WEBVTT - Flacco to Flaccid 0:00:01.160 --> 0:00:04.840 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:06.760 --> 0:00:10.480 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 0:00:10.880 --> 0:00:14.760 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and advice. 0:00:15.200 --> 0:00:18.600 Now along with the guys from fanball dot Com, here's 0:00:18.680 --> 0:00:23.720 the host for Fantasy Football Weekly. It is time for 0:00:23.760 --> 0:00:28.040 America's longest running fantasy show, Fantasy Football Weekly and I 0:00:28.120 --> 0:00:31.040 Heeart Radio production. I am your host, Paul Charchy and 0:00:31.080 --> 0:00:33.479 from fanball dot Com. My co host today are Scott 0:00:33.520 --> 0:00:37.560 Fish and Matt Harrison. Hello, gentlemen, going on? What's going on? 0:00:37.840 --> 0:00:40.160 HELI talking to you? Yeah, thank you. That's your tribute 0:00:40.200 --> 0:00:42.680 to Christian Peterson. It's not here, uh this week. He 0:00:42.760 --> 0:00:44.680 was here last week and he did a great He 0:00:44.720 --> 0:00:47.559 did a B plus job last week. No, I thought 0:00:47.600 --> 0:00:51.599 he did a solid be job, enough solid job. May 0:00:51.640 --> 0:00:55.240 I should rephrase that that you want to go, I'm 0:00:55.240 --> 0:00:59.200 gonna change that to see job. I don't know if 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:03.240 you want to say that either an A job. I 0:01:03.280 --> 0:01:05.680 can't call it enough job because God only knows what 0:01:05.720 --> 0:01:09.720 that's gonna mean the courts of today. I think if 0:01:09.760 --> 0:01:13.160 you couldn't use plus would have this problem? Would I 0:01:14.760 --> 0:01:17.160 the course of today, We're gonna break down every game 0:01:17.240 --> 0:01:19.960 Fantasy style. We don't tell you which team is gonna win, 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:23.040 where we tell you which players will help your team win. 0:01:24.520 --> 0:01:27.880 You'll hear letter grades for every meaningful Fantasy player irrationale 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:29.120 for why we feel that way, so you can make 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:31.720 your own decisions. We'll answer three tough questions over the 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:34.360 course of the show. We'll give you nine different players 0:01:34.400 --> 0:01:36.640 upon whom you can take a chance, and we'll jump 0:01:36.640 --> 0:01:39.000 into a time machine to identify the players that you 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:41.040 want to pick up this week that everybody is gonna 0:01:41.040 --> 0:01:44.600 be hot to pick up next week. Last week, speaking 0:01:44.640 --> 0:01:48.680 of Christian Peterson, he gave us Deonte Johnson and UM 0:01:48.840 --> 0:01:51.440 News coming out with the latter part of this week 0:01:51.560 --> 0:01:53.640 that uh, it looks like he's going to be the 0:01:53.680 --> 0:01:57.040 starter going forward after practice today. I think that's gonna 0:01:57.080 --> 0:01:59.320 be a good It's gonna be a good move for 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:02.400 him and his owners. Let's jump into our matchups, beginning 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:05.760 with Detroit taking on Philadelphia. This is kind of kind 0:02:05.760 --> 0:02:08.600 of a hairy one. Now we know Detroit is supposed 0:02:08.639 --> 0:02:10.760 to be a run first team, and they said in 0:02:10.760 --> 0:02:12.120 the obviously don't want to run first team, but they 0:02:12.160 --> 0:02:13.799 keep getting all these matchups that are tough against the 0:02:13.880 --> 0:02:15.680 run and easy against the past. Yeah. Do you like 0:02:15.760 --> 0:02:19.640 this as another good Matt Stafford outing? Yeah, it's it's 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:21.800 just like you said. The Eagles have allowed three twenty 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:24.160 yards and three touchdowns to the likes of Case Keenum 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:27.040 and Matt Ryan and back to back weeks, which basically 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:30.200 has landed them fifth worst against fantasy quarterbacks. They're allowing 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:32.799 the second most points against in the NFL. Right now, 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:36.000 it's it's a good spot for Matthew Stafford. He has 