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Speaker 1: Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio.

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

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

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Speaker 1: and whatever stupid stuff they decided to drop into the show.

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Speaker 1: Now here's your host, Paul. Welcome to eight Divisional Round

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Speaker 1: version of Fantasy Football Weekly on Paul charging In. My

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Speaker 1: co host is Brian Johnson. Hello, what's up Charged, Divisional Round? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: always the best weekend of football. It is the best

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Speaker 1: weekend of football, you know, because sure we had more

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Speaker 1: games last week, but think of the quality of games.

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Speaker 1: They were terrible by and large, pretty much mostly descript,

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Speaker 1: especially since I thought San Francisco would win. If you

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Speaker 1: heard this podcast last week, heard me talking, I had

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Speaker 1: that game matchup, and I was open about him, like

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Speaker 1: like I think the underdog is gonna win this one,

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Speaker 1: and I don't think that's the case this week for

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Speaker 1: San Francisco. But we'll do Yeah, we'll talk about that

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Speaker 1: game in a minute. Let's just we'll just let's do

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Speaker 1: the Saturday games in order, all right, beginning with the

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Speaker 1: first game, which I believe, by the way I'm ball

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Speaker 1: start time on that game. I believe the start time

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Speaker 1: is an hour later than normal. I think it's two

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Speaker 1: o'clock Eastern, one o'clock Central, which is weird. I thought

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Speaker 1: it was a little later. I could be wrong. You know, Sunday,

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Speaker 1: Sunday's got the oddball start time. Yeah, I guess Saturday's

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Speaker 1: all our odd ball start times. But alright, so let's lose.

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Speaker 1: There's no Monday night game this Yeah, no kidding, that

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Speaker 1: was weird. Okay, let's talk Cincinnati Tennessee. I think a

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Speaker 1: lot of people are focused on the Tennessee running back situation,

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Speaker 1: which we'll get to. Well, let's start with Joe Mixon

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Speaker 1: in the running game for the Bengals. Yeah. I'm not

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Speaker 1: like in Mixon's prospects too much in this one. I'm

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Speaker 1: just gonna give him a C grade for this game.

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Speaker 1: Mired in a bit of a slump, Joe Mixing is

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Speaker 1: just two touchdowns over his last six games, averaging just

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Speaker 1: three three yards per carry during that span. He's been

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Speaker 1: a bit banged up. No excuse though, but no injury

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Speaker 1: designation for Joe here. But he's really just a volume

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Speaker 1: based play in this matchup. Tennessee has surrendered the fourth

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Speaker 1: fewest rushing touchdowns to running backs all year, just nine. Uh.

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Speaker 1: The Titans have also allowed the second fewest rushing yards

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Speaker 1: to the position, just six more yards in the Bucks

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Speaker 1: for Joe. Opposing running backs have averaged nearly five catches

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Speaker 1: per game against the Titans, and Mixing has been very

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Speaker 1: active in the passing game recently totally nineteen targets over

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Speaker 1: the last three So whatever format you're using or playing in,

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Speaker 1: Joe Mixon certainly viable. But uh, this is more about

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Speaker 1: I'm sinking if he's gonna get five receptions for you know,

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Speaker 1: thirty yards, I'm already at eight points. And yeah, if

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Speaker 1: he gets that, he'll be closer to bat range. He's

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Speaker 1: gotta be upside, for sure. He's got a upside in

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Speaker 1: most case is but I'm being a little conservative with

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Speaker 1: the CE. Not gonna be conservative with Jamar Chase though. Uh.

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Speaker 1: He gets an a easy, a monster game against the

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Speaker 1: Raiders last week despite not scoring a touchdown. Good chance

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Speaker 1: he scores this week weekend, though, Titans are one of

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Speaker 1: five teams to surrender at least twenty touchdowns to wide receivers.

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Speaker 1: They've also yielded the most targets to the position, which

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Speaker 1: has resulted in the second most catches and yards allowed.

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Speaker 1: So love Jamaar Chase. He gets the A and Tee

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Speaker 1: Higgins gonna give him a B in a homecoming game.

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Speaker 1: I forget the name of the city, but he hails

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Speaker 1: somewhere from Tennessee, so he returns home. I think Haggins.

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Speaker 1: I think Higgins has a better game than than Jamar Chase. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he was very quiet last week against the Raiders, but

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Speaker 1: I'm with you, like, if you're playing in big GPP tournaments,

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Speaker 1: people are gonna gravitate towards Jamar Cha. It's more likely

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Speaker 1: he's more expensive. But I like the contrarian angle with

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Speaker 1: Higgins coming off the quiet game to give him a B.

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Speaker 1: But I do think he could outproduce Chason this one.

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Speaker 1: Like you said, uh, Tyler Boyd another starting grade for him.

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Speaker 1: He gets a C. Scored last weekend, now has touchdowns

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Speaker 1: in four straight games. He's also caught at least five

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Speaker 1: And lastly, Joe Burrow, though he gets an a, Tennessee

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Speaker 1: no surprise considering the Titans have yielded the third most

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Speaker 1: starting cornerback General's Jenkins for Tennessee is very iffy to

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Speaker 1: play with the ankle injury. It sounds like he'll probably go,

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Speaker 1: Those are all good question marks about Jenkins. Yeah, he'll

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Speaker 1: He has not been officially activated, but trending that way.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he'll play, But is he gonna be the

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Speaker 1: Derrick Henry of old getting twenty five carries almost certainly not.

