defense yards in a score. But we're not
Speaker 1: just chasing that box score because he has a juicy
Speaker 1: matchup against an injury battered Vikings secondary missing its slot
Speaker 1: cornerback Mike Hughes. He has been ruled out. His replacement
Speaker 1: last week was rookie Jeff Gladney, who allowed one hundred
Speaker 1: twenty yards from the slot, including a sixty one yard play.
Speaker 1: He has allowed a passer rating of one twenty one
Speaker 1: in his coverage this year. Randall Cobb an excellent pickup
Speaker 1: and play opportuney dy for you. Uh. Let's go to
Speaker 1: some matchups, beginning with the Chargers taking on the Bucks.
Speaker 1: Matt The Charges are all kinds of banged up, including
Speaker 1: missing their two best offensive linemen. Yeah, Brian Bulaga and
Speaker 1: Trey Turner both ruled out for this game, so I
Speaker 1: didn't even know about that as I was making these
Speaker 1: matchups up. So I downgraded all of my guys a
Speaker 1: full letter grade. I took Keenan Allen from an A
Speaker 1: to a B. UH nineteen targets last week versus Carolina
Speaker 1: ten ten targets the week before. That's double digs and
Speaker 1: every Justin Herbert start right there. I still like him
Speaker 1: as a B grade, but with Bulaga and Turner out,
Speaker 1: Herbert's can have less time to throw. Hunter Henry taking
Speaker 1: him from a B to s C hasn't scored yet,
Speaker 1: but eight eight and seven targets, five six and five catches,
Speaker 1: and he's topped fifty yards every week, so that's pretty solid.
Speaker 1: Mike Williams has a hamstring injury. He looks more doubtful
Speaker 1: than the questionable tag Uh and Jalen Guiton looks like
Speaker 1: the next man up, but you're not crazy enough to
Speaker 1: start him. I took Justin Herbert from a SE grade
Speaker 1: to bench. He has thrown for three hundred yards in
Speaker 1: each of his first two starts, which is pretty impressive.
Speaker 1: It's very impressive now in Tampa allowed six of the
Speaker 1: first nine quarterbacks they faced to top the three yard mark,
Speaker 1: but in the ten games since then, including this season,
Speaker 1: they've only allowed two quarterbacks to top the three yard mark.
Speaker 1: They've only faced Breeze Bridgewater and the Broncos quarterbacks this year.
Speaker 1: But I just don't like it for Herbert in this one.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about Austin Ekeler, though. I'm gonna keep Austin
Speaker 1: Ekeler at an A grade. While Tampa has been really
Speaker 1: good against the run since Todd Bowles arrived, they're very
Speaker 1: weak against pass catching backs, ranking in the bottom four
Speaker 1: in the league in receptions and yards allowed through the
Speaker 1: air to running backs. Eckler caught all eleven of his
Speaker 1: targets last week. That's pretty good. And if he's if
Speaker 1: Herbert's rushed this week, he's gonna be ditching off to
Speaker 1: Ackler the whole game. I don't know. I still an
Speaker 1: A grade. I want somebody to be able to run
Speaker 1: the I want my running back to be able to
Speaker 1: run the ball. If he's got an A grade, he's
Speaker 1: gonna catch fifteen balls in this game out. I hope
Speaker 1: I got a solution to throw a minus in there,
Speaker 1: not a not a solution, as you like to call it.
Speaker 1: I'm keeping Josh Kelly on the bench though, because ecler
Speaker 1: was on the field for seventy of the plays last
Speaker 1: week and out rushed Kelly twelve to eight. He's simply
Speaker 1: a change of pace back in the Herbert offense. Let's
Speaker 1: go over to the Bucks side. Uh Leo and Roe Joe.
Speaker 1: I got him both on the bench. The good news
Speaker 1: what yeah really? Yeah? Okay, four nets out and so yeah,
Speaker 1: four nets out that he's he's his head coach said
Speaker 1: he does not expect him to play. Okay, Well, then
Speaker 1: Rojoe is probably a star. Let's let's go with that.
Speaker 1: It's a tough it's not an easy matchup. Yeah, it's
Speaker 1: not an easy matchup. But two of the Bolts front
Speaker 1: four now on I r with Ingram and Sustin Jones,
Speaker 1: and the Chargers are allowing four point four yards per
Speaker 1: carry over their last twenty games. Now, my my bench
Speaker 1: grade was they're splitting time almost evenly. But if Leonard
Speaker 1: four Nett is now out, Ronald Jones probably gets sixteen
Speaker 1: to twenty touches in. This is officially out of officially,
Speaker 1: but the better it looks for Rojoe, the worst it's
Speaker 1: going to be. I'm sure Keyshawn Vaughan is the guy
Speaker 1: who comes into this game and gets sixteen. All right,
Speaker 1: Tom Brady see start. Since the beginning of last year,
Speaker 1: the Chargers are one of the best in the league
Speaker 1: against the past, allowing under only two sixteen passing yards
Speaker 1: and just over a score per game. And Brady will
Speaker 1: be without Chris Godwin and this one who's feeling his
Speaker 1: hamstring again and it's not feeling good. Mike Evans. I'm
Speaker 1: giving a B two uh. Cornerbacks Michael Davis and Casey
Speaker 1: Hayward have done a spectacular job against the posing wide
Speaker 1: receivers this season, holding everybody but Tyreek Hill to under
Speaker 1: sixty five yards, and Hill was the only one who
Speaker 1: scored a touchdown. Evans did garner ten targets and top
Speaker 1: two hundred yards in the other game when Godwin didn't play,
Speaker 1: and he's always a threat near the stripe, as evidenced
Speaker 1: by his two catches for two yards and two touchdowns
Speaker 1: last week. One of the strangest lines ever receiver. Yes, yeah,
Speaker 1: Scottie Miller. He's on the bench, justin Watson to the
Speaker 1: bench to Miller has more targets on the season than Godwin,
Speaker 1: but has only seen the field on of the snaps,
Speaker 1: and when Godwin was out, Watson had the Miller's a
Speaker 1: game time decision. So I don't think you're gonna want
Speaker 1: a monkey without against a good secondary. And O. J.
Speaker 1: Howard and Gronk, they're both on the bench. According to
Speaker 1: Evan Silva, among tight ends, Gronk is twenty eight in
Speaker 1: the league and routes run and Howard is thirty five.
Speaker 1: So if you're only running about fifteen to twenty routes
Speaker 1: a game, that's not enough to get fifteen to twenty targets.
Speaker 1: It's not even enough to get five targets. So they're
Speaker 1: they're both on the bench. All right, New Orleans, We're
Speaker 1: gonna try to fit in one more matchup New Orleans
Speaker 1: takes on the Lions're we've already talked about some of
Speaker 1: these players in a certain amount of detail. Here, this
Speaker 1: is a there's an injury battered Saints. UH Saints team
Speaker 1: offensively and defensively. Michael Thomas officially ruled out, as is
Speaker 1: Jared Cook. So they're both on your bench. But let's
Speaker 1: start with Alvin Kamara real quick, easy, a second in
Speaker 1: receptions and fifth in receiving yards among everyone. Yeah, not
Speaker 1: running backs. Everyone. Opposing backs have only total eleven catches
Speaker 1: against Detroit so far, but that's about to change. And
Speaker 1: Detroit has also allowed the third most rushing yards and
Speaker 1: running backs uh, so smash spot for Alvin Kamara. Latavius
Speaker 1: Murrios might take a chance, I mean running back for
Speaker 1: that same reason. Detroit's run defense is just abysmal at
Speaker 1: this point. As we just mentioned, Michael Thomas out, Jared
Speaker 1: Cook out, so I'm giving Emmanuel Sanders a B here.
Speaker 1: Desmond Truffont unlikely to make his season debut for the Lions.
Speaker 1: Uh Sanders was dreadful in Las Vegas in Week two,
Speaker 1: but had touchdowns in the two other games, had a
Speaker 1: season high and catches and yards last week, but only
Speaker 1: on five targets. Kind of troubling, but no no Cook
Speaker 1: now and Thomas is still out. He gets it, he
Speaker 1: gets a B and have to throw to him, right,
Speaker 1: Gonna have to throw to him and and to tra
Speaker 1: Kuan Smith. He's see more targets with Thomas sideline totals
Speaker 1: of seven and six and again it's a good matchup.
Speaker 1: The lines are allowing five farts per game during five
Speaker 1: yards and more than a touchdown per game allowed to
Speaker 1: wide receivers by the Lion so B for track Kuan Smith,
Speaker 1: Adam Troutman, if you're in super deep tight end lead
Speaker 1: to tight end, only lead me. He might be viable,
Speaker 1: but he's not. And Drew Brees I had to see.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna might throw a minus on that one charge.
Speaker 1: Sorry he could he could say he looked better last
Speaker 1: week with Kamara, but I'm sorry, but Camar did all
Speaker 1: the heavy lifting. Uh that's not It's a decent matchup.
Speaker 1: But he's very short on weapons on this one. So
Speaker 1: just to see for Drew Brees over to the Lions side,
Speaker 1: Kenny Golladay gonna give him a safe be Alan Lazard
Speaker 1: went nuclear last week and an injured um Mike Evans
Speaker 1: score against New Orleans in Week one. Genor Jenkins is
Speaker 1: Marshawn Lattimore is not an A? What is? What is it?
Speaker 1: Why would he not be? Because they just got ruled out.
Speaker 1: I forgot to change my note, So he's in A.
Speaker 1: He's actually an A plus now. Marvin Jones my number
Speaker 1: one ranked wide receiver this week. Yeah, you did a plus. No,
Speaker 1: he did an A and got a Marvin Jones. I
Speaker 1: guess I'll bump up to a B now. I had
Speaker 1: a meta ce mild success for secondary receivers against the Saints.
