WEBVTT - Semifinal Edition 0:00:01.040 --> 0:00:04.720 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:10.760 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 0:00:11.240 --> 0:00:15.640 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and advice. 0:00:16.280 --> 0:00:22.040 Now along with the guys leagues dot Com. Here's your host, Paul. 0:00:22.880 --> 0:00:26.480 It is a semi final edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. 0:00:26.920 --> 0:00:30.000 We are here to get you to the championship. I 0:00:30.040 --> 0:00:32.479 am Paul Giargie. At my coast today are Scott Fish 0:00:32.800 --> 0:00:35.479 and Brian Johnson. Hello, gentlemen. I love the energy. You 0:00:35.520 --> 0:00:37.240 stud my name that time, I don't I don't know. 0:00:37.520 --> 0:00:42.360 Last week was like Scot Fish shot Fish. Yeah, it sounds, 0:00:42.400 --> 0:00:45.760 it rolls off the tongue. Um. So exciting week. There's 0:00:45.800 --> 0:00:48.639 so many moving parts. I need to be upfront about this. 0:00:49.120 --> 0:00:53.320 Normally we record late Friday. Because of the holiday, we're 0:00:53.360 --> 0:00:56.400 recording late Thursday, and there's a million things that are 0:00:56.480 --> 0:00:59.560 changing by the minute. Well, what about those that celebrate Festivus. 0:00:59.600 --> 0:01:02.600 I'm a little bitter about this, honestly care less about 0:01:02.640 --> 0:01:04.920 Christmas Eve. I want to celebrate festivals. I'm with you. 0:01:04.959 --> 0:01:06.920 I would do this on Christmas Eve if I needed to, 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:09.119 But we are this is this is the hand we've 0:01:09.120 --> 0:01:12.720 been dealt so bear in mind we're going with the 0:01:12.760 --> 0:01:17.520 best information, most current information we've got as of Thursday. 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:22.720 Hopefully most of this is still salient relevant. But nothing 0:01:22.760 --> 0:01:25.520 will change nothing nothing, what if anything does. You can 0:01:25.520 --> 0:01:27.360 just go to guarante leagues dot com and check out 0:01:27.400 --> 0:01:30.679 charges ranks. That's right, I am updating the rankings constantly. 0:01:30.880 --> 0:01:33.240 This is for two weeks. It's my whole job. He does, 0:01:33.360 --> 0:01:39.080 just updating rankings all day. Man, we will have earned 0:01:39.560 --> 0:01:42.080 the end of this season. I'll tell you that much 0:01:42.280 --> 0:01:43.839 fun to get you over the course of the show, 0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:47.360 will still give you to take a chance on me, guys. 0:01:47.480 --> 0:01:50.720 And now maybe more important than ever, with these all 0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:53.440 of the starters going down with COVID, we'll give you 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:57.160 nine guys you can pivot to three tough questions remain 0:01:57.320 --> 0:02:02.080 in play, including some playoffs specific fake questions coming your way, 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:05.080 and we'll break down all the matchups, beginning with what 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:08.320 feels like a defensive struggle Scott between Buffalo and the 0:02:08.320 --> 0:02:12.440 New England Patriots. Obviously, last game was the Arctic wind Bowl. 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:16.120 You can glean very much from that game. I can, 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:18.040 if if that can be a four teen to tend 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:21.239 score in that weather, I gotta expect at least double 0:02:21.320 --> 0:02:26.280 in this indecent weather. On the Bill side, I have 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:28.880 Josh Allen with a B grade, not not quite his 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:31.760 usual A that he gets on this show. He's had 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:34.160 multiple touchdowns in five of his last six, and if 0:02:34.200 --> 0:02:37.200 you're thinking back, that one was a really really windy game. 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:41.280 So uh, three straight really good rushing days for him 0:02:41.320 --> 0:02:43.639 as well. Why the B The Pats have held three 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:47.000 of the last five quarterbacks they faced under a hundred yards. 