1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 1: Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 3 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy football advice, speculation, 4 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: and whatever stupid stuff they decided to drop into the show. Now, 5 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: here's your host. And then there were four four teams 6 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 1: left super Bowl looming. It's the a f C and 7 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:30,319 Speaker 1: NFC championship weeks. I am Paul Tcharchi and my co 8 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 1: host Brian Johnson once again for these playoff games. Hi, Brian, 9 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:36,520 Speaker 1: what's going on charge? Good to talk to you. I 10 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: I think some of us would have picked these four teams, 11 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 1: but not necessarily most people. Uh yeah, most of us 12 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: weren't picking the Niners. But yeah, I just I just 13 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: sort of gave him a chance when I said the 14 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: Giants went in eight nine years ago, is massive underdogs 15 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: and upset the number one seed Packers and anything could happen, 16 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: and anything did happen. Yeah, it was that was a 17 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: that was a shocking outcome. Honestly, I was really stunned 18 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: for about twenty four hours after that game that, given 19 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: the offensive performance of the forty Niners that they won 20 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 1: that game. Yeah, I mean in Green Bay marched right 21 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: down the field. First it looked so cool. It's uh, 22 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 1: it was the best weekend of football ever. I'm concerned. 23 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 1: And now we've got two games that are going to 24 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: struggle to live up to that just by default, but 25 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: it should be good games. Anyway. I got forty Niners 26 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: wrong last week. I said, I thought that Brian, that 27 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: they had just they might just be wrung out that 28 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 1: they have done so many road games. Then it was 29 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: six of eight on the road. Now there's seven of 30 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:46,680 Speaker 1: nine on the road, and that you know, they've been 31 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 1: basically playing playoff games since Christmas for Pete's sake, and 32 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 1: you know, here we are February looming, and I was 33 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: worried they had run out of gas. I was wrong 34 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: about that. We'll talk about forty Niners rams in just 35 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: a minute, but let's start with the a f C 36 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: side as your team. You know, you jumped on the 37 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 1: you jumped on the Bengals band way. It was pre 38 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: Borrow band way. That's saying something. I did a lot 39 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: of flags for that. You did, you did it well 40 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: not I think was still black. People said I was insane, 41 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: like you're gonna pick a team, dude, four And I 42 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: was like, you can't get any worse than They're only 43 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:24,920 Speaker 1: going up where they were at that point. Al Right, 44 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 1: nobody will accuse you of being a bandwagon jumper at 45 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: that time. So Bengals travel to the Chiefs this I 46 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 1: would not be surprised if either team won. The spreads 47 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,359 Speaker 1: like three and a half. So it's it's seven, it's seven, 48 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 1: which is shocking, is it really? Yeah? Bengals are seven. 49 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: Bengals in the points all the way. I'd like a 50 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,239 Speaker 1: money line, especially considering these teams played in Week seventeen. 51 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: Granted it was in Cincinnati. The Bengals won that game one, 52 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: so we'll reference that game for sure. Over under fifty 53 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,679 Speaker 1: four and a half points, high scoring game. Funny things, 54 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: Both defenses are pretty good. Bengals defense is better than 55 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:02,080 Speaker 1: people think. What's pretty good too is the weather forty 56 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:04,919 Speaker 1: three degrees and clear minimum wins. Can't ask for anything 57 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: better this time a year in Kansas City. Should be 58 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,359 Speaker 1: uh again, should be high scoring games, should be fun 59 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: for fantasy purposes. Um, we'll start with the running game 60 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: though with the Bengals and Joe Mixing. Initially, I was like, 61 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 1: I'm gonna give Mixing and a and this one. It's 62 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:19,799 Speaker 1: a shootout, right, But I'm just gonna give him a 63 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: b here. He did not have a good game on 64 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 1: the ground against the Chiefs in that week's seventeen game, 65 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: twelve carries for forty six scoreless yards. Casey has been 66 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 1: good against the run this year. They've only surrendered seven 67 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns and running backs in the regular season. That's great, 68 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 1: really great. Uh. They held Nagi Davis and Devin's Singletary 69 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: in the playoffs to combine fifty five yards on twenty 70 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: two carries. Singletary did run for a touchdown last week, 71 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 1: but it's more about the receiving angle for mixing in 72 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: this one. He's been very active in the passing game 73 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: as of late, total twenty six targets over his last four. 74 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: In that week seventeen game, he had seven catches for 75 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: forty yards. The Chiefs have allowed the fourth most catches 76 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:00,040 Speaker 1: and third most receiving arts running backs like that the 77 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: regular season, So a hundred plus combo yards should be 78 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: in the