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Speaker 1: like the old Derrick Henry, the old young Derrick Henry. Look,

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Speaker 1: you know, after what cam Akers did all bets are

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Speaker 1: You know, they don't need Henry to have twenty six

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Speaker 1: if they're head early and they don't run him hard

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Speaker 1: Dontrell Hilliard. Really just like if you're playing in larger

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Speaker 1: use them. The Bengals have allowed the fifth most catches

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Speaker 1: allow the six most passing yards of this season. Tannehill

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Speaker 1: optimistic he'd have a year two bounce back, which some

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00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:48,840
Speaker 1: players do, some running backs would do. But what we've

425
00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:51,160
Speaker 1: learned is if you don't have it by year two

426
00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:54,360
Speaker 1: as a running back, you almost never get it. Yeah,

427
00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,760
Speaker 1: I'm giving Singletary the a eight total touchdowns over his

428
00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:01,480
Speaker 1: last five games. He played virtually every meaningful snap last week.

429
00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:04,160
Speaker 1: I don't think Moss got in until the fourth quarter.

430
00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:08,200
Speaker 1: UM plus matchup for Singletary here. Kansas City has allowed

431
00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:10,680
Speaker 1: more than four point six yards per carried to running backs,

432
00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:13,480
Speaker 1: these second most receiving yards. So in a grade for

433
00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:16,240
Speaker 1: Devin Sigletary, you'd think you'd give then the A grade

434
00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:18,200
Speaker 1: to Stefan Diggs. But I'm not just a B for

435
00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:21,080
Speaker 1: him five targets in Week five, just caught two for

436
00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:24,920
Speaker 1: sixty nine scoreless yards. Uh. The Chiefs have allowed the

437
00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:27,600
Speaker 1: fifth most wide receiver touchdowns this year, but the majority

438
00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,600
Speaker 1: of those came earlier in the season. The secondary has

439
00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,560
Speaker 1: solidified itself as the season war on. I will mention

440
00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:38,520
Speaker 1: Deonte Johnson and James Washington both scored against Kansas City

441
00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:42,040
Speaker 1: last week, but that was pretty much under garbage time, UH,

442
00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:45,240
Speaker 1: garbage time scenario. So just a B for Stefon Diggs.

443
00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:47,680
Speaker 1: And now for the rest of the wide receivers. It

444
00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:51,320
Speaker 1: gets a little dicey. So Buffalo had thirty one dropbacks

445
00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:55,920
Speaker 1: last week. Josh Allen, Uh, Gabe Davis saw twenty ran

446
00:23:56,000 --> 00:24:00,400
Speaker 1: twenty routes. I'm sorry, Manny Sanders ran seventeen. Isaim Mackenzie

447
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,160
Speaker 1: ran twelve and Beasley ran nine. So I'm gonna break

448
00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,480
Speaker 1: Gabe Davis and Manny Sanders into one category. Then Doc

449
00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:10,240
Speaker 1: McKenzie Beasley, I'll give Davis and Sanders both to see here,

450
00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,879
Speaker 1: people are liking Gabe Davis a little more than Manny Sanders.

451
00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:16,040
Speaker 1: But Sanders had a good game last week. He scored

452
00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:18,600
Speaker 1: twice in that that Week five matchup, So a C

453
00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:20,560
Speaker 1: for both of those guys. Then when it comes to

454
00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:24,720
Speaker 1: mackenzie and Beasley, Mackenzie is kind of usurped Beasley as

455
00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,800
Speaker 1: the slot receiver. I got them both on the bench,

456
00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:30,399
Speaker 1: so I mean you can there's salary here, Yeah, not

457
00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:34,280
Speaker 1: enough volume. They're salaries savers in dfs. But uh, if

458
00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:36,080
Speaker 1: I had to pick one out of go McKenzie cause

459
00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:38,399
Speaker 1: he's getting more usage. But they're they're both on the

460
00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:42,200
Speaker 1: bench salary saver, I would go John Jennings. Yeah, I'm

461
00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:46,159
Speaker 1: with you there. Or Dontrell Hilliard could be like a

462
00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:48,840
Speaker 1: wide receiver three for the Titans. But anyway, we're talking

463
00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:50,720
Speaker 1: to Buffalo Bills, and if we're talking the Bills, we

464
00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:54,080
Speaker 1: certainly have to talk about Dawson Knox. Three catches, one

465
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,879
Speaker 1: seventeen yards and a touchdown in the Week five meeting.

466
00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:59,480
Speaker 1: You also had six catches forty two yards and a

467
00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:01,320
Speaker 1: touchdown to into the Chiefs in the last two year's

468
00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:06,040
Speaker 1: a f C. Yeah, he had a great playoffs last year.

