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Speaker 1: Welcome to a week three edition of Fantasy Football Weekly.
Speaker 1: I am Paul Jarchi and my co host today Scott
Speaker 1: Fish and Ryan Johnson.
Speaker 3: Just like last week, that Wow, that was a lot
Speaker 3: of energy. Charge a lot of energy. By the way,
Speaker 3: I have a problem. So I was listening to the
Speaker 3: fabulous nine to noon show with you and Paul Allen
Speaker 3: this sevening and I caught you guys talking about biting
Speaker 3: fish heads off or biting the heads off fish.
Speaker 4: That has happened. That has happened.
Speaker 3: Then, I don't like the idea of that. No, that
Speaker 3: wasn't about me, was it. You're not that?
Speaker 1: No, No, there was no fish biting in that regard.
Speaker 1: What's over all, I have been tempted to take a
Speaker 1: nibble from time to time.
Speaker 4: I'm not gonna lie.
Speaker 3: No biting fish, No biting fish.
Speaker 4: But you know what you are going to get.
Speaker 1: Yes, fifteen matchups in the next less than two hours,
Speaker 1: broken down fantasy style with letter grades and every player
Speaker 1: that matters take a chance on me. That'll give you
Speaker 1: nine players you can put in your starting lineup that
Speaker 1: you normally would not. Three no, take a chance, Yeah,
Speaker 1: and then three tough questions and then premature speculation all
Speaker 1: coming up. Can't wait to dive in. We begin with
Speaker 1: the Chargers taking on the Steelers. Scott, Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: the Steelers are the best overall defense in the NFL.
Speaker 3: Pretty dang good, Pretty dang good.
Speaker 4: I think I think the other shoe drops for the
Speaker 4: Chargers here.
Speaker 3: Yeah. It doesn't help that Justin Herbert is questionable with
Speaker 3: a high ankle sprains if it's Eastern stick even less likely.
Speaker 3: Less interested in this Chargers offense this week. But for
Speaker 3: Justin Herbert, I had him on the bench regardless because
Speaker 3: of the defense you just mentioned seventh in pressure rate,
Speaker 3: tied for fourth and QB knockdowns, only allowed one offensive
Speaker 3: touchdown through two weeks. They're also second in interceptions and
Speaker 3: third and passes deflected like they're just they're just all
Speaker 3: over it. So I have him on the bench. I
Speaker 3: basically have the whole passing game on the bench. Because
Speaker 3: of that, except for Quentin Johnson, who I'm given a
Speaker 3: C grade too. If Herbert goes, because he is just
Speaker 3: a first read monster. He's a target monster of twenty
Speaker 3: one percent and thirty two percent over the first two weeks,
Speaker 3: leads in targets, yards, touchdowns. My only problem, you know
Speaker 3: who he gets? No, who has to line up against
Speaker 3: Joey Porter.
Speaker 4: Joey Porter.
Speaker 3: Yeah, ye a tough draw. Yeah, tough draw, yeap. He'll
Speaker 3: only see Joey sixty to seventy percent of the time though,
Speaker 3: But Joey Porter. Get this out on Joey Porter. He's
Speaker 3: allowed twenty two completions in his coverage in his nineteen games.
Speaker 4: Wow, dang, that's good. Holy wow.
Speaker 3: That that is not a lot. So Quentin Johnson is
Speaker 3: going to have to do his work when he avoids him.
Speaker 3: I got a C grade there. If Herbert doesn't go,
Speaker 3: I might just drop that to a bench. Honestly. In
Speaker 3: the in the running game, I think think they're gonna
Speaker 3: have to run. That's all they they're gonna be able
Speaker 3: to do. I have a B grade on JK. Dobbins,
Speaker 3: less touches than Gus Edwards last week. Actually, in back
Speaker 3: to back Weeds back to back weeks, but averaging six
Speaker 3: plus yards per carry. Uh. In fact, he's the only
Speaker 3: running back with two hundred and fifty plus career carries
Speaker 3: in NFL history to average six plus.
Speaker 4: Wow. Yeah, that stat that's yeah, JK. Dobbins.
Speaker 3: Yes, first Chargers since Tomlinson to have one hundred and
Speaker 3: thirty plus rushing yards in consecutive games. Steelers have held
Speaker 3: the rushing game rushing me running backs down in both
Speaker 3: games so far by Jean Robinson and Javonte Williams. They
Speaker 3: both did decent work through the air, though, which might
Speaker 3: also be a problems because the Chargers running backs have
Speaker 3: combined for a total of six receiving yards this year. Six.
Speaker 3: That's it. That's not three point five yards per carry
Speaker 3: allowed by the Steelers. I have a be on Dobbins.
Speaker 3: I have a bench grade on Gus Edwards, who's been
Speaker 3: completely ineffective six point one fantasy points off of nineteen
Speaker 3: touches last week.
Speaker 1: As I keep mentioning Kamani Vidal, if Gus is gonna
Speaker 1: keep doing this, Kamani v Doll's eventually gonna start getting
Speaker 1: time in this row.
Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, bench grade on Gus. But if easton stick plays,
Speaker 3: I would consider a C grade dart throw because they're
Speaker 3: gonna just have to give it to their running backs
Speaker 3: a whole lot over to the Pittsburgh side. I have
Speaker 3: a bench grade on Justin Fields. I know he can
Speaker 3: get you the running the rushing yards. He's averaging eleven
Speaker 3: for forty two on the ground, but he's doing nothing
Speaker 3: in the air. The Chargers do have the second worst
Speaker 3: pressure rate. They don't bring extra rushers, but what they're
Speaker 3: doing is dropping all those defenders back into coverage and
Speaker 3: allowing the league's lowest average depth of target. Wow, so
Speaker 3: they're not giving you. They're not giving up any big plays,
Speaker 3: no explosive plays, which has led to them keeping passers down.
Speaker 3: George Pickens is the only receiver I'm giving a grade
Speaker 3: to hear a C grade on him because he gets
Speaker 3: fifty three percent of the Steelers' air yards, leads the
Speaker 3: Steelers and basically every receiving category, and he's gonna get
Speaker 3: Christian Fulton while on the outside, who had over one
Speaker 3: hundred rating against last year. When he moves to the slot,
Speaker 3: he will see Jasiah Taylor, who says has one hundred
Speaker 3: and sixteen point seven rating this year. He doesn't. He's
Speaker 3: not gonna go to a Santa Samuel's side a lot,
Speaker 3: so he's gonna have see some decent matchups. I'm gonna
Speaker 3: give him a C grade. I do have Pat Faararmouth
Speaker 3: on the bench. The Chargers gave up a good amount
Speaker 3: of Bowers, but Bowers was the only tight end to
Speaker 3: go over forty yards against this defense since Week nine
Speaker 3: of last year, and it took eight targets to get there,
Speaker 3: just to get to fifty eight. Jalen Warren and Naji Harris,
Speaker 3: I'm giving SEA grades to both Naji Harris, tripling Warren's
Speaker 3: touches so far this year. But remember Warren came into
Speaker 3: the season on a limited stampcout. They weren't even sure
Speaker 3: he was gonna play Week one, so it's a little
Speaker 3: bit a little bit nerved because of that. You can
Speaker 3: likely throw a Week one out. Jalen Warren's sixty one
Speaker 3: yards on eleven touches was much more efficient than Harris's
Speaker 3: seventy four yards on eighteen touches, but they're basically splitting
Speaker 3: thirty to forty carries. They can both get C grades
Speaker 3: on volume here.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Giants in the Browns, Brian, not
Speaker 1: a lot to like on the giant side, But let
Speaker 1: me mention this. Devin Singletary currently number one an avoided
Speaker 1: tackle rate among runners with at least twenty carries forty
Speaker 1: six percent avoided tackle rate for Devon Singletary. Do you
Speaker 1: like him here against the Browns?
Speaker 5: Yeah, based on those numbers, you got to start them
Speaker 5: against pretty much anybody. But not a great matchup for Singletary.
Speaker 5: Just the sa grade this week against the Browns, allowing
Speaker 5: just seventy two rush yards per game to opposing backs.
Speaker 5: But yeah, leads the NFL and a misstackle rate, like
Speaker 5: you said, second in misstackles forced, averaging more than five
Speaker 5: point one yards per carry. Saquon Barkley wasn't doing this time.
Speaker 5: But I mean, Barkley's been doing playing well for the Eagles.
Speaker 3: But I saw meme earlier this week of done both
Speaker 3: wearing number twenty six, and it's an office space meme
Speaker 3: of Singletary being like, I shouldn't change my number, you know,
Speaker 3: from Saquon's number, because he's the one that sucks.
Speaker 5: Not when it comes to fantasy. Unfortunately, over the past game,
Speaker 5: Malik Neighbors after a monster game in Week two. Just
Speaker 5: to see here, back to last week, Neighbors became the
Speaker 5: youngest player in NFL history with ten plus catches, one
Speaker 5: hundred plus receiving yards and a touchdown scored and a
Speaker 5: huge drop. He would have a bigger game, but just
Speaker 5: to see this week, despite the fact Neighbors has more
Speaker 5: total air yards than both the entire offenses of the
Speaker 5: Kansas City Chiefs and the Washington Commanders.
Speaker 3: Shut up.
Speaker 5: Wow the air air yards that is, but still yeah,
Speaker 5: Chiefs have not been airing it out. So Neighbors is
Speaker 5: an alpha, a must start based on expected volume regardless
Speaker 5: of matchup, but not a great one here. Cleveland is
Speaker 5: allowing less than nine catches at one hundred and thirty
Speaker 5: five yards per game to opposing wide receiver units so far.
Speaker 5: That is why Wandale Robinson is on the bench this week.
Speaker 5: But nice take on call last week charge Wandelle did
Speaker 5: find paydirt, but unlikely to this week, so he is
Speaker 5: on the bench as our Theo Johnson and Daniel Bellinger,
Speaker 5: the Giants tight ends not even rosterable right now six
Speaker 5: combined targets, so they're on the bench, as is Daniel Jones.
Speaker 5: We give him a take on grade last week, not
Speaker 5: this week against Cleveland. Over to the brown side. Starting
Speaker 5: with the running game, I got a season Ford, Jerome Ford,
Speaker 5: and Dante Foreman. Foreman gets the softer sea. We'll talk
Speaker 5: about Ford a little more in the next segment. Over
Speaker 5: the passing game, not a ton to like, but it's
Speaker 5: really more so game script concerns. I'm just gonna give
Speaker 5: a starting grade for the wide receivers to Amari Cooper.
Speaker 5: He gets to see. Cooper has seen a healthy seventeen
Speaker 5: targets so far for an anemic total of five catches
Speaker 5: for twenty seven scoreless yards.
Speaker 1: Amari Cooper's drop rate thirty eight percent.
Speaker 3: It's ridiculous.
Speaker 4: He's dropping a specialist.
Speaker 5: Hikes, so it seems like they're didn't get him going
Speaker 5: in this game. Hopefully, even though the Giants only yielding
Speaker 5: fifteen targets per game to wideouts as a whole does
Speaker 5: not favor the passing game at all, and with an
Speaker 5: over under of thirty nine in this game, it does
Speaker 5: not scream shootout. So I have Elijah Moore and Jerry
Speaker 5: Judy on the bench. But worth noting regarding Elijah Moore
Speaker 5: leads the brown and catches and targets per route run.
Speaker 5: He is a PPR helper in most weeks, not likely
Speaker 5: this week, but visa available, I'd go grab him in
Speaker 5: PPR leagues Jordan Akins though at tight end, I'll give
Speaker 5: him a ce YEP. David and Joco is out again
Speaker 5: opposing tight ends, averaging five catches fifty five yards per
Speaker 5: game against the Giants, and we will take that in
Speaker 5: the tight end wasteland right now and last, and most
Speaker 5: certainly least, he's still at the bench.
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson Off said, Yeah, Bob Baltimore Dallas is the
Speaker 1: last matchup for this block of the show in theory
Speaker 1: to elite defenses, but they have not played that way.
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson A grade Like most weeks, he's my number
Speaker 1: three ranked quarterback this week. Let's stay with the passing
Speaker 1: game for a minute. Zave Flowers predominantly lines up outside,
Speaker 1: where he's going to match up with cornerbacks Klan Carson
Speaker 1: and Trayvon Diggs.
Speaker 4: They've been just okay.
Speaker 1: They've a lot of co find sixty five percent catch
Speaker 1: rate and a touchdown in their coverage combined. Flowers is
Speaker 1: dominating the looks in the passing game compared to the
Speaker 1: other wideouts, and honestly, the biggest threats to Jay Flowers
Speaker 1: are his tight ends. He's such a big part of
Speaker 1: this passing offense. We're going to remain a B grade
Speaker 1: on Zay Flowers. It looks like a neutral matchup way
Speaker 1: Thornier with Mark Andrews and Aaya Likely, who come in.
Speaker 4: With C grades.
Speaker 1: They basically have flipped flopped in the two games. Week one,
Speaker 1: it was all Likely, Week two, it was all Andrews.
