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Speaker 1: Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio,

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Speaker 1: your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and advice.

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Speaker 1: Now along with the guys leagues dot Com. Here's your host, Paul.

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Speaker 1: It is a semi final edition of Fantasy Football Weekly.

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Speaker 1: We are here to get you to the championship. I

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Speaker 1: am Paul Giargie. At my coast today are Scott Fish

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Speaker 1: and Brian Johnson. Hello, gentlemen. I love the energy. You

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Speaker 1: stud my name that time, I don't I don't know.

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Speaker 1: Last week was like Scot Fish shot Fish. Yeah, it sounds,

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Speaker 1: it rolls off the tongue. Um. So exciting week. There's

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Speaker 1: so many moving parts. I need to be upfront about this.

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Speaker 1: Normally we record late Friday. Because of the holiday, we're

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Speaker 1: recording late Thursday, and there's a million things that are

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Speaker 1: changing by the minute. Well, what about those that celebrate Festivus.

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Speaker 1: I'm a little bitter about this, honestly care less about

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Speaker 1: Christmas Eve. I want to celebrate festivals. I'm with you.

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Speaker 1: I would do this on Christmas Eve if I needed to,

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Speaker 1: But we are this is this is the hand we've

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Speaker 1: best information, most current information we've got as of Thursday.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully most of this is still salient relevant. But nothing

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Speaker 1: will change nothing nothing, what if anything does. You can

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Speaker 1: just go to guarante leagues dot com and check out

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Speaker 1: charges ranks. That's right, I am updating the rankings constantly.

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Speaker 1: This is for two weeks. It's my whole job. He does,

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Speaker 1: just updating rankings all day. Man, we will have earned

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Speaker 1: the end of this season. I'll tell you that much

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Speaker 1: fun to get you over the course of the show,

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Speaker 1: will still give you to take a chance on me, guys.

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Speaker 1: And now maybe more important than ever, with these all

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Speaker 1: of the starters going down with COVID, we'll give you

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Speaker 1: nine guys you can pivot to three tough questions remain

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Speaker 1: in play, including some playoffs specific fake questions coming your way,

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Speaker 1: and we'll break down all the matchups, beginning with what

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Speaker 1: feels like a defensive struggle Scott between Buffalo and the

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Speaker 1: New England Patriots. Obviously, last game was the Arctic wind Bowl.

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Speaker 1: You can glean very much from that game. I can,

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Speaker 1: if if that can be a four teen to tend

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Speaker 1: in this indecent weather. On the Bill side, I have

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Speaker 1: Josh Allen with a B grade, not not quite his

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Speaker 1: usual A that he gets on this show. He's had

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Speaker 1: multiple touchdowns in five of his last six, and if

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Speaker 1: you're thinking back, that one was a really really windy game.

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Speaker 1: So uh, three straight really good rushing days for him

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Speaker 1: That's not yeah, and crazy under a hundred passing for

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Speaker 1: three of their last five, six straight quarterbacks under a

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Speaker 1: hundred seventy five. They've really shut down the pass game,

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Speaker 1: and only one of those was a windy games, so

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Speaker 1: there's no excuse. I will say Josh Allen was one

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Speaker 1: of the better games of that with like a hundred

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Speaker 1: B grade for Josh Allen. I gotta be grade on

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Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs. I don't love it because I feel like

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Speaker 1: that's the guy Bill Belichick is going to try to

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Speaker 1: sixty nine and or score. You're you're you're getting you know,

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Speaker 1: any though, just because of the tough Pats matchup. They've

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Speaker 1: I am given a C grade on Davis. I know

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Speaker 1: I've been before by this Buffalo backfield, though, so I'm

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Speaker 1: keeping him in a C grade and the Pats. Uh.

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Speaker 1: give a starting grade to Devon Singletary, who I don't

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Speaker 1: And against this Bills d that they've only given up

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Speaker 1: has to be Robinson might be a semi final winner

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Speaker 1: that fantasy Fonzi button please? James snapshare last week with

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Speaker 1: the same. The Jets suck against running backs, allowing one

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Speaker 1: like the out too, So you'll take a chance of

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Speaker 1: me runner Brian receiver. And I'm not playing against this

426
00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,160
Speaker 1: I'm not playing against this guy in any fantasy league,

427
00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:17,440
Speaker 1: but I might use him on Sunday. And that Zach

428
00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:21,000
Speaker 1: Pascal of the Colts at Arizona. On the season, the

429
00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:24,440
Speaker 1: Cardinals have allowed the third most touchdowns to wide receivers

430
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Speaker 1: six wide receiver touchdowns allowed over their last three games alone.

431
00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:31,439
Speaker 1: The Cardinals just put starting corner Robert Alfred on i

432
00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:35,080
Speaker 1: R last week, and lastly slot receivers have done very

433
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Speaker 1: well against Arizona lately. Over the last three weeks, Jachem

434
00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:41,479
Speaker 1: Grant five catches sixty two yards in a touchdown, Cooper

435
00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:45,600
Speaker 1: Cup thirteen catches three yards in a touchdown, and last

436
00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,879
Speaker 1: week Fisher's boy I'm on ros st Brown eight catches

437
00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:53,000
Speaker 1: ninety yards in a touchdown. Zach Pascal is next, Pascal Man.

438
00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:55,840
Speaker 1: If you hit that, I'll be very impressed. I've got

439
00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:58,679
Speaker 1: Van Jefferson going up against the Vikings. He runs from

440
00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:00,639
Speaker 1: all over the field, left, right, and from the slot

441
00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,840
Speaker 1: and has positive matchups and all three spots against Patrick Peterson,

442
00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:08,080
Speaker 1: Mackenzie Alexander, and Cameron Danceler. Mackenzie Alexander slumped all the

443
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Speaker 1: way to the very bottom of pro football focuses UH

444
00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,399
Speaker 1: cornerback rankings, and the Vikings have allowed the most yards

445
00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:18,080
Speaker 1: to wide receivers one per game, and over the last

446
00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:20,760
Speaker 1: five weeks that one ninety one balloons up to two

447
00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,960
Speaker 1: hundred eight yards per game to wide receivers. They've allowed

448
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Speaker 1: the second most touchdowns to wideouts. And we've seen a

449
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Speaker 1: ton of depth guys tear up the Vikings just recently.

450
00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:37,440
Speaker 1: Demere Bird, James Washington, Josh Reynolds, Juwan Jennings, Marquez, Valdes, Scantling,

451
00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:40,119
Speaker 1: why not Vane ever since? Probably better than all those gids,

452
00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:44,400
Speaker 1: you know, why not him? Uh Scott? Remember Jeremy Hill

453
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Speaker 1: Bengals running back from a few years ago. I don't

454
00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,080
Speaker 1: like talking about him. Yes, I don't know why. I

455
00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:55,080
Speaker 1: had a a toward toward love affair. Okay, so he had.

456
00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:57,560
Speaker 1: I remember at one point people cracked the code on

457
00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:00,800
Speaker 1: his personal fantasy league and they found where he was

458
00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:03,040
Speaker 1: running his league on ESPN, And you know, they're all

459
00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:06,639
Speaker 1: quasi public. You can't change Jeremy Hill's team, but you

460
00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:09,440
Speaker 1: could see his team, and so people would figure out

461
00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:11,320
Speaker 1: who And he had all these Bengals on his team

462
00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:13,560
Speaker 1: because he was a Bengal, and so people figure out

463
00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:16,360
Speaker 1: who was in and out based on who Jeremy starting

464
00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:22,680
Speaker 1: on his fantasy So adding legitimately legitimacy, I think it

465
00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:26,720
Speaker 1: could be uh Detroit Lions taking on the Atlanta Falcons.

466
00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,920
Speaker 1: Scott for the Lions. Jared Goff looks like there's a

467
00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:32,480
Speaker 1: good chance he won't go, and I don't. I don't

468
00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:35,040
Speaker 1: really like any part of this this offense without him.

469
00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:37,919
Speaker 1: You don't trust him, boyle I can't gonna trust the

470
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,200
Speaker 1: last after the last time. No, I have both quarterbacks

471
00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:43,520
Speaker 1: on the bench. Actually I I don't. Course I hope

472
00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:46,080
Speaker 1: so Jared Goff was not playing well enough to uh

473
00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:49,520
Speaker 1: to deserve a start anyway in the passing game, though.

474
00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:53,639
Speaker 1: If golf goes, I like calman Row again. If Boil goes,

475
00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,480
Speaker 1: I kind of want to bench everybody in the passing game.

476
00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:58,480
Speaker 1: But if golf goes, I have a C grade on

477
00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:02,080
Speaker 1: Alman Raw. He's just clicking all the boxes right now.

478
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,440
Speaker 1: Hundred seventy eight targets in the last three games. I'm

479
00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,840
Speaker 1: pretty sure that's accurate. Hundred seventy eight sounds right. Um,

480
00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:11,720
Speaker 1: charges not paid attention to you. You can tell hundred

481
00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:15,680
Speaker 1: and seventy eight targets. Um, they constantly feed him eight

482
00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:18,639
Speaker 1: plus catches, seventy plus yards and all three. Uh So

483
00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:20,240
Speaker 1: I have a C grade on him just because he

484
00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:24,000
Speaker 1: gets crazy volume if he if golf does go, everyone

485
00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:26,879
Speaker 1: else is on the bench in the passing game, but

486
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,280
Speaker 1: DeAndre Swift I'm going to give an a grade to.

487
00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:32,040
Speaker 1: If he comes back, which it sounds like he's going

488
00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:36,119
Speaker 1: to be back. We're putting Netflix Craig Reynolds back on

489
00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:40,280
Speaker 1: the bench uh DeAndre Swift. He had a hundred thirty

490
00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:42,840
Speaker 1: six total yards in his score the last time Boyle

491
00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,280
Speaker 1: started because he got all the work. They just kept

492
00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:47,840
Speaker 1: feeding him. And my worry is, you know, with his

493
00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:51,240
Speaker 1: long layoff, is he ready to get all the work

494
00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,080
Speaker 1: immediately when he comes back? And what if if Jamal

495
00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:56,679
Speaker 1: Williams is also off the COVID list, which looks like

496
00:26:56,720 --> 00:27:00,400
Speaker 1: it looks like So that's my worry on Swift. Yeah,

497
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,480
Speaker 1: it's it's not like an art Vark type A. It's

498
00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:05,480
Speaker 1: a low end A, but it's an A for Swift

499
00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:07,840
Speaker 1: just because I think he'll get a ton art Park.

500
00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,840
Speaker 1: I don't know how that works. On the Atlanta side,

501
00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:15,040
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan was na take a chance on me quarterback? Naturally.

502
00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:17,680
Speaker 1: I like his past catchers just a little bit at least.

503
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,320
Speaker 1: I have a B grade on Gauge. Are people even

504
00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:23,399
Speaker 1: watching how good Gauge is? Like he most two guys

505
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:27,040
Speaker 1: last week, He's playing out of his mind right now,

506
00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:29,119
Speaker 1: sixty plus and or a score and six of his

507
00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:31,720
Speaker 1: last seven ninety plus in two of the last three.

508
00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,000
Speaker 1: With Pits taking so much attention, Ryan's turning to Gauge

509
00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:38,359
Speaker 1: and he's he's making it happen. B grade on gauge,

510
00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:41,560
Speaker 1: B grade on pits. I have to. Despite all that attention,

511
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,439
Speaker 1: he still gets targets sixty plus yards and six of

512
00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:47,880
Speaker 1: his last nine this matchup man twelve different tight ends,

513
00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:51,680
Speaker 1: twelve have top fifty and or scored four of them

514
00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:54,679
Speaker 1: in the last three games alone. Um. He might, however,

515
00:27:54,760 --> 00:28:00,280
Speaker 1: see some coverage from mamani are are ruy ru war. Sorry,

516
00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:02,840
Speaker 1: who's been stillar lately, And I think if he goes

517
00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:04,480
Speaker 1: on anyone it might be Pitts. But I still have

518
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:07,480
Speaker 1: it be grade there corderrel Patterson. I'm gonna keep doing

519
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:09,920
Speaker 1: it every week that I'm on this show. I pretty

520
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:13,600
Speaker 1: much give Patterson a grade because you can't. I'm sorry,

521
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:19,320
Speaker 1: jigs up on Patterson's That is my concern. After last

522
00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:22,320
Speaker 1: weeks we talked about this concern. Yes, but the Lions

523
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,440
Speaker 1: are just such a nice matchup for running backs. They're

524
00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:27,080
Speaker 1: one of the worst in the league. They're like third worst,

525
00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:31,680
Speaker 1: their bottom ten in almost every single category. Uh Andy's

526
00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:34,560
Speaker 1: game script proof. If they fall behind, they'll pass to him.

527
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:36,840
Speaker 1: If they don't pass to him, He's not even running

528
00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:40,360
Speaker 1: routes anymore. Man. That's the problem. The lines have allowed

529
00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:44,600
Speaker 1: twenty two running back touchdowns this year, nine backs over

530
00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:48,440
Speaker 1: a hundred yards. Right. I want to believe it's true too,

531
00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,400
Speaker 1: but the reality is San Francisco was a tough, tough

532
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:55,040
Speaker 1: defense last week, way tougher, unquestionably. But the thing, it's

533
00:28:55,080 --> 00:29:00,640
Speaker 1: not a new trends five games having virtually no impact

534
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:03,040
Speaker 1: on the passage we've talked about, and he's a timeshare

535
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:07,000
Speaker 1: running back. That's that's why I can't be I'm not

536
00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:12,360
Speaker 1: on board with this. A grade on Errol Patterson. Um,

537
00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:15,720
Speaker 1: let's take a break when we come back and Indianapolis

538
00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:19,280
Speaker 1: Colts take on the Arizona Cardinals. Obviously, Jonathan Taylor, you

539
00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:21,000
Speaker 1: know what to do, but what about elements of the

540
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,600
Speaker 1: passing game. Beyond Zach Pascal, who is all but a

541
00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:27,400
Speaker 1: lock for a massive game? Here is Carson Wentz, somebody

542
00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,800
Speaker 1: you're gonna go to war with. What about Michael Pittman

543
00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:33,640
Speaker 1: who got one catch before getting ejected last week? What

544
00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:36,200
Speaker 1: do you do with those guys? We'll talk through Colts

545
00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,760
Speaker 1: and Cardinals when we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly. Pulp Church and Scott Fish

547
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Speaker 1: and Brian Johnson with you guillotine leagues, dot Com. All

548
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Speaker 1: my player rankings updated there. We've been very forthright about

549
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Speaker 1: today's show and that we are recording on Thursday due

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Speaker 1: to the holiday, and that means that we're working with

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00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:17,120
Speaker 1: a little less information you might be when you hear this,

552
00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:19,239
Speaker 1: So we're doing our best with what we know at

553
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Speaker 1: the time. We encourage you to apply some breaking news

554
00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:27,120
Speaker 1: judgment as needed. Indianapolis takes on the Arizona Cardinals. Brian

555
00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:30,560
Speaker 1: obviously um Jonathan Taylor goes without saying is an obvious A.

556
00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,040
Speaker 1: But the passing game, to me is much more intriguing.

557
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:36,080
Speaker 1: What do you think about Carson Wentz, Michael Pittman and

558
00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:37,880
Speaker 1: some of the other bubble guys that people might be

559
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:40,240
Speaker 1: thinking about. Well, we know why. I like Zach Pascal.

560
00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:42,360
Speaker 1: He was my take a chance on me wide receiver.

