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Speaker 1: Three Tough Questions. Our final premature speculation. This has gotta
Speaker 1: be your best premature speculation of all the premature speculations.
Speaker 1: Right here's Baker Mayfield. I'm still in shock from Thursday
Speaker 1: Night Football, by the way, yes, uh. And we'll break
Speaker 1: down all the games fantasy style as we always do,
Speaker 1: beginning with Brown's taking on the Bengals. Brian the Browns.
Speaker 1: The Bengals can beat the Chiefs, no problem. Can't seem
Speaker 1: to find a way to beat the Browns though, unless
Speaker 1: it changes this week. I have a feeling is going
Speaker 1: to change this week. Uh. These teams last met in
Speaker 1: Week eight, or first met in Week eight, I should say,
Speaker 1: so we'll reference that game for sure, starting with the
Speaker 1: Cleveland side, the road team. Nick Chubb. Gonna give him
Speaker 1: an a. Even though the Bengals have a loudly ninth
Speaker 1: uist combo yards opposing running backs, they have surrendered multiple
Speaker 1: running back touchdowns and two in two of their last
Speaker 1: three games. So gotta like Chubb, who has also scored
Speaker 1: multiple touchdowns and three of his last four games against since,
Speaker 1: the most recently in that Week eight game when he
Speaker 1: had a hundred and one rushing yards and two touchdowns.
Speaker 1: So in a for Chub and uh cream Hunt, we're
Speaker 1: gonna roll with him. Uh, pretty good call last week, Church,
Speaker 1: I believe he was gonna take a chance my running back.
Speaker 1: He was serviceable, got double double touches for the first
Speaker 1: time in a month. Hopefully we'll see good usage again
Speaker 1: this week. Again, it's not the best batch up, but
Speaker 1: the Browns should lean on the running backs. While Deshaun
Speaker 1: Watson remembers how to play football, I thought he looked
Speaker 1: non terrible. I don't think you're watching the right game.
Speaker 1: I know, I know the narrative is should be that
Speaker 1: he looked terrible because the score was bad. Um, but
Speaker 1: I thought I thought he you know, I thought he
Speaker 1: looked non terrible. He threw the ball backwards at one point.
Speaker 1: It was kind of weird. I don't know, he looked
Speaker 1: a little rusty Rossdale. I'll give you that's a different
Speaker 1: than non terrible. Yeah. Okay, well we'll get to Watson
Speaker 1: a second. But a c for Hunts. He had sent
Speaker 1: me two combo yards with four catches in the first meeting.
Speaker 1: I feel like that's kind of a safe floor in
Speaker 1: this game. So he's playable with the CE Mark Cooper,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give him a C and I'll stick with
Speaker 1: the CE. He injured his hip on Thursday and practice
Speaker 1: he says he should be good to go. So something
Speaker 1: you want to monitor. But not a great matchup for him,
Speaker 1: especially because it's a road game. Cooper is averaging thirty
Speaker 1: five receiving yards on the road with a zero touchdowns
Speaker 1: and I'm not including the neutral game. Uh that was
Speaker 1: in Detroit there. But he did have a good game
Speaker 1: in the first meeting at home against the Bengals five catches,
Speaker 1: thirty one yards and a touchdown. But the Bengals have
Speaker 1: allowed the sixth fewest yards and the fewest receptions to
Speaker 1: wide receivers. Just a C for Cooper for that reason.
Speaker 1: I have my boy Donovan People's Jones on the bench.
Speaker 1: I'll bump him up to a sea off. Cooper somehow
Speaker 1: sits in this game. But DPJ has been pretty reliable
Speaker 1: all year, including the Week eight matchup when he had
Speaker 1: four catches for eighty one yards. But personally, I don't
Speaker 1: I don't really like this passing game. With Watson undersetter
Speaker 1: until I see him play a little better. So I
Speaker 1: got DPJ on the bench again unless Cooper sits and
Speaker 1: I give him a C and David na Joko expected
Speaker 1: to go here, Yeah, I'm gonna give him a CEE
Speaker 1: should make his return from injury yet again, I feel
Speaker 1: like he's returned from injury like three or four times
Speaker 1: this year. It's a good matchup on paper though for
Speaker 1: in Joeku. The Bengals have allowed the fourth most receptions
Speaker 1: to opposing tight ends this season, and no team has
Speaker 1: yielded more tight end targets than since you over the
Speaker 1: past three weeks. And lastly, I got to Shaun Watson
Speaker 1: on the bench. Looked pretty bad in my mind, uh
Speaker 1: and in my eyes last week, completing just twelve of
Speaker 1: twenty two passes for one scoreless yards and a pick.
Speaker 1: And really it's a bad matchup. The matchup is more
Speaker 1: bad than DeShawn Watson. The Bengal steps have rendered multiple
Speaker 1: touchdown passes just once all season. So Watson is on
Speaker 1: the bench for me. Over to the Bengal side. Now,
Speaker 1: before you get into the Bengal side, I want to
Speaker 1: ask you something some people asked me on Friday at
Speaker 1: the Friday Football Feast. Is there a scenario where you
Speaker 1: start both Joe Mixing and Soma j p Ryan because
Speaker 1: many people have got that handcuff and the Cleveland run
Speaker 1: defense is bad. Yeah, if you got them both and
Speaker 1: you don't really have any better options, I can't fault
Speaker 1: you for for playing both of them. I'm giving them
Speaker 1: both a c. Even with Mixing coming back, you'd have
Speaker 1: to imagine they got to work in p Ryan, who
Speaker 1: has been more than en table replacement. So the Browns,
Speaker 1: like you said, it's a good matchup. They have allowed
Speaker 1: six team total touchdowns to running backs running back to
Speaker 1: this season, tied for second most in the NFL. The
Speaker 1: weekend game, they really didn't do too well. Mixing and
Speaker 1: p Ryan. Mixing led the way in that one. Uh,
Speaker 1: they combined for just thirty four scoreless rushing yards on
Speaker 1: nine and carries. Mix it in prinded, but they totaled
Speaker 1: ten catches on twelve targets. So yeah, sorry, them both
Speaker 1: a little dicey, but I can't hate it too much.
Speaker 1: But just to see for both players if you only
Speaker 1: happen to have one, but they are startable. Jamaar Chase
Speaker 1: certainly startable with an A. He missed that Week eight game,
Speaker 1: but he is back, so target share in his return
Speaker 1: from hip injury last week looked pretty spry. Chase actually
Speaker 1: hasn't scored or topped fifty yards in his career against Cleveland.
Speaker 1: That's only two games, so I'm not too worried. The
Speaker 1: brown Steps are rendered seven wide receiver touchdowns over the
Speaker 1: last five games. That's why I'll give t Higgins a B.
Speaker 1: Had a little hamstring scare earlier in the week, but
Speaker 1: he should be good to go. I think he's off
Speaker 1: the injury report as of now. So including the Week
Speaker 1: eight game, Higgins has topped ninety yards and or scored
Speaker 1: in five of his last six games. He scored in
Speaker 1: that meeting first meeting with Cleveland. So strong B for
Speaker 1: Higgins and Tyler Boyd. He's he's been pretty brutal as year.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give him a see though, help yourself. I
Speaker 1: can't help myself. Uh. He scored in that weekate match
Speaker 1: up with Cleveland. He scored in three of his last
Speaker 1: four games against the Browns, so strong pass performance against
Speaker 1: the division rival. So we'll give him a sea here.
Speaker 1: And I'm gonna mention someone who has never been mentioned
Speaker 1: on this show, or in my brain or probably in
Speaker 1: any conversation. Mitchell Wilcox should be the starting tight end
Speaker 1: for the Bengals with Haydeen Hurst ruled out. I wanted
Speaker 1: to throw a dart in the tight end waste land.
Speaker 1: But the Browns are allowing less than four catches per
Speaker 1: game to tight ends, and that surrender just two touchdowns
Speaker 1: to the position all season. So I got Wilcox on
Speaker 1: the bench sadly, and I got an a on Joe Burrow,
Speaker 1: and I got a bunch of stuff to say it,
Speaker 1: But I don't think I really need to write one
Speaker 1: of the quarterbacks in the NFL. Basically, after that cold
Speaker 1: first couple of games of the season, Burrow has been terrific.
Speaker 1: Our next matchup, Texans taking on the Cowboys. We referenced
Speaker 1: last just moments ago, the quarterbacking last week when it
Speaker 1: was Deshaun Watson versus Kyle Allen. You want to see
Speaker 1: some bat and quarterback Kyle Allen put on one of
Speaker 1: the worst starting quarterback performances in memory. It was horrific.
Speaker 1: I don't think they pay him two d and fifty
Speaker 1: million dollars literally not. However bad you think Davis Mills is.
Speaker 1: Let me assure you, Kyle Allen is way worse. And
Speaker 1: now they go back to Davis Mills. Yeah, and we
Speaker 1: can start on the Texans side where it should be
Speaker 1: pretty short and sweet, as Houston is seventeen and a
Speaker 1: half point under dogs right now. As you said, Davis
Speaker 1: Mills back at starting quarterback. He by the way, I
Speaker 1: take the seventeen and a half. They played a lot
Speaker 1: of teams close with Davis Mills. The Cowboys haven't, as
Speaker 1: a pretty said, uh, Mills is only top two hundred
Speaker 1: fifty yards once in ten games this year. He hit
Speaker 1: the two touchdown mark only four times this year. He
Speaker 1: faces a Cowboys defense that is top seven in passing attempts,
Speaker 1: yards and touchdowns. Plus it looks like the Texans will
Speaker 1: be missing both Nico Collins and Brandon Cooks this week,
Speaker 1: so Mills and the whole passing game is definitely on
Speaker 1: your bench. And if you're in one of those weird
Speaker 1: leagues where you have to start a Texans wide receiver,
Speaker 1: you can choose between Philip Dorset, Chris Moore and a
Speaker 1: Marie Rogers as you're likely starting three, probably in that order.
Speaker 1: Damian Pierce I will give a C grade two though. Uh.
Speaker 1: In their last five games, the Cowboys have allowed a
Speaker 1: double digit PPR point day to at least one running
Speaker 1: back in every game except the game against the Vikings
Speaker 1: where they shut out Dalvin Cook and company. Even in
Speaker 1: the thirty five point loss last week, Jonathan Taylor touched
Speaker 1: the ball twenty four times against Dallas. I have a
Speaker 1: feeling they'll feed Pierce a lot here to just to
Speaker 1: try to slow the game down. Maybe the one week
Speaker 1: spot in this defense is that they're giving up a
Speaker 1: hundred and five rushing yards per game. That's the twelve
Speaker 1: most in the league. Can I do you guys have
Speaker 1: any concern with Damian Pierce hitting the rookie wall, especially
Speaker 1: considering like you barely use second watched If you watched
Speaker 1: the game last week, looked awesome. He was. He was
Speaker 1: trucking people the near You know, I saw Spia two
Speaker 1: bad games. Everybody just immediately goes, well, he's a rookie,
Speaker 1: it's December hitting the wall. He played two fantastic run
Speaker 1: defenses the last couple of weeks, and he had Kyle
Speaker 1: Allen is his quarterback. I'm telling you, Damian Pierce is fine.
Speaker 1: All right on the other side. I know we were
Speaker 1: talking about could you start both of your Bengals, Well,
Speaker 1: I'm starting both of my Cowboys running backs and they
Speaker 1: both have eight grades in this one. Well you could
Speaker 1: go three deep here, Oh my gosh, you could, I guess.
Speaker 1: But Houston, allowing five point one yards per carryon, have
Speaker 1: allowed the most rushing yards and the second most rushing
Speaker 1: touchdowns to opposing running backs. Both Tony Pollard and Ezekiel
Speaker 1: Elliott should each see fourteen or more touches in this
Speaker 1: game because nobody tries to pass against the Texans. They're
Speaker 1: allowing the fewest completions in the league at only eighteen
Speaker 1: per game. And eighteen per game is what just And
Speaker 1: Fields is averaging over his last five games, and you
Speaker 1: don't play Justin Fields for his passing. Of the last
Speaker 1: four quarterbacks they faced, the Texans have allowed under sixteen
Speaker 1: completions and two hundred yards to three of them, and
Speaker 1: in twelve games, the Texans have only allowed ten passing touchdowns.
Speaker 1: All this adds up to like two hundred yards and
Speaker 1: maybe oscore for Dak Prescott oscore oscar and he could
Speaker 1: be watching from the sideline for most of the second half,
Speaker 1: So I'm only gonna give Dak a C grade in
Speaker 1: this one. I don't know. I I look, I hear
Speaker 1: what you're saying. It's gonna be all running all the time,
Speaker 1: but he passes on them. They just don't uh. As
Speaker 1: for Ceedee lamp I'll still give him a B grade.
