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Speaker 1: We'll do our three tough questions while premature speculation, and
Speaker 1: we will break down all fifteen remaining games from the
Speaker 1: NFL slate, beginning with another of the the tricky early
Speaker 1: start games. Be sure to set your lineups. Giants taking
Speaker 1: on Packers. Yes, I'm excited for it, and I'm very
Speaker 1: happy Collin's not here. My understanding on Colin is um arrested. Arrested. Yeah, now,
Speaker 1: you saw um in in London during the Viking game.
Speaker 1: You may have seen that nude streaker. Uh that that
Speaker 1: had to eventually security had to get Colin mccockney. Interesting.
Speaker 1: At least he wasn't the uh, at least he wasn't
Speaker 1: the one in the Rams games knocked out by Bob Wagner.
Speaker 1: The Giants pass game is on the bench. How's that stuff?
Speaker 1: Very good? Start the whole pass game, Richie Richie, James,
Speaker 1: David Sills, Daniel Bellinger who I do like, but like
Speaker 1: three catches for thirty forty yards isn't doing you much? Um,
Speaker 1: it's a Packers d that's top twelve against quarterbacks, wide receivers,
Speaker 1: and tight ends. Daniel Jones, he got you the two
Speaker 1: Russian touchdowns last week, probably on your bench or on
Speaker 1: your waiver wire. He probably didn't get it correct that
Speaker 1: for you. But he hasn't top two hundred yards all season.
Speaker 1: It's Darius Tony has two hamstring injuries. They're all on
Speaker 1: the bench. Barkley, though, it's it's an automatic, am, it
Speaker 1: just is. He's the best. He's the best fantasy running
Speaker 1: back in football right now, and the QB position is rough. Um.
Speaker 1: Barkley actually ended up playing extra snaps the most snaps
Speaker 1: and touches he's ever played in a single game in
Speaker 1: his career last week. Uh, and he was playing. He
Speaker 1: was playing snaps at quarterback with Daniel Jones Taylor out. Yes, yeah,
Speaker 1: he took a lot of Wildcats snaps near the end
Speaker 1: of that game. Anyway, Let's move over to the Packers side,
Speaker 1: because there's players that actually matter on this side. Um,
Speaker 1: not that Parkley doesn't matter, but he's the Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: I have a B grade on since his second annual
Speaker 1: Week one dismantling. Yes, Rogers has throwne for two d
Speaker 1: thirty two five yards in every game and two scores
Speaker 1: in every game, So that's a pretty safe B floor
Speaker 1: is is what he's been doing. The Giants pasty is
Speaker 1: top ten, but they have not really faced any startable quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: I guess the closest they faced was tannehill id And
Speaker 1: who went for two hundred and sixty six and a
Speaker 1: couple of scores. So I'd expect Rogers to lean towards
Speaker 1: his averages, if not a little better. Gotta be grade
Speaker 1: there on him. Um Romeo Dubbs and Alana's Ard. I
Speaker 1: have B grades on both of them. I just do.
Speaker 1: I like, I don't think you can talk me into
Speaker 1: an A grade, and it's possib but one of them
Speaker 1: hits the A and one of them hits the B.
Speaker 1: But I'm giving him both bees with some upside there.
Speaker 1: The Giants haven't truly been tested, as I mentioned with
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks, but even Darnell Mooney, who hadn't done anything
Speaker 1: all year, found ninety four yards against them, and Steedee
Speaker 1: Lamb the week before at eighty seven and scores. The
Speaker 1: lead receiver Dubson Lazard have both been playing of the snaps.
Speaker 1: They both very clearly have Rogers trust, both in Rogers
Speaker 1: speak and in his play um. He has targeted those
Speaker 1: two about fifty of his passes, so if he throws thirty,
Speaker 1: we're talking fifteen targets and that's probably low end thirty
Speaker 1: pass attempts for Aaron Rodgers. Um over to Robert Tonyan.
Speaker 1: I do have him on the bench, not even playing
Speaker 1: half the snaps. You almost need the touchdown, which is
Speaker 1: tough to count on with Rogers. Now that once they
Speaker 1: get inside the red zone and especially inside the five
Speaker 1: and ten, it's a pretty even split between run and pass,
Speaker 1: whereas last year with it was all passed. So now
Speaker 1: they're going half and half and Tonnan is not seen
Speaker 1: that kind of touched on volume. Giants haven't allowed a
Speaker 1: tight end touchdown this year, and tight ends are averaging
Speaker 1: under forty yards per game. Yes, sit Tony over to
Speaker 1: the running backs. Aaron Jones, I got an A grade
Speaker 1: on A J. Dylan, I have a B grade on
Speaker 1: The Giants are getting tagged weekly by running backs McCaffrey, Herbert,
Speaker 1: the Dallas and Titans duos, so we're just say the
Speaker 1: Titans duo. It's not really a duo. But you know,
Speaker 1: Dontrell Hilliard had two touchdowns against them and did a
Speaker 1: bunch through the air in week one. But to the
Speaker 1: tune of fifty yards per game. Dylan has both carries
Speaker 1: inside the five. Jones gets the targets, which I honestly
Speaker 1: didn't see coming. But they're splitting the snaps pretty evenly.
Speaker 1: But given one gets touchdown carries and one gets targets,
Speaker 1: I got them both. I got them both with A
Speaker 1: and B grades. Here Aaron Jones six point eight yards
Speaker 1: per carry to Dylan's three point seven. That's something to
Speaker 1: keep an eye on. Yeah, that's why Jones is getting Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's getting a grade there. Dylan the B though, don't
Speaker 1: don't stick. It still gets to be in this matchup.
Speaker 1: The Lions, Brian, have got all kinds of injuries. We uh,
Speaker 1: we know for sure that dj Hark is out, DeAndre
Speaker 1: Swift is out, uh, Josh Reynolds probably playing, but questionable.
Speaker 1: I'm on Ross st. Brown game time decision. Help me
Speaker 1: make heads or tails out of Lions when they take
Speaker 1: on the Patriots. All right over to the Patriots side,
Speaker 1: and I'm just alright, start with long gone or the
Speaker 1: days or is just like you're benching the Lions. Even
Speaker 1: when they're healthy, it's quite the opposite scoring team in
Speaker 1: the NFL. Well, we'll start with thanks to their awful defense,
Speaker 1: it's not the perfect store and for fantasy. But once
Speaker 1: they get healthy, once what James and Williams gets back,
Speaker 1: Oh my lord, this offense can think about that. Well,
Speaker 1: we know Jamal Williams is gonna play, and I gonna
Speaker 1: give him a B. Should be in line for another
Speaker 1: Bill Cout workload. Even when Swift was healthy, Williams was
Speaker 1: the guy at the goal line for Detroit. He now
Speaker 1: leads all running backs in the NFL and carries inside
Speaker 1: the five yard line. He's done it nine times. She
Speaker 1: is but be more and the Pats are set stout
Speaker 1: against the run. Green Bay ran all over them last week,
Speaker 1: but that game went to the bitter end of overtime,
Speaker 1: so they played five quarters before that, and no other
Speaker 1: opposing back as top sixty yards rushing against the Patriots
Speaker 1: in New England has yet to surrender a running back
Speaker 1: touchdown through the ground or air. So just the B
Speaker 1: for Williams. But he should see a lot of volume
Speaker 1: in this one. As you said, d J. Chark is
Speaker 1: out We're gonna go with Josh Reynolds likely to play.
Speaker 1: I'm on Ross Brown true game time decision. If if
Speaker 1: if some God plays, I'm gonna give him a b
Speaker 1: um and a C either way for Josh Reynolds. It's
Speaker 1: kind of like Ronalds more than you do. But go ahead. Uh,
Speaker 1: it's it's it's a neutral. I'll give Reynolds to be
Speaker 1: if if st. Brown's out. Actually, but if st. Brown's in,
Speaker 1: C for Reynolds, B for Brown, it's basically a neutral
Speaker 1: matchup for wide receivers. The Patriots are allowing eleven catches
Speaker 1: and almost a hundred and fifty yards per game to
Speaker 1: wide receivers. Those aren't great numbers as a whole to
Speaker 1: opposing wide receiver units, but they have surrendered exactly one
Speaker 1: wide receiver touchdown in three or four games. If Alman
Speaker 1: Ross Brown is out, I think Tom Kennedy is kind
Speaker 1: of interesting as also out. Yeah, and you may have
Speaker 1: to go to Tom Kennedy. And then there's Cliff for Raymond.
Speaker 1: But Kennedy had the better game last week, So I'll
Speaker 1: go with Tom Kennedy. So easy to see Dart if
Speaker 1: uh some God is out, Um, we know teaching Cockinson
Speaker 1: there it is is not out, and he's not on
Speaker 1: the bench this week. Hopefully it wasn't on your bench
Speaker 1: last week, probably the biggest game in all fantasy football.
Speaker 1: Gonna give him an a here because the Patriots up
Speaker 1: rendered five tight end touchdowns, the most in the league.
Speaker 1: And lastly, Jared Goff can give him a ce. This
Speaker 1: week's matchup with the Pats likely as tough as to date.
Speaker 1: We prefer if Alman ross A Brown plays. If he doesn't,
Speaker 1: he still gotta roll Goff out there, just because New
Speaker 1: England gives up a ton of points and it's forced
Speaker 1: to throw all the time. So New England not the
Speaker 1: greatest matchup, but the c for Goff. And now over
Speaker 1: to the Patriots side, starting with their running backs. Damien Harris,
Speaker 1: Gonna give him an a uh just across the boar.
Speaker 1: Detroit's defense sucks, so there's gonna be some startable Patriots
Speaker 1: this week. On Like past weeks, the lines have allowed
Speaker 1: the fourth most rushing yards and the most rushing touchdowns
Speaker 1: to running backs. Harris has scored in three or four
Speaker 1: games this year and has eighteen touchdowns over his last
Speaker 1: nineteen games dating back to last year's with the A
Speaker 1: for Harris and uh B for Mondre Stevenson. The matchup
Speaker 1: obviously just as good for Stevenson, who saw fourteen carries
Speaker 1: last week to the eight team from Harris, but Stevens
Speaker 1: Stevenson saw five targets to the one for Harris. Opponent
Speaker 1: opposing running backs have caught at least four passes against
Speaker 1: the Lions and three of four games. Now did the
Speaker 1: Patriots wide receivers will start with who I guess is
Speaker 1: their alpha. Number one wide receiver, Davante Parker scored a
Speaker 1: touchdown last week at Green Bay. The week before that,
Speaker 1: he had five catches for a hundred and fifty six
Speaker 1: yards against the Ravens. The lines are allowing fourteen catches
Speaker 1: for a hundred and ninety five yards and one touchdown
Speaker 1: per game to a post in wide out, Parker is startable,
Speaker 1: even with the quarterback situation, which we'll get to in
Speaker 1: a minute. Now, there's there's some more murkiness for the
Speaker 1: wide receivers with New England. Jacoby Myers has missed the
Speaker 1: last couple of games. If he plays, I would give
Speaker 1: him a sea, But if he's out, I think Nelson
Speaker 1: Aglare is the C Dart for the Patriots just against
Speaker 1: this awful Lion secondary. So that's time you break that
Speaker 1: situation down. And uh not at Sea Dart, but just
Speaker 1: to see for hunter Henry John who smith your boys?
Speaker 1: Detroit is top seven in the most catches and yards
Speaker 1: allowed to tight end. So Henry is startable this week.
Speaker 1: And you know what, if you're desperate, Bailey, Zappy looks
Speaker 1: to be the starter. I mean it's against the Lions
Speaker 1: right now. You look, We've seen We've seen quarterbacks like
Speaker 1: him play well all year. He played pretty well in
Speaker 1: Green Bay coming off attention, he looked like I'm looking
Speaker 1: at him, just waiting for him to fall apart. He didn't.
Speaker 1: If you're in any kind of super flex format, whether
Speaker 1: it's redraft or especially Dynasty, I would draft is Appy
Speaker 1: right now because he does have long term upside. I
Speaker 1: don't know if he will see it, but I will
Speaker 1: say it would have been nice to see him put
Speaker 1: any kind of drive together near the end or in overtime,
Speaker 1: and he just couldn't. Did you guys see the photo
Speaker 1: of him with Mac Jones? Oh yeah, I've seen the
Speaker 1: two head shots that you would never know that they're
Speaker 1: not the same person. I've seen the two head shot
Speaker 1: Bears take on the Vikings. This won't take very long.
Speaker 1: If if it turns out David Montgomery does not go,
Speaker 1: then Khalil is an A grade. Bears run on a
Speaker 1: league leading sixty two of offensive plays, and again, if
Speaker 1: Monty is out, that means ground Bears getting a lot
Speaker 1: of work and he's played well. He grades is the
Speaker 1: second most efficient runner according to Next Gen Stats. He's
Speaker 1: averaging six yards per carry. Minnesota's a lot of rushing
Speaker 1: touchdowns in every game and ranks twenty seven and rushing
Speaker 1: d v O A. There's a great opportunity for Khalil
Speaker 1: Herbert if Montgomery doesn't go. If Montgomery does go, I
Speaker 1: got a knock him all the way down to a
Speaker 1: C and a timeshare role. And I've got to see
Speaker 1: on Montgomery if he does go again in Minnesota's defense
Speaker 1: is exploitable on the ground. If Montgomery's active. I'm assuming
Speaker 1: Montgomery's active, He'll get sometime, but he's Herbert's should get
Speaker 1: at least half of the carries. Even if Montgomery is active.
