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Speaker 1: We begin Scott Fish with the Carolina Panthers at the Giants.
Speaker 1: At the end of last week's game, the Panthers said
Speaker 1: they were going to try to run the ball more.
Speaker 1: We're gonna see a Cuba Hubbard lad game plan. I
Speaker 1: think we might. And part of it is because Sam
Speaker 1: McDonald's been bad. He's you know what, he hasn't been
Speaker 1: that good outside of his rush scene. Honestly, I've talked
Speaker 1: about this all year. He looks at his first read
Speaker 1: and he forces into double coverage and it's it was
Speaker 1: working out just this season, and now teams are just
Speaker 1: intercepting him when he does that, or it coincides with
Speaker 1: the Dan Arnold trade, which is my theory that he's
Speaker 1: on the bench. He's no longer startable now that he's
Speaker 1: not running touchdowns in every week. That's that's just what happens.
Speaker 1: D J. Moore. Im is still going to give an
Speaker 1: a grade too, though, because he just peppers him with targets.
Speaker 1: How can you not with that the tunnel vision that
Speaker 1: Donald has form averaging over ten targets per game, five
Speaker 1: plus catches in every game, seventy plus yards in every game. Uh,
Speaker 1: and even if he's triple covered, he's going to target him.
Speaker 1: So that that you love that volume. I'm putting Robbie
Speaker 1: Anderson on the bench. You have to back to back
Speaker 1: horrible games for Robbie Anderson. He has twenty nine targets
Speaker 1: in the LASS three games and he has done nothing
Speaker 1: with them except for one last ditch effort touchdown at
Speaker 1: the end of one game. That's all a bunch of drops. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's been. It's a bad run for Robbie. It's
Speaker 1: kind of surprising. Concerned that was the connection from the Jets,
Speaker 1: like that was the one good thing about the Jets
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago, was that connection. I was
Speaker 1: optimistic going into the season Robby Anderson would be helpful anything,
Speaker 1: but so are the Panthers when they paid them again
Speaker 1: a good point guaranteed money. Y. Yeah, I don't have
Speaker 1: any of the other wide receivers. Terrace Marshal is out,
Speaker 1: but you're not going You're not gonna start shy or anything.
Speaker 1: Um on the running game. It's it's really all Howard
Speaker 1: is what it is. And it's a B grade here. Uh,
Speaker 1: he'll be startable as long as McCaffrey's out seventeen plus
Speaker 1: touches and back to back games. All other backs behind
Speaker 1: Chuba Hubbard have had five total touches in the last
Speaker 1: two games. It's just all him. He gets all the work,
Speaker 1: so I have a B grade on him. The Giants
Speaker 1: have allowed the fourth most combo yards to backs, along
Speaker 1: with six touchdowns in six games. Uh. The four backs
Speaker 1: that have touched the ball seventeen times against the Giants,
Speaker 1: their average stat line is add ten yards in a score.
Speaker 1: You could almost talk me into an A on that.
Speaker 1: You almost could, especially during the bipocalypse. No, let's go
Speaker 1: over to the other side. I have Daniel Jones on
Speaker 1: the bench. Everybody is injured for him, and he's had
Speaker 1: backed back really really low yardage games with no touchdowns
Speaker 1: and a bunch of turnovers. You gotta put him on
Speaker 1: the bench still, Uh, Sterling Shepherd, I had an A
Speaker 1: grade on him. He popped up on Friday with an injury. Uh,
Speaker 1: it sounds like he's still going to be good to
Speaker 1: go um, so much like More on the other side,
Speaker 1: Shepherd is, Jones is woobie, despite the fact nobody on
Speaker 1: this show knows but Mr mom Man, it's a security blanket.
Speaker 1: Ten plus targets again last week. That is ten plus
Speaker 1: targets in four of his last five fold games with Jones.
Speaker 1: In every one of those five games, Shepherd had seven
Speaker 1: plus catches and seventy five plus yards. He just gets
Speaker 1: he just gets the ball. Uh. Slayton Uh, Slayton is
Speaker 1: uh the only guy really, it's it's tone Tone, He's out. No.
Speaker 1: On the other side, Slaton like the other wide receiver. Sorry,
Speaker 1: Slaton is the only other guy, and you him on
Speaker 1: the bench because Tony's out. Goladay is likely out. Pettis
Speaker 1: got eleven targets last last week, but I am not
Speaker 1: going to trust that he didn't even catch half of them.
Speaker 1: So um, and it's a top twelve d against wide receivers.
Speaker 1: I have Ingram on the bench. Also. I can understand
Speaker 1: if you need to start him in in in a
Speaker 1: week like this, but he's only averaging five targets per
Speaker 1: game over the last four and well, he is averaging
Speaker 1: five targets per game over the last four. But he's
Speaker 1: only had one game over twenty seven yards, so he's
Speaker 1: not He's just not getting the yardage or the scores
Speaker 1: to match it. By the way, speaking of bad contracts,
Speaker 1: Kyle Rudolph eight million dollars, he scored a touchdown last week.
Speaker 1: That was a million dollar touchdown. That's right so far
Speaker 1: it is right. Now. Yeah, you're saying David Gettleman is
Speaker 1: not good at job. I would never say that. It
Speaker 1: looks like he won that oh b J trade though.
Speaker 1: Over to the running game, Davante Booker a C grade on. Yes,
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook and Ezekiel Elliott tore up the Panthers, but
Speaker 1: there I like Booker here, Okay, their top ranked against
Speaker 1: top ranked, there's top ranked against the position. Other than
Speaker 1: those two games, I will say they've been bad since
Speaker 1: they lost Shack Thompson. They have. And you know it's
Speaker 1: vault when when the back gets volume, that back gets paid.
Speaker 1: And only Zeke and Dalvin Cook had more than thirteen
Speaker 1: series against against the Panthers, and I see, I see
Speaker 1: a volume game coming for Yeah. Actually, I'm gonna move
Speaker 1: it to a be because since Jack Thompson left, the
Speaker 1: Panthers are allowing five points seven yards per carry. That's
Speaker 1: a lot. That's a ton. I think that is a
Speaker 1: B thanky, So we got to move that to a B.
Speaker 1: You know what. That's all I need to say on that.
Speaker 1: That's he's going to get all the volume. He's gonna
Speaker 1: get all the pass catching work. The Washington offense disappointed
Speaker 1: badly last week against the worst defense in the league,
Speaker 1: Kansas City. Now they go to the Packers. Do you
Speaker 1: see a rebound coming from Hailer Heinik. I did Washington
Speaker 1: Radio this week and they were talking about Benjing Heinike
Speaker 1: for Kyle Allen. It's come to this that that kind
Speaker 1: of talk is already out there. What do you think
Speaker 1: this week? Brian? No, they gotta give Heiney one more chance,
Speaker 1: and I will give him a c um. Technically not
Speaker 1: a homecoming game for Heineke, as he's from Georgia, but
Speaker 1: apparently he grew up idolizing Brett Farve, just replaying all
Speaker 1: the great Brett Farve moments in his backyard at lambeau Field.
Speaker 1: So he gets to play at lambeau Field. So I'm
Speaker 1: giving Heinek is he here? He will be missing two
Speaker 1: starters on the old line Brandon Schurf and Sam Cosmi,
Speaker 1: but I think Heineke can clause away to at least
Speaker 1: two fifty passing yards to passing touchdowns in this game.
Speaker 1: I like the matchup for Terry McLaurin. Gonna give him
Speaker 1: a B. The Packers are without their top corner Jr. Alexander.
Speaker 1: They are allowing more than a touchdown per game to
Speaker 1: the wide receiver position. The very comparable Deante Johnson and
Speaker 1: Jamaar Chase both had big games against the Packers and
Speaker 1: the football team should be playing from behind in this one.
Speaker 1: So I like McLaurin with a B. U certainly has
Speaker 1: a a upside in most matchups. Diane Brown and Adam
Speaker 1: Humphries for the other wide receivers. I'm Tannama last week.
Speaker 1: He heard a lot of people asked me last week,
Speaker 1: me being one um. Dianne Brown did have six targets
Speaker 1: last week, which is encouraging. But I got both on
Speaker 1: the bench and this one, even though it is a
Speaker 1: somewhat promising matchup. They're both on the bench, but Ricky
Speaker 1: Seals Jones, tight end for football team, is not on
Speaker 1: the bench. Gonna give him a B. Has been very
Speaker 1: active over the last two weeks. He's totaled more targets
Speaker 1: in the last two games than Logan Thomas totaled in
Speaker 1: his first three games of the season. Uh seals. Jones
Speaker 1: also at the has the most red zone targets for
Speaker 1: Washington on the year already and over the last three weeks.
Speaker 1: The Packards are top twelve in the most catches and
Speaker 1: yards surrender to opposing tight end, So a strong b
Speaker 1: for R. S. J. And lastly, the running back situation
Speaker 1: for Washington. Antonio Gibson looks like he will play with
Speaker 1: the shin injury, and I'm hoping he does because this
Speaker 1: is a spike game. Frantonio Gibson. The Packers selected A. J.
Speaker 1: Dillon with the sixty second overall pick at running back
Speaker 1: last year, Gibson went sixty six, four round picks later.
Speaker 1: He wants to show Green Bay they made the wrong choice.
Speaker 1: But not a great matchup. Green Bay allowing just seventy
Speaker 1: two rushing yards unless than a rushing touchdown per game
Speaker 1: to running backs. They've been far more generous through the air,
Speaker 1: and that's why I like J. D. Mckissic almost a
Speaker 1: little more. Can give him a see though, because I
Speaker 1: can't give him a plus right charge just to see
Speaker 1: for mckissic. Green Bay top ten and most receptions allowed
Speaker 1: to running backs, and again the game script should favor mkissic,
Speaker 1: who is the clear top pass catching back on this team,
Speaker 1: even when Gibson is healthy. Jared Patterson would be interesting
Speaker 1: if Gibson was a surprise and active. It's not looking
Speaker 1: like it'll be that way, but we might talk a
Speaker 1: little more Jared Patterson later in the show. Over to
Speaker 1: green Bay pretty quick. It's pretty straightforward. Um, you're gonna
Speaker 1: give I'm going to give Aaron Jones an A even
Speaker 1: if they don't get David Baktiari back left tackle for
Speaker 1: the Packers, but he could big his return to be
Speaker 1: a big boon for Aaron Jones. Um. Now, it's interesting
Speaker 1: researching this game. Uh, for the points that Washington has
Speaker 1: allowed to running backs because they played Quardrell Patterson, who
Speaker 1: is viewed as a running back by some sites. Doesn't
Speaker 1: matter how you interpret the stats, You're gonna start Aaron
Speaker 1: Jones without a doubt, gonna give him an A. And
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give a j. Dillon a C for the
Speaker 1: super needy three straight games. Um with double digit touchdowns
Speaker 1: for A J. Dillon, and if Green Bay gains a
Speaker 1: big lead, we could see a heavy dose of A J.
Speaker 1: Dillon Davante Adams easy a football team allowing two four
Speaker 1: yards per game to wide receivers, Adams averaging one yards
Speaker 1: per game over his last five uh A for Adams
Speaker 1: and Alan Lazard are gonna give him a cee Marquees
Speaker 1: Valdez scandaling uh still on I R and Lazar should
Speaker 1: start opposite Adams in a in a solid matchup. I'm
Speaker 1: starting Lazard and a guy team league, so go ahead
Speaker 1: and join me. UH and Robert Tonyan basically his last year,
Speaker 1: I believe it saying that for a month. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: give him one last chance. Here he gets this. See
Speaker 1: Washington allowing nearly six catches and seventy yards per game
Speaker 1: to opposing tight ends. They've also yielded the second most
Speaker 1: red zone targets to the position. So a C for
Speaker 1: Robert Tonyan. But if he doesn't get it done, he's cuttable.
Speaker 1: After this week. It's already caught him in all my
Speaker 1: most for me, the most disappointing player in fantasy football.
