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Speaker 1: Now from gatine leagues dot com. Here's your host. It's
Speaker 1: a semi final edition a Fantasy Football Weekly and an
Speaker 1: Arctic edition's Cold Weather Grips America. We will talk you
Speaker 1: through all of the matchups for this weekend, all the
Speaker 1: Saturday games, all the Sunday games, and we'll help you
Speaker 1: with three tough questions and nine players upon whom you
Speaker 1: can take a chance. My co host today are Scott
Speaker 1: Fish and Brian Johnson. Welcome back, Scott. Been a while. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's been a little while, and I'm glad to be back.
Speaker 1: Glad I have made it here today. Now. I don't
Speaker 1: do this to you guys very often, but we're shaking
Speaker 1: things up. Tough question number one, Boy, we're getting to
Speaker 1: the weather right off the bat. Baby, Okay, there are
Speaker 1: six games scheduled to be played at thirteen degrees or
Speaker 1: less on balance. What is the appropriate level of panic
Speaker 1: for those affected players? Is it none? Is it some?
Speaker 1: Or is it a bowel loosening level of existential dread
Speaker 1: Scott level of panic for them as just people being
Speaker 1: in the Okay, they got to go freeze O hundreds
Speaker 1: of thousands and in some cases literally a million dollars
Speaker 1: or more to play just that game freeze. Okay, it's
Speaker 1: a lot closer than none since two thousand and I
Speaker 1: get this, David data from an article from CBS earlier
Speaker 1: this week. Since two thousand, total scoring in freezing temp
Speaker 1: games drops only one point eight total points for the
Speaker 1: whole game for both teams. Pass Yards drop about thirty
Speaker 1: four per game. Rush yards increased by about seventeen per
Speaker 1: game him So on a team level, that's less than
Speaker 1: a point difference per team seventeen passing yards you gain
Speaker 1: about eight or nine rushing yards, not much difference. The
Speaker 1: bigger concern is high sustained winds. I could go into
Speaker 1: the data on that, because that's much more effective. But
Speaker 1: the cold on its own, not so much. The cold
Speaker 1: with the wind, however, that some of the really really
Speaker 1: high wind games that could cause them. But the cold,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with none, just on the cold. Brian,
Speaker 1: I don't know how I can add much to that,
Speaker 1: but I'll put it this way. In terms of this
Speaker 1: weekend's games with weather concerns. I've got an A grade
Speaker 1: concern in Cleveland where they're taking on the Saint is
Speaker 1: the one thirty miles per hour of sustained winds with
Speaker 1: gusts up to fifty miles per hour recently. That's potential sixtys.
Speaker 1: There are going to be some hammered people in the
Speaker 1: stands there. That's the only way you can with stand
Speaker 1: that kind of weather conditions. And then and then in Chicago,
Speaker 1: it's supposed to be like, you know, twenty five mile
Speaker 1: powers of stained wins, but it's really it's all about
Speaker 1: the winds, not the cold. So broadly none but for
Speaker 1: those two games, definitely some For me. You guys have
Speaker 1: cracked the code on this first of all night's data gathering. Scott,
Speaker 1: My data was basically identical. It's a it's the average
Speaker 1: median game score of all games over the last three years.
Speaker 1: His forty five points, regardless of where it's played. When
Speaker 1: it's played, forty five points. These cold weather games under
Speaker 1: thirteen degrees, the average drops all the way down from
Speaker 1: forty to forty three. Not even a field goals difference.
Speaker 1: There's one point eight, that's right. I'd rounded it the
Speaker 1: whole numbers for the for the simplicity of our listeners,
Speaker 1: UM wad that. Well, that's not what I'm saying, so
Speaker 1: really almost no panic here. But I also did a
Speaker 1: car about on the two wind games which we mentioned. Now,
Speaker 1: Bills at Bears has a twenty two the current forecast
Speaker 1: two wins, and that a wind chill of minus twenty,
Speaker 1: so we're getting into some serious territory there. The Browns game,
Speaker 1: because it's warmer, only has a minus twelve wind chill
Speaker 1: only only minus twelve. Those those would be some level
Speaker 1: of concern for those games, but the other ones I
Speaker 1: have no concern about. And the reason we're doing this
Speaker 1: first is because in those matchups, I don't want to
Speaker 1: spend all of our time in the matchups talking about
Speaker 1: the weather. Certainly can mention the weather for the Bears, Browns, Chief, Steelers, Titans,
Speaker 1: and Ravens homes game home games, but we are not
Speaker 1: freaking out about the weather accepting Bills, Bears, Saints Brown's
Speaker 1: because of the wind, I will drop that data that
Speaker 1: one data point I had there since two thousand in
Speaker 1: games with both fifteen plus miles powers sustained and freezing attempts.
Speaker 1: The score dropped nearly four points and over fifty yards
Speaker 1: passing down. Do you know what makes your score draws?
Speaker 1: A little bit about not scoring won? That will do
Speaker 1: it right there. Garrett Wilson, oh man, bam knight even
Speaker 1: yeah right, well no, Garrett Wilson killed assassinated. But by
Speaker 1: the way, how Wilson, how did we not see Evan
Speaker 1: Ingram coming with both the revenge game and going for
Speaker 1: an incentive last night? That good point. It was like
Speaker 1: it's a revenge game against the stadium because it's the
Speaker 1: same stadium the Giants planned. But I hear you. I
Speaker 1: like that angle. The Las Vegas Raiders traveled to the
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers. This is a fascinating matchups in a few
Speaker 1: in a few different ways. This years have been a
Speaker 1: very good past defense. The Raiders need Davante Adams talk
Speaker 1: to me about how you see this game shaping up?
Speaker 1: Sure revenge game against the fans maybe locals? Yeah? All right?
Speaker 1: Uh for the on the on the Raiders side, here
Speaker 1: I have Derek Carr on the back. I just think
Speaker 1: it's too tough of a spot for him. Only a
Speaker 1: few studd star quarterbacks have had multiple scores this year
Speaker 1: against the Steelers, most leave the game. Most quarterbacks they
Speaker 1: faced leave the game with one touchdown in low yards
Speaker 1: uh if. I will say Cars had multiple scores in
Speaker 1: six last seven, but those were much much better matchups
Speaker 1: than this. I have him on the bench as well
Speaker 1: as uh Mac Hollins. I have on the bench because
Speaker 1: Darren Waller's back. Ren froze back. Waller really ate into
Speaker 1: him last week. Um he did score on that that
Speaker 1: toe out of bounds? Did he really score? Touched him
Speaker 1: last week? But outside of that didn't. I know, outside
Speaker 1: of that, he really didn't do much last week. And
Speaker 1: Waller only played for nine percent of the snaps. He
Speaker 1: should get that back up to his normal seventy level
Speaker 1: this week. Steelers had held down Mark Andrews last week,
Speaker 1: but Huntley was in Mark Andrews was hurt. I I
Speaker 1: think Waller is more likely to do kind of like
Speaker 1: what Gilani did, Woods did a couple weeks ago, and
Speaker 1: other uh you know, four five to ninety yard tight
Speaker 1: ends have done. I have a B grade on Waller.
Speaker 1: I didn't mention Davante Adams, but I think he's just
Speaker 1: an automatic A because even in Cars one dot he
Speaker 1: had seventy plus yards, you know, like he's just always
Speaker 1: in your lineup. And then there's Josh Jacobs in the
Speaker 1: running game. A grade here, hundred plus total yards in
Speaker 1: sixth straight, scoring five times, and twenty four plus touches
Speaker 1: in all of those uh six, also averaging nearly four
Speaker 1: catches per game in that span, which which is wonderful
Speaker 1: to see. Twenty touchbacks against this team against the Steelers
Speaker 1: average about a hundred thirteen yards in the score. Jacobs
Speaker 1: gets everything, so a grade they're on that kind of volume.
Speaker 1: Over to the other side, I don't have a lot
Speaker 1: of starting grades here Kenny Pick and I have on
Speaker 1: the bench. I don't know how much I have to
Speaker 1: go into that. All right, let's do that. Um, he
Speaker 1: doesn't even have a multiple scored game this year. I
Speaker 1: think he's got like one or two games over two
Speaker 1: hundred yards, just one. We'll see you next yearn Deonte
Speaker 1: Johnson miss practice on Wednesday and Thursday. I think he
Speaker 1: was limited on front. But Naji Harris would did a
Speaker 1: favorite for all as fantasy football fans, and he said,
Speaker 1: don't worry Deante's playing like that. So we so thank
Speaker 1: you Naji Harris for that. Um. And because of that,
Speaker 1: I'm giving Deonte Johnson a C grade just on the volume.
Speaker 1: Um Uh. When Picktt first got the job, he focused
Speaker 1: on Pickens, But over the last four it is really
Speaker 1: shifted both in targets and production to Johnson's side. Uh
Speaker 1: comulate culminating last week in a in a ten plus
Speaker 1: ten plus catch game there. Uh, Johnson's shared the production. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so it's it's a middle of the pack pasty really
Speaker 1: versus wide receivers. But several other low aid out wide
Speaker 1: receivers that had have had production against the Raiders and
Speaker 1: Rock Your Sin might miss this game as well. So
Speaker 1: I got Deante Johnson with the Sea He's he's the
Speaker 1: only wide receiver though the college first touchdown of the year.
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna call it, no, no, give the opportunity,
Speaker 1: all right. Uh no, No, that's that's pretty bold. To
Speaker 1: call for a Pickett to row a touchdown is probably
Speaker 1: even even more even more bold. Pat Fiarmouth freeer Mouth.
Speaker 1: I have a C grade on averaging five for sixty
Speaker 1: on over seven targets per game in Pickett's last six starts.
Speaker 1: Is it f it is freer Mouth? Yeah? We just
Speaker 1: we do the and then we you know, we find
Speaker 1: out four you know what the annoying one Thos is
Speaker 1: chicken kN ku who they're even the Titans site says
Speaker 1: a quanu as the like the pronunciation guide and they
Speaker 1: have a video of him saying a kuan kuka. That's
Speaker 1: certainly not our fault at that point. No, no, anyway,
Speaker 1: h I gave a C grade to Firemouth. I think
Speaker 1: I said what I only three tight ends of top
Speaker 1: six yards against them against the Steelers against the Raiders. Uh,
Speaker 1: and none have scored since Kelsey scored four times. But
Speaker 1: the volume that he's gotten with Pickett, it's worthy of
Speaker 1: a C. He's gained seven targets a game. Uh. Nazi Harris,
Speaker 1: I have a B grade on seven of the last
Speaker 1: eight lead backs against the Raiders have scored. Seven of
Speaker 1: the last eight have scored eleven scores. That's a that's
Speaker 1: a ridiculous amount. The hat to Nagi Harris reversing a
Speaker 1: really a terrible we're telling people trade him away. But
Speaker 1: which was the right advice because he's stunk a Patel
Speaker 1: about Thanksgiving? But since then he's been much better. Yeah,
Speaker 1: similar twenty touch type of backs like to Harris have
Speaker 1: averaged a hundred thirty five yards and more than a
Speaker 1: score per game, as I kind of just said with
Speaker 1: seven of the last date. So I have a B
Speaker 1: grade on Harris there, um and that's it. Actually, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna leave Jalen Warren on the bench. Yes, certainly, Cincinnati
Speaker 1: taking on the New England Patriots. Brian, It's been a
Speaker 1: tough run for Joe Mixon and it doesn't get any
Speaker 1: better here. It's not as bad as you would think. Um, Yes,
Speaker 1: som j. P. Ryan continues to steal touches, but he's
Speaker 1: only averaging seven touches per game since Mixon's return. Mixing
Speaker 1: has been averaging sixteen since he's come back from injury,
Speaker 1: and over the patriots last three game games, opposing backs
Speaker 1: have averaged at six comboy in total touchdowns. I've gotta
Speaker 1: be on mix and I'm gonna bench Peter Ryan in
Speaker 1: the playoffs. You might want to throw a dart at
Speaker 1: him in daily, but I don't really like that as
Speaker 1: much either. I do like nay love Jamaar Chase per usual,
Speaker 1: he gets an a. Jonathan Jones is one of the
Speaker 1: better corners in football and could shadow Chase, but I
Speaker 1: do not care. Justin Jefferson and Stefon Diggs both had
Speaker 1: big games against New England in recent weeks, and those
Speaker 1: are like the three guys on their own tier in
Speaker 1: wide receiver land. So in A for Chase and A
Speaker 1: for t Higgins. So if odds are Jonathan Jones spends
Speaker 1: most of his time on Chase. Cornerbacks Jack Jones and
Speaker 1: Jalen Mills are both banged up questionable to play, so
Speaker 1: I love Higgins this week. The Patriots have surrendered too
Speaker 1: wide receiver touchdowns and three of their last four games
Speaker 1: to the Vikings, the Bills and the Raiders, both both
Speaker 1: very comparable offensive so uh and A for Higgins and
Speaker 1: the sea for Tyler Boyd, who finally caught another touchdown
Speaker 1: last week against the Bucks. You can argue this is
Speaker 1: a better matchup against the Patriots. I like him a
Speaker 1: lot more in dfs than seasonal, but if you're desperate,
Speaker 1: he is startable in seasonal formats. It was c for
Speaker 1: Boyd over to the tight end. Is Mitchell Wilcox startable again?
