1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 1: Wow. Wow, Hey everybody, it's Tuesday, December twelfth, twenty twenty three. 2 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:17,279 Speaker 1: Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Show. It's me and 3 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: your man, MG Marcus Grant joined by Michael f. 4 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:19,799 Speaker 2: Florio. 5 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 1: Got a fun episode for you today, folks. Matt o'cotta 6 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 1: is gonna drop by with his top waiver wire targets 7 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: for the week. But first we're answering your questions with 8 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: the fantasy playoffs upon us. 9 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:34,880 Speaker 2: Time. 10 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:37,599 Speaker 1: Now for some of your questions that you said to 11 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 1: us on Twitter dot com at NFL Fantasy. The first 12 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: one coming from Olivier, who asks can I trust Pat 13 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 1: Mahomes in the playoffs? Which seems like a weird thing 14 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: to have asked if you said this back in August, 15 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 1: But here we are in December and this is a 16 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: legitimate question. Yes, yes you can. 17 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 3: I have been leading the like Mahomes is a bust 18 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 3: train or whatever you want to call it. But that 19 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 3: being said, I'm never not starting Patrick Mahomes, especially he 20 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 3: is going to break out of this slump at some 21 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 3: point and he'll probably do it with like four hundred 22 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 3: yards and four touchdowns or something like that. And look 23 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 3: at the matchup Patriots they're not scary the Raiders, I mean, 24 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 3: Mahomes owns them. And then the Bengals have allowed the 25 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 3: most passing yards since Week ten. Yeah, you're still starting 26 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 3: Patrick Mahomes. You're starting Patrick Mahomes, and I get it. 27 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:27,680 Speaker 3: But here's then I appreciate that we've gotten to the 28 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:28,199 Speaker 3: point where. 29 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: We're having the conversation as opposed to it's just like, yeah, 30 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: you're starting Patrick Mahomes. We're at least thinking about it 31 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:35,399 Speaker 1: now because that's sort of what the offense is. I 32 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: tweeted yesterday, the weirdest thing about the season is the 33 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 1: feeling that Patrick Mahomes is no longer inevitable because that's 34 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 1: kind of where we are right now. Next one from Rudy, 35 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: and this is definitely first world problems here. Do I 36 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: stick with Hawkinson or go with McBride. I'm just letting 37 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: you know right now, Rudy, the people in your league 38 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: hate you. You know, they don't like you. You have 39 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: you have like two top two top match tight ends, 40 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: and you probably have a lot of other people that 41 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 1: are poverty at the position, so people don't like you 42 00:01:59,200 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: right now. 43 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 3: I would go with McBride there, McBride with Kyler Murray. 44 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 3: The floor has been nine, he's multiple times gone over twenty. 45 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 3: It's just a safer and higher ceiling, I would say 46 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 3: than Hockinson with the mess that is the Vikings quarterback position. 47 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's about the quarterback. For me, I would rather 48 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: have Kyler Murray over either of the Vikings quarterbacks, whether 49 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 1: it's Dobbs or Mullins. 50 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 2: So I'm gonna go with Trey McBride in that one too. 51 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 1: Next one from JMS. Can I trust trust Diggs when 52 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 1: he's matched up against elite corners multiple single digit games 53 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 1: that cost me losses and pushing me almost out of 54 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: the playoffs. Diggs most likely getting matched against Gilmour next game. 55 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: Should I bench him? 56 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 3: No, Just like Mike Evans amanas Saint Brown, you need 57 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 3: to start Stefan Diggs because he is a heavy targeted 58 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 3: wide receiver who's in one of the best offenses in football. 59 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 3: That being said, it has been extremely frustrating the last 60 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,679 Speaker 3: month six weeks, especially yesterday, like I tweeted out that 61 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 3: he forgot how hands work because every pass was just 62 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 3: bouncing off of his Passes behind the line of scrimmage 63 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 3: were going off of his hands. It's been frustrating, but 64 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 3: just like Mahomes and these other stars, he could break 65 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 3: out in one big game. And speaking of Gilmour, did 66 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 3: you see that that he said? AJ Brown called him 67 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 3: old and he took it personally. 