WEBVTT - Fantasy Football Weekly Week 10 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:07.480 And time now for Fantasy Football Weekly on k f 0:00:07.520 --> 0:00:12.200 a N, presented by Devani's, your weekly source for the 0:00:12.280 --> 0:00:17.880 nation's best fantasy speculation and advice. Fantasy Football Weekly is 0:00:17.920 --> 0:00:22.279 also brought to you by Green Belt Premium, no name 0:00:22.400 --> 0:00:28.600 Butcher Quality meets Honda, town Hall Family, and by the 0:00:28.800 --> 0:00:34.640 Park Tavern. Now now along with Fanball and League Saves 0:00:34.680 --> 0:00:41.640 Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson. Here's Paul Charchy in good morning, 0:00:41.720 --> 0:00:45.120 and it is early morning. It's our seven am start 0:00:45.159 --> 0:00:49.080 for Fantasy Football Weekly. Gopher kickoff is eleven o'clock. Pregame 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:51.560 at nine o'clock, so we are adjusted back a couple 0:00:51.640 --> 0:00:54.920 hours before that two hours of fantasy football. Goodness. I'm 0:00:54.960 --> 0:00:58.200 Paul Charching. My co host Brian Johnson almost as always, 0:00:58.680 --> 0:01:02.400 can't quite say as always, the audacity to take the 0:01:02.480 --> 0:01:06.600 one week off. And then Matt Harrison, good morning, guys, 0:01:06.800 --> 0:01:09.800 not as much always not your rarely and they're rarely 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:12.400 seen three out of the next four alright, good, alright, 0:01:12.400 --> 0:01:14.160 good do enough to change the liner for at least 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:16.520 three out of the next four weeks. It made sense 0:01:16.600 --> 0:01:19.480 this morning, at least the intro. The intro made sense, 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:22.640 if only, if only this time, take a chance on me. 0:01:22.800 --> 0:01:26.200 Five tough questions, premature speculation, lightning round, and we'll break 0:01:26.240 --> 0:01:30.120 down all of the matchups. And that begins with Packers 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:33.160 at Bears. Matt It's got no point now where no 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:37.440 Packer feels safe. I have the entire Green Bay Packers 0:01:37.480 --> 0:01:41.200 offense on the bench except for one player. That's Davante Adams, 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:44.160 who only gets us see number one. Wide receivers have 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:46.400 actually got it done against the Bears more than any 0:01:46.400 --> 0:01:49.120 other position this year. Antonio Brown was the only wide 0:01:49.120 --> 0:01:51.640 receiver to top a hundred yards. Jordi had seventy five 0:01:51.680 --> 0:01:53.920 and two scores in the first meeting. Michael Thomas had 0:01:53.960 --> 0:01:57.080 seven catches for seventy seven last week. And Adams has 0:01:57.160 --> 0:01:59.760 taken over as the Packers lead wide receiver since Hunley 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:02.800 has been the quarterback. He leads the wide receiver group 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:06.120 and targets, catches, yards and touchdowns since Hounley took over. 0:02:06.280 --> 0:02:11.080 This is not uncommon with with young developing quarterbacks where 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:14.960 they just can't go through three and four progressions, so 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:17.880 they go to one A and I'll throw that guy 0:02:17.960 --> 0:02:20.079 the ball if easy, remotely open. And so I think 0:02:20.080 --> 0:02:23.000 Adams is enjoying some of that. Yeah. The bad news 0:02:23.080 --> 0:02:24.880 is the last time the Bears allowed to score to 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:28.320 a wide receiver it was against the Packers in Week four. Geez, 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:31.440 and they allowed four in that game. Uh. The offense 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:34.040 is completely struggled under Hunley, and the Bears are top 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:36.640 ten defense, especially at home, where they're only allowing fifteen 0:02:36.639 --> 0:02:39.840 points per game. Huntley faces a Bears defense it's only 0:02:39.880 --> 0:02:42.799 allowed eighty nine rushing yards total the quarterbacks this year, 0:02:42.840 --> 0:02:44.720 and that's where a lot of his value is predicated. 