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Speaker 1: first regular season edition of Fantasy Football Weekly for year
Speaker 1: number twenty seven. I am Paul Churchy and my co
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Speaker 1: Fantasy footballs Back it is baby, Ah. That Thursday night
Speaker 1: game was so much fun. It was. It was a
Speaker 1: ton of fun and uh for everybody except Zeke owners.
Speaker 1: Those are the one people that had no fun that night.
Speaker 1: But you know what, those people probably didn't start him,
Speaker 1: and even if they did, they deserve what they got.
Speaker 1: At that point. You told him last week, you told
Speaker 1: him about you told you know what. Listen. I I
Speaker 1: hate to start a show right off the bat, but
Speaker 1: if you go back and listen to last week's show
Speaker 1: in which I previewed the Monday night game, it was uncanny. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I don't want to prank, but I absolutely nailed this game,
Speaker 1: and I might not nail another game all season long.
Speaker 1: Probably that was it. That one we pretty much handled.
Speaker 1: You lead off well though, Church. Although I gave I
Speaker 1: gave Zeke a C grade, I should have just given
Speaker 1: him the bench. I thought he would catch enough that
Speaker 1: he would get he'd put together a decent PPR week.
Speaker 1: He didn't. He didn't even do that. I'm gonna take
Speaker 1: a one week victory lap on Antonio Brown being the
Speaker 1: right receiver. You should right now. It looks very good.
Speaker 1: It does look good through one week. We've got plenty
Speaker 1: to get to over the course of the show. We're
Speaker 1: gonna break down every game fantasy style. We've got take
Speaker 1: a chance on me in which we give you sleep
Speaker 1: Some of you need sleepers already. If you're me and
Speaker 1: you Rostered Gus Edwards in like every league in America,
Speaker 1: or you're me and you roster J. K. Dobbins in
Speaker 1: every league you're in, yea, then you probably need our
Speaker 1: take a chance on me players charge. It turns out
Speaker 1: we don't get to have this argument at all this year.
Speaker 1: Here we were planning it two weeks ago. I know.
Speaker 1: It's just it's ridiculous which happened. And we will touch
Speaker 1: on that story much more later in the show. Three
Speaker 1: tough questions coming up, and the return of everybody's favorite
Speaker 1: segment premature speculation, which we tell you which players you'll
Speaker 1: be trying to pick up you want to pick up,
Speaker 1: now what everybody else is trying to pick them up
Speaker 1: next week? That's premature speculation. First we start breaking down games.
Speaker 1: Let's do it including game I think is can have
Speaker 1: a lot of points, Arizona taking on Tennessee. Matt I
Speaker 1: got a lot of a grades in this one. Will
Speaker 1: start with the Kyler Murray and DeAndre Hopkins both getting
Speaker 1: an A. Tennessee was absolutely brutal last year against the
Speaker 1: pass and didn't fix that much in the offseason. Only
Speaker 1: Drew lock and l Jack's run game and a half
Speaker 1: Minshew half Glennan game last season were the only three
Speaker 1: where they didn't allow multi pull passing scores or at
Speaker 1: least two hundred fifty yards. Do I like a J Green,
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk or Rondale more enough to start them in
Speaker 1: this juicy matchup, not in a week with no buys.
Speaker 1: I want to see how the snap counts and the
Speaker 1: targets track for a week. James Conner and Chase Edmonds,
Speaker 1: I'd recommend benching both, but if I had to start
Speaker 1: one for this game, it would be Connor. The Titans
Speaker 1: gave up five rushing touchdowns to running backs over the
Speaker 1: final three weeks of the regular season, but we've been
Speaker 1: preaching this all season. Chase Edmonds had one rush from
Speaker 1: inside the five and only three attempts from inside the
Speaker 1: ten last year. I think it's James Conner if they
Speaker 1: get near the stripe. On the other side, Derrick Henry's
Speaker 1: an easy A grade A J. Brown and Julio Jones
Speaker 1: I'm giving A grades two as well. According to Pro
Speaker 1: Football Focuses Wide Receiver Cornerback Matchup tool, both A. J.
Speaker 1: And Julio face the top seven easiest matchups in the
Speaker 1: league this week against Cardinals cornerbacks Byron Murphy, who allowed
Speaker 1: ten touchdowns in his coverage that last season, and then
Speaker 1: Rob Alford, who, when I googled him, is known as
Speaker 1: the Ski Doo Snowmobile Ambassador. No, that's not that Rob Alfred.
Speaker 1: Is he the Judas Priest lead singer? No, that's Rob Halford.
Speaker 1: Way off, I mean, not fonetically. I really wasn't. No,
Speaker 1: you weren't. Uh. A. J. Brown missed a practice on Wednesday,
Speaker 1: but he was staying loose on the stationary bike and
Speaker 1: he dropped off the injury report by Friday, so his
Speaker 1: game status is not in doubt. If I like Brown
Speaker 1: and Julio, given Ryan Tannehill in a too. Although Tannehill
Speaker 1: is only top twenty seven passing attempts in a game
Speaker 1: twice in his last ten games, he's very efficient. He
Speaker 1: throws for multiple scores and half of those contests. And
Speaker 1: by the way, he had six rushing touchdowns from Week
Speaker 1: twelve on last year. Not something you expect with Derrick
Speaker 1: Henry in the backfield. Finally, a little surprised B grade
Speaker 1: here for Anthony fers Er. Ferser was targeted on of
Speaker 1: his routes last season. To give you an idea of
Speaker 1: how good that is, Travis Kelsey was targeted on twenty
Speaker 1: of his routes run. I just don't think he's gonna
Speaker 1: run enough routes. The problem is Johnny was in front him.
Speaker 1: Last year. When Johnny wasn't there, Anthony Ferkser was pretty good.
Speaker 1: He'll go up against card safety Jalen Thompson, who gave
Speaker 1: up completions in se of the throws in his direction
Speaker 1: last year. I think Ferkser, if you're playing in that
Speaker 1: weird tight end game where you don't know who you
Speaker 1: got the eleventh twelve tight ends in your league. Fers,
Speaker 1: there's a guy that he's kind of a bonus take
Speaker 1: a chance on me guy right now. Worried about A. J.
Speaker 1: Brown's knee, Okay, let's let's hope that he's okay on
Speaker 1: that it was nagging lingering problem in miss practice wednesday.
Speaker 1: I'm just man, Let's just took him off the injury report, though.
Speaker 1: Let's let's hope that Philadelphia takes on Atlanta Scott. Yes, yes, yes, okay.
Speaker 1: You're not even gonna faint enthusiasm here, are you. It
Speaker 1: actually should be a pretty high scoring game. Actually, I
Speaker 1: believe it's got the second or third highest over under
Speaker 1: four the weeks, So I do expect a little bit
Speaker 1: of a shootout here. I'm giving Jalen Hurts. I can't
Speaker 1: believe I'm gonna do this, but I'm gonna stay on
Speaker 1: the upside side of it. I'm gonna I'm gonna give
Speaker 1: him an A grade. The Eagles should be in a
Speaker 1: negative game script chasing points a little bit in this game. Uh.
Speaker 1: The offensive line is better than last year. The secondaries
Speaker 1: very beautiful, beatable, not just very beautiful. This Uh, this
Speaker 1: Atlanta secondary. Man. They were eaten alive by rushing quarterbacks
Speaker 1: last year, and they allowed multiple touchdowns to rushing quarterbacks
Speaker 1: in two quarterbacks in all but three games, So there's
Speaker 1: there's a lot of opportunity here. Hurts averaged over seventy
Speaker 1: yards rushing. If you add all that up, he's got
Speaker 1: a good chance for for even a QB one like
Speaker 1: first overall week if he gets those rushing yards in
Speaker 1: al right onto his wide receivers. Though, because we got
Speaker 1: to talk about his passing. Actually, Davanta Smith, I give
Speaker 1: a B grade here. PFF has Atlanta graded as the
Speaker 1: worst secondary in the NFL L and last year allowed
Speaker 1: the most yards to wide receivers, so that tracks, uh,
Speaker 1: nineteen times they let a receiver get over ninety yards
Speaker 1: and or a touchdown last year nineteen times. Smith should
Speaker 1: get a decent matchup with Fabian Moreau, and no one
Speaker 1: can match Smith's speeds. So I like him for a
Speaker 1: B grade, but I wouldn't be shocked if he gets
Speaker 1: loose a couple of times. Jalen Reagor I do have
Speaker 1: on the bench. He's getting He's getting a j terrell Um.
Speaker 1: He's been so hit and miss over his career so far.
Speaker 1: But A J. Terrell is an up and coming You know,
Speaker 1: he was a rookie last year. We thought he'd be
Speaker 1: last we thought he'd be better. Maybe he turns it
Speaker 1: around in year two. But it's hard to trust Reagor
Speaker 1: right now. Quez Watkins. He with that fourth three speed,
Speaker 1: he could have a huge as a deep sleeper in
Speaker 1: a DFS dart throw. Watkins is really intriguing. Yeah, he
Speaker 1: plays from the slot and he's you know, he's gonna
Speaker 1: have He's gonna be in a beatable position against a
Speaker 1: below average slot corner. And for people who don't know
Speaker 1: Quis Watkins, you remember Travis Fulgum last year was you know,
Speaker 1: fantasy startable in much of the second half of the season.
Speaker 1: Quays Watkins beat him out so soundly they dropped full
Speaker 1: from the roster. If Quais Watkins has a great game,
Speaker 1: will it be a pop? Quaz, thank you. I'll just
Speaker 1: keep going after that. Zach Ertz and Dallas got Her
Speaker 1: I actually have C grades on both of them. I
Speaker 1: liked got It more when I thought Artz was gonna
Speaker 1: be leaving, he didn't leave. And uh Arts is getting
Speaker 1: more targets and training camp everything supposedly behind him, Urt's
Speaker 1: is fine with staying there. Interesting stad that I failed
Speaker 1: to mention in the preseason last year when Arts and
Speaker 1: got It played together, dust Gottard only got two red
Speaker 1: zone targets in all the games together last year, so
Speaker 1: it seems like it's more the guy there. Atlanta was
Speaker 1: bottom five against tight ends in several categories last year.
Speaker 1: And don't forget that Atlanti's front eleven defensive players aren't great.
Speaker 1: That just the front eleven over to the over the
Speaker 1: running back side. I'm giving Sanders a B grade because
Speaker 1: he's gonna be the he's going to be the starter,
Speaker 1: and he's going to get most of the volume. He's
Speaker 1: got well documented issues catching the ball. Barely caught over
Speaker 1: fifty of his passes last year, and for a running back,
Speaker 1: that's really bad. That's really bad for a running back.
Speaker 1: The Falcons allowed the second fewest rushing yards and second
Speaker 1: fewest rushing touchdowns, but they and they did get Dion
Speaker 1: Jones back, but they are bottom twelve against passing pass
Speaker 1: game running backs, which they're always at the near at
Speaker 1: or near the bottom. They were the worst for like
Speaker 1: five years in a row, but last year just bottom twelve.
Speaker 1: So I do have a C grade on Boston Scott.
Speaker 1: With the high employed implied point totals for both teams,
Speaker 1: it could be end up with a negative game script.
Speaker 1: Siriano and the O C downplayed the bell cow role
Speaker 1: they want. They want Boston Scott to play that like
Speaker 1: nahem Heinz roll that Siriano had over and with Indianapolis
Speaker 1: last year. And he's been playing the two minute hurry
Speaker 1: up drill for in practice. So that's that's a feather
Speaker 1: in the cap of Boston Scott there, so see grade
Speaker 1: on him. Over the Atlanta side, I have a B
Speaker 1: grade on Matt Ryan. I think just because potential shootout
Speaker 1: category here. It's one of the week's highest over under.
Speaker 1: Eagles allowed multiple touchdowns ten times last year. Um, you
Speaker 1: don't need to look for the button. I instinctively went
Speaker 1: for the button and then stop myself. I wish I
Speaker 1: could have made that happen for you. Uh, Kyle Pitts,
Speaker 1: next time, just lie, just lie, just just be wrong
Speaker 1: for the listeners, Like you're only off by ten percent.
Speaker 1: Kyle Pitts with an A grade here. Charch isn't loving that,
Speaker 1: but Brian Johnson is fist pumping in right now. Listen
Speaker 1: doesn't played a game yet, and you're giving it to
Speaker 1: a rookie tight end and A grade. I bet Scott's
Speaker 1: gonna give him the fantasy Fonzie here. Let's let's let's
Speaker 1: do it. No, I'm not you want you want the
Speaker 1: fantasy Fonzie, the Fanta. The Eagles allowed no one's benching
Speaker 1: him though right like anyone who drafted him. A big
Speaker 1: gulf between a grade and a bench. The Eagles allowed
Speaker 1: over five catches per game to tight ends last year
Speaker 1: and nine touchdowns. And if you look at how Arthur
Speaker 1: Smith utilized John Smith Smith when he was healthy at
Speaker 1: the beginning of the season last season, I think there's
Speaker 1: a lot of optimism here. I could see in art.