cards. But I would not be shocked if 79 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: if he has more receiving yards than rushing yards in 80 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: this game. So if that reason just to be for him, 81 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: Jamar Chase though he gets an A because he was 82 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 1: a league winner. Levin catches two hundred and sixty six 83 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 1: yards and three touchdowns. Now, okay, here the contrary and 84 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 1: point up for that would be Chiefs go into this 85 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:33,280 Speaker 1: week of prep and the clear mandate is we're not 86 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,840 Speaker 1: going to let Jamaar Chase beat us again. Yeah, and 87 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 1: they do whatever it takes to take away Chase. Meanwhile, Higgins, 88 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 1: Boyd and others might have an opportunity to feast if 89 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,280 Speaker 1: that's how the Chiefs choose to attack this. Yeah, the 90 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 1: Chiefs have surrendered the fifth most wide receiver touchdowns in 91 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: the regular season. Six wide receiver touchdowns surrendered in the 92 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: playoffs so far, six six two by the Steelers and 93 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 1: in four by Gabe Davis alone. And that's the angle there, 94 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: uh for te Higgins, if you're trying to be contrarian DFS, 95 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 1: Chase is gonna be the chalkiest wide receiver. He's He's 96 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:10,480 Speaker 1: less expensive on no sites than Um Cooper, Cup, Deebo Samuel. 97 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 1: Then as Jamaar Chase. Everyone's gonna look at the weeks 98 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: seventeen game. But with bodes well for te Higgins, let's 99 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 1: jump to him. I'll give him a b even though 100 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: I like him more in this game. Is the Chiefs 101 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: held Stefon Diggs to three catches for seven yards last week, 102 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:29,839 Speaker 1: and Jamaar Chase is the Stefan Biggs of the Bengals, 103 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 1: right And uh, the just mentioned Gabe Davis two yards 104 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 1: and four touchdowns. He's the number two receiver for the Bengals, 105 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 1: So uh, I'm sorry for the Bills. Higgins the number 106 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: two for the Bengals, just three catches sixty two yards 107 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 1: in the week seventeen game, did not score. It was 108 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 1: all about Chase, of course, but uh, I like Higgins 109 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: just as much as Chase. And if if you're only 110 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: picking one Bengals receiver pairing with Joe Burrow or not 111 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 1: in DFS, if you want to be contrarian, you go 112 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 1: with Tee Higgins. I think he has the chance to 113 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 1: outproduce Jamaar Chase in this game. Um, the safest play 114 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:05,039 Speaker 1: might be Tyler Boyd just to see for him. Though 115 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 1: four catches thirty six yards in a touchdown in the 116 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: week seventeen game, he did not score last week against Tennessee, 117 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 1: but he had touchdowns in each of the four games prior. 118 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: Cole Beasley Isaiah Mackenzie combined for seven catches on nine 119 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: targets against the Chiefs last week, so slot receivers have 120 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 1: been active against them. So I like Boyd here and 121 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:26,920 Speaker 1: going back to DFS one more time. If you're doing 122 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 1: a big stack with Bengals Burrow, Higgins, Boyd, that's how 123 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: you deferrange your differentiate yourself in bigger tournaments. Uh. And lastly, 124 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 1: when it comes to the past catchers, we gotta talk 125 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 1: c j Uzomo is having a great great playoffs just 126 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 1: four catches thirty two scoreless yards in Week seventeen. Opposing 127 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: tight ends have averaged five catches and fifty fifty two 128 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: yards per game in the regular season against Kansas City, 129 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,720 Speaker 1: which is pretty good, but they've totaled just six touchdowns. Uh. 130 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: Dawson Knox had a meager two catches for nine scoreless 131 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 1: yards against Kansas City in a in a high scoring affair, 132 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:04,840 Speaker 1: so it doesn't look like a great matchup for Suzy, 133 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: but neither was Tennessee last week on paper, and he 134 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: had a great game for his standards, so certainly a 135 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 1: viable play this week, So a see for him and 136 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow a easy. We had four touchdowns four six 137 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: yards in Week seventeen, got a slew weapons. You gotta 138 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: love Burrow in this one. It feels like those Chiefs 139 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 1: cornerbacks that have been that overperformed for a long stretch 140 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: of the regular season. It's kind of coming to roost 141 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 1: now and you know they kind of are who they 142 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: are and to some degree, you know, Mike Hughes uh 143 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: uh assurdavious Award. You know those Hues especially is a 144 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 1: meager talent awards banged up. I wonder if there's uh, 145 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: I feel like those guys are exploitable at cornerback and 146 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 1: should mention Honey Badger Tyrone Matthew in concussion protocol right safety, 147 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: but he should he should play in this game, so 148 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: that would be a huge Forenzamaica. But he's trending, he's 149 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 1: trending towards playing. I expect him to play all right 150 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: over the over the chief side. We'll start with the 151 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 1: running backs. Darryl Williams got all the work in that 152 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: week seventeen games and he's dead to us now. Yeah 153 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 1: he might he's uh, he's kind of had setbacks