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Speaker 1: Fish and Matt Harrison. Hello, gentlemen, going on? What's going on?
Speaker 1: HELI talking to you? Yeah, thank you. That's your tribute
Speaker 1: to Christian Peterson. It's not here, uh this week. He
Speaker 1: was here last week and he did a great He
Speaker 1: did a B plus job last week. No, I thought
Speaker 1: he did a solid be job, enough solid job. May
Speaker 1: I should rephrase that that you want to go, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna change that to see job. I don't know if
Speaker 1: you want to say that either an A job. I
Speaker 1: can't call it enough job because God only knows what
Speaker 1: that's gonna mean the courts of today. I think if
Speaker 1: you couldn't use plus would have this problem? Would I
Speaker 1: the course of today, We're gonna break down every game
Speaker 1: Fantasy style. We don't tell you which team is gonna win,
Speaker 1: where we tell you which players will help your team win.
Speaker 1: You'll hear letter grades for every meaningful Fantasy player irrationale
Speaker 1: for why we feel that way, so you can make
Speaker 1: your own decisions. We'll answer three tough questions over the
Speaker 1: course of the show. We'll give you nine different players
Speaker 1: upon whom you can take a chance, and we'll jump
Speaker 1: into a time machine to identify the players that you
Speaker 1: want to pick up this week that everybody is gonna
Speaker 1: be hot to pick up next week. Last week, speaking
Speaker 1: of Christian Peterson, he gave us Deonte Johnson and UM
Speaker 1: News coming out with the latter part of this week
Speaker 1: that uh, it looks like he's going to be the
Speaker 1: starter going forward after practice today. I think that's gonna
Speaker 1: be a good It's gonna be a good move for
Speaker 1: him and his owners. Let's jump into our matchups, beginning
Speaker 1: with Detroit taking on Philadelphia. This is kind of kind
Speaker 1: of a hairy one. Now we know Detroit is supposed
Speaker 1: to be a run first team, and they said in
Speaker 1: the obviously don't want to run first team, but they
Speaker 1: keep getting all these matchups that are tough against the
Speaker 1: run and easy against the past. Yeah. Do you like
Speaker 1: this as another good Matt Stafford outing? Yeah, it's it's
Speaker 1: just like you said. The Eagles have allowed three twenty
Speaker 1: yards and three touchdowns to the likes of Case Keenum
Speaker 1: and Matt Ryan and back to back weeks, which basically
Speaker 1: has landed them fifth worst against fantasy quarterbacks. They're allowing
Speaker 1: the second most points against in the NFL. Right now,
Speaker 1: it's it's a good spot for Matthew Stafford. He has
Speaker 1: five touchdowns and he's averaging three fifteen yards a game.
Speaker 1: I got an A grade on him. I think the
Speaker 1: past is gonna be good again. Yeah, you know, back
Speaker 1: end of the kyp Ones there. Although I can only
Speaker 1: imagine what you think about Kenny Golladay. How many pluses
Speaker 1: can I use? None? You can use no pluses? But
Speaker 1: feel free to give him an A Okay, well, uh,
Speaker 1: he I guess I'll give him an A plus. How
Speaker 1: many How many a's do you want to give him? Yeah?
Speaker 1: Given a I think it's so many a's from me. Uh.
Speaker 1: It's been two games, three different receivers have topped a
Speaker 1: hundred yards and five different wide receiver tight ends have
Speaker 1: scored against the Eagles. They're just giving it up all
Speaker 1: over the field in the receiving game, and Golladay is
Speaker 1: the guy. Uh I just got an A grade on him,
Speaker 1: Like like Julio Jones last week. The size deferential between
Speaker 1: him and Ronald Darby. Darby would have to stand on
Speaker 1: his own shoulder to reach baby tron Yeah, and uh yeah,
Speaker 1: I can't Golladay at six four, They're kind of an
Speaker 1: aj green frame to him. I give Marvin Jones a
Speaker 1: B for similar reasons. And the number two wide receivers
Speaker 1: like Calvin Ridley, great game, we get great games against them.
Speaker 1: Give him a B grade. I'm keeping Himandola on the
Speaker 1: bench just because he gave us nothing last week. I
Speaker 1: think he's going to be very hit and missed this season.
Speaker 1: I would trust Hawkinson a little bit more. I know
Speaker 1: that he only had one catcher seven yards, and I
Speaker 1: know that the Eagles um the Eagles have been pretty
Speaker 1: good against height ends. They but they did give up
Speaker 1: four receptions to Vernon Davis four receptions to Hooper Vernon scored.
Speaker 1: I think Hawkinson is gonna improve, but I think last
Speaker 1: night last week was a good reminder that he's still
Speaker 1: a rookie tight end. I do give him a C
Speaker 1: grade here, though I think he's going to get involved
Speaker 1: just enough. Uh into the running game here, carry on Johnson.
Speaker 1: I'm actually given a B grade too. It's it's a
Speaker 1: really hesitant B grade. But the Lions runners are touching
Speaker 1: the ball still thirty times a game. Uh. They just
Speaker 1: got rid of C. J. Anderson. Uh, Perkins is probably
Speaker 1: not going to play much if anything. Ty Johnson might
Speaker 1: get involved here, Um, but I'm going with carry on Johnson.
Speaker 1: The Eagles having allowed a runner over thirty two yards
Speaker 1: yet this season, but they're giving up seventy yards per
Speaker 1: game in the air to backs and carry on Johnson
Speaker 1: is pretty okay there, So UH be grade for carry
Speaker 1: on all. Right over to the Eagle side, I'm giving
Speaker 1: Carson Wants a B grade. The lines are allowing over
Speaker 1: three yards per game to quarterbacks and part of that
Speaker 1: is due to pace. Um. They have allowed the most
Speaker 1: pass attempts in the NFL and play and they have
Speaker 1: the most past attempts against them. Yes, yes, Uh. Despite
Speaker 1: those yards, they've only given up two touchdowns and just
Speaker 1: eighteen points per game the lines have so I'm I'm talking,
Speaker 1: I'm talking once a little bit there because the Detroit
Speaker 1: lines are giving up a lot, but they're not giving
Speaker 1: up points. Yeah, so B grade there Alshan Jeffrey. At
Speaker 1: this point, they're saying he'll play, but he was He
Speaker 1: did not practice on the Friday practice report. Yeah it
Speaker 1: didn't practice all week. Yeah you know, I know the
Speaker 1: reports suggesting is going to play. But nine times out
Speaker 1: of ten if you don't practice, how many times out
Speaker 1: of ten times? If you don't practice all week, you
Speaker 1: don't play. So I consider Jeffrey to be a game
Speaker 1: time decision for sure. Here's how I'm playing it. I'm
Speaker 1: giving a B grade to the starter if it's Jeffrey,
Speaker 1: or I'm giving the big I feel like if he goes,
Speaker 1: if Jeffrey is able to go, they're trusting him enough
Speaker 1: to is gonna start you the way and I'll probably yeah,
Speaker 1: but Sean Jackson's definitely right. But if Jeffrey goes, I
Speaker 1: have less faith than Agil. We're talking about a guy
Speaker 1: who with double digit touch touches, double digit targets, has
Speaker 1: had like thirty three yard games and sixty yard games, Like, uh,
Speaker 1: if he's not going to get major targets, I'm a
Speaker 1: little bit out on him. Hollands Artago Whiteside on the
Speaker 1: bench for me. Zach Ertz. I'm given an a to
Speaker 1: zach Ertz. The thing about we were worried about two
Speaker 1: many mouths to feed all those at bunch of those
Speaker 1: mouths are sore right now, that's right, Dallas Goddard's mouth.
Speaker 1: Very sorry, so sorry. Not expected to play. Actually he
Speaker 1: came up with the same report with Jeffrey that they
Speaker 1: think he might know. I'm with you, though I don't.
Speaker 1: I don't think he plays. Uh. It's twenty three targets
Speaker 1: in the last two games. The Lions have been untested.
Speaker 1: So far, They've just played Max Williams and Charles Cray
Speaker 1: and Virgil Green. This is the first first one they're
Speaker 1: gonna have to face. I think a grade here in
Speaker 1: the running game. You know me and Jordan Howard. I'll
Speaker 1: never give him a good grade. I have him on
Speaker 1: the bench. I have Miles Sanders with a C kind
Speaker 1: of I don't even like that. But the Lions are
Speaker 1: middle of the middle of the road against the rushing
Speaker 1: game and fourth worst against running backs in the passing game,
Speaker 1: so that that could spell a little for Sanders or
Speaker 1: maybe even Sprawls. The Lions are allowing a hundred seventy
Speaker 1: one total yards per game to running backs, which is
Speaker 1: the fifth most, So I have to at least give
Speaker 1: Sanders a little bit of a C grade here. Yeah,
Speaker 1: disappointed Darren Sprowles couldn't get anything going last week. Matt,
Speaker 1: let's go to Denver taking on green Bay? Yeah, slets.
Speaker 1: Joe Flacco hasn't been able to get a lot going
Speaker 1: in this offensive than Emmanuel Sanders. What do you think
Speaker 1: happens here against what appears to be an improved green
Speaker 1: Bay defense? You know what, my phone auto corrects Flacco too,
Speaker 1: and this is true. Flaccid, flaccid. I've run into this
Speaker 1: and that's exactly Yes. I don't want any part of him.
Speaker 1: And I just really don't even want any part of
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders here. He should get the Gyar Alexander shadow coverage.
Speaker 1: He's only allowing thirty seven point five percent completion in
Speaker 1: his coverage this year, so I don't like that at all.
Speaker 1: And then there's the running game. Royce Freeman and Philip
Speaker 1: lindsay it's been like a fifty fifty split. Last week,
Speaker 1: Freeman had sixteen touches of the snaps. Lindsay had seventeen
Speaker 1: touches the snaps. They've run the equal amount of pass
Speaker 1: routes this season, and the Packers have a weakness. It's
Speaker 1: two pass catching running backs right now. They both had
Speaker 1: seven targets last week. Right, Yeah, it's but so it's
Speaker 1: a complete split. So I can't start either of them.
Speaker 1: I got both of these guys on the bench until
Speaker 1: one of them gets hurt. Hopefully it clears up the
Speaker 1: waters here on the Packers side is just awesome. Anything
Speaker 1: wrong with that? I wish I think, I think, don't
Speaker 1: you think that it should have happened by now? What
Speaker 1: did last year? On Aaron Jones gets a B grade.
Speaker 1: He holds at least two thirds of the touches over
Speaker 1: Jamal Williams, who vultured a touchdown last week. The Broncos
Speaker 1: are allowing an average of over one five combined running
Speaker 1: backyards and have given up three running back touchdowns and
Speaker 1: the first two weeks. So Jones gets the beat. Yeah,
Speaker 1: although I'll know Matt Lafleur Kim coming out this week
Speaker 1: and saying he wants to try to even the time
Speaker 1: between those two Why and we say cram it. La
Speaker 1: Fleur exactly. There's no reason for that. Jamal Williams stinks.
Speaker 1: Stop it. You know. Aaron Jones a damn good running back.
Speaker 1: Stick with him. Uh. Aaron Rodgers UH is averaging two
Speaker 1: six yards per game and has three touchdown passes in
Speaker 1: two weeks. He's only getting a C grade for me.
Speaker 1: The Broncos are still an above average pass defense, allowing
Speaker 1: the second fewest pass yards this season, albeit to Derek
Speaker 1: Carr and Sad trombone Ski. So I'm still only given
Speaker 1: Rogers the sea though there it is. I am giving
Speaker 1: Davante Adams and a If anything's gonna get done through
Speaker 1: the air, it's through Adams. He's had good success against
Speaker 1: Fangio's defenses when he was with the Bears. The average
Speaker 1: yards per game over his last three matchups with Fangio's team.
Speaker 1: He had seven catches for one oh six last week.
Speaker 1: I think Adams is in a good spot, but I
Speaker 1: am benching Geronimo Allison and m V S. Allison scored
Speaker 1: last week, but basically threw up a goose egg in
Speaker 1: the prior week. If Chris Harris stays on the left slide,
Speaker 1: which which he often does, he lines up with Marquez
Speaker 1: Valdez Scantling more than he lines up with Davante Adams,
Speaker 1: So that's not a good matchup for either of those guys. No,
Speaker 1: probably not. I don't like this game at all. I
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be a very low scoring affair. I
Speaker 1: tend to think you're right, and I think vic fan
Speaker 1: Joe is gonna get that defense operating even better than
Speaker 1: it has been that you're right that it hasn't been
Speaker 1: great against the run. I think it'll be better. This
Speaker 1: week Baltimore takes on Kansas City. This is the number
Speaker 1: one scoring offense against the number four scoring offense. This
Speaker 1: seems like it might be more of an offensive game.
