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Speaker 1: the course of the show. As usual, we've got to
Speaker 1: take a chance on me with our nine players not
Speaker 1: normally in your starting lineup. We've got three tough questions,
Speaker 1: the premature speculation, and we'll break down all the game's
Speaker 1: fantasy style with our letter grades. As usual, we begin
Speaker 1: with Brian Johnson. Lions take on the Steelers and Jamal
Speaker 1: Williams ruled out of this game already, So hopefully de'
Speaker 1: Angelo Swift can make de' angelo no is that's the
Speaker 1: coronavirus talking right there. Hopefully we will get a lot more.
Speaker 1: We'll get a lot better game out of Swift than
Speaker 1: we got last week. We all missed de Angelo Williams
Speaker 1: though in his PAK care he was great. But yeah,
Speaker 1: let's start with the Andre Swift. Yeah, as you mentioned
Speaker 1: Dre Swift, Jamal Williams ruled out, But you know what,
Speaker 1: it doesn't really change my prospects on Swift so much.
Speaker 1: I'm still gonna give him a seat. It's a very
Speaker 1: tough matchup. Has been seeing snap counts north of seventy
Speaker 1: Swift that is, with Williams out, who will will remain out,
Speaker 1: But again, a very tough matchup. The Steelers are the
Speaker 1: league's third best run defense per Pro Football Focus. They've
Speaker 1: only allowed two total touchdowns to running back, So I'm
Speaker 1: not too high on Swift this week. You certainly have
Speaker 1: to start them temporary expectations. I will mention, though, that
Speaker 1: Detroit's starting left tackle, Taylor Decker, is likely to make
Speaker 1: his season debut. Their their number one left tackle, so
Speaker 1: that does bode well for Swift. If fully I was
Speaker 1: allowed to give a plus or minus, I might throw
Speaker 1: a plus on there, but I know I'm not so see,
Speaker 1: especially when I got covid alright, alright, I won't. As
Speaker 1: for the wide receivers or or lack thereof. Really, the
Speaker 1: matchup is decent. Uh. Pittsburgh is allowing seventy yards and
Speaker 1: one point to five touchdowns per game to the position.
Speaker 1: But how do you make sense of this when you
Speaker 1: look at Detroit's last game, which is in Week eate
Speaker 1: by the way, they're coming off there by, Let's see
Speaker 1: nine targets to the wide receivers for three catches and
Speaker 1: four six scoreless yards, and they all went to I'm sorry,
Speaker 1: I'm not as fast on the button bar as chart.
Speaker 1: I had to find that one and we didn't use
Speaker 1: it last week, so it's probably pretty dusty. We had
Speaker 1: to dust that one off. I'm putting them all on
Speaker 1: the bench. If I had to pick one, I might
Speaker 1: go with Scott Fish's boy Amanra st Brown, who was
Speaker 1: the only wide receiver who caught any passes in Week eight.
Speaker 1: But really they're all on the bench for me. There
Speaker 1: are better options out there. Will certainly get to some
Speaker 1: and take a chance on me in a little bit.
Speaker 1: As for t J Hockenson, I'm not gonna bench him mo,
Speaker 1: but just to see for t J. Pittsburgh has only
Speaker 1: allowed three top ten finishes to tight ends all season,
Speaker 1: but last week the Bears tight ends UH combined for
Speaker 1: seven catches and a hundred plus yards against the Steelers.
Speaker 1: So you're certainly starting t J this week, and you
Speaker 1: are certain you are certainly not starting Jared Goffele he
Speaker 1: is on the bench. That's an easy call there. Over
Speaker 1: to the Pittsburgh side and naj A Harris, Oh, you
Speaker 1: want fantasy Fonzie. You know the matchup is good when
Speaker 1: you can bake the Fonzie into the name. In nag
Speaker 1: A Harris is averaging twenty five opportunities per game, that's
Speaker 1: carries plus targets. UH. The Lions are allowing on five
Speaker 1: combo yards and two total touchdowns per game to running back.
Speaker 1: So the easy fantasy Fonzie for Harris. I'm also gonna
Speaker 1: give Deyonte Johnson Deonte Johnson and a H. He has
Speaker 1: seen double digit targets in five of his last seven games,
Speaker 1: and the Lions are allowing more than a hundred and
Speaker 1: seventy yards and nearly a touchdown per game to wide receivers.
Speaker 1: Negative game script is kind of a concern, but Johnson
Speaker 1: is a very strong start. Going to give him an A.
Speaker 1: But Chase Claypool gets a C. That's a lot of
Speaker 1: seas in this line I wrote. It kind of reminds
Speaker 1: me of my high school report cards. But see for Claypool,
Speaker 1: who has been very quiet over the last three games
Speaker 1: totally just nine catches for nine two scoreless yards of
Speaker 1: those three games. I'm sorry, you gotta be ready on
Speaker 1: that in the big chair, Matt, come on, man, h
Speaker 1: Claypool has gotten four carries during that three game span, though,
Speaker 1: averaging seven plus yards per carry. So so watch out,
Speaker 1: Naji Harris. I'm just kidding with that. Of course, a
Speaker 1: couple more guys to mention, Pat fryar Muth tight end move.
Speaker 1: He has not been quiet. Uh sits third among tight
Speaker 1: ends in points per game over the last three weeks.
Speaker 1: It is quickly becoming Ben Roethlisberger's favorite end zone target,
Speaker 1: scoring three touchdowns over his last two games. Detroit isn't
Speaker 1: giving up a ton of fantasy points to tight ends.
Speaker 1: But Muth is tough to sit unless you have an
Speaker 1: elite option like a Travis Kelsey or Darren Waller or
Speaker 1: a Dan Arnold in front of him. But uh, a
Speaker 1: B grade for Pat Fryar Muth for me, and also
Speaker 1: a B for Ben Roethlisberger. The Lions are allowing two
Speaker 1: sixty passing yards and two passing touchdowns per game. And
Speaker 1: I'm going to make one of the boldest calls in
Speaker 1: the history of the show and say Ben Roethlisberger throws
Speaker 1: for multiple touchdowns today possibly so bold, so bold, and
Speaker 1: against the Lions. And that's it for this game. Brown's
Speaker 1: teak on the Patriots. Mad for the Browns. We we
Speaker 1: have a little bit of clarity at the running back situation.
Speaker 1: We know it's going We're gonna see a lot of
Speaker 1: Dearnest Johnson because it's it's about the last man standing
Speaker 1: for Cleveland. Yeah, so Nick Chubb, Dimitric Felton and John Kelly,
Speaker 1: who's like their fourth or fifth string back, they all
Speaker 1: have COVID. They're on the reserve list. Both Chubb and
Speaker 1: Felton are confirmed vaccinated, but it doesn't look like they're
Speaker 1: gonna get the negative tests in time to get back
Speaker 1: to the game. Uh. Kareem Hunt was speculated to maybe
Speaker 1: return this week, but that's not gonna happen. So that
Speaker 1: leaves d Ernest Johnson is the only healthy running back
Speaker 1: on roster until they signed Brian Hill to the practice
Speaker 1: squad earlier this week. You remember Brian Hill? Uh forget Yeah,
Speaker 1: So the starting running back in this game, which will
Speaker 1: be Deernest Johnson, it looks like gets an A grade.
Speaker 1: If Chubb somehow is healthy, he's not going to alright. Well,
Speaker 1: so the starter for the Browns has never had less
Speaker 1: than sixty nine totally yards this season. In fact, the
Speaker 1: Browns have had thirteen running backs see twelve or more
Speaker 1: touches in a game this year through only nine games,
Speaker 1: and the average day for that running back is one
Speaker 1: hundred nine total yards and almost to score. The Patriots
Speaker 1: allow a hundred and sixty combo yards per game to
Speaker 1: the running back position, So fire up Deerness Johnson with
Speaker 1: an A grade. Baker Mayfield, he's on the bench. Some
Speaker 1: saw the monster bomb to d p J last week
Speaker 1: and the fact that the Browns hung forty one on
Speaker 1: the Bengals and thought Bakers back, but he ended that
Speaker 1: game with only two eighteen and two scores. He's officially
Speaker 1: a game manager now. He's only top two hundred fifty
Speaker 1: yards twice this season, and despite allowing the eighth most completions,
Speaker 1: the Pats don't give up much through the air. It
Speaker 1: only two hundred forty six yards and just over a
Speaker 1: touchdown per game. If to forty six and one excites you, can,
Speaker 1: I interest you in Baker Mayfield because that's exactly what
Speaker 1: he averages. So he's on your bench. I will give
Speaker 1: a S great to Jarvis Landry. I'm gonna keep DPJ
Speaker 1: on the bench though he's completely reliant on the big
Speaker 1: play and the Pats keep everything in front of them.
Speaker 1: Plus he hasn't been practicing this week with a non
Speaker 1: injury related rest designation. Evidently Donovan People's Jones is tired.
Speaker 1: Uh Landry should see high volume but low yardage, since
Speaker 1: sees only averaging ten point two yards per catch this year,
Speaker 1: which is his lowest by a fair margin as a
Speaker 1: member of the Browns, so this type of game makes
Speaker 1: sense for him. He was also a did not participate
Speaker 1: at practice on Wednesday and limited on Thursday with the
Speaker 1: knee injury, so it's only a c for Jarvis Landry.
Speaker 1: All the tight ends on there on the bench for
Speaker 1: the Browns. On the Patriot side, that running back situation
Speaker 1: is almost as thorny as the Browns one. Both Damien
Speaker 1: Harris and Ramandre Stevenson have not practiced at all this week.
Speaker 1: Both are in the concussion protocol and it's not looking
Speaker 1: good for either of them to play this week. That
Speaker 1: would leave J. J. Taylor and Brandon Bolden as your runners.
Speaker 1: Last week, Bolden was ramped up after Harris and Stevenson
Speaker 1: went down, but J. J. Taylor was not active for
Speaker 1: that game. Taylor was active three weeks ago against the
Speaker 1: Jets on nine carries in a game and UH scored
Speaker 1: twice in that one. Bolden was also a part of
Speaker 1: that game. He had two carries for zero yards and
Speaker 1: had six catches for seventy nine. So I would put
Speaker 1: Bolden as the pass catcher. Taylor would be a runner.
Speaker 1: I'll give both of them C grades just on the
Speaker 1: prospects of the red zone work, because the Browns have
Speaker 1: allowed the third most receiving scores to opposing backs this season. Guy,
Speaker 1: I've been talking for a long time. Jeez, there's already
Speaker 1: a long matchup. Matchup Hunter Henry, I'm gonna give a
Speaker 1: B grade to The Browns have allowed touchdowns twice in
Speaker 1: the last five games, and they were two big end
Speaker 1: zone target style guys, Donald Parham and Pat friar Muth.
Speaker 1: Hunter Henry has scored in five of his last six
Speaker 1: and has a red zone target in six straight weeks. Um,
Speaker 1: so he's in the B grade. Jacoby Myers has now
Speaker 1: gone thirty eight games without a touchdown. Brandon Zilstra has
Speaker 1: appeared in about that many games and he has a touchdown.
Speaker 1: But now that I publicly challenged Kobe Myers, he's going
Speaker 1: to score for sure this week. But he and Kendrick
Speaker 1: Born and Nelson Agila are all on the bench. Mac
Speaker 1: Jones only gets a C grade. Hasn't set the world
Speaker 1: ablaze with his stats this year, but he's twisted a
Speaker 1: few ankles. The Browns have been beatable lately, though they've
Speaker 1: allowed the second most passing touchdowns in the league over
Speaker 1: the last five weeks, and three of the last five
Speaker 1: quarterbacks they faced have gone over two eighties. So he's
Speaker 1: startable with a C grade. Who that's my longest matchup
Speaker 1: by a time. I hope that was your longest match up,
Speaker 1: and will try to be very fast, uh, Dalvin Cooks
Speaker 1: and obviously against the team allowing the most rushing yards
Speaker 1: per game, and we'll just move on from there. You're
Speaker 1: gonna start him justin Jefferson and Adam thieland clock in
Speaker 1: with just C grades. Cornerback Asante Samuel. It turns to
Speaker 1: the Chargers secondary um from after missing last week, but
Speaker 1: Michael Davis is out, there's a little bit of help there.
Speaker 1: But um, this has been a very good received a
Speaker 1: group of of secondary members. Heck, only one receiver's top
Speaker 1: seventy yards against the Chargers all season, Los Angeles giving
Speaker 1: up the third FEUs yards to receivers just one thirty
Speaker 1: two per game. Jefferson has posted at least eighty yards
Speaker 1: or a touchdown in six of the past seven, which
Speaker 1: gives him an edge a little bit over theland, I think,
Speaker 1: although concerning that Jefferson only targeted on nine of seventy
Speaker 1: three kirk cousins past attempts over the past two weeks.
Speaker 1: Theland brings touchdowns to the table, as you already know,
Speaker 1: but when he doesn't score, he gets you very little.