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:38.560 five touchdowns and he's averaging three fifteen yards a game. 0:02:38.560 --> 0:02:40.400 I got an A grade on him. I think the 0:02:40.440 --> 0:02:43.359 past is gonna be good again. Yeah, you know, back 0:02:43.480 --> 0:02:45.359 end of the kyp Ones there. Although I can only 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:48.760 imagine what you think about Kenny Golladay. How many pluses 0:02:48.840 --> 0:02:50.960 can I use? None? You can use no pluses? But 0:02:51.000 --> 0:02:53.440 feel free to give him an A Okay, well, uh, 0:02:54.080 --> 0:02:56.120 he I guess I'll give him an A plus. How 0:02:56.120 --> 0:02:59.320 many How many a's do you want to give him? Yeah? 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:07.120 Given a I think it's so many a's from me. Uh. 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:09.440 It's been two games, three different receivers have topped a 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:12.120 hundred yards and five different wide receiver tight ends have 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:14.440 scored against the Eagles. They're just giving it up all 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:17.120 over the field in the receiving game, and Golladay is 0:03:17.160 --> 0:03:20.200 the guy. Uh I just got an A grade on him, 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:24.200 Like like Julio Jones last week. The size deferential between 0:03:24.240 --> 0:03:27.080 him and Ronald Darby. Darby would have to stand on 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:30.920 his own shoulder to reach baby tron Yeah, and uh yeah, 0:03:30.919 --> 0:03:33.280 I can't Golladay at six four, They're kind of an 0:03:33.280 --> 0:03:35.680 aj green frame to him. I give Marvin Jones a 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:38.120 B for similar reasons. And the number two wide receivers 0:03:38.120 --> 0:03:41.520 like Calvin Ridley, great game, we get great games against them. 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:44.520 Give him a B grade. I'm keeping Himandola on the 0:03:44.520 --> 0:03:47.880 bench just because he gave us nothing last week. I 0:03:47.920 --> 0:03:49.800 think he's going to be very hit and missed this season. 0:03:49.920 --> 0:03:53.080 I would trust Hawkinson a little bit more. I know 0:03:53.200 --> 0:03:55.200 that he only had one catcher seven yards, and I 0:03:55.240 --> 0:03:58.600 know that the Eagles um the Eagles have been pretty 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:00.760 good against height ends. They but they did give up 0:04:00.800 --> 0:04:04.600 four receptions to Vernon Davis four receptions to Hooper Vernon scored. 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:07.160 I think Hawkinson is gonna improve, but I think last 0:04:07.240 --> 0:04:09.440 night last week was a good reminder that he's still 0:04:09.520 --> 0:04:11.800 a rookie tight end. I do give him a C 0:04:11.960 --> 0:04:13.800 grade here, though I think he's going to get involved 0:04:13.800 --> 0:04:18.279 just enough. Uh into the running game here, carry on Johnson. 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:20.640 I'm actually given a B grade too. It's it's a 0:04:20.640 --> 0:04:23.640 really hesitant B grade. But the Lions runners are touching 0:04:23.640 --> 0:04:26.400 the ball still thirty times a game. Uh. They just 0:04:26.440 --> 0:04:30.000 got rid of C. J. Anderson. Uh, Perkins is probably 0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:32.360 not going to play much if anything. Ty Johnson might 0:04:32.400 --> 0:04:37.000 get involved here, Um, but I'm going with carry on Johnson. 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:39.200 The Eagles having allowed a runner over thirty two yards 0:04:39.279 --> 0:04:42.039 yet this season, but they're giving up seventy yards per 0:04:42.040 --> 0:04:44.240 game in the air to backs and carry on Johnson 0:04:44.279 --> 0:04:47.360 is pretty okay there, So UH be grade for carry 0:04:47.360 --> 0:04:50.520 on all. Right over to the Eagle side, I'm giving 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:52.760 Carson Wants a B grade. The lines are allowing over 0:04:52.760 --> 0:04:55.320 three yards per game to quarterbacks and part of that 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:58.680 is due to pace. Um. They have allowed the most 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:01.800 pass attempts in the NFL and play and they