Speaker 1: They both get C grades in that event. And the
Speaker 1: only other Bear that you care about, Darnell Mooney coming
Speaker 1: up the best game of his year by a mile.
Speaker 1: He did nothing in the first three weeks. He is
Speaker 1: running mostly from the slot, and he matches up against
Speaker 1: Vikings cornerback Chandon Sullivan, who's allowed eighty eight percent of
Speaker 1: his passes to be completed. Sullivan's also giving up twelve
Speaker 1: yards per reception. That's a big number. The problem for
Speaker 1: Mooney's always targets. He's seeing four targets per game, but
Speaker 1: that could change considering his easy matchup with Sullivan's So
Speaker 1: a C grade on Darnell Mooney. We go over to
Speaker 1: the Vikings Justin Jefferson automatic A grade. Dalvin Cook also
Speaker 1: with an A grade. Here. Chicago hemorrhaging production to opposing
Speaker 1: running backs, giving up at least from one total yards
Speaker 1: to a running back in three straight games, and they're
Speaker 1: seeing a league high thirty six rushes per game against them.
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook will not get all thirty six, but he
Speaker 1: should get more than twenty, and that puts him into
Speaker 1: a high level of productivity. Here, the Vikings have run
Speaker 1: thirty seven plays from the red zone. Dalnn Cook only
Speaker 1: has five touches. We've touched on this basically every week,
Speaker 1: going all the way back to the preseason, we told
Speaker 1: you expected this. Vikings a run nine plays from inside
Speaker 1: the five yard line. Dalvin Cook has one touch. That's
Speaker 1: your danger. Cook may need to score from distance. Going
Speaker 1: to the passing game, I like Adam Feeling and kJ
Speaker 1: Osbourne with C grades. Uh and well, actually I'm a
Speaker 1: bump up Adam Theland do a B grades. I don't
Speaker 1: think cornerback Jalen Johnson's gonna go. He's got a quad injury. Um.
Speaker 1: The Bears have very good safeties, but their cornerbacks are
Speaker 1: dreadful kindall wild or Kyler Gordon awful? They've and Kyler
Speaker 1: Gordon who man's the slot? kJ Osborne owners they He's
Speaker 1: allowed the most passing yards in the NFL three hundred
Speaker 1: thirty five from the slot. Kyler Gordon does not belong
Speaker 1: on an NFL field. K j Osborne a nice sneaky
Speaker 1: play in this one. And then that brings us to
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins. I've got a B and C grades on
Speaker 1: his receiver, so I've got a B grade on Cousins here.
Speaker 1: The only question really is teams don't pass on the Bears.
Speaker 1: They run all day on the Bear too, so volume
Speaker 1: could work against him. Chicago sees the lowest pass play
Speaker 1: percentage in the league, and they've only given up three
Speaker 1: passing touchdowns because nobody has to pass. So that's your
Speaker 1: danger on starting. No, there's we've recovered this last week.
Speaker 1: Can I make an open plea to Adam Feeling? Yeah? Please?
Speaker 1: He's having a charity function at the Top Golf. You're
Speaker 1: in Minnesota on Monday, and I haven't been in weeks,
Speaker 1: and I was planning to go, but he's closed the
Speaker 1: whole venue down for a very worthy cause. I'm sure,
Speaker 1: but Adam Feeling put me on the list. Please. Brian
Speaker 1: Johnson and Brian at Brian Johnson, can't you it's a
Speaker 1: at event. You can't just go and just pay your
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Speaker 1: me nine players not normally in your starting lineup. We'll
Speaker 1: tell you who they are after this, It's take a
Speaker 1: chance on me. Nine players not normally in your starting lineup,
Speaker 1: many or available on the waiver wire. We begin at
Speaker 1: the quarterback position and Scott Fish. I'm going a little
Speaker 1: deeper this week. I'm gonna go with Cooper Rush facing
Speaker 1: a Rams defense that you probably wouldn't think is a
Speaker 1: great matchup. But they have allowed three hundred plus and
Speaker 1: or multiple touchdowns three times this season. The other time
Speaker 1: they did allow a touchdown a couple hundred yards. Cooper
Speaker 1: Rush also gets Michael gallup. He's got Michael Gallut back.
Speaker 1: Now he gets Sheltz back. Tony Pollard may mess so
Speaker 1: they may not run as much. Never know. Yeah, it's
Speaker 1: Cooper Russia and it's been widely reported. It's not breaking news.
Speaker 1: First ever Cowboys quarterback to start a career four oh
Speaker 1: Cooper Rush. I said this, Actually I tweeted this in
Speaker 1: right when and right after Dac went down. Cooper Rush
Speaker 1: came into that first game. What happens when Cooper Rush
Speaker 1: leads this team to a bunch of wins, looks good
Speaker 1: doing it, and then Dad comes back. What if he
Speaker 1: looks like the same act we saw in week one?
Speaker 1: I saw a tweet, and I wish I could remember
Speaker 1: who it was. I could credit them. They said, you
Speaker 1: better watch out, Cooper Rush. You're playing yourself into a
Speaker 1: starting role for the Panthers. That's really good. That's really good.
Speaker 1: You're taking a chance of me. Quarterback Brian Cleveland's Jacoby
Speaker 1: Brissette at home against the Chargers, who have surrendered surrendered
Speaker 1: at least two passing yards and multiple passing touchdowns in
Speaker 1: every game so far. Last week, they allowed five completions
Speaker 1: of twenty plus yards. To be very comparable Davis Mills.
Speaker 1: I like Jacoby Brissette, alright. What happened to the chargers
Speaker 1: rebuilt secondary? Wow, I've got Ryan Tannehill. Nobody gets out
Speaker 1: of bed going on. I can't wait to start Ryan Tannehill.
Speaker 1: But it's Washington. They've allowed the most passing touchdowns despite
Speaker 1: playing some third tier talents like Trevor Lawrence and Cooper Rush.
Speaker 1: Cornerbacks William Jackson and Kendall Fuller owned Pro Football Focus
Speaker 1: ranks at cornerback of a hundred fourteen and a hundred
Speaker 1: forty four. Fuller is allowed the second most yardage among
Speaker 1: all cornerbacks. Trailing Burks is gonna miss the game. But
Speaker 1: Robert Woods, Nick Westbrook at Keene good enough to style
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill. Let's go to the running back position, Scott, Yes,
Speaker 1: I am going to go with my guy. I play
Speaker 1: in the league with Tyler Algier. I noticed this week
Speaker 1: that I am playing against Tyler Lgire Oh in a game.
Speaker 1: He's gonna start, and he's starting himself over David Montgomery
Speaker 1: and over Antonio Gibson. He's throwing himself in the lineup
Speaker 1: right there. So that tells you how much Tyler L.
Speaker 1: Gire feels about himself in this matchup. Uh, they lost
Speaker 1: Corderal Patterson. They do have Caleb Huntley, who was activated
Speaker 1: from the practice squad last week to go big against
Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns. They're gonna have to activate him again
Speaker 1: and he'll have to stay on the active roster after that.
Speaker 1: But he he had eight of his tent carries on
Speaker 1: one drive. He's mostly a big body back. He might
Speaker 1: get goal line work. Avery Avery Williams is more of
Speaker 1: a pass catching back, but Tyler lgre is the guy
Speaker 1: who caught the passes to the last two weeks in
Speaker 1: in in those games. So I have Tyler Algier to
Speaker 1: get a decent workload against uh against this buckste that
Speaker 1: gave up a hundred fifty total yards and two scores
Speaker 1: to the Chiefs last week. Oddly yielding Bucks run defense
Speaker 1: last week, but still very good run defense. Uh, Brian,
Speaker 1: you're take a chance of me running back the Rams
Speaker 1: Darryl Henderson at home against Dallas. The Cowboys are allowing
Speaker 1: four point eight yards per carry and more than five
Speaker 1: catches per game to opposing running backs. Last week, Henderson
Speaker 1: had eleven opportunities. Those are carries and targets to be
Speaker 1: nine of cam Acres, who did absolutely nothing with his
Speaker 1: Henderson is a better running back on this team, and
Speaker 1: he's gonna have a better game between the two. Travis
Speaker 1: Etn has been a massive disappointment, But if you're not
Speaker 1: going to play him against Houston, why is he on
Speaker 1: your roster. Houston allowing one hundred eighty total yards and
Speaker 1: one and a half touchdowns per game to opposing running backs,
Speaker 1: both second worst in the league at ten. Hasn't flashed
Speaker 1: as a receiver like we thought he would. I thought
Speaker 1: he was gonna be sitting on like a forty catch season.
Speaker 1: He's not gonna come close. But I'll note Houston has
Speaker 1: bottom ten and receptions and receiving yards to running backs.
Speaker 1: So if it's ever gonna happen, this might be it. Alright,
Speaker 1: let's go to your take a chance of mer receivers, Scott. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm going with George Pickens. You probably you probably haven't
Speaker 1: been starting him, but he's he's three roster and maybe
Speaker 1: up a little bit more this week. But he's going
Speaker 1: against Buffalo. Tough matchup, doesn't make you feel good. But
Speaker 1: last week after after Kenny Pickett came in, he was
Speaker 1: targeted over thirty percent of the time with pickets. Passes
Speaker 1: had seventy one yards for a hundred two yards or
Speaker 1: seventy one of his hundred and two yards with Pickett
Speaker 1: catching all four of his targets. His average depth of
Speaker 1: target with pick in that second half way larger than
Speaker 1: Rabinsky Pickets attempts were way longer than than Trabinsky and
Speaker 1: their fourteen point dogs. I think they're trying to pass
Speaker 1: to keep it and then keep it paced with the
Speaker 1: Bills in this one. Well, I'll look forward to hearing
Speaker 1: what you think about Nazi Harris in a very tricky
Speaker 1: matchup in a couple of minutes. Uh, Brian, let's go
Speaker 1: to York take a chance on the receiver. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: double down on the Browns and go with Donovan People's
Speaker 1: jones against the Chargers, who are allowing more than a
Speaker 1: hundred and sixty yards per game to opposing wide receivers
Speaker 1: and they've surrendered the second most touchdowns of the position
Speaker 1: with six. DPJ has out targeted and outperformed Marie Cooper
Speaker 1: in two of four games. Cooper is surely going to
Speaker 1: draw more attention from the Chargers defense is also going
Speaker 1: to have their hands very full with the run game
Speaker 1: of the Browns, meaning d p J should be running
Speaker 1: routes against single coverage all game long. Corey Davis has
Speaker 1: been shockingly competent this year. Actually in many scoring systems.
Speaker 1: He is a wide receiver too well. They're paying him
Speaker 1: to do just that. He keeps getting dropped and picked
Speaker 1: up because people are like he did grow but he's
Speaker 1: Corey Davis. Davis had nobody's enthused about it. He's notched
Speaker 1: at least seventy four yards in three or four games.
Speaker 1: He's got two touchdowns on the season, and he faces
Speaker 1: a Miami secondary that's been frankly terrible and Xavian Howard's hurt.
Speaker 1: Right now, Miami has been pumbled for a hundred ninety
Speaker 1: five yards per game to opposing wide receivers, fourth most
Speaker 1: they've allowed to one yard receivers in the last three games.
Speaker 1: Davis is ethan air yards and I don't think of
Speaker 1: Corey Davis as a deep ball threat, but here he
Speaker 1: is ethan airy yards and big plays have been given
Speaker 1: up by Nick Needham and Daming Howard, assuming Howard even
Speaker 1: plays in this game. So Corey Davis our final take
Speaker 1: a chance on me player, Steelers take on the Bill Scott.
Speaker 1: You already told us a little bit about the passing
Speaker 1: game and how you feel about George Pickens. How do
Speaker 1: you feel about the rest of that passing game? And
Speaker 1: then Naji Harris, I want to hear if you've got
Speaker 1: a bench grade Naji Harris. I don't, but I have
Speaker 1: a non enthusiastic C grade on Naja Harris, so it's
Speaker 1: probably in line with the same place you were thinking.
Speaker 1: The nice part about Naji Harris is he gets a
Speaker 1: ton of volume eighteen plus touches in three states. We
Speaker 1: know he can catch the ball, so he could get
Speaker 1: involved in that as they fall away behind the Bills potentially,
Speaker 1: but the Bills d hasn't allowed fifty yard rusher this season.
Speaker 1: The lead Black, though, has scored five touchdowns against the
Speaker 1: Bills somehow, which which is definitely weird. I wouldn't count
Speaker 1: on that though. Last week, the picket led Steelers had
Speaker 1: four places inside the five. Here's another concern for Naja Yarris.
Speaker 1: Two picket runs, one picket passed, and just one kerry
Speaker 1: for Nag Harris. Of all those plays inside the five
Speaker 1: last night, with the last week with Pickett running things,
Speaker 1: uh Harris is fifth in the NFL and opportunities inside
Speaker 1: the five, but just two scores, and there's already concerned.