Speaker 1: It might be uh And by the way, the number
Speaker 1: one team is in Kansas City, that's Baltimore. Let's talk
Speaker 1: about the Baltimore side, beginning with Mark Ingram, who gets
Speaker 1: an A grade. Leonard fo Nette and Josh Jacobs ran
Speaker 1: for six point six yards per carry as the starters
Speaker 1: against Kansas City so far, and the Chiefs, while they
Speaker 1: havn't a lot of rushing touchdown, it's only because they've
Speaker 1: staked these big leads and other teams haven't really punished.
Speaker 1: I think through the ground That's not going to be
Speaker 1: the case here, and I'll note that last year when
Speaker 1: these teams met, Gus Edwards and Kenneth Dixon combined for
Speaker 1: one hundred forty yards against Kansas City, mark ingram a grade.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the passing game, where Lamar Jackson gets
Speaker 1: an A grade and is my top rated quarterback for
Speaker 1: this week. The Chiefs have one of the slowest sets
Speaker 1: of cornerbacks in the league, and here comes Marks Hollywood Brown.
Speaker 1: Oh man, I love that matchup. Plus Mark Andrews has
Speaker 1: terrorized both of his opponents this year, and the Chiefs
Speaker 1: have allowed the fifth most tight end yards this year,
Speaker 1: fourth most tight end yards last year. A great opportunity
Speaker 1: for both of them. So Lamar Jackson gets an A.
Speaker 1: I just mentioned Marquis Brown with that speed mismatch, and
Speaker 1: he'll face virtually no resistance from the slot, where I'll
Speaker 1: square off against Kendall Fuller, one of the lead's worst
Speaker 1: slot cornerbacks. Fuller has surrendered scores in each of the
Speaker 1: first two games. Marquis Brown a grade in third ever
Speaker 1: NFL game. Yes, how much do I like the passing game?
Speaker 1: Miles Boykin factoring in with a startable grade A and
Speaker 1: take a chance on me. Wo draws a great matchup
Speaker 1: against stone footed cornerback, but shod Brelan, who has already
Speaker 1: allowed to touchdown in his coverage Boycin has four four speed.
Speaker 1: Brillan is a four six cornerback. There are many four
Speaker 1: six cornerbacks in the league. He's one of them. And
Speaker 1: Mark Andrews, who I mentioned earlier, tight end A grade.
Speaker 1: After two fantastic starts to the year, Let's go to
Speaker 1: the Kansas City side. We'll begin with the passing game.
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes maintains an A grade, but this is a
Speaker 1: trickier matchup than most, certainly more difficult without tackle Eric
Speaker 1: Fisher out with a groin injury. Mahomes faced these Ravens
Speaker 1: last year, and if you just look at the box score,
Speaker 1: you're gonna see the three hundred seventy seven yards and
Speaker 1: the two touchdowns and think, you know what, it's gonna
Speaker 1: be another great game for Patrick Mahomes. And it might be.
Speaker 1: It's Patrick Mahomes and I do have an A grad
Speaker 1: it on him. But here's the thing. To get to
Speaker 1: three seventy seven and two. Last year, he had to
Speaker 1: throw the ball fifty three times. He's never come close
Speaker 1: to a fifty three yard fifty three attempt passing game,
Speaker 1: and Baltimore never gives that up. They give up an
Speaker 1: average of thirty six attempts per game. So if we
Speaker 1: dial Mahomes back into the thirties, I don't know that
Speaker 1: he gets close to the three seventy seven and two
Speaker 1: we had last time. But he's Patrick Mahomes and he
Speaker 1: still might. And he's my number five rand quarterback for
Speaker 1: the week. So you're still in obvious A grade. But
Speaker 1: I'm just trying to dial back from expectations here. Travis
Speaker 1: Kelsey is an A grade A tight end because he's
Speaker 1: the best tight end the league. And then let's talk
Speaker 1: about the wide receivers where things get a little bit thornier.
Speaker 1: Beginning with Sammy Watkins. He had the DoD last week,
Speaker 1: but did you know he collected thirteen targets last week?
Speaker 1: It just didn't materialize into anything. No other Kansas City
Speaker 1: receiver garnered more than six, and he's commanded a thirty
Speaker 1: percent target share on the year. Well, how many of
Speaker 1: those thirteen targets was Mahomes actually looking at him when
Speaker 1: he threw the ball? I mean, as supposed to just
Speaker 1: looking away look passes like he missed Travis Kelsey on
Speaker 1: the no look pass earlier this year. Um a cornerback
Speaker 1: named Anthony Averit will be his most common matchup and
Speaker 1: that is a mismatch against Sammy Watkins. Averit has speed,
Speaker 1: but has a little more to contend with Watkins evorit's
Speaker 1: very raw and young. I like Watkins with a B grade.
Speaker 1: I have DeMarcus Robinson last week's start, also with a
Speaker 1: B grade. He garnered four targets of twenty yards down
Speaker 1: field last week. No Jimmy Smith in this secondary for
Speaker 1: Baltimore again, he'll face a raven secondary that was gashed
Speaker 1: on deep balls by Arizona's receivers who hold in four
Speaker 1: of five deep targets for a hundred fifty nine yards.
Speaker 1: So I like him here. And then Nicole Hardman gets
Speaker 1: a C grade. He is not being eased into this offense.
Speaker 1: He's been on the field for fifty or more snaps
Speaker 1: in both games. That's amazing for Hardman. He runs most
Speaker 1: of his routes from the slot, where he's gonna face
Speaker 1: Brandon Carr, who is very good, allowing just twenty six
Speaker 1: scoreless yards per game so far this year. So he
Speaker 1: gets a C grade here, then let's go to the
Speaker 1: running game where it's really harry for the Chiefs. Lashawn
Speaker 1: McCoy's get this ankle injury. He's shaping up as a
Speaker 1: game time decision. If he goes, I have a nervous
Speaker 1: C grade on him. Limited today, limited on Friday. Yes,
Speaker 1: And Baltimore ranks number one in rushing yards allowed, number
Speaker 1: one in rushing yards per carry, number one in rushing attempts.
Speaker 1: And if you think maybe the Kansas City Runners are
Speaker 1: gonna catch the ball a lot, Baltimore is allowed the
Speaker 1: sixth fewest running back receiving yards and the fewest total
Speaker 1: yards to running backs. So I mean it's all bad
Speaker 1: for the running backs. And if McCoy is gonna be hobbled,
Speaker 1: all I can do is maybe get him to a
Speaker 1: C start here. Now McCoy doesn't go, You could try
Speaker 1: Darryl Williams, You could try you know, maybe um Darwin Thompson.
Speaker 1: But I just think the whole thing just smells to
Speaker 1: me like avoid it in a really tough matchup. Agreed, Agreed,
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Speaker 1: I assure you, um, let's go to or take a chance.
Speaker 1: I mean quarterbacks. These are three three quarterbacks that are
Speaker 1: not normally in your starting lineup, each of whom we
Speaker 1: believe is worthy of a start. This week. We begin
Speaker 1: with Scott Fish. I am gonna go with Jimmy Garoppolo,
Speaker 1: who I don't think will be Jimmy Garoppo blows this week?
Speaker 1: Whoa I think that? Uh, I think that he's gonna
Speaker 1: have a good game here that There's no wonder why
Speaker 1: the Stewers went out and traded for a first for
Speaker 1: Cafetes Patrick. They've been allowing three more yards and three
Speaker 1: scores to opposing quarterbacks each of the first two weeks. Um.
Speaker 1: Although Jimmy G was held down in Week one that
Speaker 1: was his first week back from injury, he rebounded the
Speaker 1: next week with nearly three yards and three himself. The
Speaker 1: four Nineers have scored thirty plus in each game there there,
Speaker 1: I believe the third highest scoring team in the league
Speaker 1: at this point. Uh So, Jimmy G is my Matt
Speaker 1: You take a chance for me quarterback. I've got Daniel Jones,
Speaker 1: who might be a slight upgrade from what is the
Speaker 1: squeaking right there? I mean, I don't know it. It
Speaker 1: was kind of kind of joking. He's a flat upgrade.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, for sure that that was tongue in cheese.
Speaker 1: Whether or not he's an upgrade in the first ever
Speaker 1: NFL start is the only question. Yeah. Well, so I
Speaker 1: looked back and he's got a little bit of Josh
Speaker 1: Allen in him, meaning that he can run a little bit.
Speaker 1: He averaged thirty six rushing yards per start and scored
Speaker 1: on the ground seventeen times. And his three years of
Speaker 1: duke obviously we saw the great numbers in the pre season.
Speaker 1: He gets Sterling Shepherd back from the concussion protocol this week,
Speaker 1: and he faced Tampa Right now, Tampa is the fifth
Speaker 1: ranked fantasy defense against the quarterback over the first two weeks. Well,
Speaker 1: they faced Jimmy g on his first game back from
Speaker 1: an a c L and it injured Cam Newton. Daniel
Speaker 1: Jones is probably better than both of those guys, at
Speaker 1: least in their first start. Um, I'm not sure it's
Speaker 1: that improved of a defense either. They were the defense
Speaker 1: that allowed the third most passing touchdowns in the league
Speaker 1: last year. Jones is gonna sling the ball. It's gonna
Speaker 1: be fun to watch. Let's let's go, let's play just
Speaker 1: for the fun fact. Yeah, uh, I have the aforementioned
Speaker 1: Josh Allen as might take a chance and quarterback going
Speaker 1: up against Cincinnati's coming off his one maybe the best
Speaker 1: game of his career, with real improvement in key areas,
Speaker 1: particularly his pocket poise, his pocket accuracy, and you can
Speaker 1: see real report being built with John Brown and Cole Beasley,
Speaker 1: who have combined for thirty one targets in two games already,
Speaker 1: and another strong game coming against a sagging Cincinnati defense.
Speaker 1: The Mangels else gave Jimmy Garoppolo the aforementioned Jimmy Garoppolo
Speaker 1: his welcome back game, allowing him to row three yards
Speaker 1: and three scores. The Bengals have a good pass rush
Speaker 1: they ranked third in that category by Pro Football Focus,
Speaker 1: but their coverage has been equally bad their third from
Speaker 1: the bottom and pass coverage. If his offensive line can
Speaker 1: give him a few clean pockets, Josh Allen only needs
Speaker 1: a couple of deep connections for him to splatch, and
Speaker 1: I think he will. Let's go to the running back
Speaker 1: position or take a chance on the runner, Scott, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna start with Tony Pollard of the Dallas Cowboys. Zeke
Speaker 1: is obviously a smash a start this week. You'll find
Speaker 1: out in a few minutes here. But that's just an
Speaker 1: amazing matchup there. The Dolphins have allowed the most rushing attempts,
Speaker 1: the most rushing yards, the most rushing touchdowns, the most
Speaker 1: receiving touchdowns the running backs. Seems like there might be
Speaker 1: some garbage time in the second most total touchdowns. They're
Speaker 1: gonna get up and Tony Pollard is probably gonna come
Speaker 1: in and get some points for you. And he's he's
Speaker 1: readily available in a decent amount of leagues. Now, if
Speaker 1: you're playing salary cap at fan Ball, which we hope
Speaker 1: is your prefer home for salary captain, Tony Pollard's like
Speaker 1: you almost have to take him. He's like a free space, right.
Speaker 1: It's a little too cute for me. I'd rather I'd
Speaker 1: rather put some running backs that are going to get
Speaker 1: the whole game. I'm embracing the cute. But he could
Speaker 1: do in a half what other what other one against
Speaker 1: Miami he could do in a half with other backs
Speaker 1: would do in a full game. Well, my take a
Speaker 1: chance of me running back is about to get the
Speaker 1: full workload in a game, So might take a chance
Speaker 1: of me quarterback as a rookie in his first game.
Speaker 1: Might take a chance to me. Running back is the
Speaker 1: exact opposite. When he came into the league in two
Speaker 1: thousand five, Gwen Stefani's Holla Back Girl was tops on
Speaker 1: the charts and Grey's Anatomy was in season one. That's
Speaker 1: Frank Gore. Devin Singletary has been ruled out and he
Speaker 1: took who took the majority of the touches last game
Speaker 1: after Singletary went away? It was Frank Gore twenty one touches.
Speaker 1: In week two, mostly after Singletary went down. He did
Speaker 1: have a goal line plunge for a score. You already illuminated.
Speaker 1: How bad since his defenses, they're awful. They've allowed the
Speaker 1: most total yards and the most scores to running back
Speaker 1: so far this year. Frank Gore maybe in his last
Speaker 1: smash spot of his career. I'm I think I have
Speaker 1: Franko ranked thirteenth at the running back position this week,
Speaker 1: something I never thought would ever happen again. But he
Speaker 1: just beats the odds. He does. I've got Carlos Hide
Speaker 1: going up against the Chargers Chargers have any lead past.