Speaker 1: Who I gave a starting grade deal last week? Well done?
Speaker 1: That was that was impressive? Um, I'm gonna say Hayden
Speaker 1: Hurst ruled out again by the way, I'm gonna say
Speaker 1: uh no in seasonal but again another great daily dart
Speaker 1: for Mitchell Wilcox. But I'm gonna even a bench grade here.
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow an easy A. I'm not gonna get into
Speaker 1: this too much. At a off I'm giving all the
Speaker 1: receivers of starting grade. Basically, Burrow gets an A. Not
Speaker 1: a lot of starting grades for the Patriots. Remandre Stevenson,
Speaker 1: I'll give him a B if Damien Harris sits. If
Speaker 1: Harris plays, I'll bump him down to a sea. You
Speaker 1: gotta feel bad for those who benched Ramandre Stevenson last week.
Speaker 1: You can't to blame him. He had knocked me out
Speaker 1: of most of my gears, all of my guillotine leagues
Speaker 1: in which I had him the week before that, but
Speaker 1: in some of my other leagues I had I had,
Speaker 1: I had played him, then he got hurt. Then I
Speaker 1: didn't play him the next week. I was worried about
Speaker 1: the matchup and him being hurt, and then he went off.
Speaker 1: Last course, he went off on just sixties six of
Speaker 1: the snaps. I think those numbers go up a little
Speaker 1: bit even if Harris comes back. So again a B
Speaker 1: for Stevenson if Harris is out to see if Harris
Speaker 1: does return, Jacoby Myers, all the other wide receivers Mac
Speaker 1: Jones that are on the bench. When it comes to
Speaker 1: the wide receivers, Bengals surrender nine touchdowns to the position,
Speaker 1: fourth fewest, and Mike Hilton should return. As for mac Jones,
Speaker 1: he should probably be benched in real life. Why would
Speaker 1: they not go to bit you know, their their seasons over.
Speaker 1: Why would the Patriots not get a longer look at
Speaker 1: Bailey's appy and see what you got? And I just
Speaker 1: feel so bad for Jacoby Myers who was put in
Speaker 1: such an awkward situation when asked like, why did he
Speaker 1: put himself in an awkward situation? Kind of kind of
Speaker 1: what do you mean? Well, he throw a lateral to
Speaker 1: the other team? Why did when? When Bill Belichick was
Speaker 1: asked why did mac Jones not throw a hail, Mary
Speaker 1: says he can't throw it that far? One who cares, Well,
Speaker 1: you're still throw it as far as you can. You're
Speaker 1: not gonna try, and I don't know that. I feel bad.
Speaker 1: Stevens had made a heck of a play on that though,
Speaker 1: but until he threw it back, yeah, port Jacoby free
Speaker 1: agent next year to put him on a good offense please.
Speaker 1: And lastly, I will give Hunter Henry a c in
Speaker 1: the tight end waste land if you are desperate. Opposing
Speaker 1: tight ends are averaging five plus catches and fifty plus
Speaker 1: yards against the Bengals, So if you need a tight end,
Speaker 1: you can go. Everyone needs speaking to tight ends. When
Speaker 1: we come back, Mark Andrews, what are you gonna do
Speaker 1: with him? If you somehow made it to your semifinals
Speaker 1: with Mark Andrews, do you start him again and hope
Speaker 1: for a better outcome or do you find somebody else.
Speaker 1: We'll tell you when we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly.
Speaker 1: Welcome back. It's take a chance on me. Nine players
Speaker 1: not normally new starting lineup will give you some ideas
Speaker 1: for fresh players you can start. And actually, you know,
Speaker 1: even though it's the playoffs, injuries, benching, all kinds of
Speaker 1: situations in which you may need somebody unusual to take
Speaker 1: a rep for you would be geto the quarterback position,
Speaker 1: Scott you got. Let's get gross charged. Let's get real
Speaker 1: gross here, gross like like we're talking fourteen teamers, maybe
Speaker 1: deeper twelve teamers where people are roster hoarding. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: go with Sam Donald. I think it's a good spot
Speaker 1: for him, all right. The Lions allow the third most
Speaker 1: past yards, eighth most past touchdowns, first most fantasy points
Speaker 1: three plus and multiple scores and back to back here,
Speaker 1: they're constantly in shootouts. Almost every game is a shootout.
Speaker 1: It feels like this is a game they could actually
Speaker 1: get a head in, potentially causing Sam Donald to throw more. Also,
Speaker 1: seven of the last eight against them three hundred plus
Speaker 1: totaly yards. Seven of the last eight. That's ridiculous. Donald's
Speaker 1: very good. Difficult to start, I know, but he has
Speaker 1: at least one score and he should the last three
Speaker 1: in far tougher matchups. You can't get grosser than Sam Donald.
Speaker 1: But but I'm giving it to you. It's a possible
Speaker 1: option if you're really stretched. Okay, Bryant, let's go to
Speaker 1: your quarterback. I might be able to get a little
Speaker 1: grosser than Sam Donald for not two obvious reasons. But
Speaker 1: we'll get into in a second. Russell Wilson Wilson, who
Speaker 1: finally looked great before getting knocked out late in the
Speaker 1: Week fourteen game. He missed last week with the concussion
Speaker 1: that knocked him out in Week fourteen, but he's full
Speaker 1: go for his matchup against the Rams, who are beyond
Speaker 1: deflated at this point. And it's really just all about
Speaker 1: the motivation factor here. No quarterback is going to be
Speaker 1: more motivated than Russell will Wilson, who's just one passing
Speaker 1: touchdown shy of his toilet total of twelve those who
Speaker 1: don't know, twelve toilets in the Wilson household, he only
Speaker 1: has eleven passing touchdowns, but I predict he throws at
Speaker 1: least two touchdowns to put those pesky toilets in the
Speaker 1: rearview mirror. Russell Wilson is he gonna put the toilets
Speaker 1: behind him. He's gonna do flush man straight to hell.
Speaker 1: I don't know. My quarterback is Tom Brady, which sounds
Speaker 1: pretty great compared to the guys you just throw out,
Speaker 1: But Tom Brady's got fewer Fantasy points this year than
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones or Jared Goff, so he is take Tom worthy.
Speaker 1: Brady may get Elite tackle Tristan worfsback for this game.
Speaker 1: That would be very handy. The Cardinals are already one
Speaker 1: of the easiest matchups against the past, but now cornerback
Speaker 1: Byron Murphy has been ruled out and the next three
Speaker 1: cornerbacks are all questionable, So this could be a passing
Speaker 1: bonanza for Brady, Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Russell Gauge, and
Speaker 1: even Kate Otten. With a strongly positive matchup Tom Brady.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the running back position, Scott, I have
Speaker 1: Devin Singletary. I know people are afraid of James Cook,
Speaker 1: and he's getting more and more work. He's in the
Speaker 1: Devin Singletary, who has only started in like forty percent
Speaker 1: of leagues. Last week, James Cook, he has he has
Speaker 1: less than seven touches in three to last four despite
Speaker 1: his you know, his snapping snap snap count increasing like crazy.
Speaker 1: This is the eighth easiest matchup for backs. Game script
Speaker 1: should be in their favor, and the Bills are running
Speaker 1: it more late than they were earlier in the season
Speaker 1: where they just kept passing. Uh. It's the seventh highest
Speaker 1: yards per carry at four point seven three high yards
Speaker 1: per reception to so when Devin Singletary does get his touches,
Speaker 1: he's gonna rip them off in chunks. Um fourth fourth
Speaker 1: most rushing scores is just a really good spot. Plus
Speaker 1: they did the uh. The Bears did hold down the
Speaker 1: Philly running backs last week, but they gave up seventeen
Speaker 1: rushes for sixty one yards and three rushing touchdowns to her.
Speaker 1: It's like that was a running the two games before,
Speaker 1: Jets had two hundred seventeen yards in the score um
Speaker 1: and the Packers gave up a hundred had a hundred score.
Speaker 1: Is just a great spot for Devin Singletary keeping Brian,
Speaker 1: your take a chance of me running back. I got
Speaker 1: the Chargers Joshua Kelly at the Colts in the Monday
Speaker 1: Night Hammer game. On the season, the Colts are allowing
Speaker 1: a hundred and forty four combo yards and more than
Speaker 1: a touchdown per game to opposing running backs, but over
Speaker 1: their last three games, I'm like laughing already looking at this,
Speaker 1: India is allowing one and ninety two combo yards and
Speaker 1: two point seven total touchdowns to the position. I know
Speaker 1: Austin Ekeler is the starter, but Ekeler only saw fourteen
Speaker 1: touches last week while Kelly got eleven. Both scored a touchdown,
Speaker 1: and I think both will be more than Ekeler certainly
Speaker 1: will be serviceable, but I think Kelly can be too.
Speaker 1: You could start either one of the Colts running backs
Speaker 1: against the Chargers, but I'm gonna back Dion Jackson in
Speaker 1: this one. Jonathan Taylor's you know is out. Um. Zack
Speaker 1: Moss got more work than Jackson in the last game,
Speaker 1: but Moss like bad running at three point three yards
Speaker 1: per carry. Jackson was more effective, Plus he catches, and
Speaker 1: I'm just I'm going with my eyes here. Jackson's the
Speaker 1: better back and it's a great matchup. In Deon Jackson's
Speaker 1: four games with double digit touches, which I think he's
Speaker 1: easily going to get to the ten touch mark. Deon
Speaker 1: Jackson's averaging seventies six total yards and he's got a
Speaker 1: pair of scores in those four games. Chargers allow the
Speaker 1: second most touchdowns, second most rushing yards, and a league
Speaker 1: worse five and a half yards per carry. A great
Speaker 1: opportunity for Dion Jackson. Your Zack Moss fan club card
Speaker 1: is it has I Burnever. I know I'm officially the
Speaker 1: president now, but I was for I was not exactly right.
Speaker 1: I'm not giving up to go to the running back position, Scott.
Speaker 1: I'll go to the wide receiver position, and I will
Speaker 1: talk about Gabriel Davis. Who it's Gabel Davis week. I'm
Speaker 1: calling it right now. It's Gabe Davis week, alright. I
Speaker 1: know he hasn't topped He's top like forty yards once
Speaker 1: in the last four weeks, and that's pretty pretty common
Speaker 1: for him when he doesn't score touchdowns. But he's at
Speaker 1: at least five targets in all but one game since
Speaker 1: the bye. Seven wide receiver touchdowns allowed in the last
Speaker 1: six games by the Bears. Also, the Bills are top
Speaker 1: third in explosive plays. The Bears are also bottom five um.
Speaker 1: And also the Bears allowed the second highest yards per
Speaker 1: reception at fourteen point five. And Davis is the deep
Speaker 1: ball guy. I think this is I think Davis gets
Speaker 1: his this week. Chicago will be missing their best corner well,
Speaker 1: they're only good cornerback Jalen Johnson's gonna be out for
Speaker 1: this game and his season has done. Kindle Vildor, who
Speaker 1: was bad? We missed kindall you just talked to me
Speaker 1: into it. The touchdown guarantee there, it is all right, touchdown.
Speaker 1: This is an all game for Gabe Davis. You're a receiver, Brian. Now,
Speaker 1: it's not guaranteed he plays on Sunday, but it sounds
Speaker 1: like he'll make his return, and that's Courtland Sutton, who
Speaker 1: I'm gonna pair with toilet boy Russell Wilson at the Ams,
Speaker 1: who are allowing a hundred and sixty yards per game
Speaker 1: to wide receivers. That's the tenth most. And yeah, every
Speaker 1: time we give you a new button charge, oh, I
Speaker 1: gotta use it a bunch. It's gotta be the extended
Speaker 1: version too. I love it. Uh sulting. You should see
Speaker 1: plenty of coverage from Jalen Ramsey, but who cares. Ramsey
Speaker 1: has surrendered the second most touchdowns among cornerbacks with seven.
Speaker 1: I think he's fallen off that Josh Norman cliff that
Speaker 1: we saw a few year And by the way, this
Speaker 1: weekend the anniversary of the Josh Norman Taylor Lujan scuffle.