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:52.040 That's not yeah, and crazy under a hundred passing for 0:02:52.120 --> 0:02:54.639 three of their last five, six straight quarterbacks under a 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:57.040 hundred seventy five. They've really shut down the pass game, 0:02:57.360 --> 0:02:59.840 and only one of those was a windy games, so 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:02.640 there's no excuse. I will say Josh Allen was one 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:04.240 of the better games of that with like a hundred 0:03:04.240 --> 0:03:06.720 and fifty yards, but in the wind, Yeah, in the wind. 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:09.320 B grade for Josh Allen. I gotta be grade on 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:11.640 Stefan Diggs. I don't love it because I feel like 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:13.640 that's the guy Bill Belichick is going to try to 0:03:13.680 --> 0:03:16.920 take away. But even his bad games aren't bad. He 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:19.480 has sixty nine plus and or a score in every 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:22.520 game that wasn't that Monday night game. Every single one 0:03:22.600 --> 0:03:25.360 sixty nine and or score. You're you're you're getting you know, 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:28.320 seven plus points out of him. No matter what he's 0:03:28.560 --> 0:03:31.640 he's got a C level floor. I can't give him 0:03:31.639 --> 0:03:33.959 any though, just because of the tough Pats matchup. They've 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:37.240 allowed the fewest receptions and second fewest yards to watch receivers. 0:03:37.880 --> 0:03:39.800 I am given a C grade on Davis. I know 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:42.320 Manuel Sanders is back, but Cole Beasley is out. I 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:47.720 feel like that open maybe out. You don't think that, 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:55.640 you don't think isn't that he's yeah? Uh. Gabriel Davis 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:58.160 has the most red zon red zone targets on the 0:03:58.200 --> 0:04:01.480 team in the last three weeks, with eight every time 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:04.400 for two years. Last year seven touchdowns when John Brown 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:06.600 was out. Last week was Sanders was out, he had 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:09.040 two more. When someone's out and he comes in, he 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:11.000 steps up. I don't know how he doesn't get more 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:12.880 playing time. We've been big on him on this show 0:04:12.920 --> 0:04:17.280 for two years now. Uh, Dawson Knox C grade. To 0:04:17.480 --> 0:04:20.760 my concern here is Davis keeps stealing his red zone looks. 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:23.000 That's what was great for him earlier in the season. 0:04:23.839 --> 0:04:26.960 He has gained five plus targets almost every single game, 0:04:27.560 --> 0:04:29.640 and he does also have six red zone targets in 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:31.520 the last three games. He gets those still, it's just 0:04:31.560 --> 0:04:34.160 not as many as Davis. Not a huge yardage guy, 0:04:34.200 --> 0:04:36.680 but maybe a touchdown in Knox had I think four 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:39.480 completions in the first quarter of last week's game, and 0:04:39.520 --> 0:04:43.280 I'm like, oh, Dawson and then he didn't catch another 0:04:43.320 --> 0:04:47.040 past No, But C grade on him, A C grade 0:04:47.080 --> 0:04:51.360 on Devin's Singletary. He completely took over that backfield last 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:54.159 week tw plus touches. He's a good pass catcher. The 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:56.800 team indicated this week that they want him to be 0:04:56.839 --> 0:04:58.880 the lead role. They think he's got the lead role. 0:04:59.560 --> 0:05:02.480 I've been before by this Buffalo backfield, though, so I'm 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:05.520 keeping him in a C grade and the Pats. Uh. 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:08.719 The Pats are likely to shut down Allen and Diggs. 