WEBVTT - Enigma Machine 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:03.920 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:05.960 --> 0:00:09.840 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 0:00:10.240 --> 0:00:14.080 pure weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and 0:00:14.200 --> 0:00:20.400 advice now along with the leagues dot Com. Here's your host, 0:00:20.840 --> 0:00:25.640 Paul Charge. Hello and welcome to a second COVID edition 0:00:25.640 --> 0:00:28.600 of Fantasy Football Weekly. I am Paul George, and I 0:00:28.640 --> 0:00:33.240 am at home. My cohorts Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson 0:00:33.280 --> 0:00:35.360 are in the studio, so they will sound great and 0:00:35.479 --> 0:00:38.920 I will sound like garbage. Hi, guys, well we know 0:00:39.000 --> 0:00:41.640 you look great though, Charge, no matter what. Why thank you? 0:00:41.840 --> 0:00:45.199 Even with even with the coronavirus. My you know, my 0:00:45.280 --> 0:00:49.360 takes last week also garbage Yours were fantastic. Really it 0:00:49.479 --> 0:00:53.040 matched the audio quality which was perfect. Um, We're gonna 0:00:53.040 --> 0:00:55.760 try to do better. UM. I appreciate everybody sticking with 0:00:55.840 --> 0:00:58.560 us despite the audio issue. Do intend to be back 0:00:58.600 --> 0:01:01.279 in the studio next week? I'm our testing negative and 0:01:01.320 --> 0:01:04.160 have been for a while, so UM that's the good news. 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:06.320 I think we'll be back in the studio full strength 0:01:06.720 --> 0:01:09.080 next week, which is great. Lots to get too over 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:11.160 the course of the show. As usual, we've got to 0:01:11.200 --> 0:01:13.319 take a chance on me with our nine players not 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:16.080 normally in your starting lineup. We've got three tough questions, 0:01:16.080 --> 0:01:19.199 the premature speculation, and we'll break down all the game's 0:01:19.520 --> 0:01:23.120 fantasy style with our letter grades. As usual, we begin 0:01:23.240 --> 0:01:26.679 with Brian Johnson. Lions take on the Steelers and Jamal 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:31.320 Williams ruled out of this game already, So hopefully de' 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:36.160 Angelo Swift can make de' angelo no is that's the 0:01:36.200 --> 0:01:40.600 coronavirus talking right there. Hopefully we will get a lot more. 0:01:41.040 --> 0:01:43.120 We'll get a lot better game out of Swift than 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:45.920 we got last week. We all missed de Angelo Williams 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:48.640 though in his PAK care he was great. But yeah, 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:50.600 let's start with the Andre Swift. Yeah, as you mentioned 0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:53.920 Dre Swift, Jamal Williams ruled out, But you know what, 0:01:54.000 --> 0:01:57.480 it doesn't really change my prospects on Swift so much. 0:01:57.480 --> 0:01:59.080 I'm still gonna give him a seat. It's a very 0:01:59.080 --> 0:02:02.360 tough matchup. Has been seeing snap counts north of seventy 0:02:03.160 --> 0:02:05.880 Swift that is, with Williams out, who will will remain out, 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:08.800 But again, a very tough matchup. The Steelers are the 0:02:08.880 --> 0:02:12.440 league's third best run defense per Pro Football Focus. They've 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:15.680 only allowed two total touchdowns to running back, So I'm 0:02:15.680 --> 0:02:17.560 not too high on Swift this week. You certainly have 0:02:17.600 --> 0:02:20.640 to start them temporary expectations. I will mention, though, that 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:24.480 Detroit's starting left tackle, Taylor Decker, is likely to make 0:02:24.520 --> 0:02:27.280 his season debut. Their their number one left tackle, so 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:29.639 that does bode well for Swift. If fully I was 0:02:29.639 --> 0:02:31.519 allowed to give a plus or minus, I might throw 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:34.040 a plus on there, but I know I'm not so see, 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:37.840 especially when I got covid alright, alright, I won't. As 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:41.040 for the wide receivers or or lack thereof. Really, the 0:02:41.080 --> 0:02:45.239 matchup is decent. Uh. Pittsburgh is allowing seventy yards and 0:02:45.360 --> 0:02:48.120 one point to five touchdowns per game to the position. 