Speaker 1: Dallas got hit hard by the Browns tight ends in
Speaker 1: the opener, and then last week Taysom Hill got hurt
Speaker 1: and they only gave up one catch the position. So
Speaker 1: this thing's still a little bit murky. Mike Zimmers defense
Speaker 1: has struggled with tight ends a lot in the past
Speaker 1: in Minnesota. For what it's worth, I think you can
Speaker 1: start both Andrews and Likely. There's still big parts of
Speaker 1: this passing offense. Derrick Henry hasn't been great so far,
Speaker 1: averaging four yards per carry just two carries of more
Speaker 1: than ten yards so far, but really it's because of
Speaker 1: the inconsistent Ravens offensive line more than anything else. Alvin
Speaker 1: Kamara just hammered the Cowboys for one hundred and eighty
Speaker 1: yards and four scores. But Henry's game is nothing like Kamaras,
Speaker 1: so I don't know if we can infer too much
Speaker 1: from that. Dallas was a good run defense last year,
Speaker 1: only lying one runner to top one hundred yards all season,
Speaker 1: but this is a totally different scheme with Mike Zimmer
Speaker 1: and they might not match up as well. I'm keeping
Speaker 1: a B grade on Derrick Henry. Let's go over to
Speaker 1: the Dallas side. Obviously a grade for Ceed Lamb. We
Speaker 1: won't spend a lot of time on that, but do
Speaker 1: watch his ankle injury. Expected to play. Don't think that's
Speaker 1: an issue here at all. Jake Ferguson is expected to
Speaker 1: play through his knee injury. The Ravens kept Kelsey in
Speaker 1: check in week one, but brock Bauers went berserk on
Speaker 1: them last week, going nine for nine on his targets.
Speaker 1: If Ferguson can't go, we it'd be Luke Schoonmacker.
Speaker 3: There's many times strock bars targeted.
Speaker 4: Good question.
Speaker 1: I think it was nine times that many times?
Speaker 5: Not enough? Apparently not, I'm not looking like enough right
Speaker 5: now now.
Speaker 1: Jalen Tolburn and Brandon Cooks come in with C grades here.
Speaker 1: I do expect a pass heavy game plan, so both
Speaker 1: guys are dart throws if needed.
Speaker 4: Hopefully you don't need either one.
Speaker 1: They're running against solid cornerbacks Marlon Humphrey, Brandon Stevens in
Speaker 1: that hybrid safety Kyle Hamilton, who we love. But I'll
Speaker 1: note that Hamilton and Humphrey have already love touchdowns in
Speaker 1: their coverage this year, so they don't feel like shut
Speaker 1: down guys right now. So in a pinch, you could
Speaker 1: go Tolbert and Cooks, who honestly I originally had on
Speaker 1: the bench. It's that close. Staying with the passing game,
Speaker 1: let's talk Dak Prescott. I've given you some an A
Speaker 1: grade on Lamb and some SA grades, so I've got
Speaker 1: a starting grade on him. But I'm kind of nervous
Speaker 1: about this one dimensional Cowboys offense against a good Ravens
Speaker 1: pass defense. Last year, thirteen of seventeen opposing quarterbacks to
Speaker 1: face Baltimore through zero or one touchdowns. No quarterback hit
Speaker 1: three hundred yards against Baltimore. And this year, same story,
Speaker 1: no three hundred yard passers one touchdown each to Patrick
Speaker 1: Mahomes and Gardner Minshew Ravens are giving up a completion
Speaker 1: rate of seventy two percent, which is what so just
Speaker 1: a middling grade on Prescott. I don't love him here
Speaker 1: se Grade and these running are awful. Ezekiel, Elliott rico'doddell.
Speaker 1: We worried if they were going to be anybody you
Speaker 1: could ever start. I don't think they are Dallas right now.
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus is twenty ninth ranked rushing attack and
Speaker 1: both of them just plain look bad. They're run blocking
Speaker 1: hasn't been good. They're ranked twenty second by Pro Football
Speaker 1: Focus and in the NFL's rushing yards over Expectation, both
Speaker 1: guys are in the bottom five amongst starting running guys.
Speaker 1: It's all bad, and Zeke and rico'dowdele on the bench.
Speaker 4: When we come back, take a chance on me.
Speaker 1: Nine players not normally in your starting lineup. Will tell
Speaker 1: you who they are.
Speaker 4: You got injury problems.
Speaker 1: We got guys you can go find and pick up
Speaker 1: and start. When we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly.
Speaker 1: Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly. Take a chance on me
Speaker 1: nine players you would not normally start. Many of these
Speaker 1: guys available on the waiver wire.
Speaker 4: Why are you shaking your head?
Speaker 3: Scott when I'm with you You're guaranteed to smile.
Speaker 1: Smile time every time, Scott. When I'm with you, every
Speaker 1: time I smile, especially when you give me stone cold winners.
Speaker 1: Has take a chance on me players beginning with this quarterback.
Speaker 3: I don't know about that all the time, but this
Speaker 3: week I have your QB twenty five, Jared Goff, who
Speaker 3: people are bailing on. He was dropped in twenty percent
Speaker 3: of leagues last week. This last week, he's being started
Speaker 3: currently in just one third of league's for this upcoming week.
Speaker 3: I think that's a mistake. Goff has three hundred yards
Speaker 3: and or multiple scars in five straight against the Cards.
Speaker 3: Goff's offense has scored thirty plus in eight straight against
Speaker 3: the Cards. It's a fifty three point over under, which
Speaker 3: is the highest of the week, and the Cardinals are
Speaker 3: ranked thirty easiest against quarterbacks so far this year.
Speaker 1: All right, I'm intrigued. I like it, Brian, you take
Speaker 1: a chance with me quarterback.
Speaker 5: Well, we're in the Jersey. I was gonna roll Sam
Speaker 5: Darnold back, but that's become too easy already, So I'm
Speaker 5: going to take a chance on a g no Smith
Speaker 5: at home against the Dolphins. Gino is still not getting
Speaker 5: the credit he deserves. Ranks ranks eighth, and passer rating seventh,
Speaker 5: and passing yards second in completion percentage over expectation. He's
Speaker 5: also totaled nine rushing attempts so far, one went for
Speaker 5: a thirty plus yard score. Love them at home against
Speaker 5: the Dolphins, who haven't truly been tested in their secondary
Speaker 5: as Trevor Lawrence had just twenty one pass attempts against
Speaker 5: them in Week one, just nineteen pass attempts for Josh
Speaker 5: Allen last week, but both quarterbacks through for a score
Speaker 5: were not picked off. So Gino should have a safe
Speaker 5: four in this game, and if he can get in
Speaker 5: the thirty ish pass attempts range, he has a very
Speaker 5: high ceiling. Miami has allowed the ninth highest pass yards
Speaker 5: per attempt and the seventh highest seventh highest passer rating
Speaker 5: so far.
Speaker 1: Gardner Minshew takes on Carolina. I could just stop right there,
Speaker 1: but I'll note that Minshew ranks number two in passing yards,
Speaker 1: number one in completions, number one in completion percentage. Caroline
Speaker 1: has allowed five touchdown passes, already second most. All of
Speaker 1: Minshew's receivers have plus individual matchups and brock Bauers is
Speaker 1: my number one ranked tight end. This week, the Panthers
Speaker 1: ranked twenty eighth in coverage and dead last in pass
Speaker 1: rush by Pro Football Focus. Gardner Minshew love him this week.
Speaker 3: You want to hear an insane stat about the Raiders
Speaker 3: this year? Yes?
Speaker 4: Please?
Speaker 3: That helps you. They lead the NFL in pass three.
Speaker 1: PA's right and Tonys here we thought, like the most
Speaker 1: run heavy coach in the NFL, running it like a
Speaker 1: thirty two percent clip rate.
Speaker 4: It's it's crazy. Yeah, absolutely, all right, let's go to
Speaker 4: the running back.
Speaker 3: Yeah, but somehow we're still gonna stay in Las Vegas
Speaker 3: with that run rate. I'm going with Samir White, who's
Speaker 3: been with you, who's been very unproductive and gross, and
Speaker 3: you have not liked starting him the last two weeks,
Speaker 3: but he's still tripling Madison in snaps and touches. He'll
Speaker 3: get the fifteen to twenty touch volume here against a
Speaker 3: Panthers D that is allowing nearly forty touches per game
Speaker 3: to running backs, almost like they're getting behind right right,
Speaker 3: teams are just running it on them. They're allowing four
Speaker 3: point nine yards per carry. Samir White with that volume
Speaker 3: should finally break out.
Speaker 4: I agree.
Speaker 1: I'm starting a bunch of guillotine leagues, So I care
Speaker 1: enough that I don't want to get cut. Brian, Who's
Speaker 1: you take a chance with me running?
Speaker 5: I got Green Bay's Emmanuel Wilson at Tennessee. Now Josh Jacobs.
Speaker 5: This is the clear cut starter for the Packers, but
Speaker 5: with rookie Marshall Lloyd now on ire with the ankle injury,
Speaker 5: Wilson is in line to serve as the primary backup
Speaker 5: against the Titans in a game where Green figures to
Speaker 5: favor the run heavily yet again with Jordan Love looking
Speaker 5: very iffy. The Packers offensive line currently ranks third in
Speaker 5: yards before contact per attempt. That is a great clip,
Speaker 5: and the Titans are just shredded by the Jets backfield
Speaker 5: to the tune of one hundred and seventy combo yards,
Speaker 5: which included nine catches and three total touchdowns. So I
Speaker 5: think Emmanuel Wilson is viable this week.
Speaker 4: If you're desperate, I'm going Jerome Ford.
Speaker 1: You alluded to his game in the previous segment. They
Speaker 1: fooled around with Dota Foreman last week, given him a
Speaker 1: bigger role, and you know what they got out of that?
Speaker 4: They got three yards per carry.
Speaker 1: Meanwhile, Ford is running for five point seven yards per
Speaker 1: carry this year, so I think Ford goes right back
Speaker 1: to being a lead back against a Giants run defense
Speaker 1: that ranks twenty six by Pro Football Focus. They ranked
Speaker 1: sixteenth in run stuff win rate by ESPN, and they're
Speaker 1: giving up five point eight yards per carry to opposing runners, so.
Speaker 4: It is ridiculous. I love Jerome Ford in.
Speaker 5: This game, and I failed to men when I did
Speaker 5: the matchup more of a pass rusher. But Brian Burns
Speaker 5: added to the injury report Friday, which is a big
Speaker 5: boon for the whole Browns offense, but definitely the backfield.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the wide receivers position.
Speaker 3: I'm going I'm going Greg Dortch here. The Detroit Lions
Speaker 3: were one of the worst teams against the slot this
Speaker 3: year last year, and they have continued it this year
Speaker 3: where they are the worst team against the slot.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 3: I know, if you look at the game log, you
Speaker 3: realize they played Cooper Cup and the resurgence of Chris Conwin,
Speaker 3: which is going to make them really really bad against
Speaker 3: the slot. But it also means maybe based on last
Speaker 3: year and early this year, that's what teams are attacking
Speaker 3: and that's where Greg George plays, so I think he's
Speaker 3: gonna get his this week. I have him as my
Speaker 3: wide receiver.
Speaker 1: Take a chance on me player, All right, Brian, You're
Speaker 1: take a chance from your receiver.
Speaker 4: We are you big deep breath here.
Speaker 5: We're getting grimy here.
Speaker 3: Like it when we get grimy.
Speaker 5: Philly's Britain Kobe at New Orleans. Kobe saw six targets
Speaker 5: last week with aj Brown inactive, which will be the
Speaker 5: case of this week. All six should be heavily utilized
Speaker 5: again this week against the Saints, who have yielded the
Speaker 5: third most targets to wide receivers so far twenty four
Speaker 5: per game. And oh yeah, the Saints suddenly had this
Speaker 5: high powered offense all of a sudden.
Speaker 4: Caame scripts whip into the receiver.
Speaker 5: Which means Philly could be chasing points on Sunday and
Speaker 5: Britain Kobe's gonna be running free in the slot. I
Speaker 5: think no one's gonna be paying attention to him. So
Speaker 5: I'm seeing like eight catches for forty seven yards in
Speaker 5: this game, and we'll take that all day.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go Duwan Jennings going up against the Rams, Deebo,
Speaker 1: Samuel ruled out. George Kittle may likely not play in
Speaker 1: this game as well. That creates twenty one targets and
Speaker 1: carries that could freed up for others. And Jawan Jennings
Speaker 1: is like next guy up now on ir for the Rams.
Speaker 1: In their secondary cornerback Darius Williams, cornerback Den Kendrick, and
Speaker 1: safety John Johnston. The third you're starting cornerback for the Rams,
Speaker 1: tore Davius White, has allowed a league worst three touchdowns
Speaker 1: in two days games. So I like Juwan Jennings. He's
Speaker 1: a gritty player, he's big, he's physical. Oh, by the way,
Speaker 1: Rams allowing the most yards per completion of any team
Speaker 1: in the NFL fourteen yards.
Speaker 3: Per completion, Big chunks.
Speaker 1: That is a that was our chunk plays right there, Scott.
Speaker 1: Let's go to Denver taking on Tampa. This Denver offense
Speaker 1: looked god awful.
Speaker 3: Right, but they do get They do get a Tampa
Speaker 3: Bay pass defense that is ranked the fifth easiest matchup
Speaker 3: for quarterbacks. So naturally, bon Nicks, who is tied for
Speaker 3: the rookie leaded touchdown passes zero that's zero with JJ
Speaker 3: McCarthy and all the other quarterbacks. Riockey quarterbacks, No I
Speaker 3: have Bonnicks on the bench. Fun sat about Bonix. He
Speaker 3: is eleven for thirty six for two hundred and twelve
Speaker 3: yards and four picks on passes of more than five
Speaker 3: yards down field.
