WEBVTT - Win-and-In Week! 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:03.880 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:06.000 --> 0:00:09.840 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 0:00:10.320 --> 0:00:14.720 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and advice, 0:00:15.400 --> 0:00:21.160 now alone from leagues dot com. Here's your host, Paul. 0:00:22.400 --> 0:00:25.720 It is a win and you're in addition of Fantasy 0:00:25.720 --> 0:00:29.080 Football Weekly. The playoffs start next week. For many of you, 0:00:29.080 --> 0:00:31.840 you have to get a win this week. We're here 0:00:31.880 --> 0:00:33.880 to help. I am Paul Giarchi and my co host 0:00:33.920 --> 0:00:41.200 today Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson. Yes, it's by apocalypse too, 0:00:41.320 --> 0:00:44.239 is it is the return on the last day of 0:00:44.240 --> 0:00:48.200 the fantasy regular season? Perfect. We hate this, You hate it, NFL. 0:00:48.280 --> 0:00:51.400 Don't do this again next year. Don't do this again 0:00:52.120 --> 0:00:54.040 because there are a lot of people that have to 0:00:54.080 --> 0:00:57.640 get the win this week only to have a bunch 0:00:57.640 --> 0:01:00.080 of players on by I mean to be fair, you 0:01:00.280 --> 0:01:02.640 got those six teams worth the players for the other 0:01:02.720 --> 0:01:07.840 thirteen weeks in a row, so whatever. Yeah, Nevertheless, you 0:01:07.920 --> 0:01:10.200 find yourself in a pinch now you need a victory. 0:01:10.440 --> 0:01:12.119 We're here to help. Can you give you a lot 0:01:12.160 --> 0:01:14.600 of help, A lot of options of players that you 0:01:14.600 --> 0:01:18.000 could pivot to if you do have bye week troubles. 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:20.160 That's really the whole point of take a chance of Me. 0:01:20.240 --> 0:01:22.240 That'll come up next segment later on in the show. 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:27.039 Three Tough Questions. Our final premature speculation. This has gotta 0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:30.360 be your best premature speculation of all the premature speculations. 0:01:30.440 --> 0:01:35.600 Right here's Baker Mayfield. I'm still in shock from Thursday 0:01:35.680 --> 0:01:39.840 Night Football, by the way, yes, uh. And we'll break 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:42.800 down all the games fantasy style as we always do, 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:47.560 beginning with Brown's taking on the Bengals. Brian the Browns. 0:01:47.720 --> 0:01:50.960 The Bengals can beat the Chiefs, no problem. Can't seem 0:01:50.960 --> 0:01:53.960 to find a way to beat the Browns though, unless 0:01:53.960 --> 0:01:57.120 it changes this week. I have a feeling is going 0:01:57.160 --> 0:02:00.760 to change this week. Uh. These teams last met in 0:02:00.800 --> 0:02:02.880 Week eight, or first met in Week eight, I should say, 0:02:02.920 --> 0:02:05.560 so we'll reference that game for sure, starting with the 0:02:05.600 --> 0:02:08.560 Cleveland side, the road team. Nick Chubb. Gonna give him 0:02:08.560 --> 0:02:10.720 an a. Even though the Bengals have a loudly ninth 0:02:10.880 --> 0:02:14.799 uist combo yards opposing running backs, they have surrendered multiple 0:02:14.840 --> 0:02:17.080 running back touchdowns and two in two of their last 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:19.560 three games. So gotta like Chubb, who has also scored 0:02:19.639 --> 0:02:23.200 multiple touchdowns and three of his last four games against since, 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:25.400 the most recently in that Week eight game when he 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:27.919 had a hundred and one rushing yards and two touchdowns. 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:30.480 So in a for Chub and uh cream Hunt, we're 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:33.000 gonna roll with him. Uh, pretty good call last week, Church, 0:02:33.040 --> 0:02:34.760 I believe he was gonna take a chance my running back. 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:38.920 He was serviceable, got double double touches for the first 0:02:38.919 --> 0:02:41.399 time in a month. Hopefully we'll see good usage again 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:43.840 this week. Again, it's not the best batch up, but 0:02:43.880 --> 0:02:46.400 the Browns should lean on the running backs. While Deshaun 0:02:46.440 --> 0:02:50.080 Watson remembers how to play football, I thought he looked 0:02:50.680 --> 0:02:53.240 non terrible. I don't think you're watching the right game. 0:02:54.760 --> 0:02:57.440 I know, I know the narrative is should be that 0:02:57.520 --> 0:03:01.240 he looked terrible because the score was bad. Um, but 0:03:01.320 --> 0:03:03.360 I thought I thought he you know, I thought he 0:03:03.400 --> 0:03:06.640 looked non terrible. He threw the ball backwards at one point. 