0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:48.400 So he's on the bench. Chicago's only allowed eight passing 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:51.320 touchdowns this year, seven rushing touchdowns in eight games, and 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:53.560 they held the Saints to twenty points in New Orleans 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:56.800 in the last game. Well, Kamara and Ingram both scored 0:02:56.840 --> 0:02:59.000 in that game. Montgomery and Aaron Jones are not on 0:02:59.120 --> 0:03:01.959 par with Rob without Rogers, so they're on the bench. 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:04.920 And that's really it for the Packers. Notice I didn't 0:03:04.919 --> 0:03:09.200 even mention Jordy Nelson. He's just an afterthoughts in this office. 0:03:08.320 --> 0:03:12.000 Is I know there there are people dropping Jordy out right. 0:03:12.120 --> 0:03:13.560 I've seen it. I've seen it happen in one of 0:03:13.560 --> 0:03:16.680 my leagues. As if someone should trade Jordy for mor 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:19.120 Tavis Bryant. Yeah, I saw that tweet as well. I 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:21.760 didn't know. I didn't know what to say either. Pick 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:25.120 your poison. It's not good on the Bear side. I 0:03:25.120 --> 0:03:27.200 got one starter, and it's Jordan Howard, who gets an 0:03:27.200 --> 0:03:29.519 A grade. The Packers are allowing a hundred and eighteen 0:03:29.600 --> 0:03:32.480 rushing yards per game. They've given up a running back 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:37.560 touchdown in every game a r that's after Rogers. Howard 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:40.400 has had thirty six and twenty three rushing attempts in 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:42.800 the bears last three games. He's just getting the rock 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:45.880 a lot treat. Cohen is on the bench. He's droppable. 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:48.920 He's had exactly one catch per game. Since Mitch Drabinski 0:03:49.000 --> 0:03:51.160 took over at quarterbacks, I thought I thought it was 0:03:51.160 --> 0:03:53.320 gonna go the other way. I'll be honest. I'm so 0:03:53.440 --> 0:03:56.880 used to seeing young quarterbacks dump off balls to running 0:03:56.880 --> 0:04:00.400 backs and and you know safety safety outlet, the stuff, 0:04:00.400 --> 0:04:04.520 security blanket stuff. Now, well, trubisky safety outlet was Zach Miller. 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:07.320 And while he still has two legs barely, he might 0:04:07.400 --> 0:04:11.000 never play again. Kendall Wright hasn't topped fifty yards or 0:04:11.040 --> 0:04:13.440 scored in Trubisky's four starts, so the rest of the 0:04:13.440 --> 0:04:16.400 passing game, including Robinsky, is on the bench. Even if 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:19.040 I tell you this golden nugget of information that tomorrow 0:04:19.080 --> 0:04:24.320 is Kendall Wright's birthday, Oh bus, he might get the 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:29.640 fifty yards then alright, Vikings take on the Redskins. I've 0:04:29.680 --> 0:04:33.680 got I've got an A one A grade between both teams, 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:36.239 and it's for Kyle Rudolph. He has scored a touchdown 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:38.840 and each of his three career games against Washington, and 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:41.560 the Redskins have just been abused by tight ends all season. 0:04:41.880 --> 0:04:45.160 They've allowed a league worst eight yards per game to 0:04:45.279 --> 0:04:49.120 tight ends, and Rudolph averaging eight targets per game over 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:51.160 the last four weeks. Now a lot of those were 0:04:51.200 --> 0:04:54.960 without Stefon Diggs now digs back, so that worries me 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:57.160 a little bit about Rudolph, But still I'm giving him 0:04:57.160 --> 0:04:59.960 an A grade here. The rest of the Vikings starters 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:06.640 C grades. Adam Feland goes up against slot corner Kendall Fuller, uh, 0:05:06.800 --> 0:05:09.000 who has been really a mixed bag here. The Redskins 0:05:09.000 --> 0:05:12.320 have given up touchdowns and Nelson Agilare twice from the slot. 