Speaker 1: That's not related. We knew the touchdowns would regressed. We
Speaker 1: didn't think everything exactly. You know, if you'd told me,
Speaker 1: you know, eleven touchdowns are gonna turn down to seven. Okay,
Speaker 1: but I'm still gonna get five catches forty fifty yards
Speaker 1: a game. Now we're getting two catches for twenty yards
Speaker 1: a game and no scores. And of course I must
Speaker 1: mention a. Ron Rodgers gets an A Washington about top
Speaker 1: five in almost everything allowed to quarterback, bottom five, top
Speaker 1: five in terms of the most allowed, but yes A
Speaker 1: for Rogers. Bengels take on the Ravens in a game
Speaker 1: in which the Ravens are are under Jim Harbor are
Speaker 1: like five hundred against the Bengals of all things, go figure,
Speaker 1: and in this one, I think that I think Cincinnati
Speaker 1: probably ends up winning. Let's let's start here, guys. Have
Speaker 1: we got to a point that I can just say
Speaker 1: Jamaar Chase is an obvious automatic, aight, and not even
Speaker 1: have to give any rationale going forward. I mean, I
Speaker 1: just think we're there now, So I'm not going to
Speaker 1: burn more time on that, because you're gonna start him
Speaker 1: no matter what. So let's move on. Joe Burrow gets
Speaker 1: a B grade. He's one of only two quarterbacks who
Speaker 1: has thrown multiple touchdowns in every game. It's just him
Speaker 1: and Patrick Mahomes, that's it. Ravens masterful in shutting down
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert last week, but Derek Carr, Patrick Mahomes, and
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz the three weeks before that average three yards
Speaker 1: and two point three touchdowns. So I I don't believe
Speaker 1: the Ravens really are a shutdown defense like they showed
Speaker 1: last week. We'll go with the longer history here that
Speaker 1: says they can be beaten. Chase and Tie Higgins will
Speaker 1: talking about a second or better than any of the
Speaker 1: Ravens cornerbacks are going to try to stop them, including
Speaker 1: the best cornerback, Marlon Humphreys. Let's go to te Higgins.
Speaker 1: Baltimore secondary solid, but Higgins matches up on the outside
Speaker 1: against Anthony Averett and that is a plus matchup. He's
Speaker 1: played okay, but he's surrendering one. But he's surrounding four
Speaker 1: yards in a score in the last two weeks, so
Speaker 1: I think we can get some yardage here. And Higgins
Speaker 1: has been languishing a bit with everything Chase is doing,
Speaker 1: but this is a plus matchup and he is startable
Speaker 1: with a C grade um I know he hasn't been
Speaker 1: great lately, but we're going to give him one more chance.
Speaker 1: Speaking of not great lately, Tyler Boyd, I can't I
Speaker 1: can't start him right now until we get very, very
Speaker 1: plus matchups in the slot. This is not one of them.
Speaker 1: He's on the bench and he's droppable in many formats.
Speaker 1: The other receiver that gets a starting grade, and I'd
Speaker 1: like to call your attention. In fact, you know what
Speaker 1: that's gonna be our our sound. Would we have players
Speaker 1: who aren't and take a chance on me that you
Speaker 1: can still go pick up off the waiver wire and
Speaker 1: start in the bipocalypse. It'll be this oddball right there.
Speaker 1: All right, I'm just gonna work at the single cow bell.
Speaker 1: C j Uzoma. Uh Ravens have allowed the fourth most
Speaker 1: tight end yards, the fourth most tight end touchdowns, and
Speaker 1: the most tight end receptions. And he's been active lately,
Speaker 1: and he scored three touchdowns in the last three games.
Speaker 1: C j Uzoma also startable with the C grade. Let's
Speaker 1: go over to the Baltimore side. You notice start Lamar Jackson.
Speaker 1: Cincinnati's defense has allowed three hundred four yards passing yards
Speaker 1: per game to non rookie passers, and if you exclude
Speaker 1: the lines last week, that number jumps to three thirty
Speaker 1: eight yards per game UM. Jackson's passing is still not
Speaker 1: flawless UM, but nevertheless the rushing end passing combined makes
Speaker 1: him an easy a start here, and he's got favorable
Speaker 1: matchups for his many receivers who will talk about now,
Speaker 1: including Marquis Brown, another eight grade. Brown scored three times
Speaker 1: against Cincinnati in last year's meetings. He's scored five times
Speaker 1: already and as a monster game for him if he
Speaker 1: lines up on the right side against Trey Waynes, who
Speaker 1: missed all of last year missed the first few games
Speaker 1: of this year. He's come back for two games played,
Speaker 1: and Trey Waynes is giving up a perfect passer rating
Speaker 1: in his coverage A grade for Marcis Brown. We've got
Speaker 1: a C grade on Rashad Bateman. Bamon will be the
Speaker 1: starter with Sammy Watkins out for this game. He got
Speaker 1: thrown into the fire last week with forty five snaps
Speaker 1: in his first NFL game. They targeted him six times
Speaker 1: in that debut game. Bateman overwhelmingly ran from the left
Speaker 1: side of the field, which puts him on to Adobe Awuzier.
Speaker 1: The best of the Bengals cornerbacks. Not saying a lot,
Speaker 1: but at least he's a middle of the pack cornerback.
Speaker 1: I've got a C grade on Rashad Bateman, who you
Speaker 1: could start if you were in a pinch. Uh Mark
Speaker 1: Andrews with an A graded tight end. Over the last
Speaker 1: three weeks, Andrews leads all tight ends and targets receptions
Speaker 1: and yards. In that same time frame, the Bengals have
Speaker 1: allowed the eleventh most receptions and yards to tight ends,
Speaker 1: and last week, the stylistically comparable t J. Hockenson total
Speaker 1: eight catches for seventy four yards on eleven targets against
Speaker 1: Cincinnati last week. So now let's go to the running
Speaker 1: backs for the Ravens. Do we have to? Well, you
Speaker 1: may need to because now conveniently Ladavius Murray has been
Speaker 1: ruled out of this game, so we have at least
Speaker 1: a little bit of clarity there. Lavy On Bell and
Speaker 1: Devonte Freeman will get most of the work, but Tyson
Speaker 1: Williams will likely be active for this game, and if
Speaker 1: you're in a serious pinch, you could start him. All
Speaker 1: three guys are potentially startable. But let me mention the
Speaker 1: Bengals run defense is shockingly competent. They're giving up three
Speaker 1: point eight yards per carry. No back with less than
Speaker 1: eighteen touches against Cincinnati has scored or topped even thirty yards.
Speaker 1: That's it. So only because it's by apocalypse. I've got
Speaker 1: sea grades on Bell Freeman and if you're in a
Speaker 1: really deep deep spot, Tyson Williams on just the presumption
Speaker 1: that he'll get some carries here. But I don't love
Speaker 1: him in this match. I think Freeman is the one
Speaker 1: that looked best personally. I thought Freeman looked better than
Speaker 1: for sure, but I thought Williams looked better than any
Speaker 1: of these guys. And the smattering of work that they
Speaker 1: gave him. Mrs assignments can't pass block. It's it's trouble.
Speaker 1: It can be trouble. If only they had a quarterback
Speaker 1: who could run away from pressure, then maybe you know
Speaker 1: you could get Tyson Williams on the field. When we
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Speaker 1: begin at the quarterback position and Scott Fish who you got?
Speaker 1: Let me turn on my bike every every week? Every week. Uh,
Speaker 1: it's it's a running bit now. I need to do
Speaker 1: it every week to keep it up. I have met.
Speaker 1: Ryan has multiple touchdowns in four straight, averaging two yards
Speaker 1: and two and a half touchdowns per game since Week one.
Speaker 1: Gets the ninth worst team against quarterbacks in the Dolphins,
Speaker 1: who may be missing their top two cornerbacks once again.
Speaker 1: That team is allowing three yards and two point two
Speaker 1: touchdowns per game. They've also allowed three hundred plus and
Speaker 1: or multiple scores in all their games this year. An
Speaker 1: I fell into the trap of writing off Matt Ryan
Speaker 1: after his terrible Week one. He's basically he's basically like
Speaker 1: a quarterback ten Since then, I did the same. Very good.
Speaker 1: Let's just go to you, Brian, you take a chance
Speaker 1: at me quarterback. I got to uh tongue go vloa
Speaker 1: at home against the same Falcons. The Falcons shutdown Daniel
Speaker 1: Jones and Zack Wilson a big whip for them. But
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts, Tom Brady, Taylor, heind he all went off
Speaker 1: against Atlanta. I'm putting two in the ladder between those
Speaker 1: two quarterbacks, even with the trade rumors swirling around to uh,
Speaker 1: I think he plays a little angry this week, like
Speaker 1: I take, I would take a little fire from and
Speaker 1: he did last I thought he looked and the Falcons
Speaker 1: real Quick also ranked bottom ten and sack ran sack
Speaker 1: rates and only second worst quarterback hit rate, and three
Speaker 1: of the five quarterbacks they had faced ran for at
Speaker 1: least forty yards. Only Tom Brady and Zach Wilson did not.
Speaker 1: So I like Tua this week, might take a chance
Speaker 1: to me. Quarterback is Jamis Winston taking on Seattle. You
Speaker 1: guys think you have bad secondaries, I'll give you a
Speaker 1: Seattle for mine. Winston has been a boom or bust quarterback,
Speaker 1: but in his three boom games, he's averaging three point
Speaker 1: seven touchdown passes. I would take three point seven touchdown
Speaker 1: passes from my bye week quarterback, Tamis Winston this week, Um,
Speaker 1: Seattle hasn't really contained any pastor this year. They're giving
Speaker 1: up three hundred six yards in almost two passing touchdowns
Speaker 1: per game. I love matchups around him, including and we'll
Speaker 1: talk about this more and we get to the matchup
Speaker 1: Marcus Callaway, even his tight ends. He's got some options
Speaker 1: in the passing game here, Mark Jamis Winston might take
Speaker 1: a chance at me quarterback. Let's go to the running
Speaker 1: back position, Scott, who do you have? I'm going with
Speaker 1: roumandr Stevenson. I was very, very very happy last week's
Speaker 1: seeing him take all of Brandon Bolden's receiving work except
Speaker 1: for the league I started Brandon Bolden get in that one,
Speaker 1: but I liked it for Rumandre Stevenson because that means
Speaker 1: and Damian Harrison's getting none. He has one target in
Speaker 1: the last two weeks. Yeah, he did. He does, and
Speaker 1: that's that's that's part. That's not his game. So he's
Speaker 1: got a Jets team that have been torched by pass catching,
Speaker 1: allowing the fifth most receiving yards to tow back. So
Speaker 1: I think with those cast catching and some carries, maybe
Speaker 1: a ten plus touch effort in a week like this.
Speaker 1: I kind of like Stevenson this week makes some sense.
Speaker 1: Brandon Bollman may not even play in the game. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that'll be fine, fine with us. Uh, Brian, you take
Speaker 1: a chance of me running back? I got lots of Vegas.
Speaker 1: Is Kenyan Drake at home versus the Eagles, who have
Speaker 1: been very generous to opposing running backs, allowing the fifth
Speaker 1: most rush yards per game with an eight yard rusher
Speaker 1: and each of their last four games to go along
Speaker 1: without five running back touchdowns. Philly has also yielded the
Speaker 1: fifth most targets to opposing running backs. Now, I know
Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs is the lead back, but he is so
Speaker 1: very math and Uh. Kenyan Drake only six touches last week,
Speaker 1: but he turned them into seventy three combo yards and
Speaker 1: two touchdowns. The Raiders need to get Drake in space
Speaker 1: behind that awful old line he showed we can do
Speaker 1: last week. I think he gets ten plus touches this
Speaker 1: week in a positive matchup by like Kenyan Drake. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna give you two guys from the same team and
Speaker 1: nobody nobody wants to I've got my official guy go back.
Speaker 1: I'm just I'm just nobody wants a Houston running back.
Speaker 1: I don't want to Houston running back, but look, these
Speaker 1: are tough times. Tough times need desperate solutions. Mark Ingram
Speaker 1: is coming out a sixteen and an eighteen carry game.
Speaker 1: Now he did nothing with the sixteen and the eighteen carry.
Speaker 1: But here comes Arizona and their crappy run defense, giving
Speaker 1: up one hundred thirty rushing yards per game and five
Speaker 1: yards per carry. So if he's gonna get sixteen or
Speaker 1: eighteen carries again, mark Ingram could get to two a
Speaker 1: hundred rushing yards and maybe gets a touchdown in there.
Speaker 1: Or maybe and here's where one B comes in. Maybe
Speaker 1: because Ingram did nothing with the sixteen and eighteen carries, Brian,
Speaker 1: they go to the revenge card and let David Johnson
Speaker 1: go up against his old team. So that in David
Speaker 1: Johnson has gotten like almost no use for a series
Speaker 1: of games. Maybe if you're really in a pinch, you
Speaker 1: could try him the the the recent trends say and grow.
Speaker 1: But if you want to throw Dart in the revenge
Speaker 1: matchup for David Johnson, you could. Yeah, he's been rocky
Speaker 1: in the Russian wilderness like this past week and just
Speaker 1: getting ready for the game that could be. Let's go
Speaker 1: to the receivers, Scott I in that same game, I'm
Speaker 1: going with a J Green uh A j Green has
Speaker 1: gotten six targets in all but one game and top
Speaker 1: five catches in three the last four, top sixty five
Speaker 1: yards and three last four um He scored in every
Speaker 1: other week. So you're looking at a five catch, sixty
Speaker 1: five yard guy with a coin flip chance at a
Speaker 1: touchdown in a in a in a game that Arizona
Speaker 1: will probably get ahead nice and early. He's gonna have
Speaker 1: to have something to do with it. I think I
Speaker 1: like it. Let's go to you, Brian. You take a
Speaker 1: chance to me, receiver. I'm going tight end in San
Speaker 1: Francisco's Ross Dwelly. Now. I'm gonna also go out on
Speaker 1: a limb and try to make a friends joke here.