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:50.560 But how do you make sense of this when you 0:02:50.560 --> 0:02:52.560 look at Detroit's last game, which is in Week eate 0:02:52.600 --> 0:02:55.200 by the way, they're coming off there by, Let's see 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:59.680 nine targets to the wide receivers for three catches and 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:05.639 four six scoreless yards, and they all went to I'm sorry, 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:07.880 I'm not as fast on the button bar as chart. 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:09.280 I had to find that one and we didn't use 0:03:09.320 --> 0:03:11.040 it last week, so it's probably pretty dusty. We had 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:13.320 to dust that one off. I'm putting them all on 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:15.040 the bench. If I had to pick one, I might 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:18.160 go with Scott Fish's boy Amanra st Brown, who was 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:21.560 the only wide receiver who caught any passes in Week eight. 0:03:21.600 --> 0:03:23.280 But really they're all on the bench for me. There 0:03:23.280 --> 0:03:25.320 are better options out there. Will certainly get to some 0:03:25.400 --> 0:03:27.040 and take a chance on me in a little bit. 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:30.480 As for t J Hockenson, I'm not gonna bench him mo, 0:03:30.919 --> 0:03:34.000 but just to see for t J. Pittsburgh has only 0:03:34.040 --> 0:03:37.600 allowed three top ten finishes to tight ends all season, 0:03:37.680 --> 0:03:40.360 but last week the Bears tight ends UH combined for 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:43.080 seven catches and a hundred plus yards against the Steelers. 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:45.760 So you're certainly starting t J this week, and you 0:03:45.800 --> 0:03:49.520 are certain you are certainly not starting Jared Goffele he 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:52.520 is on the bench. That's an easy call there. Over 0:03:52.520 --> 0:03:57.400 to the Pittsburgh side and naj A Harris, Oh, you 0:03:57.440 --> 0:04:03.840 want fantasy Fonzie. You know the matchup is good when 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:06.560 you can bake the Fonzie into the name. In nag 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:10.800 A Harris is averaging twenty five opportunities per game, that's 0:04:10.840 --> 0:04:14.839 carries plus targets. UH. The Lions are allowing on five 0:04:14.880 --> 0:04:19.120 combo yards and two total touchdowns per game to running back. 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:22.400 So the easy fantasy Fonzie for Harris. I'm also gonna 0:04:22.400 --> 0:04:25.640 give Deyonte Johnson Deonte Johnson and a H. He has 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:28.640 seen double digit targets in five of his last seven games, 0:04:28.880 --> 0:04:30.680 and the Lions are allowing more than a hundred and 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:33.599 seventy yards and nearly a touchdown per game to wide receivers. 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:36.800 Negative game script is kind of a concern, but Johnson 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:38.520 is a very strong start. Going to give him an A. 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:42.560 But Chase Claypool gets a C. That's a lot of 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:44.840 seas in this line I wrote. It kind of reminds 0:04:44.880 --> 0:04:48.520 me of my high school report cards. But see for Claypool, 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:51.400 who has been very quiet over the last three games 0:04:51.400 --> 0:04:58.240 totally just nine catches for nine two scoreless yards of 0:04:58.400 --> 0:05:00.960 those three games. I'm sorry, you gotta be ready on 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:02.920 that in the big chair, Matt, come on, man, h 0:05:03.120 --> 0:05:06.040 Claypool has gotten four carries during that three game span, though, 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:08.840 averaging seven plus yards per carry. So so watch out, 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:12.200 Naji Harris. I'm just kidding with that. Of course, a 0:05:12.200 --> 0:05:15.760 couple more guys to mention, Pat fryar Muth tight end move. 0:05:16.800 --> 0:05:19.599 He has not been quiet. Uh sits third among tight 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:22.520 ends in points per game over the last three weeks. 