Speaker 5: God, I'm sure Sean Payton finds that's that very fun?
Speaker 3: Yes here, Yeah, absolutely so. I have the whole passing
Speaker 3: game on the bench. At week one, Veley stood out
Speaker 3: and Sutton stood out. We too, Josh Reynold stood out.
Speaker 3: Vale is going to be back. It's it's going to
Speaker 3: be a mess. You don't want any of them. But
Speaker 3: in the run game, I'm actually giving C grades on
Speaker 3: both Javonte, Williams, Angelia McLoughlin, probably Javante if I had
Speaker 3: to choose one. But the Bucks have allowed the most targets, catches,
Speaker 3: and yards through the air their running to running backs.
Speaker 3: They've allowed three top twenty four running back performances, including
Speaker 3: four different backs just in the first two games over
Speaker 3: ten PPR points. There's there's a lot to be had
Speaker 3: in this pass game. Can't do any work. Javante's been
Speaker 3: a little bit inefficient as he's faced the highest rate
Speaker 3: of eight man boxes in the NFL. Why yeah, fifty again,
Speaker 3: because they know Bonicks can't throw.
Speaker 1: Well, you're right about that, You're doct right, that is
Speaker 1: the answer.
Speaker 4: Yeah, but literal answer yep.
Speaker 3: And but Vita Vea will be missing with an injury
Speaker 3: in the middle to help defend against that run game.
Speaker 3: So I think with the pass game work and a
Speaker 3: lot of rushing, maybe both of them can get to
Speaker 3: C grades. That seems to happen the last two weeks
Speaker 3: to Tampa Bay. I have an A grade on Baker Mayfield.
Speaker 3: Brian Johnson will love this. I saw this stat this
Speaker 3: week Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnifield. Darnold since leaving Carolina
Speaker 3: forty six touchdowns and fourteen interceptions.
Speaker 4: Wow. Really yeah.
Speaker 3: A lot Sin's leaving Califord Carolina.
Speaker 5: The poor Panthers man.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Baker with six touchdowns in two games, grabbing twenty
Speaker 3: or thirty more yards on the ground. It's the top
Speaker 3: ten pass defense currently, but it may be a product
Speaker 3: of the opponents they they've played since they blitz at
Speaker 3: The Broncos blitz at the league's highest rate, but somehow
Speaker 3: have the league's lowest hurry rates. Wow, They've only had
Speaker 3: four sacks of the year despite all that blitzing. Maybe
Speaker 3: that causes Baker to scramble for a few more yards
Speaker 3: in his past game. I have B grades on Chris Godwin,
Speaker 3: C grade on Mike Evans, and C grade on Jalen McMillan.
Speaker 3: Mike Evans mostly because he's going to see a lot
Speaker 3: of certain Oh, all right, so I have a secrete.
Speaker 3: DK Meckout went three for twenty nine on Certan. George
Speaker 3: Pickens went two for twenty nine on Certan, so it's
Speaker 3: going to be a tougher spot. But he gets seventy
Speaker 3: five percent of the end zone targets, so you kind
Speaker 3: of hope for a score there. Chris Godwin twenty plus
Speaker 3: PPR points in back to back games. His routes per
Speaker 3: yard run is three point nine two, which is the
Speaker 3: second highest in the NFL, behind our man Rashid Shaheed,
Speaker 3: who leads the NFL OH and Jalen McMillan. I have
Speaker 3: a SE grade on him, but really it should be
Speaker 3: a bench. He only has one catch in each of
Speaker 3: the two games, but he's got nearly a twenty yard
Speaker 3: eight OTT and the Broncos have allowed one hundred and
Speaker 3: seventy four yards to wide receiver ninety four of them.
Speaker 3: We're in the coverage of Riley Moss, who is going
Speaker 3: to be covering Jalen McMillan in that. So I'm giving
Speaker 3: him a se grade because he's got the best absolute
Speaker 3: best matchup and he can get a couple big chunk plays.
Speaker 4: How about the runners?
Speaker 3: For the Runners, Rashad Whites banged up. It looks like
Speaker 3: he's gonna go. They say he's gonna go, So I
Speaker 3: have a se grade on him, in a bench grade
Speaker 3: on Bucky Irving. Rashad White runs routes on sixty percent
Speaker 3: of his dropbacks. Seattle Runners last week combined for one
Speaker 3: hundred and fifty yards the Pittsburgh Runners combined for one
Speaker 3: hundred and thirty eight. Couple scores mixed in but that
Speaker 3: sixteen plus touches, three to four receptions and the game
Speaker 3: script being in Tampa Bay and Rashad White's favor I
Speaker 3: got a C grade on him. I could even go
Speaker 3: be if he's healthy enough.
Speaker 1: All right, Brian, we need to try to zip through
Speaker 1: Philadelphia New Orleans if you can. If you can't, then
Speaker 1: we're going to take a quicker exit on this segment.
Speaker 5: This Saints offense is going to make that tricky. There's
Speaker 5: a lot to talk about in this one.
Speaker 4: See that let's take a break.
Speaker 1: When we come back, we'll try to get into Eagles Saints,
Speaker 1: and there is something a lot to talk about with
Speaker 1: the Saints offense suddenly high flying Alvin Kamara making me
Speaker 1: look oh so very.
Speaker 5: He's playing like it's Christmas Day every game so far
Speaker 5: Christmas touchdowns.
Speaker 1: I lost a Guillotine League championship in one of those
Speaker 1: games that game right there, so that want will haunt
Speaker 1: me for a long time. Also, when we come back,
Speaker 1: Houston Minnesota, battle of two defenses will take to respect
Speaker 1: in that one. Can Sam Dartle maintain his hot start?
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Speaker 5: don't know what I'm doing when it comes to college football,
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Speaker 1: Some regular listeners do absolutely know that. Let's go Philadelphia
Speaker 1: taking on the Saints here, Brian, Let's start on the Philadelphia.
Speaker 1: Saquon Barkley has been honestly everything that Eagles fans could
Speaker 1: have hoped for and more.
Speaker 5: Yeah, was a mere inches from a much bigger box
Speaker 5: score in Week two, had a touchdown call back that
Speaker 5: would have been nice, but.
Speaker 4: Such as life the drop pass.
Speaker 5: The drop pass too, but he also he was ruled rule.
Speaker 5: The touchdown came back, then the toush push came into play.
Speaker 5: That's back. We'll talk about that in a second. But
Speaker 5: just to see for Barkley this week. Not not a
Speaker 5: bounce back spot. Really, the Saints allowing just fifty rushing
Speaker 5: yards per game to opposing back so far. They've been
Speaker 5: stifling the position for quite some time. Last season, running
Speaker 5: backs scored against the Saints a total of nine times.
Speaker 5: That is not a lot of touchdowns. So just to
Speaker 5: see for Barkley here. DeVante Smith, I got to be
Speaker 5: on him if corner Marshawn Lattimore remains out with his
Speaker 5: hamstring injury. If he returns, I'll bump Smith to a CE,
Speaker 5: but not much of a difference from the B. It's
Speaker 5: a strong C. You're starting Smith regardless with AJ Brown
Speaker 5: extremely likely to miss another game, so you're starring Smith.
Speaker 5: But if Marshaun Lattimore is out, definitely a bump for Smith.
Speaker 5: Johan Dotson, I'm bumping him further down the bench than
Speaker 5: he already was. Just one target last week, now has
Speaker 5: two on the season. They need to ramp him up
Speaker 5: a whole lot more, but Britain Kobe might take a chance.
Speaker 5: Let me wide receiver. If you're desperate in PPR leagues especially,
Speaker 5: go grab Britain Covee. Why not? And Dallas Goddard. Don't
Speaker 5: love the matchup, but it's tough to sit him in
Speaker 5: the waste land I got to see on him. The
Speaker 5: Saints are yielding just four targets per game to a
Speaker 5: tight ends for the first two weeks, and last season
Speaker 5: opposing tight ends to average less than five catches and
Speaker 5: fifty yards per game against New Orleans. So again, don't
Speaker 5: love Goddart, but tough to sit. So just a C
Speaker 5: for him and a B for Jalen Hurts. Considering they
Speaker 5: face Caroline in Week one, the Panthers have only I'm sorry.
Speaker 5: The Saints have only faced one real quarterback this season,
Speaker 5: and that was Dak Prescott last week, who had two
Speaker 5: ninety three passing and a touchdown, But he also had
Speaker 5: two picks, So I expect a similar passing outcome from
Speaker 5: from Hurts this week, hopefully not as many picks, and
Speaker 5: now Hurts should certainly add an extra element on the
Speaker 5: ground as usually does, so you're gonna start him regardless,
Speaker 5: but just a be this week. Over to the Saint side.
Speaker 5: Not a bee for Alvin Kamara. It's an a. It's
Speaker 5: it might be the fantasy fonsie A for alban say
Speaker 5: that I used to good it myself. I'm I'm reminiscing
Speaker 5: from back in the day. But the Eagles allow you
Speaker 5: more than one hundred and forty rush yards and four
Speaker 5: catches per game to opposing back, So look for Kamara
Speaker 5: to keep the hot start going here. Over to the
Speaker 5: pass game, Chris o'lave gets a bee. Last week. Olave
Speaker 5: led the team with a thirty eight percent target share
Speaker 5: and a fifty seven percent air yard share. Philly's starting
Speaker 5: corner duo of Darius Lay, Darius Slay and Quinon Mitchell
Speaker 5: have not been stellar thus far. Slay owns a one
Speaker 5: hundred percent catch rate and one hundred and forty six
Speaker 5: point five passer rating in his coverage.
Speaker 4: I didn't realize knew it was bad. I think it
Speaker 4: was that bad.
Speaker 5: It's like as bad as it gets, basically, and Mitchell
Speaker 5: has at least been average. But I have minimal concern
Speaker 5: for a Lave, so a B for him, and uh,
Speaker 5: basically I had a B, but I'm gonna give Rashid
Speaker 5: Shahed a C, but I'm going back to the B.
Speaker 5: Screw it. Shaheed tied a LAVE with a thirty three
Speaker 5: percent first read share last week, which means he is
Speaker 5: not a one trick pony. Shaheed is a top ten
Speaker 5: PPR wide receiver going into week three, so you've got
Speaker 5: to start him. The Eagles also added safety CJ. Gardner
Speaker 5: Johnson to the practice to the injury report on Thursday
Speaker 5: with a foot injury. So awesome either no, yeah, he
Speaker 5: was getting burned, yet he changed his number in honor
Speaker 5: of Kobe, and people are saying Kobe is probably not
Speaker 5: appreciative of that gesture by CJ. Gardner Johnson. Per usual
Speaker 5: not giving Taysom Hill a starting bench grade. Started at
Speaker 5: your own risk and uh Foster Moreau eating too Juwan
Speaker 5: Johnson's workload. So I'm not starting any tight end, but
Speaker 5: you are going to start. Derek Carr gets a B grade,
Speaker 5: solid bup borderline A for Derek Carr seventy seven percent
Speaker 5: completion rates so far while averaging eleven and a half
Speaker 5: yards per pass attempt. Those are insanely good numbers, and
Speaker 5: even better, the Saints allowed the sixth lowest pressure rate,
Speaker 5: the Eagles only seventh lowest pressure rate. Car is gonna
Speaker 5: have all day.
Speaker 1: He's gonna pick this camp a part saying that that
Speaker 1: offensive line, no, no ramcheck. I thought that offensive line
Speaker 1: was going to be awful, and I'm delighted to be wrong.
Speaker 4: Those Saints have been fantastic.
Speaker 5: Derek Carr might leave this game as the leading MVP
Speaker 5: candidate in the NFL.
Speaker 1: Did not exceed that coming No. One, second only perhaps
Speaker 1: to Sam Darnald. Let's go to that. That's right, Baby
Speaker 1: housaid taken on the Vikings. In fact, let's start on
Speaker 1: the Viking side of it with Sam Darnald. He's been
Speaker 1: a revelation, obviously, but this is a very tough matchup.
Speaker 1: Houston allowed the fewest passing touchdowns last year. Only four
Speaker 1: of seventeen quarterbacks last year topped one touchdown against them.
Speaker 1: Then in Week one, Houston only gave up nine receptions
Speaker 1: on the entire game. Then Week two, Caleb Williams got
Speaker 1: destroyed by Hugh Houston. Houston ranks eighth and coverage by
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus. They ranked number one in sack rate.
Speaker 1: They ranked number five in completion percentage allowed. Sorry, Brian,
Speaker 1: I'll only get to a ced alright, I'll take it
Speaker 1: on Sam Donald against a very good pass defense.
Speaker 4: What do we think about the receivers?
Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson B grade rare B grade, A difficult matchup
Speaker 1: against a terrific secondary. Add into thigh injury, I drop
Speaker 1: him down to a B grade. You're gonna start him
Speaker 1: no matter what. But for the reasons I just mentioned
Speaker 1: with Donald, i'm i'm I have lower expectations. Jordan and
Speaker 1: Addison ruled out of this game. They're gonna roll extra
Speaker 1: coverage to Justin Jefferson.
Speaker 4: Again.
Speaker 3: It might even be Stingley shadowing for Tea.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it could be. It could be.