Speaker 1: You might be playing button next weekend about Kyle pit
Speaker 1: How about name minus? Is that fine? You know that
Speaker 1: that's not cool either. Calvin Ridley gets the A grade
Speaker 1: going up against Darius Slagh, who is no longer the
Speaker 1: sleigh ride that he used to be ranked fifty six
Speaker 1: by PFF this last year. Ridley's averages without Julio Jones
Speaker 1: and he will be without Julio Jones. We're fairly started
Speaker 1: this first game seven point five receptions on eleven point
Speaker 1: three targets for a hundred nine yards, and he scored
Speaker 1: virtually every other game. That's what he does without Julio
Speaker 1: seven for a hundred. I'll take it. Russell Gage, I'm
Speaker 1: giving a C grade also because of the shootout potential,
Speaker 1: Also because he's going up against PFFS first ranked Avonte Maddox,
Speaker 1: who allows one two point seven passer rading in his coverage.
Speaker 1: Gauge looked good enough last year that I'll trust him
Speaker 1: with a C grade. Here onto the running backs, Mike Davis,
Speaker 1: I'm giving you a B grade. It just feels like
Speaker 1: it's might be your best week to use Davis. They
Speaker 1: acquired Goldman, who's still new to the team. Patterson Cordarrel
Speaker 1: Patterson that is has been working as the backup. But
Speaker 1: we're gonna see a lot of Mike Davis, who proved
Speaker 1: to be an effective pass catcher last year uh catching
Speaker 1: fifty nine passes at a percent catch rate. Miles Sanders,
Speaker 1: look look across the field of how you're supposed to
Speaker 1: do it. It's the middle of the road, Rundy with
Speaker 1: shootout and a volume back. I'll take that. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: bench the other backs. All right, sounds good final matchup
Speaker 1: of this segment, Minnesota taking on Cincinnati. On the Minnesota side,
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook, Adam Feeland, and Justin Jefferson are all A grades,
Speaker 1: and Cook for obvious reasons. I don't even need to
Speaker 1: explain that. For Theland and Jefferson, they have deeply positive
Speaker 1: matchups against replacement grade cornerbacks. Trey Waynes has been ruled
Speaker 1: out of this game. Cast off cornerbacks Eli Apple and
Speaker 1: Hidobe Ewoozier and Jefferson, and I think I got it right.
Speaker 1: So there it's a This is a strongly positive matchup
Speaker 1: for all three of them. Kirk Cousins comes in with
Speaker 1: a B grade. Bengals lost their best two cornerbacks in
Speaker 1: the offseason, William Jackson to Washington, Mackenzie Alexander to Minnesota.
Speaker 1: Already mentioned Waynes is out, Eli Apple, Hidobe Awoozier are in,
Speaker 1: and even at full strength, the Bengals are badly overmatched
Speaker 1: by Justin Jefferson and Adam Feland. So add all that
Speaker 1: together and it's a very positive matchup for Kirk Cousins.
Speaker 1: The tight end rotation to me is when I'm going
Speaker 1: to avoid Tyler Conklin is tempting, but I'm not ready
Speaker 1: to put him in yet. And he's not even at
Speaker 1: full health yet, So that's a that's too much of
Speaker 1: a concern for me, and I'm not ready to go
Speaker 1: quite that far. Cincinnati side, let's start with Joe Mixon.
Speaker 1: Last year's Viking run defense was brutal, but they've completely
Speaker 1: rebuilt their entire front four, including epic runs stuffing defensive
Speaker 1: tackle Michael Pierce, who was one of the league's best
Speaker 1: run defenders in twenty nineteen before he opted out last season.
Speaker 1: The Bagel's offensive line looks like a bottom tier unit,
Speaker 1: even with the additions of Riley Reefs. So I'm nervous
Speaker 1: about Joe Mixon here, but through sheer volume he should
Speaker 1: be able to get to a B. It's just revenge
Speaker 1: games on both sides of the ball here. Well, it
Speaker 1: is interesting enough, and Riley Reef's gonna go up against
Speaker 1: as a former Viking. We'll go up against Daniel Hunter,
Speaker 1: which would be a fantastic match. We are worth watching.
Speaker 1: U Let's go to the passing game. Joe Burrow comes
Speaker 1: in with a sea here. Hasn't played since last November,
Speaker 1: barely participated in the preseason games looked hesitant and inaccurate.
Speaker 1: In training camp, the Vikings defense dramatically improved over the
Speaker 1: version you saw last year. The week seventeen Minnesota Viking
Speaker 1: defense the last and we saw them. We'll have ten
Speaker 1: of eleven new starters on defense, and they're all improvements.
Speaker 1: All ten of them are better than the ten guys
Speaker 1: they're replacing, including Patrick Peterson now in the secondary from Minnesota,
Speaker 1: Burrow was on pace to throw six hundred passes before
Speaker 1: last year's a c L, so I think through sheer
Speaker 1: volume he comes up with an okay day enough for
Speaker 1: a C grade here, but that's as high as I'm
Speaker 1: willing to take him. On this first game back, Tee
Speaker 1: Higgins gets a B grade. I mentioned Patrick Peterson as
Speaker 1: the team's best cornerback now, and traditionally Zimmer had used
Speaker 1: Mike zimmerd used his best and biggest cornerback to shadow
Speaker 1: opposing top receiver receivers, but in recent years he's more
Speaker 1: anchored his best cornerback on one side of the field.
Speaker 1: We don't know if he's if he's gonna revert back
Speaker 1: to that or not, but assuming he doesn't, that means
Speaker 1: Tee Higgins can avoid Peterson anytime he plays on the
Speaker 1: other side of the field. So the presumption here is
Speaker 1: that Higgins will be free enough to earn his B
Speaker 1: grade against Brish Odd Bland. Tyler Boyd gets a C
Speaker 1: grade running out of the slot. McKenzie Alexander returns to
Speaker 1: Minnesota where he will resume his slot cornerback role, and
Speaker 1: he could very well hold Tyler Boyd in check. McKenzie
Speaker 1: Alexanders yielded three touchdowns in three seasons in his coverage.
Speaker 1: That's it one a season with Burrow last year Boyd
Speaker 1: average day ho homes six receptions, sixty six yards, and
Speaker 1: point three touchdowns per game. This is okay. That feels
Speaker 1: like okay, that's a C grade. Last thing Jamar Chase
Speaker 1: after the preseason that he had, I think there's no
Speaker 1: I don't start him here. I don't think any now.
Speaker 1: Let's just wait a week and see what develops. I
Speaker 1: think you get some hand a handful of short confidence
Speaker 1: building passes for Jamaar Chase, but based on what we saw,
Speaker 1: we cannot end up starting him. When we come back
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Speaker 1: This week, we begin with Scott Fish and the quarterback position.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna start out with Ben Roethlisberger. The matchup isn't
Speaker 1: what you would naturally think is great against the Bills,
Speaker 1: and he didn't do great against the Bills last year,
Speaker 1: but that was at the tail end of the year
Speaker 1: when his arm was starting to die off and when
Speaker 1: the team kind of fell apart in the run game
Speaker 1: was non existent. They had like forty yards rushing that
Speaker 1: they were forced to pass, and the Bills clamped down
Speaker 1: on that. In this one, He's got Nag Harris's outlet,
Speaker 1: He's got all three of his receivers a little better.
Speaker 1: The arms looked better in the preseason, and they're gonna
Speaker 1: be They should be behind so the game. There's seven
Speaker 1: point dogs in this one. I feel like they'll be
Speaker 1: chasing points that Ben. Give me Ben in this one. Okay,
Speaker 1: your take a chance of me quarterback Matt This is risky,
Speaker 1: but I'm going with Mac Jones, a rookie in his
Speaker 1: first start against the division rival. Not only that he
Speaker 1: gets to face off against the guy who was ahead
Speaker 1: of him on the death chart at Alabama. UH the
Speaker 1: line is very sound in front of Mac Jones, and
Speaker 1: that's one of the reasons I like this so much.
Speaker 1: Cam Newton enjoyed the seventh most time in a clean
Speaker 1: pocket with a past attempt last year, and he still
Speaker 1: couldn't do anything with it. And that's why Cam Newton's
Speaker 1: not on this team anymore. Consider that UM according to
Speaker 1: Pro Football focuses strength of schedule, the metrics that rate
Speaker 1: each team defense. Based on their grades of this year's defense,
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins are the second easiest defense for quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: The Dolphins defense faltered against the past down the stretch
Speaker 1: as well. They allowed over three yards or multiple scores
Speaker 1: to three of the last four quarterbacks they faced, and
Speaker 1: the only one who didn't, Cam Newton figures might take
Speaker 1: a chance of quarterback is rostered in three percent of leagues. Oh,
Speaker 1: I wonder who that is. If there was ever a
Speaker 1: game to start Jimmy Garoppolo. Trey Lance is nursing a
Speaker 1: cracked finger bone, which means the threat of him platooning
Speaker 1: with Garoppolo is very low and Garoppolo is going to
Speaker 1: have all of his weapons healthy. That never happened once
Speaker 1: last year. I you Kittle, Samuel all healthy, and of
Speaker 1: course the Kuda gras. It's Detroit on the schedule. The
Speaker 1: Lions allowed the most passing touchdowns and the third most
Speaker 1: passing yards, and and on paper, the defense looks worse
Speaker 1: this year somehow. So you roll all that together and
Speaker 1: it's a great opportunity to start Jimmy Garppolo, currently ranked
Speaker 1: my number ten quarterback for this week. I hope his
Speaker 1: kneecaps stay intact, though against the Lions they do like
Speaker 1: to bite him. Yeah, they'll take out kneecaps. Let's go
Speaker 1: to the running back position, Scott, let's stay right there
Speaker 1: with Tray Sermon gets the Lions, who allowed the most
Speaker 1: touchdowns to running backs last year as well nearly two
Speaker 1: per game, allowed over a hundred and sixty yards per
Speaker 1: game to the position. But here's here's the better, better part.
Speaker 1: I like San Francisco should get ahead early in games
Speaker 1: day won last year, running backs averaged thirty five touches
Speaker 1: in those wins. Raheemostard has only had more than nineteen
Speaker 1: touches once in his entire career. I think we're looking
Speaker 1: at fifteen twenty touches for each back this game. At
Speaker 1: least ten to fifteen for sermon minimum though, is there
Speaker 1: any rookie you don't love in his first NFL game?
Speaker 1: Apparently not. That was Matt with the last one. Well
Speaker 1: you gave Kyle Pitts an a. We're not gonna let
Speaker 1: that go quietly into the night running. But yes, against
Speaker 1: the Lions, I will love it. Okay, Uh, Matt, let's
Speaker 1: go to your take a chance of me running back.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take an older running back and he's going
Speaker 1: up against the Jaguars this week. But let's review the
Speaker 1: running backs that torch the Jags down the stretch and
Speaker 1: their measurements. Jonathan Taylor five ten to David Montgomery five
Speaker 1: of ten to two, Derrick Henry six three six, Nick
Speaker 1: Chubb five ten. You get the big, big big backs.
Speaker 1: So mark Ingram is five nine to fIF that's okay.
Speaker 1: Philip Lindsay five eighty, David Johnson six one to four.
Speaker 1: That's the guy. In his full game against the Jags
Speaker 1: last year, he told the hundred and three yards. It's
Speaker 1: also worth noting the Jags allowed the sixth most receptions
Speaker 1: to the running back position last year, and Philip Lindsay
Speaker 1: and mark Ingram both were not involved in their respective
Speaker 1: passing games at all last year. David Johnson, there's a
Speaker 1: starting NFL running back who is probably available in your league.
Speaker 1: There's a reason. Probably you've been poo pooing him all year.
Speaker 1: He's not all year. How about for like four years.
Speaker 1: He's not technically good. But Tevin Coleman, rostered in just
Speaker 1: twent of Yahoo leagues, is the probable starter for the Jets,
Speaker 1: and it's a face. It's a favorable matchup against Carolina.