561
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:44,760
Speaker 1: That's because the Cardinals have allowed the third most touchdowns

562
00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:47,880
Speaker 1: to wide receivers, six to the position over the last

563
00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:50,440
Speaker 1: three games alone. For that reason I gave Michael Pittmann

564
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:52,600
Speaker 1: is see, I'm not gonna give t Y Hilton a

565
00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:54,800
Speaker 1: starting grade though, I just can't do it. T Y,

566
00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:57,040
Speaker 1: I'm sorry. And as far as the tight ends go,

567
00:30:57,160 --> 00:31:00,280
Speaker 1: if but Wiley Cox and Jack they were one person

568
00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 1: starting grade, but they are not. But for as far

569
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:06,680
Speaker 1: as it goes for Carson Wentz, I still got him

570
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:10,000
Speaker 1: on the bench. There's the very real fear that Jonathan

571
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,959
Speaker 1: Taylor takes this game over and the Cardinals are allowing

572
00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:16,000
Speaker 1: just two four yards and one and a half passing

573
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,560
Speaker 1: touchdowns per game. Wentz is a sure fire starting two

574
00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,640
Speaker 1: quarterback leagues, but I don't see him cracking top twelve,

575
00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:25,520
Speaker 1: top fifteen territory at quarterback, so he's on the bench

576
00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:28,280
Speaker 1: for me. You hit on the key problem. It's so

577
00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:31,200
Speaker 1: easy to run on the Cards. A giant game potentially

578
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:34,000
Speaker 1: coming from Taylor, and that might eat into a Carson Wentz.

579
00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:36,840
Speaker 1: I've gotten starting linebackers, i'd say, as Simmons and Marcus

580
00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:39,840
Speaker 1: Golden for Arizona are both banged up questionable to play.

581
00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:42,760
Speaker 1: Bodes well for Taylor, but he's an obvious say over

582
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:46,200
Speaker 1: to the Cardinals side. James Conner has been an obvious

583
00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:48,840
Speaker 1: start in recent weeks, but I got him on the bench.

584
00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:51,480
Speaker 1: Now that Chase Edmonds is back and he's still not

585
00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:53,880
Speaker 1: a pent from the heel and injury they suffered two

586
00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:56,480
Speaker 1: weeks ago. He's not a hundo and uh he's in

587
00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:59,040
Speaker 1: that time share and it's a tough matchup. The Coults

588
00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:02,560
Speaker 1: are ranked fifth ends the run by Pro Football Focus. Uh.

589
00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:05,480
Speaker 1: They just held New England to thirty nine rushing yards

590
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,560
Speaker 1: last week, so I got Connor and Edmonds on the bench.

591
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:11,840
Speaker 1: I almost benched Christian Kirk, but uh, I did not.

592
00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:15,280
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give him a c. Over the last five games,

593
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:19,280
Speaker 1: no receiver has tallied more than fifty two yards against Indianapolis,

594
00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:21,760
Speaker 1: and during that same span, the Colts have allowed these

595
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:25,160
Speaker 1: second fewest yards two wide receivers and have given up

596
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:28,479
Speaker 1: just two touchdowns of the position. Both went to Stefan Diggs.

597
00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:32,040
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk is not Stefan Diggs. AJ Green used to

598
00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:35,080
Speaker 1: be Stefon Diggs. He certainly not anymore. He is on

599
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:38,640
Speaker 1: the bench, but zach Ertz is not. If he plays.

600
00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:40,960
Speaker 1: He's got a hamstring, he should. He should played through

601
00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,120
Speaker 1: it last week and they still targeted him I think

602
00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:46,560
Speaker 1: eleven times, so apparently it's not that bad. He should

603
00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:48,240
Speaker 1: be good to go, So I'm gonna give him the b.

604
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:50,880
Speaker 1: Last week, the Colts were picked apart by New England

605
00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:53,840
Speaker 1: tight ends, mainly Hunter Henry not John new Smith. Sorry

606
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:57,120
Speaker 1: to say, charged for eighty yards and two touchdowns. Indias

607
00:32:57,200 --> 00:33:00,360
Speaker 1: also allowed the most yards to the tight end position

608
00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:03,600
Speaker 1: on the season. So a safe B for Earth's but

609
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:06,840
Speaker 1: just monitor that, Hammy, but he should be fine. And

610
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:10,080
Speaker 1: not a very safe B for Kyler Murray. But I

611
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:13,240
Speaker 1: mean give him a B here. The Colts have surrendered

612
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:16,280
Speaker 1: just three passing touchdowns over the last three games, and

613
00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:19,880
Speaker 1: that includes limiting Tom Brady to just two six yards

614
00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:22,520
Speaker 1: and one touchdown in Week twelve. And I kind of

615
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:25,000
Speaker 1: gets worse for Murray, who he did have a good

616
00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:27,320
Speaker 1: rushing game against the Bears. They ran him a lot

617
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:28,959
Speaker 1: in that game, but on the season he hasn't been

618
00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:31,600
Speaker 1: running a ton. But Indie has not allowed a quarterback

619
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:34,480
Speaker 1: rushing touchdown all season, and they faced the likes of

620
00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:37,320
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill, who has seven rushing touchdowns by the way,

621
00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:40,880
Speaker 1: that's like fourth among running backs for Ryan Tannehill and

622
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:44,360
Speaker 1: Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson held all those guys out

623
00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:46,880
Speaker 1: of the end zone. So not not a smash spot

624
00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:48,520
Speaker 1: for Murray at all, but I will still give him

625
00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:51,080
Speaker 1: a B. And that's it for the Cards. Rams take

626
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:54,400
Speaker 1: on the Vikings. Matthew Stafford and Cooper Cupper obvious, a's

627
00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:58,320
Speaker 1: against a struggling secondary that just Jettison to starting cornerback

628
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:00,360
Speaker 1: one week ago, and the team that'll I was the

629
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:03,280
Speaker 1: most passing yards over the last five weeks and the

630
00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:06,800
Speaker 1: most yards to wide receivers specifically, So Cup and Stafford

631
00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:09,320
Speaker 1: are obviously, but that also means I like Odell Beckham

632
00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:11,680
Speaker 1: a lot. Not only have the Vikings given up the

633
00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:14,799
Speaker 1: most yardage to wide receivers, they're giving up They've given

634
00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:17,520
Speaker 1: up at least eighties six yards to a receiver in

635
00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:20,520
Speaker 1: six the last seven games. Beckham is the most likely

636
00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:23,440
Speaker 1: guy to get that. Over the last five games, Viking

637
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:27,200
Speaker 1: secondaries also allowed seven touchdowns to the position, so obviously

638
00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:30,399
Speaker 1: over one per game. Beckham lines up on the left

639
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:32,279
Speaker 1: side of the field most often. That puts him on

640
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:35,920
Speaker 1: the Vikings best cornerback Patrick Peterson Van Jefferson's on the right.

641
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,440
Speaker 1: He was might take a chance on me wide receiver.

642
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:41,959
Speaker 1: He also has a B grade in this game. Let's

643
00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:46,880
Speaker 1: go to the running backs Sony Walkman and Darryl Henderson.

644
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:50,880
Speaker 1: They are not locked in an unfortunate committee. Sony had

645
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:53,480
Speaker 1: the upper hand last week, out touching Henderson by almost

646
00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:56,239
Speaker 1: three to one, but Henderson should be healthier now. The

647
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:59,440
Speaker 1: Vikings key run defenders are healthy and over the past

648
00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:02,000
Speaker 1: three weeks they're giving up just three point nine yards

649
00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:05,719
Speaker 1: per carry. But even on that, they've managed to give

650
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,399
Speaker 1: up decent games and Nagi Harrison David Montgomery the past

651
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:13,200
Speaker 1: two weeks. My guess is either Sony or Darryll end

652
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:16,560
Speaker 1: up with good games, but good a good game. But

653
00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:18,399
Speaker 1: I don't think they both do. And I don't love

654
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:23,239
Speaker 1: either once, no way, but it's nice that he's been activated.

655
00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:25,520
Speaker 1: I'd like to I bet they give him some work

656
00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:28,400
Speaker 1: in week eighteen, just to get his legs back a

657
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:30,839
Speaker 1: little bit right, knock the rust off, and then see

658
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:32,719
Speaker 1: what he can do in the playoffs. Let's go to

659
00:35:32,719 --> 00:35:34,480
Speaker 1: the Viking side where there's a little more intrigue here.

660
00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:36,719
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook, as you already know, is out. Let's talk

661
00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:40,520
Speaker 1: about Alexander Madison, who averages a whopping twenty four touches

662
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:44,160
Speaker 1: in games that Cook misses, and they don't. They barely

663
00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:47,719
Speaker 1: give anybody else any carries. They really trust Madison in

664
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:52,200
Speaker 1: this role. The Rams allow the third fewest yards per carry,

665
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:54,960
Speaker 1: just three point nine on the season, and since ending

666
00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:57,600
Speaker 1: they're losing skid. Three weeks ago no back has topped

667
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:01,000
Speaker 1: forty one rushing yards against them. That is not good

668
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:04,080
Speaker 1: news for her. That is not good news for Alexander Madison,

669
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:07,200
Speaker 1: the last running back to hit one hundred yards against

670
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:12,960
Speaker 1: the Rams. Week four, James Conner posted ninety four receiving

671
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,400
Speaker 1: yards against Los Angeles, but Madison doesn't catch much, and

672
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:17,279
Speaker 1: I don't think that means much. I've got to be

673
00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:20,560
Speaker 1: grade just on sheer volume for Alexander Madison, but I

674
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:23,399
Speaker 1: don't love the matchup. Let's talk through the passing game,

675
00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:27,600
Speaker 1: beginning with Justin Jefferson. Hopefully the Vikings will overcorrect for

676
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:33,960
Speaker 1: last week's egregious under utilization of Justin Jefferson. Jefferson should

677
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 1: let up a Ram secondary that has allowed the fifth

678
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:39,720
Speaker 1: most yards to receivers over the past four games. Jalen

679
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:42,800
Speaker 1: Ramsey remains an elite cornerback you know, probably shadow Jefferson

680
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:44,680
Speaker 1: for a lot of the game, but maybe not all

681
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:47,600
Speaker 1: the game. Sometimes he does and sometimes he doesn't do that.

682
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,040
Speaker 1: And I don't think it necessarily matters if Feeland tries

683
00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:51,640
Speaker 1: to play or not. I think Jefferson would be his

684
00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:56,000
Speaker 1: focus here. No receiver has scored in three weeks against

685
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:59,160
Speaker 1: the Rams, and bigger stats usually come from non number

686
00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:02,040
Speaker 1: one receivers, like we've seen A. J. Green and Christian

687
00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:04,399
Speaker 1: Kirk and THEA. Kwan Treadwell and Randall Cobb do better

688
00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:06,920
Speaker 1: against the Rams the number one receivers. And that's why

689
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:08,960
Speaker 1: I don't have an A grade on Justin Jefferson. I've

690
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:11,960
Speaker 1: just got the B grade on Justin Jefferson for this one.

691
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:15,840
Speaker 1: So then what about Adam Theland if he plays trying

692
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:18,000
Speaker 1: to come back on the early side of of a

693
00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:22,480
Speaker 1: high ankle sprain, So again, I don't think he's gonna

694
00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:25,040
Speaker 1: see a lot of Jalen Ramsey. I believe that will

695
00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:28,080
Speaker 1: be mostly Justin Jefferson, and that gives him far easier

696
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:32,480
Speaker 1: matchups against Deontay Dayton and David Long. Rams secondaries allowed

697
00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:35,200
Speaker 1: the fifth most yards seventy eight per game and six

698
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 1: most receptions to receivers over the last four games. And

699
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:41,359
Speaker 1: those numbers aren't going through Jalen Ramsey. They're going through

700
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:43,719
Speaker 1: the other guys like Dayton and Long. So there's a

701
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:46,920
Speaker 1: scenario here where Theeland has a decent game, but you

702
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:49,399
Speaker 1: worry about the ankle and a setback at this high

703
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:52,880
Speaker 1: ankle sprains reinjure all the time. There is real concern

704
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:57,600
Speaker 1: here about the efficacy and aggravation possibilities for Theeland in

705
00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:00,279
Speaker 1: this game. I've got a C grade on the land

706
00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:05,239
Speaker 1: see grade on the quarterback, Kirk Cousins. Man, it's hard

707
00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:08,000
Speaker 1: to be enthused about cousins chances of success coming off

708
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:11,000
Speaker 1: a game when his offensive line delivered its worst performance

709
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:12,440
Speaker 1: of the year and Mike Zimmer only through the ball

710
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:16,680
Speaker 1: twenty four times despite a practice squad. Secondary right guard

711
00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:19,680
Speaker 1: Mason Cole got destroyed by a Keem Hicks last week,

712
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:24,000
Speaker 1: and here comes Aaron Donald. So I'm I'm I'm really

713
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:27,680
Speaker 1: nervous about this game for Cousins. Now, he has scored

714
00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:31,920
Speaker 1: in thirty straight games, and he's thrown multiple touchdowns in

715
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:35,120
Speaker 1: seven straight games. The floor is still high for Cousins,

716
00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:37,480
Speaker 1: but I don't see the upside in this one. And

717
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:40,120
Speaker 1: I've only got the C grade on Cousins. Last guy

718
00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:42,960
Speaker 1: I'll mentioned, Tyler Conklin's on the bench. Rams are middle

719
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:46,400
Speaker 1: to pack tight end defense, decent tight ends, generally fair, Okay.

720
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:48,879
Speaker 1: The problem is Conklin's volume isn't good enough. He's seen

721
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:52,800
Speaker 1: three or fewer targets in four of the past five games.

722
00:38:55,160 --> 00:39:00,560
Speaker 1: Scott let's talk Brown's Packers. It looks like gonna get

723
00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:05,040
Speaker 1: a fairly heavy dose of Nick Chubb in this game. Yes,

724
00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:08,440
Speaker 1: Kareem Hunt's gonna be out again. Passing game could be

725
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:11,480
Speaker 1: in shambles. What do you think about Nick Chubb against

726
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:13,920
Speaker 1: the Packers? I have a B grade on Chubb and

727
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 1: I could be convinced you could convince me into an

728
00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:17,560
Speaker 1: A which I think you're going to try to do,

729
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:20,400
Speaker 1: just based on based on the look on your setup,

730
00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:24,680
Speaker 1: I'm sensing your face say he should be in A grade. Uh.

731
00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:27,160
Speaker 1: The Packers held the last three backs they faced under

732
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:30,759
Speaker 1: total a hundred total yards and only one score if

733
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:34,160
Speaker 1: you ignore Dalvin in eleven. In week eleven, that streak

734
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:36,920
Speaker 1: goes all the way back to Week six, holding running

735
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:40,920
Speaker 1: backs under a hundred Comba yards the starting running back. So,

736
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:43,920
Speaker 1: but they don't typically see the amount of volume that

737
00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:48,160
Speaker 1: Nick Chubb is gonna get. They usually see fifteen sixteen carrybacks.

738
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:51,600
Speaker 1: Nick Chubb's a twenty plus touch guy, especially with Kareem

739
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:54,360
Speaker 1: Hunt out. So with Chubb's volume, I have a B

740
00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:57,560
Speaker 1: grade on him. I don't like the passing game. I

741
00:39:57,600 --> 00:39:59,560
Speaker 1: think you're right. I think it runs through Chubb. I

742
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:02,200
Speaker 1: don't like the passing game. I have a bench grade

743
00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:05,839
Speaker 1: on every guy in the Browns passing game. The pack

744
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:08,600
Speaker 1: has now allowed twelve quarterback touchdowns in the last three weeks,

745
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:11,399
Speaker 1: which sounds great. And Baker mass missed last week. He's

746
00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:13,080
Speaker 1: going to be back because the ten days will be

747
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:15,319
Speaker 1: up on Saturday, right before the game, so he'll be

748
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:17,880
Speaker 1: He'll be back, but he's been struggling to get over

749
00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:20,719
Speaker 1: two hundred fifty yards and he rarely has multiple scored games.

750
00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:22,520
Speaker 1: You're just talking about cousins with a ton of them.

751
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:27,719
Speaker 1: Baker has three multiple scoring games on the season. That's

752
00:40:27,719 --> 00:40:29,719
Speaker 1: not helping you in FT. I like the way he

753
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:32,560
Speaker 1: looked in the last game. He played um coming off

754
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:35,160
Speaker 1: the bye week and healthier, but the up the fantasy

755
00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:39,120
Speaker 1: upside just isn't there. Yeah, Jarvis Landry a couple of

756
00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:41,600
Speaker 1: good games, like right before the bye right as you're

757
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:44,040
Speaker 1: mentioning a couple of good games there before that, though

758
00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:46,480
Speaker 1: he had three games in a row under twenty six

759
00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:48,759
Speaker 1: total yards. He's only scored once on the season. He

760
00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:51,200
Speaker 1: doesn't score because Baker is not throwing a lot of touchdowns.

