WEBVTT - Week Two Overreactions 0:00:01.160 --> 0:00:04.880 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:06.800 --> 0:00:10.639 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 0:00:11.119 --> 0:00:14.920 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and 0:00:15.000 --> 0:00:24.200 advice Leagues dot Com. Here's your host. Welcome to Fantasy 0:00:24.200 --> 0:00:26.639 Football Weekly. I am Paul Scharchy and my co host 0:00:26.680 --> 0:00:33.400 today are Scott Fish and Matt Harrison. Hello, guys, Hello, yes, AHOI. 0:00:33.760 --> 0:00:35.519 I guess do we even have a show today? I 0:00:35.520 --> 0:00:39.960 think everybody's injured. Everybody's injured, and it's all the wide 0:00:39.960 --> 0:00:42.320 receivers is the weird thing. Normally we're like, hey, go 0:00:42.440 --> 0:00:45.400 draft wide receivers for all the safety they bring. It 0:00:45.479 --> 0:00:48.080 didn't work out this year. Not yet. Well maybe maybe 0:00:48.120 --> 0:00:50.879 for those folks who did the Gainesville they're feeling all right, 0:00:50.920 --> 0:00:53.360 they're probably feeling just fine. Can we bring back the 0:00:53.400 --> 0:00:56.920 Todd Heap Memorial Injury Report? I would like just for 0:00:57.000 --> 0:00:59.080 this week. I know, just for this week. I miss 0:00:59.160 --> 0:01:01.160 I missed that and I'm Todd Heap always on it 0:01:02.000 --> 0:01:04.240 renamed the James Conner at this point, it really should. 0:01:04.600 --> 0:01:06.760 For sure. There's lots to get too of the show. 0:01:06.800 --> 0:01:09.440 We will break down every single matchup Fantasy style with 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:15.360 letter grades on every meaningful player, we will provide premature speculation. 0:01:15.520 --> 0:01:18.600 That's where we give you three players that we believe 0:01:18.600 --> 0:01:21.120 will be hot pickups next week that you're going to 0:01:21.200 --> 0:01:25.160 go grab this week, plus three tough questions you get 0:01:25.160 --> 0:01:26.520 to play along. See if you can go three and 0:01:26.600 --> 0:01:29.959 O and nine players upon whom you can take a chance. 0:01:30.040 --> 0:01:32.320 These are non starters, many of whom are available on 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:35.479 the waiver wire that we think have matchups worth exploiting 0:01:35.600 --> 0:01:39.000 this week, So lots to get to. Let's dig into 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:44.120 the matchups, beginning with the Rams taking on the Philadelphia Eagles. Scott, Yeah, 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:47.960 let's do it. I don't love this game, Fro. I'm 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:50.920 gonna start on the offensive side for the Rams. I 0:01:50.960 --> 0:01:52.680 don't love this game. For Jared Goff. I don't like 0:01:52.760 --> 0:01:56.040 him on the road against the solid Eagles secondary. That's added, 0:01:56.080 --> 0:01:59.600 pieces like slayh and Jones this offseason actually have mens 0:01:59.640 --> 0:02:02.600 grade on Wow. Yeah, yeah. I I like a lot 0:02:02.640 --> 0:02:04.840 of ands, mostly because I like a lot of quarterbacks 0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:07.000 better than him. This week, I'm still giving him B 0:02:07.080 --> 0:02:09.720 grade to his would be his his safety blanket. Over 0:02:09.720 --> 0:02:13.760 the last two years, Robert Woods, year after year under appreciated. 0:02:14.120 --> 0:02:17.120 Did you know he has top seventy yards in two 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:19.600 thirds of his games over the last two seasons. I'm 0:02:19.639 --> 0:02:22.920 not surprised. Yeah, the touchdowns are a different story. And 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:25.480 at least five receptions in those two So basically two 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:27.600 thirds of the time you're looking at like twelve fantasy 0:02:27.639 --> 0:02:30.400 points without you're playing that yardage only league. Are you 0:02:31.040 --> 0:02:34.840 where touchdowns don't count? Yeah? Yeah, he gets some, he 0:02:34.919 --> 0:02:37.400 gets a few. There are people who play that. I 0:02:37.400 --> 0:02:39.480 don't understand what you know, Why would you not want 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:42.239 points on the most exciting playing football. That's crazy talk, 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:44.680 you know, talking to those guys are like, anybody can 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:49.079 score a touchdown sometimes weird. I'd rather play touchdown only 0:02:49.080 --> 0:02:52.560 than I would yards. Yeah, at least that's they think. 