Speaker 1: And the Chargers will only give up four touchdowns the
Speaker 1: white Outs all year. So the probability is that Theland
Speaker 1: doesn't score here and then you get stuck. So just
Speaker 1: to see grade on theeling for Tyler Conklin, a by
Speaker 1: week C grade for Conklin against a Chargers defense that's
Speaker 1: been yielding to elite tight ends like Travis Kelsey, Darren
Speaker 1: Waller and Mark Andrews. But that is not Tyler Conklin.
Speaker 1: Mortals are fearing much more poorly against the Chargers. But
Speaker 1: if you were in a real pinch, you could can
Speaker 1: sitter him here and kirk Cousins is on the bench.
Speaker 1: The only positive trend working for Kirk here is that
Speaker 1: Joey Bosa may not play in this game. Um everything
Speaker 1: else works against him. The receiver matchups are difficult to say,
Speaker 1: just outlined. He's not throwing down field, either by design
Speaker 1: or inability, Chargers having given up more than two hundred
Speaker 1: ten passing yards in their last three contests, and Cousins
Speaker 1: hasn't thrown for more than one hundred eighties seven yards
Speaker 1: in back to back games, which is dismal for his standards.
Speaker 1: On the season, the Chargers rank number three in passing
Speaker 1: yards number two in passing touchdowns allowed. This game is
Speaker 1: gonna be all about the groundwork, and I don't like
Speaker 1: Cousins here, so he is on the bench. Austin Ekeler
Speaker 1: is an obvious A. I'm only going to mention that
Speaker 1: the Vikings are gonna be without run stuffing defensive tackle
Speaker 1: Michael Pierce again, who apparently had a setback, and and
Speaker 1: that's gonna open things up for Eckler to have a
Speaker 1: good game, particularly on the ground and also potentially through
Speaker 1: the air, because the guy who of the Vikings defensive
Speaker 1: most commonly tracks receiving running backs is Anthony Barr and
Speaker 1: he's out of this game too, So Eclick could be
Speaker 1: sitting on a really pretty game here. Justin air Bear.
Speaker 1: It's an easy A grade. By the way, I am
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Speaker 1: against the secondary missing Patrick Peterson and potentially it's other
Speaker 1: outside cornerback Breshot Breland, who's shaping up as a game
Speaker 1: time decision. Without Peterson, the Vikings have allowed back to
Speaker 1: back big games to Cooper Rush and Lamar Jackson, who
Speaker 1: went berserk on them. The loss of edge rusher Daniel
Speaker 1: Hunter means Herbert's gonna have a bunch of time to
Speaker 1: scan the field and unload deep passes here. That means
Speaker 1: I love his his primary receiver, Keenan Allen, who runs
Speaker 1: all over the field but primarily from the slot. Rail
Speaker 1: faced Mackenzie Alexander a good but not don dating quarterback.
Speaker 1: Cornerback Alexander seeds a sent catch rate and a one
Speaker 1: eight passer rating in his coverage. He allowed his first
Speaker 1: touchdown of the season last week, and Alan just remaining
Speaker 1: a target hog with eleven or more targets in four
Speaker 1: of the past six games. Easy eight grade there. What
Speaker 1: about Mike Williams, who's way Thorn here in the past
Speaker 1: three games, he's everything just five targets and thirty five
Speaker 1: receiving yards. But the primo matchups on the outside against
Speaker 1: Cameron Dandler and possibly bottom of the depth chart guy
Speaker 1: Chris Boyd is antalizing. So I've got a B grade
Speaker 1: and what I expect to be a bounce back performance
Speaker 1: from Mike Williams here. All of the various Los Angeles
Speaker 1: tight ends, I think there's probably a touchdown to be
Speaker 1: had here, But they're splitting everything up between Cook and
Speaker 1: Anderson a Parham, and that to me feels like they
Speaker 1: are all dark throws. And so I think we put
Speaker 1: them all on the bench, um. And if you had
Speaker 1: if I had to pick one, I would pick I'd
Speaker 1: pick Cook. And again the loss of bar might help
Speaker 1: out here. Overall, I don't think you want to go
Speaker 1: to war here with any of these tight ends. When
Speaker 1: we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly, we will give
Speaker 1: you nine guys upon whom you can take a chance.
Speaker 1: Many of these guys are available in the waiver wire.
Speaker 1: We'll tell you who they are when we come back
Speaker 1: to Fantasy Football Weekly. It's take a chance on me.
Speaker 1: Nine players not normally new started glide up many of
Speaker 1: these guys available on the waiver wire. We begin at
Speaker 1: the quarterback position, and Matt Harrison. I'm gonna go with
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz. Uh. He's probably teetering close to not take
Speaker 1: a chance on me status after throwing I don't I
Speaker 1: don't think so either. He's multiple scores in sixth straight
Speaker 1: and three touchdowns in each of his last two games.
Speaker 1: He's not putting up huge yardage totals though, but that's
Speaker 1: okay because the Jaguars like to allow huge yardage totals
Speaker 1: almost two eighty seven per game. So let's fire him
Speaker 1: up and I throw a B grade on him. By
Speaker 1: the way, all right, Brian, your take a chance on
Speaker 1: me quarterback? I got New Orleans Trevor Simeon at the Titans. Uh.
Speaker 1: Tennessee owns the second highest opponent passing play percentage in
Speaker 1: the league at sixty five point seven per cent, and
Speaker 1: that ratio is even higher in home games. Uh. The
Speaker 1: Titans are allowing two five passing yards nearly two passing
Speaker 1: touchdowns per game. And hey, a third string Jets quarterback
Speaker 1: Zack Wilson can go for two, nine, seven and two
Speaker 1: against Tennessee. I like Trevor Simeon this week, and I
Speaker 1: might like one of his receivers a lot too. We'll
Speaker 1: see in a minute or two. Yeah, I'm holding my breath.
Speaker 1: I think people are thinking to think back to the
Speaker 1: Rams game last week and be afraid of that Titan secondary.
Speaker 1: But yeah, I think it is exploitable. I like that.
Speaker 1: That's a bold call. I'm gonna in between your two
Speaker 1: quarterbacks with Matt Ryan. Dallas ranks bottom ten in fantasy
Speaker 1: points allowed to quarterbacks without a lot of fanfare. Ryan's
Speaker 1: actually been really effective. He's throwing for two hundred ninety
Speaker 1: four yards and over two touchdowns per games since the
Speaker 1: opening week, and he's topped three hundred thirty yards and
Speaker 1: three of the past four games. Meanwhile, Dallas has two
Speaker 1: starting cornerbacks, Traymon Digs and Anthony Brown are along the
Speaker 1: most and the second most yardage in their coverage. We'll
Speaker 1: talk more about that one later on as well. Let's
Speaker 1: go to the running back position. Matt, who's your take
Speaker 1: a chance on me runner? I've got a J. Dillon
Speaker 1: of the Packers. Here's the touch totals for a J.
Speaker 1: Dillon since Week four sixteen, twelve eleven four. Then sixteen twelve.
Speaker 1: So if you follow that pattern, he's gonna get exactly
Speaker 1: eleven touches this week. If you actually follow the average,
Speaker 1: he's gonna get eleven touches this week. To every running
Speaker 1: back who's seen double digit carries against the Seahawks has
Speaker 1: topped seventy total yards and of the nine backs, so wait,
Speaker 1: here we go nine times, nine times of the nine
Speaker 1: backs who've reached that mark, only to haven't topped one
Speaker 1: yards or scored. All Right, Brian Youna, take a chance
Speaker 1: of your runner. Buffalo is Devon Singletary at the Jets.
Speaker 1: Zack Moss likely to return after getting knocked out last
Speaker 1: week against the Jaguars with a concussion, so some might
Speaker 1: stray from Singletary here, But before Moss left the game,
Speaker 1: Singletary was out touching and outperforming Moss. Uh And it's
Speaker 1: quite simple here. The Jets have surrendered the most fantasy
Speaker 1: points to opposing running back, so there should be plenty
Speaker 1: to go around for both backs in this one. I'm
Speaker 1: ready to throw in the towel on Moss. I'm just
Speaker 1: don't do it, So don't do it. So disappointed, don't
Speaker 1: do it. Kenyan Drake goes up against Kansas City. Since
Speaker 1: the change at head coach, Kenyan Drake savaging eleven touches
Speaker 1: for eight five total yards and one touch down per game.
Speaker 1: Not bad um, perhaps filling some of the void left
Speaker 1: by Henry Ruggs. He's also coming off a season high
Speaker 1: and targets, receptions and receiving yards, so they like to
Speaker 1: throw to him. There is clearly more involved in the
Speaker 1: post brooding game. Plans has got a great opportunity against
Speaker 1: Kansas City, especially through the air. Chiefs allowing the sixth
Speaker 1: most receiving yards and the tenth most receptions per game
Speaker 1: to opposing running backs. All right, let's go to our
Speaker 1: whiteouts and Matt Harrison. If you had equate one player
Speaker 1: with me on this show, it would definitely be Dan
Speaker 1: Arnold because I've been beating that Dan Arnold drum forever. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's right. Arnold continues to get targets and yards for
Speaker 1: the Jags. The big day is coming with the touchdowns
Speaker 1: over the last five weeks. Travis Kelsey, Mark Andrews, Mike Cassicki,
Speaker 1: t J. Hockenson, and Kyle Pitts. Those are the only
Speaker 1: tight ends with more targets and catches than Dan Arnold,
Speaker 1: and all of those players are stuck in fantasy starting lineup,
Speaker 1: So let's go with dan Arnold against the Colts this week.
Speaker 1: They've given up double digit PPR points to five of
Speaker 1: the last nine tight ends they faced, including touchdowns, and
Speaker 1: each of the last two weeks to Jeff Swain and
Speaker 1: Ryan Griffin. Dan Arnold's gonna score this week? All right?
Speaker 1: I like it calling your shot, Brian, since you can't
Speaker 1: have Dan Arnold, who are you taking? Talk about a layup?
Speaker 1: I wouldn't go take the easy way out with Dan
Speaker 1: Arnold and take a chance. I'm going on. I'm going
Speaker 1: back to the Saints and Marquez Callaway at the Titans.
Speaker 1: The Titans are yielding twenty six plus targets per game
Speaker 1: to wide receivers, by far the highest clip in the NFL.
Speaker 1: Tennessee also yielding nearly five red zone targets per games
Speaker 1: and receivers also the highest clip. And Callaway leads the
Speaker 1: Saints with nine red red red zone targets, four of
Speaker 1: which have been converted to touchdowns. Oh and guess what,
Speaker 1: it's a homecoming game for the former Tennessee volunteer Marques
Speaker 1: at the Titans. Oh yeah, maybe let's do it. It
Speaker 1: would have been even better if he was a Vanderbilt guy.
Speaker 1: Since it's in Nashville. That's a good point at the
Speaker 1: same state. Um and and that's it did is driving distance,
Speaker 1: So there's that true. Three weeks ago, I tried Tyler
Speaker 1: Johnson against Chicago in a blue up in my face,
Speaker 1: but I'm going back to Tyler Johnson again because it's
Speaker 1: such a compelling matchup and hopefully this time it works out.
Speaker 1: In the three games without Antonio Brown, Tyler Johnson's averaging
Speaker 1: five targets, three catches fifty yards, not bad. Hasn't scored.
Speaker 1: Now Tampa's without Brown for sure, and maybe Chris Godwin
Speaker 1: as well, who's a game time decision. So I mean
Speaker 1: Taylor Johnson can line up on the outside in replacing Brown,
Speaker 1: you can line up in the slot replacing Godwin. And
Speaker 1: he runs from both anyway, so he can do both.
Speaker 1: Washington has allowed the third most yards and the second
Speaker 1: most touchdowns to wide receivers um and whipp he does
Speaker 1: go in the slot, he's got a juicy matchup against
Speaker 1: safety turned slot corner Landon Collins, who has allowed the
Speaker 1: second most yardage among all safeties. Slash I guess slot corners,
Speaker 1: so a great opportunity for Tyler Johnson. Let's hope this
Speaker 1: time it pays off and I don't look like an
Speaker 1: ass like last time. Not bloody likely. Now, let's let's
Speaker 1: hope that isn't the case, Brian. Let's go to the
Speaker 1: Bills taking on the Jets. I just told you I'm
Speaker 1: very nervous about Zack Moss. He's trying to get through
Speaker 1: the concussion protocol. He looks like he's going to be
Speaker 1: close to a game time decision on this. What are
Speaker 1: your thoughts? And you already told us you like Singletary
Speaker 1: in this one? Uh, tell us more about the Buffalo Bills. Yeah,
Speaker 1: real quick, this is this is the first meeting of
Speaker 1: the season between these divisional opponents, so we can't go
Speaker 1: back to the first meeting quite yet. But Devin Singletary
Speaker 1: was might take a chance on me running back. I've
Speaker 1: heard Zack Moss is likely to play. If he does,
Speaker 1: I give him a C two. If not, clearly will
Speaker 1: bump up Singletary to a B level grade. But again,
Speaker 1: the Jets surrendering the most fantasy points to opposing running back,
Speaker 1: so if both play, it's a great matchup for both guys.