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:14.919 Doug Baldwin had a massive game from the slot, but 0:05:14.920 --> 0:05:17.200 He's also Kendall Fuller has also shut down some other 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:20.280 good slot receivers, so it's a mixed bag here. Celand 0:05:20.320 --> 0:05:22.400 has at least five receptions in every game, and I 0:05:22.440 --> 0:05:24.680 still think it's it's gonna be a typical Theeling game 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:27.599 where you're gonna get six seven receptions eight yards and 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:31.000 he probably won't score. Stefan dig c gradecent healthy for 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:32.880 the first time and over a month and runs the 0:05:32.920 --> 0:05:34.920 majority of his plays on the right side of the field, 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:38.280 which means he'll draw Josh Norman, who almost never ventures 0:05:38.320 --> 0:05:41.560 away from that side of the field. Norman hasn't allowed 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:45.960 a touchdown this year, and opposing number one receivers consistently 0:05:46.160 --> 0:05:49.600 shut down against Josh Norman. It is a tough assignment 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:51.520 for Steph Diggs. He goes down to a sne like 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:55.040 a Digs decoy. It could be it could be uh 0:05:55.080 --> 0:05:58.640 and maybe all the better for Rudolph Jerk McKenna. Let's 0:05:58.640 --> 0:06:00.120 stay with the passing him will trap up that at 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:03.159 first case. Keenum, I've got a tentative see and maybe 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:05.200 a bench grade here. Redskins have played a lot of 0:06:05.200 --> 0:06:08.120 good quarterbacks and they've handled almost all of them, basically 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:10.280 all of them other than Carson Wentz, who has put 0:06:10.360 --> 0:06:14.920 up two massive games against them. The average non Winsonian 0:06:15.040 --> 0:06:19.640 game against the Redskins two hundred twenty five yards and 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:22.719 one touchdown. That's it, And that's almost exactly what case 0:06:22.800 --> 0:06:24.799 Keenum gives you on a weekend and week out basis. 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:28.200 So to me, that's barely C grade chart. You got 0:06:28.240 --> 0:06:31.159 your finger on the pulse of the Vikings. Is the 0:06:31.279 --> 0:06:35.400 leash for Keenum short. Now that Teddy is back, could 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:37.440 not if he doesn't give away games, I think they 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:39.960 can even lose games as long as he's not the 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:43.520 three turnover guy to cause those losses. So I think he. 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:46.600 I think cases pretty safe actually, all right, So now 0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:48.400 let's talk about Jack McKinnon for just a moment. Of 0:06:48.480 --> 0:06:51.719 the last four weeks, he's averaging twenty one touches, one 0:06:52.160 --> 0:06:54.320 six total yards, and a touchdown per game. Those are 0:06:54.360 --> 0:06:59.839 great workhorse style numbers. Elite backs like Todd Gurley, Kareem Hunt, 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:03.599 Zeke Elliott have posted very big games against the Redskins, 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:08.000 but nobody else has. Only the big workhorse elite level 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:11.680 workhorse backs have gotten it done against the Redskins. You 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:14.720 can decide on for yourself if Jerick McKinnon belongs to 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:18.240 that conversation, is he in the conversation with Girly Hunt 0:07:18.240 --> 0:07:20.720 and Elliott? Hundred six yards in a touchdown per game 0:07:20.760 --> 0:07:26.440 would suggests he is non Girly Hunt Elliott backs against 0:07:26.440 --> 0:07:31.480 the Redskins, nobody has topped fifty yards, So that's your downside. 0:07:32.000 --> 0:07:33.760 I've got a C grade on Jack McKinnon. Let's go 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:35.680 to the Washington side, where I've got a handful of 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:38.000 Sea grades and that's it. Kirk Cousins comes in with 0:07:38.000 --> 0:07:40.040 a sea There's a litany of problems for Cousins in 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:42.840 this matchup. Offensive line is all kinds of banged up. 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:44.720 I think they may only end up missing one starter, 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:47.280 but a bunch of guys playing hurt um. The Vikings 0:07:47.280 --> 0:07:50.320 have an elite sacking defense that will test that offensive line. 