0:02:52.600 --> 0:02:56.000 It's very pure. Yeah, be grade on Woods. He's the 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:59.519 safe guy he and he can't explode at times. Cooper Cup, 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:01.640 I'm giving a C grade two. Don't love the matchup 0:03:01.639 --> 0:03:04.600 against Robie Coleman, who has been talking some trash this week, 0:03:04.680 --> 0:03:08.400 calling uh the Rams offense all window dressing. Now, remember 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:11.919 Robie Coleman played for the Rams and for two years 0:03:11.919 --> 0:03:15.680 in practice faced off against Cooper Cup directly exactly. Those 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:18.280 two know each other intimately, and that's gonna be one 0:03:18.280 --> 0:03:21.440 of the most fascinating battles from this weekend. Yes, that 0:03:21.600 --> 0:03:24.560 or Xavier Rhodes and Adam Theland might be out there, 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:27.560 and I think that's gonna go. Yeah, yeah, that was 0:03:27.720 --> 0:03:31.440 not really a tough matchup there. I'm keeping I'm keeping 0:03:31.960 --> 0:03:35.880 Justin Jefferson on the bench. Higby. Unfortunately, it sounds like 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:38.120 Gerald Everett isn't gonna go, which would make me like 0:03:38.280 --> 0:03:42.280 Higby more. But the sample size isn't good and he's 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:45.520 playing what Higby has done this year so far. In 0:03:45.560 --> 0:03:48.400 the first game didn't didn't look great. I think it's 0:03:48.440 --> 0:03:51.520 gonna go to cupping Woods. Logan Thomas produced last week. 0:03:51.880 --> 0:03:54.839 But Higby is not a touchdown score, and that's what 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:58.000 the Philadelphia Eagles give up to tight ends. Higby only 0:03:58.000 --> 0:04:01.040 has five touchdowns in his entire career year at this point, 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:04.000 so as a touchdown dependent I don't I don't like 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:06.800 it there. I have him on the bench. Malcolm Brown, 0:04:06.800 --> 0:04:09.600 I'm giving a C grade too. He's the only one 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:12.360 I like. And here's why I'm giving him the C grade. 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:15.600 Acres has to be better than he looked the other night. 0:04:16.080 --> 0:04:19.320 He can't be worse. And Darryl Henderson was banged up, 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:22.200 played limited. He'll play more this week. He'll get more 0:04:22.200 --> 0:04:25.960 passing game reps. The reason I like Brown, yeah, he will. 0:04:28.279 --> 0:04:31.400 Brown gets the goal line stuff and Brown is seemingly 0:04:31.440 --> 0:04:34.800 the lead back. Uh. The Eagles held Washington's run game 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:37.560 to basically nothing except for a few touchdown plunges. So 0:04:37.600 --> 0:04:40.360 I got a C grade on Brown this week. Over 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:43.719 on the Eagles side passing game, it is tough to 0:04:43.760 --> 0:04:46.600 like what we saw at once last week. It's really tough. 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:49.440 Not so much his fault. The offensive line was in tatters. 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:51.880 They were going up against four first round picks across 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:54.279 and Lane Johnson was out and he'll be back. But 0:04:54.360 --> 0:04:56.920 I will say all eight of Carson Wentz to sacks 0:04:57.000 --> 0:04:58.840 last week, he held out of the ball for longer 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:02.839 than four seconds. Four seconds. That's it's very gallant. But 0:05:02.880 --> 0:05:04.920 he's got to be smarter than that. Absolutely, and I 0:05:05.400 --> 0:05:07.600 think that will be a spot where he bounces back 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:10.080 and he's got his past catching Miles Sanders back. So 0:05:10.160 --> 0:05:13.720 I'm giving a C grade. Um Last week, the Rams 0:05:13.720 --> 0:05:16.640 held dock under control, but uh, and they've only allowed 0:05:16.680 --> 0:05:18.720 three passers over two hundred and seventy yards in their 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:22.080 last seventeen games, but once led the league in air 0:05:22.160 --> 0:05:25.440 yards and attempts last year. Last week, he's throwing the ball. 0:05:26.000 --> 0:05:28.760 Uh and