Speaker 1: Even a disgruntled Rachel has to like Ross this week
Speaker 1: with George Kittle on break, Oh boy, this awful. The
Speaker 1: Coals are allowing more than six catches and six yards
Speaker 1: per game to opposing tight ends, with four total touchdowns
Speaker 1: allowed to the position, and outside of Deebo Samuel, I
Speaker 1: don't trust Brandon Ayuk, Mohammed sanuor Travis Benjamin as the
Speaker 1: second option for Jimmy g It's gonna be Ross Dwelly
Speaker 1: this week against the Colts. And Trent Shirtfield was a
Speaker 1: thing for one minute. Remember that too. I love might
Speaker 1: take a chance to a receiver he's available in I'm
Speaker 1: not looking right now, but I'm gonna guess percent of
Speaker 1: le Tyler Johnson bucks receiver against Chicago. He will be
Speaker 1: a starter. With Antonio Brown ruled out of this game.
Speaker 1: And when Brown was ruled out in week three, Tyler
Speaker 1: Johnson saw thirty four snaps, which was the same number
Speaker 1: Scotty Miller had. They each had thirty four snaps. But
Speaker 1: Miller's out on this game too. In fact, the only
Speaker 1: three receivers who are expected to be active for this
Speaker 1: game are Evans, Godwin and Tyler Johnson. Here come the Bear,
Speaker 1: So let's break down that for a minute. The Bears
Speaker 1: have one really good corner back, Jalen Johnson. Last week,
Speaker 1: Johnson traveled with Davante Adams. He's going to do that
Speaker 1: this week with Mike Evans, and that's gonna leave Tyler
Speaker 1: Johnson on Kendallville Door. We love to pick on kid
Speaker 1: Kendall vill Door on this show. ProFootball Focus ranks him
Speaker 1: as cornerback eighty nine. He's allowing a passer rating of
Speaker 1: a hundred thirty in his coverage. Sometimes you can tell
Speaker 1: a book by its cover, and Kendall Ville Door has
Speaker 1: a happy ending for Tyler Johnson. I haven't read Harry Potter,
Speaker 1: but was he like the bad guy and Harry Potter
Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, Uh, let's talk about Jets
Speaker 1: taking on the Patriots, Scott. I don't want any part
Speaker 1: of the passing game for the Jets, but I am
Speaker 1: interested in what you think about Michael Carter, who's coming
Speaker 1: on playing pretty well lately, and whether you think Carter
Speaker 1: has a matchup that's usable against the Patriots. I absolutely do.
Speaker 1: I actually have a B grade on Carter. I I
Speaker 1: know that he didn't do great in the first matchup
Speaker 1: against the Patriots, but you have to remember in that game,
Speaker 1: Johnson and Coleman stole seventeen touches from him. Since then,
Speaker 1: Carter has taken over that job and and really taking
Speaker 1: the Lions share. Those two backs have only combined for
Speaker 1: twenty four touches total since that game. Since that's three games,
Speaker 1: eight touches a piece in three games. Uh, it's Carter's
Speaker 1: backfield now that the New England, the New England Patriots
Speaker 1: are allowing about thirty running back touches per game. I
Speaker 1: have trouble believing that Carter is not gonna get day
Speaker 1: near that twenty market. And he does factor into the
Speaker 1: passing game. He does split goal line work, which is annoying.
Speaker 1: But I have a B grade on him. Uh I do, Actually,
Speaker 1: I did put a C grade on Jamison Crowder. I'm sorry.
Speaker 1: I know that I do have Wilson on the bench.
Speaker 1: I have Corey Davis and is inconsistent on the bench,
Speaker 1: and he was he was terrible against the Patriots the
Speaker 1: first time around. But Jamison Crowder has fifteen targets in
Speaker 1: his last two games, in his only two games since
Speaker 1: returning from injury. If he's going to keep getting that
Speaker 1: seven to eight target thing, I'm gonna like him here.
Speaker 1: With Wilson h the first time around, the slot guy
Speaker 1: Barrios had seven for seventy three against the Patriots, so
Speaker 1: I think, and four of the six slot guys against
Speaker 1: the Patriots went for fifty five plus. So I think
Speaker 1: there's some room here for for Jamison Crowder. Okay, you
Speaker 1: know what, I'm gonna give him? Pat okay, Okay. On
Speaker 1: the other side, uh, Mac Jones, I have on the
Speaker 1: bench the Jets are the second best against quarterbacks, only
Speaker 1: second to Buffalo, which is is crazy to me. I
Speaker 1: did not expect that, mostly because they've only allowed four
Speaker 1: passing touchdowns all season. That's not a lot. Maybe teams
Speaker 1: just don't need to They get up with the run
Speaker 1: game and they just run too much um in the
Speaker 1: in the passing game. Also in the receiving game. I
Speaker 1: have Jacoby Myers with a C grade. He finally scored,
Speaker 1: as we called on this show last week, and they
Speaker 1: got called back. The last time I got that happy
Speaker 1: for someone and then immediately came back sad. Gary Anderson
Speaker 1: was lining up for a kick another six target day
Speaker 1: though for him. Uh, you can see it with his
Speaker 1: teammates that they really wanted him to get that one.
Speaker 1: I think I think they're going to make it. Hap
Speaker 1: try to make it happen here because I need that
Speaker 1: in one of my guillotine leagues badly. I think he's
Speaker 1: got a four to five kitch fifty yard floor. So
Speaker 1: I gave him the C grade I had born on
Speaker 1: the bench. Jets top five against wide receivers. Kid, he
Speaker 1: was saved by that seventy five yard touchdown. Like she's
Speaker 1: not getting anything. Uh, Henry Hunter. Henry the only tight
Speaker 1: end the Patriots have. I give a B grade too.
Speaker 1: I got no reaction from Charge on that. I'm very impressed.
Speaker 1: Had had forty two yards against these Jets in Week two.
Speaker 1: He's had thirty plus yards and or score in all
Speaker 1: six games. He scored in three straight. And the Jets
Speaker 1: were just destroyed a couple of weeks ago by tight
Speaker 1: end Uh in the Falcons to the tune of one
Speaker 1: eighty nine yards and two scores to Kyle Pitts and
Speaker 1: Lee Smith. And that had hearst um and maybe it
Speaker 1: gave Bill a blueprint. He needs a blueprint, Yes, he
Speaker 1: needs a blueprint. B grade on Henry the only tight
Speaker 1: end for the Patriots. Harris Damien Harris, I have an
Speaker 1: A grade on He's back to his bell car role.
Speaker 1: He does get the goal line touches saw nineteen touches
Speaker 1: uh in the first game between these two. Jets are
Speaker 1: fourth worst against running backs. They've allowed six touchdowns in
Speaker 1: four in the last four weeks, and all four backs
Speaker 1: top d eight yards. I got an A grade on him.
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna He's gonna ball out here and
Speaker 1: there will be just enough room for Stevenson, who is
Speaker 1: might take a chance on me player? Yeah? I like it.
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Speaker 1: of the players we like, But does Core Darryl Patterson
Speaker 1: keep his hot streak going? Find out when we come back.
Speaker 1: Welcome back to Fantasy Football Weekly, Puliarchy and Guillotine Leagues
Speaker 1: dot Com. Brian Johnson, Guillotine Leagues dot Com. And our
Speaker 1: old friends got fish, old friend how to Danging of
Speaker 1: Life we figured out this year, right, Yeah, that's right,
Speaker 1: this is the year you get it all figured out.
Speaker 1: I love it. Um, I get that reference. Everybody should. Frankly,
Speaker 1: it should be mandatory reading. Yes. When I when my
Speaker 1: daughter was probably twelve, we read, she know, every night.
Speaker 1: We we you know, we read together every night from
Speaker 1: the time she was born up until the time she's
Speaker 1: about thirteen is when it finally petered out. But by
Speaker 1: the end she was we were reading you know, fairly
Speaker 1: adult books like uh, like Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Speaker 1: Watching her read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and just
Speaker 1: getting slayed by it was so fun. Right, She's trying
Speaker 1: to read it and then you know, as as she's
Speaker 1: reading the jokes and then just dying laughter. God, it
Speaker 1: was great. Marvin killed her. Marvin is one of the
Speaker 1: great literary characters of all time. All right, Falcons take
Speaker 1: on the Dolphins. Brian, You've already given us a bunch
Speaker 1: of people that you like in this game, and we've
Speaker 1: already talked about Matt Ryan and others. Uh, I'd like
Speaker 1: to start with cor Daryl Patters running back core Darryl
Speaker 1: Patterson in this matchup. You know I want to start
Speaker 1: with someone else, but okay's cold Patterson. Yes, whether you
Speaker 1: want to call him a running back, wide receiver, or whatever,
Speaker 1: I'm just giving a B in every matchup until he
Speaker 1: wets the bed. Right now, he's on pace for eighty
Speaker 1: five catches over a thousand yards, thirteen and a half
Speaker 1: receiving touchdowns, and then six hundred rushing yards and four
Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns. I don't know how you bench this guy
Speaker 1: right now. You just have to play him until he disappoints.
Speaker 1: An easy B for Patterson over to my true love
Speaker 1: Kyle Pitts. Can give him an A pits as an
Speaker 1: A dot average depth of target north of ten yards
Speaker 1: as predicted, basically playing wide receiver, taking more than seventy
Speaker 1: of his snaps from the slot or outside. He's only
Speaker 1: scored once so far, but his eight red zone targets
Speaker 1: are currently third among tight ends and he's only played
Speaker 1: in five games, so that's pretty impressive. The Dolphins are
Speaker 1: a neutral matchup matchup on paper, but they're tight end
Speaker 1: petition hasn't been great. They did surrender three combined touchdowns
Speaker 1: to the fantasy relevant tight ends they faced. Those were
Speaker 1: Dawson Knox and mo Aali Cox. I am tended to
Speaker 1: take a fly on Atlanta's actual tight end, Hayden Hurst,
Speaker 1: but he's on the bench. But Kyle Pitts wide receiver
Speaker 1: too for the Falcons. He gets an a right receiver
Speaker 1: one is back Calvin Ridley, gonna give him an a.
Speaker 1: Miami will likely be without starting cornerback Spyron Jones and
Speaker 1: Saving Howard, their third best cornerback, who I should have
Speaker 1: pulled up his name. He's likely out now. He got
Speaker 1: injured on Friday. Um, just trust me he's gonna be
Speaker 1: out too. So they're very short on a corner in Miami.
Speaker 1: So when a for Ridley, the Dolphins are allowing more
Speaker 1: than two eight yards per game to wide receivers and
Speaker 1: that was with all the starters. Right now they're all out.
Speaker 1: So if you're asking me to name one player that
Speaker 1: could have the biggest turnaround from like pre and post
Speaker 1: by Calvin Ridley, I mean, just you know the opportunity
Speaker 1: for him to be so much better than what we've
Speaker 1: gotten right now, and he hasn't done anything wrong. It
Speaker 1: just feels like it hasn't quite all come together. It
Speaker 1: all starts right here. Yeah, I think you're sitting out
Speaker 1: a gigantic game this week, as you said, a grade
Speaker 1: for him and going forward. I like it if you're
Speaker 1: still able to execute the trade. He's someone out to
Speaker 1: go after two nights. Um, Mike Davis, I'm gonna give
Speaker 1: him a B. I know that sounds a little crazy,
Speaker 1: but he's been playing more than seventy of the snaps.
Speaker 1: He's been averaging fifteen plus touches over his last four games.
Speaker 1: Just hasn't been producing much, but that should change against
Speaker 1: the Dolphins, who are second worst against running backs from
Speaker 1: a fantasy perspective, allowing eight combo yards and one and
Speaker 1: a half total touchdowns to the position. So I'm looking
Speaker 1: for a big bounce, bounce back for Mike David's here
Speaker 1: he gets a B. And lastly for Atlanta, Matt Ryan
Speaker 1: was fishes take a chance on me, quarterback. Love that
Speaker 1: call as well. Over to the Dolphins side, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: start with Mike SICKI Here're gonna give him a B.
Speaker 1: Now he has taken sixteen in line snaps all season,
Speaker 1: which means ninety four percent of his snaps have come
Speaker 1: from the slot or the outside. He's more of a
Speaker 1: wide receiver than Kyle Pitts is. That said, Atlanta has
Speaker 1: not allowed more than forty two yards so many opposing
Speaker 1: quote unquote tight end, but they did surrender three total
Speaker 1: touchdowns to be very comparable Rob Gronkowski and Dallas Goddard.