Speaker 1: It's just like last year. Elite past defense, elite passage.
Speaker 1: If you want to beat the Chargers, you run at them.
Speaker 1: They're giving up the fourth most rushing attempts for the
Speaker 1: third most rushing yards per game to opposing running backs.
Speaker 1: And here's an insanely resurgent Carlos Hide that. Nobody saw
Speaker 1: it coming. He's piled up five point eight yards per carry.
Speaker 1: He's getting fifteen carries a game. You had all that together,
Speaker 1: Carlos Hide, sitting and get another good opportunity. I can't
Speaker 1: do it. Fifth. I don't know, something like his fifth.
Speaker 1: I want to say fifth team in two years, at
Speaker 1: least fourth. He went from the forty nine, the Jaguars
Speaker 1: and the Browns to the Yeah, something something to that effect. Anyway, Yeah,
Speaker 1: um wow, Okay, we'll get to that after. Take a
Speaker 1: chance on me. Minute, yes, okay, let's go to the
Speaker 1: wide receiver position. Uh, and or tied down. I think
Speaker 1: we've all got wide receivers this week, though. Take a
Speaker 1: chance on me. I'm going completely off board here. Uh,
Speaker 1: you have no idea where I'm going. I don't know
Speaker 1: where you're going. I'm going with a deep, deeper cut
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals demure bird. He uh he has seven
Speaker 1: targets in each of the last two weeks while playing
Speaker 1: of the offensive snaps in Week one week two because
Speaker 1: they play a ton of three and four wide there,
Speaker 1: uh he had four. He had four to eight speed
Speaker 1: coming out. Had showcased it a couple of times in
Speaker 1: Carolina in the preseason and once during the regular season.
Speaker 1: I remember um and revenge game against the Panthers deep cut.
Speaker 1: I like it. It is a deep cut. Fantastic matt Ah.
Speaker 1: This one's fun. I think this harkens back to John
Speaker 1: Tuvey's days on Fantasy Football Weekly. The ultimate take a
Speaker 1: Chance to Me wide receiver Marvin Jones. I thought I
Speaker 1: thought it was Mohammed sanuw was the biggest best hit
Speaker 1: in the history of take a Chance. I take it back,
Speaker 1: but I still missed two. Mohammed san New Senior is
Speaker 1: my take a chance to me wide receiver. He's fourth
Speaker 1: in the NFL and snaps played from the slot at
Speaker 1: eighty four point nine percent. Had a decent thirteen targets there.
Speaker 1: He has five inches and fifty pounds on Colts slot
Speaker 1: corner Kenny Moore, the second so it's a rare senior
Speaker 1: versus junior matchup. Yes, the Colts gave up a big
Speaker 1: day to Keenan Allen from the slot in Week one,
Speaker 1: and the Colts operate a bend but don't break his
Speaker 1: own past defense that forces high volume throws underneath. I
Speaker 1: think that plays really well to Mohammed Sanu. It does.
Speaker 1: I'm using Mohamed Sanu Jr. As my take. He's like four, oh, no,
Speaker 1: you're right. No, no, no, no, this this has turned
Speaker 1: into one of my favorite take it chance on me
Speaker 1: in well this year. Certainly Randall Cobb against the Dolphins
Speaker 1: available incent of leagues. It goes out saying, there's a
Speaker 1: ton of points that we had for for Dallas in
Speaker 1: this game. It's just a matter of finding your spots.
Speaker 1: Dolphins have allowed five wide receiver touchdowns already five Michael
Speaker 1: Gallop out for the game. Marii Cooper draws. The only
Speaker 1: good player on the entire Miami defense Avian Howard. So
Speaker 1: the path of least resistance is Randall Cobb. Randall Cobbs
Speaker 1: going up against something called Joe moal Wilts. Joe m
Speaker 1: Wilts has allowed passing touchdowns. You don't say names like
Speaker 1: that when I'm drinking of my my monster energy drink.
Speaker 1: Joemal Wilts has allowed passing touchdowns in both games and
Speaker 1: a perfect passer rating in his coverage. I swear to god,
Speaker 1: you're making up these names every week. Cop is second
Speaker 1: in the He's gonna be on the field a ton
Speaker 1: and he's got a gorgeous matchup. Randall Cobb is a
Speaker 1: phenomenal play. Well, every every week you come up with
Speaker 1: a quarterback name and it's just like some some gibberish word.
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Speaker 1: Radio app Miami takes on the Dallas Cowboys and what
Speaker 1: should be a one sided affair. Scott and we've already
Speaker 1: talked about some of the players that we like in
Speaker 1: this matchup that are sleepers. My Randall Cobb is going
Speaker 1: to be Oh, I can't wait, Randall, and you are
Speaker 1: there any Are there any Dolphins to play in this game?
Speaker 1: I don't think so I'm putting them on the bench.
Speaker 1: Preston Williams is the only one I would consider. He
Speaker 1: scored their only touchdown on the season. He leads the
Speaker 1: team in yards and receptions, and uh, they're going to
Speaker 1: be behind. But I just can't do it. I just
Speaker 1: can't trust it. Rosen starting by the way, if people
Speaker 1: don't know over the Cowboys, I'm giving dac An a grade.
Speaker 1: I think it's a smash spot form here. He already
Speaker 1: has seven touchdowns on the season, averaging over three yards,
Speaker 1: and he added sixty nine yards on the ground blast
Speaker 1: This week, he faces a team allowing the most passing
Speaker 1: touchdowns in the league in the fifth most yards a
Speaker 1: a spot for him. He's gonna be feeding the ball
Speaker 1: to Randall Cobb. Your take home should have a good
Speaker 1: game there. I'm only giving Cooper a B. Zavian Howard,
Speaker 1: who who's probably at this point after the make of
Speaker 1: Hads Patrick Trade, probably looking like John Travolta and pulp
Speaker 1: fiction looking around the room for people. But he's still
Speaker 1: one of the best cornerbacks in the league. I do
Speaker 1: think Cooper can can find his way to an okay game,
Speaker 1: just because this should be a blowout. Here be greed
Speaker 1: for Cooper. I'm giving Devin Smith a C. I think
Speaker 1: he's really Boomer bust. Yeah, yeah, it's it's all if
Speaker 1: he can get that one big play like he did
Speaker 1: at Ohio State for all those years and last week,
Speaker 1: yeah and last week, uh C grade for Witten, he's
Speaker 1: scoring back to back games. The Dolphins are coming are
Speaker 1: just a game removed from having the Baltimore tight ends
Speaker 1: light them up. So possible touchdown there for Witten. I
Speaker 1: had Witten as my premature speculation last week, and look,
Speaker 1: Zeke obvious A and Pollard is the take comp for
Speaker 1: what week said already. Randall Cobb just reiterating the finer
Speaker 1: point on that. Randall Cobb, alright, Matta Miami takes on
Speaker 1: a new England team that has to make an adjustment
Speaker 1: without Antonio Brown. Yeah, as I prepped for this matchup,
Speaker 1: Antonio Brown was a member of the Patriots. He's no
Speaker 1: longer a member of the Patriots as they released him.
Speaker 1: I'm still going to give Tom Brady, Julian Edelman, and
Speaker 1: Josh Gordon a grades. Gordon was at a B, He's
Speaker 1: now moved up to an A without Antonio Brown. And
Speaker 1: I think Philip Dorsett probably moves into the B category now. Um,
Speaker 1: All three of the wide receiver cornerback matchups are green
Speaker 1: on Pro Football Focus. That's a good thing for wide receivers.
Speaker 1: They're great outway higher. Edelman's averaging seven and a half
Speaker 1: targets per game. Gordon has only seen nine targets in
Speaker 1: two games, but he's always a threat to break one.
Speaker 1: And in the game where Antonio Brown did not play
Speaker 1: for the Patriots, Dorset looked great and had the two
Speaker 1: touchdowns in that game, So I like all of those guys.
Speaker 1: Uh Sony Michelle is getting before you go into the
Speaker 1: running game. So you're the Jets here, Adam Gaze. You've
Speaker 1: got one great cornerback Tremaine Johnson, who you bench after
Speaker 1: week one. I guess to like prove a point. And
Speaker 1: then they bring into his his backup Harriston. He gets
Speaker 1: absolutely lit up in the middle of the game. You
Speaker 1: bench your best safety, Jamal Adams, and that only goes
Speaker 1: badly as well. Now he's angry. The secondary right now
Speaker 1: for the Jets is just a mess. Well, not only
Speaker 1: that they're missing their best linebacker C. J. Mosley, who's
Speaker 1: probably going to miss this game. It's just an absolute
Speaker 1: disaster for the Jets at the wrong time, especially when
Speaker 1: they faced the Patriots. I would be surprised if the
Speaker 1: Jets came out after halftime. They might just not show
Speaker 1: up on the field after the halftime show up. The
Speaker 1: plane will be gassed in the parking lot. Right Sony
Speaker 1: Michelle is getting a b. He carried the ball twenty
Speaker 1: one times and a blow up last week. It should
Speaker 1: be a blow out again this week. Uh White and
Speaker 1: Burke had have both been getting touches, but they probably
Speaker 1: won't need a ton of passes to the backs in
Speaker 1: this one, and they only got like seven and nine
Speaker 1: touches last week, so it's not it's not super intriguing.
Speaker 1: On the other side, the only guy you can consider
Speaker 1: playing is Levy on Bell. I gave him a B.
Speaker 1: He's tops in the league at avoided tackles according to
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus, and he's going to need it. Uh.
Speaker 1: He led the team and targets once Falk entered the
Speaker 1: game with ten ten targets out of twenty five Luke
Speaker 1: Falk passes, so uh, I think that the volume play here,
Speaker 1: especially in a PPR league, is really good for Levy
Speaker 1: on Bell. The rest of the passing game, including Luke Falk,
Speaker 1: Robbie Anderson, and Jamison Crowder, they're all on the bench.
Speaker 1: Stephon Gilmour will shadow Robbie Anderson. Crowder could be in
Speaker 1: line for a ton of dump off slot play, but
Speaker 1: still faces a negative matchup against Jonathan Jones, and all
Speaker 1: three of those wide receiver cornerback matchups on Pro Football
Speaker 1: Focus are in the red, so that's bad for the offense. Alright,
Speaker 1: um Cincinnati takes on the Buffalo Bills. This is a
Speaker 1: bad matchup for Cincinnati on many levels, but let's just
Speaker 1: talk about their offensive line for a minute. Starting left
Speaker 1: tackle Cordy Glenn is in the concussion protocol. His backup
Speaker 1: is Andre Smith, who doesn't even belong in the league anymore,
Speaker 1: and he's got a groin injury. Guard Michael Jordan is
Speaker 1: out with a knee injury, first round rookie Jonah Williams
Speaker 1: is on i R, and Clint Bowland retired unexpectedly in
Speaker 1: the offseason with the blood clot issue. It's I thought
Speaker 1: you're gonna say, like last week, well it could have been.
Speaker 1: It is the it's the worst offensive line in football,
Speaker 1: and that's a large part of why Joe Mixon is
Speaker 1: currently my running back ranked to him and and this
Speaker 1: is just the middle of the pack Buffalo run defense.
Speaker 1: But it doesn't matter, and he's got and by the way,
Speaker 1: he comes in with an ankle injury of his own right,
Speaker 1: So it's all bad for Joe Mixon right now. So
Speaker 1: just to see grade here, really, he needs a goal line.
Speaker 1: I think a goal line opportunity to h to score
Speaker 1: a touchdown and have an opportunity to salvage a Fantasy Day.
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton has been one of the great stories through
Speaker 1: two weeks in the NFL season ends here. He's got
Speaker 1: all the same offensive line problems. And if you were
Speaker 1: to go back over the last sixteen games one full season,
Speaker 1: back the week three of last year, the best secondary
Speaker 1: in the NFL statistically is the Bills. The average game
Speaker 1: against them one hundred eighty six passing yards and one touchdown.
Speaker 1: That's it. That's the average fourteen of the last sixteen
Speaker 1: quarterbacks to face the Bills zero or one touchdown. That's it.
Speaker 1: So Andy Dalton just to see grade here, and he
Speaker 1: probably ought to get a bench, but I'm giving it
Speaker 1: sounds like no, doesn't. John Ross, also with a CEA,
Speaker 1: has been a monster as a result of Dalton's increase
Speaker 1: in past attempts back to back one hundred yard efforts,
Speaker 1: leads the NFL and receiving yards right now. But just
Speaker 1: like coming Yeah exactly who didn't? Uh? He gets trade
Speaker 1: Davious White game over for John Ross. It's been a
Speaker 1: nice run, but now that's over. Um again, only the
Speaker 1: only out of respect for what he's done so far
Speaker 1: and the fact that he might not get White on
Speaker 1: every play. I've got to see grade on ross, but
Speaker 1: really before you don't play him. Tyler Boyd gets a beat.