0:03:06.880 --> 0:03:08.679 It was kind of weird. I don't know, he looked 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:13.040 a little rusty Rossdale. I'll give you that's a different 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:15.520 than non terrible. Yeah. Okay, well we'll get to Watson 0:03:15.560 --> 0:03:17.839 a second. But a c for Hunts. He had sent 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:20.520 me two combo yards with four catches in the first meeting. 0:03:20.520 --> 0:03:22.280 I feel like that's kind of a safe floor in 0:03:22.280 --> 0:03:26.119 this game. So he's playable with the CE Mark Cooper, 0:03:26.680 --> 0:03:29.200 I'm gonna give him a C and I'll stick with 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:32.639 the CE. He injured his hip on Thursday and practice 0:03:32.680 --> 0:03:34.640 he says he should be good to go. So something 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:37.200 you want to monitor. But not a great matchup for him, 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:40.800 especially because it's a road game. Cooper is averaging thirty 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:43.559 five receiving yards on the road with a zero touchdowns 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:46.720 and I'm not including the neutral game. Uh that was 0:03:46.760 --> 0:03:49.800 in Detroit there. But he did have a good game 0:03:49.840 --> 0:03:52.600 in the first meeting at home against the Bengals five catches, 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:55.960 thirty one yards and a touchdown. But the Bengals have 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:59.040 allowed the sixth fewest yards and the fewest receptions to 0:03:59.080 --> 0:04:02.640 wide receivers. Just a C for Cooper for that reason. 0:04:02.680 --> 0:04:05.160 I have my boy Donovan People's Jones on the bench. 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:07.960 I'll bump him up to a sea off. Cooper somehow 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:11.520 sits in this game. But DPJ has been pretty reliable 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:13.960 all year, including the Week eight matchup when he had 0:04:14.000 --> 0:04:17.120 four catches for eighty one yards. But personally, I don't 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:19.760 I don't really like this passing game. With Watson undersetter 0:04:19.839 --> 0:04:21.320 until I see him play a little better. So I 0:04:21.360 --> 0:04:24.320 got DPJ on the bench again unless Cooper sits and 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:26.839 I give him a C and David na Joko expected 0:04:26.880 --> 0:04:28.400 to go here, Yeah, I'm gonna give him a CEE 0:04:28.400 --> 0:04:30.720 should make his return from injury yet again, I feel 0:04:30.720 --> 0:04:32.880 like he's returned from injury like three or four times 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:36.080 this year. It's a good matchup on paper though for 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:39.279 in Joeku. The Bengals have allowed the fourth most receptions 0:04:39.279 --> 0:04:42.159 to opposing tight ends this season, and no team has 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:44.680 yielded more tight end targets than since you over the 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:47.880 past three weeks. And lastly, I got to Shaun Watson 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:51.119 on the bench. Looked pretty bad in my mind, uh 0:04:51.240 --> 0:04:54.000 and in my eyes last week, completing just twelve of 0:04:54.040 --> 0:04:57.839 twenty two passes for one scoreless yards and a pick. 