Speaker 1: Here's what good do great fantasy wide receivers have done
Speaker 1: against Houston in the last five weeks. Tyreek Hill six
Speaker 1: for eight five no score, Jalen Waddle five for eighty five,
Speaker 1: no score, Amari Cooper four for forty, no score, Terry
Speaker 1: McLaurin four for fifty five no score, A J Brown
Speaker 1: fur and a touchdown. That's just okay. If you're looking
Speaker 1: for ten to twelve PPR points, Ceedee Lamb is gonna
Speaker 1: get you that, but not not much more. As far
Speaker 1: as Michael Gallup, I won't start him in this one,
Speaker 1: but I like what I've seen out of him lately.
Speaker 1: And Dalton Schultz finally, I'll give him a C grade.
Speaker 1: As I mentioned before, the Texans have allowed ten touchdown
Speaker 1: passes this year, half of them have gone to the
Speaker 1: tight end position, including three in the last five weeks,
Speaker 1: and Schultz has scored three times in the last four weeks.
Speaker 1: So Schultz on the touchdown pass from Dak Prescott, He'll
Speaker 1: get the one. Yeah, in this game, you like that,
Speaker 1: You're gonna call your shot one. Dak Prescott touched the angle.
Speaker 1: It could help you out. They could run up and
Speaker 1: down the field and Dad could finish those drives a
Speaker 1: touchdown passes, which would be an ideal scenario for the Peak.
Speaker 1: Could I'm still gonna start in one of my leagues,
Speaker 1: but I don't feel great about it. It's not a
Speaker 1: high upside player. I got Ceedee Lamb everywhere and I
Speaker 1: need him. I need him to buck this this trend
Speaker 1: against Houston and hopefully that will be the case here
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Speaker 1: of these guys available on the waiver wire. In this
Speaker 1: a week with six teams on by, you need it
Speaker 1: more than ever when in you're in week. Let's go
Speaker 1: to the quarterback position, Matt. I've got Mike White and
Speaker 1: two starts Mike White as three and three and three
Speaker 1: s nine yards in a rushing score. Of the last
Speaker 1: eight quarterbacks the Bills have faced, six of them have
Speaker 1: thrown for over three yards or multiple touchdowns. The two
Speaker 1: who didn't Mac Jones and the guy Mike White replaced
Speaker 1: Zack Wilson. So kind of like Mike White this week,
Speaker 1: All right, your quarterback? I got San Francisco's Brock pretty
Speaker 1: at home against the Bucks. Brock throws a pretty good ball.
Speaker 1: Actually just came to my head. I can't imagine. The
Speaker 1: Bucks have surrendered at least one passing touchdown in eleven
Speaker 1: straight games, and they also own an opponent passing play percentage.
Speaker 1: North of the road, they're much easier to pass on,
Speaker 1: or at least they give up yield more pass attempts
Speaker 1: on the road, like the matchups for Christian McCaffrey and
Speaker 1: George Kittle through the air. Not so much for Deebo
Speaker 1: Samuel and Brandon Ayuk, but they are both still threats
Speaker 1: on any given Sunday. Which, by the way, I just
Speaker 1: watched that again for the first time in a while.
Speaker 1: That it is horrible, like it's horrible Christmas vacation. Oh no, oh,
Speaker 1: elf is worse. Yes, I know we're both gonna get Oh,
Speaker 1: I've been getting it for all all the week and
Speaker 1: social media, so I said this. It just has somebody
Speaker 1: that didn't grow up watching and watching until last year.
Speaker 1: Christmas vacation is a somber experience appropriate for like I
Speaker 1: don't know, awake waterboarding. I mean it is patently objectively
Speaker 1: not funny by today's standards. I'd watch it over Elf
Speaker 1: ten out of ten, ten out of all the time.
Speaker 1: Sugar in Elf makes my skin crawl. Anyway, Sorry, I
Speaker 1: might take a chance at me. Quarterback is Tyler Huntley
Speaker 1: going up against Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh's a lot of passing touchdowns
Speaker 1: in every game this year. They're gonna allow one here.
Speaker 1: Steelers defense is giving up two hundred seventy passing yards
Speaker 1: and two touchdowns per game overall. Over the course of
Speaker 1: the season. Huntley has rushed for at least forty yards
Speaker 1: in all of his extended appearances. Many of them are
Speaker 1: like half games like last week. Honley is gonna rush
Speaker 1: you for the at least those forty yards, throws in
Speaker 1: chips in one or two more. Tyler Huntley's got nice
Speaker 1: upside this week. Can't wait to talk more about him
Speaker 1: later in the show. Yes we will. Let's go to
Speaker 1: the running back position. I've got Cuba Hubbard of the
Speaker 1: Panthers coming out of their Week thirteen by It was
Speaker 1: a little bit of a bummer that Deonta Foreman had
Speaker 1: been limited in practice with foot and rib injuries, but
Speaker 1: he's not carrying an injury designation after practicing Friday. Foreman's
Speaker 1: been very good, but his snap share had dropped to
Speaker 1: about half time in week eleven and twelve, where Chuba
Speaker 1: Hubbard's percentage in those weeks ticked up to the range.
Speaker 1: And with the injury adventure to guess that Hubbard gets
Speaker 1: a little bit more work in this one, and that's
Speaker 1: kind of the trend. So if Foreman's foot issue flares up,
Speaker 1: it's Hubbard's backfield with only Raheim black Shear backing him up.
Speaker 1: And Seattle is bottom six in the league and running
Speaker 1: back touches allowed, combo yards allowed and touchdowns allowed to
Speaker 1: the running back position. I was going to take Chuba
Speaker 1: Hubbard before you took him from I do like that angle, Brian,
Speaker 1: you take a chance of me running back, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: dig a little deep here and go with Baston Scott.
Speaker 1: He's been wicked good against the Giants. To the accent,
Speaker 1: I know. That's what I say to Scott when he's here,
Speaker 1: and he never does it. Scott's not a big accent guy.
Speaker 1: He don't. He won't even do a Scottish accent for us.
Speaker 1: He won't do a Boston accent for Boston Scott, Scottish
Speaker 1: accent for Scott Fish and he won't do a Fish accent. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he won't even make bubbles for his kids, like, but
Speaker 1: he makes He makes the Christmas magical for thousands and
Speaker 1: thousands of kids. Though. We gotta give shout out to
Speaker 1: Scott Fish for fantasy cares. No, I've even started with
Speaker 1: Baston Scott yet. Yes, Miles Sanders is the lead back
Speaker 1: and Kenneth Gane Wills in the mix, but Scott is
Speaker 1: a Giant killer. He has sixteen career touchdowns, Eight of
Speaker 1: them have come against the Giants, who own the second
Speaker 1: highest explosive run rate allowed, and over the last three games,
Speaker 1: they've allowed a hundred and thirty plus rushing yards in
Speaker 1: each and five total rushing scores running backs during that span.
Speaker 1: Defensive lineman Leonard Williams was also forced to leave last
Speaker 1: week's game for New York and is questionable to play.
Speaker 1: And I just think this game gets out of hand
Speaker 1: for New York and Philly will will turn to Baston Scott.
Speaker 1: Jordan Mason is your backup running back for San Francisco.
Speaker 1: With Brock Purty at the helm, I think we're gonna
Speaker 1: get a run heavy game plan from the Niners and
Speaker 1: more carries for Mason. He's had eighteen carries this season.
Speaker 1: Listen to this for on these eighteen carries, he's averaging
Speaker 1: five and a half yards per carry. He's posted five
Speaker 1: first downs on his eighteen carries. He's forced five missed
Speaker 1: tackles on his eighteen carries, and he's piled up sixty
Speaker 1: one yards after contact on his eighteen carries. Jordan Mason
Speaker 1: can play a little bit. Uh. The Niners have to
Speaker 1: be thoughtful about load management with Christian McCaffrey if they
Speaker 1: want him fresh for the playoffs. Mason's gonna get some
Speaker 1: work here. I don't love the matchup with a good
Speaker 1: run defense for Tampa bay Um, but nevertheless, we're gonna
Speaker 1: see enough action out of Jordan Mason a run heavy
Speaker 1: game plan to make him viable for your team. This week,
Speaker 1: let's go to the wide receiver position. Well, I owe
Speaker 1: is a tight end and it's definitely a matchup every time.
Speaker 1: I should know not to lead you with wide receiver
Speaker 1: because you go tight end more than anybody. I'd like
Speaker 1: to switch it up. Uh. So this is the matchup
Speaker 1: play against the Dolphins, who have allowed the second most receptions,
Speaker 1: seventh most yards, and fourth most touchdowns to tight ends.
Speaker 1: And uh they're playing Gerald Everett this week. Eight different
Speaker 1: times this year a tight end is registered double digit
Speaker 1: PPR points against the Dolphins. And it's not the names
Speaker 1: you would think. Hayden Hurst, Irv Smith, Pat Friar Muth,
Speaker 1: the Detroit t J. Hockenson, Cole Commet, Harrison Bryant, Jordan Aikins,
Speaker 1: They're all in that group. Gerald Everett's right there and
Speaker 1: maybe better than a lot of those tight ends. And
Speaker 1: he's coming off five catches for eighty last week against
Speaker 1: the Raiders. You take a chance of me, receiver, Brian,
Speaker 1: I've got Tennessee's Nick westbrook a keene um against the
Speaker 1: Jaguars at home. Treylon Brooks has unfortunately been ruled out
Speaker 1: of this game, UH, clearing the way for n W
Speaker 1: I A great match up. The Jaguars are allowing a
Speaker 1: hundred and sixty yards and one point to five touchdowns
Speaker 1: per game to opposing wide receivers. Nick Westbrook a keene.
Speaker 1: I'm going to DJ Chark against the Minnesota Vikings. He
Speaker 1: posted a terrific game last week yards and a touchdown.
Speaker 1: So where was this last week? You may be asking, Well,
Speaker 1: the problem was he had missed over a month injured,
Speaker 1: and then he'd be only had very limited play the
Speaker 1: week before. Now DJ Charks a full timer. Calif Raymond
Speaker 1: may not play in this game, also helping ensure DJ
Speaker 1: Charks on the field a lot. Over the last five weeks,
Speaker 1: Minnesota has allowed the third most receptions, the most yards,
Speaker 1: and four touchdowns to opposing receivers, and on the season
Speaker 1: they've given up the fourth most air yards to receivers
Speaker 1: and charts. Always been a deep ball threat to the
Speaker 1: big play possibility certainly in play. Here posted a decent
Speaker 1: game with forty six yards in the previous meeting with Minnesota.
Speaker 1: D J Chark your final of nine. Take a chance
Speaker 1: on me players. We now go to our next matchup,
Speaker 1: Chiefs taking on the Broncos. Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelsey
Speaker 1: is always obvious a's although it's a tough matchup. Broncos
Speaker 1: have surrendered multiple passing touchdowns just three times this year,
Speaker 1: and only one quarterback has managed the top two hundred
Speaker 1: sixty passing yards against them. Still, it's Mahomes and Kelsey,
Speaker 1: so they continue to get a grades. The only other
Speaker 1: receiver I've got a starting grade on is Juju Smith
Speaker 1: Schuster two dud games since returning from his concussion, so
Speaker 1: you get I know you're gonna be hesitant to put
Speaker 1: him in here. The Broncos have given up the fewest
Speaker 1: yards to wide receivers all season, but they've given up
Speaker 1: over one hundred receiving yards to a receiver in three
Speaker 1: of the last four games, so there, they've been a
Speaker 1: little more bendable in the last month. If any Chiefs
Speaker 1: receiver's gonna hit one hundred yards, it's gonna be Juju.
Speaker 1: Denver slot cornerback Kwan Williams could return for this game.
Speaker 1: That if he does, that puts Juju Smith Shuster around
Speaker 1: the bench, because Williams is terrific, allowing game averages of
Speaker 1: three catches for twenty yards and nobody has scored on
Speaker 1: Kwan Williams all year, so track him. But if Kwan
Speaker 1: Williams does not play as the slack cornerback, then we'll
Speaker 1: give a seed to Juju Smith, Schuster, all the other
Speaker 1: receivers around the bench. Kadarius Tony Lingering hamstring injuries, got
Speaker 1: a tough matchup, will not play him. MVS is an
Speaker 1: unreliable drop machine, so we're not gonna play him either,
Speaker 1: And that just leaves Isaiah Pacheco to talk about what
Speaker 1: a great story he has turned into since trading away
Speaker 1: Bradley Chump. The Broncos defense has been gashed by Travis Etienne,
Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs dot to Foreman, although they did shut down
Speaker 1: the Titans and Ravens run games, probably because the Titans
Speaker 1: and the Ravens don't offer any threat through the air,
Speaker 1: which obviously Patrick Mahomes does. Runners on balanced offenses get
Speaker 1: it done against the Broncos, and over his last four games,
Speaker 1: Pacheco averaging seventeen rushing attempts for eighty two yards in
Speaker 1: almost five yards per garry. He has scored in each
Speaker 1: of his last two games, and he's gonna keep that going. Here,
Speaker 1: be great, Isaiah Pacheck. Oh, let's go over to Denver.