this 154 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 1: week in practice. Not like it really would have mattered 155 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: anyway if he was active. Or not, he'd be up 156 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: third in that pecking order. But Williams had a hundred 157 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: and seven combo yards and two rushing touchdowns in that game. 158 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 1: So but he got almost all the work in that game. 159 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: And this feels like we're going to have two different 160 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 1: guys to get a lot of it's Jerick McKinnon and 161 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 1: Clyde Edwards Hilaire gonna give him both the CE. McKinnon 162 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 1: had ten carries for twenty four scoreless yards against Buffalo 163 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:42,719 Speaker 1: last week. He did catch five passes for fifty four 164 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 1: yards on seven targets. C E. H was far more 165 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 1: effective rushing last week, sixty carries on just seven sixty 166 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: yards on seven carries. So I guess we see with 167 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 1: more rush attempts in this game. Uh, it's really more 168 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: about the receiving angle with Jet here. The Bengals have 169 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: allowed the fifth most catches to running backs in the 170 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 1: regular season, So I like beginning with the c UM 171 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:08,840 Speaker 1: and again c H gets a C two mentioned the 172 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:12,960 Speaker 1: seven carries for sixty yards last week. Josh Jacobs had 173 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,680 Speaker 1: eighty three yards on just thirteen carries in the wild 174 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: card round against the Bengals. Derrick Henry Deante Foreman combined 175 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 1: for twenty four carries, a hundred yards and a touchdown 176 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 1: against the Bengals last week. Uh, since he was without 177 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 1: defensive tackles Josh Tupo and Mike Daniels last week. Both 178 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:31,079 Speaker 1: have been practicing this week they should play. That will 179 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 1: help a little bit there, but both both. You gotta 180 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: like both the running backs for the Chief's offense, of course, 181 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: And speaking of liking, nay loving someone, Travis Kelsey, Hey, 182 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 1: can I give him an A plus? It's off season plus? Well, no, 183 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: you will know what what you can give him is 184 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:51,839 Speaker 1: the fantasy Fonzie a year. I should have given him that. 185 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:55,560 Speaker 1: And you know I love my my revenge spite angles. 186 00:09:55,840 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey born in Ohio, went to University of Cincinnati. 187 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 1: There's a Cincinnati universe. I think his University of Cincinnati. 188 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 1: The Bengals chose to draft Tyler Eifert over Tyler Kelsey 189 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:10,560 Speaker 1: way back in and there was like four other teams 190 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:12,839 Speaker 1: that drafted the tight end over Travis Kelsey. They're probably 191 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: still kicking themselves over that. So love Kelsey this week. 192 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 1: He was somewhat quiet by his standards in that week's 193 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: seventeen game five catches twenty five yards. He did score 194 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 1: a touchdown, but a great match up here. The Bengals 195 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: were top five in the most catches, yards and touchdown 196 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 1: surrendered to tight ends in the regular season. Last week, 197 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: Tennessee's tight ends did nothing. But that's pretty understandable, uh, 198 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 1: since he did yield twelve targets to be very comparable 199 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 1: Darren Waller. In the wild card round he caught seven. Uh. 200 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: Foster Moreau also saw three targets in that game, so 201 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: tight ends very active against the Bengals. Kelsey is my 202 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:48,440 Speaker 1: pick for the highest scoring skill position player on this 203 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: slate by far. I don't think I could fade him 204 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 1: under any circumstances. Really, I will quickly throw out Noah 205 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 1: Gray as a punt option in DFS. Dirt cheap would 206 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 1: be a differentiator. If he volters a touchdown. He has 207 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 1: seen the field in a couple of targets here in there. 208 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: It would be a dirty, dirty touchdown, but you never know. Okay, 209 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 1: over to Tyreek Hill and the rest of the wide receivers. 210 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 1: Hill gets an A as well, despite just six catches 211 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 1: for forty scoreless yards in Week seventeen. In the Week 212 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 1: seventeen game, I expect a better performance on Sunday. Posing 213 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 1: wide receivers in the regular season didn't put up great 214 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: numbers against the Bengals, collectively, averaging thirteen catches, one fifty 215 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: six yards and zero point nine touchdowns, less than the 216 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 1: touchdown per game, but Cincinnati has a surrendered a touchdown 217 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:36,719 Speaker 1: to the position in sixth straight, including one to A. J. 218 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 1: Brown last week, who also had a hundred forty two yards. 219 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 1: Tennessee Whiteouts combined for two hundred and seven yards in 220 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,560 Speaker 1: that game. Uh. The week prior, Las Vegas wide receivers 221 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:49,199 Speaker 1: total seventeen catches on six yards in a touchdown. So 222 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:53,439 Speaker 1: easy a for Tyree Hill and over to Byron Pringle 223 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 1: and Nicole Hardman. Uh. We like Pringle Moore on this show. 224 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 1: I'm giving both the c uh Pringle the stronger. See. 225 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:06,079 Speaker 1: In Week seventeen, Pringle had three and my guy, I'm 226 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: I'm big, I'm I'm big into the Pringle. Yeah, he 227 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 1: had three catches thirty five yards, didn't score. Hardman one 228 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 1: catch fifty three yards didn't score. Neither did much. But 229 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 1: over the last three games, Pringle has seen seven targets 230 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:19,680 Speaker 1: and all at least seven targets in all three, he's 231 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 1: pulling away from the pack a little bit. Like I 232 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 1: keep interrupting, No, no no worries. Uh, twenty two targets over 233 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: that three game span. Hardman has sixteen targets over that 234 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:32,200 Speaker 1: same span, but just five total over his last two games. 