Speaker 1: Wow. Wow, Hey everybody, It's Wednesday, November eighth, twenty twenty three.
Speaker 1: Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Show. It's me your man, MG,
Speaker 1: Marcus Grant, joined by Michael f. Florio. Coming up, we
Speaker 1: are previewing TNF and the early Sunday games for Week ten. Well,
Speaker 1: here we are. We've made it all the way to
Speaker 1: week ten. We are more than week into November. This
Speaker 1: thing's flying by.
Speaker 2: Season is flying by, and this week, in my opinion,
Speaker 2: is going to be the worst week. With buys and
Speaker 2: everything to set your line up. Three of the best
Speaker 2: offenses in football, you just can't use them this week. So, yeah,
Speaker 2: we got to survive this week.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we need to have a talk with somebody in
Speaker 1: the league office who thought it was a good idea
Speaker 1: to have the chiefs of Eagles and Dolphins all have
Speaker 1: the week off in the same week. Not to mention,
Speaker 1: the Rams are off, so we miss Cooper Cup and
Speaker 1: Pooka Nakua. It's going to be rough to set lineups,
Speaker 1: especially at the quarterback position, but we're here to help.
Speaker 1: Let's get started, as we always do, with some fantasy
Speaker 1: headlines and a big one coming out of Minnesota justin
Speaker 1: Jefferson returned at Vikings practice on Wednesday. The team has
Speaker 1: a twenty one day a window to elevate him from
Speaker 1: injured reserve to the fifty three man roster. Look, there's
Speaker 1: no doubt about it, right, Like, when he is back
Speaker 1: and available, he is back in your starting lineups. Chances
Speaker 1: are he was the number one pick, but we can
Speaker 1: feel confident in him. Right with Josh Dowbs. We didn't
Speaker 1: know this a couple of weeks ago. We didn't know
Speaker 1: who's gonna be the quarterback. But at least with Josh Dowbs,
Speaker 1: we can feel confident about Jefferson, right, Yeah, I think so.
Speaker 2: I mean it's better than how we should be feeling.
Speaker 2: Like a week ago when Kirk Cousins went down and
Speaker 2: we thought it would be Jaron Hally, the fifth round rookie,
Speaker 2: and even he looked good. So if something happens to Dobbs,
Speaker 2: like they have a rookie that they can maybe trust
Speaker 2: a little bit. Yeah, I mean, you're starting justin Jefferson
Speaker 2: the minute he returns, no matter what. But now at
Speaker 2: least you get some peace of mind. That's exactly what
Speaker 2: we want. It's peace of mind with Jefferson back in
Speaker 2: our lineup. Meanwhile, down in Tennessee, they are trying to
Speaker 2: get some peace of mind at the quarterback position. Head
Speaker 2: coach Mike Vrabel says that Will Levis, the rookie, will
Speaker 2: be starting for the rest of the twenty twenty three season.
Speaker 2: We've seen a couple of good starts out of Levis
Speaker 2: so far this year. So earlier in the week, we
Speaker 2: played a game of who'd you rather for the rest
Speaker 2: of the season from different positions. I want to play
Speaker 2: another round with just Will Levis. We compare him against
Speaker 2: some other quarterbacks who are, in theory sort of on
Speaker 2: his level. So wo'da rather Will Levis or Taylor Heineke.
Speaker 2: I would rather Will Levis. I know Taylor Heinike he's
Speaker 2: throwing the ball more downfield than Desmond Ritard did. But
Speaker 2: and the weapons are nice in Atlanta, but his head
Speaker 2: coach is still Arthur Smith, which means they're just going
Speaker 2: to be doing weird things. Will Levis. I know the
Speaker 2: floor might not be great, but the ceiling, I believe
Speaker 2: is really high because even last week in a down performance,
Speaker 2: a lot of downfield throws.
Speaker 1: Yeah, your point about the inconsistency of the play calling
Speaker 1: in Atlanta is what has me worried about Taylor Heineke.
Speaker 1: So I'm with you. I'm gonna go Will Levis there,
Speaker 1: Will Levis or mac Jones. Will Levis, I mean, what
Speaker 1: upside does Mac Jones bring us, even in a good matchup.
Speaker 1: A couple of weeks ago, it was like, alright, he
Speaker 1: was all right, but that's it. And neither one of
Speaker 1: them have very deep wide receiver corps. But Will Levis
Speaker 1: has DeAndre Hopkins and Mac Jones does not. All right,
Speaker 1: here's another one, Will Levis or Geno Smith.
