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Speaker 1: Brian Johnson in Scott Fish. Hello, gentlemen, what's going on charts?
Speaker 1: It's a injury plague week four, That's what's going on.
Speaker 1: So there's gonna be one of those times, and we're
Speaker 1: gonna be recommending guys. We may not even talk about
Speaker 1: Sean him in Culkin and get him in your line up, right,
Speaker 1: don't call him McCauley's cousin, though, no, it's not. I
Speaker 1: just made that up. Well, I would believe it. Teams
Speaker 1: are so thin right now that yeah, they call in
Speaker 1: McCauley's cousin. Over the course of today, we're gonna break
Speaker 1: down every matchup fantasy style. As always, we don't tell
Speaker 1: you which team will win, we tell you which players
Speaker 1: will help your fantasy team win. You'll hear letter grades
Speaker 1: on every meaningful fantasy player, and we like to give
Speaker 1: you the rationale behind it. You know, Here's it's not
Speaker 1: just that this guy's will be. Here's why he gets
Speaker 1: a B grade. And you can decide if you want
Speaker 1: to go along with us or not. Later on we'll
Speaker 1: answer three tough questions. We will also give you nine
Speaker 1: different players upon whom you can take a chance. These
Speaker 1: are guys that are not normally uh startable, and in
Speaker 1: many cases are on the waiver wire that you can
Speaker 1: pick up and play this week. And we'll also jump
Speaker 1: into a time machine to identify the players will be
Speaker 1: looking for on the waiver wire this week that everybody
Speaker 1: else is going to be trying to pick up next week.
Speaker 1: But Blamo already on your roster. You already got him.
Speaker 1: We we've established in earlier shows our time machine goes Blamo.
Speaker 1: That's sound. That's the time machine sound. It's a very
Speaker 1: futuristic sound. Blamo. Not really Um, it's like a batman,
Speaker 1: like old school batman. Yeah. But when you try to
Speaker 1: go pick these guys up and they're already in a roster,
Speaker 1: it feels like a Batman, punch to the gut. Somebody
Speaker 1: else has already beaten you to that guy. We begin
Speaker 1: with our matchups. First, one out of the gate, Carolina
Speaker 1: taking on Houston. Scott on the Carolina side, Kyle Allen
Speaker 1: four touchdowns the last week, He's got six touchdowns and
Speaker 1: two starts, no interceptions. A lot of people feel like
Speaker 1: he might be the better of the two quarterbacks for
Speaker 1: the Panthers. What do you think he does against Houston
Speaker 1: this week? Well, he got a week seventeen matchup for
Speaker 1: one of those, and he got Arizona's defense for the other.
Speaker 1: Helps is that is gonna help you look good? Uh?
Speaker 1: Mentioned last week when talking about Houston, this secondary has
Speaker 1: an aging vet, a guy they picked up in free agency.
Speaker 1: Just you know after week one and a rookie. Uh,
Speaker 1: it's it's actually still another decent matchup. The Texans are
Speaker 1: allowing three hundred yards per game and multiple touchdowns in
Speaker 1: two of the three games. I still have a B
Speaker 1: grade on Kyle Allen. I think Houston's d can get
Speaker 1: beat and they're not pressuring like they used to. Uh
Speaker 1: remember when J. J. Watt was something other than just
Speaker 1: a guy you saw on commercials. You know, I'll watch
Speaker 1: whole games and his name will come up like two times,
Speaker 1: and it's mostly because the announcers are gushing over how
Speaker 1: great he is, and then the whole game I'm waiting
Speaker 1: from to make a play. Yeah, we'll get to Derek
Speaker 1: Watt of l A the Chargers later. He's more relevant
Speaker 1: WAT than JJ right now. And definitely yeah, James Watt
Speaker 1: in the in the passing game the steam engin Wow.
Speaker 1: I think that's he's more relevant deep diving right now. Uh.
Speaker 1: D J. Moore, I'm not afraid. He only had two
Speaker 1: targets last week, but he did have eight in the
Speaker 1: game last year with Kyle Allen. I think it's just
Speaker 1: what the defense gave them last week. I mentioned last
Speaker 1: week how I thought Samuel's deep speed could get a
Speaker 1: score and it did. Uh. This matchup I think is
Speaker 1: a little better from or Um. I don't think that
Speaker 1: first game means a whole lot. He's going to be
Speaker 1: matched mostly on Lonnie Johnson making his third career start. Uh.
Speaker 1: That should be a good day for more. I'm giving
Speaker 1: him a B M. Also giving Samuel ob though as well.
Speaker 1: I think he can beat Jonathan Joseph. Still good, but
Speaker 1: he's he's getting up there. I think he could beat
Speaker 1: Jonathan Joseph. He grabbed five of his seven targets from
Speaker 1: Alan last week. Allen has trust in him. I like
Speaker 1: both of them with B grades. Olson, It's hard not
Speaker 1: to love this resurgence. Yeah, I'm happy for the guy. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think we all, you know, we all wrote him
Speaker 1: off as dead. But Greg Olson's back, Yeah, exactly, And
Speaker 1: and Kyle Allen looking for him in the red zone
Speaker 1: is nice. Seventy five yards two touchdowns last week, hundred
Speaker 1: one week after a hundred ten yard game Arizona. Man, uh,
Speaker 1: this is this is crazy that it's it's it's a
Speaker 1: good matchup Houston is It's not a good matchup. Excuse me.
Speaker 1: Houston's top five. But this resurgence of Greg Olson is
Speaker 1: giving him a C grade just because Kyle Allen seems
Speaker 1: to like him in the red zone. McCaffrey a grade.
Speaker 1: Euston could be the best defense in the world, and
Speaker 1: I'm still giving McCaffrey and a grade. He's he's he's
Speaker 1: His upside is two hundred yards. Uh in a lot
Speaker 1: of games, He's got a one eight yard game and
Speaker 1: a two hundred yards exactly. Between those two was a
Speaker 1: math outing. Yeah, And Christian McCaffrey gets all the running
Speaker 1: back touches and Houston is giving up the second most
Speaker 1: receptions and over a hundred thirty seven total yards per
Speaker 1: game two running backs. So a grade for McCaffrey. On
Speaker 1: the other side, Watson, I'm giving him a B grade here.
Speaker 1: He has eight total touchdowns in three ways three weeks,
Speaker 1: including two with his legs. The most passing yards that
Speaker 1: the Panthers have allowed is only this year is two
Speaker 1: hundred eight and having allowed over two hundred fifty in
Speaker 1: the last eight games, and in that eight game stretch
Speaker 1: only three multi touchdown games. But I think, I think
Speaker 1: that it's it's gonna turn up for Watson here. He's
Speaker 1: he's a little too good to a lot of the
Speaker 1: quarterbacks they faced in that span weren't Deshaun Watson quality.
Speaker 1: So I'm going to give him a Can I give
Speaker 1: him a B minus Himma be you're happy with the
Speaker 1: beat the thirty seconds ago? Alright, I'll give him a
Speaker 1: bank you Hopkins gets an A. He's going to get
Speaker 1: a healthy Joseph Doseph James Bradberry, who is not as
Speaker 1: good as Ramsey or Hayward Bradberry has had ups and
Speaker 1: downs over his career, but Hopkins was able to catch
Speaker 1: five plus passes on each of those other two guys.
Speaker 1: He should be fine against Bradberry. Will Fuller I had
Speaker 1: firmly on the bench, but he has seven targets in
Speaker 1: each of the last two games. Dante Jackson should have
Speaker 1: been a tough matchup for him because Dante Jackson can
Speaker 1: run with will Fuller. Dante Jackson is likely out for
Speaker 1: this one. This is one where you watch. If Dante
Speaker 1: Jackson doesn't play, Fuller can get in your line up
Speaker 1: as a C grade. If he does, I'm benching. I
Speaker 1: think he's more than a C grade and you know
Speaker 1: you're waiting for you know, as we all know, it
Speaker 1: only takes one catch for will Fuller of the long
Speaker 1: one and um Dante Jackson himself has already given up
Speaker 1: two touchdowns, So even if he goes, I kind of
Speaker 1: liked him in this matchup anyway. I like him more
Speaker 1: than you stick him in any By the way, practically
Speaker 1: ree and fan ball scoring for will Fuller. He could
Speaker 1: be a very good DFS play. Stills in Q tier
Speaker 1: are splitting the slot snaps. I'm keeping them on the
Speaker 1: bench and hide after After eight point three yards per
Speaker 1: carry in game one, he had three point three yards
Speaker 1: per carry over the last two games. He was saved
Speaker 1: by a touchdown last week. Caroline is middle of the pack.
Speaker 1: They've allowed some good games to Brown, Gurley, Payton, Barbara,
Speaker 1: Dave Johnson. So I'm good give him a C grade,
Speaker 1: but I don't love it all right, that's the end
Speaker 1: of that. Cincinnati taking on the Pittsburgh Steelers. It's been
Speaker 1: a dismal year for Joe Mixon. Without a doubt, it
Speaker 1: looked a little better, I thought last week, offensive line
Speaker 1: getting a little healthier. What do you think about him
Speaker 1: against what's really a pretty good Pittsburgh run defense. Yeah,
Speaker 1: well I don't They haven't been that good. They've allowed
Speaker 1: the most totally yards of running backs per game at
Speaker 1: a take take it, take that, But but you were right.
Speaker 1: Mixon has been a major dud. And even more concerning,
Speaker 1: he was banged up earlier in the year, but he
Speaker 1: hasn't been on the field from more than the snaps
Speaker 1: in any game that it's not bell cow status. It
Speaker 1: is the injury else. But I'm bet not a bounce
Speaker 1: back here from mixing. As I said a hundred nine
Speaker 1: combo yards per game the Steelers are allowing to opposing
Speaker 1: running backs. Uh. They've also allowed the third most catches
Speaker 1: to running backs. Of course, Jio Bernard is a threat
Speaker 1: in that category, which makes him a viable dart throw
Speaker 1: in PPR leagues. But I'm giving mixing and B He's
Speaker 1: gonna bounce back in this game, I hope as a
Speaker 1: Bengals fan. Moving over the receivers, Tyler Boyd gets a
Speaker 1: b as well. Boyd is fourth and targets among all
Speaker 1: wide receivers and sets up nicely against the Steelers, who
Speaker 1: have allowed at least one wide receiver touchdown in every game.
Speaker 1: Fellows a lot receivers. Julian Edelman, Tyler Lockett, and Dante
Speaker 1: Pettis all fared well against Pittsburgh, and for what it's worth,
Speaker 1: Boyd scored twice in his loan meeting with Pittsburgh last year.
Speaker 1: I do believe J. J J. Green was healthy, but still
Speaker 1: but they have John Ross the Bengals do, but he
Speaker 1: gets to see always a boom er Bus play. But
Speaker 1: I'm leaning boom in this one. Um. Pittsburgh has allowed
Speaker 1: fifteen completions of twenty plus yards already that plays into
Speaker 1: a nuts. That's a season for some secondaries. And uh,
Speaker 1: you know, Ross had two great weeks and last last
Speaker 1: week he was shut down by trade as White understandably,
Speaker 1: he's one of the better shadow corners in the league
Speaker 1: these days. So I'm giving John Ross a CE. I
Speaker 1: do have to mention Audentate only because he's six five
Speaker 1: to thirty and looked pretty good last week eighty eight
Speaker 1: yards against the Bills. But he's on the bench for now.