have 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:06.400 the most past attempts against them. Yes, yes, Uh. Despite 0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:08.760 those yards, they've only given up two touchdowns and just 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:12.640 eighteen points per game the lines have so I'm I'm talking, 0:05:12.760 --> 0:05:15.560 I'm talking once a little bit there because the Detroit 0:05:15.600 --> 0:05:17.479 lines are giving up a lot, but they're not giving 0:05:17.520 --> 0:05:21.920 up points. Yeah, so B grade there Alshan Jeffrey. At 0:05:21.960 --> 0:05:24.320 this point, they're saying he'll play, but he was He 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:27.520 did not practice on the Friday practice report. Yeah it 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:30.320 didn't practice all week. Yeah you know, I know the 0:05:30.480 --> 0:05:33.200 reports suggesting is going to play. But nine times out 0:05:33.200 --> 0:05:40.039 of ten if you don't practice, how many times out 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:43.279 of ten times? If you don't practice all week, you 0:05:43.320 --> 0:05:45.960 don't play. So I consider Jeffrey to be a game 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:48.840 time decision for sure. Here's how I'm playing it. I'm 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:51.200 giving a B grade to the starter if it's Jeffrey, 0:05:51.279 --> 0:05:54.200 or I'm giving the big I feel like if he goes, 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:57.400 if Jeffrey is able to go, they're trusting him enough 0:05:57.440 --> 0:06:00.400 to is gonna start you the way and I'll probably yeah, 0:06:00.560 --> 0:06:03.880 but Sean Jackson's definitely right. But if Jeffrey goes, I 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:06.080 have less faith than Agil. We're talking about a guy 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:10.000 who with double digit touch touches, double digit targets, has 0:06:10.000 --> 0:06:13.799 had like thirty three yard games and sixty yard games, Like, uh, 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:15.960 if he's not going to get major targets, I'm a 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:20.279 little bit out on him. Hollands Artago Whiteside on the 0:06:20.279 --> 0:06:23.440 bench for me. Zach Ertz. I'm given an a to 0:06:23.600 --> 0:06:26.480 zach Ertz. The thing about we were worried about two 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:29.080 many mouths to feed all those at bunch of those 0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:32.039 mouths are sore right now, that's right, Dallas Goddard's mouth. 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:35.360 Very sorry, so sorry. Not expected to play. Actually he 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:37.600 came up with the same report with Jeffrey that they 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:39.719 think he might know. I'm with you, though I don't. 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:42.480 I don't think he plays. Uh. It's twenty three targets 0:06:42.480 --> 0:06:46.360 in the last two games. The Lions have been untested. 0:06:46.400 --> 0:06:48.840 So far, They've just played Max Williams and Charles Cray 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:51.039 and Virgil Green. This is the first first one they're 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:54.279 gonna have to face. I think a grade here in 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:57.040 the running game. You know me and Jordan Howard. I'll 0:06:57.080 --> 0:06:59.359 never give him a good grade. I have him on 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:03.000 the bench. I have Miles Sanders with a C kind 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:07.800 of I don't even like that. But the Lions are 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:09.600 middle of the middle of the road against the rushing 0:07:09.600 --> 0:07:13.480 game and fourth worst against running backs in the passing game, 0:07:13.680 --> 0:07:15.800 so that that could spell a little for Sanders or 0:07:15.840 --> 0:07:19.400 maybe even Sprawls. The Lions are allowing a hundred seventy 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:21.520 one total yards per game to running backs, which is 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:23.560 the fifth most, So I have to at least give 0:07:23.680 --> 0:07:25.720 Sanders a little bit of a C grade here. Yeah, 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:29.120 disappointed Darren Sprowles couldn't get anything going last week. Matt, 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:32.480 let's go to Denver taking on green Bay? Yeah, slets. 