WEBVTT - Week 11: Hill Freezes Over 0:00:01.160 --> 0:00:04.840 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:06.040 --> 0:00:09.879 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 0:00:10.360 --> 0:00:14.120 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and 0:00:14.240 --> 0:00:23.439 advice Now League dot com. Here's your host. Welcome to 0:00:23.480 --> 0:00:26.080 week e Love and it is Fantasy Football Weekly. I'm 0:00:26.079 --> 0:00:28.920 Paul Churchy and your host. My co host today are 0:00:29.040 --> 0:00:32.160 Scott Fish and Brian Johnson. I've never met this guy 0:00:32.200 --> 0:00:34.120 before and it's been a while. It has been a 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:39.720 long time first or something for you two to be together. Okay, man, 0:00:39.800 --> 0:00:42.480 that's going back a ways. Holy cow. You know back 0:00:42.520 --> 0:00:46.080 then John ou Smith was good. Um, you know there 0:00:46.120 --> 0:00:48.720 was all the running backs are healthy. It was a 0:00:48.720 --> 0:00:52.080 whole different landscape that Christian McCaffrey still still was a 0:00:52.080 --> 0:00:55.800 great pick. Now it's Dan Arnold's time. There is touchdown 0:00:55.880 --> 0:01:01.040 on Thursday night is upon us. Yes, exactly, exactly. Plenty 0:01:01.040 --> 0:01:02.360 to get you over the course of the show, will 0:01:02.360 --> 0:01:05.840 break down every matchup fantasy style letter grades on all 0:01:05.840 --> 0:01:08.759 the meaningful players. Will give you nine players upon whom 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:11.440 you can take a chance. We'll give you three tough 0:01:11.520 --> 0:01:16.600 questions to ponder, and of course premature speculation. Look my 0:01:16.720 --> 0:01:20.280 track record on premature speculation has been spotty this year, 0:01:20.800 --> 0:01:28.759 but last week DeAndre Booker and I thought about using 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:32.720 again this week, but decided that was too easy. It 0:01:32.800 --> 0:01:35.120 was just the revenge game, that's all. It was the 0:01:35.160 --> 0:01:38.840 revenge game maybe, so um, let's get Let's dive right 0:01:38.840 --> 0:01:41.880 into the matchups, beginning with the Detroit Lions taking on 0:01:41.920 --> 0:01:46.520 the Carolina Panthers. Scott, it looks increasingly like DeAndre Swift 0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:52.280 will not play this game. Him and have both been 0:01:52.360 --> 0:01:56.639 ruled out now, so Marvin Jones is limited in practice too, 0:01:56.880 --> 0:02:00.880 and Matthew Stafford's got thumb injury. So it's it's gonna 0:02:00.880 --> 0:02:02.800 be a little bit of a rough one there. I 0:02:02.880 --> 0:02:06.280 still have the C grade on Stafford. Caroline has been 0:02:06.280 --> 0:02:09.000 destroyed the last couple of weeks through the air. Uh, 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:12.320 it's it's it's a situation where I think he can 0:02:12.360 --> 0:02:15.280 get some deep balls off to Marvin Jones and Marvin Hall, 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:18.480 the two Marvin's as you talked about the other week. Uh. 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:23.200 And Hockinson has been incredibly consistent this year all but 0:02:23.280 --> 0:02:26.000 one week. He had fifty yards and or a score 0:02:26.200 --> 0:02:28.440 in all but one week. So I have an A 0:02:28.520 --> 0:02:30.520 grade on Hockinson. I think he's gonna have to lean 0:02:30.560 --> 0:02:34.280 on Hockinson more with Golladay out. Both Jones and Hall 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:37.840 because Golladay's out, I've upped them to see grades. Marvin 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:41.240 Hall is averaging well over twenty yards per reception, so 0:02:41.280 --> 0:02:43.640 it only takes a couple of them and there's gonna 0:02:43.639 --> 0:02:48.400 be targets to go around. Uh Amndola also out, so 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:50.800 that means Jones and Hall are going to be on 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:52.639 the field the entire time. That's why they both get 0:02:52.680 --> 0:02:55.799 C grades. DeAndre Swift would have been an A grade 0:02:55.800 --> 0:02:58.240 with a smash spot. Yes, he was in my top 0:02:58.320 --> 0:03:00.680 five earlier in the week. Is there any chance the 0:03:00.720 --> 0:03:05.480 Lions bring back Drew Peacock would be the best? They 0:03:05.560 --> 0:03:07.920 need a Drew Peacock in their lineup? They do, and 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:12.560 that's if not now when so Adrian Peterson has that 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:14.920 was that was a terrible by transition. But I just 0:03:14.960 --> 0:03:17.480 got back to work just right. I'm sorry, I can 0:03:18.919 --> 0:03:22.400 no way to improve alright. Yeah, for the Panthers of 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:25.440 the fourth worst against fantasy running backs, so it was 0:03:25.480 --> 0:03:28.440 a great spot. Peterson and carry On are going to share. 