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Speaker 1: players not normally in your starting lineup, many of whom
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Speaker 1: that I'll pepper my co host with, and premature speculation
Speaker 1: where we give you guys to pick up this week
Speaker 1: that everybody else is going to want to pick up
Speaker 1: next week, but maybe on your team. Also, all of
Speaker 1: the matchups broken down fantasy style, and that's the core
Speaker 1: of the show. We do it every week, and we
Speaker 1: begin with Chicago taking on Tennessee Brian Man. The entire
Speaker 1: Chicago roster is a disaster with injuries, COVID and I'm
Speaker 1: I'm very worried about points coming, even against a lukewarm
Speaker 1: Tennessee defense. Yeah, but this Titans team might be the
Speaker 1: most ragged of them all. But we'll get to Tennessee
Speaker 1: side in a minute. I'm like in a couple of
Speaker 1: Bears here, starting with David Montgomery. I'm going full Monty here.
Speaker 1: Really don't do it. Monty and a tough matchup against
Speaker 1: the Saints last week. Ran for eighty nine yards. Not
Speaker 1: super impressive, but eighty four of those yards are after contact.
Speaker 1: That's very impressive. He's working hard. He's gonna have to
Speaker 1: work hard. Missing too linemen in this game. That's maybe
Speaker 1: three yeah, yeah that missing all those linemen for the
Speaker 1: Bengals really didn't work out for them last week anyway.
Speaker 1: Monty handling of the running back touches for Chicago and
Speaker 1: unlike last year, the Titans are a cake matchup for
Speaker 1: running backs, allowing one and thirty four combo yards in
Speaker 1: the one point for total touchdowns per game to the position.
Speaker 1: And the Bengals who just played the Titans were missing
Speaker 1: their entire offensive line and three running backs scored a
Speaker 1: touchdown in that game. Three running back touchdown. So I'm
Speaker 1: giving Montgomery and a as well as Allen. Robinson might
Speaker 1: be the best all round wide receiver in the NFL,
Speaker 1: but just has never had a quarterback in his entire career.
Speaker 1: He's on like the Andre Johnson Larry Fitzgerald trajector even
Speaker 1: if Herman Moore going way back has not had a quarterback.
Speaker 1: But who was throwing to Herman Moore back in the
Speaker 1: old days, Scotty Mitchell, Yeah, you're right, I think it
Speaker 1: was Scottie Mitchell. I don't think probably Charlie Batch maybe
Speaker 1: a little bit there Rodney Pete yet made its way
Speaker 1: to Detroit. Throw to him a little too late. But
Speaker 1: back to a rob you can give him a second
Speaker 1: in targets among all players. Tennessee allows two hundred plus
Speaker 1: yards per game to wide receivers. That's the third most,
Speaker 1: and the Titans have also yielded the six the most
Speaker 1: red zone targets to wide receivers. So I love a
Speaker 1: rob with an A, and I like Darnell Mooney. Canna
Speaker 1: give him a ce here, rookie uh Mooney played sixty
Speaker 1: five of seventy offensive snaps against the Saints last Sunday.
Speaker 1: That the snap count. That's a higher percentage than Anthony
Speaker 1: Miller ever had as a rookie last year. He's definitely
Speaker 1: usurped Miller on the depth chart. Mooney has caught two
Speaker 1: or more passes in each of his first eight games
Speaker 1: in the NFL, the only Bears rookie wide receiver to
Speaker 1: ever accomplished that since the merger, and his usage has
Speaker 1: been ramping up big time. And this is a great matchup.
Speaker 1: So I like Darnell Mooney and we might talk about
Speaker 1: him a little later in the show a little more
Speaker 1: as well. Uh. Lastly, for the Bears, Jimmy Graham gets
Speaker 1: a c incredibly touchdown dependent only has four red zone
Speaker 1: targets over his last five games, so that doesn't work
Speaker 1: for a touchdown dependent player, and may not even play
Speaker 1: in this game. Might not play, but I think he
Speaker 1: will suit up. The Titans have yielded the second most
Speaker 1: red zone targets at tight ends and have faced and
Speaker 1: basically I faced, no one good the position. The two
Speaker 1: guys you've heard of, Noah Fanton Darren Fells both topped
Speaker 1: eighty yards and scored a touchdown against Tennessee. So I'm
Speaker 1: gonna give Graham a see if he suits up, if
Speaker 1: he's out. Of course you're gonna bench him, and Nick
Speaker 1: Foles almost gave him a cee Am I allowed to
Speaker 1: give him a D? Are we doing that? Never came together? Sorry?
Speaker 1: I might have a couple of DS to thrill. How
Speaker 1: did it not come together? Nobody had decided it didn't
Speaker 1: come together, I said. I said to our listeners, listen,
Speaker 1: if you really really want d's in the show, tell
Speaker 1: me on Twitter at Paul CHURCHI in. I got like
Speaker 1: three people said yes, like twenty that said no, and
Speaker 1: nobody else even bothered him answers. So that's that row?
Speaker 1: Are you sure you were using your your burner accounters nothing?
Speaker 1: No response to the d's All right, let's talk about
Speaker 1: the Tennessee's players. The Tennessee players, So I didn't work
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry Start with the king. He gets an A
Speaker 1: has scored in five straight games. The Bears have given
Speaker 1: up four point seven yards per carry to ap to
Speaker 1: opposing lead backs in their four road games this year.
Speaker 1: Even worse, they've allowed fourteen touchdowns running backs and then
Speaker 1: the last ten games on the road, going back back
Speaker 1: to last year. Of course you're going to start Derrick
Speaker 1: Henry ben slapping a on him A J. Brown. This
Speaker 1: is a bad matchup for A. J. Brown and company,
Speaker 1: But I'm still getting a be because he's such a beast.
Speaker 1: The Bears only allowing eleven and a half catches and
Speaker 1: a hundred and forty yards per game to wide receivers
Speaker 1: and just two total touchdowns on the season to the position.
Speaker 1: But Brown a tough guy to bench. Corey Davis also
Speaker 1: a tough guy to bench. One of my sleepers from
Speaker 1: the preseason, I believe of the last preseason show warm up,
Speaker 1: that Hug. But he's on the bench this week. C
Speaker 1: Davis a bad matchup. I just can't go there, Hob.
Speaker 1: But but hold onto him. He's healthy and he's looking good.
Speaker 1: Blue chip prospect coming to fruition. John new Smith lastly, Yeah,
Speaker 1: we'll have blue chips a little strong. He was the
Speaker 1: first wide receiver taken in the draft like three years ago.
Speaker 1: It's like a turquoise chip. You don't get much bluer
Speaker 1: than that. He has. He has been You know who's
Speaker 1: been blue? Anybody's drafted Corey Davis before this year. True,
Speaker 1: but let's not worry about the past. What about your guy, Johnny? Yeah,
Speaker 1: John JOHNU what's up with John John? Just to see
Speaker 1: this week. Charge he's been blocking more than route running
Speaker 1: as of late. But it's a good spot in a
Speaker 1: good spot to bounce back. Opposing tight ends are averaging
Speaker 1: more than five catches and fifty yards per game against
Speaker 1: the Bears. But really, when all the past catchers have
Speaker 1: been healthy, he's just kind of reverted back to this
Speaker 1: blocking role because he's so good at it. He's a
Speaker 1: great football player all around, but kind of such a
Speaker 1: good athlete he is, but it's it's a good match
Speaker 1: in the tight end waste land. He's more of a
Speaker 1: high sea you can call him ecto cooler this week,
Speaker 1: and then Ryan Tannehill got him on the bench. Chicago
Speaker 1: allows just two forty passing yards per game and the
Speaker 1: fewest passing touchdowns all around, so I'm benching Tannehill. Wow,
Speaker 1: that's strong as good as Tannehill. I mean, he's like
Speaker 1: fringe fourteen fifteen quarterback. Top quarterback this week, it's a
Speaker 1: Tennessee did Sorry. The Chicago defense is they're they're really
Speaker 1: it's at super Bowl level. They could winnie super Bowl
Speaker 1: with the defense they've got. They can't with the offense
Speaker 1: they've got. Pittsburgh takes on Dallas, Matt and for Pittsburgh,
Speaker 1: they just they just had a successful fantasy game overall
Speaker 1: against Baltimore. Here comes Dallas. Yeah, it's a start everyone's
Speaker 1: scenario for Pittsburgh because Dallas has allowed thirty four or
Speaker 1: more points to five of their last seven teams they faced.
Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger's getting a B grade um in their last
Speaker 1: seven games. The only quarterback not to throw for multiple
Speaker 1: scores against the Cowboys was Daniel Jones. The issue is
Speaker 1: only one quarterback his top two hundred yards in the
Speaker 1: last five games, and that kind of matches up with
Speaker 1: what Ben Roethlisberger is doing. He's not throwing for high
Speaker 1: yardage totals, but he's thrown for a few scores a game.
Speaker 1: And it's pretty easy to run on the Cowboys too,
Speaker 1: which is why I like James Conner with an A grade.
Speaker 1: The Cowboys are allowing a hundred and thirty nine yards
Speaker 1: per game, five point oh yards per carrying a rushing
Speaker 1: score per game, and Connor is one of six backs
Speaker 1: in the league with thirteen or more carries from inside
Speaker 1: the ten yard line, which is why he's averaging nearly
Speaker 1: a rushing score per game. Now, the wide receivers Deonte Johnson,
Speaker 1: and I've got Deonte Johnson in so many leagues, and
Speaker 1: it's just the highs and lows of Dante. Johnson's gonna
Speaker 1: give me a coronery. You know, we got we got Johnson,
Speaker 1: we got Chase Claypool, We've got Juju Smith Schuster. I'm
Speaker 1: giving them all a B grade this week. Cop out. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm I'm just kind of playing the odds here. I'm
Speaker 1: probably gonna get right, get it right on two of
Speaker 1: the three, and one of them is gonna see um.
Speaker 1: Outside of the slot. Just about any wide receiver has
Speaker 1: beaten the Cowboys this year. They have allowed fourteen touchdowns
Speaker 1: to the position in eight games, but weirdly, they're only
Speaker 1: allowing twelve receptions to the position per games because to
Speaker 1: pass on them. Yeah, it's the problem. Um. So, Deonta
Speaker 1: played seventy seven percent of the snaps last week and
Speaker 1: he didn't do well, But according to Establish the Run,
Speaker 1: he's averaging over ten targets per game in the games
Speaker 1: where he crosses the seventy snap count threshold, which he
Speaker 1: might not have last weeks. He was he left last
Speaker 1: week last week, so he absolutely has a good shot
Speaker 1: of doing that again this week in ten targets for
Speaker 1: Deonte means he's an easy B. Claypool leads the team
Speaker 1: in yards perception, are yards, and scores, and he's he's
Speaker 1: the high volatile guy, high risk, high reward, so he
Speaker 1: gets the B and Juju leads the team and targets
Speaker 1: and receptions per game. Earlier this year, Tyler Lockett beat
Speaker 1: the Cowboys for three scores from the slot, so I
Speaker 1: can't count Juju out either. Eric Ebron is the last
Speaker 1: guy I want to mention. He gets a C grade
Speaker 1: scored last week, but I was surprised to learn that
Speaker 1: Ebron that big red zone threat. Remember he scored all
Speaker 1: those red zone touchdowns for the Colt last year or
Speaker 1: the year before. He has one catch or one target
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, from inside the ten yard line. This one target,
Speaker 1: he did score on it, and Dallas is only allowing
Speaker 1: four catches and half a touchdown per game to the
Speaker 1: tight ends, so Abron's only a sea. Let's go to
Speaker 1: the Cowboys side, where this is pretty easy. Ben Denucci,
Speaker 1: it's more like a bench Denucci. Then that's right, that's right.
Speaker 1: Gilbert Great might be your starter. Well, his name is
Speaker 1: Garrett Gilbert or or Cooper Rush. They're still battling in
Speaker 1: practice for the starting knot into the weekend. Um whatever
Speaker 1: quarterback starts is on the bench. Well, Garrett Gilbert did
Speaker 1: throw for three yards and two scores in his last
Speaker 1: game for the Orlando Apollos, and that was against the
Speaker 1: Memphis Express in the A A F. The Steelers are
Speaker 1: a little bit tougher test than the Memphis Express. Uh.
Speaker 1: They have not allowed a quarterback to hit the three
Speaker 1: yard mark or three touchdown mark in a game yet
Speaker 1: this year. And with Garrett Gilbert probably leaning like he's
Speaker 1: the starter at all, the past catchers are on the bench,
Speaker 1: Cooper Gallop and uh ceedee lamb, it's come to this.