761
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:55,200
Speaker 1: I have him on the bench. Donovan people Jones, he

762
00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:57,600
Speaker 1: looks like he should be better than his stats. Ever

763
00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:00,719
Speaker 1: show that's always disappointing. You watch him play, You're like,

764
00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:02,360
Speaker 1: he seems like he should be good. He seems like

765
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:04,840
Speaker 1: he should get deep shots. But he's been sub fifty

766
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:07,440
Speaker 1: yards in three the last four and the Packers pasty

767
00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:09,719
Speaker 1: against watch receivers is just too good to handle it.

768
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:16,800
Speaker 1: Donovan every day people's Jones as he's like an everyday person. Yeah,

769
00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:19,799
Speaker 1: I like it. Screw you guys. Austin Hooper coming back

770
00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:26,840
Speaker 1: neutralizes Najoku and Hooper, so unfortunately, yeah, yeah, on the others,

771
00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:31,320
Speaker 1: no more Hooper Scoopers. On the other side, Aaron Rodgers

772
00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:33,120
Speaker 1: got an A grade on him. The Browns d has

773
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:34,960
Speaker 1: kept the score low in a lot of games recently.

774
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:37,600
Speaker 1: Only one time in the last nine weeks has it

775
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:41,000
Speaker 1: has an opponent topped twenty two points against the Browns.

776
00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:45,360
Speaker 1: They're keeping the score down. That said earlier in the season, Cardinals, Chargers, Chiefs,

777
00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:47,719
Speaker 1: a lot of the good teams actually scored a lot

778
00:41:47,719 --> 00:41:50,359
Speaker 1: of points on them. So I put the Packers more

779
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:54,160
Speaker 1: with those good teams that they've played, Uh not like

780
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:58,080
Speaker 1: Las Vegas or um. You know. The Tim Boyle lead

781
00:41:58,120 --> 00:42:02,000
Speaker 1: Detroit Lions teams like that. A grade on Rogers. He's

782
00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:05,160
Speaker 1: got multiple touchdowns in thirteen of his last fourteen. Davante

783
00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:07,759
Speaker 1: Adams isn't obviously he's got a hundred plus and or

784
00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:11,560
Speaker 1: score in fourth straight. You aren't benched him, Alan Lazard,

785
00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:18,160
Speaker 1: buddy with my buddy A J. Dillon. He's taking take

786
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:20,600
Speaker 1: a chance on me player Randall Cobb. This will be

787
00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:23,479
Speaker 1: his third game being on injured reserve, so he's he's

788
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:28,360
Speaker 1: definitely out MVS. Tested positive on Tuesday. He's likely out.

789
00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:31,880
Speaker 1: Um So Lazard like, get him in there and the

790
00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:35,000
Speaker 1: running game. Aaron Jones and A J. Dillon. This is

791
00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:37,839
Speaker 1: just fun. It's like Javonte Williams and Melvin Gordon. It's

792
00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:40,759
Speaker 1: just fun every week trying to figure this out. I

793
00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:42,960
Speaker 1: have a B grade this week on Aaron Jones. I

794
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:45,760
Speaker 1: have a C grade on A. J. Dillon. The Browns

795
00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:51,760
Speaker 1: held down Jacobson Freeman. Um, yes, Davante Freeman twice actually

796
00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:54,399
Speaker 1: the last two weeks last because they played him twice

797
00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:56,160
Speaker 1: in a row with a buy in the middle. But

798
00:42:56,239 --> 00:42:58,600
Speaker 1: before that they gave up huge games to Swift and

799
00:42:58,600 --> 00:43:01,959
Speaker 1: and Stevenson and Mixing and Harrison and the Melvin Javonte Duo.

800
00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:04,480
Speaker 1: Both were startable against them, and I think that's the

801
00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:08,040
Speaker 1: good comparable. The pass catcher did a little bit better work,

802
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:10,760
Speaker 1: and Aaron Jones is more of the past catcher than Dylan.

803
00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:14,120
Speaker 1: I will mention Dylan gets way more red zone work

804
00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:17,200
Speaker 1: out touching Jones to seven in the red zone the

805
00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:19,719
Speaker 1: last five games that they played together. That's a lot

806
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:23,120
Speaker 1: of red zone. That's a big differential. That's a huge differential.

807
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:25,840
Speaker 1: Jones gets the receiving work. I think that's something you

808
00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:28,239
Speaker 1: can bank on a little better. So I have the

809
00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:32,240
Speaker 1: B grade on Aaron Jones. The snaps have been pretty similar,

810
00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:36,000
Speaker 1: touches pretty similar, so Beyon Jones Dylan. Yeah, that all

811
00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:39,680
Speaker 1: that all makes sense. It's a very very tricky semifinals week.

812
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843
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Speaker 1: it all hang out there? And you do the pood bear?

844
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845
00:45:59,080 --> 00:46:02,360
Speaker 1: the pooh bear. Very nice. Tough question number one. For

846
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Speaker 1: the rest of the season, Antonio Brown will be a

847
00:46:05,120 --> 00:46:10,440
Speaker 1: wide receiver one, wide receiver too, flex or bench grade player.

848
00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:13,680
Speaker 1: We begin with Scott Fish. I'm going with wide receiver two.

849
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:16,279
Speaker 1: Notice how I'm answering your question right away this time

850
00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:20,560
Speaker 1: so very much. Uh. He was wide receiver six overall

851
00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:24,319
Speaker 1: in fantasy points per game before he went he went

852
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:27,080
Speaker 1: out on his injury. Uh, sounds like he's back. They

853
00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:29,399
Speaker 1: say he's as healthy as he's been. Those extra three

854
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:33,319
Speaker 1: weeks while being suspended helped Godwin and Evans. Won't be

855
00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:36,440
Speaker 1: taking the top coverage though anymore. I'm going wide receiver

856
00:46:36,520 --> 00:46:38,920
Speaker 1: too on how much he'll get peppered with targets, but

857
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:41,120
Speaker 1: they may not be the same quality targets that they

858
00:46:41,120 --> 00:46:44,600
Speaker 1: were at the beginning of the season. Okay, Brian, Antonio Brown.

859
00:46:44,680 --> 00:46:46,640
Speaker 1: The rest of the year will be a wide receiver one,

860
00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:49,319
Speaker 1: wide receiver, do flex or bench. So Brown's got the

861
00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:51,880
Speaker 1: Panthers this week, the Jets next week, and then the

862
00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:56,160
Speaker 1: Panthers again in week eighteen. And those are the Panthers

863
00:46:56,239 --> 00:46:59,480
Speaker 1: not a great matchup, but Stephan Gilmar and stuff. Those

864
00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:02,080
Speaker 1: are bad offenses. The Tampa Bay is going up again,

865
00:47:02,160 --> 00:47:05,160
Speaker 1: so I don't see a positive game script for Brown.

866
00:47:05,480 --> 00:47:08,160
Speaker 1: If they were, you know, shootout matchups, I would say

867
00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:10,200
Speaker 1: wide receiver one because Mike Evans is banged up. We

868
00:47:10,239 --> 00:47:12,720
Speaker 1: all know Chris Godwin's out for the year. Leonard Fournette

869
00:47:12,719 --> 00:47:15,160
Speaker 1: probably done for the regular season. But just based on

870
00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:19,160
Speaker 1: the house, the opponents are too soft f Antonio Brown,

871
00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:20,880
Speaker 1: So I'm moving with Fish and going wide receiver to

872
00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:24,080
Speaker 1: Brown is fresh and healthy. As you noted, he in

873
00:47:24,120 --> 00:47:26,359
Speaker 1: all probability. This passing offense is going to go through

874
00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:29,280
Speaker 1: Brown h and a little too Gronk. We've seen it before,

875
00:47:29,400 --> 00:47:31,759
Speaker 1: by the way, in December of last year at the

876
00:47:31,880 --> 00:47:35,320
Speaker 1: end of the year, weeks fifteen through seventeen, he averaged

877
00:47:35,440 --> 00:47:41,440
Speaker 1: nine targets per game eight yards, and he scored in

878
00:47:41,520 --> 00:47:45,440
Speaker 1: every game weeks fifteen through seventeen last year. So the

879
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:49,360
Speaker 1: schedule is a little bit tricky, and that it's Carolina twice.

880
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:53,520
Speaker 1: Stephen Gilmore is totally legit. This secondary is great and

881
00:47:53,640 --> 00:47:56,040
Speaker 1: that worries me enough. I in my mind before it

882
00:47:56,080 --> 00:47:58,319
Speaker 1: looked at the schedule, I was like wide receiver one.

883
00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:01,600
Speaker 1: And I got to the schedule and I an't do it. Um. Granted,

884
00:48:01,640 --> 00:48:03,880
Speaker 1: hopefully you're not playing in Week eighteen against Carolina, but

885
00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:05,279
Speaker 1: some of you are. And the rest of the way,

886
00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:07,160
Speaker 1: the rest of this this was phrased was rest of

887
00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:12,160
Speaker 1: the season part two. It could happen, but we three

888
00:48:12,239 --> 00:48:17,040
Speaker 1: years removed from that. Uh, the correct answer is wide receiver.

889
00:48:17,120 --> 00:48:23,360
Speaker 1: To tough. Question number two, what is the ideal playoff tiebreaker?

890
00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:26,520
Speaker 1: So to be clear, what I'm talking about is two

891
00:48:26,560 --> 00:48:30,520
Speaker 1: teams that both scored eighty seven point six points. How

892
00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:33,239
Speaker 1: do you break that tie? And by the way, the

893
00:48:33,239 --> 00:48:36,160
Speaker 1: most important thing is that you have a rule in place.

894
00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:38,400
Speaker 1: Any rule in place, you do not want to have

895
00:48:38,440 --> 00:48:40,640
Speaker 1: to figure it out after they're already as a tie.

896
00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:45,319
Speaker 1: So what is the ideal playoff tiebreaker? Brian? Some people go,

897
00:48:45,840 --> 00:48:48,240
Speaker 1: how did you fair head to head against your opponent

898
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:51,280
Speaker 1: in the regular season, But in most cases you've played

899
00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:54,840
Speaker 1: them twice at most maybe just once. That's too small

900
00:48:54,880 --> 00:48:57,440
Speaker 1: of a sample for me. Some people go with the

901
00:48:57,600 --> 00:49:00,759
Speaker 1: your highest scoring bench player. That's a two small of

902
00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:03,640
Speaker 1: a sample for me too. So I just go overall

903
00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:05,960
Speaker 1: points on the season. You measure who had the best

904
00:49:06,600 --> 00:49:09,239
Speaker 1: season in terms of total points. So you just go

905
00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:12,319
Speaker 1: back to the regular season home field advantage pretty much.

906
00:49:12,360 --> 00:49:15,240
Speaker 1: So total points for the regular season is my tiebreaker. Okay,

907
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:17,600
Speaker 1: Scott that scenario, I just go top seed. I feel

908
00:49:17,640 --> 00:49:19,200
Speaker 1: like they've are in the top seed, they can be it.

909
00:49:19,360 --> 00:49:21,360
Speaker 1: I I don't their home field advantage. I don't have

910
00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:24,720
Speaker 1: a problem with the points. Um. I I actually hate

911
00:49:25,960 --> 00:49:29,160
Speaker 1: bench scoring stuff like that. I hate I don't like

912
00:49:29,440 --> 00:49:32,160
Speaker 1: how many touchdowns did your starter score because that is

913
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:35,279
Speaker 1: completely dependent on how that person wanted to design their team.

914
00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:37,560
Speaker 1: Maybe it's a PPR league where they had Hunter Renfro

915
00:49:37,640 --> 00:49:40,000
Speaker 1: who doesn't score a lot, and he's I don't. I

916
00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:43,680
Speaker 1: don't like that you're dictating that I just have top seed.

917
00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:46,880
Speaker 1: You can't use anything involving the bench. By the way,

918
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:49,920
Speaker 1: do decimals to two places people, Yeah, you can do

919
00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:52,040
Speaker 1: hundreds of place if you want to. You can't use

920
00:49:52,080 --> 00:49:54,720
Speaker 1: anything involving the bench. Wins should not be a playoff

921
00:49:54,719 --> 00:49:56,920
Speaker 1: wins should not be decided by the injuries or COVID

922
00:49:56,960 --> 00:50:00,480
Speaker 1: status of yours or your opponents bench. You know you're

923
00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:03,200
Speaker 1: playing to get the best possible starting lineup you could have,

924
00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:06,360
Speaker 1: so that's out. UM. You should not use any previous

925
00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:09,960
Speaker 1: results to Brian's point earlier, um, small sample size. And

926
00:50:10,360 --> 00:50:12,120
Speaker 1: Brian and I played each other in week six and

927
00:50:12,480 --> 00:50:15,839
Speaker 1: I had four guys different thing and he didn't. Yeh right,

928
00:50:16,120 --> 00:50:18,239
Speaker 1: so who knows. That's not good. It's got to be

929
00:50:18,320 --> 00:50:23,600
Speaker 1: something that happened from this week. Total yards of all

930
00:50:23,640 --> 00:50:26,440
Speaker 1: of your starters, not including kickers in defense gives me

931
00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:30,160
Speaker 1: a pretty damn accurate estimation as to whose players had

932
00:50:30,200 --> 00:50:32,600
Speaker 1: the best week. And you won't get a tie. And

933
00:50:32,640 --> 00:50:35,600
Speaker 1: it's less flukey than the touch totally flukey than the touchdowns.

934
00:50:35,640 --> 00:50:38,080
Speaker 1: And to tie, you can tie touchdowns too. You could

935
00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:40,160
Speaker 1: have five and I can have five. Now you're gonna

936
00:50:40,160 --> 00:50:43,000
Speaker 1: tie again. You're never gonna tie in total yards technically

937
00:50:43,080 --> 00:50:48,560
Speaker 1: you could, though, sure I've got eight hundred ninety two

938
00:50:48,640 --> 00:50:52,640
Speaker 1: and you're gonna have eight ninety two total yards. Not

939
00:50:52,680 --> 00:50:56,480
Speaker 1: gonna happen. I that is the correct answer. Tough question

940
00:50:56,640 --> 00:51:01,880
Speaker 1: number three. You're on the clock for pick four of

941
00:51:01,960 --> 00:51:05,280
Speaker 1: the first round of next year's draft. So we're advancing

942
00:51:05,280 --> 00:51:09,560
Speaker 1: the clock to next August. Off the board or Jonathan Taylor,

943
00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:15,520
Speaker 1: Javante Williams because Melvin Gordon signed somewhere else, and Cooper

944
00:51:15,600 --> 00:51:20,200
Speaker 1: cup are off the board. Who are you taking? Pick four?

945
00:51:20,760 --> 00:51:24,040
Speaker 1: You're on the clock, Scott. I thought for a moment,

946
00:51:24,120 --> 00:51:26,520
Speaker 1: just to be sneaky and weird, I thought about taking

947
00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:31,239
Speaker 1: Mark Andrews because I love Mark Andrews. But I did

948
00:51:31,239 --> 00:51:34,000
Speaker 1: not go that route. I went and played it safe

949
00:51:34,040 --> 00:51:36,560
Speaker 1: with a guy who has eighty plus yards and or

950
00:51:36,560 --> 00:51:40,000
Speaker 1: a score in every game but one. He's had like

951
00:51:40,120 --> 00:51:43,479
Speaker 1: thirty or twelve plus Fantasy points in every game but one.

952
00:51:43,840 --> 00:51:47,040
Speaker 1: He is as consistent as they come this year and

953
00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:50,359
Speaker 1: next year. It might even be better the the other

954
00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:51,960
Speaker 1: guy on the other side of the field. You know,

955
00:51:52,040 --> 00:51:54,160
Speaker 1: he's declined a little bit. They need to make a

956
00:51:54,200 --> 00:52:00,920
Speaker 1: move to talk. I'm setting it up. It is the

957
00:52:00,960 --> 00:52:05,880
Speaker 1: best wide receiver in the NFL. Justin Jefferson. Oh okay,

958
00:52:05,960 --> 00:52:11,440
Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson, Brian your number four of next year's draft.