Speaker 1: There's not a lot to like here. I'll mention that
Speaker 1: Courtland Sutton has been ruled out of this game, and
Speaker 1: that puts Jerry Judy into a C grade. The Chiefs
Speaker 1: have allowed opposing target leaders to finish with more than
Speaker 1: nine yards in three of the last four games, and
Speaker 1: that target leader should be Jerry Judy here. With Sutton out,
Speaker 1: Judy spends most of his time in the slot, where
Speaker 1: we'll find coverage cornerback Lugarious Snead, who has allowed to
Speaker 1: seventy two per cent catch rate and the fifth most
Speaker 1: yards after the catch among cornerbacks. So we'll try Jerry
Speaker 1: Judy here, even though he's not at full health either.
Speaker 1: Greg Dulphas coming off a career high game, but he
Speaker 1: faces a Kansas City defense that has held all opposing
Speaker 1: tight ends to twenty five yards or less over the
Speaker 1: last month of play. Um with Sutton out, Dulpha should
Speaker 1: see enough volume to make him tight end viable in
Speaker 1: this the tight end waste land. If you get a
Speaker 1: catch is a tight end, you're viable these days. They
Speaker 1: also had Dulphatch playing a lot of snaps from wide
Speaker 1: receiver Nest week, so I think that will probably continue
Speaker 1: to be the case here. Last Denver player that bears
Speaker 1: mentioning is Latavius Murray. I'm giving him a reluctant C
Speaker 1: grade against a good Kansas City run defense allowing four
Speaker 1: point two yards per carry over the last four games,
Speaker 1: just one touchdown allowed over the last four games, and
Speaker 1: running backs. Chief's a lot of the second most receptions
Speaker 1: though fourth most receiving yards per game to opposing running backs. SOMJ.
Speaker 1: P Ryan pulled in six catches for fifty yards last
Speaker 1: week against Kansas City and LaTavia Smurray got four targets
Speaker 1: last week, so I think Aaron ground he'll chip in
Speaker 1: enough to be a C grade level player. Jaguars take
Speaker 1: on the Titans Brian. The Jaguars were hoping to see
Speaker 1: a return to form of the passing game. Trevor Lawrence
Speaker 1: two games ago look fantastic. Last week came down to
Speaker 1: earth significantly. Yeah, Lawrence dealing with a toe issue. UM,
Speaker 1: I want to mention quickly. This is the first meeting
Speaker 1: between these two divisional opponents, so we don't have we
Speaker 1: don't have any recent data to uh to go back to.
Speaker 1: But Lawrence limited practice on Friday. Something you want to monitor.
Speaker 1: Give him, I'm gonna even beat Lawrence and B if
Speaker 1: he goes and if he doesn't, and give C J
Speaker 1: beat hard a C. I know that's not how you
Speaker 1: pronounce it, but it's way funnier when do you pronounce
Speaker 1: it that way? Um, But again, keep your eye on Lawrence,
Speaker 1: but a good matchup for both whoever starts. Tennessee owns
Speaker 1: the highest opponent passing play percentage in the league, and
Speaker 1: as a result, they have surrendered the third most passing
Speaker 1: touchdowns and the second most passing yard So a good
Speaker 1: spot for the Jaguars past attack. That's why Christian Kirk
Speaker 1: gets an A. Regardless of whose quarterback is, the Titans
Speaker 1: have allowed the fifth most catches, the second most yards,
Speaker 1: and the most touchdowns who opposing wide receivers. Kirk owns
Speaker 1: target share and his top five and red zone targets
Speaker 1: among all wide receivers who love him this week? I
Speaker 1: like J Jones as well. With great matchup, he gets
Speaker 1: a C, as does Evan Engram, who finally found the
Speaker 1: end zone last week. Again, I mean he wasn't his
Speaker 1: first touchdown, Pally, I just got a notification on my
Speaker 1: phone that seconds ago you picked up Evan Ingram in
Speaker 1: a league that we're in. I did I wanted to. Uh,
Speaker 1: that's that's a Biggie two. That's our empire league with
Speaker 1: like how much is the we're in the five digits.
Speaker 1: I hope the I R. S isn't listening to this,
Speaker 1: But US is wedding your six hundred dollars that you
Speaker 1: got for your used coffee table. I think they they're
Speaker 1: all about getting you if you got five digit fantasy payout.
Speaker 1: They are a bunch of be holes anyway, I like
Speaker 1: h Ingram with the sea hoole. Excuse me, I don't
Speaker 1: mean you might not throw a hole in a scene.
Speaker 1: Little boy Ram might have trouble finding the endzone this
Speaker 1: week against the Titans, who haven't surrendered a touchdown to
Speaker 1: the position since Week four, but they have allowed at
Speaker 1: least fifty yards to tight ends and back to back weeks.
Speaker 1: And we will take that in the tight end waste land.
Speaker 1: And lastly, for Jacksonville, Travis E t n just to
Speaker 1: see this week for him saw eight percent of the
Speaker 1: snaps last week. That was a good sign, but the
Speaker 1: matchup is downright bad. Against Tennessee. The Titans have a
Speaker 1: very tough rushed defense, allowing just sixty five rushing yards
Speaker 1: per game to running backs and only three total rushing touchdowns.
Speaker 1: That said, Tennessee is allowing nearly seven catches per game
Speaker 1: to the position et n can catch, so you gotta
Speaker 1: start them. But just to see for him over the
Speaker 1: Titan side, I'm gonna give Derrick Henry an a wet
Speaker 1: the bed against Philly, but that was to be expected
Speaker 1: even for him. Jacksonville was a much better matchup as
Speaker 1: as they've allowed ten rushing touchdowns over their last nine games,
Speaker 1: and historically Henry owns the Jaguars for his last six
Speaker 1: games against them. King has averaged forty five rushing yards
Speaker 1: and has total twelve touchdowns in six games against Jacksonville. H.
Speaker 1: So he should get back on track this week he comes.
Speaker 1: We'll talk more about Derrick Henry a little later in
Speaker 1: this show. Uh, Nick Westbrook a Keene was my take
Speaker 1: a chance for me wide receiver like him this week again,
Speaker 1: Traylon Burke's has been ruled out unfortunately, and I'll throw
Speaker 1: a seed art at Robert Woods. Uh. The matchup is
Speaker 1: just too good again. The Jaguars allowing a hundred and
Speaker 1: sixty yards and one point to five touchdowns per game
Speaker 1: to opposing wide receivers. So see for Woods if you're desperate.
Speaker 1: The tight end is tricky. Here there's Austin Hooper and
Speaker 1: Chigosim Okanquo. I probably got that wrong. No, actually, I
Speaker 1: think you got it right. I'll give them both the
Speaker 1: Sea both saw five targets laugh last week, but Okuanquo
Speaker 1: finished with more receiving yards and Hooper for the second
Speaker 1: straight games. The Jaguars allowing nearly sixty yards per games
Speaker 1: tight ends, So there's production to be had. But who
Speaker 1: will get it or will be it even split? I
Speaker 1: don't know, but I would start both and I lastly,
Speaker 1: I know I'm running out of time a see for
Speaker 1: Ryan tanney Hill Jags allowing a ridiculous two passing yards
Speaker 1: at two point one passing touchdowns per game on the road.
Speaker 1: When we come back, more matchups for you, including the
Speaker 1: Jets taking on the Bills. What to make of that?
Speaker 1: Jets backfield will tell you about that, and James Cook
Speaker 1: reliable star or find out in a tough matchup? Find
Speaker 1: out we come back. Fantasy Football Weekly, big block of
Speaker 1: matchups coming. It's Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Chargie and Matt
Speaker 1: Harrison and Brian Johnson with you, Matt, Yeah, let's take
Speaker 1: out in the Bills. These are two good defenses. Jeff's
Speaker 1: offense performed very well last week, but this is a
Speaker 1: trickier opponent and a muddier back field than we had
Speaker 1: last week, as well as Michael Carter expected to return.
Speaker 1: I don't exactly know what the over under in this
Speaker 1: game is, but I'm gonna take the over in this one.
Speaker 1: I think there's some points to be had here. Well,
Speaker 1: Mike White was might take a chance on me quarterback,
Speaker 1: And if I like Mike White, I have to like
Speaker 1: Garrett Wilson right his last five game yardage totals one
Speaker 1: nine two, which was against the Bills twelve and then
Speaker 1: Zach Wilson lost his job, and then five and one
Speaker 1: sixty two last week. He's moving up the ranks quickly
Speaker 1: into that upper tier of wide receivers. And upper tier
Speaker 1: wide receivers have absolutely torched the Bills in the last
Speaker 1: month or so. Aman Ra, Amari Cooper, justin Jefferson. They
Speaker 1: all topped a hundred and ten yards and scored at
Speaker 1: least once. So I'll give Wilson an a grade in
Speaker 1: this one. Corey Davis gets a C grade as well.
Speaker 1: Although he's been dealing with an illness this week and
Speaker 1: has been limited in practice, he still gets a SEE
Speaker 1: because he's very involved in the offense. Is that was
Speaker 1: one of my uh that was one of my take
Speaker 1: a chance, Uh yeah, my premature speculation player a couple
Speaker 1: of weeks ago. Look at that, like Corey Davis. Don't
Speaker 1: start Tyler Conklin this week, but stash him on your
Speaker 1: bench for your fantasy playoffs where he'll face Detroit, Jacksonville
Speaker 1: and Seattle. And he was one of my premature speculations
Speaker 1: I think two weeks ago. Uh. Zanovan Knight, Bam Knight.
Speaker 1: He gets a B for Bam twenty touches for a
Speaker 1: hundred in eighteen yards last week against the Vikings, which
Speaker 1: included five receptions for you PPR fans and seventeen touches
Speaker 1: the week before, and of course the Bills had Von
Speaker 1: Miller hit the i R. They're also gonna be missing
Speaker 1: run stuff and tackle Jordan Phillips this week, and linebacker
Speaker 1: Matt Milano might not go with a knee injury. Those
Speaker 1: are big losses if they don't go. Yeah, Milano didn't
Speaker 1: play in the first meeting with the Jets this year,
Speaker 1: and in that game, Michael Carter and James Robinson combined
Speaker 1: for a hundred and thirty nine total yards and two
Speaker 1: touchdowns in that one. I think you're underestimating how much
Speaker 1: work Michael Carter might get in this game. Okay, Night's
Speaker 1: been dang good. It's been good, and and they said
Speaker 1: they'll keep they'll keep Night involved in this offense. Man,
Speaker 1: But I think this is gonna be more of a
Speaker 1: time share than you're building it up to be. Because
Speaker 1: but I haven't let you talk about Michael yet. Go ahead.
Speaker 1: I don't even want to talk about Michael car I mean,
Speaker 1: if if if I did put put put forth all
Speaker 1: the uh the stats about all the guys who are out.
Speaker 1: So I guess Michael Carter gets a sea it Zonovan Knight.
Speaker 1: I think I think he's the lead back here. I
Speaker 1: think that they're going to run with the hot hand,
Speaker 1: and he's been red hot as of recent Alright, let's
Speaker 1: go over to the bill side, where I have Josh
Speaker 1: Allen and Stephen Diggs as no brainer a grades. If
Speaker 1: you have a chance, go on FF today and look
Speaker 1: up Josh Allen's career history against the Jets. It's absolutely crazy.
Speaker 1: The worst game that he played four quarters in three,
Speaker 1: seven passing yards and sixty one on the ground. That's
Speaker 1: the worst game he's played. Uh. Diggs is top eight
Speaker 1: yards are scored against the Jets in four of his
Speaker 1: last five as well. The other wide receivers, Gabe Davis
Speaker 1: and Isaiah McKenzie are guys I'd rather leave on the
Speaker 1: bench if I could. But if you need an absolute
Speaker 1: home run ball to we win your Week fourteen matchup,
Speaker 1: there probably that Davis and mackenzie are seemingly trading off
Speaker 1: who has the better day, but both were held two
Speaker 1: catches and under thirty five yards in the first meeting
Speaker 1: with the Jets. The Jets have allowed the third fewest
Speaker 1: receptions in the second fewest r arts to wide receivers. However,
Speaker 1: they are giving up about a touchdown per game to
Speaker 1: the position, so bench grade really, But if you need
Speaker 1: a home run dart throw, you could play him. You
Speaker 1: know why Josh Allen kills the Jets all spite? Oh
Speaker 1: really they drafted Sam Donald, that's true. Uh, I'd also
Speaker 1: leave Dawson Knox on the bench. He's pretty touchdown dependent
Speaker 1: and he's not scoring touchdowns and the Jets have not
Speaker 1: allowed to touch down to the tight ends all season. Finally,
Speaker 1: the running back position, What to do about Devin Singletarry
Speaker 1: and James Cook. I think they're both startable in this one.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give them both C grades here. Cook had
Speaker 1: fourteen carries to single Arry's thirteen last week, but Cook
Speaker 1: was out targeted six to two, and Cook caught all
Speaker 1: six of his targets for forty one yards. The Jets
Speaker 1: have been pretty good overall against the run, but James Brother,
Speaker 1: Dalvin and Alex Madison each scored last week. And the
Speaker 1: only backfield not to boast a double digit PPR runner
Speaker 1: against the Jets in the last eight weeks was the
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills in Week nine. So just C grades for
Speaker 1: these dudes. I think it's going to flow through the air.