235 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 1: Like you said, Pringle has has separated himself from Hardman's 236 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 1: And you know, I think that I think that one 237 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: of the reasons you saw Josh Gordon get demoted to 238 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 1: the practice squad is because springs Pringle's snap count and 239 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 1: effectiveness has gotten so high that there's just there's no place, 240 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:52,360 Speaker 1: there's no plays left for Josh Gordon on the field anymore. 241 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 1: And and DeMarcus Robinson is still ahead of Josh Gordon. 242 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 1: I'll throw him his name out there quickly. He he 243 00:12:58,120 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: does get a bench created, but he has another punt 244 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:02,720 Speaker 1: play option in DFS, he's gonna be on the field. 245 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 1: And in this what should be a high scoring affair 246 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: can pay the same amount basically for Pringle in a 247 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: DFS world, right, and you know a little more than 248 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 1: like it's a grand twelve hundred or something like that. 249 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:19,440 Speaker 1: It's enough of a difference. But uh not not loving 250 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:22,440 Speaker 1: DeMarcus Robinson to llege obviously, and but in last and 251 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 1: certainly not least, Patrick Mahomes gets an a just two 252 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:30,559 Speaker 1: passing yards two touchdowns. In the week's seventeen game, we 253 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:33,839 Speaker 1: mentioned that Williams, Darryl Williams had two rushing touchdowns. Uh, 254 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 1: Mahomes had twenty five rushing yards in that game. Josh 255 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 1: Allen had I don't know a good amount of rushing 256 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 1: yards as the Bengals last week, and he had about 257 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 1: I mean against the Chief he had I think sixty 258 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 1: if memory serves. And the Bengals that allow the sixth 259 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:53,680 Speaker 1: most passing yards of this season. Not not They're a 260 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:58,199 Speaker 1: good defense, not great. Mahomes is a great quarterback. Should 261 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 1: be a great game. But who go Bengals, Go Bengals. 262 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 1: We'll take a break. When we come back, we'll break 263 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 1: down forty nine at Rams Fantasy Football Weekly Styles. Stay tuned, 264 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 1: Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly. Forty Niners take on the Rams, 265 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 1: and obviously, these teams met twice in the regular season. 266 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 1: You would think, since the Rams are favored in this game, 267 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 1: that they would have won any of those two, but no, 268 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 1: those are forty Niners victories. And you mentioned how that 269 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:41,120 Speaker 1: the Forts have been somewhat road Warriors. Uh, they have. 270 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 1: This is trending. Despite the Rams efforts to suppress ticket sales, 271 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 1: it's still it's gonna be more in this game. It's 272 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 1: gonna be at least and they're real fans too. The 273 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 1: Rams fans are gonna be like extras from like the 274 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 1: paramount set or something like the It's not as bad 275 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 1: as when the Chargers play it so far, right, I 276 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 1: mean that's like the Rams because they moved to l 277 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 1: A and immediately went to the Super Bowl, have gotten 278 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 1: a legitimate fan base. So I still think it's going 279 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: to be I think it will be more Rams fans 280 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 1: than Niners fans, but there will be plenty of They 281 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 1: Area money that's bought their way into so far one 282 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 1: way or another. Um. Rams lost both of the games, 283 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: including the Niners win an in game and Week eighteen, 284 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 1: we want to watch the status of the ankle injury 285 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 1: to elite left tackle Trent Williams. That is a big 286 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 1: X factor in this game, so something you want to 287 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 1: watch there as well. Let's start with the Let's start 288 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 1: with the running game. Elijah Mitchell just gets a C 289 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 1: grade for me. Uh. He had the thirteen carries last week, 290 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 1: which was way way way down for me. Probably rolled 291 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 1: into that averaging twice as many, but that Packer bad 292 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 1: weather game, Niners offense couldn't get in and go in 293 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: lots of punts. Um, you know. Even factoring in that 294 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 1: thirteen carry game the last six games, he's still averaging 295 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: twenty three carries per game, which I do like. In 296 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 1: the two meetings with the Rams this year, Elijah Mitchell 297 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 1: carried the ball forty eight times, both of them wins. 298 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 1: One of them was a lopsided wins, so they gave 299 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 1: Mitchell lots of carries, but he wasn't efficient. The average 300 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 1: just three and a half yards per carry. That was 301 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 1: a full yard