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:27.120 It is quickly becoming Ben Roethlisberger's favorite end zone target, 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:30.520 scoring three touchdowns over his last two games. Detroit isn't 0:05:30.520 --> 0:05:32.640 giving up a ton of fantasy points to tight ends. 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:35.360 But Muth is tough to sit unless you have an 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:39.000 elite option like a Travis Kelsey or Darren Waller or 0:05:39.040 --> 0:05:41.120 a Dan Arnold in front of him. But uh, a 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:43.800 B grade for Pat Fryar Muth for me, and also 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:46.800 a B for Ben Roethlisberger. The Lions are allowing two 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:50.320 sixty passing yards and two passing touchdowns per game. And 0:05:50.360 --> 0:05:52.680 I'm going to make one of the boldest calls in 0:05:52.720 --> 0:05:55.600 the history of the show and say Ben Roethlisberger throws 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:59.840 for multiple touchdowns today possibly so bold, so bold, and 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:04.479 against the Lions. And that's it for this game. Brown's 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:07.200 teak on the Patriots. Mad for the Browns. We we 0:06:07.279 --> 0:06:09.320 have a little bit of clarity at the running back situation. 0:06:09.360 --> 0:06:11.279 We know it's going We're gonna see a lot of 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:14.760 Dearnest Johnson because it's it's about the last man standing 0:06:14.800 --> 0:06:18.640 for Cleveland. Yeah, so Nick Chubb, Dimitric Felton and John Kelly, 0:06:18.640 --> 0:06:21.040 who's like their fourth or fifth string back, they all 0:06:21.080 --> 0:06:24.359 have COVID. They're on the reserve list. Both Chubb and 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:27.200 Felton are confirmed vaccinated, but it doesn't look like they're 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:29.080 gonna get the negative tests in time to get back 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:32.479 to the game. Uh. Kareem Hunt was speculated to maybe 0:06:32.480 --> 0:06:34.359 return this week, but that's not gonna happen. So that 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:37.000 leaves d Ernest Johnson is the only healthy running back 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:40.640 on roster until they signed Brian Hill to the practice 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:45.520 squad earlier this week. You remember Brian Hill? Uh forget Yeah, 0:06:45.600 --> 0:06:48.240 So the starting running back in this game, which will 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:50.440 be Deernest Johnson, it looks like gets an A grade. 0:06:50.440 --> 0:06:56.000 If Chubb somehow is healthy, he's not going to alright. Well, 0:06:56.080 --> 0:06:58.360 so the starter for the Browns has never had less 0:06:58.360 --> 0:07:02.880 than sixty nine totally yards this season. In fact, the 0:07:02.920 --> 0:07:06.520 Browns have had thirteen running backs see twelve or more 0:07:06.560 --> 0:07:09.200 touches in a game this year through only nine games, 0:07:09.200 --> 0:07:11.520 and the average day for that running back is one 0:07:11.600 --> 0:07:15.600 hundred nine total yards and almost to score. The Patriots 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:17.840 allow a hundred and sixty combo yards per game to 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:20.760 the running back position, So fire up Deerness Johnson with 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:24.600 an A grade. Baker Mayfield, he's on the bench. Some 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:27.559 saw the monster bomb to d p J last week 0:07:27.880 --> 0:07:29.720 and the fact that the Browns hung forty one on 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:32.200 the Bengals and thought Bakers back, but he ended that 0:07:32.240 --> 0:07:36.280 game with only two eighteen and two scores. He's officially 0:07:36.320 --> 0:07:39.120 a game manager now. He's only top two hundred fifty 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:43.760 yards twice this season, and despite allowing the eighth most completions, 0:07:43.840 --> 0:07:46.000 the Pats don't give up much through the air. It 0:07:46.080 --> 0:07:48.640 only two hundred forty six yards and just over a 0:07:48.640 --> 0:07:53.160 touchdown per game. If to forty six and one excites you, can, 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:55.880 I interest you in Baker Mayfield because that's exactly what 0:07:55.960 --> 0:07:59.320 he averages. So he's on your bench. I will give 0:07:59.360 --> 0:08:02.320 a S great to Jarvis Landry. I'm gonna keep DPJ 0:08:02.520 --> 0:08:05.680 on the bench though he's completely reliant on the big 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:07.680 play and the Pats keep everything in front of them. 