0:03:28.440 --> 0:03:31.160 But Peterson has gotten more touches and more snaps and 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:34.920 carry On every week. That they've played together. So I 0:03:34.960 --> 0:03:38.280 am giving Peterson the B grade and I'm benching carry on. 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:40.240 I just don't trust that he's gonna get enough work. 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:45.120 He could, But do you want to try? I really don't. Yeah, 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:47.800 it's it's such a nice matchup for Peterson. It is. 0:03:48.280 --> 0:03:51.560 I would not be surprised if you finished eight yards 0:03:51.560 --> 0:03:55.080 and two touchdowns. Yeah, their bottom five in in rushing yard, 0:03:55.160 --> 0:03:58.280 rushing touchdowns, and yards allowed. I think they've allowed like 0:03:58.480 --> 0:04:00.880 nine touchdowns to running backs and last like five weeks 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:08.480 or carry on. Carry on, Jesus, no, I'm can We're 0:04:08.520 --> 0:04:11.040 making it worse. You're taking a hole for yourself. Right now, 0:04:11.320 --> 0:04:13.080 they're still not on the other side, they're still not 0:04:13.160 --> 0:04:15.800 ruling out Bridgewater. If p. J. Walker is the starter, 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:17.960 he might get a good amount of rushing yards to 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:22.000 maybe be a dart throw. But I have them both 0:04:22.040 --> 0:04:25.400 on the bench just because you don't know. At this point, 0:04:26.040 --> 0:04:28.080 I'm going to do the cop out that Matt did 0:04:28.120 --> 0:04:30.760 with the Petsburgh Steelers wide receivers a couple of weeks ago, 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:34.080 and I'm giving all three wide receivers for Carolina Panthers 0:04:34.120 --> 0:04:38.719 C grades. Oh, I know you hate it. DJ Moore 0:04:38.839 --> 0:04:41.520 his top fifty five yards in in all but one game. 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:45.280 He gets fifty plus yards every single week, three four 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:48.680 five catches. That's solid enough for a SEA grade. Curtis 0:04:48.720 --> 0:04:51.320 Samuel had a down week last week, but he's had 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:54.360 fifty total yards in six of his seven games. Like, 0:04:54.400 --> 0:04:56.080 we're talking about guys that are going to get you 0:04:56.120 --> 0:04:59.920 three four receptions, fifty plus yards. Maybe they get us 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:03.040 or that's Sea level production. And it sounds like we've 0:05:03.040 --> 0:05:05.760 got to a point with Curtis Samuel where you can 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:09.160 count on Russia. Last week it was a little bit 0:05:09.160 --> 0:05:12.720 of a dog in the red zone too. Inside the tea, 0:05:13.640 --> 0:05:17.440 Robbie Anderson started the league this season off really hot. 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:20.120 He's been weekly, you know, just week or later. But 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:22.800 he's still top five in yards, catches, and targets in 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:26.120 the NFL, which is which is pretty crazy. And a 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:28.719 step I I heard this week is that most of 0:05:28.839 --> 0:05:32.560 his yards and catches and have come against man coverage, 0:05:32.760 --> 0:05:35.760 and that's what the Lions mostly play and Bridgewater's best 0:05:35.839 --> 0:05:38.360 games are against man coverage. So if Bridgewater does go, 0:05:39.000 --> 0:05:41.440 Robbie Anderson, even though I gave a C grade, is 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:43.560 probably the one of the three you want because that's 0:05:43.600 --> 0:05:45.480 the type of that's the type of defense that he 0:05:46.279 --> 0:05:49.880 excels against. Mike Davis, I have an A grade against 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:52.039 against the Lions here. This is the Lions are the 0:05:52.080 --> 0:05:54.720 worst in the NFL against fantasy running backs. Davis is 0:05:54.720 --> 0:05:57.839 a good pass catcher. Lions have allowed the most receiving yards, 0:05:57.839 --> 0:06:01.040 most receiving touchdowns over the last five weeks to running backs. 