Speaker 1: But again everyone's hurt. So be for Marvin Jones. And
Speaker 1: before the quarterback news, I t J. Hockenson with my
Speaker 1: highest graded path catcher too. Oh yeah, well, Darren Waller
Speaker 1: sat on a monster game against Detroit twelve catches, I'm
Speaker 1: sorry against New Orleans twelve catches, a hundred and five
Speaker 1: yards and a touchdown. Robert Tonyan had five for fifty
Speaker 1: and a touchdown. Even O J. Howard scored a touchdown
Speaker 1: the aforementioned piece of garbage by Matt So Hockinson gets
Speaker 1: an A and Matt Stafford might take a chance to
Speaker 1: the quarterback, He's take a chance on me. He's an
Speaker 1: A grade now, he's a great He's not even taking
Speaker 1: And I feel like I took an easy lay up there.
Speaker 1: I think you did too. To be honest, that wasn't
Speaker 1: even that wasn't even difficult. That's the pot calling the
Speaker 1: kettle black church. What are you talking about? What do
Speaker 1: you mean? I give you what's paws the Seahawks. That's
Speaker 1: a great matchup alecent of leagues. That is that is
Speaker 1: that is an absolutely lay up? Is Zack Moss. Let's
Speaker 1: be real. People are dropping, people are dropping Zack Moss,
Speaker 1: which is crazy talk crazy. When we come back, Houston
Speaker 1: takes on Minnesota team with a lot of defensive problems. Actually,
Speaker 1: both teams have got defensive problems. There's a lot of
Speaker 1: points coming in this one. We'll tell you which Houston
Speaker 1: and Vikings players you will want to start, if not
Speaker 1: all of them, when we return. Also, if you want
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Speaker 1: Vikings and the Houston Texans will meet on Sunday. Dalvin
Speaker 1: Cook sitting on potentially a gigantic game here. Texans have
Speaker 1: allowed the most rushing yards, the second most yards per carry,
Speaker 1: and the third most rushing attempts to opposing backs. And
Speaker 1: this is really what the Vikings are all about. It's
Speaker 1: just establishing the run and then finding spots for Kirk Cousins.
Speaker 1: I don't know what the Vikings are all about. Well
Speaker 1: we know of Mike's Mike Zimmer wants his offense to
Speaker 1: look and that is how he wants it to look.
Speaker 1: So Dalvin cooks an easy A grade. The passing game
Speaker 1: clocks in with starting grades for Kirk Cousins, a positive
Speaker 1: matchup for almost all of his receivers, including his tight ends.
Speaker 1: Um he won't have the volume for a massive day,
Speaker 1: but one of two touchdowns as possible here, so he
Speaker 1: gets a C grade. And now let's talk about some
Speaker 1: of those positive matchups, including Adam Feeling now over the
Speaker 1: last two weeks. Theland has been quiet um a couple
Speaker 1: of weeks ago because he was getting double coverage in
Speaker 1: the last week because they basically just throw to Justin Jefferson.
Speaker 1: I expect a bounce back game of sorts here, but
Speaker 1: he likely gets shadow covered from Bradley Roby, who follows
Speaker 1: top receiver even into the slot where they can sometimes
Speaker 1: hide theeling but don't confuse Bradley Roby with a shutdown corner,
Speaker 1: and he used to be a quasi shutdown guy, but
Speaker 1: he's not anymore, and he's giving up a passer rating
Speaker 1: of one twelve in his coverage, So advantage Feeling b
Speaker 1: grade next. Justin Jefferson with a breakout game last week,
Speaker 1: including a career high fifty one snaps on offense, and
Speaker 1: that'll continue after he broke Randy Moss's single game rookie
Speaker 1: receiving record. Jefferson should primarily face off against slack cornerback
Speaker 1: Eric Murray, who gave up a score last week did
Speaker 1: Juju Smith Schuster and is giving up four inches and
Speaker 1: twenty pounds to Jefferson, who might just out muscle him
Speaker 1: for contested catches. Justin Jefferson gets a B grade. Let's
Speaker 1: go to the Houston side. They've played the toughest schedule
Speaker 1: in football by a mile, and by some measures, the
Speaker 1: toughest opening three games in the history of the NFL.
Speaker 1: They've actually been competitive, they have, which is kind of
Speaker 1: been surprising. Yes, Deshaun Watson gets an A grade in
Speaker 1: this on two of the three quarterbacks to face the
Speaker 1: Vikings of top three hundred yards against their rebuilt, inexperienced secondary.
Speaker 1: The Vikings pass rush has been mostly invisible and Daniel
Speaker 1: Hunter is not ready to play yet. Even though he's
Speaker 1: eligible to come off i Arch, he will not. All
Speaker 1: three of Watson's receivers have plus matchups against their cornerback counterparts,
Speaker 1: and let's dive into them right now. Will Fuller expected
Speaker 1: to play despite a mid week hamstring injury. You want
Speaker 1: to watch his status though hamstring injuries. They'll warm him
Speaker 1: up before the game, they'll verify he can go. Hopefully
Speaker 1: he will. Minnesota has yielded five scores to opposing wide receivers,
Speaker 1: which is tied for second most. Fuller most frequently runs
Speaker 1: from the left side of the field, which puts him
Speaker 1: up against disaster grade cornerback Holton Hill, who Pro Football
Speaker 1: focuses ranks as cornerback one hundred four. I am guessing
Speaker 1: most listeners would not have guessed that there are one
Speaker 1: D and four cornerbacks in the NFL. He has a
Speaker 1: significant fuller, has a significant speed advantage over any of
Speaker 1: the Vikings cornerbacks. Assuming he goes, you will give him start.
Speaker 1: He is a B grade. He would be an A
Speaker 1: grade were it not for the hamstring. Brandon Cooks gets
Speaker 1: a B grade. Uh he's I wish you'd get more
Speaker 1: than the five targets per game. Um, but man, he's
Speaker 1: got a terrific matchup on both outsides of the field.
Speaker 1: Vikings cornerback Cameron Danceler is likely to come back in
Speaker 1: this game, but he's still very inexperienced, and Cooks has
Speaker 1: the massive speed advantage over Danceler. I think you can
Speaker 1: give him a B grade. One other starter. And by
Speaker 1: the way, Randall Cobb again was might take a chance
Speaker 1: on me wide receiver, love him in the slot this game.
Speaker 1: Jordan Aikins, you're in a pinch for a title, and
Speaker 1: you had my guy John U. Smith, or maybe you
Speaker 1: had Eric Ebron. You need to pivot. Jordan's Aikins has
Speaker 1: posted two relevant fantasy games in three weeks despite the
Speaker 1: brutal Houston schedule. He now gets a Vikings defense that
Speaker 1: has allowed big games to mo Ali Cox and the
Speaker 1: afore mentioned John new Smith. Then, lastly, David Johnson hasn't
Speaker 1: done much yet that could change here A grade for
Speaker 1: David Johnson. Minnesota's a lot of rushing touchdown to the
Speaker 1: last five starting running backs they faced. Johnson was obviously
Speaker 1: limited by Baltimore and Pittsburgh, and those are really good
Speaker 1: run defenses. The Vikings run defense is graded thirty feet
Speaker 1: by Pro Football Focus. This is a far better matchup
Speaker 1: and David Johnson goes back to being an A. Let's
Speaker 1: go to our next matchup, which is Arizona taking on Carolina.
Speaker 1: Matt We're looking at a game time decision status on
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins. Yeah, I had him listed as an A grade.
Speaker 1: It's now downgraded to a B because of the game
Speaker 1: time situation. Um, it's a good matchup for him if
Speaker 1: he does go a hundred and seventy six yards per
Speaker 1: game to the wide receiver position allowed by the Panthers.
Speaker 1: That's bottom five in the league. So Hopkins, he's he's
Speaker 1: their best option. Christian Kirk still nursing a groin injury,
Speaker 1: and Andy Isabella and Larry Fitzgerald. You just can't trust
Speaker 1: those guys enough in this situation. So I got all
Speaker 1: of those guys on the bench. I do have Dan
Speaker 1: Arnold on the bench as well. Sorry, Brian, uh. He's
Speaker 1: only averaging three targets, actually less than three targets and
Speaker 1: under two receptions per game. That's just not enough. But
Speaker 1: maybe everybody being injured on the wide receiver front gives
Speaker 1: Brian Dan Arnold moment to shine. This is it, This
Speaker 1: is it. He's still better than Gronk. This is the
Speaker 1: one um check the tape in the sets. I'm still
Speaker 1: gonna give Kyler Murray and a grade. He's throwing for
Speaker 1: about two sixty per game. The Panthers are giving a
Speaker 1: giving up about two six per game, so that's a
Speaker 1: solid floor in the passing game. Plus everything he does
Speaker 1: in the running game is just gravy here. And then
Speaker 1: I did mention that I like Chase Edmonds as might
Speaker 1: take a chance on me runner, So I obviously like
Speaker 1: Kenyan Drake to who also gets an A grade. Although
Speaker 1: it's worth noting that the Cardinals were the only team
Speaker 1: that the Panthers held to under fifty five rushing yards
Speaker 1: last season, when they held David Johnson and Edmonds to
Speaker 1: fifty two rushing yards combined. Still, I don't believe it.
Speaker 1: And if you can't give Kenyan drake An a grade now,
Speaker 1: when can you? There's no other time? Well, this is it,
Speaker 1: this is this is it. On the other side, the Panthers,
Speaker 1: I'm giving Mike Davis a b Let it be known
Speaker 1: that the Panthers stick with one running back at all times.
Speaker 1: Davis had twenty one touches to Reggie Bonafon's too last week.
Speaker 1: Uh and since the beginning of the Cards are allowing
Speaker 1: just under one yards per game to opposing backs. But
Speaker 1: another forty seven yards through the air. That seems like
Speaker 1: a bankable hundred totally yards for Mike Davis and this
Speaker 1: one and probably a shot at a touchdown. I talked
Speaker 1: about Teddy Bridgewater as might take a chance and met quarterback.