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:10.440 Plus he hasn't been practicing this week with a non 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:15.040 injury related rest designation. Evidently Donovan People's Jones is tired. 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:18.320 Uh Landry should see high volume but low yardage, since 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:21.560 sees only averaging ten point two yards per catch this year, 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:23.520 which is his lowest by a fair margin as a 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:26.880 member of the Browns, so this type of game makes 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:29.960 sense for him. He was also a did not participate 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:32.920 at practice on Wednesday and limited on Thursday with the 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:36.280 knee injury, so it's only a c for Jarvis Landry. 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:38.120 All the tight ends on there on the bench for 0:08:38.160 --> 0:08:42.520 the Browns. On the Patriot side, that running back situation 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:46.120 is almost as thorny as the Browns one. Both Damien 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:49.760 Harris and Ramandre Stevenson have not practiced at all this week. 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:52.640 Both are in the concussion protocol and it's not looking 0:08:52.640 --> 0:08:55.120 good for either of them to play this week. That 0:08:55.120 --> 0:08:58.560 would leave J. J. Taylor and Brandon Bolden as your runners. 0:08:58.679 --> 0:09:02.040 Last week, Bolden was ramped up after Harris and Stevenson 0:09:02.080 --> 0:09:04.679 went down, but J. J. Taylor was not active for 0:09:04.720 --> 0:09:08.120 that game. Taylor was active three weeks ago against the 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:11.199 Jets on nine carries in a game and UH scored 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:13.200 twice in that one. Bolden was also a part of 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:15.800 that game. He had two carries for zero yards and 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:18.200 had six catches for seventy nine. So I would put 0:09:18.200 --> 0:09:20.960 Bolden as the pass catcher. Taylor would be a runner. 0:09:21.000 --> 0:09:23.000 I'll give both of them C grades just on the 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:26.040 prospects of the red zone work, because the Browns have 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:31.679 allowed the third most receiving scores to opposing backs this season. Guy, 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:34.640 I've been talking for a long time. Jeez, there's already 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:39.240 a long matchup. Matchup Hunter Henry, I'm gonna give a 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:42.160 B grade to The Browns have allowed touchdowns twice in 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:44.320 the last five games, and they were two big end 0:09:44.400 --> 0:09:49.240 zone target style guys, Donald Parham and Pat friar Muth. 0:09:49.960 --> 0:09:52.280 Hunter Henry has scored in five of his last six 0:09:52.280 --> 0:09:55.559 and has a red zone target in six straight weeks. Um, 0:09:55.600 --> 0:09:58.080 so he's in the B grade. Jacoby Myers has now 0:09:58.160 --> 0:10:01.280 gone thirty eight games without a touchdown. Brandon Zilstra has 0:10:01.320 --> 0:10:03.560 appeared in about that many games and he has a touchdown. 