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:03.520 On the ground, they're no not much better most rushing 0:06:03.520 --> 0:06:06.880 touchdowns six, most rushing yards and if if p J. 0:06:07.000 --> 0:06:10.240 Walker does start, rushing quarterbacks have opened stuff up for 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:13.359 running backs. It's just what they do. Happen. Yeah, So 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:16.240 Mike Davis, I gave an a grade to unless you're 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:19.239 care unless you're Kenyan Drake, at which point there there's 0:06:19.279 --> 0:06:21.359 no such thing as a as a good enough rushing 0:06:21.440 --> 0:06:24.640 quarterback apparently to open things up for him. Let's go 0:06:24.680 --> 0:06:28.440 to Miami taking on Denver Brian for the Dolphins. We've 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:30.520 got a lot of moving parts here, injuries at wide 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:32.920 receiver and running back. We've got two at the at 0:06:32.920 --> 0:06:35.840 the helm. What are your thoughts on this offense as 0:06:35.880 --> 0:06:38.159 they faced the Broncos. Let's start at the running back 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:40.320 position for Miami, because we've got a Bell cow on 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:44.560 our hands and Salivin Akhmed Jordan Howard is gown. Matt 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:46.320 Brady spends more time in the blue tend than on 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:49.200 the gridiron, and we'll see Ahmed operating his Miami's bell 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:51.160 cow once again. And he scored from the one yard 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:54.760 line last week. He's not a between the twenties pony here. 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:58.080 So Denver's d rundy has been very leaky over the 0:06:58.120 --> 0:07:02.760 last three weeks too. They've allowed one rushing yards per 0:07:02.800 --> 0:07:04.880 game to opposing back to go to go along with 0:07:04.960 --> 0:07:08.119 five ground scores. They've also allowed more than five catches 0:07:08.160 --> 0:07:10.840 per game to the position. Patrick Layard and DeAndre Washington 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:13.560 might steal some third down work, but a very safe 0:07:13.560 --> 0:07:17.640 b for Salvin Achmed uh be for Davante Parker as well. 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:20.520 He hasn't posted big numbers with two at quarterback, but 0:07:20.600 --> 0:07:24.240 his air yard shares have risen each week since two. 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:26.960 It took over from eighteen percent to thirty one percent 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:30.720 to thirty seven percent last week. The Broncos held Raiders 0:07:31.000 --> 0:07:34.160 wide receivers scoreless last week. That's not hard to do, 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:37.360 but before that, Denver surrendered six wide receiver touchdowns over 0:07:37.400 --> 0:07:40.240 their last three games. Uh Denver's top corner A J. 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:42.880 Booyer might not play as well. He's questionable with the 0:07:42.960 --> 0:07:45.920 hip injury, so be for Parker with a upside, and 0:07:45.920 --> 0:07:48.560 I want to give the seed to Jachim. Grant was 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:51.200 on the field. I'm really interested in Grant. Jackim the 0:07:51.280 --> 0:07:53.800 dream And there's a great daily angle which I was 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:56.320 trying to give my followers last week and it almost 0:07:56.320 --> 0:07:58.160 came through. But played in more than seventy percent the 0:07:58.200 --> 0:08:00.880 snaps last week and he returned kicks. So if you 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:03.280 play a cheap wide receiver like Grant, we can produce 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:06.520 on the field. And Miami's got a very viable team 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:09.240 defense play this week and if he returns to kick, 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:11.480 you get the double bonus points there. So if you're 0:08:11.520 --> 0:08:14.040 a daily player, that's some stage advice for you. Uh, 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:18.160 some more stage advices Benching Mike GISSICKI. Yes, he put 0:08:18.200 --> 0:08:20.840 together consecutive games with more than one catch for the 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:23.280 first time since weeks one and two. That's where the 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:25.640 bar is right now with catch totals of two and three. 