Speaker 1: I will add that Cardinal safety Buddha Baker is out
Speaker 1: for this one too, which makes him a little bit
Speaker 1: more interesting. And I do like his wide receivers. I'm
Speaker 1: giving both d J Moore and Robby Anderson b grades
Speaker 1: each are averaging just over eight targets per game. One
Speaker 1: is getting nine three yards, the other eighty. That's both good.
Speaker 1: We've been a little disappointed from the scoring output so far,
Speaker 1: and the like I said, the Cards have allowed a
Speaker 1: ton to the wide receiver over the last nineteen games,
Speaker 1: seventy five total yards. Speed receivers such as Terry McLaurin
Speaker 1: and Kenny Golladay each had nice days against this secondary.
Speaker 1: So I like Robbie a little bit better than DJ.
Speaker 1: But the more breakout is coming soon and it's going
Speaker 1: to be furious. This might be our last chance to
Speaker 1: get DJ more at a discounted price. Finally, Ian Thomas,
Speaker 1: really I got him on the bench we assume, so, yes,
Speaker 1: maybe three games isn't enough of a trend, but there's
Speaker 1: two working against Thomas. First, he's averaging one point three targets,
Speaker 1: and second, the terrible Cardinals tight end defense is suddenly
Speaker 1: not so terrible. They've only allowed one score on the
Speaker 1: season and only fifty three yards per game to the position. Alright,
Speaker 1: Seattle takes on in Miami. We've already talked about a
Speaker 1: bunch of players in this game. Because so many opportunities
Speaker 1: to score with these bad defenses. Let's start with Seattle.
Speaker 1: I know the air game is way more interesting, but
Speaker 1: we've got drama at the running back position. Chris Carson
Speaker 1: looks like a game time decision. After the cow Boy Tristan,
Speaker 1: somebody tried to wrench his leg out of socket. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that was pretty bad. That's pretty bad. The crocodile roll,
Speaker 1: the crocodile, the old crocodile role. What do you think
Speaker 1: about trying to start Chris Carson here? Yeah, I was
Speaker 1: all set to give Carlos Hide solid be here. So yeah,
Speaker 1: as you said, Carson a game time decision. Now, Pete
Speaker 1: Carroll says it's a good chance he suits up. So
Speaker 1: if they let him play, I'm gonna give Carson the
Speaker 1: B and if he sits, then then Hide gets the B.
Speaker 1: It's that simple. If Carson plays, you cannot play Hide.
Speaker 1: Now there's a scenario out there, a worst case scenario
Speaker 1: where Carson's active. We all assume he's gonna get carries.
Speaker 1: But they decided to play it safe and use Hide
Speaker 1: as their starter and just keep Carson waiting in the wings.
Speaker 1: If that, but I think it's a chance you have
Speaker 1: to take with Carson. That is against Miami, who is
Speaker 1: allowing a healthy four point six yards per carrying a
Speaker 1: rushing touchdown per game to back, so they've also they've
Speaker 1: also surrendered the seventh most receiving yards of the position,
Speaker 1: nearly sixty yards per game. So whoever guess the majority
Speaker 1: of carries here? Touches here is in a line for
Speaker 1: a good bell cow day. But uh well, let's say
Speaker 1: a B for Carson again. If he doesn't go hide
Speaker 1: gets a B. Who doesn't get a B? Or Tyler
Speaker 1: Tyler Lockett and DJ Metcalf. Miami's allowing a hundred ninety
Speaker 1: yards per game to wide receivers seventh most could be
Speaker 1: without their best cornerback Byron Jones. Lock It has seven
Speaker 1: catches in every game coming off the touchdown hat trick.
Speaker 1: DK Metcalf has four catches in every game, for nine
Speaker 1: yards in a touchdown, yards in a touchdown, and a
Speaker 1: hundred ten yards in a touchdown too. He got leon leaded.
Speaker 1: Imagine if he gets five catches in a game, what
Speaker 1: could he do? We're probably gonna find out on Sunday.
Speaker 1: Greg Olsen, speaking of scrambling for tight ends, I'm on
Speaker 1: the fence here tended to give him a c in
Speaker 1: a likely shootout and a homecoming game for the former
Speaker 1: Miami Hurricane, but Miami Miami has allowed just eight catches
Speaker 1: for a hundred two yards to tight ends. That being said,
Speaker 1: those tight ends are Ryan Izzoh, Reggie Gilliam, Dawson Knocks,
Speaker 1: James O'Shaughnessy, and Tyler Eiffort. I only know Tyler Eifford
Speaker 1: is basically Dawson Knox. So Greg Olson, if you're super desperate,
Speaker 1: give him a go. I'll give him a sea here
Speaker 1: and Russell Wilson. Come on, that's an easy a over
Speaker 1: to the Miami side. You're missing one receiver. David Moore
Speaker 1: is one of my sneaky favorite plays of this week.
Speaker 1: Why I mean, he's the starting outside receiver on the
Speaker 1: best arguably the best passing offense in the NFL so
Speaker 1: far this year. Byron Jones is out as the cornerback
Speaker 1: for Miami. That means Xavian Howard, who will follow Guys,
Speaker 1: is going to follow DK Metcalf on the outside. That
Speaker 1: means David Moore is gonna get rookie cornerback Noah big
Speaker 1: Binogginy Bigog and he is allowing a passer hundred thirty
Speaker 1: six in his coverage and two scores already, and he's
Speaker 1: not even a starter. He's already given up two scores.
Speaker 1: He's profo. Bill focuses ninety drank running back David bar
Speaker 1: you're sneaky play. I like that. I think that's more
Speaker 1: of a DFS dart than a seasonal plug in play.
Speaker 1: But there's potential there for sure. Um potential is there
Speaker 1: for Miles Gaskin. Now, I'm even a B and PPR,
Speaker 1: but a see if you're still playing standard leagues, because
Speaker 1: Jordan's Howard is always a vulture threat, as bad as
Speaker 1: he is, but Gaskins is a universal starter now twenty
Speaker 1: seven touches against Jacksonville last week had five catches. He
Speaker 1: totaled ten catches in his two games prior, when you're
Speaker 1: seeing less work. Seattle has allowed the sixth most catches
Speaker 1: to running back. So I'm liking gasking a lot here
Speaker 1: in this potential shootout. And you have to like the
Speaker 1: wide receivers for Miami against Seattle. We mentioned the massive
Speaker 1: numbers are allowing in catches and yards. I want to
Speaker 1: extrapolate those really quick. So on a sixteen game pace.
Speaker 1: The Seahawks are gonna allow four hud five catches. Last
Speaker 1: year the most a lot it was two hundred and forty.
Speaker 1: By the Bucks, they're on pace allows six hundred or
Speaker 1: six thousand, fifty nine yards. The most last year was
Speaker 1: three thousand, one hundred and seventies six. Also buy the books.
Speaker 1: That's why President Williams was like, take a chance for
Speaker 1: me a wide receiver. Ryan It's Patrick was would take
Speaker 1: a chance in the quarterback and Mike Kasicki was gonna
Speaker 1: give him a seat. But he gets a b now
Speaker 1: that Jamal Adams has been ruled out for Seattle, so
Speaker 1: safety for Gassicky it's gonna be a point orgy and
Speaker 1: stuff beach baby. By the way, Gassicki runs more slot
Speaker 1: routes than a tight end in the league. He's sitting on.
Speaker 1: I think he's in a grade. When we come back,
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Speaker 1: with three tough questions, beginning with tough question number one,
Speaker 1: what is the appropriate level of panic for Lamar Jackson owners? None?
Speaker 1: Some or a bowl loosening level of existential dread? Brian alright, so,
Speaker 1: l Jacks. Last year he finished as QB six or
Speaker 1: better in seventy three percent of his games. That's super impressive.
Speaker 1: He finished outside the top eighteen quarterbacks in zero percent,
Speaker 1: so insane ceiling, super safe floor. Your loving life with
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson last year, especially based on his ADP, I'm
Speaker 1: pretty sure this question is oriented for this year right now.
Speaker 1: This year, he was QB five in week one, okay,
Speaker 1: so far, so good, but then QB eighteen in week two,
Speaker 1: and then QB twenty two last week, so you're not
Speaker 1: feeling too good about l Jack's right now. He still
Speaker 1: is averaging eleven plus rush attempts per game. That is good,
Speaker 1: although zero carries inside the five yard lines so far
Speaker 1: not good. So I'm just gonna say some because he's
Speaker 1: clearly not on the same trajectories last year with the
Speaker 1: bloated ADP, but he will have big weeks. So just
Speaker 1: some level of concern. Okay, Matt, what is the appropriate
Speaker 1: level of panic for Lamar Jackson owners? His bad games
Speaker 1: tend to come against the Kansas City Chiefs for one
Speaker 1: reason or another, specifically specifically, So I'm not going to
Speaker 1: freak out about a quarterback who's averaging eighty rushing yards
Speaker 1: per game over his last nineteen games. I'm not going
Speaker 1: to freak out about a guy who has forty two
Speaker 1: touchdown passes to only eight interceptions since that span. I'm
Speaker 1: not freaked out at all. Come on, let's get over this, guys.
Speaker 1: This is okay. There's no panic here. The correct answer
Speaker 1: is some the defenses are taking away Mark Andrews, and
Speaker 1: that means they're they're making Jackson go to his second
Speaker 1: year receivers Brown and Boykin, and the hope was that
Speaker 1: Brown and boy Can in their second year would improve
Speaker 1: and progress, and they frankly, they haven't and or Jackson
Speaker 1: just isn't being is not able to find them consistently,
Speaker 1: and because of that, his passing numbers remain bad. Now
Speaker 1: the running remains mostly intact. I think, with the exception
Speaker 1: of what Brian mentioned, we're not getting these we're not
Speaker 1: getting these the touchdowns that we were hoping to get,
Speaker 1: but he's still getting carries. And because those rushing numbers,
Speaker 1: the fifty yards, the sixty yards, the seventy yards, the
Speaker 1: eight yards on the ground, you've got basically a statistical
Speaker 1: safety net for Lamar Jackson that means you never have
Speaker 1: to be in a bowl. Loosening level of existential dread.