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:01.040 And really it's a bad matchup. The matchup is more 0:05:01.080 --> 0:05:03.520 bad than DeShawn Watson. The Bengal steps have rendered multiple 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:07.039 touchdown passes just once all season. So Watson is on 0:05:07.080 --> 0:05:09.920 the bench for me. Over to the Bengal side. Now, 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:11.760 before you get into the Bengal side, I want to 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:14.760 ask you something some people asked me on Friday at 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:17.880 the Friday Football Feast. Is there a scenario where you 0:05:17.960 --> 0:05:21.080 start both Joe Mixing and Soma j p Ryan because 0:05:21.080 --> 0:05:25.760 many people have got that handcuff and the Cleveland run 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:28.760 defense is bad. Yeah, if you got them both and 0:05:28.800 --> 0:05:30.760 you don't really have any better options, I can't fault 0:05:30.800 --> 0:05:32.960 you for for playing both of them. I'm giving them 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:35.640 both a c. Even with Mixing coming back, you'd have 0:05:35.720 --> 0:05:37.840 to imagine they got to work in p Ryan, who 0:05:37.880 --> 0:05:42.480 has been more than en table replacement. So the Browns, 0:05:42.520 --> 0:05:44.440 like you said, it's a good matchup. They have allowed 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:47.960 six team total touchdowns to running backs running back to 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:50.839 this season, tied for second most in the NFL. The 0:05:50.839 --> 0:05:53.280 weekend game, they really didn't do too well. Mixing and 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:56.520 p Ryan. Mixing led the way in that one. Uh, 0:05:56.520 --> 0:05:59.720 they combined for just thirty four scoreless rushing yards on 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:03.320 nine and carries. Mix it in prinded, but they totaled 0:06:03.360 --> 0:06:07.359 ten catches on twelve targets. So yeah, sorry, them both 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:10.200 a little dicey, but I can't hate it too much. 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:13.479 But just to see for both players if you only 0:06:13.480 --> 0:06:16.119 happen to have one, but they are startable. Jamaar Chase 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:19.000 certainly startable with an A. He missed that Week eight game, 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:22.839 but he is back, so target share in his return 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:26.920 from hip injury last week looked pretty spry. Chase actually 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:30.960 hasn't scored or topped fifty yards in his career against Cleveland. 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:33.560 That's only two games, so I'm not too worried. The 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:37.200 brown Steps are rendered seven wide receiver touchdowns over the 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:40.200 last five games. That's why I'll give t Higgins a B. 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:42.640 Had a little hamstring scare earlier in the week, but 0:06:42.680 --> 0:06:44.560 he should be good to go. I think he's off 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:47.400 the injury report as of now. So including the Week 0:06:47.480 --> 0:06:50.640 eight game, Higgins has topped ninety yards and or scored 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:52.800 in five of his last six games. He scored in 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:55.960 that meeting first meeting with Cleveland. So strong B for 0:06:56.000 --> 0:07:00.160 Higgins and Tyler Boyd. He's he's been pretty brutal as year. 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:03.200 I'm gonna give him a see though, help yourself. I 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:06.680 can't help myself. Uh. He scored in that weekate match 0:07:06.800 --> 0:07:09.680 up with Cleveland. He scored in three of his last 0:07:09.680 --> 0:07:13.400 four games against the Browns, so strong pass performance against 0:07:13.400 --> 0:07:15.200 the division rival. So we'll give him a sea here. 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:18.520 And I'm gonna mention someone who has never been mentioned 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:21.440 on this show, or in my brain or probably in 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:25.880 any conversation. Mitchell Wilcox should be the starting tight end 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:29.679 for the Bengals with Haydeen Hurst ruled out. I wanted 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:32.000 to throw a dart in the tight end waste land. 