WEBVTT - Week 1 Is Finally Here! 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:03.960 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:06.160 --> 0:00:10.039 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 0:00:10.520 --> 0:00:14.840 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and advice, 0:00:15.560 --> 0:00:23.600 Now League dot Com. Here's your host. Welcome to our 0:00:23.640 --> 0:00:26.840 first regular season edition of Fantasy Football Weekly for year 0:00:26.920 --> 0:00:30.120 number twenty seven. I am Paul Churchy and my co 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:33.480 host today are Scott Fish and Matt Harrison from Shock 0:00:33.560 --> 0:00:38.159 Fantasy footballs Back it is baby, Ah. That Thursday night 0:00:38.159 --> 0:00:40.320 game was so much fun. It was. It was a 0:00:40.320 --> 0:00:44.159 ton of fun and uh for everybody except Zeke owners. 0:00:44.400 --> 0:00:46.760 Those are the one people that had no fun that night. 0:00:49.159 --> 0:00:52.760 But you know what, those people probably didn't start him, 0:00:52.760 --> 0:00:54.840 and even if they did, they deserve what they got. 0:00:55.240 --> 0:00:57.480 At that point. You told him last week, you told 0:00:57.520 --> 0:01:00.440 him about you told you know what. Listen. I I 0:01:00.480 --> 0:01:03.880 hate to start a show right off the bat, but 0:01:03.920 --> 0:01:06.480 if you go back and listen to last week's show 0:01:06.480 --> 0:01:10.440 in which I previewed the Monday night game, it was uncanny. Yeah. 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:15.199 I don't want to prank, but I absolutely nailed this game, 0:01:15.760 --> 0:01:17.920 and I might not nail another game all season long. 0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:21.840 Probably that was it. That one we pretty much handled. 0:01:22.120 --> 0:01:24.440 You lead off well though, Church. Although I gave I 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:26.240 gave Zeke a C grade, I should have just given 0:01:26.280 --> 0:01:29.080 him the bench. I thought he would catch enough that 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:32.120 he would get he'd put together a decent PPR week. 0:01:32.160 --> 0:01:34.640 He didn't. He didn't even do that. I'm gonna take 0:01:34.640 --> 0:01:37.080 a one week victory lap on Antonio Brown being the 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:40.160 right receiver. You should right now. It looks very good. 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:43.119 It does look good through one week. We've got plenty 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:44.320 to get to over the course of the show. We're 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:47.000 gonna break down every game fantasy style. We've got take 0:01:47.040 --> 0:01:48.880 a chance on me in which we give you sleep 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:52.240 Some of you need sleepers already. If you're me and 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:55.920 you Rostered Gus Edwards in like every league in America, 0:01:56.280 --> 0:01:59.000 or you're me and you roster J. K. Dobbins in 0:01:59.200 --> 0:02:02.720 every league you're in, yea, then you probably need our 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:04.760 take a chance on me players charge. It turns out 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:07.080 we don't get to have this argument at all this year. 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:11.440 Here we were planning it two weeks ago. I know. 0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:14.040 It's just it's ridiculous which happened. And we will touch 0:02:14.080 --> 0:02:16.440 on that story much more later in the show. Three 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:20.400 tough questions coming up, and the return of everybody's favorite 0:02:20.400 --> 0:02:26.560 segment premature speculation, which we tell you which players you'll 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:29.000 be trying to pick up you want to pick up, 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:30.840 now what everybody else is trying to pick them up 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:36.840 next week? That's premature speculation. First we start breaking down games. 