Speaker 1: There wasn't super productive with his three and a half
Speaker 1: yards per carry. His six point seven per catch is
Speaker 1: pretty inefficient. The only thing he's got going for him
Speaker 1: for me is the volume. See his likelihood to get
Speaker 1: fifteen to twenty touches. He's probably just gonna get enough done. Mean,
Speaker 1: you got to hope for a score, and that's about
Speaker 1: all you can hope for. Yeah. By the way, Jalen
Speaker 1: Warren's averaging six yards per cary last week, seven and
Speaker 1: a half the week before. Still keep your I said
Speaker 1: it last week pick up these backup running backs. It
Speaker 1: was a great call. Uh. Kenny Pickett is on the bench. Though.
Speaker 1: The Bills are top five against quarterbacks, wide receivers and
Speaker 1: tight ends and top ten against running back so it's
Speaker 1: a tough matchup for everybody. They did face Stafford cop
Speaker 1: Henry to a wattle hill. They've been tested, They've legitimately
Speaker 1: been tested with those those top rankings and defenses. Uh.
Speaker 1: Quarterbacks are averaging a hundred and seventy three yards and
Speaker 1: just three scores in four games. So Pickets on the bench,
Speaker 1: you're not gonna be too excited about the past game.
Speaker 1: I said, I do like Pickens. I did have a
Speaker 1: C grade on him. Hope for some deep balls and
Speaker 1: in a decent Okay Sea level game there I have
Speaker 1: Friar with on the bench. He caught three of his
Speaker 1: four targets from Pickett. The one he didn't was one
Speaker 1: of one of them that was picked off. Obviously if
Speaker 1: if if he didn't get it was picked off. That's
Speaker 1: that's all pick It did. Last week ten completions two Steelers,
Speaker 1: three completions to the other team. Uh. The Bills held
Speaker 1: Andrews Mark Andrews to fifteen yards and every tight end
Speaker 1: under forty UM going back to last year, only Kelsey,
Speaker 1: Gronk Pitts, and Dan Arnold top fifty years yards on
Speaker 1: this d So you have to be on that level,
Speaker 1: the Dan Arnold level to get fifty yards against this team,
Speaker 1: averaging within fifteen yards for catching. He's the ball Evan
Speaker 1: Ingram time. I actually do have d off. I actually
Speaker 1: do have Deonto Johnson on the bench. He's getting a
Speaker 1: ton of targets, but he didn't get as many with
Speaker 1: picking in um only had eleven yards. His aid DOT
Speaker 1: has been terrible. His yards after the catch is hilarious.
Speaker 1: Six on the season. Six yards after the catch on
Speaker 1: the season for Deonta Johnson this year, UM, he's any
Speaker 1: He doesn't even have a single red zone target this year.
Speaker 1: That's that's too much concerned for me. I have Deonta
Speaker 1: Johnson on the bench. Over to the other side, Josh
Speaker 1: Allen and Stefon Diggs. I don't need to talk about
Speaker 1: They're they're gonna be a grades almost every week. Gabe
Speaker 1: Davis and Isaiah Mackenzie. I have sea grades on both
Speaker 1: of them. Were assuming here Mackenzie goes, he clears concussion
Speaker 1: protocol and he goes. Mackenzie scored in three or four.
Speaker 1: Crowder is now out with a broken foot. That's likely
Speaker 1: bumps Mackenzie snapshare up a little. I expect Khalil Gear
Speaker 1: to get in more. I'll talk about him a little
Speaker 1: bit more later. Potentially. Uh Davis disappeared each of the
Speaker 1: last two weeks, but they were far tougher spots. The
Speaker 1: Steelers have allowed seventy five plus yards and or scored
Speaker 1: a six different wide receivers. It's it's a better matchup
Speaker 1: for him. I think there's room for him to be
Speaker 1: that seventy yard maybe a touchdown sea level guy here.
Speaker 1: Dawson Knox is on the bench. Pretty hard to trust
Speaker 1: a three to four catch twenty four yard guy any week. Um,
Speaker 1: and he's probably last I saw he was leaning towards out.
Speaker 1: He might he might officially be out by now. Okay,
Speaker 1: Devin Singletary, I have a B grade on here. Like
Speaker 1: Singletary this way, I really like it. Fifteen plus touches
Speaker 1: and back to back snap percentage has gone way up
Speaker 1: UM in his games. I saw this earlier this week.
Speaker 1: In his games where he gets at least seventy the snap,
Speaker 1: He's been a top twenty four running back iron I
Speaker 1: believe seven of those eight games, so we're looking at
Speaker 1: so so you're already looking close to be their fourteen
Speaker 1: point five point favorites. They do bring in James Cook
Speaker 1: when they get ahead, but Singletary should get a decent
Speaker 1: volume here. He has thirteen catches for hud to five
Speaker 1: yards and to score just through the air in the
Speaker 1: last two games, so he gets it. He gets it
Speaker 1: there too, So I have a B grade on Singletary
Speaker 1: in this one. Let's sell. Let's sell on Naji Harris
Speaker 1: right now. The schedule's ridiculous. Buffalo this week than Tampa, Miami,
Speaker 1: Philadelphia a bye week, and Saints. Naji Harris is not
Speaker 1: going to be above a C grade for another eight weeks.
Speaker 1: Get out of Naji Harris now and don't buy Naji
Speaker 1: Harris if you're here exactly, don't be on the other
Speaker 1: side of that that flim flam. I would I would
Speaker 1: be offering Naji Harris for guys like Damian Pierce right
Speaker 1: that I think are way way better and safer runners,
Speaker 1: not not just matchup. You know me, I tell you
Speaker 1: Jaen One was one of my preseason you know, get
Speaker 1: him on the back of your bench, sleepers, if if
Speaker 1: he starts taking more and more of a role, that
Speaker 1: that paired with a bad matchup is just terrible death.
Speaker 1: Get out of Naji Harris Now, Dolphins take on the Jets.
Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater is your news starting quarterback for the Dolphins,
Speaker 1: at least for the time being. Get this. I looked
Speaker 1: this up. He's played sixty three game NFL games, started
Speaker 1: sixty three NFL games, his three of the NFL, going
Speaker 1: well all the way back to the Super Bowl era
Speaker 1: nineteen sixty six forward. No quarterback has thrown fewer touchdowns
Speaker 1: in sixty three games than Teddy Bridgewater one point one
Speaker 1: per game. He is a fantasy vacuum that is going
Speaker 1: to suck the life out of that offense. That's just
Speaker 1: my opinion. Yeah, Dolphins taking on the Jets, Brian, I
Speaker 1: think you're wrong about Teddy this week. You gotta give
Speaker 1: Teddy B A B, especially against the Jets where twenty
Speaker 1: nine against the passing DV O A and my Miami
Speaker 1: has the weapons to do the damage. And don't forget
Speaker 1: this is a revenge game of sorts for Teddy, who
Speaker 1: signed with New York in eighteen. In March they gave
Speaker 1: up on him before the preseason, traded him to the Saints.
Speaker 1: He's gonna seek his revenge on the Jets in this game.
Speaker 1: Speaking of those weapons of Teddy's past teams are revenge matches.
Speaker 1: That that's every week. I hasn't been around that much.
Speaker 1: He's not Bryan Fitzpatrick. Is he eight? Is he? Is
Speaker 1: he eight teams in right now? He might be. I
Speaker 1: don't think it's nine times. Um uh. Speaking of his weapons,
Speaker 1: Mike Kisiki is not one. He's on the bench. His
Speaker 1: usage is what we feared, which is absolutely nothing. So
Speaker 1: you're not starting a Dolphins tight end, but you are
Speaker 1: going to start Tyreek Hill and Jalen Waddle. They've been
Speaker 1: dealing with some minor injuries this week, but they should
Speaker 1: be good to go. Gonna give both of them and
Speaker 1: be the Jetsteps surrendered the second most wide receiver touchdowns
Speaker 1: and have allowed an opposing wide receiver to top one
Speaker 1: hundred yards in three straight games. DJ Read and Sauce
Speaker 1: Garden or a four mittle duo at cornerback, but so
Speaker 1: our Hill and Wattle at wide receiver. So I like
Speaker 1: them a little more than the Jets corners. And lastly,
Speaker 1: from Miami Raheem mostarred in Chase Edmonds. I will give
Speaker 1: both of them a see. It's a fairly neutral matchup.
Speaker 1: The Jets are allowing over a hundred and ten compo
Speaker 1: yards and a touchdown per game to opposing Bacs. Most
Speaker 1: are it saw eighteen opportunities to the eight from Edmonds
Speaker 1: last week, but Edmonds appears to be the preferred option
Speaker 1: when Miami's in the red zone. So I don't I
Speaker 1: don't know which way to go. I would start. I
Speaker 1: would start one of the flexworthy if you have either
Speaker 1: on roster. If you're gonna pick one, I would go most.
Speaker 1: But I think Edmonds is still a viable dark throw
Speaker 1: in this one. And that is it. From Miami. Over
Speaker 1: to the Jet side, starting with Breeze Hall. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: give him a see. He appears to be taking over
Speaker 1: his lead back. His percentage has increased week over week.
Speaker 1: I would trade Nazi Harris for Breest Hall. Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: I usually I get him. Hall has also become the
Speaker 1: primary option in the red zone at running back for
Speaker 1: the Jets. But this is a tough matchup. Miami is
Speaker 1: fourth against the run in d v O A, allowing
Speaker 1: just fifty seven rush yards per game to opposing running backs.
Speaker 1: That said, Hall has seen these second most targets among
Speaker 1: all running backs, and Miami has allowed the fourth most
Speaker 1: catches to the position, So I might even bump them
Speaker 1: up to a B in PPR leagues, but a C
Speaker 1: and standard. You gotta bench Michael Carter at this point
Speaker 1: because if the trend continues, he's looking at a thirte
Speaker 1: snapshare at best, so he's on the bench. Um Now,
Speaker 1: over the Jets wide receivers, Miami could be without corner
Speaker 1: Xaving Howard, Keion Crossing, and Byron Jones, which would bode
Speaker 1: well for all of them. If Xavian Howard their best
Speaker 1: corner sits, I'll give Garrett Wilson a B. If he plays,
Speaker 1: he'll give him a CE. But people were worried will
Speaker 1: And wouldn't get enough attention from Zack Wilson last week.
Speaker 1: But Garrett Wilson still out targeted Elijah More last week.
Speaker 1: So I like Wilson more than more, who I will
Speaker 1: get a C two as well. I have him on
Speaker 1: the bench if Miami wasn't still within at cornerback, but
Speaker 1: with all the injuries in their secondary, I'll give Elijah
Speaker 1: More one more shot here. He had eight catches for
Speaker 1: a hundred and forty one yards and a touchdown in
Speaker 1: his loan meeting with Miami last year, and Corey Davis
Speaker 1: startable as well, charge he was your take wide receiver.
Speaker 1: Tyler Conklin also startable with a CE. With Zack Wilson
Speaker 1: back under center, Conklin posted season lows in both targets
Speaker 1: and receptions. That being said, he has a good matchup
Speaker 1: against Miami. He was allowed the fifth most yards to
Speaker 1: tight ends and surrendered a touchdown to Hayden Hurst last week.
Speaker 1: And with all those startable past catch your grades. I
Speaker 1: gotta see on Zack Wilson, who could do a little
Speaker 1: damage on the ground as well. When we come back,
Speaker 1: another block of matchups for you, including Texans Jaguars which
Speaker 1: is suddenly overflowing, and fantasy options and how much you
Speaker 1: know this show loves Damian Pierce. What is the letter
Speaker 1: grade above A find out who's doing the matchup? I
Speaker 1: am find out when we come back Fantasy Football Weekly.
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly continues Paul Giargie and Scott Fish and
Speaker 1: Brian Johnson with you. If you haven't tried a guillotine league. Yet,
Speaker 1: maybe you want to know when you want to join
Speaker 1: another league. Maybe the league the team you got in
Speaker 1: your normal league is foundering. Maybe your five close to
Speaker 1: five hundred. Maybe just don't love that one. Maybe you
Speaker 1: want to start in the league. Maybe you always want
Speaker 1: to try Guillotine league. We've got new drafts basically every
Speaker 1: day at Guillotine leagues. Where you drafted Kyle Pitts. Well, yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's been tough. Uh. When let's talk about Titans
Speaker 1: gain the Jaguars gentlemen, beginning with Damian Pierce rushing output
Speaker 1: has increased in every game. He caught all six of
Speaker 1: his targets last week that weren't throwing to him at
Speaker 1: the beginning of the year. Now they've figured out what
Speaker 1: we knew looking at the tape in college. This kid
Speaker 1: can catch oh Man. That newfound receiving prowess could be
Speaker 1: fruitful against the Jacksonville team allowing the second most receptions
Speaker 1: and receiving yards to opposing running backs. Every starting running
Speaker 1: back has had at least fifty three total yards against
Speaker 1: the Jags. That gives you both a safe floor and
Speaker 1: upside for Damian Pierce. With and what the fantasy Funzie
Speaker 1: so I guess I can't technically by the way he
Speaker 1: went to Florida, right, Yeah? What were they thinking? Like
Speaker 1: all the time? Probably when the National Championship somebody I
Speaker 1: saw this on my Twitter there were people posting, still
Speaker 1: don't trust Damian Pierce because, oh they used him at Florida.