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:06.679 But now that I publicly challenged Kobe Myers, he's going 0:10:06.720 --> 0:10:09.440 to score for sure this week. But he and Kendrick 0:10:09.480 --> 0:10:11.280 Born and Nelson Agila are all on the bench. Mac 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:13.760 Jones only gets a C grade. Hasn't set the world 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:15.800 ablaze with his stats this year, but he's twisted a 0:10:15.800 --> 0:10:19.120 few ankles. The Browns have been beatable lately, though they've 0:10:19.120 --> 0:10:22.400 allowed the second most passing touchdowns in the league over 0:10:22.400 --> 0:10:25.000 the last five weeks, and three of the last five 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:27.520 quarterbacks they faced have gone over two eighties. So he's 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:33.640 startable with a C grade. Who that's my longest matchup 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:36.000 by a time. I hope that was your longest match up, 0:10:36.080 --> 0:10:40.360 and will try to be very fast, uh, Dalvin Cooks 0:10:40.400 --> 0:10:42.840 and obviously against the team allowing the most rushing yards 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:44.520 per game, and we'll just move on from there. You're 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:48.199 gonna start him justin Jefferson and Adam thieland clock in 0:10:48.320 --> 0:10:51.840 with just C grades. Cornerback Asante Samuel. It turns to 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:55.800 the Chargers secondary um from after missing last week, but 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:58.080 Michael Davis is out, there's a little bit of help there. 0:10:58.160 --> 0:11:01.319 But um, this has been a very good received a 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:05.679 group of of secondary members. Heck, only one receiver's top 0:11:05.720 --> 0:11:08.440 seventy yards against the Chargers all season, Los Angeles giving 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:11.440 up the third FEUs yards to receivers just one thirty 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:14.480 two per game. Jefferson has posted at least eighty yards 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:16.880 or a touchdown in six of the past seven, which 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:19.760 gives him an edge a little bit over theland, I think, 0:11:20.200 --> 0:11:24.880 although concerning that Jefferson only targeted on nine of seventy 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:27.960 three kirk cousins past attempts over the past two weeks. 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:30.520 Theland brings touchdowns to the table, as you already know, 0:11:30.640 --> 0:11:32.640 but when he doesn't score, he gets you very little. 0:11:32.720 --> 0:11:34.640 And the Chargers will only give up four touchdowns the 0:11:34.679 --> 0:11:38.480 white Outs all year. So the probability is that Theland 0:11:38.559 --> 0:11:41.240 doesn't score here and then you get stuck. So just 0:11:41.320 --> 0:11:44.800 to see grade on theeling for Tyler Conklin, a by 0:11:44.960 --> 0:11:48.640 week C grade for Conklin against a Chargers defense that's 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:51.920 been yielding to elite tight ends like Travis Kelsey, Darren 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:54.199 Waller and Mark Andrews. But that is not Tyler Conklin. 0:11:54.760 --> 0:11:58.360 Mortals are fearing much more poorly against the Chargers. But 0:11:58.400 --> 0:11:59.959 if you were in a real pinch, you could can 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:02.240 sitter him here and kirk Cousins is on the bench. 0:12:02.360 --> 0:12:05.200 The only positive trend working for Kirk here is that 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:08.319 Joey Bosa may not play in this game. Um everything 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:11.040 else works against him. The receiver matchups are difficult to say, 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:14.360 just outlined. He's not throwing down field, either by design 0:12:14.400 --> 0:12:17.720 or inability, Chargers having given up more than two hundred 0:12:17.800 --> 0:12:20.959 ten passing yards in their last three contests, and Cousins 0:12:21.040 --> 0:12:24.240 hasn't thrown for more than one hundred eighties seven yards 0:12:24.240 --> 0:12:27.559 in back to back games, which is dismal for his standards. 0:12:28.040 --> 0:12:30.240 On the season, the Chargers rank number three in passing 0:12:30.320 --> 0:12:32.640 yards number two in passing touchdowns allowed. This game is 0:12:32.640 --> 0:12:34.520 gonna be all about the groundwork, and I don't like 0:12:34.600 --> 0:12:37.760 Cousins here, so he is on the bench. Austin Ekeler 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:39.640 is an obvious A. I'm only going to mention that 0:12:40.040 --> 0:12:42.440 the Vikings are gonna be without run stuffing defensive tackle 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:45.480 Michael Pierce again, who apparently had a setback, and and 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:47.960 that's gonna open things up for Eckler to have a 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:51.760 good game, particularly on the ground and also potentially through 0:12:51.760 --> 0:12:54.800 the air, because the guy who of the Vikings defensive 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:58.640 most commonly tracks receiving running backs is Anthony Barr and 0:12:58.679 --> 0:13:01.120 he's out of this game too, So Eclick could be 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:04.880 sitting on a really pretty game here. Justin air Bear. 