Speaker 2: Oh, I'm still gonna stick with Gino here, even though
Speaker 2: I keep saying, if Gino disappoints you this week, you
Speaker 2: could drop him. But he gets the Commanders, then the Rams,
Speaker 2: and he still has later in the year. He gets
Speaker 2: the Eagles, the Titans, the Steelers, still some favorable matchups,
Speaker 2: especially in the Fantasy playoffs, that I'll still give Gino
Speaker 2: another chance.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I said that Will Levis has DeAndre Hopkins. Well,
Speaker 1: Gino Smith has dk Metcalf and Tyler Lockett. So those
Speaker 1: two I think Trump just having nuke a loan. So
Speaker 1: with Gino Smith wins for me there, And last one
Speaker 1: Will Levis or Jordan Love. This one feels kind of
Speaker 1: easy Will Levis because Jordan Love. Outside of the first
Speaker 1: three weeks, it's been rough. It has been rough for
Speaker 1: Jordan Love for a while. Now, real quick though, Now
Speaker 1: now that you know Levis is the starter, and we've
Speaker 1: seen that that Levis has no hesitation about going to
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins. Where are we ranking? You could he a
Speaker 1: top fifteen guy the rest of the season, I.
Speaker 2: Think like borderline. If not top fifteen, certainly top twenty
Speaker 2: because in the two games he's given us ten and
Speaker 2: a half and thirty five, and that's a good floor
Speaker 2: and obviously a huge ceiling, and I'm expecting at least
Speaker 2: a couple of times a game that Will Levis is
Speaker 2: just gonna chuck it downfield to d hop which means
Speaker 2: that he'll always bring a high ceiling.
Speaker 1: Yeah, the last two weeks he's actually the wide receiver three,
Speaker 1: but that feels very much inflated by the thirty plus
Speaker 1: point game he had a couple of weeks ago. I
Speaker 1: think you're looking more around on average, probably ten to
Speaker 1: fifteen points per game. I think that's good enough to
Speaker 1: get him certainly in the top twenty and maybe knock
Speaker 1: on the door of the top fifteen. All right, let's
Speaker 1: get our attention to Thursday night football. It is the
Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers heading to Chicago to take on the Bears.
Speaker 1: You can see that game at eight fifteen pm Eastern
Speaker 1: on Prime Video on the Carolina. They got their first
Speaker 1: win a couple of weeks ago, had a tough loss
Speaker 1: against the Colts last week. But Adam Thielen has been
Speaker 1: balling pretty much all season long. So let's to the
Speaker 1: number at eight. Do a little more or less eight
Speaker 1: receptions for Adam Thielen more or less more Since Week two.
Speaker 1: Adam Thielen leads the NFL in receptions per game. And
Speaker 1: this is a game where I think it'll be close throughout,
Speaker 1: so the Panthers will have to, you know, continue to
Speaker 1: throw the ball. And it's not like they're gonna have
Speaker 1: game script where they could just run all second half
Speaker 1: or something like that. So I'm expecting a big game
Speaker 1: out of Adam Thielen. I'm expecting another good game out
Speaker 1: of Adam Thielen. And really he has been it in
Speaker 1: the passing game, at least at the wide receiver position.
Speaker 1: He's got six hundred and ten receiving yards this year
Speaker 1: that is more than all other Panthers wide receivers combined.
Speaker 1: It's been him or nothing. And so in a game
Speaker 1: where as you mentioned, I think the Panthers will have
Speaker 1: to throw the ball, especially because they can't run it.
Speaker 1: I think you're going to see more than eight catches
Speaker 1: for Adam Thielen in this one. Deontae Foreman has been
Speaker 1: play really, really well. The Bears are expecting that Khalil
Speaker 1: Herbert will be back this week. The Panther run defense
Speaker 1: is atrocious, so more or less half of a rushing
Speaker 1: touchdown for Deontay Formers. So basically, ken Deontay Forman getting
Speaker 1: the end zone this week.
Speaker 2: He definitely can, but I'm gonna go less because I'm
Speaker 2: wish casting that that touchdown goes to Khalil Herbert, who
Speaker 2: I need to start in a league or two because
Speaker 2: of all the buys this week, and the Panthers have
Speaker 2: allowed more touchdowns to running backs than anyone, So someone
Speaker 2: in that backfield is gonna score. But if I if
Speaker 2: I had to take a pick on which one it will,
Speaker 2: I think Khalil Herbert has the highest odds.