Speaker 1: I'm like, good over it. Just open your eyes and
Speaker 1: look at the guys play Florida. Man refuses to use
Speaker 1: Damien pierced Brandon Cooks. Uh. He's faced the Jaguars four
Speaker 1: times since joining Houston. Here's his games. Hundred sixty one yards,
Speaker 1: eighty three yards, one hundred thirty two yards, and one
Speaker 1: hundred two yards for Brandon Cooks against the Jaguars. It
Speaker 1: is an improved defense from last year, but their secondary
Speaker 1: has been very charitable, the receivers in particular, yielding five
Speaker 1: scores to the position that is tied for third most.
Speaker 1: Brandon Cooks with a B and for much the same
Speaker 1: reason we're gonna we're gonna do a dart throw on
Speaker 1: Nico Collins, coming off a career high eighty two yard game.
Speaker 1: He'll be facing cornerback Tyson Campbell. The most. He's allowed
Speaker 1: two touchdowns in his coverage already this year, We're gonna
Speaker 1: keep Davids Mills on the bench, even though I've got
Speaker 1: B and C grades on Nico Collins, just not much
Speaker 1: upside to his game so far. Doesn't look bad, doesn't
Speaker 1: doesn't engender an opportunity to start. Let's go to the
Speaker 1: Jaguars side. James Robinson a bounce back performance coming. We
Speaker 1: saw Austin Neckler right some bad games against this same
Speaker 1: Texans defense. Now it'll be James Robinson coming off a
Speaker 1: soft game. Houston allowing a hundred eighty total yards and
Speaker 1: one point five touchdowns per games to opposing backs. Both
Speaker 1: second most starters especially been feasting as they're averaging a
Speaker 1: hundred thirty five total yards against the Texans. Already told
Speaker 1: you Travis e t n is was my take a
Speaker 1: chance of me running back with a C grade on him.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the passing game. Trevor Lawrence has thrown
Speaker 1: multiple touchdown passes in three straight games, Sofie only accomplished
Speaker 1: twice as a rookie all year. One of those games
Speaker 1: was against the Texans. I like that be great on him,
Speaker 1: and I've got to be great in Christian Kirk. He's
Speaker 1: getting a lot of use, seeing nine targets per game,
Speaker 1: and that's the kind of volume that should be helpful
Speaker 1: against perennial roast e Desmond King in the slot. King
Speaker 1: was Pro Football Focus his cornerback one nineteen last year,
Speaker 1: and so far this year he's allowing a passer rating
Speaker 1: of ninety nine in his coverage Christian Kirk It gets
Speaker 1: B grade. Z Jones expected to return from his ankle injury.
Speaker 1: Pre injuries A was coming off a great game ten
Speaker 1: catches eighty five yards in a touchdown. He runs from
Speaker 1: all over the field, so he'll draw the aforementioned Desmond King,
Speaker 1: but also the lackluster outside corners of Steven Nelson and
Speaker 1: rookie Derek Stingley, who was allowed the fifth most receptions
Speaker 1: and fourth most yards among all cornerbacks. So he is
Speaker 1: also a starter in this game. It's covered to the
Speaker 1: Falcons taking on the Bucks Scott. Yes, so the Falcons.
Speaker 1: I actually don't have a lot of starting grades here.
Speaker 1: I already talked about Tyler Lgier. I had to see
Speaker 1: grade on him. He's my take a chance on me
Speaker 1: runner this week. I have Williams and Huntley on the bench.
Speaker 1: I I don't know that they'll quite get the volume
Speaker 1: against a buck stee that you know has been pretty
Speaker 1: good over the last year or so. They weren't great
Speaker 1: last week, but I have them on the bench. Marcus Mariotta,
Speaker 1: he gets a buck stee that face Prescott Winston Rogers
Speaker 1: Mahomes held them to an average of under two hundred
Speaker 1: fifty yards and six scores between him, So I got
Speaker 1: him on the bench. He's not even running the ball anymore,
Speaker 1: twenty three yards on the ground since week one, so
Speaker 1: he's on the bench. Uh. Kyle Pitts is obviously on
Speaker 1: the bench because he's not playing. He's out. Uh allowminda
Speaker 1: is zach kias I actually do have him on the bench.
Speaker 1: I know he might get a little more work with
Speaker 1: Pits out, but he only ran eight routes last week.
Speaker 1: He's barely involved. He plays half the snaps. He's getting
Speaker 1: about two catches per week. It just so happens he's starting, alright.
Speaker 1: My only other grade four the Falcons is Drake London,
Speaker 1: who I do have a B grade on, averaging eight
Speaker 1: targets per game. Once again, probably go up a little
Speaker 1: boy a little bit this week. He's the alpha role
Speaker 1: in the offense. They just don't pass as much, uh,
Speaker 1: leaving London probably in the eighty five range most weeks.
Speaker 1: This week, maybe a little bit more because he gets
Speaker 1: the middle of the pack match up. The Bucks have
Speaker 1: allowed seven different receivers to have over fifty yards and
Speaker 1: or a score. I think that's where London is gonna
Speaker 1: live this week. Maybe a little more upside. On the
Speaker 1: other side, I have a B grade for Tom Brady,
Speaker 1: which weirdly feels high this season. Right is on the season,
Speaker 1: but he's finally getting his receivers back. He's getting his
Speaker 1: receivers back. The Falcons have allowed multiple scores to every
Speaker 1: quarterback they faced not named Jacoby Percent. The other three
Speaker 1: average two eight yards and two point three scores. Brady
Speaker 1: hasn't been lights out, but his best two games were
Speaker 1: the last two weeks and it so he's turning up
Speaker 1: and it's a favoritable spot here. He's got Mike Evans
Speaker 1: with a basically an automatic A grade. He just scores
Speaker 1: too often. He's Brady's main target. God when I have
Speaker 1: the B grade on uh. He slid back into the
Speaker 1: lineup last week and the Bucks stopped throwing to other
Speaker 1: wide receivers almost completely. He played of snaps commanded ten targets.
Speaker 1: The Bucks will likely get ahead, but they'll need points
Speaker 1: on the way there Against the Falcons defense that's fifth
Speaker 1: worst against wide receivers, allowing fourth most receptions, ninth most yards,
Speaker 1: and seventh most touchdowns UH in the running game. Now
Speaker 1: this is where it gets interesting, you know it. I
Speaker 1: may not I touted Rashad White on this show many
Speaker 1: many times, but he he had eight touches to four
Speaker 1: nets ten but four net still stayed involved in the
Speaker 1: passing game. They just didn't run much. Um, here's my
Speaker 1: prespect last week. Five catches for fifty six yards in
Speaker 1: a score, but you take away the score like it's
Speaker 1: it's okay. I don't even have a startable grade here
Speaker 1: on him, but I can I can see in a
Speaker 1: real pinch, like a real dart throw, maybe throwing Rashod
Speaker 1: hight In. But for four net, I have a B
Speaker 1: grade on him. Had seventeen pluses each of the last
Speaker 1: three weeks. Falling behind the Chiefs last week was a
Speaker 1: complete cheap UH game script shift for them. I don't
Speaker 1: think that happens here. I think they get ahead of
Speaker 1: Atlanta and they stay with the foot on the ground um,
Speaker 1: and he'll get back to his workhouse, workhorse roll his
Speaker 1: past catching came back, which you like to see. The
Speaker 1: last two weeks, um only one backs top back top
Speaker 1: seventy yards against the Falcon and it took over twenty touches.
Speaker 1: But their ranking is mostly predicated on not playing a
Speaker 1: lot of great backs, and I think they get ahead
Speaker 1: and stay on the ground, so be great on four net.
Speaker 1: I have a bench on sea. But if you're really
Speaker 1: really really pressed for I guess you could. Man, you're
Speaker 1: way more optimistic on Leonard for not than I am.
Speaker 1: Declining yards in every game this season, declining uh, declining
Speaker 1: carries and three straight down to three rushes last last week.
Speaker 1: I take away from the last week, I put his
Speaker 1: game script. Alright, let's go to our final set of matchups,
Speaker 1: Chargers taking on the Browns. Alright, Sartin with Austin Ekeler
Speaker 1: for the Chargers in a for him currently on pace
Speaker 1: for a hundred and fifteen catches right now, which is crazy,
Speaker 1: also has at least thirteen carries and three or four games.
Speaker 1: The Browns are averaging a rushing touchdown allowed on every
Speaker 1: fifteen carries. The yield the second worst carries per touchdown
Speaker 1: rate in the NFL, so a smash spot for Ecker. Now,
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen unlikely to play this week, so we're gonna
Speaker 1: continue on as though he's not playing. Even with Alan out,
Speaker 1: I only have a B for Mike Williams. He does
Speaker 1: have two touchdowns over his last three games and currently
Speaker 1: leads all receivers and Pro Football Focuses contested catch grade.
Speaker 1: But he'll face a tough test in corner Denzil Award,
Speaker 1: who allows fifth one yards per game and his coverage
Speaker 1: and his surrender just one score. And the Browns just
Speaker 1: designated cornerback Greedy Williams for return from injured reserve. Last season,
Speaker 1: Greedy had the lowest completion percentage of any Brown's defender
Speaker 1: who saw more than twenty four targets. Now, I just
Speaker 1: said Alan most likely not playing, So even though it's
Speaker 1: not a great matchup on paper, I will give Josh Palmer. See,
Speaker 1: you want a starting wide receiver in this Chargers offense,
Speaker 1: and you do want to start Jailed Everett. He is
Speaker 1: questionable right now, but should likely play. He He's thrived
Speaker 1: with Keenan Allen on the bench, has notched thirteen plus
Speaker 1: PPR points in three or four games. Cleveland allows sixty
Speaker 1: plus yards per game two tight ends, but they have
Speaker 1: yet to surrender a touchdown to the position. But ever
Speaker 1: it could be the first to across the stripe for
Speaker 1: a tight end against the Browns. And lastly, justin Herbert
Speaker 1: air Bear, I'm waiting for the button. I don't know
Speaker 1: if I can get it, I'll keep going Bears allowed man.
Speaker 1: So far, the bar owns that faced Baker Mayfield, Joe Flacco,
Speaker 1: Sad Trombonesky and Marcus Mariota. Uh not a great or
Speaker 1: a murderers road quarterbacks. May It means the return of
Speaker 1: Greedy Williams is a big boost, but air Bear still
Speaker 1: has a skill set and weapons of a productive day
Speaker 1: over to the brown side. Nick Chubb A for him.
Speaker 1: The Charges are allowing six point one rushing yards and
Speaker 1: one point three touchdowns per game to opposing backs. That
Speaker 1: being said, somehow, the Charges have not a lot of
Speaker 1: rushing touchdown in the red zone this season on thirteen carries.
Speaker 1: It's all come from distance, like Damian Pierce did so.
Speaker 1: But regardless of that, still at A for Nick Chubb
Speaker 1: and a C for Kareem Hunt. The Chargers allowing a
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty plus combo yards per game to opposing
Speaker 1: running backs, so there should be enough to go around
Speaker 1: for Hunt, who is averaging around three catches and sixty
Speaker 1: combo yards per game over to the wide receivers for
Speaker 1: the Browns already like Donovan People's Joneses might take a
Speaker 1: chance on mean wide receiver, but I also like a
Speaker 1: Mari Cooper even more, going to give him a B.
Speaker 1: L A is allowing more than a hundred and sixty
Speaker 1: yards per game to opposing wide receivers and they've surrendered
Speaker 1: the second most touchdowns of the position. Cornerback J C. Jackson,
Speaker 1: who was the Chargers Prize offseason acquisition, Yeah, he's been
Speaker 1: in with a nagging ankle injury that's hampered his ability
Speaker 1: to shut down opponents. He's been allowing ninety four yards
Speaker 1: per game, also some catch rate and a hundred forty
Speaker 1: hun passer rating in his coverage. The love Cooper also
Speaker 1: like David and Joan Coup and Joeku with a c
Speaker 1: over the last two weeks, fourteen catches for a hundred
Speaker 1: and six yards and a touchdown. L Lack has yet
Speaker 1: to surrender a tight end touchdown and they've only allowed
Speaker 1: combined five catches for six and nine yards of the
Speaker 1: position over the last few games. But I still got
Speaker 1: to start in Joeku and Jacobe Rossett was gonna take
Speaker 1: a chance on the quarterback. Done? Yes, well done. There's
Speaker 1: still so there's this a little buffer time. You don't
Speaker 1: rushed quite that much at the end, but that gives
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Speaker 1: This is a game we call three tough questions. I
Speaker 1: will pepper, my co host, with the aforementioned tough questions.
Speaker 1: See if you can get as many right or more
Speaker 1: as Scott and Bryant. Tough question number one, what is
Speaker 1: the appropriate level of concern for Travis E? T N?
Speaker 1: Is it none, some or a bowl loosening level of
Speaker 1: existential dread? Scott, this is kind of tough because it
Speaker 1: is it from the time you drafted him or from
Speaker 1: how you felt two and a half weeks ago, because
Speaker 1: those might be very different. But I'm I'm starting to
Speaker 1: lean where I'm not. I don't have concerned anywhere. I
Speaker 1: was a little more concerned a couple of weeks ago.