959
00:52:11,520 --> 00:52:14,720
Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor, Javonte Williams, and Cooper Cupper off the board?

960
00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:17,160
Speaker 1: Who are you taking? I was gonna go wide receiver

961
00:52:17,239 --> 00:52:19,960
Speaker 1: to not Justin Jefferson was still gonna Davante Adams. I'm not.

962
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:22,600
Speaker 1: I'm not going with Adams either. I'm going back to

963
00:52:22,719 --> 00:52:26,799
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry. Um only eight games played this year, He's

964
00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:30,200
Speaker 1: still like running back seven right now, while most running

965
00:52:30,200 --> 00:52:33,719
Speaker 1: backs have played thirteen fourteen games. I don't think the

966
00:52:34,040 --> 00:52:36,840
Speaker 1: wheels have not fallen off Henry entirely. He's not falling

967
00:52:36,840 --> 00:52:39,040
Speaker 1: off the cliff however you want to put it. Who'll

968
00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:41,919
Speaker 1: be turning twenty eight going into next year. He didn't

969
00:52:41,920 --> 00:52:45,600
Speaker 1: get crazy usage in his first three seasons in the NFL. Yes,

970
00:52:45,680 --> 00:52:47,920
Speaker 1: his last two seasons he's seen three or three rushing

971
00:52:47,920 --> 00:52:51,879
Speaker 1: attempts three hundred seventy eight last year. But I'm bank

972
00:52:51,960 --> 00:52:53,440
Speaker 1: he could come back this year. By the way, for

973
00:52:53,480 --> 00:52:55,920
Speaker 1: the playoffs, the big to come back this year. So

974
00:52:56,400 --> 00:53:00,480
Speaker 1: assuming he doesn't seriously injured himself with the remainder the season,

975
00:53:00,560 --> 00:53:03,080
Speaker 1: he goes through training camp unscathed, I'm just gonna go

976
00:53:03,160 --> 00:53:06,360
Speaker 1: back to Derrick Henry. You're not gonna win your league

977
00:53:06,360 --> 00:53:08,080
Speaker 1: because of him, but you're not gonna lose your league

978
00:53:08,080 --> 00:53:11,840
Speaker 1: by taking Derrick Henry fourth overall. One more year Henry's

979
00:53:11,840 --> 00:53:14,080
Speaker 1: got has premium production left in him, by the way,

980
00:53:14,200 --> 00:53:16,439
Speaker 1: best wide receiver not named Cooper Cup I should say

981
00:53:16,440 --> 00:53:19,279
Speaker 1: best wide receiver on the board, justin Jevers that is,

982
00:53:19,360 --> 00:53:24,120
Speaker 1: that's probably true. Um, Derrick Henry is very tempting, and

983
00:53:24,160 --> 00:53:26,960
Speaker 1: I think he will go in this spot in most drafts.

984
00:53:27,600 --> 00:53:33,520
Speaker 1: But the problem is one thousand, five hundred touches for

985
00:53:33,640 --> 00:53:37,040
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry. The injuries have already started, and I worry

986
00:53:37,080 --> 00:53:39,200
Speaker 1: they're gonna keep mounting. And I'm not taking him and

987
00:53:39,239 --> 00:53:44,000
Speaker 1: picked four. Next year, we are going with Travis Kelsey

988
00:53:44,080 --> 00:53:48,359
Speaker 1: and inconsistent. Even in this a more inconsistent season than

989
00:53:48,760 --> 00:53:53,240
Speaker 1: most of his past several he's still the top scoring

990
00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:55,719
Speaker 1: tight end and all probability this year he's basically tied

991
00:53:55,760 --> 00:54:00,800
Speaker 1: almost with Mark and Andrews in receptions, yards and touchdowns

992
00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:03,279
Speaker 1: for number one, And just what's how do you not?

993
00:54:03,360 --> 00:54:05,000
Speaker 1: I do argue with any of that? In the tight

994
00:54:05,040 --> 00:54:10,680
Speaker 1: end position remains fraught with danger, agony, pain people trying

995
00:54:10,680 --> 00:54:14,160
Speaker 1: to find anybody with a pulse Outside of Andrews and Kelsey,

996
00:54:14,440 --> 00:54:16,760
Speaker 1: it's been a brutally or even other guys that we like,

997
00:54:16,760 --> 00:54:20,280
Speaker 1: like George Kittle, Dawson Knox have missed long stretches of games.

998
00:54:20,480 --> 00:54:23,120
Speaker 1: You get a guy who never misses games at the

999
00:54:23,280 --> 00:54:26,480
Speaker 1: at the positions, at the position of greatest scarcity. You

1000
00:54:26,480 --> 00:54:31,359
Speaker 1: know who's regretted drafting Travis Kelsey over the last five years,

1001
00:54:31,480 --> 00:54:34,600
Speaker 1: Over the last five years, nobody ever. And that's why

1002
00:54:34,600 --> 00:54:37,080
Speaker 1: he is the correct answer for pick number four and

1003
00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:43,080
Speaker 1: next year's draft. I figured you'd go there. It wasn't hard,

1004
00:54:44,760 --> 00:54:47,520
Speaker 1: Thank you very much. Davante Adams was gonna be my

1005
00:54:47,719 --> 00:54:50,480
Speaker 1: was my number two choice. By the way, see where's

1006
00:54:50,480 --> 00:54:53,719
Speaker 1: it gonna be? Who's this quarterback? And threw it out

1007
00:54:53,760 --> 00:54:55,680
Speaker 1: is I don't know who's quarterback is gonna be Patrick?

1008
00:54:55,760 --> 00:54:57,400
Speaker 1: I know who Patrick Mahomes is gonna be thrown to,

1009
00:54:57,440 --> 00:55:01,680
Speaker 1: and it's Travis Kelsey. Let's go back to the matchups. Oh, hey,

1010
00:55:01,680 --> 00:55:04,359
Speaker 1: it's me Pittsburgh Steels taking that Kansas City. Hey, that's

1011
00:55:04,400 --> 00:55:07,319
Speaker 1: my matchup. Um, you'll want to as we talk about

1012
00:55:07,360 --> 00:55:09,440
Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers, you want to watch the status of

1013
00:55:09,480 --> 00:55:13,640
Speaker 1: the Kansas City secondary, specifically starting cornerbacks chair Various Warden,

1014
00:55:13,760 --> 00:55:18,080
Speaker 1: Rashad Fenton. They're in the COVID protocol and right now

1015
00:55:18,080 --> 00:55:20,440
Speaker 1: I'm assuming they're out, and so the grades you're going

1016
00:55:20,480 --> 00:55:23,880
Speaker 1: to hear are actually uh now my grades are in

1017
00:55:24,719 --> 00:55:27,120
Speaker 1: as if they are playing. You can bump everybody up

1018
00:55:27,160 --> 00:55:30,480
Speaker 1: a letter grade if they do not go so right now,

1019
00:55:30,480 --> 00:55:33,480
Speaker 1: I'm assuming they're out. No, I'm assuming they're in. I'm

1020
00:55:33,600 --> 00:55:35,960
Speaker 1: confusing myself. Now I'm assuming they're in. You can bump

1021
00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:40,440
Speaker 1: everybody up. Ben Roethlisberger on the bench. He whipped badly

1022
00:55:40,440 --> 00:55:42,480
Speaker 1: in a smash spot last week, and I can't recommend

1023
00:55:42,560 --> 00:55:44,800
Speaker 1: him in a far tougher matchup against a much improved

1024
00:55:44,840 --> 00:55:47,919
Speaker 1: Chiefs past defense. No opposing quarterback is top two hundred

1025
00:55:47,960 --> 00:55:50,600
Speaker 1: sixty three yards and seven games. Kansas City allowing just

1026
00:55:50,640 --> 00:55:53,520
Speaker 1: one passing touchdown per game since Week eight, and I

1027
00:55:53,560 --> 00:55:55,920
Speaker 1: think that's about what one touchdown feels about right for

1028
00:55:55,960 --> 00:55:59,520
Speaker 1: Ben here, the loss of touchdown score Pat Fryarmouth is

1029
00:55:59,560 --> 00:56:02,120
Speaker 1: a big loss ends up to this and he is

1030
00:56:02,160 --> 00:56:04,399
Speaker 1: not expected to play in this game. Let's talk about

1031
00:56:04,480 --> 00:56:08,439
Speaker 1: Yante Johnson. In the five games prior to last week's dud,

1032
00:56:08,880 --> 00:56:11,920
Speaker 1: Diante had commanded double digit targets in every game. I

1033
00:56:11,960 --> 00:56:15,320
Speaker 1: averaged ninety two yards and he scored three times. Nobody

1034
00:56:15,360 --> 00:56:19,240
Speaker 1: will benefit more then Johnson, if Ward and or Fenton

1035
00:56:19,360 --> 00:56:22,399
Speaker 1: can't go in this game. Chief secondaries improved a lot,

1036
00:56:22,440 --> 00:56:25,239
Speaker 1: but they've given up five scorers and four seventy five

1037
00:56:25,320 --> 00:56:28,440
Speaker 1: yard receivers in the last five games. Johnson's a B

1038
00:56:28,640 --> 00:56:33,880
Speaker 1: grade for now. Chase Claypool is so dangerous. It's been

1039
00:56:33,920 --> 00:56:37,000
Speaker 1: a brutal couple of weeks for Chase. Chase Claypool. He

1040
00:56:37,160 --> 00:56:40,239
Speaker 1: selfishly botched the end of the Minnesota game two weeks ago,

1041
00:56:40,680 --> 00:56:43,560
Speaker 1: and then last week he saw the lowest snap count

1042
00:56:43,560 --> 00:56:46,760
Speaker 1: of his season, just thirty one plays, and he finished

1043
00:56:46,840 --> 00:56:50,239
Speaker 1: last week with one reception. It sure looks like he's

1044
00:56:50,239 --> 00:56:53,520
Speaker 1: in the doghouse. Ray Ray McLeod had more snaps and

1045
00:56:53,600 --> 00:56:58,279
Speaker 1: more targets than Chase Claypool last week. Claypool assuming when

1046
00:56:58,320 --> 00:56:59,840
Speaker 1: he is on the field to see a fair amount

1047
00:56:59,840 --> 00:57:02,960
Speaker 1: of the Chiefs only non COVID cornerback Mike Hughes, who

1048
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:05,560
Speaker 1: has been shockingly competent. And that's why just the C

1049
00:57:05,719 --> 00:57:08,640
Speaker 1: grade on Chase Claypool in this game, all right, then,

1050
00:57:08,719 --> 00:57:11,560
Speaker 1: Nazi Harris, I think he bounces back from last week's

1051
00:57:11,560 --> 00:57:14,480
Speaker 1: horrific game. Despite a dominant stretch over the middle of

1052
00:57:14,520 --> 00:57:16,600
Speaker 1: the season, Kansas City has been giving up a lot

1053
00:57:16,640 --> 00:57:19,640
Speaker 1: of yards lately, to opposing running backs over the last

1054
00:57:19,640 --> 00:57:24,560
Speaker 1: three games, opposing runners averaging one hundred eighty one total

1055
00:57:24,640 --> 00:57:27,560
Speaker 1: yards per game. That is staggering. That would be the

1056
00:57:27,640 --> 00:57:31,680
Speaker 1: worst total if applied over a full season. One total

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00:57:31,760 --> 00:57:35,720
Speaker 1: yards per game. Steeler's offensive line, though, is so bad

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00:57:35,760 --> 00:57:38,120
Speaker 1: that I can't give Harris An a grade in this

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00:57:38,160 --> 00:57:40,360
Speaker 1: game like I would want to, and he's posted so

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00:57:40,400 --> 00:57:43,640
Speaker 1: many duds. Still, this looks like a good opportunity for

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00:57:43,720 --> 00:57:47,400
Speaker 1: him and a B grade for Nazi Harris alright, let's

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00:57:47,400 --> 00:57:50,240
Speaker 1: go over to Kansas City, which has got its own issues, well,

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00:57:50,280 --> 00:57:52,800
Speaker 1: actually a lot of issues. Uh. Tyreek Kill and Travis

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00:57:52,880 --> 00:57:56,920
Speaker 1: Kelsey in the COVID protocol both could be cleared before kickoff,

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00:57:57,360 --> 00:58:00,280
Speaker 1: so apply your own judgment and what you've learned closer

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00:58:00,320 --> 00:58:02,800
Speaker 1: to kick off. Tyreek Hills and obvious A if he

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00:58:02,920 --> 00:58:05,760
Speaker 1: can go. Um, even with all of mahomess ups and

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00:58:05,840 --> 00:58:08,120
Speaker 1: downs over the past two months, he's been by in large,

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00:58:08,240 --> 00:58:14,120
Speaker 1: very consistent obvious A for him. Travis Kelsey, though, um,

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00:58:14,240 --> 00:58:16,960
Speaker 1: I'm only giving a B grade even if he can go.

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00:58:17,120 --> 00:58:20,480
Speaker 1: Despite last week's obvious blow up game, it was just

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00:58:20,640 --> 00:58:23,400
Speaker 1: his second game with a touchdown in the last nine

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00:58:23,520 --> 00:58:26,480
Speaker 1: weeks and the steel is really good against tight ends.

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00:58:26,560 --> 00:58:28,560
Speaker 1: That sounds like a guy you should take. Justin Jefferson

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00:58:28,600 --> 00:58:32,640
Speaker 1: over correct. Josin Jefferson also would be great in this

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00:58:32,920 --> 00:58:35,320
Speaker 1: this week. I'm just kidding. That's fine. No tight end

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00:58:35,360 --> 00:58:38,320
Speaker 1: is scored in ten weeks against Pittsburgh. No tight end

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00:58:38,360 --> 00:58:42,000
Speaker 1: his top fifty yards in six games against Pittsburgh. Other

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00:58:42,120 --> 00:58:45,840
Speaker 1: excellent tight ends like Darren Waller, t J. Hockenson, Mark Andrews.

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00:58:46,600 --> 00:58:50,120
Speaker 1: Those guys averaged three catches thirty eight yards. None of

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00:58:50,160 --> 00:58:52,840
Speaker 1: them scored. That's why I've only got the B grid

1082
00:58:52,880 --> 00:58:55,200
Speaker 1: and Travis Kelsey. If he can go in this game,

1083
00:58:55,840 --> 00:58:59,680
Speaker 1: and if they can't go in this game, you may

1084
00:58:59,680 --> 00:59:03,440
Speaker 1: be happened to pivot to Mi Cole Hardman, Josh Gordon,

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00:59:03,520 --> 00:59:07,480
Speaker 1: Byron Pringle, or DeMarcus Robinson. But that's the whole problem.

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00:59:07,520 --> 00:59:10,040
Speaker 1: Which one would you even pivot too? In that scenario,

1087
00:59:10,520 --> 00:59:13,760
Speaker 1: you'd be just throwing darts and that's not worth anything.

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00:59:14,040 --> 00:59:16,240
Speaker 1: Good luck figuring out which guy would be the best one.

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00:59:16,520 --> 00:59:18,960
Speaker 1: We won't pivot to any of those guys. So what

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00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:21,360
Speaker 1: to do about Patrick Mahomes? B greade on him will

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00:59:21,440 --> 00:59:24,320
Speaker 1: upgrade him to an A. If Hill and Kelsey become available.