Speaker 1: Ravens take on the Steelers. Already told you Tyler Huntley
Speaker 1: was might take a chance on me quarterback. I'd like
Speaker 1: to tell you that I could plainy of his receivers,
Speaker 1: but you can't, and you wouldn't because they're all awful. Fortunately,
Speaker 1: Mark Andrews is here now. Andrews is one of my
Speaker 1: trickiest grades to give this week. Now, We've seen Huntley
Speaker 1: with Andrews. Man, does he love that guy? In the
Speaker 1: six games that Huntley has played any significant time in,
Speaker 1: Andrews is averaging eleven targets, nine receptions, nine times, nine
Speaker 1: times hundred four yards, and he's caught five touchdowns in
Speaker 1: those six games. I think that's you know, this is
Speaker 1: all Tyler Harley does. That is the definition of whoobee
Speaker 1: back to the Ravens receivers wide receivers real quick. The
Speaker 1: last time of Ravens wide receive ever scored a touchdown
Speaker 1: Week three? Are you serious, Devin DuVernay? Wow, I didn't
Speaker 1: realize it was that bat. That is really really bad. Um.
Speaker 1: The catch here, though, is this is a pretty good Uh,
Speaker 1: there's a pretty good Steelers tight end defense, and Tyler
Speaker 1: Huntley is still an unpolished quarterback. And Mark Andrews hasn't
Speaker 1: scored since Week six. I'm gonna give him an A grade.
Speaker 1: Just I'm gonna give him an a grade on the
Speaker 1: assumption that Tyle Huntley is gonna keep going back to
Speaker 1: him and calling his number, and let's hope that that
Speaker 1: works out for Mark Andrews because his fantasy owners needed.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Baltimore Runners. I'm out on the
Speaker 1: whole thing. I'm just I'm done with them. Yeah, that's it.
Speaker 1: Why haven't you been there for a long time? Because
Speaker 1: I'm at Gus Edwards apologist. I love that guy, and
Speaker 1: I wanted to believe it was all gonna come together.
Speaker 1: But then last week we get the inexplicable Kenyan Drake
Speaker 1: return and I'm just I'm done. I'm done with it.
Speaker 1: I'm tired of guys getting reinjured. I'm tired of Kenyan Drake.
Speaker 1: One game doesn't get the ball at all, and the
Speaker 1: next team in explicably does just forget it. Plus, since
Speaker 1: T J. Watts returned from injury in Week ten, the
Speaker 1: Steelers are allowing at least seventy five rushing yards per
Speaker 1: game to opposing running backs. That would be fifth few
Speaker 1: US across the whole season. And J. K. Dobbins, by
Speaker 1: the way, might be active for this game. That would
Speaker 1: just complicate matters further. So you don't want any part
Speaker 1: of that. Let's go to the Steelers. I've only got
Speaker 1: two players with a starting grade. We'll begin with Najy Harris,
Speaker 1: who has been better lately. We very correctly urged you
Speaker 1: to drop Najy Harris early in this season, but actually
Speaker 1: he's gotten better lately. We'll recognize that over the last
Speaker 1: three games. Why the peacock then, because we urged you
Speaker 1: to drop him like week two, and then he got better.
Speaker 1: Well yeah, after Thanksgiving, last three full games, Harris has
Speaker 1: rebounded impressively, averaging nineteen carries ninety two yards per game
Speaker 1: air and see his momentum. Though likely to be slowed
Speaker 1: by Ravens team that's been fantastic against the run, giving
Speaker 1: up the third fewest rushing yards per game, and even
Speaker 1: better since then since getting Roe Kwan Smith from the Bears.
Speaker 1: No back his top forty seven yards against the Ravens,
Speaker 1: which is incredible, and they're giving up two points seven
Speaker 1: yards per carry. That's it. So I can only get
Speaker 1: you to a C grade here. Some of it's gonna
Speaker 1: come through the air, where the Ravens are beautiful. They
Speaker 1: give up the sixth most receiving yards to the position
Speaker 1: and Harris can catch, although they don't throw to him enough.
Speaker 1: So just the C grade on Harris. The only other
Speaker 1: player I've got a starting grade on for the Steelers,
Speaker 1: Pat Friarmouth, the most reliable part of a very underwhelming
Speaker 1: passing attack. Ravens got lit up by Greg Dulcet's last week,
Speaker 1: and Juwan Johnson scored two weeks before that. The Ravens
Speaker 1: have held opposing tight ends to three or fewer catches
Speaker 1: and four of the past five games, which I don't love.
Speaker 1: In his two games against the Ravens last year is
Speaker 1: a rookie, he averaged five catches for forty yards, which
Speaker 1: isn't half bad. Kenny Pickett's on the bench. He's never
Speaker 1: topped one touchdown and the Ravens have repeatedly proven they
Speaker 1: can shut down third your passers like Kenny Pickett, so
Speaker 1: we'll bench him. Deonta Johnson I'm done. That's another guy
Speaker 1: I'm done with on the bench for Deonte Johnson hasn't
Speaker 1: scored yet this year. He's managed to turn eight targets
Speaker 1: per game over the last three weeks into nothing. Nobody
Speaker 1: does last with eight targets, and then Deonta Johnson. He's
Speaker 1: failed the top sixty three yards in nine straight games.
Speaker 1: George Pickens also, it doesn't even merit discussion. Really, I'm
Speaker 1: only gonna bring it. I'm only gonna pause to mention
Speaker 1: his name because we've got six teams on by in
Speaker 1: time to fill. Oh you didn't hear about the squeaky
Speaker 1: wheel George Pickens, did you? Why? No, I didn't. He
Speaker 1: got one target last week and came out in the
Speaker 1: media hot and then Mike Tomlin defended him and said, heck, yeah,
Speaker 1: that's what I want onto my wide receivers. I think
Speaker 1: the squeaky wheel treatment goes toward George Pickens this week.
Speaker 1: So you think that he could get double last year production,
Speaker 1: double last one target for zero catches and serial yards. Yeah. Well,
Speaker 1: you know, when Chess Claypool got traded away, many of
Speaker 1: us thought that was gonna clear the way for George
Speaker 1: Pickens to become a Fantasy factor. Not even close. He's
Speaker 1: actually worse somehow. He's gonna be a nice DFS play
Speaker 1: this week. He's off the radars for way off the radars.
Speaker 1: I don't know what cheap he is, but he can't
Speaker 1: be cheap enough. Brian, Eagles, hang on, let me just
Speaker 1: double check our time. Yeah, we have time Eagles taking
Speaker 1: on the Giants. Brian, Yeah, we got time because there's
Speaker 1: not a lot to talk about on the Giant side,
Speaker 1: but we'll start with the Eagles. By the way, another
Speaker 1: divisional matchup. I got a ton of divisional matchups in
Speaker 1: this show. This is the first meeting between the Eagles
Speaker 1: and Giants this season as well. UH starting with Miles Standards,
Speaker 1: gonna give him a B. The Giants had the second
Speaker 1: highest explosive run rate allowed, and over the last three
Speaker 1: games they've allowed a hundred and thirty plus rushing yards
Speaker 1: in each and five total rushing scores and running backs
Speaker 1: during that span. I mentioned this earlier Leonard Williams, they're
Speaker 1: their best to of lineman arguably was for us to
Speaker 1: leave last week. UH could might miss this week as well,
Speaker 1: certainly not a hundred percent. So like Sanders with a B,
Speaker 1: and I think a backup running back is going to
Speaker 1: do something in this game for the Eagles, and I'm
Speaker 1: going with Baston scott As might take a chance, I
Speaker 1: mean running back over to Kenneth Gainwell. So I like
Speaker 1: Scott here As might take on. And I have certainly
Speaker 1: like a J. Brown who gets an A. The Giants
Speaker 1: will be without their best corner A Dorty Jackson again
Speaker 1: and also likely starting safety Xavier McKinney, so all systems
Speaker 1: go for A J. Brown, who has six touchdowns over
Speaker 1: his last six games. New York has allowed five wide
Speaker 1: receiver touchdowns over the last five games, and over the
Speaker 1: last two weeks, both Ceedee Lamb and Terry McLaren top
Speaker 1: to one hundred yards against New York. So easy a
Speaker 1: for a j. A fantasy FONZI for a J. Brown,
Speaker 1: I can't bust out the fonds. I'm just worried that
Speaker 1: the Giants are gonna keep pacing this one. But we'll see. Uh.
Speaker 1: Speaking of ce uh, Davante Smith gets one of those.
Speaker 1: He's a boom er bust option most weeks, but Smith
Speaker 1: has logged at least seventy five yards and door a
Speaker 1: touchdown and three of his last four games out. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's true. We're going to again to that in a
Speaker 1: in a second again with the Dorry Jackson out of
Speaker 1: the lineup, and as he was last week, both Terry
Speaker 1: McLaurin and John Dotson reeled in a touchdown reception, so
Speaker 1: there could be enough meat on the bone for Smith,
Speaker 1: and Smith certainly needs to eat more meat. He's pretty
Speaker 1: skinny over the tight end. No Dallas got heard this week,
Speaker 1: but should make his return next week, which is a
Speaker 1: Christmas miracle to me. But I'm gonna give Jack Stole
Speaker 1: a c. That's your dark c dart in the tight
Speaker 1: end waste land. Uh, Giants are allowing five catches and
Speaker 1: fifty seven yards per game to tight ends. And that's
Speaker 1: elite production in the tight end wasteland unless your Travis
Speaker 1: Kelsey and then then that's a down game. And uh,
Speaker 1: speaking of down games or not speaking of down games,
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts never has any of those. Really, he gets
Speaker 1: an a New York Becau's giving up multiple touchdowns and
Speaker 1: door three passing yards and five of the past six
Speaker 1: he can get down the ground. Obvious start. Maybe he
Speaker 1: should be Yeah, I'll give her step yeah. Uh Now
Speaker 1: to the Giant side. Pretty brutal here, Sorry with Sa
Speaker 1: Kwon Barkley, whose status is quote unquote up in the
Speaker 1: air with a neck injury. UM, I don't want to
Speaker 1: put Scott Fish on blast, but he has some inside
Speaker 1: information says he'll play, So I'm gonna hold him that.
Speaker 1: I hope he plays it because he's in a league
Speaker 1: and he's starting himself. Parents and then extended family fishes
Speaker 1: in a lot of leagues, fishes the man anyway, Just
Speaker 1: to see for Barkley if he goes He's been fading
Speaker 1: over his last five games, averaging three point three yards
Speaker 1: per carry as opposed to five point one through his
Speaker 1: first seven games. This is a brutal matchup, especially with
Speaker 1: stood Rickie Lyman Jordan Davis back in action for the Eagles,
Speaker 1: who just held Derrick Henry to thirty rushing yards, and
Speaker 1: the eight games Davis is laid, the Eagles have only
Speaker 1: allowed three running backs to surpass fifty rushing yards. So
Speaker 1: not a good spot for Barkley. I got Darius Slayton
Speaker 1: on the bench. The Eagles up surrendered three wide receiver
Speaker 1: touchdowns over their last two games. Uh, he'll be going
Speaker 1: going up against Darius slay who owns a fifty three
Speaker 1: point two passer rating in his coverage and James Bradberry
Speaker 1: owns a forty three point two pass rading his coverage.
Speaker 1: Revenge game from James Bradberry, by the way, former Giants.
Speaker 1: And lastly, Daniel Bellinger on the bench as is Daniel Jones,
Speaker 1: Bencher Daniels, No Daniels. It's a very sad day for
Speaker 1: all of the Daniels involved in the Eagles Giants game.
Speaker 1: When we come back, three tough questions, we will give
Speaker 1: you the questions. You try to come up with the answers,
Speaker 1: and they're tough. You know they are. I think they're
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Speaker 1: Football Weekend. Welcome back our number two Fantasy football weekly.