Speaker 1: Very good matchup for Stephen Diggs as well. Going to
Speaker 1: give him an A. The Jets lost their best player
Speaker 1: in their secondary to a torn achilles last week. That
Speaker 1: safety Marcus may bodes well for Digs, of course, also
Speaker 1: bodes well at the Jets have allowed at least one
Speaker 1: wide receiver touchdown in four of their last five games.
Speaker 1: Over to his other starting wide receiver opposite him, Cole Beasley.
Speaker 1: I'll give him a B and PPR and C and standard.
Speaker 1: Over the last three games, Beasley as a whopping twenty
Speaker 1: five catches on thirty three targets. And I'm not sure
Speaker 1: what compelled me to make this comparison, but Allen Robinson
Speaker 1: has just five more catches on the season than Cole Beasley.
Speaker 1: In nine games, He's got thirty catches, Beasley has twenty five.
Speaker 1: Over the last three weeks, uh and Beasley had eleven
Speaker 1: catches one twelve yards and the latest meeting between these
Speaker 1: two teams last seasons. Will love Beasley list this week
Speaker 1: uh Manny Sanders going to give him a C. Was
Speaker 1: worried Gabe Davis might be stealing Sanders job after Sanders
Speaker 1: had the goose egg in week eight. But Sanders out
Speaker 1: targeted Davis eight to two last week, so his role
Speaker 1: as wide receiver three seems secure. So he gets a
Speaker 1: C grade. Uh, now it's TB D who's gonna play
Speaker 1: tight end? If it's gonna be Dawson Knox or Tom Sweeney,
Speaker 1: I'll give us has been cleared officially, but he don't
Speaker 1: know for sure because of the hand injury. Right is
Speaker 1: you know, is is he able to catch as well
Speaker 1: as he would have otherwise? Right if it's a different
Speaker 1: kind of injury, you know, you feel you feel a
Speaker 1: little bit more confident about starting him. But he will
Speaker 1: be on the field on Sunday. I hope he's wearing
Speaker 1: a club too. That that guys never wear the club anymore.
Speaker 1: Do you remember that where they just the whole hand
Speaker 1: was just in the big ball at the end and
Speaker 1: they then if you were like a member of the
Speaker 1: Steelers in the seventies, you just beat dudes with that hand.
Speaker 1: Do people use the club thing on their steering wheels?
Speaker 1: Still remember that? I remember that? Well? Now that Moody
Speaker 1: is the water is it's it's a really good matchup.
Speaker 1: But yeah, now that Knox is playing, I'm kind of scared,
Speaker 1: So you know what, I'm gonna bench Knox and both
Speaker 1: Sweeney tom so a bench for those guys who are
Speaker 1: better tight ends out there. They're going to see more
Speaker 1: work than either one of those guys and Josh Allen
Speaker 1: lastly and easy a forget last week against Jacksonville Water
Speaker 1: under the Bridge. Alan threw for three plus yards in
Speaker 1: both games against the Jets last year also had rushing
Speaker 1: totals with fifty seven and sixty one yards. He should
Speaker 1: bounce back big time and this one. As for the Jets,
Speaker 1: not a ton of t talk about. Michael Carter does
Speaker 1: get a starting grade with the c Very tough matchup,
Speaker 1: but still startable based on expected volume. Carter has touch
Speaker 1: totals of fourteen, twenty four, and nineteen over his last
Speaker 1: three games. He's also been targeted times during that span,
Speaker 1: so a CEE for Carter. As for the wide receivers,
Speaker 1: Corey Davis should make his return after missing the last
Speaker 1: two games with a hip injury, but he, Elijah Moore,
Speaker 1: and Jamison crowd are are all on the bench. For me.
Speaker 1: The Bills are the toughest defense against wide receivers, allowing
Speaker 1: just twelve catches and six yards per game total to
Speaker 1: the unit, to wide receiver units, and just two total
Speaker 1: touchdowns all season to the position. And lastly, Mike White.
Speaker 1: He's a low end starter in two quarterback leagues, but
Speaker 1: an easy bench in a brutal matchup. The Bills have
Speaker 1: allowed the fewest points to opposing quarterbacks. You know, I
Speaker 1: get the feeling that we could probably work in one
Speaker 1: more matchup into this segment. Do you think you can
Speaker 1: get Jags colds done in under three minutes? Sure? All right,
Speaker 1: let's do it. So the Jags beat the Bills last
Speaker 1: week nine to six and did nothing in fantasy. Trevor
Speaker 1: Laura's only managed a hundred and eighteen passing yards. Carlos
Speaker 1: Hyde ran for sixty seven yards on twenty one carries,
Speaker 1: and three Jags wide receivers topped the twenty yard mark,
Speaker 1: but none hit the thirty yard mark. What a weird win.
Speaker 1: So let's talk about this week. James Robinson did practice
Speaker 1: for the first time since Week eight on Thursday, but
Speaker 1: was very limited. It's fifty fifty that he goes in
Speaker 1: this one at best. If he does go, I'll give
Speaker 1: him a C probably, but would be a B. But
Speaker 1: I'm worried he gets reinjured or spelled by Carlos Hide.
Speaker 1: If Robinson doesn't go, I'll flip the sea to hide.
Speaker 1: Who is the clear bell cow in Robinson's absence. The
Speaker 1: Colts have been very solid at keeping opposing runners out
Speaker 1: of the end zone, only allowing four total touchdowns to
Speaker 1: the position on the season. Other than that, their middle
Speaker 1: of the pack defense in terms of yards allowed, so
Speaker 1: the bell cow will likely exit with eighty to nine yards.
Speaker 1: The passing game is interesting, Dan Arnold was might take
Speaker 1: a chance on me. Receiver Trevor Lawrence sees a defense
Speaker 1: that allowed four hundred twelve passing yards and four touchdowns
Speaker 1: to the combo of Mike White and Josh Johnson, who
Speaker 1: sound more like guys who would open a micro brewery
Speaker 1: in Osakis than NFL quarterbacks. So I think we'll call
Speaker 1: the brewery Peacock Brewing Company. Yeah. Um. In fact, Davis
Speaker 1: Mills and Jimmy g are the only quarterbacks not to
Speaker 1: hit the multiple score mark against the Coal the Colts.
Speaker 1: And they have roads out as well for this one. Yeah. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: And they have a brick of and pizza food truck
Speaker 1: outside the Peacock Brewing building. So I'll give Lawrence a
Speaker 1: Sea in this one has still hasn't had multiple scores
Speaker 1: since Week one, and since the London game in Week six,
Speaker 1: the Jags have had a more focused approach to all
Speaker 1: pass catchers. Marvin Jones, Jamal Agnew, and Dan Arnold have
Speaker 1: all had twenty two or twenty three targets, fourteen or
Speaker 1: fifteen catches right around a hundred and fifty yards, and
Speaker 1: Laviska Schnalt is down as the fourth option right now,
Speaker 1: so Jones is on the field most The snap counts
Speaker 1: between Agnew and Schnlt are getting closer. Both take over
Speaker 1: half their routes from the slot, but move around a
Speaker 1: lot and I'll throw a B on Jones this week?
Speaker 1: Who gets Xavier Roads backup? Whose name is bo Pete? Keys? Wow?
Speaker 1: Bo Peep? Yeah, I guess bo Peep he might might
Speaker 1: as Hey, we got one of these we can perfect
Speaker 1: called little perfect little bo Pete. Little bo Pete has
Speaker 1: given up a perfect passer rating this season. By the way,
Speaker 1: Agnew and chnaltarre both take a chance of me style
Speaker 1: sees um the colt side is really easy. Jonathan Taylor
Speaker 1: is an a not quite an art vark, though, as
Speaker 1: the Jags have been sneaky good against runners. Their top
Speaker 1: six in yards per carry and rushing yards allowed, but
Speaker 1: they have allowed the ninth most touchdowns. Carson Wentz was
Speaker 1: might take a chance on me, Tossi Tosser and Michael Pittman.
Speaker 1: He gets an A. The rest of the Colts wide
Speaker 1: receivers are on the bench. It looks like t Y
Speaker 1: Hilton will play, so that muddies things up for Zach Pascal.
Speaker 1: But Pittman has been great and the Jags are allowing
Speaker 1: a hundred and nine two passing yards to the wide receiver,
Speaker 1: so he's a A. But don't start Mo Ali Cox
Speaker 1: or Jack Doyle unless you want two targets. Yeah, that's
Speaker 1: the problem with those guys. If they ever if they
Speaker 1: ever bled into one human being, perhaps with four arms
Speaker 1: and four legs, then at that point I think would
Speaker 1: be a lot more Mo Ali Doyle or Jaguar Ali Cox.
Speaker 1: I like that. I like that a lot better. I
Speaker 1: like that a lot. Oh, that doesn't sound good. When
Speaker 1: we come back Chiefs at Raiders, Patrick Mahomes, what you're
Speaker 1: gonna do? But Patrick Mahomes, it's one of the toughest
Speaker 1: calls of the year, believe it or not, we'll give
Speaker 1: you advice on whether or not he's going to revert
Speaker 1: to form against Las Vegas when we return to Fantasy
Speaker 1: Football Weekly. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly. I'm Paul Charchi
Speaker 1: my coast today or Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson. It
Speaker 1: is the COVID edition again. Like last week, I am
Speaker 1: at home, which is why I sound like garbage and
Speaker 1: my co host in the studio sound great. Hello, guys,
Speaker 1: we do sound great. You know it doesn't sound great
Speaker 1: starting Patrick Mahomes. It used to sound it sounded so
Speaker 1: good before you didn't have to give it a thought.
Speaker 1: But suddenly here we are in a position where you
Speaker 1: don't know if you can start Patrick Mahomes. I believe
Speaker 1: I have my lowest ranking on Patrick Mahomes ever on
Speaker 1: career this week. How bad has it gotten for Patrick
Speaker 1: Mahomes over the last three weeks. Among the teams that
Speaker 1: have not had a bye, Patrick Mahomes has only outscored
Speaker 1: Sam Donald. Think about that, and he was playing with
Speaker 1: a broken shoulder and he missed, but he missed parts
Speaker 1: of games he's Mahomes has been outscored by nine quarterbacks
Speaker 1: who did have a bye over the last three weeks,
Speaker 1: including Geno Smith, Taylor Heineke, and the Houston combo of
Speaker 1: Davis Mills and and Taylor uh Tyrod Tyrod Taylor. It's
Speaker 1: it's staggering to think that it's come to this for
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes. Now as a whole, the city of Las
Speaker 1: Vegas is filled with slump busters, but the Raiders are
Speaker 1: not one of them. Unfortunately, Mahomes is struggling against defenses
Speaker 1: that can generate a pass rush with their base defense,
Speaker 1: and here comes the Raiders with Pro Football focuses number
Speaker 1: one graded pass rush. So everything's lining up just wrong
Speaker 1: for ma Homes here again. Now, I will say this, historically,
Speaker 1: Mahomes has excelled against the Raiders. His average game against
Speaker 1: them throughout his career fourteen yards, which is great, But
Speaker 1: he's never played at the level that he's playing at
Speaker 1: right now. And it's part of it is certainly at Mahomes,
Speaker 1: but it's also on and I'm banged up offensive line,
Speaker 1: which will be banged up again for this game. I
Speaker 1: can't tell you to start Patrick Mahomes, and I only
Speaker 1: have a C grade on Mahomes. If it were virtually
Speaker 1: any other quarterback, this would be a straight bench grade,
Speaker 1: But I can't do it with Mahomes because the history
Speaker 1: and we know that he's an amazing talent and no
Speaker 1: nobody would be surprised if Patrick Mahomes showed up with
Speaker 1: three d yards and three touchdowns. It wouldn't surprise anybody
Speaker 1: in the slightest including me. And I'm giving him the
Speaker 1: C grade at the same time, based on everything we're
Speaker 1: looking here at on paper, this this, I can't tell you.
Speaker 1: I can't give you solid reasons why Holmes is any
Speaker 1: better now than he would be uh than he would
Speaker 1: be had and has been the last three weeks. Let's
Speaker 1: go to his receivers, Tyreek Kill. Despite mahomes struggles, he's
Speaker 1: still peppering Hill with targets at least ten in five
Speaker 1: of the last six games, which gives Hill a sizeable
Speaker 1: leg up um on the outside. Hill's gonna see Vegas
Speaker 1: is best cornerback Casey Hayward, who has yet to allow
Speaker 1: score or more than four eight yards in a game.