under his season average. Against the Rams, 302 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 1: there's a good run defense. He seemed declining rushing averages 303 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 1: in four straight games, down to just three yards per 304 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 1: carry last week, Brian, and with that knee injury, I 305 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 1: just feel like Elijah Mitchell, just the efficiency and the 306 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: effectiveness just doesn't feel like it's there right now. And 307 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 1: then add in he's never played this much football in 308 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 1: one year either, well not even close. Yeah. Adding Deebo 309 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 1: Samuel with back to back ten carry games, and my 310 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: sky high confidence for Mitchell that I had had at 311 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:55,600 Speaker 1: the end of the season and even in the first 312 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 1: couple of games of the playoffs. Uh, it's chiseled away 313 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: a little bit. And so I am nervous about Mitchell. 314 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 1: I like his chances of scoring. L A is allowed 315 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,679 Speaker 1: to touchdown per game over the last nine games. Uh. 316 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 1: And Jeff Wilson may very well not play. He did 317 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:10,920 Speaker 1: not practice on Wednesday or Thursday. Not sure about Friday yet. 318 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 1: Um so well, Um, I've got the sea Grantam Mitchell. 319 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 1: I think he finds the end zone here, but I 320 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised for you. Peters out in like the 321 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 1: fifty yard range, sixty yard range. Yeah. Leonard Fournette had 322 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 1: a great game behind a battered old line for the Books, 323 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: and he was dinged up himself. Had a good game 324 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:27,920 Speaker 1: against the Rams last week. If Trent Williams comes back, 325 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 1: we'll we'll knock Elijah Mitchell up to a B grade, 326 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:33,159 Speaker 1: But he sits at a C right now with with 327 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:37,160 Speaker 1: not knowing what Trent Williams status is. Um I mentioned 328 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:39,120 Speaker 1: there's really no other running backs to mention, but we'll 329 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 1: use that as our transition to Deebo Samuel, who I 330 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:43,719 Speaker 1: mentioned had the ten carries and back to back games 331 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 1: just frankly looks fresher as a running back than Mitchell does. 332 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: The knee injury, all the carries, everything else from Mitchell 333 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:53,439 Speaker 1: Um and I think it was very telling at the 334 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 1: end of last week's game, Brian, when the Niners had 335 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 1: had to get a first down to Salt Way the 336 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 1: Packers on their own field and arctic conditions, they ran 337 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 1: the ball with their wide receiver, Deebo Samuel. He's got 338 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 1: to touch the ball at least twenty times in this 339 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:13,159 Speaker 1: game for them to have a chance. Well, not not carries, 340 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 1: I'm talking catches, and still if they're gonna win, I 341 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:20,639 Speaker 1: mean I'd love it. Don't get me wrong, but that 342 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:23,880 Speaker 1: is a lot of touches for Deebo Samuel Um monster 343 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,400 Speaker 1: games for Deebo and both meetings with Los Angeles three 344 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 1: touchdowns spread against across the two games. Hundred and forty 345 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 1: total yards, hundred thirty three total yards. A grade for 346 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 1: Deebo Samuel in this one. Brandon Aok gets a B grade. 347 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 1: He had a huge game in the Week sixteen, sorry, 348 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:43,200 Speaker 1: the Week eighteen game against the Rams with the Rams 349 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:45,880 Speaker 1: trying to finally, you know, stop Samuel and do anything 350 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:48,879 Speaker 1: they can to stop Samuel. There's gonna be opportunities for 351 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 1: ayou can in better coverage. In the two games against 352 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:56,880 Speaker 1: the Rams has seen only Jalen Ramsey for one pass attempt. 353 00:18:57,160 --> 00:19:01,119 Speaker 1: They really use Ramsey on Deebo Samuel. So he's doing 354 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:04,120 Speaker 1: a very good job. I like I you can this 355 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 1: one be great for him. He's gonna get softer coverage 356 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:12,720 Speaker 1: against David Long and Darius Williams. Darius Williams looked awful 357 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:16,879 Speaker 1: when the Bucks were coming, like there was a sixth 358 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: straight plays and then he couldn't make Yeah, he bad. 359 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 1: So that's why I like you. I think I think 360 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:25,639 Speaker 1: it's a nice I think it's a nice sneaky play here. 361 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:28,640 Speaker 1: Sticking with the receivers, I want to talk about Juan Jennings. 362 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:31,160 Speaker 1: Last week I told you I liked Jennings because slot 363 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 1: receivers had some success against the Bucks. He only ended 364 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:37,040 Speaker 1: up with like two catches for ten yards, but he 365 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:39,679 Speaker 1: did have a drop. He had he had one drop 366 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 1: and then another near miss that would have put him 367 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:44,720 Speaker 1: closer to forty yards. Anyway, he scored twice against the 368 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 1: Niners in the Week eight team matchup from inside the 369 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 1: five yard line. Jennings has as many catches as the 370 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:54,199 Speaker 1: rest of the team combined this year from inside the 371 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:57,359 Speaker 1: five yard line. So if you're looking for a cheap 372 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:01,360 Speaker 1: touchdown in DFS, John Jennings is a possibility. I will 373 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 1: mention Mohammed san who is going to return from his 374 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 1: knee injury in this game and could take a little 375 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:07,200 Speaker 1: the slot work, but I really don't think so, because 376 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 1: Jenny has been better. I keep forgetting that he's on 377 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:11,200 Speaker 1: the team. I know well, he hasn't played since Week nine, 378 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 1: so that's a good Travis Benjamin on the fort too, 379 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 1: I think mostly in a special team's role, but yes, 380 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:21,680 Speaker 1: let's go to the tight end position of George Kittle. 