Speaker 1: We don't know who his favorite target is going to
Speaker 1: be there on the fourth quarterback. You don't have to
Speaker 1: explain to anybody who's seen a minute of Cowboys football
Speaker 1: at since Dak went down why you can't start any
Speaker 1: of the receivers. The Steelers are only giving up twelve
Speaker 1: receptions per game to the wide receiver position. Divide that
Speaker 1: by three, maybe four catches per game. Ezekiel Elliott looks
Speaker 1: like he's coming down to a game time decision Jerry
Speaker 1: Jones says he's optimistic he'll play. He's optimistic. I have
Speaker 1: him as just a C grade with that hamstring injury.
Speaker 1: It's a terrible matchup. The Steelers are only allowing seventy
Speaker 1: nine yards per carry. And there's another running back that
Speaker 1: I might talk about in the next segment who's starting
Speaker 1: to steal touches from Ezekiel Elliott. I don't know who
Speaker 1: that could be. I don't know either. Dedroy takes and
Speaker 1: so do our listeners. They know too. Dedry takes on
Speaker 1: Minnesota in a game in which the Vikings will be
Speaker 1: missing their number one, number three, number four, and number
Speaker 1: five cornerbacks. So Matthew Stafford, who we believe is going
Speaker 1: to be able to play in this game once he
Speaker 1: clears the crovid protocol, is sitting on an A grade here.
Speaker 1: Mike Zimmer can only scotch tape this secondary together for
Speaker 1: so long. They were aided last week by thirty winds
Speaker 1: in Green Bay. They will have no such no such
Speaker 1: help this week inside US Bank Stadium. Over the past
Speaker 1: month of games, Minnesota secondaries giving up almost three hundred
Speaker 1: yards and three touchdowns per game, and even without Kenny Golladay,
Speaker 1: Stafford is sitting on a probably a strong game here
Speaker 1: in vact. He was good last week, although in fairness
Speaker 1: I should mention Stafford struggled against similarly bad secondaries Jacksonville Atlanta,
Speaker 1: where we teat him up and thought he was gonna
Speaker 1: have a really good game. So it's not a sure thing.
Speaker 1: But I'm still giving Stafford the A grade here and
Speaker 1: an A grade to the guy I think could be
Speaker 1: his primary receiver, t J. Hockenson. He'll see more balls
Speaker 1: with Kenny Golladay out. The Vikings law the fourth most
Speaker 1: catches per game to opposing tight ends, although the yards
Speaker 1: are just sort of in the middle and they've only
Speaker 1: given up two scores to the position. That said, every
Speaker 1: competent tight end faced has put up decent numbers against
Speaker 1: the Vikings. Jonna Smith, Hayden Hurst, Robert Union have all
Speaker 1: put up good numbers against Minnesota, So t J. Hockenson
Speaker 1: a grade, Marvin Jones is a B grade. Without Kenny Golladay,
Speaker 1: Marvin Jones becomes a focal point of the passing game,
Speaker 1: a spot in which he's generally not done very well in,
Speaker 1: including the first couple of weeks of this year. Minnesota
Speaker 1: has allowed one yards per game to opposing receivers, which
Speaker 1: is a lot fourth most, and they've allowed multiple touchdowns
Speaker 1: to receivers in four straight games. Two receivers are gonna
Speaker 1: score here. Marvin Jones probably gets one of them. Could
Speaker 1: another Marvin get the other one? And what are the
Speaker 1: odds that two guys named Marvin would be the starting
Speaker 1: receivers for a team And it's not nineteen fifty four?
Speaker 1: Marvin Hall will be the other starting receiver in place
Speaker 1: of Kenny Golladay and the Vikings, as I mentioned secondaries
Speaker 1: in tatters. Hall could be a dart throw here. I've
Speaker 1: got a C grade on him. The only Vikings starting cornerback,
Speaker 1: Jeff glad you will be manning the slot. And we'll
Speaker 1: talk about Danny Amndolan in a future segment here in
Speaker 1: just a few minutes. Uh, let's go to the running game.
Speaker 1: DeAndre Swift gets a C grade. A really disheartening box
Speaker 1: score last week. Remember you had the big game two
Speaker 1: weeks ago. We're like DeAndre Swift, He's finally here, it's
Speaker 1: all coming together, and then last week he barely touched
Speaker 1: the ball. This week he gets a Vikings defense that
Speaker 1: really has been quite good. He's since being obliterated by
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry in Week three, the Vikings have allowed only
Speaker 1: eighty three rushing yards per game and a single touch
Speaker 1: now since Week three. Swift's a good receiver, and I
Speaker 1: would like to say it's gonna catch a lot of passes,
Speaker 1: but Vikings are pretty good there too. No back has
Speaker 1: managed even thirty receiving yards against Minnesota. So just the
Speaker 1: C grade on DeAndre Swift and a bench grade on
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson only startable if you are Brian Johnson and
Speaker 1: you believe the Lions will fulfill a revenge narrative for
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson. Hey, I'm the one who said, played DeAndre
Speaker 1: Swift that blow up game, and now you're giving yeah,
Speaker 1: you have to take a chance on me Adrian Peterson
Speaker 1: in that game, and he scored. But among us, among
Speaker 1: us thrives on the revenge narrative. I appreciate that I
Speaker 1: gave you a little shout out. Now you did throw face.
Speaker 1: All right, let's go to the Vikings side. Dalvin Cookson obviously,
Speaker 1: and I'm not gonna spend a lot of time and
Speaker 1: to accept to say he's coming off a thirty carry game.
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna get rested more in this game.
Speaker 1: Wouldn't be surprised. We see a lot more Alexander Madison
Speaker 1: in this one and a lot more passing, but I
Speaker 1: can't put a starting grade on Madison in this one.
Speaker 1: A grade for Dalvin Cook. Let's go to the passing game.
Speaker 1: We'll start with Kirk Cousins, who gets to see It's
Speaker 1: almost always about volume for Kirk. With requisite passes, Kirk
Speaker 1: Cousins as a viable starter. If the team does in
Speaker 1: fact rest Cook some more, I think he will probably
Speaker 1: get there. But the lines are bad run defense. They're
Speaker 1: seeing the fourth most rushes, so I can't guarantee the
Speaker 1: Cousins gets to an adequate level of volume when he
Speaker 1: doesn't reach twenty six passes. Cousins average game one ninety
Speaker 1: yards and one touchdown. Um Every quarterback other than Gardner
Speaker 1: Minshew has thrown multiple to touchdowns or top three yards
Speaker 1: against Detroit, so you know there is some upside for
Speaker 1: Kirk this week, but I'm only going with the C grade.
Speaker 1: Adam Feeling gets a B grade. His light usage is
Speaker 1: a concern, but he's got a very positive matchup that
Speaker 1: will most often be against rookie Jeff Okuda, who Pro
Speaker 1: Football focuses ranks as their one hundred fifth rated cornerbacks.
Speaker 1: He's uh, he does have history on his side, feeling does,
Speaker 1: having posted at least eighty yards or a touchdown in
Speaker 1: his last five straight meetings with the Lions, and Detroit's
Speaker 1: giving up the ninth most yards to receivers. Then there's
Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson, the last guy I'll mention in this matchup.
Speaker 1: Last week, Jefferson drew shadow coverage from Green Bay's best
Speaker 1: corner That says a lot about Jefferson right that he's
Speaker 1: drawing best coverage this week. If that were to happen here,
Speaker 1: he will get Amani Horatio Amani Ruari. You totally made
Speaker 1: that name up. There's no chance that's a real person.
Speaker 1: He is their best cornerback and he's averaging thirty five
Speaker 1: yards per game. Outside of Amnio Ruariuh. The Lion's secondary
Speaker 1: has been brutal, and so if that guy is on theinland,
Speaker 1: that would open up Jefferson that I'm kind of missing
Speaker 1: the Horatio middle name. There was too many Domani's that name,
Speaker 1: no doubt about that. We'll be back more Fantasy Football
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Speaker 1: time we begin at the quarterback position, Brian, you take
Speaker 1: a chance at the quarterback is Denver's Drew Lock at Atlanta. Now,
Speaker 1: the Falcons have only surrendered one passing touchdown across the
Speaker 1: last two games to Teddy Bridgewater and Matt Stafford combined,
Speaker 1: but that was on also a combined forty pass attempts.
Speaker 1: That's a bit of inadbiration. Before that, they were consistently
Speaker 1: getting carved up through the air. And now this is
Speaker 1: the analysis you're not gonna get anywhere else. And Drew
Speaker 1: Lock this week, guys, he's most famous for just nailing
Speaker 1: young jeezys put on on the sideline. Okay, yeah, okay,
Speaker 1: do you know what city was wrapping about Atlanta? Yep,
Speaker 1: And he's gonna put it on him, Drew Lock at
Speaker 1: the Falcons in a point orgy. We'll talk about this game,
Speaker 1: all right. Uh mine doesn't have anything to do with rap.
Speaker 1: But Kyle Allen, in the last two games that he
Speaker 1: started and finished, he's thrown exactly two touchdown passes in
Speaker 1: each of those games. One of those games was against
Speaker 1: these same New York Giants just three weeks ago, where
Speaker 1: football team trusted him enough to have him throw the
Speaker 1: ball forty two times and he racked up two yards.
Speaker 1: And the Giants they're bad. They're allowing two d seventy
Speaker 1: yards and almost two scores per game to the position.
Speaker 1: So Kyle Allen, fire him up. I've got this pains me,
Speaker 1: you know it does. Cam Newton. You guys know how
Speaker 1: I feel about Cam. Since his hot start in the
Speaker 1: season's first two games, he has been straight up garbage,
Speaker 1: averaging one forty seven passing yards per game and a
Speaker 1: quarter of a passing touchdown. You know how hard it
Speaker 1: is to do that in today's n FL All but impossible.
Speaker 1: And then, of course he had the game losing fumble
Speaker 1: last week. Uh now, no, I'll mention Newton's legs have
Speaker 1: helped except when they don't, and then you done anyway,
Speaker 1: if you're never going to get a better opportunity than
Speaker 1: this week against the Jets. You have to be playing
Speaker 1: him as a running back? Really, you really are you? Really?
Speaker 1: That's all you're doing here. Although the Jets have allowed
Speaker 1: three hundred passing yards and or multiple touchdowns to seven
Speaker 1: of eight opposing quarterbacks, that could mean upwards of like
Speaker 1: two hundred passing yards that's right. And similarly, mobile quarterbacks
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray and Josh Allen twice both top sixty rushing
Speaker 1: yards and or a rushing touchdown. There we go running
Speaker 1: back getting two passing yards. That's right. If not, now
Speaker 1: when for Cam Newton and then drop him? Brian, let's
Speaker 1: go to the running back position. Who has you take
Speaker 1: a chance on the runner? Per usual, Christmas season has
Speaker 1: come way too early, but Patrick Laird season has held
Speaker 1: me even earlier. What I'd rather hear nails on a
Speaker 1: chocolate because it's not Christmas time. It's not even cool.
Speaker 1: You're the one who brought it up. I know I
Speaker 1: was trying to make a joke and now it's failed.
Speaker 1: Let's get back to Patrick. Larry failed because of Bell.
Speaker 1: That's why I failed throughout your comic timing. Sorry, I
Speaker 1: just say I hate Slay Bills. In November, man, what
Speaker 1: can I say anyway back to the aforementioned Patrick Laird,
Speaker 1: one of two healthy running backs or available running backs
Speaker 1: for the Dolphins in this game. The only other one
Speaker 1: is Jordan Howard. Will talk about this matchup more later,
Speaker 1: but Arizona very tough against the run. They've only allowed
Speaker 1: three rushing touchdowns and running backs and no loan back
Speaker 1: as top seventy five yards. So I'm out on Howard entirely.
Speaker 1: I like it. But there's a receiving angle here for sure,
Speaker 1: especially with a rookie quarterback in two o'clock so outside
Speaker 1: of the Jets game, and we just don't count the
Speaker 1: Jets when it comes to opposing stats, right. The Cardinals
Speaker 1: have surrendered running back catch totals of six, ten, and
Speaker 1: seven in recent weeks, and again with a rookie quarterback
Speaker 1: in his first road game, checked down to the running
Speaker 1: back seam in order and very minimum for running backs.
Speaker 1: Flared baby, your DFS angle, I like it, blared me
Speaker 1: later on Sunday with is that a tipping situation? Yes?
Speaker 1: I do need to set up a tip jar. We
Speaker 1: do need to bring that back, right man? Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: probably speaking of tippings, you take a chance of running
Speaker 1: back I tipped off a little bit. Who that was?