Speaker 1: New York's offensive line sports two recent first round picks,
Speaker 1: and Coleman should have some running lanes against last year's
Speaker 1: twenty four ranked run defense. New defensive line editions the
Speaker 1: Kwon Jones and Morgan Fox might actually be downgrades from
Speaker 1: last year's front four, and Carolina's run defense was particularly
Speaker 1: bad at the end of last year, giving up five
Speaker 1: and a half yards per carry over the final seven
Speaker 1: games of the year. It's go to the wide receiver position, Scott.
Speaker 1: Let's just stick with rookies. Then right here comes it's
Speaker 1: Dammy Brown season. Finally Brown season. It's fine, We've been
Speaker 1: waiting so long, I have I have anyway, Curtis Samuel
Speaker 1: put on, I R Dammy Brown coming out? What he
Speaker 1: does well. What he does well is run down the
Speaker 1: field really fast and go up for contested catches and
Speaker 1: catch ball and us touchdown. And he is paired with
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick. That is the perfect combo right there with
Speaker 1: Curtis Samuel out. He should see a fall compliment his snaps.
Speaker 1: Finally and he's looked good. All right, Matt, I'm going
Speaker 1: to the tight end position and I have Hunter Henry
Speaker 1: who is not on the injury report, which if you've
Speaker 1: ever had him on your fantasy team, you know that's significant. Obviously,
Speaker 1: John Whu Smith is tight end one on this roster
Speaker 1: and everyone knows this, including the Dolphins. So what does
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick do? He deploys the mismatches with Henry and
Speaker 1: John who on the field at the same time. In
Speaker 1: their last nine games last season, Yeah, there is, the
Speaker 1: Dolphins allowed five touchdowns to the tight end position, including
Speaker 1: one two then charger Hunter Henry. Oh and by the way,
Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey and Darren Waller each beat them for over
Speaker 1: a hundred yards in the month of December. Oh, Hunter
Speaker 1: Henry mine Is Paris Campbell might take a chance on
Speaker 1: me wide receiver going up against Seattle play Paris Campbell,
Speaker 1: while you can sure it's only a matter of time
Speaker 1: before Campbell succumbs to some bizarre malady that will knock
Speaker 1: come out for half of the Sea. He's already gotten
Speaker 1: achilles injury he's dealing with, but he's going to play
Speaker 1: with it. It might be Goiterer's leprosy, inverted nipples, ibs.
Speaker 1: Who knows that it's something's gonna go wrong. But what's
Speaker 1: important is that he's got a juicy matchup in the
Speaker 1: season opener this week. Would they call inverted nipples just
Speaker 1: upper body injury? That probably probably in the hockey they
Speaker 1: would for Campbell plays from the slot, and that's the
Speaker 1: massive week point. In the Seattle secondary, He'll avoid the
Speaker 1: solid outside corners they've got Trey Flowers and DJ Read
Speaker 1: and instead he'll see some combination of two different safeties
Speaker 1: playing cornerback, Marquis Blair and or Ugo Amadi. Blair has
Speaker 1: seventy seven NFL snaps under his belt, and Amadi allowed
Speaker 1: seventy the passes in his coverage last year to be caught.
Speaker 1: I know you haven't seen much of of Paris Campbell
Speaker 1: throughout his career, but remember he was a freakish athlete
Speaker 1: with crazy speed. With t Y Hilton out extra passes
Speaker 1: coming to Paris Campbell, Let's go to one more matchup, Matt,
Speaker 1: and that would be Jackson Bill taking on Houston. Yeah,
Speaker 1: let's start with James Robinson. He gets the A grade.
Speaker 1: Over the final five games of the Houston Texans allowed
Speaker 1: six point three yards per carry two opposing running backs.
Speaker 1: They also allowed two points seven yards before contact, the
Speaker 1: worst mark in the league. This might be juicy enough
Speaker 1: for Carlos Hide in the revenge game to get get
Speaker 1: a bikey start, but I'll stick with James Robinson as
Speaker 1: the AH Trevor Lawrence. I'm only giving a C grade
Speaker 1: to the matchup is right for the running backs in
Speaker 1: this game, so it seems reasonable the Jags wouldn't have
Speaker 1: the rookie throw forty times in his first appearance, although
Speaker 1: if he does drop back that much. Houston defense had
Speaker 1: just seven percent pressure rate on pass plays last year.
Speaker 1: That was third worst in the league, and they had J. J.
Speaker 1: Watt for a little bit of that. As far as
Speaker 1: the wide receivers go, I don't really like any of
Speaker 1: them that much. I have se grades on DJ Chark,
Speaker 1: Lavisca Chennault, and Marvin Jones Jr. The best matchup is
Speaker 1: against Vernon Hargraves, the third who's playing for Houston, and
Speaker 1: he's not very good at his job as opposed to
Speaker 1: other people in the league. In man coverage last year,
Speaker 1: he allowed an abysmal pass a rating of one forty
Speaker 1: one point two. Jones and Chennault each ran a majority
Speaker 1: of the routes from the slot last year, but in
Speaker 1: this matchup, three wide receivers will rarely be on the
Speaker 1: field because get this, the Texans only faced a hundred
Speaker 1: and fifty four snaps last year where a slot corner
Speaker 1: was deployed. Wow, that's bizarre. Nobody played three wide receivers
Speaker 1: against them because they sucked. I'm nervous that there's only
Speaker 1: twenty five passes thrown in this game by Lawrence, and
Speaker 1: since I don't fully know how each will be deployed,
Speaker 1: I'd rather not start any of them. If I have to,
Speaker 1: it would be Chennault first, possibly for carries, then Jones,
Speaker 1: then Chark in that order. On the other side, Brandon
Speaker 1: Cooks good old b C. His initials. That's what I'd
Speaker 1: like to give him as a grade to somewhere between
Speaker 1: those two letters. Um looks like he will have a
Speaker 1: matchup against Shakil Griffin, who allowed seven touchdowns in his
Speaker 1: coverage last year down the stretch. Last year, Cooks became
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson's favorite target. But he's obviously not playing in
Speaker 1: Houston this week. Tyrod Taylor is, and let's talk about him.
Speaker 1: Last year, in his single start for the Chargers, he
Speaker 1: lit up the bengals amazing defense for yards and no scores.
Speaker 1: And in fact, in his career in games he started,
Speaker 1: he's averaging two two passing yards and a whopping one
Speaker 1: touchdown per game. We poke fun at Teddy Bridgewater's career numbers,
Speaker 1: but he's way worse. Uh. The Jaguars did give up
Speaker 1: multiple touchdowns to nine of the last ten quarterbacks they
Speaker 1: faced last year, but we're still keeping Tiroud on the
Speaker 1: bench as we are with the rest of the receiver's
Speaker 1: Nico Collins, Anthony Miller, Danny Ammondla David Johnson. Of course,
Speaker 1: this might take a chance on me runner and then
Speaker 1: Philip Lindsay. I think that he's a c start as well.
Speaker 1: Being is that he's tops on the depth chart right now,
Speaker 1: and this is a good matchup for running backs. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna leave Ingram on the bench, but I wonder if
Speaker 1: the Texans could trade mark Ingram back to the Ravens
Speaker 1: for a late round pick. I think at this point
Speaker 1: that that that chip has sailed for better or worse. Hey,
Speaker 1: I wanted to say happy birthday to my dad, who's
Speaker 1: enjoying his seventy one birthday this weekend. Fantastic. Thank you
Speaker 1: for having a great kid, dad. How about that? Um?
Speaker 1: When we come back, more matchups, including Pittsburgh taking on Buffalo.
Speaker 1: Now g Harris makes his debut. Scott Fish will tell
Speaker 1: you what to expect from him. Is it an A
Speaker 1: or is it a plus or A? He's getting the
Speaker 1: Fantasy ard Park he might get, he might get the
Speaker 1: Fantasy Ardvark. Well, there's your Ardark first art park of
Speaker 1: the season right there coming out. That's my prediction. We'll
Speaker 1: find out if it comes true when we come back
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Speaker 1: Explosive Output. Yeah. Pittsburgh takes on Buffalo Scott and let's
Speaker 1: start with the running game, shall we. There's an intriguing
Speaker 1: rookie named Naji Harris who will be starting for the
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers. Will he break the all time single game
Speaker 1: rushing record in this game? No? No, I don't have
Speaker 1: him doing that against the Buffalo Bills wrote underdogs, So
Speaker 1: the game script isn't great in a game that they
Speaker 1: may fall behind, But Naji is pretty good in the
Speaker 1: past game. Should have the volume on both of those fronts.
Speaker 1: His match up against the linebackers is where he's gonna
Speaker 1: make his Hey, it's mostly an a for volume because
Speaker 1: it's hard to see any way. He doesn't get touches. Alright,
Speaker 1: great shocking, really really shocked. Thanks. Where do you have
Speaker 1: him in your ranks? Top ten? I'm sure I'll tell
Speaker 1: in a minute. All right. I already talked about ben
Speaker 1: uh In to take a chance on me segments. So
Speaker 1: let's go to his receivers. I have to Deonte Johnson
Speaker 1: with a B grade. The Bills were the fourth best
Speaker 1: against fantasy wide receivers and PFF has them as a
Speaker 1: top five secondary. They were top six in yards and touchdowns.
Speaker 1: Allowed last year. Despite that, Johnson's target hog. The game
Speaker 1: script is going to be perfect for him trailing, and
Speaker 1: he averaged over eleven targets per game last year when
Speaker 1: he played over fifty of the snaps. That's a lot
Speaker 1: of volume. Sous White might be on him, but they
Speaker 1: are able to move Deontay around quite a bit, and
Speaker 1: White only shadowed his opposing receiver five times out of
Speaker 1: the sixteen games last year, and these are a lot
Speaker 1: of good receivers, so they might just keep him on
Speaker 1: his on the left side where he likes to play.
Speaker 1: Chase Claypool I got a C grade. He had thirteen
Speaker 1: red zone targets, was top ten in air yards last
Speaker 1: year in a limited role. As a full starter, I
Speaker 1: think he would get a little more work. He can
Speaker 1: out muscle anyone for the ball. I'm going to give
Speaker 1: him that C grade. He's the third of the receivers.
Speaker 1: I like this week though, because I feel like where
Speaker 1: you can beat the Buffalo Bills is short. So I
Speaker 1: like Deonte and I like Juju. I think it's a
Speaker 1: tough matchup for overall, but Juju should see a decent
Speaker 1: amount of work close to close to the middle of
Speaker 1: the field. Guys like Alan and Cup and Crowder and
Speaker 1: a bunch of slot receivers had really good games last
Speaker 1: year against these Bills. So I got a B grade there.
Speaker 1: Over to the other side, Josh Allen, I got an
Speaker 1: A grade. T J. Watt's gonna be back. It sounds like,
Speaker 1: you know, he got finally got that settled. But the
Speaker 1: Bills have a twenty seven and a half implied total there,
Speaker 1: there's gonna be a lot of points to be had.
Speaker 1: UM no QB overhead over three hundred yards and no
Speaker 1: QB through for more than two touchdowns against Pittsburgh last year,
Speaker 1: but Allen was one of them that that had high
Speaker 1: two hundreds and two touchdowns and they added a bunch
Speaker 1: of rushing yards. Those rushing yards really helped for Alan
Speaker 1: A grade there. Uh, Stefon Diggs, I think the A
Speaker 1: is pretty obvious US. Yeah, he's gonna either get Hayden
Speaker 1: who's thirty two, or Cameron Sutton, who's like in p
Speaker 1: F F Frankin's um. As for the other receivers, Davis Sanders, Beasley.
Speaker 1: Sanders is very questionable for this game. He popped back
Speaker 1: up on the injury report. If he doesn't go, there
Speaker 1: might be a dart throw for Davis, but otherwise I'm
Speaker 1: benching because it's a little too mucky. Yeah, to the
Speaker 1: running game, it's a it's a lot more muck, a
Speaker 1: lot more muck. Uh. Singletary based on camp talk in
Speaker 1: preseason usage uh, and he's the explosive guy. I mean
Speaker 1: he's he's top ten in the league and plays over
Speaker 1: ten yards and plays over twenty yards since he entered
Speaker 1: the league. He's the explosive guy. But he gets no
Speaker 1: goal line work. That's moss. So we don't know what
Speaker 1: either of them are gonna get until I know more
Speaker 1: of the usage. I don't want any of them in
Speaker 1: my lineup. Devin Singletary just does nothing for me when
Speaker 1: I watch him. He just I don't see anything that
Speaker 1: any part of his game that pops for me. They're
Speaker 1: both pretty ordinary in my mind right now. Zach was
Speaker 1: last year, but this is year two and we've seen Singletary.