Speaker 1: I don't know if you recall this after the end
Speaker 1: of the Titans Washington team game. Anyway, it reminded it
Speaker 1: was like, this's gonna happen to Jalen Ramsey. Cortland Sulton
Speaker 1: is gonna have a good game if he plays. I've
Speaker 1: got Marquis Goodwin going up against the Chiefs. Tyler Lockett
Speaker 1: is out. Goodwin finds himself in the number two receiver
Speaker 1: role for Seattle good one is of course not lock it,
Speaker 1: but he's got a good chance to produce in a
Speaker 1: plus matchup. Over the last the last three competent passing
Speaker 1: attacks to face Kansas City, and I think Seattle Counts
Speaker 1: is competent. With Geno Smith, They've produced two receivers with
Speaker 1: at least sixty yards go to course is all about
Speaker 1: the speed he's got the track literal track star speed,
Speaker 1: and the cornerbacks for the Chiefs are universally pretty slow,
Speaker 1: including cornerback Joshua Williams, who ruins a four five. Over
Speaker 1: the last five weeks, Williams has allowed a near pass
Speaker 1: perfect pass a writing of a hundred fifty two in
Speaker 1: his coverage, and he's the guy that's lad to see
Speaker 1: the most of Marquise a goodwin one of my favorite
Speaker 1: sneaky plays of the week. Falcons take on the Baltimore Ravens.
Speaker 1: I don't have a lot to talk about on the
Speaker 1: Falcon side. The only starting grade I've got is for
Speaker 1: Tyler al Geer coming up a one hundred thirty yard game,
Speaker 1: but I don't love his chances against a fantastic Ravens
Speaker 1: run defense. Over the last four games, he has topped
Speaker 1: fifty two yards in each game, but Baltimore has emerged
Speaker 1: his arguably the NFL's best run defense, giving up just
Speaker 1: sixty one rushing yards in total per game since the
Speaker 1: Rowe Kwan Smith acquisition. Lger has to split sixty one
Speaker 1: yards with Cordarrell Patterson and Chet Huntley. So he is
Speaker 1: just a dart throw player. Oh man, that one too.
Speaker 1: By the way, Tyler Algier has already been knocked out
Speaker 1: of the league. I have no inside info here. That's
Speaker 1: good to know. Corderal Patterson is on the bench, usually
Speaker 1: finds his way to fifty yards, but he doesn't catch
Speaker 1: or have predictable scoring, and the matchups brutal. He's out.
Speaker 1: The entire passing game is dad Desmond ritterd just came
Speaker 1: off a nineties seven yard passing game and this is
Speaker 1: a solid Ravens past defense. You're not gonna start any
Speaker 1: of those guys. All right, Let's go to the Baltimore side.
Speaker 1: What to do with Mark Andrews up possible bouts back
Speaker 1: coming here. Falcons are bottom six and targets, receptions and
Speaker 1: yards allowed to tight ends, giving up over sixty five
Speaker 1: yards and back to back games to the position along
Speaker 1: with four touchdowns over the last three games to tight ends.
Speaker 1: The Falcons have avoided most of the really good tight
Speaker 1: end this year, but the ones they've faced Kittle and
Speaker 1: Joeku Frymer Friar Muth also passed seventy receiving yards. I
Speaker 1: just I want to believe in Mark Andrews. I want
Speaker 1: to believe that Tyler Huntley is gonna be okay here,
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna give him a B grade and just
Speaker 1: let's hope that everybody that's made it this far on
Speaker 1: the meager output of Mark Andrews gets rewarded here in
Speaker 1: a very favorable matchup. The only other starting grade for
Speaker 1: the entire Ravens team is JK. Dobbins, over his last
Speaker 1: two games, averaging one three rushing yards on eight yards
Speaker 1: per carry. He'll have a good opportunity to keep it
Speaker 1: going against the tanking Falcons, allowing the eleventh most rushing yards.
Speaker 1: They've allowed resurgent performances to struggling running backs in three
Speaker 1: straight games, including Brian Robbins and Nazi Harris and Alvin Kamara,
Speaker 1: who averaged ninety three rushing yards per game. JK Dobbins
Speaker 1: a B grade in this one. I can't give any
Speaker 1: of the rest of the passing game a starting grade,
Speaker 1: and you wouldn't even think about starting him anyway. And
Speaker 1: Gus Edwards is also on the bench. He only played,
Speaker 1: He's only playing already two snaps per game, No thirties
Speaker 1: two snaps total in the two games since J. K.
Speaker 1: Dobbins returned. That's just not enough volume. Sixteen touches a
Speaker 1: game is not enough volume to start anybody in the
Speaker 1: fantasy playoffs. Let's see here do I want to get Yeah,
Speaker 1: let's work in one more matchup, Detroit Lions to Carolina Panthers.
Speaker 1: Scott Trent's offense has slowed considerably over the last couple
Speaker 1: of weeks. What do you think about a game that's
Speaker 1: gonna be surprisingly cold. I wouldn't call it necessarily a
Speaker 1: cold weather game, but they're talking about wind chills under
Speaker 1: freezing in Carolina. Yeah, it's it's weird for that area
Speaker 1: that it happens. It happens. I do have a B
Speaker 1: grade on golf, though the Panthers have been pretty decent
Speaker 1: against QB. The highest yardist day allowed over the last
Speaker 1: month and a half was two sixty five, but most
Speaker 1: of those cartobacks are guys like Trevisky and Russell Wilson
Speaker 1: and Mariota twice and stuff. So it's it's not exactly
Speaker 1: a murderers row of quarterbacks. Golf is coming off his
Speaker 1: worst game over the last month, and even even even
Speaker 1: in that it wasn't that bad. He had three hundred
Speaker 1: plus and or multiple scores in three straight before the
Speaker 1: two fifty two and one last week against a very
Speaker 1: stout jut Jets secondary. So um, I'm giving B grade
Speaker 1: to Jared Goff. I think Alman Rosen otto a. But
Speaker 1: do I need to go into it? Do I need
Speaker 1: to go into Alma? Why you should start? I'm on
Speaker 1: Rob st Brown almost every week. I mean, given what
Speaker 1: he's done in the last few weeks, almost nothing, he
Speaker 1: still gets a ton of volume. It's it's a it's
Speaker 1: a lot of volume. I suppose you need more scores.
Speaker 1: He doesn't get a lot of yards with that volume.
Speaker 1: But Panthers are eight worst, eighth worst against wide receivers
Speaker 1: Deante Johnson, who kind of compares okay with Alman Ross
Speaker 1: and Brown with with all the the high volume in
Speaker 1: the low yardage low a dot. I think that's fair
Speaker 1: seven for like seventy last week against the Jets for
Speaker 1: Deante last week, alman Ros on a better offense, gets
Speaker 1: more volume than that on average better player. Panthers ninth
Speaker 1: worst against the slot where alman Ross sometimes goes a
Speaker 1: lot of the time goes. I still have an A
Speaker 1: grade on Amanro. I do have DJ Chark on the bench.
Speaker 1: I have all of them on the bench, actually, but
Speaker 1: the rest of the passing game. But d J. Chark
Speaker 1: will probably get J. C. Horne, So don't even don't
Speaker 1: even consider it. J C. Horne, by the way, he's
Speaker 1: a defensive rookie of the year. Do you think, well,
Speaker 1: he's second year player because he lost last year with
Speaker 1: the injury. Oh that's oh yeah he is. He has
Speaker 1: He has made good on the first round pick the Panthers,
Speaker 1: right last, right, J Browns. J Horne's good? Yeah? Uh.
Speaker 1: Jamal Lewis or Jamal jamal Lewis back in the league.
Speaker 1: Jamal Williams and DeAndre Swift. I actually have C grades
Speaker 1: on both of them. Justin Jackson isn't going away. He's
Speaker 1: sucking out five, six, seven touches, which is really annoying.
Speaker 1: But Williams is always the best bet to score and
Speaker 1: gets the majority of the volume. The split has been
Speaker 1: pretty fifty fifty the last three weeks between them. Swift
Speaker 1: gets the receiving work with an average of four per
Speaker 1: game over the last five Panthers middle of the pack,
Speaker 1: but thirteen plus touch guys, which both Swift and Jamal
Speaker 1: Williams have been um recently. The thirteen plus two touch
Speaker 1: guys eighty six yards, ninety two yards two or eleven yards,
Speaker 1: ninety one yards, eighty five yards. They're all getting tons
Speaker 1: and tons of volume against this defense. So I think
Speaker 1: it's just enough for a possible touchdown a Jamal pass
Speaker 1: game workout of Swift to get them both in your
Speaker 1: starting lineup. Lower flexes makes sense, makes sense. Um, let's
Speaker 1: take it. The opportunity, take a break. I think it's
Speaker 1: that time when we come back. Yeah, I need to
Speaker 1: do the other side. Actually, that's what you too much,
Speaker 1: too much of a positive the music, kill the music,
Speaker 1: Sam Donald, take a chance. I mean quarterback start offense.
Speaker 1: D J Morris c grade Uh scored last week, bringing
Speaker 1: his season total to five for the first time in
Speaker 1: his career. He's never gotten more than four. This is
Speaker 1: one game after a goose egg, but he does have
Speaker 1: fifteen targets in the last three Donald games, which is
Speaker 1: more than twice of any other Panther. It's a matchup
Speaker 1: against the bottom three d versus wide receivers, allowing the
Speaker 1: most yards and third most receptions to wide receivers. I
Speaker 1: lean towards those types of stats instead of the goose egg.
Speaker 1: I do have the rest of the players for the
Speaker 1: Panthers on the bench, Hubbard and Foreman. They're splitting. It's
Speaker 1: losing work to chub. Now the alliance has turned awesome.
Speaker 1: I know, I was. I was just going there. It's
Speaker 1: been great recently. Only two running back scores in less
Speaker 1: seven games, and only one running back over sixty yards,
Speaker 1: and it's about three and a half yards per carrying.
Speaker 1: No backs over twenty receiving yards. So you're mentioning all
Speaker 1: other receivers and running backs there. Hey, how about let's
Speaker 1: do it now. Let's do it now. Fantastic. When we
Speaker 1: come back, Houston Texans, Tennessee Titans. Obviously they're starting Derrick Henry.
Speaker 1: Is there anybody else to start in the entire game
Speaker 1: between the Texans and the Titans? Find out when we
Speaker 1: come back for another segment of Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back,
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly Semi Finals Arctic Edition here to help
Speaker 1: you get a playoff win. It's a block of matchups
Speaker 1: in this segment, beginning with the New Orleans Saints taking
Speaker 1: on the Cleveland Browns and Brian this is a cold
Speaker 1: weather game. Alvin Kamara has been a Grade A disaster
Speaker 1: so far this year, arguably the worst first round draft
Speaker 1: pick you could have made. If you would have just
Speaker 1: snapped his femur in Week one, it would have been
Speaker 1: a lot better for his fantasy owners. Honestly, I know
Speaker 1: it's been a brutal year, but hopefully he makes up
Speaker 1: for it. If you happen to be alive and are
Speaker 1: able to start Alvin Kamara in a meaningful game, that's
Speaker 1: the track, isn't it. It is, but I'm gonna give
Speaker 1: him an a here. Over their last six games, the
Speaker 1: Browns have allowed nine different running backs to rush for
Speaker 1: at least sixty four yards or a touchdown, and really,
Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara is the only viable back on the Saints.
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, David Johnson. It is awesome to see David
Speaker 1: Johnson in football again though, by the way, but Cleveland
Speaker 1: should be without Jadeveon Clowney that's big for Kamara and
Speaker 1: Cleveland also allowing more than five catches per game to
Speaker 1: opposing running backs, So again a grade for Alvin Kamara.
Speaker 1: All the wide receivers around the bench from New Orleans,
Speaker 1: Crystal Lave has been ruled out. Jarvis Landry, no revenge
Speaker 1: game for him. He's ruled out, like you're gonna start
Speaker 1: him anyway. I like Rashichi he but again, this is
Speaker 1: the game with the thirty mile prowers, the Stained wins
Speaker 1: and fifty mile prower gusts and Andy Dalton is the
Speaker 1: quarterback who's on the bench, by the way, but who
Speaker 1: you're not going to bench are both the tight ends
Speaker 1: for the Saints, Juan Johnson and Taysom Hill. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: give both his sea starting with Johnson. If you take
Speaker 1: out the Saints blowout win against the Raiders, that was
Speaker 1: the one good Alvin Kamara game all season. When why
Speaker 1: would I take out a blowout win because they weren't
Speaker 1: throwing the ball. When it pertains to Juan Johnson, they
Speaker 1: needed the points to game. You're you're ruining this chart.