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:09.320 It's an easy A grade. By the way, I am 0:13:09.320 --> 0:13:12.600 looking at my air Bear T shirt, my official first 0:13:12.600 --> 0:13:15.640 effort to market air Bear T shirt and Matt it 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:18.520 looks fantastic And if people want to see the air 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:20.960 Bear T shirt for themselves. Where do they go shock 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:24.839 fantasy dot Com slash shop. You'll find the link to 0:13:24.880 --> 0:13:27.640 the air Bear t shirt right there. Yeah, it's very nice, 0:13:27.920 --> 0:13:31.680 high quality cotton too. It's very comfortable. Easy A grade 0:13:31.679 --> 0:13:35.240 against the secondary missing Patrick Peterson and potentially it's other 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:37.800 outside cornerback Breshot Breland, who's shaping up as a game 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:41.000 time decision. Without Peterson, the Vikings have allowed back to 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:44.280 back big games to Cooper Rush and Lamar Jackson, who 0:13:44.320 --> 0:13:47.400 went berserk on them. The loss of edge rusher Daniel 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:49.160 Hunter means Herbert's gonna have a bunch of time to 0:13:49.200 --> 0:13:52.000 scan the field and unload deep passes here. That means 0:13:52.040 --> 0:13:54.880 I love his his primary receiver, Keenan Allen, who runs 0:13:54.960 --> 0:13:57.400 all over the field but primarily from the slot. Rail 0:13:57.440 --> 0:14:00.800 faced Mackenzie Alexander a good but not don dating quarterback. 0:14:01.600 --> 0:14:05.320 Cornerback Alexander seeds a sent catch rate and a one 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:08.640 eight passer rating in his coverage. He allowed his first 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:12.559 touchdown of the season last week, and Alan just remaining 0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:15.840 a target hog with eleven or more targets in four 0:14:15.840 --> 0:14:18.120 of the past six games. Easy eight grade there. What 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:20.920 about Mike Williams, who's way Thorn here in the past 0:14:21.000 --> 0:14:24.080 three games, he's everything just five targets and thirty five 0:14:24.120 --> 0:14:28.120 receiving yards. But the primo matchups on the outside against 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:31.240 Cameron Dandler and possibly bottom of the depth chart guy 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:34.680 Chris Boyd is antalizing. So I've got a B grade 0:14:34.680 --> 0:14:36.640 and what I expect to be a bounce back performance 0:14:36.640 --> 0:14:40.240 from Mike Williams here. All of the various Los Angeles 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:42.440 tight ends, I think there's probably a touchdown to be 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:44.600 had here, But they're splitting everything up between Cook and 0:14:44.600 --> 0:14:47.600 Anderson a Parham, and that to me feels like they 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:50.080 are all dark throws. And so I think we put 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:54.840 them all on the bench, um. And if you had 0:14:54.960 --> 0:14:56.960 if I had to pick one, I would pick I'd 0:14:57.000 --> 0:14:59.360 pick Cook. And again the loss of bar might help 0:14:59.360 --> 0:15:01.720 out here. Overall, I don't think you want to go 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:04.960 to war here with any of these tight ends. When 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:07.520 we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly, we will give 0:15:07.560 --> 0:15:09.520 you nine guys upon whom you can take a chance. 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:11.640 Many of these guys are available in the waiver wire. 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:13.680 We'll tell you who they are when we come back 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:40.000 to Fantasy Football Weekly. It's take a chance on me. 