Speaker 1: Jefferson said he never gets like single man.
Speaker 4: It'll be.
Speaker 3: It might be.
Speaker 1: It'll almost always be some kind of bracketing coverage. Hey,
Speaker 1: how about Jalen Naylor. You know, last week we told
Speaker 1: you to give that guy a try. Panned out last week.
Speaker 1: I can't do it this week though. Houston secondary just
Speaker 1: too good. He's gonna see a lot of rookie cornerback
Speaker 1: Kamari Lassiter, who's been awesome through two games. They've thrown
Speaker 1: it him ten times, He's allowed three completions. For a
Speaker 1: total of twenty eight yards in his coverage and he's
Speaker 1: got an interception. So I can't get you to Jalen
Speaker 1: Naylor this week like we did last week. And then
Speaker 1: let's go to the running backs. Aaron Jones comes in
Speaker 1: with just the Sea injury hip injury, but expected to
Speaker 1: play in this one. He's roughly splitting carries evenly with
Speaker 1: ty Chandler, and they both look good. Jones is getting
Speaker 1: more aerial work, which is why I'm giving him the
Speaker 1: Sea and I'm giving ty Chandler a bench grade in
Speaker 1: this one. Houston's allowed the second fewest rushing yards and
Speaker 1: the third fewest fantasy points to running backs. They rank
Speaker 1: number one in yards per carry carried allowed at just
Speaker 1: two point two yards per carry. It's not good. Ty
Speaker 1: Chandler would suffer much of the same. Faith let me
Speaker 1: know this about Chi though he leads all rushers in
Speaker 1: the NFL's rushing yards over expectation percentage. Ty Chandler's look nice,
Speaker 1: and this is much more of a crowded backfield than
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people expected. Let's go over
Speaker 1: to the Houston side. Nico Collins Scott just in every
Speaker 1: way the NFL Wow. I mean, you can make close
Speaker 1: every week eight grade, even this tricky matchup against the
Speaker 1: Vikings defense, that's been good. Let's droll down on some
Speaker 1: of the other receivers, like Stefan Diggs just to see
Speaker 1: grade here. It's his first game back at US Bank
Speaker 1: Stadium as an opponent, and he's mercurial enough that I
Speaker 1: think he wants to beat his old team, and he
Speaker 1: wants to harass the Texan staff and to make sure.
Speaker 4: He gets the ball enough to do it against his
Speaker 4: old team.
Speaker 3: My son and I are going, do we cheer? Do
Speaker 3: we boo? Do we sick quietly?
Speaker 4: You cannot boost?
Speaker 5: Come on, you cannot. I don't know, I don't know.
Speaker 4: He forced his way out of Minnesota, and.
Speaker 5: What did you get as a result? Justin jar, I
Speaker 5: should say what what did we get? I'm a Vikings
Speaker 5: fan now only got those hand on also, But yeah,
Speaker 5: you can't Diggs. Come on.
Speaker 1: The Vikings defense defends the spot with literally six different
Speaker 1: guys number and so far it's been working, Minnesota allowing
Speaker 1: just twenty nine percent of their fantasy points to come
Speaker 1: from the slot among the receiver position. Also know what
Speaker 1: that Diggs is getting almost entirely shallow routes. He's averaging
Speaker 1: just five yards per pass. It is hard to get
Speaker 1: fantasy points five yards at a time. So I've just
Speaker 1: got the C grade on Digs, C grade on Tank Dell.
Speaker 1: Now it feels like Tankdell's been the odd man out,
Speaker 1: but he's been getting the same number of snaps as
Speaker 1: Collins and Diggs, and the paul just hasn't come his
Speaker 1: way yet. That could change at any time, including this week.
Speaker 1: He'll battle against Stefan Gilmour and Shack Griffin on the outside.
Speaker 1: They're combining for a seventy five percent completion percentage in
Speaker 1: their coverage. So I still like Tank Dell and we're
Speaker 1: gonna keep on starting him as well. Staying with the
Speaker 1: passing game, Dalton Schultz is on the bench, not getting
Speaker 1: enough action to start. Just ten percent of the team's
Speaker 1: air yards are going to Schultz and c. J. Stroud
Speaker 1: B grade. Vikings pass defense has been shockingly good, mostly
Speaker 1: because they're getting tremendous pressure on opposing passers forty nine
Speaker 1: total pressures in two games, including a league high eleven
Speaker 1: sacks for Minnesota. Still I've got positive roughly, you know,
Speaker 1: I've got letter grades on all of his receivers, so
Speaker 1: I'm still starting C. J. Stroud B grade in this one.
Speaker 1: And then lastly, the running backs position. We already know
Speaker 1: that mixing is out for this one. Joe Mixon out.
Speaker 1: It looks like Damian Pierce will not go because this
Speaker 1: game will be mostly cam Akers. I think you can
Speaker 1: get to a C grade on him even against a
Speaker 1: good Vikings run defense that currently ranks number one by
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus and number five in ESPN's run stuff
Speaker 1: win Rate. The Vikings will be without star linebacker Ivan Pace,
Speaker 1: and he is great in the run game in particular,
Speaker 1: and that's part of the reason why I feel like
Speaker 1: we can get cam Akers to a C grade in
Speaker 1: this game. All right, our next matchup is Carolina taking
Speaker 1: on Las Vegas. Scott, I'm actually kind of optimistic about
Speaker 1: what this offense can do with Andy.
Speaker 3: Dalton, But are you starting anyone with it?
Speaker 1: I would start with a seat personally, I don't know
Speaker 1: what you've done. I can give a C grade to
Speaker 1: Deontay Johnson and Adam Thielen if oh for garbage time.
Speaker 1: Interest should be a one sided game.
Speaker 3: I see that. I see that I did give a
Speaker 3: C grade to Deontay Johnson. Because he leads to the
Speaker 3: team in targets, first three looks, red zone targets, basically everything.
Speaker 3: We'll see if Dalton changes that. But Dalton being a
Speaker 3: much more competent passer, I have a little more faith,
Speaker 3: So I gave Deontay Johnson a seed despite giving Dalton
Speaker 3: a bee. I know are a bench grade. I know
Speaker 3: that multiple passing touchdowns and back to back weeks against
Speaker 3: the Raiders the garbage time, yeah, I just don't know
Speaker 3: that I can trust it with Andy Dalton. I don't
Speaker 3: think anyone's picking up Andy Dalton in his first week
Speaker 3: of play for the Carolina Panthers. I have a dart
Speaker 3: throw grade on Chewba Hobbard. His sheriff carries and targets
Speaker 3: increased from week one to week two. The Raiders have
Speaker 3: allowed two hundred and eighty five yards to running backs
Speaker 3: through two weeks. That's good for the tenth most. He
Speaker 3: gets all the passing game work, and in garbage time
Speaker 3: he's going to rack up a few receptions there, so
Speaker 3: he might get you a volume C by the end
Speaker 3: of the day. It's a tough one, but I think
Speaker 3: it's probably worth it if you're reeling for running back
Speaker 3: help with all the injuries over the Las Vegas side.
Speaker 3: Gardner Minshew was your take a chance on me quarterback,
Speaker 3: so naturally I got some grades for his receivers. Davante
Speaker 3: Adams and Brock Bauers are going to get a grades.
Speaker 3: Davante with fifty five percent of the team's air yards,
Speaker 3: ninety eight percent route participation, two thirds of the end
Speaker 3: Zoe looks. He's averaging eighty five yards a game while
Speaker 3: being targeted nine times per game.
Speaker 4: Awesome, that's a lot.
Speaker 3: Brock Bowers third in the NFL and tight end target share.
Speaker 3: He's really the only tight end target in fantasy right
Speaker 3: now that you can truly be like, no, he's gonna
Speaker 3: do it good for me every day week. And the
Speaker 3: Panthers the second worst title in against tight ends, allowing
Speaker 3: nearly seventy yards in a score per game to the
Speaker 3: possession Bowers is gonna get a large share of that.
Speaker 3: By the way, most tight ends, most tight end receptions
Speaker 3: through two games by a rookie, that's a record. Oh wow, yep,
Speaker 3: even above pitch Sorry, Brian, have a bunch above a
Speaker 3: lot of people. Actually. Jacoby Myers also getting a C grade,
Speaker 3: third Banana behind Adams and Bowers, but he's getting three
Speaker 3: to four catches per game. He'll get the best wide
Speaker 3: receiver matchup against Troy Hill, who has one hundred and
Speaker 3: twelve point five rating against this year. Last year is
Speaker 3: rating against was a Well it's been over one hundred
Speaker 3: two the last three years, so it's it's not a
Speaker 3: fluke in the last first two games this year. But
Speaker 3: why to see he's the third banana. Adams and Bauers
Speaker 3: combined for thirty five targets, Myers has eight.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's where that's where he really really far. But
Speaker 1: he's a great player against a bad defense. Well great
Speaker 1: greats a little strong Jacoby Meyers a good players.
Speaker 3: He's a good player. So I do have the C
Speaker 3: grade on him and take my take a chance on me.
Speaker 3: Runner was Zamir White.
Speaker 1: Green Bay takes on Tennessee. Brian Now we think. I
Speaker 1: think the Jordan Love talk is a little bit of
Speaker 1: smoke screen that they're trying to make Tennessee have to
Speaker 1: meet ready for both. They sort of got found money
Speaker 1: with their win last week with Malik Willis, so I
Speaker 1: think they're feeling like, you know, even if we drop
Speaker 1: this one, let's get I think the thing you should be.
Speaker 1: Let's get Jordan Love in perfect health next week for
Speaker 1: a divisional game against Minnesota.
Speaker 4: So I think it's gonna be Milik Willis.
Speaker 5: Yeah, that's how I'm gonna read this matchup. Those are
Speaker 5: my that's my read too, And it's a revenge game
Speaker 5: for Milik Willis. They gotta throw him out there. Even
Speaker 5: though Malik Willis is too nice, he's too good a person.
Speaker 5: He's like, they gave me my yeah first cred. No, Malik,
Speaker 5: go out there bloodthirsty and get it. But let's start
Speaker 5: with the packer's side. Well, Maleiku is on the Packer. Sorry,
Speaker 5: but the run game for the Packers started with Josh
Speaker 5: Jacobs easy A. Jacobs has been a belcow so far,
Speaker 5: averaging twenty five touches per game while operating behind an
Speaker 5: elite offensive line. I mentioned before, The Packers currently ranked
Speaker 5: third in yards before contact per attempt, which is a
Speaker 5: great number for running backs. Tell you are just shredded
Speaker 5: by the Jets backfield one hundred and seventy combo yards,
Speaker 5: which included nine catches and three total touchdowns. Love Jacobs
Speaker 5: this week also like Emmanuel Wilson, us might take a
Speaker 5: chance on me running back. They're just gonna lean on
Speaker 5: those backs yet again, which means I don't like the
Speaker 5: passing game. I have everyone on the bench, including Jaden Reid.
Speaker 5: If Milik Willis is the starting quarterback. Through two games,
Speaker 5: opposing wide receivers have total just twenty catches for one
Speaker 5: hundred and eighty one scoreless yards against the Titans.
Speaker 4: That Titans defense is good.
Speaker 5: You divide those numbers by two, and those are some
Speaker 5: awful per game averages. I can even do that math
Speaker 5: in my head. And they face some notable wide receivers
Speaker 5: Garrett Wilson, DJ Moore, Keenan Allen. So everyone in the
Speaker 5: past game on the bench for Green Bay for me,
Speaker 5: including Malik Willis. Now, if Jordan Love does play, I'm
Speaker 5: pretty much gonna give everyone a CEE, I guess so.
Speaker 1: Although Love at that point would not be mobile right now,
Speaker 1: I think he'd be pretty stationary in the pocket, And
Speaker 1: a lot of what Jordan Love does well is when
Speaker 1: he would he either breaks out of the pocket or
Speaker 1: on designed boots and stuff. The mobility really does unlock
Speaker 1: some longer plays for him. I don't think they would
Speaker 1: be there if he is out there hobbling.
Speaker 5: On one knee. Yeah, I'm with you. So again, we're
Speaker 5: just gonna ride with the MALEIK. That's gonna be how
Speaker 5: it's gonna go. Over to the Titan side. Just two
Speaker 5: starting grades here, starting with Tony Pollard. He gets a B.
Speaker 5: So much for that time share with Taj Spears we
Speaker 5: all thought was coming. Pollard has played nearly seventy percent
Speaker 5: of the offensive snaps for the Titans so far and
Speaker 5: is averaging more than twenty touches per game, and through
Speaker 5: the first two weeks, the Packers have surrendered the second
Speaker 5: highest explosive run rate and the second highest yards after
Speaker 5: contact per attempt. So a be on Tony Pollard and
Speaker 5: I was close to giving tay J. Spears a CE
Speaker 5: take on type grade, but need to see more snaps
Speaker 5: out of Spears he is on the bench.
Speaker 4: He's also a little dinged up right now, also a.