Speaker 1: Just quade for a second. And then there was the
Speaker 1: blowout loss of the forty Niners where Jowan Johnson only
Speaker 1: played of the snaps. I think he was injured in
Speaker 1: that game because he missed the following game. But if
Speaker 1: you count his last five regular or normal games, he
Speaker 1: has scored seven touchdowns in those games. And if you've
Speaker 1: extrapolate his stats from those five games across the whole season,
Speaker 1: Joan Johnson would have eighty one catches for seven ninety yards,
Speaker 1: which is pretty good end, but twenty four touchdowns. So
Speaker 1: I don't know. Joana Johnson, if you can somehow add him,
Speaker 1: you know as a dynasty stash, He's a very intriguing
Speaker 1: player going into next year. He's tight end seven right
Speaker 1: now in standard formats. At the end of the year,
Speaker 1: he's gonna be very weird with Ingram and Joy Johnson,
Speaker 1: all these nobodies, but but littered in the top ten
Speaker 1: tight ends. But the Brown is not a great matchup
Speaker 1: for Johnson. They have allowed just two tight end touchdowns
Speaker 1: all the year. But with all the issues at wide
Speaker 1: receiver and you kind of think it's gonna be intermediate
Speaker 1: passing this one. I'm gonna give Johnson the Sea, and
Speaker 1: the same for Taysom Hill. It's almost impossible to predict
Speaker 1: the Taysom Hill game. But this kind of feels like
Speaker 1: this pretable, feels like it tastem kill game. Whe He'll
Speaker 1: certainly get some carries and who knows some some cheap
Speaker 1: pass yards. But uh, speaking of cheap pass yards, Andy Dalton,
Speaker 1: that's all he gets. He's on the bench. Um over
Speaker 1: to the brown side. Nick Chubb like him here, he
Speaker 1: gets a b has been dealing with a foot issue,
Speaker 1: but he's off the injury report entirely. We know they're
Speaker 1: gonna run. Both teams gonna run the ball a lot
Speaker 1: in these windy conditions. Uh, The scenes have allowed the
Speaker 1: eighth most rushing yards running backs on the season, and
Speaker 1: over the last two games, they've surrendered two touchdowns to
Speaker 1: the position. That's why I'll give Kareem Hunt a CE
Speaker 1: only in PPR though Hunts touches have dipped over the
Speaker 1: last two weeks, but I think he sees more in
Speaker 1: this game because of the wind. The Saints are also
Speaker 1: allowing five catches per game two running backs. Yeah, you
Speaker 1: know Kareem Hunt isn't catching like they don't throw to
Speaker 1: him enough. He's for one of the probably ten or
Speaker 1: twelve best pass catching backs in the NFL. He needs
Speaker 1: more than like the two and a half catches a game.
Speaker 1: Yeah he does. It's been down here for him as well,
Speaker 1: but I don't know. It's just the running backs are
Speaker 1: gonna be leaned on more in this game. Running back
Speaker 1: slash asom Hill. So I will give see uh Kareem
Speaker 1: Hunt to see in PPR. I'm benching Amari Cooper and
Speaker 1: Donovan People's Jones. Though Cooper has been dealing with a
Speaker 1: hip injury and hasn't scored in four straight games, the
Speaker 1: Saints have allowed just one wide receiver over their last
Speaker 1: three and could finally be getting back Marshawn Lattimore of
Speaker 1: their top cornerback this week. So I've got both Cooper
Speaker 1: and People's Jones on the bench again in these brutal winds,
Speaker 1: and David and Joeku on the bench as well. The
Speaker 1: Saints are the top ranked defense against tight ends, allowing
Speaker 1: just three and a half catches thirty two yards per
Speaker 1: game to the position and only two total touchdowns all
Speaker 1: year to tight ends. And lastly, Brown's quarterback also on
Speaker 1: the bench. He's not trusting him in many situations. But
Speaker 1: this game, Giants are taking on the Minnesota Vikings, and
Speaker 1: what could be a high scoring game, maybe more so
Speaker 1: on the Viking side, but we'll start with the Giants.
Speaker 1: Kwan Barkley is the bulk of the Giants offense, and
Speaker 1: I don't love this matchup. He's been at three point
Speaker 1: nine yards per carry or worse in five of the
Speaker 1: last seven games, and the Vikings allowed just three point
Speaker 1: seven yards per carry on the whole season. Only one
Speaker 1: back is at ninety rushing yards all year. Minnesota ranks
Speaker 1: number two and run defense by Pro Football Focus. That's
Speaker 1: all bad news for Barkley. Your glimmer of hope is
Speaker 1: that he's a very good pass catcher, and the Vikings
Speaker 1: are bottom six in receptions and receiving yards two runners,
Speaker 1: so Barkley will chip in enough through the air to
Speaker 1: keep him at a B grade. Here, we'll hope for
Speaker 1: a touchdown. If there's one touchdown to be had for
Speaker 1: the Giants, it's most likely going to say Kwon Barkley.
Speaker 1: The rest of the passing game may great, but I
Speaker 1: think we can put a C grade on Daniel Jones,
Speaker 1: largely because of what he's gonna do on the ground.
Speaker 1: But we'll start with through the air. The Vikings have
Speaker 1: the league's worst past defense by yardage, but I don't
Speaker 1: know that Daniel Jones is necessarily gonna take advantage of that.
Speaker 1: He's averaging just on passing yards per game, that's fifth
Speaker 1: lowest among all starting quarterbacks. He's averaging zero point eight
Speaker 1: passing touchdowns per game. That's it. And I don't really
Speaker 1: like any of his starting receivers very much. So yeah,
Speaker 1: just to see great on Daniel Jones, but the Vikings
Speaker 1: have faced three mobile quarterbacks Jalen Hurts, Justin Fields and
Speaker 1: Josh Allen. They all topped forty seven rushing yards. And
Speaker 1: if I'm the Giants, I'm running Daniel Jones in this game.
Speaker 1: That could be the X factor in a game, and
Speaker 1: that otherwise does not match up well. Darius Slayton, I
Speaker 1: originally had a bench grade on. I think I've moved
Speaker 1: him up to a sea over the last five weeks.
Speaker 1: Minnesota's allowing the fourth most receptions and second most yards
Speaker 1: per game to opposing Whiteouts. At least one receivers logs
Speaker 1: sixty yards against the Vikings in all but three games
Speaker 1: this year, So I think Slayton finds himself if to
Speaker 1: a decent game here, and if Daniel Jones is gonna
Speaker 1: throw one touchdown. I would guess it's gonna be Darius Slayton.
Speaker 1: Richie James is runs in the slot against the increasingly
Speaker 1: solid Chandon Sullivan. He hasn't a lot of touchdowns since
Speaker 1: Week two, and he's held opposing receivers to thirty three
Speaker 1: or fewer yards in five straights. So we're not starting
Speaker 1: Richie James. Let's go to the Viking side. Uh. Dalvin
Speaker 1: Cook and Justin Jefferson are obvious a's and I'm only
Speaker 1: gonna add this. The Giants are automn six and rushing
Speaker 1: yards and rushing touchdowns allowed to running backs. That's gonna
Speaker 1: be a very plus matchup for Dalvin Cook in a
Speaker 1: way maybe we haven't seen most the rest of this year.
Speaker 1: I've also got starting grades on the receivers here. Adam
Speaker 1: Feeling has got a B grade, which I haven't given
Speaker 1: a lot of B greats. I like him here. Since
Speaker 1: Dori Jackson's injury in Week ten, the Giants have allowed
Speaker 1: at least sixty yards to multiple receivers in every one
Speaker 1: of those games since Week ten. And if we're gonna
Speaker 1: have a second receiver gets the sixty yards, theland is
Speaker 1: the most likely one to get it. Opposing number two
Speaker 1: receivers have scored touchdowns on the Giants in three consecutive weeks,
Speaker 1: and theoland has scored in three out of the last
Speaker 1: four weeks. So I like feeling here be grade k
Speaker 1: j Osborne coming off a career game, and he'll face
Speaker 1: off against one of the league's worst slot cornerbacks, darn
Speaker 1: A Holmes. Holmes owns a PFF ranking as quarterback corner
Speaker 1: back one hundred twenty five. You probably didn't think there
Speaker 1: were undred twenty five cornerbacks in the league. That sounds
Speaker 1: like last place. Over it's like fourth from last. Over
Speaker 1: the past six games, Holmes has allowed seventy of the
Speaker 1: passes and his coverage should be completed. We'll go with
Speaker 1: a C grade on kJ Osborne. CE grade on t J.
Speaker 1: Hockenson just one touchdown since joining the Vikings, but he
Speaker 1: is averaging a solid six catches for forty eight yards
Speaker 1: and that's eleven points from your tight end, which around
Speaker 1: this time of year is pretty darn great. The Giants
Speaker 1: are an average tight end defense, but there is opportunity
Speaker 1: against New York's linebacker due of Jalen Smith and Mike
Speaker 1: and McFadden who allowed catch rade over eight. If Hockinson
Speaker 1: scored more, I'd give him a B. But we're just
Speaker 1: gonna put the sea because he has only the one
Speaker 1: touchdown since coming to Minnesota, and with all those positive
Speaker 1: grades for the receivers, obviously, I like Kirk Cousins here.
Speaker 1: Um Cousins comes into this game as the Lead's hottest
Speaker 1: passer with two game totals of eight hundred eighty five
Speaker 1: passing yards and six touchdowns, and those games came against
Speaker 1: far tougher secondaries than the one New York brings to
Speaker 1: US Bank Stadium. A B grade for Kirk Cousins. Our
Speaker 1: no match up with this segment is the Houston Texans
Speaker 1: taking on the Tennessee Titans. Derrick Henry is an obvious aye.
Speaker 1: My question to you is is there anybody else to
Speaker 1: start between these two teams? Well, you're not even gonna
Speaker 1: mention about going that. Derrick Henry is going for his
Speaker 1: fifth straight two hundred plus yard multi touchdown game against Houston.
Speaker 1: Just not just impressive. I have nobody else starting for
Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans in this one. Uh going against a
Speaker 1: Houston defense that has been pretty good against the past,
Speaker 1: but mostly because teams just run all over them all day.
Speaker 1: Malik Willis did not look good in his first two
Speaker 1: starts fifty five yards and eighty five yards. Burkes should play.
Speaker 1: He's you know, out of the protocol and whatnot. He's
Speaker 1: supposed to play. But with that low volume, you can't
Speaker 1: trust Chicka Quanko either, um, especially with him splitting snaps
Speaker 1: with Austin Hooper and and whatnot. Let's go over to
Speaker 1: the Texans side. Though. I have an A grade on
Speaker 1: Henry obviously, Uh, Davis Mills, I have a C grade
Speaker 1: on eight quarterbacks. Yeah, eight quarterback to take a chance
Speaker 1: on me quarterback? I thought about it, but I reluctant.
Speaker 1: Sam Darnald, I wanted to get grosser. He actually David Sills.
Speaker 1: Davis Mills almost was might take a chance on any quarterback. Uh,
Speaker 1: he was the runner the one A. Eight quarterbacks. Eight
Speaker 1: quarterbacks have three hundred plus yards against the Titans this year.
Speaker 1: Eight quarterbacks had multiple scores. Over the last three The
Speaker 1: Titans have allowed eight QB scores in an average of
Speaker 1: over three hundred and fifty yards per game. Their past
Speaker 1: defense is released starting to let it up as six
Speaker 1: point underdogs that no one can run on. No one
Speaker 1: can run on the Titans. They're going to the Houston
Speaker 1: Texans are going to have to pass, and without Damian
Speaker 1: Pierce once again, they're gonna have to pass a lot
Speaker 1: more so. Davis Mills. I have a C grade on
Speaker 1: I guarantee Davis Mills has more touchdowns and toilets in
Speaker 1: his house. So I don't know why using the toilet
Speaker 1: sound over him, but uh, And Mills is coming off
Speaker 1: a three score game himself, by the way, three scores
Speaker 1: last week, one rushing. Uh. He was supposed to go
Speaker 1: to Jeff drist School, by the way. That was sickening
Speaker 1: the Yahoo hack. Brandon Cooks, Brandon Cooks will be back
Speaker 1: for this one. He's pexing and full now. I gotta
Speaker 1: C grade on him, and a C grade on Chris Moore,
Speaker 1: who has been a highlight the last few weeks. The
Speaker 1: last time more and Cooks played and Nico Collins didn't.
Speaker 1: Who is now and I are Chris mor Goose, But
Speaker 1: he's been getting much a much higher percentage of snaps
Speaker 1: and targets and whatnot since. I've C grades on both
Speaker 1: of them against the Titans. D that is bottom three
Speaker 1: against wide receivers. Allowing the second most receptions, third most yards,
Speaker 1: fourth most touch It's just a good spot for them. Uh.