Speaker 1: As always, we begin our two with a game we
Speaker 1: call three tough questions. Tough question number one, what is
Speaker 1: the appropriate level of concern for Derrick Henry? Is it none?
Speaker 1: Is it some? Or is it a bowl loosening level
Speaker 1: of existential dread? Matt So, we've had a couple of
Speaker 1: bummer games. Last week's thirty eight total yards against Philly
Speaker 1: not good. That would be four bumber games. Uh. The
Speaker 1: Eagles defense has done a good job bottling up bell
Speaker 1: Cow's the week before since he buoyed by a huge reception,
Speaker 1: and then two weeks before Denver did a great job
Speaker 1: against Henry. All three of those games a snapshare was
Speaker 1: under six, and basically all the games where he's dominant
Speaker 1: this year, he saw snapshare of over What this tells
Speaker 1: me Tennessee knows they're in the playoffs and they're taking
Speaker 1: snaps away from Henry, trying to keep him healthy for
Speaker 1: the real playoffs, not your fantasy playoffs. So I was
Speaker 1: gonna say some, but then I looked at the schedule
Speaker 1: Jacksonville this week that Brian already alluded to how successful
Speaker 1: he's been against Jacksonville. The Chargers next week are horrible
Speaker 1: against the run, the Texans after that are even worse somehow,
Speaker 1: and all our bottom ten against runners. So even if
Speaker 1: he's on the field for half the time, he should
Speaker 1: still be able to log a hundred and a score
Speaker 1: in each of the next three games. The championship week
Speaker 1: against Dallas. I'm blowed about that one, But no concern
Speaker 1: about Derrick Henry. All right, Matt, what is the appropriate
Speaker 1: level of concern for Derrick Henry? You want me to
Speaker 1: go again? Go ahead and then all right, run it back?
Speaker 1: Level of exist stent ChIL dread, Yeah, I don't have
Speaker 1: a ton to add Um. He's had some bad games
Speaker 1: with those are bad matchups. The schedule is great outside
Speaker 1: of the Dallas game in week sevent team, but I'm
Speaker 1: not worried about that right now. I just want to
Speaker 1: throw out Um Henry. He said that he's Scott Jaguars,
Speaker 1: Chargers great matchups, and the Texans. Here are Derrick Henry's
Speaker 1: last four games against the Houston Texans, Starting uh with
Speaker 1: the most recent, which happened on October thirty of this year,
Speaker 1: he had two hundred, nineteen rushing yards and two touchdowns.
Speaker 1: Then going down the line is other previous three games,
Speaker 1: two and fifty rushing yards, two touchdowns, two and twelve
Speaker 1: yards and two touchdowns, two d eleven yards and three touchdowns.
Speaker 1: That's got to be an NFL record. Not to believe
Speaker 1: no runner has ever gone over two hundred yards and
Speaker 1: four straight against a single opponent. That's that's gotta be
Speaker 1: T's gotta be a record. I don't I don't think
Speaker 1: anybody's probably done it three times. Yeah, right, So I'm
Speaker 1: at none. And as Matt said, yes, they're in the playoffs,
Speaker 1: but there's still some jockeying to be done. I don't
Speaker 1: think they're just gonna put Henry on ice towards the
Speaker 1: end of the year. So yeah, none for me. The
Speaker 1: correct answer is some the eye test, he's he doesn't
Speaker 1: look like the same guy. I mean, you know, and
Speaker 1: we knew that eventually the years, the wear and tear,
Speaker 1: everything would start to catch up with him. That's happening
Speaker 1: right now. That doesn't mean he's not gonna ever have
Speaker 1: another good game. But he's not shedding tackles like he's
Speaker 1: used to. He's not taking punishment. He's rather actually he's
Speaker 1: taking punishment rather than dishing it out used to Derrick Henry.
Speaker 1: Now that's just the eye test. Metrically, Derrick Henry has
Speaker 1: dropped to seventeenth and running back efficiency per Next Gen Stats.
Speaker 1: He sees the second highest rate of eight men in
Speaker 1: the box defenders, which is not good, and he's twenty
Speaker 1: four in rushing yards over expectation. I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: we're used to Derrick Henry being like first, second, third.
Speaker 1: The only thing bailing him out is the schedule that
Speaker 1: you alluded to here. If he had a neutral schedule,
Speaker 1: I'd be straight up blow right. I agree, But the
Speaker 1: schedule is so soft. Our concern for Derrick Henry is
Speaker 1: merely some tough question. Number two for Dynasty and Empire leagues,
Speaker 1: are you holding Tyler Huntley for next season? And I'm
Speaker 1: looking for two answers here. I am looking for a
Speaker 1: one quarterback league answer, and I am looking for a
Speaker 1: super flex answer. Yes or no. For Dynasty and Empire leagues.
Speaker 1: Are you holding Tyler Huntley for next season? We begin
Speaker 1: with Brian all right, I'll start with the one quarterback
Speaker 1: um question, and I'm gonna say yes and again, if
Speaker 1: you're holding him, you really just holding him until you
Speaker 1: see if Lamar Jackson resigns. It sounds like you have
Speaker 1: to hold Huntley through the your rookie draft or anything
Speaker 1: like that. In a one quarterback league, if Jackson resigns,
Speaker 1: I would drop him, But as for now, I'm certainly
Speaker 1: holding him, and in super flex I'm holding him either way,
Speaker 1: even if l jacks does resign, Um, you still want
Speaker 1: to have Huntley, who who's proven to be more than
Speaker 1: a nable back up. I'm not gonna say he's better
Speaker 1: than Lamar Jackson, but he's, you know, capable. He's certainly capable. Um.
Speaker 1: He's average fifteen plus Fantasy points when he's seen more
Speaker 1: than fifty of the snaps in any given game over
Speaker 1: his last six extended appearances, whether it was a start
Speaker 1: or no. He comes in in relief, He's rushed for
Speaker 1: at least forty yards. The Ravens they were missing Rashad Bateman.
Speaker 1: They certainly have to address wide receiver in the off season.
Speaker 1: We just talked about how they a wide receiver has
Speaker 1: and caught a touchdown since Week three from Baltimore, so
Speaker 1: they improved there. Uh. You gotta like Huntley, who was
Speaker 1: I think thirty of thirty five passing last week, coming
Speaker 1: off coming off cold, coming off the bench cold. So uh,
Speaker 1: it's not long story short, it's kind of gong we
Speaker 1: got time. Yes, yes, but you drop him in the
Speaker 1: one quarterback if they resign, I think Lamar Jackson got it. Uh,
Speaker 1: Matt dying to see an empire. Leagues, are you holding
Speaker 1: Tyler Huntley for next season? In both cases? Yes, um,
Speaker 1: Brian talked about it a little bit. The most likely
Speaker 1: scenario would be the Ravens either franchise tag Lamar Jackson
Speaker 1: or they're able to agree to terms with them. Huntley,
Speaker 1: by the way, also in a contract year. But let's
Speaker 1: say there's a twenty chance that Jackson hits free agency.
Speaker 1: In that case, I think Huntley would be offered a
Speaker 1: contract by Baltimore and he's the starting quarterback there. And
Speaker 1: if they do sign a franchise Lamar Huntley is a
Speaker 1: free agent, so he could be free to find a
Speaker 1: starting gig. I looked through the quarterbacks, like the teams
Speaker 1: that might need a quarterback next year, there's a lot
Speaker 1: of them. Seventeen is what I counted. That's over half
Speaker 1: the league that might be in the market for an
Speaker 1: upgraded quarterback. Uh, there's only four or five that are
Speaker 1: gonna be in the draft that are gonna be that good.
Speaker 1: So there's gonna be a lot of play out there.
Speaker 1: And I think there's a really good chance that Huntley's
Speaker 1: competing in camp or adorned as a starting quarterback next season. Wow,
Speaker 1: that is a that's a great answer. This is this
Speaker 1: is gonna be fascinating, and we're not the media is
Speaker 1: not making enough of these next two or three games
Speaker 1: that Tyler Huntley is gonna start if he plays well.
Speaker 1: The Ravens suddenly have got a massive decisions that they're
Speaker 1: going to have to make to free agent quarterbacks. Do
Speaker 1: you pay Lamar Jackson a quarter billion dollars or do
Speaker 1: you keep Tyler Huntley on like ten million a year?
Speaker 1: And Jackson's his own agent, and he's gonna want quarterback
Speaker 1: Brown's money because that was all guaranteed, and and and
Speaker 1: and Jackson's gonna run exactly that contract. If not a
Speaker 1: little more. Probably probably the case, and I think the
Speaker 1: Ravens are gonna have to. Really there's a very good
Speaker 1: chance that they blink on this thing, very good chance.
Speaker 1: For the entirety of fantasy football, no matter you're no
Speaker 1: matter what league you're in, no matter anything else, the
Speaker 1: single biggest cheat code in fantasy football is a reliable
Speaker 1: mobile quarterback. That's the it's the clearest path to fantasy
Speaker 1: points that there is. You can't drop a mobile quarterback
Speaker 1: in an offense that will create designed runs for its quarterback.
Speaker 1: And that's what Baltimore has got with Tyler Huntley. Should
Speaker 1: he end up staying there, and I think there's a
Speaker 1: better chance than most people realize that he will. And
Speaker 1: maybe Tyl huntleyton evolve into a passing threat. We don't
Speaker 1: know yet. You know, we haven't seen enough of his passing,
Speaker 1: but he's your average scent completion rate. It's huge, it's
Speaker 1: very good. Absolutely should be picking up and holding Tyler
Speaker 1: Huntley regardless of format. Tough question number three. Two years ago,
Speaker 1: rookie wide receiver Justin Jefferson powered teams through the fantasy playoffs.
Speaker 1: Last year, rookie wide receiver am On Ras st Brown
Speaker 1: Powered teams through the Fantasy Playoffs. Who will this year's
Speaker 1: rookie wide receiver b two power teams through the Fantasy Playoffs, Matt,
Speaker 1: I have two candidates. I think charch is gonna pick
Speaker 1: Garrett Wilson as his answer, But so I'm gonna go
Speaker 1: the opposite and highlight Christian Watson here. Uh. He scored
Speaker 1: seven times in his last four games, and the massive
Speaker 1: touchdown upside is exactly what you need to put you
Speaker 1: over the top in elimination weeks. We're looking for one
Speaker 1: guy to score five to six times in a three
Speaker 1: week span, and I think Watson has the best chance
Speaker 1: to do it out of the rookie wide receivers. He
Speaker 1: gets the shell of the Rams secondary, the Dolphins and
Speaker 1: likely a high scoring affair, and then the Vikings in
Speaker 1: the championship week and their secondary is brutal. The Vikings
Speaker 1: matchup for Watson might win you your Fantasy championship alone.
Speaker 1: I like all of them, but Watson provides the most
Speaker 1: hero ball upside. Brian, which rookie receiver will be this
Speaker 1: year's guide to power teams through the Fantasy Playoffs? I agree?
Speaker 1: I agree with Matt in that Uh, Christian Watson and
Speaker 1: Garrett Wilson are the top two candidates. I do think
Speaker 1: Crystal Lava deserves to be in this discussion. I like
Speaker 1: lave more if Jameis Winston comes back, which he should,
Speaker 1: but I gotta go with Garrett Wilson, who last week
Speaker 1: and three tough questions, I was the only one to
Speaker 1: say he would finished the season as a wide receiver one,
Speaker 1: and he got off to a good start against the Vikings.
Speaker 1: I do not love the matchup at Buffalo this week,
Speaker 1: but after that he's got Detroit and Jacksonville at home
Speaker 1: and then at Seattle. I think those are B grades
Speaker 1: at best for Wilson, who has just great splits. Uh.
Speaker 1: As long as Garrett weill I'm sorry, as long as
Speaker 1: Zach Wilson isn't under quarterback with any non Zach Wilson quarterback,
Speaker 1: Wilson's been going off. So Garrett Wilson is my answer. UH.
Speaker 1: The correct answer is Garrett Wilson. Listen to this. Since
Speaker 1: Week eight, he's got the seventh highest receiving grade by
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus. He's number one in receiving yards after contact.
Speaker 1: I don't mean among rookies, I'm talking about across all receivers,
Speaker 1: He's uh, he's got two point six yards per route run,
Speaker 1: seven point five yards after the catch, twelve explosive reception,
Speaker 1: six forced miss tackles, which is top ten among all
Speaker 1: wide receivers, and he's got zero drops on forty one
Speaker 1: targets since Week eight. For Garrett Wilson and guests, who's
Speaker 1: got the second easiest remaining schedule against the past the Jets?