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:35.280 But the Browns are allowing less than four catches per 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:37.640 game to tight ends, and that surrender just two touchdowns 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:41.120 to the position all season. So I got Wilcox on 0:07:41.160 --> 0:07:43.440 the bench sadly, and I got an a on Joe Burrow, 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:44.600 and I got a bunch of stuff to say it, 0:07:44.600 --> 0:07:46.560 But I don't think I really need to write one 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:49.679 of the quarterbacks in the NFL. Basically, after that cold 0:07:49.760 --> 0:07:52.160 first couple of games of the season, Burrow has been terrific. 0:07:53.640 --> 0:07:56.680 Our next matchup, Texans taking on the Cowboys. We referenced 0:07:56.760 --> 0:08:00.840 last just moments ago, the quarterbacking last week when it 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:03.600 was Deshaun Watson versus Kyle Allen. You want to see 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:06.680 some bat and quarterback Kyle Allen put on one of 0:08:06.720 --> 0:08:11.880 the worst starting quarterback performances in memory. It was horrific. 0:08:12.080 --> 0:08:14.200 I don't think they pay him two d and fifty 0:08:14.280 --> 0:08:18.920 million dollars literally not. However bad you think Davis Mills is. 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:22.520 Let me assure you, Kyle Allen is way worse. And 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:25.320 now they go back to Davis Mills. Yeah, and we 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:27.280 can start on the Texans side where it should be 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:30.240 pretty short and sweet, as Houston is seventeen and a 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:33.840 half point under dogs right now. As you said, Davis 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:36.559 Mills back at starting quarterback. He by the way, I 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:39.040 take the seventeen and a half. They played a lot 0:08:39.080 --> 0:08:43.040 of teams close with Davis Mills. The Cowboys haven't, as 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:46.240 a pretty said, uh, Mills is only top two hundred 0:08:46.240 --> 0:08:50.160 fifty yards once in ten games this year. He hit 0:08:50.200 --> 0:08:53.680 the two touchdown mark only four times this year. He 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:57.760 faces a Cowboys defense that is top seven in passing attempts, 0:08:57.880 --> 0:09:01.000 yards and touchdowns. Plus it looks like the Texans will 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:05.200 be missing both Nico Collins and Brandon Cooks this week, 0:09:05.320 --> 0:09:08.120 so Mills and the whole passing game is definitely on 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:09.720 your bench. And if you're in one of those weird 0:09:09.800 --> 0:09:12.320 leagues where you have to start a Texans wide receiver, 0:09:12.840 --> 0:09:15.480 you can choose between Philip Dorset, Chris Moore and a 0:09:15.600 --> 0:09:19.280 Marie Rogers as you're likely starting three, probably in that order. 0:09:20.000 --> 0:09:24.120 Damian Pierce I will give a C grade two though. Uh. 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:26.679 In their last five games, the Cowboys have allowed a 0:09:26.720 --> 0:09:30.400 double digit PPR point day to at least one running 0:09:30.400 --> 0:09:32.880 back in every game except the game against the Vikings 0:09:32.880 --> 0:09:35.840 where they shut out Dalvin Cook and company. Even in 0:09:35.880 --> 0:09:38.640 the thirty five point loss last week, Jonathan Taylor touched 0:09:38.640 --> 0:09:41.120 the ball twenty four times against Dallas. I have a 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:44.080 feeling they'll feed Pierce a lot here to just to 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:47.120 try to slow the game down. Maybe the one week 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:49.160 spot in this defense is that they're giving up a 0:09:49.200 --> 0:09:52.240 hundred and five rushing yards per game. That's the twelve 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:54.920 most in the league. Can I do you guys have 0:09:54.960 --> 0:09:58.120 any concern with Damian Pierce hitting the rookie wall, especially 0:09:58.160 --> 0:10:01.920 considering like you barely use second watched If you watched 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:05.120 the game last week, looked awesome. He was. He was 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:08.880 trucking people the near You know, I saw Spia two 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:11.240 bad games. Everybody just immediately goes, well, he's a rookie, 