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00:59:24,680 --> 00:59:28,600
Speaker 1: If not, I worry about an unusually run heavy game

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00:59:28,680 --> 00:59:32,720
Speaker 1: plan favoring Clyde Edwards a layer against a terrible Steelers

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00:59:32,760 --> 00:59:35,439
Speaker 1: run defense. And let's talk about Clyde Edwards a layer

1095
00:59:35,480 --> 00:59:38,680
Speaker 1: for a minute. If you believe like I do, that

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00:59:38,720 --> 00:59:40,640
Speaker 1: this team is gonna run more than they usually do,

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00:59:40,760 --> 00:59:44,640
Speaker 1: you'll like Clyde. His sent snapshare last week was a

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00:59:44,640 --> 00:59:46,880
Speaker 1: great indicator, although it didn't turn into a lot of

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00:59:46,960 --> 00:59:53,560
Speaker 1: good stats for the Steelers. Every game seems to keep

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00:59:53,600 --> 00:59:57,360
Speaker 1: getting easier. This team has allowed one fifty nine total

1101
00:59:57,440 --> 01:00:01,680
Speaker 1: yards per game, third most to opposing running backs, and

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01:00:01,720 --> 01:00:04,640
Speaker 1: they've just been gouged over the last three weeks in particular.

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01:00:04,960 --> 01:00:06,920
Speaker 1: So Clyde Edwards Larry won't get all of the hundred

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Speaker 1: fifty nine yards, but I think he could get easily

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01:00:09,480 --> 01:00:11,320
Speaker 1: to one hundred yards. And he gets a B grade

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01:00:11,320 --> 01:00:14,320
Speaker 1: in this game. And you could pivot if if necessary,

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01:00:14,400 --> 01:00:16,920
Speaker 1: to Darryl Williams as well, who continues to be a

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01:00:17,640 --> 01:00:20,000
Speaker 1: shockingly big part of this game plan and continues to

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01:00:20,040 --> 01:00:25,840
Speaker 1: be productive. And again, Steelers a terrible run defense. Let's

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01:00:25,880 --> 01:00:28,880
Speaker 1: take a break when we come back. New York Giants

1111
01:00:28,960 --> 01:00:34,200
Speaker 1: take on the Philadelphia Eagles, Giants passing game is a disaster.

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01:00:34,400 --> 01:00:38,360
Speaker 1: But say Kwan Barkley, what do you do about him

1113
01:00:38,360 --> 01:00:41,439
Speaker 1: and a tricky matchup with the Eagles. Yeah, we'll talk

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01:00:41,480 --> 01:00:43,720
Speaker 1: that through in moments when we come back to segment

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Speaker 1: number two, our number two Fantasy Football Weekly, Welcome back

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Speaker 1: Fantasy Fall Weekly. Paul Charchy and Scott Fish and Brian

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01:01:09,320 --> 01:01:11,400
Speaker 1: Johnson with you. If you'd like to follow us on Twitter,

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01:01:11,600 --> 01:01:13,440
Speaker 1: you can do so. I am at Paul Charchy and

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01:01:13,480 --> 01:01:16,960
Speaker 1: Scott is at Scott Fish twenty four and Brian is

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Speaker 1: that bt x J which sounds like a weather thing?

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01:01:21,000 --> 01:01:23,120
Speaker 1: When you got that random X, like right in the

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01:01:23,160 --> 01:01:24,920
Speaker 1: middle of things, do you want to do a lot

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Speaker 1: of quick the quick origin Actually I don't know. I'm

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Speaker 1: not gonna say what my middle name is, but it's

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Speaker 1: sorts of the T. But the X. You have to

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01:01:32,080 --> 01:01:34,600
Speaker 1: pick a confirmation name, right if I didn't go to

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Speaker 1: Catholic school, but I went to like Sunday School or whatever.

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Speaker 1: When you get confirmed, you pick a saint and I

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Speaker 1: went with with Xavier because I grew up liking the

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Speaker 1: Knicks and Davior McDaniel. And you're supposed to do a

1131
01:01:45,640 --> 01:01:48,920
Speaker 1: speech on like why you you picked the Saint, and

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01:01:48,960 --> 01:01:52,080
Speaker 1: I did say that, and okay, thankfully it wasn't in

1133
01:01:52,120 --> 01:01:54,080
Speaker 1: the days where I get beaten by like a yardstick,

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Speaker 1: by a note, but they were not. And that's always

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01:01:57,200 --> 01:01:58,840
Speaker 1: kind of be like my user name, so I picked

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01:01:58,880 --> 01:02:02,240
Speaker 1: us my Twitter name. You've carried it across all this time.

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Speaker 1: Chargers take on the Texans, Brian, it looks like Austin

1138
01:02:06,080 --> 01:02:08,760
Speaker 1: Ekeler is not gonna go in this game, and man,

1139
01:02:08,840 --> 01:02:11,880
Speaker 1: whoever does start, he's got a juicy matchup against a

1140
01:02:11,880 --> 01:02:14,920
Speaker 1: bad run defense. Yeah, yeah, I was gonna give Eckler

1141
01:02:15,160 --> 01:02:18,160
Speaker 1: the A, but uh, basically, in his own words, it's

1142
01:02:18,160 --> 01:02:20,400
Speaker 1: not looking good for him to play, even though he

1143
01:02:20,520 --> 01:02:24,320
Speaker 1: is vaccinated, but he's not feeling too hot. So under

1144
01:02:24,360 --> 01:02:27,240
Speaker 1: that assumption, I'm gonna, I mean, if Eckler goes, gonna

1145
01:02:27,240 --> 01:02:28,760
Speaker 1: give him the A. But it's really looking like it's

1146
01:02:28,760 --> 01:02:31,120
Speaker 1: gonna be Justin Jackson and the Joshua Kelly. I'll give

1147
01:02:31,200 --> 01:02:33,920
Speaker 1: Jackson a B and Kelly a C. And this one

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01:02:33,920 --> 01:02:36,080
Speaker 1: it's a great matchup. Houston has allowed the most rushing

1149
01:02:36,160 --> 01:02:38,640
Speaker 1: yards and the second most rushing touchdowns to opposing running back,

1150
01:02:38,720 --> 01:02:41,200
Speaker 1: So just a situation you're gonna have to monitor leading

1151
01:02:41,240 --> 01:02:45,040
Speaker 1: up monitor leading up to kickoff. Unfortunately, it doesn't sound

1152
01:02:45,040 --> 01:02:48,240
Speaker 1: like is gonna go though, um Keenan Allen will go

1153
01:02:48,680 --> 01:02:52,200
Speaker 1: knock on wood. Hopefully he goes. Uh, no reason he wouldn't.

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01:02:52,200 --> 01:02:56,320
Speaker 1: Opposing wide receivers haven't posted big numbers lately against Houston,

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01:02:56,360 --> 01:03:00,000
Speaker 1: but the competition has been pretty weak outside of Tyler Lockett.

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01:03:00,200 --> 01:03:03,080
Speaker 1: Very comparable Tyler Lockett to Keenan Allen lock It at

1157
01:03:03,080 --> 01:03:05,880
Speaker 1: five catches, one two yards and one touchdown against the

1158
01:03:05,920 --> 01:03:09,240
Speaker 1: Texans in Week fourteen. So Alan gets an a Mike

1159
01:03:09,280 --> 01:03:13,960
Speaker 1: Williams man major disappointment after a monstrous start to the season,

1160
01:03:14,400 --> 01:03:17,320
Speaker 1: just to see for him here. But Williams six four

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01:03:17,480 --> 01:03:21,560
Speaker 1: two five pounds will square off most with the five ten,

1162
01:03:21,640 --> 01:03:24,760
Speaker 1: two hundred pound Desmond King on the outside. He just

1163
01:03:24,760 --> 01:03:27,840
Speaker 1: surrendered at least fifty yards and already touchdown in three

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01:03:27,840 --> 01:03:29,959
Speaker 1: of his last four games with a safe sea. Yeah,

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01:03:29,960 --> 01:03:31,880
Speaker 1: but yeah, it's anything safe with him. And how many

1166
01:03:31,880 --> 01:03:34,400
Speaker 1: times have we got to talk about positive matchups for

1167
01:03:34,520 --> 01:03:38,640
Speaker 1: Mike Williams that he does not make good on. I

1168
01:03:38,720 --> 01:03:41,640
Speaker 1: know you gotta temper your expectations with Williams, but he does.

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01:03:41,920 --> 01:03:44,080
Speaker 1: He's he's pretty much a boom or a bus player,

1170
01:03:44,120 --> 01:03:45,960
Speaker 1: but it is a it is a boom matchup, or

1171
01:03:45,960 --> 01:03:49,080
Speaker 1: it should be, but no promises there um a great

1172
01:03:49,120 --> 01:03:52,760
Speaker 1: matchup for Jared Cook. Because of the unfortunate and scary

1173
01:03:52,800 --> 01:03:56,800
Speaker 1: injury to teammate Donald Parham last Thursday, Parham unlikely to go,

1174
01:03:56,960 --> 01:03:59,360
Speaker 1: so Cook should see the most of the work at

1175
01:03:59,400 --> 01:04:01,760
Speaker 1: tight end for the Argers against the Texans, who have

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01:04:01,800 --> 01:04:04,640
Speaker 1: allowed the fourth most touch tight end touchdowns and just

1177
01:04:04,800 --> 01:04:09,080
Speaker 1: last week, Jacksonville's James O'Shaughnessy and Chris man Hurts combined

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01:04:09,120 --> 01:04:11,960
Speaker 1: for five catches and seventy one yards against Houston, So

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01:04:12,000 --> 01:04:14,960
Speaker 1: that's almost a safe floor for cooking this matchup. And

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01:04:15,120 --> 01:04:24,600
Speaker 1: speaking of safe, justin Herbert the air Bear get today again.

1181
01:04:24,720 --> 01:04:27,720
Speaker 1: The Houston secondary looks like it's been playing better as

1182
01:04:27,720 --> 01:04:30,720
Speaker 1: of late, but they faced the Jaguars, the Seahawks, the Jets,

1183
01:04:30,760 --> 01:04:34,520
Speaker 1: the Titans, the Dolphins before good quarterbacks to face the Texans.

1184
01:04:34,600 --> 01:04:37,400
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson and Josh Allen, Kyler Murray and Matthew Stafford

1185
01:04:37,640 --> 01:04:39,640
Speaker 1: have averaged two sixty nine yards and two and a

1186
01:04:39,640 --> 01:04:43,120
Speaker 1: half passing touchdowns and a half that that's a floor

1187
01:04:43,160 --> 01:04:45,280
Speaker 1: for the air Bear here, so he gets the a

1188
01:04:45,840 --> 01:04:48,440
Speaker 1: and Rex Burkhead. I'm sorry we go over to Houston now.

1189
01:04:48,520 --> 01:04:50,480
Speaker 1: Not a lot to talk about here. Rex Burkhead the

1190
01:04:50,520 --> 01:04:52,840
Speaker 1: Sea Rex was might take a chance to be running back.

1191
01:04:53,400 --> 01:04:58,400
Speaker 1: Great matchup for him. Brandon Cooks gets to see might

1192
01:04:58,440 --> 01:05:01,800
Speaker 1: not play. Probably will helped a lot of people advance

1193
01:05:01,960 --> 01:05:04,920
Speaker 1: or surviving their guillete league. Last week. I don't like

1194
01:05:05,000 --> 01:05:07,520
Speaker 1: his prospects. Prospects as much of this week he doesn't.

1195
01:05:07,520 --> 01:05:10,680
Speaker 1: He's not playing the Jaguars again. The Chargers have given

1196
01:05:10,760 --> 01:05:13,520
Speaker 1: up good wide receiver numbers as of late, but that's

1197
01:05:13,520 --> 01:05:17,160
Speaker 1: been to the Chiefs, the Bengals, the Steelers of the Vikings,

1198
01:05:18,160 --> 01:05:20,840
Speaker 1: all those teams have multiple good receivers on their team.

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01:05:21,080 --> 01:05:23,840
Speaker 1: It's all Brandon Cooks for Houston. He's gonna draw a

1200
01:05:23,840 --> 01:05:27,800
Speaker 1: ton of attention from Assante Samuel tend Or Derwin James.

1201
01:05:27,800 --> 01:05:31,280
Speaker 1: Just for the listeners. He tested positive on Wednesday, so

1202
01:05:31,400 --> 01:05:33,480
Speaker 1: he can test out. He could test out if if

1203
01:05:33,480 --> 01:05:36,320
Speaker 1: it turns out, he's just close contact whatever. No, he

1204
01:05:36,440 --> 01:05:40,880
Speaker 1: tested positive, Okay, so yeah'm not looking good for Cooks

1205
01:05:40,880 --> 01:05:44,440
Speaker 1: and if he does go, uh, temporary expectations for him.

1206
01:05:44,440 --> 01:05:47,240
Speaker 1: Not gonna mention any other wide receivers for the Texans.

1207
01:05:47,320 --> 01:05:53,840
Speaker 1: Even if Cooks somehow sits, he can't go Nico little

1208
01:05:53,840 --> 01:05:57,280
Speaker 1: too risky for a week sixteen And sadly, my boy

1209
01:05:57,360 --> 01:05:59,720
Speaker 1: Davis Mills also on the bench, and this one is

1210
01:05:59,760 --> 01:06:02,400
Speaker 1: not a good week. No. And we like Davis Mills

1211
01:06:02,400 --> 01:06:04,480
Speaker 1: and what he's been able to do, but it's it's

1212
01:06:04,520 --> 01:06:07,120
Speaker 1: not he has and he's been fantasy friendly and a

1213
01:06:07,120 --> 01:06:09,080
Speaker 1: lot of a lot of spots where nobody would have

1214
01:06:09,120 --> 01:06:12,880
Speaker 1: expected it. Sure Scott for the Giants, I don't think

1215
01:06:12,880 --> 01:06:14,760
Speaker 1: we need to spend really any time on the passing

1216
01:06:14,800 --> 01:06:19,080
Speaker 1: game left by is it Jake from right game? No,

1217
01:06:19,240 --> 01:06:23,560
Speaker 1: they're being coy with it because there's a distinct is

1218
01:06:23,560 --> 01:06:26,000
Speaker 1: it Glenden? Is it from that's you know that's a

1219
01:06:26,400 --> 01:06:29,720
Speaker 1: competitive advantage, right, But let's talk about ske Kwon Barkley,

1220
01:06:29,760 --> 01:06:33,800
Speaker 1: the only guy that a playoff team might be considering starting. Yeah, yeah,

1221
01:06:33,920 --> 01:06:36,200
Speaker 1: it's it's not been great. And we were mentioning off

1222
01:06:36,200 --> 01:06:39,200
Speaker 1: air that him and Booker both looked like you couldn't

1223
01:06:39,200 --> 01:06:42,240
Speaker 1: tell who is who because the Booker looked good, and

1224
01:06:42,280 --> 01:06:45,320
Speaker 1: there's their snaps and their touches were split more evenly

1225
01:06:45,360 --> 01:06:48,200
Speaker 1: than you'd like. I Barkley, I am giving a C

1226
01:06:48,360 --> 01:06:51,240
Speaker 1: grade too. And here's why he gets about three to

1227
01:06:51,320 --> 01:06:54,560
Speaker 1: six catches every game. He gets about thirty yards receiving

1228
01:06:54,640 --> 01:06:59,160
Speaker 1: most games or more forty whatever. But here's his yardage

1229
01:06:59,200 --> 01:07:02,160
Speaker 1: lines in the last seven or so games. Fifty seven yards,

1230
01:07:03,000 --> 01:07:05,680
Speaker 1: fifty two fifty five, sixty four fifty Those are the

1231
01:07:05,760 --> 01:07:09,240
Speaker 1: rushing stats. Just rushing, he's getting you five to six

1232
01:07:09,280 --> 01:07:12,160
Speaker 1: points rushing, he's getting you a few catches, he's getting

1233
01:07:12,200 --> 01:07:14,800
Speaker 1: you twenty thirty. You're you're already up to ten, eleven,

1234
01:07:14,840 --> 01:07:19,720
Speaker 1: twelve exactly. That's basically all you're getting. So I'm giving

1235
01:07:19,760 --> 01:07:22,200
Speaker 1: him a C grade. That's like a sea worthy amount.