Speaker 1: But we're watching I on audent Tate and Tyler Ifford
Speaker 1: gets a seed to uh. This will be his first
Speaker 1: game against the Steelers since three years since he's facing
Speaker 1: the Steelers. Uh. He ran three times the pass routes
Speaker 1: the cg USMA last week which was very encouraging and
Speaker 1: will dis Lee George Kittle both good games. Disley had
Speaker 1: a great game against the Steelers. So Iford is viable
Speaker 1: with the Sea and that that gives Andy Dalton see
Speaker 1: almost might take a chance on the runner up and
Speaker 1: real quick multiple touchdown passes of his last three against Pittsburgh,
Speaker 1: so he is viable, especially in two quarterback leagues over
Speaker 1: to Pittsburgh. James Conner another major disappointment at the running
Speaker 1: back position. But this is a bounce back spot for
Speaker 1: him obviously, and since he he gets an easy A,
Speaker 1: I won't even go into it. You're starting James Conner
Speaker 1: with confidence this week finally, so he gets an A,
Speaker 1: as does Juju uh Juju Smith Schuster. Of course, Bengals
Speaker 1: might be without their starting nickel corner b W. Webb,
Speaker 1: who's actually good at football, one of the rare players
Speaker 1: on the defensive side, which would leave Darius Phillips. Phillips
Speaker 1: and or Tony mccread a cover the slot. They are scrubs,
Speaker 1: needless to say, so, easy A for Juju. Colt Beasley
Speaker 1: caught eight balls out of the slot last week, so
Speaker 1: keep that in mind. For Juju and James Washington Deonte Johnson,
Speaker 1: I'll give them both the sea. The Bengals boundary corners
Speaker 1: are struggling big time outside of Buffalo's white outs. William
Speaker 1: Jackson and Drake Kirkpatrick have allowed three touchdowns to white
Speaker 1: I was already Deonte has out target Washington over the
Speaker 1: last two weeks, so I would lean his way if
Speaker 1: I had to pick one. But they're both dart throws
Speaker 1: with the C grade as his vance McDonald if he plays,
Speaker 1: he's questionable with the shoulder injury. Mike Tomlin says he's
Speaker 1: optimistic he'll play dead. They traded for Nick Vannett, so
Speaker 1: let's put it this way, it's a good matchup. He
Speaker 1: gets to see if he plays since he has allowed
Speaker 1: fifty plus yards to at least the last two tight
Speaker 1: ends they faced. One was rookie Dawson Knox, who actually
Speaker 1: scored a touchdown for Buffalo. But if you're banking on McDonald,
Speaker 1: this is a Monday night game. By the way, No,
Speaker 1: we don't leave it to Monday's night problem. I don't
Speaker 1: know if I mentioned that yet, So you better add
Speaker 1: Nick Vannette. If you're banking on Vans McDonald, you've gotta
Speaker 1: be able to pivot without dropping without dropping McDonald, which
Speaker 1: is a problem. And then, uh, you know I liked
Speaker 1: uh including Juju of course. Uh so I give Mason
Speaker 1: Rudolph a see. I like a lot of the Pittsburgh
Speaker 1: receiver looks so bad last year man a lot of
Speaker 1: But but Juju bail him out right and catch I
Speaker 1: know Juju go to bail himount twice in this game. Juice,
Speaker 1: have a monster game. I hope you're right. He's a
Speaker 1: he's a cheap DFS option on fanball and maybe a
Speaker 1: QB two. Yeah Rudolph in super FLEXI leagues, but yeah,
Speaker 1: he's really on the bench and standard Cleveland takes on Baltimore.
Speaker 1: Let's start on the Cleveland side where Nick Chubb gets
Speaker 1: a B grade against a tough Baltimore defense. He's averaging
Speaker 1: twenty four carries and targets together, which is good. No
Speaker 1: lack of volume here for Nick Chubb. But that's about
Speaker 1: the only good news I've got for you. The Ravens
Speaker 1: held David Johnson to fourteen yards earlier this year. Last week,
Speaker 1: Darryl Williams and Shawn McCoy were able to get a
Speaker 1: lot done. They put up a hundred ninety total yards
Speaker 1: between them. But the Chiefs are just such an outlier
Speaker 1: offense it's hard to draw any comparisons to the Chiefs
Speaker 1: and then the Browns, so I don't know that even
Speaker 1: matters here. Only one back it's top one hundred yards
Speaker 1: against Baltimore in their last twenty seven games. One yard
Speaker 1: rusher against Baltimore. Wow, that's it. Chubb ran for twenty
Speaker 1: yards against Baltimore last year as the brown starter, So
Speaker 1: we'll we'll put some up twenty and one hundred yards
Speaker 1: in this one, and to be greater, we're really hoping
Speaker 1: on a for a touchdown for Nick Chubb. Uh into
Speaker 1: the passing game where I've only got a couple of
Speaker 1: starters for you, Baker Mayfield with just a Sea grade,
Speaker 1: he's got to be Fantasy Football's most disappointing quarterback right
Speaker 1: Nobody else has better, Nobody has been more disappointed that
Speaker 1: Cleveland offense was. On my part, I thought, well, and
Speaker 1: you and everybody else, Scott Um. Tough matchup on the
Speaker 1: road in Baltimore. Yes, Patrick Mahomes humbled the Ravens last week,
Speaker 1: but that's Patrick Mahomes and you know you can't compare
Speaker 1: him to anybody else. Prior to the Chiefs game, the
Speaker 1: Ravens had allowed zero or one passing touchdown in seven
Speaker 1: of the previous nine games. I think you're likely looking
Speaker 1: at a one touchdown effort for Mayfield here, and then
Speaker 1: it'll be great for Odell Beckham, who's getting tons of
Speaker 1: targets thirty already. But get this, thirty targets nineteen receptions
Speaker 1: for Odell Beckham. That's it that stinks, and it's some
Speaker 1: of that's I think most of that is on Baker
Speaker 1: Mayfield just misfiring, which is crazy because he's such an
Speaker 1: accurate quarter history right now. Um, worrying Lee? Is that
Speaker 1: a word? Worrying Lee? Worrying Odell Backham has garnered one
Speaker 1: red zone target this year one. He's been targeted thirty times,
Speaker 1: only once in the red zone. Come on, Odell runs
Speaker 1: from the outside where cornerbacks Marlon Humphrey and Anthony Averett Waite.
Speaker 1: Cleveland be wise to put Odell opposite Averett, who's yielded
Speaker 1: ninety yards per game, that's fourth most among all cornerbacks.
Speaker 1: And ever it's given up two scores already. That is
Speaker 1: a winnable matchup for Odell, so he is a b start.
Speaker 1: Jarvis Landry's on the bench. Two career touchdowns with Baker
Speaker 1: Mayfield at the helm. That's it for Jarvis Landry and
Speaker 1: he somehow turned twenty three targets into just ten catches
Speaker 1: this year. Tough matchup against a good slock corner Brandon Carr,
Speaker 1: Jarvis Landry, you're on the bench. I dropped him in
Speaker 1: the league. I don't blame you. Qualms. That was like
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago, and I'm sure people like, oh,
Speaker 1: Jarvis Landry, you sabotage dropped Jarvis Landry, other others picked
Speaker 1: him up, probably started him in the getting nothing. Now listen,
Speaker 1: all y'all, let's go to the Baltimore side. Mark Ingram
Speaker 1: has been great and in two meetings with Cleveland last year,
Speaker 1: the combined Ravens running backs two meetings. Let me, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna slow this down to make sure people get it.
Speaker 1: Two meetings with Cleveland last year, the combined Ravens running
Speaker 1: backs three hundred forty rushing yards. I'm struggling to remember
Speaker 1: who they were, just running the guinea big shaver? Three?
Speaker 1: Is that your is in there too? Did shave my
Speaker 1: guinea pig? Here comes Ingram with his six yards per
Speaker 1: carry almost two touchdowns per game, no brainer, A grade
Speaker 1: for him. Lamar Jackson also in a grade. He faced
Speaker 1: Cleveland once last year and ran for ninety yards and
Speaker 1: two touchdowns. Brown secondaries a wreck with injury. You're gonna
Speaker 1: want to watch the status of Greedy Williams, Morgan Burnett,
Speaker 1: Denzil Award. They're all shaping up his game. Time Decisions
Speaker 1: paid special attention to Greedy Williams and Denzil Award, the
Speaker 1: fastest set of outside corners in probably the entire league.
Speaker 1: If those guys do play, they can use their speed
Speaker 1: to neutralize Marquis Brown and Miles Boykin. And if they
Speaker 1: don't go, I really like Marquis Brown and Miles Boykin.
Speaker 1: So let's talk about those guys. So for Markis Brown again,
Speaker 1: Greedy Williams Denzil a Ward if they're in. If they're
Speaker 1: in the game, I got Marquis Brown at more like
Speaker 1: a C level. If they're out of this game, then
Speaker 1: I like Markus Brown at an A level against backup cornerbacks. Um.
Speaker 1: And then also if they're out, Miles Boyken as a
Speaker 1: dart throw makes sense. Mark Andrews still not practicing with
Speaker 1: the foot injury, but should play here. He did say
Speaker 1: today that he was very yeah um and the only
Speaker 1: good tight end to face the Brown so far this year.
Speaker 1: Delaney Walker rocked him for two scores. Last thing, I'll mention,
Speaker 1: you need a deep sleeper running back Gus Edwards getting
Speaker 1: twenty two snaps and ten touches a game, and that
Speaker 1: by might be enough to make Edwards a potential sleeper
Speaker 1: against the Brown's team that they just ran through last year.
Speaker 1: People need warm bodies at running back more than every
Speaker 1: two now more than ever. J j I just said,
Speaker 1: just announced all thirty two teams. He's ready to come back.
Speaker 1: So what does that even mean? Announced to thirty two teams?
Speaker 1: I tweeted an hour ago. Does that an announcement to
Speaker 1: thirty two teams? It was? It was? I'm sure as
Speaker 1: they didn't contacted them in the Giants will be in
Speaker 1: touch show probably retweeted his own tweets saying that has
Speaker 1: no likes on it. J I, by the way, stinks.
Speaker 1: He wasn't good before all the knee problems. I went
Speaker 1: to bad for him. Fish certainly went to bed him.
Speaker 1: But yeah, we're done, right, I mean, yeah, alright, let's
Speaker 1: let's just the best case scenario for j GI. He
Speaker 1: ends up with the Giants and I'm still not very interested.
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Speaker 1: nine players not normally in your starting lineup. We call
Speaker 1: it take a chance on me. Many of these guys
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Speaker 1: We begin at the quarterback position. Brian, who you got?
Speaker 1: I can sort of taste a little bit of vomit
Speaker 1: coming up, but I'm still taking Marcus Mariota at Atlanta. Wow,
Speaker 1: the Falcons just suffered another huge loss to their defense.
Speaker 1: Safety Kianu Neil tore his achilles for the second straight season,
Speaker 1: sadly for him, and when he went down last year,
Speaker 1: they got consistently shredded by anybody, especially when he went
Speaker 1: down with the injury. The look on his face was
Speaker 1: a look of recognition. I'm looking at him, going, he's
Speaker 1: had this before, he knows exactly what this is. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I felt bad for him. They say it's like a
Speaker 1: drape getting pulled up or something. I don't wanna think
Speaker 1: about it, but anyway, that the trend started already. Jacoby
Speaker 1: Brissette went for three ten and two after Neil went down. Um.
Speaker 1: The Falcons have also allowed two rushing touchdowns with quarterbacks
Speaker 1: so far at the season. Mariota is third in rushing
Speaker 1: yards among quarterbacks so far average six point four yards
Speaker 1: per carry, and despite a couple of down weeks, I
Speaker 1: think three total yards and two total touchdowns is safe
Speaker 1: FLOORA not the highest second over under of the week. Wow, Yeah,
Speaker 1: all right, let's go. I'd be even more impressed. You
Speaker 1: who told people to go with Corey Davis remember when
Speaker 1: he was a thing. All right, let's go with your quarterback, Scott.
Speaker 1: I am going with Washington QB tv D TBD. It
Speaker 1: sounds like keenum Is is back and ready to go. There.
Speaker 1: They're saying he's going to get the start. Uh, so
Speaker 1: I'm letting him back up as my take a chance
Speaker 1: on me. The Giants allowing three fifty yards passing and
Speaker 1: three touchdowns per game to opposing quarterbacks. As bad as
Speaker 1: Keenum has looked, he's still racked up multiple touchdowns in
Speaker 1: every game in three and thirty or more yards and
Speaker 1: two of those and uh, this isn't a ball hockey defense.
Speaker 1: You worry about those turnovers with keenom Uh they only
Speaker 1: intercepted Jamis Winston once. Which is which is? That's not
Speaker 1: ball hockeying at all. Now, worry on Keenum is what
Speaker 1: happens first drive or second drive? He throws a pick?
Speaker 1: That might be it. That's your work. I mean your
Speaker 1: upside is it's a Giant's defensive easily give up, you know,
Speaker 1: four D and four downside His kingdom doesn't even finish
Speaker 1: the game. I think he's going to be fined in
Speaker 1: this way. And it sounds like Colt McCoy is ready
Speaker 1: to go. Now, I love how about that? Um? The
Speaker 1: aforementioned Jacoby Brissettes might take a chance on me quarterback
Speaker 1: as he goes up against Oakland, coming up the best
Speaker 1: game of his career. Last week, and that momentum should
Speaker 1: carry forward against a wobbly Oakin's Oakland secondary even without
Speaker 1: t Y. Hilton probably does not play in this one.
Speaker 1: I don't care. The Raiders are allowing a completion percentage
Speaker 1: of that's eighth worse, and PRISCT has top seventy twice
Speaker 1: in three games. Even without Hilton. Give me Paris Campbell.
Speaker 1: I'll go to war with Paris Campbell, Chester Rogers and
Speaker 1: Zach Pascal as the Colts starting wide outs. If I
Speaker 1: have to against Oakland that bad, Let's go to the
Speaker 1: running back position. Brian, who you got? I got old, yeller?
Speaker 1: T J. Yelden of Buffalo actually pretty young. He's only
Speaker 1: twenty five years old. But they're they're at home against
Speaker 1: New England. So get this. Buffalo is three and oh
Speaker 1: at home, seven point underdogs, of course, but it's for
Speaker 1: the Patriots. It should not be seven points that people.