Speaker 1: Tough question number two, sticking with Baltimore, they're running back.
Speaker 1: Such a wation has been a disaster for everybody involved
Speaker 1: in particularly mark Ingram for the rest of the year.
Speaker 1: Is Ingram and RB two a flex or a bench
Speaker 1: level player? Matt, we begin with you for this one.
Speaker 1: It's weird that Gus Edwards has kind of looked like
Speaker 1: they're best running back so far this year, and as
Speaker 1: and and that's not a good sign. I do like
Speaker 1: j K. Dobbins quite a bit, and I think that
Speaker 1: eventually his role expands more. He's definitely involved in the
Speaker 1: passing game, so mark Ingram's in a three way time
Speaker 1: share now and in the next couple of weeks here
Speaker 1: he's got since Philly and then a bye so those
Speaker 1: two games are good. Then then you get the bye week.
Speaker 1: But out of the by it gets absolutely nasty. Pittsburgh twice, Indie, Dallas,
Speaker 1: and Cleveland, who are all top ten running back defenses
Speaker 1: this year, are five of his next seven games. Out
Speaker 1: of the by. He's gonna be on the bench in
Speaker 1: five of those seven games, so he's gonna get more
Speaker 1: bench grades than flex grade. So he's on the bench. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I we thought, or I thought at least that Ingram
Speaker 1: was gonna be a safe RB two for the first
Speaker 1: quarter of the season at the least, But his carries
Speaker 1: have gone down starry in Week one from ten to
Speaker 1: nine to seven. Like L Jacks, he too has zero
Speaker 1: carries inside the five yard line. J K. Dobbins has
Speaker 1: two and Gus Edwards has one, and like Matt said,
Speaker 1: Gus Edwards looks like the best running back on the
Speaker 1: team right now j K. Dobbins just has to improve
Speaker 1: as the season goes on, one would think, and as
Speaker 1: Matt also alluded to, Baltimore is the tenth partiest remaining
Speaker 1: strength of schedule for running backs per fantacy pro So
Speaker 1: Ingram on the bench, Ingram on the bench. Ingram has
Speaker 1: fewer snaps than Dobbins, which you mentioned, you guys took
Speaker 1: most of my talking points. Um, just the ten touches
Speaker 1: a game. That's just not enough for reliable production and
Speaker 1: ten why would he get more than the ten when
Speaker 1: Dobbins figures to get better and Gus Edwards has been
Speaker 1: playing better. I think, Um, you're saving graces that Ingram
Speaker 1: has gotten double the red zone looks than Dobbins and
Speaker 1: Edwards combined. But I don't. I don't know that even
Speaker 1: that continues here, So it pay means to me to
Speaker 1: say it. But mark Ingram, you guys are correct. Bench
Speaker 1: he will be a bench level grade most of the time. Now, Matt,
Speaker 1: follow up on your point in the schedule. I think
Speaker 1: you can wait two weeks on Ingram. Hope he gets
Speaker 1: value in these next him. He rolls into that by
Speaker 1: and into that brutal part of his schedule and then
Speaker 1: we move him hope for an uptick from Ingram Right.
Speaker 1: Don't sell now because his value is very low now,
Speaker 1: but these next two weeks are promising. Do it after
Speaker 1: the Washington game this week and then before the bye
Speaker 1: when there's more value. Not leaving since and Philly the
Speaker 1: next two weeks are both good matchups to tough question
Speaker 1: number three? Should fantasy owners drop Carson Rentz Wentz out right,
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna pivot this into two parts. One would
Speaker 1: be in quarterback one leagues where you're just starting the
Speaker 1: one quarterback, and then secondarily, what if you're in a
Speaker 1: super flex and you can start too, So there's two.
Speaker 1: It's a two part answer to this. Can we get
Speaker 1: four out of three? Then yes, yes you can get four.
Speaker 1: I don't think I can, Okay, alright, well yeah you
Speaker 1: maybe not. Alright in super flex you can't drop and
Speaker 1: you basically can't stop drop a starting quarterback in super flex,
Speaker 1: but make sure you have Jalen Hurts on roster if
Speaker 1: you have wins on your team in super flex, But
Speaker 1: for one quarterback leagues, the answers absolutely yes right now.
Speaker 1: But you can drop him right now with the next
Speaker 1: three games being san Francisco, Pittsburgh, and Baltimore. That is
Speaker 1: absolutely brutal for Wins, who virtually has no weapons left
Speaker 1: outside of zach Ertz. But pick him back up, preferably
Speaker 1: before the Baltimore game in week six, because after that
Speaker 1: it goes Giants, Dallas, Giants, Cleveland, Seattle Man. Any warm
Speaker 1: body quarterback is going to get a starting grade of
Speaker 1: probably at least a B against those teams moving forward.
Speaker 1: So drop him now, let pick him back up, alright?
Speaker 1: Is that is that? Is that a valid you get
Speaker 1: You gave it, You gave a You gave an answer,
Speaker 1: which is yes, dropping one quarterback, Leagues, no, drop, don't
Speaker 1: drop in in super flex, Matt, Yeah, Brian hit the
Speaker 1: nail on the head. Can't drop him in super flex.
Speaker 1: But you could drop him right now. San fran and
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh in the next couple of weeks. But then the
Speaker 1: schedule does lie and up considerably. They have the fourth
Speaker 1: easiest remaining schedule against the pass, and you should get
Speaker 1: some of these receivers back with Alshon, Jeffrey, Jalen Reagor,
Speaker 1: Dallas Goddard and uh DeShawn Jackson, that should all be
Speaker 1: back on the field in the near future, we hope,
Speaker 1: although the Eagles can't keep anybody healthy, so I don't
Speaker 1: know why. Uh there there there's good times ahead for Wentz.
Speaker 1: It's not all bad, but we need some receivers back
Speaker 1: on the field for him. You guys hit all my
Speaker 1: talking points here. I'll mention this. I did some Philadelphia
Speaker 1: radio this week and Matt let me tell you they
Speaker 1: they have had it. He'd see Carson that's is under
Speaker 1: siege and the fact that Nick Foles did what he
Speaker 1: just did. The Eagles fans are I rate that the
Speaker 1: team has decided to go with Carson Wentz. Not always
Speaker 1: sunny in Philadelphia Cloud Carson Wentz. But it here's the thing, though,
Speaker 1: he's never he never gets like a full team with him.
Speaker 1: It's always disaster level receivers, the injuries. The offensive line
Speaker 1: is hurt right now. They have one wide receiver who
Speaker 1: is healthy one that's it and he was in the
Speaker 1: right and Dallas Goddard's on I R. I mean, it's
Speaker 1: it's just nobody could do much with what they've got
Speaker 1: to work with their all right, Let's get back to
Speaker 1: a couple of matchups here, beginning with Baltimore taking on Washington. Hey,
Speaker 1: that's me. We just talked about Lamar Jackson. He is
Speaker 1: a I agonized I agonized over this grade for a
Speaker 1: long time for the last two weeks. Of course he
Speaker 1: is he there have been a lot of struggles. He
Speaker 1: faces a much improved Washington defense this week, featuring a
Speaker 1: ferocious front four, but they'll be without Chase Young, who
Speaker 1: has been awesome through three weeks. Job, maybe they end
Speaker 1: up generating a lot of pressure on Jackson and then
Speaker 1: he has to run from the pressure, and then he
Speaker 1: runs out of the pocket, and then he runs downfield
Speaker 1: and he helps you with a bunch of rushing yards,
Speaker 1: which is really what we want anyway from Lamar Jackson. Now,
Speaker 1: he could help with his arms. Washington second areas they're
Speaker 1: just okay, and he could get on track with the
Speaker 1: receivers here. But I still think his best opportunities on
Speaker 1: the ground. But I can't give him an a grade
Speaker 1: based on the version of Lamar Jackson I've seen the
Speaker 1: last two weeks. I'm only giving him the b let's
Speaker 1: stick with the passing game, Marcus Brown gets a C grade.
Speaker 1: Washington secondary is surrendered the fifth fewest points to Fantasy
Speaker 1: points to opposing receivers so I just you know, Brown
Speaker 1: is always the hit and miss Jackpot guy. I think
Speaker 1: he's more likely to be a miss here, especially if
Speaker 1: there is a lot of pressure on Jackson and they
Speaker 1: can't set up the long past to Marcus Brown. Also,
Speaker 1: he may get covered by Ronald Darby, who has one
Speaker 1: skill trade, which is to run fast, and that's what
Speaker 1: Markus Brown does. Then uh that's se Then, oh, Mark Andrews.
Speaker 1: I would stay with the passing game. Back to back
Speaker 1: lousy games for Andrews, including a dreadful sniping by Nick
Speaker 1: Boyle last week that was frustrating. Fortunately, Washington has struggled
Speaker 1: against tight ends with three touchdowns in three games. They
Speaker 1: gave up a monster game to the similarly athletic Dallas
Speaker 1: Goddard and week one. So I've got a B grade
Speaker 1: on Mark Andrews. Now, we talk about the running backs,
Speaker 1: and I know we just talked about a lot of
Speaker 1: these guys. I don't think you really want to start
Speaker 1: any of them. But Washington did give Nick Chubb and
Speaker 1: Kareem Honda hundred fifty four rushing yards last week. So
Speaker 1: if you gotta pick one, it's Mark Ingram I'll give
Speaker 1: him the sea here. I'm tempted to throw a dart
Speaker 1: at Gus Edwards just because he's been the best of
Speaker 1: the bunch, but he just doesn't touch the ball enough.
Speaker 1: And J. K. Dobbins is out of consideration. Baltimore is
Speaker 1: gonna have a get right game this week. It's just
Speaker 1: I feel like it's just coming. I wouldn't be surprised
Speaker 1: if they put up forty points. Yeah, it's it's just coming.
Speaker 1: And and everybody's gonna be sleeping on it because they
Speaker 1: all saw what happened on Monday night, well in the
Speaker 1: week before. Though, this is not just one bad game.