0:02:36.880 --> 0:02:38.679 Let's do it including game I think is can have 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:42.200 a lot of points, Arizona taking on Tennessee. Matt I 0:02:42.240 --> 0:02:43.960 got a lot of a grades in this one. Will 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:47.000 start with the Kyler Murray and DeAndre Hopkins both getting 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:49.480 an A. Tennessee was absolutely brutal last year against the 0:02:49.520 --> 0:02:52.240 pass and didn't fix that much in the offseason. Only 0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:55.440 Drew lock and l Jack's run game and a half 0:02:55.520 --> 0:02:58.720 Minshew half Glennan game last season were the only three 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:01.440 where they didn't allow multi pull passing scores or at 0:03:01.520 --> 0:03:04.400 least two hundred fifty yards. Do I like a J Green, 0:03:04.520 --> 0:03:06.920 Christian Kirk or Rondale more enough to start them in 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:10.160 this juicy matchup, not in a week with no buys. 0:03:10.160 --> 0:03:11.480 I want to see how the snap counts and the 0:03:11.480 --> 0:03:15.799 targets track for a week. James Conner and Chase Edmonds, 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:18.440 I'd recommend benching both, but if I had to start 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:20.720 one for this game, it would be Connor. The Titans 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:23.880 gave up five rushing touchdowns to running backs over the 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:26.560 final three weeks of the regular season, but we've been 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:29.240 preaching this all season. Chase Edmonds had one rush from 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:31.959 inside the five and only three attempts from inside the 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:34.840 ten last year. I think it's James Conner if they 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:37.720 get near the stripe. On the other side, Derrick Henry's 0:03:37.720 --> 0:03:40.880 an easy A grade A J. Brown and Julio Jones 0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:44.000 I'm giving A grades two as well. According to Pro 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:48.400 Football Focuses Wide Receiver Cornerback Matchup tool, both A. J. 0:03:48.640 --> 0:03:52.760 And Julio face the top seven easiest matchups in the 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:57.240 league this week against Cardinals cornerbacks Byron Murphy, who allowed 0:03:57.240 --> 0:04:00.200 ten touchdowns in his coverage that last season, and then 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:03.520 Rob Alford, who, when I googled him, is known as 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:08.400 the Ski Doo Snowmobile Ambassador. No, that's not that Rob Alfred. 0:04:09.000 --> 0:04:12.600 Is he the Judas Priest lead singer? No, that's Rob Halford. 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:17.880 Way off, I mean, not fonetically. I really wasn't. No, 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:21.400 you weren't. Uh. A. J. Brown missed a practice on Wednesday, 0:04:21.440 --> 0:04:23.440 but he was staying loose on the stationary bike and 0:04:23.520 --> 0:04:26.760 he dropped off the injury report by Friday, so his 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:29.599 game status is not in doubt. If I like Brown 0:04:29.680 --> 0:04:33.320 and Julio, given Ryan Tannehill in a too. Although Tannehill 0:04:33.400 --> 0:04:36.200 is only top twenty seven passing attempts in a game 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:39.919 twice in his last ten games, he's very efficient. He 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:42.719 throws for multiple scores and half of those contests. And 0:04:42.800 --> 0:04:45.960 by the way, he had six rushing touchdowns from Week 0:04:46.000 --> 0:04:49.560 twelve on last year. Not something you expect with Derrick 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:53.440 Henry in the backfield. Finally, a little surprised B grade 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:58.000 here for Anthony fers Er. Ferser was targeted on of 0:04:58.000 --> 0:05:00.520 his routes last season. To give you an idea of 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:03.440 how good that is, Travis Kelsey was targeted on twenty 0:05:04.240 --> 0:05:06.560 of his routes run. I just don't think he's gonna 0:05:06.640 --> 0:05:09.280 run enough routes. The problem is Johnny was in front him. 