469
00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:08,760
Speaker 1: UH Titans have the average to five catches fifty two

470
00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,320
Speaker 1: yards against Kansas City. So Knox has a fairly safe

471
00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:13,840
Speaker 1: PPR floor with a very high ceiling. And give a

472
00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:16,720
Speaker 1: B here borderline A but but just a B because

473
00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,560
Speaker 1: I think it's more about Devin Singletary this week, and

474
00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:23,240
Speaker 1: of course Josh Allen who had three d and fifteen yards,

475
00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:26,960
Speaker 1: three passing touchdowns, fifty nine rushing yards and a rushing

476
00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,080
Speaker 1: touchdown in the Week five matchup. I did mention that

477
00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,000
Speaker 1: Chris Jones was not playing in that game. That will

478
00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:34,840
Speaker 1: change things a little bit on the Kansas City defensive side,

479
00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:38,520
Speaker 1: but still an easy A for Josh Allen Kanzi. Kansas

480
00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:41,360
Speaker 1: City surrendered the second most Fantasy points to quarterbacks this year,

481
00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,600
Speaker 1: along with the sixth most quarterback rushing yards and the

482
00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:49,000
Speaker 1: most quarterback rushing touchdowns, so stars are aligned pretty well

483
00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:52,040
Speaker 1: for Josh Allen this one. He gets the A okay

484
00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:54,040
Speaker 1: over the Kansas City side, and of course we're gonna

485
00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:59,600
Speaker 1: start with Jerich McKinnon. Yeah, obviously I did not see

486
00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,399
Speaker 1: that comm not no one really did. I'm gonna give

487
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,879
Speaker 1: him a b here. Clyde Clyde Edwards layer UH is

488
00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:08,240
Speaker 1: set to make his return with the shoulder from the

489
00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:11,400
Speaker 1: shoulder injury, but I'd still bet on Jet to lead

490
00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:14,640
Speaker 1: this backfield on Sunday night. He looks great. Last week,

491
00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:19,159
Speaker 1: UH fresh legs were It was a real story of

492
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,439
Speaker 1: last week's playoffs. You know, the guy like Cam Akers

493
00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:25,200
Speaker 1: coming in fresh. The fresh legs made a big difference. Wow,

494
00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,000
Speaker 1: there's a huge factor. This is a tough match up

495
00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:30,479
Speaker 1: though the Bills have. The Bills are allowing just one

496
00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:34,360
Speaker 1: sixteen combo yards rushing in receiving per game to opposing

497
00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,520
Speaker 1: running backs. That's not great. We do expect c H

498
00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:41,040
Speaker 1: to steal some touches. It's it's crazy to say H

499
00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:44,800
Speaker 1: steal some touches, but that's what we're at. And then

500
00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:46,600
Speaker 1: there's Darryll william See, this is why I wouldn't give

501
00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:48,920
Speaker 1: anybody a b is I. I think this could just

502
00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:52,280
Speaker 1: be a really muddy rotation. Williams. I feel like he

503
00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:54,520
Speaker 1: suffered a setback last week with that toe injury because

504
00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:56,399
Speaker 1: he was set to start, people were banking on him

505
00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:58,800
Speaker 1: to play, and then he had like saw seven snaps

506
00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:02,480
Speaker 1: something like that. So I got Williams on the bench

507
00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,080
Speaker 1: for sure, and and Clyde Edwards layer. We gotta see

508
00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:07,720
Speaker 1: what we had there. I might be little being little

509
00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:11,200
Speaker 1: generous with McKinnon and the B, but it's uh, I

510
00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:13,640
Speaker 1: give him the B because it's a really tough matchup

511
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,040
Speaker 1: for the past catchers for Kansas City. And even though

512
00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:18,879
Speaker 1: I just said that, I am gonna give Travis Kelsey

513
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,560
Speaker 1: and a still six catches, fifty seven yards and a

514
00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,640
Speaker 1: touchdown in the Week five meeting. The Bills have allowed

515
00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,040
Speaker 1: the second fewest catches and touchdowns and tight ends this

516
00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:30,480
Speaker 1: year though. But Travis Kelsey not your typical tight end hunter.

517
00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,440
Speaker 1: Henry should have scored a touchdown Buffalo last week. That

518
00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:35,920
Speaker 1: was a brutal drop, but again that was garbage time

519
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,560
Speaker 1: but on paper, not not a great matchup for Kelsey.

520
00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:40,480
Speaker 1: But uh, I struggled to not give him an A

521
00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:43,800
Speaker 1: here because he's Travis Kelsey, but uh not struggling to

522
00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:45,880
Speaker 1: give Tyreek kill in a just a B for him.