the Rams allowed five plays of twenty plus 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:31.080 yards last week, so there might be some deep plays 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:36.200 available for Rigor or the Deshaun Jackson, UH, Dallas Goddart 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:38.840 and zach Ertz. I'm giving the rare double tight end 0:05:38.880 --> 0:05:43.120 double a grade to wown for Goddard. Yes, I I 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:45.000 think that this is You're not just You're not just 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:47.520 following up last week's big game. No, he was good 0:05:47.600 --> 0:05:49.599 last year, he was good at the n last season. Two. 0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:53.279 Um last week's the Rams did shut down Dalton and Schultz, 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:55.400 which which sounds kind of more like an Old West 0:05:55.480 --> 0:05:59.200 Buddy Cop TV show. Yeah, but I think we got 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:03.239 whiskey there at the old office every once in a while. Right. Yeah. 0:06:03.400 --> 0:06:06.320 But Goddard and there are the two main guys. They 0:06:06.320 --> 0:06:09.440 combined for sixteen targets last week. They played the similar 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:12.400 amount of snaps. They're both going to be heavily involved, 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:15.640 especially with Rigor and Djacks a little alien, especially Regor 0:06:15.720 --> 0:06:20.320 alien Jalen reagor excuse me, I still have eight grades 0:06:20.360 --> 0:06:22.200 on them for for the tight ends. They're out there. 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:25.320 They're going to see seven, eight, nine targets each. Al Right, yeah, 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:27.520 I'm buying arts. I'm not. I'm not necessarily. You don't 0:06:27.520 --> 0:06:31.479 think they're both top ten tight ends this week? No, okay, alright, 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:35.039 I I would bet against that. Alright, they're top ten 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:38.320 tight ends all last season, they're both top ten times. 0:06:38.360 --> 0:06:41.800 Maybe yeah, I mean, Arth certainly was. Goddard finished finished 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:45.000 in the top twelve in totality. But the bid on 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:48.440 on Goddard always has been good game and then games 0:06:48.440 --> 0:06:50.120 were just doesn't get enough balls his way, and then 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:51.920 good game and then he doesn't get enough. So it's 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:53.880 the highs and the lows with Goddard, and they're very 0:06:53.920 --> 0:06:56.240 hard to pursue. This is the off week, alright, I'm 0:06:56.360 --> 0:06:59.560 not necessarily, but I just wouldn't to me and feel 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:02.680 like you In one of those fantasy football coins, I 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:06.000 have him ranked. Let's move on which way? Too much? Right? 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:10.440 Too much? Jalen Reagor. I am giving a hesitant C grade? 0:07:10.560 --> 0:07:12.360 Is that a C minus? Matt does that? It's not 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:15.240 it's a C grade, all right. He's coming off injury, 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:17.480 but he led the team in wide receiver snaps. He 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:19.920 only pulled in the one catch for fifty five yards, 0:07:19.960 --> 0:07:24.280 but he averaged he average thirty four yards uh air 0:07:24.400 --> 0:07:26.760 yards per target last week. He gets some deep passes 0:07:27.280 --> 0:07:31.600 um over to the run game. Uh Sanders, I'm giving 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:34.000 a B grade to should be back against the team 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:37.480 who allowed one touchdowns one touchdown over a hundred yards 0:07:37.480 --> 0:07:40.000 on the ground and another touchdown in over fifty yards 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:42.520 through the air last week. I think he takes the 0:07:42.600 --> 0:07:44.920 rollback from Boston Scott, who I put back on the bench. 0:07:45.520 --> 0:07:48.880 That makes sense. Atlanta takes on Dallas Matt Now, the 0:07:48.920 --> 0:07:51.920 Atlanta of defense was bad. I think there's a nice 0:07:51.960 --> 0:07:54.560 opportunity from when the Dallas defense was so hot either. 