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:15.440 it's December hitting the wall. He played two fantastic run 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:17.360 defenses the last couple of weeks, and he had Kyle 0:10:17.400 --> 0:10:21.200 Allen is his quarterback. I'm telling you, Damian Pierce is fine. 0:10:20.200 --> 0:10:23.600 All right on the other side. I know we were 0:10:23.600 --> 0:10:26.760 talking about could you start both of your Bengals, Well, 0:10:27.040 --> 0:10:30.240 I'm starting both of my Cowboys running backs and they 0:10:30.280 --> 0:10:32.959 both have eight grades in this one. Well you could 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:36.040 go three deep here, Oh my gosh, you could, I guess. 0:10:36.080 --> 0:10:39.600 But Houston, allowing five point one yards per carryon, have 0:10:39.640 --> 0:10:42.080 allowed the most rushing yards and the second most rushing 0:10:42.080 --> 0:10:45.880 touchdowns to opposing running backs. Both Tony Pollard and Ezekiel 0:10:45.880 --> 0:10:49.679 Elliott should each see fourteen or more touches in this 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:54.000 game because nobody tries to pass against the Texans. They're 0:10:54.000 --> 0:10:56.840 allowing the fewest completions in the league at only eighteen 0:10:56.960 --> 0:11:00.079 per game. And eighteen per game is what just And 0:11:00.240 --> 0:11:03.200 Fields is averaging over his last five games, and you 0:11:03.240 --> 0:11:06.520 don't play Justin Fields for his passing. Of the last 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:10.040 four quarterbacks they faced, the Texans have allowed under sixteen 0:11:10.080 --> 0:11:13.160 completions and two hundred yards to three of them, and 0:11:13.200 --> 0:11:16.679 in twelve games, the Texans have only allowed ten passing touchdowns. 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:20.000 All this adds up to like two hundred yards and 0:11:20.080 --> 0:11:26.040 maybe oscore for Dak Prescott oscore oscar and he could 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:28.360 be watching from the sideline for most of the second half, 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:30.160 So I'm only gonna give Dak a C grade in 0:11:30.160 --> 0:11:34.040 this one. I don't know. I I look, I hear 0:11:34.080 --> 0:11:36.800 what you're saying. It's gonna be all running all the time, 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:40.680 but he passes on them. They just don't uh. As 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:42.840 for Ceedee lamp I'll still give him a B grade. 0:11:42.960 --> 0:11:45.559 Here's what good do great fantasy wide receivers have done 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:49.080 against Houston in the last five weeks. Tyreek Hill six 0:11:49.120 --> 0:11:52.480 for eight five no score, Jalen Waddle five for eighty five, 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:57.679 no score, Amari Cooper four for forty, no score, Terry 0:11:57.760 --> 0:12:01.240 McLaurin four for fifty five no score, A J Brown 0:12:01.320 --> 0:12:06.400 fur and a touchdown. That's just okay. If you're looking 0:12:06.440 --> 0:12:08.840 for ten to twelve PPR points, Ceedee Lamb is gonna 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:11.719 get you that, but not not much more. As far 0:12:11.840 --> 0:12:13.959 as Michael Gallup, I won't start him in this one, 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:15.600 but I like what I've seen out of him lately. 0:12:16.679 --> 0:12:19.080 And Dalton Schultz finally, I'll give him a C grade. 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:21.679 As I mentioned before, the Texans have allowed ten touchdown 0:12:21.720 --> 0:12:24.000 passes this year, half of them have gone to the 0:12:24.000 --> 0:12:26.640 tight end position, including three in the last five weeks, 0:12:26.960 --> 0:12:29.440 and Schultz has scored three times in the last four weeks. 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:32.400 So Schultz on the touchdown pass from Dak Prescott, He'll 0:12:32.400 --> 0:12:34.760 get the one. Yeah, in this game, you like that, 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:39.240 You're gonna call your shot one. Dak Prescott touched the angle. 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:40.520 It could help you out. They could run up and 0:12:40.559 --> 0:12:42.520 down the field and Dad could finish those drives a 0:12:42.600 --> 0:12:45.360 touchdown passes, which would be an ideal scenario for the Peak. 