523
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,680
Speaker 1: Seven catches, sixty three yards, no touchdown in Week five

524
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:54,439
Speaker 1: and despite losing trade as White All Pro cornerback as

525
00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:57,080
Speaker 1: White midway through the season. The Bills have allowed the

526
00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:01,159
Speaker 1: fewest catches, yards, and touchdowns wide receivers and buy a

527
00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:05,560
Speaker 1: wide margin six wide receiver touchdowns all year. The next

528
00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:10,040
Speaker 1: worst team or best team allowed ten touchdowns. That was

529
00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:13,760
Speaker 1: the Eagles the h The Bills have allowed three hundred

530
00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:18,000
Speaker 1: fewer yards then the next best team, worst team, whichever

531
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,040
Speaker 1: you want to put it. Just in a awful magic

532
00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:22,800
Speaker 1: if you're doing well, if if you're doing something really good,

533
00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:25,200
Speaker 1: your best right right, and you're number one, you should

534
00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:27,720
Speaker 1: your ranking for anything good should be one. Anything bad

535
00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:29,840
Speaker 1: should be thirty two. But I'm talking in terms of

536
00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:32,119
Speaker 1: the player the wide receiver though, so it's tough to

537
00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:34,440
Speaker 1: delineate that. But I understand we all we all know

538
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,720
Speaker 1: what we're talking about here. So just to be for

539
00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:41,680
Speaker 1: Hill and per usual, the rest of the Cheaps wide receivers,

540
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:43,760
Speaker 1: it's kind of a it's kind of a mess. Uh,

541
00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:46,160
Speaker 1: We're really gonna talk Byron Pringle and Nicole Hardman, though

542
00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:48,960
Speaker 1: canna give him both a C. I only expect one

543
00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:51,840
Speaker 1: to give you that C level production. Though both have

544
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:55,280
Speaker 1: total fift team targets over the last two weeks. Pringle

545
00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:58,960
Speaker 1: scored twice last week, so he's likely the more popular

546
00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:01,880
Speaker 1: df US play. If you want to pivot, you go hardman.

547
00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:04,800
Speaker 1: I will mention that DeMarcus Robinson did run the second

548
00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:07,760
Speaker 1: most pass routes among Chiefs wide receivers last week, behind

549
00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:10,959
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill, but that was pretty much in another garbage

550
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:14,240
Speaker 1: time situation with the Chiefs just rolling the Steelers. So

551
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:16,720
Speaker 1: I got Robinson on the bench. And of course we

552
00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:19,760
Speaker 1: have to talk Patrick Mahomes last but not least two

553
00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:23,040
Speaker 1: seventy two yards two touchdowns in Week five. He added

554
00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:26,719
Speaker 1: sixty one rushing yards in that game. But uh, I've

555
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:29,320
Speaker 1: already alluded to this. It's a brutal matchup on paper.

556
00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:33,360
Speaker 1: For the past game, the Bills allowed just twelve passing touchdowns.

557
00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:36,920
Speaker 1: In the regular season, only three quarterbacks managed to throw

558
00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:40,840
Speaker 1: two touchdowns. One of those quarterbacks was Mahomes none through

559
00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:45,480
Speaker 1: for three and most games the Bills surrendered zero passing touchdowns.

560
00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:50,120
Speaker 1: Just an amazing defense, and without tradevious White is something

561
00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:52,480
Speaker 1: to be said. Mac Jones did have two passing touchdowns

562
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,600
Speaker 1: against Buffalo last week, but that was garbage time. But uh,

563
00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:59,480
Speaker 1: you can't give Mahomes ending worson to b right. Yeahs

564
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:01,600
Speaker 1: beas right, but not not in a I mean he

565
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:03,920
Speaker 1: could hit that. I'd rather start Josh Allen than Patton.

566
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:09,320
Speaker 1: They're probably priced similarly in DFS. Yeah, alan Is is

567
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:14,560
Speaker 1: the highest price, and he'd probably be more roster than

568
00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:19,239
Speaker 1: Mahomes despite being a probably salary. But probably he's got

569
00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:23,040
Speaker 1: the rushing upside right. So his over under Vegas prop

570
00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:26,400
Speaker 1: line is forty nine and a half on Josh Allen

571
00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:29,800
Speaker 1: rushing yards. I'd go over its electric is that offense

572
00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:32,480
Speaker 1: is the Bills don't want to shootout in this game.

573
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:34,080
Speaker 1: They want the Chiefs off the field. They want to

574
00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:38,000
Speaker 1: control of the clock. You can do that, quarterback. You

575
00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:41,240
Speaker 1: certainly can with Josh Allen Rams taking on the Bucks.

576
00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:46,000
Speaker 1: That is the earlier game on Sunday. Uh. These seems

577
00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:49,240
Speaker 1: played in Week three, Bucks one by ten points. I

578
00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:51,080
Speaker 1: do not believe the Bucks are gonna win this game.