68 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: Yes he did. He totally pulled to Michael Jordan like 69 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: and I took that personally and he shut down. He's 70 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: a Brown and the rest of the Eagles. I'm with 71 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: Floria on this one. I can't get away from Stefan 72 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: Dick because the volume is so good and we've seen 73 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: what the ceiling can be. I understand your concern, but 74 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: I gotta stick with one of the best receivers in 75 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: the game. Last one who gets the starts Jerome Ford 76 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 1: or Cuba Hubbard. Yee h it is. 77 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 3: It is Cuba Hubbard for me, the Viking, I'm sorry, 78 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 3: the Falcon. No, no, no, I'm starting Jerome Ford here. Cuba 79 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 3: Hubbard gets the Falcons next week. They're the only team 80 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 3: in the league to not allow a rushing touchdown to 81 00:03:58,880 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 3: a running back this season. 82 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, they almost did. 83 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 2: We thought. 84 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: I thought ra Sean White was gonna get one, and 85 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: then Baker Mayfield vultured it away from him. So the 86 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 1: Falcons sort of stay unblemish there. I'm gonna go with 87 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: Ford there too, just that offense is better more than 88 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: anything too. Else, the Browns offense is better than the 89 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 1: Panthers offense, So that. 90 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 2: For me makes it an age room four opportunity there. 91 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 1: All right, let's get some of the top waiver wire 92 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: targets are pal matt ocatas put together his list for 93 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: the week, quarterback Jake Browning, Baker Mayfield, Matthew Stafford, who 94 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 1: has been read hot lately, and Joe Flacco, who as 95 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:35,479 Speaker 1: of this moment as we record, is actually on the 96 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:39,159 Speaker 1: Browns practice squad likely to be elevated in time four 97 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,239 Speaker 1: week fifteen. Though over at running back Ezekiel, Elliott, jerk 98 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 1: Jeta McKinnon, and Clyde Edwards d Layer, we'll see what 99 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:48,840 Speaker 1: is Isaiah Pacheco's status is going to be Chase Brown, 100 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: who had a big game for the Bengals, and then 101 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: Keaton Mitchell, who continues to be a playmaker for the Ravens. 102 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 2: Let's flip over to some of the. 103 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: Past catchers at wide receiver Odell Beckham Junior, as well 104 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,920 Speaker 1: as the arcus Robinson Parker Washington, who was getting more 105 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: snaps in the wake of the Christian Kirk injury, Joshua 106 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 1: Palmer hopefully back because the Chargers could use him, even 107 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: if it is Easton Stick at quarterback, and Noah Brown 108 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:15,160 Speaker 1: for the Texans, and a couple of tight ends Isaiah 109 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: Likely and Tanner Hudson for the Cincinnati Bengals. Joined now 110 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 1: as we always are, this time by Matt o'catta, who 111 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 1: writes our weekly Waiver Wire column. You can find that 112 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: at NFL dot com slash Waiver Wire. No more, buys, Matt, 113 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 1: we are done. We can wash our hands of that. 114 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 1: So the rosters of all thirty two teams are available 115 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,279 Speaker 1: to us, even if not all the players are. But 116 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: one guy you really like this week, and it makes sense, 117 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford, who has been lights out here. It was 118 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:46,840 Speaker 1: like the last three weeks fourteen touchdowns and one or 119 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: two interceptions. 120 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 2: Whatever it is. 121 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: Stafford getting hot here at the end part of the 122 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: season for fantasy folks. 123 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 4: Yeah, all the teams thing is true, The all the 124 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:01,039 Speaker 4: quarterbacks thing is very not true. Somehow we continue to 125 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:04,720 Speaker 4: lose more, but fortunately I think Matthew Stafford is the 126 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 4: savior at least four this week when he gets to 127 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 4: play the Washington Commanders, which we'll get to, but yes, 128 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 4: your point, it's ten touchdowns over the last three weeks 129 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 4: three to three, and four. He scored twenty three, twenty three, 130 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 4: and twenty four fantasy points in those three games. And 131 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:25,359 Speaker 4: this is after he scored through nine touchdown passes before 132 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 4: week twelve the entire season, and then Kian Williams came 133 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 4: back in week twelve. It feels like we've got the 134 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 4: full offense with Cooper Cup healthy and Kien Williams here, 135 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 4: and it's working out great for Matthew Stafford, who looks great, 136 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 4: is connecting with all of his playmakers and is scoring 137 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 4: big fantasy points. And the last two weeks have come 138 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,599 Speaker 4: against the Browns and the Ravens, who are two of 139 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 4: the toughest matchups in the entire league for quarterbacks. The 140 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 4: Commanders are not among the toughest matchups. They are among 141 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 4: the easiest matchups. Last four games, they've allowed nineteen points 142 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 4: to Tua, twenty two to Tommyo, twenty four to Gino Smith, 143 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 4: and thirty two to Dak Prescott. So you don't have 144 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 4: to be hardly anybody at quarterback to put up fantasy 145 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 4: points against this team. Matthew Stafford is playing like everybody 146 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 4: could possibly in these last month or so, so I 147 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 4: think he's going to be a smash stream this next week. 148 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 4: I consider him somewhere near the top six to eight 149 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 4: quarterbacks for this week. 150 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, we were talking during the break and the three 151 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 3: of us all agreed we would play Matthew Stafford over 152 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 3: Patrick Mahomes this week, someone who I already have gotten 153 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 3: questions about, can I start this player over Patrick Mahomes? 