0:05:08.760 --> 0:05:11.200 That's probably what they'll try to shut down, So maybe 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:14.360 Singletary can get some pass Kennet chin work. UH. Ten 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:16.480 running backs have topped a hundred total yards in the 0:05:16.520 --> 0:05:18.880 last twelve games against the Pats, with which that's a 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:22.760 little surprising. You can't pass on the path exactly. You 0:05:22.800 --> 0:05:25.080 can't pass on them. So that's why I get. I 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:27.520 give a starting grade to Devon Singletary, who I don't 0:05:27.560 --> 0:05:30.120 think has had a starting grade this season probably not 0:05:30.120 --> 0:05:33.400 not often, Yeah, not often. On the other side, I 0:05:33.440 --> 0:05:35.360 got Mac Jones on the bench. He's a decent real 0:05:35.400 --> 0:05:38.760 life quarterback. He's just not a great fantasy quarterback. Uh. 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:42.040 And against this Bills d that they've only given up 0:05:42.120 --> 0:05:44.640 one good passing day this entire year, and that was 0:05:44.680 --> 0:05:48.200 the Tom Brady they they they've been They've struggled a 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:50.920 little bit less a little bit with tevious white out, 0:05:51.279 --> 0:05:54.240 one good game, one bad game, and then the Wind game. 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:57.280 So we'll see. But I don't trust Jones and this 0:05:57.279 --> 0:06:02.239 this likely tough matchup. Jacob be Myers C grade. Kendrick 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:04.960 Born on the COVID list, not sure if he'll be back, 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:07.960 but if he's not, it just substantiates that C grade 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:10.880 even more. Twelve targets last week, thirty in his last 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:14.440 five full games for Jacoby Myers, If you start anyone 0:06:14.440 --> 0:06:16.359 in the passing game, it's got to be him, just 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:18.679 because he's probably gonna get that C grade on volume. 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:22.200 He keeps getting six, seven, ten targets. Uh. This is 0:06:22.200 --> 0:06:24.839 a top ranked pasty though they don't have Tradavious White. 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:27.040 They held down the Panthers. There's a lot to be concerned. 0:06:27.440 --> 0:06:29.479 I was very close to benching him, but once Born 0:06:29.560 --> 0:06:32.360 landed on COVID, I thought, all right, you might get 0:06:32.400 --> 0:06:36.679 the volume in the one last passing game. Oh my gosh, 0:06:36.720 --> 0:06:40.680 this is such a matchup between players. No but no 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:43.240 playoff teams should have most mimr Henry you might have. 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:46.279 He scored like ten nine in ten games. He scored 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:51.159 nine touchdowns nine times in ten games. He usually doesn't 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:54.719 top forty yards, but he's scoring consistently. The Bills have 0:06:54.760 --> 0:06:57.600 only allowed three tight end touchdowns this year, but he 0:06:57.600 --> 0:06:59.719 did score in that other in the last one. So 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:01.880 I have a C grade on him just because he 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:06.680 can get touchdowns. Uh, Stevenson and Harris. Harris is back, 0:07:06.920 --> 0:07:09.800 he's practicing, he's healthy. You can't run very well on 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:12.520 the Bills. Actually, I'm both on the bench. If Harris 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:15.200 does go, if Harris doesn't go, I'm giving Stevenson the 0:07:15.240 --> 0:07:18.440 SEA grade. I think that that makes complete sense. Unfortunately, 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:20.760 they'll split up enough work against a good defense that 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:25.320 probably neutralizes both. Brian Jacksonville taking on the Jets. This 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:28.480 one should be a much shorter, easier one, and it 0:07:28.520 --> 0:07:33.320 has to be Robinson might be a semi final winner 0:07:33.560 --> 0:07:35.520 right here. Yeah, why don't you go ahead and hit 0:07:35.560 --> 0:07:46.480 that fantasy Fonzi button please? James snapshare last week with 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:49.679 urban Meyer back on the bar stool, the song remains 0:07:49.720 --> 0:07:52.960 the same. The Jets suck against running