Speaker 1: He's hauled in ten of ten targets for one last week,
Speaker 1: a ten of ten targets hundred twenty two yards, highest
Speaker 1: yardage output in his last eight games. He'll avoid as
Speaker 1: right because he runs out of the slot, so instead
Speaker 1: he's going to see something called saran neil no yea
Speaker 1: sail reading corner boggles allowed every pass and his coverage
Speaker 1: to be completed. So I believe we will give a
Speaker 1: B grade to Tyler Boyd. Let's go to the Buffalo side.
Speaker 1: Josh Allen was might take a chance on me quarterback.
Speaker 1: He seems good. He seems good. That means we like
Speaker 1: John Brown. The chemistry here is a parent. Brown has
Speaker 1: garnered a twenty seven percent target share thus far, He's
Speaker 1: averaging se even receptions eight yards per game. Bengal secondary
Speaker 1: has been a rex are, undering three scores to opposing
Speaker 1: receivers in the first two games. In cornerback Drake Kirkpatrick
Speaker 1: will most often cover John Brown or try Kirkpatrick gave
Speaker 1: up seven yards on a score last week and has
Speaker 1: given up two scores on the season already. So I
Speaker 1: like this match up a lot for John Brown. Be
Speaker 1: great here, and I considered an A grade for John Brown.
Speaker 1: I mean, in fact, let's just call it an A grade.
Speaker 1: Cole Beasley gets a C grade. He's seen thirteen targets
Speaker 1: in two games, A safe but boring option for anybody
Speaker 1: in a pinch. Here, Beasley will be draws equally boring
Speaker 1: veteran cornerback b J Webb, who has been mostly that
Speaker 1: sounds like a real name, b J Webb. That's that's
Speaker 1: a real name. None of this surend green stuff. Um,
Speaker 1: we can retroactively trade grades. Yeah, that wasn't kind of
Speaker 1: was I did say John Brown was a B and
Speaker 1: then I switched him to an debat Preston Williams. All right,
Speaker 1: do you want to give him the C after garbage
Speaker 1: time scene? No? You can't can get me see all right,
Speaker 1: let's let's go to our next matchup, which is Carolina
Speaker 1: taking on the Arizona Cardinals. Scott, what have we? What
Speaker 1: have you got for the Cam Newton lists Carolina Panthers.
Speaker 1: So Kyle Allen's going to get the start. His one
Speaker 1: loan start last year two sixty six yards and three
Speaker 1: total touchdowns. He actually, uh, he ran one in last
Speaker 1: time as well. Uh. This would have been a get
Speaker 1: right game for Newton, but he's not in. Obviously, the
Speaker 1: Arizona defense still missing Patrick Peterson and Robert Alford. Uh,
Speaker 1: and that has allowed not just over three passing yards
Speaker 1: per game, but over seventy rushing yards per game to quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: As I just mentioned, Kyle Allen had a rushing touchdown
Speaker 1: and last year when he played, maybe there's something there.
Speaker 1: They've allowed five passing touchdowns in two games. Given him
Speaker 1: a C grade. I think, you know what. I think
Speaker 1: he's sneaky, startable. And I've talked to some people that
Speaker 1: are that do that are in salary cap at famble
Speaker 1: dot com. They're playing Kyle Allen. I'm sure he's minimum.
Speaker 1: He's a minimum. He is your minimum salary quarterback in
Speaker 1: a beautiful matchup. Beautiful his main target in that game
Speaker 1: last year and the main target for the Panthers this year.
Speaker 1: I'm giving a B that is d J. Moore his
Speaker 1: at least seven catches and at least seventy five yards
Speaker 1: and back to back games totally in twenty four targets.
Speaker 1: B grade from him out of with Kyle Allen in
Speaker 1: there a grade for Samuel. I really like Samuel's deep
Speaker 1: speed against against slower defensive backs. This week he's seen
Speaker 1: the second most targets um and and I don't think
Speaker 1: the Cardinals defense can keep up with him. I think
Speaker 1: he gets deep for one. Uh Greg Olson B grade.
Speaker 1: The Cardinals have allowed over a hundred yards and a
Speaker 1: score to both t. J. Hockenson and Mark Andrews. You
Speaker 1: know hard it is to allow back to back one
Speaker 1: hundred yard light end games, almost when you're not facing
Speaker 1: Kittle and Kelsey in a row. Yeah, no kidding. If
Speaker 1: if Greg Olson were eight years younger, I might I
Speaker 1: might go one ten last week. Did that's true? I
Speaker 1: did write that down here, But I am giving him
Speaker 1: a B grade. Christian McCaffrey, I'm still giving an A grade.
Speaker 1: I know it's an awful performance last week. He's gonna
Speaker 1: rebound against the Cardinals. Nobody's gonna have a perfect game
Speaker 1: every game, but his upside is always two hundred plus.
Speaker 1: He had seven hundred and seventy eight total with Heinekey
Speaker 1: last year and Cam Newton was out on the other side. Uh,
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray, I'm giving a B grade to the Cardinals
Speaker 1: are going no huddle on fifty percent of their place
Speaker 1: that's the most in the NFL. And if you're curious
Speaker 1: who number two is, it's the Falcons at eighteen percent.
Speaker 1: It's crazy how how up temple they want to keep things. Uh.
Speaker 1: That shows for both Carolina and Arizona, as their seconds
Speaker 1: per play is twenty two seconds per play, both number
Speaker 1: one and number two in the NFL. This might be
Speaker 1: a really fast paced game. If so Murray's going to
Speaker 1: pass a lot, he's he's he's throwing so much. He's
Speaker 1: averaging over three hundred per game. B grade there. His
Speaker 1: main guy, Fits leads the team in basically every category
Speaker 1: A grade there. A tip of the hat to people
Speaker 1: who who rolled the dice on Fits, who felt at
Speaker 1: the time of the draft felt uber boring and he
Speaker 1: was coming off a really lackluster year. From a fantasy standpoint,
Speaker 1: Fits has been great and I guess you could have
Speaker 1: seen it coming that he's going to be the obvious
Speaker 1: Veterans safety valve always in the right spots. I said
Speaker 1: this in the preseason that when that line, terrible line
Speaker 1: breaks down, Kyler is going to roll out and try
Speaker 1: to find the safety day Uh. Eighteen out of nineteen
Speaker 1: passes to the slot where fits plays all the time
Speaker 1: have been have been completed hundred nearly a hundred percent
Speaker 1: of them. So them Cooper Cup, Chris Godwin great stats
Speaker 1: out of this lot. The great thing about this team
Speaker 1: is they run four wide so often. Christian Kirk is
Speaker 1: also a slag. He's a slog at most of the time.
Speaker 1: I have a B grade on him. Uh. Kyler is
Speaker 1: a tempting forty passes per game. He's gonna get eight
Speaker 1: to ten of them. Uh, Beauty, when you're the second
Speaker 1: slot guy, you're getting the dying, you're getting the dime corner.
Speaker 1: Most teams don't have four good corners, right exactly. Uh.
Speaker 1: Jamir Bird was my take home, like that revenge game
Speaker 1: there and uh dj Uh David Johnson I'm giving a
Speaker 1: B grade to. Hopefully his wrist is fine. He had
Speaker 1: a rough game last week, much like Christian McCaffrey. But
Speaker 1: Todd Gurley, Malcolm Brown, Peyton Barber all good games against
Speaker 1: this defense. They have allowed the fourth feist receptions and
Speaker 1: second feist receiving yards to back, so that's a concern
Speaker 1: with Johnson. But he's not cutting a lot this year,
Speaker 1: so which is weird, which you gotta get that going.
Speaker 1: They do, but be great for DJ that might just
Speaker 1: not be a part of his offense. Maybe not. Let's
Speaker 1: move on to our final matchup of of this particular segment,
Speaker 1: Atlanta taking on Indianapolis. I thought Matt Ryan with that
Speaker 1: battered offensive line, was downright gallant in his performance last week. Matt,
Speaker 1: and here comes another very good pass rushing unit in
Speaker 1: the Colts. What do you think? Um? Yeah, there's a
Speaker 1: lot of There's a lot of start grades here for
Speaker 1: the Falcons, especially in the passing game. I got an
Speaker 1: a on Julio Jones. I gotta be on Calvin Ridley
Speaker 1: and I already said Mohammed Sanu was might take a
Speaker 1: chance on me. He gets a sea. The Colts are
Speaker 1: likely missing top corner Pierre de Sierra Noal as well
Speaker 1: as jabbaal sheared from the pass rush is great, He's
Speaker 1: really good. That's a big loss. No Um, Ridley is
Speaker 1: averaging eight targets scored in both games. Julios and auto
Speaker 1: start Austin Hooper. He gets the ECTO cooler grade. What
Speaker 1: does that mean? It means it's a high sea like
Speaker 1: a C plus. Did it? Oh? Yeah, I mentioned the underneath,
Speaker 1: dump off stuff to the Colts zone defense in the
Speaker 1: take a chance on the segment. That plays well for Hooper,
Speaker 1: who's averaging almost eight targets per game and leads the
Speaker 1: Falcons and catches with thirteen. He's a pretty good start
Speaker 1: in PPR. With all those starting grades. I gave Matt
Speaker 1: Ryan an A. I think it's a high volume passing
Speaker 1: game for the Falcons coming up, and I'm giving Davante
Speaker 1: Freeman a B. Well, I don't like the amount of
Speaker 1: Edo Smith we've been seeing free and is in a
Speaker 1: get right spot here. He faced the Vikings and Eagles
Speaker 1: in the first two weeks, each with a great front seven.
Speaker 1: The Colts are not that Uh. They've allowed almost five
Speaker 1: point seven yards per carry to opposing backs and almost
Speaker 1: twelve yards per catch to opposing back so far this year.
Speaker 1: So Freeman almost an A start, I would say, but
Speaker 1: I'm giving him a solid BE just because I'm a
Speaker 1: little afraid of Edo. On the other side, Marlon Mack
Speaker 1: is getting a B. He didn't practice Thursday, did go
Speaker 1: on Friday. That's a positive. Uh. Mac is fourth in
Speaker 1: the league and yards after contact, and he's run thirty
Speaker 1: eight passing routes this year to niheem Heinz nineteen. Of course,
Speaker 1: we all know about the fabled Atlanta can't cover pass
Speaker 1: catching backs defense. Uh, it's still true if Max suddenly
Speaker 1: doesn't go Jordan Wilkins becomes a B grade in this um.
Speaker 1: But but it looks like Mack is trending the right way.
Speaker 1: Jacoby Brisett's getting a C. He's nearly a bench play. Uh,
Speaker 1: he just hes too low of a volume. He's only
Speaker 1: throwing fifty five passing attempts this year. That parts, only
Speaker 1: three quarterbacks who have started and finished both games have
Speaker 1: thrown thrown less. So but he is throwing a touchdown
Speaker 1: pass on every eleven throws. He kind of like that number.
Speaker 1: But the narrative play here. His first game at home
Speaker 1: as the Colts starter. The last time we're in Lucas Oil,
Speaker 1: Andrew Luck was getting booed off the field. So this
Speaker 1: is Jacobe Pricette. Maybe it's a it's a warm homecoming
Speaker 1: for him. Uh. T Y Hilton's getting a B. Suddenly
Speaker 1: he's a red zone threat. He's taken over for Eric
Speaker 1: Ebron is the man in the end zone. The Falcons
Speaker 1: gave up eight one oh seven and a touchdown to
Speaker 1: a similar speedy outside guy in Nelson. Agil are the
Speaker 1: tight ends. Ebron and Doyle are on the bench. It's
Speaker 1: just a neutral tight end matchup, and they've combined for
Speaker 1: only seven catches on how about that on only twelve targets.
Speaker 1: I didn't think. I didn't think the move from Luck
Speaker 1: to Prisette would automatically dagger the tight ends. Really weird Schematically,
Speaker 1: they wouldn't change that much. Something's up, So it's it's
Speaker 1: bit is a peculiar change, isn't it? Ye? Coming up next,
Speaker 1: let's answer three tough questions. You'll get to play along
Speaker 1: and find out whether or not you can safely drop
Speaker 1: Antonio Brown at this time. It's three tough questions. I'll
Speaker 1: be one of them. I'll pepper all panel with the questions.
Speaker 1: You get to see if you can go three and oh,
Speaker 1: don't do no, No, don't no. It's Fantasy Football Weekly.
Speaker 1: I am fault charch in fanball dot Com. My compatriots
Speaker 1: today are Scott Fish and Matt Harrison. Boys, It's time
Speaker 1: to get into the grinder with three tough questions. Listener,
Speaker 1: you can play along see if you can go three
Speaker 1: and oh tough question number one, Can fantasy owners and
Speaker 1: redraft leagues just drop Cam Newton? And what about dynasty
Speaker 1: and Empire? So I'm looking for two answers redraft leagues.