154 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 1: And I wouldn't go. 155 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 3: That far, but Jake Browning has been bawling out for 156 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 3: the Bengals as of late. 157 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, he might be the line perhaps for where we 158 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 4: can or cannot start Patrick Mahomes. And the only reason 159 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 4: we'd probably still go with Mahomes is because he can 160 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 4: pop off for five hundred and four every now and then. 161 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 4: But Jake Browning has been kind of close to that 162 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 4: these last couple of weeks. Who knows how he threw 163 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 4: for three hundred and fifty yards score to touch him 164 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 4: by air and by ground a couple weeks ago in 165 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 4: his Week thirteen breakout, and then his encore this past 166 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 4: Sunday against the Colts two hundred and seventy five yards 167 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 4: two passing scores and another rushing score to boost. So 168 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 4: he is tommed fifty fantasy points over these last two 169 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 4: weeks and has the Bengals offense honestly humming in the 170 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 4: absence of Joe Burrow. We'd like to see a little 171 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 4: more for Jamar Chase maybe, but overall, the Bengals offense 172 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 4: is putting up points now. Both the Jaguars, who they 173 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 4: played a couple of weeks ago and the Colts this 174 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 4: last week are soft matchups per quarterback, so we're at 175 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 4: least softer than the Vikings, who he plays this next week. 176 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 4: So I'm not betting on a twenty five point game. 177 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:41,079 Speaker 4: I'm probably not even betting on a twenty point game. 178 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:44,320 Speaker 4: But the way things are going in this quarterback landscape 179 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:46,560 Speaker 4: right now, you don't necessarily need that to feel okay 180 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 4: about starting. A guy Browning can absolutely put up sixteen 181 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 4: to eighteen and be a decent stream maybe playable over Mahomes. 182 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 1: Let's toss to a break, we're gonna catch it right back. 183 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: So once upon a time we wanted every single piece 184 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 1: of the Chiefs offense, if maybe not quite that way anymore. 185 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: But Isaiah Pacheco missed this past week with a shoulder 186 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 1: injury and Matt the fact that they ruled him out 187 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 1: so early in the week suggests that maybe this is 188 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 1: going to be a little bit of an extended absence. 189 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: Jack McKinnon was great last year. Clyde Edwards Laire got 190 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 1: a lot of touches on Sunday, so maybe he is 191 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: also in play in that backfield. 192 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, this is an interesting situation and there was a 193 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 4: lot of talk in the fantasy community about what to 194 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 4: expect for this week and also what we can expect 195 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 4: for Pacheco. The only real update we've gotten is that 196 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 4: he's probably not going to ir and when that's the 197 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 4: only update you get, you don't feel great about him 198 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 4: coming back immediately. So I think we might get another 199 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:50,199 Speaker 4: week or two potentially without him. And if that's the case, 200 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,439 Speaker 4: this is what we saw from McKinnon and Cech this 201 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 4: past week. Cech handled, like you said, the majority of carries, 202 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 4: eleven to McKinnon's four. He also actually out target McKinnon, surprisingly, 203 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 4: but McKinnon had the edge in routes run and was 204 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 4: once again the go to guy in the red zone 205 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 4: and the ten zone and at the goal line, which 206 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:11,959 Speaker 4: is kind of his thing. He's been doing it now 207 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 4: for the Chiefs for a couple of years. He did 208 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 4: score a seven yard rushing touchdown as a result, and 209 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 4: he did this last year down the stretch. He just 210 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 4: Andy Reid seems to like him in the red zone, 211 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 4: and so does Patrick Mahomes. And when those two things 212 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 4: are the case and you're playing for those two guys, 213 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 4: it's good for fantasy. So I like adding McKinnon regardless 214 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 4: of the Pachaco news. And we have to keep our 215 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 4: ear out for what that will be. And remember he 216 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 4: won McKinnon that is one US Fantasy leagues last year. 217 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 4: He can do that again if Pachaco returns this week. 218 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,679 Speaker 4: I don't like adding Cech. He essentially becomes unusable. If 219 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 4: Pachaco does not return, I think Cech is worth a 220 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:53,719 Speaker 4: pickup and probably is startable in a game that the 221 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 4: Chiefs figure to annihilate the Patriots in this next Sunday. 