Speaker 1: But Robinson's yards after contact have gone down all four weeks.
Speaker 1: His snaps have gone down from sixty three percent week
Speaker 1: to to fifty eight percent week three to forty seven
Speaker 1: percent week four. He's losing his snaps to E. T N,
Speaker 1: who has gone up from thirty seven percent week to
Speaker 1: forty three percent week three, fifty one percent week For you,
Speaker 1: You'll remember in week one he got a lot of
Speaker 1: snaps and made a decent amount of errors out there.
Speaker 1: I think he got punished week two, and he's slowly
Speaker 1: building back to be that starter. Um, he's more involved
Speaker 1: in the passing game than Robinson for obvious reasons. Uh
Speaker 1: finally saw a touch count equal to Robinson's last week.
Speaker 1: Maybe it's compared to where you drafted him, but based
Speaker 1: on where I was a few weeks ago, I have
Speaker 1: no concerns over et N. And we already talked last
Speaker 1: week about seven of the next eight games are against defense.
Speaker 1: Is ranked eighteenth or worse against running backs, like he
Speaker 1: has a great lineup of of matchups, even if he's
Speaker 1: splitting carries. I'm not worried at all, all right, So
Speaker 1: none is yours? None? That was a long winded way
Speaker 1: to say that was but lots of good data in there, Brian,
Speaker 1: What is the appropriate level of concern for Travis E.
Speaker 1: T N? Is it none? Some or bload? I think
Speaker 1: I have one data point that Scott failed to mention
Speaker 1: there about I'm with him. I got none based on
Speaker 1: his ADP hasn't lived up to that. That's kind of concerning,
Speaker 1: but looking forward, signs are promising. His snap percentage has
Speaker 1: gone up week over week. He out snapped James Robinson
Speaker 1: in week four, as Scott said, they had the same
Speaker 1: amount of touches. Uh. And speaking of James Robinson, he
Speaker 1: has gained more than three yards and just of his
Speaker 1: carries that's the fewest in the NFL. E t N
Speaker 1: is at he's been more efficient, alright, So no concern.
Speaker 1: There should be some concern. And we're still talking about
Speaker 1: a guy who's averaging four yards per carry, has really
Speaker 1: not put together a single meaningful fantasy game. And I
Speaker 1: don't say how. You guys can certainly be like, oh,
Speaker 1: he's fine. But I had assumed you were gonna go
Speaker 1: I had assumed you were going to go the other
Speaker 1: direction on this. I had many of the same data
Speaker 1: points on the positive side that suggests that there could
Speaker 1: be trouble ahead for James Robinson, and but Scott already
Speaker 1: hit on many of those. I think the upside here
Speaker 1: for E. T N is he's got to grow into
Speaker 1: the receiving role that he should have already had, and
Speaker 1: for reasons I'm not clear on, they haven't used him
Speaker 1: that way. And especially when you consider this coach of
Speaker 1: this Peterson led coaching staff traditionally threw the backs all
Speaker 1: the time and the gods all the time in college
Speaker 1: well later in college prom So what gives that, you know,
Speaker 1: if I'd like to think he's going to fill that out.
Speaker 1: There is still some level of concern for Travis et
Speaker 1: n tough. Question number two, what's the worry word charge? Well,
Speaker 1: I didn't say it was a question number two. What
Speaker 1: is the appropriate level of concern for George Kittle? Is
Speaker 1: that none? Some? Or about a loosening level of existent
Speaker 1: hill dread Brian, I was close to bloat here, but
Speaker 1: I'm just going with some. We wouldn't you just had
Speaker 1: a near experience, but I'm just going so we would.
Speaker 1: We wouldn't be having this conversation if you got both
Speaker 1: feet down in the end zone last weekend. He was
Speaker 1: pretty pretty close. But here we are. Yes, the usage
Speaker 1: for Kiddle has been criminal, six targets in his two
Speaker 1: healthy games played so far, but he's still an elite
Speaker 1: talent and look, tight end is a waste land. You
Speaker 1: can't panic too much about George Kittle as much with
Speaker 1: guys like Kyle Pitts and missing games. Dawson Knox is out.
Speaker 1: I mean some concerned, but I'm uploading okay, So what
Speaker 1: is the appropriate level of concern for George Kittle? None?
Speaker 1: Some or so I have some as well, And honestly,
Speaker 1: if he'd gotten his feet down and scored last week,
Speaker 1: it wouldn't have changed my answer. Really, just one red
Speaker 1: zone target this entire year. Over his last eight games,
Speaker 1: including playoffs, he has just one game over thirty yards
Speaker 1: and just one touchdown. He's blocking it a similar level
Speaker 1: to previously, but his a dot has gone way down
Speaker 1: because they're having him chip off the line more. I
Speaker 1: believe he ran something like nineteen routes on twenty drop
Speaker 1: twenty six routes on thirty one dropbacks last week. But
Speaker 1: the problem is he's chipping a lot when he goes
Speaker 1: out for his routes, so he's not getting further down
Speaker 1: the field. Sometimes he's not getting as open um. So
Speaker 1: I think there's some concern once he does come back.
Speaker 1: I'm I'm a little worried that, you know, that lower
Speaker 1: a dot he won't have as bigger games because he
Speaker 1: has those last year I had those huge potential blow
Speaker 1: up games. He's still like the top tight end in
Speaker 1: the league the last couple of years in yards after
Speaker 1: the catch. Still he has possibilities to have those huge games.
Speaker 1: They're probably still coming, but still some some they're not
Speaker 1: using him the way I wish they would. They're not
Speaker 1: using They're not using George Kittle the way they should.
Speaker 1: We I brought this up, Yeah, it might have been
Speaker 1: late preseason. I think George Kittle's entire career, he's been
Speaker 1: thrown to five times on on plays inside the five
Speaker 1: yard line. It was something crazy like that. We're like,
Speaker 1: how do you not throw to him more? Um? And
Speaker 1: to Brian's point, and the correct answer is some appropriate
Speaker 1: level of concern for George Kittle. You can't just pivot
Speaker 1: to some Rando waiver wire tight end and expect anything.
Speaker 1: It's really really hard to pull that off and very
Speaker 1: unlikely to do that on a regular pace here. You're
Speaker 1: gonna have to kind of live with that. Unfortunately, his
Speaker 1: last eight games for George Kittle two and a half catches,
Speaker 1: twenty eight yards, zero point one two, five touchdowns per game.
Speaker 1: It is never a good sign you're expressing a player's
Speaker 1: touchdowns in the thousands place. I love that we had
Speaker 1: the same exact step but framed it in two different ways. Um,
Speaker 1: and you hit on some of my other points. He's
Speaker 1: still running a ton of route, so they just don't
Speaker 1: throw to him. But I'm not in a total panic.
Speaker 1: Yet we're not blowed yet because eventually good players get utilized,
Speaker 1: and he's too good of a player George Kittle to
Speaker 1: not be utilized. Only some concern. Tough question number three,
Speaker 1: What is the appropriate level of concern for Gabriel David None?
Speaker 1: Some or a bowl loosening level of existential dread Scott
Speaker 1: So my answer is some here, and it's mostly because
Speaker 1: he's hurt, and he's still hurt and he's going out
Speaker 1: there hurt. Film guys, some really good film guys this
Speaker 1: week noted this. Uh, I'm black, and a couple I know,
Speaker 1: Josh Norris from Underdog was one of them, showed a
Speaker 1: couple of film clips of him like, he does not
Speaker 1: turn quickly on his routes anymore. He's not. He's not
Speaker 1: as crisp because he's harboring that injury um and he's
Speaker 1: still playing almost all the snaps. He won't come off
Speaker 1: the field for it to heal it. So I think
Speaker 1: it's some in the short term, and if he reaggravates it,
Speaker 1: it's only going to cause more of an issue once
Speaker 1: he's healed. I wouldn't feel as bad, but it's some
Speaker 1: because he's not it doesn't seem like he's letting it heal. Okay, Brian,
Speaker 1: what is the appropriate level of concern for Gabe Davis? None?
Speaker 1: Some are blowed, Yeah, not much to add I have
Speaker 1: the same answer with some. He's been banged up. I'll
Speaker 1: cut him a break. He had six touchdowns last year.
Speaker 1: Writ know that doesn't include the four in the Division
Speaker 1: round against the Chiefs. That was a regular season touchdowns.
Speaker 1: He had seven touchdowns in his rookie year. I trust
Speaker 1: he'll get healthy, hopefully, and when he does, he'll play
Speaker 1: every snap. Stefon Diggs draws a ton of attention, So
Speaker 1: not panicking too much yet about Gabe Davis. Just some
Speaker 1: level of concerns. I've got none. I you know, we
Speaker 1: are still talking about a player who went berserk in
Speaker 1: the playoffs card all those touchdowns last year when biserk
Speaker 1: and we won. Then this ankle injury. I'm assuming the
Speaker 1: ankle injury that he's not going to just play hobbled
Speaker 1: all year long. That it's either going to hell or
Speaker 1: he'll take enough time off to get it right. And
Speaker 1: I want I want part of the number two receiving
Speaker 1: option for Josh Allen once that once he's healthy, if
Speaker 1: you're good enough to dominate playoff teams, you're good enough
Speaker 1: to handle the regular season slate, which is also, by
Speaker 1: the way, very positive for the Bills. We basically had
Speaker 1: the same answer. I was just debating whether I should
Speaker 1: say some or none, because it's he's got to let
Speaker 1: that thing. He'll Gabriel Davis will not face a defense
Speaker 1: in the top twelve against wide outs until Week sixteen,
Speaker 1: and you'll lose your fancy championship right there, right that
Speaker 1: the Bears by the It's only the Bears are only
Speaker 1: only in the top twelve because the Bills don't care.
Speaker 1: They keep passing. They showed last year they keep passing
Speaker 1: when their head they don't care. They don't care. Titans
Speaker 1: steak on the Commanders. That's just a handful of players
Speaker 1: you're actually more than you might have guessed that we
Speaker 1: want to talk about, including Derrick Henry. Commander's past defense
Speaker 1: is awful, and the run defense is pretty good, including
Speaker 1: completely shutting down the Eagles and the Cowboys the past
Speaker 1: two weeks. Henry has been good and back to back games,
Speaker 1: including eleven targets the last two weeks. That totally unlocks
Speaker 1: a whole different kind of upside for Derrick Henry. Washington
Speaker 1: has been solid against pass catching backs, though still hopefully
Speaker 1: Henry can chip in a bit through the air. I've
Speaker 1: just got the B grade because this is a good
Speaker 1: run defense, even though Derrick Henry's trucking right now. Ryan
Speaker 1: Tannehill was gonna take a chance, I mean quarterback, you
Speaker 1: may recall that from last hour, and that means I
Speaker 1: like his number one receiver, Robert Woods trail on Burke's is.
Speaker 1: So Woods becomes the go to receiver against one of
Speaker 1: the league's worst secondaries. Wood runs of the team's routes,
Speaker 1: running from every spot on the field, and positive matchups
Speaker 1: no matter where he's lining up, including going up against
Speaker 1: outside cornerbacks William Jackson and Kendall full of Good detailed
Speaker 1: earlier disastrous Pro Football Focus grades, and Jackson's got an
Speaker 1: almost perfect passer rating against him one hundred fifty five
Speaker 1: and full is allowed the second most passing yards among
Speaker 1: all cornerbacks. And that's why you could also be grade
Speaker 1: and Woods. That's why also Nick Westbrook A Kine comes
Speaker 1: in as a dart throw C grade against that same
Speaker 1: set of receiver or cornerbacks. So yeah, let's give him
Speaker 1: a crack here. What is our record for using that
Speaker 1: sounder in the show? I swear we're up to five
Speaker 1: or six. I think we're only on three. I think
Speaker 1: I've been pretty subdued with the dart throws. Right here,
Speaker 1: it's like a game of cricket. Let's go over to
Speaker 1: I don't understand how cricket works, but I know I'm
Speaker 1: a lot less interested in any sport that takes five days.
Speaker 1: We know that the dart game cricket. Oh that game
Speaker 1: like okay, okay, got it, got it. Let's go over
Speaker 1: to the Washington side, where I've got a surprising number
Speaker 1: of starters with B grades, including all parts of the
Speaker 1: all meaningful parts of the passing game. Carson Wentz, Terry McLaurin,
Speaker 1: Curtis Samuel, and Logan Thomas all coming in with B grades.
Speaker 1: For once. It's been a Jekyll and Hide season. I
Speaker 1: think we're gonna get the good version. Is Jekyll's the
Speaker 1: good version or Hide the good version? Jekyll good? Pretty sure,
Speaker 1: Jackyal good? Hide bad? Okay, let's go with that. We're
Speaker 1: gonna see the jackal version against a very bad Tennessee secondary.