Speaker 1: So I love Gaseki this week with a B. And
Speaker 1: you gotta love Jalen Waddle just to be. I'll give
Speaker 1: him an A. We'll talk about Davonte Parker and Preston
Speaker 1: Williams in a minute if those two are out, but
Speaker 1: right now, just to be for Waddle thirteen targets last
Speaker 1: week in London, two touchdowns, a true superstar in the making.
Speaker 1: It looks like Miami knew what they were doing when
Speaker 1: they took him over Davonte Smith. Jalen Waddle, that is,
Speaker 1: he was the very next pick after Jamark Chase by
Speaker 1: the way sixth overall pick, but looks like a home run.
Speaker 1: So far. The Falcons are yielding twenty targets per game
Speaker 1: to opposing wide receivers and allowing one seventy yards and
Speaker 1: one and a half touchdowns per game to the position,
Speaker 1: so B for waddle. Um, I'm gonna give Deavonte Parker
Speaker 1: or President Williams a see whosever looks healthier on game day,
Speaker 1: but both are ruled out. I'll bump up Wattle to
Speaker 1: an A from a B. But really hinges on Parker
Speaker 1: and Williams. I think Parker should be a go with
Speaker 1: the shoulder injury. I'm a little more worried about Williams
Speaker 1: with the groin, so I'll give Parker the sea and
Speaker 1: Williams on the bench for now to was might take
Speaker 1: a chance on me quarterback in this one? And lastly
Speaker 1: at running back, Miles Gascon got to put him on
Speaker 1: the bench, man unless he's the only warm body you
Speaker 1: have at running back, But not too in the third
Speaker 1: last three games too horrible games and one really good one.
Speaker 1: I mean, and what are you supposed to do with that?
Speaker 1: He was outtouched by Salvin Ahmed, who at eight touches
Speaker 1: last week, so you cannot trust. The only upside there
Speaker 1: is the Atlanta's bottom ten against in receiving work to
Speaker 1: back and Gascon just two weeks ago like he is
Speaker 1: He's a natural pass catch and they should throw to
Speaker 1: him more than they do, but they don't. If you're
Speaker 1: in a pinch, which many are. Chiefsake on the Titans
Speaker 1: and what should be a fantastic game Mahomes, Hill and
Speaker 1: Kelsey all obvious as that do not do not require
Speaker 1: any extrapolation. I'll just mention this Hill and Kelsey, who
Speaker 1: U came into this week kind of banged up. Both
Speaker 1: practice Friday. They're both they both are going to go.
Speaker 1: Andy Reid said they're going to start, So do you're
Speaker 1: say keeping them in your lineup? Um? The only guy
Speaker 1: that you really not sure about maybe is Darryl Williams.
Speaker 1: The Titans are far more vulnerable through the air than
Speaker 1: they are on the ground. And I don't think Williams
Speaker 1: is gonna see the twenty carries he got last week.
Speaker 1: Eight Chiefs back, any Chiefs back has only seen fifteen
Speaker 1: carries one other time this season, So I just don't
Speaker 1: think Williams gets a lot of work here. And the
Speaker 1: fact that he's just getting three point four yards per carry,
Speaker 1: he's just he's not great. So I think you're really
Speaker 1: hoping for a short touchdown opportunity, which it's the Chiefs.
Speaker 1: You know, they get the ball inside the five a lot,
Speaker 1: so that can happen. And there's your that's your sec
Speaker 1: by a mile. That doesn't surprise me a bit. So
Speaker 1: see great on Darrell Williams will hope for a touchdown.
Speaker 1: The other wide receivers and one of these guys is
Speaker 1: probably the same thing I said last week. One of
Speaker 1: these guys is gonna chip in. Good luck knowing who
Speaker 1: it is. I don't know. They probably can't tell you
Speaker 1: for sure who it's gonna be. It'll just play out
Speaker 1: in game. But Josh Gordon, me Cole Hardman, Byron Pringle,
Speaker 1: DeMarcus Robinson. Last year was Robinson just score. It's nothing
Speaker 1: but a guessing game. You're probably not going to get
Speaker 1: it right. So they're all on the bench. Let's go
Speaker 1: to Tennessee. Derrick Henryson. Obviously, um, I'll note that tackle
Speaker 1: Taylor Lewe's out for this game, and so you know
Speaker 1: we could have somewhat diminished results here. But Chiefs ranked
Speaker 1: twenty nine in rushing yards allowed. This might be the
Speaker 1: worst overall defense in the league. And here comes Derrick
Speaker 1: henry I. You know, obviously you're gonna start. It's amazing
Speaker 1: what we're seeing right now on pace. By the way,
Speaker 1: Scott not only to set the all time rushing record,
Speaker 1: he's on pace because of the seventeenth game. He's on
Speaker 1: pace to break the yards from scrimmage record in that
Speaker 1: seventeenth game. Because he's catching now did yards and touchdowns
Speaker 1: something Ryan Tannehill gets a beat. Normally, Tannehill labors under
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry heavy game plans that reduces throwing opportunities. Tennessee
Speaker 1: average is just thirty three passes per game. That's twenty
Speaker 1: in the league, and any of the short touchdowns that
Speaker 1: ten Hill would throw usually just get vacuumed update by
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry as well. But and well, Henry is undoubtedly
Speaker 1: going to be a huge part of this passing, huge
Speaker 1: part of the offense. Patrick Mahomes is going to because
Speaker 1: it's going to stress this This is going to stress
Speaker 1: this defense out. And at some point it's very possible
Speaker 1: Tennessee is behind by over a touchdown and Tanniel is
Speaker 1: going to have to do some extra passing in this game.
Speaker 1: Not maybe I'm not saying he's gonna throw his arm
Speaker 1: out of socket like fifty times, but I think we're
Speaker 1: gonna see an uptick in passing and the Chief's pass
Speaker 1: defense is bad. They've given up the eighth most passing
Speaker 1: yards and multiple quarterback touchdowns in four of the past
Speaker 1: five games. I think Daniel finds his way to two
Speaker 1: touchdowns in this game. B grade. A. J. Brown Julio
Speaker 1: Jones get B grades. A J. Brown is storing off
Speaker 1: Tootle very important to factor into your fantasy. That's right.
Speaker 1: Julio Jones on Friday said he will play, which is
Speaker 1: great news, strong opportunity for both guys. This is a
Speaker 1: Kansas City secondary that's given up six receiver touchdowns in
Speaker 1: the last four games, and Brown and Jones are far
Speaker 1: better than any of the Kansas City cornerbacks, including there
Speaker 1: various word if he finally actually comes back from injury
Speaker 1: and plays and big places are always a possibility against
Speaker 1: Kansas City because their safety Daniel Sorenson is brutal, allowing
Speaker 1: the most passing yards of any safety in the league.
Speaker 1: So they are both in with solid B grades. Chester Rogers,
Speaker 1: by the way, ruled out of this game will not
Speaker 1: go alright. Final matchup of this segment is Lions taking
Speaker 1: on the Rams. Scott. I'm sorry, Brian, but even though
Speaker 1: it's a revenge game for Jared Goff. I'm putting him
Speaker 1: on the bench. I'm sorry. I just can't. Under two
Speaker 1: yards and no scores in three of his last four games.
Speaker 1: He's just even if his coach wants him to step
Speaker 1: it up, and it's a perfect script for garbage time.
Speaker 1: What does that mean? Two yards, two eight yards, maybe
Speaker 1: one score. I just can't with Jared Goff this week,
Speaker 1: I am I am giving a C grade to Almond
Speaker 1: ross St Browd. Raymond had an extra catching about ten
Speaker 1: more yards last week, but they tied in targets and
Speaker 1: Almanras led the team and targets in three straight He
Speaker 1: leads to the team and the team in red zone
Speaker 1: targets in that span as well. Um, this is and
Speaker 1: they're going to be mostly playing from behind, and he
Speaker 1: led the team and targets playing down two scores last
Speaker 1: week after they were down two scores and led the
Speaker 1: team and targets. So I gave him a C grade.
Speaker 1: A B grade for Hackinson, as I said last week,
Speaker 1: don't worry. I told you not to worry for seventy three. Uh.
Speaker 1: Non Kelsey tight ends have down leads two. Uh, it's
Speaker 1: the middle of the road matchup, not a smash spots,
Speaker 1: So just to be there, DeAndre Swift, I have an
Speaker 1: A grade for even though he's questionable, he'll be fine
Speaker 1: to go. Uh. That was a very Minnesota go on
Speaker 1: me find to go. Uh. Swift has nine first half
Speaker 1: receptions for thirty nine yards this year. He has thirty
Speaker 1: four receptions in the second half case. So it's because
Speaker 1: they keep getting down and he's the passing down back.
Speaker 1: Maybe you should use it in the first half. It's
Speaker 1: something he's very, very good at. Jamal Williams has played well,
Speaker 1: but he's being largely phased out of this off. Yeah.
Speaker 1: He disappeared last week against the Bengals. He disappeared. Um,
Speaker 1: this is the middle of the road matchup. But the
Speaker 1: Rams have allowed the ninth most reception yard receptions and
Speaker 1: ninth most receiving yards to running backs. Great spots for Swift.
Speaker 1: I got an A grade on him. I'm giving Williams
Speaker 1: the C grade back again. He's had ten plus touches
Speaker 1: in every other game except for last week, where he
Speaker 1: I don't know if he's truly been phased out or not.
Speaker 1: And I wrote right in here a lot of garbage
Speaker 1: time duty and it's the bonado, like you need options,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give him grade to give him one of these,
Speaker 1: But I'm never purely because of the bonado, regardless of
Speaker 1: what happens with Williams this week. And I agree with
Speaker 1: to see like say, he has a bad game still
Speaker 1: so and I'm gonna keep my eye on to trade
Speaker 1: forward pick up because as the season goes on, it
Speaker 1: gets deader and debtor for Detroit part of the process,
Speaker 1: are gonna want to use DeAndre Swift in that scenario right.
Speaker 1: Part of the problem is last week the Bengals run
Speaker 1: the slowest paced game in the NFL and that that
Speaker 1: led to less touches last week. On the other side,
Speaker 1: the ram side, Stafford and Cup I think they're obvious
Speaker 1: as at this point they're just putting up too many points.
Speaker 1: I'm giving b a B grade to Woods. He turned
Speaker 1: back into the pre squeaky wool Wood would pre squeaky
Speaker 1: wheel Woods last week. But second receivers, they're averaging three
Speaker 1: three catches for over fifty yards and more so B
Speaker 1: grade for Woods, C grade on Higbee, he's had four
Speaker 1: games with five or more targets. UH lines have allowed
Speaker 1: a handful of four to five catch forties and sixt
Speaker 1: yard tight end days. That's likely what Higbee. I'll do
Speaker 1: Henderson a grade. Lions worst team against running backs in
Speaker 1: the league. Uh their bottom ten in most character categories.
Speaker 1: So I got Henderson with an A grade and Michelle
Speaker 1: with a C grade. I think he can get work too.
Speaker 1: As much time for Sony Michelle, who you could pick
Speaker 1: up in the bipocalypse. It's going to be a thirty
Speaker 1: plus stage day for those touch absolutely absolutely, I'm trying.
Speaker 1: I'm hoping we get uh Cooper Cup into the m
Speaker 1: v P conversation here he leaves in targets, receptions and
Speaker 1: yards could end up happening at some point. When we
Speaker 1: come back, our number two Fantasy Football Weekly begins with
Speaker 1: three tough questions you can play along see if you
Speaker 1: can go three and oh and Fantasy Football Weekly. When
Speaker 1: we return for our number two, our number two Fantasy
Speaker 1: Football Weekly, welcome Backbaul Charching from Guillotine Leagues dot com.
Speaker 1: Brian Johnson and Scott Fish my co host Today. Gentlemen,
Speaker 1: this is a segment we call three tough questions. We
Speaker 1: traditionally Number one is Miles Sanders a sabotage drop Scott Fish.
Speaker 1: You think he was only playing six of the snaps
Speaker 1: the first four weeks, He's played seventy eight percent in
Speaker 1: the last two. The last two weeks they played the
Speaker 1: Panthers and Bucks, two of the best teams out there
Speaker 1: as far as against running backs. So yeah, he didn't
Speaker 1: put up a lot of a lot of points, but
Speaker 1: he leads the NFL in broken tackle. Every five point
Speaker 1: seven attempts, he's averaging four points seven yards per carry.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna flip it on you, and I'm gonna say
Speaker 1: you should go buy him now. You can get him
Speaker 1: next to nothing. Right now. People are picking up guys
Speaker 1: like Felton and Levian Bell was the most picked up
Speaker 1: player on on Friday. You're not sabotaging anyone with this movie.