Speaker 1: It's Tony Pollard. Zeke's dealing with a hamstring injury. The
Speaker 1: Cowboys are absolutely brutal on the offensive side, especially in
Speaker 1: the passing game. Right now, with their fourth quarterback starting
Speaker 1: in six weeks, Pollard is quietly touching the ball more
Speaker 1: and more. Last week he got the rock nine times
Speaker 1: times nine times. The week before he touched the ball
Speaker 1: nine times, nine time, and the week before twelve times.
Speaker 1: Uh Paul is especially good at catching balls out of
Speaker 1: the backfield. With an injured left tackle, right tackle, center,
Speaker 1: a hampert starting running back on a fourth string quarterback,
Speaker 1: you'd imagine there'd be a few dump offs in this game.
Speaker 1: And are the Steelers a good matchup? No, absolutely not.
Speaker 1: This may be one of the worst calls and take
Speaker 1: a chance on me history. But pick him up and
Speaker 1: throw him on the bench because he's going to see
Speaker 1: an increase in touches throughout the rest of the year,
Speaker 1: especially if the Cowboys go we're out, We're gonna rest
Speaker 1: our bazillion dollar running back and start giving Tony Pollard
Speaker 1: some more touches. Feel free to just hold that thought
Speaker 1: until later in this show. Might take a chance We're
Speaker 1: running back is lavy On Bell, who has done nothing
Speaker 1: since joining the Chiefs, but this game could should be
Speaker 1: the one in which he makes an impact in the
Speaker 1: box score. Finally, the way that Bell is going to
Speaker 1: help fantasy owners is receiving and goal line use. Which
Speaker 1: team has allowed the most receptions to running backs Panthers.
Speaker 1: Which teams allowed the most rushing touchdowns Panthers. This is
Speaker 1: set up perfectly for levy On Bell, for Clyde Edwards, Hilayer.
Speaker 1: Finally have is a good game. And you know what,
Speaker 1: he's not half bad start either. But Bell, who has
Speaker 1: done nothing since joining the Chiefs, I think comes around
Speaker 1: in this game. All right, you take a chance of me.
Speaker 1: Receiver Brian Nelson are at lack. That's the Los Angeles Chargers.
Speaker 1: Of course. Over the last four games, the Chargers have
Speaker 1: surrendered fourteen catches wondering savvy eight yards and more than
Speaker 1: a touchdown per game to opposing wide receivers. Four of
Speaker 1: the five wide receiver touchdowns surrendered during that span went
Speaker 1: to boundary receivers. Someone from the Raiders who plays wide
Speaker 1: receivers going going to have a good game, And I'm
Speaker 1: going with a yes, he had zero catches on two
Speaker 1: targets last week, but that was in the monsoon in Cleveland.
Speaker 1: I'm not reading too much into that. Prior to that game,
Speaker 1: he was the only wide receiver getting consistent targets, the
Speaker 1: only wide receiver getting targeted in the red zone for
Speaker 1: the Raiders. So I'm going Nelson Aguilar and I hate it,
Speaker 1: but I'm going there. All these regretful rueful. The regretful
Speaker 1: ones are the ones that pay off the most. I'm
Speaker 1: telling you, sounds like you're dating history this one. I
Speaker 1: don't think it's very regretful for me. That's Cole Beasley. Uh,
Speaker 1: top the hundred yards or scored in three of his
Speaker 1: last five. I used them as to take it on
Speaker 1: every one of those weeks. Yeah, I think you have.
Speaker 1: That includes eleven catches just two weeks ago. Uh, he's
Speaker 1: only fifty owned in ESPN leagues, and you can fire
Speaker 1: him up against Seattle, who's giving up twenty two catches
Speaker 1: and two seventy yards per game to the wide receivers
Speaker 1: and slot guys have had eight receptions or more against
Speaker 1: Seattle in three straight games. Hasn't every wide receiver at
Speaker 1: that many? Pretty much it's unbelievable. The kinds of numbers
Speaker 1: Seattle is allowing through the air are the kinds of
Speaker 1: numbers you hear like in week three, and then they
Speaker 1: sort of settle down and you know they you know,
Speaker 1: they come back to sort of some kind of normalcy.
Speaker 1: It's nuts that we're still talking about it at the
Speaker 1: midway point. I should note they get Jamal Adams back
Speaker 1: this week, and they do have Carlos Dunlap coming into
Speaker 1: the fold as a defensive end, so that might help
Speaker 1: their pass rush a little bit. So the pass rush
Speaker 1: has been awful, pretty bad, alright, our final take a
Speaker 1: chance on the player. Danny Amendola of the Lions up
Speaker 1: against the Vikings. Vikings are gonna missing four of their
Speaker 1: top five cornerbacks. The one starter who's left standing is
Speaker 1: Jeff Gladney. Now Jeff gladen he has played both outside
Speaker 1: and he's played the slot, but it doesn't even matter
Speaker 1: if he plays a slot because he's played the slot
Speaker 1: the last two weeks and he's given up four touchdowns
Speaker 1: in his coverage in two games. He's giving up a
Speaker 1: almost perfect passer rating of a hundred forty six in
Speaker 1: his coverage. So Danny Amndola they take a chance of
Speaker 1: the option. For those interested in finding one, Let's work
Speaker 1: in one more matchup into this segment, and that is
Speaker 1: Denver taking on Atlanta. Brian, you already mentioned Drew Lock.
Speaker 1: You want to reinforce that with some of some of
Speaker 1: the receiving targets you like. Sure, I'm gonna start with
Speaker 1: no fans, though, Nona, I'm gonna start with wide receiver.
Speaker 1: That's his best playmaker. Given phanton a the Falcons have
Speaker 1: allowed the most touchdowns to opposing tight ends and they've
Speaker 1: given up the most catches to tight end. So this
Speaker 1: is pretty something as we call that. But yes, Albert,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna butcher this ugg bum. You know, Scotty Fish
Speaker 1: was really good at pronouncing that one. I just call
Speaker 1: him Albert. Oh how that's what I was gonna go with.
Speaker 1: Or Alack is a threat in the red zone. But
Speaker 1: I'm still giving fan today. Jerry Judy canna give him
Speaker 1: a b. Atlanta allows the fourth most PPR points per
Speaker 1: game to wide receivers, and Judy will draw a slot corner.
Speaker 1: Isaiah Oliver, who usually finds himself in a twist, finds
Speaker 1: himself in a twist. He owns on three six passerading
Speaker 1: his coverage that it's sad deep Oliver twist joke right.
Speaker 1: I thought I was gonna make it through that, and
Speaker 1: I feel I don't understand what you couldn't make it
Speaker 1: because it's so awful but so awfully good. Tim Patrick
Speaker 1: his hamstring has felt pretty awful, but it appears it
Speaker 1: will feel good enough to play on Sunday. I will
Speaker 1: give him a see if he suit some up. If
Speaker 1: he doesn't, Dave Shawn Hamilton's and kJ Hamler r d s.
Speaker 1: Sorry they are start throws as you said Bylock might
Speaker 1: take a chance, I mean quarterback quickly to the running
Speaker 1: backs for the Broncos, Melvin Gordon getting give him the
Speaker 1: b despite Philip Lindsay being the better football player, and
Speaker 1: it's not close. Lindsey looks awesome, he does, but Gordon
Speaker 1: continues to out snap and out touch Lindsay. Uh and
Speaker 1: he saw twice as many targets as Lindsay last week,
Speaker 1: which will played nicely against the Falcons, who have given
Speaker 1: up the second most catches to running backs. A tough
Speaker 1: matchup on the ground, though the Falcons have only allowed
Speaker 1: three rushing touchdowns two running backs and no Loane runner
Speaker 1: has hit the ninety yard mark rushing, so I will
Speaker 1: give Gordon a B and just to see for lindsay
Speaker 1: despite you're gonna say so. He is a better running back,
Speaker 1: but he's not involved in the passing games. He's not
Speaker 1: great for PPR usage, but his running is so good.
Speaker 1: And keep an eye on him. I already had like
Speaker 1: some jammed toes that he suffered last week, and he
Speaker 1: might not play like toe Jam told Jam, I don't
Speaker 1: think that's gonna hold him out number toe Jam and earl, Oh, yeah,
Speaker 1: you're kidding me, Early co ops, Let's talk about Todd
Speaker 1: Jam Todd Gurley. You can give him a be over
Speaker 1: to the land of side. His usage was a little
Speaker 1: alarming last Thursday, but be very fresh for this matchup
Speaker 1: on ten days rest and over the last two weeks,
Speaker 1: Denver has allowed five point five yards per carry. They
Speaker 1: are really missing nose tackle Mike Purcell, who they lost
Speaker 1: two weeks ago and has lost for the season, so
Speaker 1: that run defense not as good as it was to
Speaker 1: start the year. Julio Jones gets an A in three
Speaker 1: games without Calvin Ridley. Last year, Julio totaled forty eight
Speaker 1: targets and in two of those three games, he had
Speaker 1: double digit catches and cleared one hundred and thirty yards. A.
Speaker 1: J Booyer will probably remain out for Denver. Yeah, Bryce
Speaker 1: Callahan him out? Has he been ruled out thanks charge?
Speaker 1: Bryce Callanan has been pretty good, but he's an unlikely
Speaker 1: shadow candidate even if he did shadow Julio. Julio has
Speaker 1: six inches and thirty pounds on Bryce Callahan, so it
Speaker 1: was all the Tommy Callahan covering him. There you go.
Speaker 1: I like that. Hey, Russell Gauge with Calvin Calvin Ridley out,
Speaker 1: I can give him a see. Jamison Crowder, Keenan Allen,
Speaker 1: Chris Godwin, Tyree, killed Juju Smith, Schuster, Adam Humphries all
Speaker 1: primarily run from the slot like Gauge. All had good,
Speaker 1: good to great games against Denver. So a CEE for Gauge.
Speaker 1: Hayden Hurst can give him a CEE. Not a great matchup.
Speaker 1: Safety Justin Simmons is Pro Football Focus is highest graded
Speaker 1: tight end defender, but Hurst as a safe floor with
Speaker 1: fifty plus yards into a touchdown in six of his
Speaker 1: last seven games, and Matt Ryan lastly gets a sea
Speaker 1: between Julio, Gauge and Hurst. He's got a pretty safe
Speaker 1: floor in a plus matchup receiving wise for the running back,
Speaker 1: so safety from Matt Ryan. Matt Ryan zero or one
Speaker 1: touchdown pass in five of his last six games. I
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Speaker 1: for Matt Harrison. Speaking of Matt Harrison, you've got Seattle
Speaker 1: taking on Buffalo. This has got sort of matchup of
Speaker 1: the week written on it. DK Metcalf enters as fantasy
Speaker 1: Football's probably second hottest wide receiver, but he draws tramp
Speaker 1: Davious White, he does. I'm still gonna give Metcalf the
Speaker 1: A despite that that matchup. They're hard to bench a
Speaker 1: guy who's just physically dominating any corner he faces. Plus,
Speaker 1: Metcalf has five inches and thirty pounds on White, So
Speaker 1: he gets the A. And I'm giving Tyler Lockett something
Speaker 1: better than an A. He's getting the fantasy art Vark
Speaker 1: this week. That's the fantasy Oh yeah. The Bills have
Speaker 1: only allowed six touchdowns on the season to wide receiver.
Speaker 1: Four of them have gone of the slot. Plus they've
Speaker 1: allowed to one yard games. You guessed it, both to
Speaker 1: slot receivers on the year. So plus we usually see
Speaker 1: a lock it week than a Metcalf week. We're we're
Speaker 1: do for the lock it week now, so he's back.
Speaker 1: He gets an A A art Vark Russell Wilson. Fantasy
Speaker 1: Fonzie eats fantasy Artwarks for breakfast, though, right, I think
Speaker 1: we should have them fight they get out. Been here
Speaker 1: for years in this fantasy Fonzie versus Shark. We already
Speaker 1: know who would win that because he jumped the shark.
Speaker 1: Literally if fantasy Fanzi can't jump the art Vark though, no,
Speaker 1: we've never seen him. Dorian got mad when I gave
Speaker 1: a fantasy Fonzi out one time, and that's why the
Speaker 1: fantasy art Vark existed. So you created this. This is
Speaker 1: your doing. Fair enough, they'll they'll do it out one
Speaker 1: of these. Can we find a fantasy Can we get
Speaker 1: Fonzi on our button? Bar Winkler, ah Um, Russell Wilson.
Speaker 1: He gets an A Grade two. You don't bench a
Speaker 1: guy who's averaging three point seven touched on passes per game.