1236
01:07:23,600 --> 01:07:28,280
Speaker 1: On the other side, Jalen Hurts. Jalen Hurts, I have

1237
01:07:28,280 --> 01:07:30,680
Speaker 1: an eight grade on Jalen Hurts. He has finished as

1238
01:07:30,720 --> 01:07:36,560
Speaker 1: a top twelve quarterback this year nine times, nine times,

1239
01:07:37,000 --> 01:07:42,680
Speaker 1: nine plus another two times, making eleven total. When when

1240
01:07:42,720 --> 01:07:45,480
Speaker 1: he doesn't get it done with his arm, his legs

1241
01:07:45,520 --> 01:07:47,439
Speaker 1: get it done. I don't know if did you miss

1242
01:07:47,480 --> 01:07:49,600
Speaker 1: that that I added to to make it eleven total.

1243
01:07:49,760 --> 01:07:53,400
Speaker 1: I just wanted you to play the calendar. Sometimes you

1244
01:07:53,400 --> 01:07:56,040
Speaker 1: get both and the Celia sky High. Four weeks ago

1245
01:07:56,080 --> 01:07:58,920
Speaker 1: these two Matt he had three rushing touchdowns. Since then,

1246
01:07:58,960 --> 01:08:01,200
Speaker 1: the Giants of alloudon average of nearly two hundred and

1247
01:08:01,240 --> 01:08:04,280
Speaker 1: fifty yards and two scores passing. You might you might

1248
01:08:04,280 --> 01:08:06,400
Speaker 1: get the double deps, you might get the double dip

1249
01:08:06,440 --> 01:08:10,080
Speaker 1: here A grade on Hurts, C grade on DeVonta Smith.

1250
01:08:10,120 --> 01:08:12,200
Speaker 1: With the running game becoming a bigger and bigger thing,

1251
01:08:12,240 --> 01:08:14,840
Speaker 1: the passing game has really fallen off. Smith doesn't hit

1252
01:08:14,880 --> 01:08:18,880
Speaker 1: those AIRB categories anymore, but he has top forty yards

1253
01:08:18,880 --> 01:08:22,040
Speaker 1: in three straight. He's got that that upside. He's he

1254
01:08:22,080 --> 01:08:24,920
Speaker 1: can occasionally score touchdowns. The Giants have allowed fifty plus

1255
01:08:25,000 --> 01:08:27,120
Speaker 1: yards and or score to eight wide receivers in just

1256
01:08:27,160 --> 01:08:29,759
Speaker 1: the last three weeks. This is the only wide receiver

1257
01:08:29,840 --> 01:08:31,840
Speaker 1: you can start. But I'm only giving him a C grade.

1258
01:08:32,479 --> 01:08:36,160
Speaker 1: Dallas Goddard a grade hundred plus and two straight fifty

1259
01:08:36,160 --> 01:08:39,439
Speaker 1: plus and or scoring eight of his thirteen games. That's like,

1260
01:08:39,520 --> 01:08:42,200
Speaker 1: that's that's really you just plug and play him when

1261
01:08:42,240 --> 01:08:44,920
Speaker 1: he's starting. The Giants has given up a lot of

1262
01:08:44,920 --> 01:08:47,679
Speaker 1: big plays the big days to tight ends. Ten different

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01:08:47,680 --> 01:08:50,479
Speaker 1: tight ends have gone for sixty plus and or a score.

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01:08:51,120 --> 01:08:55,880
Speaker 1: That's yeah, it's definitely a grade there. In the running game.

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01:08:55,960 --> 01:08:58,040
Speaker 1: I told you Jordan Howard was might take a chance

1266
01:08:58,080 --> 01:09:01,400
Speaker 1: on me runner. That's because the girls are running constantly.

1267
01:09:01,720 --> 01:09:04,160
Speaker 1: They're the first team with a hundred seventy five plus

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01:09:04,200 --> 01:09:10,200
Speaker 1: rushing yards in seven straight games since the Bears. Wow. Yeah,

1269
01:09:10,320 --> 01:09:14,040
Speaker 1: thanks to Adam Aser for that stat um. This is

1270
01:09:14,080 --> 01:09:16,200
Speaker 1: this is a team that gives the running backs over

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01:09:16,320 --> 01:09:20,400
Speaker 1: thirty touches per game. If Sanders go he should. He's

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01:09:20,520 --> 01:09:23,160
Speaker 1: he's got a quad inury he's dealing with. He played

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01:09:23,200 --> 01:09:24,840
Speaker 1: right u ntil the end of the last game. If

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01:09:24,920 --> 01:09:26,880
Speaker 1: Sanders goes, I have an A grade on him. He

1275
01:09:26,880 --> 01:09:29,160
Speaker 1: exploded last week. He should be in line for fifteen

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01:09:29,160 --> 01:09:32,519
Speaker 1: to twenty touches. The Giants are allowing, just like the

1277
01:09:32,520 --> 01:09:36,200
Speaker 1: Eagles are doing thirty plus touches to running backs the game.

1278
01:09:36,640 --> 01:09:39,160
Speaker 1: Hundred forty plus totally yards and back to back for Sanders.

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01:09:39,200 --> 01:09:40,880
Speaker 1: So I have an A grade on Sanders a C

1280
01:09:41,080 --> 01:09:43,759
Speaker 1: grade on Howard, hoping he gets that ten plus touches

1281
01:09:43,800 --> 01:09:48,480
Speaker 1: that he normally gets. Bears take down the Seahawks, and

1282
01:09:48,560 --> 01:09:50,280
Speaker 1: let's talk to the Bear side of this. Beginning with

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01:09:50,360 --> 01:09:52,759
Speaker 1: David Montgomery. We'll start with the running game here. Slumping

1284
01:09:52,800 --> 01:09:55,800
Speaker 1: Seattle run defense allowing the fifth most rushing attempts, the

1285
01:09:55,800 --> 01:09:58,960
Speaker 1: most receptions, the fourth most receiving yards per game to

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01:09:59,000 --> 01:10:02,360
Speaker 1: opposing back so the last five weeks, and Montgomery a

1287
01:10:02,479 --> 01:10:05,400
Speaker 1: capable receiver, so I think he cashes in aaron ground here.

1288
01:10:05,720 --> 01:10:08,040
Speaker 1: They've also given up four touchdowns to runners over the

1289
01:10:08,120 --> 01:10:11,040
Speaker 1: last five games. He could find the end zone. On Tuesday,

1290
01:10:11,120 --> 01:10:14,080
Speaker 1: Sony Walkman and Darryl Henderson combined for a hundred forty

1291
01:10:14,120 --> 01:10:17,200
Speaker 1: two total yards against Seattle, and really, Montgomery doesn't share

1292
01:10:17,280 --> 01:10:19,280
Speaker 1: much workload with anybody else, he might get a lot

1293
01:10:19,320 --> 01:10:21,439
Speaker 1: of that same kind of hundred forty two. I could

1294
01:10:21,439 --> 01:10:24,120
Speaker 1: see him easily going over a hundred here in the touchdowns,

1295
01:10:24,160 --> 01:10:27,080
Speaker 1: certainly within the realm of possibility. I've got a B

1296
01:10:27,320 --> 01:10:30,040
Speaker 1: grade on David Montgomery. Let's go to the passing game

1297
01:10:30,040 --> 01:10:34,280
Speaker 1: where Justin Fields get this. I don't think most listeners

1298
01:10:34,320 --> 01:10:37,160
Speaker 1: would guess this. Justin Fields has been a top ten

1299
01:10:37,280 --> 01:10:42,719
Speaker 1: fantasy quarterback in four straight weeks. All four full games.

1300
01:10:43,120 --> 01:10:45,360
Speaker 1: He has thrown for at least two hundred eighty five

1301
01:10:45,439 --> 01:10:48,880
Speaker 1: yards and or multiple scores in his last three full games,

1302
01:10:49,160 --> 01:10:51,839
Speaker 1: and over the last five weeks, he's averaged eight rushing

1303
01:10:51,840 --> 01:10:54,800
Speaker 1: attempts in fifty six rushing yards which gives him a

1304
01:10:54,880 --> 01:10:57,760
Speaker 1: very safe floor for fantasy production as well. When you

1305
01:10:57,800 --> 01:11:01,400
Speaker 1: get those rushing yards. Seattle is allowedly three hundred passing

1306
01:11:01,439 --> 01:11:03,920
Speaker 1: yards and or multiple passing touchdowns in four the last

1307
01:11:03,920 --> 01:11:07,000
Speaker 1: five games. I've got to be grade on Justin Fields.

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01:11:07,160 --> 01:11:09,280
Speaker 1: If the Jaguars could turn back the clock, do they

1309
01:11:09,640 --> 01:11:15,040
Speaker 1: take Justin Fields number one overall? Don't they? I think

1310
01:11:15,040 --> 01:11:16,960
Speaker 1: they would. I mean it would have it probably would

1311
01:11:16,960 --> 01:11:19,160
Speaker 1: not be Trevor Lawrence. But I don't think Justin Fields

1312
01:11:19,160 --> 01:11:21,600
Speaker 1: has yet turned this into any kind of mandate. I

1313
01:11:21,640 --> 01:11:24,000
Speaker 1: don't know. That's a great question though, but and one

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01:11:24,080 --> 01:11:26,519
Speaker 1: for probably a different show. When we're trying to kill

1315
01:11:26,560 --> 01:11:30,200
Speaker 1: time in February, that's our time to talk about that

1316
01:11:30,200 --> 01:11:32,559
Speaker 1: that particular topic. I think, all right, let's go to

1317
01:11:32,840 --> 01:11:36,040
Speaker 1: Darnell Mooney, the number one receiver for Justin Fields. He's

1318
01:11:36,080 --> 01:11:40,400
Speaker 1: had exactly five receptions in four of the past five games,

1319
01:11:40,439 --> 01:11:43,120
Speaker 1: but five receptions for him could mean anything between twenty

1320
01:11:43,240 --> 01:11:46,040
Speaker 1: seven yards and a hundred twenty three yards. I wish

1321
01:11:46,040 --> 01:11:47,600
Speaker 1: you'd find the end zone more often as well. For

1322
01:11:47,680 --> 01:11:50,040
Speaker 1: Mooney just three touchdowns on the season, which is a

1323
01:11:50,080 --> 01:11:53,200
Speaker 1: little bit disappointing. Seattle, listen, give up a lot of

1324
01:11:53,200 --> 01:11:56,760
Speaker 1: scores to wide receivers. Prior to Cooper Cups breakout game

1325
01:11:56,800 --> 01:11:59,320
Speaker 1: on Tuesday, no receiver had scored in five straight games

1326
01:11:59,360 --> 01:12:01,439
Speaker 1: against Seattle, so I can only get him to a

1327
01:12:01,520 --> 01:12:05,040
Speaker 1: C grade on yardage when I don't expect Mooney to score.

1328
01:12:05,400 --> 01:12:07,799
Speaker 1: Alan Robinson should be off the COVID list by kickoff,

1329
01:12:07,880 --> 01:12:09,960
Speaker 1: but he's barely played in two months and the matchups

1330
01:12:10,000 --> 01:12:13,120
Speaker 1: not that favorable, so he's on the bench. Cole Commet

1331
01:12:13,720 --> 01:12:17,040
Speaker 1: is a startable commodity at tight end, averaging a whopping

1332
01:12:17,120 --> 01:12:20,599
Speaker 1: eight targets per game over the last month, or as

1333
01:12:20,640 --> 01:12:24,960
Speaker 1: Scott Fish would call it, nine one targets over the

1334
01:12:25,040 --> 01:12:28,200
Speaker 1: last month. Seattle has been hammered by high volume tight

1335
01:12:28,320 --> 01:12:31,880
Speaker 1: ends lately. George Kittle zach Ertz killed him. Now, granted

1336
01:12:31,880 --> 01:12:34,760
Speaker 1: they're way better than Cole Commet, but still only three

1337
01:12:34,800 --> 01:12:37,760
Speaker 1: teams have allowed more tight end touchdowns than Seattle's eight,

1338
01:12:38,200 --> 01:12:40,759
Speaker 1: So I like Commet. Here spots start, So Jimmy Graham

1339
01:12:40,800 --> 01:12:45,240
Speaker 1: guaranteed touchdown? Can probably he's so far. Hey, revenge game,

1340
01:12:45,360 --> 01:12:49,400
Speaker 1: Jimmy Graham, second second leg of the That is a

1341
01:12:49,439 --> 01:12:52,439
Speaker 1: good point. Revenge game, Jimmy Graham. But we're not starting

1342
01:12:52,479 --> 01:12:56,479
Speaker 1: Jimmy Graham, We're giving the dart throw to cold Commet.

1343
01:12:56,640 --> 01:13:00,320
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Seattle side. Okay, what to do

1344
01:13:00,360 --> 01:13:03,120
Speaker 1: with Russell Wilson after the great start of the season

1345
01:13:03,880 --> 01:13:07,360
Speaker 1: averaging a full touchdown? Oh sorry, that is sorry, wrong

1346
01:13:07,400 --> 01:13:10,120
Speaker 1: guy for Russell Wilson. We're gonna upgrade him to a

1347
01:13:10,160 --> 01:13:12,280
Speaker 1: B if a bunch of the members of the Bears

1348
01:13:12,320 --> 01:13:16,240
Speaker 1: secondary are out again, which is possible, and unlike Minnesota

1349
01:13:16,280 --> 01:13:18,719
Speaker 1: last week, Seadle is actually gonna throw on the Bears.

1350
01:13:19,439 --> 01:13:22,160
Speaker 1: Why the Vikings didn't to me is utterly head scratching,

1351
01:13:22,160 --> 01:13:24,000
Speaker 1: and I don't understand it. Seattle will not make the

1352
01:13:24,040 --> 01:13:26,960
Speaker 1: same mistake. The Bears have allowed the second most passing

1353
01:13:27,000 --> 01:13:30,240
Speaker 1: touchdowns over the last five weeks. You can start Russell Wilson.

1354
01:13:30,280 --> 01:13:31,920
Speaker 1: I've got a C grade on him now, It'll be

1355
01:13:32,000 --> 01:13:34,479
Speaker 1: higher if a lot of that secondary does not come

1356
01:13:34,479 --> 01:13:38,599
Speaker 1: back from COVID. So how about his receivers? Tyler Lockett

1357
01:13:38,640 --> 01:13:41,760
Speaker 1: expected to clear the COVID protocol by kickoff. He's got

1358
01:13:41,760 --> 01:13:44,879
Speaker 1: a favorable matchup in the slot, a position that Chicago

1359
01:13:45,000 --> 01:13:48,640
Speaker 1: keeps trying and failing to fix by rotating various guys in.