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:42.680 Nine players not normally new started glide up many of 0:15:42.720 --> 0:15:46.160 these guys available on the waiver wire. We begin at 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:49.440 the quarterback position, and Matt Harrison. I'm gonna go with 0:15:49.480 --> 0:15:53.480 Carson Wentz. Uh. He's probably teetering close to not take 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:55.920 a chance on me status after throwing I don't I 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:58.760 don't think so either. He's multiple scores in sixth straight 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:00.960 and three touchdowns in each of his last two games. 0:16:01.000 --> 0:16:04.080 He's not putting up huge yardage totals though, but that's 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:07.360 okay because the Jaguars like to allow huge yardage totals 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:10.160 almost two eighty seven per game. So let's fire him 0:16:10.240 --> 0:16:12.280 up and I throw a B grade on him. By 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:16.680 the way, all right, Brian, your take a chance on 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:21.160 me quarterback? I got New Orleans Trevor Simeon at the Titans. Uh. 0:16:21.360 --> 0:16:25.160 Tennessee owns the second highest opponent passing play percentage in 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:27.840 the league at sixty five point seven per cent, and 0:16:27.920 --> 0:16:31.600 that ratio is even higher in home games. Uh. The 0:16:31.640 --> 0:16:35.080 Titans are allowing two five passing yards nearly two passing 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:38.240 touchdowns per game. And hey, a third string Jets quarterback 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:41.160 Zack Wilson can go for two, nine, seven and two 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:45.320 against Tennessee. I like Trevor Simeon this week, and I 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:47.440 might like one of his receivers a lot too. We'll 0:16:47.440 --> 0:16:50.240 see in a minute or two. Yeah, I'm holding my breath. 0:16:50.640 --> 0:16:52.720 I think people are thinking to think back to the 0:16:53.280 --> 0:16:55.960 Rams game last week and be afraid of that Titan secondary. 0:16:56.000 --> 0:16:58.200 But yeah, I think it is exploitable. I like that. 0:16:58.200 --> 0:17:01.360 That's a bold call. I'm gonna in between your two 0:17:01.400 --> 0:17:06.000 quarterbacks with Matt Ryan. Dallas ranks bottom ten in fantasy 0:17:06.000 --> 0:17:08.920 points allowed to quarterbacks without a lot of fanfare. Ryan's 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:11.399 actually been really effective. He's throwing for two hundred ninety 0:17:11.400 --> 0:17:14.040 four yards and over two touchdowns per games since the 0:17:14.119 --> 0:17:18.119 opening week, and he's topped three hundred thirty yards and 0:17:18.200 --> 0:17:21.000 three of the past four games. Meanwhile, Dallas has two 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:23.800 starting cornerbacks, Traymon Digs and Anthony Brown are along the 0:17:23.880 --> 0:17:28.080 most and the second most yardage in their coverage. We'll 0:17:28.080 --> 0:17:30.320 talk more about that one later on as well. Let's 0:17:30.359 --> 0:17:32.160 go to the running back position. Matt, who's your take 0:17:32.160 --> 0:17:34.720 a chance on me runner? I've got a J. Dillon 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:37.240 of the Packers. Here's the touch totals for a J. 0:17:37.400 --> 0:17:44.440 Dillon since Week four sixteen, twelve eleven four. Then sixteen twelve. 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:47.240 So if you follow that pattern, he's gonna get exactly 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:50.200 eleven touches this week. If you actually follow the average, 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:52.920 he's gonna get eleven touches this week. To every running 0:17:52.920 --> 0:17:55.439 back who's seen double digit carries against the Seahawks has 0:17:55.480 --> 0:17:59.480 topped seventy total yards and of the nine backs, so wait, 0:17:59.520 --> 0:18:02.800 here we go nine times, nine times of the nine 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:06.399 backs who've reached that mark, only to haven't topped one 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:09.960 yards or scored. All Right, Brian Youna, take a chance 0:18:10.000 --> 0:18:13.159 of your runner. Buffalo is Devon Singletary at the Jets. 0:18:13.480 --> 0:18:16.360 Zack Moss likely to return after getting knocked out last 0:18:16.359 --> 0:18:19.040 