Speaker 1: We'll talk more about that matchup. They're they're playing a
Speaker 1: lot of points. But t J got uh. We're assuming
Speaker 1: Devin's singletary is out, by the way. We'll talk more
Speaker 1: about this game, but he is likely to not come
Speaker 1: back this week. Even well, we'll talk about it. We'll
Speaker 1: talk about it more in the matchup anyway, but even
Speaker 1: if he does come back, it's a tough matchup. This
Speaker 1: is a game script for for yelling without a doubt,
Speaker 1: and it's been that way for Buffalo Backs against New
Speaker 1: England for years. Last year, Buffalo Backs total thirteen catches
Speaker 1: across two games, and uh, with the Patriots likely to
Speaker 1: focus on stopping Allen's legs and John Brown speed, five
Speaker 1: to six catches for Yelden should be a lot. He
Speaker 1: had eight carries last week. Two catches. Um, I'm seeing
Speaker 1: ten to twelve touches in PPR leagues. I'm playing him. Okay,
Speaker 1: sounds good, you're running back, Scott. I'm going with Adrian Peterson.
Speaker 1: He just got done facing three top ten defenses in
Speaker 1: the Bears, Eagles, and Cowboys. Now he gets the Giants
Speaker 1: defense that is bottom six, and they've allowed twenty six
Speaker 1: Russia attempts, not touches Russia attempts per game and twenty
Speaker 1: seven I believe in the three games. And they're starting
Speaker 1: middle linebacker alic Ogle Tree out for this one. So
Speaker 1: I think this is lining up for an actual Adrian
Speaker 1: Peterson decent game that you probably won't use it much
Speaker 1: for the rest of the season. But here's the week
Speaker 1: for us? Is it? If not now, when for Adrian Peterson. Seriously,
Speaker 1: why if you're not starting him here? Why is he
Speaker 1: on your rob bottom six D rush D without their
Speaker 1: middle linebacker. I was team Peyton Barber, um, and I
Speaker 1: still kind of am team Peyton Barber. But I'm not
Speaker 1: so stubborn that I won't acknowledge that Jones has got
Speaker 1: just more work, more yards, more attempts, and mostly looked
Speaker 1: better than Peyton Barber. It hurts um. Now there's a
Speaker 1: little bit of caution here. Jones had who quality outings.
Speaker 1: He's still only play like of the offensive snaps in
Speaker 1: the games in which the two games in which Jones
Speaker 1: got a bunch of carries. But I like the game
Speaker 1: script here against the Rams, and the Rams are an
Speaker 1: eleaite past defense, but they have allowed at least one
Speaker 1: hundred rushing yards and or a touchdown to running back
Speaker 1: in nine of the last twelve games. Obviously, going back
Speaker 1: to last year, Jones got those two quality starts already.
Speaker 1: This year, I'm gonna try him for one more and
Speaker 1: now watch it's going to be the paper Peyton Barber
Speaker 1: show of course, but I'll we'll try Ronald Jones in
Speaker 1: this one. Unbowally pretty close, Gombo knows. All right, let's
Speaker 1: go to the running sorry receiver wide receiver position. Well,
Speaker 1: you said it's funny I didn't take Corey Davis. Um,
Speaker 1: I am going to take a Titan receiver. But it's
Speaker 1: not Davis Brown. It's Adam Humphreys actually, one of my
Speaker 1: sleepers from the pre season two. By the way, very start, yeah,
Speaker 1: very slow start last week. Brag about that six catches
Speaker 1: on nine targets looked pretty good, and he's gonna look
Speaker 1: good this week against Atlanta. And it's just it's all
Speaker 1: about how this matchup lays out on paper. Here the
Speaker 1: opposing slot receivers against the Falcons so far this year,
Speaker 1: Adam Theeland three catches forty three yards in a touchdown
Speaker 1: on just three targets. Remember the Vikings through the ball
Speaker 1: ten times in that game. Uh, next week, Nelson Aglar
Speaker 1: eight for one oh seven in a touchdown. All right
Speaker 1: on ten targetsop missing to missing like every other receiver,
Speaker 1: but still okay, Well, the Titans are missing receivers too.
Speaker 1: They have Corey Davis and A. J. Brown on the outside,
Speaker 1: so I have been last week fairly stated. Okay, last
Speaker 1: week t Y Hilton and Zach Pascal both scored from
Speaker 1: the slot, and overall, Colts receivers were eight for eight
Speaker 1: for fifty nine yards and those two touchdowns. So Adam
Speaker 1: Humphreys all day, All right, Scott, what was he to
Speaker 1: take a chance for me? Receiver? I'm going with Will
Speaker 1: dis Lee. This feels like cheating almost, because the Arizona
Speaker 1: Cardinals are just terrible against tight ends. T J. Hockenson
Speaker 1: six for in his touchdown, Mark Andrews eight for one,
Speaker 1: twelve in a touchdown, Greg Olson six for seventy five
Speaker 1: and two touchdowns. Hayden Hurst also scored. The Arizona Cardinals
Speaker 1: are allowing most twice as many PPR Fantasy points as
Speaker 1: the second worst team against tight ends. That's unbelievable, insane,
Speaker 1: how bad they are. I've got Marvin Jones going up
Speaker 1: against the Chiefs. It's taken a while from Marvin Jones
Speaker 1: get comfortable coming off of last year's knee injury, but
Speaker 1: it looks like he's back on track and he's led
Speaker 1: the team in targets, yards and air yards. Last week.
Speaker 1: Juicy matchup with the Chiefs and they're prettily lousy. Secondary,
Speaker 1: he goes up against or and or Chart various Ward
Speaker 1: on the outside and both guys are slow. Now, Marvin
Speaker 1: Jones is not like track Star speed fast, but his
Speaker 1: whole deal has been downfield separation. That's the definition of
Speaker 1: his career. He can get it here. He only needs
Speaker 1: one long reception. The lines will be playing from behind,
Speaker 1: and Detroit's gonna be passing regularly. Kansas City seeing the
Speaker 1: eighth most passes in the league. Marvin Jones, it was here,
Speaker 1: take a chance to me guy last week? Or do
Speaker 1: you just like him last week? Brian I wasn't on
Speaker 1: the show. It was somebody else I was thinking member
Speaker 1: of years ago. John Twovey used to be on the show.
Speaker 1: That's four touchdowns listening back in those days. That was
Speaker 1: the all time great take a chance on the hit
Speaker 1: of all of the twenty five year history of the
Speaker 1: show was the four touchdown game Jones had. Yeah with
Speaker 1: the Bengals. Of course back in the day, Uh was it?
Speaker 1: Uh take Chargers taking on the Miami Dolphins. Scott for
Speaker 1: the Chargers. It's a lot of shifting stands here because
Speaker 1: we have so many players that are out Hunter Henry's out,
Speaker 1: Mike Williams is out, Travis Benjamin is out, and Justin
Speaker 1: Jackson is out. Yeah, it's it's pretty crazy, but whatever
Speaker 1: is left in there get in your lineups. The Dolphins
Speaker 1: are thirty first against quarterbacks, against wide receivers ninth, most
Speaker 1: passing yards allowed, the most touchdowns allowed to quarterbacks four
Speaker 1: per game, which is unreal. Second, most wide receiver touchdowns
Speaker 1: allow allowed. Oh, and the running game, most rushing attempts,
Speaker 1: most rushing yards, second, most rushing touchdowns, the most receiving
Speaker 1: touchdowns to running backs, the most total yards allowed to
Speaker 1: running backs. They're bad everywhere. Should be a top five
Speaker 1: back without even trying this week with Justin Jackson, I
Speaker 1: think I think they're going to try a lot. Actually,
Speaker 1: so imagine you're the Chargers and you don't have You've
Speaker 1: got Justin Jackson out, Melvin Gordon just joined the team,
Speaker 1: and you know that Gordon is going to get a
Speaker 1: fair amount of work going forward. We'll talk more about
Speaker 1: in detail this minute. Why not just run for the
Speaker 1: whole game. It's not even Rich Rivers, who doesn't have
Speaker 1: an even starting receivers other than Keen exactly. I do
Speaker 1: think you still give Keenan Allen in a grade here.
Speaker 1: He got fifteen targets last week with Hunter Henry out,
Speaker 1: so I think that, uh, I think that he's still
Speaker 1: in a play. But it's all it's all Alan. There
Speaker 1: are sneaky people trying to get Sean Culkin at tight
Speaker 1: end because yeah, Troy, Yeah, Troymaine Pope, former Seahawk. I believe, uh,
Speaker 1: he'll be backing up. Those are sneaky plays. It's probably
Speaker 1: it's probably too cute, but a grades on the players
Speaker 1: that you would play from the Chargers on the Miami side.
Speaker 1: Preston Williams, I'm giving a C grade. I kind of
Speaker 1: want to give him a B grade, with Casey Hayward
Speaker 1: possibly out as well. Uh, Preston Williams has twelve targets
Speaker 1: in every single game he's played with Josh Rosen. How
Speaker 1: about that? All of them? But he's fourth in the
Speaker 1: NFL and red zone targets and he's had double digit
Speaker 1: Fantasy points every single week in PPR. Last look, I've got,
Speaker 1: I got started Williams in a bunch of leagues. Get
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Speaker 1: your all your patriots in pretty much every game, but
Speaker 1: this one it feels like a trap to me at Buffalo.
Speaker 1: Buffalo is a damn fine past defense in particular. Tell
Speaker 1: me who you think about the passing game for for
Speaker 1: New England, Tom Brady, Edelman, Gordon, those guys. All right,
Speaker 1: let's just start with Brady and I'll he's getting to
Speaker 1: see and he's borderline benchable. I'd be looking. Also, I
Speaker 1: think I like all of our take coom quarterbacks more
Speaker 1: than Brady this week. Um, in his last four games
Speaker 1: against Buffalo, three touchdowns, four picks, two by the way,
Speaker 1: and that secondary is probably better than it's been in
Speaker 1: those previous four games. And um, Buffalo was held each
Speaker 1: opposing quarterback you just one passing touchdown this season, that said,
Speaker 1: those were Sam Donald, Eli Manning and Andy Dalton. But
Speaker 1: still over their last eighteen games, only one quarterback has
Speaker 1: had a top ten finish against the Bills, going back
Speaker 1: to last year, of course, and that was some guy
Speaker 1: named Andrew Luck. You remember him, not even in the
Speaker 1: league anyway, he used to play. Two touchdowns is the
Speaker 1: absolute ceiling for Brady. And because it's seventeen of the
Speaker 1: last nineteen quarterbacks to face the Bills zero or one touchdown,
Speaker 1: So I'll give him a see because it's Tom Brady,
Speaker 1: but again look elsewhere if if you can, I would
Speaker 1: not fault you at all. Um to speak to his
Speaker 1: receiver's real quick. Julian Edelman was knocked out a last
Speaker 1: week's game with a chest injury. Returned to practice in
Speaker 1: a limited fashion this week. You always got to expect
Speaker 1: the Patriots to play. It seems like none of them
Speaker 1: are rarely ever scratched, So I'll give him a be
Speaker 1: assuming he goes. He has scored or top two hundred
Speaker 1: yards in three straight against Buffalo, and UH slot receivers
Speaker 1: versus the Bills this year have fared pretty well. Jameson
Speaker 1: Crowder at four team catches for nine yards, t J.
Speaker 1: Jones of the Giants scored a touchdown, and Tyler Boyd
Speaker 1: was serviceable with six for sixty seven last week. That's
Speaker 1: the week. Part of the Bills secondary is the slot,
Speaker 1: and I like Edelman better than any of the other receivers,
Speaker 1: the strongest part of their secondary, possibly the strongest best
Speaker 1: cornerback in the league. And yes, Jalen Ramsey, that does
Speaker 1: include you. Is tradeabus White, who will be shadowing Josh
Speaker 1: Gordon all game long. Likely so Gordon, when on his game,
Speaker 1: is nearly impossible to cover. So I'll give him a see,
Speaker 1: but temper your expectations because your Davious White shuts people
Speaker 1: down and he'll be all over Gordon all game. And
Speaker 1: Philip Dorset has caught five of Tom Brady's last nine
Speaker 1: touchdown passes going back to last year's playoffs. But this
Speaker 1: is a bench game for him. But he's a guy
Speaker 1: who should be on roster. If he's out there on
Speaker 1: your waiver wire, I would go grab him immediately. Uh Now,
Speaker 1: let's talk about the running backs. Unfortunately, we'll start with
Speaker 1: the charges boy, Sony what have you dubbed Sony Michelle Church,
Speaker 1: Sony walkman? When you average one yard per carry, you
Speaker 1: are walking man. Well, he's walking the line of scrimmage
Speaker 1: against anyone, against anyone not donning a Dolphins uniform. He's
Speaker 1: averaging one yard per carry. Yeah, well but in two
Speaker 1: out of three games one yard per carry. Come on,
Speaker 1: Sony walkman. So he's on the bench. He's on the bench.