Speaker 1: You're sabotaging to yourself. You're helping to other people by
Speaker 1: giving him a good player. He he only has two
Speaker 1: opponents left on his schedule that rank above average in
Speaker 1: a stood points allowed to running backs. It's a great
Speaker 1: schedule going forward, and the OC talked this week about
Speaker 1: how they want to get him more involved in more
Speaker 1: going Miles Sanders a sabotage drop. I don't have much
Speaker 1: to add to that. I don't think I possibly could
Speaker 1: add to that, but I agree with Fish, he can't
Speaker 1: sabotage drop Miles Sanders. Just we're gonna talk about his
Speaker 1: matchup very shortly, and I like it this week. Uh,
Speaker 1: just a sort of tack onto what he said. I
Speaker 1: would go look to add uh Kenneth Gainwell, who a
Speaker 1: lot of people probably gave up on because he was
Speaker 1: on the Sanders as heels essentially looking to take his job.
Speaker 1: But Sanders played like eight of the snaps last week.
Speaker 1: So go grab Gainwell in case something happens to Sanders
Speaker 1: an you need just drop him for whoever. But the
Speaker 1: answer to sabotage drop for Sanders is known for me.
Speaker 1: You guys sniffed this one out awfully well. It is
Speaker 1: exactly as Scott described it. This is actually a by
Speaker 1: low moment on Miles Sanders for all the reasons you
Speaker 1: that you mentioned. He's getting way more use now just
Speaker 1: the regression of use the Eagles running backs over the
Speaker 1: last month. They're averaging ten rushes per game. That's ridiculous.
Speaker 1: And there it's going to come back to normalcy or
Speaker 1: something resembling normalcy anyway, and we will see a positive
Speaker 1: regression in Miles Sanders carries. You always want to buy
Speaker 1: on the dip. Were at the dip. We're buying on
Speaker 1: Miles Sanders right now. Well done you two tough question
Speaker 1: number two? Who is the top Dynasty or Empire wide receiver? Brian?
Speaker 1: What do you think now if you're going into a
Speaker 1: start up draft, which is what you're pretty much assuming
Speaker 1: here it's a three headed or a three way race
Speaker 1: between Jamaar Chase, Ceedee Lamb, and Justin Jefferson, that they're
Speaker 1: all just they're all amazing players. I'm not gonna break
Speaker 1: down their air yards or their separation fact whatever it
Speaker 1: comes down to age when it comes to dynasty, Chase
Speaker 1: is basically a year younger than Ceedee Lamb and Justin Jefferson.
Speaker 1: He turns twenty two in March, Seedee and uh, Justin
Speaker 1: Jefferson turned twenty three in the spring. So I'm gonna
Speaker 1: remove Jefferson from the equation though, just because his quarterback
Speaker 1: beyond this year kind of an unknown. It could be
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins, it could not be Kirk Cousins. And you
Speaker 1: want your top dynasty receiver tied to an elite quarterback.
Speaker 1: So we're gonna have to remove Jefferson from the equation.
Speaker 1: So that leaves Jamaark Chase with Joe Burrow and Ceedee
Speaker 1: Lamb with Dak Prescott. Kind of a tie there for me.
Speaker 1: And what's gonna break it is Tee Higgins is more
Speaker 1: of a threat to targets to Jamaar Chas and whatever
Speaker 1: a Marii Cooper or whoever the wide receiver two is
Speaker 1: going to be down the line in Dallas. So therefore
Speaker 1: my answer is Ceedee Lamb is the top dynasty wide
Speaker 1: Ceedee Lamb Scott who is the top dynasty or empire
Speaker 1: wide receiver. So Brian basically said a lot of what
Speaker 1: what I was gonna say. You you and I both
Speaker 1: had Ceedee Lamb as this answer in the preseason. I
Speaker 1: think Matt had a J. Brown or something like that,
Speaker 1: or I don't remember. Maybe it's Justin Jefferson, but his
Speaker 1: points on Justin Brian's point on Justin Jeffers and is right.
Speaker 1: We sell what happened with a J. Brown this year
Speaker 1: when your quarterback starts to trail off, that could be,
Speaker 1: you know, if we don't have Kirk Cousins with the
Speaker 1: Vikings in a couple of years, that could be Jefferson.
Speaker 1: Um DK is off the list now. It's it's that
Speaker 1: three man race. You could make an argument for Hill
Speaker 1: or Cup because in even in dynasty leagues, you want
Speaker 1: to look at that two to three year window. But
Speaker 1: for me, I'm going with the younger guy. I love
Speaker 1: Ceedee Lamb, but I think I think Chase is just
Speaker 1: Burrow's boy. He's one of only two wide receivers to
Speaker 1: hit five under plus yards and five touchdowns in his
Speaker 1: first six games. The other was Randy Moss. He's on
Speaker 1: a he's on a great pace, and I think he's
Speaker 1: proven he can be the alpha in that offense. I
Speaker 1: love them both. We're really splitting hairs here, but I'm
Speaker 1: just gonna say Chase. The correct answer is Jamaar Chase
Speaker 1: operating at historic rookie levels already, including the deep receiving
Speaker 1: production compared to Justin Jefferson's historic year last year, Chases
Speaker 1: averaging per game more catch, five more yards, and double
Speaker 1: the production of Justin Jefferson in his rookie year. He
Speaker 1: has a fantastic young quarterback with whom he can spend
Speaker 1: the next decade. And the suggestion that I think the
Speaker 1: suggestion I like, I like Tea Higgins, but it's clear
Speaker 1: to Higgins is no threat to Chase. Amari Cooper is
Speaker 1: very good. I think your Tee Higgins is a bigger
Speaker 1: threat than Amari Cooper is unfounded and unsubstantiateable for the
Speaker 1: next several years. Yes, and I like Higgins. It's clear that,
Speaker 1: in fact, we should talk about you in the next week.
Speaker 1: Que what is the appropriate level of concern for Darren Waller? None?
Speaker 1: Some or a bowl loosening level of eggsistential dread Scott
Speaker 1: your first stop it charge stop it last week with Hawkinson,
Speaker 1: this week with Waller, asked same question. I'm telling you
Speaker 1: it's none. It's none. Hawk went eight for seventy four
Speaker 1: and eleven targets the week after you asked this question.
Speaker 1: So I think you're just reversed. Stinksy. These people in
Speaker 1: good games at this point. Um. But Waller, Yes, Waller
Speaker 1: only has one top eight finish it Tighten, and that
Speaker 1: was you know when he got nineteen targets. But he's
Speaker 1: playing eighty nine percent of snaps, he's running routes on
Speaker 1: nearly nine of his routes. He has nine red zone targets.
Speaker 1: He's had at least one of those every week at
Speaker 1: least seven targets in all but last week. And last
Speaker 1: week was because they only played had fifty six total
Speaker 1: plays like they did not have They did not have
Speaker 1: a lot of you know, a lot of snaps for
Speaker 1: him to do that for for for for people listening,
Speaker 1: fifty six snaps last week. Uh, the Raiders were averaging
Speaker 1: seventy two snaps per game the five weeks prior, so
Speaker 1: it was quite a drop off target chair in that offense.
Speaker 1: You should not worry about him, keep starting none at all.
Speaker 1: Waller was a long roundabout waiters ran. What's the appropriate
Speaker 1: level of concern for Darren Waller? None? Some are blowed.
Speaker 1: I gotta go some based on his a DP, and
Speaker 1: that's a DP if you're drafting with me, because I'd
Speaker 1: be taking him early second round every draft I was in,
Speaker 1: and if he was there in the later in the second,
Speaker 1: I would scoop him up wherever possible. He's not performing
Speaker 1: at that level, but the tight end is an absolute
Speaker 1: waste land. But the Raiders are leaning on Henry Ruggs
Speaker 1: a little more than I thought and Hunter Renfro. Those
Speaker 1: guys are a little more reliable than we thought. I
Speaker 1: thought Waller would have been a lock for ten eleven
Speaker 1: targets weekend in week out, But last year he had
Speaker 1: a little wall at this time of the year and
Speaker 1: he just went bonkers later in the season. So I've
Speaker 1: got some, but it's really very little. But I gotta
Speaker 1: go with some. There's not it's not none. Just on
Speaker 1: the record, Brian Johnson hates Darren Walmer never. Waller hasn't
Speaker 1: been bad, but he also hasn't been particularly good since
Speaker 1: the opener. He's hasn't topped sixty five yards since the opener.
Speaker 1: He has scored once since the opener. He's trailed laing
Speaker 1: guys like Dawson Knox and Dalton Schultz and fantasy points. Now, ironically,
Speaker 1: what's killing Waller is that, unlike last year, all the
Speaker 1: other receivers for the Raiders don't suck rugs. Brian Edwards,
Speaker 1: Hunter Renfroe have given Derek Carr capable targets. That's not
Speaker 1: going to change. These are young players who are only
Speaker 1: getting better. Waller remains an above average tight end. He's
Speaker 1: very talented, but he is now sharing the ball with
Speaker 1: a lot of other players, and that means he's going
Speaker 1: to have a lot of box scores like what we've
Speaker 1: seen right now, which you're good, not great. He's gonna
Speaker 1: have some massive games, undoubtedly, but they're not going to
Speaker 1: come and they kind of quantity they were last year
Speaker 1: and compared to his average draft position of the second round,
Speaker 1: there should be some level of concern. Wow, no words
Speaker 1: at this point. It's your flabbergassing right now. I know,
Speaker 1: Brian Eagles take on the Raiders. We were just talking
Speaker 1: about Miles Sanders, So let's make a seater and Darren Waller,
Speaker 1: let's make a seamless transition here. What do you think
Speaker 1: about Miles Sanders with all the extra usage he's gotten
Speaker 1: the last few weeks in this matchup with Las Vegas. Yes,
Speaker 1: I like the matchup this week. That's why I'm giving
Speaker 1: him a b posing backs are averaging nearly eight targets
Speaker 1: per game against the Raiders, who are also allowing more
Speaker 1: than one yards per game on the ground. Two running backs,
Speaker 1: and you know last week Philly fell into a negative
Speaker 1: game script. We thought we'd seen more Kenny Gainewell, but
Speaker 1: we did not. So I'm going to be with Miles
Speaker 1: Sanders and Gainwell back on the bench until we see
Speaker 1: him back in the rotation when I would not be
Speaker 1: dropping him though He's still a very strong hold for me.
Speaker 1: But bench grade for Gainwell this week. Not a bench
Speaker 1: grade for Dallas Goddard and give him give him a B.
Speaker 1: Borderline A. Uh. The Eagles are top ten and tight
Speaker 1: end targets, and now with zach Ertz gone, that target
Speaker 1: share is essentially all for Goddard, and the Raiders are
Speaker 1: top five in the most catches and yards allowed to
Speaker 1: opposing tight ends. They've also surrendered four tight end scores
Speaker 1: over the last three weeks. So B forgot or borderline A.
Speaker 1: But I'm just gonna go with the safe B here. Uh,
Speaker 1: not so safe CE for DeVante Smith. Raiders have been
Speaker 1: tough on wide receivers, allowing just one nine yards and
Speaker 1: half a touchdown per game to the positions of a
Speaker 1: C for Smith. Puts all the other wide receivers for
Speaker 1: Philly easily on the bench for me. But Jalen Hurts
Speaker 1: essentially unbenchable. It doesn't matter the matchup or how bleak
Speaker 1: it looks. Go and get to the fourth quarter of
Speaker 1: the game. He's gonna get you twenty points almost all running.
Speaker 1: He's the only quarterback to finish top twelve every week. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I believe it. So B for Jalen Hurts with he's
Speaker 1: got a upside every week with the rushing of which
Speaker 1: also gives him a safe sea floor. You gotta love
Speaker 1: Hurts and fantasy, maybe not so much in reality. Like God,
Speaker 1: we gotta go back to the drafting. We don't care
Speaker 1: about how the Eagles turn out here on fantasy for
Speaker 1: wins and losses. So B for Hurts. Over to the
Speaker 1: Raiders side, Josh Jacobs just to see. I said I'd
Speaker 1: like the matchup when talking about Kenyan Drake and take calm.
Speaker 1: The Eagles have been very generous for opposing backs, allowing
Speaker 1: the fifth most rush yards with an eight yard rusher
Speaker 1: and each of the last four games to go along
Speaker 1: with five running back touchdowns. But Jacob's just not very good.
Speaker 1: And either it's the it's the running. The line is
Speaker 1: so bad run blocking in particular, but he's not dynamics. Okay,
Speaker 1: run blocking I think is dead last by ProFootball focus,
Speaker 1: but Jacobs just not dynamic enough to make up for
Speaker 1: the lack of run blocking ability in Las Vegas or
Speaker 1: just to see and what should be a positive matchup.