Speaker 1: Tennessee is a lot surrendered the third most passing yards
Speaker 1: and the most passing touchdowns in the league. Now Wentz
Speaker 1: has been sacked the league high seventeen times. When was
Speaker 1: the league high before Thursday night? I think now Matt
Speaker 1: Ryan is the leader. He's got the extra game. Tennessee
Speaker 1: is registered ten sacks already, So you could get the meltdown,
Speaker 1: you could get the hide side of Wentz. But I'm
Speaker 1: on the Jekyl side of wins with the B grade,
Speaker 1: and that means I like McLaurin. He runs predominantly from
Speaker 1: the left side of the field. That puts him on
Speaker 1: cornerback Christian Fulton, who is allowing a perfect passer rating
Speaker 1: in his coverage. He is the only cornerback with that
Speaker 1: horrible distinction. The Titans have yielded the fourth most yards
Speaker 1: and second most touchdowns to receivers, which is part partly why. Also,
Speaker 1: like Curtis Samuel in this game, he spent seventy of
Speaker 1: his snaps in the slot. Rail seed quarterback Roger McCreery,
Speaker 1: who's giving up an eight two catch rate. I think
Speaker 1: you're gonna get a continue to get a lot of
Speaker 1: volume out of Curtis Samuel and then Logan Thomas. If
Speaker 1: you need a tight end, he's available, and over half
Speaker 1: of league still times are getting rocked by opposing tight ends,
Speaker 1: ranking bottom five in tight end receptions, yards and touchdowns allowed,
Speaker 1: including giving up one hundred eighty yards to tight ends
Speaker 1: last week. Logan Thomas B grade. The last guy we
Speaker 1: need to talk about, and it could be potentially in
Speaker 1: his last start of his career. Antonio Gibson. He's gotten
Speaker 1: declining snaps in every game. He's averaging three point three
Speaker 1: yards per carry, including negative yards over expectation. He's he's
Speaker 1: given the receiving work to j. D. Mix Suckett and
Speaker 1: Brian Robinson is looming. The Titans have held opposing running
Speaker 1: backs under seventy rushing yards per game in their last three. Basically,
Speaker 1: the only reason to c grade is on Antonio Gibson
Speaker 1: is you're hoping you can turn a dozen carries into
Speaker 1: forty yards and maybe he finds his way into the
Speaker 1: end zone before Brian Robinson shows up to take that job.
Speaker 1: Our final matchup of this segment is the Seahawks taking
Speaker 1: on the Saints. Scott Geno Smith, your offensive your reigning
Speaker 1: offensive player of the week in the NFC. Yeah, might
Speaker 1: take a chance on me player to that week. Yeah,
Speaker 1: very nicely done, by the way. Yes, what do you
Speaker 1: think about this week tougher match up with the same
Speaker 1: How much tougher matchup? I wouldn't expect the three and
Speaker 1: twenty yards and two scores through the air forty nine
Speaker 1: and a score on the ground quite this week much
Speaker 1: tougher tests Saints Steve who is allowing two and twelve
Speaker 1: yards and a score on average, That will be much
Speaker 1: more like his first two games against the Broncos and
Speaker 1: forty niners. But in those games and in last week
Speaker 1: he tallied six to seven rushes forty plus yards. He's
Speaker 1: got that upside that gives you a little bit more
Speaker 1: floor than those quarterbacks had on that Saints d I
Speaker 1: do have a C grade on him just for that
Speaker 1: probably over two yards score through the air, some rushing work.
Speaker 1: Um Tyler, Lockin, DK Metcalf are the only receivers I
Speaker 1: don't have a I don't have a grade on Disley
Speaker 1: that he's still splitting despite he keeps scoring touchdowns. He's
Speaker 1: still splitting quite a bit. And the Saints are tops
Speaker 1: against tight ends holding all to twenty three yards are fewer,
Speaker 1: but Tyler Lockett and Metcalf are the only receivers I
Speaker 1: got grades on B grades for both. The hope here
Speaker 1: is Lockett and Metcalf can recreate what Thelan and Jefferson
Speaker 1: did last week in London against the Saints. Uh. That
Speaker 1: isn't unrealistic considering the Saints had previously allowed the top
Speaker 1: two receivers they feast faced to see startable level production
Speaker 1: closer to B C level. But these two are better
Speaker 1: talents than the ones, a lot closer to Theinland and
Speaker 1: Jefferson than the ones that those other receivers that notch
Speaker 1: those totals. They also get way more volume. Um, they're
Speaker 1: combined target share with seventeen targets twenty three targets and
Speaker 1: eighteen targets each of the in the in the last
Speaker 1: three weeks. If we're talking dang near double digit targets
Speaker 1: for each of them, I'm going to give them B grades. Um.
Speaker 1: Possibly one is gonna end up with an A. I
Speaker 1: just don't know which one because they have been flipping
Speaker 1: which one is going to be the A grade each week. UM.
Speaker 1: On the other side, uh, Andy Dalton, I do have
Speaker 1: on the bench. I know you had two in thirty
Speaker 1: six and a score last week. Um, this is uh
Speaker 1: much tougher matchup here though, against the Seahawks. Yeah, against
Speaker 1: the Seahawks than the Vikings were. I have a B
Speaker 1: grade on Chris lave Lad the Saints in targets and
Speaker 1: yards once again on the QB change. It didn't matter
Speaker 1: except his upside maybe a bit because he didn't get
Speaker 1: as many air yards, get as much down the field,
Speaker 1: but he still saw the target volume. And with Michael
Speaker 1: Thomas out, he's going to be the main guy getting
Speaker 1: the work. Jarvis Landry has got the injury. He's questionable.
Speaker 1: He didn't even get much work last week. With with
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton in as well, I believe he only had
Speaker 1: two catches last week if I'm if I'm thinking correctly, Um,
Speaker 1: Camar's back. Camar should be back. He says he's playing.
Speaker 1: Camara says he has a hundred percent planes, so even
Speaker 1: though he put in a couple of limited practices this week,
Speaker 1: I have an A grade in a smash spot. He
Speaker 1: had a smash spot last week, but he's got a
Speaker 1: smashed spot this week as well, possibly with Dalton's checkdowns.
Speaker 1: I think he can do it on the ground as well.
Speaker 1: Because Seattle is allowing nearly a hundred seventy total yards
Speaker 1: on thirty touches per game to runners. Kamar is going
Speaker 1: to get most of that, especially now that Ottavia's Murray
Speaker 1: has gone shout out marketing ingram banged up, so he
Speaker 1: might get nearly all of that thirty touches. Yeah, that's it.
Speaker 1: Let's hope that Alvin Camara turns it around because his
Speaker 1: people who spent first round a pick on him are languishing.
Speaker 1: This might be, I don't know, it might be an
Speaker 1: opportunity to buy an Alvin Kamara. Will I will say
Speaker 1: he was really going in the second. There was one
Speaker 1: person on this show talking about taking him in the first.
Speaker 1: But I'm just good. Yeah with se Kwon Barkley. Yes, yes,
Speaker 1: I was turn Barkley tomorrow will payoff. I was, I
Speaker 1: was just joking. When we come back, Eagles taking on
Speaker 1: the Cardinals will tell you what to expect from the
Speaker 1: Eagle's offense, which has been running great but not always
Speaker 1: easy to find the right player. We'll help you figure
Speaker 1: that out when we come back Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome
Speaker 1: back Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Arch and Scott Fish and
Speaker 1: Brian Johnson with you. We continue analyzing all of the
Speaker 1: matchups across the NFL. Coming up next Eagles taking on
Speaker 1: the Cardinals. Brian, it's somebody every week's blowing up is
Speaker 1: a j Brown, devote Smith, and it was Miles Sanders.
Speaker 1: Who do you like to have the big game here
Speaker 1: against a relatively suspect in yielding Cardinals defense. They're they're
Speaker 1: kind of sneaky good the Arizona defense. We'll get into
Speaker 1: that line. Just the opponents don't impress. Yeah, that's a
Speaker 1: good point. But it was Miles Sanders who went off
Speaker 1: last week. But I don't think it's gonna be him
Speaker 1: this week. Just the sea for Sanders. The volume hasn't
Speaker 1: been there for opposing running backs against the Cardinals, just
Speaker 1: one has logged more than thirteen carries, and no loan
Speaker 1: back his top seventy rushing yards against Arizona, who just
Speaker 1: held Christian McCaffrey to twenty seven rushing yards on eight
Speaker 1: carries last week. McCaffrey did have nine catches for eighty
Speaker 1: one yards and a touchdown through the air, but Kenneth
Speaker 1: Gainwell was a threat to eat into that works. Hence
Speaker 1: the sea for Sanders. I do have Gainwall on the
Speaker 1: bench though, just that's not the time to start Kenneth
Speaker 1: over to the wide receivers for Philly, B for a J.
Speaker 1: Brown wanted to give him an A, but no loan
Speaker 1: receiver has hit at least eighty yards against the Cardinals,
Speaker 1: and that includes Davante Adams and Cooper cup Arizona. I
Speaker 1: don't see the talent there, but this is what it is.
Speaker 1: It is what it is. Arizona is also allowed just
Speaker 1: two wide receiver touchdowns all season, uh, none over the
Speaker 1: last two weeks. That being said, the Cardinals rank last
Speaker 1: and yards after the catch allowed, while Brown ranks six
Speaker 1: in YAK among all players. So the B for Brown
Speaker 1: and C for Davante Smith. Now, this has been the
Speaker 1: boom or bust player I think, along with Amari Cooper,
Speaker 1: the most boom and bust receivers in the league. What
Speaker 1: do you think this week? Definitely up there just to see.
Speaker 1: Uh he has the target share north of still which
Speaker 1: is good and just it's tough. You can't sit Smith.
Speaker 1: The Eagles up the fourth highest implied team point total
Speaker 1: this week, So you're just not sitting Davante Smith. He
Speaker 1: gets to see and you're definitely not saying Dallas got
Speaker 1: it this week. He gets an A, I think I
Speaker 1: might give him the fantasy von zi ah the Cardinal.
Speaker 1: I think I do it better than Fonzie. You can
Speaker 1: tell you can tell that to Winklers and that to
Speaker 1: Winkler personally. For me, I bet you do. The Cardinals
Speaker 1: have allowed the second most PPR points to the tight
Speaker 1: end position and have the worst team pass coverage grade
Speaker 1: according to Pro Football Focus. I just mentioned that A. J.
Speaker 1: Brown ranks six in yards after the catch among all players,
Speaker 1: Dallas Goddard second and yards all players. So I love
Speaker 1: Goddard this week, and of course he love Jalen heards.
Speaker 1: He gets an A, We're not gonna go into that
Speaker 1: any further over the Arizona side, James Conner, just to
Speaker 1: see for him. The volume has been there, but the
Speaker 1: efficiency has been lacking. He ranks fifty among running backs
Speaker 1: and yards after contact for attempt. Since Week two, no
Speaker 1: starting running back has been able to top thirty two
Speaker 1: rushing yards against the Eagles. But Philly has allowed four
Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns in the red zone to running back to
Speaker 1: this season. That's side for second most in the NFL.
Speaker 1: So if they get in the red zone Arizona, that
Speaker 1: is Connor has a chance to score. So if he
Speaker 1: gets to see he's Brown, he's playing at a level.
Speaker 1: But it's a tough match up here, so he just
Speaker 1: gets a B for me averaging eleven targets per game game.
Speaker 1: He should continue seeing that type of volume with DeAndre
Speaker 1: Hopkins still serving his suspension, But like I said, it's
Speaker 1: a tough matchup. The Eagles are allowing less than a
Speaker 1: hundred and forty yards per game to wide receivers as
Speaker 1: a whole. But on the bright side, Philly has surrendered
Speaker 1: two wide receiver touchdowns in two of four games, and
Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin topped the hundred yards against them in week three.
Speaker 1: So you still gotta start Brown confidently. I'm not starting
Speaker 1: Rondelle Moore or Greg Dortch. They're both on the bench.
Speaker 1: Dorte saw just one target last week. With more back
Speaker 1: in the lineup, More caught just three passes for eleven
Speaker 1: scoreless yards, the most Ryndale Moore stat line ever pretty
Speaker 1: much so again, tough matchup. They are both on the bench.
Speaker 1: But zach Ertz definitely not on the bench. In a
Speaker 1: revenge game against his former team, he gets a Berts
Speaker 1: is the only tight end to see at least two
Speaker 1: red zone targets in every game. He leads all tight
Speaker 1: ends in that category with ten. The Eagles allowed just
Speaker 1: three just at Jack's. Jacksonville's tight ends last week week
Speaker 1: without playing Evan Ingram like a bunch of idiots, not
Speaker 1: Dan Are, but Minnesota's tight ends combined for seven catches,
Speaker 1: sixty four yards and a touchdown against Philly in Week two.
Speaker 1: It should have been more. Yeah, it could have been
Speaker 1: a lot more. Dropped that long one. So but you're
Speaker 1: start starting earths of confidence for sure, but not starting
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray with confidence. I'm still starting him. Yeah, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna give him the same if you have a better
Speaker 1: option than this is one quarterback leagues only. Basically, I
Speaker 1: wouldn't I wouldn't say don't start Murray. But yeah, it's
Speaker 1: a tough matchup. Philly third in interceptions first and sacks
Speaker 1: and have yet to allow more than two hundred two
Speaker 1: hundred twenty five passing yards in any game. The Eagles
Speaker 1: only third highest opponent passing play percentage, which is good,
Speaker 1: but they are currently allowing more rushing more yards per
Speaker 1: rushing attempt five than per pass attempt four point eight man.