Speaker 1: DJ Dallas looks like he's going to get another almost
Speaker 1: full bell cow role this week, with Carlos Hide and
Speaker 1: Chris Carson now ruled out, so DJ Dallas he spun
Speaker 1: his way and that's see what I did there, Brian. Yeah,
Speaker 1: to eighteen carries and forty one yards. That's last week.
Speaker 1: That's not good. He did add five catches, and he
Speaker 1: did score once on the ground and once through the air,
Speaker 1: which saved his day. Now that the lead running back
Speaker 1: to face the Bills has topped on yards, scored or
Speaker 1: both in each of the last four games, so he's
Speaker 1: got a chance there. Um, And that's it for the
Speaker 1: Seattle side. Let's go over to the Buffalo side, where
Speaker 1: I'll stay at the running back position. Let's talk about
Speaker 1: Zack Moss and Devin Singletary. Let's start with the matchup,
Speaker 1: because Seattle doesn't get run on all that much, only
Speaker 1: twenty attempts per game for seventy four yards. Both are
Speaker 1: amongst the league's lowest totals. They are susceptible to being
Speaker 1: beaten by pass catching backs, though, So who wins that
Speaker 1: battle between these two? That's kind of incomplete because Singletary
Speaker 1: averages more targets per game than Moss, but it's four
Speaker 1: versus two, and that's not significant enough for me to go, Oh,
Speaker 1: single Tarry is the pass catching back here, so let's
Speaker 1: go inside the ten Singletarry has seen twenty one percent
Speaker 1: of the team's rushing attempts inside the ten. I bet
Speaker 1: most of those were when when Zack Moss was out. Well,
Speaker 1: Zack Moss and half as many games as Singletary has
Speaker 1: thirty three percent of the team's rushing attempts. Now, Josh
Speaker 1: Allen's got all the rest of them, by the way,
Speaker 1: So the nod goes to Moss. I'm only going to
Speaker 1: give him a C this week, though, while Singletary is
Speaker 1: on the bench. Josh Allen gets an A grade. He's
Speaker 1: playing Seattle. Stephan Diggs gets an A grade. Uh, he's
Speaker 1: playing Seattle too. I have reason to believe Seattle plays
Speaker 1: zone at the second highest clip amongst defenses and Digs
Speaker 1: absolutely torches the zone. So he's going to have a
Speaker 1: great day. Cole Beasley was might take a chance on
Speaker 1: me wider Stever, I think John Brown is kind of
Speaker 1: a desperation. No, I like he was almost might take
Speaker 1: a chance of the receiver. He played John Brown a lot.
Speaker 1: He played one of the Bill snaps last week, and
Speaker 1: this is this is where he kind of comes back
Speaker 1: in this one. So I think John Brown is definitely
Speaker 1: playable too. I'll give him a C grade available on
Speaker 1: waiver wires and most leagues got dropped. And then uh yeah,
Speaker 1: I remember how good he was at the beginning of
Speaker 1: the year. I think John Brown goes back to being
Speaker 1: fantasy viable in many weeks the rest of the way.
Speaker 1: That's all I have to say about that. Okay, then
Speaker 1: that means it's time for me to talk about the
Speaker 1: Giants taking on Washington. We'll start on the Giant side,
Speaker 1: where I don't have a lot of good things to say.
Speaker 1: Vanta Freeman is gonna miss another game with an ankle injury.
Speaker 1: Vanta who Freeman free? Sorry, Vanta Seamen is not getting
Speaker 1: a C grade, He's getting a out to grade because
Speaker 1: he's got an ankle injury. That means it's Wayne Gallman
Speaker 1: and Alfred Morris and Dion Lewis, the same rotation of
Speaker 1: crappy runners we saw on Monday Night. They're bad, and
Speaker 1: it's a bad matchup against a team that's giving up
Speaker 1: just three point eight yards per carry on the season.
Speaker 1: No back is top sixty one yards against Washington since
Speaker 1: Week three. They're all dead to us. Let's go to
Speaker 1: the passing game. A couple of lukewarm starts. Sterling Shepherd.
Speaker 1: In the past two games since returning from injury, he's
Speaker 1: seen eighteen targets. He's turned him into two solid box scores.
Speaker 1: But it's a tough matchup. Washington secondary has allowed the
Speaker 1: third fewest yards and just three touchdowns to opposing receivers,
Speaker 1: who most often face Ronald Darby, who brings little to
Speaker 1: the table other than speed. So a C grade for
Speaker 1: Sterling Shepherd, a C grade for Evan Ingram, who has
Speaker 1: yet to score and now faces a Washington team that
Speaker 1: hasn't allowed to tight end touchdown in three straight games
Speaker 1: um including by the way to Evan Ingram three games ago. However,
Speaker 1: Washington is still a bottom ten defense against tight ends,
Speaker 1: allowing five catches and sixty yards to the position. So
Speaker 1: you can start Ingram and a pinchon at tight end
Speaker 1: who's not in a pinch. Golden Tate has possible disciplinary
Speaker 1: actions because of him and his wife complaining about his
Speaker 1: usage in the offense. You don't get that a lot.
Speaker 1: But I like the wife sticking up. That's very nice.
Speaker 1: There's one other who is the Dolphins to take wife?
Speaker 1: Why can't he was a great corner too. I can't
Speaker 1: think it is a good corner and and she made
Speaker 1: Google worthy cakes. Let's put it that way. What is
Speaker 1: that guy's name Google? Where the yes turned images on?
Speaker 1: That's all I'm gonna say, And not in front of
Speaker 1: the kids anyway. Golden Date has scored him back to
Speaker 1: back games, but he's had just to one and one
Speaker 1: receptions the last three weeks he's on the bench. Darius
Speaker 1: Slayton has fallen under fifty six receiving yards and six
Speaker 1: of the past seven games, scoring just once. Since his
Speaker 1: big Opening Day game. Slayton overwhelmingly runs from the left
Speaker 1: side of the field, where he matches up with Kendall Fuller.
Speaker 1: And let me tell you a little bit about Kendall Fuller,
Speaker 1: who should be in the conversation for defensive player of
Speaker 1: the Year. Get this, He's allowing per game averages of
Speaker 1: one catch, fourteen yards and zero touchdowns on the season.
Speaker 1: That's Kendall Fuller's coverage right there. And why Darius Slayton's
Speaker 1: on the bench. So if you google Dolphins cornerback cake
Speaker 1: wife's birthday came, Oh my god, you know what. She's
Speaker 1: not gonna be on the Great British Baking Show. I
Speaker 1: can tell you that much. Most he might be. Let's
Speaker 1: go to the Washington side. We've got a B grade
Speaker 1: on Terry McLaurin in two full games. Terry, with two
Speaker 1: full games with quarterback Kyle Allen, he's targeted Terry McLaurin
Speaker 1: a whopping twenty three times, which no, not yet Rich McLaren.
Speaker 1: I don't blame her for being h McLaren is parlayed
Speaker 1: into an average of seven catches for eighty two yards
Speaker 1: with one score, but he'll face shadow coverage from James
Speaker 1: Bradberry is having a very strong year. Just three weeks ago,
Speaker 1: it took twelve targets for McLaurin to get to seventy
Speaker 1: four yards in the first meeting against Bradberry. Um Sticking
Speaker 1: with the passing game, Kyle Allen gets a C grade
Speaker 1: in his first two games, as I mentioned, to serviceable
Speaker 1: fantasy games with multiple touchdowns in each, the first of
Speaker 1: which was against this opponent, New York, and he posted
Speaker 1: two yards two scores. I already mentioned McLaurin. Tough matchup,
Speaker 1: but startable, so we'll give the C grade to Kyle Allen.
Speaker 1: Also C grade to another of his targets, Logan Thomas,
Speaker 1: You're in a pinch at tight end. Like everybody else,
Speaker 1: the Giants are decent against tight ends, allowing just two
Speaker 1: scores on the season, but one of them went to
Speaker 1: Logan Thomas in Week six. The other tight end touchdown
Speaker 1: went to Gronk last week. I was just last week.
Speaker 1: So maybe we can get Thomas to get this. Thomas
Speaker 1: is getting sixty percent six sorry, sixty seven percent of
Speaker 1: the team's targets from inside the ten yard line. I
Speaker 1: wonder where you got that stat. I don't know. We'll
Speaker 1: go with that. It was for me. Nicely done, Uh,
Speaker 1: Logan Thomas, you say, let's go to the running game.
Speaker 1: Antonio Gibson C grade now before your member there by.
Speaker 1: Last week, before the bye, Gibson had a monster game
Speaker 1: of almost one hundred thirty yards in one touchdown in
Speaker 1: a rare lopsided win for Washington. We're gonna get a
Speaker 1: healthy dose of him in this game too. But the
Speaker 1: Giants have turned into a pretty good run defense over
Speaker 1: the last three weeks. They haven't allowed to single back
Speaker 1: to go to more than fifty two rushing yards. Gibson
Speaker 1: might help through the air a little bit. Giants are
Speaker 1: allowing the fourth most receiving yards per game to the position.
Speaker 1: But that's really J. D. Mcsucket's calling cards. So I
Speaker 1: think Gibson chips and just a little bit of work
Speaker 1: through the air. I see a game that feels more
Speaker 1: like eighty total yards Frantonio Gibson and probably no scores,
Speaker 1: and then yes, you can start j D. Mcsuckett. You
Speaker 1: gotta find your spots. But as I just mentioned, this
Speaker 1: is a team that's struggling against running backs through the air,
Speaker 1: allowing nearly six receptions and fifty yards per game, fourth
Speaker 1: most to opposing running backs. So we'll we'll give him
Speaker 1: a C grade as well. Um, let's see, I think
Speaker 1: we had time for one more segment. Yeah, we're gonna
Speaker 1: try to fit it in. You're gonna have to be
Speaker 1: quick about it. Las Vegas taking on the Chargers, Brian,
Speaker 1: We got about two and a half minutes, all right.
Speaker 1: I'll give Josh Jacobs a be even though he's been
Speaker 1: brutal outside of the opener and last week, he's kind
Speaker 1: of book ended his season with two good games with
Speaker 1: a bunch of bad ones in the middle. But the
Speaker 1: Raiders O line is coming to Fruition, probably the healthiest
Speaker 1: it's been all year, and the Chargers have also allowed
Speaker 1: the third most catches to running backs on the season,
Speaker 1: and I've given up at least a hundred nineteen combo
Speaker 1: yards or a touchdown to the last five backs they face.
Speaker 1: So hopefully Jacobs can keep it rolling. It seems like
Speaker 1: the Gauntlet part of his schedules in the past, so
Speaker 1: stick with Josh Jacobs. Darren Waller gets an a Chargers
Speaker 1: at bottom ten against tight ends. They've allowed five touchdowns
Speaker 1: to the position position, most of which have come in
Speaker 1: the red zone. Or Waller is top ten and targets
Speaker 1: catches and target share in the whole league. So in
Speaker 1: a for Waller, Nelson Aghil are the only wide receiver
Speaker 1: I'm starting for the Raiders. He was might take a
Speaker 1: chance on me, receiver Derek Carr. I was close to
Speaker 1: give him to see. I love Waller here, kind of
Speaker 1: like Aglar, but I don't see a real ceiling for car.
Speaker 1: This has got to be a Josh Jacobs game where
Speaker 1: they keep air bear off the field. The air bear.
Speaker 1: So let's get to the air bear. The air bear is.
Speaker 1: He's not in the air. He's on the ground right now, alright,
Speaker 1: he's a bear. Of course, he's not the air well
Speaker 1: He's the air bear. How silly, aren't you? He's literally
Speaker 1: the air bear. So stupid to think that the air
Speaker 1: bear would be in the air where the ball goes. Anyway,
Speaker 1: I thought that was like like the air corriole. Whatever
Speaker 1: you blew that one, not me. Herbert gets in A
Speaker 1: has tossed at least three touchdowns in four straight games,
Speaker 1: with at least two two hundred sixty passing yards in
Speaker 1: each of those. Las Vegas ranks dead last and pass
Speaker 1: coverage A dead last and pass rush by Pro Football Focus.