Speaker 1: That's why I have Kenyan Dracus might take a chance
Speaker 1: on me running back. I think he sees double digit
Speaker 1: touchdowns and the double digit touches and this one double
Speaker 1: digit touchdowns would be nice, but not that high. Uh,
Speaker 1: So a c for Drake who's might take a chance
Speaker 1: on me running back? And yes we are still starting
Speaker 1: Darren Waller with confidence. Scott especially this week. Don't worry
Speaker 1: even though there's some concern long term. Not this week
Speaker 1: he gets an a been somewhat quiet recently, but he
Speaker 1: should pop off this week. The Eagles have allowed the
Speaker 1: fourth most receptions and the most touchdowns to opposing tight
Speaker 1: ends with five. So in a for Darren Waller just
Speaker 1: to see though for hen Ruggs and Hunter renfro Uh,
Speaker 1: Henry Ruggs should see Slayton. I'm sorry in shadow coverage,
Speaker 1: but again he might be on Waller. He covered Kelsey, Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1: When they played the Chiefs, he he was on h
Speaker 1: Kelsey quite a bit and Kelsey struggled that day. He
Speaker 1: only had four catches for twenty three yards. If Slade
Speaker 1: jumps on Waller a bunch, there's a little concern there,
Speaker 1: but that would open up Rugs for perhaps some deep
Speaker 1: down field in that game, Tyreek Hill had like a
Speaker 1: hundred eighty yards and three. Wow. So the speedy outside
Speaker 1: guy in this one. If that same situation plays out, yeah, unlikely.
Speaker 1: Ruggs gets full on shadow coverage from Sligh, so he
Speaker 1: gets to see. So does Hunter Renfrew, who was second
Speaker 1: on targets on the team, only behind Darren Waller. Not
Speaker 1: at an ideal matchup Eagles allowing just eleven catches yards
Speaker 1: per game to wide receivers, but Renfro and Rugs both
Speaker 1: get a sea from me, and lastly, Derek Carran to
Speaker 1: give him a B. Tom Brady, Dak Prescott, and Patrick
Speaker 1: Mahomes combined to average more than two hundred seventy passing
Speaker 1: yards and nearly three and a half passing touchdowns against
Speaker 1: the Eagles this year. Car isn't quite on their level,
Speaker 1: but two fifty passing yards and two touchdowns seems like
Speaker 1: a safe floor with the ceiling of three yards in
Speaker 1: three touchdowns type game in the cards for a car
Speaker 1: so B makes sense. When we come back, I want
Speaker 1: to talk about the Bears versus the Bucks. It's a
Speaker 1: fascinating matchup for Justin Fields averaging just twenty one passes
Speaker 1: per game. That's the lowest of any starter. But here
Speaker 1: comes to Bucks, who see the most passes of any team.
Speaker 1: Something's got to give. We'll tell you what to expect
Speaker 1: from that Chicago passing game when we come back to
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Speaker 1: with Bears taking on the Bucks. As I mentioned going
Speaker 1: into this break, a fascinating matchup for Justin Fields throwing
Speaker 1: the fewest passes of any starting quarterback, just twenty one
Speaker 1: per game. That is leather helmet era passing right there.
Speaker 1: But because nobody can run on Tampa, they're seeing the
Speaker 1: most passes per game forty two. That is exactly double
Speaker 1: fields normal output. So some things got to give. If
Speaker 1: Matt Nage and Bill Laser allow Fields to ratch up
Speaker 1: his passing to let's say somewhere in between those two,
Speaker 1: like thirty two or thirty four passing touchdowns right somewhere
Speaker 1: in that ballpark. That's enough volume to take advantage of
Speaker 1: a secondary that's missing several key starters. Fields never gets
Speaker 1: to run the ball. Unfortunately, even though he's a gifted runner,
Speaker 1: they never run him, so that won't be a factor
Speaker 1: here at all. But I think we can. I think
Speaker 1: we can get a little something done through the air
Speaker 1: on enough targets and just one or two deep connections
Speaker 1: that might be good enough. So I'm giving a C
Speaker 1: grade in the bipocalypse for Justin Fields. Now let's go
Speaker 1: to his receivers, Darnell Mooney, one of my favorite sneaky plays.
Speaker 1: Tapas allowed the fourth most wide receiver receptions. Mooney already
Speaker 1: getting a team leading eight targets per game, so I
Speaker 1: think with the extra passing he gets up to like
Speaker 1: ten ten targets, double digit targets in this game. Richard
Speaker 1: Sherman dead. He was replaced see Carlon Davis dead. Now
Speaker 1: they're going with former undrafted free agent d Delaney at cornerback.
Speaker 1: He's already allowed two scores in less than one snaps
Speaker 1: this season, and he does not have anywhere near Mooney's speed.
Speaker 1: So I've got to be great on Darnell Mooney. Allen
Speaker 1: Robinson also with a B great Buccaneers allowing one yards
Speaker 1: per game to receivers that is six most uh and
Speaker 1: this despite the fact that they faced Mac Jones and
Speaker 1: Jacoby Brisaid and Jalen Hurts. He's not a great pastors.
Speaker 1: So even though Justin Fields hasn't been a great passer
Speaker 1: and you can get a little something done here, we
Speaker 1: are going to likely see a fair amount of Jamal
Speaker 1: Dean for Allen Robinson, and Dean's good. He's twentie rank
Speaker 1: cornerback in the league. But if they flip Robinson the
Speaker 1: other side of the field, then get positive matchups on
Speaker 1: the de Delaney character I already mentioned. So still like
Speaker 1: Robinson as wealth be great on him. And here comes
Speaker 1: another sneaky play for you, Cole comment startable this week
Speaker 1: Jimmy amaz out and he wasn't a big factor anyway,
Speaker 1: but this was gonna be a positive matchup and a
Speaker 1: recommended matchup regardless of Jimmy Graham's status. Bucks have allowed
Speaker 1: four tight end scores in the last four games. They've
Speaker 1: allowed the third most tight end receptions, the fourth most
Speaker 1: tight end scores, and the most Fantasy points tight ends.
Speaker 1: Cold Commit has seen four and five targets over the
Speaker 1: past two weeks, and he's coming off a career best
Speaker 1: forty nine yard game. Trending the right way. Let's try
Speaker 1: Cold Commit in a tricky bye week and that's it.
Speaker 1: That brings us to Khalil Herbert. So we're assuming pass
Speaker 1: catching back well, assuming Damian Williams will remain out, and
Speaker 1: if Williams is out, that means Khalil Herbert gets almost
Speaker 1: all the work. But Tampa bases by far the fewest runs,
Speaker 1: so he's not gonna get much of anything on the ground.
Speaker 1: They're giving up just forty rushing yards per game and
Speaker 1: no rushing touchdowns, by the way, but where Herbert can
Speaker 1: help you out a little bit is through the air.
Speaker 1: Herbert's got decent hands. Tampas allowed the third most running
Speaker 1: back receptions and if they give up the same forty
Speaker 1: two receiving yards per game they're averaging. So if Herbert's
Speaker 1: gonna get like all the work in the forty rushing
Speaker 1: yards and the forty two receiving yards, that equals a
Speaker 1: C grade for Khalil Herbert. Now let's go to the
Speaker 1: Tampa side of this game. Tom Brady's an obvious a
Speaker 1: aside from the dud game in the rain against Bill Belichick,
Speaker 1: he's been awesome, averaging three hundred sixty yards and three
Speaker 1: and a half passing touchdowns per game. And even though
Speaker 1: Chicago's past defense has been better lately, Brady's got his
Speaker 1: deep set of receivers and an opportunity, especially against Chicago
Speaker 1: secondary missing starting safety to Sean Gibson, who's going to
Speaker 1: be out in this one. So the deep ball really
Speaker 1: in play for Brady here, and I like him a lot.
Speaker 1: I've got also got eight grades on Mike Evans and
Speaker 1: Chris Godwin. An Tonio Brown out for this game, by
Speaker 1: the way, So for Godwin running out of the slot,
Speaker 1: he's gonna avoid the one good cornerback that the Bucks have,
Speaker 1: Jalen Johnson, who's an outside cornerback instead he gets the
Speaker 1: interior side, which it was originally Marquis Christian is the
Speaker 1: slot cornerback, and then they went to Duke Shelle, but
Speaker 1: he's a game time decision with an ankle injury. And
Speaker 1: then they've been trying to use Xavier Crawford, a safety
Speaker 1: turned slot cornerback, disaster move. They're gonna hope Duke Shelly
Speaker 1: can come back, but even then, Chris Godwin against Duke
Speaker 1: Shelley is an a matchup for Chris Godwin. Then Mike
Speaker 1: Evans coming up the brutal box score last week, but
Speaker 1: it's all about targets for Evans. When he gets his targets,
Speaker 1: he's great. And with Antonio Brown out and Antonio Brown
Speaker 1: leads the team in targets, Evans is gonna get fed.
Speaker 1: And he's sitting on a big game here now. He
Speaker 1: is going to get shadowed by Jalen Johnson, the Bears
Speaker 1: one good cornerback, and he shadowed last week, and he
Speaker 1: shadowed Davante Adams. I think he shadows Evans here, but
Speaker 1: Evans also in sneaky fashion. He'll run from the slot sometimes.
Speaker 1: And I still like Evans and I'm still giving him
Speaker 1: an a grade even with Jalen Johnson on him for
Speaker 1: much of this game. Tyler Johnson was might take a
Speaker 1: chance on me wide receiver. You can pick him up
Speaker 1: and start him. I like him a lot in this
Speaker 1: game and staying with the passing game. Rob Gronkows Gronkow
Speaker 1: excuse been ruled out of this game. So it's gonna
Speaker 1: be another coin flip between O. J. Howard and Cameron Braid.
Speaker 1: OJ Howard's getting slightly more work, and if you had
Speaker 1: to pick one, I would pick Howard. But really it's
Speaker 1: a coin flip. Bears are one of the best height
Speaker 1: end defenses, so I don't think you want to play
Speaker 1: either one of those guys in there on the bench. Lastly,
Speaker 1: Leonard four net. He is now getting virtually all the work.
Speaker 1: Ronald Jones only saw three touches in the first half
Speaker 1: of last week's game. Geo Bernard just had two targets
Speaker 1: all game. It's it's all four net right now. Bears
Speaker 1: just allowed Aaron Jones and A. J. Dillon to run
Speaker 1: for one hundred thirty five combined yards. Bears are worse
Speaker 1: on the road, giving up four and a half yards
Speaker 1: per carrying. They've given up three rushing scores to running
Speaker 1: backs as compared to zero at home. So I like
Speaker 1: four net with a B grade in that game. All right,
Speaker 1: let's go to Texans taking on the Cardinals. Scott actually
Speaker 1: turned up a Texan as it take a chance, I
Speaker 1: mean runner mark Ingram. What do you think of I like?
Speaker 1: I took it a ton of heat on Twitter this
Speaker 1: week for this. I'm watching Davis Mills and last week
Speaker 1: and and throughout his his young decent they have looked decent.
Speaker 1: The guy he's got an NFL arm. Now, all the
Speaker 1: decision making isn't there yet, and he's still a little
Speaker 1: bit slow to process and other stuff. He really was
Speaker 1: never meant to start a game as a rookie. I
Speaker 1: don't think but that he has an NFL arm. I'm
Speaker 1: I'm seeing him slinging lasers to the sidelines. He's got in.
Speaker 1: He's got a little touch on his deep ball. I
Speaker 1: know he had three picks last week, but one of
Speaker 1: them for sure was not on him. But Davis Mills
Speaker 1: is not terrible, and that doesn't mean you have to
Speaker 1: start him this week. I feel the same way as you,
Speaker 1: and and it's gonna be interesting because Tyrod Taylor should
Speaker 1: be coming back within the next couple of weeks. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's a lot of tough decision. Uh, Davis Mills, I
Speaker 1: do have a SE grade on all right, after all that,
Speaker 1: I'm glad you do. Yes, he blew up the pass
Speaker 1: and didn't completely turn back into a pumpkin. Last week. Uh,
Speaker 1: he had over two d forty yards and we'll see
Speaker 1: another negative game script this week. The Cards allow a
Speaker 1: little over two in thirty yards and one point five
Speaker 1: scars scores per game. That's a pretty fair low end
Speaker 1: projection for Mills. Uh, it's it's a C grade because
Speaker 1: we have four starters and two streamers on buys. I
Speaker 1: mean he's gonna get bounced for that. A grade for Cooks.
Speaker 1: As we said, when Cooks did nothing against against the Pats,
Speaker 1: it was Bill shutting him down. He was back to
Speaker 1: his old ways last week. He has nine plus catches
Speaker 1: in three of the five Mills games. Like he's getting
Speaker 1: a lot of volumes. So I have an A grade there.