381 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:25,680 Speaker 1: Rams are solid tight end defense. Only two tight ends 382 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:28,879 Speaker 1: had six receptions against the Rams all year. It was 383 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: Mark Andrews and t J. Hockenson. Neither one of him scored. 384 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:35,880 Speaker 1: They had eighty nine yards for Andrews just forty eight 385 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: yards on the six receptions for t J. Hockenson. Last week, 386 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 1: Tom Brady targeted Gronk eleven times, only four completions. There's 387 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,399 Speaker 1: a good tight end defense. No tight end has scored 388 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 1: against the Rams since Week ten, but in Week ten 389 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 1: it was George George Kittle, Yeah, he got it. I 390 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 1: think he has a long running good history against the 391 00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:59,400 Speaker 1: Rams for whatever reason. I have the numbers in front 392 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 1: of me, but only had ten yards in the week 393 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,679 Speaker 1: A team meeting. Though also I'll mention that did not 394 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 1: score in that meeting. Um before last week, and Kittle 395 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:08,920 Speaker 1: had kind of a little of a breakout game, he 396 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:10,679 Speaker 1: was by far it was the only receiver do anything 397 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:13,200 Speaker 1: against the Packers last week. He had been held under 398 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: twenty nine yards in four straight games. They've been badly 399 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 1: under use it, under utilizing George Kittle. Prior to last week, 400 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 1: he had like one of the worst drops you would 401 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 1: ever see, and then then and then the very next target, 402 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:29,679 Speaker 1: it was like one of the most amazing, no, one 403 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:32,479 Speaker 1: of those amazing catches you've ever seen. The complete gin 404 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 1: and Yang of pass catching ability they did. They did 405 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 1: it up getting that same like thirty ish yard completion 406 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 1: I will look like ultimately the same route later in 407 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:43,120 Speaker 1: that same game to Kittle. So I gotta be great 408 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:46,440 Speaker 1: on Kittle. Tough matchup, but Kittle's pretty special. They still 409 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 1: need to go to him. But I don't see the 410 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:50,879 Speaker 1: a upside that you often get from George Kittle at 411 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 1: the tight end position, and in DFS I probably would 412 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:57,760 Speaker 1: not pay his price tag in this matchup. I believe 413 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:02,480 Speaker 1: that is everybody. That is everybody for San Francisco. Jimmy Garoppolo, 414 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, sorry. So you know, given that we've got 415 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 1: an A grade on Samuel to Be grades on his receivers, 416 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 1: a C grade on John Jennings, I've got a B 417 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:15,679 Speaker 1: grade on Garoppolo here surprisingly safe despite the fact that 418 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:18,679 Speaker 1: he hasn't scored in two straight games, but prior to that, 419 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:20,639 Speaker 1: he had scored in every single game this year that 420 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 1: he had played in, and he had topped two hundred 421 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 1: nine nine yards in four of the last five regular 422 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,920 Speaker 1: season games, including putting up three d sixteen yards against 423 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 1: these same Rams and Week A team. Uh B, Jimmy Garoppolo, 424 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:36,879 Speaker 1: don't don't see this is I think this is a 425 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:40,280 Speaker 1: great contrarian play. Recently, everybody's thinking about this Packer game. 426 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:44,199 Speaker 1: Garoppolo look bad, the arctic conditions, getting drops over the field, 427 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 1: all that stuff. I love flipping it to a contrarian play. 428 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:49,120 Speaker 1: Some people have given up all hope, so I do 429 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,520 Speaker 1: real quick. It's not a story. But he's four man 430 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 1: uh or woman teams on underdog the best ball, UH 431 00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:00,399 Speaker 1: site and you can you have to pick up quarterback. 432 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:02,639 Speaker 1: You only get one quarterback, and of course Garoppolo is 433 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:06,359 Speaker 1: the last quarterback taken. And when I whenever I'm stuck 434 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 1: with the San Francisco San Francisco quarterback, I'll take Garoppolo. 435 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 1: But you see some people just taking tray Lance. But 436 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 1: granted they are trying to differentiate themselves from the field. 437 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 1: But Lance commit. Could Lance committ at the goal line 438 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 1: and still a rushing touchdown? Not impossible, but they haven't 439 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 1: used him that way since the beginning of the season, 440 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 1: so it would be it would be a deep callback. 