0:07:32.560 --> 0:07:34.320 Joe Flacco hasn't been able to get a lot going 0:07:34.360 --> 0:07:37.320 in this offensive than Emmanuel Sanders. What do you think 0:07:37.360 --> 0:07:39.720 happens here against what appears to be an improved green 0:07:39.720 --> 0:07:42.960 Bay defense? You know what, my phone auto corrects Flacco too, 0:07:43.040 --> 0:07:46.080 and this is true. Flaccid, flaccid. I've run into this 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:50.920 and that's exactly Yes. I don't want any part of him. 0:07:51.040 --> 0:07:53.560 And I just really don't even want any part of 0:07:53.560 --> 0:07:57.960 Emmanuel Sanders here. He should get the Gyar Alexander shadow coverage. 0:07:57.960 --> 0:08:01.160 He's only allowing thirty seven point five percent completion in 0:08:01.200 --> 0:08:03.640 his coverage this year, so I don't like that at all. 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:06.120 And then there's the running game. Royce Freeman and Philip 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:09.240 lindsay it's been like a fifty fifty split. Last week, 0:08:09.560 --> 0:08:13.560 Freeman had sixteen touches of the snaps. Lindsay had seventeen 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:18.239 touches the snaps. They've run the equal amount of pass 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:21.600 routes this season, and the Packers have a weakness. It's 0:08:21.760 --> 0:08:24.040 two pass catching running backs right now. They both had 0:08:24.080 --> 0:08:26.960 seven targets last week. Right, Yeah, it's but so it's 0:08:27.080 --> 0:08:29.640 a complete split. So I can't start either of them. 0:08:29.680 --> 0:08:32.280 I got both of these guys on the bench until 0:08:32.440 --> 0:08:35.280 one of them gets hurt. Hopefully it clears up the 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:40.040 waters here on the Packers side is just awesome. Anything 0:08:40.080 --> 0:08:42.680 wrong with that? I wish I think, I think, don't 0:08:42.679 --> 0:08:45.319 you think that it should have happened by now? What 0:08:45.440 --> 0:08:48.640 did last year? On Aaron Jones gets a B grade. 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:50.920 He holds at least two thirds of the touches over 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:54.040 Jamal Williams, who vultured a touchdown last week. The Broncos 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:57.640 are allowing an average of over one five combined running 0:08:57.640 --> 0:08:59.959 backyards and have given up three running back touchdowns and 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:02.160 the first two weeks. So Jones gets the beat. Yeah, 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:04.440 although I'll know Matt Lafleur Kim coming out this week 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:06.760 and saying he wants to try to even the time 0:09:06.800 --> 0:09:10.240 between those two Why and we say cram it. La 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:13.840 Fleur exactly. There's no reason for that. Jamal Williams stinks. 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:18.120 Stop it. You know. Aaron Jones a damn good running back. 0:09:18.200 --> 0:09:21.959 Stick with him. Uh. Aaron Rodgers UH is averaging two 0:09:22.400 --> 0:09:24.800 six yards per game and has three touchdown passes in 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:27.480 two weeks. He's only getting a C grade for me. 