backs, allowing one 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:56.480 combo yards and nearly two touchdowns per game. Easy a 0:07:56.920 --> 0:08:00.840 Fonzie a for James Robinson or of the wide receivers 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:04.920 Marvin Jones. Despite getting out targeted by Laviska Chennault and 0:08:05.120 --> 0:08:08.320 the Quan Treadwell last week, Jones is still the one 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:11.320 Jacksonville wide receiver I would play, But you know what, 0:08:11.720 --> 0:08:14.800 I don't have to. They're on the bench. The Jets 0:08:14.800 --> 0:08:16.040 are too easy to run on. But you know he 0:08:16.160 --> 0:08:22.480 was not on the bench. Dan Arnold's back. The Jets 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:24.800 are allowing more than five catches and sixty two yards 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:26.640 per game to tight end. So if you're in desperate 0:08:26.680 --> 0:08:28.640 need to be tight end, dan Arnold is your guy. 0:08:29.200 --> 0:08:31.320 Trevor Lawrence is not your guy at quarterback. He's on 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:33.920 the bench. That's pretty easy. Let me just let me 0:08:33.960 --> 0:08:37.560 just mention this about Trevor Lawrence. I tweeted this earlier 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:41.319 this week. He started the season with a three touchdown 0:08:41.360 --> 0:08:43.920 game and then he went one touchdown one touchdown. That's 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:48.600 five touchdowns in his first three games. He has four 0:08:48.720 --> 0:08:52.840 touchdowns the rest of the year and one touchdown in 0:08:52.880 --> 0:08:56.680 the last two months. Trevor Lawrence the first player taken. 0:08:56.960 --> 0:09:00.960 The only reason this is not a gigantic's story of 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:03.920 how the first overall player has taken has been this 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:06.960 bad it is because he's in Jacksonville, right, But I mean, like, 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:11.280 is Houston a great spot? No, Davis Mills is doing okay? 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:15.920 Are the Bears a great spot? No? Justin Fields is 0:09:15.920 --> 0:09:18.240 doing all right? Yeah, Trevor Lawrence shaping up to be 0:09:18.280 --> 0:09:20.760 a bust. But we won't. We won't write them off 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:22.960 just yet. But anyway, we're writing him off for this week. 0:09:23.400 --> 0:09:25.680 Over to the Jets. A lot more to write off here, 0:09:25.840 --> 0:09:29.319 including Michael Carter. He's on the bench. Just saw of 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:32.839 the snaps last week. Jags can't be anybody to start here, 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:35.280 is there. I'm just gonna say, James, let's cut to 0:09:35.320 --> 0:09:38.000 the chase. Thank you, James and Crowder. I'll give him 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:41.440 to see the Jaguars are allowing fourteen catches one seventy 0:09:41.520 --> 0:09:44.280 yards and one touchdown per game to wide receiver units. Uh, 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:45.719 he's the one I would start, even though it is 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:50.600 a Keeling Cole revenge game. But I can't go there. Uh. 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:54.360 Braxton Barrios, Keeling Cole, denzil Million Mims combined for two 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:57.280 catches last week. Mims had the most targets with three, 0:09:57.640 --> 0:10:01.000 but the least catches with zero from those guys. So yeah, 0:10:01.040 --> 0:10:02.960 crowd is your only storable Jet this week. Let me 0:10:02.960 --> 0:10:05.840 mention this just briefly on the Jets for those especially 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:09.520 in Dynasty or Empire leagues where you you drafted Zack Wilson. 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:14.880 He's clearly played much better in these past whatever three 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:17.559 games since he came back from injury. Zack Wilson has 0:10:17.679 --> 0:10:20.040 dramatically improved. If you wrote him off in the first 0:10:20.040 --> 0:10:21.559 two months, but you know, and then he got hurt. 0:10:21.920 --> 0:10:25.040 I'm telling you he's played far better later. I did 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:27.480 contemplate him as might take a chance on the quarter. 