Speaker 1: But Heyward's pretty slow. He's like a four six guy,
Speaker 1: and that might be tricky against Tyreek Hill. And Hayward
Speaker 1: doesn't travel into the slot, and Hill will run from
Speaker 1: the slot a lot and when he runs from the slot,
Speaker 1: he'll gets Nate Hobbs. But the weird thing is as
Speaker 1: anonymous as Nate Hobbs is, he's been awesome too. He
Speaker 1: ranks his Pro Football focus is number seven cornerback, and
Speaker 1: he is not allowed to touch down all season, so
Speaker 1: there's really nowhere where he'll goes where he's got an
Speaker 1: easy matchup in this game. And so just the B
Speaker 1: grade on Hill, and I think I've given Hill A
Speaker 1: grades in every other game this year, so this is
Speaker 1: a new low for him as well. Travis Kelsey comes
Speaker 1: in with a B grade, averaging nine targets per game.
Speaker 1: The volume keeps him as an automatic start. Even though
Speaker 1: Kelsey's touchdown production he has one touchdown since Week five.
Speaker 1: That's it. Still. Kelsey has caught all seven of his
Speaker 1: red zone targets and he's converted four of those into touchdowns.
Speaker 1: And you know he's always a threat to score right
Speaker 1: us have a lot five tighten touchdowns over the last
Speaker 1: five games. So that's why I've kept a B grade
Speaker 1: and not a C grade on Travis Kelsey, which sounds weird,
Speaker 1: but that's where we're at right now. Clyde Edwards, a
Speaker 1: layer could make his return for this game, he's a
Speaker 1: game time decision. I'll remind you guys, prior to his
Speaker 1: knee injury, he was coming off his best set of
Speaker 1: consecutive games in his career, and that was Weeks three
Speaker 1: and four, with over one hundred rushing yards in both games.
Speaker 1: And Darryl Williams hasn't been particularly good, just three point
Speaker 1: six yards per carry. So if Edwards a Layer comes back,
Speaker 1: I think he if he's good enough to come back,
Speaker 1: I think he gets most of the work here because
Speaker 1: Williams hasn't been that good, but he's no workhorse, and
Speaker 1: he's averaging just fifteen touches per game. And if even
Speaker 1: that drops a bit because it's his first game back. Man,
Speaker 1: if he's at like twelve touches a game, then the
Speaker 1: most we can probably do here is a C grade.
Speaker 1: Even though the Raiders just got steamrolled by Devanta Booker
Speaker 1: and Alijah Penny for a hundred and thirty five runching yards. Um,
Speaker 1: I still think that's the best we can do out
Speaker 1: of Hilaire. Now, if Laire doesn't go, then Darryl Williams
Speaker 1: walks into this a C grade, and I like him
Speaker 1: at that spot even if he hasn't been great, All right,
Speaker 1: let's flip over to the Raiders side of this game,
Speaker 1: and we'll begin with Derek Carr. Over his last three games,
Speaker 1: he's everything three hundred sixteen passing yards per game. That
Speaker 1: is third most in the league, which which I lovey
Speaker 1: comes in playing well. Kansas City's past defense has been
Speaker 1: better lately, and a lot of it is really hinged
Speaker 1: on the cornerback Lagarius sneed moving from the outside into
Speaker 1: the slot. I'm gonna talk more about that in a second.
Speaker 1: When we talked about Hunter Hunter renfro Um, but course
Speaker 1: Smoked car Smoked a better version of this Chiefs secondary
Speaker 1: last year average in the average during her fifteen yards
Speaker 1: and three touchdowns in the two games Um, and only
Speaker 1: Jordan loved Taylor Heineken and Baker Mayfield have failed to
Speaker 1: put up multiple touchdowns against the Chiefs. So I think
Speaker 1: he finds his way to a couple of scores here
Speaker 1: and around three hundred yards. And that's a B grade
Speaker 1: for Derek Carr, a grade for his top receiver, Darren Waller.
Speaker 1: If last week is any indication, all of Henry Ruggs's
Speaker 1: targets are gonna go to Darren Waller, who posted his
Speaker 1: biggest game since the opener, maybe not coincidentally in Vegas
Speaker 1: first game without their deep threat. Waller had his highest
Speaker 1: yards per catch game last week, so they were throwing
Speaker 1: to Waller down field. Kansas City has given up five
Speaker 1: tight end touchdowns over the last five weeks. That's tied
Speaker 1: for the most during that span. And what's more, over
Speaker 1: those five games, every opposing tight end except Green Bay's
Speaker 1: Josiah degu Aa, I know, all of the opposing tight
Speaker 1: ends except that guy who have caught at least two
Speaker 1: passes have scored a touchdown against the Chief. So Waller
Speaker 1: is an a in this one. I mentioned Hunter hunter
Speaker 1: Renfro earlier. With rugs gone last week, the Fro led
Speaker 1: all Raiders wide outs in targets, receptions, and yards. Fascinating
Speaker 1: matchup in the slot against Lagaria Snead, who since moving
Speaker 1: to the slot has been very good. Is not giving
Speaker 1: up any scores and just a sixty eight percent catch
Speaker 1: rate since then. Still a slight advantage here to the
Speaker 1: Fro considering how good he's been of late and a
Speaker 1: B grade for him. Kenyan Drake was might take a
Speaker 1: chance on me player and running back and Josh Jacobs
Speaker 1: also gets a and he by the way, see grade
Speaker 1: for for Drake, a B grade for Josh Jacobs. Chiefs
Speaker 1: are allowing one forty one total yards per game to
Speaker 1: opposing running backs. That is tenth most. A big chunk
Speaker 1: of that comes through the air, as I mentioned a
Speaker 1: little bit, and we talked about Drake, and I like
Speaker 1: Drake there too, but Jacobs is also emerging in the
Speaker 1: passing game. He's hauled in eighteen of twenty targets on
Speaker 1: the year. Vegas offensive line has been woeful at run blocking,
Speaker 1: but that really hasn't effected Jacob's that much. Who's seen
Speaker 1: his yards per carry increase in five consecutive games, So
Speaker 1: I like him. In this one last thing, I'll mention
Speaker 1: if you if you thought Brian Edwards might be helped
Speaker 1: out with with Henry ruds out that did not materialize
Speaker 1: at all last week was zero catches. Let's go to
Speaker 1: our next matchup, which is Saints taking on the Titans. Brian,
Speaker 1: it looks like we will have a news starting running
Speaker 1: back for the Saints. Mark Ingram expected to get the
Speaker 1: vast majority of the looks here for New Orleans. Alvin
Speaker 1: Kamara ruled out, so it is mark Ingram time, albeit
Speaker 1: in a tough matchup. Tennessee has surrendered the sixth fewest
Speaker 1: rushing yards to opposing backs, but they do allow nearly
Speaker 1: five catches per game to the position, and Ingram appears
Speaker 1: to be in line for a bell cow role in
Speaker 1: this one, so I'm gonna give him a B on
Speaker 1: expected volume. Over to the wide receivers. Marquez Callaway was
Speaker 1: might take a chance on the wide receiver, but I
Speaker 1: think you can throw see darts at Deante Harris and
Speaker 1: Trey Kwon Smith in that order I mentioned earlier. The
Speaker 1: Titans are yielding twenty six plus targets per game to
Speaker 1: wide receivers, by far the highest clip in the NFL.
Speaker 1: Adam Troutlin, though tight end is on the bench. Tennessee
Speaker 1: is allowing less than four catches in just thirty yards
Speaker 1: per game to opposing tight ends. And Trevor simeon Us
Speaker 1: might take a chance on me quarterback as well. Hey,
Speaker 1: Brian Art, see darts just harpoons. Oh that's a good one. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it is like that. You can harpoon them over to
Speaker 1: the Titans side. Adrian Peterson gotta put him on the bench.
Speaker 1: Lead the team and carries in his debut with ten
Speaker 1: also scored a touchdown, but Dante Foreman and Jeremy Jeremy
Speaker 1: McNichols combined for twelve carries and a much higher yards
Speaker 1: per carry. They combined for four point four yards per
Speaker 1: carry as opposed to the two point one yards per
Speaker 1: carry from Adrian Peterson. Expect Peterson's usage to increase a
Speaker 1: little here, but a very tough matchup. Opposing teams are
Speaker 1: only running the ball thirty seven percent at the time
Speaker 1: against New Orleans who has allowed just one runner to
Speaker 1: top seventy rushing yards, and that was Christian McCaffrey in
Speaker 1: Week two when he had seventy two rushing yards on
Speaker 1: twenty four carries. So Peterson on the bench and this
Speaker 1: one a J. Brown, though not on the bench, gonna
Speaker 1: give him an A. Yes, I'll likely draw a lot
Speaker 1: of coverage from Marshawn Lattimore, but Lattimore is seriously struggling,
Speaker 1: surrendering five scores over his last five games. He's also
Speaker 1: allowed at least one yards in his coverage and three
Speaker 1: of those five games, and granted his assignments have been elite.
Speaker 1: Lattimore as that is, but so is healthy So is
Speaker 1: a healthy A J. Brown very elite? So in A
Speaker 1: for a J. Brown and uh for his counterpart, Julio Jones.
Speaker 1: Let's take a quick trip down memory lane. Julio has
Speaker 1: faced the Saints eighteen times in his career, all with
Speaker 1: the Falcons. Of course. Do you want to guess how
Speaker 1: many touchdowns Julio has scored in those eighteen games against
Speaker 1: New Orleans? It's either going to be an insane amount
Speaker 1: or like two. It's insanely sad amount. Three touchdowns in
Speaker 1: those eighteen games and the last one game in twenty sixteen.
Speaker 1: But New Orleans is allowing fifteen catches, two hundred and
Speaker 1: fifteen yards and one point to five touchdowns per game
Speaker 1: to opposing wide receivers. So I gotta give Julio a
Speaker 1: B in this one. Uh. As for Jeff Swaim, who
Speaker 1: is pretty much the tight end one on the Saints, now,
Speaker 1: I was close to giving him a C after scoring
Speaker 1: in back to back games, but the Saints are one
Speaker 1: of three teams that have yet to surrender a tight
Speaker 1: end touchdown. So I got Swam on the bench and
Speaker 1: this one to but keep an eye on him in
Speaker 1: then tighten in the tight end waste Land and last,
Speaker 1: but not least, Ryan Tannehill gets an easy B based
Speaker 1: on the plus matchups for his wide receivers. Tannehill can
Speaker 1: also do some damage on the ground. The most mobile
Speaker 1: quarterback the scenes that faced was Taylor Heineke, who ran
Speaker 1: for forty yards, which, of course in most fantasy leagues
Speaker 1: equals a passing touchdown. So B for Tannehill like uh,
Speaker 1: Tannehill is a is could be He's He's always been
Speaker 1: a sneaky rusher for touchdowns and with Derrick Henry out
Speaker 1: that might that might continue to be the case. Um,
Speaker 1: we've got a few extra minutes to work with here. Guys,
Speaker 1: talk to me about Miles Gaskin. There are a lot
Speaker 1: of people that started him off of what had been
Speaker 1: relatively consistent work, but he has been as boom or
Speaker 1: bust as anybody. I think there's too many some temptations
Speaker 1: for Miles gascon owners to just drop him out right
Speaker 1: next week. What do you think, Yeah, it's looking pretty nasty,
Speaker 1: just just the production that he's had in the last
Speaker 1: couple of games. I believe he had the twenty four
Speaker 1: worst yards in a game where a player had twenty
Speaker 1: rushing attempts since the merger, it was it was like
Speaker 1: absolutely ridiculous. That was two weeks ago. He's on a
Speaker 1: weird like struggling and even weeks though and going off
Speaker 1: in odd weeks. I don't know if you want to
Speaker 1: drop him in week eleven because he might go off
Speaker 1: based on that scientific fact. So I'm joking, of course. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and only thirty isn't he is not top thirty and
Speaker 1: looking at his stabs right now, he has not top
Speaker 1: thirty six rushing yards in three weeks. And when he
Speaker 1: when he when he has bad games, basically, if he
Speaker 1: doesn't score, you're stuck on Miles Gaskon and that is
Speaker 1: not the kind of guy I want on my roster.
Speaker 1: Well and charge if you go every other week on it.
Speaker 1: He didn't have a great game against the Ravens, Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's bad. But he gets the Jets next week and
Speaker 1: that's good. And then he get gets the Panthers the
Speaker 1: week after that and that's bad, and then he gets
Speaker 1: the Giants the week after that and that's good in
Speaker 1: the odd weeks. So it's it's just he's like a
Speaker 1: spot starter in a flex position, and it's only if
Speaker 1: you're desperate. He's he's a he's a bench guy most
Speaker 1: of the time. All Right. I probably asked myself if
Speaker 1: I owned Miles Gasking, and I don't think I do
Speaker 1: incret any of my leagues, which is great. Um, I
Speaker 1: think I would say to myself, and I'm not starting
Speaker 1: him against the Jets this week, then why have them
Speaker 1: on roster? And I would pint exactly, You're gonna kick
Speaker 1: the Gaskin down to the road. There you go. Um,
Speaker 1: what do you do if let's say you started basically
Speaker 1: any raven or dolphin and now you're in a deep
Speaker 1: hole heading into Sunday because you know, you thought, you
Speaker 1: know reasonably so, that there would point be points to
Speaker 1: be had, especially from Baltimore. What do you do and
Speaker 1: how does how does this change how you work your
Speaker 1: lineup going into the weekend. You gotta hit the stack pipe.