441 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:28,960 Speaker 1: I feel like more people are banking on a benching 442 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 1: than just like a or an injury. He has injured, right, 443 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,639 Speaker 1: Garppolo still got the shoulder and finger. But yeah, actually 444 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:38,160 Speaker 1: I feel I feel pretty good about Garoppolo. If you're gonna, 445 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:40,639 Speaker 1: if you want to go contrarian at quarterback, this is 446 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:43,199 Speaker 1: your play. Obviously, with only the other four quarterbacks are 447 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 1: also he'll be under like five the big time. Probably true. 448 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: Probably true. Let's go to the rams, uh, let's start 449 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:52,919 Speaker 1: running game on the ramps and cam acres. Who he 450 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 1: he relegated Tony Sony Michelle to the bench. Last week. 451 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,200 Speaker 1: He's winning. He won the time share battle eight one 452 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 1: of the naps to of the snaps. I still can't 453 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 1: believe he's back playing after I can't get this level. 454 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:10,440 Speaker 1: And yeah, his running looks pretty good for cam Akers, 455 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:14,200 Speaker 1: but he nearly fumbled the game away last week. Two 456 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:17,719 Speaker 1: lost fumbles. If he has an early fumble in this game, Brian, 457 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:23,679 Speaker 1: the bend benching is not is not impossible here. You 458 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:27,200 Speaker 1: can't you. It's a good time to go in the doghouse. 459 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 1: If you're fumbling the ball, there's no no time to gap. 460 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 1: You can't on the field. Single elimination playoffs. Niners are 461 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 1: great run defense. Forty Niners finished six against the run 462 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 1: during the regular season, giving up just seventy five yards 463 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: per game. No runner his top fifty eight yards since 464 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:49,520 Speaker 1: Week nine. That's early November, to tell you how long 465 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 1: ago Week nine was. And that includes in the playoffs 466 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 1: Zeke thirty one yards, Aaron Jones forty one yards, and 467 00:24:57,880 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 1: that was with A. J. Dillon missing half of the game. 468 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 1: Small small numbers. Through the second half of the season, 469 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:08,639 Speaker 1: including the playoffs, San Francisco is giving up just three 470 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:11,440 Speaker 1: point four yards per carry, which would have made them 471 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 1: the number one run defense across the full season. Do 472 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:20,400 Speaker 1: you have any concerns with Damiko Ryan's defensive coordinators drawing 473 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 1: a lot of interest as a head coaching candid people 474 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 1: in here in Minnesota. Distract is that it not letting 475 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 1: him interview yet he's not allowed to with the new 476 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 1: league rules. So they made a rule. Yeah, they do 477 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:35,440 Speaker 1: it during the bye week, back in the bye week, 478 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 1: or you gotta wait till after They didn't know that, yea, 479 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,200 Speaker 1: that they should have been doing that basically forever. Yeah, 480 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:44,119 Speaker 1: I know, because it happened to know. Yeah, alright, so 481 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:46,960 Speaker 1: that's cam Akers. I'm I'm pretty down on cam Akers here. 482 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:49,800 Speaker 1: I'm giving him a C grade for the reasons that 483 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 1: I just mentioned. Let's go to the passing game, and 484 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:54,920 Speaker 1: I want to start with Cooper Cup. Of course obvious a. 485 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: He had overeen yards and both of the games against 486 00:25:57,840 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 1: the forty niners running out of the slot. He goes 487 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,280 Speaker 1: against Kwan Williams. Kwan isn't bad, he hasn't a lot 488 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,399 Speaker 1: of He's not allowed to touch down all year, But 489 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: who cares? Cooper Cups a monster. He's going to get 490 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 1: his numbers and he still gets an A grade. Speaking 491 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:13,520 Speaker 1: of almost fumbling the game away, he almost did the 492 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:15,639 Speaker 1: same thing. Well, he did fumble which almost led to 493 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 1: the whole game going bye bye for the Rams, but 494 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 1: correct although the cam Akers fumble at the goal line 495 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:24,760 Speaker 1: at the end of the first half, massive implications on 496 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:28,119 Speaker 1: the whole rest of the game. Really um okay, And 497 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,880 Speaker 1: so Cooper Cups and obviously let's talk about ob jam 498 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:33,199 Speaker 1: putting him down at his seat level here with Cooper 499 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,040 Speaker 1: Cups sitting on you know what should be a pretty 500 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 1: good game, is there enough left to go around for 501 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 1: oh b J. We have seen some tandems do okay 502 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 1: against the forty niners. Feeling and Jefferson did okay, Higgins 503 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:51,439 Speaker 1: and Chase did okayt Cafine Lot did did okay. But 504 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:54,159 Speaker 1: it's hardly a lock, and more often than not, teams 505 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:57,240 Speaker 1: playing the forty Niners it's only the main guy that 506 00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:00,879 Speaker 1: performs reliably well and generally are not too deep. And 507 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:03,400 Speaker 1: that includes in the playoffs when only Davante Adams got 508 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:06,439 Speaker 1: paid and only Amrii Cooper got paid. Nobody else on 509 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:10,480 Speaker 1: either team, no receiver on either team did anything, including 510 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 1: by the way, Ceedee lamb who is a disaster? I 511 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 1: know exactly joke. If that's the whole we'll have whole 512 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:20,879 Speaker 1: offseason shows on Ceedee lamb Um. O b J is 513 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:24,199 Speaker 1: very touchdown dependent, with less than thirty nine yards and 514 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:27,400 Speaker 1: four of the past five games he's gonna face cornerback 515 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 1: Dante Johnson the most often. Johnson is roughly fourth string 516 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:34,800 Speaker 1: here on the always churning Niners secondary. I don't like 517 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:37,360 Speaker 1: him very much, but the Niners have been have been 518 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 1: battling gamely with marginal replacement level cornerbacks all year long, 519 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:45,359 Speaker 1: So I've just got the C grade on O. B J. 520 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:47,560 Speaker 1: You need the touchdown. If he doesn't give you the touchdown, 521 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: he hurts your team, but he might score then. Van 522 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 1: Jefferson's on the bench. He's dealing with the knee injury. 