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:47.480 Could I'm still gonna start in one of my leagues, 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:49.360 but I don't feel great about it. It's not a 0:12:49.440 --> 0:12:52.800 high upside player. I got Ceedee Lamb everywhere and I 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:55.040 need him. I need him to buck this this trend 0:12:55.080 --> 0:12:57.280 against Houston and hopefully that will be the case here 0:12:57.520 --> 0:12:59.559 when we come back. Take a chance. I mean, nine 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:02.199 players not normally in your starting line up. With six 0:13:02.240 --> 0:13:06.280 teams on by, you need this. Find out who these 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:28.560 nine players are when we come back Fantasy Football Week 0:13:36.520 --> 0:13:38.920 nine players not normally in your starting line up. Many 0:13:38.920 --> 0:13:41.400 of these guys available on the waiver wire. In this 0:13:41.520 --> 0:13:44.560 a week with six teams on by, you need it 0:13:44.600 --> 0:13:47.719 more than ever when in you're in week. Let's go 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:51.160 to the quarterback position, Matt. I've got Mike White and 0:13:51.600 --> 0:13:55.199 two starts Mike White as three and three and three 0:13:55.559 --> 0:13:58.120 s nine yards in a rushing score. Of the last 0:13:58.160 --> 0:14:00.880 eight quarterbacks the Bills have faced, six of them have 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:04.720 thrown for over three yards or multiple touchdowns. The two 0:14:04.720 --> 0:14:07.960 who didn't Mac Jones and the guy Mike White replaced 0:14:08.040 --> 0:14:10.560 Zack Wilson. So kind of like Mike White this week, 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:15.000 All right, your quarterback? I got San Francisco's Brock pretty 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:18.520 at home against the Bucks. Brock throws a pretty good ball. 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:26.520 Actually just came to my head. I can't imagine. The 0:14:26.560 --> 0:14:29.360 Bucks have surrendered at least one passing touchdown in eleven 0:14:29.440 --> 0:14:33.440 straight games, and they also own an opponent passing play percentage. 0:14:33.520 --> 0:14:36.360 North of the road, they're much easier to pass on, 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:38.880 or at least they give up yield more pass attempts 0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:41.840 on the road, like the matchups for Christian McCaffrey and 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:44.800 George Kittle through the air. Not so much for Deebo 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:47.760 Samuel and Brandon Ayuk, but they are both still threats 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:49.720 on any given Sunday. Which, by the way, I just 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:51.440 watched that again for the first time in a while. 0:14:52.160 --> 0:14:59.800 That it is horrible, like it's horrible Christmas vacation. Oh no, oh, 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:05.120 elf is worse. Yes, I know we're both gonna get Oh, 0:15:05.320 --> 0:15:06.880 I've been getting it for all all the week and 0:15:07.040 --> 0:15:09.840 social media, so I said this. It just has somebody 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:12.080 that didn't grow up watching and watching until last year. 0:15:12.840 --> 0:15:18.480 Christmas vacation is a somber experience appropriate for like I 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:25.080 don't know, awake waterboarding. I mean it is patently objectively 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:28.560 not funny by today's standards. I'd watch it over Elf 0:15:28.960 --> 0:15:31.840 ten out of ten, ten out of all the time. 0:15:32.480 --> 0:15:37.360 Sugar in Elf makes my skin crawl. Anyway, Sorry, I 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:40.040 might take a chance at me. Quarterback is Tyler Huntley 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:43.120 going up against Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh's a lot of passing touchdowns 0:15:43.160 --> 0:15:45.520 in every game this year. They're gonna allow one here. 0:15:45.760 --> 0:15:49.160 Steelers defense is giving up two hundred seventy passing yards 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:52.320 and two touchdowns per game overall. Over the course of 0:15:52.320 --> 0:15:55.480 the season. Huntley has rushed for at least forty yards 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:58.520 in all of his extended appearances. Many of them are 