Speaker 1: I'm going to say more. I'm gonna say Foreman scores
Speaker 1: a touchdown. I am interested to see what kind of
Speaker 1: workload they give Herbert after so much time off, and
Speaker 1: especially if we don't know for sure if Justin fields
Speaker 1: plays he is I think listed is doubtful for this game,
Speaker 1: so maybe another Tyson Bagent operation. I still think that
Speaker 1: you're gonna see Herbert kind of eased back into his work,
Speaker 1: So I think Foreman gets some work at the goal line.
Speaker 1: This might be the last big week for Deontay Foreman,
Speaker 1: and I think against Carolina he finds the end zone there.
Speaker 1: So check that game out of course. Uh Thursday night,
Speaker 1: eight fifteen Eastern on Prime Video. Turning to the rest
Speaker 1: of Week ten, we talked about it at the top
Speaker 1: of the show. Four teams are on a buy, the Chiefs,
Speaker 1: the Rams, the Dolphins, and the Eagles. So it means
Speaker 1: no Patrick Mahomes, no Matthew Stafford, no to a tongue
Speaker 1: of Ioloa, no Jalen Hurts. A slew of wide receivers
Speaker 1: are unavailable to you. Some good running backs not available
Speaker 1: to you as well. So we got to navigate this
Speaker 1: whole thing. It's not going to be pretty. We will
Speaker 1: start with the Colts and the Patriots at game being
Speaker 1: played in Frankfurt, Germany. Second week in a row, the
Speaker 1: NFL goes to Frankfurt nine thirty am Eastern. You can
Speaker 1: see that game on NFL Network and stream it live
Speaker 1: on NFL Plus. Ramadre Stevenson's been okay the last couple
Speaker 1: of weeks. Any Patriots beyond that you would be willing
Speaker 1: to start.
Speaker 2: Nope, Look Ramandre getting more passing use, pass game usage.
Speaker 2: He had the big long run last week. The Colts
Speaker 2: struggled against the run. All of that keeps him in play.
Speaker 2: Besides that, we've seen teams go overseas and not live
Speaker 2: up to their usual offensive output, like the Chiefs and
Speaker 2: Dolphins last week. The Patriots normal offensive output is terrible,
Speaker 2: so I can only imagine what even worse than that
Speaker 2: will look like. If you squit.
Speaker 1: Real hard, you can probably find a space for the
Speaker 1: Mario Douglas just because he's been the lead receiver there
Speaker 1: three straight games with at least six targets. But the
Speaker 1: passing game is brutal for New England. You know, we
Speaker 1: sat here and both just said moments ago we'd start
Speaker 1: Will Levis over Mac Jones. That's how bad it is.
Speaker 1: Even in good matchups, Mac Jones is still giving you,
Speaker 1: like barely two hundred passing yards, So hard to make
Speaker 1: a case for anybody. But if I could find anybody,
Speaker 1: it might be the Maru. I should like this. I
Speaker 1: think Hunter Henry has sleeper potential this week. Then the
Speaker 1: Colts are kind of me against tight ends, so I
Speaker 1: think Hunter Henry has a chance to maybe score a
Speaker 1: touchdown this week. Brown at the Ravens really good matchup,
Speaker 1: at least on paper in the AFC North two teams
Speaker 1: very good defensively. Are you pulling anyone from your lineup
Speaker 1: and what could be maybe a low scoring game.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I want to pull a whole bunch of people
Speaker 2: out of my starting lineup from this game. Like Zay
Speaker 2: Flowers is someone I think you start most weeks. I
Speaker 2: would get hit him out. He really struggles against man coverage,
Speaker 2: actually the worst passer rating when targeted against it this year,
Speaker 2: and the Browns are on the fourth most man. I'm
Speaker 2: trying to sit Gus Edwards. I'm trying to sit David Njoku,
Speaker 2: not Amari Cooper. You're starting Amari Cooper Deshaun Watson, though
Speaker 2: I would try to sit so a lot of people
Speaker 2: that I think that most weeks you could comfortably start,
Speaker 2: just because I'm expecting this to be a very defensive battle.
Speaker 2: I think it's going to be a very defensive battle.