0:08:26.200 --> 0:08:28.360 And this is a brutal matchup. Only one opposing tight 0:08:28.440 --> 0:08:31.320 end is cracked fifty yards against Denver, who also has 0:08:31.320 --> 0:08:33.599 not allowed a tight end touchdown since week one on 0:08:33.720 --> 0:08:36.440 benching GISICKI, did you know dermis smite has played over 0:08:36.520 --> 0:08:39.800 him to our last three weeks? Unbelievable this is and 0:08:39.800 --> 0:08:44.120 then Adam is the thing too that's always threatening, Ghisicki. So, yeah, 0:08:44.160 --> 0:08:46.960 he's fallen off the wayside. I'm on the fence with 0:08:47.000 --> 0:08:49.880 two a tongueo violoa. I'll put him on the bench. Though. 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:51.920 He does have two passing touchdowns and back to back 0:08:51.920 --> 0:08:54.040 games with at least six rush attempts in each of 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:56.520 those games, but he hasn't hit thirty pass attempts yet. 0:08:56.520 --> 0:08:58.520 He's the sound of volume there to trust him in 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:01.080 standard formats for me, So bench or two U over 0:09:01.080 --> 0:09:02.640 to the Denver side. Not a lot to love here, 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:06.000 Melvin Gordon a very soft Sea, only averaging eleven touches 0:09:06.040 --> 0:09:08.800 over the last three weeks. Miami is not allowed back 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:11.400 to top ninety rushing yards in their last twelve games 0:09:11.400 --> 0:09:13.760 and has held the positions scoreless and four straight. So 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:16.240 you're getting a little bit of volume from Gordon, but 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:18.720 I don't expect much. Did you consider instead of a 0:09:18.760 --> 0:09:21.800 soft Sea giving him a strong D or a hard D. No, 0:09:21.920 --> 0:09:24.280 I'm sure he didn't because we don't use d S. 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:28.360 I would never do such a thing Scott never ever, ever, 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:30.400 and I would never play Philip Lindsay at least not 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:32.520 right now. Four carries for two yards of one target. 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:35.800 Last week, he's on the bench. Jerry Judy uh see 0:09:35.920 --> 0:09:39.000 for him. Played through a shoulder injury last week. Looks 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:40.880 like I will play through an ankle issue that has 0:09:40.960 --> 0:09:43.719 limited in practice this week. But he has commanded a 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:46.560 target share of nearly over the last three weeks, so 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:48.640 you have to start him. If he suits up, he 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:51.240 will see a lot of his Avien Howard probably, but 0:09:51.320 --> 0:09:53.320 Howard has surrendered his score in two of his last 0:09:53.320 --> 0:09:55.960 three games, so I'm still starting Judy. I'm gonna start 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:58.840 Tim Patrick as well, giving him a see. The Dolphins 0:09:58.840 --> 0:10:01.760 only allowed twenty points game on a whole, but wide 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:04.320 receiver has had have had success against Miami over the 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:07.160 last three weeks, surrendering three touchdowns to the position in 0:10:07.160 --> 0:10:10.360 two one hundred yard performances. Patrick has a very safe 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:13.680 PPR floor. He scored double digit PPR points in five 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:16.440 of his last six games, including three touchdowns in that span. 0:10:17.120 --> 0:10:19.840 Noah fant Uh last player with a starting grade. He 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:22.320 gets a C he's pretty banged up, but should play. 