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:29.560 I'll give him that that much. But he's on the bench, 0:10:29.760 --> 0:10:32.080 all right. I'm with you on that. Baltimore Ravens take 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:35.199 on the Cincinnati Bengals. I'm not rooting for injury here, 0:10:35.200 --> 0:10:37.640 but I am rooting that they rest Lamar Jackson for 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:41.640 another week on Thursday. Correct And if he because you know, 0:10:41.720 --> 0:10:44.040 with him on a foot injury, if you don't have 0:10:44.080 --> 0:10:46.680 the mobility, then what you've got on average out of 0:10:46.720 --> 0:10:50.400 Lamar Jackson is two hundred sixty passing out to its. 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:53.040 He's bad and about a touch a little over a 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:56.880 touchdown per game, which isn't great. So I just think 0:10:56.880 --> 0:10:59.640 I'd rather have a fully healthy Tyler Huntley, not just 0:10:59.720 --> 0:11:02.440 for Huntley saying, but for all the receiver's sake as well, 0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:04.959 because he's proven himself to be pretty good. Get this. 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:09.480 In his three full games, Tyler Hunt's hunt Huntley has 0:11:09.520 --> 0:11:15.320 completed seventy of his passes. That's Drew Breeze level completion levels. 0:11:15.400 --> 0:11:19.480 It's a it's remarkable for Huntley and his running ability 0:11:19.559 --> 0:11:22.480 can spark a high end fantasy game, just like last 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:26.200 week when he was the highest scoring quarterback in fantasy football. 0:11:26.280 --> 0:11:30.200 He's earning a paycheck next year, Well you know, yeah, 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:33.240 he isn't, right, I mean, what will be fascinating And 0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:35.439 again not to get a hold ahead of ourselves here, 0:11:36.000 --> 0:11:38.920 Lamar Jackson is going to insist on getting paid this offseason. 0:11:38.960 --> 0:11:41.520 As he heads into his fifth year of his rookie deal, 0:11:41.760 --> 0:11:43.800 He's going to insist on getting paid. He's gonna want 0:11:43.840 --> 0:11:48.520 top five money. Ravens may look at all of you know, 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:50.640 may decide we don't want to give top five money 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:53.600 to Lamar Jackson, which would be a reasonable conclusion to 0:11:53.679 --> 0:11:56.920 draw either side of it could be reasonable. Then you 0:11:56.960 --> 0:11:58.920 gotta you work out a deal with Tyler Huntley, who 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:01.079 will be pennies on the dollar compared to what it 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:05.520 would cost to get Lamar Jackson. Then Jackson goes straight 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:09.840 to Pittsburgh. It probably he probably does. It could work 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:13.760 out that way anyway. Um, I've got to be grade 0:12:13.760 --> 0:12:16.240 on Tyler Huntley, a C grade on Lamar Jackson if 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:18.600 he goes. Let's talk about the receivers. Mark Andrews has 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:20.360 just turned into an obvious. Ay, I don't even think 0:12:20.360 --> 0:12:22.720 I need to elaborate on it other than to say 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:26.040 no drop off whatsoever with Tyler Huntley, and so no, 0:12:26.320 --> 0:12:28.200 don't have to worry about that at all. Let's go 0:12:28.240 --> 0:12:30.880 to Marquis Brown. He's got ten. He's got ten receptions 0:12:30.880 --> 0:12:34.400 from Huntley last week, which is great, but his scoreless 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:39.199 streak now sits at six straight games for Hollywood. Brown. 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:42.200 He's faced the Bengals four times in his career. He 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:44.720 has scored in all four games, which is good news. 0:12:44.720 --> 0:12:46.839 And he's gonna probably see a fair amount of Trey 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:49.920 Waynes on the outside. Wayne has barely played in his 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:52.400 two years since going to Cincinnati, and he's giving up 0:12:52.440 --> 0:12:55.320 a passer rating of one D forty three in his coverage. 