Speaker 1: Though admittedly when these teams played earlier in the season,
Speaker 1: the Ravens ran off to a twenty eight to three
Speaker 1: win in that one. I think if I've been starting
Speaker 1: them before, even though the matchup looks bad, I'm still
Speaker 1: giving them a shot because Gus Edwards is getting those
Speaker 1: goal line opportunities, which helps Zey Flowers last time around
Speaker 1: had three catches for fifty six yards. Not great, not awful,
Speaker 1: especially in the week where you're going to be missing
Speaker 1: a lot of people, and I think that's sort of
Speaker 1: the thing for me. Yeah, so many guys are going
Speaker 1: to be missing that you're gonna be strong armed into
Speaker 1: into starting a lot of people. Any Browns pass catchers,
Speaker 1: though not named Amari Cooper can go to the bench,
Speaker 1: and that's not just for this week. That might just
Speaker 1: be for the rest of the season because they cannot
Speaker 1: consistently connect with anybody besides a Mariy Cooper in the
Speaker 1: passing game. There So I think you kind of hold
Speaker 1: your nose and you kind of start some guys and
Speaker 1: understand that the floor is a lot lower this week
Speaker 1: than it is probably more weeks. The Texans at the Bengals, CJ.
Speaker 1: Stroud coming off a historic game with four hundred and
Speaker 1: seventy passing yards and five touchdowns. What are you expecting
Speaker 1: from them in an encore against a good Bengals defense?
Speaker 2: Eighty and six?
Speaker 1: Oh sweet?
Speaker 2: Every week until he gets to five hundred and ten. No,
Speaker 2: I obviously he's not going to give you what he
Speaker 2: did last week, but I think he's gonna be good
Speaker 2: enough where you want to comfortably start him. And the
Speaker 2: floor we've seen is about like fourteen to fifteen fantasy points,
Speaker 2: which isn't as high as we would like, but the
Speaker 2: ceiling is certainly worth starting. And that floor could only
Speaker 2: be elevating because he every week that I watched him play,
Speaker 2: I'm like, oh, he looks even more comfortable and just
Speaker 2: better than he did earlier in the season. So that
Speaker 2: floor and ceiling could just keep getting raised. And this
Speaker 2: is a game where Joe Burrow and co. Are gonna
Speaker 2: put up points, So CJ. Stroud is gonna have to throw.
Speaker 1: He's going to have to throw the football, and so
Speaker 1: I think that makes him worthy of starting. But yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, it goes without saying you're not gonna get
Speaker 1: almost five hundred yards and five touchdowns out of CJ.
Speaker 1: Stroud this week. But I do think he belongs in
Speaker 1: a lineup any particular pass catcher. Is this a Nico
Speaker 1: Collins week? Is this another Tank Dell week? Is this
Speaker 1: a Noah Brown week? Again?
Speaker 2: I think you start Hank Dell and Nico Collins, especially
Speaker 2: given the week and how many teams are on buy
Speaker 2: and such. I have two teams I believe where I
Speaker 2: need to plug in Noah Brown because I am hit
Speaker 2: hard at injuries and buys a wide receiver this week.
Speaker 2: And yeah, it's not ideal taking out Tyreek Hill and
Speaker 2: putting in Noah Brown, but we gotta do what we
Speaker 2: gotta do this week.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, it's just what it is. I think
Speaker 1: Noah Brown's maybe the one guy that'd be a little
Speaker 1: bit more concerned about. But you know, in a pinch,
Speaker 1: if you gotta start him, you gotta start him and
Speaker 1: hope that maybe he gives you something decent this week
Speaker 1: for your fantasy lineup. We're just getting started here on
Speaker 1: the show. We got plenty more games to get to
Speaker 1: on the Week ten slate, including the first pick in
Speaker 1: the draft versus the last pick in the draft a
Speaker 1: face off this week in Jacksonville. We'll talk about that
Speaker 1: and more here on the NFL Fantasy Football Show. Forty
Speaker 1: nine Ers at the Jaguars. The Niners coming off of
Speaker 1: the bye, they have lost three in a row, trying
Speaker 1: to get it back together. The Jaguars on a five
Speaker 1: game winning streak and trying to atop the division in
Speaker 1: the AFC South. Also an interesting matchup. You got the
Speaker 1: first pick in the twenty twenty one draft in Trevor
Speaker 1: Lawrence going against the last pick in the twenty twenty
Speaker 1: two draft in Brock Purty. So who scores more Fantasy points?