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:24.960 Hasn't delivered a score or a fifty yard game since 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:28.280 Week two. But the and and not but and the 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:30.959 Dolphins have allowed the ninth views receptions and fourth view 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:33.120 as yards to opposing tight ends. So that's not good. 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:35.480 But you're hoping for a score here. Miami has given 0:10:35.559 --> 0:10:37.800 up three touchdowns to opposing tight ends over the last 0:10:37.800 --> 0:10:41.080 two games. And then Drew Lock, No, young, jeez, this 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:43.160 week he's on the bench, and I gotta leave us 0:10:43.160 --> 0:10:45.280 with this quote on this matchup. Drew Lock on his 0:10:45.360 --> 0:10:48.440 bad plays quote. Half the time, right as the ball 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:52.800 leaves my hand, I'm like, oh no, half the time. 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:55.320 You don't want to hear that. Your half of your 0:10:55.360 --> 0:11:01.880 quarterbacks passes he instantly knows are in trouble. No, this week, no, 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:05.000 I'm afraid not. Philadelphia takes on Cleveland. This will be 0:11:05.000 --> 0:11:07.319 our last matchup of this segment. Let's start with the 0:11:07.400 --> 0:11:10.920 running game in Miles Sanders. In his four full games, 0:11:11.080 --> 0:11:15.640 Sanders has averaged sixteen rushes. Each of the backs who 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:19.600 have hit sixteen rushes against Cleveland have topped one hundred yards. 0:11:19.800 --> 0:11:22.800 Sanders is averaging five targets per game in the last 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:26.160 two opposing backs. That's off five targets per game combined 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:28.280 for a hundred thirty yards in a touchdown. He's got 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:31.120 to start catching him. Fourteen catches on thirty targets is 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:34.000 not good. Well, but you know what, in that offense, 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:37.520 it's probably much more on. Carson Wentz has been tremendously 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:40.960 inaccurate so far this year. Pressure, a ton of pressure. 0:11:41.000 --> 0:11:42.840 So let's go right, let's go right to Carson Wentz. 0:11:43.200 --> 0:11:46.240 I love that Wentz has got all of his available targets, 0:11:46.280 --> 0:11:50.120 but it hasn't changed his horrible protection. He is constantly 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:54.760 being harassed. Wentz his bottom four in sacks and hits 0:11:54.840 --> 0:11:58.400 absorbed per Pro Football Focus, or you top four if 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:02.760 you're getting the most, get top top, but tops usually 0:12:02.760 --> 0:12:05.920 good if you're the tops of something. So when either way, 0:12:06.120 --> 0:12:09.520 he's getting hit and sacked a lot. Now, Fortunately Cleveland 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:11.800 star defensive end Miles Garrett is out for this game, 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:15.360 so maybe WinCE gets a cleaner pocket here, puts things together. 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:18.760 That would be nice. Now, Cleveland's had their last two games, 0:12:18.800 --> 0:12:22.319 the last three weeks have been monsoon, bye week, monsoon, 0:12:22.720 --> 0:12:24.400 so we really don't have an accurate reado where this 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:27.360 defense is right now, but maybe they'll treat it like 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:32.240 a bye week with that. Maybe prior to those two 0:12:32.400 --> 0:12:35.160 Bonsoon games in the bye week, they had allowed three 0:12:35.320 --> 0:12:38.240 to four passing touchdowns to half of the opposing quarterbacks. 0:12:38.480 --> 0:12:40.760 Once got some nice upside here. I'm gonna give him 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:43.760 a C grade in this matchup. Let's talk about its 0:12:43.760 --> 0:12:46.360 receivers a little bit. Jalen Reagor gets a B grade. 