Speaker 1: Five wide receivers in the last three games have sixty
Speaker 1: five plus yards and or score. I think it could
Speaker 1: be both of them this week. Uh the running games
Speaker 1: on the bench. Nobody can run against the Titans and
Speaker 1: they're splitting work. I Aikin's Jordan. I have a C
Speaker 1: grade on him. He scored into the last three. His
Speaker 1: yardage isn't there, but the Titans are allowing the third
Speaker 1: most receptions and second most yards, twelve most scores to
Speaker 1: tight ends and they've allowed twenty catches to tight ends
Speaker 1: in just the last two weeks. Ease, I think it's
Speaker 1: no case spot for him. So see great on Jordan Nakins.
Speaker 1: And that's it for matchup. That sounds like a it's
Speaker 1: really a dart throw that I'll let you play the
Speaker 1: dart throw on one of my matchups for That's that's
Speaker 1: worth it, right? Yeah? Uh the email box has has
Speaker 1: this question has come into our email box? I started
Speaker 1: I started Garrett Wilson on Thursday. What should I do
Speaker 1: to give myself a chance in my guillotine leads league?
Speaker 1: Signed Paul Seen Paul, you know what to do, Paul
Speaker 1: ce uh. He's gotta gotta go for the against the
Speaker 1: green and guilloteam leagues. You pair a quarterback with a
Speaker 1: wide receiver, maybe even a quarterback with two wide receivers
Speaker 1: to try a stack. He's gotta go for the higher
Speaker 1: upside guys and not the safe place. No safety, man.
Speaker 1: It's brutal. It's a brutal situation. When we come back
Speaker 1: our number two three tough Questions, which is down to
Speaker 1: two top questions, we already had one of our tough questions.
Speaker 1: You'll get two top questions and meet back. You can
Speaker 1: play along see if you can go to and oh
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Speaker 1: Welcome back our number two Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Charchy
Speaker 1: and Scott Fish and Brian Johnson with you. This is
Speaker 1: a game we call two tough questions. Tough Question number two.
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Speaker 1: Weekly available everywhere you get your podcasts. Tough Question Number two,
Speaker 1: How much does the return of Khalil Herbert affect David
Speaker 1: Montgomer Marie, A lot, a little, or none at all?
Speaker 1: For this one, we begin with Brian Johnson. It's it's
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with a little. It's it's a little
Speaker 1: at minimum, because when they've both been playing, it's been
Speaker 1: like a fifty fifty split, and Herbert is the better back,
Speaker 1: or is on paper is the better back eye test
Speaker 1: looks like the better back than David Montgomery. The only
Speaker 1: reason that's definitely show. The only reason I'm not going
Speaker 1: a lot is because Montgomery is a free agent after
Speaker 1: this year, and I think the Bears really like Herbert,
Speaker 1: so I think there's kind of gonna grind Montgomery into
Speaker 1: the ground a little more than Herbert. So certainly some
Speaker 1: costs are concerned. But I'm just gonna go with a
Speaker 1: little and not a lot, just for that gut fuel. Okay, Scott,
Speaker 1: how much does the return of Bears running back to
Speaker 1: Lil Herbert affect David Montgomery? I do like that the
Speaker 1: thought process there from Brian. I actually had it a
Speaker 1: lot because I think he just it sounds like he's
Speaker 1: fully healthy, sounds like he is ready to go practices
Speaker 1: this week. He's ready to split work again. As Brian mentioned,
Speaker 1: he was splitting work before and he did look like
Speaker 1: the better back. The reason I say a lot is
Speaker 1: because they get the Buffalo Bills this week and I
Speaker 1: have bench grades on them both due to that split.
Speaker 1: And if it's enough to put him on your fantasy
Speaker 1: benches for this week and possibly be on your bench
Speaker 1: again next week, it's a lot, and then he's no
Speaker 1: longer a fantasy starting back. So that that was my
Speaker 1: that was where I went with it. Okay, So your
Speaker 1: official answer is a lot because I don't think he's
Speaker 1: startable anymore. Objectively, Khalil Herbert is the better back. He
Speaker 1: averages six yards per carry. Khalil Herbert ranks number one
Speaker 1: in rushing efficiency by Next Gen Stats. He chips in
Speaker 1: eighty yards per game. Those are all better metrics than
Speaker 1: Montgomery when they had a shared backfield. So how bad
Speaker 1: is it for Monty? It's bad in shared games, David
Speaker 1: Montgomery's yardage, touchdowns, and fantasy points dropped roughly in half.
Speaker 1: Monty had four touchdowns in his four games without Herbert.
Speaker 1: He had two touchdowns the entire rest of the year
Speaker 1: with Herbert playing. Now Herbert comes in with fresh legs
Speaker 1: in December, that's valuable. Herbert could bring some juice to
Speaker 1: the running game that Monty can't. Now, I think Bryant's
Speaker 1: Bryant's thinking there. I think there is a little bit
Speaker 1: of validity to that there. You know, they could just
Speaker 1: decide Herberts are running back to the future. We're just
Speaker 1: gonna grind up Monty the rest of them and the
Speaker 1: final meetingless games. But overall, this really materially changes the
Speaker 1: output for David Montgomery. And the correct answer is a lot.
Speaker 1: Tough question number three. But by the way, David Montgomery
Speaker 1: didn't even top eighty yards in any of the game
Speaker 1: eighty total yards in any of the games Herbert was out.
Speaker 1: He did nothing to keep that job. Tough question number three,
Speaker 1: it's the playoffs, So broadly, do you go with the
Speaker 1: guys that got you here? Are you playing the matchups?
Speaker 1: Let's go to Scott Fish. Yes to both. I mean
Speaker 1: this is neither question. This is really a question of
Speaker 1: how deep is your team and how many players do
Speaker 1: you start. I mean, the deeper you are, the more
Speaker 1: you're gonna analyze the matchups, like if you're but if
Speaker 1: you're here running through fugues right now, with all the
Speaker 1: injuries and whatnot, you're probably started your best total lineup. Uh.
Speaker 1: For me, it's it's really a combo. It's I guess
Speaker 1: you say broadly, Um, so broadly, I guess I'm analyzing
Speaker 1: the matchups, but it's mostly it's mostly the guys that
Speaker 1: brought you there that because they're the ones performing right now. Brian,
Speaker 1: it's the playoffs. Do you go with the guys that
Speaker 1: got you here or do you play the matchups? When
Speaker 1: when I think broadly when it comes to this question,
Speaker 1: it's not including Christian McCaffrey, justin Jefferson, there's like eight
Speaker 1: to ten guys like first rounders you're playing regardless of matchup,
Speaker 1: whether or whatever next years first rounders. Yes, But but broadly,
Speaker 1: you know, earlier in the show, I said, you're benching
Speaker 1: Amari Cooper. He probably helps you to the playoffs because
Speaker 1: of matchup end conditions. So broadly, you gotta take a
Speaker 1: good look at the matchups and of course injury injuries
Speaker 1: weather in some cases. So broadly I will say, yeah,
Speaker 1: you gotta analyze the matchups and what's going on in
Speaker 1: the current week. I wrote this because I saw dozens
Speaker 1: of tweets over the last week that say something to
Speaker 1: the effect of, don't get cute with your playoff lineups.
Speaker 1: Don't don't don't don't smart yourself how you live with
Speaker 1: yourself all off season. If you don't start the guys
Speaker 1: who got you here, that is crap. The NFL is
Speaker 1: never static. It is a perpetually changing machine, with teams
Speaker 1: and players constantly reinventing themselves, sometimes for the better, sometimes not.
Speaker 1: Players are always changing, defenses are always changing. The guys
Speaker 1: who helped you get here might have been a locket
Speaker 1: Labor Day or Halloween or Thanksgiving or Arbor Day or
Speaker 1: Columbus Day. That doesn't mean they are now. The track
Speaker 1: record doesn't mean anything for this weekend. The track record
Speaker 1: isn't gonna break a tackle, The track record isn't gonna
Speaker 1: land a stiff, The track record isn't going to die
Speaker 1: for a pylon. You have to be always looking at
Speaker 1: all of the emergent trends that are happening to make
Speaker 1: every single week unique, and that means playing the matchups.
Speaker 1: A great example of a player in recent weeks who
Speaker 1: has powered teams of the playoffs, most likely including last
Speaker 1: week we scored three touchdowns. Was a Jones who had
Speaker 1: an awful matchup on Thursday night, bad weather, and that
Speaker 1: look at the lot. We talked earlier about the Lions
Speaker 1: emerging run defense. They become arguably the best run defense
Speaker 1: in the NFL the last five or six weeks, and nobody,
Speaker 1: if you don't account for that, you deserve the loss.
Speaker 1: You're going to get back to the matchups. Brian Washington
Speaker 1: taking on San Francisco. I loved this as a smash
Speaker 1: spot for Brian Robinson last week another great example. I
Speaker 1: got him on the bench, all right, So now this week,
Speaker 1: what are you doing with him in a brutal matchup? Nothing?
Speaker 1: Apparently the most brut of matchups were running backs against
Speaker 1: the Niners. I got Robinson on the bench. San Francisco
Speaker 1: was allowing fifty seven rushing yards per game to running backs,
Speaker 1: just ninety one combo yards per game. They've surrendered five
Speaker 1: total touchdowns of the position, and on the season, the
Speaker 1: forty Niners have allowed two rushes of twenty plus yards.
Speaker 1: Two that's crazy, obviously, so it's at Christmas, yeah, and
Speaker 1: the Niners have given up two runs of more than
Speaker 1: so Robinson on the bench. Clearly, Antonio Gibson on the bench.
Speaker 1: I will give Terry McLaurin, Danny McClaren, and Johan Dotson
Speaker 1: to see. Like most teams who have been up against
Speaker 1: San Francisco all year, Washington will be forced to throw here.
Speaker 1: And over the last five weeks, the forty Niners have
Speaker 1: allowed the third most receptions and the fourth most yards
Speaker 1: per game to wide receivers. Ten opposing wide receivers have
Speaker 1: seen eight or more targets over that same span. So mclauren, Dotson,
Speaker 1: I will give them a C grade. Logan Thomas definitely
Speaker 1: not getting a C grade. He's on the bench. He's
Speaker 1: had just two games where he's been worthy of a
Speaker 1: start all season. You know, he was kind of like
Speaker 1: a no, definitely not, and you're not starting Taylor Heineke.
Speaker 1: He's on the bench. Over to the forty nine side,
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey, of course, is not on the bench. He
Speaker 1: gets an A. It is a tough matchup for McCaffrey
Speaker 1: on paper, as Washington is allowing the third fewst Combo
Speaker 1: yards per game to running backs just one D and five.
Speaker 1: That said, CMC is not like most backs, and over
Speaker 1: the Commander's last two games, both against the Giants. By
Speaker 1: the way, we talked to Pills on the show last
Speaker 1: week it was Giants by Giants, say Kawan Barkley scored
Speaker 1: in both of those games, and last week he topped
Speaker 1: the hundred Comboy yards and McCaffrey can certainly do the
Speaker 1: same on the room. I'm sorry. At home against Washington,
Speaker 1: Deebo Samuel, He's not gonna play, so he's obviously on
Speaker 1: the bench, as is Brandon Auk just two catches and
Speaker 1: each of Brock Purdy's two starts, and since week three,
Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson is the only wide receiver to top one
Speaker 1: hundred yards against the Commanders, So you can't trust aukre
Speaker 1: I will trust George Kittle in the tight end waste end.
Speaker 1: I'll give him a b. It's kind of a soft
Speaker 1: bee here. The Commanders have been tough against tight ends
Speaker 1: all seasons, surrendering surrendering the second fewest receptions and the
Speaker 1: fewest yards of the position, but Washington has also allowed
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Washington. Washington is also only allowed three tight
Speaker 1: end touchdowns, but two of them went to the very
Speaker 1: comparable Dallas Goddard in separate games. Each time they faced
Speaker 1: the Eagles. So I think Kittle could replicate Goddard's success.
Speaker 1: He gets a B. But and brock Bertie somewhat questionable.
Speaker 1: I think he'll play, but you're not gonna start brock Purty.
Speaker 1: It's a very tough matchup. The Commanders have three games
Speaker 1: of tape on him, and we have we see where
Speaker 1: first start rookies or young quarterbacks will get about three
Speaker 1: games in and now defenses of God have figured out
Speaker 1: what you cannon can't do, and they take away what
Speaker 1: you do naturally. San Franz gonna play great defense and
Speaker 1: just feed McCaffrey, Jordan Mason borderline. Take a chance on
Speaker 1: me player, but U he doesn't have. It's a tough right.