Speaker 5: Little dinged up. And over to the pass game for
Speaker 5: the Titans. Just a starting grade for Calvin Ridley. I'm
Speaker 5: gonna give him a CE. I sat Calvin Ridley last
Speaker 5: week in a bad matchup against the Jets. He ended
Speaker 5: up catching four balls for seventy seven yards in a score,
Speaker 5: added another touchdown on a ten yard rush, so I'm
Speaker 5: basically not sitting Calvin Ridley after again, but just to
Speaker 5: see here, Ridley could see shadow coverage from JayR Alexander,
Speaker 5: who did follow aj Brown on seventy percent of his
Speaker 5: routes in Week one, but Brown did burn Alexander for
Speaker 5: one hundred plus receiving yards in a touchdown. Ridley is
Speaker 5: almost of the same caliber athlete, but Will Levis is
Speaker 5: a very very bad quarterback unfortunately, So just a see
Speaker 5: for Ridley. Levis on the bench. DeAndre Hopkins two targets
Speaker 5: for new this season so far.
Speaker 4: I think you got to just drop.
Speaker 5: You have to at least he caught both the targets
Speaker 5: and Chigo Konquo, Josh Wiley, and now Nick Venette is
Speaker 5: in the mix, Took Ross, They're all on the bench.
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Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Week. As usual, we start now number two
Speaker 1: the game. We call three tough questions.
Speaker 4: Tough question number one, where's my paper?
Speaker 5: Tough question number one?
Speaker 1: That was not You didn't need to answer that, Okay,
Speaker 1: that was just me shuffling papers. What is the appropriate
Speaker 1: level of concern for Anthony Richardson Indianapolis quarterback Anthony Richardson?
Speaker 4: Is it none? Is it some?
Speaker 1: Or is it a bowel loosening level of existential dread?
Speaker 4: Scott?
Speaker 3: It's some, but it might be a little closer to
Speaker 3: blow than most people won, especially where they drafted him.
Speaker 3: Greg Cassel was on the Rust Tucker podcast this week
Speaker 3: breaking down his film, saying he's missing throws high schooler's
Speaker 3: routinely make. He has no touch. He's a gunslinger. You know,
Speaker 3: I'm this is no longer Crossel. I'm going on my own.
Speaker 3: He has no touch. He's a gunslinger, but right now
Speaker 3: he looks a little bit more like a stormtrooper from
Speaker 3: Star Wars type of gunslinging.
Speaker 4: Oh well done, man.
Speaker 3: The Russians going to keep you afloat in fantasy though,
Speaker 3: and those giant plays will two. Week one he had
Speaker 3: two hundred and twelve yards, but one hundred and sixty
Speaker 3: four of them were on three plays. If those two
Speaker 3: things don't happen for you in a given week, it's
Speaker 3: gonna get scary. Remember in the Combined Camp when Gino
Speaker 3: Stone of the Bengals said he doesn't even see his receivers,
Speaker 3: He's just throwing to spots. That seems a little bit
Speaker 3: true right now. With the fifty percent completion Week one
Speaker 3: forty seven point two. Week two, he has two hundred
Speaker 3: plus passing yards and one to two passing scores in
Speaker 3: each game though, so as a passer, only six quarterbacks
Speaker 3: have done that Richardson, Stroud, Carr, Minshew, Lamar, and Brian's
Speaker 3: Sam Darnold. And that doesn't include his rushing stats. So
Speaker 3: he's getting it done right now at QB eight, But
Speaker 3: there should be some concern that his passing is just
Speaker 3: not there.
Speaker 1: Brian, what's the appropriate level of concern for Anthony Richardson?
Speaker 4: None, some or blow.
Speaker 5: I agree with everything Scott said. He took my talking
Speaker 5: points and had other ones that I didn't have that
Speaker 5: I would never had those They were all fantastic, But
Speaker 5: I just disagree we're on belowed on him because he
Speaker 5: was getting drafted as a top six quarterback, and personally
Speaker 5: I'm contemplating benching him for Gardner Minshew this league. I mean,
Speaker 5: he's the only quarterback with the completion percentage under fifty percent.
Speaker 5: Bryce Young has a better completion percentage, oh than Anthony Richardson,
Speaker 5: who has fish alluded to very raw passer. He's got
Speaker 5: under twenty career starts including college. I mean, we're solely
Speaker 5: relying on the rushing with him right now, and that
Speaker 5: is how he got hurt last year. So he's putting
Speaker 5: himself at risk. So I'm blowed. I'm blowed. I'm very
Speaker 5: concerned with Anthony Richardson right now.
Speaker 1: You guys have all my talking points six o one.
Speaker 1: We're here for the rushing, right. You know many designed
Speaker 1: runs he's had in the two games?
Speaker 3: How many?
Speaker 4: Six and four? That's it?
Speaker 5: Not enough?
Speaker 4: Six and four, that's not enough.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, guys like Justin Fields are getting
Speaker 1: thirteen fourteen, fifteen sixteen.
Speaker 5: Well, they don't want to, they don't want him to
Speaker 5: get hurt, they don't want them.
Speaker 4: To get hurt.
Speaker 1: But there are twelve quarterbacks with his any designed runs,
Speaker 1: as Anthony Richardson, and the passing is bad for all
Speaker 1: the reasons that you just mentioned. This team is staring
Speaker 1: at I think they're gonna lose Chicago this week and
Speaker 1: go oh and three and this will there is a
Speaker 1: benching possibility at some point with Anthony Richardson.
Speaker 3: Joe Fla is awesome, He's elite.
Speaker 1: I'm just saying, look, it's not off the table right now.
Speaker 1: I'm in full blown blow. Okay, over Anthony Richardson.
Speaker 5: Tough question number two.
Speaker 1: Well, Jets runner Braylen Allen continue to take on a
Speaker 1: bigger role and ultimately eat into the productivity of starter
Speaker 1: Brees Hall. For this one, we begin with Brian Johnson.
Speaker 5: Yeah, Allen looked very good again on Thursday night. So
Speaker 5: his rush attempts went from one to seven from week
Speaker 5: one to week two, pass routes seven to twelve, targets
Speaker 5: one to four. He's eating in at b Reese Hall's
Speaker 5: workload already, But I'm not. I think I think we're
Speaker 5: kind of seeing that, you know, the peak of Allen's usage,
Speaker 5: But I don't know. I'm at a lost for roots
Speaker 5: here because we all expected Breess all to, you know,
Speaker 5: take eighty ninety percent of the snaps and Brailan Allen
Speaker 5: It's like, why was this guy drafted in the fourth round.
Speaker 5: He's just been going the second, third round. So yes,
Speaker 5: I think it's gonna go up. I think he's gonna
Speaker 5: get about forty percent of the snaps where a Hall
Speaker 5: is gonna get sixty percent. And that's not what we want, all.
Speaker 1: Right, Scott will jets runner Brailan Allen continue to take
Speaker 1: on a bigger role.
Speaker 3: Yeah, w people aren't aren't really a surprised because in
Speaker 3: his early college days he was not just ranked the
Speaker 3: number one running back. He was ranked by some as
Speaker 3: the number one prospect, so so yeah, if people remember
Speaker 3: his freshman year, he was absurd so not really a
Speaker 3: surprise bigger than Thursday night though he had fourteen touches.
Speaker 3: He was in the backfield in a lot of two
Speaker 3: man sets with Hall. But I looked it up. You
Speaker 3: only have thirty two percent snapshare, only twenty three snaps
Speaker 3: out of Brailan Allen. It seemed like he was much
Speaker 3: more involved than that. So I can see it improving
Speaker 3: increasing as we see, as we see how he did
Speaker 3: that night, and if the Jets have leads, yeah, he
Speaker 3: could be out there more. So I do think it's
Speaker 3: going to increase off twenty three snaps. I think he's
Speaker 3: going to get more workload than fourteen touches in some games.
Speaker 3: For sure.
Speaker 1: Brailan Allen passes the eye test, absolutely does the five
Speaker 1: point one yards per carry, including four point one yards
Speaker 1: after contact. And he's just a freaking beast six foot one,
Speaker 1: two hundred and thirty five pounds.
Speaker 5: He is not going to be fun to tackle when
Speaker 5: the weather gets colder.
Speaker 4: Mm hmmm. I'll listening to that.
Speaker 1: And with that frame, he could turn into a goal
Speaker 1: line threat. For bris Hall. Now, Bristl does have one
Speaker 1: goal line touchdown this year. Last year, all season, Breshall
Speaker 1: had one goal line carry for a touchdown. That's it
Speaker 1: on three tries. Now, granted it was last year was
Speaker 1: without a functional quarterback. A lot of things different this year, obviously,
Speaker 1: but you know, Brice Hall touched the ball three hundred
Speaker 1: times last year.
Speaker 4: You know, I think the Jets might.
Speaker 3: Two ninety nine, thank you.
Speaker 1: I think the Jets may One of the times he
Speaker 1: caught a like skip pass on the sideline, Okay, he
Speaker 1: was just failed.
Speaker 4: I failed to call that.
Speaker 1: Yeah, So I just you wonder if they don't try
Speaker 1: to take a little work away from Bresce Hall, keep
Speaker 1: them both fresh, take some wear and tear off of him.
Speaker 1: I just you know, the eye test tells me Braileen
Speaker 1: out at Braylan Allen ain't coming off the field much.
Speaker 4: They got a fight.
Speaker 3: It's a very bad thought having them both in there,
Speaker 3: isn't it. Yeah?
Speaker 1: If that offensive line starts coming together and we started
Speaker 1: to see it Thursday night, look out.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 5: Tough question number three?
Speaker 1: Should I drop Trevor Lawrence in single quarterback?
Speaker 5: Leagues?
Speaker 3: Scott sure, Sure, it feels like he's got the best one,
Speaker 3: but he's had. But he has three hundred yards and
Speaker 3: or multiple scores in just seven of his last twenty
Speaker 3: five games and three hundred yards in just two of
Speaker 3: the twenty five. So the multiple scores is doing a
Speaker 3: lot of that legwork there. If you scan through his career,
Speaker 3: it's basically a third of the games where you were
Speaker 3: really happy starting him. Feels like he's more matchup dependent
Speaker 3: and more TACOM territory take a chance on me territory
Speaker 3: than he is. I should have him on my roster
Speaker 3: at all time. So yeah, sure, why not.
Speaker 1: Drop Trevor Lawrence? Brian should I drop Trevor Lawrence in
Speaker 1: single quarterback leagues?
Speaker 5: You were not happy if you started Trevor Lawrence in
Speaker 5: any of his last seven starts going back to last season,
Speaker 5: where he's averaging less than two hundred and fifty yards,
Speaker 5: one and a half passing touchdowns, and one whole interception
Speaker 5: per game. Yes, you can drop Trevor Lawrence.
Speaker 1: I don't like this week's matchup with Buffalo. Evan Ingram's
Speaker 1: week to week which is not good. He's not going
Speaker 1: to play this week. Christian Kirk's invisible his metrics for
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence have turned somewhere between middling and bad. He's
Speaker 1: thirtieth in completion percentage, He's at fifty one percent, leak
Speaker 1: averages sixty five percent. Now he has been victimized by
Speaker 1: five drop balls. So there is that looming schedule is
Speaker 1: not good, difficult at least on paper games coming up
Speaker 1: against Houston, Chicago and Green Bay over the next five
Speaker 1: weeks or so. So I don't like it.
Speaker 5: I don't.
Speaker 1: I'm dropped. I honestly. I put this in the I said,
Speaker 1: should I drop Trevor Lawn. I don't have Trevor Lawrence
Speaker 1: in a single league, so I don't have to worry
Speaker 1: about dropping them.
Speaker 3: But you guys, I don't either.
Speaker 5: I am starting Skyler Thompson over Trevor Lawrence in a
Speaker 5: Guilloteine league. Wow, I'm kindling dropping him in a Guteene
Speaker 5: league when there's sixteen teams left. Still right, Yeah, he's gone.
Speaker 5: We got to see something out of him.
Speaker 1: Tough question number four, WHOA, WHOA? Where's Crocky J? Because,
Speaker 1: as you probably know, Carson Steele's alligator is named Krocky J. Now,
Speaker 1: if you're Carson Steele and you've got a pet alligator,
Speaker 1: and out of the blue, you get an invite to
Speaker 1: Kansas City's training camp back last summer. Are you suddenly
Speaker 1: gonna buy a bunch of swampland in Missouri for Krocky J? No,
Speaker 1: of course not right? So where's Krocky J? That means
Speaker 1: he's in his apartment in Kansas City? Is he in
Speaker 1: the tub? Is he in the apartment pool? Where is
Speaker 1: Krocky J?
Speaker 4: Right now?
Speaker 1: I mean, would you guys have left behind your beloved animals? Like,
Speaker 1: like you know, Brian, I think you're a big cat guy, right,
Speaker 1: how dare you, sir?
Speaker 4: So would you leave behind a beloved animal?
Speaker 3: Okay, here's the problem, my dog.
Speaker 5: Here's this.
Speaker 3: Where's under city ordinance? No one is allowed to keep
Speaker 3: or harbor alligators or crocodiles within Kansas City city limits?
Speaker 3: So if he's there, could Carson Steel get arrested?
Speaker 4: You're harboring an alligator?
Speaker 5: He could keep Krocky J. Just over the border though, right?
Speaker 4: And Missouri? See, I think Kansas has got them tighter.
Speaker 5: Will is in Kansas City in Missouri? Or I always
Speaker 5: get it wrong.
Speaker 3: It's in both. It's in both.