0:12:46.600 --> 0:12:49.600 Remove removing the past two games where there was all 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:51.680 the wind and everything else in Cleveland. The monsoon games, 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:55.160 they had been averaging two yards per game to receivers, 0:12:55.160 --> 0:12:58.720 which was third most. And since returning from injury, Jalen 0:12:58.720 --> 0:13:02.000 Reagor has led Ladelphia and targets, and last week he 0:13:02.080 --> 0:13:04.640 led the team with ninety six air yards. I think 0:13:04.720 --> 0:13:08.200 they're starting to my great towards Jalen Reagor. He is good. 0:13:08.440 --> 0:13:10.520 He's not as good as Justin Jefferson who was taken 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:14.400 after him, but he's good. And next, Travis Fulgan moves 0:13:14.440 --> 0:13:16.160 down to a C grade here. He had been very 0:13:16.200 --> 0:13:18.120 reliable when everybody else was hurt, but now that they're 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:20.360 all back, Fulgan fell off the face of the earth 0:13:20.440 --> 0:13:23.720 last week. One catch his usual safe floor is gone here. 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:26.000 He runs from both sides of the field and is 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:30.280 generally outmatched by both of Cleveland's quarterbacks, cornerbacks Terrence Mitchell 0:13:30.360 --> 0:13:33.720 and Denzel Ward. Let's go to Dallas Goddard, who is 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:38.839 uh depressingly not produced with zach ertz out. I really 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:41.560 thought with Earth's out that Goddard was gonna go like 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:44.560 into tighten one territory. They need to be pushing each 0:13:44.559 --> 0:13:47.240 other in the lineup. I guess, right, maybe, I guess. 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:50.280 The Browns have allowed the fifth most receptions to opposing 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:52.800 tight ends, but most of the damage was done earlier 0:13:52.840 --> 0:13:55.240 in the season. They haven't done much lately. They've given 0:13:55.320 --> 0:13:58.439 up just one score and one fifty yard game over 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:02.800 the last five weeks, including shutting down Darren Waller and 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:05.760 Eric Ebron over that stretch. All right, let's go over 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:10.000 to the Cleveland side. We begin with Austin Hooper. He's 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:11.680 got an opportunity, which is odd to start with the 0:14:11.679 --> 0:14:13.640 tight end, but am he's got an opportunity to start 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:18.000 to get back to his pre Appendix surgery form against 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:21.240 a soft Eagles back seven. Philadelphia is allowing the fourth 0:14:21.360 --> 0:14:24.000 most receptions and touchdowns as well as the ninth most 0:14:24.080 --> 0:14:27.400 yards to opposing tight ends. They've been using Jalen Mills 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:30.040 to cover tight ends in man looks lately, and Hooper's 0:14:30.080 --> 0:14:34.400 sixty pounds heavier than the former cornerback. So if Jalen 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:37.160 Mills ends up lining up against Hooper, that is a mismatch. 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:38.680 And I like Hooper and I start with him because 0:14:38.680 --> 0:14:40.800 he's got the highest grade of any of the receivers here. 0:14:41.040 --> 0:14:43.080 I will talk about Baker Mayfield in just a few 0:14:43.080 --> 0:14:47.640 minutes as well. Kareem uh see the receivers. Let's go 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:50.400 to Jarvis Landry still scoreless on the season and has 0:14:50.400 --> 0:14:53.080 been held under sixty yards and seven of nine games, 0:14:53.120 --> 0:14:57.160 but he's set to face Philadelphia slack cornerback Cravan le Blanc, 0:14:57.920 --> 0:15:02.160 who's been generous to his opposition. Lebron yields a one 0:15:02.600 --> 0:15:07.000 fourteen passer rating and is allowing catch rate. So even 0:15:07.040 --> 0:15:10.280 though the Eagles secondary surrendered the third fewest touchdowns opposing receivers, 0:15:10.360 --> 0:15:12.240 Landry's got a positive match up here and this could 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:14.560 be the one where he finally breaks his touchdown made 0:15:14.560 --> 0:15:17.680 in Plus, he's had like a targets here in the 0:15:17.720 --> 0:15:21.080 last three three weeks in a row. He break his 0:15:21.240 --> 0:15:29.000 touchdown maiden. Yeah like that? Do