Speaker 1: Nico Collins questionable turned up midweek with a little bit
Speaker 1: of an ankle injury, but then he progressed in practice. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, I think he still plays. I still have
Speaker 1: a C grade on on him. He caught four balls
Speaker 1: for forty four yards on six targets last week of
Speaker 1: the snaps. He's a six pound, four for three runner. Uh.
Speaker 1: He's got four to six inches and twenty five pounds
Speaker 1: on any of the cornerbacks that can cover him. So's
Speaker 1: he's got and he's a good contested catch receiver. UM
Speaker 1: second receivers Donovan Peoples, Jones, Robert Woods, even Van Jefferson, uh,
Speaker 1: even k j Osborne. A lot of the secondary receivers
Speaker 1: have done work on the Cardinals, multiple touchdowns, lots of
Speaker 1: big games, So I have a C grade on him.
Speaker 1: On the Arizona side, I think Cayler Murray's pretty obviously
Speaker 1: at this point. If he's not throwing for three touchdowns,
Speaker 1: he's throwing for three yards. It really is, and it's
Speaker 1: back to his shoulder injury days. Really is what it is.
Speaker 1: The runnings way down because they've got huge, huge leads,
Speaker 1: he doesn't need to risk it. Um Hopkins I got
Speaker 1: an A grade too. He leads the NFL and touchdowns
Speaker 1: ten red zone targets as well. The yards haven't really
Speaker 1: been there, but I think those will come up. Also
Speaker 1: in the passing game, Christian Kirk and Uh and Rondale Moore.
Speaker 1: I'm giving Kirk a C grade here. I'm leaving more
Speaker 1: on the bench. They had their snap shares jump up
Speaker 1: from about the late second quarter when Max Williams went
Speaker 1: down with the injury. Their snaps jumped jumped way up.
Speaker 1: Now comes in zach Ertz. I think that's where it
Speaker 1: comes from, because more in kirkomen playing in this lot,
Speaker 1: That's where zach Ertz is gonna jump in. Where Max
Speaker 1: Williams was before those snaps jumped up. I think their
Speaker 1: snaps go back down, putting more back on the bench.
Speaker 1: Kirk back down to a C grade level player, and
Speaker 1: and kind of a riskier one at that. With Earth's
Speaker 1: out there, I'm giving him the C grade. And Williams.
Speaker 1: Max Williams four full games, he had two games with
Speaker 1: five plus game catches. He had two games with sixty
Speaker 1: five plus yards. That's about what Earth's was doing over
Speaker 1: over in Philadelphia, and the Texas have allowed four touchdowns
Speaker 1: in the last three weeks, two tight ends. I think
Speaker 1: it's a good spot for Earth's. I'm giving him the
Speaker 1: C grade, but I could be talked into a B.
Speaker 1: In his first game there, Uh in the in the
Speaker 1: running game. I'm giving Connor the way better grade here
Speaker 1: than than Edmands. I have the B grade on Connor,
Speaker 1: the C grade on Edmunds. Edmunds only has ten carries
Speaker 1: in the last two weeks, stinged up with the shoulder injury.
Speaker 1: They've been in the lead, so they don't need to
Speaker 1: risk that show entry and they're contented. They're gonna be
Speaker 1: leading this game too. James Conner's averaging in games where
Speaker 1: they lead by fourteen points is averaging eighteen touches, and
Speaker 1: they're eighteen point favorites here. So I I got the
Speaker 1: B grade on Connor, who's gonna get a lot of volume.
Speaker 1: I know he's not getting a lot of yards, but
Speaker 1: he's getting the goal line work and and he's gonna
Speaker 1: get the touches. So B grade on Connor, C grade
Speaker 1: on Edmunds because he catches passes. I like it. Brian
Speaker 1: Colt Stake on the forty nine. Carson Wentz has been good.
Speaker 1: He's been good. Nobody wants to talk about it. He's
Speaker 1: nobody's like comeback player of the Year, Carson. He should
Speaker 1: be in this conversation. He's been very capable. What do
Speaker 1: you think of the passing game? Here, no no t
Speaker 1: Y Hilton, and all probability no Paris Campbell against the
Speaker 1: forty Niners. Yeah, I gotta mention that there's an eight
Speaker 1: percent chance of rain in this game with wins. UH
Speaker 1: around twenty miles per hour expected in San Francisco on
Speaker 1: Sunday night, so you want to factor that into the
Speaker 1: passing game. And as you mentioned, Carson Wentz has looked
Speaker 1: great over his last three games, has completed six of
Speaker 1: his passes well, averaging two four yards and two touchdowns.
Speaker 1: But I got him on the bench this week. It
Speaker 1: just does not feel like a smash spot on the road,
Speaker 1: bad weather, as you mentioned, probably no t Y Hilton,
Speaker 1: no Paris Campbell, So I'm borderline c on wins. But
Speaker 1: I got him on the bench here. I do at
Speaker 1: least like Michael Pittman. They're gonna give him a b um.
Speaker 1: Speaking of t Y Hilton, very brief but effective cameo
Speaker 1: last week. I was right to see him. Then if
Speaker 1: he has gone again, he's unlikely to play. As I mentioned,
Speaker 1: Paris Campbell still on I R, so Pittman should see
Speaker 1: a bumping volume against San fran who has allowed five
Speaker 1: wide receiver touchdowns over their last four games, including two
Speaker 1: yard receiving performances during that same span. So I gotta
Speaker 1: be on Michael Pittman, but uh man, I still gotta
Speaker 1: put it. What do you think a little Zach Pascal?
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say, if you're super I think there's a
Speaker 1: play to be had here, if you're super desperate for
Speaker 1: a wide receiver. I kind of like some of our
Speaker 1: other tight end plays that we've mentioned. Or were you
Speaker 1: just saying a little okay, I was gonna say he's
Speaker 1: like six too. He's not exactly little, but I'll give
Speaker 1: I'll give a little Zack basket a dart throw see
Speaker 1: here based on the numbers on paper that the Niners
Speaker 1: are allowing to wide receivers. So c for Pascal. I
Speaker 1: love me some big Maxim Mo Ali Cox, but he's
Speaker 1: on the bench this week, still lose his snaps to
Speaker 1: Jack Doyley, got ruled out? Has he been ruled out?
Speaker 1: I did not know that I was gonna say. I
Speaker 1: I don't like him as much as you or some
Speaker 1: of the other tight ends we mentioned. Mo Ali still
Speaker 1: to touchdown dependent for me. San Francisco has surrendered just
Speaker 1: one tight end touchdown all year that went to t J.
Speaker 1: Hockinson in Week one. Every other opposing tight end performance
Speaker 1: has been pretty bad, so I'm tempted. I gotta put
Speaker 1: him on the bench, but I cannot fault you if
Speaker 1: you have to plug mo Ali's not rocks into your line.
Speaker 1: Played a week one in Moyali Cox had a goose
Speaker 1: that I think that Oh no, no, no, I'm thinking
Speaker 1: all right, if it came down to Zach Pascal or
Speaker 1: mo Ali Cox, who you got, I still gotta go
Speaker 1: Zach Passo because the wide receiver numbers opposing numbers are
Speaker 1: softer against San Franzon. Pascal is like top ten in
Speaker 1: red zone targets amount players this year. But nine, yeah, Pascal,
Speaker 1: We'll give him a safer c Alright, you have little
Speaker 1: Zach Basket gets a big old seat. Uh. Lastly, for
Speaker 1: Indie Jonathan Taylor, are gonna give him a b People
Speaker 1: have been complaining about his usage, but maybe the Colts
Speaker 1: have this just right. If you've noticed he's still healthy
Speaker 1: and effective. I'm like a lot of the other running
Speaker 1: backs that are Derrick Henry in the league. Uh JT
Speaker 1: has caught fire recently, averaging sixty seven more combo yards
Speaker 1: per game and seven more yards per touch over his
Speaker 1: last three games compared to his first three games. So
Speaker 1: he's been hot. But San Francisco is a tough matchup.
Speaker 1: They're allowing the third fewest rushing yards two running backs.
Speaker 1: They do allow a fair amount of production through the
Speaker 1: air six catches forty five yards per game to backs.
Speaker 1: Nihiem Hines will steal some work there, but he's on
Speaker 1: the bench for me, But Jonathan Taylor again is not.
Speaker 1: That would be fantastic for Jonathan Taylor as well. Over
Speaker 1: to the San Francisco side, starting with Deebo Samuel, he
Speaker 1: gets an A. He has average ten targets and Jimmy
Speaker 1: Garoppolo's full games. Jimmy g will make the start in
Speaker 1: this one. Indie has also allowed multiple touchdowns to wide
Speaker 1: receivers in four of six games. The very comparable Tyler
Speaker 1: Lockett in Hollywood Brown put up at least one yards
Speaker 1: in a touchdown against the Colts, So I love Deebo
Speaker 1: this week he gets an A. As for the second
Speaker 1: wide receiver, who is it, Brandon Ayuk, Mohammed Sanu, Travis
Speaker 1: Benjamin all Gross Right now, it's likely Ayuk, but I
Speaker 1: still need to see something from him before I can
Speaker 1: put him in a starting line up unless super desperate,
Speaker 1: So all other wide receivers are on the bench. But again,
Speaker 1: ross Welly is not. He was might take a chance
Speaker 1: on the receiver this week. Uh. The Colts are allowing
Speaker 1: more than six ketches and six yards per game to
Speaker 1: opposing tight ends the year with four total touchdown So
Speaker 1: I love me some Dwelly. And lastly, Jimmy Garoppolo, despite
Speaker 1: the bad weather, we'll give him a sea. Colts are
Speaker 1: allowing two d seventy passing yards and two and a
Speaker 1: half passing touchdowns per game to opposing quarterbacks. And if
Speaker 1: Jimmy g wants to keep his job beyond this week,
Speaker 1: he's got to play motivated in prime time. If he's
Speaker 1: If he doesn't, it's a Trey Lance sooner than later.
Speaker 1: It helped. I think you're right about that. Wait, I'm sorry.
Speaker 1: At one more. Elijah Mitchell got to mention Elijah is
Speaker 1: he under the radar? Way under the radar. Obviously he
Speaker 1: appears to be the guy in the backfield again, should
Speaker 1: get most of the backfield touch is but a tough
Speaker 1: matchup for Mitchell. Ranked third by Pro Football Focus, the
Speaker 1: Colts have allowed only three point three yards per carry,
Speaker 1: two running backs with zero running back touchdowns over the
Speaker 1: last three weeks, So just a C for Elijah. It
Speaker 1: feels like one of those weeks where he's gonna be
Speaker 1: cheap in DFS. Nobody owns him. He's got a matchup
Speaker 1: on paper that doesn't look very good and somehow he
Speaker 1: ends up with a great box and you wish you
Speaker 1: had him. Elijah Mitchell. Bye low, Bye low on Mitchell
Speaker 1: because the start of the rest of the season. I'm
Speaker 1: buying low on Elijah Mitchell right now. When we come back,
Speaker 1: final matchup of the slate is Monday night, it's another
Speaker 1: It's Gino Smith versus Jamis Winston. Get Gino in primetime
Speaker 1: back to back weeks. We'll tell you what to do
Speaker 1: about this sticky running back position for Seattle on Monday
Speaker 1: night when we come back. It's the final segment of
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Charchi and guilloteen leagues dot Com,
Speaker 1: Brian Johnson, same Scott Fish. We're here to get you
Speaker 1: ready for the bipocalypse. We hope we've helped. We've given
Speaker 1: me a ton of players you can pivot to in
Speaker 1: a pinch. Over the course of this show, and if
Speaker 1: if you missed how we were denoting those, it was this.
Speaker 1: We were just dropping in throughout the show, So you
Speaker 1: can go back listen for that sound, and then you'll
Speaker 1: know this is a guy I could go get. This
Speaker 1: is a segment we like to call premature speculation, in
Speaker 1: which we offer advice of all players you can pick
Speaker 1: up now that everybody else will be trying to pick
Speaker 1: up next week. Scott Fish, I'll let you. I'll let
Speaker 1: you start with the first of the premature speculations. I'm
Speaker 1: going to start with Rashad Penny. Uh. He has scheduled
Speaker 1: Pete Carroll thinks he's gonna come off. I r this week.