Speaker 1: Is it going to be Trevor Lawrence or is going
Speaker 1: to be Brock Purty With the caveat that Brock Party
Speaker 1: may have Deebo Samuel back this week.
Speaker 2: This gives me game of throne vibes, right, Like Trevor
Speaker 2: Lawrence is the prince that was promised and then Brock
Speaker 2: Party just arrives and like they.
Speaker 1: Call, can work out well for the prince who was
Speaker 1: Probably no.
Speaker 2: I'm just trying to navigate around that. I think it's
Speaker 2: Brock party. I think he's gonna score more points one
Speaker 2: Deebo Samuel's back, and his numbers with Deebo compared to
Speaker 2: without are way better. I also just I trust their
Speaker 2: playmakers there a little bit more. And the Jaguars have
Speaker 2: been a very favorable matchup as well this year. They're
Speaker 2: in the top ten and fantasy points per game and
Speaker 2: yards allowed to quarterbacks. But the Niners have struggled as
Speaker 2: of late against the pass as well. So I think
Speaker 2: you could get both. Actually, given the state of quarterback,
Speaker 2: I think both are starting options. I think they're both
Speaker 2: starting options this week. I'm gonna go with Trevor Lawrence.
Speaker 1: I will admit that some of this may be me
Speaker 1: as a pessimistic forty nine Ers fan who's watched this
Speaker 1: defense struggle over the last few weeks. But they are
Speaker 1: giving up a lot of yards, they are struggling to tackle.
Speaker 1: We'll see whether or not they're able to fix some
Speaker 1: things in the bye week. Of course, they do add
Speaker 1: Chase Young to add to that pass rushing front. But
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence spreading the ball around to a lot of
Speaker 1: his playmakers, I think you're going to see big games
Speaker 1: from Christian Kirk and from Evan Ingram as well. So
Speaker 1: give me Trevor Lawrence over Brock Purty in terms of
Speaker 1: scoring more Fantasy points Saints at the Vikings. Josh Dobbs
Speaker 1: was the story of the week last week. I mean
Speaker 1: didn't even know his own teammates' names, but went out
Speaker 1: there and came from behind to beat the Atlanta Falcons.
Speaker 1: So we talked about it at the top of the show.
Speaker 1: We feel okay about Justin Jefferson when he gets back
Speaker 1: on the field. Does the Josh Dobbs magic continue enough
Speaker 1: that you feel okay? Would say, Jordan Addison and TJ. Hawkinson.
Speaker 2: I think so, And I think we could kind of
Speaker 2: look a little bit to what Dobbs did in Arizona
Speaker 2: and get a little hint there. The two things that
Speaker 2: were good in Arizona were Marquise Brown, who he would
Speaker 2: air the ball out to downfield and stuff like that.
Speaker 2: That is Jordan Addison in this as of now with
Speaker 2: no Justin Jefferson, and then he was peppering their tight
Speaker 2: ends with targets. With Dobbs there, they had a thirty
Speaker 2: two percent target share for the Cardinals tight ends. So TJ.
Speaker 2: Hockinson is going to be very much so in play
Speaker 2: I also think Dobbs is just a streaming option this
Speaker 2: week because you saw what he did last week. Now
Speaker 2: he's actually gonna know the playbook a little bit. It's
Speaker 2: going to know people's names a little bit more so.
Speaker 2: If anyone could get it done. It is a literal
Speaker 2: rocket science.
Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, right. See the tweet that NASA put out.
Speaker 1: It's you know, Josh Dobbs actually in a nationnaut suit
Speaker 1: and they nicknamed the Pastronaut, which I kind of dig it.
Speaker 1: I do think Dobbs is a nice streaming option this week,
Speaker 1: though against New Orleans, I'm just very comfortable with starting
Speaker 1: Addison and Hawkinson, even to some extent Alexander Madison, even
Speaker 1: though they're struggling to run the football effectively. I do
Speaker 1: think he's going to get some targets now that Cam
Speaker 1: Akers is out for the remainder of the season. That
Speaker 1: means a lot more volume for Alexander Madison. So it's
Speaker 1: not great, it's not exciting, but I do think he's
Speaker 1: potentially startable this week if you're in a pinch and
Speaker 1: need some running back help. The Packers at the Steelers,
Speaker 1: a matchup of two legacy franchises in the NFL that,
Speaker 1: let's be honest, haven't really been fun to watch offensively lately.