Speaker 1: Garrett Wilson. I thought about Christian Watson. The thirty percent
Speaker 1: of his of his catches as touchdowns is unsustainable. No, really,
Speaker 1: that is not going to continue. I can't go there.
Speaker 1: And also, by the way, non zero chance Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: is not his quarterback for many of those games. It
Speaker 1: could be non zero chance. Non zero. Let's go to
Speaker 1: our next matchup, which is the Panthers taking on the Seahawks. Matt,
Speaker 1: where do you want to start? I'll start with the
Speaker 1: running backs where I talked about Chuba Hubbard as might
Speaker 1: take a chance on me runner uh Deonta Foreman. I'm
Speaker 1: also going to give him a C grade. If Foreman
Speaker 1: suddenly comes up lame in warmups, I'd up Hubbard to
Speaker 1: a B grade in this one. But right now they're
Speaker 1: both getting c's. Uh Sam Donald is going to start
Speaker 1: again at quarterback, but I don't think i'd start him.
Speaker 1: Hasn't had a three hundred game in nine straight weeks
Speaker 1: dating back to Week four of last year, and the
Speaker 1: Seahawks haven't allowed a three yard passer since Week four
Speaker 1: of this year. D J. Moore is startable with a
Speaker 1: C grade. Though Donald has always looked More's way, it's
Speaker 1: it was no different last game, where he led the
Speaker 1: team and targets with six caught four of them for
Speaker 1: a hundred and three in a score. This would have
Speaker 1: been a B grade if Seattle wasn't so great against
Speaker 1: opposing wide receivers. The only wide receiver to top ninety
Speaker 1: yards against the Seahawks this year was Jerry Judy in
Speaker 1: Week one, and over the last six games, they've only
Speaker 1: allowed a wide receiver to score four times. That's one
Speaker 1: of the totally underrated aspect of why Seattle is still relevant.
Speaker 1: In mid December that past defense nobody saw this coming. Well,
Speaker 1: they're bad against tight ends, they're they're great against wide receivers,
Speaker 1: and they're kind of rough against the running backs. Uh
Speaker 1: Teras Marshall Lavisca Chennault, by the way, squarely on your bench.
Speaker 1: If you are absolutely desperate in the tight end waste land,
Speaker 1: you might see this matchup and salivate a little. The Seahawks,
Speaker 1: uh just have allowed the second most receiving yards the
Speaker 1: eighth most touchdowns to tight ends on the year. But
Speaker 1: who are you going to pick between Tommy Tremble and
Speaker 1: Ian Thomas. Yeah, we're gonna leave them both on the bench.
Speaker 1: But I'd like to propose a new letter grade, a
Speaker 1: W grade for tight ends in the waste land. Whom
Speaker 1: you can start in the tight end wasteland just from
Speaker 1: a matchup perspective. In that case, it would be Ian
Speaker 1: Thomas over Tommy Tremble for me on the other side,
Speaker 1: A lot of talk about Ian Thomas and Tommy Tremble.
Speaker 1: I just like to say Tommy Tremble more than I
Speaker 1: like to play Tommy Tremble. On the other side, Seattle's
Speaker 1: running back situation is an absolute mess. Kenneth Walker hasn't
Speaker 1: practiced all week with an ankle injury. He's a game
Speaker 1: time decision, but more on the doubtful side. Everybody rushed
Speaker 1: to pick up DJ Dallas this week. He also hasn't
Speaker 1: participated in practice this week. That's the frequency Kenneth plays
Speaker 1: this week. UH DJ Dallas, also with an ankle injury,
Speaker 1: hasn't played. He's also a game time decision. Travis Homer
Speaker 1: was hurt last week and inactive limited on Wednesday, full
Speaker 1: participant Thursday and Friday. He's likelier starter my hunches. Homer
Speaker 1: is the only one of those three that's active, with
Speaker 1: only Jones backing him up. If one of Walker or
Speaker 1: Dallas are active, I'd give them a C grade. If not,
Speaker 1: I throw the C grade in the direction of Homer.
Speaker 1: The Panthers are allowing four point eight yards per carry.
Speaker 1: It's a good matchup. I just fear that there's no
Speaker 1: clear choice in the backfield, or it could be a
Speaker 1: split between several guys. I'm team Tojoe. Oh no, I'm
Speaker 1: I'm Travis Homer all the way, baby, your trohe toe
Speaker 1: Joe and Earl get this making a toe jam and
Speaker 1: Earl moving away? What are the odds jamming? I know
Speaker 1: that's going to be exciting, Big Earl. Uh fire up
Speaker 1: big Gino this week with a B grade. Multiple touchdown
Speaker 1: passes nine times in his last ten games, times nine times,
Speaker 1: and he said two yards in four straight games. Carolina
Speaker 1: has good numbers against the quarterback position, but when you
Speaker 1: take a look at the list of quarterbacks they've played
Speaker 1: this year, it's just not very impressive. And I'm not
Speaker 1: going to list them off. I gotta like DK Metcalf
Speaker 1: and Tyler Lockett as well. Both have either topped seventy
Speaker 1: yards or scored both of them in five straight games.
Speaker 1: That's consistency right there out of both of these wide receivers.
Speaker 1: Last week against the Rams, Metcalf had a hundred and
Speaker 1: twenty seven yards in a score and then lock It
Speaker 1: was like, hey, hold my beer and he ended up
Speaker 1: with a hundred and twenty eight yards in a score.
Speaker 1: Carolina allowing the sixth most receptions to the wide receiver
Speaker 1: positions so far this year. With all the injuries in
Speaker 1: the backfield, I'm going to give twin a grades to
Speaker 1: both lock It and Metcalf this week. Not gonna start
Speaker 1: Noah Fant or how do you? How do you pronounce it? Brian?
Speaker 1: There we go. Despite Fant finding the end zone last week,
Speaker 1: it's still almost an equal time share. The Panthers have
Speaker 1: been pretty decent against the tight end this year. No
Speaker 1: tight end is scored against the Panthers since Kyle Pitts
Speaker 1: in Week eight, and it seems like he's been on
Speaker 1: i R for four months plus. According to Brian, he's
Speaker 1: not even a tight end anyway, It's apparently not exactly.
Speaker 1: When we come back, Vikings take on the Lions. This
Speaker 1: is the weekend's highest over under points galore possibly here
Speaker 1: and the Lions favored, and the Lions are favored over
Speaker 1: the Ted win Minnesota. Vikings will talk you through when
Speaker 1: we come back. Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly,
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Speaker 1: at bt x J Vikings take on the Lions. Guys.
Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson was held to a season low fourteen yards
Speaker 1: when these teams met last week. But you can't bench
Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson based on what happened last time. He's too good.
Speaker 1: I'll note that he's been held under fifty yards and
Speaker 1: two of the last three, but I gotta believe the
Speaker 1: Vikings are gonna scheme ways to get the ball in
Speaker 1: his hands and try to make a game that was
Speaker 1: very close last time a little bit more wide open
Speaker 1: for the Vikings and an A grade for Justin Jefferson.
Speaker 1: I can't find a reason to make him not in
Speaker 1: a grade other than the last time they met. The
Speaker 1: fourteen yards. T J. Hockinson potentially sitting on a very
Speaker 1: big game here. He's been targeted at least six times
Speaker 1: in every Vikings game and he's only scored once. But
Speaker 1: only Travis Kelsey and Dalton Schultz have more red zone
Speaker 1: targets than Hockinson does since his arrival, and Detroit has
Speaker 1: allowed the second most touchdowns the tight end, so I
Speaker 1: think there's a very good chance Hockinson gets in the
Speaker 1: end zone here. A grade on t J. Hockinson Adam
Speaker 1: feeling gets to see grade he posts and one of
Speaker 1: his best games of the year against Detroit when they
Speaker 1: sold out to stop Justin Jefferson. He had six catches
Speaker 1: sixty one yards in a touchdown. Over the last five weeks,
Speaker 1: the lines have allowed the second most receptions per game,
Speaker 1: the most yards per game, and six touchdowns in those
Speaker 1: five weeks to opposing receivers. Those are all strong indicators
Speaker 1: that you can start Adam Feland this week. We'll give
Speaker 1: him a C grade here. So I've got a grades
Speaker 1: on Jefferson and Hockinson, a C grade on Feeling round
Speaker 1: that together, we've gotta B grade on Kirk Cousins. The
Speaker 1: lines allowed the most fantasy points to quarterbacks, but a
Speaker 1: lot of that's done by a rushing quarterbacks, like blow
Speaker 1: up games from Jalen Hurds and Josh Allen and Justin
Speaker 1: Fields and Daniel Jones. If you just look at through
Speaker 1: the air, which is all Cousins is likely to give
Speaker 1: us here. The lines are fairly competent secondary, allowing middle
Speaker 1: of the pack numbers two hundred fifty yards and one
Speaker 1: and a half touchdowns per game since Week four, which
Speaker 1: is almost exactly what Cousins through four in the earlier matchup,
Speaker 1: two hundred sixty yards and two touchdowns. So in what
Speaker 1: should be a shootout here, and I think we're gonna
Speaker 1: get north of forty attempts from Kirk Cousins, will give
Speaker 1: him a B grade. Dalvin Cook just to be grade
Speaker 1: here against a much improved Nobody's talking about this enough
Speaker 1: for all the things. People are talking about Lions and
Speaker 1: why they're four and one over the last five games.
Speaker 1: Nobody talking about the improved run defense over those five games,
Speaker 1: giving up just three point seven yards per carry. No
Speaker 1: back is top seventy two yards, and the lines have
Speaker 1: been very good against receiving backs, just giving up an
Speaker 1: average of three catches for twenty yards. Minnesota's left tackle
Speaker 1: Christian derris Saw is apparently going to be eligible to
Speaker 1: play in this game, but it is unclear if the
Speaker 1: Vikings are going to decide to play him as he
Speaker 1: tries to come back from his concussion. If he does
Speaker 1: not go, know that in two full games without his
Speaker 1: starting left tackle, Dalvin Cook is averaging three yards per carry.
Speaker 1: Hopefully Christian Derrisaw will play in this game. All right,
Speaker 1: let's go over to the Detroit side. I want to
Speaker 1: begin with Jared Goff, who gets a top five grade
Speaker 1: in my weekly rankings available for free gate s Gillotine
Speaker 1: leagues dot com. By the way, that's his highest grade
Speaker 1: of the year, and maybe really this might be the
Speaker 1: highest most optimistic rating I've given Jared Goff since he
Speaker 1: came to Detroit. The last six non he Nike quarterbacks
Speaker 1: to face Minnesota have passed four three D nine yards,
Speaker 1: three hundred twenty six yards, three hundred thirty yards, three
Speaker 1: hundred seven yards, three D two yards, and last week
Speaker 1: three hundred sixty nine yards. I think we can safely
Speaker 1: pencil in three hundred yards for Jared Goff. Starting cornerback
Speaker 1: Cam Danceler returns from injured reserve, which does help bolster
Speaker 1: the Vikings secondary a bit. Golf's got phenomenal matchups that
Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about here, especially particularly with Aman ross
Speaker 1: St Brown, who is an obvious A. He goes up
Speaker 1: against slot quarterback Chandon Sullivan and who owns Pro Football
Speaker 1: Focus is first ranking and coverage among cornerbacks. And I
Speaker 1: think we've got to the point now we can just
Speaker 1: say I'm on raw St Brown, obvious A d J.
Speaker 1: Chark was might take a chance on me receiver will
Speaker 1: go with him here as well. And another ankle ankle
Speaker 1: excuse me, angle you'll want to watch because it does
Speaker 1: involve an ankle, DeAndre Swift, who does have a bit
Speaker 1: of an ankle issue. Um, finally getting enough snaps and
Speaker 1: touches where you can start to put him in your
Speaker 1: lineup with a certain degree of confidence. I've got to
Speaker 1: c grade on him here. Last week he saw its
Speaker 1: highest snaps, touches, receiving yards, and rushing yards since the
Speaker 1: opening week of the season, and Minnesota has been a
Speaker 1: fantasy gold mine for opposing running backs over their last
Speaker 1: three games, allowing at least eighty rushing yards and or
Speaker 1: multiple scores to three different backs, and they're giving up
Speaker 1: at least nine receptions to running backs in each of
Speaker 1: those three games. DeAndre Swift's gonna catch a lot of
Speaker 1: passes in this game. I was surprised you didn't mention
Speaker 1: Jamison Williams at all. Yeah, we are not going to
Speaker 1: give a that yet. I think he was on the
Speaker 1: field for two snaps on offense last week. Now, Matt,
Speaker 1: didn't you say a couple of weeks ago that some
Speaker 1: god will be your wide receiver one next year, so
Speaker 1: you will pass on Justin Jefferson. I think I will. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm you can hold me to it. I don't, I don't,
Speaker 1: I don't hate it. I'm not getting I'm gonna put
Speaker 1: it out. I think it's it's possible. But let me
Speaker 1: just wrap this up with Jamal Williams. Okay, we'll we'll
Speaker 1: bump him up to a B grade if Swift doesn't go,
Speaker 1: but just to ce grade on um right here, Even
Speaker 1: with Swift getting more action, Williams still getting a healthy
Speaker 1: fifteen carries per game. And um obviously, as you guys
Speaker 1: already know, he leads the NFL in rushing touch all
Speaker 1: touchdowns and would get the ball anywhere near the stripes.