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen Easy a LaMarcus Joiner is a joke of
Speaker 1: a corner Mike Williams gets to be. Las Vegas has
Speaker 1: surrendered four scorers to opposing receivers in their two games
Speaker 1: prior to the Monsoon game last week, so they are
Speaker 1: not a great secondary hunter. Henry A. B. The Raiders
Speaker 1: are around league average against tight ends, but Kelsey and
Speaker 1: Gronk both shredded him. He is sort of in that
Speaker 1: territory still. And lastly, Justin Jackson, with the Sea in
Speaker 1: Vegas last four games, no going back as top sixty
Speaker 1: six rushing yard is not a great matchup and something
Speaker 1: called Troy Mean Pope keep stealing touches from Jackson, but
Speaker 1: he is startable and Josh kellyanish out not even a
Speaker 1: factor at when we come back. Three touch Kelly eaten
Speaker 1: by an air bear. Eaten by an air bear. Three
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Speaker 1: go three and oh, tough question number one. Christian McCaffrey
Speaker 1: was universally selected as the first overall choice in our
Speaker 1: preseason fantasy drafts. So now that he's healthy, will Christian
Speaker 1: McCaffrey be the highest scoring runner from this point forward?
Speaker 1: So the main competition is obviously Dalvin Cook, Alvin Kamara,
Speaker 1: and King Henry moving forward from mcmccaffrey and at three.
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna break this down from a reality football
Speaker 1: perspective and not so much fantasy. The Panthers are three
Speaker 1: and five. They're on the outside looking in when it
Speaker 1: comes to the playoffs. If they can't fight their way
Speaker 1: into playoff relevancy in the next six weeks. There's no
Speaker 1: point in running McCaffrey into the ground after paying him
Speaker 1: a ton of money in a lost season. So the
Speaker 1: next six games where the Panthers start at Kansas City
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay. That's already two losses right there, and also
Speaker 1: bad matchups, and then Detroit, Minnesota, Denver, maybe they win one,
Speaker 1: and then at Green Bay a good fantasy matchup. But
Speaker 1: after six games they're under five hundred. They're out of
Speaker 1: the playoffs. Mike Davis has proven an able runner, So
Speaker 1: keep McCaffrey fresh. You paid him a ton of money.
Speaker 1: He's not gonna see the touches to warrant being the
Speaker 1: top fantasies or moving forward from the running back position,
Speaker 1: So I say no, all right, will Christian McCaffrey be
Speaker 1: the highest scoring runner from this point forward? And Brian
Speaker 1: took a lot of my talking points, but I will
Speaker 1: note that this is the same injury that made se
Speaker 1: Kwon Barkley look like a mere mortal last year when
Speaker 1: he came back from this injury, so it's not particularly
Speaker 1: perfect as far as him being a complete healthy guy
Speaker 1: the rest of the year. So I think that he
Speaker 1: probably finishes in the top ten. But like Brian said,
Speaker 1: we could be looking at some big time stud running
Speaker 1: backs getting rested down the stretch this year, and what
Speaker 1: is a lost season In a season where there's no
Speaker 1: fans in the stands, there might not be anything for
Speaker 1: for the owners and the general managers to go. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I want Christian McCaffrey to play in this last season.
Speaker 1: So sa Kwon Barkley missed four games with his injury,
Speaker 1: his high ankle sprain. Caroline arrested Christian McCaffrey seven weeks weeks,
Speaker 1: which is the which is the perfect thing to do,
Speaker 1: because it doesn't make sense to bring somebody back on
Speaker 1: this injury they're not effective that you have to be
Speaker 1: back to basically one, which is where we believe. Christian
Speaker 1: McCaffrey is practiced all week. At the ten game layoff
Speaker 1: from the last one, we all we all feel like
Speaker 1: he's in very good shape, totally fresh legs right now
Speaker 1: because he's basically hasn't used this year. What holds him
Speaker 1: in the way from being the highest scoring running back
Speaker 1: is the schedule. He's got a bye week left that
Speaker 1: the others don't have. He's got a tough schedule including
Speaker 1: next week against the league's best run defense Tampa, and
Speaker 1: then shortly after that a suddenly competent Vikings run defense
Speaker 1: and a good Denver run defense after that. So the
Speaker 1: schedule doesn't work in his favor as well as it
Speaker 1: does for Cook and Camara and Henry, so he's unlikely
Speaker 1: to be the highest scoring running back from this point forward.
Speaker 1: Tough question Number two is Travis Kelsey the most valuable
Speaker 1: player in Fantasy football? Matt Um. To be the m
Speaker 1: v P in fantasy you have to have the biggest
Speaker 1: delta between you and the next player down in your
Speaker 1: position group, and according to Fantasy Football Today, the biggest
Speaker 1: gap between the first and second place player at any
Speaker 1: position is that between the top wide receiver in football,
Speaker 1: Richie James and Davante Adams. Yeah, Richie James and his
Speaker 1: Thursday night blow up on is his only game he's
Speaker 1: played this year. On a per game basis, he's the
Speaker 1: best wide receiver in football, But second most is Travis Kelsey,
Speaker 1: who leads the league UH leads the now out for
Speaker 1: the season George Kittle by two points per game and
Speaker 1: PPR leagues and he's out, so if you go down
Speaker 1: one more, he leads Darren Waller by four points per game.
Speaker 1: So I think Travis Kelsey, in a position that we
Speaker 1: thought was so deep, it's now insanely shallow. Travis Kelsey
Speaker 1: is the most important and valuable player in fantasy right now.
Speaker 1: If I'm like doing a draft starting right now, which
Speaker 1: you can still do on guy team leagues dotcom, um um,
Speaker 1: I'm not taking Kelsey first. I'm still taking one of
Speaker 1: the bigger running backs. Matt made very good points, but
Speaker 1: the four points between Kelsey and Waller is not enough
Speaker 1: for me than the twenty plus that you get from
Speaker 1: Kamara and Cook and Henry and soon to be Christian McCaffrey,
Speaker 1: who are going to outscore every other running back by
Speaker 1: at least five points bringing on a per game basis.
Speaker 1: So I'm still going with the running backs, maybe even
Speaker 1: Davante Adams. But Kelsey is not the most valuable player
Speaker 1: in fantasy football to me. But that's because I'm the
Speaker 1: tight end whisper and I can stream anytime. If you
Speaker 1: showed me, just showed me all the rosters in your
Speaker 1: league and said pick the team that's gonna win, the
Speaker 1: first thing I would do is I'd find Travis Kelsey
Speaker 1: on those rosters, and I would look at Kelsey and
Speaker 1: the team around Kelsey, because if you can tell me
Speaker 1: there's a qualified team around Kelsey, that's the team I'm picking.
Speaker 1: As you mentioned the Delta, it's really all for most
Speaker 1: valuable player. I did not say highest scoring players. Should
Speaker 1: notice I said the most valuable player. Every word counts in.
Speaker 1: He is very tricky assignment. These are They are tough questions.
Speaker 1: Um Every week, half to two thirds of your league
Speaker 1: is bracing for a zero at tight end. Ask anybody
Speaker 1: who plugged in Robert Tunyan on Thursday night, which many
Speaker 1: people did. We have thousands of listeners right now who
Speaker 1: plugged in Robert Tounyan and got one catch for five yards.
Speaker 1: That's what most of your league is experiencing right now.
Speaker 1: There are exactly four quasi reliable tight ends. That's it,
Speaker 1: and the Delta is gigantic. By ESPN scoring, Kelsey scored
Speaker 1: a third more Fantasy points than any other tight ends
Speaker 1: still playing with Kettle out, and in a scoring system
Speaker 1: in which Kelsey has scored one points this year, the
Speaker 1: next closest tight end has sixty. Nobody else is close
Speaker 1: to that ratio except Davante Adams at the wide receiver position.
Speaker 1: I could find help there. Yes, Travis Kelsey is the
Speaker 1: most valuable player in Fantasy. Question number three, Jase Edmonds
Speaker 1: is expected to start for the Cardinals. Well, he is
Speaker 1: going to start? Will he finished the year as an
Speaker 1: RB one, r B two flex or bench Brian, I
Speaker 1: just want to talk about e p A for a second,
Speaker 1: and not the Environmental Protection Agency. It's expected points added,
Speaker 1: which is a football metric. You don't have a whole
Speaker 1: lot of time to really dive in, but it weighs
Speaker 1: the value of a player what he brings to your
Speaker 1: football team. And you take the e p A when
Speaker 1: you're on the field and when you're off the field,
Speaker 1: and then you find the delta and you just see
Speaker 1: how good you are a football. Chase Edmonds is way
Speaker 1: better than Kenyan Drake at football. Kenyan Drake's e p
Speaker 1: A per play point negative point zero six. I'm pretty
Speaker 1: sure you don't want to be negative. He takes zero
Speaker 1: six expected points added per play. Chase Edmonds is plus
Speaker 1: point zero four. And now when you start piling on
Speaker 1: the plays, you're piling on the points. The schedule is
Speaker 1: an ideal for Edmonds, But I don't see him what
Speaker 1: letting this job go. Drake might factor in a little
Speaker 1: bit when he's healthy in a few weeks, and for
Speaker 1: that reason, I'll just say RB two and not RB
Speaker 1: one for Edmunds. But this is Chase Edmonds backfield moving forward.
Speaker 1: Quick question on this this e p a thing you
Speaker 1: talked about the delta for these players, and every player's
Speaker 1: got this delta. What would would Matt Burke have a delta? Burke? Sorry, wow,
Speaker 1: I like that. Sorry, my Mike wasn't on. I gave
Speaker 1: you an approving thank you. I appreciate that. Okay, So
Speaker 1: the answer you gave was r B two, r B two, Matt,
Speaker 1: is Chase Edmonds going to finish the years in RB one,
Speaker 1: RB two flex or bench. He's super talented. He's got
Speaker 1: one huge problem for a running back. He does not
Speaker 1: get the ball near the goal line. So far this season,
Speaker 1: with Drake being almost completely ineffective and injured off and on,
Speaker 1: Edmonds has only managed exactly one carry from inside the
Speaker 1: ten yard line. Kenyan Drake has thirteen and Kyler Murray
Speaker 1: as seven. When your own quarterback is vulturing your touchdowns,
Speaker 1: you have to score from distance and that hurts him
Speaker 1: a ton. And while he's very talented. I think he's
Speaker 1: only a flex the rest of the way. Don't you
Speaker 1: think he's going to take Kenyan Drake's goal line rushes?
Speaker 1: Not if Cliff Kingsbury just keeps handing Kenyan Drake the rock,
Speaker 1: I don't think he's going to keep giving. If they're
Speaker 1: gonna have Kenyan Drake play the Matt p P, how
Speaker 1: are how are they going to put him on the field.
Speaker 1: If Brian says he's he's bad on on like yards
Speaker 1: per play, well, we're you're gonna keep him out between
Speaker 1: the twenties. You're gonna put him in at the goal
Speaker 1: line for somehow you think he's good. You thought he
Speaker 1: was thirteen to one over Chase Edmunds so far this year, Man,
Speaker 1: I don't even know what you're talking about. Any thirteen
Speaker 1: to one carries inside the tent, carries inside the tent.
Speaker 1: I'm just saying that's past, that's in. That's in the past.
Speaker 1: When Drake is no longer the starter, which is going
Speaker 1: to happen beginning this week and coaches totally changed their
Speaker 1: mind going to go back running style. Edmunds has been
Speaker 1: better than Drake at everything full two yards per carry,
Speaker 1: better better receiver with quadruple the receptions and receiving yards.
Speaker 1: His Pro Football Focus ranking is eleventh for Chase Edmunds,
Speaker 1: forty five for Drake. Easy game against Miami this week,
Speaker 1: which will boost Chase Edmunds his status, then a favorable
Speaker 1: game after that against Buffaloes run defense. At that point,
Speaker 1: he solidifies this thing and he remains the first guy
Speaker 1: to go to and will be. Now, he's not an
Speaker 1: elite runner, and this is why it's not an RB one.
Speaker 1: He's not Dalvin Cook, he is not Jase Edmonds, is
Speaker 1: not Alvin Kamara. He's not He's not King Henry. He
Speaker 1: is a good back, not a great back. Drake will
Speaker 1: still factor in some He is going to be an
Speaker 1: RB two, you know for somebody who got the question right?
Speaker 1: Why are you battling me so I got wrong? Got
Speaker 1: it wrong? Yeah, I got it right, always like Brian Better.
Speaker 1: New England takes on the New York Jets Matt and
Speaker 1: for New England, we've already talked about out some a
Speaker 1: handful of players here, including Cam Newton, who was might
Speaker 1: take a chance on the quarterback. Yeah, we did talk
Speaker 1: about Cam Newton. Um I don't like him as much.
Speaker 1: As you do. I will note that I'll give him
Speaker 1: a C grade here. Still it's the Jets. Yeah, he's
Speaker 1: got no wide receivers. He's tied for the fewest past
Speaker 1: attempts inside the ten yard line among quarterbacks who have
Speaker 1: started at least six games, with only six attempts. That's gross.