Speaker 1: You gotta pair a quarterback with a wide receiver or
Speaker 1: two and it's hard to do to find, but hey,
Speaker 1: go back to that Saints matchup. You can find Trevor
Speaker 1: Simeon most likely on the waiver wire, or Marquez Callaway,
Speaker 1: Yonte Harris, Trey Kuan Smith. It's a great matchup on
Speaker 1: paper for quarterbacks and wide receivers, but you got you
Speaker 1: gotta load up on one team and just hope they
Speaker 1: go off, and the Saints are a great candidate to
Speaker 1: do so. I just feel bad for people who started
Speaker 1: Mike Gasicki in a League seven. Guillotine league specifically, though, yeah,
Speaker 1: no kidding that that is setting up for a chop
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Speaker 1: Welcome to our number two Fantasy Football Weekly. I'm Paul
Speaker 1: Scharchi and quarantined at home recovering from COVID. I'm much better,
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Speaker 1: I sound like garbage, that is Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson.
Speaker 1: Hello guys, Hello. This is a segment we call three
Speaker 1: off questions and it begins with this tough question number one.
Speaker 1: Is Patrick Mahomes still the best Dynasty or Empire quarterback?
Speaker 1: Begin with Matt Harrison? Are you talking about Patty Ice?
Speaker 1: Patty Ice? About Patrick Mahomes? I think Patrick's Yeah, That's
Speaker 1: that's what I mean. It was a joke. I'm glad
Speaker 1: you got it. It just took me a little while. Um,
Speaker 1: I still think he is the best dynasty quarterback. What's
Speaker 1: more likely to happen here? In five years we're looking
Speaker 1: back on this season as the one rough patch in
Speaker 1: mahomes career, a rough patch that, by the way, still
Speaker 1: has him averaging two yards and two point two touchdowns
Speaker 1: per game. Or in five years, are we looking at
Speaker 1: this and going wow, that was the beginning of the end.
Speaker 1: I don't think so. He's still got the best arm
Speaker 1: in the league. And the other options are Josh Allen,
Speaker 1: who isn't currently matching mahomes output in his down year,
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, whose fantasy value is tied up in his legs.
Speaker 1: And we've seen a lot of running quarterbacks have their
Speaker 1: careers derailed after one knee or ankle injury Kyler air Bear.
Speaker 1: Now I'm gonna stick with Patty Ice. He's still number
Speaker 1: one in my book. Alright, Brian, Is Patrick Mahomes still
Speaker 1: the best Dynasty or Empire quarterback? No, I got him
Speaker 1: number two on my list right now. And despite the
Speaker 1: poor performance on Thursday Night from Lamar Jackson, he is
Speaker 1: my answer Dynasty. Of course, you want to look towards
Speaker 1: the future a little bit. L Jacks is one and
Speaker 1: a half years younger than Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson.
Speaker 1: The rushing upside insane. The floor keeps him very safe,
Speaker 1: and he can throw and he's still just scratching the
Speaker 1: surface of his throwing ability. In my opinion, I think
Speaker 1: we might have seen the peak of Patrick Mahomes, not
Speaker 1: saying he can't get back there and say at that level,
Speaker 1: but Lamar Jackson, we haven't seen. The best is still
Speaker 1: yet to come. And you have to look at the
Speaker 1: weapons tied to each of these guys, Tyreek Kill, Travis Kelsey.
Speaker 1: Their average age is about thirty years old. For L Jacks,
Speaker 1: he's got Mark Andrews, Hollywood Brown and Rashad Master Bateman,
Speaker 1: Um Andrews Just Hollywood in June and Bateman in a
Speaker 1: few weeks. I don't sure. I'm pretty sure you can.
Speaker 1: Why not like Master Will Smith? Master p Yeah, obviously, Okay.
Speaker 1: I agonized over my own question. This is the toughest
Speaker 1: question of three tough questions this year. I changed my
Speaker 1: answer three times. Um the contenders were who you've mentioned,
Speaker 1: Josh Al Lamar Jackson. I also I also looked into
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow and Justin air Bear as possibilities as well,
Speaker 1: but ultimately I threw them out because they don't have
Speaker 1: They're not reliable rushers, despiting reliable passers and the rushing
Speaker 1: upside that Alan and Jackson give you into a lesser extent.
Speaker 1: Mahomes is just it just is so big. So then
Speaker 1: I tried to delineate Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, and Patrick
Speaker 1: Mahomes algorithmically, and here's how close it is statistically between
Speaker 1: these three guys over the past three years. J Baxon
Speaker 1: has the most Fantasy points over the past three years,
Speaker 1: Mahomes has the most highest finishes of those three, and
Speaker 1: over the past two years, Allen leads both categories. He's
Speaker 1: been better than either one of them across the last
Speaker 1: two seasons. So where does that end up leaving you
Speaker 1: for a while, I was on Allen Um but ultimately
Speaker 1: finished on Lamar Jackson because of the intentional, consistent rushing
Speaker 1: providing a floor and the fact that you've got the
Speaker 1: passing upside and it was so close, and I agonized
Speaker 1: on this so long. In a rare turn for three
Speaker 1: tough questions, maybe the first ever and maybe it's just
Speaker 1: the COVID talking no wrong answers this week between Alan
Speaker 1: Jackson and Mahomes. I think you can go with any
Speaker 1: of those three. Consider Alan Jackson, Like, if you can
Speaker 1: start Alan Jackson country Western star, that would be great.
Speaker 1: I don't think he's probably a Western star anyways. Western
Speaker 1: even the thing anymore. We like both kind of types
Speaker 1: of music, country and western and Western. Tough question number two.
Speaker 1: Once Odell Beckham makes the Rams active roster, will he
Speaker 1: be a wide receiver one for fantasy not on his team?
Speaker 1: A wide receiver one wide receiver to flex or bench?
Speaker 1: For this one, we begin with Brian Johnson. Um, it's
Speaker 1: it's gonna be one extreme or the other. I feel
Speaker 1: like either a wide receiver one or a bench. I
Speaker 1: don't know. I mean, Cooper Cup is just a target
Speaker 1: Hog and understandably so, Robert Woods very established receiver in
Speaker 1: that offense. It's gonna take some time for Odell Beckham
Speaker 1: to get up to speed. Of course, Van Jefferson still
Speaker 1: gonna mix in a little bit. Tyler Higbee a very
Speaker 1: active part of that passing game. So once he is activated,
Speaker 1: I am putting him on my bench until I can
Speaker 1: see that he actually produces. But I don't see a
Speaker 1: huge target shared percentage for Odell Beckham, So he he's
Speaker 1: a bench for me until further notice, Matt. Once Ode
Speaker 1: Beckham makes the active roster, will he be a wide receiver?
Speaker 1: One wide receiver to flex or bench? He probably doesn't
Speaker 1: play this week, and next week's the rams By, so
Speaker 1: he's not gonna play next week for sure. Um. Over
Speaker 1: the last three years, by the way, Beckham has averaged
Speaker 1: seven point two targets per game, and no player has
Speaker 1: done less with seven targets per game than Beckham. He's
Speaker 1: averaging three point nine catches, fifty four yards and a
Speaker 1: quarter of a touchdown per game in PPR. That's about
Speaker 1: ten points per game. And then you look at the targets.
Speaker 1: Cooper Cup is averaging eleven point four targets Robert Woods
Speaker 1: is averaging seven points six, Both Van Jefferson and Tyler
Speaker 1: Higbee are average, averaging just over five, and the other
Speaker 1: receivers and Darryl Henderson add up to about six targets
Speaker 1: per game. So where do Beckham's targets come from. Let's
Speaker 1: give him the two from DeShawn Jackson and maybe give
Speaker 1: him half of what Van Jefferson's getting. So I don't
Speaker 1: think he takes anything from Woods or Cup, so he's
Speaker 1: probably a five target maybe six targets per game guy.
Speaker 1: So I think we're looking at a lot of three
Speaker 1: catch forty yard games from Beckham. So he's gonna be
Speaker 1: a bench guy. But I did pick him up in
Speaker 1: a league where he was available, and I'm hoping I'm wrong.
Speaker 1: The correct answer is in fact bench for many of
Speaker 1: the reasons you outlined. You know, remember that Rams just
Speaker 1: had a depth wide receiver and the comparatively even keeled
Speaker 1: DeShawn Jackson quit the team because he didn't like his
Speaker 1: role behind Woods and Cup, and you figure, like you said,
Speaker 1: there's gonna be it's probably three weeks out before he
Speaker 1: ends up with any meaningful action on this team. That's
Speaker 1: a long time to get through and you also have
Speaker 1: to figure you know, not only is there Cup and
Speaker 1: Woods when you get Higbee and Jefferson as well to
Speaker 1: contend with catches and frankly, the team's commitment to the
Speaker 1: growth of Van Jefferson is far higher than its commitment
Speaker 1: to Beckham. And we'll Beckham have some impact games and moments, sure,
Speaker 1: probably a couple, but they'll be surrounded by to catch
Speaker 1: performances that are gonna sink your team, and you're not
Speaker 1: gonna know when they're coming. The correct answer is bench tough.
Speaker 1: Question number three, what's the appropriate level of concern for
Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin some or a Bowle loosening level of existential
Speaker 1: dread Matt Uh Terry is still averaging nine and a
Speaker 1: half targets per game. Charch really likes to pick on
Speaker 1: the players who just had a bye week. By the way,
Speaker 1: because it was only two games ago that Terry went
Speaker 1: for seven catches, a d and twenty two yards and
Speaker 1: a score against Green Bay. But it was three weeks ago,
Speaker 1: so now we feel so far away from such a
Speaker 1: good game for McLaurin. Yeah, he's had a few down games,
Speaker 1: including his last one against one of the best secondaries
Speaker 1: in the league, that's the Denver Broncos. But this week
Speaker 1: he gets the Bucks. That's a plus matchup, and as
Speaker 1: soon as hit next week he might be getting his
Speaker 1: starting quarterback back. That's right, Stu Beard is on the horizon.
Speaker 1: So I'm going to say no concern about Terry McLaurin. Brian,
Speaker 1: what's the appropriate level of concern for Terry McLaurin, none,
Speaker 1: some or blowed? I pretty much have nothing to add.
Speaker 1: I am in full agreement with Matt. I have no
Speaker 1: concern for Terry McLarin He's gone from being a consistent
Speaker 1: matchup proof contributor to being an all or nothing player
Speaker 1: with three massive dug games in his last four. It's
Speaker 1: not a battler of talent. His talent is not in question,
Speaker 1: but his quarterbacks talent is in plenty of question. Opponents
Speaker 1: have broken the code on Taylor Heineke, and it did
Speaker 1: not require an Enigma machine. He's always been a marginal
Speaker 1: passing talent who was meant to be a backup. He's
Speaker 1: averaging zero point seven five three quarters of one touchdown
Speaker 1: pass per game over the last month. That's it, and
Speaker 1: defenses know that if you take McLaren away, that virtually
Speaker 1: eliminates the entire Washington passing attack because there's aren't enough
Speaker 1: other good receivers on this team. Curtis Samuel still out
Speaker 1: and probably remains out for a while. And further bad
Speaker 1: news comes from this week's revelation that might be Love
Speaker 1: Stupid isn't close to returning. He's probably two, three, four
Speaker 1: weeks away from returning. Wide receiver talent isn't always enough
Speaker 1: when everything else is going wrong. Look at Alan Robinson
Speaker 1: is a case in point, a fantastic top ten level
Speaker 1: talent at wide receiver who's virtually unrosterable for fantasy purposes
Speaker 1: because everything else is wrong around him. Terry McLaurin is
Speaker 1: almost in that spot, not quite, and that's why it's
Speaker 1: only some level of concern. Church. I want you to
Speaker 1: tell me more about an Enigma machine. You're not familiar
Speaker 1: with the Enigma machine, which the British Secret Service used
Speaker 1: to break the the German codes in World War Two. No,
Speaker 1: tell me more. Let's let's just dedicate the rest of
Speaker 1: the show to that. I would love, I'd love to
Speaker 1: tell you more. You know the Germans had used encrypted
Speaker 1: communications that used a typewriter like machine that had daily
Speaker 1: codes in it, and you had to set a bunch
Speaker 1: of dials with the daily code, and if you didn't
Speaker 1: know the daily code, it was basically unhackable until the
Speaker 1: British Secret Service found a German submarine was able to
Speaker 1: retrieve the Enigma machine and then build effectively the world's
Speaker 1: first computer, which could then just through through raw iteration,
Speaker 1: was able to crack the codes of the German communications
Speaker 1: and effectively ended up winning the war in no small
Speaker 1: part because they knew most of what the Germans were
Speaker 1: talking about. It's a fascinating story and one that was
Speaker 1: was only declassified about ten years ago, and it sounds
Speaker 1: like this, that is the Enigma machine working right there.