Speaker 1: So if for those of you looking for touchdowns, Jamal
Speaker 1: Williams still likely to get one here. The Vikings have
Speaker 1: given up a total of six scores two running backs
Speaker 1: over the last that that that the five games. I
Speaker 1: believe I've got this in my notes, five games for
Speaker 1: Jamal Williams, so very good chance for a touchdown for
Speaker 1: him as well. Let's go to Buccaneers taking on the
Speaker 1: forty Niners. Brian, there's a chance Letard four NET does
Speaker 1: not play in this game, in which case I'm a
Speaker 1: lot more interested in were shot White. Yeah, I would
Speaker 1: uh I had them both on the bench to be honest,
Speaker 1: if they both played. Yeah, But if four NET misses
Speaker 1: this game, I will give White uh ce And it
Speaker 1: sounds likely that four NET will sit, so we'll go.
Speaker 1: We'll go under that assumption for now. But the forty
Speaker 1: Niners are allowing the fewest Comboy yards to opposing running
Speaker 1: backs eighty seven per game. That's rushing and receiving, and
Speaker 1: that's not good. And they have just and they have
Speaker 1: surrendered just five total touchdowns to the positions. So again
Speaker 1: a C for White if four NET is out. But
Speaker 1: if they both play like they did last week, they
Speaker 1: they virtually split the work last week and and and
Speaker 1: this is a much worse matchup. So if for NET
Speaker 1: plays are both on the bench for NET out, see
Speaker 1: for White, I gotta be on Chris Godwin. Though since
Speaker 1: Week nine, Godwin his average levin tar gets per game
Speaker 1: and is clearly Brady's top receiving option. This is a
Speaker 1: somewhat usual matchup for him. Safety Jimmy Ward has been
Speaker 1: manning the slot for the forty nine or since returning
Speaker 1: in Week five. Ward has allowed to touchdown in five
Speaker 1: straight hasn't allowed to touchdown I'm sorry, in five straight games.
Speaker 1: But he owns a massive catch rate, highest among all
Speaker 1: defensive backs, so Godwin should have a safe pp PPR
Speaker 1: floor per usual. Uh, Mike Evans has been anything but safe,
Speaker 1: just to see for him. Since Week nine, his target
Speaker 1: share has been less than seventeen percent, which is not
Speaker 1: good at all. San Francisco's boundary cornerbacks are good. Both
Speaker 1: Diamador Lenor and Chervarious Ward own a sub ninety passer
Speaker 1: rating in their coverage and have combined to allow just
Speaker 1: two scores all season. So just to the sea for Evans,
Speaker 1: I got Julio Jones on the bench. Julio hasn't caught
Speaker 1: more than three balls in any game he's played this year,
Speaker 1: and this certainly isn't the spot for him to break out.
Speaker 1: And lastly for Tampa Bay, Tom Brady in homecoming game
Speaker 1: on the bench. Yeah. Brady currently thirty second in Fantasy
Speaker 1: points per drop back among quarterbacks and the forty Niners
Speaker 1: have allowed the fifth fewest fantasy points to the position.
Speaker 1: So you do the math, it's it's not a good
Speaker 1: spot for Brady. There are better options out there this
Speaker 1: week than him, so he's on the bench. There aren't
Speaker 1: many better options than Christian McCaffrey though, so going over
Speaker 1: the side he gets an a. The Bucks run defense
Speaker 1: has returned to form over their last five games. Only
Speaker 1: Nick Chubb has managed to top sixty five rushing yards
Speaker 1: against Tampa, but the Bucks are top three in receptions
Speaker 1: and receiving yards allowed to backs. Top three in the
Speaker 1: most receptions and receiving yards allowed to backs, and McCaffrey
Speaker 1: saw ten targets from brock Purty last week. We should
Speaker 1: be leaning on him again in this game, but and
Speaker 1: then there should be work for another running back. I
Speaker 1: went with Tyrean Davis Price last week. I was long.
Speaker 1: Hopefully you're right this week Church and Jordan Mason watch
Speaker 1: it go to t DP. But no, Mason is the
Speaker 1: guy to target if you're looking for to play a
Speaker 1: backup r name back for San Francisco. So as you said,
Speaker 1: he was here to take a chance of me running back,
Speaker 1: and sadly you're you're pretty much taking a chance on
Speaker 1: Deebo Samuel at this point, just to see for him.
Speaker 1: It's been a down year for Deebo, who has just
Speaker 1: one finish inside the top three wide receivers since weeks seven.
Speaker 1: He did see a twenty five percent target share last week,
Speaker 1: so he looks healthy often he did, but this is
Speaker 1: a bad matchup for a player who relies heavily on
Speaker 1: yards after the catch. The Bucks ranked eighth in the
Speaker 1: fewest yak allowed too wide receivers this year, so the
Speaker 1: cee for Diebo, and it's a cee for Brandon Nayuk
Speaker 1: as well. Tampa's corner duo of Jamal Dean and Carlton
Speaker 1: Davis are legit, but they have faltered a bit over
Speaker 1: the last two weeks, as both have allowed at least
Speaker 1: ninety yards and coverage and consecutive games. So you can
Speaker 1: start a Yuk. Certainly start George Kittle in the tight
Speaker 1: end waste land. He gets a b great match up
Speaker 1: here against the Bucks, who have allowed the fourth most
Speaker 1: fantasy points to tight ends of the sea. And and
Speaker 1: I've also given up a tight end touchdown in two
Speaker 1: straight games. And lastly, Brock Purty might take a chance
Speaker 1: at the quarterback. I like the I like the matchup
Speaker 1: through the air for McCaffrey and Kittle, and you know
Speaker 1: Samuel and now you can get something done for sure
Speaker 1: to Yeah, Mr Irrelevant will be relevant. Look after this game.
Speaker 1: He looked shockingly prepared for the moment last week. We'll
Speaker 1: see if he can make it two in a row
Speaker 1: when we come back our final edition, a premature speculation
Speaker 1: of the entire year coming up next. The last set
Speaker 1: of guys that you'll want to pick up in advance
Speaker 1: of the rest of your league. When we return for
Speaker 1: the final segment a Fantasy Football Weekly. Final segment Fantasy
Speaker 1: Football Weekly, Paul Charchi and Matt Harrison, Brian Johnson with you.
Speaker 1: This is a segment we call premature speculation for the
Speaker 1: brand new times. You know what I've seen three point oh.
Speaker 1: I think that's four point oh. But I think that
Speaker 1: we should have a new time machine like every so often.
Speaker 1: Thank you. This is a straight from like Yards Revenge
Speaker 1: or something like that. Those sounds like sound effects from
Speaker 1: like eight different Nintendo games, like blended together. He got
Speaker 1: the right idea that there's some jealous there's some defender
Speaker 1: in here, and some missile commanding a hat to Eugene Jarvis. Christmas.
Speaker 1: Christmas came early. Dolphins. Oh, premature speculation. When we get
Speaker 1: to the Dolphins game, of course, we spent so much
Speaker 1: time talking about the sound. Who's your premature speculation player, Matt,
Speaker 1: I've Jerick McKinnon. The Chiefs have something to play for
Speaker 1: as they go down the stretch. Home field vantage definitely
Speaker 1: in play for them, but they want to make sure
Speaker 1: they project protect some of their assets there for the playoffs.
Speaker 1: And would it surprise you if Isaiah Pochecko and Jerick
Speaker 1: McKinnon were splitting snaps down the stretch. I mean they're
Speaker 1: already doing it. McKinnon had of the snaps last week
Speaker 1: and went to Potcheco. Would it surprise you if the
Speaker 1: Chiefs ran the ball a lot against Houston next week,
Speaker 1: or Seattle the week after that, or Denver in your
Speaker 1: fantasy championship Houston Seattle brutal against the run. I think
Speaker 1: McKinnon can be a guy who can really help you
Speaker 1: on the bench and and maybe get some starting grades
Speaker 1: if necessary some injuries hit. All right, Bryan, you take
Speaker 1: a chance on me player. I'll go with Tennessee's your
Speaker 1: premature speculation. Pay I'll go with Dontrell Hilliard. You just
Speaker 1: want to do that? There I played in my life.
Speaker 1: You're you're gonna listen to that on the way home
Speaker 1: from the studio, aren't you in your car? Brian? I'll
Speaker 1: go with Dontrell Hilliard, Tennessee's backup running back. We mentioned
Speaker 1: the cake schedule for Derrick Henry, and heaven forbid something
Speaker 1: happens to Henry. You could be sitting on a potential
Speaker 1: league winner, and the Titans had a history of league
Speaker 1: winners popping out of nowhere. Remember Billy Volick and Drew Bennett's.
Speaker 1: Remember that White was wasn't he He was a Texan?
Speaker 1: Wasn't he was on the Titans. But I don't think
Speaker 1: you put up any lady. Oh he did that guy
Speaker 1: he had a huge playoffs And who was the other
Speaker 1: big fat guy? The Ron Dane did it. That was
Speaker 1: the Texans. That was the Texans. Sure, that's what I'm thinking,
Speaker 1: So history might repeat itself. Dontrell Hilliard again, that schedule
Speaker 1: way too easy. Can throw a bonus one out for
Speaker 1: deeper leagues, deep leagues. Dwayne Washington. He's likely the backup
Speaker 1: running back for the Saints with mark ingram Is out
Speaker 1: and they're on by this week the Saints are, but
Speaker 1: week fifteen they at the Falcons and then the Browns
Speaker 1: week sixteen, those are two very good matchups. Kamara looks
Speaker 1: kind of cooked, uninspired, so maybe they don't give Dwayne
Speaker 1: Washington some run. So if you're in a deeper league,
Speaker 1: he could be a warm body to target. My final
Speaker 1: premature speculation is Tennessee tightened tight end chig O quank Wu,
Speaker 1: who has He's a rookie who has suddenly surged to life,
Speaker 1: isn't It takes rookies a long time at the tight
Speaker 1: end position normally, but he is surging of late anyway.
Speaker 1: Yards per route run, Chig is number one among tight
Speaker 1: ends yards per reception, number one against tight ends. Yard
Speaker 1: targets per route run, he's number three among tight ends.
Speaker 1: You're always looking for young, good tight ends who could develop.
Speaker 1: One of the things I like about chig O quank
Speaker 1: Wu and his opportunity there is there's hardly anybody else
Speaker 1: left to catch a pass. It's good opportunity trailing Burt's
Speaker 1: hurt at the moment, but even looking beyond that, even
Speaker 1: in the next year, this is a team that does
Speaker 1: not have a plethora of options. And if anybody's going
Speaker 1: to be the new John U. Smith for the Tennessee Titans,
Speaker 1: and there's some decent draft capital there. He was drafted
Speaker 1: in the fourth round. It's not like he was a
Speaker 1: nobody walk on or anything like that, you're gonna call
Speaker 1: him Chig Chig like John John. I might, I might
Speaker 1: if it turns out love And uh, you know what
Speaker 1: we're gonna love is the Dolphins taking on the Chargers.
Speaker 1: Chargers have the terrible run defense, But what do you
Speaker 1: make of the weird backfield we got last week from
Speaker 1: the Dolphins out of nowhere? Yeah, I'm gonna chuck it
Speaker 1: up to the Niners are amazing against the run. Last week,
Speaker 1: the Dolphins basically abandoned the run against the Niners. They
Speaker 1: have one of the best run defenses in the league,
Speaker 1: and if you started Jeff Wilson, you were treated to
Speaker 1: do one carry for three yards. Yikes. Mostard ended up
Speaker 1: with seven carries for thirty yards. Both of them were
Speaker 1: in a revenge game. Kind of sucked that that didn't
Speaker 1: work out, but we're gonna throw that game out completely,
Speaker 1: especially when you consider the Chargers are one of the
Speaker 1: worst run defenses in the league. They're allowing a league
Speaker 1: high five points six yards per carry to opposing backs,
Speaker 1: and opposing runners are combining for a hundred and sixty
Speaker 1: combo yards and one in a quarter touchdowns per game.
Speaker 1: The Dolphins did use both Mostert and Wilson on the
Speaker 1: field on this at the same time in about a
Speaker 1: dozen plays last week, so I expect both to be
Speaker 1: heavily involved here. I'll give them both B grades this week.