579
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:54,400
Speaker 1: Let's start on the ramp side, and so just keep

580
00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:55,960
Speaker 1: that in mind that I've got a little bit of

581
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,200
Speaker 1: bias here on how I think this game is going

582
00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:00,960
Speaker 1: to go. So I'm gonna start with running backs. Cam

583
00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:05,440
Speaker 1: Akers stunned us with thirty two snaps last week. Leading

584
00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:08,640
Speaker 1: the team. The burst, the energy, the fresh legs. All

585
00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:12,360
Speaker 1: looked great. Now this is a much tougher matchup against

586
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,320
Speaker 1: an elite run defense. Only one runner his top seventy

587
00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:18,760
Speaker 1: eight yards against Tampa, they allowed three point nine yards

588
00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,200
Speaker 1: per carry on the year. They completely shut down Miles

589
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:25,760
Speaker 1: Sanders last week, holding him to sixteen rushing yards. Where

590
00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:29,160
Speaker 1: cam Akers can be impactful those through the air. Tampa

591
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,320
Speaker 1: allows the third most running back receptions the fourth most

592
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:37,560
Speaker 1: running back receiving yards. In the two games he's played

593
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:41,120
Speaker 1: this year, cam Akers, he's had a three catch game

594
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,480
Speaker 1: and a forty yard receiving game. On that one, it

595
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:49,520
Speaker 1: was the Odell Beckham uh throw catching so that one

596
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,880
Speaker 1: tackle broken tackle at him, taken to the house. So

597
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:55,719
Speaker 1: I like, I like cam Akers, but no way does

598
00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:57,640
Speaker 1: he have a upside. I'm giving him a B on

599
00:31:57,720 --> 00:31:59,960
Speaker 1: the assumption he ends up chipping in some help through

600
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:03,080
Speaker 1: the air. Um. I. I also think it's totally bench

601
00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:06,840
Speaker 1: time for for Sony Michelle. Um. He hasn't been great. Honestly,

602
00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:08,840
Speaker 1: he had a dismal game in the Week three matchup.

603
00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:14,400
Speaker 1: He turned to twenty carries into a meager sixties seven yards. Uh.

604
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:17,960
Speaker 1: So I I just you know he got moved past

605
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:20,000
Speaker 1: Acres last week. I don't I don't think I want

606
00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:22,360
Speaker 1: to start Sony Michelle in this game with you. Darryl

607
00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:25,800
Speaker 1: Henderson got designated to return from i R on Friday,

608
00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:27,920
Speaker 1: but he is not expected to play in this game,

609
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,320
Speaker 1: although he may be active for the game, but probably

610
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:33,480
Speaker 1: does not see the field unless somebody gets hurt or

611
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 1: something unusual happens. Like that, So much for Jake Funk. Yeah,

612
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:40,680
Speaker 1: the Jake Funk. Those two snaps are enjoyable for the punt.

613
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:44,000
Speaker 1: Remember those, by the way, I think they were both

614
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,640
Speaker 1: in this matchup in in week three. So let's go

615
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,200
Speaker 1: to Let's go to the passing game now, Cooper cups

616
00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:53,440
Speaker 1: and obviously, and especially with slot cornerback Sean Murphy Bunting

617
00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:55,719
Speaker 1: dealing with a hamstring, we don't even alwa his status

618
00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:59,000
Speaker 1: for Sunday. But even if he does go, he's been bad.

619
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:02,960
Speaker 1: He's allowed sick sixty two yards per game in his coverage.

620
00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:06,400
Speaker 1: That is second worst among all defenders who have played

621
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:09,520
Speaker 1: at least half a season. So a disastrous run for

622
00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:11,400
Speaker 1: Sean Murphy Bunting to the point they almost hope he

623
00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:15,200
Speaker 1: does go now if he doesn't go, like last week

624
00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:18,520
Speaker 1: Antoine Winfield, their safety played out of position to guard

625
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:22,640
Speaker 1: the slot, and he allowed all four catches in his

626
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,680
Speaker 1: coverage or all four passes in his coverage to be completed.

627
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:30,320
Speaker 1: Can I interject for a quick, relax amazing wide receiver

628
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:33,240
Speaker 1: talent in his divisional round? Seven of the top ten

629
00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:37,960
Speaker 1: scoring wide receivers Fantasy Cooper Cup, Deebo, Samuel Jamar, Chase

630
00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:42,200
Speaker 1: Davante Adams, Mike Evans, Tyreek Kills, Stefan dis Yeah. Uh.

631
00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:45,480
Speaker 1: Slot wide receivers with have had good games against Tampa.

632
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:48,400
Speaker 1: Just I just if I limit the scope here since December.

633
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:53,360
Speaker 1: Recently Braxen Barrios, Cold Beasley, Russell Gage all had good games,

634
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:56,160
Speaker 1: and Cooper Cup put up ninety six yards and two

635
00:33:56,240 --> 00:34:00,160
Speaker 1: touchdowns in the earlier meeting. Let's go to Odell back

636
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,080
Speaker 1: him very impact the last week with the fifty four

637
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,320
Speaker 1: yards in the score, But you're banking on touchdowns because

638
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:07,680
Speaker 1: he's been a reliably low volume receiver and he's failed

639
00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:09,879
Speaker 1: to hit fifty four yards in six of the past

640
00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:12,600
Speaker 1: seven games. Fortunately, he has scored in six of the

641
00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:16,040
Speaker 1: past eight games, so he's a touchdown dependent receiver. He

642
00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:18,480
Speaker 1: lines up on the left left most often, and that

643
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:21,520
Speaker 1: will put him on Jamal Dean. Jamal Dean the bucks

644
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:24,800
Speaker 1: best cornerback. Dean is big and physical like oh b J.