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:56.880 So what do you make of the Falcons as they 0:07:56.880 --> 0:07:59.120 go into this game? This is what you call a 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:04.640 help shoot game. Stack. You put everybody in this game 0:08:04.680 --> 0:08:07.560 because this one's going to be I think they're gonna 0:08:07.560 --> 0:08:10.480 get to seventy points in this game as a combined total. Uh. 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:13.280 Todd Gurley, he gets a B grade. Gurley only saw 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:16.240 the field of the snaps last week, but he did 0:08:16.320 --> 0:08:19.000 make them count with four point oh yards per carry 0:08:19.040 --> 0:08:21.960 and a rushing score. If the Falcons can keep it close, 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:26.000 expect that snap count to increase for Gurley. That's good. Uh, 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:28.800 and his old teammate Malcolm Brown just torched this defense 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:32.040 last week, so you know Malcolm Brown's calling Todd Gurley, 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:34.320 Hey man, I know how to beat these guys. Just 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:36.959 cut right through hill. Yeah, sure, that's totally how it works. 0:08:37.480 --> 0:08:39.920 Matt Ryan, he gets an a. Jared Goff just dinked 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:42.560 and dunked his way to four two yards against this 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:46.080 defense last week, and Maddie Ice through for four fifty. 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:48.200 So I think four hundred yards is in the cards 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:50.880 for Maddie Ice this week, which means Julio Jones and 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:54.840 Calvin Ridley are both easy a's. Even Russell Gauge, I'm 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:59.640 giving a B gauge. Jones and Ridley each tallied twelve 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:02.959 gets last week. While I don't see Gauge keeping up 0:09:02.960 --> 0:09:07.720 with the Joneses or the Ridley's all season long, twelve 0:09:07.720 --> 0:09:10.560 targets is something significant and it should not be ignored. 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:13.800 Hayden Hurst, I'm even giving a B grade to Hurst 0:09:13.840 --> 0:09:16.760 only had five targets last week, but this matchup is 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:22.560 significantly better. Specifically since linebacker Layton vander ash He just 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:24.920 went to the I R and he was one of 0:09:24.920 --> 0:09:28.480 the guys who helped cover the tight end. And get this, 0:09:28.840 --> 0:09:31.800 in the seven games that vander ash missed last season, 0:09:32.360 --> 0:09:36.960 tight ends average eleven targets, seven point eight receptions and 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:39.920 seventy yards against the Cowboys defense. So it's a really 0:09:40.000 --> 0:09:43.000 nice matchup for Hayden Hurst over to the Dallas side, 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:47.120 Zekes and a Dax and A even though offensive tackle 0:09:47.200 --> 0:09:50.240 Cameron Irving is headed to i R. In two career 0:09:50.240 --> 0:09:53.120 meetings with the Falcons, Deck has never thrown a touchdown pass, 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:56.680 but odd he has run one in in both of 0:09:56.679 --> 0:09:59.040 the games, so we got that going. And if you 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:01.080 want to give an NFL comp to a guy kind 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:04.199 of like Deck, it's probably Russell Wilson, who just had 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:08.199 an awesome game against the Falcons last week. Three two yards, 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:12.480 four touchdowns and only fouri in completions. So um, yeah, 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:15.559 decks in and so are his receivers. Amari Cooper's an a. 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:18.480 Let it be known that he's still the alpha in Dallas. 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:21.520 With fourteen targets against Jalen Ramsey, that was a lot. 