Speaker 1: He might even be ready for Monday Night. Alex cons
Speaker 1: has not been practicing, might miss Monday Night, so you
Speaker 1: might even have him for this week. He's only rostered
Speaker 1: in eight percent of leagues. But really it's the week
Speaker 1: after if Alex Collins still is having trouble. He plays
Speaker 1: the Jags, who had the seventh worst against running backs,
Speaker 1: allowing nine touchdowns in their first six games. It's a
Speaker 1: good spot for Penny and Carson won't be back by then. Brian,
Speaker 1: your premium, your speculation player. I got rookie running back
Speaker 1: out of Washington. Washington football team, that is Jared Patterson
Speaker 1: who went undrafted uh in draft, but uh he splashed
Speaker 1: in the preseason. I loved what I saw and talk
Speaker 1: about splash. He put up some eye popping numbers at
Speaker 1: the University of Buffalo or maybe it's Buffalo University. I'm
Speaker 1: not sure which one. But in en as a sophomore
Speaker 1: average rushing yards per game with nineteen touchdowns in thirteen
Speaker 1: games and last year in nineteen rushing touchdowns in just
Speaker 1: six games, propelled by his uh FBS single game record
Speaker 1: of eight rushing touchdowns one game four hundred nine yards
Speaker 1: against Kent State. Well Antonio Gibson health always in question
Speaker 1: with him, and if something were to happen to him
Speaker 1: long term, Jared Patterson could step into that lead back
Speaker 1: role with j D. McKissock just keeping his change of
Speaker 1: pace role. So and it's the season is going to
Speaker 1: be gone for Washington very soon. They're gonna want to
Speaker 1: see what they have. He is in mandatory Terry Jared Patterson.
Speaker 1: You know, keep in mind Gibson's got a hairline fracture
Speaker 1: in his shin that will not heal in season. Has
Speaker 1: to be excruciating pain for you. It's there's a real
Speaker 1: scenario at some point we're you know, we're only at
Speaker 1: the one third mark of the season. At some point
Speaker 1: they may wind down Antonio Gibson and turn that primary
Speaker 1: job not to j D. McKissick, whose role I think
Speaker 1: would remain unchanged, it would largely be Jared Patterson. I
Speaker 1: couldn't agree more, and I like him more than my
Speaker 1: premature speculation. Nico Collins, who Scott not realized. You've just
Speaker 1: broke down all of Nico Collins last segment, the big size,
Speaker 1: all the opportunities, the negative game scripts. There's so many
Speaker 1: reasons to think that a receiver and and reasonably good
Speaker 1: or improving better than expected passing from Davis Mills. I
Speaker 1: think Nico Collins wide receiver Houston has an opportunity to
Speaker 1: be a be somebody you can start on and off
Speaker 1: the rest of the year. Absolute, yeah, six four Nico Collins. Absolutely.
Speaker 1: They so desperately need a second receiver to step up,
Speaker 1: and the draft on the draft equity and Nico Collins,
Speaker 1: I think he was the first player they drafted this year.
Speaker 1: Of note as well, they talked about it earlier in
Speaker 1: the season with the Houston Texans about basically trading anything
Speaker 1: that's not nailed down. Again, this week, rumors have surfaced
Speaker 1: about Brandon Cook's movie before the trade deadline. If Nico
Speaker 1: Collins becomes the only only guy in town, I know
Speaker 1: what that. I don't know if that would help him
Speaker 1: or hurt him. Honestly, I think I'd rather have cooked
Speaker 1: on the field. True. The Monday Night here is Saints
Speaker 1: at Seahawks, and this is a tricky, tricky Monday night
Speaker 1: matchup from the Seahawks side, and we'll talk about that
Speaker 1: in a second. It's a little more straightforward on the
Speaker 1: New Orleans side. Jamis Winson was might take a chance
Speaker 1: on me. Quarterback like him a lot in this one.
Speaker 1: But let's talk about its receivers. Marquez Callaway somebody that
Speaker 1: you can pick up and start outside. Number one receivers
Speaker 1: are destroying Seattle. Julio Jones, Justin Jefferson, Deebo, Samuel Robert Woods,
Speaker 1: Deonte Johnson. Those group against Seattle average game nine catches,
Speaker 1: one hundred twenty five yards and almost a touchdown against Seattle.
Speaker 1: Opposing number one outside receivers, that's Marcus Callaway. The Seahawks
Speaker 1: shuffled their secondary a couple of weeks ago, but Sidney
Speaker 1: Jones as the new starter, has been brutal, allowing an
Speaker 1: almost perfect passer rating of one hundred fifty seven in
Speaker 1: his coverage. He's allowed two touchdowns and three starts. Galloway
Speaker 1: has been Fantasy viable in three straight games, and he
Speaker 1: will be here again. I've got a B grade on
Speaker 1: Marquez Callaway, available in over fifty percent of leagues. If
Speaker 1: Deonte Harris is healthy for this game, another guy you
Speaker 1: could pick up for many of the same reasons and
Speaker 1: give him a try here. He's got a hamstring injury.
Speaker 1: He's a desperation dart throw with a C grade in
Speaker 1: the Bipocalypse. Not going to the tight ends. Trout and
Speaker 1: Johnson favorable matchups, but they're splitting time almost evenly, and
Speaker 1: you just you can't guess who's gonna get paid in this,
Speaker 1: So hopefully don't have to go to either one. But
Speaker 1: it is a favorable matchup if you're truly desperate. I
Speaker 1: would try Johnson, but I don't think you want to.
Speaker 1: They're averaging twenty yards of game combined. I think that
Speaker 1: you need They're totally touchdown dependent, and that's Johnson gets
Speaker 1: the touchdowns. Alvin Camara is an obvious a and an
Speaker 1: elite opportunity against the team allowing the most rushing attempts,
Speaker 1: the third most rushing yards, and the eighth most rushing touchdowns.
Speaker 1: Camaric getting tons of run as a runner, and that's
Speaker 1: going to continue in this game. Let's go to the
Speaker 1: Seattle side, and I want to start with a thorny
Speaker 1: part of this matchup, which is the running back spot.
Speaker 1: So we gotta be careful here with Alex Collins. He's
Speaker 1: dealing with multiple injuries and did not practice until lightly
Speaker 1: on Friday, and we don't know it's shaping up as
Speaker 1: a game time decision. We don't know for sure if
Speaker 1: he's gonna go on Monday night. The backups here are
Speaker 1: it's really convoluted. As Scott mentioned early shot, Penny may
Speaker 1: very well make his return to the field, but there's
Speaker 1: also Travis Homer and d J. Dallas. If Collins goes,
Speaker 1: he will probably be the workhorse, which he has been
Speaker 1: to this point. But if he doesn't go, then who
Speaker 1: knows what the rotation is going to be like between
Speaker 1: Penny and Homer and Dallas. And beyond that, it's a
Speaker 1: brutal matchup against an elite run defense. Anyway, New Orleans
Speaker 1: giving up just two point eight yards per carry and
Speaker 1: just fifty five yards per game on the ground. Do
Speaker 1: not chase last week's two touchdown game by Antonio Gibson,
Speaker 1: which was a total fluke and required twenty carries. Even
Speaker 1: if Alex Collins plays, I don't think he gets near
Speaker 1: twenty carries here. I have a C grade on Collins
Speaker 1: only if you feel very good and we get good
Speaker 1: reports before Monday about his health. Otherwise, just leave him
Speaker 1: on the bench and a tough matchup. Now, let's go
Speaker 1: to the passing attack under Gino Smith. Um air quotes right,
Speaker 1: if they couldn't see the air quotes, but I hope
Speaker 1: you could hear that. Pete Carroll's trying to save Gino
Speaker 1: Smith from himself. He's only allowing him to throw the
Speaker 1: ball farther than ten yards down field six times last week.
Speaker 1: That's it. Maybe that's nothing and the problem those two receivers.
Speaker 1: That's right. So we're used to we're used to Russell
Speaker 1: Wilson going back on unloading those gorgeous deep bombs to Metcalfine.
Speaker 1: Lock it. Gino Smith. They let him throw ten yards
Speaker 1: down field six times. So Jino Smith obviously on the bench,
Speaker 1: but I mean Jino Smith, Uh does he come out
Speaker 1: it happen? They just signed Jacob Eason with a bigger arm.
Speaker 1: Do you think he comes in after they happen? Maybe
Speaker 1: next week when he learns the playbook a little bit.
Speaker 1: Who knows? Um So? Now, in fairness, Gino completed five
Speaker 1: of those six passes of over ten yards. He completed
Speaker 1: five or six, so maybe they will let him air
Speaker 1: it out a little bit more in this game. But
Speaker 1: it's a difficult matchup against the secondary that's only allowed
Speaker 1: five passing touchdowns on the season. So Smith is in
Speaker 1: fact on the bench. So what does that due to
Speaker 1: Locke in Metcalf you may ask, Well, for Metcalf, the
Speaker 1: good news is in five quarters with Smith he's continued
Speaker 1: to perform well with ten targets, nine catches, hundred and
Speaker 1: twelve yards in a touchdown. Not bad in five quarters
Speaker 1: of work. So I still like Metcalf. Okay, here Saints
Speaker 1: secondary not allowing touchdowns, which I mentioned, but they are
Speaker 1: giving up two hundred passing yards per game to receivers
Speaker 1: and that's fourth most. And Metcalf's got a tricky matchup
Speaker 1: against the physical Marshawn Latimer cornerback who is pro football
Speaker 1: focuses third ranked corner and held Metcalf to two catches
Speaker 1: for sixties seven yards last time these teams met two
Speaker 1: years ago. So I don't love Metcalf here. I've got
Speaker 1: a ah it's gotta be grade on Metcalf, but I
Speaker 1: don't feel good about it because it's Geno Smith lock it.
Speaker 1: On the other hand, it worries me a lot more
Speaker 1: because he makes his living on the long ball and
Speaker 1: the seats don't let him throw downfield. So we've seen
Speaker 1: the Staints get burned by deep downfield speedsters like Robby
Speaker 1: Anderson and John Ross. So maybe there's a little bit
Speaker 1: of hope. You only need the one connection, and if
Speaker 1: march On Latimer's on Metcalf lock, it gets Chauncey Gardner,
Speaker 1: Johnson or Paulson Abode Adebo Paulson Adbo. They rank one
Speaker 1: hundred five and one at the cornerback position. Trust you
Speaker 1: never can um and so Locke and I'm still giving
Speaker 1: him a starting grade because the matt his side of
Speaker 1: this matchup should be so easy with a C grade.
Speaker 1: But that's about all you want here, Gerald Everett and
Speaker 1: Will dis Lee. Saints have not allowed a tight end
Speaker 1: score and no tight end is top fifty five yards
Speaker 1: and those guys are splitting stuff up anyway, so it's
Speaker 1: all bad. Yeah, we don't want any part of that.
Speaker 1: Let's talk to Ernest Johnson, who looked sensational on Thursday night. Man,
Speaker 1: I I loved what I like. It was going for
Speaker 1: seven yards. Yeah, well, I think most of them did
Speaker 1: go for seven yards, and a lot of times it
Speaker 1: was based on what he did with the ball to
Speaker 1: h I thought he played great. So we think Chubb
Speaker 1: could come back as early as next game. They got
Speaker 1: ten days off. Chubb could come back. But we've seen
Speaker 1: in the past Kevins Stefancy doesn't use one workhorse back
Speaker 1: most of the time. He did last week's into a choice.
Speaker 1: Dearnest Johnson's probably a factor for this next month or so.
Speaker 1: Well Kareem Hunt is out. What do you think about
Speaker 1: d Ernest Johnson until Kareem Hunt comes back. I think
Speaker 1: that's fair. I think that he slides almost right into
Speaker 1: that Kareem Hunt role where he's proven he can do
Speaker 1: those things. I don't know they can catch this the
Speaker 1: passes quite as well. But I think he's proven he can.
Speaker 1: He can just slot right in and what you were
Speaker 1: doing with Kareem Hunt, you'll be starting in your flex
Speaker 1: a lot of weeks. Yeah, totally agrees. Pretty Kareem Hunt
Speaker 1: like Kareem Hunt light. At worst, we might see Demitric
Speaker 1: Felton take a little more targets away from Dearnest. But yeah,
Speaker 1: Dearnest Johnson is gonna FLEXI worthy. It's amazing. Absolutely all
Speaker 1: the teams to try to get a workout, love it,
Speaker 1: love it. Uh, all right, well let me give you
Speaker 1: one more quick hitter. Christian McCaffrey. Next year goes in
Speaker 1: the first half of the first round, the second half
Speaker 1: of the first round, or in the second round. He's
Speaker 1: no longer in that clump of running backs. It's going
Speaker 1: to lead the draft off like he was this year.
Speaker 1: He's gonna be late first, more of an early second
Speaker 1: to me, because he can lose you. You You can lose
Speaker 1: your league drafting Christian McCaffrey. The first people people have
Speaker 1: two straight years. People have learned that. I think we
Speaker 1: I think this year has really pushed people that we
Speaker 1: can't draft running backs that early. I think people are
Speaker 1: gonna flip on that next year should they do the opposite.
Speaker 1: I I think we're we're gonna see top ten ends early.
Speaker 1: We're gonna sets again. Thanks for listening, everybody. Fantasy Football
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