Speaker 1: I like that's bold, and I like it. I think
Speaker 1: Jeff Wilson. If I I'm not a DFS player, If
Speaker 1: I were, i'd be Nobody's. Nobody's going on Jeff Wilson today,
Speaker 1: and I love this matchup, and I think the bounce
Speaker 1: back is coming. That's kind of a little Decker theory there,
Speaker 1: BRAND think just a little bit, all right. And the
Speaker 1: passing game, there's been a lot of injuries to those guys.
Speaker 1: To has been limited in practice all week with an
Speaker 1: ankle injury. He sustained the injury late in the game
Speaker 1: against San Francisco last week. Didn't return, but the Dolphins
Speaker 1: said he could have came back if the game wasn't
Speaker 1: out of hand. Tyreek did not practice on Thursday or
Speaker 1: Friday with an illness, and Jalen Waddle had a shin
Speaker 1: injury ash injury if you smosh it, but he returned
Speaker 1: to practice Thursday. That being said, I expect all three
Speaker 1: of them to go, and I will give all three
Speaker 1: of them A grades. The Chargers are middle of the
Speaker 1: pack in most categories against the past, but the glaring
Speaker 1: weakness against throwers. They've allowed the seventh most passing touchdowns
Speaker 1: on the year. That's where to A and Waddle and
Speaker 1: he'll all make their money, leaving Mike gisicky on the
Speaker 1: bench because he hasn't caught a pass since Week ten.
Speaker 1: On the other side, I like that tight end a
Speaker 1: lot better. Gerald Everett was might take a chance on
Speaker 1: me tight end. He gets a solid B grade here.
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen and Justin air Bear are both eight grades
Speaker 1: in this one. This looks like it could be a
Speaker 1: track meet this week, so game script should favor the
Speaker 1: passing game. Alan has been pretty good since his Week
Speaker 1: eleven returned ninety four yards in his first game back,
Speaker 1: touchdowns in each of the last two games, and since
Speaker 1: Alan came back, air Bear has been at his best
Speaker 1: at least two seventy four yards in every game and
Speaker 1: six touchdown passes in those three games. Since he came back.
Speaker 1: The Dolphins are giving up the eleventh most passing yards
Speaker 1: and passing touchdowns per game at about two fifty and
Speaker 1: one point six per contest. Plus, it's the first time
Speaker 1: we're gonna see Keenan Allen, Mike Williams, and Josh Palmer
Speaker 1: all on the field in the same game. Mike Williams
Speaker 1: set to make his return as well. His injury was
Speaker 1: an ankle. Last time he missed a couple of weeks,
Speaker 1: came back, injured it again after six snats. I can't
Speaker 1: start him. He's missed two weeks again coming back. He
Speaker 1: was a full go in practice this week. But I'm
Speaker 1: only going to give him a see here. I think
Speaker 1: it's the track meet scenario, but it's it's buyer beware
Speaker 1: on Mike Williams here. I will give Josh Palmer a
Speaker 1: CE start as well. Mike Williams kind of hurts Josh
Speaker 1: Palmer a little bit, but he's a high risk, high
Speaker 1: reward play and he was targeted eleven times last week.
Speaker 1: So if if Williams tweaks that ankle, it's it's full
Speaker 1: goal for Palmer, and Palmer would probably be a B
Speaker 1: grade if Mike Williams wasn't available here. Finally, Austin Ekeler
Speaker 1: my last player to preview of the week, and I'll
Speaker 1: give him the art vark in this one. It's fantastic. Yeah.
Speaker 1: While Miami has held opposing backs to only sixty nine
Speaker 1: rushing yards per game, they're not great at covering receiving backs.
Speaker 1: Their bottom eleven in receptions, receiving yards and scores allowed
Speaker 1: to the position, and that includes eight catches for eight
Speaker 1: yards and a receiving score for Christian McCaffrey just last week,
Speaker 1: like Austin Ekeler to do the same thing. Nice matchup
Speaker 1: for Austin Ekeler likely incoming here. Our final matchup of
Speaker 1: the show is the Patriots taking onto the Cardinals. Um,
Speaker 1: I'm actually I've actually got some optimism for this passing
Speaker 1: game of the Patriots. Highest letter grade I've given Mac
Speaker 1: Jones all season with a B grade coming into this matchup.
Speaker 1: I think a spot starter against weaker defenses like this Arizona.
Speaker 1: Before last week's by Arizona was blasted by Justin a
Speaker 1: Bear and Jimmy grind Seven touched when you stopped and said, Justin,
Speaker 1: I thought you were gonna hit the fields button. But
Speaker 1: we have two Justin buttons on our button bar. It's great.
Speaker 1: Over the past six games, only John Wolford has failed
Speaker 1: to throw multiple touchdowns against Arizona, and Wolford through one
Speaker 1: the Cardinals own ProFootball focus ranks of twenty one and
Speaker 1: pass coverage twenty and pass rush. Mac Jones potentially sitting
Speaker 1: on a nice game here now. Two weeks ago. Mac
Speaker 1: Jones is great against the Vikings. He flopped last week.
Speaker 1: I think he comes back with a good game. Here.
Speaker 1: Jacoby Myers gets a B grade. I love this matchup.
Speaker 1: He's gonna face linebacker turned safety turned slot cornerback Isaiah Simmons.
Speaker 1: While the Cardinals allowed the tenth fewest yards receivers, they've
Speaker 1: surrendered the ninth most receptions. Simmons has allowed the second
Speaker 1: highest reception percentage among all cornerbacks and the ninth most
Speaker 1: total receptions in his coverage. It's a great opportunity for
Speaker 1: Jacoby Myers, who's normally like fifty five yards on five catches.
Speaker 1: He's really it's more the system than him, though. He's
Speaker 1: a really good wide receiver free agent this year. By
Speaker 1: the way, if he lands in like a high octane offense,
Speaker 1: I'm he's the guy I would target in Dynasty in
Speaker 1: the off season in the event that happens. DeVante Parker
Speaker 1: with a rare letter grade. Who about a CEE for
Speaker 1: DeVante Parker finally helped he is. I know over the
Speaker 1: last two games he's been the Patriots snap leader at
Speaker 1: wide out back to back games. He's just one game
Speaker 1: removed from leading the team in receiving yardage. Arizona will
Speaker 1: sometimes have their best cornerback, Byron Murphy shadow and opposing
Speaker 1: number one receiver, but I don't think DeVante Parker is
Speaker 1: good enough for that. So I think Byron Murphy is
Speaker 1: gonna play one side of the field, which is what
Speaker 1: he does in about half of the games, and that
Speaker 1: means Savante Parker can be on Marco Wilson, who is awful.
Speaker 1: He's allowed touchdowns in two of the past three games,
Speaker 1: and that would be your angle for DeVante Parker and
Speaker 1: a C grade there. Ramandre Stevenson is He's kind of
Speaker 1: a potential league winner here throughout really this whole season.
Speaker 1: Damian Harris not expected to play in this game. Uh.
Speaker 1: Stevenson played every snap but one last week and over
Speaker 1: the last three games. Arizona allowing sixty five rushing yards
Speaker 1: per game to opposing running backs, which is not a
Speaker 1: lot um. It's a different story through the air, though,
Speaker 1: where they're coughing up over eight receptions in sixty two
Speaker 1: receiving yards per game over that span. Remondre Stevenson's a
Speaker 1: way better receiver than people think. Where would you guess
Speaker 1: Romandre Stevenson is among running backs in receptions. I have
Speaker 1: him in a lot of leagues. So I'm gonna say
Speaker 1: he's top seven, three, top three, he's fourth. Remondre Stevenson,
Speaker 1: Nobody thinks about him as an elite pass catching back,
Speaker 1: but he kind of is. Is it crazy to say?
Speaker 1: Watching him, he reminds me of priest homes a little bit.
Speaker 1: They got like similar build they moved the same. Yeah,
Speaker 1: maybe there's a little something there. I think priests had
Speaker 1: an explosiveness that Stephenson does not have. But yeah, there
Speaker 1: might be a little something there. I think I think
Speaker 1: Stevenson's got a little more power than priest had, But
Speaker 1: he was a priest, was a special back for that
Speaker 1: narrow window of like three years where he was unbelievable,
Speaker 1: an amazing offensive line to Yeah that was Hall of
Speaker 1: Favor Willie rof and yeah, that was Those guys were unbelievable.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Arizona side. Um, I'm gonna start
Speaker 1: with the wide receivers, DeAndre Hopkins. We'll see usually stout
Speaker 1: cornerback Jonathan Jones. But I say usually because he struggled
Speaker 1: lately and we've seen other number one receivers beat him up.
Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson, Stefon Diggs went to town on those on
Speaker 1: on Jonathan Jones. So I still like Hopkins here. Um
Speaker 1: he hasn't had to share many targets yet this year,
Speaker 1: and with Marquis Brown now back and fully healthy, there's
Speaker 1: gonna be a little bit more of that. So I've
Speaker 1: got the B grade on DeAndre Hopkins and which should
Speaker 1: be a safe start, but maybe not an explosive one.
Speaker 1: I've also got a B grade and Marquis Brown. He
Speaker 1: he runs from the right side of the field and
Speaker 1: the slot, and that means he's gonna void Jonathan Jones
Speaker 1: and he gets the easier matchups with Jack Jones and
Speaker 1: Miles Bryant at cornerback. They're just decent, middle of the
Speaker 1: road guys, and they're very slow for their positions. Cornerbacks.
Speaker 1: They run a four One of them runs a four four,
Speaker 1: sorry at four five, and the other one runs a
Speaker 1: four six. Marky's Brown is fast and there's a chance
Speaker 1: for some big plays here. B grade on Markis Brown.
Speaker 1: It's a lot of jones Is on the Patriots more
Speaker 1: than the Jaguars and Jones. It is a lot of
Speaker 1: keeping up with the Joneses. The dart throw play with
Speaker 1: Rondell Moore out is Gregor He's been very playable in
Speaker 1: the games that Ron del Moore has missed, and I
Speaker 1: like him here. Last time we saw him before thumb
Speaker 1: injury was Week eleven, when he filled in for more
Speaker 1: and put up a hundred nine yards. He's got a
Speaker 1: slightly positive matchup in the slot. I like Greg Dorche
Speaker 1: if you're looking for a an angle here, and then
Speaker 1: let's that brings us to Kyler Murray. I've got a
Speaker 1: bunch of B and C grades, so I like Murray.
Speaker 1: He's a B grade. The Patriots have a good past
Speaker 1: defense but has been yielding to non backup grade quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: If you throw out starts by Sam Ellinger and Zack Wilson,
Speaker 1: the Patriots have allow yards and two and a half
Speaker 1: touchdowns per game since Week eight. I'll take two nine
Speaker 1: two and two and a half from Kyler Murray in
Speaker 1: a second. We'll give him a B grade here, and
Speaker 1: that leaves us with James Conner. Before the bye, I
Speaker 1: thought he looked pretty good, but this is a very
Speaker 1: tough matchup. New England is a fantasy waste land for
Speaker 1: opposing running backs, ranking top seven and rushing yards, rushing touchdowns, receptions,
Speaker 1: and receiving touchdowns. Allowed to running back, so there's there's
Speaker 1: no real angle here for James Conner to have a
Speaker 1: lot of success. The Patriots have only allowed one back
Speaker 1: to reach seventy five rushing yards against them all year,
Speaker 1: so I think James Conner is sitting on a very
Speaker 1: modest game and just a C grade for James Conner.
Speaker 1: I was sad there was no episode of Hard Knocks
Speaker 1: this week with the Cardinals, probably because of the by
Speaker 1: but I liked the behind the scenes stuff more than
Speaker 1: the game. If I want to watch football, I'll watch
Speaker 1: a football game out. But so that was sad there
Speaker 1: was no so HBO. If you're listening, do better next,
Speaker 1: do better with that? Baker Mayfield do anything for you.
Speaker 1: From a fantasy standpoint, based on what we saw in
Speaker 1: this offense, I think he's interesting for sure. There's a
Speaker 1: non zero chance that we've seen the last of Matthew
Speaker 1: Stafford in the NFL. He's dealing with head neck injuries.
Speaker 1: His wife came out on Twitter and said stuff about
Speaker 1: retirement kind of alluded to it. I think we might
Speaker 1: have seen the last of Matthew Stafford. And the Rams
Speaker 1: don't have a draft pick in the first in the
Speaker 1: in the first round. So Baker Mayfield might be your
Speaker 1: starting quarterback for the Rams next year. He'll be a
Speaker 1: free agent. Two here talking about all the free agent quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: Tyler Huntley. Maybe maybe it's Tyler Huntley. Oh, that'd be fascinating.
Speaker 1: I'd love to see that. Uh. If you missed any
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