1360
01:13:49,240 --> 01:13:53,040
Speaker 1: I think they'll try Xavier Crawford if he's available. If

1361
01:13:53,080 --> 01:13:54,519
Speaker 1: he can't go, they might have to go all the

1362
01:13:54,560 --> 01:13:57,080
Speaker 1: way down to Marquis Christian who is allowing a perfect

1363
01:13:57,080 --> 01:14:00,360
Speaker 1: passer rating in his coverage. So I like Tyler Locket

1364
01:14:00,400 --> 01:14:02,280
Speaker 1: here a lot. He was red hot before the COVID

1365
01:14:02,320 --> 01:14:04,960
Speaker 1: list as well, So I've got a B grade on

1366
01:14:05,040 --> 01:14:10,640
Speaker 1: Tyler Lockett. Then the DK Metcalf, Wow, he has not

1367
01:14:10,960 --> 01:14:15,559
Speaker 1: scored a touchdown since Week eight, total disaster. After being

1368
01:14:15,600 --> 01:14:18,040
Speaker 1: a very bankable commodity at the start of the season,

1369
01:14:20,000 --> 01:14:22,800
Speaker 1: He's had a bunch of positive matchups and failed to

1370
01:14:22,800 --> 01:14:25,240
Speaker 1: come through for you. This is another one. Take it

1371
01:14:25,280 --> 01:14:28,519
Speaker 1: with a grain of salt. If Chicago's best cornerback, Jalen

1372
01:14:28,600 --> 01:14:31,719
Speaker 1: Johnson returns from COVID, he will shadow Metcalf here. Johnson

1373
01:14:31,760 --> 01:14:34,280
Speaker 1: had a similar assignment against Davanta Adams two weeks ago,

1374
01:14:34,320 --> 01:14:37,040
Speaker 1: although they're totally different receivers, and he allowed fifty eight

1375
01:14:37,120 --> 01:14:40,040
Speaker 1: yards and a touchdown in his coverage. If Johnson can't go,

1376
01:14:40,080 --> 01:14:42,160
Speaker 1: we'll bump DK Metcalf up to a B. But I've

1377
01:14:42,160 --> 01:14:46,080
Speaker 1: got him into C grade right now. So then the

1378
01:14:46,120 --> 01:14:49,559
Speaker 1: Seattle running backs, so we've had Rashad Penny had the

1379
01:14:49,800 --> 01:14:51,840
Speaker 1: blow up game two weeks ago when he when he

1380
01:14:51,960 --> 01:14:54,560
Speaker 1: had two long runs for touchdowns and he did absolutely

1381
01:14:54,560 --> 01:14:58,599
Speaker 1: nothing last week. Then also disturbing last week, DJ Dallas

1382
01:14:59,240 --> 01:15:03,880
Speaker 1: had a fifty percent time share with Rashad Penny. Now

1383
01:15:04,040 --> 01:15:07,160
Speaker 1: kim Kiem Hicks is out, so maybe that makes things

1384
01:15:07,160 --> 01:15:09,600
Speaker 1: a little bit easier to run up the middle. But

1385
01:15:09,680 --> 01:15:11,760
Speaker 1: the Bears have been a really good run defense. It's

1386
01:15:11,760 --> 01:15:14,639
Speaker 1: only allowed one runner to top eighty nine yards all

1387
01:15:14,720 --> 01:15:17,800
Speaker 1: season long. They just bottled up way better running back

1388
01:15:17,880 --> 01:15:20,519
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook for three point two yards per carry last week.

1389
01:15:21,640 --> 01:15:24,760
Speaker 1: I just I can't. I can't advocate any of these guys.

1390
01:15:24,880 --> 01:15:26,719
Speaker 1: I'm keeping them all on the bench in bench grades

1391
01:15:26,760 --> 01:15:29,960
Speaker 1: for Penny and d J Dallas. Gerald Evard tight end

1392
01:15:30,000 --> 01:15:34,240
Speaker 1: also on the bench mile He's been mildly fantasy relevant lately,

1393
01:15:34,560 --> 01:15:38,200
Speaker 1: but Chicago has been an elite tight end defense, including

1394
01:15:38,240 --> 01:15:44,760
Speaker 1: a ranking fourth among all defenses in tight end defense. UM,

1395
01:15:45,160 --> 01:15:47,680
Speaker 1: let's try to work in one more matchup. Tampa Bay

1396
01:15:47,720 --> 01:15:49,920
Speaker 1: Carolina can go quick, alright, good, then let's do it.

1397
01:15:50,160 --> 01:15:52,320
Speaker 1: Ronald Jones, was you take a chance to be running back? Charge?

1398
01:15:52,360 --> 01:15:54,679
Speaker 1: That's a pretty easy call. I like that one. Mike

1399
01:15:54,760 --> 01:15:56,880
Speaker 1: Evans not so easy. You can give him a see

1400
01:15:56,960 --> 01:15:59,320
Speaker 1: he's gonna try and play through this hamstring injury, but

1401
01:15:59,400 --> 01:16:02,599
Speaker 1: likely to be shadowed by Stephan Gilmour plus the hammy

1402
01:16:02,680 --> 01:16:05,599
Speaker 1: these are very very bad things, so we see both

1403
01:16:05,640 --> 01:16:08,639
Speaker 1: of them for Mike Evans. Antonio Brown, gonna give him

1404
01:16:08,640 --> 01:16:12,360
Speaker 1: a buh. Brown will seemingly step into the Chris Godwin

1405
01:16:12,520 --> 01:16:16,400
Speaker 1: role that Godwin had when Antonio Brown was out. Now

1406
01:16:16,439 --> 01:16:18,960
Speaker 1: Antonio Brown is in without Chris Godwin, so we're basically

1407
01:16:19,000 --> 01:16:22,840
Speaker 1: looking at guaranteed double digit targets for Brown. Caroline has

1408
01:16:22,880 --> 01:16:26,200
Speaker 1: surrendered seven wide receiver touchdowns over their last four games,

1409
01:16:26,240 --> 01:16:28,760
Speaker 1: so if you're super desperate, you can also throw a

1410
01:16:28,800 --> 01:16:32,799
Speaker 1: seed dart Eva harpoon at Scott, don't call me Scotty anymore.

1411
01:16:32,880 --> 01:16:36,679
Speaker 1: Miller uh in deeper league, Scott Miller uh Worth worth

1412
01:16:36,680 --> 01:16:42,680
Speaker 1: the shot, and Rob Gronkowski certainly worth the shot. And

1413
01:16:42,920 --> 01:16:47,479
Speaker 1: I should say divisional matchup first meeting very rare. We

1414
01:16:47,560 --> 01:16:49,479
Speaker 1: we mentioned it earlier in the show. They're gonna play

1415
01:16:49,479 --> 01:16:52,519
Speaker 1: again in week eighteen, so there's not any recent history here,

1416
01:16:52,520 --> 01:16:54,760
Speaker 1: but I'm gonna give be Uh a gran could be

1417
01:16:54,840 --> 01:16:57,320
Speaker 1: a tough matchup. Over the last week. The Panthers up

1418
01:16:57,360 --> 01:17:00,720
Speaker 1: loudly sixteenth most Fantasy points to opposing type ends, and

1419
01:17:00,760 --> 01:17:03,519
Speaker 1: on the year, Carolina has only allowed two top twelve

1420
01:17:03,520 --> 01:17:07,160
Speaker 1: finishes to the position. But Gronk should push double digit

1421
01:17:07,160 --> 01:17:09,160
Speaker 1: targets in this one as well. He's an easy start,

1422
01:17:09,520 --> 01:17:13,559
Speaker 1: and Brady Tom Brady, of course not very easy start

1423
01:17:14,000 --> 01:17:16,320
Speaker 1: because of the loss of Chris Godwin. Leonard Fournett, the

1424
01:17:16,360 --> 01:17:19,360
Speaker 1: hobbled Mike Evans still gave him a be um despite

1425
01:17:19,360 --> 01:17:22,240
Speaker 1: the fact the Panthers only fourth lowest opponent passing play

1426
01:17:22,280 --> 01:17:26,080
Speaker 1: percentage and are allowing just one seventy nine passing yards

1427
01:17:26,120 --> 01:17:28,840
Speaker 1: per game. That's the second fewest. But I don't trust

1428
01:17:28,920 --> 01:17:31,200
Speaker 1: the Bucks run game a whole lot. I still like

1429
01:17:31,560 --> 01:17:34,599
Speaker 1: Ronald Jones won't get me wrong charge, and Carolina's offense

1430
01:17:34,640 --> 01:17:36,639
Speaker 1: should struggle to stay on the field. So let's talk

1431
01:17:36,680 --> 01:17:41,360
Speaker 1: about them for about five seconds. Tuba Hubbard, Uh, he's

1432
01:17:41,400 --> 01:17:43,639
Speaker 1: on the bench. The Bucks are allowing just ninety six

1433
01:17:43,680 --> 01:17:45,960
Speaker 1: combo yards and just over half a touchdown per game

1434
01:17:45,960 --> 01:17:47,800
Speaker 1: to running backs. Well, and he's not good enough to

1435
01:17:47,880 --> 01:17:52,639
Speaker 1: keep a mirror Abdula off the field. Tuba not gooding?

1436
01:17:53,920 --> 01:18:00,280
Speaker 1: Just stop? You know, DJ Moore if he plays, he's

1437
01:18:00,280 --> 01:18:02,840
Speaker 1: dealing with a hamstring injury himself. I will give him

1438
01:18:02,840 --> 01:18:05,960
Speaker 1: a see just based on expected volume. Uh, he should

1439
01:18:06,000 --> 01:18:08,040
Speaker 1: be a lot for double digit targets if he goes

1440
01:18:08,240 --> 01:18:11,160
Speaker 1: as far as the quarterbacks go for Carolina, we'll see

1441
01:18:11,160 --> 01:18:15,719
Speaker 1: the sum of Sam Darnold come back nothing and stills

1442
01:18:15,720 --> 01:18:17,880
Speaker 1: confidence like we're starting camp. But you'll see Sam darn

1443
01:18:18,840 --> 01:18:23,120
Speaker 1: cam les say about cam Well, his play on the

1444
01:18:23,120 --> 01:18:25,519
Speaker 1: field says a lot. It's overall this very very gross

1445
01:18:25,560 --> 01:18:28,320
Speaker 1: for Carolina. I know poor d J. Moore deserves better

1446
01:18:28,400 --> 01:18:31,160
Speaker 1: than what he's gotten through that offense. When we come back,

1447
01:18:31,200 --> 01:18:34,880
Speaker 1: final segment for Fantasy Football Weekly. In this semi finals edition,

1448
01:18:34,920 --> 01:18:39,640
Speaker 1: including Denver Broncos taking on the Las Vegas Raiders, Javante

1449
01:18:39,720 --> 01:18:41,840
Speaker 1: Williams is just gonna be one of his big games.

1450
01:18:41,880 --> 01:18:45,000
Speaker 1: He was trending towards more use last week. We'll see

1451
01:18:45,000 --> 01:18:47,639
Speaker 1: what Scott Fish has to say about his prospects when

1452
01:18:47,720 --> 01:19:03,559
Speaker 1: we return the final segment of the semi final edition

1453
01:19:03,920 --> 01:19:10,559
Speaker 1: of Fantasy Football Weekly. It's three matchups left, beginning with

1454
01:19:10,720 --> 01:19:14,000
Speaker 1: Denver taking on the Las Vegas Raiders. Scott talked to

1455
01:19:14,040 --> 01:19:17,839
Speaker 1: me about the running back situation. We saw Javonte Williams

1456
01:19:18,320 --> 01:19:20,439
Speaker 1: edge out a little bit of a lead and runs

1457
01:19:20,760 --> 01:19:24,160
Speaker 1: and touches last week. Do you think that continues? I do.

1458
01:19:24,320 --> 01:19:26,680
Speaker 1: I do. I have Williams slightly over Gordon, but I

1459
01:19:26,680 --> 01:19:28,800
Speaker 1: still have them both B grades. I wish I could

1460
01:19:28,800 --> 01:19:31,040
Speaker 1: give one of them a B plus, but appearingly I

1461
01:19:31,120 --> 01:19:34,880
Speaker 1: cannot do that on this show. Uh. Since Gordon has returned,

1462
01:19:34,880 --> 01:19:40,840
Speaker 1: Gordon has outtouched Williams four, Williams has has out gained Gordon.

1463
01:19:43,840 --> 01:19:47,320
Speaker 1: Williams gets more receiving work, Gordon gets a ton more

1464
01:19:47,360 --> 01:19:50,960
Speaker 1: red zone touches eleven to three. It's split all over.

1465
01:19:51,280 --> 01:19:53,880
Speaker 1: But the snaps went really down for Gordon last week,

1466
01:19:53,880 --> 01:19:56,000
Speaker 1: and I wonder if that's a trend because they were

1467
01:19:56,000 --> 01:19:58,879
Speaker 1: going down two weeks in a row before the injury

1468
01:19:58,960 --> 01:20:01,519
Speaker 1: as well. So I like Williams a little bit more.

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01:20:01,600 --> 01:20:03,200
Speaker 1: I do have B grades on both of them. In

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Speaker 1: the passing game. This is one of those super weird

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01:20:06,200 --> 01:20:08,479
Speaker 1: I like Drew Lock. You had him as you take

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01:20:08,479 --> 01:20:12,080
Speaker 1: a chance. I don't know who to start. He was

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01:20:12,120 --> 01:20:14,639
Speaker 1: great with Sutton two years ago in the one game earlier.

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01:20:14,680 --> 01:20:19,320
Speaker 1: This year's Sutton had like fifty yards, but Judy didn't play.

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01:20:19,560 --> 01:20:21,599
Speaker 1: Judy didn't play, and at the end of last year,

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01:20:21,760 --> 01:20:24,040
Speaker 1: Locke was great with Judy. Judy like had a hundred

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01:20:24,040 --> 01:20:26,439
Speaker 1: and forty yards in this matchup last year with Locke.

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01:20:27,000 --> 01:20:29,400
Speaker 1: But can we trust it here? Can we trust Tim Patrick?

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01:20:29,680 --> 01:20:32,400
Speaker 1: Do you want to trust Fanton Albert? Oh? Together they

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01:20:32,400 --> 01:20:35,000
Speaker 1: had fifty seven and fifty eight yards last week. No,

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01:20:35,439 --> 01:20:38,280
Speaker 1: the Raiders have allowed a lot of touchdowns to tight ends,

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01:20:38,320 --> 01:20:39,800
Speaker 1: but not a lot of yards. You don't know where

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01:20:39,800 --> 01:20:43,840
Speaker 1: it's going. I'm starting no receivers for the Bronco, but

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01:20:43,920 --> 01:20:47,799
Speaker 1: I'm starting the quarterback. It makes sense. On the other side,

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01:20:48,200 --> 01:20:50,439
Speaker 1: Derek Carr, I have a bench grade on Over the

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01:20:50,520 --> 01:20:54,080
Speaker 1: last five games, the Broncos held Prescott, Hurts, Mahomes, Goff Burrow,

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01:20:54,600 --> 01:20:56,759
Speaker 1: all under two and thirty five yards. And those aren't

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01:20:56,800 --> 01:20:59,080
Speaker 1: terrible quarterbacks, won't you know? Say what you go a

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01:20:59,080 --> 01:21:02,200
Speaker 1: buck off? But the rest pretty good, three of them

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01:21:02,280 --> 01:21:05,680
Speaker 1: under two hundred. Uh Car On the other side, he's

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01:21:05,680 --> 01:21:07,439
Speaker 1: thrown for about an average of two hundred and fifty

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01:21:07,479 --> 01:21:09,719
Speaker 1: yards of the last five, but just three touchdown passes

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01:21:09,760 --> 01:21:12,000
Speaker 1: over the last five. I have him on the bench.

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01:21:12,439 --> 01:21:14,720
Speaker 1: I have the tight ends on the bench. Waller is

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01:21:14,720 --> 01:21:17,320
Speaker 1: probably not gonna go, and if he doesn't, Moreau is

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01:21:17,320 --> 01:21:20,439
Speaker 1: gonna get the work. But the Broncos defense hasn't allowed

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01:21:20,439 --> 01:21:24,000
Speaker 1: to tight end over thirty yards in six weeks. Hunter

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01:21:24,080 --> 01:21:26,880
Speaker 1: renfro Though, b Grade. At this point, you just got

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01:21:26,880 --> 01:21:28,360
Speaker 1: to believe he's a stud. It was a little bit

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01:21:28,360 --> 01:21:31,920
Speaker 1: of a dud last week. Before that, he had a

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01:21:32,000 --> 01:21:34,800
Speaker 1: hundred plus yards in three straight eight plus catches. He's

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01:21:34,800 --> 01:21:38,080
Speaker 1: getting tons of targets. Even even last week he add

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01:21:38,120 --> 01:21:40,479
Speaker 1: a decent amount of targets. I think he goes back

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01:21:40,479 --> 01:21:43,880
Speaker 1: to the double digits here. Um, last time they played

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01:21:43,880 --> 01:21:45,680
Speaker 1: he at eight for seventy three. I think this is

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01:21:45,880 --> 01:21:47,880
Speaker 1: this is a spot where he's going to get bad again.