Speaker 1: I got a lot more, lot more tape on Singletary
Speaker 1: mental tape. I'm not breaking down Singletary tape. Charges take
Speaker 1: on Washington and this might be the hardest game of
Speaker 1: the year for justin air Bear, are you saying the
Speaker 1: air Bear is scared. No, I'm not. Thankfully, the Charges
Speaker 1: upgraded as offensive line in the off season. They got
Speaker 1: Corey Linsley and Rashawn Slater, and they will be tested
Speaker 1: against the best front four in football, including elite rusher's
Speaker 1: Chase Young, Jonathan Allen, and Montes Sweat. From Week six forward,
Speaker 1: Washington allowed just one passing touchdown per game and only
Speaker 1: one quarterback topped two hundred seventy six yards Week six
Speaker 1: forward for Washington last year, and their secondary got better
Speaker 1: with the addition of William Jackson. So' all that together.
Speaker 1: I've got a B grade on on Justin air Bear
Speaker 1: and I'm I contemplated having him with It's it's I
Speaker 1: have concern here for Keenan Allen. Washington secondary yielded second
Speaker 1: fewest scores the fifth fewest yards to opposing receivers. I
Speaker 1: don't like that. It looks like um Washington is gonna
Speaker 1: move cornerback Kendall Fuller to the slot and he'll be
Speaker 1: Allen's primary defender. He was pretty good last year. He
Speaker 1: held opponents scoreless in twelve or fifteen games, and he
Speaker 1: went a had a five game scoreless stretch to close
Speaker 1: the season. So B grade and Keenan Allen. Mike Williams
Speaker 1: missed most of the preseason with a hip injury, but
Speaker 1: he's practicing and he should play here. And he's Williams
Speaker 1: entering his fifth season, Mike Williams. And if he's five
Speaker 1: seasons and he's twenty six years old, he's still just
Speaker 1: a baby. There's still room to improve, which would be nice.
Speaker 1: Um Williams Ligns up all over the field, but most
Speaker 1: frequently see cornerback Darryl Roberts, who has been cast aside
Speaker 1: by the Lions the Jets over the past two years.
Speaker 1: That is a very plus matchup for Mike Williams, who
Speaker 1: I like in this one quite a bit. A B
Speaker 1: grade from Mike Williams. The other receivers Jalen Guyden and
Speaker 1: rookie Josh Palmer on the bench, they're gonna their third
Speaker 1: receiver due tease, and you know what their roles maybe
Speaker 1: is not clear And this is a tough matchup, so
Speaker 1: I don't want a part of it. All right, Let's
Speaker 1: talk Austin Neckla where things get thorny. He practiced on
Speaker 1: Friday after missing Wednesday and Thursday with with a hamstring
Speaker 1: injury and no injury is more susceptible to aggravation than
Speaker 1: a running backs hamstring injury. I mean, this is and
Speaker 1: you know that's that's what sidelined him for whatever eight
Speaker 1: games last year. I love the new improved offensive line,
Speaker 1: but Washington's run defense was good last year. They allowed
Speaker 1: the ninth fewest rushing yards the fourth fewest combo yards
Speaker 1: to opposing running backs. No back caught more than five
Speaker 1: passes against Washington all last year, and that's why we
Speaker 1: have Austin Ekeler. So I've got a C grade on Eckler,
Speaker 1: and I'm baking in some of the danger of him
Speaker 1: not finishing this game, which I'm very real. Next on
Speaker 1: the Washington side, we'll start with their running back Antonio Gibson,
Speaker 1: with a B grade. No back top eighty two rushing
Speaker 1: yards against the Chargers in the entire second half of
Speaker 1: last year. They weren't impenetrable. They only give up four
Speaker 1: point They get at four point six yards per carry,
Speaker 1: which right in the in the middle of the pack.
Speaker 1: And while we all hope that Gibson will catch more passes,
Speaker 1: the charges were very good there too. Over the final
Speaker 1: ten games of last year, opposing runners over only averaged
Speaker 1: twenty nine receiving yards per game, and they scored one
Speaker 1: total touchdown over that long stretch to finish the year.
Speaker 1: So I'm nervous about Gibson and I've only got a
Speaker 1: B grade on him. Let's go to the passing game.
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick has a B grade. Unlike any recent Washington quarterback,
Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick impressed the ball down field last year. He finished
Speaker 1: eleventh and completed air yards and eighth and yards per attempt. That,
Speaker 1: by the way, despite having the second shortest time to throw.
Speaker 1: Because Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick is, he will stand in that pocket
Speaker 1: and absorb, you know, absolute destruction to his body, which
Speaker 1: I love. Um. The return of elite safety Derwin James
Speaker 1: helps an inconsistent secondary that worries me. They spent a
Speaker 1: draft pick on a Sante Samue, which which could be
Speaker 1: a concern at some point, but it's just his first
Speaker 1: ever game. B grade on Ryan Fitzpatrick. Let's go to
Speaker 1: his receivers, specifically Terry McLaurin with an A grade. He
Speaker 1: averaged seventy yards per game with Dwayne Haskins and Alex
Speaker 1: Smith and case Keenum throwing him the ball the last
Speaker 1: few years. Now he gets a gun slinger to throw
Speaker 1: the ball downfield, and I love the opportunity for him
Speaker 1: to open up this offense. The Chargers defense good. I
Speaker 1: mentioned a Sante Samuel got added to a second day
Speaker 1: that was already giving up the seventh few yards to
Speaker 1: opposing receivers. Um McLaurin has an experienced advantage over Samuel, though,
Speaker 1: so we'll keep him with the A grade. And the
Speaker 1: last guy I want to really talk about his Logan Thomas.
Speaker 1: Thomas ran over six his snaps from the slot, the
Speaker 1: third highest percentage among tight ends. He was also targeted
Speaker 1: the third most times one five times. Last season, The
Speaker 1: Chargers allowed the twelfth most fantasy points to tight end
Speaker 1: and the fourth most touchdowns. Thomas's will most oftense. He
Speaker 1: coverage from linebacker Kenneth Murray, who struggled as a rookie
Speaker 1: last year and graded is the tenth worst rookie of
Speaker 1: tenth worst linebacker in coverage by Pro Football Focus. So
Speaker 1: I like logan Thomas and he's gotta be grade Diamie Brown,
Speaker 1: was your take a chance on me? Wide receiver? By
Speaker 1: the way, Thomas over a thousand snaps last year, like
Speaker 1: I think that was first among tenants. He's just always
Speaker 1: on the field, which is what we need that, right
Speaker 1: Who doesn't want that? We all do alright. Final matchup
Speaker 1: of this segment is the New York Jets taking on
Speaker 1: Carolina Matt Yeah. Um, let's start with the obvious guy here,
Speaker 1: Dan Arnold, who gets a C grade. This grade reflects
Speaker 1: my fear of a Brian Johnson backlash if I leave
Speaker 1: him on the bench. Not actually, but he will be
Speaker 1: going up against the once grade C. J Moseley, who
Speaker 1: hasn't played meaningful football since the end of so I
Speaker 1: kind of like Dan Arnold in this little bit here,
Speaker 1: and let's let's give him a see, also giving his
Speaker 1: passing partner Sam Donald a C. Almost every quarterback to
Speaker 1: face the Jets last year had a good day. It's
Speaker 1: too many of the list, but three hundred yards and
Speaker 1: three passing scores was very common, and Donald should know.
Speaker 1: He got to dominate this defense in practice for three years.
Speaker 1: So here's the revenge game right off the bat. It's
Speaker 1: hard to remember a lot of great Sam Donald moments,
Speaker 1: but against bottom eight past defenses in his career, he's
Speaker 1: fared pretty well in those seven career starts against bottom
Speaker 1: eight pass defenses and the Jets were holding one of
Speaker 1: those spots a lot of the time. He's averaging two
Speaker 1: seventy five yards and one point six touchdowns per game.
Speaker 1: That's not bad. It doesn't hurt that he had now
Speaker 1: has good wide receivers to including one of his favorites
Speaker 1: from his old Jets days, Robbie Anderson, who had his
Speaker 1: best years as a pro with Donald. The two connected
Speaker 1: for eleven touchdowns in twenty five career games. I'm giving
Speaker 1: Robbie Anderson and d J Moore a b. Anderson gets
Speaker 1: Bryce Hall, who gave up a passer rating of one
Speaker 1: oh three in his coverage last year, while DJ Moore
Speaker 1: goes against undrafted free agent rookie Isaiah Donne. I'm not
Speaker 1: going to put Terrace Marshall on the field, even though
Speaker 1: Scott Fish wants to. I'm gonna give him the weight
Speaker 1: and c grade um he was. He was a great
Speaker 1: preseason player. But if you have drafted a few wide receivers,
Speaker 1: you probably have a few ahead of terrorists the fourth
Speaker 1: receiving option on that team. That's completely understanding. That's true.
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey, he gets an a. We're moving on to
Speaker 1: the running game on the Jet side where charts use
Speaker 1: Tevin coleman as to take a chance on me runner,
Speaker 1: and we're gonna sit and wait on Michael Carter or
Speaker 1: Ty Johnson to see how that one shakes out. Zack Wilson,
Speaker 1: he gets a C grade. This is a really a
Speaker 1: tale of how bad the Jets defense is for me
Speaker 1: and how I foresee a lot of garbage time coming
Speaker 1: their way the season now. Brian Johnson submitted the names
Speaker 1: carbage time for Derek Carr back on the day dart
Speaker 1: board ledge time for Bartles worked for me, So I
Speaker 1: submit for your approval. Chart scraps Wilson, Oh, I like,
Speaker 1: and he's gonna get the scraps at the end of
Speaker 1: the game. Scraps at the end of the game. The
Speaker 1: Panthers only intercepted two passes in the final eight games
Speaker 1: last year. Both were off of Dwayne Haskins. So Zack
Speaker 1: Wilson and garbage time in Scraps Wilson time. I like his.
Speaker 1: His top receiver of the week is gonna be Corey Davis,
Speaker 1: and I'm giving him a solid beat. The Jets will
Speaker 1: need to throw off in the second half, likely deep,
Speaker 1: and Davis was a ninth in the NFL with fifteen
Speaker 1: point one yards per catch last year, and his average
Speaker 1: depth of target was a robust twelve point five yards. Uh.
Speaker 1: And then finally, the last receiver that I want to
Speaker 1: talk about, Jamison Crowder. He's gonna miss the game with
Speaker 1: an injury. So fire up Elijah Moore with a C grade.
Speaker 1: Scott Fish is gonna like that. There we go A
Speaker 1: j Booyer was set to start at slot corner, but
Speaker 1: he's serving the final two games of his pe D suspension,
Speaker 1: leaving fifth round rookie Keith Taylor or Stanley Thomas Oliver
Speaker 1: to cover the slot. Thomas Oliver gave up a passer
Speaker 1: rating of one fifty three in his fifty two snaps
Speaker 1: lest season almost snap almost. So hey, let's go with
Speaker 1: j Elijah Moore as a C grade. Well done. You
Speaker 1: brought actual enthusiasm to the Jets Panthers game. I like that.
Speaker 1: You know it's gonna be that is that is that
Speaker 1: is fun? All right? I want I want to We've
Speaker 1: got about a minute left in in this segment. What
Speaker 1: is the appropriate level of concern for Ezekiel Elliott owners
Speaker 1: coming off the dismal Thursday night game. Some I think
Speaker 1: it's some yeah, yeah, I think there's going to be
Speaker 1: a lot of panicked owners in your league's are trying
Speaker 1: to wanting to trade him, or you might be able
Speaker 1: to get a good deal off of him. But honestly,
Speaker 1: I thought Paulard looked a little better than Zeke blocking
Speaker 1: a bunch is blocking was great in that game. It
Speaker 1: was that does not help fantasy owners at all, paular did.
Speaker 1: I thought he ran harder. Tampa is a legendarily good
Speaker 1: that is the run defense, and so we gotta take
Speaker 1: this with a grain assault like running back twenty four.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, I was very nervous. Here's that
Speaker 1: everybody going against Tampa. I think it should be compared
Speaker 1: to where you drafted him because I felt like he
Speaker 1: was overdrafted. I didn't have him in my top five
Speaker 1: running backs where most people did this This show, this
Speaker 1: show has figured that out many times in the past.
Speaker 1: Our number two coming up, including three tough questions. You
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Speaker 1: Welcome back our number two Fantasy Football Weekly. I am
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Speaker 1: game we call three tough questions. I will pepper my
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Speaker 1: Tough question number one which Ravens running back will score
Speaker 1: the most Fantasy points this year? Scott, I'm just gonna
Speaker 1: stick with Tyson Williams. This is the guy that Matt
Speaker 1: Waldman and football guys in the RSP profile said give
Speaker 1: him one to two years and he has the talent
Speaker 1: to outplay a lot of draft picks. He he liked
Speaker 1: him a lot. The team seems to like him a lot.