Speaker 1: I think that the Jets are the team that you're
Speaker 1: going to run against. That's why Damian Harris is the
Speaker 1: only Patriots starter on my on my match up here,
Speaker 1: and I'm giving him a B grade. He's averaging five
Speaker 1: point seven yards per carry, double digit rushing attempts, and
Speaker 1: three of the four games he's played this year top
Speaker 1: one hundred yards, and two of those and scored last week.
Speaker 1: The Jets are allowing yards per game. I think this
Speaker 1: is a slow plotting, low scoring game, and they just
Speaker 1: give Damian Harris the ball over and over again. I
Speaker 1: like Harris a lot this week as well, although let's
Speaker 1: note Sony Walkman back and active for this team, but
Speaker 1: they can't give him. Damian Harris has been the only
Speaker 1: good thing the Patriots have had all year. I know,
Speaker 1: particularly on offense, you would think, but Bill Belichick is
Speaker 1: inscrutable with his running backs and nothing would surprise us.
Speaker 1: Did you know the starting wide receivers for the Patriots
Speaker 1: this week will be Jacoby Myers, who's owned in two
Speaker 1: point four percent of ESPN leagues, and Demere Bird, who's
Speaker 1: owned in one and neither have scored a touchdown this year. Yeah,
Speaker 1: let's go to the Jet side. Uh. Sam Donald had
Speaker 1: another m r I this week on his throwing shoulder
Speaker 1: and he's been limited all week. The Jets have a
Speaker 1: bye next week, so they could conceivably rest him and
Speaker 1: play Joe Flacco, or they could play injured Sam Donald,
Speaker 1: and I think they're gonna play Donald because they don't
Speaker 1: want to win because they still have Adam Gaze as
Speaker 1: their coach. It's a bench grade for either. The Patriots
Speaker 1: have not allowed a passing touchdown in three weeks and
Speaker 1: are only allowing two six yards per game in that span.
Speaker 1: Braxton Arios has more Sam Donald targets than Jamison Crowder,
Speaker 1: and with Crowder and Breshad Pereman looking both doubtful to play,
Speaker 1: he's probably the top pass receiver for him this week.
Speaker 1: It's also a revenge game for Braxted Burrios, who was
Speaker 1: drafted by the Patriots. If you're going to start a
Speaker 1: Jets wide receiver, it's Burrios over Mims. But we need
Speaker 1: a grade lower than a seed to classify barriers. I'm
Speaker 1: going to give him a J grade. Yep uh. Michael
Speaker 1: Perrine and Frank Gore are the running backs here. Parian
Speaker 1: had more snaps last week, but they still had the
Speaker 1: exact same number of touches with only ten. Parian looks
Speaker 1: a lot more spry here, though. I'm going to give
Speaker 1: him a C grade, as if the Jets will score
Speaker 1: a touchdown, it will probably be him. The pat saw
Speaker 1: split backfield last week with the Bills backs. They each
Speaker 1: had four team carries and each of them went over
Speaker 1: eight yards, So Parrian could possibly manage like sixty yards
Speaker 1: in a score here. So that's why he gets the
Speaker 1: C grade. And the best play of the game, by
Speaker 1: the way, Patriots defense. It is, by the way, available
Speaker 1: in many leagues. A lot of people have cut the Patriots.
Speaker 1: You remember at this time last year, the Patriots defense
Speaker 1: was like the I don't like. The tenth highest scoring
Speaker 1: fantasy player was the Patriots defense. Yeah, what a difference
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Speaker 1: help you all right, chock fantasy dot Com. Carolina takes
Speaker 1: on Kansas City. Christian McCaffrey's back. Uh. They say they're
Speaker 1: going to give him a full workload, and he's right
Speaker 1: back to being the same obvious a that he was
Speaker 1: back in Week one. Kansas City is a far worse
Speaker 1: run defense than past defense, and Carolina will run for
Speaker 1: as long as this game is close, and mostly they
Speaker 1: do keep their games fairly close, so hopefully that will
Speaker 1: be the case here in an A grade for Christian McCaffrey,
Speaker 1: who doesn't need more explanation than that. Teddy Bridgewater is
Speaker 1: on the bench. You gotta pick your spots with the
Speaker 1: ultimate game manager, and a difficult matchup against a very
Speaker 1: good secondary is not one of them. The Chiefs ranked
Speaker 1: seventh and passing yards allowed third in passing touchdowns allowed,
Speaker 1: Bridgewaters receivers have very tough individual matchups, uh and and
Speaker 1: that does include last week's hero Curtis Samuel, who was
Speaker 1: also on the bench. He is going to frequently face
Speaker 1: off against Tyron Mattheo and he's one of the best
Speaker 1: tacklers in any second area across the league, and he's
Speaker 1: giving up just thirty yards per game in his coverage.
Speaker 1: So no Curtis Samuel in this one for my taste.
Speaker 1: Robby Anderson is up at a B grade. He's drawn
Speaker 1: at least eight targets and posted at least seventy four yards,
Speaker 1: and four of the past five games he has the
Speaker 1: team's most favorable matchup against cornerback chart Various Ward, who
Speaker 1: is allowing a passer rating of one eight and he's
Speaker 1: given up three touchdowns in his coverage. Bad news for
Speaker 1: d J. Moore. He's got four or fewer catches in
Speaker 1: five of the last six games, so he's been lightly
Speaker 1: used anyway, and volume could be an issue again this week.
Speaker 1: And the Chiefs are seeing the fifth fewest passes, just
Speaker 1: thirty two per game, which is weird that you would
Speaker 1: think the Chiefs always ahead, so teams will be passing
Speaker 1: on him all the time. But really, because the Chiefs
Speaker 1: are so dangerous, teams run the ball as long as
Speaker 1: they can, and they're not very good against run anyway.
Speaker 1: Moore's got a tough coverage against self described marijuana enthusiast,
Speaker 1: but Shot Brilon, who is allowing eleven scoreless yards per
Speaker 1: game and his coverage this year, that's it seems like
Speaker 1: the green stuff's working for Apparently it is, uh, Mike
Speaker 1: Davis dead to us now. He probably drops down to
Speaker 1: the tenent usage level and that's not enough. And I
Speaker 1: think other than just holding him as a handcuff, you
Speaker 1: can drop Mike Davis. All right, let's go to the
Speaker 1: Kansas City side. Patrick Mahomes Entyreek Hill get a grades,
Speaker 1: but beware the faith. That's befallen. Several other good passing
Speaker 1: receiving tandems against Carolina. They're so easy to run upon
Speaker 1: that quarterbacks get minimized. Opposing quarterbacks are averaging just two
Speaker 1: d yards and one point one touchdowns against the Panthers.
Speaker 1: That's it now. All that said, Clyde Edwards A Laire
Speaker 1: and Levian Bell have not been end zone magnets or
Speaker 1: even usage magnets, so maybe it's not gonna go that way.
Speaker 1: And I still have a grades on Mahomes and Hill
Speaker 1: and just I'm just throwing it out. There is something
Speaker 1: to be aware of. There's been a lot of good
Speaker 1: matchups against Carolina in the past that have not panned
Speaker 1: out for the passers. Travis Kelsey is an obvious a
Speaker 1: and I'm not going to spend a lot of time
Speaker 1: on him, and we've already broke him down earlier in
Speaker 1: this show. Let's talk about the running backs, and it's fascinating.
Speaker 1: Levian Bell was might take a chance on me running
Speaker 1: back earlier in the show. But let's talk about Clyde
Speaker 1: Edwards A Laire for a minute. Carolina has allowed ten
Speaker 1: running back scores in their seven games. They're giving up
Speaker 1: almost five yards per carried to the position, and they're
Speaker 1: giving up the most receptions to running backs. The concern
Speaker 1: Here's volume Clyde Edwards a layer averaging just nine touches
Speaker 1: per game since Levian Bell came to the team. All
Speaker 1: O the weird part about these last two games with Bell,
Speaker 1: they've also been blowouts at half and neither back's gotten
Speaker 1: any work. I think this one stays tighter, and we're
Speaker 1: gonna see more running in this game. Both guys have
Speaker 1: been so lightly used, they have such fresh legs. I
Speaker 1: think we're gonna see enough of Clyde Edwards a layer
Speaker 1: and laby On Bell for them to both be C grades.
Speaker 1: Mikole Hardman and DeMarcus Robinson are dart throws in most games,
Speaker 1: but this just doesn't seem like an ideal one here
Speaker 1: for the reasons I mentioned earlier, with the de emphasized
Speaker 1: passing game and a possible emphasis on the running backs.
Speaker 1: Let's go to our next matchup, which is Miami taking
Speaker 1: on Arizona. Brian, you already told us Patrick Laird was
Speaker 1: your sneaky dolphin take a chance on me runner, which
Speaker 1: you validated it. I'm kind of buying into that vibe.
Speaker 1: What about the passing game to looked, that's the end
Speaker 1: and that's it. So but yeah, Davante Parker, Preston Williams,
Speaker 1: Mike Sicky, all guys who would normally get a raid
Speaker 1: or at least some consideration most weeks. Yeah, absolutely none
Speaker 1: this week to a Tongung gole Via making his first
Speaker 1: road start of his career, only his second start. Of course,
Speaker 1: I didn't have to do much last week, and when
Speaker 1: he did, he didn't look sharp. So I'm not liking
Speaker 1: him on the road. So do you guys stand I'm
Speaker 1: still rostering Stu Beard in a bunch of leagues because
Speaker 1: I had him in a bunch of leagues, because you
Speaker 1: guys know how I feel about it. I'm still holding
Speaker 1: him just in case. Well, he doesn't have a beard anymore.
Speaker 1: I know he's got short short stubble. There's a there's
Speaker 1: there's a baseball player named Drew stubs stubs consider consider
Speaker 1: that enshrined until he grows that thing back out. All right,
Speaker 1: sounds good? Uh? Some of you might be tempted to
Speaker 1: play Jordan Howard, but in take home I mentioned this,
Speaker 1: don't do it. Arizona very tough on the ground against
Speaker 1: running backs, have only allowed three rushing touchdowns to the
Speaker 1: position and no loan back as top seventy five rushing
Speaker 1: yards and he the miracle goal line plunge plunge Jordan Howard,
Speaker 1: that is so Patrick Laird, You're only stortable Dolphin this week.
Speaker 1: Over the Arizona side, Jase Edmonds, who we just talked
Speaker 1: about in great detail, gets an A and this one
Speaker 1: only two opposing running backs have totaled six at least
Speaker 1: sixteen touches against Miami, which is kind of nuts. But
Speaker 1: both of those backs scored twice and combined to average
Speaker 1: a hundred and fifteen combo yards. Edmunds will get that
Speaker 1: volume in this game. And but by the way, where
Speaker 1: the hell is Eno Benjamin? My boy, he can't he
Speaker 1: can't even see the field. I don't even see the
Speaker 1: practice field at this point. Is he still on the team?
Speaker 1: But I almost prospect him. But I'm very disappointed in you,
Speaker 1: you know. Anyway, to the passing game for the Cardinals,
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins gets an A. The Dolphins are allowing the
Speaker 1: fifth most yards to wide receivers and shut down corner
Speaker 1: Byron Jones is not doing his job. Both both Stefon
Speaker 1: Diggs and dk met Metcalf top the century mark against
Speaker 1: Jones and h Hopkins is certainly on their level, if
Speaker 1: not above it. Christian Kirk can give him a B
Speaker 1: at least fifty five yards and touchdown in five straight games,
Speaker 1: so he's established a safe floor for himself and against
Speaker 1: the Dolphins secondary receivers like Robert Woods, Kendrick Born, David Moore,
Speaker 1: John Brown, they all scored touchdowns and three of those
Speaker 1: four also cleared eighty yards. Kendrick Borne was the one
Speaker 1: who did not, so a safe B for Christian Kirk
Speaker 1: and a very safe A for Kyler Murray. What the
Speaker 1: Dolphins have done recently against quarterbacks is irrelevant because we're
Speaker 1: talking about Joe Flacco, Jared Goff and whatever San Francisco
Speaker 1: has thrown out there. We're not talking We're not talking
Speaker 1: about actual quarterbacks. With those guys, Murray is more than
Speaker 1: an actual quarterback. Has totaled at least two at least
Speaker 1: two touchdowns in every game. In fact, he's had more
Speaker 1: than two total touchdowns in all but two games, at
Speaker 1: least three touchdowns and all but two games so far
Speaker 1: this year rushing in passing, So in a for Murray,
Speaker 1: Murray might be the best fantasy quarterback the rest of
Speaker 1: the way. Hey church before we move on to the
Speaker 1: Houston Jacksonville game. Yes, I think that this game might
Speaker 1: have been the one that was going to be in
Speaker 1: London originally scheduled. So I invited friend of the show,
Speaker 1: Colin mccockney to let me go get him. He's out
Speaker 1: in the hallway, all right, thank you. So I hate
Speaker 1: this guy because I have to translate for him. Yeah,
Speaker 1: because yeah, we never know what he's saying. Na nab
Speaker 1: some salty rumphs and Rupert's fingers. Make sure you have
Speaker 1: some posh legs, sleeves on, shut your sauce box, sluice
Speaker 1: your gobs with your favorite chuckaroo. It's high time for footy.