645
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:27,640
Speaker 1: Dean's allowing just twenty one yards per game and his

646
00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:30,319
Speaker 1: coverage and hasn't given up a score since Week one,

647
00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:34,920
Speaker 1: and so I I have a B grade on Beckham,

648
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:37,200
Speaker 1: but really you're counting on a touchdown here. I think

649
00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:39,160
Speaker 1: he can get it uh in a game that I

650
00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:42,000
Speaker 1: believe the Rams will win and play well in. Let's

651
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:43,800
Speaker 1: go to the Let's go to some of the other receivers.

652
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:46,440
Speaker 1: I have a bench grade on Van Jefferson because of

653
00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:49,640
Speaker 1: the frustratingly low volume. Two or fewer catches and five

654
00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:52,120
Speaker 1: of the last six. That's not gonna cut it. Tyler

655
00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:55,319
Speaker 1: Higbee gets to see Bucks maybe without Lavante David, who

656
00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:58,240
Speaker 1: frequently picks up tight ends in coverage. Hig Be scored

657
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:00,640
Speaker 1: in the Week three matchup, but his volume is always low.

658
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:02,719
Speaker 1: Tampa has been a good tight end defense on the

659
00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:05,759
Speaker 1: whole for the season. CE grade and Tyler Higby in

660
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,680
Speaker 1: this game. And that brings us to Matthew Stafford. I've

661
00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:11,320
Speaker 1: given out A b's and c's. I'm giving out A

662
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:14,759
Speaker 1: to Stafford and hopefully, Brian, we could just bury that

663
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,360
Speaker 1: moronic line of reason. That's well, he's a law and

664
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:20,000
Speaker 1: so you can't win a playoff game. Well he just did,

665
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:22,920
Speaker 1: so shut up. Six of the past seven games have

666
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:25,520
Speaker 1: been very strong fantasy games for him. And really it

667
00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:28,400
Speaker 1: goes back farther if you it goes really when I

668
00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:30,319
Speaker 1: say six the past seven games, So I'm going back

669
00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:33,560
Speaker 1: seven games. Basically, we're we're going back to when Robert

670
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:35,800
Speaker 1: Woods went down and they were trying to integrate Odell

671
00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:39,480
Speaker 1: Beckham back into the offense. Really on the whole outside

672
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:42,040
Speaker 1: of that that those couple of weeks when the Woods

673
00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:45,560
Speaker 1: to Beckham transition was happening, Stafford has been a really

674
00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:49,719
Speaker 1: good fantasy product. Do you know where Matthew Stafford was

675
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:56,000
Speaker 1: born and raised? Hampa, Florida. I had no idea. Wow,

676
00:35:56,520 --> 00:36:01,120
Speaker 1: So it's a homecoming of sorts for for or Matthew Stafford.

677
00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 1: That's outstanding. Um. He threw for three forty three yards

678
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:08,759
Speaker 1: and four touchdowns in the earlier matchup. I take it back, real, hook,

679
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:10,279
Speaker 1: I'm much if he was raised that everything was born

680
00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:14,839
Speaker 1: in Tampa Bay. I'm reading anyway, thank you. Tampa Bay's

681
00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:17,279
Speaker 1: past defense looks great. On paper. If you're gonna take

682
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:20,400
Speaker 1: one thing away from this matchup, it's this. Listen to

683
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:24,800
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks Tampa has faced in the last five games.

684
00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:30,719
Speaker 1: Taysom Hill, who they lost to Sam Donald and Cam

685
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:34,440
Speaker 1: Newton is a combo platter. Then they saw Zack Wilson,

686
00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:39,680
Speaker 1: then they saw Sam Donald again. Then last week Jalen hurts.

687
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:45,000
Speaker 1: They haven't seen a legitimate passer since Thanksgiving. This is

688
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:47,080
Speaker 1: gonna be a shock to the system when they see

689
00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:51,839
Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford in the Rams, Sam Donald, Cam Newton. That's

690
00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:54,160
Speaker 1: that's a poop poop platder right there. That really is

691
00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:56,640
Speaker 1: all r Let's go to the Tampa side, which won't

692
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:58,759
Speaker 1: take quite as long. I don't think start with the

693
00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:01,680
Speaker 1: running game here letter for Net practicing shaping up as

694
00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:03,720
Speaker 1: a game time decision, but I don't like hamstring injuries

695
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:06,239
Speaker 1: on runners, and the prospect of a setback is a

696
00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:09,680
Speaker 1: concern here. Even if he does play and start. Rams

697
00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:12,240
Speaker 1: are also very good run defense, fourth best in yards

698
00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:15,319
Speaker 1: per carriage just three point nine for Nets. Strongest hope

699
00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:17,959
Speaker 1: for a good game is through the air, for sure.

700
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:21,480
Speaker 1: He averaged five catches for thirty two yards as a

701
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 1: receiver this year and the Rams are just the middle

702
00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:27,600
Speaker 1: of the pack defense against receiving backs. For Net got

703
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:30,240
Speaker 1: three catches for twenty six yards in the first matchup,

704
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:33,839
Speaker 1: but get this, in that earlier matchup week week three,

705
00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:39,440
Speaker 1: Geo Bernard nine catches fifty one yards and a touchdown.