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:53.400 Of course, you may be shorthanded here without Jamison Crowder, 0:07:53.440 --> 0:07:55.600 who's shaping up as a game time decision, Jordan Reid 0:07:55.840 --> 0:07:58.280 shaping up as a game time decision. And then there's 0:07:58.280 --> 0:08:00.520 the matter of the Vikings secondary, which is very good anyway. 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:03.520 They ranked fifth and touchdown passes allowed seventh and passing 0:08:03.560 --> 0:08:06.640 yardage allowed. A very tough game for Kirk Cousins coming. 0:08:07.120 --> 0:08:10.160 The only part of his receiving game that I've got 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:13.000 a starting grade on is Vernon Davis because with without 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:16.440 Jordan reading the lineup, he's still been reliable. He's averaging 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:19.440 four catches sixty two yards in every game since the 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:24.680 opener read game time decision hamstring injury. But it might 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:26.720 not matter either way. The Vikings are very good against 0:08:26.720 --> 0:08:29.240 tight ends. They're holding the forty five yards per game 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:32.320 as a position. None of top forty yards against the 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:35.120 Vikings since the opener suggest to see grade on Davis 0:08:35.200 --> 0:08:37.960 and if read, actually we're healthy, implying you might even 0:08:37.960 --> 0:08:41.280 just take him into the bench area. Darrell Prior's out. 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:44.240 He's collected three or fewer receptions in seven straight games. 0:08:44.720 --> 0:08:47.280 Josh Dockson's got to average more than two catches a game. 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:50.720 I just that's just not enough volume. I also worried 0:08:50.720 --> 0:08:52.719 that he's gonna see Xavier Rhads and then it's it's 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:58.000 game over for Josh Dockson. Lastly, go to the running game. 0:08:58.480 --> 0:09:00.920 Rob Kelly is on the bench. He's a pure touchdown play. 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:02.480 He has scored three times in the last two games, 0:09:02.480 --> 0:09:04.240 which is great, But the good news ends there. The 0:09:04.280 --> 0:09:07.240 Vikings have only given up two rushing touchdowns all year. 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:10.760 They ranked third and rushing yards allowed, and Rob Kelly's 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:14.440 averaging two yards to carry two. I know you you 0:09:14.520 --> 0:09:17.240 talked about it, but I'm counting six offensive linemen on 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:21.560 the injury report for washing. Isn't it ridiculous? Terrible? Like 0:09:21.640 --> 0:09:25.040 all of them. Chris Thompson is normally a very safe play, 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:28.199 but he's also had this string of matchups against teams 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:31.280 that struggle against running backs through the air that ends here. 0:09:31.640 --> 0:09:36.320 The Vikings alread elite past catching defense for running backs. 0:09:37.160 --> 0:09:38.800 I've given out these stats a few times in a 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:41.320 lot of different formats. I'll do it again here. Here 0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:44.360 are these are I'm gonna the Vikings have faced just 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:48.320 this litany of excellent pass catching running backs, and listen 0:09:48.360 --> 0:09:51.199 to what they've done. Alvin Camara twenty yards through the air, 0:09:51.440 --> 0:09:56.120 Lavan Bell four yards, Theoretic eight yards, Tarik Cohen negative 0:09:56.160 --> 0:10:00.680 eight yards, Tie Montgomery three yards, Bunk Alan twenty nine yards, 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:04.160 and in their last game, Duke Johnson ten yards. So 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:06.200 I just I I've got to see great and Chris 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:08.679 Thompson just because I think it's a talent. But I 0:10:08.720 --> 0:10:11.680 don't expect him to do very much here. Let's go 0:10:11.720 --> 0:10:13.800 to our final matchup of this segment and it is 0:10:14.520 --> 0:10:17.920 the New Orleans Saints taking