Speaker 1: They did bring in Lottavius Murray, who feels like a
Speaker 1: really good fit for that Ravens offense. The quotes coming
Speaker 1: out of there this week seemed to indicate that they
Speaker 1: want Levian Bell to be involved. He's just doesn't have
Speaker 1: his legs under him yet, so it's gonna be kind
Speaker 1: of gross. But they run the ball a ton, and
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna give it to the young guy because
Speaker 1: he's the one that's been there all through camp and
Speaker 1: on the practice squad last year as well. All Right, Matt,
Speaker 1: which Ravens running back will score the most Fantasy points
Speaker 1: this year? I just want to know if you're a
Speaker 1: fan of eighth year running backs, because that's what Levian
Speaker 1: Bell is in his eighth year, Lottavius Murray eighth year.
Speaker 1: Even if you go to Davante Freeman. He's in his
Speaker 1: eighth year. Tyson Williams is a twenty five year old,
Speaker 1: which is old for a rookie. Second, but big dude,
Speaker 1: six ft zero, I'm not gonna go with an eighth
Speaker 1: year alright, Greece, Scott Fish Tyson Williams. Correct answer is
Speaker 1: Tyson Williams. And by the way I've learned watching went
Speaker 1: back and watched a lot of Tyson Williams to you know,
Speaker 1: get all prepped up on this and and that's how
Speaker 1: they were pronouncing his name, Tyson, not Tyson, so just
Speaker 1: the apost Tyson. You never know. But and that's that's
Speaker 1: the case here. Um. As of three days ago, he
Speaker 1: was the only Ravens runner on the team. Right, that's
Speaker 1: a well, a massive institutional advantage was there until I'm
Speaker 1: talking about guys who do not have blown out um,
Speaker 1: and that gives him the chance to establish himself as
Speaker 1: a viable lead back in the first month of the
Speaker 1: season by being good and listen to the defenses that
Speaker 1: are coming up. The Raiders on Monday Night ranked twenty
Speaker 1: five and rushing yards allowed last year, then the Chiefs
Speaker 1: they ranked three, then the Lions and then the Broncos
Speaker 1: twenty two last year in rushing yards allowed that easy
Speaker 1: runway in is going to establish Tyson Williams as the
Speaker 1: go to back. And if you're worried about the pass
Speaker 1: catching side with be On Bell, they threw a running
Speaker 1: backs fifty times last year total. I thought maybe that's
Speaker 1: a fluke fifty one the year before. They just don't
Speaker 1: do that. Um Lottavias Murray has been a relief back
Speaker 1: since seen and even that year he was supposed to
Speaker 1: be a backup. He just he is what he is,
Speaker 1: which is a role player backup back, and that's what
Speaker 1: Ottavias Murray's is going to remain tough. Question Number two
Speaker 1: forty Niners starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolos rostered in three percent
Speaker 1: of fantasy leagues. Is that appropriate or is that a mistake? Man,
Speaker 1: At least for the first few weeks. It's a mistake
Speaker 1: because he should be on rosters. The Niners get the
Speaker 1: Lions this week, he should put up nice points in
Speaker 1: that game. The Eagles next week, same thing. After that,
Speaker 1: home games against the Packers and Seahawks both have very
Speaker 1: burnable secondaries and should be more of a shootout. And
Speaker 1: then at Arizona the next week. That should be more
Speaker 1: of the same. Their secondaries not great either. Then they
Speaker 1: go into a by and come out of the bye
Speaker 1: in Week seven against the Colts on Sunday Night football.
Speaker 1: So if they're gonna make a switch, it would make
Speaker 1: sense in the week six by. But they're gonna be
Speaker 1: five and oh after the first five weeks, so it's
Speaker 1: a mistake. He belongs on rosters until they name Trey
Speaker 1: Lance the starter. The green Bay game could be a loss. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I was gonna say, I think I disagree with the
Speaker 1: green Bay part um. Uh my. My instinct is to say,
Speaker 1: now they're they're twelve fourteen quarterbacks that everybody's gonna have
Speaker 1: on rosters and be starting because they drafted them as starters.
Speaker 1: And that's why he's at three percent. You can pick
Speaker 1: him up off waivers for the next few weeks. But
Speaker 1: I think Matt kind of convinced me on the fly there,
Speaker 1: given that schedule, I would want him on my roster,
Speaker 1: So I can, you know, make the matchup play for
Speaker 1: a few of those correct, That is the correct answer.
Speaker 1: He should be on right, it should be he should
Speaker 1: be rostered. You get the here's the advantages that come
Speaker 1: with Jimmy Garoppolo, the best offensive coach in the NFL,
Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan. He is throwing to three receivers everybody loves
Speaker 1: universally Kittle. Are you can, Samuel? And you mentioned the schedule,
Speaker 1: which was which is a no brainer. Four of the
Speaker 1: first five games are easy for him. All those reasons
Speaker 1: together and Jimmy Garoppolo should be rostered. He was might
Speaker 1: take a chance on the quarterback. He was a really
Speaker 1: tough question. Number three. I told you the answer earlier.
Speaker 1: You did, uh, Scott, Yeah, we're one year removed from
Speaker 1: Jamis Winson being the second highest scoring fantasy quarterback this year.
Speaker 1: What grade will he most commonly get from Fantasy Football
Speaker 1: weekly hosts and A, A, B, A C or a
Speaker 1: bench grade? Ah See, I wanted to say his most
Speaker 1: common grade will be ungraded take a chance on me players, Winston,
Speaker 1: but take a chance of me. Players can still get grade, Yes,
Speaker 1: they still can. Uh. He has the field that take
Speaker 1: a chance on me. Guy, he's got He's got a
Speaker 1: schedule that's uh supposedly tenth easiest for quarterbacks according to
Speaker 1: Fantasy Points and second to easiest schedule for quarterbacks according
Speaker 1: to pro FO Pro Football Focus, however, the front five
Speaker 1: is one of the worst in the league so early on,
Speaker 1: not a whole lot of them. But I'm gonna say
Speaker 1: he's gonna get a lot of B grades come the
Speaker 1: end of the come the second half, B is your aunt. Alright,
Speaker 1: Matt should what grade will Jamis Winston most commonly get
Speaker 1: from Fantasy Football Weekly hosts, A, B, C or bench.
Speaker 1: I went through the schedule. I gave him three a's,
Speaker 1: nine B s, and five c's. However, so be is
Speaker 1: my answer right now. But there's caveat here. If Taysom
Speaker 1: Hill gets meaningful snaps in these first couple of weeks
Speaker 1: and and Jamis Winston's not on the field, fully, we're
Speaker 1: gonna move him down a full letter grade on each
Speaker 1: of those. So if if Taysom Hill is getting work,
Speaker 1: he's probably a C grade player. I also estimated all
Speaker 1: seventeen games and had good for you and almost dead
Speaker 1: even distribution four four four four, But one of them
Speaker 1: had a five five and that was the B grade.
Speaker 1: So the correct answer is b um. Many people are
Speaker 1: really down on Winston right now. You're going undrafted in
Speaker 1: most leagues are very late drafted. In most leagues. But
Speaker 1: you know, as the season progresses and we're gonna have
Speaker 1: the return to health of Trey Kwon Smith, who's on
Speaker 1: I R now but can come back. Adam Troutman is
Speaker 1: gonna come back, Michael Thomas is gonna come back. As
Speaker 1: the season goes on, I get the feeling I'm gonna
Speaker 1: be increasingly wishing I had more shares of Jameis Winston.
Speaker 1: It's like a pre premature special people remember the thirty interception.
Speaker 1: You're he'd never had a team before that, more than
Speaker 1: any team before that. He got lace sick. He's with
Speaker 1: Sean Payton, who I trust to keep him locked down
Speaker 1: on that. He eats w's yeah, he eats. Nope, you
Speaker 1: know sometimes he does. But maybe Sean Payton will get
Speaker 1: that out of him. Let's work in one more matchup
Speaker 1: into this segment, San Francisco taking on Detroit Scott. Yes,
Speaker 1: so you had Jimmy Garoppolo as your take a chance
Speaker 1: on me player. Well, at letter grade would you give him?
Speaker 1: I would have given him a B possibly like I
Speaker 1: have him at the leave tenth in my UM. And
Speaker 1: here I'm going to go through the players and tell
Speaker 1: you why you were right why you charged, were right
Speaker 1: with you? Yes, okay. I'm gonna start with George Kittle.
Speaker 1: Last year, Kittle, Deebo and a yuk Uh, Deebo Samuel
Speaker 1: and Brandon Aiyuke. We're all healthy together for four games.
Speaker 1: In those four games, Kittle had forty targets when they
Speaker 1: were all playing together. That's a lot, and he led
Speaker 1: the team in targets or tied for the lead in
Speaker 1: all four games. Three of those were Jimmy G starts.
Speaker 1: Lions were top five against tight ends, but they did
Speaker 1: allow a bunch of touchdowns nine times to be exact
Speaker 1: um and ended the season. And they ended the season
Speaker 1: allowing seventy plus yards and or a score in each
Speaker 1: of the last five games to tight ends. So I
Speaker 1: have an A grade on Kittle. I'm gonna go down
Speaker 1: to a B grade for Deebo Samuel, who I think
Speaker 1: will be a little bit of an extension to the
Speaker 1: run game. He's got a juicy matchup against drafted free
Speaker 1: agent rookie cornerback A J. Parker. Uh. Expect a run
Speaker 1: heavy game script, but like I said, he's you know,
Speaker 1: he'll they'll be ahead, run ahead of the game script.
Speaker 1: But I think he's an extension of the run game.
Speaker 1: So I'm giving him a B got auke with a C.
Speaker 1: He's going up against a manio who is ranked a
Speaker 1: hundred by PFF. But is that his first hand last
Speaker 1: name is his first name? Oh, that's just what he's
Speaker 1: I thought he had act. He was just like, his
Speaker 1: last name is the name that you would try to pronounce,
Speaker 1: but I did not give it. But a big size
Speaker 1: guy able to be press coverage, I like you, but
Speaker 1: he's got a hamstring injury. I'm only giving the C
Speaker 1: grade here. Over to the run game, I already talked about.
Speaker 1: Sermon In might take a chance on me. I'm given
Speaker 1: mostard an A. This is a Lions team, Like we said,
Speaker 1: this is a Lions team that allowed nearly two touchdowns
Speaker 1: per game to running backs last year, over a hundred
Speaker 1: six yards per game when when the four Niners are ahead,
Speaker 1: the running backs touched the ball thirty five plus times.
Speaker 1: Even if you get most or twenty of those against
Speaker 1: this Lions team, he's gonna come up with a grade.
Speaker 1: He's my number six rank running back. I've got an
Speaker 1: A grade on him as well. Yes, over onto the
Speaker 1: rams side, or excuse me, the ram side because Jared
Speaker 1: Goff the Lions side. I have a grade on t J. Hockenson.
Speaker 1: I have a B grade there. I have a grade
Speaker 1: on him. Yeah, I will tell you what it is.
Speaker 1: I have a grade on two players. T J. Hawkinson
Speaker 1: should be a target hog established himself and as golf
Speaker 1: security blanket. Uh. That said, the four Niners allowed the
Speaker 1: fewest yards and second fewest touchdowns the tight ends last year.
Speaker 1: Their their defense should be healthier than last year. But
Speaker 1: I just think Golf is gonna target him a ton. Uh.
Speaker 1: The reason I don't have any grade on any of
Speaker 1: the other receivers for this team is Golf is facing
Speaker 1: a four NS defense that was top ten in several
Speaker 1: categories last year, and and Golf downgraded he had a
Speaker 1: bad year last year, and he downgraded his offensive coach
Speaker 1: his receiving options. It's a bad matchup everything. So all
Speaker 1: the receivers except for Hawkinson due to volume, is going
Speaker 1: to be on the bunch in the running game. I'm
Speaker 1: giving DeAndre Swift a B grade because I think they'll
Speaker 1: be in a negative game. Script have to pass a bunch.