706
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:43,960
Speaker 1: M and Bernard will be available in this game. I

707
00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:47,040
Speaker 1: still think four Nett would get that usage before Bernard would.

708
00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:50,080
Speaker 1: But you could throw a dart on Bernard. I don't know.

709
00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:51,680
Speaker 1: I have still have a bench grade on him, but

710
00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:54,080
Speaker 1: that's part of the C grade I've got him for

711
00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:56,680
Speaker 1: Net is because I do expect him to catch and

712
00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:58,880
Speaker 1: I hope I'm not mowing your lawng here. But major

713
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:01,640
Speaker 1: issues on the tan the Bay offensive. Yeah, in fact,

714
00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:03,800
Speaker 1: let me mention that, let's get to that right. So

715
00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:06,680
Speaker 1: they may be missing left tackle Tristan Worths in center

716
00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:11,000
Speaker 1: Ryan Jensen. That's those are big losses for sure. Josh

717
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:13,879
Speaker 1: Wells who came in for worth and it didn't look

718
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:17,719
Speaker 1: very good. No, he's questionable. So whoever's backing him up,

719
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 1: I don't know what he's gonna be. Like a garbage can,

720
00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:23,280
Speaker 1: and that guy's got to stop Aaron Donald and Tristan

721
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:26,200
Speaker 1: Worf's if it's him playing hurt or his backup has

722
00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:31,000
Speaker 1: got to try to stop von Miller, right, So that's

723
00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:33,520
Speaker 1: part of what worries me about this game. Brashott Perriman

724
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:35,400
Speaker 1: has all been but ruled out of this game as

725
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:37,360
Speaker 1: we're talking about injuries, and Ronald Jones will not go

726
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:40,320
Speaker 1: on this one. And by the way, Keyshawn Vaughan stinks,

727
00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:43,960
Speaker 1: so let's not even go there, all right, So let's

728
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:46,040
Speaker 1: go to the passing game for Tom Brady. I'm gonna

729
00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:49,279
Speaker 1: start with Brady. The Rams secondary is a Jekyl and

730
00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:53,080
Speaker 1: Hide operation that hammered Russell Wilson, Tyler hunt Huntley and

731
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:56,719
Speaker 1: last week uh Jalen Hurts, but has also given up

732
00:38:57,200 --> 00:39:01,040
Speaker 1: three hundred yard games to Kyler Murray, kirk Cousin, Jimmy Garoppolo.

733
00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:03,719
Speaker 1: Brady much closer to that group and talent, but there's

734
00:39:03,719 --> 00:39:06,120
Speaker 1: a lot working against Brady. So the offensive line injuries

735
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:08,400
Speaker 1: are a huge factor. The limited success of the running

736
00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:11,200
Speaker 1: game could be what holds him down. Mike Evans not

737
00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:14,239
Speaker 1: fully healthy. He's also going to get a lot of

738
00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:17,480
Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey. We'll talk about that in a minute. And really,

739
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:19,840
Speaker 1: if you're thinking about starting Tom Brady, you're paying for

740
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:24,240
Speaker 1: Tom Brady and DFS. Ask yourself this. If Mike Evans

741
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:28,440
Speaker 1: plays to his over under of seventy yards and Gronk

742
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:31,719
Speaker 1: plays to his over under sixty six yards, Okay, there's

743
00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:35,359
Speaker 1: a hundred and thirty six yards. Where is any other

744
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:42,320
Speaker 1: yards coming from? Tyler Johnson? Brady hates he does, he

745
00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:46,439
Speaker 1: hates him, Scotty Miller, cam Brad. I mean, those guys

746
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:50,040
Speaker 1: aren't gonna beat teams. So I'm nervous about Brady here,

747
00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:52,120
Speaker 1: and I've only got the B grade on Brady in

748
00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:54,520
Speaker 1: this game. I'm gonna be pissed if Scotty Miller scores

749
00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:57,919
Speaker 1: twice because there was a plus like twelve thousand bet

750
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:02,479
Speaker 1: Voice last week, and I was like, I can spend

751
00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:04,680
Speaker 1: ten dollars in a worse way than that, but I

752
00:40:04,719 --> 00:40:07,080
Speaker 1: didn't hit. Of course, watch it happened though. Now Mike

753
00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:09,520
Speaker 1: Evans so Brown and Godwin's out. So when these teams

754
00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:13,439
Speaker 1: played each other back in week three, Jalen Ramsey went

755
00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:18,480
Speaker 1: between Evans Brown and Godwin Brown and got on out

756
00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:22,040
Speaker 1: of the team. So we're gonna see a lot of

757
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:25,560
Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey on Mike Evans. Brown is not even on

758
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:29,200
Speaker 1: the planet. Anymore that could be. Since Week seven, the

759
00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:33,520
Speaker 1: average game against Ramsey is thirty three scoreless yards per game.