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:12.800 Last year. When Johnny wasn't there, Anthony Ferkser was pretty good. 0:05:12.880 --> 0:05:15.800 He'll go up against card safety Jalen Thompson, who gave 0:05:15.880 --> 0:05:18.640 up completions in se of the throws in his direction 0:05:18.760 --> 0:05:21.600 last year. I think Ferkser, if you're playing in that 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:23.640 weird tight end game where you don't know who you 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:26.279 got the eleventh twelve tight ends in your league. Fers, 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:28.120 there's a guy that he's kind of a bonus take 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:31.280 a chance on me guy right now. Worried about A. J. 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:35.000 Brown's knee, Okay, let's let's hope that he's okay on 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:39.240 that it was nagging lingering problem in miss practice wednesday. 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:42.440 I'm just man, Let's just took him off the injury report, though. 0:05:42.520 --> 0:05:51.560 Let's let's hope that Philadelphia takes on Atlanta Scott. Yes, yes, yes, okay. 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:54.680 You're not even gonna faint enthusiasm here, are you. It 0:05:54.720 --> 0:05:56.760 actually should be a pretty high scoring game. Actually, I 0:05:56.839 --> 0:05:59.080 believe it's got the second or third highest over under 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:01.359 four the weeks, So I do expect a little bit 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:05.159 of a shootout here. I'm giving Jalen Hurts. I can't 0:06:05.160 --> 0:06:06.800 believe I'm gonna do this, but I'm gonna stay on 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:08.960 the upside side of it. I'm gonna I'm gonna give 0:06:09.000 --> 0:06:11.080 him an A grade. The Eagles should be in a 0:06:11.120 --> 0:06:14.400 negative game script chasing points a little bit in this game. Uh. 0:06:14.440 --> 0:06:17.440 The offensive line is better than last year. The secondaries 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:21.680 very beautiful, beatable, not just very beautiful. This Uh, this 0:06:21.800 --> 0:06:27.760 Atlanta secondary. Man. They were eaten alive by rushing quarterbacks 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:30.680 last year, and they allowed multiple touchdowns to rushing quarterbacks 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:34.880 in two quarterbacks in all but three games, So there's 0:06:34.920 --> 0:06:38.000 there's a lot of opportunity here. Hurts averaged over seventy 0:06:38.279 --> 0:06:41.400 yards rushing. If you add all that up, he's got 0:06:41.440 --> 0:06:44.040 a good chance for for even a QB one like 0:06:44.279 --> 0:06:46.880 first overall week if he gets those rushing yards in 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:50.599 al right onto his wide receivers. Though, because we got 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:54.960 to talk about his passing. Actually, Davanta Smith, I give 0:06:55.000 --> 0:06:58.160 a B grade here. PFF has Atlanta graded as the 0:06:58.200 --> 0:07:01.320 worst secondary in the NFL L and last year allowed 0:07:01.360 --> 0:07:04.640 the most yards to wide receivers, so that tracks, uh, 0:07:04.880 --> 0:07:08.920 nineteen times they let a receiver get over ninety yards 0:07:08.960 --> 0:07:15.400 and or a touchdown last year nineteen times. Smith should 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:17.800 get a decent matchup with Fabian Moreau, and no one 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:20.000 can match Smith's speeds. So I like him for a 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:21.960 B grade, but I wouldn't be shocked if he gets 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:24.760 loose a couple of times. Jalen Reagor I do have 0:07:24.840 --> 0:07:28.120 on the bench. He's getting He's getting a j terrell Um. 0:07:28.160 --> 0:07:30.520 He's been so hit and miss over his career so far. 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:33.280 But A J. Terrell is an up and coming You know, 0:07:33.440 --> 0:07:35.080 he was a rookie last year. We thought he'd be 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:38.120 last we thought he'd be better. Maybe he turns it 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:40.240 around in year two. But it's hard to trust Reagor 0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:43.960 right now. Quez Watkins. He with that fourth three speed, 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:47.720 he could have a huge as a deep sleeper in 0:07:47.760 --> 0:07:51.760 a DFS dart throw. Watkins is really intriguing. Yeah, he 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:54.720 plays from the slot and he's you know, he's gonna 0:07:54.760 --> 0:07:57.720 have He's gonna be in a beatable position against a 0:07:57.800 --> 0:08:00.240 below average slot corner. And for people who don't know 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:03.360 Quis Watkins, you remember Travis Fulgum last year was you know, 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:06.160 fantasy startable in much of the second half of the season. 