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:24.040 I did not expect that. And you compare that to 0:10:24.200 --> 0:10:28.400 eleven total targets for Gallop and Lamb combined, and Lamb 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:31.360 had more than Gallop. Yeah, so I'm still giving Gallop 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:33.560 and Lamb a bee because this should be a shootout 0:10:33.559 --> 0:10:35.720 in this game. I like that you're going that that 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:37.720 hard with seedee Lamb. I think this has got some 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:40.280 breakout game to it right here. Absolutely, Lamb played the 0:10:40.320 --> 0:10:43.160 slot and uh that's where Tyler Lockett just ran wild 0:10:43.200 --> 0:10:46.640 for eight catches and yards last week. The Gallop had 0:10:46.640 --> 0:10:49.520 fifty yards last weekend, but had that forty seven yard 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:53.440 or called back on the phantom Jalen Ramsey like I 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:57.920 sold it soccer style offensive pass interference, which was so 0:10:58.000 --> 0:11:01.439 savvy by Ramsey, by the way, But it was absolutely 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:04.480 a BS call for Gallup Um. The Falcons have allowed 0:11:04.480 --> 0:11:06.480 a hundred and sixty seven yards per game to the 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:09.760 position over the last year and a game. And then 0:11:09.760 --> 0:11:11.760 Blake Jarwin, we got to mention him. He heads to 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:13.560 I R what is with what is feared to be 0:11:13.600 --> 0:11:15.439 a torn a c L. But we're not ready to 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:18.320 pick up Blake Bell or Dalton Schultz at this point, 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:20.880 so let's just start all the wide receivers and ze 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:25.960 bell dozer. The Bell dozer. It wasn't really that's so lame, 0:11:26.800 --> 0:11:29.960 so lame. It was probably his nickname in like sixth 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:33.800 grade football quarterback in Oklahoma really turned tight end. Look 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:35.800 at how it's worked out for Logan Thomas. We'll talk 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:39.520 about him later. To Giants take on the Chicago Bears 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:42.760 in Chicago. For sake, Kwon Barkley owners last week couldn't 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:45.160 have gone worse to his offensive line could not hold 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:48.840 a block for one second, not one second. It was absurd. 0:11:48.920 --> 0:11:52.000 Barkley I thought was borderline heroic in getting to like 0:11:52.120 --> 0:11:55.840 six yards on the game through on the ground. Chicago 0:11:56.520 --> 0:11:59.640 has a decent front four, but you know nobody Goldman that. 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:04.480 And when he faced Chicago last year, Barkley was okay, 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:06.480 not great. And I think this is the worst defense 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:08.920 than last year's. Adrian Peterson just ran through this defense. 0:12:08.960 --> 0:12:13.679 Adrian Peterson on three days of Lions practice powered his 0:12:13.720 --> 0:12:17.080 way through the Bears. To be fair, Adrian Peterson knows 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:20.640 the Daryl Bevil offense. Adrian Peterson is the Daryl Bevil offense. 0:12:20.920 --> 0:12:23.560 I guess so so I like Sae Kwon Barkley here 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:25.040 in a bounce back game. I think people are too 0:12:25.080 --> 0:12:29.120 far down on him from six yards. Yes, I am 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:32.040 boldly predicting he will be better than six yards. He 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:35.959 might even double his yard. Yes, a little bit like 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:39.320 how everybody right now, which is they had bought Browns 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:42.079 on the cheap after a brutal Week one matchup. That's 0:12:42.080 --> 0:12:44.400 how we're gonna feel about the Giants. I think this 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:46.400 is an opportunity to buy low on Giants and say 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:48.880 