0:12:55.360 --> 0:12:58.200 I've got to be great on Marquis Brown. Rashade Bateman 0:12:58.320 --> 0:13:01.880 sparked to life last week. He roasted since for eighty 0:13:01.960 --> 0:13:04.680 yards on the only three catches in their prior meeting. 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:06.880 Uh so, maybe he doesn't need a ton of volume here. 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:09.040 Maybe he could, you know, be all right on just 0:13:09.080 --> 0:13:11.760 three or four catches again here. Um, also on the 0:13:11.760 --> 0:13:13.920 outside see some of the same Trey Waynes, which would 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:16.680 be helpful. Um. I've got a C grade on Bateman 0:13:16.679 --> 0:13:19.480 if you need to go that direction. The running backs 0:13:19.600 --> 0:13:23.160 devote Freeman and Lottavius Murray. Guys, we had to. If 0:13:23.200 --> 0:13:26.320 you didn't pay attention to last week's game. We have 0:13:26.360 --> 0:13:30.040 a full blown time share going on in Baltimore. If 0:13:30.120 --> 0:13:32.959 last week is any indication, both guys. Now, I believe 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:35.280 impossible to start unless you think last week was an 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:39.040 aberration with Ottavius Murray getting more touches. The only angles 0:13:39.080 --> 0:13:41.480 I can really offer you here is that the Bengals 0:13:41.520 --> 0:13:44.160 give up a lot of receptions and receiving yards to 0:13:44.200 --> 0:13:46.880 opposing running backs, and Freeman is the better pass catcher, 0:13:47.080 --> 0:13:50.800 so I give the preferred Neither gets a C grade, 0:13:50.800 --> 0:13:52.040 But if I had to pick one of the other, 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:54.160 I would pick him onto Freeman. All right, let's go 0:13:54.200 --> 0:13:59.160 over to the Cincinnati side, where really the biggest storyline 0:13:59.320 --> 0:14:03.640 is the Raven defense, which in Thursday's practice had a 0:14:03.679 --> 0:14:09.760 total of thirteen available players. That's it, oh man. So 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:12.280 there you have to watch all of the COVID and 0:14:12.360 --> 0:14:16.600 injuries that have stricken the Baltimore defense. And I've got 0:14:16.600 --> 0:14:20.320 I had strong grades on especially the passing game anyway, 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:23.760 but you can ratchet everybody up a letter grade if 0:14:23.920 --> 0:14:28.120 it turns out that this level of injury and COVID 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:30.840 continues to strike Baltimore. The NBA is bringing back a 0:14:30.840 --> 0:14:34.880 bunch of relics because of COVID. I think Ed Reid 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:36.640 could maybe suit up for the Raven. They might want 0:14:36.640 --> 0:14:39.440 to go that way. Let's talk about the receivers. Tee 0:14:39.480 --> 0:14:42.240 Higgins gets an A. Prior to last week's flop, Higgins 0:14:42.240 --> 0:14:44.120 had a run of three straight one yard games and 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:46.880 he chipped in two scores over that span. And Baltimore 0:14:46.920 --> 0:14:50.880 secondary has surrendered five receiver scores in their last three games, 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:54.960 probably missing multiple starters here, So Tee Higgins gets an A. 0:14:55.480 --> 0:14:58.000 You can't advance him too higher than in A if 0:14:58.040 --> 0:15:00.560 a bunch of Baltimore players are out, but you could 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:03.040 with Jamaar Chase, who's got a B grade right now. 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:06.520 Horrific game last week. I believe it was one catch, 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:10.160 three yards for Chase last week. I believe that's correct. 