Speaker 1: So Murray's gotta get going on the ground to really
Speaker 1: have a good Fantasy day here, I say I think
Speaker 1: he's bench worthy, It depends, It depends who else he
Speaker 1: got available. Let's take Bengals and Ravens. Next. On the
Speaker 1: Bengal side, a grades for Joe Burrow, T Higgins and
Speaker 1: Jamaar Chase. You're gonna start them no matter what anyway.
Speaker 1: But I'll just punctuated by saying Baltimore is allowed the
Speaker 1: second most scores to wide receivers and they ranked dead
Speaker 1: last in yards allowed to wide receivers two hundred forty
Speaker 1: two per game just to that position. Add Alson brings
Speaker 1: in Tyler Boyd into this conversation. Running from the slot,
Speaker 1: Boyd gets the strongest individual matchup of the Bengals receivers.
Speaker 1: The Ravens have not found a solution it slot cornerback.
Speaker 1: They tried. Their first starter was a guy named Damarian Williams.
Speaker 1: Then he was so bad they benched him, and then
Speaker 1: they tried Brandon Stevens last week, and Stevens gave up
Speaker 1: a touchdown to his as A McKenzie out of the
Speaker 1: slot last week, so they don't have a solution there
Speaker 1: and Tyler Boyd is a nice sneaky start. But is
Speaker 1: he a yes? Why? Yes he is. He's a dark throw.
Speaker 1: He's a dark throw. Admit read us how many times
Speaker 1: that sounded? I believe that would be four dart throws
Speaker 1: in this year. I believe it's more over four dart throws.
Speaker 1: Hayden Hurts gets a C grade. The Ravens have surrendered
Speaker 1: two touchdowns of the position so far, and last season
Speaker 1: c Jozuma then with the Bengals total eight catches, a
Speaker 1: hundred twenty seven yards and two touchdowns in the two
Speaker 1: games against Baltimore. So if Hurts can be any close
Speaker 1: to what Whosoma was last year for the Bengals, a
Speaker 1: nice start for him. See grade. And then the show Mixon,
Speaker 1: who to my eyes, just look pretty lethargic. So far
Speaker 1: he has failed to top three yards per carry in
Speaker 1: any game. Awful. Fortunately they don't stop giving him the ball.
Speaker 1: A league leading twenty five touches per game. He's got
Speaker 1: a decent matchup against the Ravens team allowing the eleventh
Speaker 1: most total yards to opposing running backs. He's seeing, by
Speaker 1: the way, six targets per game for Joe Mixon, so
Speaker 1: he's gonna help out through the air a little bit here.
Speaker 1: B grade on Joe Mixon. Let's go over to the
Speaker 1: Baltimore side, where Mark Andrews is an obviously grade, although
Speaker 1: I don't Rashad Bateman getting ruled out does not help
Speaker 1: Mark and Rashad Bateman opens up the field with speed
Speaker 1: that he's got. I don't like that part, uh, And
Speaker 1: that's part of why I have knocked Lamar Jackson down
Speaker 1: to a B grade. The loss of Bateman hurts is
Speaker 1: the other Whiteouts, Devin DuVernay and DeMarcus Robinson are incredibly
Speaker 1: lightly used, averaging two catches per game apiece, and all
Speaker 1: of them where Bateman has eleven catches on the season,
Speaker 1: he's got three startable weeks because eleven catches on the season.
Speaker 1: Since I know, um, I just don't know where they
Speaker 1: go to manufacture a bunch of reps for Lamar Jackson
Speaker 1: and this one basically you're hoping he runs you to
Speaker 1: a big game. And he ran for eighty eight yards
Speaker 1: in last year's meeting against the Bengals, so maybe that's um,
Speaker 1: maybe that's a sign. So hopefully a B grade and
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson and then um, I've got Devin Duverney on
Speaker 1: the bench. Just the the two three targets per game
Speaker 1: and two receptions. And by the way, the cornerbacks are
Speaker 1: Cincinnati Eli Apple and Shadowia Woozy Air playing very well,
Speaker 1: so I don't I don't think we're gonna go that
Speaker 1: far down the depth chart in this one. Lastly, j
Speaker 1: K Dobbins only three point two yards per carry last week,
Speaker 1: but he got the two touchdowns against a very and
Speaker 1: Bill's defense and established himself as the go to runner.
Speaker 1: Justice Hillsman ruled out of this game. Cincinnati's run defense
Speaker 1: is good. No back is top fifty three yards, so
Speaker 1: we're really looking for more short touchdown runs from j K. Dobbins.
Speaker 1: Our final matchup of this segment forty Niners taking on
Speaker 1: the Panthers. Scott. Yeah, so let's start on the fourt
Speaker 1: Niners side. Jimmy G's let's start with this. The Panthers
Speaker 1: d ranks pretty much middle of the pack against every position. Uh,
Speaker 1: just last year they were very good against most positions
Speaker 1: they were. J. C. Horne is an emerging elite quarterback. Yes,
Speaker 1: Jacob where where where was that? Jacoby Brissetts and Brissett
Speaker 1: and Daniel Jones had bad days, but then they allowed
Speaker 1: three and fifty three and score to Winston. That was
Speaker 1: That's really why they're in the middle of the pack.
Speaker 1: Three score day to kyler Um. Some good ones, some
Speaker 1: bad ones. I got Jimmy g on the bench though.
Speaker 1: But I do have an A grade on Curtis Samuel.
Speaker 1: You're you're not, but nobody's pentioned deep deepo Samuel at
Speaker 1: all um. Yeah, the lead receiver against the Panther's the
Speaker 1: last two weeks combined for fifteen catches, two and thirty
Speaker 1: five yards in a score. I do have Brandon Auk
Speaker 1: on the bench, avaging just three catches and forty six
Speaker 1: yards per game. That's barely even sea level. And if
Speaker 1: you look at the second wide receiver against the Panthers,
Speaker 1: two for eleven, five for fifty, like these are the
Speaker 1: top games against this Panthers as the second receiver, I'm
Speaker 1: leaving him on the bench. I do have a C
Speaker 1: grade on Kittle. As we kind of mentioned in the
Speaker 1: previous segment of three tough questions, you're not benching him
Speaker 1: because just because he's got the obvious upset of a
Speaker 1: hundred plus day and a bunch of catches, but just
Speaker 1: if you yeah, exactly where you're gonna pivot too. And
Speaker 1: just just recently Earth's had a forty seven yard day
Speaker 1: and a score against the Panthers, so it ken get done.
Speaker 1: They've they've allowed some okay days, some to Earth's in
Speaker 1: a couple other middle of the pack tight ends. So
Speaker 1: I give him a C grade. Jeff Wilson Jr. B grade.
Speaker 1: The best part of Wilson's usages he sees it all.
Speaker 1: He has thirty three he's he has thirty three touches
Speaker 1: to three for other runners, and two of those were
Speaker 1: use check, you know, like, so he gets everything out
Speaker 1: there in those he had In the last couple of
Speaker 1: the two games with Mitchell and TDP ty Davis price out,
Speaker 1: he had a hundred eighty total yards in the score,
Speaker 1: so he's averaging about ninety. The Panthers got crushed by
Speaker 1: the Browns and Runners in Reek one Week one, but
Speaker 1: I allowed about eight yards per game sense to the
Speaker 1: lead running back. That's probably where Jeff Wilson Jr. Is
Speaker 1: gonna lie this game. Eight to ninety yards you hope
Speaker 1: for a score. But the Panthers have not allowed a
Speaker 1: touchdown to a lead runner yet this year, so only
Speaker 1: the b for Wilson over to the Panthers side. I have,
Speaker 1: once again for the second week in row, the entire
Speaker 1: passing game on the bench. I just can't trust Baker
Speaker 1: the best defense in the league. They have the number
Speaker 1: one pressure pressure rate on quarterbacks in the league. They
Speaker 1: get pressure on the quarterback on of their place. So
Speaker 1: not looking good for Mayfield. D J. Moore at eleven
Speaker 1: targets last week, catching six for five d That's an
Speaker 1: okay fantasy day. The matchup isn't great. Um the volume
Speaker 1: paired with being the top target against the forty nine
Speaker 1: the last couple weeks where nine hundred seven eight two.
Speaker 1: I actually just changed my mind. I think I'm giving
Speaker 1: d J Morris c I don't love it, but the
Speaker 1: top five receivers see it. Yeah, this is a This
Speaker 1: is a nine back on the bench points per game.
Speaker 1: Fine back on the bench number two and that of
Speaker 1: that offense is gonna have trouble. Movie. I changed my
Speaker 1: mind again. Back on the bench. Christian McCaffrey A grade. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't agree. Let's hear it. Well. His worst rushing
Speaker 1: day of the year is is nine for eighty one
Speaker 1: yards in the score. His worst rushing yard year. Game
Speaker 1: of the Year is coming up this Sunday. Okay, they're
Speaker 1: giving up two point eight yards per carry. This is
Speaker 1: the number one run defense in the NFL. That that
Speaker 1: is true, but it's also Christian McCaffrey. And when when
Speaker 1: they get behind, which they will. Mayfield showed last week
Speaker 1: they just targeted McCaffrey like crazy when they get behind.
Speaker 1: You don't think that. I don't think you're catching and targets.
Speaker 1: I think I think the Niners are good enough to
Speaker 1: snuff that out too. You're a lot more optimistic. I
Speaker 1: wouldn't give him an A. That wouldn't say him benching him.
Speaker 1: But they're allowing five to six receptions a game to
Speaker 1: running back. All right, fine, B plus B plus. Then
Speaker 1: I do want to say, last segment, I failed to
Speaker 1: mention Rashad Penny. I don't know how I did. I
Speaker 1: I actually gave him an A grade. You look on
Speaker 1: paper and you think New Orleans is a tough a
Speaker 1: tough matchup for runners, but each lead running back this
Speaker 1: season against them had twenty two or more touchers, averaging
Speaker 1: over a hundred yards Against the Seeds. Penny saw seventeen
Speaker 1: touches last week when he gets sixteen more touch does
Speaker 1: touches hundred thirty five score hundred thirty two scores hundred
Speaker 1: fifty seven and two scores hundred eighty five and two
Speaker 1: scores hundred ninety yards in the score. That's what he
Speaker 1: does with sixteen plus touches. I see him getting that
Speaker 1: again here. Well maybe not those stat lines, but I
Speaker 1: see him getting those touchcounts. A grade on Penny Well
Speaker 1: going back. I like it. You notice you missed it.
Speaker 1: When we come back, we'll jump in the time set
Speaker 1: to give you three players to pick up this week
Speaker 1: who you'll be glad you have next week. There was
Speaker 1: a little Alec Pierce last week and uh well should week.
Speaker 1: Somebody else had a nice hit on that too. I'm
Speaker 1: trying to think of who was a Tyler l Gear?
Speaker 1: Is that what you mentioned? I don't remember. Stay tuned
Speaker 1: Premature speculation. When we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly,
Speaker 1: final segment of Fantasy Football Weekly, Paul Jarchi and Scott
Speaker 1: Fish and Brian Johnson with you. This segment always leads
Speaker 1: off with premature speculation. We give you three players that
Speaker 1: are probably available in your league. The you can pick
Speaker 1: up now when other people will be trying to pick
Speaker 1: up next week. Scott, I'll let you begin. Did you
Speaker 1: who does your premature speculation player? First off, I want
Speaker 1: a petition to get the quantum leap leaping sound as
Speaker 1: our time machine sound going forward. I think we should
Speaker 1: talk about this in in the coming weeks. I'm all
Speaker 1: for it, alright, I'm not married to alrightee to it?
Speaker 1: Does that? I know what it would sound like. Would
Speaker 1: it even sound like anything? We don't know. We'll just assume.
Speaker 1: Uh Khalil Shakire is my guy with a broken ankle
Speaker 1: to Crowder who was splitting reps with Mackenzie. Uh Kalil
Speaker 1: Shakire came in and split reps last week. Mackenzie has
Speaker 1: a concussion, has not cleared protocol yet. If he doesn't go,
Speaker 1: Shakire might be the starting slot receiver for an offense
Speaker 1: that targeted this lot more than any other offense in
Speaker 1: the last year, in four games or whatever. Uh. He
Speaker 1: could start to ball out here, and you want to
Speaker 1: get him before he balls out, and then everybody's going
Speaker 1: after him with waivers next week. All right, your premature
Speaker 1: speculation player, Brian got Jacksonville wide receiver Jamal Agnew, who
Speaker 1: scored twice last week. With Z Jones out, Agnew could
Speaker 1: be a key component to now dangerous Jacksonville offense. Z
Speaker 1: Jones is coming back this week, so ag Knew probably
Speaker 1: to the bench, will still play. But if one of
Speaker 1: the Joneses gets hurt on the outside like happened last week,
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk goes to the outside and Agnew's in the slot.
Speaker 1: If Kirk gets hurt, Agnew will take over the slot
Speaker 1: and Agnew can produce when given the opportunity. He's now
Speaker 1: seen at least six targets in four of Jacksonville's last
Speaker 1: eleven games, and in those four games, he's averaging five
Speaker 1: plus catches and fifty plus yards with three total touchdowns.