Speaker 1: Panthers take on the Cardinals. Matt, We've got a quarterback
Speaker 1: change for the Panthers that probably does not well. I mean,
Speaker 1: all the quarterbacks are bad. Yeah, So Sam Donald not
Speaker 1: going to play this week, leaving p J. Walker at
Speaker 1: the Helm and then Cam Newton signed there this week.
Speaker 1: But remember Newton hasn't played for this coaching staff before,
Speaker 1: so he's probably gonna need some time to get up
Speaker 1: to speed on the playbook and to read that Passing
Speaker 1: for Dummies book that he picked up last week. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be weird. Walker had a start last year
Speaker 1: against the Lions where he managed to fifty eight in
Speaker 1: a score that would be his ceiling here, and I
Speaker 1: think by a lot. Arizona is allowing only two or
Speaker 1: twenty five yards per game, just over one passing score
Speaker 1: per game. By the way, the Panthers are going to
Speaker 1: be missing center Matt Paradise and left tackle Cam Irving
Speaker 1: both out of this game, so that's not good for
Speaker 1: Walker either. I will give Dj Moore I start, but
Speaker 1: I'm only giving him a C grade. I don't trust
Speaker 1: Walker at all, so that's why Moore's downgraded all the
Speaker 1: way to a SEA. But he does get to line
Speaker 1: up against Marco Wilson most often, and he's allowed to
Speaker 1: pass the rating of one in his coverage, including four touchdowns.
Speaker 1: The only other Panther you should really think about is
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey, who saw eighteen touches last week in his
Speaker 1: first game since Week three now. He faced a really
Speaker 1: good Patriots defense and managed a hundred and six total
Speaker 1: yards and was on the field for only twenty nine snaps,
Speaker 1: which was their play so half of the plays. But
Speaker 1: he was handed the ball or targeted nineteen times out
Speaker 1: of those, so that's like two thirds. So I think
Speaker 1: they're going to ramp him up another ten or so
Speaker 1: snaps this week, so he'll probably be in the twenty
Speaker 1: three range for touches. And he's an A grade because
Speaker 1: the Cards have been mostly good against the position. But
Speaker 1: if you top twenty touches, you have a good day
Speaker 1: against Arizona. Dalvin James Robinson, Darrell Henderson, Aaron Jones all
Speaker 1: had great Fantasy days when they topped twenty touches. Kyler
Speaker 1: and Hopkins both have not practiced yet this week. In fact,
Speaker 1: the Cards have the Seahawks next week and then there
Speaker 1: by after that, so it's very feasible that they could
Speaker 1: rest both Kyler Murray and DeAndre Hopkins until after they're
Speaker 1: by s. Murray is going to be a game time decision.
Speaker 1: Did get some light practice in on Friday. UM. Hopkins
Speaker 1: didn't practice all week and we can pretty much assume
Speaker 1: he is not gonna go. Yeah, and A J. Green
Speaker 1: also landed on the COVID list last week and didn't play.
Speaker 1: He's very iffy for this week. UM. Without Green and Hopkins,
Speaker 1: it was Christian Kirk leading the way, catching all six
Speaker 1: of his Colt McCoy targets for nine one yards. Ron
Speaker 1: Dale Moore and Antoine Wesley were both on the field
Speaker 1: for over of the snaps, but they can't really be trusted.
Speaker 1: So it's Kirk getting the C grade. UH. Colt McCoy
Speaker 1: probably starts, we're thinking, so let's leave the rest of
Speaker 1: the passing game on the bench. Caroline has been pretty
Speaker 1: good against the past the fifth fewest passing yards allowed
Speaker 1: at per game, and either a not very healthy Kyler
Speaker 1: or Colt McCoy as the quarterback, that doesn't make it good. Uh.
Speaker 1: Zach Ertz was on the field for eight of the
Speaker 1: snaps last week and only had five targets. The targets
Speaker 1: just weren't that good with McCoy under center, and the
Speaker 1: Panthers are only allowing four catches and forty two yards
Speaker 1: per game to the position Kyler or Hopkins end up playing.
Speaker 1: I'll give them both SEA grades and you could bump
Speaker 1: Art's up to a see if Kyler does go now
Speaker 1: Chase Edmonds he is out for this one and might
Speaker 1: be out for a couple more weeks with a high
Speaker 1: ankle sprain. James Conner has seen his fantasy value hit
Speaker 1: its second wind after one seventy three total yards and
Speaker 1: three scores last week against the Niners. It's the most
Speaker 1: bell Cowie he's ever been. Worth noting that, you know,
Speaker 1: Benjamin did see nine carries in a score, and I
Speaker 1: think he fills the Edmunds role. Connor probably looking at
Speaker 1: fifteen touches in this game, which is probably the minimum.
Speaker 1: And four of the five running backs who've seen fifteen
Speaker 1: touches against the Panthers this year, well they've scored, So
Speaker 1: Connor gets a B grade. Yeah, Connor has been an
Speaker 1: awfully reliable touchdown score, which is which is fantastic. You know,
Speaker 1: if Murray doesn't go or does play on this ankle,
Speaker 1: you know, the running game hasn't been a factor for
Speaker 1: him really since very early in the season anyway, and
Speaker 1: you know, maybe maybe even hobble. He ends up with
Speaker 1: a decent game here when come back. We'll continue breaking
Speaker 1: down games, including Tampa Bay taking on Washington and what
Speaker 1: feels like a very one sided game. We'll tell you
Speaker 1: what do you expect from a Washington offense, That Washington
Speaker 1: offense that um needs to have a bounced back game,
Speaker 1: and Antonio Gibson owners in a panic right now. We'll
Speaker 1: tell you what to expect from him when we come back.
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Speaker 1: will be without some key cogs here. Antonio Brown is
Speaker 1: out for sure, Rob Gronkowski out for sure. Chris Godwin
Speaker 1: is a maybe on a bad foot, So we'll take
Speaker 1: that into account as we break down this game. For
Speaker 1: Brady and Evans, they're obvious a's and the only thing
Speaker 1: I'm gonna mention for Evans is just how safe he
Speaker 1: becomes when Antonio Brown is out, because the averages eight
Speaker 1: targets in non Brown games and his average game when
Speaker 1: Mike Evans gets h eight targets is ninety yards and
Speaker 1: one and a half touchdowns per game. So a very
Speaker 1: safe start for Mike Evans. One of my favorite receivers
Speaker 1: for the entire week. Now, if Chris Godwin we're healthy,
Speaker 1: I'd be giving him an A grade against a terrible secondary.
Speaker 1: But on the bad foot, if he does play, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna lower him down to a B grade just to
Speaker 1: take into account the injury in the prospect of him
Speaker 1: maybe not finishing the game. And then my take a
Speaker 1: chance on me wide receiver was Tyler Johnson, as you
Speaker 1: may recall, and he is somebody you can use in
Speaker 1: a pinch if needed. Let's talk about O. J. Howard
Speaker 1: and Cameron brad I'm inclined to give them the C
Speaker 1: dark harpoon here because it's no, it's not it's a
Speaker 1: C grade. It's a it's C. It's it's not a
Speaker 1: C minus dart, it's a C dark. Both guys have
Speaker 1: split snaps evenly in the games, Rob Gronkowski has missed
Speaker 1: and Washington has allowed the fourth most tight end yards,
Speaker 1: So you could try one of those two guys, but
Speaker 1: really it is a true dart throw between the two
Speaker 1: of them. Let's go to the Washington side. Washington's offensive
Speaker 1: line should get Brandon Sheriff back and Sam caused me
Speaker 1: back after they return to practice this week. That helps
Speaker 1: a bit, but I'm still really down on a lot
Speaker 1: of this Washington offense, and especially Antonio Gibson. He's still
Speaker 1: got the he still got the stress fracture in his
Speaker 1: leg that's probably gonna be there through the end of
Speaker 1: the season. Even coming off the bye week, Tampa See's
Speaker 1: the fewest rushing attempts and allows the second fewest rushing
Speaker 1: yards and only three point eight yards per carry. Gibson
Speaker 1: hasn't topped sixty three rushing yards since way back in
Speaker 1: Week two, and he doesn't catch, which is a major
Speaker 1: problem if you think Tom Brady is gonna stake his
Speaker 1: team to a big lead, which is very likely here.
Speaker 1: Gibson not notched just thirty five scoreless yards despite getting
Speaker 1: sixteen touches when these two teams met in the Wild
Speaker 1: Cowd Round last season. So for the first time this year,
Speaker 1: I'm giving Antonio Gibson a straight up bench grade, which
Speaker 1: is something. It's funny you say that, Matt, because when
Speaker 1: I when I put him into the bench grade usually
Speaker 1: on talent. I will not put guys into the bench
Speaker 1: as willingly as you did. And I thought to myself,
Speaker 1: this is a very Matt Harrison move, right, thank you
Speaker 1: putting the bench grade on Antonio Gibson. Let's go to
Speaker 1: the passing game. Taylor Heineke is also on the bench.
Speaker 1: The Bucks secondary is expected to get back Carlton Davis
Speaker 1: and Sean Murphy. Bunting is a game time decision, and
Speaker 1: they've already got Jamal Dean, who is Pro Football Focus
Speaker 1: is fourth ranked corner and they'd actually played well even
Speaker 1: with the backups over the last three weeks. Anyway, get this,
Speaker 1: over the last three weeks, opposing quarterbacks are averaging one
Speaker 1: hundred forty passing yards per game. That's it against the Bucks.
Speaker 1: So Heinek squarely on the bench. I have a wobbly
Speaker 1: C grade on Terry McLaurin, who we talked about earlier,
Speaker 1: and we already detailed a lot of his concerns um
Speaker 1: the return to the health for the Bucks secondary is
Speaker 1: a problem. So is the is the fact that no
Speaker 1: opposing receivers top sixty yards sixty yards in three weeks.
Speaker 1: And I mentioned earlier McLaren has been all boom or bust.
Speaker 1: This game's got bus written all over it. So if
Speaker 1: it's got to go one way or the other, I'm
Speaker 1: very nervous about this being a bus grade. Fro mclarence,
Speaker 1: and just to see grade for him, Ricky Seals Jones
Speaker 1: gets a C grade only because it's a tight end
Speaker 1: position in a bye week Logan Thomas is going to
Speaker 1: miss another game. Seals bombed in his last game, but
Speaker 1: he was averaging fifty yards per game in the three
Speaker 1: games before that. The Bucks are the middle of the
Speaker 1: road uh tight end defense, So if you're in a pinch,
Speaker 1: you could still use Ricky Seals Jones unprojected volume, which
Speaker 1: could be helpful there. I've got J. D. Mckissic on
Speaker 1: the bench as well. Tampa allows the fifth most receptions
Speaker 1: in the twelfth most receiving yards to opposing tight ends.
Speaker 1: UH sorry, posing running backs through the air. But Miles
Speaker 1: Gaskin is a single handled responsible for one fifth of
Speaker 1: those receptions and tampas allowed really very little to other backs,
Speaker 1: and McKissick accounted for just thirteen yards when these teams
Speaker 1: met in the playoffs. Last year's sign also held him
Speaker 1: with a passion too. You know, I really don't, but
Speaker 1: I'm just I'm off mckissic, so I'm I'm keeping him
Speaker 1: on the bench as well. You were never on kiss No,
Speaker 1: you called him j D mcs suck it for an
Speaker 1: entire year while half of see is in last year
Speaker 1: and then he hearned his way off of that nickname
Speaker 1: and I had to eat crow and I did. But
Speaker 1: he's back on the bench and he's back to being Jadmon.
Speaker 1: There's the crow, butte the last Yeah. Perfect. Let's talk
Speaker 1: Eagles taking on the Broncos. Brian. You know, despite being
Speaker 1: a very wobbly passer, Jalen Hurts finds his way two
Speaker 1: good matchups most of the time. But man, this is
Speaker 1: a tough one and I'm nervous about him in this
Speaker 1: matchup against the Broncos. What do you think? I'm nervous too,
Speaker 1: But I'm still gonna give him a b. He just
Speaker 1: seems to come through weekend week out despite the matchup.
Speaker 1: And it's all really about the rushing upside and the
Speaker 1: safe looor it gives him. Denver did hold Lamar Jackson
Speaker 1: and Check on the ground, but that was back in
Speaker 1: Week four with basically an entire different defense. So I'm
Speaker 1: still giving Hurts a b here. I do like the
Speaker 1: matchup for his wide receiver Davante Smith, going to give
Speaker 1: him a b uh. Denver will be missing starting quarterbacks
Speaker 1: Patrick Sartan and Bryce Callahan, which is all I need
Speaker 1: to start Smith with confidence. Denver as all so given
Speaker 1: up big games two similar downfield threats like Hollywood Brown,
Speaker 1: Henry Rugs, and Deonte Johnson, each holding any touchdown of
Speaker 1: at least forty eight yards. We're not going to discuss
Speaker 1: Jalen Reagor or Quiz Watkins in any detail. They're both
Speaker 1: on the bench though, and just to see for Dallas
Speaker 1: Goddard from me the Broncos. The Broncos are one of
Speaker 1: three teams that hasn't allowed a tight end to score
Speaker 1: this season, and on top of that, Denver has held
Speaker 1: all but three tight ends to two receptions or less.