0:08:06.280 --> 0:08:09.560 Quays Watkins beat him out so soundly they dropped full 0:08:09.800 --> 0:08:12.360 from the roster. If Quais Watkins has a great game, 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:19.520 will it be a pop? Quaz, thank you. I'll just 0:08:19.600 --> 0:08:23.160 keep going after that. Zach Ertz and Dallas got Her 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:26.240 I actually have C grades on both of them. I 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:29.119 liked got It more when I thought Artz was gonna 0:08:29.120 --> 0:08:32.640 be leaving, he didn't leave. And uh Arts is getting 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:35.880 more targets and training camp everything supposedly behind him, Urt's 0:08:35.920 --> 0:08:38.920 is fine with staying there. Interesting stad that I failed 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:41.240 to mention in the preseason last year when Arts and 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:44.440 got It played together, dust Gottard only got two red 0:08:44.559 --> 0:08:48.360 zone targets in all the games together last year, so 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:51.200 it seems like it's more the guy there. Atlanta was 0:08:51.240 --> 0:08:54.240 bottom five against tight ends in several categories last year. 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:58.200 And don't forget that Atlanti's front eleven defensive players aren't great. 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:04.040 That just the front eleven over to the over the 0:09:04.120 --> 0:09:07.080 running back side. I'm giving Sanders a B grade because 0:09:07.120 --> 0:09:08.800 he's gonna be the he's going to be the starter, 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:10.880 and he's going to get most of the volume. He's 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:13.679 got well documented issues catching the ball. Barely caught over 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:16.040 fifty of his passes last year, and for a running back, 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:18.839 that's really bad. That's really bad for a running back. 0:09:19.559 --> 0:09:22.000 The Falcons allowed the second fewest rushing yards and second 0:09:22.000 --> 0:09:25.280 fewest rushing touchdowns, but they and they did get Dion 0:09:25.360 --> 0:09:29.199 Jones back, but they are bottom twelve against passing pass 0:09:29.280 --> 0:09:32.320 game running backs, which they're always at the near at 0:09:32.440 --> 0:09:34.960 or near the bottom. They were the worst for like 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:38.000 five years in a row, but last year just bottom twelve. 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:41.000 So I do have a C grade on Boston Scott. 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:44.400 With the high employed implied point totals for both teams, 0:09:44.800 --> 0:09:46.839 it could be end up with a negative game script. 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:49.439 Siriano and the O C downplayed the bell cow role 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:52.679 they want. They want Boston Scott to play that like 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:57.079 nahem Heinz roll that Siriano had over and with Indianapolis 0:09:57.200 --> 0:10:00.000 last year. And he's been playing the two minute hurry 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:03.560 up drill for in practice. So that's that's a feather 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:06.600 in the cap of Boston Scott there, so see grade 0:10:06.640 --> 0:10:09.679 on him. Over the Atlanta side, I have a B 0:10:09.800 --> 0:10:13.120 grade on Matt Ryan. I think just because potential shootout 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:16.200 category here. It's one of the week's highest over under. 0:10:16.400 --> 0:10:20.800 Eagles allowed multiple touchdowns ten times last year. Um, you 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:24.000 don't need to look for the button. I instinctively went 0:10:24.040 --> 0:10:26.599 for the button and then stop myself. I wish I 0:10:26.600 --> 0:10:29.280 could have made that happen for you. Uh, Kyle Pitts, 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:32.800 next time, just lie, just lie, just just be wrong 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:36.439 for the listeners, Like you're only off by ten percent. 