Speaker 1: Buffalo is a loud one rushing touchdown running backs this
Speaker 1: year and that went to se Kwon Barkley when he
Speaker 1: was healthy, obviously, and Buffalo held Levyon Bell and Jill
Speaker 1: mix it under a combined three point eight yards per carry,
Speaker 1: and you basically need a goal line plunging for Michelle
Speaker 1: and I'm just not banking on that this week against Buffalo. Uh. Then,
Speaker 1: over the running backs James White and Rex Burkhead, I'll
Speaker 1: give them both a C and PPR. Burkhead, I'll give
Speaker 1: him a SCENE standard too. He looks like the best
Speaker 1: running back on the team. Uh. The Patriots lost fullback
Speaker 1: James Devlin for the season, and they don't really have
Speaker 1: a backup from what I've heard, so they're just not
Speaker 1: gonna roll with a fullback anymore. So that'll open up
Speaker 1: more opportunities for White and Birkhead. Uh. Buffalo is allowed
Speaker 1: to receiving touchdowns so far at running backs, and again,
Speaker 1: Burkehead looks better than White, so I would start him
Speaker 1: over White in this game. Over to the Buffalo side,
Speaker 1: not nearly as much to talk about here, so I'm
Speaker 1: getting my notes in order. Uh. Uh. Well, Devin Singletary,
Speaker 1: as we mentioned he won't play, were very unlikely to play.
Speaker 1: Um that gives the puts Frank Gore at a C
Speaker 1: grade if he If Singletary sits, The Patriots have allowed
Speaker 1: rushing arts running backs all year. Actually, that's really bad.
Speaker 1: That's including guys. James Lee changed my mi ben Yeah please,
Speaker 1: I'm benching gored. And that's why t J. Yelden was
Speaker 1: might take a chance on me running back through the air.
Speaker 1: Through the air in PPR leagues and standard you're not
Speaker 1: gonna go there with Yelden only in PPR. And then
Speaker 1: John Brown is on the bench. Stephan Gilmour maybe the
Speaker 1: best quarterback in the league as well. We'll be shadowing Brown,
Speaker 1: so he's on the bench, and I'll give Josh Allen
Speaker 1: to see just because um, the Patriots have allowed nearly
Speaker 1: seven yards per carried running backs last year, which is
Speaker 1: a league high. And there are I don't know, Allen's
Speaker 1: the mobile quarterbacks. I'm gonna give him a seven though
Speaker 1: he hasn't done much against New England. It's only been
Speaker 1: one game and he hasn't played two Minnesota takes on
Speaker 1: the Bears. It's the league's number one rushing offense against
Speaker 1: arguably the league's the best rushing defense. Something's got to give.
Speaker 1: In the two Bears games last year with the Vikings,
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook fifty one total yards that's it, including twelve
Speaker 1: yards at Soldier Field last year. But this is a
Speaker 1: whole different Vikings offense that is dedicated to the run.
Speaker 1: But doesn't matter when only one runner has topped fifty
Speaker 1: five rushing yards at Soldier Field in two years, think
Speaker 1: about that. Fifty five is not even a high water mark.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's nothing. And only one runners top
Speaker 1: fifty five and two years at Soldier Field, they have
Speaker 1: allowed two rushing touchdowns in the last thirteen home games.
Speaker 1: It's a brutal matchup for Dalvin Cook. I give him
Speaker 1: a b out of respect for how the Vikings are
Speaker 1: using him and the sheer volume I expect him to
Speaker 1: have in this game. Kirk Cousins is on the bench.
Speaker 1: Minnesota has the NFL's lowest volume passing game by a mile,
Speaker 1: just twenty one passes per game. The next closest is
Speaker 1: twenty eight. But the Bears see the third most pass
Speaker 1: has been parks. They're so hard to run on, so
Speaker 1: maybe volume won't be the problem here. What might be
Speaker 1: the problem is that the Bears have the number one
Speaker 1: pass rush by Pro Football Focus and the Vikings have
Speaker 1: the thirty first ranked pass block by Pro Football Focus.
Speaker 1: That's not good. There will not be a lot of
Speaker 1: long passes for a Kirk to set up here because
Speaker 1: he's not gonna have time for them. It's gonna be
Speaker 1: a lot of short stuff and that usually does not
Speaker 1: help fantasy owners very much. Stefan Diggs just to see grade.
Speaker 1: He runs seventy seven percent of his snaps on the outside,
Speaker 1: so that gives him the toughest matchups on the field.
Speaker 1: Prince of Mukamara and especially Kyle Fuller was really good.
Speaker 1: Diggs has been very lightly targeted and as a one
Speaker 1: catch game, a two catch game, and a three catch
Speaker 1: game so far this year, and that's it. Um. Even
Speaker 1: with an uptick and targets, it might not matter considering
Speaker 1: Kyle Fuller is going to be on him for a
Speaker 1: lot of this one. Adam theland works the slot and
Speaker 1: if the Vikings have any sense, they're gonna they're gonna
Speaker 1: run a buster screen in the slot, especially with Chad
Speaker 1: beebe normally their normal slot receiver out. I really I
Speaker 1: like feeling, and they should use feeling copiously here. I've
Speaker 1: got to be grade on him because he's got Like
Speaker 1: I said, he draws the easiest matchup there is on
Speaker 1: the field against the Bears buster screen. Kyle Rodolph is
Speaker 1: on the bench. He'll continue to stay in block because
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna have to hear. The Chicago Bears
Speaker 1: have got awesome ed rusher, and I think that's going
Speaker 1: to force Rudolph to stay back at the line of
Speaker 1: scrimmage for most of this game. On the Bear side,
Speaker 1: I've only got two starters for you. We start with
Speaker 1: David Montgomery. Now, there is some good news here for Montgomery. Owners.
Speaker 1: He got thirteen of Chicago's eighteen running back carries last week,
Speaker 1: so he's he's starting to get the majority of the work.
Speaker 1: His yards per carrys increase in every game, and he
Speaker 1: ran for five yards per carry last week against a
Speaker 1: terrible Washington defense. The Vikings are normally an elite level
Speaker 1: run defense, but this year they've been softer. Aaron Jones
Speaker 1: put up a good game two weeks ago. They're giving
Speaker 1: up four and a half yards per carry and that's
Speaker 1: just middle of the NFL. So David Montgomery could get
Speaker 1: a little something done. He's got a C grade here,
Speaker 1: as does Alan Robinson, averaging nine targets per game, so
Speaker 1: the volume is there. Unfortunately, it'smitched true Bisk Trabisky dealing
Speaker 1: those that volume. But nevertheless, hopefully get a little something
Speaker 1: done here. Robinson has struggled in this divisional matchup in
Speaker 1: the past, just two catches and twenty eight yards and
Speaker 1: the two meetings last year. He'll get a lot of
Speaker 1: Xavier roads. But maybe through just volume, Allen Robins can
Speaker 1: get a little something done here. C grade on him.
Speaker 1: I've got Drabinsky on the bench. You know, he's an
Speaker 1: easily flustered quarterback going up against the Mike Zimmer defense.
Speaker 1: Bad things are gonna happen here. And he only put
Speaker 1: up a hundred sixty five yards and a hundred sixty
Speaker 1: three yards against Minnesota last year, just one passing touchdown
Speaker 1: between the two matchups. Taylor Gabriel's hurt, don't chase his
Speaker 1: his touchdowns from last week, and he draws Trey Waynes
Speaker 1: and his speed versus speed matchup if he does play.
Speaker 1: And then Tariko and Vikings about one running back touchdown
Speaker 1: in the last eleven games. Only one has top thirty
Speaker 1: four yards in their last eleven games. Bad matchup for
Speaker 1: Tarik Cohen as well. We're not gonna We're not gonna
Speaker 1: try rolling the dice on that one. I've seen cohing
Speaker 1: on some waiver wires already. I don't I don't blame him.
Speaker 1: He runs you for nothing, he gets you nothing on
Speaker 1: the ground, and then you just gotta hope that you
Speaker 1: get something, you know, work, that you can work with
Speaker 1: through the air. Final matchup of the segment Scott Washington
Speaker 1: taking on the Giants, two of the worst d offences
Speaker 1: in the NFL facing each other here right the case.
Speaker 1: Keenom was one of my take a chance on me players,
Speaker 1: and so is Adrian Peterson. So let's stay left. Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1: At the run game, I don't think we have Chris
Speaker 1: Thompson left. He's on the bench under ten Ton touches
Speaker 1: a game and I said, I think it's a Peterson game. Uh.
Speaker 1: In the passing game, it sounds like Terry McLaren is
Speaker 1: gonna go. He did not pack to practice Friday. Reports
Speaker 1: are it was precautionary. If he does go, I like
Speaker 1: him in this one. Obviously. It's a great matchup. He
Speaker 1: has touchdowns in three straight, sixty two or more yards
Speaker 1: in three straight. Five catches are more in three straight.
Speaker 1: The only team worse than Washington against wide receiver is
Speaker 1: the Giants, who he's playing against. So what do you
Speaker 1: think about like the depth receiver is Paul rich Does
Speaker 1: Tray Quinn interest you in this one? This? This is
Speaker 1: my what if scenarios. I have Richardson with a C.
Speaker 1: He's scored in two straight uh. Second, the team and
Speaker 1: reception snaps, et cetera. I have him with a C grade.
Speaker 1: If McLaren doesn't go. Uh. If McClaren does go, If
Speaker 1: he doesn't go, I'm starting both Richardson and Quinn. Quinn
Speaker 1: will be against Grant Haley, who's allowing seventy seven percent
Speaker 1: of his of his passes that direction to be caught
Speaker 1: and four touchdowns are allowed already in three games. Unbelievable.
Speaker 1: That's a good matchup, most from Trey Quinn. Most quarterbacks
Speaker 1: a cornerbacks in the NFL give up four touchdowns all year. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Grant Haley's given up four in three games. Yep, exactly. Uh.
Speaker 1: Quinn's second targets h third in reception. I mean he's startable.
Speaker 1: If McLaren doesn't go, I'd be a little more hesitantive
Speaker 1: if McLaren does go. On the other side. On the
Speaker 1: other side, there we got Daniel Jones, Danny Dimes. I
Speaker 1: think he's very startable. Again here a grade. He was
Speaker 1: almost my take home last week, but he wasn't in
Speaker 1: my matchup, so I didn't do him. Maybe actually I
Speaker 1: think Matt did last week. Daniel Jones A grade here.
Speaker 1: It's it's already a great matchup. The Washington's allowed three
Speaker 1: straight quarterbacks to throw three touchdown passes or more, and
Speaker 1: two of those top three hundred yards Dac even at
Speaker 1: sixty nine yards rushing against them, and Danny can and
Speaker 1: he can run Shepherd. I like sterling Shepherds and as
Speaker 1: an A grade here to Washington's already allowed eight wide
Speaker 1: receiver touchdowns in three weeks UM. He's had at least
Speaker 1: six receptions and at least seven targets in each of
Speaker 1: the two games played snaps in both last week his
Speaker 1: only week with Daniel Jones hundred yards and a touchdown UM.
Speaker 1: And he's gonna be matched up against a seventh round
Speaker 1: rookie Jimmy Morland, who has allowed eleven of the twelve
Speaker 1: passes his way to be completed. So that's a good
Speaker 1: matchup there for Sterling Shepherd UH. Evan Ingram A grade uh.
Speaker 1: Washington has been stingy against tight ends over the last
Speaker 1: year and a half or so. But the two tight
Speaker 1: ends that have actually performed against them, Evan Ingram and
Speaker 1: zach Ertz. Yes. So, based on what Evan Ingram has
Speaker 1: done this year so far, averaging ten targets game, eight
Speaker 1: catches a game, what he did last week with Danny Dimes,
Speaker 1: I'm still giving him an A grade. I have a
Speaker 1: C grade on Gallman just on volume. I don't think
Speaker 1: he's very good. He hasn't been very good mobile quarterbacks
Speaker 1: can open it up a little bit for running backs.
Speaker 1: I'm only giving him a secret because he might get
Speaker 1: touches sell at all costs if he has a good game. Anyone,
Speaker 1: this might be one with the slight hint of being
Speaker 1: a sucker in your league, So go into them. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think you're I think you're onto something with that. Um.
Speaker 1: The Thursday night game, Jordan's Howard with the big three
Speaker 1: touchdown explosion and honestly look pretty good for a lot
Speaker 1: of that game. And Sanders looked pretty good too. Um,
Speaker 1: but do you think that this is a sell high
Speaker 1: moment for Jordan's Howard or you're just happy you got him? Oh?
Speaker 1: I'd so high, absolutely so high, sell high in this one. Yeah. Yeah,
Speaker 1: if he's obviously not gonna get three, probably get three
Speaker 1: in a game all year. You you you seek out
Speaker 1: the Miles Sanders owner because he's panicking right now. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's your best chance to sell. Howard High is finding
Speaker 1: the Sander's owner who's freaking out. I like that angle.