760
00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:36,759
Speaker 1: That's it. He's back. Fortunately, Evans does move around the

761
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:38,400
Speaker 1: field a lot, and if he goes into the slot

762
00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:41,000
Speaker 1: he can shake Ramsey to some degree. In the Week

763
00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:44,520
Speaker 1: three matchup, they targeted Evans ten times, but only two

764
00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:47,480
Speaker 1: of those were against Ramsey. He got one catch for

765
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:50,560
Speaker 1: ten yards against Ramsey in the earlier meeting. So I've

766
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:52,080
Speaker 1: just got the B grade and Evans. They have to

767
00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:53,600
Speaker 1: throw to him. There's gonna be a ton of volume,

768
00:40:53,719 --> 00:40:55,440
Speaker 1: but I don't know how successful it's going to be

769
00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:57,920
Speaker 1: with Ramsey on him the whole game. Let's go to

770
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:01,040
Speaker 1: Rob Gronkowski, the other receiver UK are about in this offense.

771
00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:03,880
Speaker 1: Three games without Antonio Brown and Chris Godwin has yielded

772
00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:06,960
Speaker 1: an average of six catches for ninety four yards. He

773
00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:10,080
Speaker 1: has scored once in those three games. Last week, only

774
00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:13,200
Speaker 1: two tight ends had six receptions against the Rams this year.

775
00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:16,040
Speaker 1: It was Mark Andrews and t. J. Hockenson, and they

776
00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:19,319
Speaker 1: went for eighty nine yards and forty eight yards. Neither

777
00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:22,160
Speaker 1: of them scored. I think just Grons got to get

778
00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:24,800
Speaker 1: the ball because you don't have a choice. I'm with you.

779
00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:27,959
Speaker 1: How did we talk longer this week on four games

780
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:29,920
Speaker 1: and we did last week on six? A lot of

781
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:33,239
Speaker 1: good players. Man, do we like hearing the sound of

782
00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:36,000
Speaker 1: our own voices? Geez? At least we got plenty of

783
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:39,279
Speaker 1: notes for next week. We've got it all all the

784
00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:42,000
Speaker 1: just do the games next week. We're gonna go fifty

785
00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:47,480
Speaker 1: minutes on two games next week, I hope not. I think,

786
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:48,880
Speaker 1: who do you think who's going to be playing in

787
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:52,239
Speaker 1: these games? Winning? Yeah? Well who'll be playing? Who are

788
00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:54,800
Speaker 1: the two? Who are the what's the matchup? Okay? Talking

789
00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:58,760
Speaker 1: about next week? I think, uh, since he Pusley upset

790
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:01,759
Speaker 1: and I guess, but Buffalo since he yea, since he's

791
00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:04,560
Speaker 1: under and is Buffalo pretty much a pick him? Now?

792
00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:07,320
Speaker 1: I think it's three. I like both road teams for

793
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:11,080
Speaker 1: the a f C. I like the Rams like you do, uh,

794
00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:13,080
Speaker 1: I mean, you gotta go with the Packers. But I

795
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:16,680
Speaker 1: won't say this as a former Giants fan. I did

796
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:22,600
Speaker 1: go down in season when the Packers were a one

797
00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:25,400
Speaker 1: seed on there by no one gave the Giants a

798
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:27,920
Speaker 1: shot in hell beat Green Bay in that game, and

799
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:31,080
Speaker 1: they did, so I didn't think it happened, but unlikely.

800
00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:34,960
Speaker 1: Just you know, what if if the if the Niners

801
00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:40,880
Speaker 1: just hadn't had haven't endured and overcome so much, I

802
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:43,480
Speaker 1: would like them more in this game. I just worried

803
00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:48,080
Speaker 1: the tank's empty. Debo's gotta throw on run one catch too,

804
00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:52,120
Speaker 1: don't forget to return. Maybe you put him a corner

805
00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:55,040
Speaker 1: pick six. It could be. Are they just unleashed Tray Lance?

806
00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:57,360
Speaker 1: Who knows? Well, you know, wouldn't that be funny if

807
00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:59,560
Speaker 1: they did have some design? Trey Lance plays in this

808
00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:02,400
Speaker 1: just as a wild card. It's a good defense Tove

809
00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:06,160
Speaker 1: tried against. You could all right, thank you for all

810
00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:08,000
Speaker 1: your helping this one problem. Well, who do you got

811
00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:09,239
Speaker 1: in the a f C? Real quick? I know you

812
00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:11,359
Speaker 1: like the Rams and I got Buffalo. I feel more

813
00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:16,520
Speaker 1: strongly about Buffalo winning, and I believe it'll be Tennessee.

814
00:43:17,040 --> 00:43:19,960
Speaker 1: So I go Buffalo Tennessee, and I will go Rams

815
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:23,600
Speaker 1: and Packers. I think that that Titans Bengals game is

816
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:26,480
Speaker 1: gonna be a good one. Should be. Yeah, I actually

817
00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:28,040
Speaker 1: really all of them are gonna be. What's the biggest

818
00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:29,719
Speaker 1: The biggest spread on any of them, I think is

819
00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:31,960
Speaker 1: San Francisco Green Bay at five and a half Yeah,

820
00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:34,400
Speaker 1: I think that biggest spread three and a half. These

821
00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:37,760
Speaker 1: should be good close games. We deserve it. Thanks for everybody,

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