0:10:37.960 --> 0:10:41.080 Kyle Pitts with an A grade here. Charch isn't loving that, 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:44.880 but Brian Johnson is fist pumping in right now. Listen 0:10:45.280 --> 0:10:47.400 doesn't played a game yet, and you're giving it to 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:50.560 a rookie tight end and A grade. I bet Scott's 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:54.280 gonna give him the fantasy Fonzie here. Let's let's let's 0:10:54.400 --> 0:10:56.360 do it. No, I'm not you want you want the 0:10:56.360 --> 0:11:05.400 fantasy Fonzie, the Fanta. The Eagles allowed no one's benching 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:08.160 him though right like anyone who drafted him. A big 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:10.800 gulf between a grade and a bench. The Eagles allowed 0:11:10.840 --> 0:11:13.280 over five catches per game to tight ends last year 0:11:13.280 --> 0:11:15.760 and nine touchdowns. And if you look at how Arthur 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:18.640 Smith utilized John Smith Smith when he was healthy at 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:21.040 the beginning of the season last season, I think there's 0:11:21.040 --> 0:11:23.640 a lot of optimism here. I could see in art. 0:11:23.720 --> 0:11:26.640 You might be playing button next weekend about Kyle pit 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:30.720 How about name minus? Is that fine? You know that 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:33.880 that's not cool either. Calvin Ridley gets the A grade 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:36.280 going up against Darius Slagh, who is no longer the 0:11:36.360 --> 0:11:38.800 sleigh ride that he used to be ranked fifty six 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:43.080 by PFF this last year. Ridley's averages without Julio Jones 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:45.840 and he will be without Julio Jones. We're fairly started 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:49.640 this first game seven point five receptions on eleven point 0:11:49.679 --> 0:11:52.439 three targets for a hundred nine yards, and he scored 0:11:52.520 --> 0:11:55.280 virtually every other game. That's what he does without Julio 0:11:55.600 --> 0:11:58.800 seven for a hundred. I'll take it. Russell Gage, I'm 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:01.440 giving a C grade also because of the shootout potential, 0:12:01.640 --> 0:12:07.520 Also because he's going up against PFFS first ranked Avonte Maddox, 0:12:08.040 --> 0:12:11.760 who allows one two point seven passer rading in his coverage. 0:12:11.800 --> 0:12:14.160 Gauge looked good enough last year that I'll trust him 0:12:14.160 --> 0:12:19.200 with a C grade. Here onto the running backs, Mike Davis, 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:21.720 I'm giving you a B grade. It just feels like 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:24.439 it's might be your best week to use Davis. They 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:28.520 acquired Goldman, who's still new to the team. Patterson Cordarrel 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:31.079 Patterson that is has been working as the backup. But 0:12:31.120 --> 0:12:33.199 we're gonna see a lot of Mike Davis, who proved 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:36.680 to be an effective pass catcher last year uh catching 0:12:37.000 --> 0:12:41.160 fifty nine passes at a percent catch rate. Miles Sanders, 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:43.520 look look across the field of how you're supposed to 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:45.920 do it. It's the middle of the road, Rundy with 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:48.440 shootout and a volume back. I'll take that. I'm gonna 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:51.560 bench the other backs. All right, sounds good final matchup 0:12:51.559 --> 0:12:55.319 of this segment, Minnesota taking on Cincinnati. On the Minnesota side, 0:12:55.400 --> 0:12:58.400 Dalvin Cook, Adam Feeland, and Justin Jefferson are all A grades, 0:12:58.440 --> 0:13:00.960 and Cook for obvious reasons. I don't even need to 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:04.720 explain that. For Theland and Jefferson, they have deeply positive 0:13:04.720 --> 0:13:08.880 matchups against replacement grade cornerbacks. Trey Waynes has been ruled 0:13:08.880 --> 0:13:12.600 out of this game. Cast off cornerbacks Eli Apple and 0:13:13.520 --> 0:13:19.640 Hidobe Ewoozier and Jefferson, and I think I got it right. 