Speaker 1: Dan Campbell and Anthony Lynn's team's last year passed to
Speaker 1: the running back over twenty five percent of the time,
Speaker 1: which is a lot of passes to running back and
Speaker 1: Swift is that role they've mentioned, He's that role. So
Speaker 1: I'm going to give him the volume and enough passwork
Speaker 1: to get a B grade, but I'm leaving Williams on
Speaker 1: the bench for this week at least. Yeah, I'm interested
Speaker 1: to see what Williams role ends up being in this
Speaker 1: offense and is it meaningful or not. You know, they
Speaker 1: were what they're paying him, They're paying a meaningful amount
Speaker 1: of money. We'll see if they use them in a
Speaker 1: meaningful role. Beginning on Sunday, the Lions played. Can we
Speaker 1: just say because Lions from now on for yeah, probably
Speaker 1: when we come back, more matchups, including green Bay traveling
Speaker 1: to Jacksonville to play the Saints. Funny how these things
Speaker 1: break just right for for green Bay. I think the
Speaker 1: officials had anything to do with the weather. I think
Speaker 1: that's how this all ended up happening. We'll tell you
Speaker 1: what to expect it in a possible shootout between Green
Speaker 1: Bay and the Saints when we come back to Fantasy
Speaker 1: Football Weekly. Welcome back to Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Church
Speaker 1: and Scott Fish and Matt Harrison with you working through
Speaker 1: the matchups around the NFL fantasy style. Next up, the
Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers taking on New Orleans would have been
Speaker 1: in New Orleans. Instead, we've been relocated to a Jacksonville.
Speaker 1: It's a neutral site. Can usually call and mccockney does.
Speaker 1: Those not this week. Aaron Rodgerson, Davante Adams are obvious
Speaker 1: and compelling A grades that do not need any elaboration.
Speaker 1: Let's go to some other players, including Randall Cobb. Now
Speaker 1: I'm giving Randall Cobb a C grade for intangible reasons.
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers put his ass on the line by demanding
Speaker 1: that the team trade for Randall Cobb. Do you think
Speaker 1: he won't feature Cob here? Of course he will. Cob
Speaker 1: lines up against Chauncey Gardner Johnson Profo Ball Focus is
Speaker 1: sixty four ranked cornerback in the slot. It's a plus
Speaker 1: matchup for Cobb and and I told you so a
Speaker 1: moment for his quarterback se grade on Randall Cobb. Let's
Speaker 1: talk Robert Tunyon a grade. He led all tight ends
Speaker 1: with eleven touchdowns last year, and he posted an catch
Speaker 1: rate which was the best among tight ends and second
Speaker 1: best across the entire NFL. The Saints allowed the fifth
Speaker 1: most touchdowns to tight ends, nine of them a year.
Speaker 1: And safety Malcolm Jenkins should be the primary matchup for
Speaker 1: Tony and he was graded as a bottom ten covered
Speaker 1: safety last year by Pro Football Focus. Big green light
Speaker 1: for Robert Tonyan in this matchup. As for the other receivers,
Speaker 1: mvs and Alan Robinson, way to scattershot for my taste.
Speaker 1: Both were completely undependable even in Aaron Rodgers m v
Speaker 1: P last season and in a plus matchup. Uh not
Speaker 1: Allen Robinson, Allen Lazard, even in a very plus matchup.
Speaker 1: Their total dart throws I would show caution here. Let's
Speaker 1: go to Aaron Jones, who gets a B grade. The
Speaker 1: Saints have been brutalizing opposing running backs for three years,
Speaker 1: allowing just one runner to top one hundred rushing yards
Speaker 1: in those three seasons. That's crazy. The Packers offense will
Speaker 1: move through the air in this game against a bad secondary,
Speaker 1: not on the ground against the great front four. Jones
Speaker 1: put up seventy six scoreless combo yards and just two
Speaker 1: catches in New Orleans last year, and that's why he
Speaker 1: dips down to a B grade here for a J.
Speaker 1: Dillon again elite Saints run defense, and we really don't
Speaker 1: know what his usage is gonna be. And they never
Speaker 1: threw to him last year. He had three targets all
Speaker 1: of last year. Roll all that together, we're leaving A. J.
Speaker 1: Dillon on the bench. Let's go over to the Saint side.
Speaker 1: Alvin Camara gets an A grade. He is the entire
Speaker 1: Saints offense in this game. I believe the Packers know it.
Speaker 1: But can they stop him? Last year he hammered the Packers,
Speaker 1: putting up an absurd one nineties seven combo yards to
Speaker 1: go with thirteen catches and two touchdowns. Camara averaged seven
Speaker 1: receptions per game without Michael Thomas last season, and that's
Speaker 1: when the Saints actually had other wide receivers. Now you
Speaker 1: know short at least two, Camara's seven receptions could go
Speaker 1: up from there. Meanwhile, the Packers returned the majority of
Speaker 1: a defense that was bottom ten and every meaningful category
Speaker 1: against opposing receiving backs. So a good all purpose game
Speaker 1: coming for Camara, who gets an A. Let's go to
Speaker 1: the passing game. I've got a bench grade on all
Speaker 1: of them in looting, Marquez Callaway, let's pray. I hope
Speaker 1: it's another season of just like bombs Away. No, look
Speaker 1: yolo heaves from Jameis. Winston's all year long, just like
Speaker 1: terrible for his career, but great for my fantasy team.
Speaker 1: I love those. Wait, we have to stop the show now,
Speaker 1: those high risk throws were fantastic. Winston's first problem though,
Speaker 1: here is a lack of receiving talent with Michael Thomas,
Speaker 1: Adam Troutman, and Trey Kwan Smith out. And then for whatever,
Speaker 1: defend whatever re siies he's got left, he's got to
Speaker 1: go up. There's number one receiver, presumably Callaway has to
Speaker 1: go up against Jay R Alexander profile focuses top ranked cornerback.
Speaker 1: There's just not a good It's just not enough targets
Speaker 1: left on the board for Winston in this matchup. So
Speaker 1: he gets a bench grade. You know, Tony Jones is
Speaker 1: kind of interesting. How about a C grade on Tony Jones.
Speaker 1: We're gonna talk more about Tony Jones later in this show.
Speaker 1: But you know, Alvin Camaratt never workhorseback won't be in
Speaker 1: this game either. And Tony Jones, right, he said, and
Speaker 1: reasonably so. I went back through and watched all the
Speaker 1: preseason Carry's Dude's good, especially that first game against the
Speaker 1: Ravens really good. So I'm going to be a SEE
Speaker 1: grade to Tony Jones of this matchup. Next, let's go
Speaker 1: to Cleveland taking on Kansas City in a very possible
Speaker 1: preview of the a f C Championship game next January. Well, yeah,
Speaker 1: and if you remember last season's playoff game, I think
Speaker 1: it's pretty safe to fire up Chad Henny at quarterback
Speaker 1: with solid B grade. What if they send out Henny
Speaker 1: for the first snap of the game. Just just a
Speaker 1: mass with the Browns, Patrick Mahomes, Tyreek Killed, Travis Kelsey,
Speaker 1: all A grades. They're good at TOSSI toss uh Nicole Hardman,
Speaker 1: DeMarcus Robinson, Byron Pringle. They're all on the bench. Which
Speaker 1: one of these guys is far and away the number
Speaker 1: two wide receiver Hardman. Maybe he's being drafted like it.
Speaker 1: The wide receiver on the Chiefs can disappear at any
Speaker 1: time they want to, anytime they feel you. In the
Speaker 1: sixteen wide receiver two games the Chiefs played last year,
Speaker 1: I took the games that Sammy Watkins played, and in
Speaker 1: the games he was absent, I inserted me Cole Hardman.
Speaker 1: The average game for the Kansas City Wide receiver two
Speaker 1: was four targets, three receptions, forty one yards and one
Speaker 1: sixth of a touchdown. It's just there is no wide
Speaker 1: receiver too. It's okay, we get to know who the
Speaker 1: good players on the Chiefs. You can't argue they're very bankable,
Speaker 1: except for Clyde Edwards Hilaire, who's not very bankable. Uh,
Speaker 1: this one's just a bad matchup. Down the stretch. Cleveland
Speaker 1: was one of the best run defenses in the league,
Speaker 1: allowing only seventy rushing yards per game over the final
Speaker 1: six games of the year. Clyde did not play in
Speaker 1: the playoff game last year, so maybe he's their secret weapon.
Speaker 1: They've never seen him before. Nick Chubb he gets a
Speaker 1: B grade, and Kareem Hunt he gets to see. The
Speaker 1: Chiefs were bottom twelve in the league against running back
Speaker 1: rushing yards, receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns. So one
Speaker 1: place they exceeded expectations is the only allowed seven running
Speaker 1: back rushing touchdowns last year. Still, I don't know. Nick
Speaker 1: Chubb's really really good. He's really really good and not
Speaker 1: everything else sounded like it was game on. It's kind
Speaker 1: of I'd like you to reconsider a possible a right here,
Speaker 1: oh no uh in the Battle of the trenches, though
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus has this as the third most positive
Speaker 1: run game for Cleveland's offensive line versus Kansas City's defensive line. Okay,
Speaker 1: I'll give Nick chubb an a thank you very much
Speaker 1: to my ranking. Here. I've got Hi, I've got him
Speaker 1: a running back for Okay, that's good. Baker Mayfield, he
Speaker 1: gets a C grade. The Browns are a running team.
Speaker 1: They had the fourth lowest passing rate in the league
Speaker 1: last year, and they saw Tampa unlock the key to
Speaker 1: beat the Chiefs. Good defense and ball control offense. That's
Speaker 1: why I only have se grades on Odell Beckham and
Speaker 1: Jarvis Landry. The chief should deploy Legarious Snead against Beckham. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he had a top three passer rating and balls thrown
Speaker 1: into his coverage last year at fifty three point four.
Speaker 1: And Landry often runs from the slot and three wide receivers,
Speaker 1: but the Browns run a ton of twelve personnel, which
Speaker 1: means two tight ends on the field in those scenarios,
Speaker 1: he's likely running against former Viking Mike Hughes, who allowed
Speaker 1: completed catches on his throws in his coverage last season.
Speaker 1: So I actually like Landry better than Beckham in this game,
Speaker 1: and the tick and the tight ends are on the bench. Yeah,
Speaker 1: well that's I'm that's safe to say. Yeah, in part
Speaker 1: because there's three three deep tight end you know, you
Speaker 1: never know who's coming up next. Seattle takes on Indianapolis,
Speaker 1: and injuries will play a potentially a big part of
Speaker 1: this game. Um, particularly in the Indianapolis side. But yeah,
Speaker 1: I'll let you I'll let you address that, Scott. Yeah,
Speaker 1: well let's sure. Let's start on the wayside, the Indianapolis side.
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz I have on the bench despite the second
Speaker 1: highest Vegas over under of the week, He's going to
Speaker 1: be missing Eric Fisher, which they'll be down to their
Speaker 1: third left tackle. I believe on that side they our
Speaker 1: third left tackle Julian something and something Julia Gulia, Julian
Speaker 1: child friend chef, and Quentin Nelson is still questionable. I
Speaker 1: mean it sounds like he'll go, but he's still questionable.
Speaker 1: Last uh, let's go to his receivers though. Do I
Speaker 1: think that any of his receivers are startable? Do I
Speaker 1: gave you a Paris to Paris Paris Hilton? Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: how did how do I get to this point and
Speaker 1: not realize that the Indianapolis receivers had a Paris and
Speaker 1: a Hilton. I don't know. How did I not know
Speaker 1: that until now? I don't know. I'd never drop it anyway,
Speaker 1: you know why. Here's why I don't care about Paris
Speaker 1: Hilton at all. I don't care about her. That's why
Speaker 1: let's talk about Michael Pittman. I now I got a
Speaker 1: C grade on Michael Pittman. Remains to be seen if
Speaker 1: he can be the top dog and take on to
Speaker 1: the top coverages. But he is six ft four and
Speaker 1: he might be facing up against five ft nine DJ Reid.
Speaker 1: If you're doing the math at home, that is seven
Speaker 1: inches difference, which I really like that matchup for him. Uh,
Speaker 1: Paris Campbell was charged to take a chance on me
Speaker 1: player dealing with a little bit of an achilles injury.
Speaker 1: But he's gonna play through it, and he looks fine.
Speaker 1: He does play from the slot though. So on the
Speaker 1: other side is gonna be Michael Strown. I love Michael Stron. Uh,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna make a prespect in the middle
Speaker 1: of my thing here. Michael Stron is gonna play mostly
Speaker 1: on the outside for this, he's six ft five pounds
Speaker 1: ten inch hands in winks ban four point four sixty
Speaker 1: at that size. Um, he's gonna go over Zach Pascal,
Speaker 1: and Zach Pascal plays six from the slot. But Michael
Speaker 1: stron uh lad the team in targets, catches, and receiving yards.
Speaker 1: In the preseason, they said he was just unstoppable in camp.