on the Buffalo Bills. New 0:10:18.040 --> 0:10:22.240 Orleans Saints have turned into a run first offense. What 0:10:22.320 --> 0:10:26.080 do you think about Alvin Camara mark Ingram? Yeah, I 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:28.120 like Alvin Camara a little more in this game. I'm 0:10:28.120 --> 0:10:30.040 giving him a b um. He's the league leader in 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:32.800 yards per carry at six point. Oh, give him more 0:10:32.840 --> 0:10:35.520 carries please? Well, we don't like to see that. This 0:10:35.559 --> 0:10:38.439 matchup is really about the receiving for Camara. Buffalo was 0:10:38.480 --> 0:10:41.080 allowing running backs to catch nearly six passes per game. 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:44.240 Camara's top five among running backs and targets, receptions, and 0:10:44.320 --> 0:10:47.000 receiving yards. So you do the math. Camara should do 0:10:47.080 --> 0:10:49.760 pretty well here. I don't like um mark Ingram as much. 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:54.080 I'm gonna give him a strong See Buffalo bottom six 0:10:54.080 --> 0:10:57.600 and opponent rushing play percentage. Opponents are running just thirty 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:00.319 of the time against the Bills, and Buffalo has yet 0:11:00.320 --> 0:11:03.000 to allow an opposing running back to reach eighty rushing yards. 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:04.640 So I like com here a little more than Ingram here. 0:11:04.640 --> 0:11:08.320 But you're definitely starting both to the passing game. Uh, 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:10.719 let's go with to start with Drew Brees. It's no 0:11:10.800 --> 0:11:13.720 surprise Breeze has more passing touchdowns on the road this year. 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:17.079 There's a surprise. Well, you just ruined my punch line 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:20.160 charge but yeah, sorry, I was active. Here you go again, No, 0:11:20.280 --> 0:11:24.240 just go again. We got Wet and Bryan over here. 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:29.400 That is a surprise. I'm giving Breeze this to see 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:31.199 here though, even though he's better on the road. Now, 0:11:31.280 --> 0:11:34.000 that's that's a joke. Of course, bad matchup Buffalo is allowed. 0:11:34.000 --> 0:11:37.400 The third few is touchdowns passing touchdowns just seven all year. 0:11:37.440 --> 0:11:39.920 Only one of posing quarterback has topped one passing touchdown. 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:42.319 Breeze could do it, but his ceiling isn't as high 0:11:42.320 --> 0:11:45.079 as usually is. Michael Thomas will give a b You 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:48.040 might be borderline a if cornerback E J. Gaines misses 0:11:48.080 --> 0:11:51.560 his third straight game, he's questionable right now. Thomas owners 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:53.760 are certainly hoping for that, but you're starting him either way. 0:11:53.840 --> 0:11:55.719 I think Thomas is gonna gonna have a nice game 0:11:55.760 --> 0:11:59.520 here too. I'm seeing him traded for nothing in a 0:11:59.559 --> 0:12:02.200 couple of a couple of my leagues. People are really 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:03.800 down on him, and I don't think this is the 0:12:03.840 --> 0:12:05.720 time to give up. No, but he's been very consistent, 0:12:05.760 --> 0:12:08.679 has been blowing up like been very consistent. Ted Ginn 0:12:08.800 --> 0:12:12.839 also been surprisingly consistent. Uh likely to draw trade Davious White, though, 0:12:12.840 --> 0:12:15.560 who grades out as Pro Football focuses number ten cornerback 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:17.880 and coverage. He's been much better than a boom er 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:19.760 bust guy this year. Again has but that's kind of 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:21.439 what he feels like this week. I'm just giving him 0:12:21.440 --> 0:12:24.720 a c I'm benching Brandon Coleman and Willie Snead. Snead 0:12:24.800 --> 0:12:27.559 went from four to eighteen snaps last week. Coleman went 0:12:27.600 --> 0:12:29.800 down from fourty gate to thirty. Maybe they meet more 0:12:29.800 --> 0:12:31.480 in the middle of this week, but just the matchup 0:12:31.480 --> 0:12:33.319 isn't right anyway, so I got both on the bench. 