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:23.160 So there it's a This is a strongly positive matchup 0:13:23.240 --> 0:13:25.440 for all three of them. Kirk Cousins comes in with 0:13:25.480 --> 0:13:28.719 a B grade. Bengals lost their best two cornerbacks in 0:13:28.760 --> 0:13:32.719 the offseason, William Jackson to Washington, Mackenzie Alexander to Minnesota. 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:37.120 Already mentioned Waynes is out, Eli Apple, Hidobe Awoozier are in, 0:13:37.679 --> 0:13:40.640 and even at full strength, the Bengals are badly overmatched 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:42.880 by Justin Jefferson and Adam Feland. So add all that 0:13:42.960 --> 0:13:45.720 together and it's a very positive matchup for Kirk Cousins. 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:48.200 The tight end rotation to me is when I'm going 0:13:48.240 --> 0:13:52.960 to avoid Tyler Conklin is tempting, but I'm not ready 0:13:53.000 --> 0:13:54.520 to put him in yet. And he's not even at 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:57.280 full health yet, So that's a that's too much of 0:13:57.280 --> 0:13:59.240 a concern for me, and I'm not ready to go 0:13:59.400 --> 0:14:03.280 quite that far. Cincinnati side, let's start with Joe Mixon. 0:14:03.920 --> 0:14:07.160 Last year's Viking run defense was brutal, but they've completely 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:11.160 rebuilt their entire front four, including epic runs stuffing defensive 0:14:11.200 --> 0:14:13.880 tackle Michael Pierce, who was one of the league's best 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:17.600 run defenders in twenty nineteen before he opted out last season. 0:14:18.120 --> 0:14:20.760 The Bagel's offensive line looks like a bottom tier unit, 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:25.320 even with the additions of Riley Reefs. So I'm nervous 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:27.640 about Joe Mixon here, but through sheer volume he should 0:14:27.640 --> 0:14:29.920 be able to get to a B. It's just revenge 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:32.280 games on both sides of the ball here. Well, it 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:34.720 is interesting enough, and Riley Reef's gonna go up against 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:36.800 as a former Viking. We'll go up against Daniel Hunter, 0:14:36.800 --> 0:14:39.200 which would be a fantastic match. We are worth watching. 0:14:39.600 --> 0:14:41.440 U Let's go to the passing game. Joe Burrow comes 0:14:41.440 --> 0:14:44.080 in with a sea here. Hasn't played since last November, 0:14:44.320 --> 0:14:48.960 barely participated in the preseason games looked hesitant and inaccurate. 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:53.560 In training camp, the Vikings defense dramatically improved over the 0:14:53.640 --> 0:14:58.840 version you saw last year. The week seventeen Minnesota Viking 0:14:58.920 --> 0:15:02.120 defense the last and we saw them. We'll have ten 0:15:02.200 --> 0:15:05.960 of eleven new starters on defense, and they're all improvements. 0:15:05.960 --> 0:15:08.320 All ten of them are better than the ten guys 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:13.640 they're replacing, including Patrick Peterson now in the secondary from Minnesota, 0:15:14.040 --> 0:15:17.720 Burrow was on pace to throw six hundred passes before 0:15:17.800 --> 0:15:19.600 last year's a c L, so I think through sheer 0:15:19.680 --> 0:15:21.720 volume he comes up with an okay day enough for 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:23.880 a C grade here, but that's as high as I'm 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:27.480 willing to take him. On this first game back, Tee 0:15:27.520 --> 0:15:30.960 Higgins gets a B grade. I mentioned Patrick Peterson as 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:34.640 the team's best cornerback now, and traditionally Zimmer had used 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:37.600 Mike zimmerd used his best and biggest cornerback to shadow 0:15:37.600 --> 0:15:40.880 opposing top receiver receivers, but in recent years he's more 0:15:40.960 --> 0:15:44.520 anchored his best cornerback on one side of the field. 