Speaker 1: I think that sys the match. I think I think
Speaker 1: he's more than decent. Honestly, Uh, Seattle takes on on
Speaker 1: Kansas City. This is a weather game. Seven degrees only
Speaker 1: ten degree a ten mile per hour winds, but that's
Speaker 1: still ends up equilling an estimated kickoff of minus five
Speaker 1: degrees as wind chill. So it's a It is a
Speaker 1: chili game. But we're not panicking and I'm not changing
Speaker 1: grades really on anybody here. I already mentioned earlier. Marquis
Speaker 1: Goodwin might take a chance on the wide receiver, but
Speaker 1: also like DK Metcalf without lock, and he's gonna get
Speaker 1: a lot of looks in this game. Over the last
Speaker 1: five weeks, the Chiefs have allowed one and a half
Speaker 1: touchdowns per game to opposing wide Out's fifth most cornerback
Speaker 1: Joshua Williams has been dreadful over that span. Uh he's
Speaker 1: allowing the fourth most yards of any corner He's given
Speaker 1: up three scores. Rookie quarterback Trent mcduffe's improved a lot,
Speaker 1: but on the whole, there's a very plus matchup for
Speaker 1: Metcalf and the wind is not going to really be
Speaker 1: much of a factor. So I still like me Metcalf
Speaker 1: with a B grade in this game. Gino Smith comes
Speaker 1: in with a B grade. Here's say complete list of
Speaker 1: quarterbacks who have failed to throw multiple touchdowns against the Chiefs,
Speaker 1: Malik Willis and Bryce Perkins. That's it. That is your
Speaker 1: list of quarterbacks who have not thrown multiple touchdowns. You're
Speaker 1: gonna get two out of Gino Smith here. I believe
Speaker 1: if you take away two brutal matchups against the Niners,
Speaker 1: Gino Smith has been one of the league's most bankable
Speaker 1: fantasy quarterbacks. In his non Niners games, Smith averaging a
Speaker 1: very healthy two hundred seventy yards and two touchdowns per game.
Speaker 1: And he's gonna give you about that here. Back to
Speaker 1: Metcalf really quick. We gotta spite game alert. Chiefs selected
Speaker 1: Mikole Hardman ahead of TK met Metcalf decision. Listen to this.
Speaker 1: There are three other receivers Hiken for Metcalf, after Mikole Hardman,
Speaker 1: J J. Arthago, Whiteside, Paris Campbell, and Andy Isabella. Wow. Man,
Speaker 1: those guys have combined career for I don't know, maybe yards.
Speaker 1: I remember when when that that draft class. I remember
Speaker 1: you and I talking about d K bing R one
Speaker 1: or two in that draft class. I remember sitting in
Speaker 1: your little office talking about that, and then he got
Speaker 1: passed by all those guys. Apparently in the it was close. Drill,
Speaker 1: Oh it is gone, Drill. Oh my god, you can't
Speaker 1: draft d came out, But that was starting the heart
Speaker 1: of h Pick fifty six, fifty seven, Whiteside, fifty nine
Speaker 1: was Campbell, sixty two, Isabella sixty four was Metcalf. He
Speaker 1: was like bang bang bang bang bang. And now that
Speaker 1: wasn't the same draft where the Chiefs made the epic
Speaker 1: blunder of taking Clyde Edwards a layer. Jonathan Taylor was
Speaker 1: not the same draft that was the next year they
Speaker 1: made that blunder. All right, let's finish out the Seattle
Speaker 1: side of this with Kenneth Walker, by the way, banged up,
Speaker 1: so be sure to check double check his status. They
Speaker 1: elevated a couple of practice squad players late in a week,
Speaker 1: which adds to some of my concern on Kenneth Walker here,
Speaker 1: who has failed to top three point nine yards per
Speaker 1: carrying four of the last five games. He's failed to
Speaker 1: top forty seven rushing yard in four straight And to
Speaker 1: be clear, I still think Kenneth Walking is a very
Speaker 1: good player, but he's playing hurt in The offensive line
Speaker 1: is awful against the run, particularly or for the run.
Speaker 1: Kansas City is a good run defense, much better than
Speaker 1: against the past. Though the sixth best in rushing yards
Speaker 1: allowed at only eighty per game, Chiefs give up plenty
Speaker 1: of aerial production, permitting the most receptions in the second
Speaker 1: most receiving yards. But the problem is Walker doesn't catch much,
Speaker 1: so you really can't rely on him to help you
Speaker 1: there I've only got the C grade on Kenneth Walker,
Speaker 1: and again be sure to check his injury status throughout
Speaker 1: this game. Let's go to the Kansas City side. Obviously,
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelsey obvious as and there my
Speaker 1: number one ranked players at their respective positions. Let's talk
Speaker 1: about some of the other players we're looking to start.
Speaker 1: Jerrick McKinnon. Amazing call by Matt Harrison three shows Ago
Speaker 1: urging people to pick up and start Jerrick McKinnon and
Speaker 1: highlighting the series of easy matchups that he has so
Speaker 1: far feasted on. Over his last three games, He's averaging
Speaker 1: fourteen touches, almost half through the air. By the way
Speaker 1: of those routine hundred five yards and one point three
Speaker 1: touchdowns per game, Jerick McKinnon, you should have no problem
Speaker 1: keeping it going against the Seahawks allowing both the fourth
Speaker 1: most rushing yards and the fourth most receiving yards to
Speaker 1: opposing backs. BE grade on Jerick McKinnon. B grade on
Speaker 1: Isaiah pa Jecko. Six straight games of double digit carries,
Speaker 1: averaging a stellar five point one yards per carry over
Speaker 1: that span. Excellent matchup against the Seahawks team allowing the
Speaker 1: fourth most rushing yards the third most touchdowns to opposing
Speaker 1: running backs and even worse lately over the last five games,
Speaker 1: allowing one hundred seventy two rushing yards per game and
Speaker 1: almost two touchdowns per game to running backs. Both would
Speaker 1: be league worst over the course of the full season.
Speaker 1: Pacheco B grade. The only other starting grade and the
Speaker 1: only other player you care about, is Juju Smith Schuster.
Speaker 1: He has commanded double digit targets and back to back games,
Speaker 1: and he's averaged a respectable eighty one yards with one
Speaker 1: score in that span. Seattle's pass defense has been good
Speaker 1: all year and absolutely dominating against a series of backup
Speaker 1: quarterbacks of late. Over the past three games, no receivers
Speaker 1: top forty eight yards, and only Shy Smith has scored
Speaker 1: against Seattle. Obviously, Patrick Mahomes is way better than those guys.
Speaker 1: Other than elite receivers the likes of Chris Godwin, Davante Adams,
Speaker 1: Mike Williams, no white out, it's really getting much of
Speaker 1: anything done against Seattle, and Juju smiths User simply isn't
Speaker 1: at their level. So I've just got the C grade
Speaker 1: on Juju Smith Schuster. When we come back, another big
Speaker 1: block of matchups for you Buffalo taking on the Bills
Speaker 1: and a cold weather, windy game. Lots of injuries on
Speaker 1: the Bills side. We'll talk you through the offensively and
Speaker 1: defensively on the Bear side. I said, Bills on the
Speaker 1: Bear side. We'll talk to you through that game and
Speaker 1: what to expect when we come back. Fantasy Football Weekly.
Speaker 1: It's Fantasy Football Weekly, a frigid Arctic semi Finals edition.
Speaker 1: The coldest of the many cold games will be in Chicago,
Speaker 1: with wind chill temperatures expected to be negative twenty two
Speaker 1: at kickoff in Chicago as Buffalo takes on the Chicago Bears. Scott,
Speaker 1: Chicago's got all kinds of injuries offense and defense. What
Speaker 1: do you think of the Bills game plan here? You
Speaker 1: already told us you like Devin singletarry as you take
Speaker 1: a chance on me Runner. I have automatic as on
Speaker 1: Josh Allen and stuff on Diggs. You're not benching them,
Speaker 1: but it's of a note. In the last two freezing
Speaker 1: temp games, Josh Allen has played nine touchdowns zero interceptions,
Speaker 1: which is a lot. It feels like a lot for
Speaker 1: a two game span. I believe one of those went
Speaker 1: to overtime, so that helps um so I just have
Speaker 1: a grays on A grades on them, especially with how
Speaker 1: dinged up the Bear second areas. As you mentioned earlier
Speaker 1: when we were in that take a chance on me segment.
Speaker 1: I do have a C grade on Dawson Knox had
Speaker 1: a great game last week. Uh, and he's actually had
Speaker 1: a really good Fantasy day four of the last five
Speaker 1: games or Not bears the third best against the tight
Speaker 1: ends this year. However, Knocks has four plus catches and
Speaker 1: four of his last five and fifteen targets in just
Speaker 1: the last two games alone. He's getting a lot of
Speaker 1: volume there, so ce grade on him there. Um, I've
Speaker 1: mentioned all the bills already. Somehow it's amazing. Over to
Speaker 1: the other side, I think Justin Fields is automatic a
Speaker 1: at this point anyway, just with his rush, just with
Speaker 1: his rushing, even in this matchup now, he's posing too
Speaker 1: offensive line, including their best, so he has to run
Speaker 1: around the corner instead of up the middle. Maybe I
Speaker 1: don't I mean breakdowns on the line. I don't think
Speaker 1: really help anybody, you know. Obviously this capability is serves
Speaker 1: him better than many, but right and they'll be behind,
Speaker 1: he'll have to he'll have to throw. I understand the
Speaker 1: the hesitancy there. I still have an A grade on
Speaker 1: him cool comet. I have a C grade on three
Speaker 1: to five catches, basically a lock every week for him.
Speaker 1: He's he had a stretch in the middle of this
Speaker 1: season where he was scoring touchdowns at will, and then
Speaker 1: he was gone for a while. But for the last
Speaker 1: seven games, he's been in the forty yard three to
Speaker 1: five catch guy top seventy twice in just last five weeks. Uh,
Speaker 1: he's starting to produce. Their bills are fourth best against
Speaker 1: tight ends, but they are allowing about five for forty
Speaker 1: per game, which is what Connect gets, and Connect gets
Speaker 1: all of it. So uh, they have not allowed a
Speaker 1: touchdown to a tight end though since Thanksgiving night of
Speaker 1: last year. That's that's a stretch. That's a stretch you
Speaker 1: might not get the touchdown. You're not going to from that.
Speaker 1: As Matt mentioned last show, with those two linemen out
Speaker 1: as well, Montgomery and Herbert, I see too much of
Speaker 1: a split here. I mean they're there there if it
Speaker 1: was one back, if it was just Montgomery, if Herbert
Speaker 1: doesn't play, I mean he's averaging nine yards a game,
Speaker 1: taking eighteen touches, and sister did a lot with his
Speaker 1: eighteen touches. Slivan Aukman even got involved last week. Bam
Speaker 1: Knight had seventy seven the week before, Stevenson seventy eight
Speaker 1: the week before. All those on sixteen to eighteen touches,
Speaker 1: he might get ten to twelve, both of them splitting.
Speaker 1: So I have I have bench grades on both Montgomery
Speaker 1: and Herbert. There, I just can't start. I can't trust
Speaker 1: it until I know what Herbert's Herbert officially activated on Friday. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's out. I give Montgomery a see though, Yes she
Speaker 1: doesn't play. Denver Broncos take on the Los Angeles Rams. Bryan,
Speaker 1: you already mentioned Russell Wilson and Courtland Sutton, but there
Speaker 1: are a couple other Broncos that people are interested in playing.
Speaker 1: What about Jerry Judy. Yeah, we'll round out the passing
Speaker 1: attack first, which I do fuel will actually be an
Speaker 1: attack this week against the Rams, who are just again
Speaker 1: they are toasts. They are they well done, beyond cooked.
Speaker 1: I gotta be on Jerry Judy. Over his last five games,
Speaker 1: he's averaging seventy five yards and has scored four times.
Speaker 1: The Rams are allowing six yards per game to wide receiver.
Speaker 1: That's the tenth most, so I let the good times
Speaker 1: role for Jerry Judy, and I think there's gonna be
Speaker 1: some good times for the Tavius Murray as well had
Speaker 1: some concerns with a foot injury, but he says he's
Speaker 1: good to go. I expect him to play. Can give
Speaker 1: him a B. Had a monster game last week with
Speaker 1: a hundred and forty two combo yards and a touchdown.
Speaker 1: The Rams what will remain without Aaron Donald. They're also
Speaker 1: on a short week after playing in Green Bay on
Speaker 1: Monday night. L A allowing nine combo yards per games
Speaker 1: to opposing running backs. Yes, Marlon Mack will steal some touches.
Speaker 1: He did. He voltered a touchdown for Murray last week.