Speaker 1: I think I saw a stat in our research packet
Speaker 1: that the Steelers have had fewer than four hundred total
Speaker 1: yards of offense in fifty six straight games. Wow, and
Speaker 1: they continue to post the winning They're five and three
Speaker 1: right now, Like I can't figure it out. Like it
Speaker 1: does not get enough credit. He's a wizard. He's a wizard,
Speaker 1: and half the folks in Pittsburgh want him out. Like,
Speaker 1: be careful what you wish for. And that's all I'm
Speaker 1: saying about that. But anyway, look at the Steelers offense.
Speaker 1: Can you trust they? Can you trust George Pickens? Rather
Speaker 1: now that Deontay Johnson is back, and do you trust
Speaker 1: any of the running backs in this game?
Speaker 2: George Pickens. It's it's probably a situation where in most cases,
Speaker 2: because of the buys and all of that, you probably
Speaker 2: need to just play him because the upside is still high.
Speaker 2: I'm not gonna say that it's not, but it's he
Speaker 2: is so boom or buss when Deontay Johnson is out there,
Speaker 2: because Johnson is going to get those short consistent targets
Speaker 2: and then Pickens is you talk about it all the time,
Speaker 2: They're just gonna basically tell him rundownfield and Kenny Pickett
Speaker 2: cannot win downfield. So it's so boom or bust for
Speaker 2: George Pickens. As for the running backs, Aaron Jones is
Speaker 2: very much so in play. I think aj Dillon is
Speaker 2: in play if you're in need of a bye week
Speaker 2: replacement or something like that. And that's why I think
Speaker 2: both Normally, you know, I'm not a fan of this
Speaker 2: Steelers backfield, but given the circumstances and the week and everything,
Speaker 2: like I have to play Jalen Warren in a league,
Speaker 2: and I'm sure many people out there need to play
Speaker 2: Naji Harrison Jaalen Wore.
Speaker 1: I think you're gonna be forced into it. But in
Speaker 1: terms of the the running backs, Aaron Jones is the
Speaker 1: one guy that I feel okay about. They seem to
Speaker 1: have taken the leash off of him a little bit,
Speaker 1: gave him twenty carries last week against the Rams, and
Speaker 1: he looked better, He looked more effective, and so hopefully
Speaker 1: he's back to the Aaron Jones we thought we were
Speaker 1: getting when we drafted back at the end of the summer,
Speaker 1: so I feel good about him. The whole George Pickens
Speaker 1: Deontae Johnson thing, it's sort of a mystery to me
Speaker 1: because when Johnson wasn't there, you had Pickens running a
Speaker 1: wide variety of routes and they were finding ways to
Speaker 1: get the football. Then all of a sudden, Deontay Johnson
Speaker 1: comes back, and instead of maybe having two guys running
Speaker 1: a wide variety of routes, as you said, they just say,
Speaker 1: George Pickens, go run long and then maybe once in
Speaker 1: a while we'll throw it to you, and maybe once
Speaker 1: in a while that'll be in bounds. Although George, it's
Speaker 1: sort of on you when you don't drag your toe
Speaker 1: in the quarter end zone.
Speaker 2: That one's on you.
Speaker 1: That was actually a good throw from Kinny Pickett and
Speaker 1: you just didn't complete the catch. But it is worrisome.
Speaker 1: But the ceiling is really high and that might be
Speaker 1: enough reason to put him in the one up against
Speaker 1: green Bay. Also, don't let green Bay's offensive struggles to
Speaker 1: distract you from the fact that the Packers defense has
Speaker 1: been kind of bad this year. So there's that, all right, Titans.
Speaker 1: At the Buccaneers, we talked about Will Levis and all
Speaker 1: the guys we may or may not start over him,
Speaker 1: but what about Baker? Does Baker keep it rolling? And
Speaker 1: can we count on Rashad White again this week?
Speaker 2: I think Baker keeps it rolling this week. He gave
Speaker 2: you over nineteen fantasy points in two straight games. This year,
Speaker 2: he's four over eighteen and just two under sixteen. So
Speaker 2: in my opinion, as far as streamers go, that is
Speaker 2: a safe floor, high ceiling. And then their run game
Speaker 2: hasn't really been working, so they've been throwing the ball more.