Speaker 1: That's how you so you're never getting you never get
Speaker 1: it wrong. That's the beauty. I hate beauty. And if
Speaker 1: Kracky J is not with Carson Steel, then I think
Speaker 1: the fair question to ask is how do you get
Speaker 1: so somebody to watch your alligator for you? You're like
Speaker 1: I was like, hey, Brian, I need you to dog sit.
Speaker 1: That's one thing I need you to dock sit.
Speaker 4: How do you find a croc sitter for Krocky j?
Speaker 4: BTUs question or bear is where is Krocky J?
Speaker 2: Right?
Speaker 3: And no one got it right?
Speaker 1: Chicago at indian Apple. Nobody knows Chicago to Indianapolis. The
Speaker 1: Bears offense ranks thirty first in yards, gained only one
Speaker 1: more than Carolina, they'd be dead last. All right, let's
Speaker 1: talk through this one through. I think Chicago wins this game,
Speaker 1: as I alluded to earlier, just flat out set it.
Speaker 1: And I think there's some startable place here, beginning with
Speaker 1: DeAndre Swift, who was frankly has looked awful. His broken
Speaker 1: tackle rate is four percent, second lowest amongst starting running backs.
Speaker 1: He's twenty eighth in yards after contact. But the Colts
Speaker 1: have been bludgeoned by runners and back to back weeks
Speaker 1: to open the season, Joe Mix in week one, thirty
Speaker 1: carries one hundred and fifty nine yards. Then in week
Speaker 1: two Josh Jacobs thirty two carries one hundred and fifty
Speaker 1: two yards. DeAndre Swift, I just give me half of
Speaker 1: that and I'll take the C grade on DeAndre Swift.
Speaker 1: I'm not starting Caleb Williams here. He's got to be better.
Speaker 1: He's had six bad quarters and two okay ones. His
Speaker 1: completions have been almost entirely fast, short first read passes.
Speaker 1: On passes of more than nine yards, Caleb Williams has
Speaker 1: completed twenty two percent of his passes.
Speaker 4: That's it.
Speaker 1: But here's where he gets helped Colts defensive tackle DeForest
Speaker 1: Buckner ir Leatu Latu hip injury. Frustratingly, Williams isn't running much.
Speaker 1: I really thought they would unleash more running attacks. Just
Speaker 1: five designed runs in each of the first two weeks.
Speaker 1: That's not great. That negates one of his better weapons.
Speaker 1: He already keep Williams on the bench, but I do
Speaker 1: think he makes Dj Moore usable in this game of
Speaker 1: the C grade. He runs on the outside, and so
Speaker 1: far two thirds of Moore's plays have been on the
Speaker 1: left side of the field, which puts him against corner
Speaker 1: back Sam Womack, who was waived by the forty nine
Speaker 1: ers three weeks ago and now in the starting lineup
Speaker 1: for the Colts. Very green, He's only ever seen one
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty four career passing plays on his resume.
Speaker 1: That's a very plus matchup for DJ. Moore comes in
Speaker 1: with a C grade. Keenan Allen ruled out with his
Speaker 1: nagging heel injury and that means I'm on a SEA
Speaker 1: grade and Roma dunes here as well. Finally taken fully
Speaker 1: off the injury report on Friday. Rome gets the start
Speaker 1: here and to this point he's only had a ten
Speaker 1: percent target Right, there's Rome. Andy's starting cornerback Juju Brentz
Speaker 1: just went on ir he'll most often SeeMe will most
Speaker 1: often see cornerback Jalen Jones, who's allowing a seventy percent
Speaker 1: completion rate and an opposer passer rating of one hundred
Speaker 1: and twelve.
Speaker 4: Let's go to the Colt side.
Speaker 1: We've already told you about some of our reservations on
Speaker 1: Anthony Richardson, and this is a tricky matchup. Chicago's pass
Speaker 1: defense dramatically improved last year and it's still good they
Speaker 1: destroyed Wills in Week one, but more impressively, the whole
Speaker 1: DJ C J. Stroud in check last week. Since the
Speaker 1: middle of last year, the average passing game against Chicago
Speaker 1: just two hundred and twenty two yards and one point
Speaker 1: three touchdowns. And you know, the X factor here is
Speaker 1: Richardson's legs and and that's why I guess I'm giving
Speaker 1: him a C grade on the legs. But the Bears
Speaker 1: have only allowed eleven quarterback rushing yards so far this year,
Speaker 1: third fewest in the league. Staying with the Colts in
Speaker 1: the passing game, Michael Pittman comes into the C grade.
Speaker 1: Chicago's star cornerback Jalen Johnson might shadow Pittman, which worries me.
Speaker 1: Last year, Johnson was Pro Football focuses cornerback two. This
Speaker 1: year he's he's graded at cornerback nine. He is absolutely elite.
Speaker 1: The bears other outside cornerback, Tyreek Stevenson, is a little
Speaker 1: bigger than Johnson, and obviously Michael Pittman is very physical,
Speaker 1: so maybe he would be asked to defend Pittman more
Speaker 1: and that would be helpful for Pittman because again Johnson's great.
Speaker 1: But man, if I've got Jaylen john On some of
Speaker 1: my team. I'm gonna take away Michael Pittman and make
Speaker 1: somebody else beat me that somebody else would it be
Speaker 1: Alex Pearce. He's been one of the great surprises of
Speaker 1: this season. But again, tough matchup here against Johnson and Stevenson,
Speaker 1: and I'm inclined to let him sit here. I just
Speaker 1: I don't trust the passing on Anthony Richardson enough yet.
Speaker 1: But maybe they're gonna keep heaving downfield bombs to Piers.
Speaker 1: I just think he's a dart throw guy where you
Speaker 1: need have him come down with that twenty yarder to
Speaker 1: be valuable, and that's a risky proposition.
Speaker 5: Back to Pittman really quick. He was a late add
Speaker 5: to the injury report on Friday too, with a calf injury.
Speaker 1: We do not like back in a half week additions,
Speaker 1: so very much, very dicey. Very Lastly, Jonathan Taylor be great.
Speaker 1: Bears ranked number two and run stuff win rate and
Speaker 1: twelfth in Pro Football Focuses run defense rank. The Bears
Speaker 1: were great against runners last year, except through the air,
Speaker 1: where they got killed. But Taylor doesn't help you through
Speaker 1: the air. The Bears run defense has been very good
Speaker 1: this year as well. They are giving up four point
Speaker 1: three yards per kerry, which is middle of the pack.
Speaker 1: But they did a nice job on Joe Mixon last
Speaker 1: week before he ultimately got hurt in that game.
Speaker 4: B grade Jonathan Taylor.
Speaker 1: We'll take a break when we come back. Detroit taking
Speaker 1: on Arizona. Fantasy factors all over the field, and we'll
Speaker 1: find out if Sam Laporta will return to for him
Speaker 1: when we come back. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly, big
Speaker 1: block of matchups for you right now, beginning with a
Speaker 1: game that's got a lot of potential starters in it,
Speaker 1: Detroit at Arizona for Detroit. Scott, you already earlier in
Speaker 1: the show told us that you take a chance at me.
Speaker 1: Quarterback was Jared Goff. Sam Laporta. You know, a lot
Speaker 1: of us took him at the end of the first
Speaker 1: round or in the second round, and it has been
Speaker 1: a slow start.
Speaker 4: But he does lead the league in tight end routes.
Speaker 3: Run yeah, gotta come around right, Yay, he's out there
Speaker 3: running around. Little did we know his ten percent target
Speaker 3: share this year only happened once last year. He basically
Speaker 3: flip flopped with Jamison Williams. Is what happened. Jamison had
Speaker 3: seven percent last year to twenty one this year, and
Speaker 3: it flipped twenty one to ten the other way. So
Speaker 3: basically Jamison and him kind of flipped target shaars. Sam Laporta.
Speaker 3: I'm still giving a B grade too. He's facing an
Speaker 3: Arizona defense that has kept down a couple no name
Speaker 3: tight ends at this point, but they allowed the second
Speaker 3: most touchdowns to tight ends last year. Let's help laport
Speaker 3: I can get in the end zone. I already have
Speaker 3: this pegged four I did mention earlier. I have this
Speaker 3: peg for a shootout. It was fifty three over under
Speaker 3: with Jared Goffs might take a chance on me quarterback.
Speaker 3: I have a grade on aman Ross Saint Brown and
Speaker 3: a B grade on Jamison. Williams, Sun God and Jamison
Speaker 3: account for seventy three percent of the team's first ree targets,
Speaker 3: so when Jared goff has dropping back, it's one of
Speaker 3: those two guys. A Monro's leading in targets and catches.
Speaker 3: He'll see second year man Garrett Williams, who is allowed
Speaker 3: an eighty percent catch rate and then ninety three point
Speaker 3: eight percent rating. Again so far no scores, but it's
Speaker 3: aman Rah He's going to get a ton of work.
Speaker 3: Jameson Williams running a route. His run route rate ninety
Speaker 3: four percent and ninety one percent. He's running a route
Speaker 3: all the time out there forty five percent of the
Speaker 3: team's air yards tied for the league lead in red
Speaker 3: zone targets too, which is pretty crazy.
Speaker 4: Not expect that for Jamison Williams.
Speaker 3: I know he's shown up big time in the run game.
Speaker 3: A grade for Jamier Gibbs, B grade for David Montgomery.
Speaker 3: Jamier Gibbs his five point five catches per game are
Speaker 3: huge for fantasy despite barely any yardage off of them.
Speaker 3: But that's a lot of PPR points when you're getting
Speaker 3: over five catches per game. Seventeen point five touches per
Speaker 3: game for him, sixteen point five for Monty. They're both
Speaker 3: going to get similar work. Last year, the Cards were
Speaker 3: worst against fantasy runners, one of two teams that allowed
Speaker 3: over twenty five hundred total yards to runners and allowed
Speaker 3: the most running back total touchdowns. So this is a
Speaker 3: good spot for both of those guys. A grade on
Speaker 3: the better pass catcher.
Speaker 4: Though, yeah makes sense.
Speaker 3: Over to the Arizona side, Kyler Murray got an A
Speaker 3: grade on him. Detroit has the fourth highest pressure rate,
Speaker 3: tied for fifth and QB knocks downs and third in sects,
Speaker 3: which might force Kyler to scramble. He had five for
Speaker 3: fifty seven on the ground in the first game, five
Speaker 3: for fifty nine in the second game. Seems like a
Speaker 3: trend there, four passing scores, no picks. The Detroit Lions
Speaker 3: allowed three hundred and seventeen in a score in week
Speaker 3: one two twenty nine and two scores in a week two.
Speaker 3: It's a good spot for passers. Yeah, in the past game,
Speaker 3: Marvin Harrison, I'm going to an a grade his top speed.
Speaker 3: By the way, you asked about this last time, three
Speaker 3: twenty point zero three better than sixteen. Yes, yes, he
Speaker 3: got that four for one thirty and two in the
Speaker 3: first quarter. Nothing for the the rest of the game
Speaker 3: as they got up big.
Speaker 1: Yeah, they did get up big. But it is a
Speaker 1: little bit weird if you think about it this way. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Marvin Harrison has had seven quarters where he's been invisible
Speaker 1: and one quarter where he was dominating.
Speaker 3: Absolutely. Yep, they got ahead, he came off. His snap
Speaker 3: percentage dropped to like sixty eight percent because he wasn't
Speaker 3: playing as much. After after that big lead. Lions are
Speaker 3: second worst against wide receiver statistically, but really it was
Speaker 3: eighty one percent Godwin and Cup in the slot, which
Speaker 3: is why I gave Greg Dersch might take a chance
Speaker 3: on me. Player Michael Wilson. I mean, he's second in
Speaker 3: snap so he's just got two targets, so I got
Speaker 3: him on the bench. Trey McBee bride I got an
Speaker 3: a grade on leads the team in first three targets
Speaker 3: at twenty seven percent. Harrison is twenty five percent in
Speaker 3: first three targets. Wow, so he's getting looked at a lot.
Speaker 3: Trey McBride leading snaps targets. Detroit only allowed four for
Speaker 3: forty seven to Kobe Parkinson and nothing to Kate Atten.
Speaker 3: But Trey McBride is a top three tight end right
Speaker 3: now in fantasy. I got an a grade on him.
Speaker 3: Over to the running game, James Connor is just getting
Speaker 3: ton of work, just a ton of work out there.
Speaker 3: He's averaging twenty one touches with a few of them
Speaker 3: be two yeah, two to three of them being catches.
Speaker 3: He only sees an eight man box eight percent of
Speaker 3: the time, which one is the lowest in one of
Speaker 3: the lowest in the League, and he's one of six
Speaker 3: running backs to play one hundred percent of the steps
Speaker 3: inside the five nine times, nine steps.
Speaker 4: Nine times.
Speaker 3: Detroit hasn't allowed a runner to hit seventy yards since
Speaker 3: Week sixteen of twenty twenty two, but they haven't seen
Speaker 3: that kind of volume from a back either, So eight
Speaker 3: grade or B grade there makes sense.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Brian, Miami takes on Seattle. Skyler Thompson making not
Speaker 1: his NFL debut. He has started games before, but mostly
Speaker 1: Skyler Thompson. We've seen him is coming in mid game
Speaker 1: because two has just gotten wrecked and now he's got
Speaker 1: to come in cold. They've got a whole week to
Speaker 1: build an offense around and four Skyler Thompson. What do
Speaker 1: you think of this passing attack for Miami as they
Speaker 1: take on Seattle.