523 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:57,640 Speaker 1: Super low volume makes him unstartable. He has had one 524 00:27:57,760 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 1: or two catches in five of the past six games. 525 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:02,680 Speaker 1: Can't count on I can't count anything here for whatever reason, 526 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:04,920 Speaker 1: if he's inactive or not for whatever reason, if he 527 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 1: holds him out or he gets hurt in game. It's 528 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:13,159 Speaker 1: with Ben Sco and Wreck. So there's a punt option 529 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:15,399 Speaker 1: for you if you're you're desperate, but I'd rather go 530 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:18,680 Speaker 1: to Tyler Higbee. He had two good games against San 531 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:22,159 Speaker 1: Francisco this year. The first game thirty eight yards, touchdown, 532 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 1: second game fifty five yards and two touchdowns, but those 533 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:30,080 Speaker 1: games are mostly an outlier for Higby. The average tight 534 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 1: end game against San Francisco is just thirty five catches 535 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:36,359 Speaker 1: and and thirty four yards per game. UM Diners have 536 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 1: been a good tight end defense. Dalin Schultz did put 537 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,160 Speaker 1: up eighty nine yards in the first playoff game, but 538 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:43,400 Speaker 1: then last week the Green Bay tight ends, granted they're 539 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 1: not good. They didn't even catch a pass so well. 540 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,360 Speaker 1: Mars Eighties Lewis did, but he fumbled it away. And 541 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 1: speaking of game losing bumbles or contributing to games lost, 542 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:54,360 Speaker 1: way to go Marcin. Yeah, actually I think he got 543 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 1: to zero yards on that play. I think he had 544 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:58,760 Speaker 1: a zero yard box score. Maybe I just misread it, 545 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,480 Speaker 1: but all right, So then let's go to the final 546 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:04,040 Speaker 1: player left here, Matthew Stafford. I've got an A grade 547 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:06,800 Speaker 1: on Cup, I've got to C grades on on O 548 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:10,520 Speaker 1: b J and Tyler Higbee. B grade on Stafford here 549 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 1: um one good game against San Francisco, one bad game, 550 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:16,920 Speaker 1: against San Francisco. The Niners are a good past defense 551 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,840 Speaker 1: that plays better than its talent would suggest. The average 552 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:22,920 Speaker 1: passing game against San Francisco over the past six games 553 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:26,600 Speaker 1: just two d twenty yards and one point one touchdowns. 554 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:29,240 Speaker 1: And obviously, these have been playoff games, and good team 555 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:32,880 Speaker 1: most predominantly good teams in this mix, including Matthew Stafford, 556 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:34,479 Speaker 1: is part of that two and twenty yards and one 557 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:38,840 Speaker 1: point one touchdowns. I'm I'm lukewarm on him here, that's it. 558 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:43,120 Speaker 1: I'm with you. Who you got, I've got forty Niners, 559 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 1: even though I keep waiting for the other shoe to 560 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:50,880 Speaker 1: drop at this point, why not thet I like San 561 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:53,160 Speaker 1: fran To, even though they don't like being called San 562 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:57,240 Speaker 1: fran in San fran Like, who you got? I've got 563 00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 1: I've got Chiefs just because I can't get my cell 564 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 1: off to take Patrick Mahomes. You know, go against Patrick 565 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:06,960 Speaker 1: Mahomes and Arrowhead. How about you. You've got Bengals. I 566 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,080 Speaker 1: gotta go Bengals. It's gonna be a great game, or 567 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 1: we can only hope it's a great game. And the Chiefs, 568 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 1: obviously season playoff veterans at this point, been too two 569 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:17,280 Speaker 1: straight Super Bowls. But I don't know that that game 570 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:21,400 Speaker 1: last week that a little bit well, not radily, but 571 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 1: you know, it was an emotional roller coaster for him. 572 00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:26,880 Speaker 1: I don't think they might be spent maybe a little bit. 573 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 1: There could be they could come out flat in this one. 574 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:32,320 Speaker 1: I was talking to Paul Allen, my radio friend Paul Allen, 575 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 1: and he was he was in Las Vegas last weekend 576 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:40,200 Speaker 1: and into this week, and he he placed a first 577 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:43,520 Speaker 1: half wager on the Bengals for exactly that reason. I 578 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:45,479 Speaker 1: felt like there was there was a good chance that 579 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:47,680 Speaker 1: the Chiefs were going to come out flat in this 580 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 1: because of all just all the emotions of the win 581 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:55,120 Speaker 1: from last week. Yeah, unbelievable. Uh, we'll find out. We'll 582 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:57,040 Speaker 1: find out. We'll break down the Super Bowl game in 583 00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:59,640 Speaker 1: two weeks. Not sure what we're gonna do next week. 584 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:03,440 Speaker 1: Talk about Ceedee Lamb at the Ceedee Lamb Show. We 585 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:06,280 Speaker 1: do a way too early, like first round mock or 586 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:08,320 Speaker 1: something like that for next year. We'll figure it out. 587 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:10,280 Speaker 1: We'll figure it out. Thanks for listening to everybody. 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