Speaker 1: That whole offense just looks so out of sink. Where's
Speaker 1: the game again? Is it in Baltimore at Washington? It's
Speaker 1: not that far off a bus. There's gonna be more
Speaker 1: Ravens fans at that game. There's not gonna be Ye. Well,
Speaker 1: let's let's go to the Washington side of this game,
Speaker 1: where I've got three starters for you, beginning in the
Speaker 1: running game with Antonio Gibson, who was scored back to
Speaker 1: back games and increased his yards per carry and yardage
Speaker 1: total outputs in every game, but he faces a very
Speaker 1: good Baltimore run defense. Nick Chubb, David Johnson and Clyde
Speaker 1: Edwards A Laire all struggled against Baltimore, managing a scoreless
Speaker 1: fifties seven rushing yards per game on average. That's it.
Speaker 1: Gibson gets got the goal line carry last week, so
Speaker 1: that was good news. Wasn't not Peton Barber, it was
Speaker 1: Antonio Gibson, So you still got a shot here and
Speaker 1: we'll give him a C grade. Also getting a C
Speaker 1: grade Terry McLaurin mcon It's a brutal matchup. The Ravens
Speaker 1: have allowed wide receivers to score just five times in
Speaker 1: their last eleven games, the last one yard receiver against
Speaker 1: Baltimore a year ago, Week four of last year. McLaren
Speaker 1: runs from all over the field, but he's got tough
Speaker 1: matchups at every stop. It's Jimmy Smith, Marcus Peters, Marlon Humphrey.
Speaker 1: McLaren did pop up on the injury report later in
Speaker 1: the week with a thigh injury as well. It doesn't
Speaker 1: help matters and that helps cement the C grade um
Speaker 1: and then lastly, a sneaky play at tight end if
Speaker 1: you've get if you had Johnny Smith or Eric Ebron,
Speaker 1: Logan Thomas only one fewer target on the season than
Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin, and he's averaging playing time. The Ravens have
Speaker 1: been more yielding to the tight end position than any
Speaker 1: other spot. Tight ends of top fifty yards in every
Speaker 1: game against Baltimore, and that includes David and Joko and
Speaker 1: Jordan's Aikens. They're not exactly the second coming of Tony Gonzalez.
Speaker 1: So Logan Thomas in play, I'm happy to say low too,
Speaker 1: low too to his friends. Low to um Matt Buffalo
Speaker 1: taking on Oakland. Let's see if we can squeeze this
Speaker 1: into about three minutes. Yeah we can. Zack Moss was
Speaker 1: here to take a chance on me runner. But I
Speaker 1: actually like Devin Singletary better this week. I'm giving him
Speaker 1: a B grade. Uh. First, he's garnering five targets per
Speaker 1: game versus four targets on the season two Moss. Second,
Speaker 1: he's led or tied Moss and rushing attempts every game
Speaker 1: that they've both played this year. Third, the matchup skews
Speaker 1: in his favor. The Raiders have allowed at least two
Speaker 1: touchdowns to a single running back in every game this season.
Speaker 1: It was Christian McCaffrey, Alvin Kamara, and Rex Birkehead. What
Speaker 1: do they have in common? They all lead their respective
Speaker 1: running back rooms in targets on that day, and I
Speaker 1: think Singletary will do that, especially with Zach Moss still
Speaker 1: kind of nursing that toe injury. The back with the
Speaker 1: pass catching ability wins the day against the Raiders. Josh Allen,
Speaker 1: he gets an A savaging thy six passing yards and
Speaker 1: over three touchdowns per game. He's just an auto stark.
Speaker 1: He is uh. Stephan Diggs, he gets an A too.
Speaker 1: Since the start of last year, the Raiders are allowing
Speaker 1: a hundred and seventy yards to the wide receiver position,
Speaker 1: and Digs is top to eighty five yards or scored
Speaker 1: in every game in his Bill's career. John Brown, who's
Speaker 1: dinged up. If he goes, I'm gonna give him a see.
Speaker 1: Cole Beasley, He's a He's a good see start as well,
Speaker 1: both averaging six targets per game. Brian nailed the Cole
Speaker 1: Beasley one yard game last week. Give m a becoc
Speaker 1: charge where you. Brown was blank last week after a
Speaker 1: calf injury, but enjoyed seventy yards and a score in
Speaker 1: each of the first two If healthy, it's a it's
Speaker 1: a good game for him, and the Raiders just lost
Speaker 1: first round cornerback Damon Arnett and their secondary sucks. Beyond that,
Speaker 1: we're not chasing the tight end scores from last week
Speaker 1: at all, So let's move over to the Raiders. Josh
Speaker 1: Jacobs is a B grade. He got Caroline in Week one,
Speaker 1: wonderful explosive output there. Then he got New Orleans and
Speaker 1: New England among the best run defenses in the league.
Speaker 1: Follow that up with Buffalo, who's only allowing eighty eight
Speaker 1: rushing yards per game since the beginning of last year
Speaker 1: and around half a touchdown. It's just a B for
Speaker 1: Jacobs this week. Cars on the bench. The Raiders are
Speaker 1: missing Henry Rugs, Brian Edwards, Ritchie Incognito, and Trent Brown
Speaker 1: from their old line. The Bills have allowed over three
Speaker 1: yards and two passing touchdowns to each of the last
Speaker 1: two quarterbacks they faced, but they've been very good over
Speaker 1: the last year, only two twenty one per game. So
Speaker 1: I'm just leaving car on the bench. I am giving
Speaker 1: starting grades to a couple of his receivers. Though Darren
Speaker 1: Waller gets a B. He's going to get double digit
Speaker 1: targets in this game. He's averaging nine point three. Since
Speaker 1: tight ends who have had double digit targets against the
Speaker 1: Bills have averaged eight catches a hundred and thirty yards
Speaker 1: in a score per game, So I'll downgrade this possible
Speaker 1: A grade to a B because Matt Milano and Tremaine
Speaker 1: Edmonds are elite at covering the tight end for the Bills.
Speaker 1: They held Higbee, Herndon, and Everett to forty yards or less.
Speaker 1: Hunter Renfro is the only wide receiver that gets a
Speaker 1: starting grade. He gets a sea really is he's running
Speaker 1: about six of his routes from the slot. Jamison Crowder
Speaker 1: and Cooper Cup each scored and topped a hundred yards
Speaker 1: from the slot this year already, and the Dolphins slot
Speaker 1: wide receiver Isaiah Ford had seven catches for seventy six yards.
Speaker 1: The only issue maybe do they throw a waller in
Speaker 1: the slot and put Hunter Renfro on the out side
Speaker 1: just because he's healthy and he's upright? Yeah? Yeah, Nelson
Speaker 1: Agilar is not meant to play outside either, is not
Speaker 1: meant to play. You could have just offended with that.
Speaker 1: So it's going to be a day Z day. It
Speaker 1: could be another guy who's meant to run out and
Speaker 1: another guy in a revenge game? Does Joe every Buffalo
Speaker 1: games a revenge game because like jettison so many guys
Speaker 1: and turned through so many guys that have stayed in
Speaker 1: the league. When we come back, Cleveland takes on Dallas.
Speaker 1: Is this a monster game coming for Nick Chubb? If
Speaker 1: we have an in a slightly slightly injured Kareem Hunt
Speaker 1: and or what about this passing gave Baker Mayfield good
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Speaker 1: By my eyes, Baker Mayfields played pretty well the last
Speaker 1: couple of weeks. Odell Beckham sparking to a level of
Speaker 1: competence that we haven't seen in a while, And here
Speaker 1: comes Dallas minus some starting cornerbacks. What do you think
Speaker 1: of this Cleveland offense? Yeah, San Baker Mayfield the easy
Speaker 1: be uh maybe even in A. The Cowboys have allowed
Speaker 1: nine passing touchdowns over the last two weeks. That's all
Speaker 1: you really need to know for Mayfield. And the injury
Speaker 1: is like you just mentioned, so he's in a great
Speaker 1: spot as r as wide receivers at L. Beckham gonna
Speaker 1: get an A was limited by a back injury for
Speaker 1: most of the week, but practice and full on Friday.
Speaker 1: The Cowboys have surrendered the most wide receiver touchdowns was seven, somehow,
Speaker 1: beating the Seahawks in a category. Seahawks only quote unquote
Speaker 1: only have allowed five wide receiver touchdowns. So in A
Speaker 1: for Beckham uh and B for Jarvis Landry only thirteen
Speaker 1: targets for Landry to Beckham's twenty two so far. But
Speaker 1: he's been a little dinged up. Just mentioned the seven
Speaker 1: touchdowns surrendered to wide receivers by Dallas. Four of those
Speaker 1: went to fellow slot with wide receivers at Russell Gage
Speaker 1: and Tyler Lockett. So B for Jarvis Landry. And I'm
Speaker 1: gonna give Austin Hooper as C as in C later
Speaker 1: if you don't produce in this game, already dropped him
Speaker 1: in all my leave. Hayden Hurst came through against the
Speaker 1: Cowboys four catches for seventy two yards and a touchdown.
Speaker 1: Even Greg Olsen was serviceable five catches for sixty one yards.
Speaker 1: That should be Hooper's floor here. You should be able
Speaker 1: to replicate the Olsen numbers. But if he doesn't, there's
Speaker 1: another tight end in Cleveland I've got my eye on.
Speaker 1: We'll talk about a little later in the show. And
Speaker 1: of course we have to mention Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt.
Speaker 1: Kareem Hunt a little if he with a groin injury.
Speaker 1: Groin injuries on running backs, no boy, no. So we'll
Speaker 1: get to Hunt in a minute. If Nick Chubb easy
Speaker 1: a Hunt sits pretty much an A A Hunt goes
Speaker 1: but a strong B. But he's he's an A either way,
Speaker 1: You're not starting in one over Kareem Hunt. He's been
Speaker 1: great even with Cream Hunt lurking all year. Uh Chub
Speaker 1: averaging five point seven yards per carry on seventeen yards
Speaker 1: a game. It is a tough matchup on paper, as
Speaker 1: no loan back has topped eighty five rushing yards against
Speaker 1: the Cowboys for better or for worse, Dallas is funneling
Speaker 1: the opposition to the past, so and so kareem hunt
Speaker 1: back to him. I'll give him a see if he plays.