Speaker 5: Yeah, quite simply got to see on Skyler Thompson because
Speaker 5: I have starting grades on his top three pass catchers,
Speaker 5: and Thompson he is mobile, he adds that extra element.
Speaker 5: You've got that armam and this is somewhat of a
Speaker 5: higher over under in this game as well. So I
Speaker 5: got to see on Thompson starting with Tyreek Hill of course,
Speaker 5: just to be for Hill with the obvious change at
Speaker 5: quarterback with Tua now on ir so we probably need
Speaker 5: to temper our expectations a little. But you always start
Speaker 5: Tyreek win healthy, so we're not gonna get into that.
Speaker 5: Over to Jalen Wattle, he only gets a see here.
Speaker 5: Waddle has seen an easily twelve percent target share so far,
Speaker 5: very disappointing. Maybe things will change with Skyler Thompson. I
Speaker 5: need to see it first before I give him a
Speaker 5: B grade. But I'm not benching Waddle here. I do
Speaker 5: have some concerns in this game for Wattle. Seattle has
Speaker 5: allowed the lowest PPR points per target to perimeter wide
Speaker 5: receivers this season. That said, they've also played the Broncos
Speaker 5: and the Patriots. The Seahawks have that Dolphins should be
Speaker 5: a much tougher test. And your boy charge tight end
Speaker 5: John new Smith. I got a see on him in
Speaker 5: the Wasteland.
Speaker 1: Loved how they much they used him last week.
Speaker 5: For sure, and Seahawks good matchup on paper. Last year
Speaker 5: top twelve in the most catches and yards allowed to
Speaker 5: tight ends, so bottom twelve. Well, I like to say
Speaker 5: top twelve in the most and this season so far
Speaker 5: they are top six in the most catches and yards
Speaker 5: allowed to tight end, so a see on John hu
Speaker 5: Smith and a big old A for Devon A Chan
Speaker 5: saw twenty eight opportunities in a blowout loss to Buffalo
Speaker 5: last week, so they kept him on the field regardless.
Speaker 5: Seattle is allowed nearly six yards per carry. Their star
Speaker 5: run stuffer Leonard Williams banged up with a knee injury.
Speaker 5: He might not play where he Mostered very iffy to play.
Speaker 5: Jalen Wright only got five carries last week when Moster
Speaker 5: was out. Zero targets for Jalen right, so I got
Speaker 5: both Mostert and right on the bench. Whether Mostard sits
Speaker 5: or not, it's all about Devon a Chan in this one.
Speaker 5: He gets the A over to the Seahawks side. Zach
Speaker 5: Sharboney gets a B grade here at Kenneth Walker all
Speaker 5: but guaranteed to sit this week. Sharboney took all but
Speaker 5: two offensive snaps with Walker inactive that last week. That
Speaker 5: should be the case again this week. Miami is a
Speaker 5: middle of the road run defense. Sharbonay is the middle
Speaker 5: of the road talent, but he gets a B based
Speaker 5: on the expected volume at home. DK Metcalf questionable to play,
Speaker 5: but he should suit up he gets a B metcalf
Speaker 5: the clear alf on this team, commanding a twenty six
Speaker 5: percent target share and in an air yard share north
Speaker 5: of forty percent. Over to the other two receivers and
Speaker 5: Tyler Lockett and Jackson Smith and Jigba, they both get
Speaker 5: a C. Week one belong to Lockett. Between these two
Speaker 5: Week two belonged to JSN. We shall see what happens.
Speaker 5: They both get a C grade from me. Noah Fant
Speaker 5: does not, though he's on the bench sadly, one of
Speaker 5: my favorite sleeper options at tight end this year. A
Speaker 5: slow start for him, just three catches on the season
Speaker 5: so far, and Miami. Miami has basically shut down Ingram
Speaker 5: and Dalton kin Kay to start the season. The last
Speaker 5: and certainly not least, Gino Smith was might take a chance,
Speaker 5: I mean, quarterback, Gino, Let's go.
Speaker 1: Kansas City taking on Atlanta. You know it used to
Speaker 1: be I could just go, Hey, Patrick Mahomes and Travis
Speaker 1: Kelce and Isaiabacheco are easy a's and then we would
Speaker 1: just move on. But that is not the case of
Speaker 1: this offense anymore now. Rashee Rice is your obvious A,
Speaker 1: particularly in the slot against journeyman cornerback Mike Hughes, So
Speaker 1: a grade for Rashie Rice. Let's go to the other
Speaker 1: guys where it gets a little bit trickier, including including
Speaker 1: Xavier Worthy. You know, last week I warned you about
Speaker 1: the volatility that's gonna come with Worthy due to the
Speaker 1: low volume. Now, fortunately Hollywood Brown is out, not that
Speaker 1: we want him to be hurt, we don't. Worthy's on
Speaker 1: the field a lot more though. He's running nearly as
Speaker 1: many plays as Rashee Rice, but just two catches in
Speaker 1: both games so far. His matchup this week will mostly
Speaker 1: against cornerback aj Terrell, who's been above average for years,
Speaker 1: but this year has allowed seven to eight passes in
Speaker 1: his coverage to be completed. So I've got a C
Speaker 1: grade on Xavier Worthy in this one. Travis Kelcey, you
Speaker 1: gotta keep starting him. Do you guys know where Travis
Speaker 1: Kelcey ranks among wide receivers, sorry, tight ends and Fantasy points.
Speaker 4: Twenty seventh?
Speaker 3: I was just gonna say it can't be tventy.
Speaker 1: Seventh here DOAH fense probably better disasters so far, fortunately
Speaker 1: still running the most routes of any Chiefs player. The
Speaker 1: Falcons have been a good tight end defense no tight
Speaker 1: end is top thirty eight yards this year, and the
Speaker 1: Falcons have only allowed one tight end score in their
Speaker 1: last fourteen games going back to last year. I've only
Speaker 1: got a C grade on Travis Kelcey. In this game,
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes comes into.
Speaker 4: The B grade.
Speaker 1: Atlanta's pass defense has looked honestly pretty good, but they
Speaker 1: faced justin fields and Jalen Hurts without Aj Brown, so
Speaker 1: kind of an asterisk on that one. Still, the Falcons
Speaker 1: ranked seventh in passing yards allowed, just one passing touchdown
Speaker 1: allowed so far, and Mahomes honestly just doesn't look dominating
Speaker 1: like he used to. So I'm just giving you the
Speaker 1: BE on Patrick Mahomes in this game.
Speaker 4: Now, what about the running back.
Speaker 1: It's been a big question mark ever since Isaiah Pachecko's injury.
Speaker 1: The way I'm doing this is this, I'm giving you
Speaker 1: a C grade in PPR leagues for samaj p Ryn
Speaker 1: because we know he can catch and he can pass block.
Speaker 1: Pachecko was catching a lot of passes, Pacheco was catching
Speaker 1: a lot of passes. I think Pryan walks into that
Speaker 1: pass catching role and Andy Reid doesn't need to change
Speaker 1: the offense, so I think we can get Prian to
Speaker 1: like four catches, forty receiving yards, forty rushing yards, and
Speaker 1: that's not a half bad PPR game. So that's where
Speaker 1: I think we get with him. Carson Steele probably needs
Speaker 1: a touchdown, which you might get. The dude's a beast physically,
Speaker 1: and if he unleashes Krocky Jay, then I love his
Speaker 1: chances of scoring a touchdown in this game, but on
Speaker 1: the bench until we see Carson Steele and what his
Speaker 1: role looks like a little more clearly. Let's go to Atlanta.
Speaker 1: Let's start with b Jehn Robinson. He's looked terrific in
Speaker 1: both games, getting tons of work eighty one percent of
Speaker 1: the running back snaps for his team. Tough matchup, though,
Speaker 1: no back is top forty six yards against the Chiefs
Speaker 1: this year. They're giving up just three point eight yards
Speaker 1: per carry. I thought about putting Jon at a B grade,
Speaker 1: but I think the Falcons run oriented offensive line is
Speaker 1: going to spring him for enough good gains here that
Speaker 1: I'm keeping an A grade on Jon Robinson with all
Speaker 1: the expected usage. Now, let me give you the stat
Speaker 1: of the day.
Speaker 4: You ready for this.
Speaker 1: In the last twenty in at least the last twenty
Speaker 1: five years. Because our database doesn't go farther.
Speaker 5: Back than this.
Speaker 1: No team has allowed more tight end receptions through two
Speaker 1: weeks than the Kansas City Chiefs will have allowed twenty
Speaker 1: five fight end receptions in two games. Wow, we have
Speaker 1: a database, Yes, we do. As a matter of fact,
Speaker 1: ad average game by Kansas City by opposing tight ends
Speaker 1: this year fifteen catches, no fifteen targets, fifteen reception, one
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty eight yards, which is total insanity. Kyle Pitts,
Speaker 1: He's daggered so many of us, so many different ways.
Speaker 1: But this matchup just screams Kyle Pits B grade.
Speaker 4: Kyle how I can't do it.
Speaker 1: Let's go to Drake London. Let's go to London. As
Speaker 1: the Falcons clear number one receiver, he'll likely draw a
Speaker 1: lot of star cornerback Trent McDuffie. Despite matching up against
Speaker 1: A Flowers and Jamar Chase, which are tough matchups, McDuffie's
Speaker 1: only allowing three receptions all year for twenty six total
Speaker 1: yards in his coverage. So I'm very nervous about Drake London.
Speaker 1: I can only give you a C grade there. Darnell Mooney,
Speaker 1: I like just as much as Drake London because try
Speaker 1: McDuffie's going to be tied up on London. That gives
Speaker 1: Mooney easier coverage against Jalen Watson. He's allowed seven receptions
Speaker 1: for one hundred nine yards and it's coverage so far.
Speaker 1: And you could give a little ffw dart throw ooh
Speaker 1: to Ray Ray McCloud, who's running nearly as many routes
Speaker 1: as London and Mooney and getting just as many passes
Speaker 1: as London and Mooney in this offense. He's got a
Speaker 1: plus matchup against hybrid safety Chamari Connor, who is allowing
Speaker 1: an eighty three percent catch rate. So we've got a
Speaker 1: decent starting grade on Ray Ray McLoud. Now with all
Speaker 1: those season bs, that means Kirk Cousins comes in with
Speaker 1: a C grade in this game in a tricky matchup.
Speaker 1: Obviously looked way way better last week than he did
Speaker 1: in Week one. Part of it was the Steelers are
Speaker 1: great defense. In week one, they're gonna humble a lot
Speaker 1: of quarterbacks. Part of it was the way they utilized
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins looked way way better in week number two.
Speaker 1: We got to see Kirk play to his strengths. A
Speaker 1: lot more in that game, Scott, is Jacksonville Buffalo like
Speaker 1: three minutes or is it more like five minutes?
Speaker 3: Do let's take a break, Salwich time we've.
Speaker 1: Gotten all right, we'll take a break. We'll do it
Speaker 1: that way.
Speaker 4: We'll take a break. Wee come back.
Speaker 1: Only we get Jacksonville Buffalo from Scott Fish, and I
Speaker 1: got a pretty good idea that we're not going to
Speaker 1: be starting triplet Lawrence job. But you also get the
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly Time Machine as we give you premature
Speaker 1: speculation three players you'll want to pick up this week
Speaker 1: before everybody else tries to pick them up next week
Speaker 1: when we come back.
Speaker 6: Fantasy Football Weekly, final segment of Fantasy Football Weekly.
Speaker 1: We always begin this segment with a trip in the
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly time Machine. Let's give you three players
Speaker 1: that are probably available in your league you want to
Speaker 1: pick up now before somebody else tries next week.
Speaker 4: We begin with Scott Fish.
Speaker 3: Yeah, let's have my mic on. I'm going to over
Speaker 3: to the Los Angeles Rams with Jordan Winnington, who Sean
Speaker 3: mcvah in the preseason said he would be a factor
Speaker 3: this year. I don't think he thought it'd.
Speaker 4: Be this quick.
Speaker 3: He will be a factor taking over the Cooper Cup
Speaker 3: role in that offense.
Speaker 1: All right, Brian, your tay not take a chance with me,
Speaker 1: your premature speculation player.
Speaker 5: All right, Krocky Jay, if you're listening from Kad City, Indiana,
Speaker 5: cover your alligators. Crocodiles have ears. Probably not anyway, I'm
Speaker 5: going Kareem Hunts. We don't know what Carson Steel is
Speaker 5: going to add to this offense. Samaj p Ryan really
Speaker 5: more of a pass catching back. Kareem Hunt still on
Speaker 5: Kansas City's practice squad, but I feel like we might
Speaker 5: see him elevated next week. If he's out there, go
Speaker 5: grab him? Why not? Who knows?
Speaker 1: Yeah, Joe Mixon, they wanted to be a workhorse. He
Speaker 1: entered the season with seventeen hundred career rushes. This thing
Speaker 1: could be a time bomb. Cam Akers has looked shockingly
Speaker 1: good off the double, the double Achilles tears.
Speaker 4: The guys look good.
Speaker 1: And if Mixon is going to continue to be in
Speaker 1: and out of the starting lineup, I think you're gonna
Speaker 1: want the backup, and I think it's gonna be cam
Speaker 1: Akers over Damian Pierce even going forward with y is healthy.
Speaker 4: Yeah, all right, let's.