there? You go? Richard 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:33.040 Higgins is a startable commodity this week. He's the only 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:35.280 other wide out who gets targeted really at all in 0:15:35.320 --> 0:15:38.320 this offense. Anytime he lines up on the left side 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:40.640 of the field, he's got a very positive matchup against 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:43.560 cornerback and Vante Maddox, who Pro Football Focus ranks as 0:15:43.640 --> 0:15:48.480 cornerback one eleven. And Maddox yields five inches and twenty 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:50.760 pounds to Higgins. So I kind of like Higgins is 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:52.520 a dart throw in this one. And then let's go 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:55.080 to the running backs and we'll wrap this up. Nick 0:15:55.160 --> 0:15:57.640 Chubb has one hundred plus rushing yards in each of 0:15:57.640 --> 0:15:59.880 his last three full games, but the Goals have not 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:02.280 a lot of back more than sixty three rushing yards 0:16:02.280 --> 0:16:04.920 in their last seven straight and just one back has 0:16:04.960 --> 0:16:07.880 gone over ninety two yards in the Eagles last twenty 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:11.920 eight games. That's incredibly impressive run defense. They're giving up 0:16:11.960 --> 0:16:14.640 just three point three yards per carry game. Script could 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:16.880 be a problem for the as the Eagles are are 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:19.480 far easier to pass upon than run. So I'm nervous 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:22.200 about Nick Chubb and he drops to a B grade here. 0:16:22.560 --> 0:16:26.760 Kareem Hunt is um has maintained all pretty much all 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:30.960 of his workload with Chubb back. In Chubb's four full games, 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:34.560 Hunt his average fifteen carries for seventy seven yards, which 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:37.680 is exactly what he was doing without Chubb. But again, 0:16:37.800 --> 0:16:41.440 tough matchup against a terrific run defense. And mysteriously Hunt 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:43.520 has not been using the passising game, which I don't understand. 0:16:43.800 --> 0:16:48.480 He's an incredibly gifted pass catcher. He's scored though. He 0:16:48.600 --> 0:16:51.560 like when they target him, he produces, but don't target him. 0:16:51.600 --> 0:16:54.840 They don't target him. It's it's baffling. They need to 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:58.160 unfurl that sooner or later. Uh. The Eagles have allowed 0:16:58.240 --> 0:17:00.600 just two receiving touchdowns to running back in their last 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:02.920 twenty six games. So it's not happening this week. And 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:06.480 Kareem Hunt is just a C grade, all right? When 0:17:06.520 --> 0:17:10.040 we come back, take a chance on me. These are 0:17:10.280 --> 0:17:13.399 nine players not normally in your starting lineup. Many of 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:15.840 these guys are on the waiver wire. We've got some 0:17:15.920 --> 0:17:18.159 deep calls this week, and there are a lot of 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:20.119 guys on the waiver wire. We'll tell you who they 0:17:20.160 --> 0:17:49.480 are when we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome 0:17:49.520 --> 0:17:54.600 back to the show Fantasy Football Weekly, Scott Fish and 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:57.240 Brian Johnson with you. It's a segment we call take 0:17:57.280 --> 0:18:00.639 a chance on me. We give you a player at 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:03.000 each position we believe you should take a chance on, 0:18:03.040 --> 0:18:05.960 and we begin at the quarterback position. Scott, I am 0:18:06.000 --> 0:18:09.280 gonna go with Taysom Hill. I know that you can 0:18:09.280 --> 0:18:15.560 play him a tight end in some silly places, but 0:18:15.680 --> 0:18:17.880 come on, he gets the Falcons. They've allowed eight three 0:18:18.200 --> 0:18:21.600 plus yard passing days, six multi touchdown games. I don't 0:18:21.640 --> 0:18:23.600 expect him to be a huge pastor if he does 0:18:23.640 --> 0:18:26.160 get the start, but if he's gonna have to pass, 0:18:26.200 --> 0:18:29.159 it might as well be against an easy past defense. 