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:30.560 The Broncos are still an above average pass defense, allowing 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:33.319 the second fewest pass yards this season, albeit to Derek 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:37.120 Carr and Sad trombone Ski. So I'm still only given 0:09:37.240 --> 0:09:42.320 Rogers the sea though there it is. I am giving 0:09:42.360 --> 0:09:44.760 Davante Adams and a If anything's gonna get done through 0:09:44.760 --> 0:09:47.960 the air, it's through Adams. He's had good success against 0:09:47.960 --> 0:09:51.280 Fangio's defenses when he was with the Bears. The average 0:09:51.320 --> 0:09:55.200 yards per game over his last three matchups with Fangio's team. 0:09:55.520 --> 0:09:57.720 He had seven catches for one oh six last week. 0:09:57.760 --> 0:09:59.800 I think Adams is in a good spot, but I 0:09:59.840 --> 0:10:04.480 am benching Geronimo Allison and m V S. Allison scored 0:10:04.679 --> 0:10:06.719 last week, but basically threw up a goose egg in 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:09.680 the prior week. If Chris Harris stays on the left slide, 0:10:09.679 --> 0:10:13.040 which which he often does, he lines up with Marquez 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:16.439 Valdez Scantling more than he lines up with Davante Adams, 0:10:16.520 --> 0:10:20.439 So that's not a good matchup for either of those guys. No, 0:10:20.679 --> 0:10:22.679 probably not. I don't like this game at all. I 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:24.679 think it's gonna be a very low scoring affair. I 0:10:24.679 --> 0:10:26.160 tend to think you're right, and I think vic fan 0:10:26.240 --> 0:10:28.960 Joe is gonna get that defense operating even better than 0:10:28.960 --> 0:10:31.080 it has been that you're right that it hasn't been 0:10:31.080 --> 0:10:33.480 great against the run. I think it'll be better. This 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:36.280 week Baltimore takes on Kansas City. This is the number 0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:39.400 one scoring offense against the number four scoring offense. This 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:41.600 seems like it might be more of an offensive game. 0:10:42.280 --> 0:10:44.720 It might be uh And by the way, the number 0:10:44.760 --> 0:10:49.520 one team is in Kansas City, that's Baltimore. Let's talk 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:51.920 about the Baltimore side, beginning with Mark Ingram, who gets 0:10:51.920 --> 0:10:54.720 an A grade. Leonard fo Nette and Josh Jacobs ran 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:57.800 for six point six yards per carry as the starters 0:10:57.840 --> 0:11:00.679 against Kansas City so far, and the Chiefs, while they 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:02.800 havn't a lot of rushing touchdown, it's only because they've 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:05.679 staked these big leads and other teams haven't really punished. 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:07.680 I think through the ground That's not going to be 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:09.800 the case here, and I'll note that last year when 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:13.240 these teams met, Gus Edwards and Kenneth Dixon combined for 0:11:13.320 --> 0:11:18.440 one hundred forty yards against Kansas City, mark ingram a grade. 0:11:19.040 --> 0:11:21.240 Let's go to the passing game, where Lamar Jackson gets 0:11:21.240 --> 0:11:23.920 an A grade and is my top rated quarterback for 0:11:23.960 --> 0:11:26.240 this week. The Chiefs have one of the slowest sets 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:30.280 of cornerbacks in the league, and here comes Marks Hollywood Brown. 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:34.240 Oh man, I love that matchup. Plus Mark Andrews has 0:11:34.400 --> 0:11:37.680 terrorized both of his opponents this year, and the Chiefs 0:11:37.760 --> 0:11:40.360 have allowed the fifth most tight end yards this year, 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:44.040 fourth most tight end yards last year. A great opportunity 0:11:44.040 --> 0:11:45.880 for both of them. So Lamar Jackson gets an A. 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:50.400 I just mentioned Marquis Brown with that speed mismatch, and 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:53.160 he'll face virtually no resistance from the slot, where I'll 0:11:53.160 --> 0:11:55.520 square off against Kendall Fuller, one of the lead's worst 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:58.760 slot cornerbacks. Fuller has surrendered scores in each of the 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:03.760 first two games. Marquis Brown a grade in third ever 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:07.400 NFL game. Yes, how much do I like the passing game? 0:12:07.840 --> 0:12:12.800 Miles Boykin factoring in with a startable grade A and 0:12:12.960 --> 0:12:15.880 take a chance on me. Wo draws a great matchup 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:19.760 against stone footed cornerback, but shod Brelan, who has already 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:23.000 allowed to touchdown in his coverage Boycin has four four speed. 