Speaker 1: He has had double digit carries in every game, which
Speaker 1: is kind of a choker to me, but only and
Speaker 1: to receiving scores so far. But hasn't hit twenty receiving
Speaker 1: yards yet in a game. But he's stuffed to sit
Speaker 1: in PPR. I'll still give him a c over to
Speaker 1: the Dallas side. Just gonna give Zeke a b here.
Speaker 1: He might get the return of Tyron Smith his last town.
Speaker 1: That would help big time. So the Cowboys are the
Speaker 1: only team in the NFL without a rush of fifteen
Speaker 1: plus yards. It was the Jets against Sam Donald to
Speaker 1: care that on Thursday night. And the Browns run defense
Speaker 1: has been very good, having well the fourth viewist rushing
Speaker 1: attempts in fourth viewist rushing yards to running backs at
Speaker 1: three point three yards per carry. Zeke does have twenty
Speaker 1: six touches in every game, is the second most target
Speaker 1: running back in the league. So a safety with with
Speaker 1: a a potential for sure Mark Cooper gets an a
Speaker 1: at least nine targets and eight yards in every game.
Speaker 1: He's not a coin flip like Michael Gallop or Ceedee Lamb.
Speaker 1: Cleveland secondary has already given up five touchdowns to opposing
Speaker 1: wide receivers and and an opposing receiver has topped at
Speaker 1: least seventy yards in every game. And Cleveland's top corner,
Speaker 1: Denzel Award is just having an off here, looking like
Speaker 1: a shadow of his warm herself. So in a for Cooper,
Speaker 1: I'm just sitting get Michael Gallop and Ceedee Lamb. Is ce.
Speaker 1: I mentioned the plus numbers for opposing wide receivers against
Speaker 1: the Browns, who are also yielding the fifth most targets
Speaker 1: to wide receivers and the most targets to wide receivers
Speaker 1: in red zone. But both of these guys are just
Speaker 1: in danger of getting left out in the cold. But
Speaker 1: you have to start them both in a suspected shootout.
Speaker 1: I got some Eric Decker theory on Ceedee Lamb this week.
Speaker 1: That theory we don't have enough time to get all right, um,
Speaker 1: and who else is stortable? Dalton Schultz gonna give him
Speaker 1: a sea has seen sevent snapshare since Blake Jarwin went down.
Speaker 1: Cleveland has been getting lit up by tight ends, allowing
Speaker 1: seven catches, sixty yards and a touchdown per game, So
Speaker 1: a safe c for Adulton Schultz. And last, but not
Speaker 1: least unless you're Jerry Jones, of course, is Dak Prescott. Yeah. Hey,
Speaker 1: the Browns have surrendered multiple passing touchdowns in every game
Speaker 1: and st Based on everything else you said, there was
Speaker 1: no doubt that Dak Prescott was going to be an
Speaker 1: a Why does Jerry Jones hate him so much that
Speaker 1: I don't understand? Well, he's senile and I can go
Speaker 1: on by that. Well, well, I think it might just
Speaker 1: come down to money. That might be part of it.
Speaker 1: New England takes on Kansas City. There's not many starters
Speaker 1: on the New England side here. Let's start with Cam Newton.
Speaker 1: For three years, Newton is per even to be an
Speaker 1: inconsistent passer at best, and even now under Bill Belichick,
Speaker 1: he's thrown just two touchdowns in the three games. And
Speaker 1: this is toughest matchup by a mile so far this year.
Speaker 1: Kansas City just finished destroying Lamar Jackson, holding him to
Speaker 1: nineties seven passing yards and one score. Chiefs have given
Speaker 1: up solid rushing performances to every quarterback they've faced, though,
Speaker 1: and I'm not ruling out a decent rushing game from
Speaker 1: Cam Newton, but I don't think you're getting anything from
Speaker 1: his arm, and rushing is very scattered shot, so I'm
Speaker 1: just giving Cam a C grade. His receiver. The only
Speaker 1: receiver I'm starting is Julian Edelman. Even with teams playing
Speaker 1: catchup against Kansas City, they've still allowed the fewest Fantasy
Speaker 1: points to opposing receivers, so I think it's hard to
Speaker 1: rely on Edelman in this matchup. He'll see a lot
Speaker 1: of Tyrone Matthew and he's held opponents scoreless while not
Speaker 1: allowing any receiver more than forty one yards in any game.
Speaker 1: Those are brutal matchup for Julian Edelman and just the
Speaker 1: C grade. Probably I could put him on the bench,
Speaker 1: and it's tempting, but I've I've settled on a C
Speaker 1: grade for Julian Edelman. Nikkil Harry needs primo matchups to
Speaker 1: be startable, and this is not even close to one
Speaker 1: of them, so he's on the bench. Let's go to
Speaker 1: the running game. James White's the only running back I'm
Speaker 1: recommending that you play, and he only gets a C grade.
Speaker 1: Runners have fared well against the Chiefs through the air,
Speaker 1: that's White's game. Not have scored, but they're giving up
Speaker 1: sixty running back receiving yards per game. The Chiefs arey,
Speaker 1: we'll take sixty six for sixty for James White. That's
Speaker 1: a C grade. Worried that he splits it with Rex
Speaker 1: Burkhead a little, Well, he wasn't before, so he got
Speaker 1: a whole week of practice in so I'm hoping not.
Speaker 1: And you mentioned Rex Burkhead, Sony Michelle, but off I R.
Speaker 1: Here's Damian Williams, and back comes James Harris. Damian Harris,
Speaker 1: thank you, And here comes James White. And so now
Speaker 1: that whole backfields way, way, way too muddy, except I
Speaker 1: think James James White, who just goes back to being
Speaker 1: when it seems to be the only one with a
Speaker 1: defined role. Agreed, Let's go to the Kansas City side,
Speaker 1: where every week I kind of say the same thing.
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelsey, Tyreek Hill, all a grades. Two
Speaker 1: weeks ago, the similarly skilled Russell Wilson through five touchdowns
Speaker 1: against the Patriots. You know, for Kelsey it's a tough
Speaker 1: matchup and no opposing tight end is top thirty yards
Speaker 1: against the Patriots. But you start him anyway, because he's
Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey. As for Hill, New England's secondary has been
Speaker 1: oddly beatable this year. They're allowing the seventh most fantasy
Speaker 1: points to opposing receivers, including five scores to wide receivers. Already,
Speaker 1: Hill should see a healthy dose of Stephan Gilmore and
Speaker 1: Jonathan Jones and coverage, and both have uncharacteristically given up
Speaker 1: scores in their coverage. So we're gonna keep the A
Speaker 1: grade on Tyreek Hill. The only other guy I'm starting
Speaker 1: is Clyde Edwards, a layer with a B grade. Patriots
Speaker 1: rebuilt front seven are allowing a healthy four and a
Speaker 1: half yards per carry, far easier to run than pass
Speaker 1: on New England, So I think you're getting a lot
Speaker 1: of volume from Clyde Edwards, a layer the catches. He's
Speaker 1: just not doing anything near the stripe, and I'm I'm
Speaker 1: really worried that at the end of the year we're
Speaker 1: gonna look back at Clyde Edwards, a layer and say, well,
Speaker 1: that was an interesting four touchdown season could be. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's doing nothing inside inside the ten, inside the five,
Speaker 1: and his offensive line has given him nothing to work
Speaker 1: with either. He's not going to be the new Ryan Matthews. Izzy, Well,
Speaker 1: he's already better than Ryan Matthews, I think. But he's
Speaker 1: a good receiver and the Patriots, although the Patriots have
Speaker 1: been good at stopping backs through the air, but he'll
Speaker 1: still pick up a few yards that way. Let's talk
Speaker 1: about Sammy Watkins for a minute. He's protecting an injury
Speaker 1: and as a result, he's basically catching the ball and
Speaker 1: falling down. I can't start him based on that. I
Speaker 1: know he had a decent game last week and had
Speaker 1: a good week one. Sammy s Watkins, Yeah, I like it,
Speaker 1: Sammy Squatkins. We're not starting him. Final matchup of this
Speaker 1: segment is Atlanta taking on Green Bay on the Monday nighter,
Speaker 1: and this looks like a massive shootout, but we've got
Speaker 1: big question marks at both wide receiver positions for the
Speaker 1: star player. It is super thorny from a wide receiver perspective,
Speaker 1: and good matchups for any wide receivers who decide that
Speaker 1: they are going to play in this game. UM let's
Speaker 1: start with Calvin Ridley, who did pop up on the
Speaker 1: injury report on Friday, limited in practice with an ankle injury.
Speaker 1: But I don't believe that one. I think that that
Speaker 1: one is most likely to go, still giving him an
Speaker 1: A grade. He's wide receiver one in Atlanta now, averaging
Speaker 1: twelve targets hundred and sixteen yards per game. He scored
Speaker 1: four times this year already. He's an A grade now.
Speaker 1: Julio Jones and Russell Gauge, I'm gonna leave them on
Speaker 1: the bench. But if they do play, there a C grade. Um,
Speaker 1: I just can't trust if either, We'll plan it's Monday night.