0:18:29.720 --> 0:18:32.240 What I do like is his rushing ability. It's shown 0:18:32.240 --> 0:18:36.399 good floors for for fantasy quarterbacks. He has seven yards 0:18:36.440 --> 0:18:38.760 per carry over the last three and the fact of 0:18:38.760 --> 0:18:41.440 the average is that in in that last three games, 0:18:41.800 --> 0:18:43.800 says to me, if he gets the ball, and he's 0:18:44.080 --> 0:18:48.080 averaging seven carries per game also over the last three, 0:18:48.160 --> 0:18:51.000 so if he gets seven to ten carries and some 0:18:51.080 --> 0:18:54.040 passing yards, he's an okay take on. Okay, I like it. 0:18:54.080 --> 0:18:57.000 We'll talk more about his his position eligibility in some 0:18:57.119 --> 0:18:59.800 leagues later in the show, thee there and there isn't 0:18:59.800 --> 0:19:01.800 There is an issue there, and my phone is blown 0:19:01.880 --> 0:19:05.359 up with people that want guidance on this. Uh all right, Brian, 0:19:05.480 --> 0:19:08.480 your take a chance. And the quarterback is Joe Flacco 0:19:08.600 --> 0:19:13.640 at the Chargers. He's a Black Leagues flack at lack. 0:19:14.119 --> 0:19:16.560 I just wanted to say that flack at lack. But 0:19:16.720 --> 0:19:18.920 the Chargers are one of twelve teams with an opponent 0:19:18.960 --> 0:19:23.240 passing play percentage north of sixty percent. They've also surrendered 0:19:23.320 --> 0:19:26.680 multiple touchdown passes and five of their last six games, 0:19:27.119 --> 0:19:31.040 and with a suddenly somewhat dangerous trio wide receivers in 0:19:31.080 --> 0:19:35.000 New York now with Crowder Perriman and MEM's, Flacco has 0:19:35.000 --> 0:19:36.960 looked pretty good, especially his last game out when he 0:19:36.960 --> 0:19:40.199 had to sixty two passing and three touchdowns against the Patriots. 0:19:40.480 --> 0:19:43.760 The return of starting left tackle McKay Beckton has been huge, 0:19:44.160 --> 0:19:46.760 and Flacco's airing it out. He leads the NFL in 0:19:46.840 --> 0:19:50.360 most air yards per attempts at nine point five. He's 0:19:50.440 --> 0:19:54.280 the third lowest and checkdown percentage among all quarterbacks. I 0:19:54.320 --> 0:19:57.639 do not trust the run game for the Jets, and 0:19:57.680 --> 0:20:00.480 they'll be playing from behind. Joe Flacco's gonna win someone 0:20:00.520 --> 0:20:04.760 a million dollars this weekend. I hope it's me. Okay, 0:20:04.760 --> 0:20:07.240 I might take a chance to be quarterback. Is Baker 0:20:07.280 --> 0:20:10.199 Mayfield who I alluded to last segment. It's tough to 0:20:10.280 --> 0:20:13.480 evaluate the O b J. Liss Brown's offense when they've 0:20:13.520 --> 0:20:15.600 had a bye week in two months soon since his injury. 0:20:16.240 --> 0:20:19.920 But in Baker Mayfield's last normal game, Week seven, when 0:20:19.920 --> 0:20:22.600 Odell Beckham got knocked out very early, Mayfield still piled 0:20:22.680 --> 0:20:25.320 up five touchdowns without Odell Beckham, So he's got some 0:20:25.359 --> 0:20:29.280 sneaky upside against a Philadelphia secondary that looks good on paper, 0:20:29.640 --> 0:20:32.720 but it's seen very few good passers. If we take 0:20:32.720 --> 0:20:38.520 away Philadelphia's games against Daniel Jones, Daniel Jones, Bend Nucci, 0:20:38.760 --> 0:20:42.160 C J. Bethard, Nick Mullins, and Dwayne haskins Man, that's 0:20:42.160 --> 0:20:45.160 a lot of bad quarterbacks. The Eagles are allowing two 0:20:45.560 --> 0:20:47.840 fifty one yards and two and a half touchdown passes 0:20:47.880 --> 0:20:51.200 per game. The Eagles are a fantastic run defense, and 0:20:51.240 --> 0:20:54.640 the path of least resistance runs through Baker Mayfield's arm. 0:20:54.760 --> 0:20:56.960 Let's go to the running back position. Who's your taking chance? 0:20:56.960 --> 0:20:59.919 I mean, runner, Scott, I am going a little deeper 0:21:00.040 --> 0:21:03.960 here with a backup Rex Burkhead. Uh. He plays against 0:21:04.000 --> 0:21:06.440 the Texans who have allowed the second running back, the 0:21:06.480 --> 0:21:10.680 backup running back to average well over fifty yards per game. 0:21:10.840 --> 0:21:13.879 That's how many yards they give give up rack backs. 0:21:13.960 --> 0:21:17.120 The backups are getting over fifty yards per game. Birkhead 0:21:17.160 --> 0:21:19.000 is getting a bunch of goal line work. Has three 0:21:19.000 --> 0:21:21.360 touchdowns the last two games. He's getting the goal line 0:21:21.359 --> 0:21:25.600 work when Cam Newton doesn't. Basically, Uh, he is now 0:21:25.600 --> 0:21:29.040 playing thirty more snaps than James White over the last 0:21:29.040 --> 0:21:31.000