Speaker 1: He could ended up with two scores. But I like
Speaker 1: Murray a lot. He gets a B and uh yeah, no,
Speaker 1: that's not it for I failed to mention Greg Dulcitch,
Speaker 1: who I have on the bench. Actually, uh, he's top
Speaker 1: three catches just once over the last four games with
Speaker 1: no touchdowns. The Broncos have gone back to more of
Speaker 1: a of a tune at tight end and the Rams
Speaker 1: allowed just three and a half catches forty one yards
Speaker 1: per game too tight ends. So I got Dulcitch on
Speaker 1: the bench and over the Ram side. Really not a
Speaker 1: lot to talk about here. Cam Akers the only player
Speaker 1: I'll give his starting grade two. If you're desperate. The
Speaker 1: softest of seas for cam Akers, you likely get around
Speaker 1: fifteen touches from him, which could be serviceable against the Broncos,
Speaker 1: who are allowing thirty six Comboy yards per game to
Speaker 1: running backs. But they have surrendered his eight total touchdowns
Speaker 1: at the position all seasons, So not a very high
Speaker 1: floor for Acres. But if you're if you're needi at
Speaker 1: running back, he does get the C grade. But all
Speaker 1: the all the Rams wide receivers, the ones that are
Speaker 1: left bench Tyler, he could be not a good matchup
Speaker 1: for him. He's on the bench, Baker Mayfield on the bench,
Speaker 1: the Rams. No team wants the season to end more
Speaker 1: than the Rams. Probably true. That is probably true. Eagles
Speaker 1: take on the Cowboys in a marquee matchup that would
Speaker 1: have meant a lot more if Dak Prescott hadn't thrown
Speaker 1: the game away last week. Let's start with Miles Sanders.
Speaker 1: In his last four games, Sanders has five rushing scores
Speaker 1: and two games with a one hundred forty three rushing
Speaker 1: guards or more. He Sanders has lost five rushing touchdowns
Speaker 1: to Jay Allen Hurts in that span, but now Jalen
Speaker 1: Hurts us out, so those rushing touchdowns can easily go
Speaker 1: to Sanders. In their Week six matchup between these teams,
Speaker 1: Sanders put up seventy one yards and a touchdown, and
Speaker 1: I think that's the minimum that he's going to get
Speaker 1: here against Dallas. He can improve on that here. In
Speaker 1: the last nine games, the Cowboys have allowed a running
Speaker 1: back to run for at least seventy two yards or
Speaker 1: a touchdown in every game. So Miles Sanders a grade
Speaker 1: in this one where I can start any of the
Speaker 1: other depth running backs. Let's go to the passing game.
Speaker 1: A J. Brown obvious a play. I like that part
Speaker 1: for a lot for him. And where this thing gets
Speaker 1: a lot trickier is with the return of Dallas Goddard.
Speaker 1: Let's talk him through this. Minshew led Goddard to the
Speaker 1: best performance of his career in their one game together,
Speaker 1: throwing for six catches, one hundred six yards and two touchdowns,
Speaker 1: So the history suggests the Minshew will look to Goddard.
Speaker 1: The Cowboys defense hopes to play spoiler, though they allow
Speaker 1: the sixth fewest yards and only one touchdown to tight
Speaker 1: ends this season, and that said linebacker Layton Vanders was
Speaker 1: having great season. He's gonna miss this game and that's
Speaker 1: gonna force rookie Damon Clark onto the field. My only
Speaker 1: real fear for Dallas Goddard is perhaps a reduced snap
Speaker 1: count in his first game back. But that's it. So
Speaker 1: it would be at a grade. If you told me
Speaker 1: he's gonna play the whole game. I'm giving him a
Speaker 1: B grade just to be cautious. Then what about Davonta Smith.
Speaker 1: He likely gets daggered here by Dallas Goddard's return. Smith
Speaker 1: was held to forty four or fewer yards in five
Speaker 1: of the six games before Goddard got hurt. That's the killer.
Speaker 1: The good news here, though, the Cowboys just benched their
Speaker 1: fifth string cornerback, Kelvin Joseph, and it looks like they're
Speaker 1: gonna go to their sixth string cornerback, something called Nashon Wright,
Speaker 1: who has never started a game and he's played seventies
Speaker 1: seven coverage snaps in his life. So the matchup is
Speaker 1: still good enough for Davante Smith to earn a C
Speaker 1: grade and then there's Gardner Minshew himself. I've got an
Speaker 1: A B and a C grade on his receiving options,
Speaker 1: so I've got to be grade right in the middle
Speaker 1: for Gardner Minshew. Do you still have a little bit
Speaker 1: of love for Gardener? Gardner? Mishe because of all the
Speaker 1: Chris Conley games you were able to correct, wasn't it.
Speaker 1: I was on fire that year with my Chris Conley predictions.
Speaker 1: Oh that was that was some excellent Thank yous. Ye
Speaker 1: we're going back. Minshew started one meaningful game last year
Speaker 1: and a less meaningful week e Teaen game, but he
Speaker 1: performed well in both. He completely had two touchdowns in
Speaker 1: both games, completed eight percent of his passes in the
Speaker 1: meaningful game. Now, undoubtedly the Cowboys are gonna attack and
Speaker 1: rush Gardner Minshew. By the way, this is the number
Speaker 1: one pass rush defense against the number two pass rush
Speaker 1: defense in the league. Um, they're going to pressure him
Speaker 1: a ton. But the Dallas secondary is garbage outside of
Speaker 1: Trayvon Dakes and as I mentioned, they're gonna be starting
Speaker 1: a six string cornerback in this game. I don't think
Speaker 1: their safeties are any good. This matchup is filled with
Speaker 1: opportunities for Gardner Minshew to exploit B grade Gardner Minshew.
Speaker 1: The Jalen Hurts injury, in my opinion, one of the
Speaker 1: biggest injuries in fantasy football history considering how blindsided we
Speaker 1: are because he finished the game against the Bear and
Speaker 1: he was like, who knew? It's affected me a lot.
Speaker 1: Remember he was my number two ranked quarterback coming into
Speaker 1: this year at the time. That was controversial. Tony Pollard
Speaker 1: and Zeke could be grades in this game. In the
Speaker 1: eight games when Pollard has handled at least twelve carries,
Speaker 1: you everre just ninety three yards and six scores, and
Speaker 1: he's gonna get the twelve carries here, um, because the
Speaker 1: Eagles are very hard to throw upon. But the worry
Speaker 1: here for both Pollard and Zeke. Elephant Tyne rookie defensive
Speaker 1: tackle Jordan Davis has been awesome. Since Davis returned from
Speaker 1: injury three weeks ago, no back has top fifty three
Speaker 1: yards against them. Zeke has the advantage of goal line
Speaker 1: carries and as safe floor, and he's managed at least
Speaker 1: forty two yards in every game this year. So I've
Speaker 1: got B grades on both guys, but I contemplated C
Speaker 1: grades because of the Jordan Davis factor in this one.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about the passing game next. Dak Prescott has
Speaker 1: thrown some ugly interceptions, but mostly we don't get penalized
Speaker 1: too much for that. For fantasy use, Prescott has been
Speaker 1: a reliable starter, with touchdowns in every game and multiple
Speaker 1: touchdowns in six of the past seven. But this is
Speaker 1: Prescott's toughest matchup of the year. Dallas Is Outside receivers
Speaker 1: have brutal matchups against the league's best due of cornerbacks
Speaker 1: that Darius Slay and James Bradberry, and I've only got
Speaker 1: a C grade on Dak Prescott in this game. Ceedee
Speaker 1: Lamb gets a B grade. Philadelphia owns this guy. In
Speaker 1: five career games is high water mark is five catches
Speaker 1: for sixty eight yards, and in those five games, Ceedee
Speaker 1: Lamb has scored once. I think they're gonna he runs
Speaker 1: from the slot most often. He'll face cornerback Avante Maddox,
Speaker 1: who has now returned from injury, and he's very good.
Speaker 1: In eight games. Maddox is allowing is forty yards per
Speaker 1: game and is not allowed to touch down this year.
Speaker 1: Just the Beasts b great on Ceedee Lamb and this one.
Speaker 1: Um Michael Gallup and Noah Brown on the bench, and
Speaker 1: it's in the playoffs. They are spots starters anyway, and
Speaker 1: even in good matchups they're spots starters. We're not chasing
Speaker 1: Noah Brown's touchdown from last week. Dalton salt Sheltz gets
Speaker 1: a C grade here. He's been an all or nothing
Speaker 1: fantasy producer all year, exemplified by the last two weeks,
Speaker 1: a blow up game and then last week just two
Speaker 1: catches for fifteen yards. The Eagles tight end defense has
Speaker 1: been awesome since Week nine, allowing a paltry per game
Speaker 1: average of four catches thirty three yards and zero point
Speaker 1: one touchdowns per game. UM. I'll note that when these
Speaker 1: teams met last time, Dalton Schultz backup ended up with
Speaker 1: a touchdown in that game. Ferguson, Jake Ferguson, uh and
Speaker 1: Dalton Schultz didn't play that game, So maybe you could
Speaker 1: use that as a glimmer of hope here. But I don't.
Speaker 1: I don't love this matchup. When we come back our
Speaker 1: final block of games, including the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and
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Speaker 1: Brady in this game, Scott will tell you about which
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Speaker 1: Tampa Bay takes on Arizona. Scott we already we liked.
Speaker 1: I love Tom Brady. I think Tom Brady sitting on
Speaker 1: a big game here. I mentioned Arizona maybe out four
Speaker 1: starting cornerbacks in this game. So which of the receiver's deal.
Speaker 1: I like Chris Godwin, who have an A grade on
Speaker 1: with A plus catches and three to last four uh
Speaker 1: six plus in all but one game since returning from
Speaker 1: injury in Week four. That's a that's a lot of
Speaker 1: volume team target leader. Renzowed target leader, which is crazy.
Speaker 1: Despite missing two games, Cardinals are allowing US seventy three
Speaker 1: percent completion rate against them and Brady if he continues
Speaker 1: to throw at fifty plus times, that's like thirty five
Speaker 1: targets to spread around. Godwin's seen eight plus in ninth straight.
Speaker 1: A grade on him. Uh, you already mentioned Arizona defense.
Speaker 1: I don't need to go much into except they've allowed
Speaker 1: eight wide receiver touchdowns in the last five games prior
Speaker 1: to the bye, and two of those games, the ones
Speaker 1: where they shut down the quarterback and receiving options were
Speaker 1: Mac Jones and Brett Rippion. So the other teams there,
Speaker 1: they're they're letting it up. Uh. Mike Evans, I have
Speaker 1: a B grade on I know he hasn't scored since
Speaker 1: like six years ago. It feels like at this point,
Speaker 1: I know it's been like eight nine ten games, nine games,
Speaker 1: ten games, something like that. If you're going to build
Speaker 1: an all bus team, not counting injury, wide receiver him
Speaker 1: and him, Kamara, Kyle Pitts is the Russell Wilson's got hurt,
Speaker 1: so he's not allowed to be he was he was,
Speaker 1: he wasn't meeting the charge, but he's a wide receivably
Speaker 1: on that. Yeah. Mike Evans has been under sixty yards
Speaker 1: for five straight weeks until last week. He's he has
Speaker 1: average ten targets per game in that stretch, and he
Speaker 1: hasn't been scoring. I think regression comes this week and
Speaker 1: he finds positive regression and he gets he gets that
Speaker 1: B grade. He finally gets in the ends of shot guarantee.
Speaker 1: Another ends I'm not not gonna go that bold. It
Speaker 1: sounds like Julio Jones is going to play, and that
Speaker 1: makes Russell Gauge and Julio Jones not startable anymore. UM
Speaker 1: their borderline unusable when they both play. Uh, he has
Speaker 1: eight Uh. This is Russell Gauge had eight for eighty
Speaker 1: three and two scores last week on five red zone targets,
Speaker 1: but plays sixties of the snaps in every game without Jones.
Speaker 1: But when Jones is in, he takes the back seat
Speaker 1: to Jones. Uh in all those categories, and Jones does
Speaker 1: nothing with the volume he gets, So they're both on
Speaker 1: the bench. Kate Doughton and uh. Cameron Braid is very
Speaker 1: annoying to me. The Cards given up ten tight end
Speaker 1: touchdowns this year. A tight end has seventy plus yards
Speaker 1: end or scored in eleven of their fourteen games. It's
Speaker 1: just a great spot. But they're splitting so much. Otten
Speaker 1: is the better pass catcher, but Braid has double the
Speaker 1: targets that Otten does in the last two weeks. Uh,
Speaker 1: Odden snap count is higher. He's everything about it is.
Speaker 1: I'm sorry Braid's Braid is doubly not in snackount snap count.
Speaker 1: Braid is just in there and is not getting enough work.
Speaker 1: I have them both on the bench, but Otton is
Speaker 1: an interesting dart throw in a great matchup, is a
Speaker 1: better pass catcher. It's just really tough. I haven't both
Speaker 1: on the bench. Rashod White, I have a B grade
Speaker 1: on the Cards have allowed four running back touchdowns in
Speaker 1: just the last two weeks and allow the seventh most
Speaker 1: running backs on the year. Every fifteen touch back. Every
Speaker 1: single running back with fifteen touches against the Arizona Cardinals.