Speaker 1: So Jamal Agnew is multiple Jones. Jones is Jones, Jones,
Speaker 1: I j Jones. If either the Jones I get her
Speaker 1: to get hurt, I think I like that better. And
Speaker 1: that's Marvin and Z from Marvin. Yeah no, no no relation,
Speaker 1: No relation by premature speculation. Player. Now this is a
Speaker 1: little complex. Just stick with me on this, Okay. This
Speaker 1: is fantasy football four thousand level, okay. Cor Darryl Patterson's
Speaker 1: on I R and that means he's gonna miss at
Speaker 1: least a month and maybe more, but no less than
Speaker 1: a month. And without him this week, the Falcons are
Speaker 1: gonna try Tyler L. Gear and Caleb Huntley on Sunday
Speaker 1: in a brutal matchup with Tampa Bay's elite run defense,
Speaker 1: and they are likely to unimpress. And then, conveniently, Damien
Speaker 1: Williams comes off i R next week to resume his
Speaker 1: spot as Patterson's immediate backup. He's gonna walk into the
Speaker 1: starting job. You can go pick up a starting NFL
Speaker 1: running back right now for next week in Damien Williams.
Speaker 1: Now complicated, complicated, there's a lot of this. This well,
Speaker 1: your your professor for the layman. This Damian Williams angle
Speaker 1: is extremely sophisticated. Now it's a rib injury for him.
Speaker 1: It's not a leg injury. It's not something it's gonna
Speaker 1: hampers running and all probability he could have already come back. Um. Now,
Speaker 1: it's a tough matchup now this week against the forty
Speaker 1: nine years for Damian Williams. So you may have to
Speaker 1: show caution and starting him next week, but after that
Speaker 1: it's clear sailing Williams and Arthur Smith mentioned this week.
Speaker 1: When asked about him, he about next week's matchup, he
Speaker 1: basically said, we'll be getting him back, So it sounds
Speaker 1: like he's Damien Williams available in I'm gonna make this
Speaker 1: up three and a half. Let's go to our final
Speaker 1: set of matchups, beginning with the Cowboys taking on the Rams. Bryan, Yeah,
Speaker 1: starting with the Zekiel elliott I was close to a
Speaker 1: bench grade here, but I can give him a see
Speaker 1: based on volume. He's hopecially if Paula doesn't play, especially
Speaker 1: if Paula doesn't play. Paula on the bench either way.
Speaker 1: By the way, but Zeke has at least fifteen carries
Speaker 1: in three straight games, and it's possible that Dallas dominates
Speaker 1: time of possession of this game because the Rams offense
Speaker 1: has been that bad in Dallas' defense has been that good.
Speaker 1: But on paper it's a bad matchup for Zeke. The
Speaker 1: Rams have allowed the fewest fantasy points to running back
Speaker 1: so far the season. So just to see for Zeke
Speaker 1: uh the opposite well, I don't know if it's an
Speaker 1: opposite of a sea, but it's an a for seedeve
Speaker 1: lamb uh gone or the days of fearing Jalen Ram
Speaker 1: he is a shutdown quarter He's falling off that Josh
Speaker 1: Norman Cliff l A has been shredded by wide receivers,
Speaker 1: allowing more than seventeen catches, two hundred and twelve yards
Speaker 1: and one and a half touchdowns per game to the position,
Speaker 1: and Lamb has turned into a target hog, which is
Speaker 1: what we all expected on this show. So easy A
Speaker 1: for c d and uh CE for Michael Gallup and
Speaker 1: Noah Brown. Gallops route participation was over in his first
Speaker 1: game back last week. He also scored a touchdown, which
Speaker 1: was very encouraging. I like him more than Brown, but
Speaker 1: I would start both because again, this is such a
Speaker 1: cake matchup for wide receivers, but not so much for
Speaker 1: Dalton Schultz. He is making his return this week, but
Speaker 1: I have him on the bench. The Rams ranked second
Speaker 1: and fewest fantasy points allowed to tight ends, and that
Speaker 1: includes shutting down guys like Dawson Knox, zach Ertz and
Speaker 1: George Kittle. So on bench benching Shultz this week. But
Speaker 1: Cooper cut I still do it Cooper rush and they're
Speaker 1: playing in the same game. Cooper rush with Scott's take
Speaker 1: a chance of a quarterback, so he is not on
Speaker 1: the bench over to the am side, starting with Cam Acres,
Speaker 1: who was I'll give him a scene start running back
Speaker 1: in the league. Cowboys are allowing four yards per carrying
Speaker 1: more than five catches per game to opposing running backs.
Speaker 1: What I mentioned earlier. Uh Acres is still the starter,
Speaker 1: but he only had nine opportunities last week to the
Speaker 1: eleven from Darryl Henderson. Henderson was way more productive. That's
Speaker 1: why I used my take a chance on me running back.
Speaker 1: I like him more than Acres, so but they both
Speaker 1: basically get to see here. Who does not get to
Speaker 1: see as Cooper Cup in a I want to say
Speaker 1: some things here. It's an obviously. I think we have
Speaker 1: the time. Nineteen targets last week, the Cup the rest
Speaker 1: of the Rams Rams wide receivers combined for nine nine
Speaker 1: times they were targeted. There we go comin now. The
Speaker 1: Cowboys are top twelve and the fewest catches, yards and
Speaker 1: touchdowns allowed to wide receivers. But Cup has played over
Speaker 1: fifty of his snaps from the slot meeting. He see
Speaker 1: he'll see plenty of fifth round rookie Torn Bland, who
Speaker 1: was targeted eleven times last week by Washington, allowing nine
Speaker 1: catches for nine yards of Cooper. Cooper Cup should be
Speaker 1: in for a big day. Allen Robinson Polleague not in
Speaker 1: for a big day. He was on the bench. Russell
Speaker 1: Wilson the last couple of years. I was so wrong
Speaker 1: on Alan Robinson, Like that might have been my biggest miss.
Speaker 1: I'm not. I was very high on him too. I'm like,
Speaker 1: I'm not dropping him yet, but this is not the
Speaker 1: matchup for him to get right. He is on the bench.
Speaker 1: Tyler Higbee not on the bench, So I'm gonna give
Speaker 1: him a B in the tight end waste Land. Through
Speaker 1: four games, he leads all tight ends and total targets,
Speaker 1: and the Cowboys have allowed the seventh most perceptions too
Speaker 1: tight ends this season. So start Higbee with confidence, but
Speaker 1: do not start Matt Stafford. I got him on the bench.
Speaker 1: The Cowboys have allowed just three passing touchdowns through four games,
Speaker 1: and just one opposing quarterback has been able to crack
Speaker 1: two hundred yards and that was Tom Brady with two
Speaker 1: hundred and twelve in Week one. Stafford's offensive line isn't shambles.
Speaker 1: He's been sacked sixteen times already, which is very bad
Speaker 1: news considering the cowboys only fourth highest sack percentage in
Speaker 1: the league. Thankfully on gay in most parts of Michael Parsons,
Speaker 1: Who's a beast? He is a beast. Final matchup is
Speaker 1: your Monday Night at Raiders taking on the Chiefs. Davante
Speaker 1: Adams obvious A. But let's move on to Hunter Renfro
Speaker 1: making his return from concussion. He's gonna draw Lagarius Sneed
Speaker 1: in the slot. Snead is a lot of completion rate
Speaker 1: of seventy eight percent. He's given up two touchdowns in
Speaker 1: a passer rating of a hundred twenty one. He was
Speaker 1: targeted sixteen times in his two games before the concussion
Speaker 1: Renfro was, so I think he goes back to getting
Speaker 1: heavy doses here and to B grade on Hunter Renfroll,
Speaker 1: let's get him back into lineups that really hurts Mac Hollins.
Speaker 1: Presumably Renfro is gonna eat into the production you've seen
Speaker 1: because Hollands was good in the games without Renfron did
Speaker 1: very little with the games with Renfro. So I'm still
Speaker 1: keeping a C grade on him because he's performed well.
Speaker 1: He'll match up on the outside with Jalen Watson and
Speaker 1: Rashad Fenton, middling talents with Pro Football Focus grades of
Speaker 1: cornerback fifty two and cornerback fifty four, respectively. So I've
Speaker 1: got an a B in a C gray aid on
Speaker 1: the receiver. So I've got a B grade on Derek Carr.
Speaker 1: Real quick on Renfrown his two games against the Chiefs
Speaker 1: last year thirteen for one and seventeen in a touchdown,
Speaker 1: seven forty six and a touchdown. We would take that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: not bad Derek Carr. Every opposing quarterback has multiple touchdowns
Speaker 1: and two of the last three of top three hundred
Speaker 1: thirty four yards. So I like that against the Chiefs.
Speaker 1: Chiefs run defense has been great and that's gonna force
Speaker 1: more throws from Car. Chiefs are seeing the second most
Speaker 1: pass attempts and that volume is gonna aid Car as well.
Speaker 1: I think he's a safe B in this one. Let's
Speaker 1: talk about Josh Jacobs. Our preseason talk about the Raider.
Speaker 1: Remember in preseason we're like, Hey, maybe they're just gonna
Speaker 1: grind up Josh Jacobs and use them all up and
Speaker 1: then let him go to free agency. That's happening right now,
Speaker 1: and that's good for fantasy use. He's got a hundred
Speaker 1: thirty more snaps than any other veggat runner he said
Speaker 1: almost five yards per carry. But the Chiefs are allowing
Speaker 1: the fewest rushing yards just fifty two per game, and
Speaker 1: they're only giving up three point one yards per carry.
Speaker 1: Now he is where Jacobs can help you. Kansas City
Speaker 1: is dead last in receptions and receiving yards two runners.
Speaker 1: They're giving him ten catches in seventy yards per game.
Speaker 1: Jacobs is not a gifted receiver, but I could see
Speaker 1: him getting four or five catches for forty or fifties.
Speaker 1: He can do it. He can remember the overreaction because
Speaker 1: he played like two series in the Hall of Fame
Speaker 1: game and everything like, oh he's a bone. He's playing
Speaker 1: in the preseason, right, be great on Josh Jacobs based
Speaker 1: on him helping you out in PPR as well. Let's
Speaker 1: go to the Kansas City side. Obviously, Patrick Mahomes and
Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey were obvious, as that only leaves us with
Speaker 1: a couple more players to talk about. Ju Juice Smith
Speaker 1: Schuster behind only Travis Kelsey and targets. He's hauled in
Speaker 1: at least five passes and three or four games, so
Speaker 1: he gives you a little bit of a floor. Mahomes
Speaker 1: has torched the Raiders for eleven passing touchdowns in the
Speaker 1: last four meetings, so you figure this one has got
Speaker 1: a decent chance to be Juju Smith Schuster's first touchdown
Speaker 1: as a member of Kansas City. He's gonna face struggling
Speaker 1: cornerback a Meek Roberts and the most he's allowed to
Speaker 1: score in two of the last three games, and he's
Speaker 1: surrendered a perfect one D fifty eight point three passer
Speaker 1: rating against Denver's aerial attack last week. Russell Wilson led
Speaker 1: aerial attack last week, and that leaves us with Clyde
Speaker 1: Edwards Hilaire inexplicably coming off his best game of the
Speaker 1: year against Tampa's elite run defense one week after giving
Speaker 1: you zero rushing yards. Total volatility here, but at last
Speaker 1: he's carved out some consistency through the air. He's hauled
Speaker 1: in thirteen of fourteen targets, He's scored three times through
Speaker 1: the air, and the Raiders are allowing the fourth most
Speaker 1: receiving yards to opposing running backs. So I think he's
Speaker 1: gonna help you out one way or another, and largely
Speaker 1: through the air. So we'll get a B grade on
Speaker 1: Clyde Edwards how you feel about him generally, But Jacob
Speaker 1: will take over that job sooner than later, not this
Speaker 1: week probably if you're watching that guy run mean, man,
Speaker 1: are we dropping Russell Wilson out right? Sure? Yeah? You
Speaker 1: know how I feel. Yeah, I've been very clear. We
Speaker 1: were we were in we were in lock step on
Speaker 1: this weeks ago where we talked about how this was
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson, the guy we had saw Earlian was exactly
Speaker 1: who he was gonna be. So now you're heading into
Speaker 1: next week's waiver claims. I think you're dropping Russell Wilson
Speaker 1: Wilson Country. Is it even a sabotage? I don't know
Speaker 1: that he gets picked up. Honestly, he's just now an
Speaker 1: open roster spot. It's right, it's not a sabotage. Drop.
Speaker 1: Talk to me about the the backfield for Denver. What
Speaker 1: did we learn on Thursday about Melvin Gordon? Boone? Anybody
Speaker 1: else that you might that might have caught your eye?
Speaker 1: R Boone looked a little Gordon had over a hundred compyards.
Speaker 1: Boone looked more explosive than didn't He just three point
Speaker 1: six yards per carry from Melvin Gordon, which is what
Speaker 1: he's been giving you all year too. It's bringing nothing
Speaker 1: to the table and well didn't you almost fumbled, almost fumbled,
Speaker 1: but did not end up losing a fumble last game.
Speaker 1: I think Mike Boon is still lurking as a potential issue,
Speaker 1: and maybe Latavius Murray long term because I don't trust
Speaker 1: Melvin Cordon to hold that Las Murray hasn't fumbled in
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