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Speaker 1: Johnson is getting plenty of use, but not necessarily a
Speaker 1: lot of results going forward. Is he an RB one
Speaker 1: and r B two flex or bench player? Brian? Uh? Well,
Speaker 1: let's just talk about carry on. He is currently around
Speaker 1: RB twenty four most formats, which puts him in flex territory,
Speaker 1: but the usage suggests otherwise. He's ninth and carries among
Speaker 1: all running backs, which is very encouraging. He also leads
Speaker 1: Detroit running backs and catches and receiving yards. He also
Speaker 1: scored or receiving touchdown. The team recently cuts C. J. Anderson,
Speaker 1: he's long gone. Ty Johnson will factor in on third
Speaker 1: down and spell him every now and again. But we
Speaker 1: all know Darryl Bevil loves a pound the rock. You've
Speaker 1: preached that all summer charts, and Detroit is hovering around
Speaker 1: thirty rush attempts per game and nine and a half
Speaker 1: twenty nine and a half, and they do have some
Speaker 1: plus matchups coming up. Shootout on the Horizon with the
Speaker 1: Chiefs of this week, they get Green Bay, uh next week.
Speaker 1: Jordan Howard just blomped a hat trick on the on
Speaker 1: the Paths. Then the Vikings that's a tough matchup, of course,
Speaker 1: and then the Giants in Oakland. So right there, that's
Speaker 1: like a good enough stretch to finish as a flex
Speaker 1: player and not play any more games for the rest
Speaker 1: of the year. Of course, there'll be Chicago sprinkled in
Speaker 1: twice and the Vikings again. But long story short, the
Speaker 1: usage should stay consistent if he stays healthy. I'm going
Speaker 1: RB two. Okay, I'm also going RB two. His snaps
Speaker 1: went from the mid fifties until this release of c
Speaker 1: J Anderson, when it went up to seventy percent of
Speaker 1: the snaps played. He also had six team point five
Speaker 1: touches per game without c J. Twenty one. Last week
Speaker 1: he didn't do a lot of with it, but it
Speaker 1: was against a very good Eagles run defense who haven't
Speaker 1: allowed a runner over forty five rushing yards this season.
Speaker 1: If the twenty touch thing continues, he's easily going to
Speaker 1: be an RB two. So RB two is your answers,
Speaker 1: all right? You guys hit on some of the salient points,
Speaker 1: but not all of them. Did You always faced more
Speaker 1: eight man boxes than any runner, And I think he's
Speaker 1: been as much as anything, the victim of the schedule.
Speaker 1: All four of the Lions opponents, including this week, the
Speaker 1: Chiefs are particularly weak against the asked. I mean, the
Speaker 1: way you beat all four of the opponents they've had
Speaker 1: is you throw the ball on them first and foremost.
Speaker 1: And so I think of time, we're gonna see the
Speaker 1: game plans swing more his way with better opportunities for
Speaker 1: the running game. Keep in mind Carrie and Johnson average
Speaker 1: five yards per carry is a rookie. He's a good
Speaker 1: runner who just hasn't had breaks with the schedule, the
Speaker 1: game mix, the way things have gone so far, and
Speaker 1: with c J. Anderson out of the mix. To Brian's
Speaker 1: point earlier, and these incredibly easy matchups, he's going to
Speaker 1: get an A grade almost every week for the next
Speaker 1: six weeks. It's gonna be an RB one level starting
Speaker 1: status for Carrie on Johnson, keeping the faith, Keeping the faith.
Speaker 1: Tough question number two, Sony Walkman Michelle averaging one yard
Speaker 1: per carry in two of his three games going forward.
Speaker 1: Is Walkman and RB one and r B two a
Speaker 1: flex or a bench player? Scott, This might be a
Speaker 1: little contraining, but I might be going all the way
Speaker 1: to bench. I hate doing the New England backfield thing anyway,
Speaker 1: but this performance has been just bad. I know that
Speaker 1: on Friday Bill Belichick gave him like a little vote
Speaker 1: of confidence and spoke nicely about him. He's doing what
Speaker 1: we asked him to, etcetera. But even with Devlin on
Speaker 1: I R and Burkehead questionable, uh Burkehead and James wed
Speaker 1: are both just better at both ends of the game
Speaker 1: right now. And they did draft Damien Harris, who hasn't
Speaker 1: gotten an opportunity yet. I don't want to predict this
Speaker 1: offense at all, and I think that fantasy wise, it's
Speaker 1: going to be very split going forward. He he's going
Speaker 1: to be tough to figure out. I think he's a
Speaker 1: bench player, all right, She's Scott Sony Walkman. Michelle's a
Speaker 1: bench how about you you? We call him Benjaman I
Speaker 1: guess because I got him on the bench too. And
Speaker 1: you're like, well, we still play Miami one more time, right, Yeah,
Speaker 1: you will in week seventeen. Sorry, you don't even get
Speaker 1: that game, Sony owners. I don't have much else to
Speaker 1: add other than New England already has a two devastating
Speaker 1: blows to their offensive line. They're starting center and right tackle,
Speaker 1: I believe already on I R And uh, you know,
Speaker 1: it's just always been a muddled mess. I mean, Brandon
Speaker 1: Bolding is still actually a thing in New England to
Speaker 1: you just can never I believe so getting special teams Ace,
Speaker 1: I know that's his bit, but and uh, I mean
Speaker 1: Rex Burkehead just looks better and the only thing that
Speaker 1: might be going in Michelle's favor is Burkehead has only
Speaker 1: played eighteen games over the last two seasons, hasn't proved
Speaker 1: to be entirely durable. But no one's rooting for injury there.
Speaker 1: But no, he's not the best running back on the team.
Speaker 1: So he's just a bench player. Don't even worry about
Speaker 1: him every week. You don't want to put yourself through that.
Speaker 1: Just put on the bench, you'll be fine. Um. So,
Speaker 1: his lack of productivity for Sony Walkman Michelle has been masked.
Speaker 1: Fantasy productivity has been masked, I think, and the NFL
Speaker 1: productive has been masked by the two touchdowns for fantasy owners, right,
Speaker 1: so the two touchdowns give you this false sense that
Speaker 1: Michelle's okay. Clearly he's not. Um. In fact, without those
Speaker 1: two touchdowns, I ran some I ran some estimates about
Speaker 1: where his scoring would be minus the two touches. In
Speaker 1: this picture, he'd be a calculator the whole deal. He'd
Speaker 1: be running back. Yeah, it's pretty bad, it's really bad. Look,
Speaker 1: he just doesn't pass the eye test, Sony Michelle slow,
Speaker 1: he's tentative the offensive lines of wreck. As you guys mentioned,
Speaker 1: you know, fortunately he's bailed out by those awesome pass
Speaker 1: catching ability. Oh he doesn't. He doesn't catch any passes either.
Speaker 1: Harris is better. This is where I was ready to
Speaker 1: give him the bench grade. But then there's the schedule.
Speaker 1: The after Buffalo this week you get Washington and the Giants.
Speaker 1: Are you seriously telling me against Washington or the Giants?
Speaker 1: A guy who gets the vast majority of the carreys,
Speaker 1: he gets a lot of the goal line stuff and
Speaker 1: virtually all the goal line carrys is not going to
Speaker 1: get a starters grade. He is and he there's this,
Speaker 1: he doesn't fumble. He's on the field of ton or
Speaker 1: at least so far, he hasn't been benched yet. Frankly,
Speaker 1: I would bench him, but I don't think Belichick's ready
Speaker 1: to yet, and because he's going to have starting grades
Speaker 1: over the course of the better part of the next month.
Speaker 1: Sony Walkman Michelle is a flex player. Tough Question number
Speaker 1: three with Melvin Gordon back. Going forward is Austin Ekeler
Speaker 1: and RB one and r B two a flex or bench.
Speaker 1: You may have noticed a theme riding through this particular
Speaker 1: edition of Three Tough Questions. Brian is Austin Ekeler and
Speaker 1: RB one r B two flex or bench. This is
Speaker 1: a very tough question, UM, real quick Equitler snaps have
Speaker 1: gone down as the season is started, by the way
Speaker 1: seventy three to sixty five. That was already discouraging before
Speaker 1: the Melvin Gordon news that he's coming back. So Gordon's
Speaker 1: coming back, as we all know, not this week or
Speaker 1: it could be this week, but more about this game.
Speaker 1: But it will be a very limited role, of course,
Speaker 1: but you'd have to assume it's gonna be two to
Speaker 1: three weeks before Gordon gets up to full speed, if ever,
Speaker 1: I mean missing training camp is not an ideal scenario
Speaker 1: for any any football player. UM. After this week against Miami,
Speaker 1: Equita could put up enough points to a finishes of
Speaker 1: flex without playing any more games too. But uh, let's
Speaker 1: just look at last year in the games Gordon and
Speaker 1: Ekela were both active. Gordon was about seventy the snap
Speaker 1: share Ekeler was, and Ekeler was he was a flex
Speaker 1: play a lot of weeks back then. The Chargers had
Speaker 1: Tyrell Williams, they had Antonio Gates, the didn't have Hunter
Speaker 1: Henry Um. But they're just short on playmakers, way more
Speaker 1: short than they were last year. So I think Ekeler
Speaker 1: will find its way on the field a lot more
Speaker 1: with the injuries to wide receiver. Mike Williams is consistently
Speaker 1: banged up. So I'm gonna say he maintains flex. He's
Speaker 1: gonna be RB two for a while, RB one to
Speaker 1: RB two then too a plateau of flex. So I'm
Speaker 1: just gonna say flex. Okay, all right, Scott, I also
Speaker 1: went with flex. Uh. Melvin Gordon has a very extreme
Speaker 1: history of game injured near the end of the season. Now,
Speaker 1: maybe maybe the short season, maybe this short season will
Speaker 1: aid that, or maybe he will not be in quite
Speaker 1: the same shape and it'll hurt it and he'll get
Speaker 1: injured again. But his points already, you're getting him up
Speaker 1: in that area. I think he's still going to take snaps.
Speaker 1: But here's my main concern with having Ekeler any higher.
Speaker 1: I think they run the wheels off Cordon now because
Speaker 1: they they're not going to keep him later. That's that's
Speaker 1: my thought process. So I'm hesitant to even say flex.
Speaker 1: But yeah, you get him for one more RB one week,
Speaker 1: and then it's gonna be rough going the rest of
Speaker 1: the season. You, my friend, have cracked the code. You're
Speaker 1: exactly right. Gordon is going to be a free agent
Speaker 1: at the end of this year. Chargers, No, they're not
Speaker 1: bringing him back. They are gonna run him into the ground.
Speaker 1: He's going to get the DeMarco Murray treatment. Remember when
Speaker 1: DeMarco Murray was charging every agency with Dallas. Dallas ran
Speaker 1: him into the ground and sent him packing. That's what's
Speaker 1: gonna happen here with Melvin Gordon. Um Austin Ekeler. Look
Speaker 1: and as as the number one back, he's been great,
Speaker 1: but that's not gonna matter here. Melvin Gordon's gonna take
Speaker 1: over the number one back and then he's gonna be great.
Speaker 1: I believe that we are going to see Austin Ekeler
Speaker 1: as no more than a flex play the rest of
Speaker 1: the year, which is sad for his owners. OPI enjoyed
Speaker 1: it all lasted. You've got four great games out of
Speaker 1: Austin Ekeler. You're gonna get one coming this weekend, and
Speaker 1: after that it's kind of over. At the price you
Speaker 1: got him, you're happy. Yeah, I think you're right. He's
Speaker 1: probably powered you to three and oh or two and
Speaker 1: one right now because Zekeler was so good just with
Speaker 1: that alone. So do you go to the owner in
Speaker 1: your league that's oh and three and they just have
Speaker 1: to win, and you just say, hey, here's Austin. You
Speaker 1: the win. It's a great strategy. It is. I'm giving
Speaker 1: you the win. You need to have a prayer at
Speaker 1: the playoffs, so give me somebody good. Yeah, try to
Speaker 1: sell him before this game. That's it agreed. If we
Speaker 1: have time at the end of the show, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: ask you guys about some strategies on Sae Kwon Barkley
Speaker 1: and what to do with him if you're if you're
Speaker 1: thinking about trade, if you've got him and you need
Speaker 1: to get rid of him, or if you were thinking
Speaker 1: about acquiring him. Brian, let's turn to the Tennessee matchup.
Speaker 1: You already told us that you kind of like out.
Speaker 1: You like some elements in the passing game for on
Speaker 1: the Sea, But I want to shift to Derrick Henry,
Speaker 1: who feels like a mortal lock in this game. Yeah
Speaker 1: he is. I'm gonna I'm gonna give him in a
Speaker 1: even though he probably should get a b U. He
Speaker 1: has outtouched Dion Lewis fifty five to fourteen to this point,
Speaker 1: so he's be clear. Alpha back on roster. He's even
Speaker 1: he even has more targets than Dion Lewis. Are you serious? Yes,
Speaker 1: So we're not eve gonna talk about Dion anymore. He's
Speaker 1: on the bench in this game. Back to Henry, though,
Speaker 1: this could be a tough matchup on the ground. Uh.
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook shredded the Falcons on the ground, but after that,
Speaker 1: they held the Eagles and Colts backs to three point
Speaker 1: one yards per carry over the last two weeks. And
Speaker 1: you know, the Falcons used to always give up catches
Speaker 1: and bunches to running backs, but not so far this year. Really,
Speaker 1: no loan back has topped three receptions and niheim Hinz
Speaker 1: is the only running back to top fifteen receiving yards
Speaker 1: with like twenty four, So they're not giving up a
Speaker 1: ton through the air. But I'm still giving Henry in
Speaker 1: a don't Yeah he's he's an a. Yeah, he's an A.