Speaker 1: I think he gets some work here, not enough to start.
Speaker 1: But if you're on a deeper roster, go get Michael Strong.
Speaker 1: It's it's spelled like straight chin or whatever. Go get
Speaker 1: Michael Strong. Uh. To the running game, let's go with
Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor. I got a C grade on Jonathan Taylor, honestly,
Speaker 1: behind that line with Fisher out with if he especially
Speaker 1: if Quint Nelson also misses. Seattle was top five against
Speaker 1: running backs last year. It's just a bad matchup. He
Speaker 1: just might get enough ten to fifteen touches to to
Speaker 1: make that C volume play there. Uh and easier second
Speaker 1: round probably second round pick. You're probably playing him anyway.
Speaker 1: Naheim Hines I got a C grade on because he's
Speaker 1: they're gonna be as well as Taylor h c gred
Speaker 1: because they're gonna be chasing points. He's gonna be an
Speaker 1: outlet for wins. He's gonna want to get the ball
Speaker 1: out quickly. Hines was the top three receiving back last
Speaker 1: year and Seattle allowed the fourth most receptions to running
Speaker 1: back slack here by the way, it congrats on your
Speaker 1: new contract, Nahim Hines will be three more years over
Speaker 1: to the Seattle side. Russell Wilson got a B grade
Speaker 1: on uh Indie end of the final quarter last season,
Speaker 1: allowing over three five yards and two point five touch
Speaker 1: John's per game two quarterbacks. It's got the second highest
Speaker 1: vegas over under. As I mentioned before that it's just
Speaker 1: gonna be a shootout. So I like Wilson there. I
Speaker 1: like his receivers a lot too. I got metcalf with
Speaker 1: an A grade DK Metcalf Um, he'll get Rock your
Speaker 1: Sin probably seventh ranked by PF and if he doesn't,
Speaker 1: he gets thirty two year old t J. Kerry. So
Speaker 1: so that's gonna be. That's gonna be his matchup with
Speaker 1: Xavier Rhodes out uh. Let's see here. I got lock
Speaker 1: It with a B grade. His inconsistency is one that
Speaker 1: I don't love. And also he's going to be He's
Speaker 1: got a match up against Kenny Moore, but Kenny Moore
Speaker 1: is raring sixteen by p F. It's a pretty pretty
Speaker 1: tough matchup for lock It. But when he explodes, he explodes,
Speaker 1: and I think this is going to be a shootout
Speaker 1: where lock It might get a play. So I have
Speaker 1: a B grade unlock It. Chris Carson tough Jobs last
Speaker 1: season's second best run defense. He I I have a
Speaker 1: B grade on him, but it's because he gets all
Speaker 1: the running back work, like all of it, So I
Speaker 1: have a B grade on him. I have every I
Speaker 1: have the tight ends on the bench. I'm not gonna
Speaker 1: trust Gerald Everet until I see his usage in that offense. Yeah,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of people kind of depending on that
Speaker 1: usage to be pretty high. Yeah, but I don't know.
Speaker 1: Daryl wall Uh Waller is the only tight end the
Speaker 1: top sixty yards against them last year. That's another good
Speaker 1: reason they show a lot of caution right there. When
Speaker 1: we came back, final segment of Fantasy Football Weekly Premature Speculation,
Speaker 1: these are the guys you want to pick up this
Speaker 1: week that everybody else will be trying to pick up
Speaker 1: next week. That's the return of our compensation, right there
Speaker 1: like Michael Strod, like Michael Strode everything, Who's Michael Strode?
Speaker 1: Who's Quaz Watkins? These maybe these are the guys that
Speaker 1: are gonna show up in premature by Stay tuned to
Speaker 1: find out. Welcome back, Fantasy Football Weekly final segment. We've
Speaker 1: got four games to break down and premature speculation a
Speaker 1: favorite segment for listeners, going on, why did we dream
Speaker 1: this up about six years ago? Something like that? Yeah,
Speaker 1: it feels like it's been about that long. It's my favorite.
Speaker 1: Let's begin there. Let's uh the premise of premature speculations.
Speaker 1: We're gonna give you guys to pick up now that
Speaker 1: we think everybody else is gonna be trying to pick
Speaker 1: up next week. And when they go to the waiver
Speaker 1: wire and they see they're already on your team, to
Speaker 1: be like that guy is brilliant, Scott. Let's begin with you.
Speaker 1: Who is your premature speculation player? I'm going beta here,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna premature speculate a premature speculation. Bradley Roby just
Speaker 1: got traded from the Houston away from the Houston Texas.
Speaker 1: They've said that they are going to trade all their vets.
Speaker 1: I think Brandon Cooks gets traded and you should pick
Speaker 1: up Nico Collins. Now, okay, all right, he might already
Speaker 1: get volume this week and become a thing, but once
Speaker 1: Cooks has gone, he'll be the only thing in town.
Speaker 1: Makes sense, Okay, I like Nico Collins. I think I
Speaker 1: think you could start Week one, I know for Houston. Yeah,
Speaker 1: go get him. Every reason to believe they'll be behind
Speaker 1: by a lot. Matt, who's your premature speculation player? Scott
Speaker 1: covered this guy a little bit before, but it's thirty
Speaker 1: seven percent owned zach Ertz, whose death has been greatly exaggerated.
Speaker 1: First off, he's got some fresh new golden locks. Second,
Speaker 1: he led the Eagles tight ends last season and targets
Speaker 1: even while missing five games due to injury, including seven,
Speaker 1: seven and six targets in the final three games. Third,
Speaker 1: this week he gets the Falcons defense, who gave up
Speaker 1: the fourth most touchdowns the position. And then he's got
Speaker 1: matchups against Dallas, Kansas City, and Carolina in weeks three, four,
Speaker 1: and five, all of which are bottom ten against the
Speaker 1: tight end position. Zach Ertz can be yours and he's
Speaker 1: very startable for the next five weeks. I'm going with
Speaker 1: Tony Jones, the new number two running back for the Saints.
Speaker 1: We alluded to this earlier. Alvin Comariz is not a
Speaker 1: workhorse back, never has been. He isn't now. His average
Speaker 1: number of carries since becoming the starter is twelve and
Speaker 1: a couple of shows ago. Matt, I believe it was
Speaker 1: you who mentioned Alvin Kamara has topped nineteen carries once. Yeah,
Speaker 1: one time. Uh. Tony Jones will have a non trivial
Speaker 1: role in this offense, and he's better than Latavius Murray
Speaker 1: and can out perform what Murray has been giving. Fantasy
Speaker 1: owners went back and watch his preseason kid look good,
Speaker 1: Tony Jones got a little juice. Make sure you've picked
Speaker 1: him up. Go get that kid, Yeah, go get go,
Speaker 1: get that guy. Let's go to Chicago taking on the
Speaker 1: Rams and what's going to be a one sided game. First,
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton. The Andy Dalton led passing attack against last
Speaker 1: year's best past defense means there there are bench grades
Speaker 1: pretty much everywhere except Allen Robinson, who's only comes in
Speaker 1: here with a C grade. Last season, these teams met
Speaker 1: and Robinson posted four catches for seventies scoreless yards against
Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey, and that was that was with Nick Foles
Speaker 1: at quarterback. It's kind of a lateral move here to Dalton,
Speaker 1: So I'm expecting something close to seventies scoreless again with
Speaker 1: the terrible offensive line. If Andy Dalton gets hurt in
Speaker 1: this game and Justin Fields comes in, does all of
Speaker 1: a sudden Allen Robinson's in game grade move up a letter?
Speaker 1: Probably would? I want to know who's gonna be bold
Speaker 1: enough to start Justin Fields now? It's premature speculus, very
Speaker 1: premature speculation. Uh. The Rams return their outside cornerbacks who
Speaker 1: allowed the fewest yards per game and just seven touchdowns
Speaker 1: to opposing receivers last year. It's a disaster scenario here.
Speaker 1: But Allen Robinson's great, so just to see grade on him,
Speaker 1: David Montgomery gets a C grade you're figuring and Dalton's
Speaker 1: gonna be completely overmatched, And so they'll try to run
Speaker 1: David Montgomery in this game, but they're not gonna be
Speaker 1: very effective. The bears tattered offensive line look horrendous in
Speaker 1: the preseason, and Montgomery just isn't elusive enough to make
Speaker 1: his own running lanes. And unlike last year, the Bells
Speaker 1: Bears have other solid runners are going to contribute, like
Speaker 1: Damien Williams and Khalil Herbert, so you don't get the
Speaker 1: volume that mcgomery was giving you last year when he
Speaker 1: was startable. Los Angeles finished fifth in yards allowed per
Speaker 1: carry and sixth and fantasy points allowed to the running
Speaker 1: back position. And we know Aaron Donald elite pass rushing tackle.
Speaker 1: He was also the number one ranked run tackle by
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus last year. He's just really good. He's
Speaker 1: just really good at football. Let's go to the ramside.
Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford and the rest of his meaningful receivers, Cooper
Speaker 1: Cup and Robert Woods all a grades. Stafford delivered the
Speaker 1: lions most recent victory. It was Week thirteen against these Bears,
Speaker 1: and he threw for four hundred yards and three touchdowns.
Speaker 1: As a member of the Lion is not afraid of
Speaker 1: the Bears. He's not afraid of the Bears, and you
Speaker 1: shouldn't be either, because they have a rebuilt secondary featuring
Speaker 1: two very green cornerbacks something called Kindle Vildor and Duke Shelley.
Speaker 1: As a rookie, Vildor was garbage last year, allowing a
Speaker 1: passer rating of a twenty four in his coverage, and
Speaker 1: Shelley is the presumptive starting slot corner. He's got ninety
Speaker 1: two career snaps to his name. Cups and cup and
Speaker 1: Wood's elite starts this week. And I'll even go one
Speaker 1: step further. You want a deep dark DFS playshaun DeShawn Jackson.
Speaker 1: That's right. DeShawn Jackson does it in week one a
Speaker 1: lot too, and he does he You're right, week one
Speaker 1: his guts because he's healthy. It's like Sammy Watkins in
Speaker 1: week one. That's right. Let's talk Darryl Henderson, who gets
Speaker 1: a B grade here uh career rushing average of four
Speaker 1: point four, which lines up almost exactly with Chicago that
Speaker 1: gave up just over four yards per carry last year.
Speaker 1: Sony Michelle's there, but I still think the vast majority
Speaker 1: of the workload here goes to Henderson. The Rams rushed
Speaker 1: twenty nine times per game last year. That's enough workload
Speaker 1: to make sure that Henderson gets the ball plenty. Bears
Speaker 1: maintained most of their key run defenders from last year.
Speaker 1: They were ranked fifth overall by Pro Football Focus. Chicago
Speaker 1: faced Henderson last year when he was still the lead
Speaker 1: back before he gave up that job to cam Acres,
Speaker 1: and they held him to seventeen touches for seventy six
Speaker 1: yards and that sounds about right here, Sony Michelle. I'm
Speaker 1: keeping on the bench until we have a better understanding
Speaker 1: of what his role might look like. And let's spend
Speaker 1: a second on a great matchup for Tyler Higgby. The
Speaker 1: tight end situation in Los Angeles. We've been waiting for
Speaker 1: clarity for years. We finally have it. If you would
Speaker 1: have rolled together Everett and Higby stats into one guy
Speaker 1: last year, you'd have had tight end five. And now
Speaker 1: that's maybe what we're gonna get here. In Tyler Higby's
Speaker 1: three career games without Gerald Everett, He's averaged eleven targets
Speaker 1: hundred eleven yards per game. Those are gigantic numbers, and
Speaker 1: the Bear struggled against the tight end position last season,
Speaker 1: finishing bottom six in receptions, yards, and touchdowns allowed to
Speaker 1: the tight end position, A grade for Tyler Higbe. Our
Speaker 1: next matchup is Miami taking on New England. Math I'm
Speaker 1: gonna start with Jalen Waddle and Davante Parker, who are
Speaker 1: both on your bench this week. Even with Will Fuller
Speaker 1: being out serving the rest of his suspension this week,
Speaker 1: the Patriots are without top corner Stephan Gilmour. That's actually
Speaker 1: a good thing for the Finns wide receivers. However, J C.
Speaker 1: Jackson and Jonathan Jones are not members of instinct. They
Speaker 1: are the pats other starting corners, and both were rated
Speaker 1: rather highly by Pro Football Focus last season. I'm a
Speaker 1: little bit nervous that Parker and Ta just don't mix well. Overall.
Speaker 1: Through seven career games together, Parker is averaging three point
Speaker 1: seven catches and forty four yards per game with TWA.