Speaker 1: Can you drop Cam Newton in a re draft league
Speaker 1: and then alternately in a dynasty or Empire league? We
Speaker 1: begin with Scott Sure in one QB redraft leagues. Uh, yes,
Speaker 1: I don't hold onto qbs in that format at all.
Speaker 1: I I have no problem streaming, especially when a guy
Speaker 1: who's a big part of his fantasy game is predicated
Speaker 1: on running. Yeah, I just don't want him in there.
Speaker 1: Uh to keeping super flex, No chance I drop him,
Speaker 1: zero chance I dropped him. I'm keeping him in those Uh,
Speaker 1: Dynasty and Empire. It's the same deal. It depends on
Speaker 1: if it's one QB or two QB I think, and
Speaker 1: I'm keeping him in both. Keep keep is your answer?
Speaker 1: All right? So keep and keep is where Scott is. Well,
Speaker 1: I'm dropping him in one QB redraft. Okay, wait, so
Speaker 1: this is a one QB question. Yeah, okay, one qbs
Speaker 1: for if you're in a single quarterback league, which most
Speaker 1: of our listeners are all that we love super flex drop, redraft, keep, Dynasty,
Speaker 1: got it, matt Um, I'm dropping in single quarterback formats
Speaker 1: of all kinds. Um in redraft, I'm dropping him. Uh.
Speaker 1: He's had one year in his career with more than
Speaker 1: twenty four touchdown passes. That one year he threw thirty five.
Speaker 1: Take that year out. He's averaging twenty one passing scores
Speaker 1: over the last other seven years. You know who had
Speaker 1: twenty one passing touchdowns last year? Eli Manning, Matthew Stafford,
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton. Where'd you find those guys on your on
Speaker 1: your rosters last year? They were on the waiver wire.
Speaker 1: So he's he's he's a completely droppable player. If his
Speaker 1: ability to run and his ability to score on the
Speaker 1: ground is sapped, which we think it might be, he's
Speaker 1: just an Eli Manning Matthew Stafford, Andy Dalton for a
Speaker 1: couple of years in a row. Here I changed my answer.
Speaker 1: He's just drop him, just drop him out. Okay, Um,
Speaker 1: the correct answer here is drop and keep. Let's talk
Speaker 1: about why you would want to keep him if you're
Speaker 1: in a dynasty or an empire league. Is the last
Speaker 1: year of his contract, and by the way, contract very
Speaker 1: cheap by today's standards, eighteen million dollars is nothing for
Speaker 1: starting quarterback money at this point. Um, the opportunity for
Speaker 1: major change for Cam Newton is coming in the next year.
Speaker 1: The windless Panthers could take a quarterback in April's draft.
Speaker 1: They might be thinking they might be picking like second
Speaker 1: in the draft. I mean, who knows. New owner might
Speaker 1: be looking at new and coach. It's a couple of
Speaker 1: shows ago, Matt, you said, first coach fire, first coach
Speaker 1: fire to be Ron Rivera. You might be right about that.
Speaker 1: So there's all that. There's free agency coming at the
Speaker 1: end of he could be he could be on a
Speaker 1: different team. He could find himself on this team, but
Speaker 1: in a better situation with better coaching. UM. I think
Speaker 1: there's a lot of scenarios here where he ends up
Speaker 1: either on a different team or in a better situation,
Speaker 1: better coaching, better offensive line, better receivers, somewhere or another
Speaker 1: down the road where you'd ultimately be glad you had
Speaker 1: Cam Newton. I'm not ready to completely write him off
Speaker 1: long term, so we're keeping him here at least to
Speaker 1: next year so we can find out how this thing
Speaker 1: is going to play out between now and next season.
Speaker 1: Tough question number two and some scoring systems Austin Ekeler
Speaker 1: has been Fantasy Football's top scoring running back. Are you
Speaker 1: selling high or you're keeping him to yourself? Matt damage
Speaker 1: to the Hippo campus from that one. It hurts. I
Speaker 1: can't convert temporary memories to permanent ones. I can't analyze
Speaker 1: and remember spatial relationships. Certainly I'm running into doors and
Speaker 1: all that stuff. Austin, you're Tetris. You're still bad at Tetris,
Speaker 1: really bad at Tetris. I can't move furniture. It's awful.
Speaker 1: Just dido horizontal. You never do it horizontal? What are
Speaker 1: you doing? How do you even do that? Somebody's making
Speaker 1: a Tetris movie? What is it with the great characters
Speaker 1: of Tetris? Oh? Yeah, movie, the Tetris movie. Okay, So
Speaker 1: Austin Ekeler hasn't been the most durable back. He was
Speaker 1: dinged up when Gordon missed games last year, he wasn't
Speaker 1: as successful. Uh And Melvin Gordon will return this season
Speaker 1: at some point, most likely Week nine against the Packers
Speaker 1: because Week ten is a Thursday night game and he
Speaker 1: probably won't be able to play in that one. A
Speaker 1: few reports in Week ten, uh and we've cited the
Speaker 1: late season, tough schedule for Chargers backs. Week eleven versus
Speaker 1: Kansas City in Mexico, Week twelve as a bye, Week
Speaker 1: thirteen at Denver, that's a tough run dye. Week fourteen
Speaker 1: at Jacksonville, that's a tough run dye. Week fifteen Minnesota,
Speaker 1: that's a tough run dye. If you're starting Chargers running
Speaker 1: backs at that point, you're being eliminated from the playoffs.
Speaker 1: So it's sell now while he's at the all time peak.
Speaker 1: I'm just to ride it out. We've had so many
Speaker 1: running back injuries and running back issues and Joe Mixons
Speaker 1: and Leonard four Nets and guys just having terrible games
Speaker 1: early in the season. Here he scored four touchdowns in
Speaker 1: two weeks. He's getting twins when he touches a game.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna ride this out as long until it bucks
Speaker 1: me and then try to figure out what I'm gonna do.
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna sell him yet, all right. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: I think Matt hit on all my salient points, which
Speaker 1: is I'm selling high on Austin Ekeler, and I love
Speaker 1: Austin Ekeler. I think he's a good back. There's there's
Speaker 1: a chance that Melvin Gordon returns. So I mean that's
Speaker 1: happening in weekdown. It's gonna water down this back field
Speaker 1: a lot. Matt hit on many of my my salient points.
Speaker 1: I'll sell him later. You've got this after Miami next week,
Speaker 1: and you're holding him for one more week. You're selling
Speaker 1: him on the on the bananza. You're head but hey
Speaker 1: on the Miami game, by the way, and then you
Speaker 1: get Denver, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, Chicago, brutal matchups. You got the
Speaker 1: playoffs schedule also brutal Jacksonville, Minnesota. You know, I just
Speaker 1: I don't. I just don't think there's there's so much
Speaker 1: reason to think Austin Ekeler can't maintain this. If you
Speaker 1: can get elite return value for him, you should. You
Speaker 1: trade him in an Empire League to the guy who's
Speaker 1: facing the current champ in week four. That's I like
Speaker 1: the way you think, like the way, all right, tough
Speaker 1: Question number three? Can we just drop Antonio Brown Scott yep?
Speaker 1: I think so? Well wait wait give it to me
Speaker 1: in two answers Redraft Dynasty keeper Will Redraft. Yes, I
Speaker 1: don't think he plays another down this season, if at all,
Speaker 1: he'll be thirty two. By the time next season starts
Speaker 1: at wide receiver age, that's that's really getting out there.
Speaker 1: Then you've got to find a team that not only
Speaker 1: will take a chance on him, that will also be
Speaker 1: a good situation for him. I'm I'm just not trusting
Speaker 1: all of those things are gonna come in line. Plus,
Speaker 1: we don't know what this investigation the NFL is doing
Speaker 1: is gonna hold. And if he'll be suspended next year
Speaker 1: or part of the year, maybe he doesn't come back
Speaker 1: to his thirty three. I'm I'm just dropping him in
Speaker 1: both drop drop, dropping him drop and bop, drop and drop.
Speaker 1: Have I got a question and for you, does this
Speaker 1: mean he's no longer staying at Tom and Giselle's house.
Speaker 1: I gotta believe it's over. They're like, uh yeah, sorry, Antonio.
Speaker 1: What if he won't leave? What if he just actually
Speaker 1: like nothing's changed? And now now, hey, Jasel, how's it going. Yeah?
Speaker 1: You know, he's just hanging around the house and they're
Speaker 1: you making some wheat germ um. They're looking at their
Speaker 1: watches kind of getting late Antonio, and he's oblivious, Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: you guys want to watch some Netflix? Yea. With the
Speaker 1: three of them. Um. I believe he's very droppable and
Speaker 1: redraft um from from everything that Scott said, But I
Speaker 1: will differ and say that he's not quite droppable yet
Speaker 1: in dynasty or empire. Uh, if you get to hold
Speaker 1: the guy over for years and years, there's still a
Speaker 1: shot that he comes back into the league. And let's
Speaker 1: face it, from a talent standpoint, he's one of the
Speaker 1: most talented wide receivers in the league. If he gets
Speaker 1: another chance to play in this league again, I think
Speaker 1: that you have to hold and there is some value
Speaker 1: at least sort of tradeable asset that you can get
Speaker 1: for Antonio Brown in a dynasty league. None of us
Speaker 1: believe Antonio Brown is likely to play this year, but
Speaker 1: we can't rule out play this year, right, So he
Speaker 1: has to get through this any possible NFL action against
Speaker 1: him for the rape allegation that's against him and other allegations.
Speaker 1: So he's got to get through that. But if he does, um,
Speaker 1: there's a chance at the end of the year, perhaps
Speaker 1: a playoff bound team suffers a major injury. You know,
Speaker 1: I don't know. The Falcons are going to the playoffs
Speaker 1: and Julio Jones goes down whatever The other team he
Speaker 1: can end up on is the Chiefs. Wouldn't that be
Speaker 1: something um he could play somewhere else this year. But
Speaker 1: I think the most likely scenario is he's going to
Speaker 1: hit the repentance tour. He's going to talk about how
Speaker 1: he's going to go to anger management, he is going
Speaker 1: to go to personality behavior. He may decide to tell
Speaker 1: us that he's got a substance abuse issue, which one,
Speaker 1: frankly would not surprise me, but I'm not. I'm not
Speaker 1: saying he has one, but I wouldn't be surprised if
Speaker 1: it turned out that he says he does. Those are
Speaker 1: all things I think is going to happen now is
Speaker 1: when you know, when he's got plenty of time by
Speaker 1: himself and he's got to just learn to deal with
Speaker 1: this thing. That the repentance tour is going to happen.
Speaker 1: That's gonna set the stage for Antonio Brown to be
Speaker 1: on another team at training camp next year, and maybe
Speaker 1: that situation is going to be a very good one.
Speaker 1: We don't know for sure. To Scott's point, we don't know.
Speaker 1: It could be a bad one if he's if he
Speaker 1: is anywhere, but he might be in Miami. They might
Speaker 1: be in Miami. If you're in a you're in a
Speaker 1: dynasty or an empire league and you're thinking about next
Speaker 1: year and you only have fifteen roster spots, you can't hold.
Speaker 1: You can't hold Antonio Brown. Most of those are bigger leagues.
Speaker 1: And then I think you hold him and you find
Speaker 1: out how this thing plays out for next season, but
Speaker 1: you're not the prepensive. There's a nine chance I believe
Speaker 1: Antonio Brown will not play this year. Questions like this
Speaker 1: and the Camp one are predicated on your roster sides.
Speaker 1: If you have twenty four roster spots, well then it's easy.
Speaker 1: Well that it's easy, but why not? And that's why
Speaker 1: I hate twenty four roster spots. You know, It's just
Speaker 1: there's no there's no hard decision making for a commissioner
Speaker 1: at that point. By the way, what a roller coaster
Speaker 1: of value for Antonio Brown going from Pittsburgh to the Raiders,
Speaker 1: which is a downgrade, and then maybe he's not going
Speaker 1: to play for the Raiders, which is dorade. Then he's
Speaker 1: cut and we're like, oh my gosh, what's happening. Then
Speaker 1: to the Patriots and he's like all time high, right
Speaker 1: for two days a week one week, Yes, and and
Speaker 1: in a game in which he played snaps and the
Speaker 1: throw to may Times last week, Holy cow, unbelievable. Oakland.
Speaker 1: It takes on the Minnesota Vikings, and let's talk through
Speaker 1: the fantasy angles of this one. For the Raiders, it's a.
Speaker 1: It's a it's pretty messy, and I don't like a
Speaker 1: lot of what I see here. For Derek Carr. The
Speaker 1: Vikings secondary has been unusually pliable, but I still don't
Speaker 1: like Car much here. Viking secondary remains very good. And
Speaker 1: this offense uh and his offense for Derek Cars dealing
Speaker 1: with injuries all all around him, which is a big problem.