Speaker 1: The other two workhorse backs that have faced Atlanta, Dalvin
Speaker 1: Cook Marlon Mack giant games with I think they may
Speaker 1: have each scored twice or twice. They have three between them,
Speaker 1: I believe, so I I see another big game comment
Speaker 1: for Derrick Henry. I like him more than you did.
Speaker 1: I just get nervous when I I have so much
Speaker 1: confidence in Derrick Henry every time you think you're gonna
Speaker 1: be okay. I have a lot of confidence in Delaney
Speaker 1: Walker to The Falcons have allowed to combine seventeen tight
Speaker 1: end receptions over the last two weeks, and again they
Speaker 1: lost starting safety Kian O'Neill, which boots very well for
Speaker 1: Delaney Walker is an easy start this week in the
Speaker 1: tight end late Wasteland probably more like an A but
Speaker 1: you're starting them either way. You are not starting Corey
Speaker 1: Davis and A J. Brown. They've combined for thirteen catches
Speaker 1: all season long. That's it. That's it, unbelievable, unbelievable. When
Speaker 1: A J. Brown was a thing in Week one, Yeah,
Speaker 1: that was one long catch though he had three for
Speaker 1: a hundred. It was just like one of fluky long catch.
Speaker 1: The wide receiver you want to start for Tennessee is
Speaker 1: Adam Humphries, who was might take a chance on me
Speaker 1: wide receiver, and Marcus Mariotta was MNNA take a chance
Speaker 1: on me quarterback. Heaven helped me. I'm going Batman and
Speaker 1: Robin with the Titans, but I like them both in
Speaker 1: this matchup. On the past turf over uh Anna. Julio Jones.
Speaker 1: Easy A has scored in seventh straight and has twelve
Speaker 1: total touchdowns over his last twelve games going back to
Speaker 1: last season. I'm not going to justify that start anymore.
Speaker 1: Calvin Ridley gets a b came down to earth last week,
Speaker 1: but a great spot for a bounce back game, especially
Speaker 1: considering dirt. Kedder said Ridley could see the squeaky wheel
Speaker 1: treatment this week. We always that it was there some
Speaker 1: squeaking that I didn't hear about. I guess he was
Speaker 1: being a little squeaky behind the wheels, or maybe he
Speaker 1: missed understood the squeaky wheel treatment. He probably maybe he
Speaker 1: heard the wheels in Ridley's head, but that Ridley was
Speaker 1: outspoken about it. Really, but the outside corners Malcolm Butler
Speaker 1: and Dorry Jackson both allowed quarterback rating north of a hundred.
Speaker 1: They are not that great. Who is pretty good is
Speaker 1: Logan Ryan, the slot corner for the Titans. So Mohammed
Speaker 1: Sanu was on the bench, but Austin Hooper is not.
Speaker 1: He's basically a top five tight end right now, and
Speaker 1: the Titans have not fared well against tight ends this year.
Speaker 1: Uh four catches thirty seven yards and a touchdown to
Speaker 1: the Browns tight ends five, six and one to the
Speaker 1: Colts tight ends and three and one to the Jaguars
Speaker 1: tight ends this week. So touchdowns in every game. Gotta
Speaker 1: like Hooper, and you gotta like Matt Ryan. With Julio
Speaker 1: Ridley and Hooper getting very positive grades. Not gonna go
Speaker 1: too deep into that one. Yeah, but if we like
Speaker 1: all of receivers, obviously we like Matt Ryan, yep. But
Speaker 1: we do not like DeVonta Freeman. So Edo Smith might
Speaker 1: not play. Uh, I think he's going with the concussion.
Speaker 1: So let's assume he does. And I'm still giving Freeman
Speaker 1: the see. After allowing just seven rushing touchdowns to running
Speaker 1: backs last year, Tennessee still dominant against the run. Running
Speaker 1: Backs have just scored once on the ground so far.
Speaker 1: Marlon Mack had only fifty one yards on twenty carries.
Speaker 1: Leonard four Nette sixty six yards on fifteen carries. One
Speaker 1: of those carries one for six exactly. Its negative the
Speaker 1: rest of the game. You know what, I'm benching DeVonta Freeman.
Speaker 1: I've changed my mind. I don't care if he does out.
Speaker 1: He's on the bench. Play t J Yelton every week.
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Speaker 1: We'll be back at moments with more of the matchups
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Speaker 1: is a regular season edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. We
Speaker 1: are breaking down each of Sunday and Monday's NFL games
Speaker 1: fantasy style with letter grades on every player. Explain who
Speaker 1: we like, who we don't like, the rational all all
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Speaker 1: slash chart. Let's talk about the first indoor game for
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes since entering the NFL since college. Yeah, his
Speaker 1: last one he had liked, and probably yeah uh is
Speaker 1: at Detroit for this one, and Mahomes and Kelsey or
Speaker 1: auto starts their obvious a's let's drill down on some
Speaker 1: of the trickier starts in this matchup and it will
Speaker 1: stay with the passing game. Where Sammy Watkins gets a
Speaker 1: B he's commanding a massive twenty eight percent target share.
Speaker 1: And that's really critical to understand is this passing game
Speaker 1: still largely goes to Sammy Watkins. And I know he's
Speaker 1: been mostly disappointing since Week one and you didn't even
Speaker 1: start him in week one and all probability for many
Speaker 1: of you. Nevertheless, this is a nice matchup. He runs
Speaker 1: forty six of his snaps from the slot, and the
Speaker 1: Lions cornerback Justin Coleman was just eviscerated by two scores
Speaker 1: by Nelson Agilar and he's yielded three scores on the season.
Speaker 1: So I I think this is a very good opportunity
Speaker 1: for Sammy Watkins to bounce back to something closer what
Speaker 1: we saw in week one. He is a B grade
Speaker 1: Mi coole hardman with all that speed on the fast
Speaker 1: surface indoors against Detroit. I like him. He also runs
Speaker 1: the majority of his runs from the slot. He can
Speaker 1: also attack Justin Coleman if he's got Coleman on his side,
Speaker 1: and so there's another good opportunity for him. He's averaging
Speaker 1: fifty snaps a game. Kole Hardman, He's on the field
Speaker 1: a ton, plenty of opportunities to score. I like him
Speaker 1: to bring in a long, long touchdown in this game.
Speaker 1: And then there's de Marcus Robinson. He is a place
Speaker 1: on the outside, so that means he's going for the
Speaker 1: sleigh ride this week. It's Darius Slay who's been very
Speaker 1: good as usual. He's allowing just fifty two of the
Speaker 1: passes in his coverage to be completed. And the other
Speaker 1: outside corner Rashaan Melvin's also been really good. So DeMarcus
Speaker 1: Robinson just a great here. And honestly, if it were
Speaker 1: any other offense and any other quarterback, I'd probably tell
Speaker 1: you to benjam just just a reminder Darius is questionable.
Speaker 1: So well, we'll watch his staff keep an eye on that,
Speaker 1: if you have to, Marcus. Now, if Slay doesn't go well,
Speaker 1: we'll knock mark DeMarcus Robinson up to a B grade.
Speaker 1: But he's a sea as it stands at the moment.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the running game, Lashawn McCoy. The Lions
Speaker 1: giving up one hundred seventy total yards per game to
Speaker 1: opposing running backs. They're allowing a score in every game
Speaker 1: this year. Even the moribund Eagles carouself backs put up
Speaker 1: a hundred sixty three yards and a score in Detroit.
Speaker 1: So there's plenty to go around here. Even if Lashawn
Speaker 1: McCoy is stuck in a time share with Darryl Williams
Speaker 1: that she probably is, McCoy gets a be so does
Speaker 1: Darryl Williams for many of the same reasons here, And
Speaker 1: last week he got more snaps than McCoy, he's healthier
Speaker 1: than McCoy, he got more carries the McCoy more targets,
Speaker 1: more receptions. So darry Williams might even be the better
Speaker 1: play than McCoy. And if at some point McCoy's uh
Speaker 1: ankle injury ends up being a bigger problem than who knows,
Speaker 1: McCoy might hit the bench. So I think I prefer
Speaker 1: Darryl McCoy, although he give them both bees. Let's go
Speaker 1: to the Detroit side. We spent a lot of time
Speaker 1: talking about carry on Johnson a little bit ago. He's
Speaker 1: getting just two point six yards per carry, which is
Speaker 1: deflating um and he's top fifty one rushing yards just
Speaker 1: once once in the last seven games. But the Chiefs
Speaker 1: are just mauled by mark Ingram and Gus Edwards for
Speaker 1: a hundred fifty six yards and three scores. And Kansas
Speaker 1: City is allowed to touchdown to an opposing runner in
Speaker 1: twenty two of their last twenty nine games. That's that
Speaker 1: is what we call a trend. So I think Karrion
Speaker 1: Johnson finds a way to be productive here and he
Speaker 1: gets a B grade. Let's go to the passing game.
Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford with a B grade. The chief secondary has
Speaker 1: stymied two straight quarterbacks, which is impressive, but they were
Speaker 1: facing two very thin sets of receivers in Oakland and Baltimore.
Speaker 1: Lions have got far better receivers, averaging just thirty two
Speaker 1: tempts in regulation. Matthew Stafford is volume has been a
Speaker 1: concern here, but I think that won't be a him
Speaker 1: against the Chiefs offense because you had got a pass
Speaker 1: to keep up with the Chiefs, right. So I like Stafford,
Speaker 1: I like Holiday, and I like Marvin Jones who was
Speaker 1: might take a chance on me wide receiver. Let's talk
Speaker 1: about Kenny Gollady, who also gets a B in this one.
Speaker 1: He will go up against Chief's corner chart various ward
Speaker 1: the most and words giving up three inches and twenty
Speaker 1: pounds to Golliday who's a big dude, and he's giving
Speaker 1: up a sixty seven percent completion rate through three games.
Speaker 1: So I like holiday here at a B level. Then
Speaker 1: there's t J Hockinson who's frustrated a lot of people.
Speaker 1: But guys last week touched on, called back and penalty
Speaker 1: scanned dropped a dropped touchdown pass for t J. Hockenson.
Speaker 1: Let's not give up on the rookie quite yet. The
Speaker 1: Chiefs have allowed the most receptions to opposing tight ends,
Speaker 1: the fourth most yards to opposing tight ends. T J.
Speaker 1: Hockenson can turn it around here. Chiefs are a bottom
Speaker 1: half defense and yards per reception allowed to tight ends.
Speaker 1: So we're all that together. I think we can go
Speaker 1: to war with t J. Hockenson one more time. Let's
Speaker 1: see what happens. So I have will dis Leean Hockinson
Speaker 1: in a tight two tight end league league with you charge.
Speaker 1: But Darren Waller, who's obviously auto start. But I've played
Speaker 1: the wrong guy between and Hawkins and every week. I
Speaker 1: bet you gotta go Disley this week. But now I'm
Speaker 1: thinking Hawkinson. Really, I don't charge. Maybe I've seen Waller.
Speaker 1: No not, I'll talk about I don't think. I don't
Speaker 1: think you can. All right, let's go back to the matchup,
Speaker 1: Seattle taking on Arizona. Scott, do you want to start
Speaker 1: with Will Disley? Uh? Wait, since we're talking tight ends
Speaker 1: and we're talking Will Disley, we never start a match
Speaker 1: up with Disley talk no tight end? No, but do it.
Speaker 1: Here's my take a chance on me player. Arizona is terrible,
Speaker 1: terrible against tight ends. The Giants that gave up a
Speaker 1: touchdown every week two years ago, they just transferred it
Speaker 1: to Arizona for this year apparently. Uh. In that passing game, though,
Speaker 1: Arizona is terrible against the past in general. Right now
Speaker 1: with Patrick Peterson and Robert Alford still both out. Uh
Speaker 1: So I'm giving Wilson an a grade here that the
Speaker 1: Seahawks are normally very run heavy, but they're passing a
Speaker 1: lot more. Wilson's on pace for five passestempts this year
Speaker 1: at this point. He had fifty last week average in
Speaker 1: over three yards per game. The Cards allowing the third
Speaker 1: most passing yards, second most passing touchdowns. Gave Kyle Allen
Speaker 1: a career game, so I'm loving the passing game. Tyler
Speaker 1: Lockett a grade as well. He had never had double
Speaker 1: digit targets in his in his career before this year.
Speaker 1: He's had double digit receptions in two strange He's my
Speaker 1: number one ranked wide receiver this week. I don't blame you.
Speaker 1: I don't blame you. Dk Metkiff seems to find find
Speaker 1: his way to a big play every week. I think
Speaker 1: this is a matchup it happens again. BE grade for him. Carson,
Speaker 1: I'm giving a C grade. I think Penny's gonna be
Speaker 1: out again. He only saw fifteen touches last week. With
Speaker 1: Penny out, I think that's probably about what he'll see
Speaker 1: this week because I think it's gonna be more of
Speaker 1: an aerial game. On the Arizona side. Kyler Murray, I
Speaker 1: am giving and a grade to be grade, Okay, I
Speaker 1: just wanted to see your face if I gave That's
Speaker 1: why I pause. I'm giving him a B grade. B
Speaker 1: grade to the Seahawks have allowed multiple touchdown passes every game.