Kwon Barkley with a B grade. The passing game to 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:51.120 me is very intriguing, and I've got B grades on 0:12:51.240 --> 0:12:54.120 key players here, including Daniel Jones. It feels like a 0:12:54.200 --> 0:12:56.960 tough matchup, but there are all these holes in the 0:12:57.000 --> 0:13:00.840 Bear secondary that he can exploit, like slot cornerback busted 0:13:00.880 --> 0:13:07.080 screen door he still yes, uh had second start rookie 0:13:07.080 --> 0:13:10.839 cornerback Jalen Johnson and journeyman safety to Sean Gibson. These 0:13:10.880 --> 0:13:15.320 are all subpar players in that Bear secondary. If Jones 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:19.280 is miserable, offensive line can just give him two and 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:21.440 a half three seconds to throw the ball. I think 0:13:21.440 --> 0:13:24.720 he performs well here, and I especially like Darius Slayton. 0:13:25.000 --> 0:13:29.280 Get this Darius Slayton stat he has more touchdowns were 0:13:29.360 --> 0:13:35.240 receiving touchdowns than any player since Week five of last year. Wow, 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:38.520 Darius Slayton. That doesn't surprise me because ten led the 0:13:38.640 --> 0:13:42.040 NFL last year. Um, he surprised everybody, including me with 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:43.800 the two touchdowns on Monday night, and this is a 0:13:43.880 --> 0:13:45.880 far easier matchup. He was on the field for eight 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:49.040 percent of the Giants plays last week, more than any 0:13:49.080 --> 0:13:52.120 other player, so Darius Slayton asserting himself to be the 0:13:52.120 --> 0:13:54.720 future of the Giants receivers. Here. He ran sixty percent 0:13:54.760 --> 0:13:56.280 of his plays from the left side of the field. 0:13:56.320 --> 0:13:59.440 That puts him on second start. Rookie cornerback Jalen Johnson 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:02.079 he gets a grade. Evan Ingram gets a B grade. 0:14:02.080 --> 0:14:04.760 I love that he got seven targets last week. I 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:07.040 hate that it resulted in two catches for nine yards. 0:14:07.480 --> 0:14:09.800 But the Bears defense allow the fifth most catches the 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:11.880 tight end last season, and they gave up the big 0:14:11.920 --> 0:14:14.520 game to t J Hawkinson last week. Several bounce off 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:16.360 his hands and he was he was wide open in 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:18.679 that zone. I mean like, it could have been way better. Yes, 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:20.120 it could have been better, and I think it will 0:14:20.160 --> 0:14:22.440 be beginning this week. Sterling Shepherd gets a C grade. 0:14:22.440 --> 0:14:25.200 Mostly running from the slot. Shepherd will draw a journeyman 0:14:25.200 --> 0:14:30.040 cornerback buster screen. Last week's screen got rocked by a Hamstrong, 0:14:30.160 --> 0:14:34.160 Danny Danny Amendola. So I liked the chances for Sterling 0:14:34.200 --> 0:14:37.080 Shepherd and then on the bench Golden Tate expected to 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:39.920 return from his hamstring injury, but those aggravate easily, and 0:14:39.920 --> 0:14:42.400 he's got the toughest match up against cornerback Kyle Fuller. 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:45.680 Let's go to the bear side, beginning with the running game. 0:14:45.800 --> 0:14:49.440 David Montgomery gets a B grade. If Benny Snell can 0:14:49.560 --> 0:14:52.080 top the century mark on five yards per carry against 0:14:52.120 --> 0:14:55.360 the Giants, then David Montgomery canto, so, I think there's 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:59.360 an opportunity here. Montgomery had five yards per carry last week, 0:14:59.360 --> 0:15:03.000 which was best marking about half a season. So going 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:05.240 back to last year, he looked healthy. The groin injury 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:06.920 is not a factor. He gets a B grade here. 0:15:07.080 --> 0:15:09.000 But Tariko and is on the bench after just a 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:11.960 nine touch outing last week and just two targets, which 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:15.840 disappointed me and um, so I think we're gonna show 0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:17.600 a little caution on Tariko. And