0:12:34.160 --> 0:12:36.720 That's it for the Saints. Over to Buffalo, starting with 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:40.280 Lashawn McCoy. Shady returns home where he's averaging a hundred 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:42.559 and thirty combo yards per game dating back to the 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:45.160 start of last season. The Saints are allowing four point 0:12:45.200 --> 0:12:47.920 seven yards per carry five point five yards per carry 0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:51.199 on the road, so McCoy is an easy A. Kelvin 0:12:51.200 --> 0:12:53.599 Benjamin Oh, I'm tended to give him a SEA, but 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:55.760 I'm gonna go go bench grade here and we'll wait 0:12:55.760 --> 0:12:58.280 and see what happens. The Saints are only allowing an 0:12:58.280 --> 0:13:00.719 average of six catches and zero touchdown per game to 0:13:00.840 --> 0:13:03.400 wide receivers as a whole over the past three weeks. 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:05.520 For that reason, I have Jordan Matthews on the bench 0:13:05.559 --> 0:13:07.880 as well. Even though safety Kenny Vecaro will miss this 0:13:07.960 --> 0:13:10.160 game for New Orleans, I just don't see either with 0:13:10.200 --> 0:13:12.320 a very high ceiling in this one. And Charles Clay 0:13:12.360 --> 0:13:15.560 is supposed to make his return. UH coach Sean McDermott say, 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:17.600 Clay is looking really good to play on Sunday, but 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:20.000 the matchup isn't right here. New Orleans has allowed these 0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:22.360 second fewest yards to opposing tight ends, So another wait 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:24.920 and see scenario for Clay. Even with all those bench 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:27.960 grades for the past catchers, I do like Tyrod Taylor. 0:13:28.000 --> 0:13:30.200 I'm gonna give him the B on paper. The Saints 0:13:30.240 --> 0:13:32.200 have the best past defense in the NFL over the 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:35.280 last five weeks, which is but they faced Saint Yeah, 0:13:35.400 --> 0:13:40.920 Jay Cutler, Brett Hunley, Mitch Dubitsky's still still for the 0:13:41.160 --> 0:13:43.960 by ST standards. That's amazing. It is it truly is. 0:13:44.000 --> 0:13:46.480 But the one legit quarterback they faced during that span 0:13:46.600 --> 0:13:48.960 was Matthew Stafford, who threw for three d twelve yards 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:51.920 and three touchdowns. Taylor does have some interesting weapons, and 0:13:51.960 --> 0:13:55.079 New Orleans has given up good numbers through rushing quarterbacks. 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:57.480 So uh, and I got it. Has at least six 0:13:57.600 --> 0:13:59.599 rushing attempts in all but one game this year, and 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:01.959 it's schoo on the ground in consecutive weeks, So I 0:14:01.960 --> 0:14:04.440 will give him a beef, all right. Uh. You had 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:07.080 mentioned Charles Clay coming back. I think a lot of 0:14:07.080 --> 0:14:11.000 the success he had had earlier was because Jordan Matthews 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:13.560 was out and Zay Jones had done nothing. I mean, 0:14:13.559 --> 0:14:16.200 there was nobody else even to throw too. Now you 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:19.640 add in Kelvin Benjamin, and you add in Jordan Matthews 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:22.080 back healthy. Now Za Jones is a bigger part of 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:25.000 this offense, and you know Clay is still not one. 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:28.520 I'm not feeling Clay right now, and I don't know 0:14:28.560 --> 0:14:31.000 that he's going to replicate the early season success he had. 0:14:31.520 --> 0:14:35.360 Last thing I'll mention about Kelvin Benjamin. Can you remember 0:14:35.360 --> 0:14:38.080 another time? Can you remember any time that a receiver 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:42.160 was traded mid season? And then was a particularly effective 0:14:42.240 --> 0:14:47.480 fantasy receiver with the new team. I'm struggling to think 0:14:47.480 --> 0:14:50.760 of anybody that falls into that category. It's seven am, 0:14:50.800 --> 0:14:55.960 I'm ever traded in the history of the NFL. Uh, 0:14:56.000 --> 0:14:58.080 It's I just think this is I think it's a 0:14:58.120 --> 0:15:02.120 position that it It really helps to have timing with 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:04.720 your quarterback, to have run all the routes together and 