Speaker 1: Every week this year um significantly fewer yards, though, and
Speaker 1: part of that is because they had faced Mason Rodolphin
Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater. Kyler Murray averages fifteen more attempts per game
Speaker 1: than those two combined for against the Seahawks. So he's
Speaker 1: gonna pass it. He passes over forty times a game.
Speaker 1: He's gonna get something. Then leading pastor by attempts. Oh,
Speaker 1: I wouldn't doubt it. I wouldn't doubt it. They're they're
Speaker 1: leading in plays per game by like ten or something.
Speaker 1: It's crazy. Uh, Dalton had a bunch of garbage time.
Speaker 1: I think Murray can get that here. Uh, Fitzgerald and Kirk.
Speaker 1: I'm giving Fitzgerald and a grade and Kirk a B grade.
Speaker 1: Here's why they picked up Jamar Taylor after we two.
Speaker 1: He's gonna get Fitzpatrick Fitzgerald. There's the Seattle's two starting
Speaker 1: safeties are likely out as well, so that do and
Speaker 1: when the Cardinals go four wide, they're really going to
Speaker 1: spread Seattle thin in the secondary. I think they all
Speaker 1: the time, all the time. They're two leading receivers, fitz
Speaker 1: receiver exactly. So. So with Kyler Murray having sixty of
Speaker 1: his targets go to the slot. I like both of them.
Speaker 1: A and B grade there, d J David Johnson B
Speaker 1: grade here sales allowing fewer than sixty yards rushing per
Speaker 1: game too, and they faced Mixing and Connor and Camara
Speaker 1: some some good good backs, but Martin Kamara were able
Speaker 1: to add six plus receptions each and and some good
Speaker 1: games there. I think David Johnson might get that there,
Speaker 1: even though Murray hasn't been passing to him a whole lot.
Speaker 1: I think that he might get that passing game work
Speaker 1: in this one. All right, that makes sense. Tampa takes
Speaker 1: on the l A Rams Bryan. I already told you
Speaker 1: I like Ronald Jones, but wouldn't be surprised. We had
Speaker 1: a decent game from Peyton Barber in this one as
Speaker 1: as well. Rams, very very good past defense and a
Speaker 1: lukewarm run defense. Jamis Winston though coming and Mike Evans
Speaker 1: coming off the gigantic game last week? What do you
Speaker 1: make of this one? So this is uh? I have
Speaker 1: to give a shout out to Mike tag Leare you
Speaker 1: say that right? Who brought to light the the splits
Speaker 1: since the beginning of last season when a keep to
Speaker 1: leave plays and when he does not. It's huge differences.
Speaker 1: In the eleven games with the keep to leave on
Speaker 1: the field, the Rams are allowing two ten passing yards,
Speaker 1: three game and point seven touchdowns and one point four interceptions.
Speaker 1: Eight games without three hundred passing yards, two point nine
Speaker 1: touchdowns and under an interception per game keep to leaves playing.
Speaker 1: So Jameis Winson is on the bench for me in
Speaker 1: this game, and uh, Mike Evans is not on the bench,
Speaker 1: But don't expect a big game from Evans like he
Speaker 1: had last week. UM. Opposing number one wide receivers have
Speaker 1: been serviceable against the Rams. Dj Moore seven catches for
Speaker 1: seventy six, Michael Thomas ten for eighty nine. Beckham had
Speaker 1: six for fifty six, none scored. That's kind of the
Speaker 1: ceiling you're looking at with with Evans in this game.
Speaker 1: So he gets to be UM and those wide receivers
Speaker 1: can find for thirty two targets. By the way, that's
Speaker 1: a lot of targets and not a ton of production
Speaker 1: or touchdowns. UM, Chris Godwin can give him a c
Speaker 1: he will play. There was some concern with a hip injury,
Speaker 1: but he return to practice on Friday, so we should
Speaker 1: be good to go. But number two wide receivers have
Speaker 1: fair far worse than number ones. And if you want
Speaker 1: to say Godwin's the number one and Evans isn't, then
Speaker 1: there is your argument. But I like Evans more than Godwin.
Speaker 1: In this game. He is questionable, but I think he
Speaker 1: will play, but reaggrevating that injury is also concerned. So
Speaker 1: just to see for him this week, O J. Howard, Uh,
Speaker 1: he's on the bench for me this week. Did show
Speaker 1: signs of life life last week with sixty six yards,
Speaker 1: but that was against the Giants. The Rams defense is
Speaker 1: much better than the Giants defense. Opposing tight ends have
Speaker 1: been shut down against l A totally, just seventy seven
Speaker 1: yards on eight catches all year long. O J. Is
Speaker 1: gonna be doing a ton of blocking in this game,
Speaker 1: not a lot of pass catching. Uh. Peyton Barber I
Speaker 1: have on the bench. He was outtouched by Ronald Jones
Speaker 1: last week. And Dario gun Boal has also eaten into
Speaker 1: his playing time and f y i Ogun has more
Speaker 1: has run more pass routes than Barber and Jones combined
Speaker 1: this season. And the Rams should jump out and early
Speaker 1: lead in this one. So the game script is this
Speaker 1: not in Barbara's favor in this one, Ronald Jones, is
Speaker 1: your take a chance of running back Church. I will
Speaker 1: stand by you with that one. I would give him
Speaker 1: a C grade. I'll give him a C grade. Um
Speaker 1: and Ogumboala on the bench as well. Um over to
Speaker 1: the ram side, Todd Gurley begrudgingly, I'll give him a
Speaker 1: bus only average three point five yards per carry over
Speaker 1: the last two weeks, and those have been pretty good matchups.
Speaker 1: He has in top twenty touches. Yet he has just
Speaker 1: eight receiving yards on six targets. And Tampa Bay secondary
Speaker 1: is so bad they're practically funneling the opposition to the past.
Speaker 1: They're just like here, go ahead. The opponents are passing
Speaker 1: nearly seventy of the time against Tampa Bay. You know,
Speaker 1: Malcolm Brown is a factor even though he's on the
Speaker 1: bench in this one, because it's all about the passing
Speaker 1: game for me. But I'm just gonna I'll give him
Speaker 1: Gurley a B on name brand. But don't be surprised
Speaker 1: with the sea level production. I think I think he
Speaker 1: might chip in some receptions. I will help that certainly
Speaker 1: would help his cause. Um who will chip in receptions?
Speaker 1: Are the wide receivers. I'm not gonna go too deep
Speaker 1: into this one. They're all premium starts. I'll just say
Speaker 1: really quick. Preseason, he was Robert Woods, Brandon Cook's Cooper
Speaker 1: Cup in that order, right Yeah, Cup number one stays
Speaker 1: in the middle and Woods at the bottom. I know
Speaker 1: Fish and I were way off Cup. I was way
Speaker 1: wrong there. I'm sorry, Cooper. I loved Cup last year.
Speaker 1: I did not have faith he'd be able to come
Speaker 1: back from that injury. We all liked Cup, but I
Speaker 1: think we we we all all were sure about the injury,
Speaker 1: and just was was he gonna miss? Was he gonna
Speaker 1: take him a month to ramp up with? Fifth? Was
Speaker 1: my problem? Yeah? By the way, Cups from my number
Speaker 1: three wide receiver. This week he gets the A. He's
Speaker 1: that top five wide receiver right now, he gets an
Speaker 1: easy A. Cook's Woods, Uh, solid Bees, and then Jared
Speaker 1: Goff gets an A. He's the new Drew Brees and
Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger. When it comes to home road splits, this
Speaker 1: game is at home. We also at Dan Jones did
Speaker 1: to the Bucks last week. And uh, this one stat
Speaker 1: per Sports Info Solutions that I got via Evan Silva.
Speaker 1: Goth has a seventeen to two touchdown to interception ratio
Speaker 1: versus man coverage compared to fourteen to twelve against zone,
Speaker 1: and Tampa Bay's defensive coordinator, Todd Bowels, is running man
Speaker 1: coverage at least at the fourth highest rate in the
Speaker 1: league right now. So that bowls, how about bowls? Bowls?
Speaker 1: Are pretty sure it's going Todd. Have you never mispronounced
Speaker 1: the name on the show, never accidentally pronounced a name
Speaker 1: that would then turn a guy into a butt? Well?
Speaker 1: Maybe I did on purpose as jokay, Maybe I wish
Speaker 1: I did have been funnier that that probably would have
Speaker 1: been funnier. Um. I think that was about it for
Speaker 1: that matchup. Anyway, Our final topics are ahead. When we
Speaker 1: provide you with three guys we will believe will be
Speaker 1: hot waiver wire pickups next week that you can grab
Speaker 1: this week. It's our time machine addition that we like
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Speaker 1: If you missed anything part of the show It's a
Speaker 1: great way to recap all of the player information that
Speaker 1: you want to hear. Premature speculation is probably the most
Speaker 1: popular segment we have on this entire show, in which
Speaker 1: we try to identify players you want to pick up
Speaker 1: this week off the waiver wire that will be hot
Speaker 1: pickups next week. But Blamo, they're already on your team. Blamo,
Speaker 1: We've decided, is the official sound of premature speculation. Guys, Brian,
Speaker 1: let's start with you. Upon whom are you premature speculating?
Speaker 1: Jalen Rechard. I feel like I always talked about j
Speaker 1: Lyn re Shard every year on the show. I wish
Speaker 1: you'd stop, and that percentage has gone up from six
Speaker 1: in week one to in week two to last week
Speaker 1: he actually out snapped Josh Jacobs in a blowout loss
Speaker 1: to the Vikings, and that could very well happen again
Speaker 1: in Indianapolis this week. Actually looking at the Raider schedule,
Speaker 1: they could get blown out in every week. It's not
Speaker 1: that too far fetched, especially in their next five games
Speaker 1: following this week against Indy, they all look like scripts
Speaker 1: are games that will be scripted for Richard Um versus Chicago,
Speaker 1: then at green Bay at Houston, versus Detroit a great
Speaker 1: run defense, and the then versus the Chargers another solid
Speaker 1: run defense. So running back usage is a trend you
Speaker 1: should watch. And Richard is trending up, so he will
Speaker 1: be relevant in PPR league sooner than later, probably this week. Okay,
Speaker 1: a little bit of a boring priest back here from me, Chuck,
Speaker 1: Golden take comes off his suspension. Uh, you might want
Speaker 1: to get him this week before people, before people try
Speaker 1: to get him next week comes off his suspension after
Speaker 1: this week. That Giant's team, they got Golman running the
Speaker 1: ball and they have not a lot of warm bodies
Speaker 1: at wide receiver, and Danny Times is dealing a little bit.
Speaker 1: So Golden Tate, I think Golden Tate's um I think
Speaker 1: reasonably competent fantasy leaks have already got him taken. But
Speaker 1: there's a lot of casual leagues out there that people
Speaker 1: aren't paying attention. And Golden Tate is going to hit
Speaker 1: the news like Tuesday of next week when he comes
Speaker 1: shows up for practice for the first time and people
Speaker 1: are like, Oh, it's gonna do Golden Tate's back, and
Speaker 1: you'll he'll you will already have him. Now I have
Speaker 1: two premature speculations. One is not is not likely to
Speaker 1: be a scenario in your league. But if anybody drops
Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo because of the bye week, go get him.
Speaker 1: He's got a lot better over the course of the
Speaker 1: three weeks. But I'm assuming he's gone in your league
Speaker 1: and he's not going to be dropped. I'm going back
Speaker 1: to the guy I gave you in week one, Richard Higgins,
Speaker 1: who unfortunately he's been hurt ever since Week one. But
Speaker 1: and I know the Cleveland offense isn't go in the
Speaker 1: right direction, but we're buying low and you know they
Speaker 1: lost David and Joko. They need an a big, warm,
Speaker 1: big bodied receiver. That's for Shard Higgins. Um, they can't
Speaker 1: keep funneling everything to oh b J. I liked him,
Speaker 1: then I'm gonna go back to the well. Now he's
Speaker 1: available virtually every league and uh, and you can get
Speaker 1: Richard Higgins before he comes back and potentially has a
Speaker 1: good game, although I don't think even if he plays
Speaker 1: this week, and I don't think he does, he would
Speaker 1: have a good game here. But I still like Shard Higgins.
Speaker 1: Long term pick came up and play let's go, but
Speaker 1: get into our final matchups, beginning with Dallas taking on
Speaker 1: the New Orleans Saints. Zeke is an obviously because the
Speaker 1: Saints run defense guys so good last year and so
Speaker 1: not good this year. It's weird. They're giving up five
Speaker 1: yards per carry. Last year they were number one in
Speaker 1: the league at three and a half yards per carry.
Speaker 1: That's a huge differential. Remember last year they were coming
Speaker 1: off the year or their their past defense was shut down.