let's go to the 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:26.920 passing game, where it's time for dude, Happy Trombone Ski 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:32.200 to two weeks in a row. This never happens. Happy 0:15:32.280 --> 0:15:36.640 Trombone Ski faces arguably the NFL's worst secondary last week, 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:40.400 the Steelers receivers ran unabated through the Giant secondary, and 0:15:40.440 --> 0:15:43.360 I love the individual matchups for his receivers as I'm 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:48.880 gonna talk about just a second. So I like Happy 0:15:50.080 --> 0:15:53.520 Trombone Ski this week. I like him last week and 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:57.280 look what he paid off three touchdowns. Welcome to speaking, 0:15:57.400 --> 0:16:02.920 which Alan Robinson a grade here on a quest to 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:05.760 get paid. He's posted at least seventy yards and are 0:16:05.800 --> 0:16:08.000 a touchdown in six of his last seven games going 0:16:08.000 --> 0:16:10.520 back to last season. He runs from all positions on 0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:13.880 the field and he's got the they're all good matchups 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:16.520 at every spot on the field. He will either see 0:16:16.560 --> 0:16:20.480 inexperienced cornerbacks Corey Valentine or Darny Holmes, and when he's 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:23.040 not facing those two, he gets veteran James Bradberry, who 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:25.600 gave up two touchdowns in his coverage last week. It's 0:16:25.600 --> 0:16:28.960 a great opportunity for Allen Robinson. Also for a grade 0:16:28.960 --> 0:16:32.840 for him, B grade for Anthony Miller. Running exclusively from 0:16:32.880 --> 0:16:34.800 the slot, he's gonna match up with Darny Holmes, a 0:16:34.880 --> 0:16:37.680 rookie in his second ever start, homes a lot five 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:40.320 of the six passes in his coverage to be caught 0:16:40.480 --> 0:16:43.520 last week, and Miller posted a bunch of splash games 0:16:43.560 --> 0:16:45.400 at the end of last year. If you remember, this 0:16:45.480 --> 0:16:48.680 is a splash game spot for Anthony Miller. And the 0:16:48.760 --> 0:16:52.400 last thing I want to mention for the Bears, keep 0:16:52.440 --> 0:16:56.200 an eye on this rookie Darnell Moody that they've got. 0:16:56.280 --> 0:17:00.640 He's a quasi starter there. He's super fat. So there's 0:17:00.640 --> 0:17:02.400 not a team with a ton of speed. They need 0:17:02.440 --> 0:17:04.920 a speed downfield guy. Just keep him on your radar. 0:17:04.960 --> 0:17:07.159 We're not starting him yet, we're not even rostering him yet. 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:11.760 It's a premature, premature, premature speculation. Just keep an eye 0:17:11.760 --> 0:17:16.440 on Darnell Moody. When we come back. Nine players upon 0:17:16.480 --> 0:17:18.639 whom you can take a chance. These are guys not 0:17:18.720 --> 0:17:21.480 normally in your starting lineup, guys that in many cases 0:17:21.520 --> 0:17:23.880 are available on the waiver wire. Will tell you who 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:25.680 they are. If you're in a pinch at any position, 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:49.080 you'll want to take a chance on these players. Welcome 0:17:49.080 --> 0:17:52.399 back to Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Arch, Scott Fish, and 0:17:52.480 --> 0:17:56.160 Matt Harrison with you. This is a segment we call 0:17:56.280 --> 0:18:00.639 take a chance on Me, the Royalty free version. We 0:18:00.680 --> 0:18:03.399 will give you three quarterbacks, three running backs, and three 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:06.600 receivers upon whom you can take a chance because their 0:18:06.640 --> 0:18:10.680 matchups this week are downright delightful. We begin at the 0:18:10.760 --> 0:18:14.600 quarterback position, Scott, I'm going to start with this up 0:18:14.680 --> 0:18:18.200 start first year player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. First 0:18:18.280 --> 0:18:21.760 year there, Tom Brady. Oh really, I think it's a 0:18:21.760 --> 0:18:23.679 good matchup for him. The only question is do they 0:18:23.720 --> 0:18:26.080 paul had early and does it become a running game 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:30.040 day like he kind of did for Derek Carr last week. However, 0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:32.760 I like I like his weapons in here, and I 0:18:32.800 --> 0:18:35.240 like Tom Brady coming off a loss. I really like 0:18:35.359 --> 0:18:37.840 him coming off of three straight losses dating back to 0:18:37.960 --> 0:18:41.760 last year. I think he's gonna want to go out 0:18:41.960 --> 0:18:44.639 or maybe he's just a loser now. No, I think 0:18:44.680 --> 0:18:46.480 he's gonna want to go out and prove something. He 0:18:47.000 --> 0:18:49.440 owned up to it last week after after the loss, 0:18:49.440 --> 0:18:51.119 and I think he wants to prove to his team 0:18:51.440 --> 0:18:54.040 that he's still got it. I've heard good things about Brady. 