Speaker 1: I'm a little rusty. I think he said something about
Speaker 1: pretzels hot dogs, and I think i'm pants. I'm jamming
Speaker 1: something into something pantaloons. Maybe I don't know. Shaun Watson,
Speaker 1: he's an egg Governor. Watson his top three yards and
Speaker 1: frown for multiple scores and four straight free of the
Speaker 1: bleeding last four pass throwers for the Nanny Goat Race
Speaker 1: the Jaguars of top three undred as well. Shaun Watson
Speaker 1: gets a Watsons and thrown for multiple scores in four straight.
Speaker 1: Three of the last four pass throwers to face the
Speaker 1: Jaguars have topped three yards as well. The master goat race,
Speaker 1: he's the master goat race. And do I need to
Speaker 1: be worried? Governor Brandon Cooks and Will Fuller a like
Speaker 1: the Battle of Griddington. Last time Cooks faced the Jaguars,
Speaker 1: he had one sixty one and yield touchdown. Her Majesty
Speaker 1: sugar b on it. Fuller has topped a center and
Speaker 1: dashed my wig in six or seven fire sticks blast.
Speaker 1: The bloody Texans almost traded him last week, so they
Speaker 1: want to give him some makeup targets. The bleeding Jaguars
Speaker 1: have allowed six different receivers to top seventy five yards
Speaker 1: in the last four games. They let a dying duck
Speaker 1: in a thunderstorm on the foot road. Gransd how'd you
Speaker 1: even get in the country back? I thought you. Brandon
Speaker 1: Cooks and Will Fuller both getting a last time cookspace
Speaker 1: the Jaguars. He had a hundred sixty one yards in
Speaker 1: a touchdown. Fullers topped one yards were scored in six
Speaker 1: of seven games this year. I guess those are fire
Speaker 1: sticks and sticks. Plus the Texans almost traded fuller last week,
Speaker 1: so they want to give him some makeup targets in
Speaker 1: this one. Or maybe he's playing revenge game against his
Speaker 1: own team and the Jaguars have all that was my
Speaker 1: home on there. The Jaguars have also allowed six different
Speaker 1: receiversh topped seventy five yards in the last four games.
Speaker 1: Still stuck on the master goat race. David Johnson, he'll
Speaker 1: be the ninty knocking ear. He gets a BE because
Speaker 1: those Jags are a bunch of bacon faced blunderbusses. They
Speaker 1: low about five meters every time on the holidays. Even
Speaker 1: David Johnson gets a B because the matchup is so good.
Speaker 1: The Jaguars have allowed five yards per carry over their
Speaker 1: last four games. Jake Luton is a muff. He's named
Speaker 1: after the loup. He got bum fadder two. How's he
Speaker 1: gonna get a couple of clicks in the cob. He's
Speaker 1: gonna be a batty fang, That's what he is. Jake
Speaker 1: Luton is on the bench, especially because, according to Evan Silva,
Speaker 1: Luton was one of the worst college prospects to come
Speaker 1: out last year, calling him brutally unathletic. He had a
Speaker 1: spark score in the fourth percentile. You know, I'm really
Speaker 1: very surprised that edvon Silva's name translated is something about
Speaker 1: putting bacon in your mouth. Batty fang, batty fang. DJ
Speaker 1: Chalk is a hob merchant, but his dattles maybe an
Speaker 1: e's gropus his ear. He's on the slab too. Everyone
Speaker 1: knows what this means, but it means Chark is a
Speaker 1: good dancer, but he's not going to catch much in
Speaker 1: this one, so he and the rest of the receivers
Speaker 1: are on the bench. Jimmy Robinson is tight as a
Speaker 1: boiled owl and ready to go off the chump. He
Speaker 1: gets a bumble. Unless the Texas boys are rum gaggers.
Speaker 1: They ain't stopping Jimmy Houston allows a Lottie. Isn't toddies
Speaker 1: to go for one one every day? Now, go fry
Speaker 1: your face and play with the gravy be He's the
Speaker 1: only chance that Jaguars have to win with lutenant quarterback.
Speaker 1: The Texans are allowing one and fifty one yards per
Speaker 1: game to opposing running backs. And then I think that
Speaker 1: I just like Colin out what did I miss? I
Speaker 1: think a lot saying goodbye something about Bacon and the
Speaker 1: Master goat race that I'm gonna go rough up Colin
Speaker 1: and Colin mc I don't think he'll come back again
Speaker 1: this year. We thought, we thought we're gonna make it
Speaker 1: through the season without Colin mccotney. But after apparently smuggling
Speaker 1: himself back in and all the way into our studio,
Speaker 1: he told us it was a London game, so he's
Speaker 1: he's gonna wake up at you know time and go
Speaker 1: for it absolutely when we come back. Premature speculation. This
Speaker 1: is where we give you three players you want to
Speaker 1: pick up the this week that other people are gonna
Speaker 1: be trying to pick up next week, but they're already
Speaker 1: on your roster. That's the beauty of the premature speculation
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Speaker 1: Maybe not, but he mentioned Bacon, who's the guy on
Speaker 1: Twitter that does he does the rundown, tweets it out. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: some point, is but we'll get it before that shows over.
Speaker 1: There's there's a Twitter follower who's nice enough to tell
Speaker 1: you where you can find at which minute mark you
Speaker 1: can find each and every one of our matchup. And
Speaker 1: he was a little sad he didn't have more followers
Speaker 1: as a result. So let's get him those followers so
Speaker 1: he can share his rundown. We'll do a weekend Um,
Speaker 1: I've retweeted stuff. I can't make people follow him. I'm
Speaker 1: not saying to feel bad about it. This is how
Speaker 1: he feel. The premature speculation is a segment that we
Speaker 1: do every week, and which week his name is James,
Speaker 1: by the way, thank you James, Mr j C seventy seven,
Speaker 1: m r j C seven seventh on Twitter. Mr j
Speaker 1: C seventy seven, Thank you, James. We appreciate that. Every
Speaker 1: week Uh, the premature speculation is three players that you
Speaker 1: want to pick up this week that everybody else be
Speaker 1: trying to pick up next week, and they're gonna go, oh,
Speaker 1: how did you know to go get him? It's because
Speaker 1: this is our time machine. Yes, we begin with Brian.
Speaker 1: You're premature speculation player. I've talked about him in the
Speaker 1: first segment and gave him a See. I'm gonna double
Speaker 1: down on Darnell Mooney, rookie wide receiver for the Bears.
Speaker 1: Out of two lane. Uh, Mooney has caught two or
Speaker 1: more passes in each of his first eight games in
Speaker 1: the NFL, the only Bears rookie wide receiver to do that. Basically, Ever,
Speaker 1: his usage has been ramping up big time. Thirteen targets
Speaker 1: over the last two weeks. Last week, he played the
Speaker 1: snaps against the Saints a higher percentage. And Anthony Miller
Speaker 1: ever played as a rookie last year and he just
Speaker 1: he passes the eye test. If you've watched Darnell Mooney
Speaker 1: play and Allen Robinson commands double team's bracket coverage on
Speaker 1: the regular, Mooney is going to have a nice finish
Speaker 1: of the season. Uh, only it wears on I like
Speaker 1: that you said Mooney gets two catches like every game,
Speaker 1: so it's like like a tuney look at it two
Speaker 1: or more, all right, but it's been more lately. Moving on, Matt,
Speaker 1: your text is it's also a two dollar Canadian coin, right, Uh?
Speaker 1: Isaiah Ford. The Patriots just brought in Ford at the
Speaker 1: trade deadline to fill in for Julian Edelman for the
Speaker 1: remainder of the season. Now he might not play this week,
Speaker 1: but Ford was quietly kind of good for the Dolphins.
Speaker 1: Had around, you know, three catches per game for the Fins,
Speaker 1: including a nine target game in a ten target game
Speaker 1: this year. But what I really wanted to talk about
Speaker 1: was last season in weeks seventeen, Ryan Fitzpatrick knocked the
Speaker 1: Patriots out of a first round by and it was
Speaker 1: Isaiah Ford who was one of the big reasons why.
Speaker 1: Nine targets, seven catches, fifty four yards plus a rush
Speaker 1: for eleven yards. And you don't think Bill Belichick didn't
Speaker 1: write that down and went, Hey, that's a guy I'm
Speaker 1: going to steal from a divisional opponent. He's been stealing
Speaker 1: divisional slot receivers for years and years and this is
Speaker 1: just the latest one. And I think Ford is worth
Speaker 1: picking up. I am going to start by reiterating the
Speaker 1: guy Scott Fish mentioned last show, Alan Lazard, and I
Speaker 1: know because they played Thursday. He's locked in a lot
Speaker 1: of leagues, but get him primed up for the waiver
Speaker 1: wire for next week. He's due to come back, and man,
Speaker 1: do they need a second target in that offense. He
Speaker 1: was one of my sleeper picks from the preseason. Blew
Speaker 1: up in those first couple of games, then probably got hurt,
Speaker 1: but he has his scheduled to come back for the
Speaker 1: next game, So go get Alan Lazard. Then my guy
Speaker 1: that was Scott's last week that I'm reiterating. My guy
Speaker 1: is Tony Pollard, another player that I mentioned frequently in
Speaker 1: the preseason when I told you I did not trust
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott this year. Here all the reasons why, and
Speaker 1: now here Zeke four straight games with diminishing yards per carry.
Speaker 1: He leads the NFL and fumbles. Leads the NFL among
Speaker 1: all running backs in dropped passes, two of which have
Speaker 1: turned into interceptions. His past protection is as bad as
Speaker 1: anybody's in the NFL. It's all come apart for Ezekiel Elliott.
Speaker 1: Tony Pollard getting an increasing time share. I'm not saying
Speaker 1: Paul it is going to take the job from Zeke. No,
Speaker 1: but he's getting enough of the action now that he
Speaker 1: belongs to be on rosters. And just Zeke's got the
Speaker 1: hamstring injury right now. If at some point they decide
Speaker 1: if this thing gets worse or they shut down Zeke
Speaker 1: or whatever, I think you're gonna want, Tony Pollard, I
Speaker 1: think this thing is gonna get worse. Do you want
Speaker 1: to just say something? I think you just say, Tony,
Speaker 1: I'm not to do that. You did say that last week,
Speaker 1: did I back? Well? I think I whispered it, so
Speaker 1: it doesn't technically if you whisper it as much. Tony
Speaker 1: Pollard our final premature speculation player. We've got a couple
Speaker 1: of matchups to work in, including Baltimore taking on Indianapolis.
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson Man. This Ravens passing game continues to be
Speaker 1: out of sake and it's awfully tough to get back
Speaker 1: on track in a game without your blindside blocker Ronnie Stanley,
Speaker 1: and you're going up against the Colts defense that's very good,
Speaker 1: only allowing two d eight passing yards and one point
Speaker 1: for passing touchdowns and Honestly, those numbers have even lower
Speaker 1: from weren't for a bunch of garbage time stats last
Speaker 1: week from Matthew Stafford. You know, the fortunate thing about
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson is the rushing numbers usually give you a
Speaker 1: safe floor. But you know, if there's one game that
Speaker 1: I were going to predict where he flops in both
Speaker 1: departments rushing and receiving, this might be it for Lamar Jackson.
Speaker 1: I've got to be grade on him, but it's a
Speaker 1: cautious be grade at that. Let's go to his receivers.
Speaker 1: I've got a C grade on Marquise Brown. He is
Speaker 1: a low volume, touchdown dependent receiver. The cold secondary is
Speaker 1: allowed to score or one yard performance to opposing receivers
Speaker 1: in six of their past seven games, and if one
Speaker 1: receiver is gonna do it, I think it's Marquise Brown.
Speaker 1: Brown has reached paydirt and two of his last three games.
Speaker 1: Last week's touchdown was his only catch of the game. Again,
Speaker 1: touchdown dependent receiver, which you don't get a lot of
Speaker 1: um He's averaging just forty six yards per game in
Speaker 1: his last six. Brown runs from the right side of
Speaker 1: the field over half of the time, so he's gonna
Speaker 1: face now rock solid cornerback rock Yasin the most. In
Speaker 1: five games so far that he's played this year, Yah
Speaker 1: Sin has allowed a score, one score and surrounded forty
Speaker 1: seven or fewer yards in four of the five games.