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:06.640 everything else. I just think I think it's hard for 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:11.160 a receiver to be particularly effective after after being traded 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:16.560 mid season. A lot of Marshall he was traded, but 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:17.960 I don't remember. I don't think it was a lot 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:20.520 of a lot of the Buffalo coaching staff came from 0:15:20.600 --> 0:15:23.320 Carolina and they brought him in for a reason. They 0:15:23.400 --> 0:15:25.560 maybe it's a good locker room guy, so he might 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:27.720 he might fit in pretty well there right away we 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:30.600 give my Ley gives points for a locker room guys. Yeah, 0:15:30.640 --> 0:15:35.360 so yeah, that'll that'll be helpful. P L R G. Yes, Yes, 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:38.760 when we come back, take a chance on me. Nine 0:15:38.800 --> 0:15:40.800 players not normally and you're starting line up a bunch 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:43.520 of these guys on the waiver wire. If you're in 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:45.520 a pinch in a position you want to stay tuned 0:15:45.640 --> 0:16:03.000 take a chance on me when we come back. Last week, 0:16:05.040 --> 0:16:09.080 regular listener Michael Mike Croswell was nice enough to send 0:16:09.080 --> 0:16:13.800 in a eighties John Carpenter style take a chance on me. 0:16:14.440 --> 0:16:16.400 We played it, and now he's come back with what 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:20.640 he calls the Voodoo mix. Take a chance on Me. 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:23.760 I kind of like it. No, it's not the Voodoo mix. 0:16:23.800 --> 0:16:26.840 I'm sorry, it's the vote Coder mix. I looked at it. 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:29.120 I just glanced at it. Votal. I don't seem not 0:16:29.160 --> 0:16:32.320 positive of the vote coder is. But we must be 0:16:32.360 --> 0:16:34.600 listening to it. I think he knows better than we do. 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:37.720 Must be this fancy pants keyboard we got going to think. 0:16:37.760 --> 0:16:41.320 So it's very eighties, it's very Cassio. Let's let's jump 0:16:41.320 --> 0:16:43.680 into the take chance on me bit. It's uh, nine 0:16:43.680 --> 0:16:45.600 players not normally in your starting line at the beginning 0:16:45.600 --> 0:16:47.960 of the quarterback position. Matt, you got I said I'd 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:50.760 never do it, but I'm going back to the Jake Cutler. Well. 0:16:51.840 --> 0:16:54.920 The angle here is that the j Gi E subtraction 0:16:55.240 --> 0:16:58.760 was the addition that the Dolphins sorely needed. Both Kenyan 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:01.320 Drake and Damian Williams are far better pass catchers and 0:17:01.360 --> 0:17:04.520 pass protectors than a giant, and the offense is more quick, 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:07.640 hitting and pass oriented now is evidenced by Cutler's first 0:17:07.720 --> 0:17:11.920 three yard games since that happened last week. It was 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:14.040 also the first time he threw three touchdowns in the 0:17:14.080 --> 0:17:17.760 last three years. He completed thirty four passes last week. 0:17:17.960 --> 0:17:22.600 A clip that's non cutl area. No five quarterbacks have 0:17:22.680 --> 0:17:25.639 thrown for multiple touchdowns against the Panthers, his opponent this 0:17:25.680 --> 0:17:28.360 week in the last seven games. So let's see Cutler 0:17:28.400 --> 0:17:31.959 do it. I'd like to see Cutler do it, all right, Brian? 0:17:32.480 --> 0:17:35.159 How did I end up with Stu Beard? Yeah? It 0:17:35.200 --> 0:17:37.520 doesn't seem normal, does it? Well? I got Stu Beard, 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:41.000 Ryan Fitzpatrick at home against the Jets in the Revenge Bowl, 0:17:41.119 --> 0:17:43.959 which I'm sure we'll talk. This is the most revengee 0:17:43.960 --> 0:17:47.080 game of all time? Is uh? Sadly? No, no Mike 0:17:47.119 --> 0:17:49.760 Evans for Ryan, It's Patrick. But the Jets have still 0:17:49.800 --> 0:17:52.600 allowed the most passing touchdowns in the NFL with nineteen. 