Speaker 1: Tyrod Williams trying to play through a hip injury, offensive
Speaker 1: line maybe missing Trent Brown and Gabe Jackson, you're all
Speaker 1: that together, and it's only a C grade at best.
Speaker 1: For Derek Carr, well, you know what, I'm just gonna
Speaker 1: put him on the bench. That's what you would do
Speaker 1: against the Vikings on the road. Let's go. Let's go
Speaker 1: bench right here. By the way, speaking of on the road,
Speaker 1: Raiders have lost eleven straight road games. That gross. I
Speaker 1: did hear a stat that the Vikings have never beat
Speaker 1: a John Cruden team really wow, I believe he's four
Speaker 1: Oh okay, Um, Tyroll Williams, as I mentioned, hobbled with
Speaker 1: a hip injury, lines up from all over the field,
Speaker 1: but I think mostly he's gonna see Xavier Roads because
Speaker 1: of his size. Rhodes isn't the shutdown corner he used
Speaker 1: to be, but I think he can curtail it Hobbled
Speaker 1: Williams here if he even plays, so ce grade on
Speaker 1: Tyrolle Williams. Dar Darren Waller is the exciting guy here.
Speaker 1: He's played of Oakland snaps from the tight end. He's
Speaker 1: the tight end and he's garnered every tight end target
Speaker 1: but two so far. Highly involved in this offense. Six
Speaker 1: ft six, he runs a four fourty. Minnesota hasn't allowed
Speaker 1: a tight end touchdown in eleven straight games, but um,
Speaker 1: they have been dinged by some tight ends, including Austin
Speaker 1: Hooper in Week one, so it's been underneath. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think while you're sitting on a high volume game, and
Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised if they threw ten passes his
Speaker 1: direction or maybe even I can't rule that out. You
Speaker 1: can't know be great on Darren Waller. Josh Jacobs is
Speaker 1: dealing with a groin injury, and he's also dealing with
Speaker 1: an undisclosed illness. I want to believe that that illness
Speaker 1: is leprosy. He lines up all over the fight. I'm sorry,
Speaker 1: he's dropped ten pounds. It could have just skin weight.
Speaker 1: The Vikings completely shut down DeVonta Freeman at home, limited
Speaker 1: him to thirty one yards, but then they got demolished
Speaker 1: by Aaron Jones and Jamal Williams on the road. This
Speaker 1: is a home game for the Vikings and they've mostly
Speaker 1: dominated Runners at home, so roll all that together. Josh
Speaker 1: Jacobs gets a nervous c A grade and that is it. Um,
Speaker 1: let's go to the Viking side. Kirk Cousins startable in
Speaker 1: this one, in a possible get right spot for him
Speaker 1: as he faces a team that's already five passing touchdowns
Speaker 1: and three five yards per game. But will Kirk be
Speaker 1: allowed to throw the ball requisite enough times to throw
Speaker 1: the balls? It has come to that, Um, he's thrown
Speaker 1: the fewest passes of any two game starter in the league.
Speaker 1: Offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski got burned by Cousins last week
Speaker 1: and maybe hesitant to ask him to go win the
Speaker 1: game with his arm. Um but a C grade on
Speaker 1: Cousins because the matchup so good, and for Theeling and
Speaker 1: Diggs they both get B grades. Raiders are allowing the
Speaker 1: second most yards per game to opposing wide receivers. Both
Speaker 1: Theeling and Diggs play from all over the field and
Speaker 1: they get great matchups no matter where they go. You
Speaker 1: get on one side of the field, they get lead
Speaker 1: footed cornerback Darryl Worley and his six four speed. On
Speaker 1: the other side they get garyn Connolly, who got smoked
Speaker 1: by Chiefs utility receiver to Marcus Robinson last week. And
Speaker 1: then in the slot they get to Marcus Joyner, who
Speaker 1: is incredibly allowed fourteen of fifteen passes in his coverage
Speaker 1: to be completed. It's like he's not even trying. No,
Speaker 1: it's not. It's like he's not trying. I mean if
Speaker 1: I asked, if I asked Kirk Cousins to throw fifteen
Speaker 1: straight passes to an uncovered feeling and digs in practice,
Speaker 1: he might hit fourteen and fifteen. Then there's Dalvin Cook,
Speaker 1: who's an obvious A grade that I don't think we
Speaker 1: really need to expand upon here. Um he's been great,
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Speaker 1: Monday's NFL games fantasy style. We put letter grades on
Speaker 1: every player, explain who we like, why we like him,
Speaker 1: why we don't like him, and you get to make
Speaker 1: your own decisions. You agree with us, you get to
Speaker 1: hear the rationale for why we like these guys. If
Speaker 1: you think we're onto something great, you can go with us.
Speaker 1: If you think we're not, don't like it's up to
Speaker 1: you set your own line up. Flying short of that,
Speaker 1: Houston takes on the Chargers. Uh Scott as a as
Speaker 1: I mentioned going into uh this previous break, this is
Speaker 1: a tricky matchup for Deshaun Watson. Yeah. Um, this is
Speaker 1: a good Chargers secondary and a team you generally beat
Speaker 1: on the ground and not through the air. What do
Speaker 1: you think it? What do you make it? Deshaun Watson
Speaker 1: for fantasy owners? But is it still good? Right now?
Speaker 1: Derwin James is on I Are, Adrian Phillips this week
Speaker 1: joined him on I Are, and so is Trevor Williams.
Speaker 1: Now so they're starting defensive is just Casey Hayward from
Speaker 1: the start of the year, and he's so he's gonna
Speaker 1: be on DeAndre Hopkins. So will Fuller that was that?
Speaker 1: That's that's the sound of will Fuller going deep right there? Yeah, there,
Speaker 1: there you go. It's a little bit of a rough
Speaker 1: spot for Watson, who just got sacked three times while
Speaker 1: we've been talking. That line is is pretty terrible. Uh.
Speaker 1: Bright note for bright note for him is that the
Speaker 1: defensive backfield should should give him some room to operate.
Speaker 1: He hasn't top two hundred seven yards yet, the Chargers
Speaker 1: haven't given up two U fifty yet. I'm just given
Speaker 1: a B grade to Watson Hopkins even with Casey Hayward.
Speaker 1: I'm given an A grade because because it's DeAndre Hopkins.
Speaker 1: When's the last time he had two bad games in
Speaker 1: a row? That just doesn't happen to him? So uh uh.
Speaker 1: I think he had a bad game against Ramsey this week.
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna have a little bit more breathing
Speaker 1: room lining up all over against with Casey Hayward trying
Speaker 1: to shadow him Will Fuller. As you said, I'm giving
Speaker 1: a B grade to I've got it. I love him
Speaker 1: today ahead you can finish. Do you know who's on
Speaker 1: him though, Matt, you want an old cornerback name who's
Speaker 1: gonna be honest. Brandon Fatty Soon Fast seasons, Brandon Brandon
Speaker 1: Faceason fast season. Um, yeah, that Brandon Fast season as
Speaker 1: as we like to talk about here. Don't worry. I
Speaker 1: didn't know much about him either, but he's an undrafted
Speaker 1: kid who has seen a total of five career passes
Speaker 1: into his coverage before getting pressed into duty this season.
Speaker 1: His two games this year haven't gone well. He has
Speaker 1: allowed ten of twelve passes in his coverage to be
Speaker 1: completed and he's already allowed a touchdown. Hey, can you
Speaker 1: go easy on Brandon Brandon fast fast season? Brandon fast season.
Speaker 1: And that's why I think Fuller gets off. You remember
Speaker 1: Will Fuller with Deshaun Watson. They scored in each of
Speaker 1: their first seven games together, and he's only scored in
Speaker 1: one of their last six together. I think that I
Speaker 1: think he gets back on that pace of this game.
Speaker 1: Carlos Hyde was your take home. I have Duke on
Speaker 1: the bench, Duke Johnson, because I mentioned this in the preseason.
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson was through through through to the rainbacks the
Speaker 1: lowest percentage in the NFL last year, and I thought
Speaker 1: it might have been personnel. Only five completion the running
Speaker 1: backs this year, So maybe it's just not what they
Speaker 1: do at all. So Duke is on the bench on
Speaker 1: the San Diego, San Diego, Los Angeles Cardon Sandy Digo
Speaker 1: char alright, Philip Rivers, I'm giving a B two. He's
Speaker 1: which he gets matted matched up against the week secondary,
Speaker 1: including an aging vet guy they picked up in free
Speaker 1: agency one week ago and a rookie, so that should
Speaker 1: be pretty good for rivers. H. He's averaging over three
Speaker 1: yards per game in attempting thirty five passes per game,
Speaker 1: giving him a pretty strong be because I really like
Speaker 1: Allen this week as well. UH. With Henry out and
Speaker 1: Williams ding dupp, that means a ton of targets for Alani.
Speaker 1: At fifteen last week, UH is currently fourth in the
Speaker 1: NFL in red zone targets. I think you can lock
Speaker 1: in ten plus targets easy A grade there. Uh. Mike Williams.
Speaker 1: I thought he was gonna be a decoy last week.
Speaker 1: He wasn't. He was in for about six snaps and
Speaker 1: he's the one that's gonna get the rookie corner Lonnie Johnson.
Speaker 1: I do have a B grade on him. Fantasy's number
Speaker 1: one running Fantasy Football stops scoring running back Austin Ekeler
Speaker 1: obviously grade right. He's averaging twenty touches per game, six
Speaker 1: of those per game being receptions. Its receptions per game. Uh,
Speaker 1: and what did I say about running backs before the
Speaker 1: season who average eighteen or more per game the last
Speaker 1: two Levin? Who did it last year, all finished top
Speaker 1: fifteen on the season. It's so much about the running
Speaker 1: back positions. Just opportunity, absolutely, just plane volume. Justin Jackson
Speaker 1: despite his eight point yards per cary, he's only getting
Speaker 1: six or seven touches per game. I'm still keeping him
Speaker 1: on the bench. Still eight point eight yards per carry.
Speaker 1: That's awfully good. Awfully good. All right, not so good?
Speaker 1: The Giants taking on Tampa, what I know, it's good.
Speaker 1: It's not so bad for sake Kwon Barkley. You already
Speaker 1: talked about Daniel Jones, so you take a chance on
Speaker 1: me quarterback. So who are the receivers that you like
Speaker 1: for the Giants? Matt Well, yeah, baby, that's it, does
Speaker 1: You don't need to expand on that, really. Evan Ingram
Speaker 1: gets an a. He's leading the NFL tight ends in
Speaker 1: receptions with seventeen through two games. He's on pace for
Speaker 1: a hundred and thirty six, which would obliterate Zach ertz
Speaker 1: is a single season tight end record of one sixteen.
Speaker 1: George Kittle had two touchdowns back for penalty against Tampa.
Speaker 1: Greg Olsen had a hundred and ten yards last week.
Speaker 1: This is an easy one for Ingram. Sterling Shepherd gets
Speaker 1: the seas out of the concussion protocol, while fellow wide
Speaker 1: receiver Cody Lattimer traded places with him and went into
Speaker 1: the concussion protocol. Benny Fowler looks doubtful with a hammy,
Speaker 1: and Shepherd caught six of his seven targets in the opener.
Speaker 1: He's the top wide receiver target for Danny Dimes as
Speaker 1: Scott Fish love of ye, that's not a me original
Speaker 1: Jamis Winston on the other side, I'm giving him a
Speaker 1: bee and it's a if not now when it really
Speaker 1: is right now. The Giants defense is an absolute dumpster fire.
Speaker 1: Opposing quarterbacks in the last four games are averaging three
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty passing yards and almost three passing touchdowns
Speaker 1: per game. Last year, in this matchup, Winston played half
Speaker 1: of a game, had a hundred nine yards and two
Speaker 1: touchdowns on sixteen throws. That's great. Yeah, Chris Godwin gets
Speaker 1: an A grade. Mike Evans get to be the passerrating
Speaker 1: when targeting Godwin one one point one. That's pretty good.
Speaker 1: Godwin lines up in the slot against more than any
Speaker 1: wide receiver in Tampa, I should say so. He will
Speaker 1: face Grant Haley the most who's one of the worst
Speaker 1: slot corners in the league. According to Pro Football Focus,
Speaker 1: DeAndre Baker is the other corner that God will get
Speaker 1: to pick on. He literally is the worst cover corner
Speaker 1: in the league. Mike Evans gets generous Jenkins for most
Speaker 1: of the game. He's their best player in the secondary.
Speaker 1: But that's like dominating a kindergarten tea ball game as
Speaker 1: a nine year old. Breshad Perriman is even a possibility
Speaker 1: of the desperation seeing it was almost might take a
Speaker 1: chance from me receiver. Um, I'm gonna give O. J.