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:13.760 Only one game with a touchdown in his last month, 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:17.840 and over that month, here's Jamar Chase's average game three 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:21.640 and a half catches, forty two yards. That's it, But 0:15:22.640 --> 0:15:25.360 he put up two hundred yards on the Ravens in 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:29.400 the last matchup between these teams, So remains startable with 0:15:29.440 --> 0:15:31.400 a B. And again, if it turns out that all 0:15:31.440 --> 0:15:34.240 the starters are missing from the Baltimore secondary, go ahead 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:36.560 and bump them up to an A. Tyler Boyd startable 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:38.680 here as well. He's seen at least five targets in 0:15:38.720 --> 0:15:41.520 three straight games, turning those looks into nearly five catches 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:44.120 per game for an average of seventy nine yards. As 0:15:44.160 --> 0:15:48.320 it stands, it looks like lightly used journeyman Kevin Seymour 0:15:48.360 --> 0:15:50.600 will man the slot for the Ravens. That would be 0:15:50.600 --> 0:15:53.400 a major plus matchup for Tyler Boyd, who comes in 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:55.440 with a B as well. Then if I like all 0:15:55.480 --> 0:15:58.520 those receivers, obviously I love Joe Burrow in this game. 0:15:58.800 --> 0:16:01.760 It is a get right up ortunity for Burrow. Even 0:16:01.760 --> 0:16:05.160 when the Baltimore defense was at full strength, Burrow would 0:16:05.160 --> 0:16:07.160 have been a strong start here. But as it stands, 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:09.800 he is an obvious A grade and I believe I 0:16:09.840 --> 0:16:12.360 have him ranked number two or three at the quarterback 0:16:12.400 --> 0:16:17.480 position this week. Lastly, Joe Mixon. This one's trickier because 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:21.520 he has really hit a wall with injuries and time share. 0:16:21.920 --> 0:16:24.680 Over the last three games. He's averaging fifty seven rushing 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:28.320 yards I'm three yards per carry and has one touchdown 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:30.920 in the last three games. And the Ravens have been 0:16:30.960 --> 0:16:33.920 a great run defense, allowing the fifth newest rushing yards 0:16:33.920 --> 0:16:36.960 to opposing running backs. And he's got the ankle injury, 0:16:37.000 --> 0:16:39.240 which is always dangerous on a running back. I don't 0:16:39.280 --> 0:16:42.400 like that, so I've got him as a B grade 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:47.400 here depending on whether or not the Baltimore defense his 0:16:47.800 --> 0:16:49.520 how many people are out, But you could lower him 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:51.960 to a streak C grade, which is where where I 0:16:52.040 --> 0:16:56.640 originally had Joe Mixon, Like last week, a lot of 0:16:56.720 --> 0:17:00.400 if then statements in all of these matchups. If this 0:17:00.520 --> 0:17:04.880 happens this great, if this happens that great. Yeah, we're 0:17:04.880 --> 0:17:06.639 doing our best, folks, and so are you. I know 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:13.520 this is very challenging fantasy managers. You're earning your championships 0:17:13.560 --> 0:17:16.760 this year like no other season. When we come back, 0:17:17.119 --> 0:17:18.959 nine players upon whom you can take a chance we'll 0:17:19.040 --> 0:17:21.359 give you or take a chance of me players in moments, 0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:54.320 chance a chance, take a chance on me. Nine players 0:17:54.359 --> 0:17:56.320 not normally in your starting lineup. You need it this 0:17:56.359 --> 0:17:59.960 week more than most, Matt. It is uh. We're done 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:02.960 surviving for starters, and we begin at the quarterback position. 0:18:03.640 --> 0:18:06.400 Scott Fish your take a chance of the quarterback before 0:18:06.440 --> 0:18:08.280 we start? Can I like that song? But can we 0:18:08.359 --> 0:18:11.080 petition to get the chipmunks back? I love the chipmunks. 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:13.560 I wish we could. I want the chipmunks, like, if 0:18:13.560 --> 0:18:16.000 they're up to me, would be chipmunks every week all right, 0:18:16.440 --> 0:18:19.440 it wouldn't be chipmunks every week. Take a chance on me, quarterback. 0:18:19.560 --> 0:18:21.800 I have Matt Ryan. I know it sounds gross. He 0:18:21.840 --> 0:18:25.000 has like three touchdown passes in the last six games. 0:18:25.080 --> 0:18:28.200 I get it, I get it, but he's playing against 0:18:28.240 --> 0:18:31.440 the Lions. Whoever. The last four games have allowed yards 0:18:31.440 --> 0:18:34.960 and two scores per game to opposing quarterbacks, and it's 0:18:34.960 --> 0:18:38.080 actually a pretty decent spot for him. I have Matt 0:18:38.200 --> 0:18:42.679 Ryan C grade. People like to hear that, Ryan, you 0:18:42.760 --> 0:18:44.600 take a chance for me quarterback. Used them last week 0:18:44.640 --> 0:18:47.879 and he used them again to a toungoola at the Saints. 