0:12:23.120 --> 0:12:26.319 Brillan is a four six cornerback. There are many four 0:12:26.400 --> 0:12:28.640 six cornerbacks in the league. He's one of them. And 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:31.720 Mark Andrews, who I mentioned earlier, tight end A grade. 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:34.560 After two fantastic starts to the year, Let's go to 0:12:34.600 --> 0:12:37.320 the Kansas City side. We'll begin with the passing game. 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:40.080 Patrick Mahomes maintains an A grade, but this is a 0:12:40.080 --> 0:12:44.120 trickier matchup than most, certainly more difficult without tackle Eric 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:48.040 Fisher out with a groin injury. Mahomes faced these Ravens 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:50.400 last year, and if you just look at the box score, 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:53.199 you're gonna see the three hundred seventy seven yards and 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:55.680 the two touchdowns and think, you know what, it's gonna 0:12:55.679 --> 0:12:57.840 be another great game for Patrick Mahomes. And it might be. 0:12:57.880 --> 0:12:59.960 It's Patrick Mahomes and I do have an A grad 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:02.719 it on him. But here's the thing. To get to 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:05.640 three seventy seven and two. Last year, he had to 0:13:05.679 --> 0:13:10.360 throw the ball fifty three times. He's never come close 0:13:10.400 --> 0:13:13.360 to a fifty three yard fifty three attempt passing game, 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:16.760 and Baltimore never gives that up. They give up an 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:19.679 average of thirty six attempts per game. So if we 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:22.760 dial Mahomes back into the thirties, I don't know that 0:13:22.800 --> 0:13:24.640 he gets close to the three seventy seven and two 0:13:24.640 --> 0:13:26.640 we had last time. But he's Patrick Mahomes and he 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:28.400 still might. And he's my number five rand quarterback for 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:30.280 the week. So you're still in obvious A grade. But 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:33.240 I'm just trying to dial back from expectations here. Travis 0:13:33.280 --> 0:13:35.720 Kelsey is an A grade A tight end because he's 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:38.199 the best tight end the league. And then let's talk 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:40.960 about the wide receivers where things get a little bit thornier. 0:13:41.200 --> 0:13:43.480 Beginning with Sammy Watkins. He had the DoD last week, 0:13:43.520 --> 0:13:46.880 but did you know he collected thirteen targets last week? 0:13:47.280 --> 0:13:50.880 It just didn't materialize into anything. No other Kansas City 0:13:50.920 --> 0:13:54.120 receiver garnered more than six, and he's commanded a thirty 0:13:54.160 --> 0:13:57.160 percent target share on the year. Well, how many of 0:13:57.160 --> 0:14:00.160 those thirteen targets was Mahomes actually looking at him when 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:02.560 he threw the ball? I mean, as supposed to just 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:06.840 looking away look passes like he missed Travis Kelsey on 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:11.720 the no look pass earlier this year. Um a cornerback 0:14:11.800 --> 0:14:14.640 named Anthony Averit will be his most common matchup and 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:17.439 that is a mismatch against Sammy Watkins. Averit has speed, 0:14:17.480 --> 0:14:19.840 but has a little more to contend with Watkins evorit's 0:14:20.000 --> 0:14:22.800 very raw and young. I like Watkins with a B grade. 