222 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 4: I think they're going to be angry after this past 223 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:02,320 Speaker 4: week and want to put up points, so both guys 224 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 4: in play if Pacha go's out. If he is back, 225 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 4: I think McKinnon is the guy to go to. 226 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, the Chiefs being angry this week is the safest 227 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 3: bed in the history of football. 228 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:16,119 Speaker 1: This next player, Keaton Mitchell. He didn't get quite the. 229 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 3: Post by bump that I was hoping, but it was 230 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:21,839 Speaker 3: an encouraging performance for the Ravens rookie running back, someone 231 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 3: that I'm excited for. I know you are excited for, 232 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,080 Speaker 3: and I think our listeners should get very excited for. 233 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, exciting is exactly the right word. Hopefully we can 234 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 4: get the opportunity to realize that excitement. Here's the thing 235 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 4: about this last weekend, very odd day for the Ravens 236 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 4: and their offense. In what would ended up being an 237 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 4: overtime win over the Rams. Lamar Jackson threw the ball 238 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 4: forty three times, which ties his career high and as 239 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:49,120 Speaker 4: I believe a result of all those dropbacks, just as 240 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 4: Hill led the running backs and snaps despite the fact 241 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 4: that he got zero carries the wild usage, but Keaton 242 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 4: Mitchell still out snapped and out carried Gus Edwards over 243 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 4: the course of the game, and he took his ten 244 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 4: touches for sixty two yards, a shockingly expected efficiency from 245 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:11,959 Speaker 4: this guy. At this point. He every time he touches 246 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 4: the ball, he is electric. We've called him the devon 247 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:17,199 Speaker 4: h chan Light earlier in the season. He continues to 248 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 4: beat Baltimore's in my opinion, best back. So the question 249 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 4: is when will he get the usage he deserves. I'm 250 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:25,319 Speaker 4: hoping it's this next week in a game against the 251 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 4: Jaguars that figures to put up points, but also that 252 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:31,840 Speaker 4: the Ravens should be favored to win. Jaguars defense has 253 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:35,199 Speaker 4: also allowed double digit fantasy points to six running backs 254 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 4: over their last five games, so the matchup's not tough 255 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:40,959 Speaker 4: at all. I think he's a low end flex for 256 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 4: now until we see that usage bump up a little bit, 257 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 4: but the type of low in flex who can blow 258 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 4: up for an RB one week from that spot, which 259 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 4: is a huge boon in the fantasy playoffs, especially if 260 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 4: you're an underdog. 261 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:56,120 Speaker 1: Let's stick in Baltimore where Odell Beckham Junior. Look, he's 262 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: not the player that he was in his prime, but Matt, 263 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: I think we've seen over the last month that he 264 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: can still show flashes of being a playmaking wide receiver, 265 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 1: which is something the Ravens desperately need. 266 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 4: It is for Yeah, four catches for ninety seven yards 267 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,679 Speaker 4: and a touchdown this Sunday this past Sunday, great for 268 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 4: OBJ no question. But what I'm most excited about was 269 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 4: his ten targets, which was tied with Zay Flowers for 270 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 4: the most on the team. Now, what's interesting about those 271 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 4: targets is he compiled them on just twenty five routes, 272 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 4: which was the fourth most on the team. That is 273 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 4: a target on forty percent of his routes, which is 274 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,959 Speaker 4: elite in that metric. But your projection for Obj on 275 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 4: the stretch really depends on whether you view those numbers 276 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 4: with like a glass half full or half empty mentality. 277 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 4: On the one hand, he's going to need more routes 278 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 4: to offer any sort of reliable consistency for fantasy and 279 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,319 Speaker 4: right now he's currently runing fewer than Nelson Agalore, so 280 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:52,440 Speaker 4: that's not encouraging. But on the other hand, he was 281 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 4: an absolute stud on that lighter usage last week played 282 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 4: a big part in their win. He looked very good 283 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:01,079 Speaker 4: doing it, made a couple sick adjustment for catches that 284 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 4: might have otherwise been incomplete, and continues to turn in 285 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 4: big plays. So I think it's possible Obj gets a 286 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 4: little bit bigger workload down the stretch in upcoming games 287 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 4: against the Jags, Niners, and Dolphins. That all figured to 288 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:15,959 Speaker 4: be high scoring and potentially involved a little more throwing 289 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:16,440 Speaker 4: for Lamar. 