Speaker 1: Get back to the matchups. Next one up, Jacksonville taking
Speaker 1: on Buffalo.
Speaker 3: Scott Yeah, I have Trevor Lawrence and most of the
Speaker 3: passing game on the bench. Lowest percentage of aggressive throw rate, third,
Speaker 3: lowest complete completion percentage, and Buffalo held Kyler and two
Speaker 3: it down and got a bunch of picks as well.
Speaker 3: Not a good spot for a guy we just told
Speaker 3: you you should drop in the wide receivers. Among the
Speaker 3: wide receivers, Christian Kirk had that touchdown called back. That hurt,
Speaker 3: but what hurts more is that he's just not in
Speaker 3: it on two wide receiver sets not targeted. Gabe Davis
Speaker 3: does lead the team in target but he's not doing
Speaker 3: a whole lot with Brian Thomas is really the only
Speaker 3: one producing, and it's due to a few big plays.
Speaker 3: Buffalo's the third toughest against wide receivers through two weeks,
Speaker 3: and it's not for nothing. They faced Marvin Harrison, Tyreek Hill,
Speaker 3: Jalen Waddle. No wide receiver has hit fifty yards on them.
Speaker 3: But they did give up a to touchdown contested catch
Speaker 3: touchdown to Michael Wilson in the same role Brian Thomas
Speaker 3: junior plays. I gave a C grade there I think
Speaker 3: if he gets a touchdown or big plays, he's gonna
Speaker 3: get something done. C grade there. I have a bench
Speaker 3: grade on Brenton Strange, who's taking over for Evan Ingram,
Speaker 3: but I could see going to a CE. He had
Speaker 3: six targets after without Evan Ingram last year last week
Speaker 3: three for sixty five day. The Bills just came up
Speaker 3: a decent days to McBride and John Smith over the
Speaker 3: last two weeks. So it's an an okay spot on
Speaker 3: Monday night if you really need him. Over on the
Speaker 3: Buffalo side, Josh Allen. I got a B grade on
Speaker 3: his rushing. His rushing upsim he's getting two hundred plus yards.
Speaker 3: In the passing game, JAG's allowed a top twelve Fantasy
Speaker 3: week to both Tua and to Watson. It's an okay
Speaker 3: spot there. The only receiver really that I have a
Speaker 3: grade on though, is Khalil Shakir, who's the consistent one.
Speaker 3: He's the only one. Three for forty two in a score,
Speaker 3: five for fifty four in a score. Yeah, JAG's allowing
Speaker 3: the fourth most receptions and second most yards to wide receivers.
Speaker 3: Hill and Waddle crushed them. Jerry Judy and Elijah Moore
Speaker 3: both had double digit fantasy days. But you can't trust
Speaker 3: Keon cole If you're gonna trust one, it's gonna be
Speaker 3: Keon Coleman on the outside because where they give up
Speaker 3: the points is the perimeter. Eighth most fantasy points to
Speaker 3: wide receivers, but the second most on the perimeter. So
Speaker 3: Keon Coleman maybe at Darth throw probably a bench grade,
Speaker 3: a C grade on Dalton Kinkaid Jaggs haven't allowed much
Speaker 3: so far. They're but they're firmly in the middle of
Speaker 3: the pack from last year. Several big games allowed at
Speaker 3: the end of last year. Kinkaid probably going to be
Speaker 3: more likely more involved this week than NOx So. B
Speaker 3: grade on James Cook. B grade on James Cook sixth
Speaker 3: highest rate of eight man boxes thirty percent every inside
Speaker 3: the five rush attempt for the Bills. Much like James
Speaker 3: Connor averaging seventeen touches for ninety nine yards with a
Speaker 3: couple catches. We love that, and we just saw Ford
Speaker 3: and Freeman come by for over one hundred yards. Cook
Speaker 3: should get most of that work in this offense eight
Speaker 3: week one also over one hundred total yards. Yeah, Cook
Speaker 3: will get all that, So be grade for Cook.
Speaker 1: I like him here for Brian for San Francisco and
Speaker 1: Los Angeles. This would have been, in an alternate reality,
Speaker 1: a high flying game with tons of starters all over
Speaker 1: the place, and it'd be fully thrilling.
Speaker 5: But it's the wheelchair Bowl.
Speaker 4: That's what I'm calling the wheelchair Bowl.
Speaker 1: I'd like the wheelchair bal you know, you know, combined
Speaker 1: like twenty injuries and starters between these two teams.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I'll be pretty quick standing here. Jordan Mason is
Speaker 5: definitely left standing. He gets an A for the Niners,
Speaker 5: the Rams only fifth highest opponent rushing play percentage nearly
Speaker 5: sixty percent, and this should be a smash spot for
Speaker 5: Jordan Mason, who runs like the second coming of Beast mode.
Speaker 5: He looks like a league winner right now. Brandon Ayuke
Speaker 5: gets an A. Basically the only healthy, starting original wide
Speaker 5: receiver left for the forty nine ers. It's been a
Speaker 5: slow start for a Uk, somewhat understandable considering he sat
Speaker 5: out most of the training camp in the preseason, but
Speaker 5: with George Kittle and active Deebo Samuel and active, it's
Speaker 5: time for Ayuke to step up a little. Concerned about gamescript,
Speaker 5: the Rams are yielding just thirteen targets per game to
Speaker 5: wide receivers. But you are going to start Ayuk. I'm
Speaker 5: giving him an a. You're definitely gonna start Juwan Jennings here,
Speaker 5: take a chance on me wide receiver charge. I'm fully
Speaker 5: with you there. I was gonna give him a very
Speaker 5: strong sea. I mentioned George kittle out. I'm not gonna
Speaker 5: give Eric Salbert a starting grade, but I will throw
Speaker 5: a bare minimum. Darted him in Daily Fantasy Sports this weekend,
Speaker 5: and lastly for San Francisco Brock Purdy just to see
Speaker 5: for him obviously missing some weapons. Game script a concern,
Speaker 5: Sam France. I'm sorry. The Rams on the fifth lowest
Speaker 5: opponent passing play percentage, and the over under for this
Speaker 5: game is set at just forty three. This is like
Speaker 5: a fifty seven point over under in previous years. Over
Speaker 5: to the Rams side, Kyrien Williams gets to see a
Speaker 5: little scared of Blake Koram, who finally saw the field
Speaker 5: in Week two, only took eight snaps, so he did
Speaker 5: get a carry on each snap. Blake Koram did, but
Speaker 5: William's still the clear lead back should see twenty plus opportunities,
Speaker 5: so he gets a safe see here. Not so safe
Speaker 5: seas for DeMarcus Robinson and Kyler Johnson, the starting wide outs.
Speaker 5: I wasn't gonna give Jordan Whitt whittingtonnes See, but I'm
Speaker 5: with Fish. I think you just grabbed him as a
Speaker 5: prespect right now. See how he shapes out in this offense.
Speaker 5: But just to see for Robinson and Johnson, the forty
Speaker 5: nine Ers are one of twelve teams yielding at least
Speaker 5: eighteen targets to wide receivers. The Rams should be chasing
Speaker 5: points here. That's why I'll also give Colby Parkinson to
Speaker 5: see my boy five catches for forty seven yards last week.
Speaker 5: We'll take that all day in the tight end wastelan
Speaker 5: right now. Parkinson also might be the best red zone
Speaker 5: option for the Rams of these days. But lastly, Matt
Speaker 5: Stafford on the bench. This team's way too banged up.
Speaker 4: Way too banged up.
Speaker 1: We got the weird two Monday night football games and
Speaker 1: they're starting him within like an hour of each other,
Speaker 1: which I hate it. I'm so dumb. Washington Cincinnati is
Speaker 1: one of those. Let's start with Jayden Daniels. He's quarterback
Speaker 1: four with zero passing touchdowns. Unbelievable thanks to his one
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty five rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.
Speaker 1: Cincinnati allowed thirty two rushing yards to Jacoby Brissette earlier
Speaker 1: and twenty nine to Patrick mahon. So the rushing's going
Speaker 1: to continue for Jade and Daniels. I don't know that
Speaker 1: he's going to throw a touchdown and get into that
Speaker 1: column yet, because those are really good Cincinnati secondary that
Speaker 1: ranks number two in passing yards allowed despite facing Patrick Mahomes.
Speaker 1: So just to be great on Jayden Daniels for his receivers.
Speaker 1: Terry mclaurin's on the bench. He is getting killed by
Speaker 1: Jaden Daniels short passing. Daniels has only thrown five passes
Speaker 1: longer than fifteen yards and he's only completed two of those.
Speaker 1: Five of his eight completions to Terry McLaurin, half of
Speaker 1: them are for negative yards. You can't you can't accumulate
Speaker 1: fantasy points going negative on your receptions.
Speaker 5: I bang the drum hard for Terry in the preseason.
Speaker 5: I'm feeling it right now.
Speaker 1: Terry runs ninety six percent of his routes from the
Speaker 1: left side of the field. That's the same side as
Speaker 1: star cornerback cam Taylor britt he is Pro Football focuses
Speaker 1: number one.
Speaker 4: Ranked cornerback Great.
Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin on the bench. Let's go to the running game.
Speaker 1: Brian Robinson. Now in his third year, Robinson looks leaner,
Speaker 1: he looks more chisseled. He's running hard, averaging five yards
Speaker 1: after contact, double last year's rate. Last year, Robinson had
Speaker 1: just eight runs of more than fifteen yards all year.
Speaker 1: This year, three Bengals are steamrolled by Ramandre Stevenson in
Speaker 1: the opener, and they were in process of getting steamrolled
Speaker 1: by Isaiah Pacheco before his injury last week. I like
Speaker 1: Robinson here, B grade on him. Austin Eckler has proven
Speaker 1: to be the PPR helper that we thought he would
Speaker 1: be a pre season Cincinnati has allowed a one hundred
Speaker 1: percent catch rate to opposing runner nine targets, nine catches.
Speaker 1: I like Eckler here quite a bit as well. Flirted
Speaker 1: with a B grade, ultimately gave him a C grade.
Speaker 1: Oh and zach Ertz I almost forgot been a good
Speaker 1: safety valve for Daniels. He's got seven to eight passes
Speaker 1: that have come his way. The Bengals have been great
Speaker 1: against tight ends this year, completely shutting down Hunter Henry
Speaker 1: and Travis Kelce. I'm gonna give you a C grade,
Speaker 1: zach Ertz, but it's like thirty It's like thirty five
Speaker 1: yards on four catches.
Speaker 3: So you know, I don't know that's the secret and
Speaker 3: tight ends. Yeah, kind of kind of a B grade.
Speaker 5: It might be.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Cincinnati side. Joe Burrow a grade. Oh,
Speaker 1: just like last year, Washington allowing the most fantasy points
Speaker 1: to opposing quarterbacks. And it's not like they played Josh
Speaker 1: Allen and Patrick Mahomes here. They have face Baker Mayfield
Speaker 1: and Daniel Jones. Sixteen of the last eighteen opposing quarterbacks
Speaker 1: to face Washington have thrown multiple touchdowns. The two who
Speaker 1: did not mac Jones and Trevor Simeon. Burrow sitting out
Speaker 1: at least two touchdowns in this game, and he looked
Speaker 1: much better in Week two than he did in Week one.
Speaker 1: Jamar Chase obviously, he's my top ranked wide receiver this week.
Speaker 1: T Higgins expected to come back. Now, if I knew
Speaker 1: he was going to get a full workload, I would
Speaker 1: give t Higgins a B grade against the league's worst secondary.
Speaker 1: But the Bengals don't need him to win this game,
Speaker 1: and I think they EA's T.
Speaker 4: Higgins shirt, So I think.
Speaker 1: He's gonna only see like half of the routes in
Speaker 1: this game. And so I'm giving T. Higgins a C
Speaker 1: grade out of respect for who he is, and half
Speaker 1: of the routes might be enough against Washington. But if
Speaker 1: you're in a pinch, Andre Josebash could still be playable here,
Speaker 1: because again, the Commander's so bad against the pass, he
Speaker 1: might be able to get a little something here done.
Speaker 1: If you agree that Higgins isn't gonna be the guy now,
Speaker 1: if you've got Higgins, put him in your flex for
Speaker 1: the Monday night game. Pick up Andre Josebash just in
Speaker 1: case Higgins isn't active in the game, because Josebash at
Speaker 1: that point would be a stone cold sleeper and potentially
Speaker 1: a nice play for your fantasy team.
Speaker 4: Let's go to the running backs.
Speaker 1: Zach Moss. Washington is a decent run defense. They rank
Speaker 1: eleventh in ESPN's run stuff win Rate. They ranked twelfth
Speaker 1: in Pro Football Focus is run defense. They're giving up
Speaker 1: a healthy four point six yards per carry. Moss dominant
Speaker 1: the snap counts over Chase Brown and he's getting the
Speaker 1: goal line work. In two years of NFL service so far,
Speaker 1: Chase Brown has never touched the ball inside the five
Speaker 1: yard line, not once.
Speaker 3: Wow.
Speaker 1: So Zach Boss comes in with a B grade on
Speaker 1: this one, And really, I think where we are with
Speaker 1: Chase Brown is he's just a handcuff at this point.
Speaker 5: He had that like one awesome touchdown last year and
Speaker 5: people just remember that with Jayce Brown, we.
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