Speaker 1: He's only caught two career touchdowns from to as well.
Speaker 1: So they're on the bench, as is Mike Gasicki. In
Speaker 1: five prior meetings with the Patriots, Gisicki has been held
Speaker 1: under thirty five yards in every game and scored only once.
Speaker 1: If I've got all the receivers on the bench, I've
Speaker 1: got two on the bench too, So I'm gonna go
Speaker 1: over to Miles Gaskin, who I think a lot of
Speaker 1: people are kind of relying on maybe to play this week.
Speaker 1: I got him on the bench. Last year, New England's
Speaker 1: defense was stout against the run every only zero point
Speaker 1: for three yards allowed before first contact. That's the best
Speaker 1: mark in the league by a wide margin. And Gaskin
Speaker 1: was in the league in yards after contact with only
Speaker 1: two point five yards. This leads me to believe that
Speaker 1: Gaskins should run for about three yards per carry, and
Speaker 1: that's not good. He only managed forty rushing yards in
Speaker 1: his one meeting with the Pats last year as well.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the running back on the other side
Speaker 1: that we want to talk about. That's Damien Harris. He
Speaker 1: gets a B. Last year, the Pats deployed four or
Speaker 1: five backs against the Dolphins in both meetings. In the
Speaker 1: first meeting, four backs each top twenty yards and they
Speaker 1: total the hundred on the ground with a touchdown. In
Speaker 1: the second game, Sony Michelle went for seven point four
Speaker 1: yards per carry. Rolls are clearer and more defined this year.
Speaker 1: It seems Damien Harris is the lead dog, James White
Speaker 1: is the pass catcher, and it's a coin flip if
Speaker 1: Ramondre Stevenson is even active in this game. White and
Speaker 1: Stevenson around my engine. Harris gets the B. Mac Jones
Speaker 1: and Hunter Henry where my take a chance on me
Speaker 1: TOSSI tossers and John U Johnu. He gets a B
Speaker 1: grade as well. I like Henry enough to give him
Speaker 1: the starting grade he gets. He got the C by
Speaker 1: the way, and for the same reasons, John who gets
Speaker 1: the B grade here. But finally, I got two more
Speaker 1: wide receivers and I'm giving them both B grades. Wide
Speaker 1: receivers getting a B grades on the Patriots. You say
Speaker 1: there's one glaring weakness in the Dolphins defensive backfield, that's
Speaker 1: Miami corner Byron Jones, who allowed seventeen point one yards
Speaker 1: per catch last year. That was the third worst in
Speaker 1: the NFL. If he's going to get beat, it's deep.
Speaker 1: And of the players that had at least eighty targets
Speaker 1: last year, do you know who led the league in
Speaker 1: yards per reception? Nelson Agar at eighteen point seven. And
Speaker 1: I never would have guessed that are torched. This Dolphins
Speaker 1: defense is a member of the Raiders last year for
Speaker 1: five catches a hundred and fifty five yards and score.
Speaker 1: I love it. This is a great angle. Why was
Speaker 1: he not your your take a chance? I mean, why
Speaker 1: did you? Well, you use Hunter Henry. That's why I
Speaker 1: love mac Jones so much. Aglar's nursing a little bit
Speaker 1: of an ankle injury, but he's gonna go. And by
Speaker 1: the way, Jacoby Myers is a bit of a forgotten
Speaker 1: guy in fantasy. Here In's a B grade. He earned
Speaker 1: his keep in the second half last season. Over the
Speaker 1: final ten games, the average seven targets, five catches, and
Speaker 1: sixty five yards per game. Those are pre solid numbers
Speaker 1: with Cam Newton as your quarterback. However, in two full seasons,
Speaker 1: he's never scored an NFL touchdown. That changes this week
Speaker 1: to Kobeyers. Okay, there it is. By the way, TOSSI
Speaker 1: toss is a hail Mary. No, no, no, it's it's
Speaker 1: just TOSSI to It's Denver takes on the Giant Scott.
Speaker 1: And what I'm hoping you tell me is that Javonte
Speaker 1: Williams can be a starter in Week one. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: don't know about that. I don't know. I need him.
Speaker 1: It's a rookie, he's a right. What happened on the
Speaker 1: automatic A grade all the rookie? What happened to that? Okay,
Speaker 1: I'll give him a C grade if I can also
Speaker 1: give Gordon to see grade. They do have the middle
Speaker 1: of the pack matchup, and they're gonna they're gonna be
Speaker 1: in a a positive game. Script for that to run
Speaker 1: down the clock, Javonte Williams might actually be a better
Speaker 1: rundown the clock guy. So there you go. There you go,
Speaker 1: charge alright onto the passing game now, I guess. Uh,
Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater I do have a C grade on somehow.
Speaker 1: They're gonna have to get ahead of the Giants somehow,
Speaker 1: and I think Teddy's got just enough to do it
Speaker 1: against the Giant's team that allowed the fifth most yards
Speaker 1: and the fifth most touchdowns last year. Uh, Teddy Bridgewater
Speaker 1: seventy passer last year, that's gonna be coming in way
Speaker 1: more handy for Jerry Judy, who had the highest percentage
Speaker 1: of NFL passes last year. Yes, so gain that seventy
Speaker 1: passer and going up against Darnay Holmes ranked a hundred
Speaker 1: and seventh by Profotball Focus. I'm giving Judy a B grade,
Speaker 1: giving Courtland Sutton a C grade here. He's gonna get
Speaker 1: a much tougher match up in James Bradberry seventh ranked. Uh,
Speaker 1: but he's a good contexted catch guy. He's got some
Speaker 1: inches on Bradberry. Um. Hopefully you can use that size
Speaker 1: to his advantage and that confidence is back. Uh. No
Speaker 1: offense leg injury seems to be fine. Now he's practicing
Speaker 1: without limits. Now he's gonna play. You know that he's
Speaker 1: gonna play. I got a C grade on him. The
Speaker 1: Giants only allowed four touchdowns to tight ends last year,
Speaker 1: but they allowed some yards, so I think he I
Speaker 1: think he might get just enough in this one. Over
Speaker 1: to the Broncos side. Over to the Giant side. Excuse me,
Speaker 1: I'm only starting ste Kwon Barkley. That's it. On the
Speaker 1: passing side. Look what the Giants are trying to overcome.
Speaker 1: They're implied point totals nineteen points. The Broncos the top
Speaker 1: ten against quarterbacks, top ten against wide receivers. The only
Speaker 1: allowed three touchdowns to tight ends last year, and Waller
Speaker 1: and Kelsey were the only two that had good games.
Speaker 1: And that was a Denver defense that was beat up
Speaker 1: the years. They're so smart to keep it Vangio. He's
Speaker 1: such a good defensive come that von Miller back, Bradley
Speaker 1: Chup's question and bull but likely to go their defensive
Speaker 1: backs Ronald Darby, Kyle Fuller. They drafted Patrick certain over
Speaker 1: Um justin fields, I guess controversially, and they have the
Speaker 1: top rank slot corner according to PF and Bryce Callahan.
Speaker 1: Who's gonna be covering Sterling Shepherd. So I got him
Speaker 1: on the bench. Why do I have Kenny Golladay on
Speaker 1: the bench. Well, this broncos d I mentioned top ten
Speaker 1: against wide receivers. But also he's had no time to
Speaker 1: gain some chemistry with Daniel Jones. This this offseason, he's
Speaker 1: gonna he's gonna be up with Ronald Darby. In fairness,
Speaker 1: has any player ever had chemistry with That's fair, that's fair.
Speaker 1: But he also gets a tough match up against Ronald Darby.
Speaker 1: So I I have everyone on the bench and I'm
Speaker 1: barely giving Barkley a C grade. I have issues though,
Speaker 1: because they want to limit him. I think he might
Speaker 1: get just enough volume. But remember he's coming off that
Speaker 1: A cl Andrey and he's they have to play Thursday night.
Speaker 1: It's a short turnaround, so they might want to limit.
Speaker 1: They might actually legitimately wanted in him, but they'll be Yeah,
Speaker 1: I can't start Barkley. They'll be plankings ten. I think
Speaker 1: he's ten total touches. I have a C grade on
Speaker 1: him because they'll be playing from behind. Maybe he gets
Speaker 1: enough passing game work that maybe he gets that C grade.
Speaker 1: I'll bet Booker produces him. I am fine benching him. Yeah. Absolutely.
Speaker 1: I think he's in that Ezekiel Elliott from last week
Speaker 1: category where you're like, you kind of feel like you
Speaker 1: should start him, but you can see the path through
Speaker 1: a terrible game. I do. All right, Let's go to
Speaker 1: Baltimore taking on Las Vegas on Monday night. The running
Speaker 1: back situations a disaster. Of course, Tyson Williams should get
Speaker 1: most of the work. You know, he's really built in
Speaker 1: the Ravens mold for their runners that they like to have.
Speaker 1: He's taller, sturdy runner with some burst and good balance,
Speaker 1: likely to get most of the workload, maybe like all
Speaker 1: of the workload, or virtually all of it. He scored
Speaker 1: a goal line touchdown in the preseason. Actually, no, I
Speaker 1: take that back. It was a twenty yard touchdown in
Speaker 1: the preseason. Last season, the Raiders allowed the eighth most
Speaker 1: rushing yards hunter ten per game and almost five yards
Speaker 1: per carry, and the off season did not provide any
Speaker 1: personnel help. I think Tyson Williams a sneaky, good hard
Speaker 1: I've gotta be grade on him as a workhorse back
Speaker 1: in this game. Good a grade for Lamar Jackson writers.
Speaker 1: Secondary remains a complete mess. One season after finishing his
Speaker 1: pro football focus is twenty ninth ranked coverage unit. They
Speaker 1: made epic draft blunders in by drafting Jonathan Abram and
Speaker 1: Trayvon Mullen into their secondary, and those guys continue to start,
Speaker 1: and that's just sunk cost right there. A couple of
Speaker 1: rookies will being key roles in the secondary, Trayvon Mooring
Speaker 1: and Nate Hobbs, both starting their first NFL games. And
Speaker 1: the Raiders didn't give up a lot of rushing yards
Speaker 1: last year, just thirteen per game, but they also didn't
Speaker 1: see very many rushing quarterbacks. And Lamar Jackson's a special
Speaker 1: rusher and probably gets a few extra carries here with
Speaker 1: the running back situation being what it is, So a
Speaker 1: grade on Lamar Jackson um warmed up a lot in
Speaker 1: the past few days to Mark's Brown because he got
Speaker 1: through a whole week of practice with no issues after
Speaker 1: missing a month of practice with a preseason hamstring injury.
Speaker 1: And as I mentioned, the secondary here is a complete disaster.
Speaker 1: I really really like Marquis Brown, and you know, for
Speaker 1: a boom er bust guy who's got boomrit all over it.
Speaker 1: For Marquise Brown, go ahead and start him here with
Speaker 1: a B grade. See grade on Sammy Watkins, a legendary
Speaker 1: Week one performer, if only week one, And like I said,
Speaker 1: if not now when this is the secondary is terrible.
Speaker 1: So if you're ever gonna start Sammy Watkins for some
Speaker 1: reason you drafted him, this is your one chance right here. Um,
Speaker 1: all the terrible reason, let's start. Let's let's secondary. I
Speaker 1: forget hallucinated all the problems in the secondary already and
Speaker 1: they just don't have a lot of options. They don't
Speaker 1: have a lot, got nothing left. Watkins is gonna have
Speaker 1: a great week. Not great. How about a grade for
Speaker 1: Mark Andrews, who was Jackson's healthiest and most most reliable
Speaker 1: target last year. The Raiders were middle of the packing
Speaker 1: tight end defense, but they somehow skirted every upper tier
Speaker 1: every upper tier tight end except Travis Kelsey, and Kelsey
Speaker 1: destroyed them. So in a grade on him for the Raiders,
Speaker 1: there's only one guy to start, and it's Darren Waller.
Speaker 1: He won't catch anybody by surprise, especially not the team
Speaker 1: that drafted him. He's sitting on a very good game here.
Speaker 1: Aguilar's departure leaves eight touchdowns behind, and that's an opportunity
Speaker 1: for him. Josh Jacobs. I've got just a C grade
Speaker 1: on him. His yards per carry dropped by a full
Speaker 1: yard last year. He's got to contend with Kenyan Drake
Speaker 1: for carries. I almost had a bench grade on him.
Speaker 1: And it's Baltimore's defense, and it's Baltimore's defense. But just
Speaker 1: through sheer volume, hopefully Josh Jacobs will get enough done
Speaker 1: for your team. And that is it for the starters
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