290 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 2: Yeah. 291 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 4: So yeah, Mark Andrews out. No one else really stepping 292 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 4: up as a true number one. I think Odell could 293 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 4: be very fantasy relevant through the playoffs. 294 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, and their opponent next week. If you looked at 295 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 3: Zay Jones just the box score, you'd be like, oh, 296 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 3: he didn't have a huge game, but volume, volume, volume. 297 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: And that wins the day in fantasy. 298 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, very similar to about Odell Jones. Not even as 299 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 4: good in the Fantasy points. He caught five passes for 300 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 4: twenty nine yards, which even in PPR is somewhere between 301 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 4: bad and mediocre. But here's the thing that you miss 302 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 4: if you just look at that stat line. Team high 303 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 4: fourteen targets and ran fifty routes, which was second to 304 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 4: only Calvin Ridley at fifty three. The problem was Trevor 305 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 4: Lawrence could not get the same page with any of 306 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 4: his wide receivers in this game, all of his good 307 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 4: juju went to Evan Ingram for some reason. Lawrence had 308 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 4: a thirty seven percent completion rate throwing to Ridley, Jones, 309 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 4: and also Parker Washington all combined. So I don't expect 310 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 4: that to continue. That is a very odd thing for 311 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 4: Trevor Lawrence. I think part of it may have been 312 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 4: the tough matchup against Cleveland. Part of it may have 313 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 4: been that Lawrence was miraculously playing on what we all 314 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 4: thought was a serious ankle injury. Maybe wasn't one hundred percent, 315 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 4: Maybe couldn't plant and get downfield to his receivers like 316 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 4: we'd like to see if all of that irons out 317 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 4: a little bit moving forward, this kind of opportunity for 318 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 4: Jay Jones, combined with more reasonable efficiency, would be absolutely huge. 319 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 4: And he does get another tough opponent in Week fifteen. 320 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 4: It's the Ravens, though they got tagged by the Rams 321 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 4: whiteouts this past week. But the real move here potentially 322 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:54,359 Speaker 4: is stashing Jones for Week sixteen when they faced the Buccaneers, 323 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 4: who have been utter Swiss cheese against air attacks this year. 324 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 4: I think he could be a legit wider resh for 325 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 4: two in that matchup and help you through semis. 326 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 2: So pick him up. 327 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 1: So then we started with a ram Let's end with 328 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 1: a ram DeMarcus Robinson who stepped up especially with two 329 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 1: two at well out Stafford's hot So why not just 330 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 1: add as many pieces around him as possible. 331 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean he scored fifteen and a half Fantasy 332 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 4: points a couple of weeks ago, followed it up on 333 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 4: Sunday with thirteen point six in a second straight difficult matchup. 334 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 4: We talked about it with Stafford earlier. Has caught a 335 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 4: touchdown in each and once again, like Obj, the real 336 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 4: story here is a usage ten targets, forty two route runs, 337 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 4: both tied Cooper Cup for the most on the team. 338 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 4: That means ahead of Puka, and next week, like we 339 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 4: talked about with Stafford, they get the Commanders. They are 340 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 4: up there with the Eagles for best matchups in Fantasy 341 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 4: for wide receivers, allowing forty two points per game to 342 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 4: the position. I think he is an unbelievably good stream 343 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 4: this week. If you need that a DFS play, a 344 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 4: guy who maybe combo with his A Jones. Pick him up, 345 00:16:57,680 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 4: don't feel afraid to roll him out there. 346 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: Absolutely looking for deep help at wide receiver. DeMarcus Robinson 347 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:06,359 Speaker 1: could be your guy. Matthew, appreciate it, sir, Talk to 348 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:08,359 Speaker 1: you next week. You can check him out on Twitter 349 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 1: at matt Ocotta. Check out the Waiver Wire column at 350 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:15,159 Speaker 1: NFL dot com slash waiver wire. As for Florio and I, 351 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:18,360 Speaker 1: that is it. We are done. We appreciate you hanging 352 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 1: out with the NFL Fantasy Football Show. Tomorrow, we're previewing 353 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 1: the first chunk of the week fifteen slate of games. 354 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 1: You know the drill. 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