Speaker 1: So ce for Goddard and lastly, the running backs. Jordan
Speaker 1: Howard appears to be the lead back in Philly despite
Speaker 1: getting out snapped by Boston Scott. He led Philly last
Speaker 1: week and carries with seventeen, had seventy one yards and
Speaker 1: a touchdown. But this is a brutal matchup for Howard
Speaker 1: and still Scott's can eat into his work. Kenneth Gainwell
Speaker 1: will probably take a lot of the passing work. So
Speaker 1: all the Eagles backs are on the bench. Now over
Speaker 1: to the Broncos side and starting with their running backs,
Speaker 1: and we gotta talk about Javon Williams. Javonte Williams. Excuse me,
Speaker 1: he gets a B which stands for better than Melvin Gordon. Uh,
Speaker 1: listen to this stat and this all this is all
Speaker 1: credit to Pro Football Focus, but I gotta pass it along.
Speaker 1: Javante Williams is tied with Nick Chubb with the most
Speaker 1: forced mis tackles with thirty five on the year. Williams
Speaker 1: has done it on less touches. In fact, Williams leads
Speaker 1: the NFL with a thirty seven percent forced miss tackle rate.
Speaker 1: Nobody else is above thirty percent right now, and since
Speaker 1: two thousand and six, only Marshawn Lynch and Nick Chubb
Speaker 1: a few years ago finished with a miss tackle rate
Speaker 1: above thirty percent. In the last fifteen years, and Javontay
Speaker 1: Williams at thirty seven percent right now he needs more work.
Speaker 1: Philly is top twelve in the most fantasy points allowed
Speaker 1: to running backs. Unfortunately, Melvin Melvin Gordon still getting a
Speaker 1: ton of carry, so he gets a C in this
Speaker 1: this matchup, but B for Williams and we just hope
Speaker 1: his touches will increase as well they we get later
Speaker 1: into the season. UH. To the wide receivers for the Broncos,
Speaker 1: just to see. For Jerry Judy, I'd still start him,
Speaker 1: but I temper expectations. The Eagles are allowing just eleven
Speaker 1: catches on thirty three yards per game to a moosing
Speaker 1: wide receivers, and over their last UH four games, just
Speaker 1: one wide receiver has scored in topped sixty yards and
Speaker 1: they weren't the same player. And for that reason, I
Speaker 1: put Courtland Sutton on the bench. Just six targets over
Speaker 1: the last two games. With Jared Judy back in the lineup,
Speaker 1: Judy has doubled up that target total, unlike Jean Claude
Speaker 1: Van Damn. The splits are not good here for Courtland Sutton,
Speaker 1: so he's on the bench for me. UH Noah Fant
Speaker 1: is not though, can give him a B. Philly has
Speaker 1: allowed the most tight end receptions and touchdowns to the
Speaker 1: position this year, and last week against the Eagles, three
Speaker 1: different Chargers tight ends finished inside the top twenty Two
Speaker 1: of them finished inside the top five, and neither was
Speaker 1: Jared Cook. It was Steven Anderson and Donald Parham. So
Speaker 1: I like Fant a lot. Here're gonna give him a B.
Speaker 1: But Teddy B is on the bench. For me, this
Speaker 1: game is going to be all about the running backs
Speaker 1: with a little fan sprinkled in so Bridgewater on the bench.
Speaker 1: That all makes sense to me. Seahawks take on the
Speaker 1: Packers Matt and for the se Hawks they're going to
Speaker 1: be without Chris Carson's we have some clarity on that.
Speaker 1: Looks like it will be an Alex Collins start again.
Speaker 1: But for the first time for Collins, he gets to
Speaker 1: play in a Russell Wilson led offense, and I think
Speaker 1: that gives him some some sneaky upside in this game.
Speaker 1: And I think there's an opportunity for Alex Collins to
Speaker 1: be a guy that you could potentially start here. What
Speaker 1: do you think? Yeah, I will note that Alex Collins
Speaker 1: is dealing with a groin injury and he's been limited
Speaker 1: in practice all week. He will go if he does,
Speaker 1: He's probably a workhorse here. Since Carson went down with
Speaker 1: the injury, Collins has seen fifteen or more carries in
Speaker 1: three or four games. The one he didn't was a
Speaker 1: blowout win against the Jaguars where they really didn't need him.
Speaker 1: The Packers have been a middle of the pack UH
Speaker 1: team against opposing runners, although they have allowed the seventh
Speaker 1: most touchdowns to opposing backs and gave up three rushing
Speaker 1: scores to the Arizona Backs just two weeks ago. So
Speaker 1: I like Alex Collins with a B grade. In this one.
Speaker 1: You mentioned Russell Wilson coming back with his from his
Speaker 1: finger injury. UH. He has to go to Lambeau, which
Speaker 1: is kind of a home coming since he played a
Speaker 1: year at Wisconsin UH and faced the Packers defense that
Speaker 1: hasn't really missed Jaire Alexander at all. They've held five
Speaker 1: of the last six quarterbacks they've faced to one or
Speaker 1: zero touchdown passes, and that list includes Patrick Mahomes and
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray in it. So no quarterback has topped three
Speaker 1: yards against Green Bay since Week seven of last season
Speaker 1: when Deshaun Watson did it. And however, Jaire is still out.
Speaker 1: Eric Stokes, who's kind of his backup, is dealing with
Speaker 1: a knee injury. He's looking doubtful. Isaac Yaya Doom is
Speaker 1: on the COVID list. Thank you, Aaron Rodgers. So Kevin
Speaker 1: King has entered the chat and should get extensive snaps
Speaker 1: this week. So I was gonna give Wilson a C grade,
Speaker 1: but I bumped him up to a B based solely
Speaker 1: on Kevin King being on the field for fifty snaps.
Speaker 1: King plays the right side of the field and DK
Speaker 1: Metcalf runs over half his routes on the offensive left
Speaker 1: side of the field, so he gets an A grade.
Speaker 1: King has allowed a passer rating of one thirty two
Speaker 1: in his coverage. Even when DK flexes into the slot,
Speaker 1: he'll see Shandon Sullivan, who has been slightly blow average.
Speaker 1: I'm only gonna give Tyler Lockett a C grade, though
Speaker 1: he lines up about equal time from the slot and
Speaker 1: the right, where he'll face off against green Bay's best
Speaker 1: corner that's Russell Douglas, who's been pretty good since he
Speaker 1: signed in green Bay. On the other side, Aaron Jones
Speaker 1: gets an A and I already talked up A. J.
Speaker 1: Dillon as might take a chance on me runner. I
Speaker 1: will just mention that opposing running backs have have been
Speaker 1: averaging thirty three touches per game against Seattle. That's a lot,
Speaker 1: and that's the second most in the league, so there's
Speaker 1: plenty to go around here. Davante Adams gets an A grade.
Speaker 1: On the assumption that Aaron Rodgers will be starting. I'll
Speaker 1: drop him to a B if we get a Jordan's
Speaker 1: love game, but let's talk about it as a Roger start.
Speaker 1: He gets a B grade. The Seahawks have been better
Speaker 1: against the past as of late, allowing only one touchdown
Speaker 1: past to Matthew Stafford, Big Ben, Jamis Winston and Trevor
Speaker 1: Lawrence each over the last four games. But on pure emotion,
Speaker 1: where Rogers has been the villain and much of the
Speaker 1: national media over the last two weeks, you know he's
Speaker 1: gonna come out with that, I'm gonna show you all attitude.
Speaker 1: So Rogers gets the B grade here. Um Randall Cobb,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give him a C grade, by the way,
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna talk more about Cobb next segment. But
Speaker 1: I will mention that Cobb will line up against slot
Speaker 1: corner Ugo Amadi for most of his snaps and a
Speaker 1: Madi is a fill in and was targeted twelve times
Speaker 1: by Trevor Lawrence and his only start and is currently
Speaker 1: ranked as Pro Football focuses one sixty four ranked cornerback.
Speaker 1: But more really good Randall Cobbs stuff coming up next?
Speaker 1: Thing right, Yeah, I see you. You and I are
Speaker 1: on the other side on on on Randall Cobb by
Speaker 1: a fair margin. I'll turn you around. Maybe maybe it'll
Speaker 1: be tough because when all when all the receivers are healthy,
Speaker 1: he feels like the law. He feels like he's lost,
Speaker 1: which he was through the first half of the season
Speaker 1: when Lazard was healthy and Adams was there and MBS
Speaker 1: was there, it felt very unreliable for me, the Cob
Speaker 1: man out man. Uh. You will get to hear more
Speaker 1: about Randall cob when you come back to premature speculation,
Speaker 1: which apparently is going to involve Randall Cob everything. I'm
Speaker 1: just just launch uh. And you'll also get too other
Speaker 1: guys you could potentially pick up off the waiver wire
Speaker 1: this week when everybody else is trying to pick up them.
Speaker 1: Next week, find out who they are when we returned
Speaker 1: to Fantasy Football Weekly. Final segment Fantasy Football Weekly, the
Speaker 1: COVID edition, Paul charging with you. I'm the COVID guy,
Speaker 1: which is why I am at home. My cohorts Matt
Speaker 1: Harrison and Brian Johnson are in the stud video. You
Speaker 1: can follow them on Twitter, where it's technically impossible to
Speaker 1: get COVID via Twitter. I believe at explosive output for
Speaker 1: Matt Harrison at bt X J for Brian Johnson, and
Speaker 1: I am at Paul Charchia. This is a segment we
Speaker 1: like to call premature speculation. We're going to give you
Speaker 1: three players to pick up this week that people will
Speaker 1: be trying to pick up next week. We begin with
Speaker 1: Brian Johnson, who is your player willing with Washington tight
Speaker 1: end Logan Thomas, who was supposed to make his return
Speaker 1: this week, but he is not so most people have
Speaker 1: dumped him back on the waiver wire. He's right around
Speaker 1: rostered on in Yahoo leagues. And the reason I'm recommending Thomas,
Speaker 1: I mean, he's a great player and he should be
Speaker 1: back soon, but between uh week eleven and week seventeen,
Speaker 1: which unfortunately, Week seventeen is now a viable Fantasy Week.
Speaker 1: It's when most championships will be held. Thomas gets to
Speaker 1: face the Eagles twice, who I mentioned in the last segment,
Speaker 1: or just getting absolutely shredded by opposing tight ends allowing
Speaker 1: more than seven catches, sixty six yards and nearly one
Speaker 1: touchdown a game. So logan Thomas could be a league
Speaker 1: winner at tight end for you if you go grab
Speaker 1: him right me out? Yeah? All right, Matt, who is
Speaker 1: your premature speculation player, Marquez? No Randall Cobb. He took
Speaker 1: a little the drama. Um. The Packers did not sign
Speaker 1: Odell Beckham Jr. As many thought they would, but many
Speaker 1: don't know that Randall Cobb has eight targets already this
Speaker 1: year inside the ten yard line, which is thirty three
Speaker 1: of the team total. They're targeting him near the end zone,
Speaker 1: and with Robert Tonyan gone, he had six already this year,
Speaker 1: So there's vacated infrared zone targets since since Tonyon went down.
Speaker 1: Cobb has seen five red zone targets from the twenty
Speaker 1: yard line in UH in those two games, and Davante
Speaker 1: Adams did not have one in that span. So I
Speaker 1: think that we should probably think about these vacated infrared
Speaker 1: zone targets, and Cobb's gonna make more noise than you
Speaker 1: think on the way out. No, you're right, it's more
Speaker 1: more more noise than I think. You're correct about that.
Speaker 1: I'm going with Jets backup quarterbacks, quasi starting quarterback Mike White,
Speaker 1: who will probably get handled by the Bills this week.
Speaker 1: But this is a forward looking segment, and if we
Speaker 1: look forward to the schedule, he's got Miami and Houston
Speaker 1: coming up the next two weeks, and that's a possibility
Speaker 1: for him to look good and perhaps cement this job. Now,
Speaker 1: Zach Wilson could end up coming back over this time frame.