0:15:44.760 --> 0:15:46.360 We don't know if he's if he's gonna revert back 0:15:46.400 --> 0:15:48.280 to that or not, but assuming he doesn't, that means 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:51.600 Tee Higgins can avoid Peterson anytime he plays on the 0:15:51.640 --> 0:15:53.720 other side of the field. So the presumption here is 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:55.840 that Higgins will be free enough to earn his B 0:15:56.160 --> 0:16:01.280 grade against Brish Odd Bland. Tyler Boyd gets a C 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:03.920 grade running out of the slot. McKenzie Alexander returns to 0:16:03.920 --> 0:16:07.040 Minnesota where he will resume his slot cornerback role, and 0:16:07.080 --> 0:16:10.880 he could very well hold Tyler Boyd in check. McKenzie 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:16.320 Alexanders yielded three touchdowns in three seasons in his coverage. 0:16:16.400 --> 0:16:20.480 That's it one a season with Burrow last year Boyd 0:16:20.520 --> 0:16:24.320 average day ho homes six receptions, sixty six yards, and 0:16:24.400 --> 0:16:28.280 point three touchdowns per game. This is okay. That feels 0:16:28.280 --> 0:16:31.600 like okay, that's a C grade. Last thing Jamar Chase 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:35.280 after the preseason that he had, I think there's no 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:38.040 I don't start him here. I don't think any now. 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:39.880 Let's just wait a week and see what develops. I 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:42.360 think you get some hand a handful of short confidence 0:16:42.400 --> 0:16:45.600 building passes for Jamaar Chase, but based on what we saw, 0:16:46.000 --> 0:16:50.200 we cannot end up starting him. When we come back 0:16:50.280 --> 0:16:53.720 to Fantasy Football Weekly, take a chance on me. Nine 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:57.200 players not normally in your starting lineup will tell you 0:16:57.200 --> 0:17:01.000 who you can start that maybe even is available on 0:17:01.800 --> 0:17:04.560 the waiver wire. Is a free agent right now, We'll 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:08.440 identify players that might be better than your starters, and 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:10.720 I'll tell you what the quarterback I'm going to give 0:17:10.760 --> 0:17:15.040 you is probably better than your starting quarterback. Find out 0:17:15.040 --> 0:17:17.439 who it is when we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly. 0:17:37.680 --> 0:17:41.000 Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly, Paul Scharchy and from Guillotine 0:17:41.160 --> 0:17:43.960 leagues dot com. Still time to join a Guillotine league. 0:17:44.240 --> 0:17:49.439 Full season versions of the Guillotina. This is a totally 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:51.919 new version of taking chance on Me. No, this is 0:17:51.960 --> 0:17:53.439 the one that we used at the tail end of 0:17:53.520 --> 0:17:55.840 last year. I had forgot about that. We we got 0:17:55.880 --> 0:17:59.280 the permission from this band. That's right. This is the 0:17:59.359 --> 0:18:03.080 non stuck version of take a Dance on Me. This 0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:10.160 is awesome. Wow. Alright, Anyway, we've still got full season 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:13.480 live drafts happening for Guillotine Leagues. If you want to 0:18:13.520 --> 0:18:16.760 join the most exciting new format and fantasy sports happening 0:18:16.760 --> 0:18:20.920 Saturday and Sunday morning before kickoff, that is available take 0:18:20.920 --> 0:18:22.600 a chance, I mean nine players not normally in your 0:18:22.600 --> 0:18:25.679 starting lineup. Many of these guys are available on the 0:18:25.680 --> 0:18:28.360 waiver wire. And you can pick them up and start them. 0:18:28.480 --> 0:18:31.520 This week, we begin with Scott Fish and the quarterback position. 0:18:31.800 --> 0:18:35.000 I'm gonna start out with Ben Roethlisberger. The matchup isn't 0:18:35.080 --> 0:18:37.600 what you would naturally think is great against the Bills, 0:18:37.600 --> 0:18:39.600 and he didn't do great against the Bills last year, 0:18:39.800 --> 0:18:41.159 but that was at the tail end of the year 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:44.080 when his arm was starting to die off and when 0:18:44.119 --> 0:18:45.800 the team kind of fell apart in the run game 0:18:45.840 --> 0:18:48.119 was non existent. They had like forty yards rushing that 0:18:48.720 --> 0:18:51.120 they were forced to pass, and the Bills clamped down 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:53.920 on that. In this one, He's got Nag Harris's outlet, 0:18:54.040 --> 0:18:56.200 He's got all three of his receivers a little better. 