Speaker 1: Howard to see. He had one target last week. It
Speaker 1: was negated by his own offensive pass interference call. That's
Speaker 1: insane because Brad has two negated touchdowns. Vibaldi too. Um.
Speaker 1: The Giants have given up two touchdowns to tight ends
Speaker 1: this year. The Bucks had ten days to look at
Speaker 1: what are we doing wrong with O. J. Howard. I
Speaker 1: got a feeling that they're going to try to get
Speaker 1: this right well, and Bruce arians called out Howard publicly.
Speaker 1: And I think a lot of times they like to
Speaker 1: uh put a little to soothe the wounds a little
Speaker 1: bit when they do that. And so we'll see if
Speaker 1: I think I put a little fire in the belly.
Speaker 1: If you're if you've held on too O J. Howard
Speaker 1: through this, for the love of God, start him here.
Speaker 1: It's the Giants considering the waste land that is tight
Speaker 1: end right now. You you you're probably still playing him.
Speaker 1: Peyton Barber and Ronald Jones. I have both on the bench.
Speaker 1: You're oh, you're crazy. I'm not crazy. After Jones looked
Speaker 1: like the hot hand in week one with fourteen touches,
Speaker 1: he only got four in Week two. Barbera had ten
Speaker 1: touches in week one and twenty four last week. This
Speaker 1: keeps cycling back and forth, and I don't want anything
Speaker 1: to do with the Vampa run game. You can be
Speaker 1: in as much as you want, but I'm I'm out.
Speaker 1: I Am not even against the doster fire that is
Speaker 1: the Giants. I'm starting everybody I can against the Giants. Fantastic.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna beat you this week if you can. I've
Speaker 1: got Peyton Barber in a bunch of leagues, and I
Speaker 1: think Barber has been good and you love the game. Barber, apologies.
Speaker 1: I have been and I'm sticking with it here because
Speaker 1: this is the easiest matchup he's got all year. Carries right, dude.
Speaker 1: He had. He had twenty three carries last week, forty
Speaker 1: two snaps to Jones's eight snaps. Now, I know the
Speaker 1: hot hand thing is legit. I can't tell you that
Speaker 1: Barbera's not is going to be the hot hand guy.
Speaker 1: That's exactly No. Here's what I can tell you. Who's
Speaker 1: going to be the first running back on the field.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be Barber. And all you have to do
Speaker 1: to become the hot hand is me the first guy
Speaker 1: on the field against the Giants. Whoever gets the first
Speaker 1: crack at the Giants is automatically the hot hand. Peyton
Speaker 1: Barber is gonna do just fine. I got I got
Speaker 1: him on the bench. We'll see how that works out.
Speaker 1: Next week, New Orleans takes on Seattle. This will be
Speaker 1: the first game for Teddy Bridgewater is a starter, um,
Speaker 1: which you think is worst news Teddy's career average of
Speaker 1: one touchdown per start, or the fact that Taysom Hill
Speaker 1: is gonna factor heavily into the quarterbacking mix here what yeah,
Speaker 1: you can't start Teddy Bridgewater and fact start Hill first.
Speaker 1: Sean Pitton's playing super flex. He is playing super flex
Speaker 1: with his own team, which I love. Um, Bridgewaters out
Speaker 1: and he hurts. He materially hurts compared to Drew Brees.
Speaker 1: He materially hurts the whole offense. But still you're still
Speaker 1: starting guys like Michael Thomas Thomas. It's not like Thomas
Speaker 1: was like deep these deep bombs to Michael Thomas. The
Speaker 1: whole bit on Thomas is they throw to him twelve
Speaker 1: times a game and he catches eleven of him. Teddy
Speaker 1: Bridgewater still throws a short, catchable ball and fairly accurate,
Speaker 1: reasonably accurate as long as you don't ask him to
Speaker 1: throw for more than about sixteen yards downfield. Perfect um.
Speaker 1: He is going to see a He's gonna see a
Speaker 1: fair amount of Seahawks cornerback Tray Flowers who got burned
Speaker 1: for a hundred seventy yards. And he's scoring the opener
Speaker 1: and remains one of these slower, more burnable cornerbacks in
Speaker 1: the league. Thomas is the ultimate possession receiver. I still
Speaker 1: think you get little something done here. I'm giving Jared
Speaker 1: Cook a ce. He's been a disaster so far. I
Speaker 1: think two catches in each game. How can you have
Speaker 1: him in your lineup without breeze? But the Seahawks have
Speaker 1: allowed the second most receptions, the ninth most yards, and
Speaker 1: are one of just six teams to allow more than
Speaker 1: one score to opposing tight ends. Okay, tight ends find
Speaker 1: themselves ten yards down field. You know, they're running their
Speaker 1: tight end routes. That's the Teddy zone. They're a little
Speaker 1: tight end. That's all. That's all Teddy can do is
Speaker 1: these ten yard routes. So I think I think I'm
Speaker 1: giving Jared Cook a starting grade with the sea here. Uh,
Speaker 1: those are that's it for the receivers. Were not going
Speaker 1: to the We're not going into the ted gids in
Speaker 1: the world that do need those long passes. Let's go
Speaker 1: to Alvin Kamara, who gets a B grade. Only one
Speaker 1: back is top sixty two yards on the ground against
Speaker 1: Seattle over their past six games going back to last
Speaker 1: year obviously, but they have allowed five receiving scores to
Speaker 1: backs in their last seven games. So maybe build something
Speaker 1: through the air there. Um, he's only posted, by the way,
Speaker 1: he's posted fewer than thirty seven receiving yards. We think
Speaker 1: of Camara is an elite path kicking back right fewer
Speaker 1: than thirty seven receiving yards in ten of his last
Speaker 1: thirteen games. Weird I know for Camary, I just I'm
Speaker 1: surprised too. He doesn't have a twenty carry game in
Speaker 1: his career. He's also not scored a touchdown in four
Speaker 1: the past six games. Salvid Camara is not It's a
Speaker 1: B grade on the downgrade with the offense and that
Speaker 1: part all that together, but there's concern here about tomorrow overall. Yeah,
Speaker 1: tough fish question. If it doesn't go next week, it might,
Speaker 1: it might come up next week. Let's let's go to
Speaker 1: the Seattle side of this game. Tyler Lockett is where
Speaker 1: I want to start here because I love this matchup.
Speaker 1: He goes up against slot cornerback p J. Williams, and
Speaker 1: the Rams absolutely targeted him last week with Cooper Cup.
Speaker 1: Hundred twenty yards on nine targets for Cooper Cup against
Speaker 1: p J Williams, and Cup was a yard away from
Speaker 1: staring touchdown. In fact, they called it a touchdown called
Speaker 1: it back on review. Williams struggled hang onto the slower
Speaker 1: Cup who's only a four six guy, and here comes
Speaker 1: Tyler Lockett, who's a four four guy. I think this
Speaker 1: is a very nice matchup for Tyler Lockett, who has
Speaker 1: an A grade in this game. And if I lock
Speaker 1: it in an A grade. I probably like Russell Wilson,
Speaker 1: who's gotta be grade. Wilson doesn't run much anymore, though,
Speaker 1: So let's know that topping twenty two rushing yards just
Speaker 1: twice in the last ten games. But I should not
Speaker 1: know that the Saints have allowed quarterback rushing touchdowns in
Speaker 1: both of their games this year. So maybe gets a
Speaker 1: little something done on the ground. And if he had
Speaker 1: more and better receivers, I'd be more inclined to go
Speaker 1: with him. But there's will distille c grade there. Um.
Speaker 1: I know a lot of people scrambled Will Disley last
Speaker 1: week because of the two touchdowns, and so you just
Speaker 1: picked him up and now you want to dust them
Speaker 1: off here. But the problem is Seattle has been great
Speaker 1: against tight ends, and none of top twenty one yards
Speaker 1: this year, none of top sixty one yards all of
Speaker 1: last year against Seattle. So a tough a tough bit
Speaker 1: Will Disilee. And this only people knew how to speculate
Speaker 1: prematurely on Will Disley was done in week one. Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: let me adjust my tie here. Oh there it is,
Speaker 1: hey hold on, dk Metcalf gets a C grade. He
Speaker 1: plays almost entirely from the left side of the field.
Speaker 1: That puts him on marshed on Lattimore. That used to
Speaker 1: be a tough assignment, but Lattimore is trailed off a lot.
Speaker 1: He has a lot of touchdowns in both games this year.
Speaker 1: And Metcalf's got forty pounds of weight differential on Lattimore.
Speaker 1: He's got forty pounds of weight differential on everybody. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's right, exactly, All right, Let's go to the running
Speaker 1: game because this thing gets Harry first. Rashod Penny is
Speaker 1: popped up on Friday's injury report with what was its
Speaker 1: hamstring injury. So this thing is super dicey, so and
Speaker 1: it's gonna be confusing for fantasy owners. And I don't
Speaker 1: even have all the answers right now, but let's note this.
Speaker 1: Carson has got three fumbles already, not good. He's one
Speaker 1: fumble away from riding Pine for a long time. That
Speaker 1: worries me. And he's got to know that and I
Speaker 1: and a lot of times when you ask guys to
Speaker 1: cover up the ball, suddenly they're not running with the
Speaker 1: same style and stuff like that. I'm nervous of about
Speaker 1: this now. The Saints run defense has been bad this year.
Speaker 1: They've allowed almost six yards per carry, which is almost
Speaker 1: twice last year's league leading three point two yards per carry.
Speaker 1: They were an awesome run defense last year, they've been
Speaker 1: bad this year. Um Still, the Saints have only allowed
Speaker 1: to rushing touchdown since last October. So roll all that together.
Speaker 1: I mean, if Penny is playing in this game, I
Speaker 1: heard directly from head coach Pete Carroll. Didn't call me,
Speaker 1: but I heard this on an interview. He said, it's
Speaker 1: a two headed backfield. If Penny's back there, they're gonna play,
Speaker 1: and Chris Carson could lose this thing. It's but if
Speaker 1: Penny's not healthy, and then it's all Chris Carson. I
Speaker 1: would give a B grade to Carson, but if it's
Speaker 1: both of them, they come in with C grades. Our
Speaker 1: final topics are ahead when we provide you with three
Speaker 1: guys we believe will be hot waiver wire pickups next week,
Speaker 1: so you can grab them this week. Whether you are
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Speaker 1: Let's begin with Scott Fish. Your premature speculation player is
Speaker 1: Paul church In. Do you remember that Miami team that
Speaker 1: allows the most rush attempts, the most rushing yards, the
Speaker 1: most rushing touchdowns, and the most receiving touchdowns. Yes? I do.
Speaker 1: Do you also remember that running back I mentioned that's
Speaker 1: averaging eight point eight yards per carry? But I have
Speaker 1: him on the bench this week because he's only getting
Speaker 1: seven to eight touches a game. Yeah, who's that? That's
Speaker 1: Justin Jackson. Give me him, Get him now, get him
Speaker 1: before he plays Miami next week, where he should get
Speaker 1: a ton more opportunity in a blowout. And guess what,
Speaker 1: he's over seventy available in leagues right now. That's amazing.
Speaker 1: Don't pay fab for him next week. Go pick him
Speaker 1: up now if he's available. If next week everybody's gonna
Speaker 1: realize Miami's coming exactly expensive that he'll cost you one
Speaker 1: buck or just pickup move if you're in one of
Speaker 1: those leagues. Get him now, right, Matt, I got super
Speaker 1: flex himself, Taysom Hill. If the Bridgewater experiment in New
Speaker 1: Orleans doesn't go well in Seattle, we might see a
Speaker 1: ton more of Taysom Hill, and Frankly, if it does
Speaker 1: go well, we might still see a decent split of
Speaker 1: Hill and Bridgewater. Sean Payton is going to try to
Speaker 1: keep this team alive with bubble gum and band aids,
Speaker 1: which could mean a revamped read option offense that uses
Speaker 1: Hill and many snaps. He refused to name Teddy the
Speaker 1: clear cut number one quarterback. Wasn't that interesting. It's not good.
Speaker 1: And even if Hill is not playing quarterback full time,
Speaker 1: he was still on the field for twenty one snaps
Speaker 1: against the Rams last week. He can catch, he can run,
Speaker 1: he can block, he can throw. It behooves the Saints
Speaker 1: to keep Weapon X on the field. And I think
Speaker 1: Taysom Hill is going to be a guy that if
Speaker 1: you're in a two quarterback lead, you might be starting
Speaker 1: him in some weeks just because he's gonna be PPR
Speaker 1: where he'll he'll be a little of every, little of everything.