Speaker 1: But what if Mike White looks good, continues to look good,
Speaker 1: then what do they do? I could potentially keep starting him. Um,
Speaker 1: you already know he's been shockingly good in relief of
Speaker 1: Zack Wilson. And you know, again, with Miami and Houston
Speaker 1: coming up, maybe he makes a little noise here and
Speaker 1: keeps the job and continues to look very good. Charge
Speaker 1: that's ludicrous. It might be Zack Wilson's gonna start as
Speaker 1: soon as he's had. The Jets aren't going for a
Speaker 1: playoff spot. Come on, They're going to start their second
Speaker 1: overall pick. That's absolutely I don't think it's nearly as
Speaker 1: sure thing as you believe it is. Let's go to
Speaker 1: the Falcons taking on the Cowboys, and let's start with
Speaker 1: the one of the most shocking developments in the history
Speaker 1: of fantasy football, Corderold Patterson's season. He gets an A
Speaker 1: grade in this particular matchup. After not allowing a sixty
Speaker 1: yard rusher through the first five games, Dallas is now
Speaker 1: allowed four of them in the last three weeks alone.
Speaker 1: They are Pro Football Focus is third worst run defending
Speaker 1: and tackling unit, and Patterson's actually thirteenth among running backs
Speaker 1: quote running backs in yards after contact at two point oh.
Speaker 1: I mean for it, converted wide out playing running back.
Speaker 1: It's amazing that he's good after contact. None of Dallas's
Speaker 1: linebackers can hang with Patterson out of the backfield, and
Speaker 1: that may be the case with their corners as well.
Speaker 1: So we're gonna can tinue to keep starting core Darrel
Speaker 1: Patterson with confidence, and I like him in this game.
Speaker 1: Sticking with the running backs, Mike Davis is completely dead
Speaker 1: to us. He's averaging a woeful three point two yards
Speaker 1: per carry. Hasn't topped fifty three rushing yards in any
Speaker 1: game and has two touchdowns on the year. I believe
Speaker 1: he's straight up droppable. Matt Ryan was might take a
Speaker 1: chance on me quarterback from earlier in the show, and
Speaker 1: he's a C grade in this game. Kyle Pitts gets
Speaker 1: a B grade, but I was really close to giving
Speaker 1: him a C grade. Let's let's talk it through here.
Speaker 1: Kyle Pitts continues to see deep targets. He actually leads
Speaker 1: all tight ends in average depth of target at twelve yards,
Speaker 1: and per Pro Football Focus, he's got the most intermediate
Speaker 1: and deep receptions among all tight ends, and over half
Speaker 1: his targets or at least ten yards down field. So
Speaker 1: you would think with all these targets and all these
Speaker 1: receptions being downfield, he'd be scoring touchdowns. But that isn't
Speaker 1: the gate. He's got one touchdown all year. That's it
Speaker 1: for Kyle Pitts. Eight eight Falcons have as many touchdowns
Speaker 1: receptions or more than Kyle Pitts has got. Which is depressing.
Speaker 1: Is that the vault, that's the vulture, That the vulture,
Speaker 1: that's the vulture. Everybody's vulturing Kyle Pitts. I think you're
Speaker 1: right Cowboys are a good tight end defense. Since getting
Speaker 1: nuked by Gronk in the season opener, Dallas is only
Speaker 1: giving up a quarter of one touchdown per game to
Speaker 1: the position, So I got pitts on the speed grade,
Speaker 1: but it's it's through what I think will be solid yardage.
Speaker 1: But I can't give you. I can't expect a second
Speaker 1: touchdown yet, not against the Cowboys. So just to b
Speaker 1: grade there, and again it was close to a seat.
Speaker 1: All right, let's go to Dallas. It looks like left
Speaker 1: tackle Tyrone Smith is not going to play again, which
Speaker 1: was a contributing factor for last week's total dud game.
Speaker 1: But there's a far easier matchup and I've got strong
Speaker 1: grades on most of your key Cowboys here, including Ezekiel.
Speaker 1: Elliott confirmed that he will play in this game. Hasn't
Speaker 1: scored in three straight after racking up six scores in
Speaker 1: the previous month. Thankfully, Atlanta has allowed nine touchdown seventh
Speaker 1: most of backs this season, and I do expect him
Speaker 1: as well. They're also allowing the seventh most receptions and
Speaker 1: receiving yards of the position, and Zeke's got at least
Speaker 1: three receptions in his last three games, so he should
Speaker 1: catch some here as well. Also an A grade on Zeke,
Speaker 1: which is not a big surprise, giving it a grade
Speaker 1: to um Dak Prescott a probable bounce back game coming
Speaker 1: after last week's flop against the Falcon secondary that's faced
Speaker 1: one of the weakest schedules of opposing quarterbacks. The only
Speaker 1: DAK level passer the Falcons have faced is Tom Brady,
Speaker 1: and he threw for five touchdowns. Trevor Simeon just hit
Speaker 1: these Falcons for two fifty and two, and if we
Speaker 1: take out bottom tier pastors like Daniel Jones, Zach Wilson,
Speaker 1: and Sam Donald, the average passing game against the Falcons
Speaker 1: is two eighty yards and three and a half touchdowns
Speaker 1: per game, which is ridiculous, and we'd certainly take three
Speaker 1: and a half touchdowns out of Dak Prescott. Ceedee Lamb
Speaker 1: gets an A grade. I'm ignoring everything about last week's
Speaker 1: disaster for Ceedee Lamb other than the fact that he
Speaker 1: was targeted nine times. I'm gonna fire him up with
Speaker 1: confidence here against this Falcons defense that I've already explained
Speaker 1: why I think there's a great matchup for him. Mary
Speaker 1: Cooper confirmed he's gonna play as well. His many nagging
Speaker 1: injuries have reduced him to a touchdown dependent receiver. He's
Speaker 1: only reached seventy yards once in the past seven games,
Speaker 1: which is really disappointing for Cooper, and has only posted
Speaker 1: more than three catches twice in those seven games. But
Speaker 1: he is scoring touchdowns and Atlanta has allowed multiple touchdowns
Speaker 1: two receivers five different times. So if I think Lamb
Speaker 1: is gonna get one, and I do, I think Cooper
Speaker 1: gets one here as well, so he'd be grade on Cooper.
Speaker 1: Let's talk to Dalton Shechltz, which is a fascinating opportunity
Speaker 1: for him. Over the last three weeks, the Falcons have
Speaker 1: given up the third most yards and the second most
Speaker 1: receptions to tight ends. Sheltz has had a quiet couple
Speaker 1: of weeks and he but he still remains seventh in
Speaker 1: yards among tight ends, hasn't scored a touchdown since Week four.
Speaker 1: But the key thing you need to know about Dalton
Speaker 1: Sheltz is Blake Jarwin's on I R and Schultz is
Speaker 1: no longer competing for tight end targets, and I think
Speaker 1: that's enough to keep him with a solid game here
Speaker 1: and a potential bounce back with a B grade and lastly,
Speaker 1: Tony Pollard gets a C grade. We've seen change of pace.
Speaker 1: Backs mark Ingram and j. D. Mckissic have solid days
Speaker 1: against Atlanta, and backs that have been in Pollard's ten
Speaker 1: ish touch range typically typically find their way to a
Speaker 1: good game against Atlanta. So we'll give a C grade
Speaker 1: to Tony Pollard. Our final matchup is the Monday Night
Speaker 1: er is it often times is Rams taking on the
Speaker 1: forty Niners. Rams offense struggled last week. You see a
Speaker 1: bounce back coming, Brian, Yeah, I do, and I'll make
Speaker 1: quick mention. This is the first meeting of the season
Speaker 1: between these divisual Divisional opponents. Starting with the running back
Speaker 1: for l A Darryl Henderson. Gonna give him a B.
Speaker 1: San Francisco has allowed ten touchdowns running backs. Only six
Speaker 1: other teams have double digit scores to the position. I
Speaker 1: expect to bounce back for Henderson and this one he
Speaker 1: gets a B. Gonna give Cooper cup in a Cup
Speaker 1: doesn't have the best history against San Francisco, only has
Speaker 1: one touchdown in his last five meetings with the Niners,
Speaker 1: and forty one yards was the most he has totaled
Speaker 1: in a game during that span, but He's obviously on
Speaker 1: another level this year, and the San Francisco secondary is
Speaker 1: just super banged up. So an easy A for Cup
Speaker 1: and an easy B for Robert Woods, who has at
Speaker 1: least seventy yards or a touchdown in each of his
Speaker 1: past six games. He also has at least nine targets
Speaker 1: and back to back games, So be for Robert Woods.
Speaker 1: I do have Van Jefferson on the bench. Despite San
Speaker 1: Francisco secondary being very banged up. Like I just mentioned,
Speaker 1: soon to be living in a van down by the river.
Speaker 1: Jefferson has only topped three catches once in his last
Speaker 1: five games. He is on the bench, as is Tyler Higbee.
Speaker 1: San Francisco was allowing less than four catches and thirty
Speaker 1: five yards per game to opposing tight ends, and Matt
Speaker 1: Stafford gonna give him a B. Comparable quarterbacks like Carson Wentz,
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson, and the very uncomparable Jared goff
Speaker 1: have all throw him form multiple touchdowns against San Francisco,
Speaker 1: and uh, I'll stay at a third time. That secondary
Speaker 1: is very banged up. I'm a big fan of the
Speaker 1: passing game for the Rams, and this one over to
Speaker 1: the forty nine side, starting with George Kittle, who looked
Speaker 1: great in his return last week. He has topped one
Speaker 1: hundred yards end or scored a touchdown in six of
Speaker 1: his seven career games against the Rams. The one time
Speaker 1: he failed to meet both benchmarks was in his rookie year.
Speaker 1: And it's a pretty good matchup on paper. L A
Speaker 1: is allowing six catches and sixty yards per game to
Speaker 1: opposing tight ends. Uh de boat Samuel just gonna give
Speaker 1: him a be here. Might see a fewer targets with
Speaker 1: Kittle back, but he still saw nine looks last week.
Speaker 1: Debot average yards with a touchdown in his two games
Speaker 1: against l A last year. There's a chance he's shadowed
Speaker 1: by Jalen Ramsey, but there's no way you can bench
Speaker 1: debo when healthy Brandon I Yuke almost back to unbengeable status,
Speaker 1: but I'm not going to trust him in this matchup.
Speaker 1: Uh If I puts up good numbers in this one,
Speaker 1: I'll be a little surprised, but well, well, but if
Speaker 1: he does do that, well, at least, no, he's back
Speaker 1: as a viable fantasy asset, but I don't trust him
Speaker 1: in this one. He is on the bench, as is
Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo. The Rams have surrendered just just ten passing
Speaker 1: touchdowns all season, and they're ready to add Von Miller
Speaker 1: into their past rushing mix. And lastly, Elijah Mitchell just
Speaker 1: gonna give him a c uh. The Rams have the
Speaker 1: highest rated run defense according to Pro Football Focus, and
Speaker 1: no runner has topped fifty yards against them in five
Speaker 1: straight games. Wow. It is a tough matchup for him,
Speaker 1: and he comes in a little bit banged up as well,
Speaker 1: which worries me a little bit. Additionally, for Elijah Man,
Speaker 1: the Rams are vulnerable, vulnerable through the air to the
Speaker 1: position though allowing the ninth most receiving yards to running
Speaker 1: backs in the twelveth most reception So that's why I
Speaker 1: gave him the starting See Elijah Wilson is looming there too,
Speaker 1: and James Hasty Toilson is not back yet, but is
Speaker 1: his return is looming? And is it maybe as soon
Speaker 1: as next week? Um guys. Cam Newton is resigned with
Speaker 1: his old team, and something that I think most people
Speaker 1: thought would would not end up happening. Any reason to
Speaker 1: believe Cam Newton will be materially better in Carolina than
Speaker 1: he was in New England, where mostly he was not
Speaker 1: a fantasy startable quarterback. I'm not so convinced he's gonna
Speaker 1: rekindle that magic in Carolina. He certainly didn't look good
Speaker 1: in his last season with the Panthers. Um he does
Speaker 1: have healthy Christian McCaffrey back that helps. D J. Moore
Speaker 1: is certainly trending upwards. I do know that Carolina has
Speaker 1: the eighth hardest remaining strength of schedule for quarterbacks, So UH,
Speaker 1: don't know he's worth a roster spot, but I'm pretty bummed.
Speaker 1: I really wanted to see what p J. Walker had
Speaker 1: to offer. We will get to see that on Sunday
Speaker 1: if he has a good game though against the Cardinals.
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be tough to to sit PJ.
Speaker 1: But they gave Cam ridiculous amount of guaranteed money, and
Speaker 1: I mean, the Panthers are still kind of in line
Speaker 1: for that seventh wild card spot in the NFC. They're
Speaker 1: they're in play there, so they're gonna go at the
Speaker 1: hot hand. So we're probably gonna see some Cam Newton,
Speaker 1: but we're calling him Scam Newton because he doesn't throw
Speaker 1: the ball well at all anymore. And uh, I'm I'm
Speaker 1: a little nervous that that might be the case when
Speaker 1: we see him again, and it might torpedo d J.
Speaker 1: Moore's value. I'd like to see them platoon Cam as
Speaker 1: a runner and use them like a little bit of
Speaker 1: a Taysom Hill. And he doesn't have to be your
Speaker 1: full time quarterback, but bring him in and let him
Speaker 1: run a little bit. Great job this week. Thanks to
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