Speaker 1: But then last year the past defense went to the
Speaker 1: garbage but go figure um in three games, four backs
Speaker 1: of top fifty yards against the Saints, Elliott leads the
Speaker 1: league and red zone rushing it tempts and yards. He's
Speaker 1: an A grade. Dak Prescott A grade another another potential
Speaker 1: good game for him. Here. New Orleans has allowed ten
Speaker 1: quarterback touchdowns. Only Miami has allowed more than ten, four
Speaker 1: of those ten on the ground of quarterbacks. They've given
Speaker 1: up a quarterback rushing touchdown in every game the Saints have.
Speaker 1: Here comes Dak Prescott, one of the most mobile, fleet
Speaker 1: footed quarterbacks out there. If he does not run you
Speaker 1: to fantasy victory, he could pass his way there for you.
Speaker 1: Which brings me to Amari Cooper, who also gets an
Speaker 1: A grade. He should be able to play through an
Speaker 1: ankle injury. He's been arguably Fantasy Football's best wide receiver
Speaker 1: this year, with touchdowns in every game. Saints cornerback Marshawn
Speaker 1: Latimer shadowed Cooper when these two met last season. Cooper
Speaker 1: went eight targets eight receptions in that game. So far
Speaker 1: this year, Lattimore has allowed three hundred forty one yards
Speaker 1: in his coverage. That's worst in the league. Marshawn Lattimore
Speaker 1: looked like he was one of the most promising young
Speaker 1: cornerbacks in the NFL two years ago. Now he's allowed
Speaker 1: the most yard in the league. UH A grade for
Speaker 1: Marie Cooper. Let's talk about Randall Cobb. He was might
Speaker 1: take a chance to me wide receiver last week and
Speaker 1: had a seventies six yard touchdown called back on penalty.
Speaker 1: I hate it when that happens. He draws an exploitable
Speaker 1: matchup in the slot against p. J. Williams, who's a
Speaker 1: huge gambler. If p. J. William Williams, Society's gonna try to,
Speaker 1: you know, stretch out for an interception, doesn't get there. Whatever,
Speaker 1: Randall Cobbs startable in this game with a C grade
Speaker 1: Jason Witten also see grade here. The Saints just gave
Speaker 1: up sixty two yards and a score to Will Disley,
Speaker 1: but that's the most yards they'd allowed to the position
Speaker 1: in two years. Witten has scored in two of three
Speaker 1: games this year, and he's supposed to a solid fifty
Speaker 1: four yards in the other one. Let's go to the
Speaker 1: Saints side for the first time in I can't remember
Speaker 1: how long I'm gonna talk about two and the only
Speaker 1: two relevant Saints. That's it. It's Michael Thomas who gets
Speaker 1: a B grade. Teddy Bridgewater's passing even more discouraging. Well,
Speaker 1: let me go first and you go second. Did not
Speaker 1: throw a pass longer than fifteen yards completed nine He
Speaker 1: had nineteen completed passes last week. Two of them were
Speaker 1: for more than nine yards. Well, that makes sense with
Speaker 1: my stat his average depth of target, like how far
Speaker 1: he throws it on average three point three yards. It's unbelievable.
Speaker 1: It's it's staggering. So Michael Thomas can only get so
Speaker 1: much done. I believe that was Mike tag Leer. Also,
Speaker 1: I like to credit he needs some time. Teddy's still
Speaker 1: younger than Carson Wentz. Did you know that does he
Speaker 1: really now? So back to Michael Thomas, likely to struggle
Speaker 1: against the Cowboys secondary that's allowed the seventh fewest yards,
Speaker 1: just two touchdowns and wide receivers. He mostly runs on
Speaker 1: the outside and that puts him on two very good
Speaker 1: cornerbacks Byron Jones and Hidobi a Woozy. I think Michael Thomas,
Speaker 1: I think a B grade might be generous here, and
Speaker 1: I'm doing it mostly on volume of catches. Then. The
Speaker 1: only other guy to talk about for the Saints, of course,
Speaker 1: is Alvin Camara, who's in A grade pretty much every week.
Speaker 1: And in his first full game with Teddy, he took
Speaker 1: twenty five of the offenses forty two touches, he was
Speaker 1: nine receptions, ninety two receiving yards, any air touchdown UM
Speaker 1: last week. That's his best in a year and basically
Speaker 1: all of those categories. And if we threw out the Dolphins,
Speaker 1: and I kind of wish with the NFL would throughout
Speaker 1: the Dolphins, Dallas has allowed a rushing touchdown to backs
Speaker 1: in five straight games. So Alvin Cameric gets an A.
Speaker 1: We were all wrong on Murray. No, I wasn't totally off.
Speaker 1: That was totally off. Harrison was wrong on Davis Murray
Speaker 1: used in the sleeper. Yes, Jacksonville at Denver Scott. This
Speaker 1: is a game in which football will be kind of
Speaker 1: playing somewhat. You will there will be a pigskin involved
Speaker 1: in this game. Leonard four Nett had negative yardage until
Speaker 1: he broke the sixty nine yard touchdown not touchdown, six
Speaker 1: nine yard run last week. And I would love it
Speaker 1: if you would just predict a negative yardage game here.
Speaker 1: I cannot do that. I'm going to do the exact opposite.
Speaker 1: All right, I'm giving for Nett and a grade here. Honestly, Uh,
Speaker 1: he's He's had all but one of the Jaguars running
Speaker 1: back touches. He's had at least eighty seven total yards
Speaker 1: in every game. I know that last week the kid
Speaker 1: took a huge round to get there. Um, he hasn't
Speaker 1: been he hasn't explored for a huge day yet, and
Speaker 1: he hasn't scored yet. But this Denver d has allowed
Speaker 1: some pretty big games. They've allowed touchdowns to running backs
Speaker 1: in every game, including two to Jacobs and two to Jones.
Speaker 1: I think that for Net with his nineteen touches a
Speaker 1: game finally gets gets off the schneide for not scoring
Speaker 1: he this is a by low opportunity for net for sure,
Speaker 1: there's some frustrated owners out there. In the passing game,
Speaker 1: I've been show on the bench. Denver's basically top four
Speaker 1: in almost every single category, and they faced car Trabisky Rodgers.
Speaker 1: They those three guys combined for two touchdowns and barely
Speaker 1: averaged over two hundred yards. So he's on the bench. Chark,
Speaker 1: I'm giving him a C grade only for his connection
Speaker 1: with Minshew. He keeps scoring, he keeps getting decent yards.
Speaker 1: It's it's not a good matchup passing wise, but Bryce
Speaker 1: Callahan and Kareem Jackson are unlikely to play, so the
Speaker 1: secondary is going to be a little light out there,
Speaker 1: and they've been mostly burned by Tyrrell Williams, Marquette, Marquise Valdez,
Speaker 1: scantling speed, guys like Debt, like d D. Westbrookets. So
Speaker 1: I'm actually giving Westbrooke a C grade on the option
Speaker 1: that he might get a big play and and if
Speaker 1: Chart gets a lot of Christopherris I might not even
Speaker 1: want to play. Well that's the problem. That's the problem
Speaker 1: with Chark. I'm a little worried about Chark this week.
Speaker 1: On the other side, Flacco I have on the bench,
Speaker 1: but I am all of his passes are going to
Speaker 1: two guys. Basically, it's it's Sutton and it's Sanders, and
Speaker 1: they're just barely getting enough to get C grades, barely
Speaker 1: Fantasy viable. Both of them are in the top five
Speaker 1: in red zone targets. They've combined for like twelve teen
Speaker 1: red zone targets together, So I like their options, their
Speaker 1: SEA grades on them. SEA grades on both Lindsay and Freeman.
Speaker 1: I actually kind of like both of them this week.
Speaker 1: Lindsay because he gets he gets good receiving work. He's
Speaker 1: averaging nineteen touches per game. Freeman's averaging fourteen touches per game.
Speaker 1: The running this offense a lot through the running game. Uh,
Speaker 1: the Jaguars are mostly allowing rushing attempts, so twenty three
Speaker 1: rushtemps per game, three receptions per game. So if I
Speaker 1: had to choose, I might lean Freeman over Lindsay this weekend.
Speaker 1: I'm not alone on on that out there after I
Speaker 1: did my research on it. So um, but both SEA grades. Alright,
Speaker 1: Final matchup of the show, Tampa Bay taking on the
Speaker 1: l A rams Um. We've already taught feel like we
Speaker 1: got to do open Oakland. I apologize. I was gonna
Speaker 1: say we've done this one, um Oakland taking on Indie.
Speaker 1: Let's start with Josh Jacobs and what has been a
Speaker 1: pretty disappointing season after a promising week one. All right,
Speaker 1: we'll start with Josh Jacobs, I guess the least exciting
Speaker 1: reader to talk about, but yeah, I'm just giving him
Speaker 1: a cre didn't John Gruden said they want to give
Speaker 1: him more targets, but I'll believe that when I see it.
Speaker 1: He has just three targets on this season. I'm worried
Speaker 1: he gets phased out again like he did last weekends
Speaker 1: the Vikings as uh the Raiders, uh supposedly or we
Speaker 1: all assume they'll fall behind the Colts. So uh you know,
Speaker 1: and I mentioned this early. Jalen Richard outsnapped Josh Jacobs
Speaker 1: last week and there's danger of that happening again in
Speaker 1: a tough matchup. So just to see for Jacobs, I
Speaker 1: don't have re Shard with the starting grade, but he's
Speaker 1: my prespect so and if you aren't desperate and PPR,
Speaker 1: he's worth an ad um to the passing game. Now.
Speaker 1: I know it's late in the show, but can you
Speaker 1: wake up that peacock charge, because but I would be happy.
Speaker 1: Do we have not had pacock yet? It is the
Speaker 1: second show of the preseason I mentioned as my sleeper,
Speaker 1: virtually unknown guy named Darren Waller. Just go out and
Speaker 1: draft him. No one's drafting him. He had some potential
Speaker 1: this year, and yeah, he's got a lot of potential.
Speaker 1: He's living up to it. He gets an A in
Speaker 1: this one, basically demanding a third of Oakland's targets so
Speaker 1: far this year. The Colts will be without starting eight
Speaker 1: d mo Week Hooker, and they will be down a
Speaker 1: starting linebacker as well. I'm sorry his name slipping my
Speaker 1: mind at the moment. And Austin Hooper scored twice last week,
Speaker 1: so Darrell Darren Waller arguably tight end one. I would
Speaker 1: start him over Zach Ertz if it came down to it,
Speaker 1: if I had to, if I had them both on
Speaker 1: the same team, it's only I would have I would
Speaker 1: have done that, all right, Okay, I promise I would.
Speaker 1: If you know why, I would have Tyrolle Williams gonna
Speaker 1: give him a be Keenan Allen had a big game
Speaker 1: against Indie UM, so Williams really the only wide receiver
Speaker 1: with a warm body. Seventy nine, seven and nine targets
Speaker 1: are a lock. Derek Carr on the bench though, because
Speaker 1: he's Derek Carr over the Colts. Marlon Mack easy a Okland,
Speaker 1: conceded thirty one carries for a hundred ninety six yards
Speaker 1: and two touchdowns the Minnesota Backs last week. Mac had
Speaker 1: a minor injury scared with the calf, but he touched
Speaker 1: the ball eighteen times last week against Atlanta. That's a
Speaker 1: very safe floor for touches in this game. T Y
Speaker 1: Hilton is a listen as doubtful now with the quads,
Speaker 1: so you just gotta just end. On Friday, they promoted
Speaker 1: Shton Dulin from the practice squads Signy Hilton. So that
Speaker 1: brings Paris Campbell, Dion can Zack Pascal all into play.
Speaker 1: And that's school guy, but he's super athletic. Yeah let's
Speaker 1: go with him. I mean yeah, Paris is a good
Speaker 1: sneaky play in this game. I like Deon Kane more.
Speaker 1: It's really pick your poison. They all saw three targets
Speaker 1: last week. Kane Kane saw the most snaps. Pascal scored
Speaker 1: the touchdown. I don't know, my gut says Kane, But
Speaker 1: it's really a pick. These guys are gonna someone's gonna
Speaker 1: have a good game, maybe two of them, but um,
Speaker 1: who knows. And then Eric Ebron a big bump with
Speaker 1: t Y Hilton out, mainly because t Y Hilton second
Speaker 1: in red some targets in the NFL right now, and
Speaker 1: that hurts Ebron, of course, but Hilton out, Um, it's
Speaker 1: a It's a good spot for Ebron. It's a great
Speaker 1: matchup on paper, team starting tight ends against the Raiders
Speaker 1: or thirteen of eighteen for two d seven yards and
Speaker 1: a touchdown this season, and with all those positive plays
Speaker 1: in the passing game that made Jacoby Brissette take a
Speaker 1: chance on me quarterback, it is even without t Y Hilton.
Speaker 1: I still like Jacobe Brissette. I think he's I think
Speaker 1: he's sitting on a fine game, and I think he's
Speaker 1: actually sitting on a pretty good season. The rest of
Speaker 1: the way. He's available a lot of leagues. You may
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