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:25.360 I have DeMarcus Robinson last week's start, also with a 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:29.040 B grade. He garnered four targets of twenty yards down 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:31.880 field last week. No Jimmy Smith in this secondary for 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:35.280 Baltimore again, he'll face a raven secondary that was gashed 0:14:35.280 --> 0:14:37.800 on deep balls by Arizona's receivers who hold in four 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:40.720 of five deep targets for a hundred fifty nine yards. 0:14:40.760 --> 0:14:43.040 So I like him here. And then Nicole Hardman gets 0:14:43.040 --> 0:14:46.240 a C grade. He is not being eased into this offense. 0:14:46.320 --> 0:14:49.120 He's been on the field for fifty or more snaps 0:14:49.160 --> 0:14:53.280 in both games. That's amazing for Hardman. He runs most 0:14:53.320 --> 0:14:55.000 of his routes from the slot, where he's gonna face 0:14:55.080 --> 0:14:58.080 Brandon Carr, who is very good, allowing just twenty six 0:14:58.120 --> 0:15:00.640 scoreless yards per game so far this year. So he 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:03.040 gets a C grade here, then let's go to the 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:06.160 running game where it's really harry for the Chiefs. Lashawn 0:15:06.240 --> 0:15:08.600 McCoy's get this ankle injury. He's shaping up as a 0:15:08.600 --> 0:15:11.840 game time decision. If he goes, I have a nervous 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:16.760 C grade on him. Limited today, limited on Friday. Yes, 0:15:17.080 --> 0:15:20.520 And Baltimore ranks number one in rushing yards allowed, number 0:15:20.520 --> 0:15:24.080 one in rushing yards per carry, number one in rushing attempts. 0:15:24.240 --> 0:15:25.960 And if you think maybe the Kansas City Runners are 0:15:26.000 --> 0:15:28.440 gonna catch the ball a lot, Baltimore is allowed the 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:32.600 sixth fewest running back receiving yards and the fewest total 0:15:32.680 --> 0:15:34.800 yards to running backs. So I mean it's all bad 0:15:34.840 --> 0:15:37.240 for the running backs. And if McCoy is gonna be hobbled, 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:39.360 all I can do is maybe get him to a 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:44.880 C start here. Now McCoy doesn't go, You could try 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:49.440 Darryl Williams, You could try you know, maybe um Darwin Thompson. 0:15:49.560 --> 0:15:51.840 But I just think the whole thing just smells to 0:15:51.880 --> 0:15:56.000 me like avoid it in a really tough matchup. 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Is that the 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:59.080 name of the group at Royalty Royalty? That's right. When 0:16:59.160 --> 0:17:02.160 these sleeper quarterbacks running back to receivers hit paydirt, you 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:05.160 pay us nothing, just like we're paying the Royalty Free 0:17:05.240 --> 0:17:08.000 take a chance on Me Singers nothing. This is Paul 0:17:08.080 --> 0:17:12.000 Churching and his Royalty Free Singers. That's right, Oh boy, 0:17:12.040 --> 0:17:14.080 I am Paul Charging and follow me on Twitter at 0:17:14.080 --> 0:17:17.080 Paul Charchy and uh, Scott Fish is at Scott Fish 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:23.560 twenty nine. For I have a twenty four, I have 0:17:23.600 --> 0:17:27.720 to try to remember Christians. Christians twenty nine, You're easy 0:17:30.320 --> 0:17:32.280 and I'll have it. I'll have it. Conquered by Christmas. 0:17:32.320 --> 0:17:35.920 I assure you, um, let's go to or take a chance. 0:17:35.960 --> 0:17:38.399 I mean quarterbacks. These are three three quarterbacks that are 0:17:38.400 --> 0:17:41.160 not normally in your starting lineup, each of whom we 0:17:41.280 --> 0:17:44.280 believe is worthy of a start. This week. We begin 0:17:44.359 --> 0:17:48.080 with Scott Fish. I am gonna go with Jimmy Garoppolo, 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:51.240 who I don't think will be Jimmy Garoppo blows this week? 