Speaker 1: Jones is still dealing with a hamstring, which caused him
Speaker 1: to sit last week. Gauges in the concussion protocol. If
Speaker 1: he clears it, though he's you know, it's not like
Speaker 1: he's got Probably he's probably a little bit more likely
Speaker 1: to play than Jones. Uh. Neither participated Thursday. Uh. Since
Speaker 1: it's a Monday night game. If they're in your lineup,
Speaker 1: you need to have a backup ready and I I
Speaker 1: recommended Marquez Veldez Scantling, you can pick him up. If
Speaker 1: not Brandon Powell or oh lim Oh my god, I
Speaker 1: can't even say his name, old m me day Zackius. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he had four receptions for the Falcons last week. We're
Speaker 1: gonna call him o z uh and Brandon. Is he
Speaker 1: the Wizard of Oz? Yeah, he might be. Brandon Powell
Speaker 1: had three receptions last week, so if either Jones or
Speaker 1: Gauge play, they're in. But those are options, I guess
Speaker 1: if they don't, I'm giving Hayden Hurst a be lack
Speaker 1: of wide receiver depth probably means an increase in targets
Speaker 1: for Hurst, although it didn't work out last week when
Speaker 1: Hurst only had three targets and had the half of
Speaker 1: Mike Evans game one catch, one yard, and one touchdown.
Speaker 1: I'd rather start Hurst and a flex over Powell or
Speaker 1: Zackius if you need an Adams, Jones or Gauge replacement.
Speaker 1: It's a soft be though. It's like a like a
Speaker 1: bay Uh. Let's talk about Matt Ryan A grade averaging
Speaker 1: over three yards per game, and the Packers have yet
Speaker 1: to allow a three d yard pastor this season. But
Speaker 1: I've given up multiple scores to each quarterback they've faced,
Speaker 1: and the running game him, Todd Gurley and Brian Hill.
Speaker 1: I'm giving both a C grade too. Yeah. I'm glad
Speaker 1: you're mentioning Brian Hill because I I be at least
Speaker 1: in at least last week, I thought he looked like
Speaker 1: the better back. Well, let's talk about last week fifteen
Speaker 1: touches for Girley eighty two yards in a score. Hill
Speaker 1: ten touches last week eighty yards in a score. Uh,
Speaker 1: that's better yards per touch for Hill there, But it
Speaker 1: seems like a timeshare now. And the Packers have given
Speaker 1: up big numbers to Dalvin Cook and Alvin Camaro, Wall,
Speaker 1: Latavius Murray and carry On Johnson kind of back up
Speaker 1: halftime backs. Each had respectable days and change of pace
Speaker 1: rolls over on the Packers side. Uh. Aaron Jones is
Speaker 1: an easy a per game averages with Davante Adams fifteen carries,
Speaker 1: three point six targets one touchdown per game averages without
Speaker 1: Davontae Adams fourteen point eight carries, six and a half
Speaker 1: targets one point eight touchdowns. He's actually better without Davante Adams.
Speaker 1: So maybe if you're an Aaron Jones owner, you're hoping
Speaker 1: Davanta Adams. Maybe. Um, that's a that's stat's courtesy of
Speaker 1: Mr Scott Fish. By the way, Aaron Rodgers, I'm giving
Speaker 1: an A grade two and Brian says, I can't give
Speaker 1: fantasy Fonzis anymore, So I'm going to make Aaron Rodgers,
Speaker 1: who has two a's in his name, the Fantasy Art
Speaker 1: Vark because there's it's a double A grade brand to
Speaker 1: find out what sound is like, so we can can
Speaker 1: add that in. We've got the we have, we got
Speaker 1: the dock, we've got the vulture, we've got the peacock. Well,
Speaker 1: we got a Fantasy art Vark. Now we have probably
Speaker 1: bell Um. That's the single bell although the Falcons have
Speaker 1: allowed three passing yards in every game this year, so
Speaker 1: Rogers is going to be great. Davante Adams, he's still
Speaker 1: got the hamstring injury. They're talking positively about him, but
Speaker 1: why would they bring him back on a Monday night,
Speaker 1: right before a bye week against Atlanta who they should
Speaker 1: beat at home. It doesn't make any sense to bring
Speaker 1: Davanta adam Is back unless he's I think you're kind
Speaker 1: of right, and he said he he only wants to
Speaker 1: come back in a percent. But we've seen guys do
Speaker 1: this before. Yeah, to come back before the bye week
Speaker 1: and surprise us is strange. I can't put him in
Speaker 1: a lineup, but if he does go, he's an A grade.
Speaker 1: Of course. I mentioned Allan Lazard core surgery out in
Speaker 1: definitely MVS was might take a chance on me wide
Speaker 1: receiver with a B grade worth noting that Malik Taylor
Speaker 1: and Darius Shepherd are the two other wide receivers on
Speaker 1: the depth chart. Shepherd had one target last week, so
Speaker 1: he's probably the next man up, and then Jay Sternberger,
Speaker 1: Robert Tanyan, Mercedes Lewis. Roll the dice if you want to.
Speaker 1: If there's a lot of injuries here, because they might. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you don't want to. Robert Tonyan with has been more
Speaker 1: of a scoring threat of if it was one guy,
Speaker 1: it's an A grade yeah, right. If you could roll
Speaker 1: them into one guy and one other than that, it's
Speaker 1: a super tight end s great for any of them,
Speaker 1: if you want to, roll the dice, if you want to.
Speaker 1: When we come back premature speculation, this is the bit
Speaker 1: are we give you three players to pick up this
Speaker 1: week that we we will be hot waiver wire pickups
Speaker 1: next week and will already be on your team Because
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Speaker 1: premature speculation. We offer a player each of us that
Speaker 1: we think will be a potential waiver wire pick up
Speaker 1: next week that you're going to already have on roster. Brian,
Speaker 1: who do you got Harrison Bryant. Cleveland's tight end. Austin
Speaker 1: Hooper has been a pooper of the bed so far
Speaker 1: this season. He's clearly a product of the Atlanta offense.
Speaker 1: He did not make that offense go. That offense made
Speaker 1: him go, and now he's in Cleveland sucking it up.
Speaker 1: Austin Hooper, that is you know who doesn't suck. Harrison Bryant,
Speaker 1: six five pounds, fourth round pick by the Browns out
Speaker 1: of Florida Atlantic this year unanimous All American Phil Mackie
Speaker 1: Award winner that goes to the most outstanding tight end
Speaker 1: in college has had a ton of opportunity yet Harrison Bryant.
Speaker 1: But he did score a touchdown last week and if
Speaker 1: he soaks up some more targets from Auston Hooper, and
Speaker 1: he will because he's a better football player. He's gonna
Speaker 1: have do pretty well for the man of the season
Speaker 1: because Cleveland has the ninth easiest remaining strength of schedule
Speaker 1: for tight ends and the landscape is getting kinda kind
Speaker 1: of ready. So keep your Ryan Harrison. Bryan Austin Hooper
Speaker 1: signed a forty four million dollar deal with twenty three
Speaker 1: million guaranteed. It's gonna be it's gonna be hard to
Speaker 1: get him out of the starting line up in four weeks.
Speaker 1: I think he's got a great name. By the way,
Speaker 1: if you drop the tee off of it, Yeah, Brian,
Speaker 1: he's Brian Harrison. Is he one of the Harrison Brian,
Speaker 1: we mentioned Brian Harrison. You're premature speculation player. Matt Christian
Speaker 1: Kirk is suddenly down to forty eight percent owned in
Speaker 1: ESPN leagues. He is still limited and practice of that
Speaker 1: groin injury, and I kind of hope he sits this
Speaker 1: week because he can't hurt it anymore if he's sitting,
Speaker 1: and why because he gets the Jets terrible defense next week,
Speaker 1: Dallas in week six, Seattle in weeks seven, that's delicious
Speaker 1: buy in week eight, and then Miami in week nine.
Speaker 1: He's got some really nice matchups coming up. That's four
Speaker 1: starting grades in the next five weeks for Christian Kirk
Speaker 1: and if he is owned, if you're in one of
Speaker 1: the forty eight percent where he is owned, and this
Speaker 1: is your bylow opportunity on a gimpy Christian Kirk with
Speaker 1: schedule coming the Kirk store called, They're there, Kirk's for sale,
Speaker 1: Come on about All right, let's go to my premature speculation.
Speaker 1: Guy is Pittsburgh running back Anthony McFarland. He's the fourth
Speaker 1: round rookie from Maryland. He's um. He's medium built, but
Speaker 1: he's a willing inside runner and he's got some bursts
Speaker 1: and big play potential to him. I don't know why,
Speaker 1: but Benny smells in the doghouse, and we all saw
Speaker 1: him look great in week one. But for whatever reason,
Speaker 1: Benny smith Snell is apparently not going to be a
Speaker 1: factor in this in this offense. Maybe it's the Benny smell.
Speaker 1: I think you pumped him up too much. I don't
Speaker 1: know why. McFarland um, after getting zero snaps in week one,
Speaker 1: zero snaps in week two, got seven touches last week
Speaker 1: and turned seven touches into fifty yards and that was
Speaker 1: more than Benny Snell got as well, might add both
Speaker 1: in touches and yards. James Conner is the league's biggest
Speaker 1: injury risk at any position, and the Steelers are handling
Speaker 1: him exactly the wrong way. He can't be a workhorse,
Speaker 1: and here they are using him like a workhorse. There
Speaker 1: is no bigger ticking time bomb than James Connor. So
Speaker 1: let's pivot to his backup. And it may not be
Speaker 1: Benny Snell. It could be Anthony McFarland, could be, could be,
Speaker 1: but I don't know yet. But last week it was
Speaker 1: insert Jaylen Samuel's. We have two matchups left, beginning with
Speaker 1: Philadelphia taking on San Francisco. It's last man standing for
Speaker 1: the Eagles. There's just there's nobody left other than with
Speaker 1: Miles Sanders, one of the two reliable players left on Philly.
Speaker 1: Sanders gets it be um. Despite key injuries all over
Speaker 1: the defensive side for San Francisco, there's They're still top
Speaker 1: five in terms of fewest rushing attempts, rushing yards, receptions,
Speaker 1: and receiving yards allowed to opposing running backs to be fair.
Speaker 1: To be fair, they've also faced Levy on not a
Speaker 1: Bell Cow and the Giants and see Quon, so not
Speaker 1: much competition for San Francisco. Sanders will be the best
Speaker 1: back they faced. He's averaging twenty seven touches per game
Speaker 1: in a meaty eight targets per game, so he's an
Speaker 1: easy volume based b in this one. Zach ERT's gonna
Speaker 1: give him an A even though it's not a great matchup.