0:18:56.240 --> 0:18:58.840 The arms looked better in the preseason, and they're gonna 0:18:58.840 --> 0:19:00.920 be They should be behind so the game. There's seven 0:19:00.920 --> 0:19:03.000 point dogs in this one. I feel like they'll be 0:19:03.080 --> 0:19:06.359 chasing points that Ben. Give me Ben in this one. Okay, 0:19:06.800 --> 0:19:09.760 your take a chance of me quarterback Matt This is risky, 0:19:09.800 --> 0:19:12.480 but I'm going with Mac Jones, a rookie in his 0:19:12.560 --> 0:19:15.119 first start against the division rival. Not only that he 0:19:15.119 --> 0:19:16.960 gets to face off against the guy who was ahead 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:19.840 of him on the death chart at Alabama. UH the 0:19:19.920 --> 0:19:21.840 line is very sound in front of Mac Jones, and 0:19:21.840 --> 0:19:23.440 that's one of the reasons I like this so much. 0:19:23.720 --> 0:19:27.160 Cam Newton enjoyed the seventh most time in a clean 0:19:27.240 --> 0:19:29.360 pocket with a past attempt last year, and he still 0:19:29.400 --> 0:19:31.920 couldn't do anything with it. And that's why Cam Newton's 0:19:32.000 --> 0:19:35.919 not on this team anymore. Consider that UM according to 0:19:35.920 --> 0:19:38.480 Pro Football focuses strength of schedule, the metrics that rate 0:19:38.560 --> 0:19:41.960 each team defense. Based on their grades of this year's defense, 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:45.520 the Miami Dolphins are the second easiest defense for quarterbacks. 0:19:45.800 --> 0:19:48.919 The Dolphins defense faltered against the past down the stretch 0:19:48.960 --> 0:19:52.280 as well. They allowed over three yards or multiple scores 0:19:52.320 --> 0:19:55.320 to three of the last four quarterbacks they faced, and 0:19:55.359 --> 0:19:59.520 the only one who didn't, Cam Newton figures might take 0:19:59.520 --> 0:20:04.720 a chance of quarterback is rostered in three percent of leagues. Oh, 0:20:04.800 --> 0:20:07.320 I wonder who that is. If there was ever a 0:20:07.359 --> 0:20:13.159 game to start Jimmy Garoppolo. Trey Lance is nursing a 0:20:13.240 --> 0:20:16.280 cracked finger bone, which means the threat of him platooning 0:20:16.280 --> 0:20:19.720 with Garoppolo is very low and Garoppolo is going to 0:20:19.800 --> 0:20:23.879 have all of his weapons healthy. That never happened once 0:20:23.960 --> 0:20:27.639 last year. I you Kittle, Samuel all healthy, and of 0:20:27.680 --> 0:20:31.359 course the Kuda gras. It's Detroit on the schedule. The 0:20:31.400 --> 0:20:34.080 Lions allowed the most passing touchdowns and the third most 0:20:34.080 --> 0:20:38.440 passing yards, and and on paper, the defense looks worse 0:20:38.600 --> 0:20:42.119 this year somehow. So you roll all that together and 0:20:42.160 --> 0:20:44.720 it's a great opportunity to start Jimmy Garppolo, currently ranked 0:20:44.960 --> 0:20:47.280 my number ten quarterback for this week. I hope his 0:20:47.359 --> 0:20:51.000 kneecaps stay intact, though against the Lions they do like 0:20:51.040 --> 0:20:54.159 to bite him. Yeah, they'll take out kneecaps. Let's go 0:20:54.160 --> 0:20:56.840 to the running back position, Scott, let's stay right there 0:20:56.840 --> 0:20:59.400 with Tray Sermon gets the Lions, who allowed the most 0:20:59.400 --> 0:21:02.120 touchdowns to running backs last year as well nearly two 0:21:02.119 --> 0:21:04.520 per game, allowed over a hundred and sixty yards per 0:21:04.520 --> 0:21:07.520 game to the position. But here's here's the better, better part. 0:21:07.600 --> 0:21:10.680 I like San Francisco should get ahead early in games 0:21:10.760 --> 0:21:14.760 day won last year, running backs averaged thirty five touches 0:21:15.160 --> 0:21:20.000 in those wins. Raheemostard has only had more than nineteen 0:21:20.040 --> 0:21:22.680 touches once in his entire career. I think we're looking 0:21:22.720 --> 0:21:26.119 at fifteen twenty touches for each back this game. At 0:21:26.200 --> 0:21:28.560 least ten to fifteen for sermon minimum though, is there 0:21:28.600 --> 0:21:31.760 any rookie you don't love in his first NFL game? 0:21:32.760 --> 0:21:35.560 Apparently not. That was Matt with the last one. Well 0:21:35.600 --> 0:21:38.520 you gave Kyle Pitts an a. We're not gonna let 0:21:38.520 --> 0:21:41.480 that go quietly into the night running. But yes, against 0:21:41.520 --> 0:21:45.080 the Lions, I will love it. Okay, Uh, Matt, let's 0:21:45.119 --> 0:21:47.160 go to your take a chance of me running back. 0:21:47.160 --> 0:21:49.360 I'm gonna take an older running back and he's going 0:21:49.440 --> 0:21:51.680 up against the Jaguars this week. But let's review the 0:21:51.760 --> 0:21:54.239 running backs that torch the Jags down the stretch and 0:21:54.280 --> 0:21:59.960 their measurements. Jonathan Taylor five ten to David Montgomery five 0:22:00.000 --> 0:22:04.400