0:17:52.920 --> 0:17:56.000 They've allowed an opponent completion percentage of sixty eight over 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:58.040 the last three weeks. That is just one short of 0:17:58.080 --> 0:18:01.119 sixty nine if you're counting at home. New York has 0:18:01.160 --> 0:18:04.640 also allowed multiple passing touchdowns in five straight games. So yeah, 0:18:04.760 --> 0:18:07.560 Stu Beard. In an obvious revenge scenario, let's go. Josh 0:18:07.640 --> 0:18:12.760 McCown might be the safest quarterback play this week. Also 0:18:12.960 --> 0:18:15.679 now the Revenge Bowl. It's that's the other half of 0:18:15.680 --> 0:18:19.360 Revenge Bowl. No two quarterbacks have ever faced each other 0:18:19.440 --> 0:18:22.840 having played for more combined teams in the course of 0:18:22.840 --> 0:18:28.720 their career than Josh McCown and Ryan Fitzpatrick. McCowen scored 0:18:28.800 --> 0:18:32.399 multiple touchdowns in five straight games, and this is his 0:18:32.520 --> 0:18:34.840 easiest opponent of the year, Tampa Bay. The Bucks ranked 0:18:34.920 --> 0:18:37.880 thirtie and past defense giving up tutor eighty yards per game. 0:18:38.359 --> 0:18:42.920 Opposing quarterbacks have scored in every game against the Bucks. 0:18:43.560 --> 0:18:47.080 It's a terrific opportunity for Josh McCown to go to 0:18:47.119 --> 0:18:50.320 the running back position. Matt, I've got Rod Smith. And 0:18:50.400 --> 0:18:54.159 this is predicated on Ezekiel Elliott's suspension actually staying a 0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:57.479 suspension this week. I think it's going to stay. Exchange 0:18:57.560 --> 0:19:01.280 between now and kickoff. Atlanta, their opponent this week has 0:19:01.280 --> 0:19:04.280 allowed the fourth most receptions to opposing running backs, and 0:19:04.359 --> 0:19:06.880 good pass catching backs tend to have a decent day 0:19:06.880 --> 0:19:10.640 against the Falcons. Christian McCaffrey had five catches last week 0:19:10.640 --> 0:19:13.240 and ended up scoring on the ground. Matt Forte add 0:19:13.359 --> 0:19:16.120 six for forty five in the air. James White had 0:19:16.119 --> 0:19:19.640 five catches and scored time Montgomery six for seventy five 0:19:19.680 --> 0:19:22.440 in a touch. Tarik Cohen eight for forty seven and 0:19:22.520 --> 0:19:25.159 a touch. Rod Smith's their pass catching back. I like 0:19:25.240 --> 0:19:28.800 him this week, all right, Ryan, I've got Cleveland's Duke 0:19:28.880 --> 0:19:32.240 Johnson at Detroit. Opposing running backs are averaging more than 0:19:32.280 --> 0:19:35.200 eight targets per game against the Lions, so it'snow surprise 0:19:35.280 --> 0:19:38.000 Detroit is top twelve and receptions and yards allowed to 0:19:38.119 --> 0:19:41.280 running backs. Duke has ten catches on twelve targets over 0:19:41.280 --> 0:19:45.080 his last two games. Cleveland wide receivers are absolutely worthless. 0:19:45.280 --> 0:19:46.760 I see a lot of volume through the air for 0:19:46.880 --> 0:19:50.119 Duke in this one. Or Lean's Dark wa is my choice. 0:19:50.200 --> 0:19:52.560 Now this is a two parter. It's also Wayne Gallman, 0:19:52.920 --> 0:19:56.280 so I'll let you do the choosing listener on whether 0:19:56.520 --> 0:19:59.119 Poor Lean's Dark Wall or Wayne Gollman is more applicable 0:19:59.160 --> 0:20:02.080 for your situation. Ship probably can't find Orleans Dark one 0:20:02.080 --> 0:20:04.199 on a lot of waiver. That's right, So and I 0:20:04.280 --> 0:20:06.800 Wayne Goldman, there's enough to go around. Let's let's talk 0:20:06.840 --> 0:20:09.960 about it. Forty Niners ranked thirty feet against the run, 0:20:10.760 --> 0:20:14.320 mostly because teams are running thirty six times per game 0:20:14.359 --> 0:20:17.960 against San Francisco. Now, the of the thirty six times, 0:20:18.440 --> 0:20:21.359 Orleans Dark has never had more than sixteen carries in 0:20:21.400 --> 0:20:24.879 a game this year, so that leaves twenty carries to 0:20:24.920 --> 0:20:27.119 get spread around. They're all going to Wayne Goldman. They 0:20:27.200 --> 0:20:31.640 might all go to Wayne Goldman, and especially if the Giants, Brian, 0:20:32.280 --> 0:20:35.199 are able to reverse last week's blowout and be on 0:20:35.240 --> 0:20:37.560 the other end of a blowout win against the windless 0:20:37.600 --> 0:20:41.080 forty Niners, maybe then they go to their backup running 0:20:41.080 --> 0:20:43.640 back Wayne Goldman and give him a bunch of work. Meanwhile, 0:20:43.720 --> 0:20:48.680 Orleans Orleans Dark wavaging five yards per carry, So we're 0:20:48.680 --> 0:20:51.800 excited about the prospects of both. I'm sure will do 0:20:51.840 --> 0:20:56.439 the right thing. Retire. Did Charch just find a barber 0:20:56.520 --> 0:21:00.119 blowout game flow for the Giants? I did? Wow? How 0:21:00.160 --> 0:21:03.280 about that? Brian? Sorry, Matt, let's go to the wide 0:21:03.280 --> 0:21:05.760 receiver slash tight end of position. I've got a tight 0:21:05.880 --> 0:21:08.480