week against the Jaguars with a concussion, so some might 0:18:19.160 --> 0:18:22.440 stray from Singletary here, But before Moss left the game, 0:18:22.760 --> 0:18:26.160 Singletary was out touching and outperforming Moss. Uh And it's 0:18:26.200 --> 0:18:29.160 quite simple here. The Jets have surrendered the most fantasy 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:31.160 points to opposing running back, so there should be plenty 0:18:31.200 --> 0:18:33.960 to go around for both backs in this one. I'm 0:18:34.000 --> 0:18:36.320 ready to throw in the towel on Moss. I'm just 0:18:36.359 --> 0:18:38.680 don't do it, So don't do it. So disappointed, don't 0:18:38.720 --> 0:18:42.280 do it. Kenyan Drake goes up against Kansas City. Since 0:18:42.320 --> 0:18:45.240 the change at head coach, Kenyan Drake savaging eleven touches 0:18:45.280 --> 0:18:48.160 for eight five total yards and one touch down per game. 0:18:48.720 --> 0:18:51.680 Not bad um, perhaps filling some of the void left 0:18:51.680 --> 0:18:54.040 by Henry Ruggs. He's also coming off a season high 0:18:54.040 --> 0:18:56.919 and targets, receptions and receiving yards, so they like to 0:18:56.920 --> 0:18:59.879 throw to him. There is clearly more involved in the 0:19:00.040 --> 0:19:02.960 post brooding game. Plans has got a great opportunity against 0:19:03.040 --> 0:19:06.280 Kansas City, especially through the air. Chiefs allowing the sixth 0:19:06.320 --> 0:19:10.160 most receiving yards and the tenth most receptions per game 0:19:10.560 --> 0:19:13.359 to opposing running backs. All right, let's go to our 0:19:13.560 --> 0:19:18.400 whiteouts and Matt Harrison. If you had equate one player 0:19:18.680 --> 0:19:21.280 with me on this show, it would definitely be Dan 0:19:21.520 --> 0:19:27.200 Arnold because I've been beating that Dan Arnold drum forever. Yeah, 0:19:27.240 --> 0:19:30.240 that's right. Arnold continues to get targets and yards for 0:19:30.280 --> 0:19:33.520 the Jags. The big day is coming with the touchdowns 0:19:33.520 --> 0:19:37.000 over the last five weeks. Travis Kelsey, Mark Andrews, Mike Cassicki, 0:19:37.080 --> 0:19:40.040 t J. Hockenson, and Kyle Pitts. Those are the only 0:19:40.080 --> 0:19:43.359 tight ends with more targets and catches than Dan Arnold, 0:19:43.560 --> 0:19:46.840 and all of those players are stuck in fantasy starting lineup, 0:19:46.920 --> 0:19:49.880 So let's go with dan Arnold against the Colts this week. 0:19:49.920 --> 0:19:53.280 They've given up double digit PPR points to five of 0:19:53.320 --> 0:19:56.680 the last nine tight ends they faced, including touchdowns, and 0:19:56.800 --> 0:19:59.840 each of the last two weeks to Jeff Swain and 0:20:00.200 --> 0:20:04.000 Ryan Griffin. Dan Arnold's gonna score this week? All right? 0:20:04.080 --> 0:20:07.240 I like it calling your shot, Brian, since you can't 0:20:07.280 --> 0:20:09.680 have Dan Arnold, who are you taking? Talk about a layup? 0:20:09.720 --> 0:20:11.520 I wouldn't go take the easy way out with Dan 0:20:11.600 --> 0:20:14.880 Arnold and take a chance. I'm going on. I'm going 0:20:14.920 --> 0:20:18.560 back to the Saints and Marquez Callaway at the Titans. 0:20:18.560 --> 0:20:21.600 The Titans are yielding twenty six plus targets per game 0:20:21.640 --> 0:20:25.000 to wide receivers, by far the highest clip in the NFL. 0:20:25.320 --> 0:20:28.480 Tennessee also yielding nearly five red zone targets per games 0:20:28.480 --> 0:20:31.560 and receivers also the highest clip. And Callaway leads the 0:20:31.600 --> 0:20:34.720 Saints with nine red red red zone targets, four of 0:20:34.760 --> 0:20:38.200 which have been converted to touchdowns. Oh and guess what, 0:20:38.840 --> 0:20:42.600 it's a homecoming game for the former Tennessee volunteer Marques 0:20:44.520 --> 0:20:47.440 at the Titans. Oh yeah, maybe let's do it. It 0:20:47.440 --> 0:20:49.560 would have been even better if he was a Vanderbilt guy. 0:20:49.640 --> 0:20:52.000 Since it's in Nashville. That's a good point at the 0:20:52.080 --> 0:20:58.359 same state. Um and and that's it did is driving distance, 0:20:58.359 --> 0:21:01.520 So there's that true. Three weeks ago, I tried Tyler 0:21:01.600 --> 0:21:03.600 Johnson against Chicago in a blue up in my face, 0:21:04.359 --> 0:21:07.280 but I'm going back to Tyler Johnson again because it's 0:21:07.359 --> 0:21:10.280 such a compelling matchup and hopefully this time it works out. 0:21:10.800 --> 0:21:14.760 In the three games without Antonio Brown, Tyler Johnson's averaging 0:21:14.920 --> 0:21:19.159 five targets, three catches fifty yards, not bad. Hasn't scored. 0:21:19.560 --> 0:21:23.000 Now Tampa's without Brown for sure, and maybe Chris Godwin 0:21:23.160 --> 0:21:25.760 as well, who's a game time decision. So I mean 0:21:26.080 --> 0:21:29.560