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01:21:48,560 --> 01:21:51,840
Speaker 1: Uh Josh Jacobs, b Grade. It was nice to see

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01:21:51,920 --> 01:21:54,760
Speaker 1: Jacobs get back to the eighteen plus touches after a

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01:21:54,840 --> 01:21:58,240
Speaker 1: light day in week fourteen. Drake is still out. Jacobs

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01:21:58,320 --> 01:22:01,080
Speaker 1: is getting that catching works seventeen catches and less since

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01:22:01,160 --> 01:22:04,040
Speaker 1: Jacob's gone since uh Kennan Drake has gone out. So

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01:22:04,040 --> 01:22:06,559
Speaker 1: you're gonna see three, four, five, six catches. You're gonna

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01:22:06,560 --> 01:22:10,560
Speaker 1: see B level workout of Jacob's here, all right, washington't know,

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01:22:10,800 --> 01:22:13,879
Speaker 1: I'm actually I go last sorry, we go to Miami

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01:22:14,000 --> 01:22:17,760
Speaker 1: taking on the Saints. Bryan Guy almost nailed might take

1516
01:22:17,760 --> 01:22:19,839
Speaker 1: a chance of running back last week with Salvin Acamed

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01:22:19,840 --> 01:22:21,679
Speaker 1: I knew a backup and running back for the Dolphins

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01:22:21,760 --> 01:22:23,960
Speaker 1: can go off, but it was Duke Johnson, which was

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01:22:24,000 --> 01:22:26,000
Speaker 1: kind of odd because Myles Gaston was running well. Maybe

1520
01:22:26,000 --> 01:22:28,360
Speaker 1: maybe a little lingering effects of COVID UH more of

1521
01:22:28,400 --> 01:22:30,160
Speaker 1: a time split. I'm looking at here. I got them

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01:22:30,160 --> 01:22:32,200
Speaker 1: both on the bench. It's a tough matchup. The Saints

1523
01:22:32,240 --> 01:22:34,680
Speaker 1: have allowed the fourth fewest rushing yards UH and the

1524
01:22:34,680 --> 01:22:37,320
Speaker 1: fifth fewest touchdowns will opposing running backs. You can't trust

1525
01:22:37,640 --> 01:22:40,520
Speaker 1: either of the either of these guys in the semifinals

1526
01:22:40,560 --> 01:22:42,800
Speaker 1: this week, so both on the bench. Jalen Waddle though

1527
01:22:42,840 --> 01:22:44,880
Speaker 1: not on the bench. He will make his return from

1528
01:22:44,960 --> 01:22:47,280
Speaker 1: COVID reserve. We're gonna give him a B. He will

1529
01:22:47,320 --> 01:22:51,200
Speaker 1: line up most often against Saints slot corner Chauncey Gardner Johnson.

1530
01:22:51,439 --> 01:22:55,439
Speaker 1: Pro Football focuses on fifty first ranked corner Love Waddle

1531
01:22:55,479 --> 01:22:58,120
Speaker 1: and his return and DeVante Parker. Canna give him a C.

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01:22:58,320 --> 01:23:00,640
Speaker 1: He could avoid Marshawn Laddi if he stays on the

1533
01:23:00,720 --> 01:23:03,680
Speaker 1: left side. Primarily there's a small chance they have Lattimore

1534
01:23:03,680 --> 01:23:06,040
Speaker 1: shadow Parker, but either way, I think too. Of throws

1535
01:23:06,080 --> 01:23:08,320
Speaker 1: it a ton in this game, and Parker plays well

1536
01:23:08,320 --> 01:23:12,080
Speaker 1: when he's healthy, take advantage of advantage of that when possible,

1537
01:23:12,160 --> 01:23:14,400
Speaker 1: and he is healthy right now, So I like Parker.

1538
01:23:14,880 --> 01:23:17,200
Speaker 1: I will start Mike Gasicki with a s grit. I

1539
01:23:17,240 --> 01:23:19,320
Speaker 1: don't like him a whole lot though. Since his goose

1540
01:23:19,320 --> 01:23:22,120
Speaker 1: egg in Week ten, Gaski has only been averaging five

1541
01:23:22,160 --> 01:23:24,799
Speaker 1: targets and thirty nine yards per game. He hasn't scored

1542
01:23:25,160 --> 01:23:27,960
Speaker 1: since weeks seven. The Saints have only given up given

1543
01:23:28,000 --> 01:23:30,280
Speaker 1: up three touchdowns to tight ends all season, and over

1544
01:23:30,280 --> 01:23:32,880
Speaker 1: the last five weeks posing tight ends are averaging just

1545
01:23:32,920 --> 01:23:35,000
Speaker 1: forty three yards per game. I do like two of

1546
01:23:35,000 --> 01:23:36,759
Speaker 1: though he was might take a chance and met quarterback

1547
01:23:37,200 --> 01:23:39,160
Speaker 1: and now speak of taking a chance on a quarterback.

1548
01:23:39,560 --> 01:23:43,040
Speaker 1: Don't take a chance on Ian Book who's most likely

1549
01:23:43,040 --> 01:23:45,799
Speaker 1: will be starting this game with Tayso Hill testing positive

1550
01:23:45,840 --> 01:23:49,120
Speaker 1: for COVID Book, Yeah, he's on the bench. All the

1551
01:23:49,160 --> 01:23:50,840
Speaker 1: receivers are on the bench, and really they were gonna

1552
01:23:50,840 --> 01:23:52,680
Speaker 1: be on the bench anyway, even with Tayston Hill a

1553
01:23:52,840 --> 01:23:56,600
Speaker 1: quarterback like this also hurts Camara too, obviously. Yeah, I

1554
01:23:56,680 --> 01:23:58,960
Speaker 1: like to Camara a little more with Hill at quarterbacks.

1555
01:24:00,040 --> 01:24:02,160
Speaker 1: A book in college, like through his running backs, like

1556
01:24:02,200 --> 01:24:05,320
Speaker 1: twenty percent of time in the preseason. Like Lot's a

1557
01:24:05,320 --> 01:24:08,000
Speaker 1: good sign that he'll be leaning on Kamara a lot.

1558
01:24:08,040 --> 01:24:11,439
Speaker 1: But uh, but so the Dolphins who to voke key

1559
01:24:11,439 --> 01:24:13,760
Speaker 1: in on it's Alvin Kamara is just to see for him.

1560
01:24:14,040 --> 01:24:16,000
Speaker 1: The Dolphins are the only team that has not allowed

1561
01:24:16,000 --> 01:24:18,320
Speaker 1: a single running back touchdown over the last five weeks.

1562
01:24:18,360 --> 01:24:21,760
Speaker 1: Opposing backs of average the third fewest rush attempts over

1563
01:24:21,800 --> 01:24:24,880
Speaker 1: that span. The Dolphins have only allowed two receiving touchdowns

1564
01:24:25,280 --> 01:24:28,280
Speaker 1: all season. Kamara went the bed last week. You could

1565
01:24:28,280 --> 01:24:30,559
Speaker 1: do it again, but uh, you can't. You can't bench him,

1566
01:24:30,560 --> 01:24:35,880
Speaker 1: So he gets a sea Watchington takes on the Dallas Cowboys,

1567
01:24:36,120 --> 01:24:38,839
Speaker 1: and there's not a lot to like on the Washington

1568
01:24:38,920 --> 01:24:41,799
Speaker 1: side of this. Uh. Antonio Gibson miss practice on Wednesday

1569
01:24:41,800 --> 01:24:44,600
Speaker 1: and Thursday with a toe injury. J D. Mckissics on,

1570
01:24:44,680 --> 01:24:46,760
Speaker 1: I are Jared Patterson might be the last minute. It

1571
01:24:46,840 --> 01:24:49,000
Speaker 1: is worth noting Gibbs had played almost the entire game

1572
01:24:49,000 --> 01:24:51,719
Speaker 1: on the toe. That is true, and I'm not reading

1573
01:24:51,720 --> 01:24:53,840
Speaker 1: too much too much into that at this point. So

1574
01:24:54,320 --> 01:24:56,800
Speaker 1: we'll we'll assume he's gonna start in this one. The

1575
01:24:56,880 --> 01:24:59,599
Speaker 1: only thing going for him is just volume. He's averaging

1576
01:24:59,640 --> 01:25:02,800
Speaker 1: twenty four touches per game since Week nine, but he's

1577
01:25:02,800 --> 01:25:05,160
Speaker 1: not doing anything with it. He's been below four yards

1578
01:25:05,160 --> 01:25:08,479
Speaker 1: per carry in four straight games, so and Dallas is

1579
01:25:08,479 --> 01:25:10,439
Speaker 1: giving up four and a half yards per carry. So

1580
01:25:10,479 --> 01:25:13,000
Speaker 1: that gives Gibson a little bit of hope here. Opposing

1581
01:25:13,080 --> 01:25:15,760
Speaker 1: number one receivers. Sorry, runners have scored in three of

1582
01:25:15,800 --> 01:25:18,880
Speaker 1: the past four for Dallas. So I've got a B grade,

1583
01:25:18,880 --> 01:25:21,200
Speaker 1: and Antonio Gibson under the assumption he's gonna go and

1584
01:25:21,240 --> 01:25:24,320
Speaker 1: get the twenty four carries he usually gets. The passing game,

1585
01:25:24,360 --> 01:25:27,080
Speaker 1: I don't like very much. Taylor heineke Is has cleared

1586
01:25:27,120 --> 01:25:30,679
Speaker 1: the protocol, but he's start exactly one touchdown in six

1587
01:25:30,720 --> 01:25:33,599
Speaker 1: of the past eight games, including his last game, which

1588
01:25:33,680 --> 01:25:36,800
Speaker 1: was against these same Cowboys. It's just one touchdown. If

1589
01:25:36,840 --> 01:25:39,800
Speaker 1: he's gonna get it, it'll go to Terry McLaren. Fortunately,

1590
01:25:40,040 --> 01:25:43,200
Speaker 1: Cowboys secondary has been vulnerable lately. McLaren has been has

1591
01:25:43,200 --> 01:25:45,880
Speaker 1: done by the way, but you can dust him off

1592
01:25:45,920 --> 01:25:48,439
Speaker 1: here with a C grade. Dallas giving up one hundred

1593
01:25:48,520 --> 01:25:51,519
Speaker 1: seventy eight yards per game to receivers. That's sixth most

1594
01:25:51,880 --> 01:25:55,200
Speaker 1: McLaren's gonna draw a lot of cornerback Trayvon Diggs. But

1595
01:25:55,240 --> 01:25:58,400
Speaker 1: as I like to remind people, he's allowed the most

1596
01:25:58,560 --> 01:26:02,759
Speaker 1: yards of any player in his coverage eight hundred yards

1597
01:26:03,160 --> 01:26:07,040
Speaker 1: charged to Trayvon Digs. So far, let's go to the

1598
01:26:07,080 --> 01:26:11,200
Speaker 1: Dallas side. Many Washington players still in the COVID protocol,

1599
01:26:11,560 --> 01:26:15,920
Speaker 1: and maybe most significantly among them, two starting cornerbacks. Kendall

1600
01:26:15,920 --> 01:26:18,599
Speaker 1: Fuller's in the COVID protocol as well, and William Jackson's

1601
01:26:18,600 --> 01:26:21,240
Speaker 1: just beat up. So we're gonna follow their status pretty

1602
01:26:21,240 --> 01:26:23,519
Speaker 1: closely here and see what we can figure out for them.

1603
01:26:23,600 --> 01:26:28,439
Speaker 1: For Dak Prescott continually disappointing in a month of straight

1604
01:26:28,800 --> 01:26:32,240
Speaker 1: good matchups on paper, he continues to disappoint, and I

1605
01:26:32,560 --> 01:26:35,479
Speaker 1: keep grading and fire, then he ends up finishing. He's

1606
01:26:35,520 --> 01:26:38,600
Speaker 1: now thrown one touchdown pass in three straight games and

1607
01:26:38,640 --> 01:26:42,040
Speaker 1: averaging just two two passing yards over those games, and

1608
01:26:42,040 --> 01:26:44,040
Speaker 1: one of those games is against Washington two weeks ago.

1609
01:26:44,600 --> 01:26:46,680
Speaker 1: So I love the On paper, he should be in

1610
01:26:46,720 --> 01:26:48,760
Speaker 1: a grade, but I'm only giving him a B grade here,

1611
01:26:48,760 --> 01:26:52,479
Speaker 1: and frankly, it's put recent play do he does to

1612
01:26:52,600 --> 01:26:56,599
Speaker 1: me personally because he's let me down. Ceedee Lamb has

1613
01:26:56,600 --> 01:27:00,639
Speaker 1: posted has posted seven catches for six He did post

1614
01:27:00,680 --> 01:27:03,320
Speaker 1: seven catches sixty one scoreless yards when these teams met

1615
01:27:03,320 --> 01:27:06,040
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago, and that's almost exactly his

1616
01:27:06,200 --> 01:27:09,840
Speaker 1: average game over the last three seven catches sixty one yards,

1617
01:27:09,880 --> 01:27:12,840
Speaker 1: which is very average. Washington's a middle of the pack

1618
01:27:13,240 --> 01:27:16,840
Speaker 1: receiver defense, um, but again they could be missing two

1619
01:27:16,920 --> 01:27:19,439
Speaker 1: key cornerbacks, at which point I would upgrade Ceedee Lamb

1620
01:27:19,640 --> 01:27:22,760
Speaker 1: from a B to an A. A. Marie Cooper, what

1621
01:27:22,920 --> 01:27:26,920
Speaker 1: a disaster season has spent for him. His fifty one

1622
01:27:27,000 --> 01:27:30,360
Speaker 1: yards against Washington two weeks ago is the most he

1623
01:27:30,400 --> 01:27:33,679
Speaker 1: has had in any of his last five games, fifty

1624
01:27:33,680 --> 01:27:37,439
Speaker 1: one yards. Washington has improved the middle of the pack

1625
01:27:37,479 --> 01:27:39,720
Speaker 1: against receivers over the last six games, is giving up

1626
01:27:39,720 --> 01:27:41,960
Speaker 1: a hundred fifty yards per game to the position. So

1627
01:27:42,120 --> 01:27:44,599
Speaker 1: just a C grade on a Marie Cooper C grade.

1628
01:27:44,600 --> 01:27:47,320
Speaker 1: And Michael Gallup who's getting targets, but he is not

1629
01:27:47,439 --> 01:27:50,639
Speaker 1: doing a lot with them unfortunately, and it hasn't scored

1630
01:27:50,880 --> 01:27:54,200
Speaker 1: only one tour score on the season so far. And

1631
01:27:54,240 --> 01:27:57,200
Speaker 1: then the last guy in the passing game dimension, Dalton Sheltz,

1632
01:27:57,560 --> 01:28:00,800
Speaker 1: only one catch for four score less yards when these

1633
01:28:00,840 --> 01:28:04,000
Speaker 1: teams first met in Week fourteen, But the football team

1634
01:28:04,040 --> 01:28:05,599
Speaker 1: will be playing on a short week and they were

1635
01:28:05,640 --> 01:28:08,360
Speaker 1: just lit up by Dallas Goddard. So there's that. Then

1636
01:28:08,360 --> 01:28:11,400
Speaker 1: what do you do about Zeke and Pollard? Elliot's now

1637
01:28:11,439 --> 01:28:14,400
Speaker 1: gone eight consecutive games a thout clearing sixty yards on

1638
01:28:14,439 --> 01:28:18,360
Speaker 1: the ground, which is gross. Pollard shockingly active last week

1639
01:28:18,680 --> 01:28:22,439
Speaker 1: coming off his and he did look good. Really they

1640
01:28:22,439 --> 01:28:25,880
Speaker 1: should both be bench grades, but I'm gonna put give

1641
01:28:26,000 --> 01:28:28,400
Speaker 1: Zeke a C grade because he continues to get the

1642
01:28:28,400 --> 01:28:30,639
Speaker 1: ball at the strike and that might be your best

1643
01:28:30,720 --> 01:28:34,439
Speaker 1: chance for him against a very good Washington run defense.

1644
01:28:34,760 --> 01:28:37,160
Speaker 1: I'm leaving Pollard on the bench. So there you go.

1645
01:28:38,200 --> 01:28:41,559
Speaker 1: Who all right? Play? Some part of this holds up

1646
01:28:41,600 --> 01:28:44,559
Speaker 1: for you in the semifinals, a lot of moving parts

1647
01:28:44,720 --> 01:28:47,400
Speaker 1: really testing your skills. Will be back next week for

1648
01:28:47,439 --> 01:29:01,639
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