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:55.680 Whoa I think that? Uh, I think that he's gonna 0:17:55.680 --> 0:17:57.719 have a good game here that There's no wonder why 0:17:57.800 --> 0:17:59.720 the Stewers went out and traded for a first for 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:03.200 Cafetes Patrick. They've been allowing three more yards and three 0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:06.760 scores to opposing quarterbacks each of the first two weeks. Um. 0:18:07.160 --> 0:18:09.080 Although Jimmy G was held down in Week one that 0:18:09.119 --> 0:18:11.879 was his first week back from injury, he rebounded the 0:18:11.920 --> 0:18:15.040 next week with nearly three yards and three himself. The 0:18:15.080 --> 0:18:17.960 four Nineers have scored thirty plus in each game there there, 0:18:18.040 --> 0:18:20.960 I believe the third highest scoring team in the league 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:25.720 at this point. Uh So, Jimmy G is my Matt 0:18:25.800 --> 0:18:28.840 You take a chance for me quarterback. I've got Daniel Jones, 0:18:28.920 --> 0:18:34.680 who might be a slight upgrade from what is the 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:36.800 squeaking right there? I mean, I don't know it. It 0:18:36.880 --> 0:18:39.760 was kind of kind of joking. He's a flat upgrade. 0:18:39.800 --> 0:18:42.400 Oh yeah, for sure that that was tongue in cheese. 0:18:42.600 --> 0:18:44.480 Whether or not he's an upgrade in the first ever 0:18:44.640 --> 0:18:47.320 NFL start is the only question. Yeah. Well, so I 0:18:47.359 --> 0:18:49.240 looked back and he's got a little bit of Josh 0:18:49.280 --> 0:18:51.560 Allen in him, meaning that he can run a little bit. 0:18:51.560 --> 0:18:55.639 He averaged thirty six rushing yards per start and scored 0:18:55.720 --> 0:18:57.520 on the ground seventeen times. And his three years of 0:18:57.640 --> 0:19:00.280 duke obviously we saw the great numbers in the pre season. 0:19:00.320 --> 0:19:03.280 He gets Sterling Shepherd back from the concussion protocol this week, 0:19:03.760 --> 0:19:06.879 and he faced Tampa Right now, Tampa is the fifth 0:19:07.000 --> 0:19:10.880 ranked fantasy defense against the quarterback over the first two weeks. Well, 0:19:10.920 --> 0:19:13.000 they faced Jimmy g on his first game back from 0:19:13.000 --> 0:19:16.320 an a c L and it injured Cam Newton. Daniel 0:19:16.400 --> 0:19:18.639 Jones is probably better than both of those guys, at 0:19:18.720 --> 0:19:21.600 least in their first start. Um, I'm not sure it's 0:19:22.000 --> 0:19:24.680 that improved of a defense either. They were the defense 0:19:24.720 --> 0:19:27.280 that allowed the third most passing touchdowns in the league 0:19:27.359 --> 0:19:29.560 last year. Jones is gonna sling the ball. It's gonna 0:19:29.560 --> 0:19:31.840 be fun to watch. Let's let's go, let's play just 0:19:31.880 --> 0:19:35.040 for the fun fact. Yeah, uh, I have the aforementioned 0:19:35.119 --> 0:19:37.320 Josh Allen as might take a chance and quarterback going 0:19:37.359 --> 0:19:40.480 up against Cincinnati's coming off his one maybe the best 0:19:40.520 --> 0:19:43.919 game of his career, with real improvement in key areas, 0:19:43.960 --> 0:19:47.320 particularly his pocket poise, his pocket accuracy, and you can 0:19:47.359 --> 0:19:50.680 see real report being built with John Brown and Cole Beasley, 0:19:50.800 --> 0:19:54.680 who have combined for thirty one targets in two games already, 0:19:54.800 --> 0:19:59.040 and another strong game coming against a sagging Cincinnati defense. 0:19:59.320 --> 0:20:02.960 The Mangels else gave Jimmy Garoppolo the aforementioned Jimmy Garoppolo 0:20:03.119 --> 0:20:05.920 his welcome back game, allowing him to row three yards 0:20:05.920 --> 0:20:08.119 and three scores. The Bengals have a good pass rush 0:20:08.359 --> 0:20:11.400 they ranked third in that category by Pro Football Focus, 0:20:11.440 --> 0:20:13.960 but their coverage has been equally bad their third from 0:20:14.000 --> 0:20:17.520 the bottom and pass coverage. If his offensive line can 0:20:17.560 --> 0:20:19.880 give him a few clean pockets, Josh Allen only needs 0:20:19.880 --> 0:20:22.000 a couple of deep connections for him to splatch, and 0:20:22.040 --> 0:20:24.600 I think he will. Let's go to the running back 0:20:24.920 --> 0:20:27.640 position or take a chance on the runner, Scott, I'm 0:20:27.640 --> 0:20:31.880 gonna start with Tony Pollard of the Dallas Cowboys. Zeke 0:20:32.000 --> 0:20:35.200 is obviously a smash a start this week. You'll find 0:20:35.200 --> 0:20:37.640 out in a few minutes here. But that's just an 0:20:37.640 --> 0:20:40.680 amazing matchup there. The Dolphins have allowed the most rushing attempts, 0:20:40.720 --> 0:20:43.200 the most rushing yards, the most rushing touchdowns, the most 0:20:43.240 --> 0:20:46.159 receiving touchdowns the running backs. Seems like there might be 0:20:46.200 --> 0:20:49.440 some garbage time in the second most total touchdowns. They're 0:20:49.480 --> 0:20:52.120