Speaker 1: Saw ten targets last week and that's probably a safe
Speaker 1: floor moving forward. With all the injuries for Philly on offense,
Speaker 1: the forty Niners are banged up on defense, but they
Speaker 1: have been stout against tight ends as well, having only
Speaker 1: surrendered seven total catches to the position. So uh. But
Speaker 1: in the tight end landscape this week, especially with no
Speaker 1: John new Smith right, you have to just bump up
Speaker 1: earths into uh to the wide receivers. No a's going
Speaker 1: out to these guys. To Sean Jackson ruled out, so
Speaker 1: get him out of your lineup. The song remains the
Speaker 1: same with him with a hamstring injury. Um. The forty
Speaker 1: Niners have actually allowed the fourth most catches to wide receivers,
Speaker 1: and that's behind the Broncos and Jets in two and
Speaker 1: three who played four games. And of course Seattle's number
Speaker 1: one with like a million, but anyway, a good matchup
Speaker 1: for wide receivers and Richard Sherman an Emmanuel Moseley. Starting
Speaker 1: quarterbacks are not going to play in this game, so
Speaker 1: Greg Ward gets a c I just worry they're gonna
Speaker 1: play to take greg Ward away, because who else do
Speaker 1: you throw? I cannot name another Philadelphia wide receiver right now.
Speaker 1: I don't know who they are, so I'm just saying
Speaker 1: greg Ward it's not and he runs from the slot,
Speaker 1: and fellow slot receivers Braxton Barrios and Golden Tad had
Speaker 1: good games against the forty niners when they're a little
Speaker 1: bit healthier. So I'm giving Greg Ward the sea here,
Speaker 1: and I'll give Carson Wentz to see. It's really only
Speaker 1: in super flex, but even in one quarterback leagues. It's
Speaker 1: only because the two corners I mentioned are out. Nick
Speaker 1: Bosa is out, d Ford fellow defensive end is out,
Speaker 1: uh Solomon Thomas is out. Strong side linebacker Dre green
Speaker 1: Law is out. Everyone is out for San Fran and
Speaker 1: Wentz can still run. He had sixty plus yards in
Speaker 1: a rushing touchdown last week. Daniel Jones had forty nine
Speaker 1: rushing yards against San Fran last week, so Wentz sort
Speaker 1: of has a safe floor, but not really. That's a
Speaker 1: nice contrarian angle on Wentz right there. Okay, I like that.
Speaker 1: Sadly can't play this game in the main slate on
Speaker 1: the other side because it's the late game is a
Speaker 1: Sunday night game. But anyway, over the San France side,
Speaker 1: they love. They hate when you call it san Franz
Speaker 1: and san France, so I love saying san France. George
Speaker 1: Kittle gets in a he's ready to quote unquote let
Speaker 1: it loose against the Eagles after practicing in full on
Speaker 1: Wednesday and Thursday. The Eagles conceded a good game to
Speaker 1: Logan Thomas, who had four catches or thirty seven yards
Speaker 1: and a touchdown, and then a monster game to Tyler Higibe.
Speaker 1: You at five catches, fifty four yards and the touchdown
Speaker 1: hat trick. So we haven't given out a FUNSI yet.
Speaker 1: I'm giving it to Kittle on his return. A grade
Speaker 1: for George Kittle. Devo Samuel was not supposed to play,
Speaker 1: but he will play in this game, but will be
Speaker 1: eased back into action. Keep him on your bench, but
Speaker 1: check your waiver wire for Debo if he's available. Scoop
Speaker 1: him up right now. I'm gonna leave my receiver grades
Speaker 1: as they were before the debo news. That's a B
Speaker 1: for Brandon Aiyuk and a C for Kendrick Borne. The
Speaker 1: Eagles secondary is allowing over one eighty yards per game
Speaker 1: to opposing wide receivers. That includes two hundred and thirty
Speaker 1: yards the Bengals whiteouts last week, so Ayuk and Born
Speaker 1: are both startable, as is Nick Mullins. He gets to
Speaker 1: see this is really only because George Kittle is coming back.
Speaker 1: But the Eagles are allowing the seventh highest opponent passer
Speaker 1: rating and have surrendered five touchdown tosses over the last
Speaker 1: two weeks. So uh C grade for Mullins. And lastly
Speaker 1: to the running backs, Jerick McKinnon will play with the
Speaker 1: rib injury, he should serve as a lead back and
Speaker 1: give him a B here. Philly shut down Washington backs
Speaker 1: understandably so and limited Joe Mixon last week, but the
Speaker 1: Rams backs gashed Philly in Week two, primarily Darryl Henderson
Speaker 1: had a hundred twenty one combo yards and a score.
Speaker 1: Jet can get to that, and do not forget about
Speaker 1: Jeffrey Wilson, who also gets to see he will be
Speaker 1: the goal lineback in this one, and the Eagles have
Speaker 1: yielded the second most touches to running backs in goal
Speaker 1: to go snari Oh, all right, I'm done for the week.
Speaker 1: Our final matchup is the Giants taking on the Rams.
Speaker 1: There's only one starter for the Giants and it's tight
Speaker 1: end Evan Ingram. I don't even love it. He's been quiet,
Speaker 1: but maybe a good game here. Opposing height ends against
Speaker 1: the Rams have been targeted eight times. I was scoring
Speaker 1: a touchdown per game, so maybe you can get at
Speaker 1: something done. You're really in a pinch. You could try
Speaker 1: Golden Tate, who runs from the slot, so he gets
Speaker 1: to avoid Jalen Ramsey and draw a much easier matchup
Speaker 1: with Troy Hill. Hill is allowed twenty one of twenty
Speaker 1: two passes in his coverage to to be completed, So
Speaker 1: in fact I'm gonna give Golden Tate the C grade here.
Speaker 1: Everybody else is on the bench. Daniel Jones has zero
Speaker 1: touchdown passes the past two weeks and another's a tough
Speaker 1: match up. Darius Slayton's on the bench because he draws
Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey who will shadow him. Um and with Sterling
Speaker 1: Shepherd out I think that makes it a lock that
Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey shadows Darius Slayton. So he's out and all
Speaker 1: the runners are out. Dan Lewis, Devanta Freeman, Wayne Gollman.
Speaker 1: Lots of reasons not to play any of them. They
Speaker 1: split snaps evenly last week. The Giants run the ball
Speaker 1: less than any team in the NFL. The Giants runners
Speaker 1: as a group are averaging one point eight yards per carry.
Speaker 1: Here we just say, don't start Giants until further notice,
Speaker 1: and well we'll like, you know, yeah, well we'll we'll
Speaker 1: put to mention Giants runners anymore. Could you get one
Speaker 1: point eight yards if you fell forward? It's taller than that,
Speaker 1: so yes, yes you could. All right, we can't they're
Speaker 1: not the Giants runners. No, they can't. They're short. Let's
Speaker 1: go to the l A side. Lots of starters here,
Speaker 1: a whole different story, beginning in the passing game with
Speaker 1: a B grade on Jared Goff coming off one of
Speaker 1: his best games ever, and he has my highest grade
Speaker 1: for him this year. UH. A couple of backups, Nick
Speaker 1: Mullins and Sad trombone Sky both posted solid fantasy games
Speaker 1: against the Giants and his receivers and Tyler Higbee have
Speaker 1: all got plus matchups. I worry most honestly, just that
Speaker 1: the Rams running backs are gonna be so good that
Speaker 1: Jared Goff doesn't end up in a big game. So
Speaker 1: just the B grade on him. Robert Woods and Cooper
Speaker 1: Cup each get a's. For Woods, he's tallied one hundred
Speaker 1: total yards a touchdowner both in all three games. He's
Speaker 1: going to go up against James Bradbury, who has already
Speaker 1: been victimized for two scores in three games. Cooper Cup
Speaker 1: works from the slot. He now leads the team in targets,
Speaker 1: receptions and red zone targets. He's going to see the
Speaker 1: horrible slot cornerback Darnay Holmes, who ranks is Pro Football
Speaker 1: Focus is cornerback one hundred five out of like seven
Speaker 1: correct um and then Tyler Higgbye inexplicably silent last week,
Speaker 1: but a bounce back could becoming. The Giants are allowing
Speaker 1: twelve yards per catch two tight ends, although not a
Speaker 1: ton of volume. They don't have to throw the tight
Speaker 1: ends that much. I don't think there's a very good
Speaker 1: tight end defense, although they haven't shown it to this point.
Speaker 1: I think I worry there's just not enough meat left
Speaker 1: on the bone for Higby here with all these other
Speaker 1: mouths defeat um. And then let's go to the running game.
Speaker 1: Darryl Henderson sitting on potentially a great game, and he
Speaker 1: is an A grade. He just shredded too far better
Speaker 1: run defenses Buffalo and Philly. The predictably bad Giants run
Speaker 1: defense shredded in all three games as well, giving big
Speaker 1: performances to Benny Snell, David Montgomery, and both of the
Speaker 1: Niners running backs last week. And so Darryl Henderson, who
Speaker 1: has been great, should continue to be very good here
Speaker 1: and we'll get the bulk of the work. But that
Speaker 1: doesn't mean you can't start Malcolm Brown. Don't say cam
Speaker 1: Akers because he's been ruled out. Not cam Akers, Malcolm Brown,
Speaker 1: and all the more reason to like Malcolm Brown. Plenty
Speaker 1: to go around here against the Giant's team allowing one
Speaker 1: hundred fifty three total yards and one and a half
Speaker 1: touchdowns per game to opposing running backs. The dual headed
Speaker 1: approach worked last week against the Giants when Jerick McKinnon
Speaker 1: and Jeff Wilson combined for under fifty yards and three scores.
Speaker 1: We'll try two running backs here too, Malcolm Brown. If
Speaker 1: you're in a pinch, available on waiver wires in many leagues,
Speaker 1: you could pick him up and start him. Final reminder
Speaker 1: that you can get all of my player ratings and
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