Speaker 1: Excuse me, how to take a breath? Topped eighty yards
Speaker 1: and almost all of them scored. So it's good spot
Speaker 1: for Rashade White, who's getting that pretty much every week recently. Uh,
Speaker 1: He's he's hit that. We that mark four weeks in
Speaker 1: a row, far more efficient and effective than Leonard four Nett.
Speaker 1: They're both past great pass catchers. Rashad White was in college.
Speaker 1: That's that's what we thought the role would be. Four
Speaker 1: Nets taking it back in the last couple of weeks,
Speaker 1: which is really annoying, but it's just enough to give
Speaker 1: Fournette the C grade. As a guy who gets double
Speaker 1: digit touches and four to six catches every week. Um,
Speaker 1: he's been leading in snaps two of the last three
Speaker 1: that lock for ten plus touches in the past volume,
Speaker 1: I'm given him a see as well. On the other side,
Speaker 1: I have McSorley on the bench. I don't think I
Speaker 1: need to do to expand on pet trace. McSorley is
Speaker 1: not gonna power. He's played three quarters and throwing three interceptions. UM. Anyway,
Speaker 1: I do have DeAndre Hopkins with a C grade. He's
Speaker 1: still managed to put up stats in both those games somehow.
Speaker 1: Last week he am asked three catches for twenty eight
Speaker 1: yards with mcs orlean, but he did have seven targets
Speaker 1: and one in the end zone and he got a
Speaker 1: target on the two point conversion. Like maybe there's something there.
Speaker 1: He's getting the volume for McSorley. He's barely barely startable. Um,
Speaker 1: but I still have a C grade like a really
Speaker 1: if he C grade dart throw grade grad yess on
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins one of the receivers. No, but James Connor.
Speaker 1: I do have a B grade on Connor as nineteen
Speaker 1: plus touches in four of his last five, scored in
Speaker 1: all five games, averaging three catches in in that stretch.
Speaker 1: He's he's at QB issues, but he stayed consistent. His
Speaker 1: pass game work and likelihood to score should keep him
Speaker 1: head at a B as they lean on the ground
Speaker 1: and to try to keep Brady off the field and
Speaker 1: try to keep Mixed story Lee from throwing the ball.
Speaker 1: Um of note, four backs have had sixteen or more
Speaker 1: touches on the bat on the bucks, which Connor should
Speaker 1: easily get. All top two hundred yards and all of
Speaker 1: them scored. So all four of them, I mean, it's
Speaker 1: just four, but be great on James Connor. Charges take
Speaker 1: on the colts Brian and Austin. You already mentioned h
Speaker 1: Josh Kelly, as you take a chance on me running
Speaker 1: back Austin Ekeler thinks pretty obvious. More interesting this Charger's
Speaker 1: passing game against what has been a very good Indianapolis
Speaker 1: past defense this year. Yeah, it's been pretty good at
Speaker 1: Ekeler easy a. You know, he really gets the Fonzie.
Speaker 1: You might as well fire it up. But um, I
Speaker 1: won't get into that over the passing game. Will give
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen and Mike Williams a B. Though the Colts
Speaker 1: have surrendered six wide receiver touchdowns over the last two
Speaker 1: game games and they could be without cornerbacks kennymore the
Speaker 1: second and safety Brandon face On, so a B for
Speaker 1: Allen and Williams. Josh Palmer I have on the bench,
Speaker 1: though as uh I have as do I have General
Speaker 1: Everett on the bench. That was not very properly worded.
Speaker 1: Everett only ran twenty eight routes last week in the
Speaker 1: return of Donald param Our Boy. Donald parrm we ave
Speaker 1: him on this show, which was at least routes Everett
Speaker 1: has run since Week five, which was the last time
Speaker 1: Donald Parham was healthy, So that's no coincidence in my mind.
Speaker 1: The Colts have also not allowed an opposing tight end
Speaker 1: to top five catches or fifty eight yards all season,
Speaker 1: so Everett on the bench in week sixteen, but you're
Speaker 1: not gonna bench Justin Herbert the air Bear. Yeah, he
Speaker 1: hasn't throw a touchdown, I believe, in the last three weeks,
Speaker 1: but he does have three hunch of plus passing yards
Speaker 1: in three straight games. I'm still gonna give him the
Speaker 1: A here. I mentioned, uh, Colts could be without two
Speaker 1: key members of their secondary. They've also surrendered seven touchdown
Speaker 1: passes over their last two games, so I will give
Speaker 1: air Bear the A over to the Colts side. Not
Speaker 1: a ton to talk about here. We'll start at the
Speaker 1: running backs. Dion Jackson was your take a chance on
Speaker 1: me runner Church, and I'll also give Zack Moss a CEE. Uh.
Speaker 1: They should pretty much split the work here in a
Speaker 1: very good matchup. Jackson the preferred pass catching back most likely,
Speaker 1: but I still see for Moss against the Chargers, who
Speaker 1: have allowed these second most rushing touchdowns and the second
Speaker 1: most rushing yards to opposing running backs. And the only
Speaker 1: other Colt I will give a starting grade two is
Speaker 1: Michael Pittman. Canna give him a CEE Over the Chargers
Speaker 1: last four games. DeAndre Hopkins, Davante Adams, and Tyree kill
Speaker 1: all had big games against l A. The one team
Speaker 1: that who was number one wide receiver failed to have
Speaker 1: a big game was Tennessee last year. But we're talking
Speaker 1: Robert Woods or Racey McMath. Trey lan Berks was even playing,
Speaker 1: So Pittman gets the CEA. It might have been a
Speaker 1: be if Matt Ryan was the quarterback, but he's been
Speaker 1: benched in favor of Nick Foles. So that's why just
Speaker 1: the see for pit been Folds on the bench of course,
Speaker 1: along with Alec Peters, Paris Campbell. All five tight ends
Speaker 1: on the Colts, I know so many of them all
Speaker 1: next year, it's just gonna be one Gillannie Woods the
Speaker 1: only tight end they're given gonna roster. By the way,
Speaker 1: I feel bad for by the way, Ryan, right, Kyle
Speaker 1: Grandson might not play. Remember the last time Kyle Grandson
Speaker 1: didn't play Gianni Woods touchdowns? Yeah, yeah, I hope that's
Speaker 1: the case. Here. There's a dart and Matt Ray did
Speaker 1: get a raw deal. He did not lose that Viking game.
Speaker 1: That was not on Matt Ryan at all, nor did
Speaker 1: he lose the Super Bowl against the Patriots. But that's
Speaker 1: always gonna be remembered. Four now is him? I think brutal, terrible?
Speaker 1: Uh Packers take on the Miami Dolphins in Miami. If
Speaker 1: this game had been in Green Bay, it had been
Speaker 1: played at a kickoff temperature of like negative three. So
Speaker 1: we dodged that bullet, I guess. So let's talk. Let's
Speaker 1: start with the running game. A J. Dillon and Aaron Jones.
Speaker 1: A J. Dillon expected to play, by the way, did
Speaker 1: not finish last week's game, but should be available here. Um,
Speaker 1: they're getting more work of late and I like both
Speaker 1: in this game, although it is a tough matchup. Week
Speaker 1: six was the last time a running back reached seventy
Speaker 1: rushing yards against Miami. That is a streak of eight games.
Speaker 1: But the Dolphins have given up nine scores to running
Speaker 1: backs in that time, and that includes four receiving touchdowns
Speaker 1: in the last three weeks alone. That tilts the scales
Speaker 1: here a little bit to Dylan. It's not receiving touch
Speaker 1: on those four total to three four touchdowns the last
Speaker 1: three weeks. It tells the scale to Dylan, who's got
Speaker 1: a three to one marginal carries over Jones. But I
Speaker 1: still got B grades on both guys. But it is
Speaker 1: an uphill matchup for both and we need some receptions.
Speaker 1: I hate to interrupt this matchup, but I think we
Speaker 1: got some time. I'm just gonna go back to the
Speaker 1: Titans wide receivers that we talked about. Guess who led
Speaker 1: them in catches last week, Chris Conley, feel like one more.
Speaker 1: I don't know, you missed the r on the opportunity.
Speaker 1: Let's go to Aaron Rodgers. Um I mentioned that Dylan
Speaker 1: and Jones are getting more of the work of late,
Speaker 1: and they're ratcheting down the work on Aaron Rodgers significantly.
Speaker 1: His downfield passing, which is the kind of passing fantasy
Speaker 1: players need, is becoming increasingly rare and increasingly inaccurate for
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, and the volume has dropped significantly, likely because
Speaker 1: Matt Lafleur is intentionally mitigating Rogers impact. Over the last month,
Speaker 1: Rodgers attempts have dropped from thirty five per game down
Speaker 1: to just twenty seven. It is hard to find bankable
Speaker 1: fantasy success on twenty seven short passes, and that's what
Speaker 1: Rodgers is giving you. Miami's past defense well prior to
Speaker 1: getting rocked by elite passers Josh Allen and Justin Herbert,
Speaker 1: the previous seven quarterbacks average of very modest two hundred
Speaker 1: seventeen yards and one and a half touchdowns, which is
Speaker 1: almost exactly what Rogers has averaged over the last month.
Speaker 1: So that's what I think you're gonna get here. And
Speaker 1: that's just a C grade for Aaron Rodgers. The only
Speaker 1: starting past catcher I've got for the Packers is Christian Watson,
Speaker 1: a touchdown dependent receiver on a team that's drowing less
Speaker 1: and less off and against the defense that doesn't give
Speaker 1: up many wide receiver scores over the last five weeks.
Speaker 1: Five weeks the Dolphins have a one score to a
Speaker 1: wide receiver and only two receivers have topped six weeks.
Speaker 1: That's it. So I've only got the C grade on
Speaker 1: Christian Christian Watson. All the other past catchers are dead
Speaker 1: zero consistency from anybody, and particularly Alan Lazard, apparently battling
Speaker 1: leprosy because his arms may have well fallen off. They
Speaker 1: don't even throw to him anymore. It's very sad, it
Speaker 1: is It's very weird. It's going to the Miami side.
Speaker 1: Is that what happens the lepers? I think it starts
Speaker 1: with I think it starts with the arms. Let's go
Speaker 1: to the run. Let's start with the running game where
Speaker 1: he most looks like he's salted away the starting job
Speaker 1: with a fantastic performance last week in a much tougher
Speaker 1: spot at Buffalo. Um, and Jeff Wilson not fully healthy.
Speaker 1: Let we're not even sure he's gonna play in this game.
Speaker 1: He'll face a Packers team allowing the third most yards
Speaker 1: per carry five five per game, five per carry plus.
Speaker 1: You know I gotta believe that most and Mike McDaniel
Speaker 1: would love to duplicate what they did last time they
Speaker 1: played the Packers, a playoff game featuring two d twenty
Speaker 1: yards from Raheem mostly and four scores in that playoff game. UM,
Speaker 1: if Jeff Wilson does not go, we're gonna we're gonna
Speaker 1: move for he Moastard up to an A grade. Right now,
Speaker 1: he's sitting at a B grade under the assumption Jeff
Speaker 1: Wilson will be there. But Wilson shouldn't be a big
Speaker 1: factor in this game. UM, he hasn't top thirteen carries
Speaker 1: or thirty nine yards since before Thanksgiving. So just the
Speaker 1: we're gonna have a bench grade on Wilson whether he
Speaker 1: plays or not. Let's go to the passing game to
Speaker 1: a Tungo Viola is a B grade. A somewhat had
Speaker 1: a somewhat better game last week in Buffalo, but I
Speaker 1: don't play anybody who's nervous about him in a matchup
Speaker 1: against an equally erratic and sometimes very good Green Bay secondary.
Speaker 1: The Packers shut down Baker Mayfield and Justin Field's passing,
Speaker 1: which we expect. Prior to that, they had allowed multiple
Speaker 1: passing touchdowns in six great games. I think two we
Speaker 1: could get to two here be grade on too A.
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hills continues to get an A grade, and that
Speaker 1: probably doesn't require a lot of expansion here. He will
Speaker 1: match up a lot against j R. Alexander, who grades
Speaker 1: eleventh best among all cornerbacks by Profo Ball Focus, So
Speaker 1: it's not an easy matchup. But Tyreek's elite and you're
Speaker 1: still going to start him, and I'm still giving him
Speaker 1: an A grade. Jalen Wattle B grade. Outside cornerback Rasul
Speaker 1: Douglas has struggled lately. He's a lot of four touchdowns
Speaker 1: in his coverage, three of which have come in the
Speaker 1: last four games. Plus he's giving up a massive eighty
Speaker 1: two percent catch rate in that stretch. So Jalen Waddle
Speaker 1: finally reach Paydirt last week. I think he gets another
Speaker 1: solid game here, and I've got a B grade on
Speaker 1: Jalen Wattle. Uh. That about wraps it up. This is
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