0:15:58.560 --> 0:16:01.240 like half games like last week. Honley is gonna rush 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:03.200 you for the at least those forty yards, throws in 0:16:03.280 --> 0:16:05.760 chips in one or two more. Tyler Huntley's got nice 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:08.360 upside this week. Can't wait to talk more about him 0:16:08.440 --> 0:16:10.760 later in the show. Yes we will. Let's go to 0:16:11.120 --> 0:16:14.520 the running back position. I've got Cuba Hubbard of the 0:16:14.560 --> 0:16:17.400 Panthers coming out of their Week thirteen by It was 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:19.720 a little bit of a bummer that Deonta Foreman had 0:16:19.720 --> 0:16:22.600 been limited in practice with foot and rib injuries, but 0:16:22.600 --> 0:16:26.400 he's not carrying an injury designation after practicing Friday. Foreman's 0:16:26.400 --> 0:16:28.480 been very good, but his snap share had dropped to 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:31.440 about half time in week eleven and twelve, where Chuba 0:16:31.520 --> 0:16:34.800 Hubbard's percentage in those weeks ticked up to the range. 0:16:35.280 --> 0:16:37.720 And with the injury adventure to guess that Hubbard gets 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:39.960 a little bit more work in this one, and that's 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:43.080 kind of the trend. So if Foreman's foot issue flares up, 0:16:43.080 --> 0:16:46.520 it's Hubbard's backfield with only Raheim black Shear backing him up. 0:16:46.880 --> 0:16:49.440 And Seattle is bottom six in the league and running 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:52.560 back touches allowed, combo yards allowed and touchdowns allowed to 0:16:52.560 --> 0:16:54.640 the running back position. I was going to take Chuba 0:16:54.720 --> 0:16:58.440 Hubbard before you took him from I do like that angle, Brian, 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:00.680 you take a chance of me running back, I'm gonna 0:17:00.720 --> 0:17:03.160 dig a little deep here and go with Baston Scott. 0:17:03.480 --> 0:17:06.840 He's been wicked good against the Giants. To the accent, 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:11.119 I know. That's what I say to Scott when he's here, 0:17:11.119 --> 0:17:14.560 and he never does it. Scott's not a big accent guy. 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:17.239 He don't. He won't even do a Scottish accent for us. 0:17:17.359 --> 0:17:20.680 He won't do a Boston accent for Boston Scott, Scottish 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:23.800 accent for Scott Fish and he won't do a Fish accent. Yeah, 0:17:23.880 --> 0:17:28.240 he won't even make bubbles for his kids, like, but 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:32.800 he makes He makes the Christmas magical for thousands and 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:34.760 thousands of kids. Though. We gotta give shout out to 0:17:34.760 --> 0:17:39.240 Scott Fish for fantasy cares. No, I've even started with 0:17:39.280 --> 0:17:42.640 Baston Scott yet. Yes, Miles Sanders is the lead back 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:45.440 and Kenneth Gane Wills in the mix, but Scott is 0:17:45.480 --> 0:17:49.000 a Giant killer. He has sixteen career touchdowns, Eight of 0:17:49.040 --> 0:17:52.720 them have come against the Giants, who own the second 0:17:52.800 --> 0:17:56.480 highest explosive run rate allowed, and over the last three games, 0:17:56.520 --> 0:17:59.359 they've allowed a hundred and thirty plus rushing yards in 0:17:59.480 --> 0:18:02.879 each and five total rushing scores running backs during that span. 0:18:03.600 --> 0:18:06.960 Defensive lineman Leonard Williams was also forced to leave last 0:18:06.960 --> 0:18:09.200 week's game for New York and is questionable to play. 0:18:09.200 --> 0:18:10.800 And I just think this game gets out of hand 0:18:11.400 --> 0:18:14.120 for New York and Philly will will turn to Baston Scott. 0:18:15.240 --> 0:18:17.960 Jordan Mason is your backup running back for San Francisco. 0:18:18.080 --> 0:18:19.800 With Brock Purty at the helm, I think we're gonna 0:18:19.800 --> 0:18:22.040 get a run heavy game plan from the Niners and 0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:26.360 more carries for Mason. He's had eighteen carries this season. 