0:18:54.080 --> 0:18:56.800 The prospects are good. All right, let's go to Matt 0:18:56.920 --> 0:18:58.920 your take a chance. I mean quarterback I'm guessing is 0:18:58.960 --> 0:19:00.439 not ready to be in true rind in the Hall 0:19:00.480 --> 0:19:03.200 of Fame. No, but he was one of the quarterbacks 0:19:03.240 --> 0:19:06.320 who beat Tom Brady last year. That's Ryan Tannehill, who 0:19:06.359 --> 0:19:09.080 had a very Ryan Tannehill game last week against the 0:19:09.080 --> 0:19:12.440 decent Denver defense to forty nine and two scores. This week, 0:19:12.480 --> 0:19:16.679 he faces a significantly worst defense, the Jacksonville Jaguars, and 0:19:16.800 --> 0:19:19.399 he's at home. The Jags held up all right to 0:19:19.480 --> 0:19:22.439 the propped up corps of Philip Rivers last week, but 0:19:23.760 --> 0:19:27.760 twenty four ranked d v O A past defense is 0:19:27.840 --> 0:19:30.440 worse this year and not up to the challenge against 0:19:30.480 --> 0:19:33.119 the Titans. Over the past season plus a game, the 0:19:33.200 --> 0:19:35.760 Jags have allowed two sixty one yards per game, and 0:19:35.880 --> 0:19:38.800 last year Tannehill face the Jags once he threw for 0:19:38.880 --> 0:19:41.480 over two fifty with two passing scores. But get this, 0:19:42.359 --> 0:19:45.960 he's fleet to foot and scored two rushing touchdowns against 0:19:45.960 --> 0:19:49.280 the Jaguars last year. Yes he is. Who's he gonna 0:19:49.320 --> 0:19:53.600 throw too? Um, I don't know, I forget which which 0:19:53.720 --> 0:19:56.639 kind of guys catch passes? Oh Church, put your pants 0:19:56.680 --> 0:20:02.000 back on. Who's gonna catch those passes? I'm using Kirk 0:20:02.000 --> 0:20:04.440 Cousins as might take a chance of the quarterback against 0:20:04.480 --> 0:20:08.280 Indianapolis Kirk garbage time Cousins. Hey man, I did all works. 0:20:08.960 --> 0:20:11.680 For all the problems the Vikings encountered last Sunday, Kirk 0:20:11.720 --> 0:20:14.040 was not among them. The Vikings defense was so bad. 0:20:14.080 --> 0:20:16.800 The Vikings offense only ran forty four plays, and Cousins 0:20:16.800 --> 0:20:19.520 still managed to solid two hundred sixty yards and two touchdowns. 0:20:19.800 --> 0:20:22.480 Indies run defense is very good, and I expect the 0:20:22.560 --> 0:20:26.680 usual Dalvin heavy game plan to slant unusually toward Cousins. 0:20:26.840 --> 0:20:29.159 I think we have better volume this week than we 0:20:29.240 --> 0:20:32.919 normally get. In the opener, the Colts allowed Gardner Minshew 0:20:32.960 --> 0:20:37.560 to post a one incompletion game one incompletion. He also 0:20:37.600 --> 0:20:40.359 threw three touchdowns against that rebuilt secondary. I like the 0:20:40.400 --> 0:20:45.160 opportunity here for Kirk Cousins to exploit former Viking teammate 0:20:45.320 --> 0:20:50.040 Xavier Rhodes in coverage, who looked absolutely brutal. All right, 0:20:50.160 --> 0:20:53.160 let's go to the running back position. And which Hall 0:20:53.200 --> 0:20:55.600 of Fame are you gonna give us this week? I'm 0:20:55.640 --> 0:20:59.880 not going to give you. You're not going to Frank Gore. Maybe. Wait, 0:21:01.200 --> 0:21:06.000 Tom Brady is on waivers and almost all leagues, so 0:21:07.800 --> 0:21:11.360 I'm gonna look that up as we speak now. Anyway, 0:21:11.400 --> 0:21:16.560 I'm going with Miles Gaskin. Here we go now, we're talking. Yeah, 0:21:16.560 --> 0:21:19.360 he's only a rostered about ten percent of leagues. Uh. 0:21:19.400 --> 0:21:21.960 The thing I like about him is he played twenty 0:21:21.960 --> 0:21:24.119 five past players last week for the Dolphins, and the 0:21:24.119 --> 0:21:27.720 Dolphins are going to be behind my Buffalo and h 0:21:27.840 --> 0:21:32.359 Howard and Brada combined for eight past plays, which is 0:21:32.440 --> 0:21:35.440 a little shocking. Howard did get the goal line looks, 0:21:35.720 --> 0:21:39.560 but Gaskin played thirty nine snaps braid of fourteen Howard nine. 0:21:39.640 --> 0:21:43.159 It's clearly Gaskin's job. All that offseason high all that 0:21:43.359 --> 0:21:46.960