0:18:47.920 --> 0:18:50.040 This week you will get Jalen waddle Back. That's a 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:53.119 big boon for two. Over the last three weeks, the 0:18:53.160 --> 0:18:58.880 Saints only highest opponent passing play percentage attent and during 0:18:58.920 --> 0:19:01.520 that same stretch, and Lean says you the most past 0:19:01.560 --> 0:19:05.320 attempts per game at forty three plus. Saints very tough 0:19:05.320 --> 0:19:07.480 to run on. I just think to airs it out 0:19:07.480 --> 0:19:11.400 on Monday Night against New Orleans for once. We can't 0:19:11.440 --> 0:19:13.960 use Jimmy Garoppolo because he's Thursday night, so you know 0:19:14.000 --> 0:19:16.840 we can't do that. Well, I'm gonna go to a 0:19:16.880 --> 0:19:21.040 more desperation play than either of yours. Drew Lock going 0:19:21.119 --> 0:19:23.760 up against the Raiders. I don't know what scenario exists 0:19:23.840 --> 0:19:25.520 you need to start Drew Lock. Maybe you were you 0:19:25.560 --> 0:19:28.240 were counting on Taysom Hill or something. But here's your 0:19:28.359 --> 0:19:34.600 quasi plausible scenario you'd like to go there. Uh Locks. 0:19:34.720 --> 0:19:38.840 Everything that Teddy Bridgewater isn't. He's strong armed and mistake prone. 0:19:39.200 --> 0:19:41.359 He is a boom or bus fantasy producer with some 0:19:41.440 --> 0:19:47.520 boom opportunity this week because last year he started against 0:19:47.600 --> 0:19:51.520 Las Vegas. He put up three hundred thirty nine yards 0:19:51.560 --> 0:19:55.440 and two scores against the Raiders Drew Lock did earlier 0:19:55.480 --> 0:19:58.280 this year, Teddy posted his best game of the season 0:19:58.680 --> 0:20:02.280 against the Raiders three thirty four and three. So this 0:20:02.320 --> 0:20:05.159 team knows how to beat the Raiders. Vegas is a 0:20:05.240 --> 0:20:08.679 slumping secondary. Over the past five weeks, they've allowed the 0:20:08.720 --> 0:20:13.000 most passing touchdowns and the third most passing yards. Drew Lock, 0:20:13.720 --> 0:20:16.639 it doesn't actually kind of makes sense. Let's go to 0:20:16.680 --> 0:20:18.440 the running back position. You take a chance of me 0:20:18.520 --> 0:20:21.720 runner Scott. I am going with Jordan Howard, And as 0:20:21.760 --> 0:20:24.359 the week rolls on here that might be even more 0:20:25.240 --> 0:20:28.600 more and more like a good spot. Uh. Just listeners 0:20:28.640 --> 0:20:30.040 love this I have a C grade on They like 0:20:30.119 --> 0:20:32.200 to they like to know the actual grade. He has 0:20:32.280 --> 0:20:35.320 ten plus touches in five consecutive games he's played and 0:20:35.400 --> 0:20:39.120 has put Scott and Gainwell on the bench. Miles Sanders 0:20:39.160 --> 0:20:41.639 is dinged up with the quad injury. He had fifty 0:20:41.720 --> 0:20:44.960 seven or more yards in all five. He's got seventeen 0:20:45.040 --> 0:20:48.160 red zone touches in those last five games. And this 0:20:48.240 --> 0:20:50.080 is kind of the game against the Giants that they 0:20:50.200 --> 0:20:53.120 might pound the clock late and a lot of Howards. 0:20:53.200 --> 0:20:57.120 So Jordan Howard, if you're Kenneth Gainwell, that's gotta hurt him. 0:20:57.359 --> 0:21:01.720 Undead corpse of Jordan Howard getting repso right, Uh, Brian, 0:21:01.760 --> 0:21:03.440 you gonna take a chance of your running back? Yeah? 0:21:03.480 --> 0:21:05.760 Fish just said take home players usually get a C. 0:21:05.960 --> 0:21:10.240 And that's why I'm going with se Rex birkehead Rex Rare. 0:21:10.600 --> 0:21:12.600 I don't. We don't have this down for a t REX, 0:21:12.640 --> 0:21:14.879 but um, I'll work on that. Well, we'll get it. 0:21:14.920 --> 0:21:16.840 We'll go on later for C Rex. He's at home 0:21:16.880 --> 0:21:23.879 against the close enough. Yeah, at home against the Chargers. Uh. 0:21:24.040 --> 0:21:29.080 Last week, that was like the fourth Jurassic Park they 0:21:29.080 --> 0:21:32.600 had up. Those movies get worse by the the installments. 0:21:32.640 --> 0:21:37.480 But anyway, Burkehead led Houston with nineteen opportunities last week. Uh, 0:21:37.560 --> 0:21:40.200 those are targets and carries, by the way, opportunities. David 0:21:40.280 --> 0:21:43.280 Johnson Royce Freeman combined for just ten. The Chargers are 0:21:43.280 --> 0:21:47.000 allowing me fourth most rushing yards fifteen per game and 0:21:47.000 --> 0:21:49.960 the third most touchdowns one point three per game to 0:21:50.080 --> 0:21:57.560 opposing running back. So se Rex Rare Leonard Bernatt's not 0:21:57.640 --> 0:22:00.159