Speaker 2: It's led to good things for both Baker Mayfield and
Speaker 2: Rashad White because we talk about it, a lot of
Speaker 2: target is worth like three carries on average, and Rashad
Speaker 2: White's doing nothing with those carries, but he has at
Speaker 2: least four catches and forty five receiving yards in three
Speaker 2: straight games. That's why he's had his best stretch as
Speaker 2: a fantasy player in those last three weeks. So, and
Speaker 2: the Titans don't scare me. They struggle against pass catching
Speaker 2: running backs. They've given up a whole bunch of rushing
Speaker 2: yards the last five or six weeks to running back.
Speaker 2: So yeah, I think this is a week to get
Speaker 2: both of those Bucks into your lineup and.
Speaker 1: You look Rashad White. His value has bumped up because
Speaker 1: he's getting those short targets, right. I mean, we didn't
Speaker 1: love him when he was just getting straight carries. Now
Speaker 1: he's getting targets. It's Look, however you feel about PPR,
Speaker 1: this is the world we live in, and so you
Speaker 1: might as well just take advantage of that loophole and
Speaker 1: use Rashad White. And I keep saying it. A couple
Speaker 1: of weeks ago, somebody asked me what I take, James
Speaker 1: Cook or Rashad White. My knee jerk reaction was like, oh, yeah,
Speaker 1: of course it's James Cook. Until I dug in and
Speaker 1: looked at it was realizing, oh, it's way closer than
Speaker 1: I thought. And I think at this point Rashad White
Speaker 1: may have surpassed James Cook in terms of his production
Speaker 1: and what the offense is asking of him. I want
Speaker 1: to ask you real quick though, about Chris Godwin because
Speaker 1: he only has one touchdown this year, only has one
Speaker 1: one hundred yard game this year. I mean, like the
Speaker 1: last three games haven't really been great. Like a couple
Speaker 1: weeks ago, he gave you sixteen yards fifty four yards,
Speaker 1: it'd have that touchdown sixty six yards. He's got more
Speaker 1: games under sixty yards than he does over sixty yards.
Speaker 1: Can we feel.
Speaker 2: Confident about having him in lineups right now? We're never
Speaker 2: gonna get the Chris at least right now. We're never
Speaker 2: gonna get the Chris Godwin production that we got accustomed
Speaker 2: to with Tom Brady the last couple of years. But
Speaker 2: he's still looking at his game. Bloc has two games
Speaker 2: under ten fantasy points. Look, the ceiling is very low.
Speaker 2: He twice, I believe his topped fourteen, So he's really
Speaker 2: sitting in that ten to fourteen fantasy point range, which
Speaker 2: is someone that I think you want as you on
Speaker 2: your bench most weeks, and you could plug in just
Speaker 2: in case, but like a week like this one, I
Speaker 2: think you can get Chris Godwin into just because lack
Speaker 2: of options, Yeah, lack of options and the Titans generally
Speaker 2: have been pretty friendly to wide receiver, so I think
Speaker 2: that sort of gives Godwin a little bit of an
Speaker 2: opportunity to go out there and produce.
Speaker 1: But this has not been what we thought. Although you
Speaker 1: know it's funny, I think it's the opposite of what
Speaker 1: I thought it was going to be, where I thought
Speaker 1: it was going to be a lot of Chris Godwin
Speaker 1: and not so much Mike Evans, but instead it's been
Speaker 1: the Mike Evans show, and Chris Godwin has been the
Speaker 1: second fiddle in the in the passing game. Yeah, what
Speaker 1: is a.
Speaker 2: Stretch where everyone was like, oh, Godwin is the better
Speaker 2: of the No, Godwin is very good, but Mike Evans
Speaker 2: is a Hall of Fame.
Speaker 1: He really is. Plus, I think it does have something
Speaker 1: to do with the quarterback. And people have pointed this
Speaker 1: out that Tom Brady's a guy. He was going to
Speaker 1: go through the progressions. If you were open, he would
Speaker 1: throw it to you. Baker Mayfield is like, effet man,
Speaker 1: Mike's gonna make a play. I want to get these
Speaker 1: yards some be Mike's gonna make a play. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: just throw it in that direction and hope he comes
Speaker 1: down with it. And so that has helped Evans over
Speaker 1: Godwin so far this season. That'll do it for this
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