0:18:26.680 --> 0:18:29.600 Listen to this for on these eighteen carries, he's averaging 0:18:29.640 --> 0:18:32.800 five and a half yards per carry. He's posted five 0:18:32.880 --> 0:18:37.040 first downs on his eighteen carries. He's forced five missed 0:18:37.040 --> 0:18:40.880 tackles on his eighteen carries, and he's piled up sixty 0:18:40.920 --> 0:18:44.920 one yards after contact on his eighteen carries. Jordan Mason 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:47.000 can play a little bit. Uh. The Niners have to 0:18:47.040 --> 0:18:50.080 be thoughtful about load management with Christian McCaffrey if they 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:52.119 want him fresh for the playoffs. Mason's gonna get some 0:18:52.160 --> 0:18:54.480 work here. I don't love the matchup with a good 0:18:54.560 --> 0:18:58.360 run defense for Tampa bay Um, but nevertheless, we're gonna 0:18:58.400 --> 0:19:00.600 see enough action out of Jordan Mason a run heavy 0:19:00.600 --> 0:19:03.520 game plan to make him viable for your team. This week, 0:19:04.040 --> 0:19:06.640 let's go to the wide receiver position. Well, I owe 0:19:06.640 --> 0:19:09.320 is a tight end and it's definitely a matchup every time. 0:19:09.320 --> 0:19:11.320 I should know not to lead you with wide receiver 0:19:11.320 --> 0:19:13.119 because you go tight end more than anybody. I'd like 0:19:13.160 --> 0:19:15.680 to switch it up. Uh. So this is the matchup 0:19:15.680 --> 0:19:18.720 play against the Dolphins, who have allowed the second most receptions, 0:19:19.200 --> 0:19:22.240 seventh most yards, and fourth most touchdowns to tight ends. 0:19:22.280 --> 0:19:25.439 And uh they're playing Gerald Everett this week. Eight different 0:19:25.440 --> 0:19:28.200 times this year a tight end is registered double digit 0:19:28.240 --> 0:19:30.960 PPR points against the Dolphins. And it's not the names 0:19:30.960 --> 0:19:33.960 you would think. Hayden Hurst, Irv Smith, Pat Friar Muth, 0:19:34.400 --> 0:19:38.720 the Detroit t J. Hockenson, Cole Commet, Harrison Bryant, Jordan Aikins, 0:19:38.760 --> 0:19:41.159 They're all in that group. Gerald Everett's right there and 0:19:41.200 --> 0:19:42.879 maybe better than a lot of those tight ends. And 0:19:42.920 --> 0:19:45.320 he's coming off five catches for eighty last week against 0:19:45.320 --> 0:19:47.879 the Raiders. You take a chance of me, receiver, Brian, 0:19:48.320 --> 0:19:53.119 I've got Tennessee's Nick westbrook a keene um against the 0:19:53.200 --> 0:19:56.720 Jaguars at home. Treylon Brooks has unfortunately been ruled out 0:19:56.720 --> 0:19:59.359 of this game, UH, clearing the way for n W 0:19:59.680 --> 0:20:02.520 I A great match up. The Jaguars are allowing a 0:20:02.600 --> 0:20:05.679 hundred and sixty yards and one point to five touchdowns 0:20:05.720 --> 0:20:09.359 per game to opposing wide receivers. Nick Westbrook a keene. 0:20:10.400 --> 0:20:12.879 I'm going to DJ Chark against the Minnesota Vikings. He 0:20:12.960 --> 0:20:16.080 posted a terrific game last week yards and a touchdown. 0:20:16.119 --> 0:20:18.720 So where was this last week? You may be asking, Well, 0:20:18.840 --> 0:20:21.680 the problem was he had missed over a month injured, 0:20:21.720 --> 0:20:23.920 and then he'd be only had very limited play the 0:20:23.960 --> 0:20:27.480 week before. Now DJ Charks a full timer. Calif Raymond 0:20:27.480 --> 0:20:30.400 may not play in this game, also helping ensure DJ 0:20:30.560 --> 0:20:32.879 Charks on the field a lot. Over the last five weeks, 0:20:32.880 --> 0:20:36.680 Minnesota has allowed the third most receptions, the most yards, 0:20:36.960 --> 0:20:40.359 and four touchdowns to opposing receivers, and on the season 0:20:40.359 --> 0:20:43.200 they've given up the fourth most air yards to receivers 0:20:43.200 --> 0:20:45.919 and charts. Always been a deep ball threat to the 0:20:45.920 --> 0:20:50.480 big play possibility certainly in play. Here posted a decent 0:20:50.520 --> 0:20:53.520 game with forty six yards in the previous meeting with Minnesota. 0:20:53.680 --> 0:20:56.920 D J Chark your final of nine. Take a chance 0:20:56.920 --> 0:21:01.240 on me players. We now go to our next matchup, 0:21:01.359 --> 0:21:06.080 Chiefs taking on the Broncos. Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelsey 0:21:06.160 --> 0:21:09.680 is always obvious a's although it's a tough matchup. Broncos 0:21:09.680 --> 0:21:13.640 have surrendered multiple passing touchdowns just three times this year, 0:21:13.880 --> 0:21:16.320 and only one quarterback has managed the top two hundred 0:21:16.359 --> 0:21:20.120 sixty passing yards against them. Still, it's Mahomes and Kelsey, 0:21:20.240 --> 0:21:23.360 so they continue to get a grades. The only other 0:21:23.400 --> 0:21:25.879 receiver I've got a starting grade on is Juju Smith 0:21:26.080 --> 0:21:30.360 Schuster two dud games since returning from his concussion, so 0:21:30.680 --> 0:21:32.280