Speaker 1: Maybe my premature speculation player is Ty Johnson. He is
Speaker 1: your new number two running back for Detroit. Now, I've
Speaker 1: been advocating for c. J. Anderson during the preseason, but
Speaker 1: you if you remember closely, and I'm sure you remember
Speaker 1: everything I ever had to say about c J, it
Speaker 1: was never that c J. Anderson's this great runner. It
Speaker 1: was just the opportunity was going to be so high
Speaker 1: from a team that runs the ball thirty times a game, which,
Speaker 1: by the way, they've been running the ball thirty times
Speaker 1: a game, and that's Darrell Bevel's history, thirty times a game.
Speaker 1: But that opportunity now shifts to Ty Johnson, the sixth
Speaker 1: round rookie from Maryland, where opportunity meets talent. Ty Johnson
Speaker 1: averaged seven points seven yards per carry in college. He
Speaker 1: is incredibly fast. He's got four three speed. He was
Speaker 1: the Maryland's kick returner at his pro day, one scout
Speaker 1: tying him at four two six Ty Johnson. Scout's got
Speaker 1: a bad stop watch. And when I tell you a
Speaker 1: player is that fast, and most of you have no
Speaker 1: idea what Ty Johnson looks like. He's not small, he
Speaker 1: is a he is a full sized running back. He's
Speaker 1: five ft ten two hundred ten pounds. Usually when he's
Speaker 1: he's not unsized, He's not fun sized, and he can catch.
Speaker 1: He caught in Matthew Stafford touchdown in the preseason. Ty
Speaker 1: Johnson's got some shifting nous to him. I wouldn't call
Speaker 1: him elusive. He's mostly a straight ahead runner. Like a
Speaker 1: lot of these speed sprinter types. Are the guy the
Speaker 1: favorable pro comparison, favorable mind pro comparison for Ty Johnson.
Speaker 1: Robert Smith might go actually is also bigger than people think,
Speaker 1: but Robert Smith had the crazy speed. Let's get to
Speaker 1: our final set of matchups, including the Pittsburgh Steelers taking
Speaker 1: on the San Francisco forty Niners. Scott okay so on
Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh side the Pittsburgh passing game. Rudolph actually looked
Speaker 1: pretty competent coming off the bench last week, but this
Speaker 1: will still be his first start in the league. Uh
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton was able to pile up fantasy points in
Speaker 1: garbage time last week against the forty Niners. Maybe the
Speaker 1: same happens here for Rudolph. As the Steelers are six
Speaker 1: and a half seven point underdogs at this point, which
Speaker 1: is crazy, but the the four Niners are high scoring
Speaker 1: and the Steelers are really in a little bit they
Speaker 1: need to win. They haven't scored thirty points total on
Speaker 1: the season, which is crazy. But I'm giving Rudolf just,
Speaker 1: you know, kind of a C grade. Uh Juju, I'm
Speaker 1: still giving a B grade two. He drew over of
Speaker 1: Rudolph's targets. That doesn't even count the two point conversion
Speaker 1: attempt that that was tossed his way, uh fifty seven
Speaker 1: yards last week. Um and that was just in a
Speaker 1: half fifty seven yards on on five targets and a half,
Speaker 1: so it looks good there. I think he'll find his
Speaker 1: his his best receiver, So be grade for Juju Washington.
Speaker 1: I was gonna give a grade two until Deonta Johnson
Speaker 1: comes up. Is going to be the ex receiver in
Speaker 1: this game. He they said after practice on Friday that
Speaker 1: he's going to be the starting receiver. So I'm giving
Speaker 1: I'm giving Johnson that se grade and I'm putting Washington
Speaker 1: on the bench despite all their history from from college
Speaker 1: and whatnot. Deante Johnson preseason Darlin caught a nice touchdown
Speaker 1: from from Rudolph in the in the preseason, uh they're
Speaker 1: gonna need to catch up. I think Deontay gets some
Speaker 1: get some work there, Vance Dance Vance McDonald B grade
Speaker 1: your boy boy. He had four targets, catching all of
Speaker 1: them for eighteen yards and two touchdowns in the second
Speaker 1: half with Rudolph last week. Uh. San Fran may have
Speaker 1: hold held down O. J. Howard and Tyler Eiffort, but
Speaker 1: I liked I like his work in the red in
Speaker 1: the advance is getting with Threwolf, so the opportunity for
Speaker 1: a touchdown, I think I gotta give him a B
Speaker 1: grade here, all right? Uh Connor and Samuel Samuel's is
Speaker 1: just going to stay on the bench unless until Connor,
Speaker 1: you know, goes out is well, and he almost did
Speaker 1: this week. But he will start this He is gonna start. Uh.
Speaker 1: So I trust that the Bucks runners did well against
Speaker 1: the forty niners. Joe Mixon did not. It's kind of
Speaker 1: a mixed bag there, but I'm still giving Connor a
Speaker 1: B grade because he's a work horse. On the other side,
Speaker 1: Jimmy g was my take. Colm one one note, I
Speaker 1: didn't mention about them. They're the only team in the
Speaker 1: NFL without a three and out this year. What not
Speaker 1: a single thing that's all right this year. That's from
Speaker 1: Skyle Shandy s so good. Yeah. However, Deebo Samuel is
Speaker 1: the only one I'm starting, and I'm only giving him
Speaker 1: a C grade out of the wide receiver corp. There's
Speaker 1: a lot of splitting going on, but I think he's
Speaker 1: the best possible option for points out of there. I'm
Speaker 1: worried because his snap count dropped in half last week
Speaker 1: as Dante Pettis came back. I argue that was also
Speaker 1: because they got really ahead. Maybe Okay. On the other
Speaker 1: to the tight ends, Kittle a grade. Uh. Kittle could
Speaker 1: go against the super team of the five Bears and
Speaker 1: two thousand Ravens could find and I would still give
Speaker 1: him an A grade. We'll guys on the field, well,
Speaker 1: yeah exactly. We'll justly caught two touchdowns against these guys.
Speaker 1: I think as long as kit Will also has like
Speaker 1: we mentioned, well, kit Will also has two touchdowns negated
Speaker 1: by penalty. I hope that doesn't happen again, But I
Speaker 1: think he gets in the end zone uh in the
Speaker 1: running game. Would it surprise you to that he mostard
Speaker 1: has played more red zone snaps, touches, UH, targets and
Speaker 1: catches gotten all in the red zone then Matt Brada.
Speaker 1: Yeah that it surprises me a little bit other than
Speaker 1: the touchdowns. It's just that. How about that Matt Breda
Speaker 1: has one red zone snap this season. That's that he
Speaker 1: plays in between the twenties. I'm still giving them both
Speaker 1: SEA grades because the bang the Steelers are allowing eight
Speaker 1: point five receptions per game to the position and the
Speaker 1: third most total yard staff position. I mean those receptions,
Speaker 1: that's like eighteen Atlanta Falcons bad. So I think there's
Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of work for both of them.
Speaker 1: I'm giving them both C grades. Okay, let's let's go
Speaker 1: over to the Rams taking on the Cleveland Browns. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the Rams returned to Cleveland finally, Todd Gurley and Malcolm Brown.
Speaker 1: They get a B grade. Malcolm Brown has the highest
Speaker 1: elusive rating in the NFL amongst players with fifteen and
Speaker 1: more touches. Gurley as the second most rushes for fifteen
Speaker 1: plus yards, and the Browns gave up one fifty nine
Speaker 1: to Derrick Henry and one twenty nine to Levy on Bell,
Speaker 1: Jared Goff only gets to see the road splits are real.
Speaker 1: I talked about it in week one on this five
Speaker 1: outdoor road games, the average to twenty seven, one touchdown
Speaker 1: and one point four interceptions. Last year, he had one, six,
Speaker 1: one and one in his first outdoor road game in Carolina.
Speaker 1: Cleveland made Marcus Marcus Mariota look good in Week one,
Speaker 1: but that won't happen here. Cooper Cup does get a
Speaker 1: B grade, and Robert Woods and Brandon Cooks are just
Speaker 1: getting c's. In their last seven games, the Browns have
Speaker 1: allowed exactly one touchdown to the wide receiver position and
Speaker 1: one yard game. So the highest grade goes the Cooper Cup,
Speaker 1: who leads the team and targets and receptions but hasn't
Speaker 1: scored yet despite going down in the one yard line
Speaker 1: last week. T J. Kerry is the slot corner for
Speaker 1: the Browns and offers the best matchup according to Pro
Speaker 1: Football Focus. Cooks is probably the higher the sea grades.
Speaker 1: He leads the team in air yards. Woods only saw
Speaker 1: two targets last week. I have a bad feeling that
Speaker 1: his late season burst was due to him playing the slot,
Speaker 1: and now the Cup is back, he's just a normal player.
Speaker 1: On the other side, Odell Beckham gets an A, Jarvis
Speaker 1: Landry gets a C, and it's closer to a bench.
Speaker 1: Landry is the third in the NFL amongst wide receivers
Speaker 1: with four broken tackles after reception, but the passer rating
Speaker 1: when throwing at him as an awful thirty three point six.
Speaker 1: Beckham faces a Ram secondary that gave up decent days.
Speaker 1: The other wide receiver ones Michael Thomas had a good,
Speaker 1: good game even with Breeze out for much of the game,
Speaker 1: and d J. Moore had seven for seventy six. Richard
Speaker 1: Higgins also out with an ankle injury, and David and
Speaker 1: Joku on injured reserve of with a broken wrist. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's a that's a big loss at a thin position. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield, it's a. It's a notable loss. That's kind
Speaker 1: of Baker Mayfield. He gets a bees looks shaky. It
Speaker 1: best so far, But this is his moment, his first
Speaker 1: Sunday Night marquee game in his career, maybe the first
Speaker 1: Sunday night game the Browns have had since they came back. Uh.
Speaker 1: He's the best quarterback the Rams have faced this year
Speaker 1: after an injured Cam and an injured Breeze. Nick Chubb
Speaker 1: gets an A two and twenty four touches in the
Speaker 1: first couple of weeks. McCaffrey torched this defense in week one.
Speaker 1: Kamarrow is held back by the breeze injury. I think Chub,
Speaker 1: who's third on the team and targets, is ready for
Speaker 1: a big spot here. Okay, let's go to the Monday
Speaker 1: night or Chicago and Washington. And by the way, who's
Speaker 1: scheduling the monthy terrible terrible games? Uh, there's only two
Speaker 1: starters in the entire game. David Montgomery is one of them.
Speaker 1: He got the lion's share of the snaps and carries
Speaker 1: last week, unfortunately, averaging just three and a half ke
Speaker 1: yards per carry through two games. His blocking hasn't been good,
Speaker 1: but he needs to do better. Fortunately, the Redskins have
Speaker 1: allowed one of sixteen rushing yards one thirty three rushing
Speaker 1: yards in their two games, and they are missing Jonathan Allen,
Speaker 1: who may end up missing this one as well. Um,
Speaker 1: maybe they'll start throwing. They're not even throwing to him yet,
Speaker 1: which they should do. He's got good hands Allen Robinson, though,
Speaker 1: I love he's got a great matchup against a Redskins
Speaker 1: secondary allowing over two hundred yards to opposing wide receivers.
Speaker 1: And get this, Robinson lines up all over the field,
Speaker 1: So I means he's got a positive matchup at every stop.
Speaker 1: Josh Norman is just toast Dominique Rodgers, CARIMARTI just went on.
Speaker 1: I r Fabian Moreau is hurt, Quentin Dunbar's hurt. Every quarterback.
Speaker 1: It's all bad. No matter where Allen Robinson goes, he's
Speaker 1: got a plus matchup on the field. Problem is he's
Speaker 1: got Sad trombone Ski quarterback well, and that that is
Speaker 1: the problem. Kenny overcome Sad trombone Ski, who's frankly just unstartable.
Speaker 1: Right now, even with all this deeply favorable matchup, I
Speaker 1: can't do it. All the other wide receivers besides Allen Robinson,
Speaker 1: none have more than three catches in a game. Even
Speaker 1: though Anthony Miller, Taylor Gabriel of positive matchups, I just
Speaker 1: they just haven't been used, Hawkeye. I can't recommend them.
Speaker 1: Then there's three Cohen who from whom you will get
Speaker 1: no carries, and then it only matters what he can
Speaker 1: get through the air for you. And the Redskins have
Speaker 1: been awesome against receiving running backs. No runners top sixteen
Speaker 1: receiving yards and what's more, only one runners scored to
Speaker 1: receiving touchdown in the Redskins last twenty four games. Not
Speaker 1: on the Washington side. Start nobody. It's a terrible matchup
Speaker 1: against the best defense. And not even Terry mccar and
Speaker 1: Harry McLaurin, who gets Prince Amukamara, who's got the speed
Speaker 1: to hang with him here? There's there's nothing to like
Speaker 1: in this matchup, including Adrian Peterson and Chris Thompson. I'm
Speaker 1: afraid it's just all bad news. It's the Bears. It's
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