Speaker 1: By the way, chart, I will note that I think
Speaker 1: that the Colts defense might be just a little bit
Speaker 1: of smoke and mirrors. By the way, the first five weeks,
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks they faced the Gardner Minshew Kirk, Cousins, Sam Donald,
Speaker 1: Nick Foles, Baker Mayfield, and then the last two quarterbacks
Speaker 1: have topped three hundred yards in Borrow and Stafford, and
Speaker 1: it means you tore him up touchdowns but only seventy
Speaker 1: three yards. That's right. Let's talk about Mark Andrews has
Speaker 1: become really frustrating and disaster and guillotine leagues because he's
Speaker 1: been boom er bust. He needs touchdowns to salvage good games,
Speaker 1: and they're all low volume games and they thrown him
Speaker 1: a ton. It just it doesn't seem to connect. Unfortunately.
Speaker 1: I'd like to give you a better storyline. Here the
Speaker 1: culture the only team that has not allowed to score
Speaker 1: to the tight end position, and here he is touchdown
Speaker 1: dependent but Andrews commands thirty two of the Ravens targets
Speaker 1: inside the twenty, so there's some hope he can score here,
Speaker 1: but not a lot. Just to see grade and mark Andrews,
Speaker 1: and honestly, if if the tight end position were healthier
Speaker 1: and stronger, I might not even give him a C grade.
Speaker 1: Um the running backs around the bench mark Ingram is
Speaker 1: not expected to play, although hasn't ruled. He's officially doubtful,
Speaker 1: but we don't expect him to go. Dobbins and Edwards
Speaker 1: are dart throws in a very difficult matchup. The Colts
Speaker 1: have not allowed back to top seventy two rushing yards
Speaker 1: all year. They're giving up three point two yards per carry.
Speaker 1: That's all. Only Derrick Henry get this stat. Only Derrick
Speaker 1: Henry has topped eighty eight yards against the Colts in
Speaker 1: their last thirty four games. We call that friend. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I wonder how many times the last couple of years
Speaker 1: we've said only Derreck Henrry has Yeah, that's right, Derrick Henry.
Speaker 1: It reminds Derek Astor Henry. We for years in this show,
Speaker 1: back in the days of JaMarcus Russell, we have we
Speaker 1: nicknamed JaMarcus Astric Russell because he broke all of the trends.
Speaker 1: It would be you know, seven of the last quarterbacks
Speaker 1: of top two h fifty yards and except JaMarcus Russell
Speaker 1: positive um. What's more, of the cultural are top ten
Speaker 1: in running back receptions allowed, receiving allowed, and receiving touchdowns allowed.
Speaker 1: So there's there's nowhere to go here. For Gus Edwards
Speaker 1: and J K. Dobbins, I've got bench grades on them,
Speaker 1: but I could see in a in a pinch, you
Speaker 1: may have to use them on the Indianapolis side. I
Speaker 1: have no starting grades in this game for Philip Rivers,
Speaker 1: who has been better lately. This isn't a matchup with
Speaker 1: much hope. This is an inconsistent passing game and Patrick
Speaker 1: Mahomes aside, the Ravens are giving up just two hundred
Speaker 1: twenty six passing yards and one passing touchdown per game.
Speaker 1: He will be without t Y Hilton in this game.
Speaker 1: Not that Hilton has made a big difference, but it'll
Speaker 1: be without t Y Hilton and all of the Colts
Speaker 1: wide receivers around the bench. The Ravens allowed the fifth
Speaker 1: fewest fantasy points to wide receivers and have only allowed
Speaker 1: four wide receiver touchdowns this year, and two of the
Speaker 1: four were Chiefs. So there's your positive asterisk. Asterisk is
Speaker 1: the Chiefs big bounce back game for Rodrigo blanket Ship
Speaker 1: It could be if they bounce back game for the kicker. Um,
Speaker 1: let's keep going to guys that you're gonna bench the
Speaker 1: tight ends. Now, if mo Ali Cox doesn't go then
Speaker 1: and he's he'll he's shaping up as a game time decision,
Speaker 1: then I could maybe see Trey Burton is startable here.
Speaker 1: But if they do go, then those two plus Jack Doyle,
Speaker 1: they else cannibalize each other. They're splitting snaps, targets and
Speaker 1: receptions almost evenly at about each of them, about usage
Speaker 1: for the Colts. So overall, I think you should just
Speaker 1: avoid all the tight ends instead of the guessing game
Speaker 1: as to which one might have a good game. Now,
Speaker 1: let's go to the frustrating Colts running back situation. Frank
Speaker 1: Reich's running backs are inscrutable, good luck trying to guess
Speaker 1: what's gonna happen here, and likely to frustrate you if
Speaker 1: you try to go with Jonathan Taylor, Jordan Wilkins, or
Speaker 1: Niah Mines chasing the hot hand from the previous week.
Speaker 1: Almost never works with the Colts. Remember Week one when
Speaker 1: nikeim Hines had the big game, everybody blew a bunch
Speaker 1: of fab to go get nai Hines and then he
Speaker 1: probably did nothing for like five weeks. Jordan Wilkins was
Speaker 1: the hot hand last week. They effectively benched Jonathan Taylor
Speaker 1: in that game. But can anybody here tell me that
Speaker 1: you think Jonathan you think Jordan Wilkins gonna come back
Speaker 1: to have a totally gonna have ninety yards again. I mean,
Speaker 1: you just you can't know. Jonathan Taylor has top sixteen
Speaker 1: carries once in the last five games. You can't even
Speaker 1: count on him. But if I do think there's a
Speaker 1: chance that Taylor comes back with a bigger game here
Speaker 1: in terms of workload, just to keep the rookies confidence up,
Speaker 1: I think Frank Wright might be worried that he torpedoed
Speaker 1: the confidence of his rookie and puts him back on
Speaker 1: the field as the starter. Here's the problem. Baltimore's fifth
Speaker 1: in yards allowed and their first and rushing touchdowns allowed
Speaker 1: with just two on the year. So I don't see
Speaker 1: anywhere to go, and I've got bench grades on them all.
Speaker 1: I don't want to play this game. I want off
Speaker 1: our final matchup. We have saved Antonio Brown and this
Speaker 1: discussion for the very end, New Orleans is at Tampa Bay. Brian, Well,
Speaker 1: let's start on the New Orleans side of this game.
Speaker 1: In a brutal matchup for Alvin Camara. Yeah, and this
Speaker 1: is a divisional rematch. These teams played in week one
Speaker 1: in the opener, so will reference that game for sure.
Speaker 1: Starting with Camara Uh actually on pace to break Christian
Speaker 1: McCaffrey's record for receptions by running back set just last year,
Speaker 1: Like no one's ever gonna break this record hundred nineteen
Speaker 1: catches fro McAffrey last year. Camara on pace for one
Speaker 1: five receptions, but of course Michael Thomas making his eternal
Speaker 1: talk about him in a minute. But in that opening game,
Speaker 1: UH Camara total just sixty seven combo yards, did have
Speaker 1: five catches, but he scored twice, once on the ground
Speaker 1: and once through the air. Just a brutal matchup though
Speaker 1: for backs. Tampa Bay ranked third overall against the run
Speaker 1: by football outsiders. But I'm giving Alvin Kamara because he's
Speaker 1: an unworldly basically, UH with Tavis Murray actually had fifteen
Speaker 1: carries in that first game for forty eight yards. Gross,
Speaker 1: don't do that again in New Orleans. He's definitely on
Speaker 1: the bench in this one. Now, did Michael Thomas, who
Speaker 1: should make his return? I feel like we've said that
Speaker 1: a few times. He's expected to play. Uh. Five targets,
Speaker 1: three catches, seventeen scoreless yards. That was Week one for
Speaker 1: Michael Thomas against the Bucks, but it's two games since
Speaker 1: the Bucks last year. Eight catches undred fourteen yards and
Speaker 1: a touchdown, and then eleven catches one hundred and eighty
Speaker 1: two yards and two touchdowns. Hell of history for Thomas
Speaker 1: against the Bucks outside a Week one of this year.
Speaker 1: But Tampa's secondary much improved this season, but they still
Speaker 1: have allowed the seventh most catches to wide receivers. So
Speaker 1: if Thomas is looking like a full go, and it
Speaker 1: looks like he is, you have to start him. But
Speaker 1: I'm just give him a very cautious see this week,
Speaker 1: see what we have with Michael Thomas. Manny Sanders also
Speaker 1: set to make his return. Emmanuel Sanders, but who cares?
Speaker 1: He's on the bench for me, Jared Cook. He gets
Speaker 1: to see a lot of pieces of the past game
Speaker 1: returning for the Saints, who have already mentioned which should
Speaker 1: sap Cook's targets a little bit. It's not like he
Speaker 1: was getting that many anyways. He was touchdown dependent as well. Yeah,
Speaker 1: tight end isn't the yea Cook, like you said, pretty
Speaker 1: touchdown dependent. The Bucks have only surrendered three scores to
Speaker 1: tight ends, but who cares. Cook had five catches for
Speaker 1: eight yards. He's not touchdown dependent against the Bucks. That's
Speaker 1: when he had in Week one. So Cook gets a C.
Speaker 1: But that seems like a ceiling here, but he's definitely
Speaker 1: startable in the tight end waistline and then a gift
Speaker 1: see for Drew Brees. At this point, I will give
Speaker 1: Drew Brees a C in this matchup despite just a
Speaker 1: hundred sixty passing yards in the Week one matchup. He
Speaker 1: did have two passing touchdowns, but only one quarterback is
Speaker 1: hit three hundred yards against Tampa Bay this year, and
Speaker 1: their secondary is giving up a modest one point three
Speaker 1: passing touchdowns per game. So see for Breeze. No ceiling
Speaker 1: here and not a very safe floor. But again I
Speaker 1: can't say enough just to see for Breeze or the
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay side. Let's start with the running backs, which
Speaker 1: are also a nightmare which just when you think you
Speaker 1: have it figured out between Ronald Jones and Leonard four Nette,
Speaker 1: the other one has the way bigger game at Leonard
Speaker 1: fourn it did last week. A bad matchup for both.
Speaker 1: The Saints are allowing only one and six combo yards
Speaker 1: and less than a touchdown per game to opposing running backs,
Speaker 1: so I'll give them both a sea here for Net
Speaker 1: looks to be the guy now. That just means Ronald
Speaker 1: Jones is actually the guy now from Varians is a
Speaker 1: diabolical schoster. But anyway to the passing game, this is
Speaker 1: where it gets complicated. Mike Evans Antonio Brown, Now, can
Speaker 1: I give you? Can I just jump in with my
Speaker 1: Antonio Brown? Take sure you can tell me if at
Speaker 1: least so several several data points in Brown. Bruce Arians
Speaker 1: says that he's looked great and he Bruce Arians also
Speaker 1: says that he could play like like half of the plays,
Speaker 1: but he is a would you call him a diabolical shyster? Yeah?
Speaker 1: Do you can't. He's a ball face liar. You can't
Speaker 1: trust anything. Bruce Arian sets now Godwin's shaping up that
Speaker 1: you're talking about Antonio Brown him too, probably Chris Godwin
Speaker 1: shaping up a game time decision. If he doesn't go,
Speaker 1: that frees up seven targets per games. Some some of
Speaker 1: that could go to Brown. Now, it's hard not to
Speaker 1: be swim aid by Brown's one game last year with
Speaker 1: Tom Brady when he had eight targets and a touchdown.
Speaker 1: I'm swede by that. I am also swede. And maybe
Speaker 1: it's dumb by the fact that he was living in
Speaker 1: his house. And I think that tells me that he's
Speaker 1: got a little know that Tom Brady's committed to him.
Speaker 1: Brady brought all of his dudes back to Tampa, alright,
Speaker 1: so Brady be basically got a dream team out there,
Speaker 1: including Rob Gronkowski, who gets an a UH for eleven
Speaker 1: yards in Week one. But the Saints are the bottom
Speaker 1: five fantasy defense against tight ends, as allowed nearly six
Speaker 1: catches and six yards per game to the position, including
Speaker 1: six total touchdowns. Gronk is on fire right now, with
Speaker 1: at least four catches forty yards in a score in
Speaker 1: each of his last three games. Nicely done, and Evans,
Speaker 1: we really get to Evans. Let's give him a b.
Speaker 1: Don't play god when he see me at a pitch
Speaker 1: count B for Evans, C for Brown. Thanks for listening
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